The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 43

With sleepy eyes and dazed eyes, seeing a strange man suddenly appearing in front of him, staring at him eagerly, Gu Lu was so frightened that he turned his back to Zhang De and hid in Zhong Caixin's arms.

Zhang De patted his son's protruding butt with one hand angrily, covered his head with his chubby hands and shrank and buried him deeper.

"Boy, you don't even recognize your father, see if I don't spank your ass."

Zhong Caixin held Mantou upright, lowered her head and whispered in his ear, "Mantou's father is back, doesn't Mantou most want to see him?"

Leaving his mother's arms all over his head, he raised his head and was about to ask "Is he my father?" But he might as well be captured by Zhang De, and he threw it high, causing the children to scream.

"Mother, elder sister..." Woohoo, this father is so scary, I don't want to have a full head.

Hearing Zhang De's laughter, Nuan Bao and Xiao Fu ran out a long time ago. Seeing that the little uncle was still carrying the big package, Nuan Bao hurriedly said, "Uncle, put the things down first."

Xiaofu surrounded him, "Did Uncle bring something good for Xiaofu? I heard that the food in Kyoto is very delicious, and there are many other things."

Thinking of his two nieces, Zhang De immediately stopped to take a closer look, "Not bad, Xiao Nuan has grown a lot taller, but Xiao Fu has gained weight again."

Xiao Fu pursed his lips, dissatisfied: "Uncle is so bad! How can he be fat?"

Since Er Niu lost weight, Xiao Fu forbade others to say that she was fat, otherwise it would be a mess, Nuan Bao comforted: "No, Xiao Fu is not fat. Also, don't you want to see what little uncle brought?" come back?"

Zhang De said happily: "I really brought back good things." Then, he picked up the burden and led everyone into the house to distribute gifts.

The package was so big that everyone was curious about what was inside.

Zhang De untied the cloth strips that were wrapped around in circles, and after spreading out, there were two packages, one large and one small.

The big ones are of course my uncle's daily clothes, and the small ones are souvenirs bought in the capital of Yongguo.

Xiaofu knelt on the kang, put his hands on his chin and eagerly approached the gift, and as the package was unwrapped, there were rattles, nine rings, masks, clay figurines, pottery ring balls, mud screams, and diabolos in a mess.Xiaofu curled his lips and shouted: "Little uncle is biased!"

Zhang De scratched his head and asked puzzledly, "Where is Uncle partial?"

"Xiaofu and sister stopped playing with these things a long time ago. Uncle just remembers his head full and doesn't care about us anymore."

When Mantou heard the young lady say his name, he jumped to hug him, Xiaofu took Mantou, and angrily piled all the things at his feet, who knew that the force was heavier, and the little rattle hit Mantou ankle, and burst into tears.

Zhong Caixin caressed her son's tender skin, her ankle was already red, and she felt distressed when she saw it.

Xiao Fu saw that her head was crying, and she was so scared that she wanted to cry too. Nuan Bao stopped her, "Look at what you look like now, whether you are sitting or not, and kneeling on the kang is not polite at all, get down and stand up straight."

Xiaofu was scolded by his sister, and he didn't dare to refute. Just as he was about to get off the kang, Zhang De stopped him, "Don't be so fierce, you frighten Xiaofu."

Nuan Bao became even more arrogant, "She is very courageous! If it doesn't suit your wishes at all, you will play with your temper. Do you really think you are the lady of everyone? It seems that you have eaten too much in the past two years, and you have become less intelligent. !"

Zhang De was stunned, when did Nuan girl become so fierce, didn't she spoil Xiaofu very much before.

"Did you not hear what I said clearly, why don't you go to stand in the corner. Think about where you are wrong, and keep standing if you can't figure it out."

Xiaofu wiped away his tears, sobbing, feeling very wronged.

Zhang De still wanted to be a peacemaker, but Zhong Caixin grabbed his sleeve and shook his head to signal him not to talk too much.

Nuan Bao packed up the things that Xiaofu had thrown around, and pushed Zhang De to let him go back to his room to rest.

