Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 97
Mai Xiang's guess was right. As soon as she left, Mrs. Yu said to Mrs. Zhao, "Girl, I'd better go home. Who is this big girl following now? She doesn't show affection at all. This child was not like this before. of."

"Mom, let's go. This child has changed since she was ill, and I can't hold her anymore. Do you have to look at her face if you don't look at me?" Zhao didn't want to keep her either. mother.

To put it bluntly, Mrs. Yu started the quarrel today. Mrs. Qian had already gone out with the baby in her arms, but Mrs. Yu chased after her and started arguing with her. The reason was that Mrs. Qian had come here before to grab eggs and Bai Mi, I didn't expect Mrs. Zhao to be so weak and so kind. Not only did she not hate her, but she even sent her food. How could there be such a fool in the world?
When Mrs. Yu made a fuss, Mrs. Zhao couldn't do anything to watch. Both of her mother's voices were loud, so she recruited all the neighbors here. It was really embarrassing. She still wanted to stand up and be a man in the village. Woolen cloth.

"Girl, pick up twenty eggs for me, half a sack of rice, and a few big bucks. I'll hire a car at the entrance of the village."

After Yu finished speaking, she looked at the big bundles at the end of the kang with reluctance, and said, "If you want good shoes, leave me a pair too."

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Zhao glared at Mrs. Yu, then at Mai Huang, and said, "Erya, go pick some vegetables from the field, and I'll cook something delicious for your grandma soon. "

Mrs. Zhao wanted to send Mai Huang away, but Mai Huang saw Yu's eyes fixed on the bundles on the kang, so she didn't want to move.

"Well, you damn girl, even you don't listen to me anymore?" Mrs. Zhao became angry when she saw Mai Huang sitting still. It hit him, so Mrs. Zhao picked up the small broom on the kang and hit Mai Huang.

Ye Dafu heard it from outside, hurriedly jumped in, and said, "Okay, what are you making a fuss about? Don't you want to live a happy life?"

"Look, who else can I order in this family? My mother is here, and I will ask Erya to pick vegetables from the field and she won't move. You all despise me, and no one will listen to me." As she talked, Mrs. Zhao felt wronged.

Ye Dafu didn't know what was going on, and said, "Mai Huang, listen to Dad, go and come back quickly."

After hearing this, Mai Huang had no choice but to carry a basket, looked at Ye Dafu tearfully and said, "Father, take care."

As soon as Mai Huang left, Ye Dafu didn't bother to stay in the house to look at the mother and daughter. He didn't have a good impression of Mrs. Yu, so he still came out to polish the toothbrush handle on the bench under the tree.

Mrs. Yu in the house saw that there were only Mai Lu and Mai Di in front of her. Mai Lu was only a three-year-old child who couldn't learn the tongue yet. Mai Di was only a few months old and didn't understand anything, so she took one by herself. Basket, picked up twenty eggs, scooped a few scoops of rice to cover the eggs, and then saw a large piece of meat on the ground, thought about it, and cut another piece with a knife.

Mrs. Zhao felt distressed when she saw it, but she was her own mother. She couldn't turn her face away, so she had to urge Mrs. Yu to leave quickly. Mrs. Yu just picked up the basket and was about to leave when she glanced at the big packages on the kang. Said: "I can't remember how many coats there are. If I pawn two, I can exchange some money to supplement your elder sister's family. Her family's life is the most difficult now."

"Mother, don't worry about it, you will have to get angry when you find out later." Zhao Shi stopped Yu Shi.

"Father, father, Rourou, Eggy." Mai Lu shouted.

When Yu Shi heard this, she became anxious, and stretched out her hand to cover Mai Lu's mouth. When Mai Lu got angry, she bit Yu Shi, and when Yu Shi became anxious, she slapped Mai Lu's face hard, and Mai Lu burst into tears.

Ye Dafu heard it from outside, and was about to jump into the house again. Mrs. Yu hurried out with a basket, and ran into Mai Xiang head-on.

Mai Xiang came back early, carrying two baskets of grass, and Mai Qing drove the ducks and geese behind.

"Yo, big girl, you're back so soon?" Shi Yu smiled embarrassingly.

"Grandma, what are you carrying in the basket? It's so heavy?" Just as Mai Xiang finished speaking, she heard Mai Lu's cry, she hurriedly put down the basket, walked into the house and hugged Mai Lu.

When Mai Lu saw Mai Xiang, she burst into tears, the more she cried, the more wronged she became, and she kept shouting: "Fatty, balls."

Mai Xiang hurried out after hearing this, just as Mai Qing drove a bunch of ducks and geese into the door, blocking Yu Shi's way, Mai Xiang caught up with Yu Shi in a few steps, and took Yu Shi's basket.

Yu's old furoshiki was placed on the basket, and a piece of meat was wrapped in paper. Under the meat was rice. Mai Xiang put her hand in, and eggs were hidden in the rice.

Mai Xiang brought the things back, so Yu had no choice but to follow Mai Xiang into the house again.

"Little sister is really capable. She knows how to take care of my sister's house. Be good, don't cry." Mai Xiang touched Mai Lu's face, trying to comfort Mai Lu first, but suddenly found a red and swollen spot on Mai Lu's face, Like being beaten.

"Hey, tell my sister, who hit you?" Mai Xiang was really angry.

