farmhouse ditty

Chapter 96 It's too late if you don't go
Chu Fu was exposed to the sun and drenched all over his body. He threw the last broken Mazha missing a leg into the woodshed, closed the door and squatted in the shade to rest for a while.

He licked his lips, looked at the empty yard that had been tidied up, reached out to scrape the sweat beads off his forehead, and skimmed them to the ground, creating a watery path.

Chu Fu put his hands on his knees, muttering to himself, this trip is really exhausting. The old household items that Aunt Guo mentioned just now are actually some junk, such as broken oil tables, rotten benches, and half-legged ones. Taishi chairs, small four-legged chairs without a seat surface... Oh, these are still piled up and I can't bear to throw them away, so I have to ask him to move them into this woodshed.

Earlier, he saw that none of them could make it, so he said that he should throw it away, but the honest woman refused to let it go, and said that he would sell it to the rag dealer at the entrance of the village later.

Chu Fu thought that this crop would be sold, so he asked why he had to move it into the house.

The honest woman rubbed her hands with the apron, and she couldn't explain it herself, but it was the village chief's aunt who told her.

Chu Ge heard that it was Mrs. Yang who said it, so he didn't bother. Come on, let's move quickly...

At this moment, Mrs. Yang searched over, saw that Chu Fu was squatting and resting, and said, "Oh, isn't it good, this will be over soon."

Seeing that it was Mrs. Yang who came, Chu Fu hurriedly got up, "Hey, Auntie, you are here."

After hearing Chu Fu call her "Auntie", Mrs. Yang was still a little dissatisfied. Speaking of which, she was only ten years older than him, and calling her eldest sister was almost the same.

But she was married to the Guo family, that's what Chu Fu should be called, she twitched the corners of her mouth, glanced at the yard, saw that it was clean, and smiled, "Boss Chu family, you are quite good at it. Is it slippery?"

Chu Fuhan smiled and chattered, rubbed his hands and wiped his hands behind him, "Hey, I do this job a lot, and I'm familiar with it... So, auntie, do we still have work to do here... How about I put this yard to work?" Let's sweep it."

Yang waved her hand casually, pointed at the back door, and said, "It's done. I'll call Mama Li to fix it later. You can go first." The Mama Li she was talking about was the honest woman from earlier.

Chu Fu wiped his face with the rag on his shoulders, which he had begged for from the honest woman just now, he nodded in response, and was about to go out through the back door.

But thinking about it, he came back again, asking, "Hey, aunt, then my brother..."

Mrs. Yang was about to go back, but when she heard Chu Fu's question, she turned around and smiled, "Hey, I forgot to tell you, your brother Chu Ge, he has to go back later."

Chu Fu asked straight, "Auntie, what's wrong, my brother..."

Yang smiled, "Hey, it's okay, didn't the master come back just now... (Chu Fu looked suspicious) Hey, the master is your Uncle Guo, he and Chu Ge are chatting, the two of them are chatting happily, maybe I'll stay for dinner later."

Chu Fu's honest mind couldn't think much, he nodded and went out.

He walked out looking for the way out of the village, always feeling something was wrong in his heart, just now when Mrs. Yang came over, he seemed to have some questions to ask...

Chu Fu frowned, he didn't pay attention to the front and was thinking while walking. This time, a person came to meet him and shouted at him, "Hey, Big Brother Chu Fu."

When he looked up, he didn't expect to run into an old neighbor. He reached out and patted the shoulder of the person, "Hey, Brother Guixi, why are you? Are you hanging out?"

Guixi smiled and talked, and lifted the burden in his hand, "Oh, I'm not running errands for Aunt Zhao, brother Chu Fu, why are you here when you have time?"

Chu Fu smiled honestly, and pointed to Yang's room, "Is there nothing wrong with it, I'm looking for Uncle Guo..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Guixi say, "Hey, big brother, you came to find Uncle Guo, that's really a coincidence, I just drove Uncle Guo to the post station in the town earlier, he said It's going to be a long trip."

Chu Fu didn't believe it. Didn't the aunt just say that Guo Shu'er was chatting with Chu Ge and wanted to keep Chu Ge for dinner? Brother Guixi said that he was going to town.

He thought about it with a smile, swept Guixi's head and left, "Brother, you Mengge, you are a young man, why are you so funny."

Guixi didn't know why Chu Fu couldn't do it, he gave a "tsk" and shouted at his back, "Hey, brother Chu Fu, don't believe me, I don't want you to make a trip in vain, I just put The mule cart is parked outside that Mrs. Shi's house at the entrance of the village, if you don't believe me, you can ask... Hey, brother..."

He saw that Chu Fu turned around and went to the village chief's house. He was carrying something in his hand that was hard to chase, so he just scratched his head, "Hey, big brother, do you really think I'm being fooled by him?"

In fact, Chu Fu didn't think so, but he just heard Guixi talk about Aunt Zhao, and he suddenly remembered that his work has not been settled yet, and he didn't ask Yang when he came out just now. I have to go back with the cheek.

The door of Guo's compound was closed this time, Chu Fu walked to the door, after thinking about it, he still went to the back door.

He thought about that at the moment, Uncle Guo's family was chatting in the main room, if he came forward and howled, he would inevitably startle them.

So he thought about going in through the back door. Isn't Mama Li sweeping the floor there? Just ask her to open the door.

Chu Fu went around to the backyard, saw that the wooden door was half-hidden, he guessed there was someone in the yard, so he approached, raised his hand and was about to knock on it, when suddenly the voices of Mrs. Yang and He Hua came from inside... …

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Chu Fu looked at an old man squatting at the intersection in front of him, with his arms on his knees, holding a cigarette stick in one hand, and took a puff of cigarette with his mouth pursed.

