supernatural farm girl

Chapter 76 Chapter 078
Section 078 Showing Goodwill to Anxiu
At night, the dogs were so quiet that they didn't make any noise, which surprised everyone.Aunt Xu listened attentively, and it wasn't that the cock crowing and dog barking made it difficult to live in as she imagined. She couldn't help but think of her indifference to An Xiu at noon, and she felt very guilty.

The cabbage is planted at home, and it has grown a little bit, and it just happens to be tender and tender to eat.Aunt Xu saw that the vegetable garden in Anxiu Courtyard had planted radishes and cabbages, but they never germinated. She probably didn't know how to take care of them.Mrs. Xu went to the vegetable garden to pick a basket of Chinese cabbage to send to Anxiu, as an apology for her bad attitude at noon.

Knocking on Anxiu's courtyard door, He Yu'er's crisp and tender voice came from a distance, and she asked softly, "Who is it?"

"Yu'er, girl Xiu, it's your Aunt Xu!" Mrs. Xu laughed.

As soon as the conversation stopped, he heard stomping footsteps. He Shusheng hurriedly came to open the door. Seeing Mrs. Xu with a basket in her hand, he hurriedly invited her to come in and sit down: "We just finished eating, and Xiu is washing the dishes. Aunt Xu, come in quickly." sit."

Anxiu was washing the dishes by the well, and the water dripped from her hands. She shook her hand casually, and smiled politely, "Why do you come and sit, Auntie? Sit in the room. I'll come as soon as I wash the dishes."

Just after dinner, He Youbao and Old Man Li didn't enter the room to rest, they just sat there chatting; He Yuer sat beside him and embroidered under the lamp;He Youbao was also very happy to see the children busy.

He has lived his whole life, and these few days are the most comfortable days for him; but Uncle Li is different, although Anxiu and He Shusheng treated him very well, their filial piety reminded him of the misfortune of his own life and the unfilial piety of his children and grandchildren. Down, dejected.But old man Li never complained, this is a sin he committed when he was young, and God wants him to pay for it with the rest of his life.

Aunt Xu came in and saw how harmonious their family was, she touched the tears from the corners of her eyes with her apron: "You Bao, you have suffered all your hardships in this life, what a wonderful family! Xiu girl is diligent and filial, she is born and sensible, Yu'er is so cute, you've made it through!"

"Let me borrow your good words from my sister-in-law!" He Youbao also felt very comfortable.Leaving Xiao's courtyard, he seemed to have broken free from a heavy shackle.When you are in a good mood, you will smile more, and your whole face will not be so sad, and you will look younger by several years.

Especially today when he changed into the new clothes Anxiu bought, his whole person looked completely new.

Anxiu just came in, and when He Youbao called Xu's old sister-in-law, she immediately laughed: "Father, sister-in-law is sister-in-law, why are you still old sister-in-law? Call Aunt Xu old!"

"You girl!" Seeing An Xiu joking about herself with her father-in-law, Aunt Xu poked her forehead, "Your Aunt Xu is 15 years older than your father, why isn't she an old sister-in-law?"

Anxiu was taken aback, but didn't react.He Youbao looked very old after years of hard work. After being reminded by Aunt Xu, An Xiucai wanted to come. He Shusheng was only 11 years old and the eldest son in the family. How old could He Youbao be?It's just that the hard farm work made his back a little bent, he couldn't lift his head up, and he walked with his waist bowed and his back bowed. He really looked like an old man.

"Why, you were born in the year of Ziwu, right?" Aunt Xu was afraid that she would make a mistake, so she asked He Youbao to confirm, "I remember that you told the old fifth son next door that you were close, and he was born in the year of Ziwu, so you should not How big is it?"

"The old sister-in-law has a good memory, I'm in the Ziwu year!" He Youbao smiled, "Two dolls walked up to get Shusheng. Otherwise, my big doll should be as old as Xiu girl."

The mother of his ex-wife, He Youbao, had given birth twice, and being able to conceive He Shusheng was considered a blessing from the Bodhisattva.When He Shu was born, he almost had dystocia, and the doctor told him not to be so cruel to have a second child.At that time, the whole family said that there would be no more children, but after two or three years, seeing other people's dolls running around, only one was born in their own house.In those few years, Mrs. Zhang's body was well maintained, and everyone was relieved. As a result, when He Yu'er was born, he bled profusely.The child was saved, but Mrs. Zhang did not stay.