Mai Lu pointed at Shi Yu, "Grandma, hit me."

"Big girl, listen to grandma telling you that I want some eggs and rice from your mother, it's for your uncle's children, and there is no milk to eat, there is no other way, so I thought of coming to you to find Touch some fine grains." Yu Shi was also a little annoyed that she was reckless, why would she beat someone?

"Grandma, tell me, I won't give it to you, what's the matter with you being sneaky? Also, how old is Mai Lu? Can you do it too?"

"Isn't this the child who just yelled, and as soon as I was anxious, just, just..."

"Go, all go, don't come to my house again, go, all go, go quickly." Ye Dafu got angry, knocked people on the ground with his crutches, and he even kicked away Mrs. Zhao.

"Father, my mother didn't do it on purpose, the fourth girl bit my mother's hand..."

"Shut up, you don't sneak around, can Si Ya shout out? Aren't you just afraid that I will hear you? If you don't cover Si Ya's mouth, Si Ya can bite you? Get out, get out of here." Ye Dafu always She loves her children very much, and she really can't accept that Mrs. Zhao can tolerate her children being beaten without saying a word.

"Grandpa, today's matter is because of my impatience. I also feel sorry for the little grandson at home..."

"Okay, grandma, don't say anything, take this thing away, it's nothing serious in the future, don't come to my house." Mai Xiang gave her the basket.

"Here, big girl, listen to what grandma told you..."

"Grandma, if you don't leave now, if you leave later, this basket will be left behind. You can go back empty-handed."

When Yu heard this, she could only sigh, took the basket, and stretched out her hand, wanting to touch Mai Lu's face, Mai Lu put her head into Ye Dafu's arms.

"Siya, grandma is leaving first. Grandma will come to see you next time. Grandma will never beat you again."

"Huh? Grandma beat up my little sister and we give her something back?" Mai Huang just came back with vegetables, and glared at Yu Shi angrily.

"This is the last time." Mai Xiang said.

When Yu saw Mai Xiang, she was angry for a few moments, her nose was not her nose, her eyes were not her eyes, and she couldn't tell the difference, so she had to carry the basket and leave.

Mai Xiang hugged Mai Lu and got off the kang, and said: "Little sister, don't cry, I'm so good today, you come down to play with the third sister, and the eldest sister will cook meat for you."

When Mai Lu heard that there was stew to eat, she stopped crying and nodded. Mai Xiang found a towel and washed her face, and asked her and Mai Qing to feed the rabbits to graze.

Mai Xiang sent Mai Huang to wash the vegetables. She took a small iron pot and started to cook corn paste. On the other side, she started to stew rice to make braised pork.

After a while, the food was served on the kang table, Mai Xiang sent a bowl of braised pork to the upper room, sent Mai Huang to send a bowl of rice soup to Mrs. Qian, and then moved the kang table from the kang in the back room, and put it directly on Mrs. Zhao. In front of him, he brought her a bowl of corn mush.

"Big ya, are you really feeding your mother cornmeal?" Only then did Zhao realize that Mai Xiang was not joking with her, and panicked, because Mai Xiang hadn't looked at her for a long time.

"Not only today, you have to eat tomorrow. If you don't want to eat, you can go back to grandma's house and see what grandma's house can give you."

"Why, what did I do wrong again?"

"Why? Just because you don't even care about your own daughter, don't you think grandma's family is more important than your own daughter? Then what are you still doing here? Go back to Lao Zhao's house. I have never heard I said, which mother beat her own daughter in order to steal some food for her nephew? It's really fresh."

"Elder Sister, Mother still beat me up. I knew there must be something wrong with pushing me away. If I didn't go, Mother beat me with a broom." Mai Huang stretched out his arm, and there was still There are really sorghum stalks across the road.

"Then count the crime and punish it, and eat corn mush for three days."

"What is punishment?"

"Mother, don't worry about fines or not, remember that you have to eat corn mush for three days in a row, and there is only one bowl for each meal. Also, if grandma comes again in the future, if you still join forces with grandma to plot against our family We really don’t want you anymore, you stay here to live in the old house or go back to your mother’s house, we move to a new house, you’d better remember.”

Mai Xiang frightened her again, saying that if she didn't get over this problem, she moved to a new house and saw that the conditions in her own house were better. The Zhao family came to fight the autumn wind twice in three days. Mai Xiang couldn't bear it, not only the Zhao family, but also the The Ye family can't rest easy.

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she stopped talking to Mrs. Zhao, and started to sit down to eat, and the aroma of braised pork had already been released.

Although Mrs. Zhao was greedy, seeing that Mai Xiang had no room for negotiation, she didn't dare to argue any more. If she continued to argue, she might be punished for a few days.

However, Mrs. Zhao was also quite disappointed with her own mother today. She did not expect Mrs. Yu to make a move. At first, Mrs. Yu just asked for some rice, so Mrs. Zhao agreed. As much rice as you eat, you can eat two or three catties for a long time.

Besides, she is a person with strong vanity, she feels that her life is better, if she helps her natal family, she can straighten her back when she goes back to her natal family, and the people of her natal family should look up to her.As for other things, such as how the family's food came from, and whether the family still has enough money to buy food, these are not within her consideration, because she is also a simple-minded person.

(End of this chapter)