Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 6
It is night and there is no moon.

The night in the countryside is as black as ink.

On the dirt road in the village, even the most industrious farmers are rushing home.People who love their livestock take their cattle leisurely to fight dogs in the muddy pond beside the ditch[1].

Everything is quiet and serene. Occasionally, you can see the red light of the old farmer's dry pipe, and the old crow croaks, screaming a little desolate.

There was a little light in the courtyard of the Su family, and naturally only the main room was lit with oil lamps, and the stove was lit by the fire in the kitchen, and the fourth son Su Youcai's daughter-in-law Zhou Shi was cooking.

There was a tinkling sound, and thick smoke rolled out. Even Li Shi and Ban Xia who were in the side room were choked by the smoke and burst into tears.

Mrs. Li sat alone for a long while. What happened today was too shocking. She was still digesting it, and at the same time she was angry. Come here, her children don't know how much they have suffered.

Thinking of Guo Shi's words, she felt extremely sorry for Ban Xia and Yuan Chen.

Now, Yuan Chen has been sent back to her mother's house, and the eldest son is also working hard every day, Ban Xia Gu Ya'er...

She reached out to touch Banxia's head, and Zhou's slightly displeased voice came from the door, "Third sister-in-law, the stove that third elder brother built is choking on smoke, come and help me, lest my parents will be hungry later!"

Li Shi Mumu replied, "Hey——"

He had already raised his buttocks halfway, and saw Banxia staring straight at her, sat down again as if thinking of something, and replied, "I'll pack my things here first! Yuanchen lived at grandma's house but didn't bring anything."

Ban Xia's eyes warmed up, and she could feel Li Shi's temperament almost. In the past three or two months, she has seen all kinds of things in her eyes, and the son she saw will be sent away inexplicably. In the past, she would be disappointed by the old cow-like submissiveness in the past.

In her eyes, Su Qian's "ruling" of this family has been going on for a long time, and it cannot be broken overnight, but she can see that she is disgusted with Li's attitude, and she can guess one or two reasons for it, but this is not Li. Shi's fault, there is no need to straighten up because of it.Therefore, since Pinellia began to integrate into the life of this family, it has been thinking about how to live a good life.

If you make up your mind and focus on making the meat buns, no wonder the dogs come to eat them!
Fortunately, Li Shi didn't disappoint her, so it's better to win Li Shi over first.

Seeing that Mrs. Li didn't come out outside, Mrs. Zhou was very unhappy, and muttered: "What kind of stove is so messed up that it won't be able to burn the fire. What can a bigger kid do to clean up..."

Before he finished speaking, he looked up and saw Banxia squinting at her, "Aunt Si, isn't it your turn today? When my mother was cooking yesterday, you had all the firewood in your arms, and the water was ready-made. We Why is the stove okay when it’s burning? I don’t understand these things, isn’t Sister Shuiping a handy one? She’ll definitely be fine if she goes and checks.”

After finishing speaking, Ban Xia went in to talk to Li Shi regardless of Zhou Shi's expression.

Shui Ping is Zhou's daughter, she is fourteen now, she likes to go out and talk about how good her daughter is, how capable she is, and how good she is at home and outside.

Mrs. Zhou uttered sour words outside again, but seeing that she couldn't move, she pointed at Sang and scolded Huai and left.

Ban Xia curled her lips, "Mother, look, you help to be a good person every day, and now it's her business, if you don't help, it's your fault?"

Seeing Ban Xia's appearance, Li was very sad, "Ban Xia, it's all mother's fault that caused you to suffer, so why don't you go to the pond and cry today, if you fall, bah bah bah——"

This is Ban Xia's good talk with Guo Shi. Seeing Li Shi was sad, he whispered a few words in her ear.

Li's eyes widened in disbelief, the look in her eyes was very complicated, and in the end it was because she was useless that she made her worry so much.

"Mother, don't worry, don't be sad, before the new year, I will definitely ask her to ask Yuan Chen back!" Ban Xia said solemnly.

But Li thought that Banxia was comforting her, and her eyes were empty again.

And Mrs. Zhou didn't call Mrs. Li for help, so naturally he didn't call her precious girl, but went to the second room to call Mrs. Sun, and finally put the food on the table.

Mr. Su and Mrs. Su Qian sat down in front of two tables.

The same is true when setting meals on weekdays. Mr. Su brings his sons to the table with his older grandsons, while Mrs. Su brings his wives.

The messy people in the yard didn't think so, but as soon as they sat down at this moment, they found that there were a few people missing on the other side of Mr. Su, as if he had lost a few front teeth and opened his mouth, it was difficult to ignore it.

"Second and fifth, where is Yuan Guang?"

Only then did Su Qian cast a glance over there, and then cast a ruthless glance at Sun, who quickly lowered her head in fear.

"The rest is fine. The second child has lost his soul all day long. Didn't Yuan Guang go to herd cattle? Don't lose the cattle! Poor fifth, studying is the most troublesome thing. It’s so late and I don’t know how to go home.”

Ban Xia looked up at the sky, and sneered in his heart, Yuan Guang is his own brother, he is not as expensive as a cow, and the second uncle did all the work that should be done, and after that, no one knew where he went, the people in the house had already I'm used to it, Su Qian's just took the opportunity to rectify Sun's and also gain prestige in front of other daughters-in-law.

It's just that she doesn't know what kind of reward she will give her for the fifth uncle who treats her like an eyeball.

The newspaper came very quickly, almost as soon as Ban Xia's thoughts turned, I saw my fifth uncle Su Youwen floating in like stepping on a cloud, and I didn't care what Su Qian thought, "Mother, don't do to others what you don't want yourself to do to others , why do you want to ignore it in the far morning?"

Su Qian blinked her eyes and was still digesting Su Youwen's words. She couldn't understand anything else, but Yuanchen knew it. After realizing this, she put down her chopsticks with a slap, "Even you are talking about this!" Is it? This is calculated by asking Xiangu!"

Because of this matter, she has long been pissed off, she lost face at Li's natal family, and let Mr. Su have a good meal, and now even her most beloved youngest son is questioning herself, How could Mrs. Su Qian not feel the piercing pain in her heart.

Su Youben is not someone who can read people's faces. He has always lived a comfortable life. Hearing Su Qian's words, he refuted on the spot, "Zibuyu is strange and confused, and the book of Kuangli says that the journey of the great way is also The world is for the public, choose the virtuous and capable, trustworthy and harmonious. Therefore, people should not only kiss their relatives, not only their sons, so that the old will die, the strong will be useful, and the young will be strong, reserved, widowed, lonely, lonely, sick All of them have something to support, and the son said..."

These words, coupled with Su Youwen's head-shaking and orderly manner, for the first time, made Su Qian feel that his son's words were harsh. In the past, it was always a matter of making faces, and the sage books said something wrong, but this sage If the words in the book are aimed at me, this feeling...

Immediately, his face turned red, white, and green, but fortunately it was not so obvious in the darkness of night.

Ban Xia almost couldn't stop laughing out loud, and quickly buried her head in the rice bowl, digging wholeheartedly.

(End of this chapter)