Chapter 82

Feng an walked away with the food box. Hu Zi licked his lips and looked straight into the pot. He saw that there was a cabbage leaf on the edge of the pot. He reached out and wanted to eat it.

Qi Er stopped him, "uncle, don't burn it."

"Kiel, I want to eat."

Huzi was staring at the vegetable leaf. The fish just smelled so sweet that he almost swallowed his tongue.

"You wait."

Qi'er took the chopsticks and put them in his mouth. Tiger couldn't wait to eat them. After three or two bites, she swallowed them and ran to Xia Xi immediately. "Sister in law, I want to eat fish, too."

Think also some days did not eat fish, Xia Xi touched his head, smile should be, "good."

Huzi jumped up with joy and ran to the place where the firewood was put. He held a lot of dry firewood and said, "Qi'er, please start a fire."

Kiel

Remind him, "uncle, we don't have fish yet."

"I'll go to the village head and bring it."

Tiger is about to run out.

Xia Xi called to him, "tiger, wait a minute."

Tiger turned to look at her.

"The village head has gone home. Let's go to find the pillar and ask him to help catch the fish."

"Good."

Tiger happily should be next, turned around, Deng Deng Deng ran to find the pillar.

Xia Xi smiles and shakes her head.

Although we sell boiled fish every day, every time we sell out, we can't even leave a vegetable leaf.

Zhu has been greedy for a long time. He heard that tiger wanted to catch fish. Xia Xi cooked fish. Zhu quickly took the bamboo basket and trotted over. He was very excited and said, "sister-in-law, we'll catch two more this time. These days, I'm greedy."

……

In the evening, the smell of boiled fish spread throughout the village.

People in the village are afraid of consuming lamp oil. Most of them eat early. This is the time for dinner. As soon as the fragrance wafts over, people can't sit still. They sniff one after another, hoping to suck all the fragrance into their stomach.

People who don't eat can't help swallowing.

"It's so fragrant. It's more fragrant than the meat dishes made during the Spring Festival."

"Yes, that's it. If I take a bite of it, it's worth dying."

Every family is sniffing and swallowing.

But no one came out to see it. As we all know, the fragrance can only be passed down from Xia Xi's family. Other people's families don't have the craft and spare money.

Dong Dong!

A sound rang out in the village, and then came the full voice of the column, "listen up, lady Xia made boiled fish for everyone, a small bowl for each family, and they all came to hold it."

……

Xia Xi's yard is full of people, dozens of people, but there is no noise. Each person is holding a bowl in his hand, standing on tiptoe, head up, looking at the person who has been filled with boiled fish in front.

Lan'er takes the spoon, two pieces of boiled fish for each person, add some cabbage, and give more soup. A full bowl almost overflows.

Everyone is very careful when they walk. They walk very slowly. They are afraid that if they are not careful, the soup will spill out and the family will eat less.

The village head also came with a smile, with his hands on his back and a bowl in his hand.

People say hello to him, and automatically vacate the front position, let him first Sheng.

The village head went to the front, but he didn't give the bowl to Lan'er. Instead, he said to Lan'er, "give it to everyone first, and I'll talk about it at last."

Weijia village is poor. Even the head of the village has nothing to gain. The conditions of the head's family are just a little better than those of the public. They only eat meat once every new year.

When people saw that the village head was so quiet, some even came with big bowls, feeling ashamed. They came out of the team, ran back to their own home, and quickly changed to small bowls.

In the yard over there, smelling the smell of fish, the faces of Niu's mother and daughter were very ugly. They had been eating coarse grains for several days, let alone vegetables.

Before Xia Xi got married, the Yu family lived such a life. To be exact, it was worse than this time. It was really not enough to eat. More often, the family ate a meal a day, because they had to save money from their teeth for Yu Yi to study.

Later Xia Xi married. The Xia family not only paid for all the expenses of Yu Yi, but also gave them three Liang silver a month. The Yu family said goodbye to such a day. They had enough to eat and drink every day, and they had good clothes to wear.

But now that he has fallen out with Xia Xi, Yu Yi has also taken away the only money in his family. Where else can he have money to buy white flour and meat.

"No more!"

Ling'er slammed the chopsticks on the table.

Niu was too angry to eat, so he threw his chopsticks on the table.

Zhi'er just took a bite of the steamed bread with mixed noodles. Seeing that, they quickly swallowed it and put the rest of the steamed bread back.

"This cheap thing must be intentional."

Ling'er scolds her bitterly.

Huzi is a fool. She must tell Xia Xi what happened to them these days, otherwise she would not cook fish at home and give it back to the villagers.

"She didn't have a good idea, or she wouldn't have mistaken the thousand taels of silver that your brother borrowed."

Niu Shi also said hatefully.

Mention this, Ling Er is more angry.

"I don't blame you. If you didn't want to send the tiger away, would we be so miserable?"

"Don't say these words. If Hu Zi is sent so far away, what will he do if he is bullied?"

Ling'er is even more angry. "He's a fool. He's a man who can't accomplish anything..."

"Shut up

Niu shouts at her.

Any woman has a preference for boys, not to mention tiger's mind is not complete, her pain is too late, how can he be allowed to be bullied.

