Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 9
Du Xiaoyu fell in love with eating recently, because she found that Zhao's pickled vegetables are really delicious, whether it is green bamboo shoots, eggplants, or pickled mustard, etc., they can always create a variety of flavors, and this day is pestering Zhao's Give her some salted eggs to eat. There are no ducks at home, so she really wants to taste the taste of salted eggs.

I don't know if it's because of being reborn as a child. She feels that it's very good to act like a baby with her family once in a while. It's in line with a girl's nature to have a fight every now and then.

Mrs. Zhao couldn't resist her, and thought that Du Xian's old illness would relieve a lot of the burden, and it was nothing if the child had to eat a few eggs, so she agreed, picked a few big eggs from the jar, and put them in the water. After washing it, wipe it dry with a cloth. At this moment, Mrs. Wu came, saw her making this joke and said with a smile, "Have you had dinner so early?"

"No, it's Xiaoyu clamoring for salted eggs. I'll make some for her." Mrs. Zhao pulled out a low stool from behind, "Sit down, I'll go in and get some salt."

Du Xiaoyu reckoned that the two of them would talk for a long time, and they would not leave anyway, maybe they could hear something.

Aunt Wu looked at her, "Yo, I've gotten fatter, your mother should be happy."

Du Xiaoyu just smirked and reached out to touch his head.

"This silly boy." Aunt Wu laughed, "You were so sick earlier that your mother was exhausted, and you coughed all night long, and your mother couldn't sleep so she had to hug you, and she had to go to work in the fields during the day , Hey, it’s been a hard day! Fortunately, you’re better, and you’ll have to follow your mother’s lead in the future, you know? Your mother loves you so much!”

Du Xiaoyu's nose was sour when she heard that, it's good to have a mother, how could she experience this kind of love before, so she nodded hurriedly.

"Good boy." Satisfied, Aunt Wu took out beans from her pocket and gave them to her, "Go and eat."

It was stir-fried broad beans, which were also very fragrant. Du Xiaoyu ate a lot, and his ears were not idle, listening to the two people behind him talking.

Mainly, Mrs. Wu was saying that Mrs. Zhao was busy poaching eggs, which was a trivial matter among the neighbors. Whose wife gave birth, whose son was worthless, who else had quarreled with whom, etc. It sounds like Aunt Wu is really a gossip person, she probably comes out to wander around when she has nothing to do on weekdays, it seems that there is nothing she doesn't know about Beidong Village.

As far as Zhao's personality is concerned, she doesn't go out to chat with other people very much. According to Du Xiaoyu's observation, Aunt Wu is Zhao's only best friend, but there is a saying that one confidant is enough in life!

"Sister Zhao, I told you last time, what about the Huang family in Qijia Village?" Aunt Wu got to the point, "There is only one son in the family, and he looks very upright, and he is completely worthy of your yellow flower. They came to see it secretly, and said that the Huanghua people are nice, and the lady of the Huang family is very satisfied, and urged me to come over, but it seems that you are not happy, so tell me what is wrong."

Du Xiaoyu pricked up his ears, he came to say hello to his eldest sister.

Mrs. Zhao dug some yellow mud on the ground, mixed it with salt and rice soup, and spread it on the eggs, without speaking for a while.

Aunt Wu sighed, "What do you have to say to me? If you don't like it, I'll go back right away. It's a pity for such a nice family. Huang Hua will be fifteen next year. I also watched her grow up. Where is she?" Don't you pay attention to it? The son of the Huang family is really kind, if I had another daughter, I would have married him long ago."

Mrs. Zhao finally said, "I know you have good intentions, Eldest Sister."

She still didn't mention why, Aunt Wu thought for a while, then clapped her hands suddenly, "You, although the Huang family is also a farmer, they didn't covet your Du family's fields, they are all honest people, I dare to take their heads Guaranteed."

Zhao's complexion changed, and she said coldly, "What is the Du family's field? Even if I starve to death, I won't take their things!"

Aunt Wu was stunned, "Didn't you go to celebrate your birthday last time? I'm not talking about you. You have had a miserable life these years because of your own temperament. If you let go of the earlier things, your family will be more comfortable. If there are too many, it’s all about breathing, but what kind of breath does a person have when he dies, isn’t that the reason?”

These words hit Zhao's sore spot, she stood up Huo De, and said tremblingly, "If I didn't know what kind of person Eldest Sister is, I would wonder if that person told you to say such foolish words!"

Seeing that she had changed in an instant, Aunt Wu hurriedly cupped her hands and apologized, "Oh, look at my outspokenness, I don't know what you think, I just can't bear to watch you live like this! Sister, I really think about you, but you I really can't get over the hurdles in my heart, no one can blame me, just take it easy, don't get angry." Then she turned back and called, "Xiaoyu, quickly pour a bowl of water for your mother!"

Du Xiaoyu quickly went to the kitchen to get a bowl of cold water.

"It's so good." Aunt Wu took it and handed it to Mrs. Zhao, "Drink it up, it's hot today, be careful of getting dizzy when you get angry."

Seeing her anxious look, Mrs. Zhao lost her anger. If it hadn't been for the help of Mrs. Wu and the old Pang's family these years, their family's life would have been hard, and she felt a little embarrassed at the moment, "Look at my temperament, eldest sister also Don't be angry, I really can't help it, I don't really blame the eldest sister."