Zhong Caixin glanced at Xiaofu who was standing in the corner, then turned her head and followed her husband into the room.In the past two years, Xiaofu has met many new friends in the city. Girls do not require high talent. Xiaofu discusses colorful clothes and delicious food with a group of boudoir girls in the school every day. Her personality has become a lot more spoiled. Now it is time for Nuanbao to correct her. .Before Zhang De was not there, it was not easy for me to interfere too much when there was no major incident. The child is old enough to think, and it is inevitable to talk too much, and then it is rumored that the aunt is bullying the orphan girl while the uncle is away, and it will be hard to recover.

In the evening, when the food was served, Nuan Bao still ignored Xiao Fu, who was standing with sore feet, and set the meal by himself.

Xiaofu smelled the aroma of rice, sniffed forward with his fleshy little nose, looked at his sister with resentful little eyes, wanted to remind her but dared not say it.

Zhang De had been warned by Zhong Caixin not to help Xiaofu as early as in the bedroom, so he just lowered his head and pretended not to know, and silently picked up the meal.The food at home was so delicious that he couldn't help eating two more bowls.Seeing that her little uncle kept adding food, Xiao Fu stepped on her toes and found that the food bucket was empty!
Her feet hurt and her stomach was hungry. She watched everyone eating happily and forgot about her alone.Woohoo, they don't want Xiaofu anymore, Xiaofu is homeless, thinking of this, she held back her tears and ran away from home just waiting for them to finish eating!

After dinner, Nuan Bao was washing the dishes in the kitchen, Zhong Caixin picked out the old clothes and mended them, Zhang De teased his head, the main room was dark, only the bedroom and the kitchen had a little light.

Xiaofu rubbed his dry belly, planning to go to Er Niu's house to eat before running away.

Seeing Xiaofu's teary eyes and reddened nose, Er Niu went to the kitchen and stole some leftover white flour steamed buns for Xiaofu.They hid under the big tree, relying on the dark night and the thick trunk to avoid being discovered, Xiao Fu gnawed on the steamed buns like a little mouse.Er Niu said anxiously: "Don't eat so fast, I'll get you some water."

Xiao Fu's mouth was full, unable to speak, only shook his head.

After eating three big steamed buns, Xiaofu let out a sigh of relief, hiccupped and said, "Er Niu, I'm leaving, you have to remember me, always remember me."

Er Niu thought she was going to the border town again, nodded and said, "If possible, I will ask my mother to take me to your aunt's house to visit you."

When Xiao Fu heard about her aunt, tears immediately flowed out, and she cried, "My uncle and aunt don't want me anymore, and my sister doesn't want me anymore. I want to go home, woo woo..."

"How come? Your sister will definitely not want you. And your home is here."

"My home is far away, my parents are there, I want to go back."

Er Niu was in a hurry, "Your parents are gone, where are you going back? If you really have no place to go, just come to my house."

Although Xiaofu said to go home, she didn't remember where the old home was at all. She thought about it, and it would be good to go to Er Niu's house, anyway, he said that he would make her full.So, patting the dust off their buttocks, the two turned around and went to Er Niu's house.

After Nuan Bao washed the dishes, she was going to visit Xiao Fu in the main room. If she could tell what was wrong with her, then she would bring the food that was hot in the rice cooker.She walked into the main room with a small oil lamp, but found that there was no one in the corner where there should be people.

Er Niu Niang found that Xiao Fu was at her house, she blamed Er Niu for a while, and ran to Zhang De's house overnight.

When everyone arrived at Er Niu's house, Xiao Fu was already smiling and playing cards with Er Niu.

Nuan Bao finally let go of her holding heart, and grabbed Xiaofu like an eagle catching a chick, "Let you reflect on yourself, but you ran to someone else's house to play, don't you want to go home and eat?"

Xiao Fu held back his anger, and with Er Niu's backing, he said confidently: "Er Niu will give me something to eat, I won't go home." Turning around, he asked Er Niu: "Er Niu, am I right? "

Er Niu blinked and looked at Li Shi beggingly.

