peasant young lady

Chapter 54

Seeing Yang Dalang move away, Cheng Xia happily planned to study the new kang, and saw that the already dry kang was wet, Cheng Xia stayed where he was for a moment, looked up at Yang Dalang in disbelief, "These two days Wouldn’t it be possible to use the kang immediately, why did it suddenly become so wet?”

Yang Dalang paused when he walked towards his bed, and slowly turned his head to look at Cheng Xia, "When you went to the market today, Xiaolong came over and asked me for candied winter melon and sugar water. The remaining bit of sugar was used to make sugar water for him all night, he was probably too happy, and drank it while watching me write, and accidentally spilled it on the kang, making it wet."

It was rare to see Yang Dalang talking so much in one breath and explaining so meticulously. Cheng Xia felt that there was nothing to say, but looking back at the large area of ​​dampness on the kang, she couldn't imagine that a bowl of sugar water could get rid of it. Is it that good?

Anyway, he couldn't sleep, Cheng Xia resigned to his fate and crawled inside Yang Dalang, lying in the quilt with all his clothes in a daze, and fell asleep after a while in a daze, it seemed that being tired had this benefit, and he fell asleep without thinking about anything.

The next day I slept until the sun was bright, but now Yang Lihua didn’t have so many things to do and called her to get up early every day. When she woke up, Yang Dalang had already left. Maybe he went to a neighboring village to copy books. Cheng Xia didn’t care, so he folded the book The quilt gets up, washes and eats.

After breakfast, Yang Lihua couldn't wait to take out the lipstick paper she applied yesterday to dry, and moved a small stool to watch the lipstick paper change color little by little.

In fact, it was almost dry yesterday, but Yang Lihua felt that the paper had not been dried in the sun, and the paper was not too dry, so she was afraid that it would not work well.

Cheng Xia just smiled and said nothing, just in time to change the water for her candied winter melon while Yang Lihua didn't care.

Carefully moved a large basin of clean water to her room, took out the winter melon strips soaked in quicklime water and put them in the clean water, and changed the water three times in this way, so that in the afternoon she could boil the winter melon strips in boiling water again. Soak it in clear water for a while in the evening and add sugar to marinate it for one night. It can be fried and dried in the sun tomorrow. She plans to find a car to go to the county by herself the next day, not waiting for the market in four days.

Just after changing the water for the wax gourd, Cheng Xia was startled when she suddenly saw Yang Lihua calling her at the door. No need to make money.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Xia walked out of the room and saw Yang Lihua holding a piece of paper in her mouth in surprise, shaking it at herself.

"Sister-in-law, I'm done." Seeing that Lin Xiu was about to go out, Yang Lihua excitedly called her over to have a look together, "Second sister-in-law, take a look, I've made lip balm."

Lin Xiu smiled appreciatively, "Very powerful."

"Sister-in-law, I want to try it now, what do you think?" Yang Lihua asked expectantly.

Cheng Xia agreed, "Okay," and followed Yang Lihua into her room, where she saw the small ancient bronze mirror for the first time.

Cheng Xia held a small mirror in her hand and looked at her face carefully. Her skin was like fat and her nose was straight. She was really beautiful. Lin Xiu couldn't help laughing when she saw it. It looks good."

Yang Lihua had just cleansed her face, and snorted when she heard Lin Xiu's words. Lin Xiu realized that she had offended my sister-in-law, so she quickly added with a smile, "My sister-in-law is also very beautiful."

"It's not too bad!" Yang Lihua snorted, then touched her face regretfully, and turned back to Yang Lihua with a bit of sadness, "Sister-in-law, since you can make lipstick, can you make rouge and eyebrow powder?" ?" Her face is so delicate, it's the icing on the cake that lacks rouge, otherwise she is no worse than those ladies.

Seeing Chundai's smile on Yang Lihua's face, Cheng Xia blurted out a tentative sentence, "Little sister is in such a hurry to dress up, does she have a sweetheart?"

"Sister-in-law," Yang Lihua said coquettishly, and stomped her feet lightly, "Don't talk nonsense, I won't obey you."

With Yang Lihua's spring-like appearance, she would be too stupid if she couldn't see anything, so she didn't ask any more questions, and just taught her to moisten her lips with water, and then sip the lipstick paper.

Yang Lihua did as she did, it should be the first time she used it, she closed her eyes shyly and nervously, and opened her eyes after she finished pursing her eyes. Looking at the delicate appearance of red lips in the mirror, her face turned red immediately, and she looked like It's like putting on rouge.

Yang Lihua was born well, and her overall appearance followed Chen's. Although Chen's eyes looked weather-beaten, her skin was still good, and she didn't look like an ordinary peasant family.

Now that Yang Lihua has put on this lipstick paper, it is even more "three hundred eyebrows and three hundred poems, and the temples are cut like a spring breeze", which is very beautiful.

It's rare that even Mrs. Chen, who has always disliked Yang Lihua, said it looks good.

Seeing that Yang Lihua was intoxicated by her beauty, Cheng Xia took the opportunity to sneak out of her room and poured out the quicklime water in her own room, and then she took a breath after pouring it out. Damn it, earning money is like being a thief, so frightening.

