hidden old spring

Chapter 9

Under Li Da Niu's gaze, Su Changsheng got up and ran away without looking back.

She stood on the edge of the village and spat on the ground, pointed at Su Changan's back with a rolling pin, and said viciously in a loud voice.

"You white-eyed wolf! If you have the guts, don't come back!"

After saying this, seeing Su Changan still running forward without looking back, Li Da Niu had a gloomy and somewhat mean face and left without looking back, as if she was sure that Su Changan would not really run away. As if.

In fact, Su Changan didn't go home that day.

Su Changan brought back a lot of wild vegetables this time. She didn't take them with her when she ran away, but Li Da Niu carried them into the yard when she came back.

On this day, the food at this restaurant changed from vegetable dumplings to vegetable steamed buns for the first time. They chopped some blanched wild vegetables, then added some noodles and stirred them well, then put them into a ball and put it on the iron pot.

A large basket of wild vegetables was barely enough for the whole family to eat for two meals. The first person to notice that Su Changan was missing was Xiao Si. After eating, he took stones and looked for Su Changan in front and behind the house for a long time, but he couldn't find him. Then the man went to ask Li Danniu.

"Mom, where is the loser? Have you gone digging for wild vegetables?"

Most of the wild vegetables their family eats in the morning are leftovers from the day before. That is to say, Li Da Niu will dig some more and bring them back for breakfast while ensuring that the family has enough meals for the day.

It was not the family custom to throw Su Changan out early today to dig wild vegetables. It was because Li Danniu had brought back less from the previous day and she was too tired to move, so she pushed Su Changan out.

As soon as Su Changan was mentioned, Li Danniu became furious and spoke directly to her son.

"That white-eyed wolf is dead! You won't have a sister anymore! That damn girl will die outside if you love her or not!"

This was heard by the boss who had not yet returned to the house. He was in a good mood because the food was not bad today. He frowned and strode to the kitchen to ask.

"Mom, what are you talking about? What's wrong with my little sister?"

"Dead!" Li Da Niu, who was still angry, said this without hesitation, but when she looked up and saw her eldest son frowning, she suppressed her temper again and said in a loud voice.

"That damn girl is so outrageous. Your uncle came here specifically to talk to me today, saying that I couldn't educate girls well, and that I was too arrogant for teaching that damn girl too..." The more she thought about it, the angrier Li Danniu got. His expression even became a little ferocious.

"That dead girl, I beat her twice and she still dared to run away! If you run away, don't come back! She will starve to death outside and no one will collect her body, leaving her alone as a wandering ghost! This shameful thing deserves to starve to death!" "

The boss didn't want to hear this, so he said.

"Where is the little sister now?"

"died!"

The boss was made a little impatient, and it showed in his tone.

"Mom! What an immortal! Where is my little sister!"

After being yelled at by her son, Li Da Niu suddenly stopped talking. She turned her head away from her boss and silently did what she was doing.

The boss was even more angry when he saw her like this and said directly.

"My little sister will be ten years old soon. I have inquired about it. Bingyangzi's family is willing to give [-] taels of silver to get a wife for Bingyangzi. That's [-] taels of silver! With these [-] taels of silver, my second son and I can find a wife. It’s over!”

The eldest son's voice was a bit loud, attracting the second son who had been silent.

Both sons looked directly at her, and Li Da Niu finally calmed down and told the truth.

"Run away, ran outside the village."

The boss got the right words and turned around to look for someone, but the second brother held him back and asked the boss with hopeful eyes.

"Brother, are you telling the truth? Bingyangzi's family is really willing to pay five taels to marry his younger sister?" The boss said impatiently as he shook off the second child's hand unceremoniously.

"Of course it's true. Don't go out and talk nonsense. This matter hasn't spread yet, so you can't let others know!"

The second child is only fourteen now, and the eldest child is already approaching nineteen.

At this age, he is already considered the eldest person in the village. He has not yet married a wife at this age, so the eldest brother is more anxious than the second child.

Their family is in such a situation. The family is poor and has many children. It is possible that there will be an old bachelor in the family who will never be able to find a wife.

They didn't want to be old bachelors, didn't want to raise their brothers' children, and didn't want to have no one to take care of them when they were old, so when they heard that they had five taels of silver, their eyes lit up.

But before the two of them left the yard, Li Da Niu chased them out and stood at the kitchen door shouting.

"Hey! It's so late and you still run outside, be careful of being bitten by a wolf! That damn girl will know she's back when she's hungry. It's dangerous outside, so don't go there!"

Upon hearing that there were wolves, the two brothers did hesitate.

No matter how good the money is, it is not as important as one's own life. The second child was still a little unwilling to give up and asked the boss in a low voice.

"Does Bingyangzi's family really want to marry a daughter-in-law?"

The boss looked at the darkening sky and hesitated a little, and said impatiently.

"I heard what Bingyangzi said. His mother told him that if he gets sick again, she will marry him as a bride. She is willing to buy him a wife even if she spends five taels of silver."

The boss has never mentioned this matter because he is waiting for the sick man to get sick. When the time comes, he can push the little sister over and he will get five taels of silver.

The second child was tempted by the five taels of silver, but he was still young and could wait. There was no need to sacrifice himself for the five taels of silver that he couldn't get in a while, so he took two steps back.

When the eldest brother saw the second one retreating, he also hesitated.

It would be okay if the brothers went out to find someone, but he wouldn't dare to do it alone.

Seeing that her two sons were standing at the door and still not coming back, Li Da Niu spoke loudly again.

"You two, don't go. That damn girl will be back soon. Where else can she go after leaving this house? You're such a greedy and lazy damn girl. No one will want you when she goes out!"

Her voice became louder when she talked about Su Chang'an. After hearing these words, the two brothers hesitated for a moment before actually going out to look for her.

That night, when Li Da Niu was washing the man's feet, the father said something to Li Da Niu.

"Sanya is getting older. It's time to talk about her reputation. You should restrain yourself from now on. What will happen to you like this? Sanya's reputation is bad. How can you praise others?"

Li Da Niu wiped the man's feet with a linen cloth and spoke an octave lower.

"It's not like that damn girl is so annoying, she's such a white-eyed wolf..."

"Okay! Don't talk about what you have and what you don't have in the future." If my daughter really loses her reputation and can't get married, then she will really lose money!
The man didn't say anything, but Li Da Niu miraculously understood.

She didn't dare to say anything in front of the man. After cleaning his feet, she lowered her eyebrows and took the footbath out. When she came back, the man had already rested.

There was no oil lamp in the room, so she climbed into bed in the dark, lying on the straw mat that made a rattling sound when she moved, and asked the man quietly.

"Dad, do you think what the boss said today is reliable?"

(End of this chapter)