The Road to the Rebirth of the Goddess

Chapter 14

Taking advantage of everyone's joy, Mulan said, "Mom, we can earn money now, why don't we go shopping in the afternoon and buy something for our family?"

Mu Ma collected the money: "No, you have to save some money. In the future, when your sisters get married, it will cost money."

"Then if you don't buy anything, you can have a good lunch, right?"

"That's fine!" Mu Ma said straightforwardly, "I'll go to the market to buy vegetables." In terms of feeding the children, she is still very generous. In the past, the family was poor and had no choice but now that they can earn money, no matter what You can't wrong the child's stomach!

"I'll go too." The little girl quickly pulled Mu Ma's sleeves and followed. She hadn't bought vegetables in the vegetable market in the county town yet. I want to eat whatever I see.

"Mom, look, what is that?" The little girl pointed to the shrimps and crabs on the seafood stall and asked Mu's mother. The country girl has never seen these seafood.

The seafood peddler used to look at people and yelled loudly: "Live and frolicking Roche prawns, big sister, buy some for the girl to taste?"

"How much is this per catty?"

"For 48, you have to be careful, 45 is for you."

"So expensive?" Mu Ma was taken aback. The money she earned from selling tofu for a day was only enough to buy a catty of shrimp!
"Mom, let's not buy it, I don't really want to eat it."

Seeing the young girl's sensible and longing eyes, Mu Ma gritted her teeth cruelly, "Weigh a catty for me."

Seeing that Mu's mother bought shrimps, Mulan's eyes widened: "Mom, you are so willing!"

Mu Ma was feeling distressed, but it was hard to show it in front of the children, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Why don't you give up, your dad and I will work harder, and we will earn back by selling more tofu."

Mulan happily took the prawns and carried them into the kitchen: "I'll make them." Such fresh Roche prawns are of course the best when boiled.

Unexpectedly, she had just finished lunch and before she had time to eat, her aunt Chen Huoying came to the door again just before the meal time, and she brought her youngest son Fan Aijun, who was one year older than Kapok. He was thirteen this year and was about to Going to junior high school is the age when boys can eat the most.

Mulan had quick eyes and hands, and before they entered the door, she quickly took the plate of shrimp back to the kitchen and hid it. The shrimp had just been hidden when Chen Huoying pulled Fan Aijun into the door, looked at the bowls and chopsticks on the table and said, "It's just right, We haven't eaten yet, Kapok, hurry up and get your aunt and cousin the bowls and chopsticks!" After speaking, he sat down at the table honestly and unceremoniously.

Kapok reluctantly went to serve two bowls of rice and came out. Chen Huoying took the bowl, looked at a plate of green vegetables and a plate of tofu on the table and said again: "Yuying, it's not that the eldest sister said you, you are still in the county town How come the food is so much worse than ours in the countryside? There isn’t even a bit of meat, how can you eat this clear soup with little water in it!”

Mulan said coldly: "In order to buy this house, our family is still in debt to others. It is not bad to eat vegetables and tofu. If Auntie is not used to eating, there are delicious restaurants on the streets of this county. How about you Take your cousin to eat first before coming back?"

Chen Huoying waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, what to eat is not a meal, it's this time, it's so troublesome to go to the street to eat, besides, Ai Jun is tired of eating meat at home every day, eat some Vegetable tofu just cleans the intestines."

Jiang Aijun muttered: "I'm not tired." Chen Huoying pretended not to hear it.

Jiang Aijun suddenly sniffed like a puppy: "Why do I smell a bit fishy, ​​like cooking fish or shrimp?"

Kapok rushed to say: "Impossible, how can our family afford fish and shrimp!" Their place has a lot of mountains and little water, and the aquatic products are all imported from other places, which are expensive.

Chen Huoying also raised her head and sniffed: "It seems to have a real smell. You probably forgot to bring out something you cooked, right? I'll help you to have a look!" After speaking, she got up and went to the kitchen. The smell of shrimp in the kitchen was even stronger. However, I searched all over the stove and cupboard, but there was no sign of shrimp. Chen Huoying was not reconciled, "Impossible, it's obviously smelly."

Mulan followed up and said, "Auntie, you don't need to look for it. The chimneys of our house and the kitchen next door are connected. Our house can smell what they cook. They have money in their house and eat big fish every day." , we, we can only smell the smell and have a dry addiction."

Chen Huoying stopped her hands in embarrassment, thinking about it, she felt quite embarrassing, and deliberately pointed out: "Look at you, the ash on the cooking table is so thick, and I don't know how to wipe it properly. You said your mother gave birth to so much dust. What's the use of a daughter, no one is diligent!"

Mulan looked at the clean stove in her home, and the fire in her heart was smoldering, and she forcibly resisted the idea of ​​smashing her head with a pot lid, now it doesn't matter if you are proud of me for a few days, since their family is greedy Mulan knew that their life would not be better for long.

