pastoral wedding

Chapter 57 Listening to the Corner

It was early autumn in September, and the road from Qingshi Town to Liushu Village was lined with tall trees. The carriage passed under the trees, and occasionally withered and yellow leaves fell from the trees and landed in the soil.The trees are full of withered grass, and a few meters away from the roadside is the farmer's crop field. Many people are busy working in their own crop field. Autumn is a harvest season.

The back mountain of Liushu Village is also colorful when viewed from a distance, with the withered yellow of weeds and the colorful colors of wild flowers. It feels very lively when you look at it.Su Jin and her second sister took Brother Shuo to their yard first, and saw that the neatly arranged flower plates of sunflowers were well stored in the house, and they were all done according to what they said.Su Jin was happy in her heart, feeling that her second uncle was still somewhat useful at last.

Su Shuang looked at it and nodded, "It seems that our second uncle can do something other than gambling." The two sisters looked at each other and smiled.

It so happened that Su Wenhai had been working for more than ten days in a row, and he was so tired that he was tired. He had been resting at home for a few days, and he didn't bother to go to the tenant farmer's house to ask for the rent. Come and see, seeing that their sisters and brothers are busy putting together smiling faces, they laughed straight away, "Girl Shuang, Girl Jin, Brother Shuo, you are finally here, hehe."

"Second Uncle, why does your smile look so treacherous?" Su Jin curled her lips, "I know what Second Uncle you want, since I promised you, I can't do the counting," she said as she untied her purse from inside He took out three liang of silver and put it in his hand, "I'll give you these three liang of silver first, and I'll find a guy to deliver the bullock cart tomorrow."

Su Wenhai looked at the silver over and over, quickly put it in his arms, rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Actually, you can exchange that bullock cart for silver and give it to me, it's easy."

"Don't even think about it." Su Shuang always spoke straightforwardly. Seeing that the second uncle was plotting money again, she choked up, "If I give you money, you will bet again."

It's not that Su Wenhai can let others choke, but because he just took the money and was in a good mood, he didn't have the same knowledge as her. Su Shuang glanced at him and walked away, even when Su Mei called him behind him, he just waved it off. He waved his hand and swaggered away.

"Are you encouraging my dad to gamble again?" Su Mei glared at Su Shuang and the two sisters bitterly, "Every time you come here, nothing good happens. What are you here for this time? If you have nothing to do, hurry up and leave." She Just came back from cutting the pigweed, saw their sisters wearing fancy clothes, followed by maids, sitting in a carriage, and felt resentful in their hearts.

"Sister Mei, why are you talking like that? Isn't this our grandmother's house?" Brother Shuo didn't want others to bully his sister, so he stepped forward to stand in front of the sisters, and reasoned with Su Mei confidently.

Seeing him coming out, Su Mei sneered, and casually put the bamboo basket of slow pigweed in front of him, the soil on the bottom of the bamboo basket fell on Brother Shuo's shoe, and the new shoe was so dirty. "Yes, this is also your grandmother's house, I can't stop it!" After saying that, he turned and left.

After entering the yard, she threw the bamboo basket into the middle of the yard angrily, turned around and went back to her room, and closed the door with a 'Kang Dang'.Su Ran heard the movement and came out with a needle and thread in her hand, just in time to see the bright red cloth she bought was rubbed off on the ground, and there was a bamboo basket full of pigweed on it.Immediately annoyed, he stepped forward and smashed the door of Su Mei's room, "Su Mei, come out for me, hurry up!"

For Su Ran, who is like a domineering king in this house, Su Mei didn't dare to provoke her, so she came out honestly. Su Ran pointed to the fabric and showed her, and Su Mei hurried over to pick it up, "I'm sorry little aunt, I'm sorry. I don't know how the cloth fell off, I didn't see it when I put the bamboo baskets just now."