When changing the fresh water for the wax gourd sticks for the third time, and Lin Xiu was about to start making lunch, Cheng Xia suddenly found Cheng You outside the fenced yard.

Cheng Xia had a headache and knew that her younger brother was going to call her back to her natal home, so she told Mrs. Chen and left.

I haven't seen Cheng You for a few days, and I feel that he seems to have lost a lot of weight. I stroked his hair with some distress, and secretly made a decision in my heart. She must find a chance to talk to Mrs. Zhang, and let Cheng You go to school. There is no future in this small mountain village, Cheng You is so smart, he shouldn't be buried, if he can learn knowledge, maybe it will be another life.

"Your, what did mother tell us to go back for?" Cheng Xia followed Cheng You and greeted the passing uncles and aunts before asking the question.She knew that Mrs. Zhang would not call her if there was nothing wrong.

Cheng You pursed his lips and looked at Cheng Xia worriedly, before saying after a long time, "Second Sister, Cousin Qiang is here."

Strong cousin?who is it?

"And then?" Cousin came, why did Cheng You have such a frightened expression, is it a scourge?

"Hey," the little guy sighed, "my grandparents didn't know where I heard that our family is living a good life, so they sent my uncle's cousin to our house to pick up things."

What?Cheng Xia's eyebrows were tightly frowned, and for a moment she couldn't digest what Cheng You said.

"Second sister, you forgot again, didn't you?" The little guy continued to sigh. Apparently, Cheng Xia always asked him how old he was and who it was. Cheng You automatically thought that Cheng Xia had forgotten a lot. It's over, that's fine, save Cheng Xia from making excuses.

"Your right, tell me."

"Cousin Qiang used to come to our house to pick up things, either Cousin Qiang or Cousin Tong, Cousin Gang and Cousin Bo, oh yes, Cousin Dong also came here a few times, and there are..."

Cheng Xia heard a black line, so many of her cousins ​​came to Zhang's house to pick up things, is this normal?
"Uh, You Er You Er, don't count how many cousins ​​you have, just keep talking."

Cheng You suddenly lowered his face again, "They often come to our house to get things. They come once every few days, and they all say that it's my grandfather and grandmother. Hey, actually, I think it's the uncle, the second uncle and the third uncle who asked them to come. of."

So many uncles? "Why do they come to our house to pick up things, mother agrees?" With such consumption, no amount of things can be saved.

Cheng You nodded helplessly, "Mother agrees," he said with a helpless look on his face, "Mother said, it's not easy for the uncles' families, but her younger sister has the best life, and it's right to help her mother's family." .”

This Mrs. Zhang really has too many things to complain about. Ms. Zhang has such thoughts in mind, let alone Mr. Cheng, who cares about face, how could he refuse, I guess I wish everyone thought his family had the best life. , It's really a swollen face to pretend to be fat.

"Uncle, are they poor?" Although Cheng Xia asked this, she felt in her heart that no matter how poor you are, you should have ambition, and you can't be short-sighted if you are poor.

Cheng You pursed his lips, "Uncle and the others are not poor, once I went to my grandparents' house with my mother, they all lived in a big house, and all they ate were vegetables and fish, and my grandparents' house had everything that our family didn't have. Besides, when I went there with my mother, some uncles and aunts still disliked us, they didn’t even cook for my mother, and even made my mother do some work, saying that they let my mother do the work because they respected my mother, and let us come back after finishing the work.” Cheng You intentionally ignored the part where the aunts scolded him for being a bastard, he knew that the second sister would feel distressed when she heard it, "Mother is still very happy, saying that before, uncles and aunts didn't show mother's face, but now they can finally talk properly. "

Pooh, Cheng Xia almost wants to curse, why does she feel so familiar with the tunes of these aunts? Isn’t it the last time I went to my mother’s house with Yang Dalang? I can see you guys, I'll go, the words are exactly the same, it seems that Zhang's awkward personality must have been greatly influenced by her natal family, or she was influenced by her natal family before she got married, and then by her father Cheng after she got married, which caused her to become what she is now .

Before reaching Cheng's house, I heard a burst of laughter in the room from a distance. Cheng Xia frowned, and entered the room together with Cheng You. As soon as he entered the door, a deep voice came to his ears, "Little sister is married!" Wrong person, if I didn't get married so early, it would be best for my younger sister to match me."

Cheng Xia felt chills for a while, and felt that this man was really shameless when he said something, and he didn't feel the slightest bit of embarrassment when he teased someone who was already married. Looking at the broad-shouldered and thick-backed man sitting next to Father Cheng, Cheng Xia knew that this It must be the strong cousin Cheng You said.

Hearing the movement, Zhang Guangqiang turned his head abruptly. When he saw Cheng Xia entered the door, his narrowed eyes lit up instantly. I haven't seen you for a few days, how did you become so beautiful?"

Cheng Xia dodged his outstretched claws calmly, with a chill on his face, and looked at the greasy man with a fake smile, "Cousin is here to get something."

The irony in the words was so strong that Zhang Guangqiang couldn't hear it, he laughed and patted his chest, "My mother said, the eldest aunt's family is living a good life, let me come over and take some back for grandma. "

There is no one who is so shameless, Cheng Xia sneered and looked at Zhang Guangqiang, "Cousin, does my family's poor life have something to do with you?"

(End of this chapter)