Chapter 19

When I woke up the next day, the snow had stopped, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere. Mrs. Wang was sweeping the snow in the yard, when she looked up and saw Xu Xiaofu, she smiled and said, "Xiaofu, are you awake? I will give you and lotus flowers in the kitchen." I saved my breakfast, let's go eat quickly. The snow has stopped today, and the disaster is over. You and He Hua must be a blessed one, and it stopped after leaving Zheng Jiaxue."

Xu Xiaofu smiled and was in a good mood.

Wang went on to say: "Xiaofu, the snow has stopped. I plan to go to the pier tomorrow to buy soup. There must be some income at home."

Xu Xiaofu said: "Mother, just wait for a few days, the snow has only stopped now, and I don't know what's going on at the pier." Just as he was talking, Xu Qingshan came out of the kitchen, glanced at his mother and sister, and said : "Mom, Xiaofu, I'll go to the pier today to have a look. If it starts working, I'll continue to help there."

Mrs. Wang waved her hand, "I'll go after breakfast, and I'm taking two nests to save for lunch."

Xu Qingshan nodded, "Mother, I know."

Xu Qingshan went back to the kitchen and took two steamed buns with cornmeal, and told Xu Xiaofu to eat quickly, and then went out with the buns.

Xiao Fu went back to the room and saw the lotus sleeping soundly, so he couldn't bear to wake her up. In the past at Zheng's house, the little guy had to get up early every day, otherwise he would definitely be insulted by Mrs. Zheng.Xu Xiaofu had no choice but to go to the kitchen to eat breakfast first, and put the rest in the back pot to heat up, and then eat after the lotus wakes up.

After eating, Xu Xiaofu felt a little idle. This was probably the happiest day she had here. She went to the room to find Xu Qingfei, who was lying on the kang and carefully watching something.Xu Xiaofu stepped forward and found that it was a book.Xu Qingfei looked at Xu Xiaofu with some embarrassment, and called his sister.

Xu Xiaofu glanced at the book and said with a smile: "Xiao Fei, do you want to go to the school to study?" Xu Xiaofu hoped that Xu Qingfei could go to the school to read and read, maybe he could be a scholar in the future, there is a scholar at home Also decent.

Xu Qingfei hesitated, but still nodded, "Third sister, I also want to go to school, but you also know the situation at home, mother sells soup all day long, and the money is only three or four taels a month. If you go to a private school to study If you don’t, the monthly fee alone will cost two taels of silver, I don’t want my mother to be too tired.”

Xu Xiaofu was silent, of course she had thought of this too, it seems that the most important thing at the moment is to earn money, with money, everything is easy to talk about.

Ask Xu Qingfei to continue reading, Xu Xiaofu went back to the room to look at the lotus, the little girl had already woken up and was lazing in bed, seeing Xu Xiaofu, she called out sweetly "Mother".

"Okay, get up quickly, and then go to eat."

After eating with Lotus, Xu Xiaofu stayed at home, Mrs. Wang was fetching water in the yard, and Mrs. Xu squatted beside him, smoking a pipe.Father Xu has bad legs and cannot lift heavy objects, so Xu Xiaofu stepped forward to help Wang carry water into the kitchen.

There was a knock on the door outside.

Xu Xiaofu helped to fetch water, and Wang went to open the door, but when she opened the door, Wang was stunned, seeing the woman standing outside was quite embarrassed, "Sister-in-law, why are you here?"

Hearing the sound, Xu Xiaofu put down the bucket and walked over. When he saw the people outside, his expression was a little ugly.There was a woman standing outside, her appearance was very ordinary, her eyes were a bit slanted, she was wearing a thick black padded jacket, she could faintly smell an unpleasant smell on her body in this cold weather.

This person is Xu Xiaofu's eldest aunt Ma Shi, she is very annoying, very shrewd, lazy and dirty, and her favorite thing is to take advantage of petty advantages.

Mrs. Ma took a look around the yard, and then pushed Mrs. Wang away with her hands, but Xu Xiaofu had already pulled Mrs. Wang back several steps before touching Mrs. Wang, this man's smell was too bad After smelling it, maybe she hasn't washed it since the beginning of winter.

Mrs. Ma swaggered into the yard, saw Father Xu squatting under the eaves, and stepped forward cheerfully, but Father Xu frowned.

Mrs. Ma looked at Mrs. Xu and said, "Second brother, your elder brother and I have had such a miserable life. You are almost freezing to death in this heavy snow day. Now there is no stuttering at home. Second brother, you will reward me." Give your elder brother and me the stuttering."

Father Xu was still squatting on the spot, smoking a pipe, but his brows were furrowed even tighter.

Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Wang are both honest, but Xu Xiaofu is different. She came to Mrs. Ma in three steps and two steps, and said with a smile: "Yo, what madness brought our aunt here, she is really a rare visitor, I couldn’t even see my aunt during Chinese New Year, why are you here now?”

Mrs. Ma rolled her eyes at Xu Xiaofu, "Hey, who am I supposed to be? It turns out it's Xiaofu. Aren't you the daughter-in-law of the Zheng family? What are you doing when you come back? Could it be that you came to your parents' house to eat and drink?"

Xu Xiaofu smiled and said: "Auntie is wrong. What is eating and drinking? This is my parents' house. Isn't it normal for me to be here? On the contrary, Auntie has always looked down on our family, but now she is really a rare visitor gone."

"Water thrown out by a married girl." Mrs. Ma snorted, "You have married into the Zheng family, so you are naturally a member of the Zheng family. Okay, I won't tell you anymore, I know your father and you Mother has saved food, and your uncle and I are starving to death at home, lend me some food for emergencies."

He said it was a loan, but in the hands of Ma Shi, there is absolutely no return.Therefore, without waiting for Mrs. Wang to say anything, Xu Xiaofu has already said: "Auntie, you also know that our family is so poor that we don't have any money to buy food, don't you think so? I still want to borrow some money from my auntie." A silver coin to buy food."

Mrs. Ma snorted and said, "Xiaofu, who are you lying to? A few days ago, the Chen Ji Grain Store told me that your mother bought several loads of grain from him, at least enough for you to feed for a few months."

Xu Xiaofu also snorted, "Auntie, these grains are life-saving these days, and your family is not short of these coins. Uncle is a carpenter and earns several taels of silver every month. No matter what Can't afford food."

When Mrs. Ma heard the words, her face turned dark, and she cursed angrily: "What qualifications do you have to say whether to borrow or not." Then he turned to look at Mrs. Wang, "Sister and sister, do you want to borrow or not to borrow this food!"

Mrs. Wang looked at Father Xu hesitantly. She naturally didn't want to borrow it, but this was always Father Xu's family.

Father Xu knocked his cigarette stick on the ground, stood up, and glanced at Mrs. Ma, "Sister-in-law, don't borrow it, my family doesn't have enough food."

(End of this chapter)

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