happy event

Chapter 22

Sister Cao was hiccupping, raised her eyebrows and scolded after hearing this, "What kind of tone are you talking about, are you going to drive me and mother out of the house? This is our Cao family's business..."

"Shut up, this is my business, it has nothing to do with the Cao family. If you still don't talk about business, get out!" Dong Rong raised the small copper bowl of porridge and slammed it on the stone table. Sister Cao shrank her neck.She was stunned for a long time before she realized it, and quickly jumped to the side of Shazhu to rescue the soldiers, "Zhuzi, you see that your daughter-in-law is going to kill me, why don't you hurry up and beat her up!"

Sha Zhu shook off her arm in disgust, and said angrily, "She is my wife, so I won't beat her! You ate my steamed buns, and I will beat you!"

Elder Sister Cao argued angrily and guiltyly, "You guys eat big fish and meat all day long, but I only ate two steamed buns, that's how you are! Tell my father when I go back!"

Dong Rong was very happy when she heard that Sha Zhu was defending her, she stretched out her hand and pulled him to stand aside, then ignored the elder sister Cao who was jumping up and down, and directly asked Mrs Cao who had not said a word, "Say it, you guys What exactly do you want?"

After all, Mrs. Cao has eaten salt and salt for half her life, and she has a lot more thoughtfulness than Elder Sister Cao.For a while, she was thinking in her heart that with such a tough attitude, her daughter-in-law would definitely not give up the deal easily. Instead of making trouble in the end, she might as well squeeze out some benefits first.As long as she is still the daughter-in-law of the Cao family, there will always be a day when she will be subdued.

Thinking of this, she stopped being polite, and asked directly, "You distributed so much food to the villagers yesterday, why didn't you see any of it at home? Seeing that the festival is coming, the family also needs to add some food." Things to use. Go to the street and buy one hundred catties of round-grained rice, one hundred catties of fine noodles, twenty catties of pork, five catties of tea, ten catties of lamp oil, ten catties of salt..."

She counted things down like this, and talked for a quarter of an hour. Afraid of losing her family's share, Elder Sister Cao hurriedly helped, "Mother, there are muslins, candied fruit, and corn wine!"

Dong Rong's face became darker the more she heard it, and she couldn't help sneering out loud, these girls really robbed her like a rich man.If all these food and necessities are bought back, at least it will cost ten taels of silver, which is enough for a farm family of three to live for two years.Thanks to them speaking so confidently, they really took her hard-earned money back like a strong wind.

She was just about to refuse, but someone outside the courtyard became even more furious, jumping and yelling, "Your Cao family is really poor, is this a door-to-door fight against the autumn wind, or a robbery! Our Dong family took it over." Business, why do you have to spend the money you have earned!"

The two wooden doors in the small courtyard were really unlucky today. They were knocked down by Sister Cao before, but now they were kicked hard again and fell to the sides.The big and round Niu wore a scarlet dress and blew in like a gust of wind. Before everyone could react, she stretched out her carrot-like fingers and turned to Dong Ping to yell, "You heartless bastard, how can you do that?" You don’t tell your family about the profitable business, but let outsiders take advantage of it. If it wasn’t for the people in the village who said it was open, I would still be kept in the dark.”

Dong Ping was startled and annoyed by the scolding, and he retorted, "Although my sister is married, she is not an outsider. Besides, the family has no money and cannot pay Shu Xiu, so what's wrong with us trying to figure it out on our own?"

"Hey, brat, you still dare to contradict your elders, your sage books are all in the stomach!" Niu pinched his waist with both hands, and his voice became sharper, "It's useless to say anything else today, you can either put these Hand over the money you earn during the day, or hand over the business to me, and I will find someone to take care of it..."

Because Dong Rong is not as well-behaved and weak as Niu's praise, Mrs. Cao felt that she was cheated by spending a lot of money to marry her. She was always angry with her mother-in-law.At this moment, she was ridiculed and said nothing, and saw that her business was about to be robbed, how could she not say a word?
"Mother-in-law, what you said is wrong. Although Brother Ping took over the business, it was my son and daughter-in-law who did the hard work! Even if I made money, I, my mother, will take care of it. Get married I’ve never heard of any family who meddled with my daughter’s family affairs!”

Niu sneered, stared back and cursed, "You are a peasant woman, there are many things you have never heard of..."

The two of them came and went and quarreled lively, but the anger in Dong Rong's heart couldn't be suppressed.It was she who set up the business of selling ice bit by bit. The two of them didn't have any effort, so why did they come here to snatch the fruits of victory so righteously.Really think she is made of mud, too easy to bully?
She turned her head and looked around to find a broom to beat the two cheeky old women out.But then I thought again, since the two of them are so fighting spirited, why didn't she just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?
Thinking of this, she changed her anger into a pitiful and embarrassing look, and whispered to Mrs. Cao to persuade her, "Mother, my second mother is right, this is the business that Brother Ping took, our Cao family really I shouldn't interfere. I'll give her the ten taels of silver I earned earlier, and then let's go home together..." After saying this, she pretended to wipe away her tears and sighed, "I originally planned to earn money Those who paid money to be filial to their parents, now it seems that it is impossible."

