Peasant woman

Chapter 6

Seeing that the children didn't agree with her words, Chen was very angry, pointing at them and said angrily: "Eating the inside out, I really pissed off my old lady."

Yang Xiaoan, the youngest girl of the Yang family, saw that her mother was angry, and ran over happily, hugged Chen's arm, and said with a smile: "Mother, what are you talking about, what do you mean by eating the inside out, sister-in-law and elder brother are the same as us?" Family. Well, well, don't be angry."

When Chen heard this, she calmed down, but still gave Xu Cao a hard look.

When Xu Cao saw it, she took a step forward, took Chen's arm, and said with a smile, "Mother, we will be a family from now on. Don't be angry. I'll just wash the outer clothes."

She will do what she should do.Anyway, after living for more than 40 years, she still understands some truths.Now everyone is a family. Although Chen's family is superb, as a daughter-in-law, she just does what she should do, whether it's really doing it well or just pretending.If Mrs. Chen still insists on this and makes trouble for her.I'm really sorry, when you meet the best, as long as you are better than the best.

Fugui frowned when he heard the words, "Daughter-in-law, how do you finish washing such a big pot of clothes? I think it's better to wash each family's clothes separately, or let's wash father and mother's clothes. Mother's clothes, we all take turns to wash them."

The Yang family has a large population and they live together. In order to cause unnecessary troubles, things are arranged, and the cooking is done in turns by the daughters-in-law of several families.There are obscene clothes, so it's not good for each family to wash them in turn.So they all wash their own houses.

Basically, the housework is done by the women, and the farm work in the outside world is done by the men at home.During the busy season, only one woman is left in the family to cook, and the others all go to work as coolies in the fields.When Xu Cao was in the Xu family, she did all the housework by herself, and sometimes Erya and Sanya would help her a little.

The daughters-in-law of the second and third families didn't want others to wash their obscene clothes, so they all hurriedly said: "Yes, mother, we can wash each family's clothes separately, and don't bother sister-in-law. Let's go, sister-in-law, let's go out first. Got busy."

Shen Shi from the second family said, and pulled Xu Cao out.Then he separated Chen's pile of clothes, and smiled softly at Xu Cao: "Mother is like this. I have been in the door for more than two years now, and she still treats me like this. Don't mind, sister-in-law."

Xu Cao smiled and said, "It's okay, but brother and sister, thank you very much."

"Thank you, we are all a family now, I'll cook first, and after we eat, we can go to the river to wash clothes together."

"Row."

After a while, Fugui also came out, pulled Xu Cao into the room, and said with a silly smile: "Daughter-in-law, you can just wash our clothes, and don't care about what your mother says, that's how she is, just ignore her." .”

Xu Cao replied with a smile: "I know, besides, it's okay to help parents wash their clothes."

Fugui smiled innocently, ruining his resolute face, staring at Xu Cao blankly, "Daughter-in-law, you are so kind."

Xu Cao blushed, gave him a soft bite, and said, "Then I'll go out first, and I'll go to the kitchen to help my second sibling."

I went to help in the kitchen. The breakfast was quite simple. I heated up the leftover dishes from yesterday's wedding banquet and cooked a pot of brown rice porridge.These days, there are not many people who can eat polished rice and white flour in this remote area.Yesterday, all the banquets were made of brown rice and rough noodles, and there were some vegetables left. After the heat was over, the family ate breakfast.

Yang Fugui took down his huge ox horn bow from under the eaves after breakfast.It is said that this bow once killed a full-grown wild boar.Xu Cao looked at the huge ox horn bow with great visual impact and the burly man, and smiled slightly.

Fugui turned his head and smiled silly at Xu Cao, "Daughter-in-law, I'm going hunting, and I'll bring you some wild eggs to eat when I come back tonight."

Such a thin daughter-in-law needs to be nourished, otherwise when will she be able to eat a delicious daughter-in-law.He had endured it for a long time last night before he fell asleep in a daze, because he was worried that his wife's small body would not be able to bear him.Thinking of this, he looked his wife up and down again, she was really thin and small.

Xu Cao blushed at the sight of him, and hurried back to the kitchen to take out five of Chen's thick noodle steamed buns that had not been locked in the kitchen cabinet, wrapped them in gauze and stuffed them into Fu Gui's arms, "Take them well." So I won’t be hungry at noon.”

She knew that it usually took a whole day to go hunting, and there was nothing to fill her stomach at noon.

Looking at the big steamed bun in his arms, Fugui chuckled twice, and looked at Xu Cao with a hint of gratitude.

Some complaining words from Mrs. Chen came from the side, "It's too wasteful to bring five steamed buns even if you go hunting."

Nobody pays attention to her.

Fu Gui pretended not to hear Chen's words, and grinned at Xu Cao, "Daughter-in-law, I'm leaving."

