Peasant woman's day

Chapter 36

Mrs. Shao took a step back: "Sister-in-law, today is your family's big day. I shouldn't be so stubborn. However, since I was a child, my mother taught me to be honest and upright, and reputation is the most important thing. I believe that sister-in-law Lin will not Disclose this matter, but in the end, it is not my sister-in-law and I who know about it. I will not cause trouble with my sister-in-law, and I will go to the village chief to seek justice. I don’t want this apprentice.”

"Master! I really never stole those two chickens!" The little boy cried even louder.

Fu Rong suddenly understood, went out, and said to Mrs. Shao, "Auntie, why don't you go in and talk. The sun is also poisonous outside."

Mrs. Shao didn't agree, she wanted to go to the village chief and Li Zheng immediately to recover her innocence.These two chickens, don't say that the village chief doesn't know how to take care of them, he just takes care of them, how to check?There are so many people here today, are they going door to door?Fu Rong pondered, and said to Mrs. Shao: "Auntie, can you tell me what happened?"

Mrs. Shao let go of the little boy and said, "Please tell me what happened just now."

The child sobbed, and wiped his face with his sleeve: "Just now, after collecting the dishes on the table, the master asked me to count how many are left. Those two roast chickens were untouched. I counted them." Twice, both were correct. In the end, I went to a latrine and asked my brother to look after it for me. When I came back, the chicken was gone.” He looked up at Fu Rong: “It’s really not that I ate it. "

"When did you find out that it was missing?" Fu Rong asked, already thinking about it.

The child shrank back and lowered his head.Mrs. Shao sighed: "This child was missing almost an hour ago, so he didn't dare to say. Just now I counted the wrong number, and he only opened his mouth when I asked." Mrs. Shao raised her head, "If so, the chicken can't be found. Come back, we will definitely accompany you."

Mrs. Lin hurriedly said: "Miss Shao, I don't want to talk too much with you. I ordered the chicken early in the morning. Even after killing it, one chicken weighs more than a catty, and even an adult can't finish it." Only one, let alone two chickens. Besides, this is at my house, if the kid took the chicken, there would be no place to put it. So he must not have done this. "

After listening to Mrs. Lin's words, Mrs. Shao lowered her head and thought for a while, with a slight hesitation on her face.Lin's words touched her heart, and it also proved her innocence from the side.It's just that there was such a mistake in her hand, and she couldn't make it through anyway, so she pursed her lips tightly and didn't speak.

In fact, if this matter is not revealed, Fu Rong and Lin probably do not know about the missing two chickens.Mrs. Shao is indeed a simple and upright person. Mrs. Shao would not accept this matter in a gentle way.Furong sorted out her thoughts, and said to Mrs. Shao: "Auntie, if this is not the case, we will pay you a little less wages. I will not pursue the matter of the two chickens. Auntie, if it really comes to Lizheng Village Chief , maybe it will be passed on as what.”

"Ms. Guo, my mother asked me to come and borrow your bamboo mat. Our family needs to dry vegetables. Ah, what's wrong?" Chun Juan'er always appeared just right.

Furong hurriedly pulled Mrs. Lin, and gave Mrs. Shao a wink: "Auntie, go in and have a cup of tea. You are tired too. It has been a long afternoon, so take a rest." Mrs. Shao hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Chunjuan rolled her eyes half a circle, knowing that these three people must have something to hide from her.

"Master, I counted everything again just now, and everything is ready, except for those two chickens." In the kitchen, a middle-aged young man ran out.He just finished speaking, when he looked up, he saw a beautiful young lady looking at him, he couldn't help but blushed, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Furong just took a look at the young man, and was about to pull Mrs. Shao into the house, while winking at Mrs. Lin.Mrs. Lin hurriedly said: "You want a straw mat, right? Come with me."

"It's okay. You can't run if you don't go left. On the contrary," Chun Juan'er deliberately raised her voice, "I don't know what good vegetables Mrs. Guo picked at noon and went back in a basket, but she covered it with a blue cloth and walked so fast. , I want to see, but she won't let me."

Mrs. Shao's footsteps stopped instantly, and she turned her head away: "Who do you think took the basket and took the things back?"

Chun Juan'er took a step back in surprise, quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and looked at Fu Rong: "Not long after eating, I came to deliver dried plums to Aunt Guo, and I saw Aunt Guo holding a bag in her hand." Basket. I also asked her why she didn’t come in for a sit-down, but as soon as Sister Furong came out, Aunt Guo left.”

Mrs. Shao's eyes immediately turned to Mrs. Lin: "Sister-in-law, please take me to meet this Mrs. Guo!"

Lin was taken aback for a moment, unable to say whether it was good or bad, she settled down and looked at Chun Juan'er: "Daughter-in-law Liu, you can see clearly. You can't talk nonsense about this, and no one's reputation can be taken away." It's just a joke. If you are really tired, you can't bear the responsibility!"

