farmhouse ditty

Chapter 82

When Chu Ge went back to the room to change clothes earlier, he suddenly heard noises outside, he thought it was Shen Shi and Xiu Niang who were pinching each other again.

He originally wanted to go out and take a look, but when he was in a hurry, it would be more and more chaotic. Waiting for him to put on his long shirt and go out, there seemed to be nothing going on in the courtyard.
Chu Ge was wearing a belt. Seeing Mrs. Shen crouching on the edge of the fence, bending over and groping on the big round wooden table, he muttered, "Mother, it's a good thing... this little woman's hands are too How cruel..."

Father Chu took a cigarette stick, smoked and walked over, but he didn't grope the tables, chairs and benches like Shen, but stared at the chickens in the fence.

Seeing Chu Ge, he pointed at the chickens in the circle with the pipe of his bong, and stretched out his hand to drive them away as he spoke.

"Well, baby, this chicken is well raised, look at that red crown standing up... cluck, go, go... Hey, the chicken legs and arms are also strong, hey, it's running around."

Father Chu thought about it and asked, "Hey, boy, we didn't have chickens in our family earlier, how can you raise them?"

Chu Ge tied a knot at his waist and said, "Father, all the chickens in this family are raised by Xiuniang."

Father Chu responded, "I heard from someone earlier that your wife is from Chenjia Village. Isn't that a hunter's village? Why is she thinking about raising chickens?"

In fact, what Father Chu meant was that since Xiu Niang was born as an Orion, if she wanted to eat chickens, she would first think about hunting them instead of raising them in pens.

Chu Ge glanced at the stove room, thought about it, and said, "Father, Xiu Niang found these domestic chickens in the town earlier, and said that they would be easy to lay eggs after raising them. I bought the eggs in the town, and Chu An and Xiao Xianger can also eat a few to nourish their bodies."

Father Chu pursed his lips and nodded, bit the cigarette holder and took a puff, pointed at Chu Ge with shaking fingers, "Well, my son, you are a good wife and can live a good life."

Hearing that Father Chu was praising Xiuniang, Chu Ge grinned honestly, as if he had been praised.

Father Chu also smiled when he saw it. To be honest, he heard what the eldest daughter-in-law said in the early years, calling Chu Ge to come out to live by himself. Since then, the two of them have not talked properly.

In fact, Father Chu didn't approve of this at the beginning, but he couldn't bear the nagging of the two wives at home, and secretly he always felt sorry for himself, the second boy, who didn't get anything. I have crossed all rivers
Father Chu lovingly patted Chu Ge on the shoulder, "You silly boy, go, your wife is busy in the stove, see if there is anything I can help you with."

Only then did Chu Ge think that Xiu Niang had told him to go back and change his clothes earlier, perhaps asking him to do something, he chatted with Father Chu and left, "Oh, then, I'll go first. "

Father Chu looked at Chu Ge's sturdy back, and felt a little relieved. Hey, this boy has grown into a big man. He not only built a big house, but also married a nice wife. This is really blessed by the ancestors. .

Chu Ge rolled up his sleeves and walked to the stove, seeing Xiu Niang unwrapping a bundle of firewood and sending small pieces to the stove, he looked strange, didn't he run out of firewood just now? The son came out again.

This time Chu Fu came in from outside, with a bundle on his shoulder and another bundle in his hand, "Hey, second brother, come and give me a hand."

Chu Ge stepped forward to take the bundle off Chu Fu's shoulder and put it on the place where the firewood had been.

Xiu Niang looked back at Chu Ge and smiled, "Well, I'm back again."

Chu Ge was taken aback for a moment, why did he come back again?

Xiu Niang smiled, "When my mother-in-law came in the morning, she saw that the firewood in our yard was damp, so she helped us move it outside, saying that it should be dried in the sun to remove the moisture."

After hearing this, Chu Ge turned his head and glanced at Shen Shi, then knelt down and handed the firewood outside to Xiu Niang.

Xiu Niang took the hand without saying a word. Although Chu Ge was honest and sullen, he was very clever. She said that just now, but it is not clear. Tell Chu Ge that Shen Shi hid the firewood in the morning. Do you want to trouble her?

But Chu Ge kept silent like this, she also expected, that Mrs. Shen is Chu Ge's wife, what can he say, anyway, as long as he knows, she has been wronged for him, so tell this idiot to read more in the future Just look after her.

Chu Fu put the bundle in his hand into the pile of firewood, and said to Xiu Niang, "Sister and sister, I brought all these bundles of dry firewood in, and put them here?"

Xiu Niang held a thin firewood branch, put it under her feet and stepped on it, then pulled her hand up and broke it into two pieces, "Oh, thank you, brother."

Chu Fu smiled honestly, he hadn't worked for a few days, and he couldn't be bothered to move now, he said, "Hey, thank you, is there anything else I can help you with?"

Xiu Niang originally wanted to ask him to take the pile of broken wood beside Shen, that is, the chair that she had split open earlier, and burn it, but she still pointed at the wooden barrel and pole by the door and talked.

"Brother, go to the creek to fetch some water first, there is no water at home...hey, this pole guy is here."

Chu Fu responded heartily, grabbed the bamboo pole with one hand, and carried two wooden buckets with the other, and walked out the door after talking.

