Peasant woman's day

Chapter 78

Xiaoya covered her mouth in surprise: "Looking at the third sister-in-law who loves Yuanyuan so much, there are times like this? Don't the third sister-in-law feel sorry for herself?"

Furong stopped talking.Old lady Gu smiled and said: "You are a girl, you still don't understand. When you become a mother, you will understand."

What she said made Xiaoya blush to the base of her neck, she lowered her head and said nothing.Mrs. Gu said again: "Xiaoya, accompany me for a walk later. Mrs. Zhu ordered a basket of eggs earlier, you can count them later. If it is not enough, go to my room and get two more."

Fu Rong was even more suspicious.In the evening, Fu Rong talked about this with Gu Qingchen, and said with a wry smile: "Now we are more like guests, and she is more like a host. Isn't she the cousin of the second sister-in-law? How can she live at home and sleep with her mother?" Ya also went to fetch water for Mrs. Gu to wash her face, and helped her in, which made Furong even more surprised.

Gu Qingchen embraced Furong in his arms, sniffing the fragrance of her hair: "Probably because Mother is bored at home alone. Xiaoya just happened to come over to be with Simei as well. Anyway, it's their second wife's business, it's just a relative. It's okay to be a guest." He didn't know anything about these women.

Furong looked at Gu Simei's appearance, she didn't seem to be on good terms with Xiaoya.There was a faint question in her heart: Isn't Mrs. Gu afraid of a fire in her backyard?
The answer came the next day.Gu Ersao persevered in inviting Fu Rong to her house as a guest.As soon as the two of them sat down, Second Wife Gu said, "Third brother and sister, we don't talk about each other as a family. There is one thing that I've been thinking about. I'm afraid only you can help me."

Furong, who was about to serve tea, turned her hand in the direction, and instead brushed her hair around her ears, cheering herself up: "I don't know what the second sister-in-law is talking about?"

"Xiaoya's mother entrusted me with wanting Xiaoya to see the world." The second sister-in-law Gu smiled apologetically, "If not, how about letting her take care of the shop for you?"

Fu Rong lowered her hand from her ear, and said decisively, "No."

The second sister-in-law Gu didn't expect Furong to refuse so directly, and the expression on her face was not very good-looking: "Third siblings, look at this family. Besides, Xiaoya is not that ignorant child, she can help a lot. Busy. You have seen the big world, so you must not be so petty."

Fu Rong stood up, with a half-smile on her face: "Since the second sister-in-law thinks so, why not keep Xiaoya by her side, so that she can help you take care of the house, and kill two birds with one stone. I have something to do, so I'll go first." After finishing speaking, Fu Rong walked quickly to the door without waiting for Mrs. Gu's answer.

The second sister-in-law Gu repeatedly called Fu Rong, but Fu Rong didn't turn her head back.The expression on Mrs. Gu's face suddenly became angry. She tightened the handkerchief in her hand, stepped on the threshold, snorted, turned and went into the room: "I really don't know how to flatter you. Your small shop, please I don't want to go."

On the way home, Fu Rong met Aunt Huang's eldest daughter-in-law.She greeted Fu Rong with a smile: "Third brother and sister Gu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard that you opened a shop in the town, how lucky you are."

Furong just smiled shallowly: "It's just a small business, just to make a living. I passed by your house just now, and I saw that you are building a new house, and there are piles of blue bricks next to it. This is a good fortune." , can have their own house."

The smile on the face of Mrs. Huang’s daughter-in-law couldn’t hide her complacency: “What kind of blessing can I have? It’s just that the house at home has been overwhelmed by the snow after this winter, so I built a new house. It’s better to build a new house together. It's not like your single family, everything is your own. This is called blessing. By the way, is that relative of your family still at home?"

The expression on Furong's face suddenly became colder: "At home."

"That's really strange. I've never seen relatives go away for so long. If you have another brother in your family, I thought your family would say brother and daughter-in-law." The more Mrs. Huang talked, she found that Furong's expression became more and more wrong. , Realizing that something was wrong with what he said, his face was a little embarrassing for a moment, "Look at what I said. Hutou is at home alone, so I'll go back first."

Furong walked home with a muffled voice.Even outsiders guessed like this, Second Aunt Gu was really fooled by the lard, and she could make such a proposal.Do you really think you are a soft persimmon?As Furong thought about it, her pace quickened.

Gu Qingchen went out to see the family at the head of the village, and came back with a medicine box.Yuanyuan went outside to be mischievous and became a little tabby cat, with mud spots all over her face, clothes, and trousers.When he saw Gu Qingchen, he opened his hands and rushed forward.Gu Qingchen quickly stretched out his hand to hold his shoulder, frowned and looked at his muddy spots, and scratched his little nose: "You ran to the river again? Your mother will scold you again when she sees you gone."