Chunjuan had never seen Mrs. Lin speak to her so seriously before, her heart skipped a beat, and she stammered, "I, I just saw Mrs. Guo carrying a basket, and I don't know anything else." Although she knew It's possible that the basket contained chickens, but when Lin asked, she didn't dare to guarantee it. After all, she didn't see it with her own eyes.Chunjuan added with a smile: "Perhaps Mrs. Guo dug up some good things, and there are some things that we don't want to see."

Mrs. Shao's eyes flickered a little, obviously Chunjuan's words gave her hope.Her gaze was still fixed on Mrs. Lin.Lin's voice was deep: "Furong, go and call your father and your elder brother back from the field, and tell them that I have something to look for them."

Fu Rong agreed, tidied up her clothes a little and went out.Old Guotou and Guo Dali had just cut an acre of rice, and after hearing what Fu Rong said, they wondered, "What is your mother looking for from us?"

Fu Rong only pretended that she didn't know, saying that Mrs. Lin had repeatedly and solemnly asked Guo Tou and Guo Dali to go back together.Although the father and son were puzzled in their hearts, Lin had never made such unreasonable troubles.Seeing that the sun was also slanting to the west, there was no cloud in the sky, tomorrow would be a sunny day, and there was no rush at this moment, the two packed up their farm tools and followed Fu Rong back.

Chun Juan'er has already left.A few people were in the main room. When Mrs. Lin told what happened just now, the old Guo Tou answered immediately: "It is absolutely impossible. I can trust the character of my elder brother and sister-in-law. How could our old Guo family be like this?" things."

After hearing this, Mrs. Shao immediately raised her head to look at Lao Guotou.Old Guotou suddenly felt a little embarrassed and coughed lightly.Seeing this scene, Fu Rong sighed in her heart: Old Guotou always believed in his brothers unconditionally, but never thought about whether others would treat him in the same way.She got up and took the tea, put it in front of old Guotou, and said in a voice that only he and Mrs. Lin could hear, "Father, I saw with my own eyes that my aunt was carrying a basket in her hand."

Old Guotou's expression changed instantly.If someone else said this, he could still categorically guarantee it, but even his own daughter said the same, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.Mrs. Lin saw the look of old Guotou, and took the opportunity to beat the drums: "Let's go and see the eldest brother and sister-in-law, just treat it as an ordinary visit to relatives and friends. Mrs. Shao came to help us for a whole day, so we don't have to let her take such a scapegoat. , it doesn’t make people suspicious, big brother and sister-in-law, right?”

Old Guo's brain is a muscle, and after listening to Lin's words, it seems reasonable. It happened that Uncle Guo asked him to come back to help bring some water, and old Guo agreed.Mrs. Shao breathed a sigh of relief.Without further ado, several people went to Uncle Guo's house.

In broad daylight, Uncle Guo's house was closed.Old Guotou went up to knock on the door himself: "Sister-in-law, elder brother is in the field, let me deliver a message."

After a while, the door creaked open.Seeing so many people outside, Guo Dahai's daughter-in-law flashed her eyes and wanted to close the door.Fu Rong had already stretched out her hand to support the door.Guo Dahai's daughter-in-law couldn't close the door, so she could only say: "Second Uncle, what's the matter? Mother came back today and suffered from heatstroke, and she is lying in the back room."

"Brother asked me to tell sister-in-law, I'll go in and talk about it." Old Guotou also had doubts in his heart, and his attitude became much tougher.

Guo Dahai's daughter-in-law raised her voice and said, "Mother, Second Uncle and the others are here."

Fu Rong and the others walked into the yard, only to hear Aunt Guo say leisurely through the window: "Is it the second brother? What's the matter? Cough cough."

Old Guotou entered the main room, and said with concern through the curtain: "The elder brother said that today is a good day, and he may have to do more work and come back later. No, he called me to come back and help him fetch some food and water. "This is indeed what Uncle Guo asked Old Guotou to bring back. As Old Guotou said, he took out the water bag he was carrying and put it on the table.

"In such a hot day, I don't know if he can stand it. Haier daughter-in-law, go and get some food for your father. Cough cough." Aunt Guo's voice sounded really sick.

Guo Dahai's daughter-in-law is a smart person, and hurriedly walked to the kitchen with a water bag: "Second uncle, you sit down first, and I will pour tea for you."

"Sister-in-law, let me help you." Fu Rong rolled up her sleeves and was about to help.

Guo Dahai's daughter-in-law stopped in her tracks, turned around and stopped Fu Rong: "It's okay, third sibling, I can do it alone. You can accompany Second Uncle and the others, I will come as soon as I go."

Fu Rong reached out to grab the water bag from Guo Dahai's daughter-in-law, and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be too polite. Thanks to you coming to help our family this morning, we are relatives, so how can we share these things with each other. You have breakfast and lunch. There is no ready-made food for us to eat. How about letting Mrs. Shao teach us two delicious and beautiful snacks?"

(End of this chapter)