"Come on, hehe, I haven't drank the stream water in Xiayang Village for many years, I'm talking about it today, and I'm still thinking—"

Before he finished speaking, Wen came out, "Chu Fu, what are you doing?"

Earlier, she was combing her hair and dressing in the main room, and she wanted to wait until the meal was ready before coming out, but now she heard Xiu Niang calling Chu Fu to do something, she couldn't bear it anymore.

Chu Fu said while raising his hands, so that Wen could see the bamboo pole and the wooden barrel, "Juan'er, you're awake...there is no water in the house, my brother and sister called me to carry the burden."

Wen looked sideways at Xiuniang, "I said the second brother and sister, you are really good at calling people, why don't you ask the second brother to pick them up?"

Without raising her head, Xiu Niang took the dead branch from Chu Ge's hand and threw it into the stove, "Don't you see, Chu Ge is busy now, let's do it again, if someone didn't make such a pot last night Hot water, I guess it will be enough in the afternoon."

Wen said with a smile, "Really, maybe the siblings didn't store enough water earlier."

Xiu Niang nodded, "Well, it depends on yesterday's calculation. My tank of water is enough, it's just..."

Wen Shi looked at Xiu Niang and smiled, "It's just that after the father-in-law and mother-in-law come, won't it be enough to share your little water?"

Xiu Niang raised her eyebrows when she heard this, "What a Wen family, I wanted to talk to you, but you're talking about Chu Ge's parents."

She looked at Wen Shi and sneered, took a stick of firewood to the ground, and talked to Chu Fu.

"Brother, you must have heard it. My sister-in-law said that she still has to pick it up for her in-laws. You should make a few more trips. There is still a water tank at home."

Chu Fu looked at Wen Shi with admiration in his eyes, he turned to Shen Shi and Father Chu and said, "Father, Mother, listen up, Juan'er is always talking about you old couple."

Shen Shi was still immersed in grief, and after hearing what Chu Fu yelled, she only replied, "Get lost!"

Father Chu bit his cigarette holder and nodded with a smile, "Well, you are sensible, Fuwazi, hurry up and fetch water, and don't forget to scoop water from the stone pit upstream of the creek?"

Chu Fu responded with a simple smile, said his hand and went out, "Hey, I got it, Dad."

Wen yelled a few times, and waved her hand towards the door. It was obvious that Chu Fu had run away. She cursed secretly in her heart, and looked at Xiu Niang bitterly, "Hey, Chu Fu, come back. Man... brother and sister, what do you mean, I am pregnant with a baby, you tell me to be a man to carry water!"

Xiu Niang smiled and chattered, clapped her hands and stood up, lifted the lid of the pot, and stirred the pot with a copper spoon beside it, "What's the matter, we have so many people in our family, I'm afraid we won't be able to see it." Do you live with a pregnant lady?"

Father Chu exhaled smoke and muttered, "Hey, what the second child said is right, what about the eldest daughter-in-law, there are so many people in this courtyard now, what are you afraid of?"

Wen smiled and looked at Father Chu, "I said father-in-law, why are you helping the second brother's family? Didn't you see that they were all idle in the house? How could you tell Chu Fu to run out?" !"

Father Chu said with some dissatisfaction, "What's the matter, didn't this lucky boy just go out to carry water? You can't tell him to walk around you? Let's go, we are together now, what is there to do?" Everyone gets to do it, no one is an exception!"

After hearing Father Chu speak in a low voice, Wen thought he was really angry. This father-in-law was usually very talkative, but once he got angry, no one could offend him.

Thinking about it, Wen swallowed back the words he wanted to nag, and responded resentfully, but turned around and gave Xiuniang a sneaky look.

Father Chu pursed his lips, and said to Xiuniang, "You are the second child, too, so the eldest daughter-in-law is pregnant, so don't keep talking to her."

Xiu Niang responded obediently, "I see, father-in-law, and I also know that sister-in-law is working hard while pregnant with the baby. Didn't I boil a pot of water for her earlier?"

Father Chu looked at it and nodded, and continued to look at the chickens in the fence, "Well, that's right, the whole family needs to help."

Xiu Niang said that she scooped up a basin of water and brought it to Wenshi, "Sister-in-law, this is the water I just put on fire, and it's just right for me to swallow it warm. Here, go on, don't be too polite."

Wen Shi saw the steam rising slightly in the basin, glanced at Father Chu and said in a small voice, "Did you pour all the water in the vat into the pot and boil it, and then you asked Chu Fu to carry the water. "

Xiu Niang smiled, "What's wrong, if you have a man, I won't. If you will protect me, then I won't."

Wen Shi looked at her with a smile, said something loudly, held the wooden basin and lowered his voice, "Then thank you second brother and sister... No matter how hard you try to annoy me, you still have to bring me water now what?"

Satisfied to see Xiu Niang's face change, Wen shi chuckled and entered the main room carrying the wooden basin.

Xiu Niang clenched her hands tightly and stood at the door for a while, and when she heard the slight sound of gargling from inside, she sighed and walked to the yard, "Chu Ge, I'll lend you your footbath to sister-in-law." Did it work?"

Suddenly there was a voice in the main room, "Ugh..."

Xiu Niang smiled and said to the people in the yard, "Well, my sister-in-law is so upset."

(End of this chapter)