Li's face was full of smiles, and he took Zhong Caixin's hand and said with a smile: "Xiaofu is good, I really wish that Xiaofu could stay in our house."

Nuan Bao couldn't understand what Li was saying, but Zhong Caixin understood, and looked at Zhang De, it turned out that Er Niuniang also liked Xiao Fu.

After being interrupted by Li Shi, the atmosphere became more harmonious. Nuan Bao let go of Xiao Fu's hand and said emotionally: "You really don't want to go home? If you don't go back, Xiao Fu will never see my sister again."

Xiao Fu snuggled up to Nuan Bao, and asked weakly, "Then sister won't scold me anymore?"

Nuan Bao smiled, and promised softly: "Stop scolding, Xiao Fu and sister go home."

Xiao Fu cheered and waved to Er Niu: "Er Niu, I'm going home with my sister, and I'll play again later."

Er Niu is still immersed in Xiaofu's good wishes to stay in his house, who knows that Xiaofu will become a rebel once he is seduced.He accused Xiaofu of bad behavior with a face full of resentment, but Xiaofu ignored him at all.

Xiaofu took her sister's hand and went home happily singing folk songs. Nuan Bao rolled her eyes aside, you will know how amazing you are when you get home!Even a schoolboy ran away from home!It's not enough to vent my anger if I don't pinch this brainless sister!

While Xiaofu was fetching water to take a bath, Zhong Cai said to Nuan Bao earnestly, "Don't be mean to her, Xiaofu is not a bad student, but she doesn't know what to do and what not to do, just talk to her carefully. If you have any problems, just talk to her." Find my aunt, and I will reason with her."

Nuan Bao knew that her aunt and uncle had been separated for so long, and she must have a lot to say tonight. She didn't want to trouble her aunt, so she promised Zhong Caixin: "I will teach her well. I was also reckless and impulsive today."

At night, the two of them were covered with the same quilt, and Xiaofu put his feet on Nuanbao's feet, "Sister, your feet are wrapped around mine, so it won't freeze." Xiaofu's body was very hot, and Nuanbao usually Use Xiaofu as a stove.

"Xiaofu, do you know why my sister punished you today?"

"I know, I hurt my head, and he cried."

Nuan Bao rubbed Xiao Fu's hair, "That's not the reason."

"What's that?" Isn't Mantou smaller than her, everyone likes Mantou and no longer likes her.

"Little uncle brought things back all the way, and you complain about this and that without saying a word, and you are very angry, throwing things around. Have you learned to respect the elders and love the young?"

Xiaofu was poor in speech, and she didn't think about it, but she was adopted by her uncle when she was five years old, and she regarded him as her father. After Mantou was born, she was no longer the only uncle in his eyes, she was jealous Mantou is the little uncle's biological son, but she is not.

"Sister, do you think the little uncle will not want us if he has a full head?"

Nuan Bao didn't hesitate: "Of course not. What's on your mind all day long?"

"Then why did uncle buy so many things for Mantou, Xiaofu didn't have any of them."

Nuan Bao didn't answer and asked instead: "Then do you like full hair?"

"Of course I like it."

"So, if we go out to play, we will also buy things for Mantou, right? Besides, Xiaofu, you are not a child. You are 11 years old this year, and you are a big sister. You can no longer compete with Mantou for jealousy."

Xiao Fu wondered and agreed: "Okay. Then I will give my little uncle to Man Tou. Besides, I will take care of Man Tou, just like my sister takes care of me."

"So, you can never lose your temper again, you know? We are all poor people, you can't follow the style of those young ladies, and when you get married, you have to work in the fields, wash and cook..."

Xiao Fu was a little sleepy after hearing this, and interrupted Nuan Bao's words: "Sister, I will never lose my temper again." Then he said: "However, Er Niu said that I will not do heavy work in the future, he will support me."

Nuanbao reminded: "Erniu is still young, so what he says can't be taken seriously."

"But... Erniu's mother is an adult, and she also said the same thing. If I want to be her daughter, I can play with Erniu for the rest of my life."

(End of this chapter)