Anxiu didn't know how old the person born in the Ziwu year was, but from the tone of He Youbao and Aunt Xu, he should not be very old.

"Yeah, if it wasn't for your third brother being so tight at home, you wouldn't have said you were married when you were 22 years old. You got a baby at 28 years old, hey!" Aunt Xu sighed, then laughed again, "People say that if you come late, you will enjoy yourself more. Take a look, it's true!"

Looking at He Youbao's face, An Xiu couldn't believe it, he was only 39 years old!Such is the new century, 39 years old is in the prime of life.This world is a little worse, but it's not like him.Anxiu clenched her fingers tightly, the dolls dragged him down in the first few years, and the Xiao family tortured him in the next few years.His youth and strength have been worn away by the hard years!
"Father, are you almost forty?" An Xiuqiang cheered up and said with a smile, "40 is a full year, shall I celebrate your birthday?"

"This child!" Aunt Xu, He Youbao, and old man Li all laughed.

Aunt Xu poked her on the forehead and smiled at He Youbao and old man Li, "Sometimes this child is smart and sensible, and sometimes the words make people laugh so hard that people can't live. People's birthdays start at the age of 50, how can they be as old as 40?" Make birthday drops?"

"Then let's start with this!" An Xiu disagreed, "We celebrated our [-]th birthday, and we didn't violate the laws of any country. How can the county magistrate want our heads because we celebrated our [-]th birthday? Anyway, the rules have been developed since ancient times. , let's make an example first, maybe everyone will celebrate their birthdays in the early [-]s in the future!"

"No, no!" He Youbao quickly waved his hands, "This is a first case, it's embarrassing. There are still better people who don't celebrate their birthdays at fifty. What kind of life is my forty? It's not for nothing. Is it a joke, it can’t be done, it’s so embarrassing!”

He Youbao had a plan in mind, An Xiu had just made a fortune, everyone looked at her and made jokes about her, if it was her forty birthday, those women in the village who had nothing to do would not know how to gossip Woolen cloth.It is annoying to say that Anxiu has a little money and spends money on decorations.

He doesn't care how he is, but he can't ruin An Xiu's reputation.

"Happy birthday, dad, birthday is fun!" He Yu'er put it on the needle and thread, and threw herself into He Youbao's arms to act like a spoiled child, "Listen to the grandma in the east of Zhuangzi, it's lively and joyful! Dad, let's celebrate birthday, it's lively and joyful, it's so much fun Yes, Dad!"

Anxiu had a flash of inspiration, yes, it is indeed very unlucky recently, and she needs to be happy.No matter how absurd it is to be happy, it can give people a hint in their hearts.Many sayings of feudal superstition have survived for thousands of years, can't people tell the truth from the false?No, people of each generation just don't think of identification. This is a superstitious statement that can bring hope and hope to life!
He Youbao needs this kind of hope!
"Yes, dad, my house is ready, and I haven't had any weddings yet!" Anxiu followed He Yuer's words, "I've always been restless lately, which may have something to do with it. Let's celebrate my next birthday and add something to my house." Add joy, it's worth it!"

Mrs. Xu lives next door to Anxiu, and the joy can be seen through.Mrs. Xu counted her fingers and made the calculations. Among her neighbors, except for her son's wedding five years ago and a small wedding banquet, there were indeed no big happy events, but there were several funerals a year.

Where I live, there are always funerals for five years, and there is no joy at all. Can the family prosper?The young girl next door has not been able to get married in the past two years.Thinking of this, Aunt Xu also persuaded He Youbao: "Youbao, I think Xiu girl's words are reasonable. Think about it, how many years has he not been happy with the foundation of his grandfather? Xiu girl Tong Shusheng is not big. It's really lacking joy to hold a wedding. If Miss Xiu can spare six or seven taels of silver, we can have a big event!"

"Six or seven taels of silver?" When He Youbao heard it, he was so distressed that he couldn't help but pick it up. Six or seven taels of silver can buy one or two acres of land, so he just eats and drinks and wastes it? "No, no, Xiu, you have to listen to your father about this matter, don't be a birthday. Any happiness is a lie. No one has seen what happiness is, has it?"

"Father, why don't I discuss this matter with my second uncle. Is your birthday not the end of the year? Let's take it easy in advance. Let's discuss it and ask the uncle and the second uncle what they mean. If they say it can't be done, I promise not to do it. Do you think it will work like this?" Anxiu has already made up her mind that she must have a birthday.By the end of the year, with Xiao Shi and Li He Youbao completely freed, celebrating his birthday is equivalent to letting him be reborn.

