Peasant woman

Chapter 28

Mrs. Niu was unhappy, but she didn't dare to say anything. She sat on the kang embarrassingly, staring dryly at Xu Cao, Mrs. Shen, Xiaoan and the others, mending, chatting and laughing. Frustrated in my heart, I lay down on the kang and fell asleep.

Miao Miao and Brother Jun next to him were arguing non-stop, robbing the doll so much that they were very unhappy.

Not long after, Fugui came back, Xu Cao hurriedly helped him to pat off all the falling snow on his body, Fugui smiled at her, "I'll be back after sending parents home."

Xu Cao hurriedly asked, "Did you see Erya, Sanya, Xiaoshan and the others? How are they?"

"They are all at home, don't worry, they are all fine."

Only then did Xu Cao feel relieved, and dragged Fugui to sit by the charcoal fire for a while.

The snow was getting bigger and bigger. Three days later, it was snowing like goose feathers, and the north wind also blew loudly. They couldn't even go out. Everyone in the village stayed at home and didn't even visit the door.The temperature was even lower at night, Xu Cao and Fugui moved the chicken coop into the kitchen at night, Xiaobai and Heizi also slept in the kitchen at night.Fortunately, the kitchen is big, so Xu Cao spread some thatch in the corner, and Heizi Xiaobai slept on it.

At night, the kang was burning hot, and two thick quilts were covered, but it was not so cold.

Xu Cao lay in Fugui's arms, her body and heart felt warm, and she fell asleep soon after hearing the howling wind outside.

When I woke up in the morning, icicles were all over the eaves, hanging in rows under the eaves. It seemed that the weather was really cold, and before the snow melted, icicles were under the eaves.Xu Cao put on her clothes, went out of the room and went to the kitchen next to her. As soon as she left the room, she felt cold. Scratching and blowing, the cheeks were sore and painful.She folded her hands together and rubbed them together in a huff.

Entering the kitchen, Fugui was busy in front of the stove, saw Xu Cao, and grinned, "Are you up? Come and sit down here, it's warmer here." Xu Cao nestled beside him, letting him pull herself into his arms Pulling, the big palm wrapped her small hand and rubbed it together.

After the fire in the stove had been roasting for a while, Xu Cao felt that it was getting warmer. She got up and heated up the steamed buns she steamed yesterday, and then chopped up a shredded radish and fried it.After busy work, Miao Miao got up too, and the family of three ate hot steamed buns and fried shredded radish for breakfast.

There was not much work to do in this snowy day, so Xu Cao carried Miao Miao onto the bed of the kang, preparing to teach Miao Miao how to read. Miao Miao is almost three years old, and now she can call people and everything, and the little child is also very sensible.Xu Cao didn't expect her to learn anything, so she just passed the time as bored.

Xu Cao first taught Miao Miao's name, and moved the small table on the kang to the middle of the kang bed. The small table was covered with the waste paper that Xu Cao had accumulated in his daily life, and the black charcoal heads that Xu Cao had pulled out from the stove. , Teach Miao Miao to write characters stroke by stroke.

Fugui saw it and said cheerfully, "Daughter-in-law, how can you still write?" His daughter-in-law is really capable and can also write, and there are few in the village who can write.By the way, for Xiao An's settled marriage, that scholar is also a man who can read and write. It seems that Xiao An is also a lucky one.

Xu Cao said with a smile: "I learned a few words from the old scholar in the village when I was young. I will teach Miao Miao the simple ones first. If she wants to continue learning, I will teach her slowly later."

Fugui nodded, "That's pretty good." Although it is said that a woman's lack of talent is a virtue, he doesn't think so, he thinks that a daughter-in-law who can read and write is very powerful, and if Miao Miao can also read and write, he will definitely more happy.

Thinking that the chicken coop was not nailed very tightly, Fugui drove the two pheasants out, let them nest under the eaves, and led the chicken coop back to the house to find wooden boards to repair it.

Miao Miao is very smart. Xu Cao taught her all morning, and she was able to remember her name. Xu Cao taught her to write again. Although the little guy's writing was not very smooth and crooked, he still wrote correctly.

Now that they don't need to do any hard work, they can save their lunch. Mrs. Shen came here with Brother Jun in her arms early in the morning, and seeing Xu Cao teaching Miao Miao how to read and write, she insisted on teaching Brother Jun along with her.For most of the day, Xu Cao did nothing but teach the two children how to read and write.Brother Jun is still too young, and he is still a little confused after recognizing it for a long time.

"Auntie, Auntie, are you there?" Just after noon, the family was resting on the kang at home, but a soft female voice sounded outside.

Then Xu Cao heard Chen's hurried footsteps and answering voice, "Hey, here we come, here we come, isn't Ru'er here?"

Immediately afterwards, I remembered the sound of the courtyard door opening and Chen's anxious voice, "Ru'er, why are you here at this time? Is there something wrong with your father?"

The soft voice continued: "Auntie, no, it was my father who asked me to come over, saying that he wanted me to come and see you."

"Hey, your child is here right away, what kind of candy do you bring? You can take this thing home and keep it for yourself. My old lady doesn't need it."

"Auntie, just accept it. I went to the town to buy it for you some time ago." There was a slight smile in that soft voice.

Then there was the sound of the two entering the door, and the voice of the woman named Ru'er, "Auntie, I heard that the third sibling is pregnant? Congratulations." This voice seemed to be slightly disappointed .

Shen Shi and Xu Cao glanced at each other, Xu Cao had already guessed that the girl named Ru'er was the only girl in the third uncle's family, Chen Ru, the girl who was divorced by her husband's family because she had nothing to do.