"Didn't see it?" Su Ran refused to let go, "Do you know how much this fabric is worth? This is for my wedding dress, can you afford it? I think you have lived more comfortably these two days , is it itchy?"

Su Shuang happened to see this scene when she came in with her siblings, and she didn't persuade her, just watched it coldly.Su Mei lowered her head when she saw it, and when she raised her head, she pointed to Su Jin and said, "Little aunt, they probably wiped off the fabric. I just came back from cutting pigweed, and the fabric fell on the ground. "

Su Ran glared at her, and poked her between the eyebrows, "Don't think that I'm going around you just because you said that, even if you didn't wipe off the fabric, then you don't have eyes, so just put the bamboo basket on it. Is it up there?"

"It's all of you who made me take the blame for you and was scolded by my little aunt." Su Mei deliberately stepped forward to push Brother Shuo, but Su Shuang, Su Jin, Qiuliang and Dahe didn't pay attention. My brother was almost pushed to the ground by her, his little face was flushed with anger, he took two quick steps and bumped forward vigorously, Su Mei had already prepared herself, she would not be hit by him, but thinking that Su Ran was right behind her, if she Pretending to be pushed down by him and bumping into little aunt, it is estimated that little aunt will get entangled with their siblings, and then he will be able to slip away.

The idea was good, she did the same, but what she didn't expect was that there was an earthen pot between her and Su Ran, in which wild chrysanthemums were planted in full bloom, she tripped over it, staggered and jumped to the ground.If she fell down by herself, it's fine, but when Xiao Lu heard the noise and went out, the eldest daughter fell on the door of her own room. She moved slowly, and she tripped and fell on the eldest daughter. Stained with blood, bright red.

Several people were terrified when they saw it, but Su Shuang remained calm and asked Brother Shuo to take Qiu Liang to the street to find her grandmother.She herself brought Su Jin to help Su Mei lift her mother up. At this moment, Xiao Lu's face had turned pale, and she gasped in pain.

None of the girls in the yard knew what to do about this kind of thing. Seeing that Mrs. Lu hadn't come yet, several older girls were hurrying back and forth in the yard.Mrs. Lu brought her little granddaughter Su Qing to visit Qianlin's house. When her grandson found her, she grabbed a lot of pumpkin seeds and stuffed them into his grandson's pocket. When she heard that Mrs. Lu had fallen down, her hands trembled , The pumpkin seeds were scattered all over the ground.

It was an old man from Qianlin's family who told her to call for a midwife, and she just realized it and ran to her house.As soon as he entered the yard, he heard Su Mei's cries and his daughter-in-law's cries of pain, and he hurriedly called out to his granddaughter, "What are you crying there for? Why don't you go and call the midwife?"

Su Mei ran away when she heard that, she didn't even bother to wipe her tears. She knew that if her mother had any accident this time because of her, neither her father nor grandmother would forgive her, even if her grandmother's family business could not spare her. Continue to find a stepmother for her, then I will definitely not have a good life in the future.

But in just a few minutes, Su Mei had already thought thoroughly, her mind was spinning rapidly, her feet were not idle, and she quickly invited the midwife from the village.

Lu Shi and the midwife delivered the baby in the house, Su Mei took Su Qing to the stove to boil water, Su Ran thought it was bad luck to enter the house and refused to come out.Su Shuang and her brothers and sisters stood in the yard and didn't know what to do. They wanted to go to the kitchen but were chased out by Su Mei, so they had to find a place to sit and wait in the yard.

After noon, when Su Shuang and the sisters were starving, a baby's cry came from Xiao Lu's room.Then the door squeaked, and it was Mrs. Lu who came out first. She looked at Su Shuang's younger siblings weakly, then her eyes fell on Brother Shuo, and she greeted Brother Shuo, "I've been waiting for so long and I'm hungry." Let's go, grandma washes her hands first, and then give brother Shuo steamed egg custard to eat."

Brother Shuo hurriedly followed, leaned up to his grandmother and asked, "Grandmother, did Second Aunt give birth to a little brother? I heard him crying when I was outside."

