Traversing the good life of a peasant woman

Chapter 90

Shopkeeper Mo readily agreed to Fang Dachuan's request. With his business in Luoshang Town for so many years, it is not a problem at all to find two buddies.After making an appointment for the next meeting, Wen Yue and Fang Dachuan hurried home. When they went out, they didn't expect to encounter so many things. The two children at home had already missed the breastfeeding time. Wen Yue Fang Dachuan had already returned to his heart like an arrow, and Fang Dachuan was also hurrying along the way.

Sure enough, when they got home, the two children had already drank a little rice soup under Li's care and were coaxed to sleep. Wen Yue looked at the two identical little faces and felt so guilty that she made up her mind to wait until the children were weaned. , Say nothing and don't go out again.Mrs. Li also wondered why they took such a long time, knowing that there were two breastfeeding children at home, although she didn't say anything, her face was still not very good-looking.

Wen Yue knew that she felt sorry for the child, so of course she didn't care about it. Instead, she felt a little hard to talk about Aunt Sun's matter. You must know that Aunt Sun and Li Shi have a very good relationship, and she was really afraid that Li Shi would hear it This news is unacceptable.But what should be said still has to be said, after Wen Yue carefully chose the words to tell Li the reason why they came back late, Li was very excited.She couldn't believe that Fourth Aunt Sun would do such a thing, "No, I have to ask her if there is some kind of embarrassment that made her do such a thing. Yueniang, if it is really your aunt's If there is a difficulty, we should help or we must help."

"Mother, I have never thought of not helping their family, but if my aunt's family has difficulties, you can tell me clearly. Based on the relationship between our two families, will I stand by and watch? I am angry now because they make decisions without authorization, behind their backs. After Da Chuan and I saw through this kind of shady business, we were still confident. Mom, I wondered if it was because we usually behaved too kindly, which made them ignore us so much. Since Being able to do such a dirty thing means that if the temptation is strong enough in the future, their family will still bite us in the back like this time." Wen Yue didn't want to forgive Aunt Sun's family at all, with a black history It is always difficult to convince people.

After Fang Dachuan saw that Wen Yue had finished speaking, Mrs. Li still looked embarrassed. She didn't seem to give up on her idea, and joined in to persuade: "Mother, what Yueniang said is right, our family didn't suffer a big loss this time. So you don't feel it. But if you give them another chance according to your heart, in the future our business will grow bigger, and they will bite us in the back, then it will really be flesh and blood."

After Wen Yue and Fang Dachuan took turns persuading her, Mrs. Li finally stopped being stubborn, nodded and said, "Well, since you all say that, I will disappear, so as to save time and embarrassment."

Although Mrs. Li didn't ask Fourth Aunt Sun for clarification, Fourth Aunt Sun's family came to the door in the afternoon. When they heard Shi Quanfu say that Fourth Aunt Sun's man brought two sons and Dong Jin'e to make amends, they hugged him. Looking at the little baby trying to find a good name, Fang Dachuan frowned and waved his hands and said, "I won't see you, Uncle Shi, let them all go back, and tell them well, from now on, we will act as if we never knew each other and live our lives separately." Just live your life."

Fourth Aunt Sun's man left with his whole family in despair. Before leaving, he wanted to see Mrs. Li again, but Mrs. Li didn't come out either. Seeing that the Fang family was so determined, he also understood that the Fang family really couldn't forgive them. .Hearing that Dong Jin'e was still arguing for himself and shifting the responsibility to the Fang family, he could only look at his eldest son and ask, "Boss, do you really like this daughter-in-law? If you really don't like it, then we will Change it, according to your conditions, although it is a bit difficult to marry a good one, at least it will not be worse than this troublemaker!"

"Father!" Dong Jin'e jumped and screamed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.Then, after seeing the cold eyes that Aunt Sun's man gave her, she honestly closed her mouth, and retracted her chin that was always willing to lift. "Hey, what are we going to do in the days to come?" When he thought of what these two stupid women at home had done, he had the urge to hit the wall. You said he had only been away for a few days, what about these two women? Can do such a thing?The old woman was also in a hurry and confused, so she was distracted by this troublemaker with a few words, and did such a shameful thing, alas!

On the day of the two sons' hundred days, Fang Dachuan finally chose the names of the children. According to the family tree, the children were ranked in the "Xi" generation, so the two sons were named Fang Xiqing, the elder, and Fang Xiren, the younger. The names of the two were also solemnly written on the family tree by Fang Dachuan.