Ling'er was very angry, but she didn't dare to say anything more.

After getting off the Kang, he pulled on his shoes and went to rummage.

The forehead of Niu Shi Qi is green and tendons jump straight, "what are you mad about?"

Linger ignored her, took out a jewelry box from the bottom of the box, opened it and put two pieces of jewelry in it. A gold bracelet, a gold hairpin. I picked up the bracelet and held it in my hand. It seemed that I was reluctant to put it down. I picked up the gold hairpin and it seemed that I was reluctant to put it in my hand. I put it in my hand again and picked up the bracelet again. After several times, I finally chose the gold hairpin and put it in my left hand. My right hand closed the jewelry box and put it back in the box.

"What are you doing?"

Ling'er clutches the gold hairpin in her hand, takes off her shoes and goes back to the Kang.

"I'll pawn it tomorrow."

Niu's exclaimed, "you are crazy. The hairpin is pawned. What do you do when you get married?"

Ling'er sneered and looked up at her. "My elder brother will be an official after high school next year. He can afford ten gold hairpins, not to mention one."

With that, he looked at the noodles and porridge on the table, "I don't want to eat these pig food any more."

Niu has had enough of it these days. He is used to eating steamed bread with white flour. He only feels that the steamed bread is irritating. Besides, what ling'er said was right, so she didn't object. She said, "go early tomorrow morning. Don't let the villagers see it. And let zhi'er go with you. "

……

After the fish is boiled, the people disperse. Lan'er stays at the end and cleans up the pot. Then he says to Xia Xi and goes home.

Huzi and Qier are full.

Touching the round belly, tiger refused to go, "sister-in-law, I want to stay in your room to sleep."

Every time he goes back from here, ling'er looks at him as if she is going to eat him. Hu Zi is very afraid.

Xia Xi's refusal just came to her mouth. She thought that Qi'er was five years old, and it was time to sleep with her. She nodded, "yes, but you and Qi'er go to that room to sleep."

"Good."

Huzi jumped up happily, took Qi'er's hand and came up to him, "Qi'er, we two sleep in the same room. Are you happy?"

"Uncle..."

Qi'er doesn't want to separate from Xia Xi and wants to persuade Hu Zi to go back there.

Xia Xi touched his head, "Qi'er, you are a little man."

Qi'er understood the meaning of her words. Her lips were tight. After a while, she took tiger's hand with her backhand and said, "let's go and clean up the house."

……

The next morning, Xia Xi opened her eyes on time as before, subconsciously touched the position around her, and started to feel cold. Then she remembered that Qi'er had gone to the house.

He shook his head with a smile, dressed and went to the house.

They are sleeping soundly. Qi'er is next to the Kang. She is wrapped in two thin quilts, with tiger in it, covered with Qi'er's thick quilt.

They were so excited last night that they were making trouble all the time. If Xia Xi didn't force them to sleep, maybe they could make it to dawn.

Xia Xi tucked in the quilt corner for Qi'er. Qi'er opened her eyes hazily, "Niang..."

"If you can't get up, stay at home."

"It's OK. I'm awake."

With these words, Qi'er sat up, her eyes still not fully open.

He this move, the tiger also woke up, a bone to get up, eyes still sleepy, "sister-in-law, I also want to follow the county."

"Uncle, we are going to sell things, not to play."

Kiel said as she dressed.

Tiger also quickly put on his clothes, "I also want to follow to sell things."

Look at his stubborn strength, Qi'er has some regrets. She didn't tell him last night.

"You can go, but you must stay with Qi'er, and you can't leave him at all. If you are obedient, I will take you with me in the future. If you are not obedient, let alone go to the county, it's delicious, and you won't want to eat it in the future."

……

Pillar and orchid son see tiger son also follow to come out of time, all is a Leng.

"Sister in law, this is..."

LAN Er asked.

This time, the tiger has been fast on the carriage, but also to the slow Qi'er waved, "Qi'er, hurry up."

"Let's go."

See two people go up, Xia Xi says with a smile.

LAN Er opened her mouth.

Huzi is not mentally complete. It's OK to say that in the village, after all, they all know each other and can't lose anything. But in the county, it's different. Especially in the market, there are all kinds of people. When they get busy, they can't take care of them. What if Huzi is lost?

The people of the Yu family will not agree with her now. If something happens to Huzi, will Niu's life be saved for her?

Pillar also thought of these, but see Xia Xi's idea has already made up one's mind, then make a wink to LAN Er, signal her not to say again.

Lan'er sighed and got on the carriage.

Tiger is the first time to ride a carriage. He is very excited. Touch here and have a look there.

Lan'er finally didn't resist, quietly pulled Xia Xi's sleeve.

Xia Xi looks at her.

Lan'er got close, and her voice was very low. "Sister in law, if aunt Yu knew, would she..."

"Ignore her."

Xia Xi doesn't care. In recent days, as long as she is at home, Hu Zi comes to eat, but Niu Shi doesn't say a word. She also knows that Hu Zi won't be abused here. In this case, she won't easily trouble her.

