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Published at 10th of February 2023 06:11:48 AM


Chapter 5

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After Su Xiaoxiao put the sweet potato cakes into the steamer in the big pot, she took a basin of dirty clothes and went to the river behind the village.

This is a running water that flows through several villages. On weekdays, everyone comes here to do laundry and wash rice.

At this moment, the sky is bright, but there are already many people who come to wash clothes.

Everyone looked at Fatty Su appearing here with a wooden basin, and they all thought they had seen a ghost!

This lazy woman actually got up early to work one day? Is it because they are dazzled, or the sun is coming out from the west!

No, Fatty Su must have come to extort money!

There was a look of panic in everyone's eyes, before Su Xiaoxiao could get close, they picked up buckets and ran away in a swarm!

Su Xiaoxiao shrugged helplessly, and found a place by the river to squat down.

In ancient times, there was no industrial pollution, the water source was clean and crystal clear, and even the air to breathe was refreshing.

Su Xiaoxiao took out the clothes, spread them on a large stone, wiped them with soap locusts and rubbed them clean, then beat out the soap locusts in the clothes with a wooden stick, washed them with clean water once, and repeated this process.

After washing a basin of clothes, Su Xiaoxiao was sweating all over.

Su Xiaoxiao took the wooden basin and walked back, just happened to meet Xiao Wu, the eldest daughter-in-law of Liu Shan's family, walking towards the river with a basin of clothes.

Xiao Wu also saw her, and trembled in fright, the wooden stick in the basin fell, and it just happened to fall at Su Xiaoxiao's feet.

Xiao Wu was terrified. She wanted to pick it up but dared not.

Su Xiaoxiao freed one hand, bent down and picked up the wooden stick and handed it.

Xiao Wu hurriedly closed her eyes!

clatter.

The imagined pain did not come.

Xiao Wu opened her eyes tremblingly, looked at the wooden stick in the basin, and turned her head in disbelief, Su Fatya had already walked away without saying a word, holding her clothes.

"Just, that's it... leave?"

...

In the Su family, the three little bean dings woke up.

Su Ergou was going to sleep until the sun was up, and so was Su Cheng. As for Wei Ting, he was seriously ill and was still in a coma.

No one dressed the three little bean dings, and they went down to the ground with bare feet.

They went around the house, and none of the adults could wake up.

At this time, a child's chirping sound came from the next door, and the three of them walked out curiously.

It is Liu Shan's family who live next door.

The eldest daughter-in-law Xiao Wu went to wash clothes, and now it was Niudan, the second daughter-in-law He's son, who was yelling.

Niudan is seven years old this year and is the only grandson of the Liu family.

"Mom! Dress me up!"

"Okay, okay, wait a moment, let your father drink the medicine first."

A few days ago, Niudan's father went to the fish pond to dig his waist, and the doctor prescribed some herbs to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

The three little bean dings stood on tiptoe and lay on the window sill, staring blankly at the family.

Niudan had seen the three little Doudings a long time ago, and knew that they were the new little oil bottles from the Su family, so he looked down on them very much.

He stuck out his tongue in disgust: "Lie! Kill you!"

"Come down!" Mrs. He patted his son's buttocks, pressed his son to sit on the bed, and took the clothes for him to put on one by one.

"Mom, I want to eat sugar water eggs!" Niudan said.

"Okay! I'll do it for you!" Shi He said.

There are many daughters in the family, but she has a baby with a handle in her stomach. The whole family dotes on her, not to mention one sugar-watered egg, but two are affordable.

Niudan held his mother's sugar-watered eggs, across the window sill, and ate three little bean diced while eating.

When Su Xiaoxiao arrived home with the wooden basin, what she saw was the scene of the triplets watching the cow egg and eating.

The three of them were barefoot and their clothes were thin.

Su Xiaoxiao frowned, put down the tub and walked over.

When Niudan saw Fatty Su, he immediately lost his arrogance, turned around and ran away.

