happy event

Chapter 24
Mrs. Cao chased after her with a scream, and the two girls scolded and ran wildly, and they started making a fuss around the village, making men, women and children sitting outside after dinner all laugh and watch the excitement.Later, it was old man Cao who heard the news and rushed over, with a dark face, he decided to cut the fat meat in half before giving up.

Although Dong Ping didn't know that the Cao family was watching jokes all over the village because of a piece of meat, he was also very aware of his stepmother's temperament, and he was afraid that she would leave all the etiquette behind regardless of face, so he went directly to the village when he entered the village. the Wang family.

Aunt Cao heard that Dong Ping was sending a gift for her sister, but she refused to accept it at first, and complained that Dong Rong wasted money. If she had spare time, she would add two pieces of clothes and jewelry to herself.

Dong Ping felt very warm when he heard this, and hurriedly told about his sister inviting his cousin and sister-in-law to work to earn wages.The young and old of the Wang family were really overjoyed. Their family members were hardworking, and they had already finished their work in the field. It was a time when they had nothing to do. It would be a good thing if they could earn some pocket money.So, Aunt Cao smiled and accepted the gift and said that tomorrow she would let her son and daughter-in-law go to the small courtyard to report, even if she didn’t make money and just helped her nephew and niece and daughter-in-law.

Dong Ping was moved by the warmth and kindness of Wang's family, and returned home with a smile on his face. Unfortunately, as soon as he entered the yard, Niu only sent him from the midsummer to the cold winter with a cold glance.He sighed secretly, stepped forward to salute his father and mother, and then presented him with japonica rice and other things.

Niu suffered a loss when he fought with Cao's mother and daughter, and finally ran back to his own house to ask for a man to stand out. He didn't want Dong Xiucai to love face, so this kind of quarrel with his in-laws could not be done, so no matter how Niu's mischief Refuse to show up.

Niu was full of anger and had nowhere to vent it, so naturally he wouldn't give Dong Ping a good look.She turned upside down a basket of rice, grains and other things. At one moment she thought that the round-grained rice was bad, and at another moment she said that the tea was inferior, but none of them were good.

Dong Ping remembered that his sister had bought these items with hard-earned money, but was so disliked by others, he was very annoyed, but his stomach was full of sage books and told him that he could not refute his elders, so he simply did not eat dinner, excused himself to be tired. Hide back to his room.Dong Xiucai, who was left behind, also turned away impatiently listening to Niu's nagging. Niu was so angry that he wanted to kick the basket but was reluctant, and finally carried it to the ear room while muttering and cursing.

That night, Dong Ping waited until midnight, repeatedly making sure that his family members were asleep, and then bravely jumped into his backyard again.With the experience of being a thief last time, this time he first bribed the old yellow dog with half a steamed bun, and then buried the money back in the jar smoothly.

Xu Shi went to a worry, and Dong Ping slept soundly in the second half of the night.When the family got up early for dinner, he said to Dong Xiucai, "Father, my sister has earned some wages by working in the city these days, and she plans to send me back to the academy to study."

Dong Xiucai was stretching out his chopsticks to pick up pickles. He was taken aback when he heard this, and said hesitantly, "Your sister has married into the Cao family. She will give you money for your education. Can the Cao family agree?"

Dong Ping was about to praise how independent his sister has become now, she is completely in charge, and will no longer be restrained by the Cao family, but after thinking about it, she was afraid that her stepmother would take the opportunity to make trouble, so she lowered her head and only looked at what could be seen in the bowl. Seeing the figure, Mi Tang was in a daze and refused to respond.

Dong Xiucai hadn't visited Cao's house since he married his daughter, so he didn't know how much her daughter had changed.Seeing his son's expression now, he thought that his daughter was bearing the burden of humiliation in Cao's house, sending her younger brother to study even if she was punished and beaten.On the other hand, as a father, he allowed his shrewd wife to detain his son, who was dedicated to studying hard, to work at home every day just because he was making noise. He was really ashamed of being a father.

Thinking like this, he said, "Your sister's life is not easy, how about this, let your second mother take a few taels of silver to make you two new clothes!"

"What? Who promised you to pay the money!" Niu originally carried half a plate of pancakes and eavesdropped outside the door, but now he couldn't bear it and jumped in, smashed the pancakes on the square table with a bang, and cursed, " Dong Wenyuan, are you out of your mind? The family only saved a few pennies in total, and they all used it to make new clothes for him. How are we going to live? Brother Yi won’t buy pens and ink? Sister Juan won’t buy a dowry? "

Dong Xiucai looked at the two sons and one daughter at the dining table, and felt that his face was completely smeared by the shrewd wife, so he was also a little annoyed, and retorted, "You know how to cry poor all day long, and I know how much money the family has! It's settled like this, tomorrow you will give two taels of silver to Brother Ping! It is a good thing that he wants to study, and if he comes back from the exam in the future, your mother's face will also be radiant!"

"Two taels of silver! You are such a toad yawning, what a big tone! The school only takes two taels of silver for a season of Shuxiu, give it to him, and eat and drink at home!" Niu pinched his waist, and his voice was pulled out. Going higher, really not giving an inch.

Dong Xiucai was sprayed with saliva all over his face, and he was about to shrink his neck habitually, but he turned his head to look at Da'er's rough hands and thin back, finally he stood up bravely, and said firmly, "I am The head of the family, I have the final say on this matter! If you don’t take it, it’s fine, the school will collect the summer bundles immediately, enough to buy clothes for Brother Ping.”