Who would have thought that Mrs. Lu curled her lips and muttered angrily, "Little brother? Your second aunt is lucky, and she has three daughters in a row. Doesn't this give birth to another girl for our old Su family? At first I asked over and over again. He categorically told me that the fortune-teller was the one to forget it, and that he was a man with handles, what can I say now? It would not make people happy for nothing.” Finally, he patted brother Shuo’s face with his freshly washed hands, "It's better my brother Shuo, just wait, grandma is going to make you steamed egg custard." After finishing speaking, he entered the kitchen room, and immediately heard reprimands from inside, "What are you still doing here? If you don't go to the house to take care of your mother, every girl's film is a loser!"

When Su Mei came out, her face was blue and white, but she was secretly happy in her heart. Fortunately, mother gave birth to a younger sister. If she really gave birth to a younger brother, there would be no place for her to stand with the second younger sister.

When Su Mei entered, she could vaguely hear Xiao Lu's crying. After a while, she could only hear the midwife muttering. Su Jin leaned over the window and listened, but only heard something like, "Daughter...you lose money." ... I can get a lot of money..." and so on. She couldn't understand, so she simply took Da He and Qiu Liang to the kitchen to cook. None of the big family cooks. Could it be that they are waiting at noon? Have you drank northwest wind?
After a while, Su Mei came to the kitchen and called Lu Shi, only saying that her mother had something to say to her grandmother.Mrs. Lu didn't want to go, Su Mei said, it's a good thing.Mrs. Lu curled her lips, thinking what a good thing it would be to give birth to a bad girl.Su Mei became anxious and whispered something in Lu's ear, Lu immediately stood up and followed her out.

Now Su Jin's curiosity was completely aroused, she hurriedly put down the vegetables she was washing, and walked out of the kitchen softly.Who would have thought that Su Shuang was also listening to the corner of the wall, but couldn't hear anything, and when she was in a hurry, she whispered an idea to Brother Shuo.

Brother Shuo nodded, went to Xiao Lu's door, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Grandma, I'm hungry, is the egg custard steamed yet? I'm going to faint from hunger."

As soon as she heard her precious grandson say that she was going to faint from hunger, Mrs. Lu came out in a hurry, and closed the door without looking back, so she didn't see Su Shuang's hand gently blocking the door, leaving a gap in the door .

After Mrs. Lu entered the kitchen, both Su Shuang and Su Jin leaned over the gap to listen, only to hear the baby's cries, the midwife said: "Your family should be lucky. My family told me a long time ago, let me find out more, their family, as long as a girl, it turns out that there are three boys in his family, and if he wants a girl, he can't get pregnant anyway, so he is willing to pay 50 taels of silver Woolen cloth."

"Is it really 50 taels?" Xiao Lu asked with a trembling voice.

"No, it's really 50 taels of silver." The midwife said again, "The youngest boy in his family is also four years old. , just be kinder, and I won’t be wronged.” After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice, “Say something that shouldn’t be said, I look at your mother-in-law and don’t treat this girl very much, you are still attached I have given birth to two daughters. If I keep this one, I will have to take care of it, and I will have to ask for a dowry from my husband’s family in the future. This is not money. Your mother-in-law may not be willing. If you sell this girl Yes, I got the 50 taels of silver for nothing. Once your mother-in-law is happy, maybe she doesn’t care about it. I just looked at her and she seemed a little loose. Anyway, she hasn’t raised her, and she has no feelings. of."

When Xiao Lu heard the words, she said bitterly: "I originally thought that this baby must be a child, but who would have thought that it would be another girl's film, even if you don't tell me this, I don't want to raise it. .”

"That's just right." The midwife smiled and clapped her hands, "Then I'm going to talk to the Feng family about this?"

Xiao Lu nodded, "I'm sorry for the trouble, mother-in-law."

(End of this chapter)