Su Xiaoxiao took the three little ones home and dressed them in clothes and shoes.

The three of them were thinner than expected.

Seeing that Wei Ting and their clothes don't look like they can't afford to eat, how can they be so thin?

"Are you hungry?" she asked.

The three little beans nodded.

"I'll get you some food." Su Xiaoxiao entered the kitchen.

The three little bean dings followed in, staring straight at the eggs in the basket.

"Want to eat this?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

The three nodded.

Su Xiaoxiao made three sugar-watered eggs, one for each person.

The stove room had just been heated, and it was warmer than the main room, so Su Xiaoxiao moved a small bench and let the three of them sit in the stove room to eat.

She went to Wei Ting's house and woke him up: "It's time to take medicine."

Wei Ting opened his eyes in a daze.

Su Xiaoxiao helped him up, and fed him anti-inflammatory medicine and hematoma medicine.

Wei Ting didn't feel like eating for a while, and fell asleep again.

This scene was caught by the three little Doudings who were lying at the door and peeking at it.

They thought of the woman they had seen in the next door this morning.

The woman fed medicine to Niu Dan's father, dressed Niu Dan in clothes, and made sugar water eggs for Niu Dan.

Niudan called her mother.

...

Su Xiaoxiao went to wake up Su Ergou and asked him to take care of the children and patients at home. She had to go to the town.

Although Su Cheng went to the town yesterday, but he is an old man, and he doesn't know how to live carefully. The first thing he did when he robbed his money was not to buy rice and noodles for his family, but to buy snacks for his daughter.

The snacks cost most of the money, leaving less than two hundred cash.

With the end of the year approaching and rising prices, two hundred cash is enough for a family of three to eat, let alone four more mouths in the family.

I have to find a way to make money.

Just as he was thinking, there was a sudden stern sound from obliquely in front of him.

"Fatty Su!"

Well?

What's your last name?

He Tongsheng, whose real name is He Jian, is the third of six sons in the He family.

After regretting the marriage yesterday, Ergou said that he fled to the town, but he did not expect to run into him at the entrance of the market today.

Beside him stood two young men dressed as scholars, who should be his classmates.

He Tongsheng walked over angrily, and said with great disgust: "Su Fatty, you are enough! Don't linger!"

Su Xiaoxiao frowned: "You think I'm here to find you?"

He Tongsheng asked coldly, "Isn't it?"

"That's right." Su Xiaoxiao nodded and stretched out her hand lightly.

He Tongsheng retreated like a snake and scorpion: "What are you doing?"

Su Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "The betrothal gift, you won't just regret the marriage and not return the betrothal gift?"

"you!"

"What are you? I'm warning you, don't talk to me about what's there or not. When you go to a brothel to find a young man, you have to touch a couple of hands before you give me money. I didn't worship with you, and I didn't marry you in the bridal chamber. Don't even think about relying on a coin!"

He Tong was angry and shivering!

This fat woman...compared him to a young lady in a brothel!

Terrible!

However, he had already spent part of the money!

Su Xiaoxiao said lightly: "If you don't pay it back, then you will have to meet the yamen."

He Tongsheng gritted his teeth and said, "Aren't you afraid of losing face when you go to the Yamen for such a thing?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "What is a face? Can it be eaten? Besides, isn't it you who lose face? You accepted the bride price, and you agreed to the marriage."

He Tongsheng blushed, "I was tricked by the matchmaker—"

Su Xiaoxiao looked at him coldly: "But you also regret the marriage! If you regret the marriage, you should refund the money! This is not an excuse for you to seize the dowry gift and not return it!"

"It's useless for you to read the books of sages and sages for so many years. Have you read them into the stomach of a dog? A country matchmaker can also fool you. If you don't have a brain, you won't be able to fall for this trick!"

"I think you should stop studying! Go home and farm! The water in your mind may be able to irrigate two acres of land!"





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