After finishing speaking, he flicked his sleeves and went to the front school, leaving Niu so angry that he picked up the rice spoon and waved it around, cursing loudly.

Dong Ping tugged on his somewhat wrinkled coarse cloth sleeves silently, feeling complicated and unspeakable.From the time he and his elder sister were born to now, for 17 years, his father never protected them even half of them, allowing them to starve and scold them under the hands of their stepmother, and even allowing his elder sister to be sold to a fool as a daughter-in-law.Now that they have grown up, his sister has earned money, and he wants to continue to study and gain fame, and he no longer needs his protection, but suddenly his conscience finds out.He should be grateful, but why is he so sad in his heart, and wants to cry so much...

Niu quickly calculated the importance of Yiji Shuxiu and Erliang silver in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, he turned his head to look at the thorn in his eldest son, and was about to find an excuse to scold and vent his anger, but he got up and walked away quickly. go out.

Niu's eyes widened in annoyance, and he threw the spoon out with a wave of his hand.The spoon hit Dong Ping's back hard and impartially, but he didn't seem to feel the pain at all, and he still strode out of the courtyard door, and soon disappeared.

Dong Rong got up early to make ten boxes of ice together with Zhu Zi, and then looked up to see a large cloud in the western sky, guessing that there must be a good rain today.And after the rain is cool, the sales of their own ice cubes will naturally be less.Besides, she is not a greedy person, but she is happy and rarely has leisure.There was still half a drop of hot water in the cauldron in the kitchen, and white mist was overflowing from it. When she saw it, she rolled up her sleeves and washed Zhu Zi's hair.

In the early morning, the slightly cool breeze swirls in the small courtyard, occasionally bringing a few crisp birdsong and the creaking of cars and horses rushing into the city early.The warm sunlight penetrated through the gaps in the leaves and sprinkled finely on the half-lying Silly Zhu, causing him to squint his eyes, and subconsciously stretched out his hands to grab the air, as if he wanted to keep the warmth in his hands forever.

Dong Rong has eaten a lot of meat these days, and is doing business day by day. Her thin body has gradually become plump, her complexion has become fairer, and even her withered and yellow hair has become darker and brighter.But compared to Sha Zhu's black and thick long hair, it was still far behind.She scooped up half a scoop of warm water and sprinkled it lightly. Seeing that the long hair in her hand became black and shiny after being soaked, she praised enviously, "Zhu Zi, your hair is so beautiful, those black sesame candies are not in vain. When we earn more money in the future, I will buy a golden crown for you to wear, and keep you more handsome than the most handsome young man in the city!"

Zhu Zi chuckled twice, turned his head and wanted to speak, but didn't want to, but Dong Rong's skirt was splashed with water because of too much movement.Dong Rong was so angry that she flicked his head twice and poured a full ladle of water, which made him laugh even more joyfully.

The two of them were laughing and joking, and suddenly seeing Dong Ping open the courtyard door, Dong Rong greeted with a smile, "Brother Ping, why did you come back so early, have you eaten yet?"

Dong Ping didn't respond, and walked up to him, reached out and hugged his sister's arm.Dong Rong frowned suspiciously. This child is usually very introverted, and he seldom takes the initiative to get close to her like this. Today is really abnormal.She then thought of her stepmother's meanness, immediately dropped the water ladle, stared and asked, "Brother Ping, tell sister, did Mrs. Niu beat and scold you again?" some.

Dong Ping, however, struggled and refused, and finally said with a sob, "Sister, my father asked Erniang to give me money to make new clothes for me..."

Dong Rong was stunned for a moment, subconsciously began to check the memories received from the original owner of this body, and soon she found the crux of the problem.This silly boy became a little at a loss because his father, who had always existed in name only, suddenly gave him a little care.

"Okay, okay." Dong Rong sighed, wiped tears for her younger brother pityingly, and comforted her, "Don't think too much, if he loves you, just accept it, and if he doesn't love you, just study hard and live a good life. here I am."

Dong Ping wiped his eyes hard, nodded heavily, "Sister, I know, I will study hard."

Dong Rong smiled and scratched his face, jokingly said, "How old are you, and you still cry on my shoulders like you did when you were a child, it's really embarrassing."

Dong Ping blushed, and hurriedly used an excuse to go back to the house and change his clothes to escape.Seeing her younger brother entering the wing room, Dong Rong stopped laughing, and her face quickly turned cold.Although the younger brother was unwilling to say it, she was not blind, and the complete spoon marks on the back of his clothes couldn't have been done for nothing.

Originally, she regretted exchanging Niu's money last night, but now it seems that she is still too light...

Soon, sister-in-law Liu and others also rushed to work.Sister-in-law Liu felt that she didn't suppress her anger last night and delayed inquiring about Cao's family for Dong Rong, so she vaguely said a few words that the Cao and Dong families are not noisy, please rest assured Dong Rong, and finally talked loudly about Cao's mother-in-law and her daughter's fight for fat The meat thing.

A few young daughters-in-law next to me laughed when they thought of the farce last night, chirping with each other while they were busy.After everyone had a good time, they remembered that Dong Rong was the daughter-in-law of the Cao family. They laughed at Mrs. Cao and Eldest Sister Cao in front of her, which was somewhat unkind, so they all put aside the conversation with embarrassing expressions.

(End of this chapter)