When Mrs. Cao heard that her son and daughter-in-law had made ten taels of silver in just one month, her eyes were so wide that they were about to burst into flames.Hearing that the silver was going to be handed over to Niu Shi, the anger immediately rushed to the top of his head.As soon as she lifted her foot and jumped onto the stone bench, she pinched her waist and pointed at Niu Shi, then scolded him.

"You fat woman who kills thousands of knives, why should I give you the money my son and daughter-in-law earn. I think you have eaten too much lard and your mind is burnt, so get out of here, slow down and watch out for discounts." Your leg!"

When Niu heard that Dong Rong was going to hand over the money, she couldn't help but smile smugly. She didn't want Mrs. Cao to meddle in such a way, and she was also annoyed. She didn't even care to wipe off the spittle on her face. Pulled her off, "Old shrew, who are you going to let go, let me tear your mouth first!"

Granny Cao staggered, pulled her neck in pain and shouted, "Sister, Zhuzi, I'm going to be beaten to death, you're all blind, don't come to help!"

Sister Cao had already rolled up her sleeves, and when she heard the old lady shout, she immediately stepped forward and pulled Niu Shi and started to fight.These two women are also good fighters in the village on weekdays, and they have a mother-daughter nature. One stretches out his hand to pull his hair, and the other slaps his hands. They really cooperate very well.

Although Mrs. Niu has a big shoulder and a round waist, but she always thinks that she is superior to others as a scholar's wife, and she disdains such a barbaric movement, so she suffered a disadvantage at this time.The waist was pinched hot just now, and a lot of hair fell out in the next moment. She hated her and scolded Dong Rong and her brother like a pig, "You two are dead people. If you don't come here and pull them away, I will be beaten to death." !"

Dong Rong saw the three of them rolling together, each with disheveled hair, ragged clothes and beggar-like embarrassment, she suffocated her laughter so much that her bowels were wrenching.Not to mention stepping forward to fight, she would be kind if she didn't find a few more bricks and hand them over.

But Dong Ping is a polite and kind child, even though he was treated harshly by Niu since he was a child, he still felt uncomfortable watching his stepmother being beaten, so he persuaded his sister in a low voice, "Sister, let's pull them away. "

Dong Rong pouted to signal her younger brother not to worry, and then pretended to half-push and half-support Granny Cao and persuaded, "Mother, why did you hurt from the fall? Stop hitting."

As soon as she reached out to "help", Granny Cao's hands and feet were restrained, and Niu immediately gained the upper hand, and raised her hand to give Granny Cao two black eyes.Before Mrs. Cao yelled in pain, Dong Rong hugged Niu in a "panic" and advised, "Mother, stop quickly, my father knows it's time to get angry."

Niu tried her best to get rid of Dong Rong, and cursed, "Don't stop me, I have to teach her a lesson today."

Sister Cao saw that there was no way to delay this opportunity, and immediately returned two "Tiantian Cannons" for her mother!
In this way, Dong Rong was busy between the two parties, calling Dong Ping for help from time to time, and the war group moved outside through the gate of the courtyard before they knew it.

The weather is fine today, and it’s almost the Dragon Boat Festival. Farmers from Shili Ba Village some picked their own cherries and apricots and carried them into the city to exchange for some sundries of rice and flour, and some carried home-grown green vegetables for sale.When I happened to pass by here, I saw someone fighting, so everyone came over to watch the excitement.

A person from Huaishu Village asked in surprise, "Isn't this Mrs. Dong's wife? Why did you come here to fight? Scholars don't want to lose face?"

The folks in Yimianpo Village also commented, "Oh, these women belong to the Cao family. Aren't they and the Dong family in-laws? How did you do it?"

Hearing this, Dong Ping blushed with embarrassment.He wanted to go forward to explain a few words, but Dong Rong stretched out his hand and pulled him back to the courtyard in two or three steps. Then, with a bang, the gate was closed tightly, the latch fell, and the small courtyard was finally quiet.

Dong Ping looked at his sister and asked in a daze, "Sister, sister, what are you..."

Dong Rong smiled, stretched out her hand and patted her younger brother on the shoulder, and said solemnly, "Brother, you must remember from now on that the way to deal with one mad dog is to beat it with a stick until it is afraid, and it is even easier to deal with two mad dogs." , Throw a piece of meat and bones, let them fight and bite each other! Understand?"

Dong Ping subconsciously nodded, and finally remembered that Caicai's stepmother and Cao's mother had disheveled hair, they were no different from mad dogs, so he couldn't help but want to laugh.

And the silly Zhu who was leaning against the door of the kitchen and seeing everything in his eyes had already laughed so hard that his shoulders shook.Mad dog? His little daughter-in-law has a really sharp mouth, but what she said is very reasonable.

"Laugh if you want to laugh, don't hold back your internal injuries." Dong Rong pinched her younger brother who was blushing from laughing, and finally shouted to the yard, "Zhuzi, why are you running to be lazy, hurry up and help! If you don’t do business, you won’t have money to buy candy.”

"Hey, here we come." Silly Zhu put away his smile, changed into a simple and honest look, and walked out of the kitchen.Dong Rong dragged the pillars to the backyard while talking about how much work was left today, Dong Ping rubbed his sore cheeks and followed.

(End of this chapter)