The moldy smell all over his body must also be driven away.

When Aunt Xu saw what He Youbao was talking about, she couldn't bear to part with the money, so she couldn't say anything more.As soon as they came, they just talked and forgot to bring them green vegetables, so they quickly took off the red cloth on the basket and showed it to Anxiu: "The ones raised in our own fields are the best to eat now, and they will grow old later. Take Come and taste it, don't think it's bad, ah!"

"Auntie, what do you want me to say?" Anxiu smiled gratefully. This auntie is enthusiastic. Although she sometimes thinks about her own interests, it is only human nature. All in all, she is indeed a very good person. Then he continued, "Thank you, auntie, I'll take it to the kitchen and get to my house to pick up the basket!"

They were still chatting, Anxiu called He Shusheng out: "Shusheng, close the chicken coop."

He Shusheng ran out with a beep, Anxiu grabbed him, and whispered to him: "Where are the snacks I bought for dad this morning?"

"In Daddy's room, what are you going to do?" He Shusheng was a little unhappy when he thought of her wanting to return the basket to Aunt Xu. Forget about other things. It was mung bean cake bought for Daddy. He Shusheng was reluctant to give it to Daddy's favorite thing. outsider.

Sure enough, Anxiu lowered her voice and said, "Go and get one. Our family doesn't have much to sell, so we can't ask Aunt Xu to go home empty-handed."

It is true that there is nothing "handy" in their family. It is not modest to say that. It is really hard to explain the vegetables, rabbits, and chickens hidden in the cellar, and it is even more troublesome to spread the word.Although Aunt Xu is not a long-talking person, when encountering such things, she always finds someone to talk about.

He Shusheng didn't move, he straightened his neck and said, "That's for our father!"

Anxiu didn't show her anger at all, thinking that he had changed his sex and learned to be generous, but he was still so petty.An Xiufa said harshly: "There is still half a piece of pork at home, why don't I take the pork back to Aunt Xu's basket?"

"Okay!" He Shusheng said flatly.As long as he didn't steal his father's things, he was willing to do so.I remember that when He Youbao came back with the mung bean cake, He Youbao's eyes lit up, that kind of surprise He Shusheng had never seen for many years!There are only four packets of snacks in total, and after taking one, how unlucky are the remaining three?

Anxiu looked at the sky speechlessly, is this her education?Why are the children educated so ignorantly poor and generous?
Anxiu remembered that it was very easy for her to want to eat meat, but Aunt Xu couldn't eat it once in a year or so.If you give her the pork back to the basket, you won't lose anything.Anxiu can never forget the kindness of drinking water when she was poor, and she is always grateful.

"Cheng, you go back and chat with them, I'll go get pork from the cellar!" An Xiu said.Turning around, he put the cabbage brought by Aunt Xu on the chopping board in the kitchen, and took the half piece of pork out of the cellar.There was a lot of fat left, and the lean meat was cut off by Anxiu for cooking.

But farmers in this era think that fat meat is good meat.Fat meat can be boiled to produce meat oil.Aunt Xu sat for a while, gossiping, and said she was going back.Before leaving, he insisted on looking at Anxiu's wolfhound, why is it so quiet.

Anxiu tied the pigs in the yard, and the pigsty was freed up as a dog shed.Seeing someone walk in, the bitch stood up abruptly and was about to bark wildly. After seeing that it was An Xiu, she whimpered and continued to sleep on her stomach.Aunt Xu felt that these dogs were listless and cowardly. She was afraid that Anxiu had been tricked into buying some sick dogs.

But in front of Anxiu, she couldn't say such things directly, which made Anxiu feel troubled, so she just smiled and said it was so strong!

Anxiu's back was heavy, Aunt Xu held it in her hand, she really couldn't think of what it was, and she wouldn't lift the curtain to see it in front of Anxiu, she just said that Anxiu was too polite.

After leaving the gate of Anxiu's courtyard, it was her own home. Aunt Xu was not in a hurry, and when she came home and saw that her daughter-in-law's food was not cooked yet, she asked casually, "What are you cooking for tonight? It's been so long?"

Xiao Xu got angry and complained: "I don't know which god damn it, poured water on the firewood I dried today, and it couldn't light up. I was blinded by the smoke, and this is just getting better. Except taro porridge, What else can we eat?"