After the lively [-]-day feast, the Fang family returned to the former peace. The two children woke up from a full sleep that day. Seeing that the sun was shining outside, Wen Yue took the two children outside to bask in the sun.

Man'er took Ge Yan and Ge Dan, and the three older children stared at the younger brothers who were struggling to lift their necks on the quilt as if they were toys, and they couldn't stop laughing.A few women were sitting beside them, watching the children laughing while doing their needlework. Seeing that the Ge family has gradually become more attractive these days, and everyone from adults to children has gained a lot of weight. Yue then thought of the refugees he saw in the outer town that day.

Wen Yue just wanted to chat, and told them what she saw in the town. Ge Shi couldn't help but think of their scene at that time, and sighed, "Oh, God won't give you a way out, is it true? It makes people unable to live. At first we could eat some tree roots and bark, but later on, we couldn’t even eat these things. We couldn’t find a grass root when we dug the ground three feet. It was dry that day, and the ground cracked It can fit a fist through the hole, and it can be as deep as my Ge Dan's leg."

Mrs. Li nodded and said: "Yes, I remember that I also encountered disaster years when I was young, but it was much worse than what you said, but that's it. It's human flesh, it's really miserable!"

"Don't the government open warehouses to release grain?" Wen Yue asked.She has never experienced a natural disaster. In her previous life, if she had suffered from a natural disaster, the government would provide relief in a timely manner. She had only seen the scene of massive starvation and migration of refugees as soon as a disaster occurred. .

Ge Shi shook his head, and said disdainfully: "There is no food left. The food in the granary is not enough for the officials and gentlemen to share among themselves. The rich have their own food, so we poor people will suffer."

Wen Yue showed a bit of intolerance, and then she seemed to think of something, and asked, "I'm really hungry, and I have nothing to eat, what should I do? It's really like what my mother said, can you eat people?"

"Eat everything, grab it if you can't eat it, I've never seen cannibalism before, maybe I ran away with the child's father early." Ge Shi seemed to have thought of something, with a trace of panic on his face, "Madam, you I didn’t see that those hungry people, no matter they were poor or rich, would climb over the wall and go in when they encountered a house with a short courtyard wall. Everyone was red-eyed, not to mention the food they robbed. Those who took the opportunity to make trouble stole the entire house. Some big families had high courtyard walls, and they couldn’t get in, so they knocked on the door with wooden stakes, and no one escaped after entering.”

Wen Yue didn't make a sound after hearing this. Ge Shi thought it was her words that had frightened Wen Yue, and looked at Mrs. Niu nervously. Mrs. Niu shook her head, signaling not to disturb Wen Yue, and then she lowered her head and started making Come alive, dare not say another word.

At night when Fang Dachuan and Shi Quanfu came back from the field, they saw Ge Dong standing at the door waiting there with an uneasy expression on his face. After Fang Dachuan approached, Ge Dong stepped forward and said in horror: "Master, it's all my mother-in-law's fault. , I didn’t even have a gatekeeper when I spoke, and I scared my wife today. I have already taught her a lesson, master, and we will definitely pay attention to it in the future.”

Fang Dachuan froze for a moment, what was this nonsense talking about, how could it scare Wen Yue?Could it be about the child? "It's okay, I'll go and see what's going on, you don't have to worry." Fang Dachuan persuaded a few words, and then walked directly towards the house.

After he entered the room, he saw Wen Yue sitting there in a daze. He was afraid of scaring Wen Yue by making a sudden noise, so he roused Wen Yue in a low voice.Wen Yue, who was thinking about something, heard Fang Dachuan's call, turned her head to look at him and said, "If you have something to say, just say it, why are you so quiet."

"I'm not afraid to scare you." Fang Dachuan saw that Wen Yue didn't seem to be in trouble, so he stood aside and changed his clothes in relief.

Wen Yue got up and handed him the clean clothes she had prepared, and said with a smile, "I'm not a rabbit, so I'm not so easily scared."

Fang Dachuan was overjoyed, "Don't tell me, you really scared others today." After speaking, he told the story of meeting Ge Dong at the door just now.

Wen Yue was also happy when she heard it, "Their husband and wife are really serious, they are too cautious, but Dachuan, I was really scared for a while today."

"Oh?!" Fang Dachuan changed his clothes, sat next to Wen Yue and took her hand and asked, "What's the matter? Is it because of the refugees, and you said you were so brave that your face turned pale with fright. You Don't worry, I have stored a lot of food in the cave behind, enough for us to eat for two years."

