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Chapter 32 Stupid?not stupid?

It was raining a few days ago, and today the sun has caught up to shine on Xiayang Village. There are houses dripping with water, and they all take their bedding and so on to dry in the yard.

Although the sun is enough this day, I can’t get out of Xiayang Village. The mountain is still damp, and the dirt road has absorbed rainwater. When I step on it, it’s soft, just like the water waves. The child was still stuck to the leg, and when he raised his foot, half an inch of mud was left on the shoe.

Just like that, there were still many women and aunts stuck in the bamboo grove halfway up the mountain, leaning on the bamboo poles together, standing still, staring at Xiu Niang and Xiao Xiang'er one by one, they Today, it's a waste of time with the sister-in-law and sister-in-law.

Earlier, they heard that there were people in the village arguing that the bamboo seedlings in the forest on the mountain could be exchanged for money, so the two of them got together and went to the bamboo forest at the head of the stream together.

But these are bamboo seedlings, they are all nested in the ground, unlike the ones in my own fields that grow up quickly, you can see them with your eyes and touch them, you have to search carefully, But it took a lot of work, and I couldn't find one or two in the whole morning.

If it weren't for what someone said, a few taels of silver can be exchanged for a basket, so they wouldn't put it in the moso bamboo forest to feed the insects.

Seeing that Xiu Niang stayed outside the forest for a long time and did not leave, the mothers-in-law and aunts were all nagging that this foxy bastard was definitely coming to dig, so just wait here.

The person who watched Chu Ge's house was leaving yesterday, but she also has to press the bamboo seedlings to make money. People can't go to the field in three days, and stop hoing in two days. Who is looking at the white flowers? If you don't take the money, you will feel at ease.

As long as the Chu Ge family can't bear it anymore, hey, she dug it up with her hands, and when the time comes (time), they will stand aside and watch, and lead the donkey as the mule does, and they will do whatever they want. Wouldn't everyone make money together?

A few women and aunts were talking about their love, and suddenly they saw Xiu Niang and Xiao Xianger moving up, and they were both clapping their arms and winking at each other, hey, look, I can't sit still anymore, let's come over here.

Xiu Niang took Xiao Xiang'er's hand, saw the people in the forest, she greeted them with a smile, and went into the bamboo forest ignoring the expressions of the mothers and aunts.

After that, Xiu Niang looked around, and asked Xiao Xiang'er to dig in the relatively flat ground above, and she walked in with great effort, lowering her eyes to find some, then put down the bamboo basket, He took out the shovel with mud and squatted down to start digging.

The mothers-in-law and aunts standing on the high place stretched their necks one by one to watch, but Xiuniang was digging behind their backs, and people couldn't see it at all. They only saw that Mo (didn't) work hard for a while, and people dug. One is loaded.

An auntie saw Xiu Niang move a little bit to the side, and her head followed, "Ouch," as she shook her head, the bamboo tube beside her also shook, and then her head continued to beat the drum. like.

She rubbed her forehead and looked back, "Oh, mother." After knocking on the bamboo knot, she took a look and sat on the edge.

The latter, a shrewd auntie, poked her head out, picked up her skirt and went down in a blink of an eye, and walked to Xiuniang's side, "Oh, sister, you can also dig bamboo seedlings."

Xiu Niang raised her head when she heard the sound, and saw an aunt standing in front of her. She didn't recognize this person, but she had only seen him a few times in the village, but every time she saw her, she always had a crooked nose. The eyes are vertical, the face is pulled... Longer than now, why did he change his sex today.

Since people asked first, she also smiled, "Hi sister-in-law."

The tall, thin woman squatted down with her mouth open, and looked at the half-length bamboo shoots that Xiuniang dug out in front of her, "Hey, sister, you can't do it digging."

Xiu Niang lowered her head and took a look, "Sister-in-law, this, it can't be done."

The thin and tall auntie smiled, turned to squeeze Xiu Niang away, and picked up the soil with her hands, "It's easy to damage the roots if you poke with a spatula, if you want to dig into the soil layer, you have to go straight to the planer... Hey, don't you Afraid of getting dirty, if you want to hold this, you have to be dirty... See Mo (no), this round one came out... Oh, look again, there is another one beside it."

She yelled for Xiu Niang to watch, she was holding the big bamboo shoot and shook it vigorously, and the root was broken with a ruthless shake, and it was considered to be taken down.

After she was out of breath, she happily looked at the big bamboo seedling in her hand, but in a blink of an eye, she saw Xiu Niang dig out the middle one again.

The thin and tall auntie looked at what she had in her hand, and then at what Xiuniang had, thinking to herself, ah, why did it come out of two, then who did this foxy cunt just want to dig, but she was allowed to pick it up? I got it wrong.

She thought about it for a while and said, "How about it, girl, it will come out now, well, I dug out two for you, hey, your middle one (the middle one) is pretty good."

Xiu Niang looked back at the big one in her hand, and smiled sullenly, "Oh, sister-in-law, I'll give this to you after seeing it, and I'll just pretend to be the big one and forget it when I dig it out. Stop messing around."

She picked up the medium (middle) one, and stretched out her hand to exchange it with the aunt. The tall, thin aunt stood up with sharp eyes, "Hey, isn't it just a bamboo shoot? Just take it. Is there any change of head, can't this digging be done again?"

Looking at Xiuniang's reluctance, the thin and tall auntie knew in her heart that the reason for digging bamboo seedlings was to pick a big one for the job, so she was tricked out.

She smiled and muttered something to Xiu Niang, saying that someone called her before, so she turned around and left, waiting for her to go back to Gaopo, where there happened to be a few women and aunts waiting for her.

They gathered together, and when the thin and tall auntie told what happened just now, those people all started laughing, holding Xiu Niang behind their backs, looking at the tricks on their faces, and the fact that their heads were full of fodder. , I got the bottom of it after calling someone a couple of times, it's really stupid.

Xiu Niang pursed her lips, shook her head, and told her to listen behind her back.

She looked at the big hole, which was left by the big bamboo shoots dug away by the thin and tall aunt. Xiuniang felt a little sorry. A good tall bamboo tube was just gone. She sighed and helped Let's bury the big hole.

Xiu Niang put the one in her hand in the bamboo basket, and laughed again when she heard it, her mouth curled up. If you want to say that she is stupid, the old lady is really a bit stupid. If she just talked nicely Ask, maybe I can really teach it to my family, so don't make her take a detour.

But that person wants to make her Xiuniang a fool, then she will be sorry.

(End of this chapter)