The old man was none other than his own father. Chu Fu looked up and found that he had already returned to Xiayang Village.

Chu Fuchu was stunned at the door for a while. In fact, he didn't know how he came back. He just heard what he heard in the backyard of Guo's house... He just felt very nervous.

Father Chu had a sullen face, turned his head and cast a glance, and waited to look at Chu Fu, he tapped the stone steps with his cigarette stick.

Chu Fu looked at Father Chu, walked over and called him, sniffed, and looked into the yard strangely, "Father...Father, why is there such a smell of medicine in the courtyard?"

Father Chu snorted, stood up and pointed at him with a cigarette stick, "You still have the nerve to ask, how do you take care of your daughter-in-law!"

As soon as Chu Fu heard that it was about the Wen family, his expression changed instantly, and he hurriedly asked, "Father, father, what's wrong with Juan'er?"

Father Chu pursed his lips and muttered, "You, let me tell you what's good about you, this woman who is pregnant with a baby, Jingui, why don't you think about taking care of her, your daughter-in-law..."

Chu Fu became anxious now, and wanted to run to the courtyard when he started, "Oh, Juaner~~~"

Father Chu grabbed him, "Mother, stop howling, and listen to me."

Chu Fu did not dare to move his arms vigorously, "But, Dad, Juan'er..."

Father Chu pulled him to him, "Look at your worthless appearance, your daughter-in-law will be fine!"

Chu Fu glanced at Father Chu, and wanted to go to the yard again, "Oh, Juaner~~~"

Father Chu raised his foot and kicked him, "Stop howling, your mother is taking care of your daughter-in-law in the house, and the second son's family is also cooking medicine in the stove, your daughter-in-law is doing well, but she is suffering from the cold! "

Chu Fu thought about it and said, "Father, is Juan'er well, or is she suffering from the cold?"

Father Chu wished he could hit him a few times with the cigarette stick, "You, you stupid head, hey, come on, go and thank the second child's family, go and see your wife!"

Chu Fu glanced at the stove, "Huh?"

Father Chu stared at him, chattered and told Chu Fu about the incident that happened a while ago.

"Ah what! Let me tell you, if it wasn't for the second child's family this time, I think your daughter-in-law is still lying in the room and screaming..."

Hearing what Father Chu said, Chu Fu felt a sense of dread in his heart. It turned out that Xiao Xiang'er went to the main room to wake Wen Shi up in the morning. I jumped and hurriedly called Xiu Niang.

Shen Shi and Xiu Niang went in after hearing the sound, while Father Chu stopped when he reached the door of the house, it was the daughter-in-law's house, it was not easy for him as an old man to go in.

He waited outside for a while, and then saw Xiu Niang running out in a hurry, saying that Wen's family seemed to be suffering from cold and fever, so he had to find a doctor to take a look.

Father Chu pondered and said to go to Mrs. Zhang at the entrance of the village, because her man was the only doctor in the village before his death, and she also learned a few hands from her in the early years. When giving birth, most of them went to her, but Chu Ge and his brothers were born through Granny Zhang.

After hearing this, Xiuniang ran out in a hurry. After waiting for a bag of cigarettes, she carried Mrs. Zhang up from the village. Yinzi sent her back to the entrance of the village, and brought back a pair of medicines, which she kept to boil...

Xiu Niang piled up a small stove in the yard, and put a clay pot on it, and she was gurgling the medicine juice. She was sitting on a small stool, and when she saw Chu Fu coming in, she smiled, "Hey, brother, come back!" gone."

Chu Fu couldn't tell the expression on his face now, he was grateful, guilty, embarrassed, he said to Xiu Niang, "Sister and sister, I, I really thank you, my father just talked to me, You are doing this for Juan'er..."

Xiu Niang laughed casually, took a rag and spread it on the lid of the clay pot, grabbed it with one hand, and stirred it with chopsticks in the other hand.

"Hey, big brother, thank you... The old lady said that the sister-in-law is suffering from cold and heat in general, and she will be fine after taking a few medicines, but she is pregnant now, and the baby in her stomach will die if she takes any medicine." We need to add some... The herbs in this jar are picked by Mrs. Zhang, let's ask my sister-in-law to eat first, and then ask Chu Ge to take the prescription to the big pharmacy in the town to grab some medicine... "

She put the lid on the earthen pot and looked towards Chu Fu, "Hey, where is Chu Ge, big brother, hasn't he come back yet?"

Chu Fu finally couldn't bear it anymore, he lowered his head, "Sister and sister, I, I'm sorry for you, you, you hurry to Shangyang Village!"

Xiu Niang was taken aback when she heard that, thinking that he was feeling sorry for Wen Shi, and wanted to let her go to the pharmacy to get the medicine first, she smiled, "Brother, don't worry, the old lady told me to let my sister-in-law drink this herb first." , I'll grab new ones after I'm done..."

Chu Fu didn't know what to say, so he just snatched the chopsticks from her hand, "Oh, brother and sister, it will be too late if you don't go, then Chu Ge will become the lotus of a human..."

Mrs. Liu was busy cooking at home, when she suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door, she opened the door and saw that it was Xiu Niang.

She thought that Chu Ge's old lady was looking for faults with Xiu Niang again. Wasn't it because the elders caught cold this morning?

Mrs. Liu pondered to say some soft words to comfort her, "Sister, don't worry about it, this old woman has a bad mouth, you just follow her babble, we just ignore it..."

Xiu Niang pursed her lips, grabbed her hand behind her back, and said through gritted teeth, "Sister-in-law Six, lend me your ox cart!"

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