"Mother won't scold me, mother is sleeping. She saw me just now and asked me to play with my brother again." Yuanyuan raised the little clay ball in her hand, "Look, daddy, my sister said this is Yuanyuan Woolen cloth."

Gu Qingchen led him into the room and told him to stand in the room without moving.He turned and went to the kitchen to fetch a large pot of hot water.After entering the house, he filled the tub with water and tested the temperature of the water.Then he grabbed Yuanyuan, stripped off his clothes, and put him into the water.

Yuanyuan was bouncing in the water, her wet little hands were clinging to the side of the tub, she looked at Gu Qingchen pitifully: "Daddy, the water has gotten into her ears."

Gu Qingchen sat on the chair, supported his armpits with one hand, and wiped his body with a towel in the other.Yuanyuan's hand grabbed Gu Qingchen's arm, and he was calm at first, but then he started playing in the water, making both father and son wet.In desperation, Gu Qingchen went to fetch some water and came back, and simply took a bath with him.

After bathing Yuanyuan, she carried him into the house.Gu Qingchen looked at the bed, only to see that the curtain was lowered, and a person could be vaguely seen lying inside.Furong didn't usually have the habit of taking a nap, so Gu Qingchen put Yuanyuan on his little bed, covered him with a small quilt, turned around and saw that Furong was facing inward, and seemed to be fast asleep.

Gu Qingchen went to the well to fetch some water, rubbed Yuanyuan's clothes, soaked them for a while, and then went to the well to fetch water to start washing.The second sister-in-law Gu came in, saw Gu Qingchen washing clothes by herself, and said loudly with a smile: "Oh, third child, you actually wash your own clothes. Has the sun risen from the west? Why do men still need to wash their own clothes?"

Xiaoya happened to come out of the main room, and when she saw this, she hurried over and said, "Third brother, let me wash it for you."

"Ouch." As soon as Xiaoya finished speaking, she heard Fu Rong's groans coming from the small room.Gu Qingchen hurriedly picked up the basin and rushed into the room.Xiaoya stood up, followed Gu Qingchen and rushed into the hut.

Gu Qingchen put the basin on the table, rushed to the bed, lifted the curtain, and said nervously: "Daughter-in-law, what's the matter? What's the matter?"

With a painful expression on her face, Fu Rong grabbed Gu Qingchen's arm and struggled to get up: "Sir, I'll help you wash your clothes." After saying that, Fu Rong was about to get out of bed.

Gu Qingchen hurriedly held her down, but he was somewhat suspicious: Fu Rong is not such a fool.He hurriedly said: "What clothes are you washing now? You are sick, lie down well."

Two lines of tears slid down Furong's cheeks, she seemed to want to say something, but suddenly she clutched her stomach and moaned again.Gu Qingchen wanted to feel her pulse, but Furong pushed him away, but just ignored him.

Gu Qingchen forcibly held her down, and put one hand on her veins.There is nothing wrong with the pulse condition.Gu Qingchen groaned to himself, Furong turned inward and said, "I'll be fine after a while."

From noon to night, Furong didn't come out to eat.Gu Lao and Gu Lao Niang finally found out and asked Gu Qingchen.Gu Qingchen's expression was a little dazed, after hearing the second elder's question, he just replied: "She's not feeling well, I'll bring her some food in later."

The second sister-in-law Gu pursed her mouth: "It was fine when I went to my place in the morning, but she pretended to be sick when she came back, and no one would know."

Mrs. Gu frowned and said, "Si girl, go and cook some porridge for your third sister-in-law. No matter how much you don't want to eat, you have to eat some. If you are young, if you have some kind of illness, what will happen?"

Gu Qingchen went back to the room first, tucked the corner of the quilt for Furong, and said softly: "What happened?"

Fu Rong turned her head, looked at Gu Qingchen with teary eyes, and didn't speak for a while.

Gu Simei went to the kitchen to cook some porridge, put a little sugar in it, put another plate of pickles, took it and walked into the hut.As soon as she walked under the window of the hut, she heard Fu Rong's crying voice: "Sister-in-law, I believe that I will do my best for this family. Relatives and friends, I will help as much as I can. Xiaoya is the second Sister-in-law's cousin, the reasoning is the same as my own cousin. There are people coming and going in our place, and there is no one who lets a girl who has not left the court live in a distant relative's house first, and then shows her face to do business. Mr., I know I am not a A generous person. I can't agree to this matter. But the second sister-in-law...

Gu Simei was already trembling with anger when she heard this.She turned around and put the dishes into the kitchen, and went straight to the main room.

"Second sister-in-law, you have a good idea." When Gu Simei went in and saw Gu second sister-in-law, she immediately sneered, "You saw that the third sister-in-law's family opened a shop, and you are jealous, and you want your cousin Put it at the third sister-in-law's house. When your family opened a shop before, why didn't I see you put your cousins ​​in your shop to see the world."

(End of this chapter)