0p0 Chapter 270 The reborn sister-in-law’s cannon fodder niece (18)
Chapter 270 The reborn sister-in-law’s cannon fodder niece (18)
Early the next morning, Baozhu went to the commune with her parents to go shopping. After a busy year, she had to enjoy herself during the Spring Festival.
From New Year's Eve to New Year's Eve, there is a street on the commune side, which is a large gathering of commune members. Everyone can exchange things here, including exchanging money, which is tacitly approved by the commune.
However, the things used for exchange should not be too outrageous. They are mainly things grown in one's own land, dried vegetables, dried dates, or some food made by oneself. Some people sell the roosters that they are reluctant to eat and save them. Money is used to buy a wife for children, and the main purpose is to exchange what is needed.
This market has been around for a long time, and most of the people who come to the market can talk to each other, and even if they don't know each other, they look familiar.
There are also close and distant relatives who may not see each other a few times throughout the year, but they can also meet in advance at this market.Some people even make an appointment to pay New Year greetings on the first day of the year and remember to leave someone at home.
The three of them went shopping from beginning to end. They bought some dried vegetables and dates, ate some things for lunch, and then went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some canned fruits before walking home.
"When I save enough money, I will buy a bicycle." Baozhu said.
Although the road is not easy to walk on, it is difficult when it rains or snows, but you can make do with it at other times.
"Just save up your tickets. My parents have money." Fang Xueli said.
The couple doesn't have much to spend, and they can save more than half of the money they share every year. Although it's not much, after more than ten years, they still have a few hundred yuan, which is enough to buy a bicycle.
It’s just that industrial tickets or bicycle tickets are hard to get.Not to mention they are old farmers, I heard that city people are not easy to deal with either.
As soon as she got home and put down her things, Baozhu received a visitor at her home.The door was unlatched in broad daylight, so he came right in.
"Niu Dan? Is something wrong?" Bao Zhu asked.
Niudan, who had just pushed the door open and locked the door, stood up straight, with a majestic look on his face, and asked a question: "Huh?"
Bao Zhu immediately corrected his attitude: "Uncle Niu Dan, are you okay?"
This is Erdan's brother, who values seniority even more than Erdan.Bao Zhu suspected that Er Dan learned everything from him.
Niu Dan coughed twice, cleared his throat and said, "I'm going to talk to my second brother about something, you go and have some fun."
Bao Zhu twitched the corner of her mouth, do you still remember that you were 11 years old?Where do I go to play?What am I playing for?
Moreover, this voice was that of the mouthpiece that day!I really can’t tell that Niu Dan, who is serious and upright, has a sharp tongue!
Fang Xueli and Zhang Wenjuan watched the confrontation between them in the room, and they laughed hard in their hearts, but they didn't show it.Cow eggs are very important to save face, so they must be kept for children.
Niudan held his little hands behind his back and walked into the house with steady steps.
The orb is right behind him.I laughed so hard in my heart.
Zhang Wenjuan first grabbed a handful of homemade dried sweet potatoes and gave them to him, and Niu Dan was not polite: "Thank you, second sister-in-law."
He put the dried sweet potatoes in his pocket and went home to share them with Erdan.
Then he said to Fang Xueli: "Second brother, something happened again in the Fang family's old house. This morning, Fang Xiuwen called Doctor Wang early in the morning. At noon, he went to the production team to borrow an ox cart and pulled Fang Mingyue and Mrs. Tian. We went to the commune hospital. Someone took a closer look and said that both of them had a high fever and their faces were red. I just came to tell you."
Fang Xueli thanked her solemnly: "I understand, thank you, Niudan."
Orb: "..."
This conversation almost made her laugh to death.
Niudan is Fang Xueli's repayment god. Last time Mrs. Tian took Fang Mingyue to the hospital, he went to school.If he were at home, there would be no need for Baozhu to stop Erdan from asking, he would definitely come and report on his own initiative.
He knew that Fang Xueli didn't get along with his old family, so whenever he heard any news from his grandmother, he would come to report to Fang Xueli in return for Fang Xueli's "life-saving grace" to him.
Comrade Niu Dan has an unknown weakness, his limbs are uncoordinated.For rural children, climbing a tree, climbing over a wall, and jumping off a roof are all very common. They are similar to innate skills. However, Niudan doesn't know any of them. He can't run as fast as others, and can't jump as far as others.
He knows his shortcomings, so he basically doesn't do these things.But a child's nature is to love to play, and it is inevitable that there will be times when he can't control himself.
In the winter three years ago, there was a heavy snowfall.The river beside the village was covered with thick ice. Niu Dan’s cousins quietly ran out to skate in the river at night.The ditch was very deep, and there was a slope leading from the shore to the ice. Everyone slid down the slope and played on the ice for a long time. Even the cow eggs were very happy.
However, when I was about to climb up and go home, something happened.The cousins all climbed up, but Erdan, who was uncoordinated, could not climb up.Every time I climb halfway up, I fall off.