"Go quickly." Xu Cao smiled, thought for a while, and hurriedly said: "Do you want to bring some water? There is no water to drink on the mountain?"

"No need, there are a lot of wild fruits on the mountain, I'll bring you some back tonight." After Fu Gui said, he turned and walked out of the courtyard.Seeing him standing outside the door, Xu Cao yelled, "Heizi, let's go!"

This voice was no stranger to Xu Cao. Before she got married, she could hear this voice every morning when she was making breakfast in the kitchen.It was Fugui calling his black-haired native dog, and the barking was long and far away.The whole village could hear it.

Cheng Liang's fur dog called Heizi is also a legend. It is said that it was born from a wolf and a dog. He was brought back by Fugui when he was a child. After he became an adult, he followed Fugui up and down the mountain. The wild boar is also thanks to the black dog.

Xu Cao had met Heizi twice, and even Xiaobai, who was following her, obediently walked over with his tail between his legs, and even yelled softly at Heizi twice.Heizi was lying on the bank of the Zhang River back then, and he didn't even look at them.

In short, this black dog has a wolf-like disposition and ruthlessness, and no one will pay attention to it except the rich.

Xu Cao woke up from the memory, and saw the dirt dog named Heizi running towards him.Then one person and one dog walked side by side towards the mountain.Xu Cao didn't turn around until she couldn't hear their voices, and went into the kitchen to help clean up the dishes.

After helping Shen's clean up the dishes, the three daughters-in-law of the Yang family took their clothes and went to the lake to wash them.

It's autumn now, and the corn in the field is ripe. Father Yang, Mrs. Chen, Yang Dapeng, and Yang Datong are busy picking up corn in the field. Yang Xiaoan takes the clothes of Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Chen to wash .Going around, the clothes are still washed according to the original method.

Xu Cao married as a new wife, except that she was a little uncomfortable last night, but now she is somewhat used to the environment of the Yang family and the Yang family.

The second younger sibling, Shen Shi, is a real person with a good heart, while the third younger sibling, Niu Shi, is not. Probably because her natal family is not bad, and some look down on her and Shen Shi.At least this morning, he didn't say a word to her or Chen Shi.

The four of them came to the river, and there were already many girls and women from the village gathered by the river, and they all came out to wash clothes early in the morning.

Shen found a place and squatted down, then waved to Xu Cao, "Sister-in-law, come here and wash."

Xu Cao squatted down, Niu Shi took a look at the two of them, and went to find the familiar girls and women to wash clothes together.Yang Xiaoan also greeted them, then ran to another place and squatted down.

"Xu Cao, Xu Cao." Not long after, a few girls came over with their clothes on. One of the pretty girls saw Xu Cao and was very excited, and waved her hand vigorously. .

Xu Cao turned her head and saw that it was Qiaoer who had been playing since she was a child.

This Qiaoer's surname is Wang, and her first name is Qiaoer. She also lives in Zhanghe Village, very close to Xu Cao's house, one year younger than Xu Cao's, and the two played together since childhood.

Xu Cao also hurriedly waved at her, "Qiaoer, over here, come quickly."

After that, she thought for a while, then turned her head and smiled at Shen Shi who was at the side: "Second brother and sister, this is my playmate since I was a child, named Qiaoer."

Shenshi greeted Qiaoer, and Xu Cao hurriedly introduced Shenshi to Qiaoer.

The delicate Qiao'er smiled sweetly at Shen, "Hello, sister Shen."

Mrs. Chen hurriedly laughed and said, "What about my sister, I've been married for two years, so you can just call me Second Sister-in-law Yang."

A few people chatted and laughed, Qiaoer looked around, and whispered in Xu Cao's ear: "Xu Cao, why did you marry Yang Lianzi? He looks so scary. Also, Let me tell you, his dog named Heizi is fierce. Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely not marry. However, after marrying, there is nothing you can do. He didn't bully you, did he?"

The rich and the rich don't agree with the aesthetics of the people here, but Xu Cao doesn't think so, and smiles at Qiao'er, "It's good, he treats me very well and doesn't bully me."

Qiaoer pursed her lips and said, "That's good. Although she doesn't look good, it's pretty good for you."

Xu Cao smiled and continued to hammer the clothes in her hands.

The daughters-in-law of the Yang family washed their clothes and went back, and then went to the field to break corn cobs together.

"Sister-in-law three, we are going to break corn cobs in the field, come out quickly." Yang Xiaoan shouted into the room.

After a while, Niu's voice came from the room, "Xiao An, I don't feel well and I won't go, you guys go quickly."

Yang Xiaoan gave a small bite to the ground, turned around and said to Xu Cao and Shen Shi, "Eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, let's go, there are not many corn cobs left in the field, I guess it will be finished in a few days."

(End of this chapter)