Chapter 14 Su Sanzhu’s restless heart
Chen Juhua returned to the house and poked her hand, "Er Zhu, sister-in-law has been talking nonsense so early in the morning."
Su Erzhu was in a daze, turned over, and muttered, "Let me sleep a little longer."
"Sleep, sleep! Just sleep, you!"
Chen Juhua couldn't find anyone to talk to.
When Mrs. Su returned to the house, she pulled the old man up.
"Ouch, what are you doing!"
"Old man, Wong Tai Sin is coming to our family, can you do it?"
"Isn't it true that every household is visited by a weasel at some point?" the old man muttered in confusion.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes and stood up suddenly, "Will our chickens be taken away by the weasel?"
"Why does Wong Tai Sin miss you as a skinny chicken? What can he do if he misses you?"
"It's still a chicken after all. Even though it doesn't have much meat, it can still make a pot of soup later."
"The chicken was taken away, but our family has more food!"
"What's going on?" Old Man Su sat leaning on the cabinet next to the wall.
Old Mrs. Su learned the situation just now, and Old Man Su's eyes were cloudy for a while.
"Did Wong Tai Sin send food to our family?"
The old couple both had superstitious thoughts, "That's not it!"
"Why are you going!"
"Let me take a look, this must be a big deal!"
"Where are we going? It's not even bright yet. If there is a big fuss later, the whole family will know about it.
We have to keep the matter of Wong Tai Sin sending us food a secret. Quietly. "
"If the third child knew about it, would our family be able to live in peace? There is a high probability that the evil idea has come up again."
Old Man Su went to take a look for himself, it was really ah!
He immediately walked back to the house with numb legs.
After breakfast, the old lady sent her children away and asked them to stay in Tong Xiaying's room.
Xie Lianhua looked outside, guarding against Su Sanzhu eavesdropping.
The people in the Su family who didn't know anything looked astonished, "Is this true?"
"That could be fake, of course it's true!" Xie Lianhua was the first to respond.
"Don't they all say that the weasel is unkind when it comes to the chicken to pay New Year greetings?
Why did you steal one of our chickens now? You gave us so much food for free. These days, food is much more expensive than gold. "
"Boss, be careful what you say, don't let Wong Tai Sin hear you, go back and take the food back."
Boss Su immediately fell silent. He has great respect for Wong Tai Sin these days.
"Mom, how do you prepare so much food? There is so much food in the cellar that I can't even sleep well."
"Mom, how about we return the food to others first? We borrowed a lot of food from the village."
"No!" The old lady shook her head immediately.
"Where is the food coming from in this winter? Do you think I'm a fool?
If we take out so much food at once and return it to others, it won't arouse suspicion. "
"Why don't you take it to the town and sell it, it's close to the New Year's Eve, and bring it back in exchange for some flour and meat.
There is also Hanlin’s malted milk, which I should buy too. "Chen Juhua suggested.
"What the second daughter-in-law said... I thought the same thing just now.
But you are going to the town to exchange things, and you have to come back quietly. You can't let the villagers know, nor can you let the third child know. Mrs. Su warned.
"Mom, when we go out with the basket on our backs, we treat it like we are going out to collect firewood. When we come back, we will put some dry branches in the basket."
"If you meet someone on the road, use this as an excuse."
"Okay, your father will go with us so that we can come back with more things."
The father and son nodded.
After Su Sanzhu finished eating, he looked at the main room and wondered why he hadn't come out yet after finishing his meal today.
The old lady couldn't bear to see him hanging around in front of her now. She ate all her meals in the woodshed.
Mr. Su and Mr. Su stood in the yard for a while, then went out carrying baskets.
"Eldest brother, second brother, where are you going? Are you going to the town?" Su Sanzhu frowned and smiled like a bitch.
“We went up the mountain to collect firewood, but we didn’t have enough firewood to burn at home.
are you full? Come with us. "
When Su Sanzhu heard this, he immediately shook his head and declined: "I, I will help the family wash the dishes and clean the house later.
Big brother, second brother, you go, I won’t go. "
The mountain was covered with heavy snow and it was freezing. He would go to the mountain to collect firewood. It would take most of the day to collect firewood. His face, hands and feet would be frozen, so he would not go.
It's so warm at home, why do you have to suffer this?
The basket was empty, so I guess I really went to collect firewood.
Su Hanlin rolled her eyes when she heard her father's thoughts. He was lazy and selfish.
After washing the dishes, Su Sanzhu wandered around the cellar, feeling a lot of little things in his heart.
All morning, I was thinking about how he was going to steal the food from the cellar.
There are several baskets of grain in the cellar. It is not a problem to steal seven or eight kilograms, and the family will not find out.
Thinking of this, the broom under his hand swung harder, causing snowflakes to fly.
The three women in the room were sitting on the Kang in the main room, talking a few words from time to time.
“Mom, this third brother is working so hard, it looks like he’s working really hard.
Is it possible that he has really changed his mind? "
Mrs. Su touched her hair with a needle and glanced outside without saying a word.
"Second brother and sister, don't open the pot and pick up the pot. It's only been a few days, and you have given up your taboo?"
Chen Juhua glanced at the old lady and immediately changed the subject, "Mom, are you making shoes for Dad again?"
In this winter, it is too cold to go out wearing cloth shoes. Once you step on the snow, you will get wet.
So they will make the soles thicker and stuff some animal fur inside to make them warmer.
"It's getting colder and colder every day. Let's make another pair of shoes for your father.
This year, we have food, so we can buy more fabrics later. "The old lady sighed while picking up the soles of her shoes.
The children's clothes in the family are all reissued. When the adults wear them out, they change them for the children to wear.
As the children grow older, wear them for smaller children.
It has been two or three years since I licked new clothes. The clothes on the child's body are full of patches, just like a little beggar.
But there was nothing I could do about it. His age, coupled with the fact that he had a troublemaker, made the already not wealthy family even worse.
Su Hanlin was two or three months old and had been drinking malted milk for a while. He was doing the same thing every day and was drinking milk very quickly.
After finishing the malted milk, he looked around in Tong Xiaying's arms with his big eyes.
Tong Xiaying came to the main room with her child in her arms, "Mom."
"Hanlin is awake?"
"Wake up, I'm in good spirits now, my eyes are darting back and forth."
"Third younger brother and sister, your child has been well-behaved since he was born. He doesn't make much noise or cry much.
Except for crying twice when she was hungry, I never saw her cry. This child really came to repay her kindness. "
"She is willing to be held by anyone. Look at her little face, it has flesh now, and it looks like a New Year doll."
"Second sister-in-law, none of our children look alike. It's just that they don't have enough food and are like cats if they don't have enough to eat."
There are ten children in the family, all with sallow complexions and malnourished appearance. Their hair is as thin and frizzy as straw.
But they couldn't resist the strong genes of the old Su family. They all had big eyes with double eyelids, girls had melon-seed faces, and boys had faces with Chinese characters.
"Mom, the doll is broken, please help me mend it, okay." Xie Lianhua's little daughter staggered over and climbed onto the kang.
Su Xiaomei is six years old this year, but her appearance is similar to that of a four or five-year-old child. The little girl is small, very shy, and doesn't speak much at home.
I just like to play in the corner by myself.
He had dry, yellow hair that was not tied up. When he woke up, his hair was all blown up.