Several cousins pulled him from above and pushed him from below, but they couldn't get him up.
Everyone was scared.I used to sneak out when I went out to play at night, but now that the eggs can't come out, I have to go home and call the adults for help. What's waiting for them may be dad's fried meat with bamboo shoots, or mom's tongs. His big hands twisted the tender meat of his thighs.
No matter which one, it's uncomfortable.
The cousin was so worried that he straightened his hair, but finally took out his brother's money: "Wait, I'll go back and call someone. At worst, I'll go home and get beaten."
He left, and his back looked desolate for no reason.The children who stayed where they were waiting were also silent.He even started covering his butt.
Niu Dan wished he could bury himself in the snow.
As a result, the cousin walked to the end of the village and met Fang Xueli.At that time, Fang Lixia was discussing marriage, and he was discussing matters at Fang Xuewu's house, so he came home a little late.
When Niu Dan's cousin met an adult, his heart immediately became bright and he stepped forward to ask for help: "Second brother, please help me. Niu Dan can't get up the river. The slope is too slippery and we can't hold him back." .”
Fang Xueli said nothing and went to save people.There is no point in asking anything at this time. The child is down there, so the first priority must be to get him up.
Fang Xueli went straight down to the ditch and picked up the cow eggs on his back.
Niu Dan said shyly: "Second brother, don't tell my parents what happened today, okay?"
"Okay. But you have to be careful in the future. If you really encounter difficulties, you still have to go back to the adults, you know? Mom and dad can only hit you a few times, and the pain will be over after a while. If you stay frozen here for a long time, you will get chilblains. That would be uncomfortable. As long as the frostbite grows, it will get worse every year in the future." Fang Xueli warned.
Of course, he told Niudan's parents about this in private, and focused on describing the children's fear of being beaten and their worries about going home for help, and earnestly advised them not to frighten the children. If something happens and you dare not tell your family, that would be terrible.
Niudan's parents were also sensible and did not seek trouble with their children. Later, their attitude towards educating their children became more kind.
Niu Dan was grateful to Fang Xueli for "keeping his word" and regarded this help as a "life-saving grace". Knowing the grievances between him and the Fang family's old house, he was conscientious in asking for information.
Comrade Niu Dan came and went, and Fang Xueli went to his elder brother's house to chat and correspond with each other.It turned out that Uncle Fang knew more comprehensively than he did.
"When did you come back? Do you know that? I just went to your house and the door was locked!"
"As soon as I entered the house, before I even had time to drink, Niu Dan came to report to me. What's going on?"
When Uncle Fang heard about Niudan, he laughed for a while, and then said with a complicated look: "Who knows what they are causing trouble! It is said that as soon as Mingyue woke up in the morning, he forgot everything that happened in the previous few days. Just remember You have fallen into a trap."
Fang Xueli: "...falling into a manhole is certainly impressive, but it's not so unforgettable, right?"
Fang Xuewu: "Is that the point? The point is that she forgot what happened several days after she fell into the latrine!"
Fang Xueli: "Could it be that I was embarrassed in front of the whole village yesterday, so I pretended not to remember it to save face for myself?"
Fang Xuewu: "It's not impossible. I heard that they sat outside for a long time yesterday. Could it be that their brains were frozen?"
Wang Chunnier: "Stop guessing. Just like last time, just ignore them and it's over."
Fang Xuewu: "Yes, let's do it. Isn't this just a matter of chatting for a while?"
With that said, Fang Xuewu changed the topic.
"Second brother, yesterday the fifth aunt came to play matchmaker for Li Qiu. She wanted to find the second daughter of the old Liu family in the backstreet to be Li Qiu's wife."
Fang Xueli was shocked: "Brother, you won't agree, right?"
Although it is not uncommon for a good man to marry a bad wife, and for a bad man to marry a good wife, what about the second daughter of the old Liu family?forget it.It’s not that he was talking behind people’s backs, the second daughter of the old Liu family looks like a short winter melon, with a meaty shape, a bit of a hunchback, and a face like an old winter melon, with the flesh of her cheeks hanging straight down...
Fang Xueli shook his head and shook the image out of his mind.
"Brother, our Liqiu is a very good young man. He graduated from junior high school. He is good-looking. He is neither lazy nor greedy. There is nothing wrong with him. Of course, the old Liu family is a well-off family. We are a little worse than others. But as long as Liqiu is diligent and willing If you do it, life won't be bad. Aren't we two good examples? Think about it again!"
Fang Xuewu: "I haven't agreed yet. Aren't you considering it? Besides, don't just look at her face. The second daughter of the old Liu family is down-to-earth and capable, with a good personality. Look at the old Guan family on West Street. No matter what image your second uncle has, what image his second aunt has, won’t he live a good life in the same way?”
Fang Xueli's face twitched. The image difference between the second uncle Guan and the second aunt Guan was even greater than that of Li Qiu and the second daughter of the old Liu family.