Mrs. Xu didn't speak. One of the two men in the family was sick and the other was paralyzed. It was difficult to live on their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It was not bad to be able to eat taro porridge to fill their stomachs.We have spoken comforting words to each other and complained to each other for several years, but now both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are indifferent.

Seeing her mother-in-law put the basket covered with red cloth on the chopping board, Xiao Xu said with a smile: "Mother, what did Miss Xiu give you? Her family has everything they want."

Mrs. Xu came over to uncover the red cloth, and said in her mouth: "I don't know, it's strange, I'm afraid it's..." When it was opened, she suddenly yelled, "Oh, girl Xiu, it's true, this... what should I do? what?"

Little Xu was taken aback by her mother-in-law, and hurriedly put down the fire stick and came over to have a look. Seeing that it was pork, she immediately salivated and beamed with joy: "It is said that Anxiu has made a fortune, and I think it is true! I am afraid that she has made a fortune. How can we be so generous? Mom, the last time we ate meat was during Chinese New Year."

"How can we want this?" Mrs. Xu glared at Mrs. Xu, "We just sent a basket of green vegetables to Xiu girl, and she returned us such a big piece of fat, so that people will know, I don't know how to make a joke What about us. If you want to eat meat, we will buy it by ourselves in a while. I will send this back to Xiu girl!"

"Oh my mother!" Xiao Xu shouted, "You send it back, can Anxiu pick it up? Sending it back and forth, it seems that you are so petty? Next time, let's send Anxiu something else, okay?"

When Xu thought about it, his daughter-in-law was right.An Xiuding would not want to send it back like this, she silently gave it to herself without letting herself look at it, so she was not playing tricks on herself.Thinking of this, Xu thought about An Xiu's goodness.After making a fortune, it's still the same as before, no upstart's eyes are higher than the top.

After serving He Youbao to sleep, Anxiu returned to her room, He Yuer was still embroidering hard, and He Shusheng lay on the sidelines to watch.Anxiu saw that she started to embroider with hair silk, and it became popular, she couldn't help being proud: "Yu'er, you have learned how to embroider hair."

Before she finished speaking, the strand of hair in He Yuer's hand snapped.She glanced at An Xiu resentfully, and sighed, "I haven't learned it yet!"

An Xiu took it over and saw that He Yuer used her own hair.She is not yet an adult, her hair is soft and thin, and she has been suffering from long-term malnutrition, which makes her a little withered and yellow.Anxiu smiled and said, "Your hair is not good, it's too thin." After finishing speaking, she brushed her hair, "Use mine!"

Seeing that it was broken, He Yu'er didn't want to embroider any more today, so she put away the flower stand and said with a smile, "Sister Xiu, I need to use my own hair for embroidery, so how can I use someone else's? If you become a famous artist in the future, others will think You're lying." After that, he added, "Er Niu told me this, I don't know if it's true."

An Xiunu pursed her mouth and said nothing.

He Shusheng saw that He Yu'er had stopped embroidering, so he turned around and got out of bed to make a bed on the floor.

Anxiu put the banknotes and cash back today into her piggy bank, and counted her deposits face to face, and found that there were 550 taels of cash and 120 copper coins. Now, it's time to plan for the future. Tell me about your plans."

He Yuer is not interested in Yinzi, so she acted like a baby in Anxiu's arms: "I listen to sister Xiu's everything!"

He Shusheng looked at Yinzi, feeling very at ease, and thought for a while: "Xiu, why don't we start a small business. We can sell some small groceries, and we will go to the streets to sell them together."

The corner of Anxiu's mouth twitched, and she put away the silver: "You also listen to me!"

Then seeing the pair of bracelets and earrings sent by Huo's family, Anxiu hesitated for a moment, put away the bracelets, and put the earrings beside her pillow.This earring is exactly the same as the one He Jiangsheng bought last time. If he took it out by himself, others will inevitably become suspicious.

How can such a coincidence be explained clearly?Anxiu didn't want He Shusheng to doubt her, so she smiled and said, "This earring is a gift from shopkeeper Fu's wife. It's the same as what Brother Jiang bought last time. I'm afraid it won't work if I bring it. Why don't you give it to Juanzi, what do you think?"

He Shusheng paused, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "Listen to you!"

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The second watch is a little thinner.Make it up tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)