Listen to her say so, LAN Er although still some don't feel at ease, but don't say what again.

……

When we arrived at the market, the stall was still set up, but this time Mr. Zhang changed his name, "Lady Xia, today is the last time to help you. Our brothers won't come tomorrow."

Yesterday, they heard that Xia Xi had a husband. She couldn't be Mr. Zhang's daughter-in-law, and they didn't have to make up to him.

Xia Xi smiles and nods, "thank you very much these days."

Several people waved their hands and strode away.

When they go far away, they complain to each other,

"You say you don't have a long eye. Lady Xia has a husband. Why don't you see that?"

"Can you blame me? The first time we met, Mr. Zhang treated her differently. I thought Mr. Zhang was enlightened. I don't care if she's ugly or with children. As long as Mr. Zhang likes her, I'll match her up. Who knows if she still has a husband? "

"Let's not complain about each other. I think it's all about lady Xia. Since we have a husband, what are we going to do in public?"

"Hey, you said that..."

A few people went away.

Xia Xi did not hear a few people's words, and the pillar, LAN Er put things together.

At the same time, the villagers also sent the fish, and the pillar carried it to kill. The tiger was curious and followed.

After a while, he came back and followed him.

Qi'er moved a small stool and put it beside him. She asked him to sit still and frighten him, "uncle, if you run around, you won't get any delicious food at noon."

Tiger nodded, "I don't move, I don't move."

……

Ling'er and zhi'er didn't go out until dawn. When they got to the county, they didn't go to the pawnshop first. Instead, they came to the market and looked at the stall from a distance. The business was as good as ever. Ling'er was so angry that she almost broke her teeth. "This bitch, it won't come to a good end."

Zhi'er is afraid of her gaffe, to provoke Xia Xi, quickly pulled off her sleeve, "elder sister, let's go to the pawnshop first."

Ling'er spits at the stall and turns around. After a while, they find a pawnshop. They go in and put the hairpin on the counter in a timid voice. "Boss, we want to be hairpins."

The people inside only looked up at them, then picked up the hairpin to have a look, and then said, "ten Liang."

"What?"

Ling'er can't believe that he will give such a low price. At the beginning, big brother said that Xia Xi's hairpin cost several hundred Liang to buy.

The man put the hairpin back on the counter. "The hairpin is gold, but it's too bad. It can only be so many."

"No way. It cost hundreds of Liang to buy the hairpin at that time."

The people inside didn't even lift their eyelids this time. "Little girl, I said, have you been cheated? Such hairpins are all over the street. I'll give you ten Liang. I'm the one who deals in good faith. If I put them in other pawnshops, I'll give you five Liang at most. "

"We're wrong."

Ling'er takes back the hairpin and goes out.

The people inside seemed worried for a while, but the tone was still very stable, "how many liang do you want to be?"

Ling'er stopped and turned back. She was very confident, "at least one hundred Liang."

The people inside didn't lift their eyelids this time. They said directly, "I'll give you another five Liang. I don't think it's right to love you. I don't think it's right to go to other places."

Ling Er is very proud of hum a, come out from inside.

They went to several pawnbrokers. When they saw their clothes, they knew that they were from the countryside. When they saw that they were young, they seemed to agree that they would only be given ten Liang at most.

Ling'er's lungs are about to explode, and she wants to drop her hairpin on the ground. "Cunt, their family are all cunts. They cheat us on this hairpin, but they buy it cheaply."

Zhi Er clenched her lips and did not speak.

When ling'er calms down, she dares to say, "otherwise, we'd better go back to the first one?"

"No!"

Ling'er angrily refuses and goes forward.

Zhi Er followed with her head down.

As she walked, she went back to the market. Smelling the fragrance coming from the market, ling'er took a deep breath, turned around and put the hairpin in zhi'er's hand, "you're going to pawn it! I'll wait here. "

Zhi'er opens her mouth and wants to say that she doesn't dare to go. But looking at ling'er's face, she doesn't dare to say anything. She trots to the pawnshop with a hairpin. After 15 taels of silver, she gives it to ling'er.

Ling'er takes out a small dime of silver and puts the rest up. She goes to the bun stall and buys five steaming buns. She gives zhi'er two and keeps three of them by herself. Regardless of being on the street, she begins to eat them.

"Big sister."

Zhi'er looks at the people coming over the street and reminds her.

"What for?"

Ling'er's mouth is full of steamed stuffed buns. She asks vaguely. She is very impatient.

"Let's find a place to sit down and eat."

"There are so many poor people. Eat fast. I have something to do after eating."

Zhi'er takes a look at the people coming and going, and then looks at the steamed stuffed bun in her hand. She turns her back and takes a small bite.

After eating two, ling'er stops, raises the back of her hand, smears the oil around her mouth, and holds the remaining steamed buns in her hand, "go!"

"Where to?"

Zhi'er is a little uneasy.

"You'll see in a moment."

……

Pillar fire, Xia Xi busy cooking fish, LAN Er greet guests, tiger honest sitting on the side of the small stool, some boring.

Look here, look there, and then you see ling'er waving to him in the distance. As soon as her eyes brighten, she stands up and runs to that side.