Xu Cao and Shen Shi didn't care, and soon there was a knock on the door, "Cousin, are you there?"

Fugui hummed, put away the tools in his hand and opened the door, saw Chen Ru, grinned, "Yes, cousin Ruer is here, hurry up and sit down." Fugui looked around and pointed to the kang. Come on, "Cousin, take off your boots and go up on the kang, it's warm." Xu Cao was sitting on the kang, and Shen also had two dolls.

Chen Ru'en let out a sound, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Xu Cao smiling on the kang. She was startled, and quickly laughed: "This is my cousin, Ru'er has seen my cousin before. When my cousin got married to my cousin a few days ago, I was too busy at my husband's house, so I didn't come here, I hope my cousin and sister-in-law don't take offense."

"How can you be surprised?" Xu Cao smiled and got off the kang and pulled Chen Ru into the kang, "It's my fault, it's really our fault that we didn't visit third uncle and cousin after we married Fugui for the past few months. "

This Chen Ruchang is just like her name, delicate and graceful, with fair skin, and a pair of red phoenix eyes that are full of affection when looking at people, and the whole person looks as gentle as water.How could such a person be divorced by a man, Xu Cao really couldn't figure it out.

Chen Ru took off his padded shoes, sat cross-legged on the kang, hugged Brother Jun in his arms, then turned to look at Shen Shi who was beside him, and said with a smile: "Second Cousin, Brother Jun has grown a lot. Hey, last time I came to see him he still can't walk, and now he's so strong." After that, he took out a bag of pastries from his bosom and put them on the small wooden table, and opened it to reveal six or seven small pastries inside. Come.She twisted a piece and put it in Brother Jun's hand, "Brother Jun, I am Cousin, my name is Cousin."

Shen Shi watched from the side with a smile.

Brother Jun grabbed the pastry with a grin, stuffed it into his mouth, and grinned at Chen Ru, but refused to call anyone.

Seeing it from the side, Miao Miao was not polite, she reached out and grabbed a pastry from the small wooden table, looked at the pastry, then looked at Xu Cao, and slowly passed the pastry in Xu Cao's mouth, "Mother, mother eat."

Xu Cao shoved the pastry into Miao Miao's mouth with a smile, "Mother won't eat it, Miao Miao will eat it." Then Miao Miao started to eat with her mouth puffed out, grinning at Chen Ru while eating.

Seeing the little guy's appearance, Chen Ru hugged Miao Miao again, and said with a smile, "Miao Miao, I'm Biao Aunt, do you still remember Biao Aunt?"

Miao Miao was a big kid, and she grabbed some pastries and stuffed them into her mouth. "Fu Yi" had something stuffed in his mouth, and he couldn't even utter the words clearly.

Chen Ru looked at Miao Miao and said emotionally: "In a blink of an eye, Miao Miao is almost three years old, and she can also call people." She said and looked up at Xu Cao, "I really envy my cousin, who has such a cute and lovely girl. man's daughter."

Xu Cao smiled and said, "No, such an obedient daughter is for nothing."

The few people chatted and laughed, and it was quite easy to chat. Xu Cao found that Shen didn't like to talk to Chen Ru. She thought that the two of them might not be familiar with each other, so they were a little strange.She didn't have such worries, she talked and laughed with Chen Ru all afternoon, while Miao Miao practiced calligraphy, she was obedient.Chen Ru always involuntarily looked at Miaomiao, Xu Cao and Fugui.She is envious, envious that her cousin is so blessed, envious that she got a girl for nothing, and envious that her cousin treats her cousin well.Why can such an ordinary woman have such happiness, but she can't?

Thinking of this, Chen Ru's interest faded a little, and he said to Xu Cao and Fugui, "Cousin, cousin, I'm going to see my aunt."

When Chen Ru got up to leave and his figure disappeared outside the door, Shen raised her head and blinked at Xu Cao.It happened that Fugui was going to go to the hut, just as Fugui left, Xu Cao hurriedly asked, "Second brother and sister, what's the matter with you?"

Shen said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, you should have less contact with your cousin in the future, she...is not clear."

Xu Cao was surprised, what is unclear, she looked at Chen Ruting who was very gentle.

"She was very arrogant. When she was unmarried, she fell in love with a young master in the town. She rushed to be a concubine for him. The third uncle was very angry. In the end, the young master's wife suppressed her. At that time, she Her reputation was so bad that she had to marry a man from a neighboring village. It is said that her mother-in-law looked down on her very much. You just need to have less contact with her." Although Chen Shi didn't want to gossip about others behind her back, she always felt that something was wrong with Chen Ru's visit this time, and her sister-in-law just got married, and she didn't know anything, so let her be more careful good.

Xu Cao nodded hurriedly, and said seriously: "Second brother and sister, I know, I will pay more attention." Thinking that this cousin has nothing to do, could it be that she wants to snatch Miaomiao?Thinking of this, Xu Cao was startled, and hurriedly hugged Miao Miao into her arms.

At the time of You, the snow was falling more and more heavily, standing in the heavy snow, I couldn't even open my eyes, the weather was naturally not good for Chen Ru to go back, and let her live with Xiao An for just one night.

While sleeping at night, Chen Ru ran to Xu Cao's door and knocked on the door.Xu Cao was helpless. She was about to go to sleep, but she hurriedly put on her clothes again. She hadn't taken off her rich clothes yet, so she wasn't afraid.After opening the door, Chen Ruzheng was standing outside, his body was thin, and he was shivering in the wind and snow, which made people feel a sense of protection.

(End of this chapter)