Said that she didn't like Mulan's vegetables and tofu, the mother and son devoured them hungrily, and most of the dishes on the table fell into their stomachs. Because of Chen Yuying's face, Mulan couldn't say anything more. It wasn't that Mulan had hidden the plate of shrimps early on. According to Chen Yuying's temperament, she would take it out to entertain them no matter how distressed she was.

After the meal, Chen Huoying finally got down to business: "Aijun is going to come to the county to attend junior high school in a few days. Originally, we planned to let him live in the school, but after inquiring about it these days, we can't No, people say that children who live in the school are easy to learn badly. Smoking and drinking are trivial things. It is terrible to learn to fight and commit crimes. My child has been honest since he was a child. I spend my days worrying about this!"

Mulan looked at her cousin, who had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and was born with a treacherous appearance. He would steal money from his parents' pockets to play game consoles since he was a child, and she was ashamed to say that he was honest.

Chen Huoying took a sip of water and continued: "It just so happens that your family bought a house in the county town. Your house is a bit old, but there are so many rooms. You can't finish it anyway. It happens to be for our Aijun. With his second aunt taking care of him, we don't have to worry about the child not getting enough food and clothing, right?"

Mulan sneered: "I don't think my aunt is afraid that my cousin will be a bad student, but she is reluctant to part with the 200 yuan accommodation fee for a semester! Do you think that when you come to our house, you can eat and drink for free without working, and even your clothes Don't you need to wash it?"

Chen Huoying gave Mulan a hard look: "Look at you child, your mother hasn't spoken yet, and you are the only one who can say it? My child's father is in a big business, and he can earn hundreds of thousands a month. I can't bear the 200 yuan. Yuan money? What a joke! If it wasn’t for the school’s poor dormitory conditions, I wouldn’t let my children suffer, so I would come to your house?”

"Since my aunt's family has plenty of money, and she doesn't want to make my cousin suffer, why don't you let my cousin live in a hotel? Not only is the room spacious and comfortable, but there are also people who clean it every day! If you have to live in our house, you can do it. I don’t charge you too much, 200 yuan a month for accommodation, 350 yuan for food, only [-] yuan, I think my aunt won’t take it to heart.”

Chen Huoying simply ignored Mulan, turned her head and said to Muma: "Yuying, look at your daughter, you don't care about it, how can you find her husband's family in the future if you are so mean! We are sisters, and our nephew will live with you. Money? You’re too shy to accept it, but I’m too shy to give it to you! This is going to get out, and you’ll have to say it badly! Isn’t it? Besides, won’t your kapok go to junior high next year? My family’s Aijun can give it Kapok is making up lessons!"

"Oh, it's so funny, just your family's Aijun grades? If it weren't for the nine-year compulsory education, it would be a question of whether they would be able to go to junior high school!" Mulan couldn't help but sneered.

Mother Mu put on a straight face: "Mulan, don't talk to your aunt like that." According to her opinion, we are sisters, we still have to help if we can, and taking care of a nephew is not a big deal.

Mulan stood up: "Mom, come with me." Pulling Muma to the back room, "This Jiang Aijun, I can't let him live in our house no matter what."

"I know you guys don't like Aijun, but I'm still your cousin!"

"You have to know that this kid has been a troublemaker since he was a child. Just you and my dad can't control him at all. Junior high school is the most rebellious age. If he does something bad, my aunt and uncle can't complain Death to you!" Mulan persuaded her earnestly.

"I know, but your aunt has spoken, I'm always bad..." Mu Ma said awkwardly.

"What's wrong, Mom, don't you remember? Two years ago, my sister was sick and hospitalized. How did the aunts treat you?"

Thinking of this matter, Mu Mama also felt resentful. The Mumu Village where they lived was far away from the county seat, and it took three or four hours to walk there, while the Jiangjia Village, where the aunt married, was on the edge of the county seat, and it took less than half a walk. We arrived at the county seat in an hour.

That year, Kapok fell ill and had to be hospitalized in the hospital in the county seat. The hospital did not allow her to stay with her. Mu’s mother wanted to borrow Chen Huoying’s house, so that she could take care of Kapok conveniently, and she could also borrow her kitchen to cook some porridge for Kapok. Who knew that Chen Huoying said coldly that she was afraid that they would bring some bad things from the hospital, and would not let Mu Mama who came out of the hospital enter her house, let alone cook something for kapok.

At that time, Mumian stayed in the hospital for a week, and it was freezing cold. Mu's father and Mu's mother took turns to watch the night on the wooden bench in the hospital lobby for a week. Strictly, she was not allowed to ask for leave, so she went to her classmates' home every afternoon after school to borrow the kitchen to cook for her parents, and then rushed back to self-study, for which she owed her classmates a lot.

Thinking of this, Mu Ma hardened her heart: "Okay, I will listen to you."

(End of this chapter)