"I know." Aunt Wu patted her arm.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhao drank the water, she raised her head to look at the sky, "I have to go back to make food, and I'll take care of the Huang family's affairs for you," she said after a pause, meaningfully, "You have to do more for me too." Think about it, Huang Hua, the life of Xue Hua in her daughter's family can be found wherever she goes, but it is much more difficult than your son's life."

Du Xiaoyu didn't see Zhao Shi's expression, she just felt her heart slowly cooling down, could it be that she refused the Huang family's marriage proposal because of Du Wenyuan?
She suddenly found that the fried soybeans were no longer fragrant, and when she let go of her hand, the few remaining ones fell to the ground.

The sky was getting dark, and the beautiful red glow had long since disappeared. She ate dinner quickly, and ran outside to sit after eating.

Du Wenyuan came over after a while, and set fire to a pile of haystacks in the yard, "I'm not afraid of insect bites, what are you thinking about here?" Seeing that she didn't eat well at all, she didn't have the investment in eating before, so he I find it very strange, what is on the mind of such a young child?Or...he couldn't figure it out, anyway, his feeling towards this sister was weird like never before.

Du Xiaoyu also had complicated feelings when he saw him. This person's status in the family was too high, far surpassing her and Du Huanghua. How could Mrs. Zhao be so biased?

"What's the matter?" Seeing her eyes, Du Wenyuan was startled, was he dissatisfied with him?
Du Xiaoyu turned her head, "It's okay." But after thinking about it, this was all Zhao's idea, and it had nothing to do with Du Wenyuan, so she turned her head again, took a picture of the place beside her, and signaled Du Wenyuan to sit down.

Du Wenyuan sat down.

"Aunt Wu is here today, and she said she is going to marry the eldest sister to a, um, family named Huang in Qijia Village." She said in a very low voice.

"What?" Du Wenyuan was shocked, "Really?"

"Second brother, aren't you happy?" Du Xiaoyu stared at him.

Du Wenyuan frowned, "What good can there be in Qijia Village? Eldest sister can't marry there."

It turned out that he looked down on the people there. Du Xiaoyu was a little speechless. Isn't he also from a peasant family?Really... She wanted to laugh again, "Where does the second brother think the eldest sister should marry? Mother disagrees anyway, so Aunt Wu said that she would go back to the one surnamed Huang."

Du Wenyuan nodded, "It's time to go back. If the elder sister wants to marry, she must marry someone who is at least similar to me, or better than me."

Taking himself as a benchmark, Du Xiaoyu looked at him up and down, he really has no humility, pretentious!
"Do you still remember the words I taught you to write?" Du Wenyuan took out a straw from the side and stuffed it into her hand, tapping the ground, "Write it for me."

Du Xiaoyu thought about it seriously. After all, she can only read traditional characters but can't write them, so she still remembers what Du Wenyuan taught, so she wrote them on the mud floor stroke by stroke. In fact, they are the first few sentences of the Three Character Classic , "Human nature is good at the beginning, and the nature is similar and the habit is far away...", it is just a little bit of emptiness, the mud is very hard, and it is impossible to get on.

But Du Wenyuan has good eyesight, pointing out from time to time that there is a stroke missing here and a stroke missing there.

The two of them were writing when they suddenly heard Mrs. Zhao's voice inside, "If I say no, I won't. Get out!"

Du Xiaoyu was startled, threw away the straw and ran over, bumped into Du Huanghua head-on, and saw tears on her face, crystal clear like dewdrops on leaves in the morning.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Du Xiaoyu hugged her arm, "Why are you crying?"

Du Xian hurriedly ran over from behind, "Oh, your mother is also angry, don't take it to heart, ah, don't cry, don't cry. Your mother will be fine tomorrow, and we will talk about this later, Xiaoyu! Aren't you still young, don't rush, don't rush."

Could it be that the eldest sister mentioned to the mother that she should study?Du Xiaoyu looked at the crying Du Huanghua, feeling extremely sad.

"Xiao Yu, look at your sister, I'll go to your mother's." Du Xian hurried back again.

Du Wenyuan also came over. He seldom saw Du Huanghua cry, so he was a little dazed for a while, and then went to the kitchen to get a towel, "Sister, wipe your face quickly." He handed the towel up.

Du Huanghua pushed it away, and when she raised her head, there seemed to be two clusters of flames dancing in her eyes, "Go away, I won't wipe it, you go!"

The other two were stunned, Du Wenyuan's hand was in the air, his face was very embarrassed, Du Xiaoyu tried to say something to ease the atmosphere, but he heard him say in a deep voice, "Sister, I didn't make you cry, but you want me to cry." Let's go, then I'll go." He put the towel on the table and slowly turned around and left.

Du Huanghua felt a little regretful, and opened her mouth to stop him, but she still didn't make a sound.

Du Xiaoyu just remembered that Du Huanghua had always kept a distance from Du Wenyuan. Even the person who passed through her was closer than her and Du Wenyuan. It can be seen that the conflict between them is not unique now. Freezing three feet is not a day's cold!
(End of this chapter)