"I'm not talking about this!" Wen Yue shook her head and said, "Ge Dong's wife said that when the refugees are hungry, they will climb over the wall and come in to snatch them, so when I think that our yard is so good, if something really happens , can’t be the number one target? But our family is not a real big family, with hordes of servants, and we have no ability to protect ourselves when something happens. So, Dachuan, why don’t we spend some money to give How about raising the height of the courtyard wall and strengthening it, and the gate is the same, our family is old and young, so it’s always good to plan ahead.”

Fang Dachuan originally wanted to laugh at Wen Yue to scare himself. Luoshui is a place surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the weather has been smooth for many years, and there have been no major disasters at all.But seeing Wen Yue turning pale what she said, in order to reassure Wen Yue, he still readily agreed.As long as it is requested by the lady, it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong, just do it according to it. Left and right are just spending some money and effort.

Fang Dachuan did what he said, and called Shi Quanfu and Ge Dong the next day, told him what he thought, and asked them to go out to buy materials and find someone to come back to work.After hearing this, Shi Quanfu also felt that it was unnecessary. He wanted to persuade Fang Dachuan not to make such a fuss. It was unnecessary. He had lived in Luoshui Town all his life and had never seen any natural disasters.But seeing that the master and his wife are so persistent, how can he, as a servant, refute the master's idea.

And Ge Dong was very happy to hear that, he had gone through those things, of course he knew the cruelty of it, and who can really predict what God does.

While the Fang family was building the "bunker" in full swing, a stranger came to the door of the Fang family and asked Mrs. Li who was pouring water for the craftsmen, "Excuse me, is the head of the household here Fang Dachuan?"

Mrs. Li looked the person up and down, and after seeing that she really didn't know him, she nodded and said, "Yes, you are?"

The man breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Mother-in-law, there is a person named Fang Tongye in this family?"

As soon as Mrs. Li heard Fang Tongye's three words, she straightened her face and said, "No, you made a mistake. There is no him here."

"I know there is no him. Since you said that, it proves that this is really Fang Dachuan's home. That's great. I have a letter here. Please forward it to the Fang family, as long as it is the Fang family." The man took out a letter from his pocket and wanted to hand it to Li Shi.

Mrs. Li didn't answer, looked at him vigilantly and said, "Who are you, who asked you to send this letter?"

Seeing that Mrs. Li didn't answer, the man forced her into her hand and said, "Auntie, I don't know the details. I'm just a messenger, so I know it's a man who sent me a letter. What do you want to know? Is it enough to see the letter? I’m so bored, it’s really not easy to earn some money, and I ran to two villages with only fifty renminbi, if I had known, I would have asked him to add more money.” He muttered very unhappy and left up.

Fang Dachuan, who was working not far away, noticed the situation at the door, and asked loudly, "Mother, who is it?"

"Oh, it's okay, I'll ask for the way." Clutching the letter in her hand, Li subconsciously lied to Da Chuan. No matter what, Da Chuan couldn't hear any more news about Fang Tongye.

Mrs. Li tried her best not to show a little panic in her steps. After she took the letter into the house and locked the door, she opened the envelope in a panic and took out the letter inside.No one knows, but she is actually literate, and she can understand simple characters even though there are not many.

At that time, she had just married Fang Tongye, and she felt that it was a noble thing for a daughter of a pig butcher to marry a literate person.In order not to let Fang Tongye think that she was vulgar, and she didn't want to see him ignoring her when he looked at her, that's why she wanted to work hard to learn how to read and write. She also wanted to live that kind of life with Fang Tongye.

It was only later that she discovered that Fang Tongye's attitude towards her was not something that could be changed by her illiteracy. He simply hated her from the bottom of his heart.Little by little, she gradually stopped thinking about it, and she felt that this was an extremely embarrassing thing, so she never revealed it in front of anyone.

Opening the letter paper, there were a few large characters written on it: Fang Tongye is in my hands. If you want him to live, bring 300 taels of silver to the woods west of Luoshui Town in five days.

After Li read the letter with a blank face, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, Fang Tongye, you are really getting worse and worse, and you even played this trick of cheating money.I really hope that what is said in this letter is true, if you don’t send money, you will die, go see your mother who was mad at you, and ask her for forgiveness.

He crumpled the letter paper in his hand fiercely, and then threw it on the stove that was boiling water in the yard. The flames that rose up in an instant showed blood in Li's eyes: Fang Tongye, why don't you really die? .

(End of this chapter)