Chapter 58 Sister-in-law
Su Tong strolled back to the courtyard and prepared to stew some pork ribs for dinner to give the two old men a treat.
But the two old men were a little strange tonight. Usually when she was busy in the kitchen, the two old men would hide in their own rooms. At most, they would tidy up in the yard. They would not come to the kitchen or the living room unless she was called.
Today, Lao Lin offered to help her light the fire, but he tried to light it for a long time without success and the whole room was filled with smoke.
Old Qi wiped the table and benches in the main room over and over again, and the wrinkles on Old Wu's old table and benches were revealed due to his wiping.
When I asked them if there was anything wrong, they all shook their heads. When I asked them to go out and rest, they refused to leave.
Before dinner, Shitou came over and said that his father would help him make the kang tomorrow, and would also call the bamboo craftsman to help make the furniture.
Su Tong invited Shitou to have dinner with him, but Shitou just shook his head, took two pieces of pork ribs and ran away.
After the two old men finished eating the pork ribs, drinking their respective Chinese medicines and rushing to wash the dishes, Su Tong found that they were still lingering in the main room and refused to go back to their own rooms.
Su Tong picked up the kerosene lamp on the table and walked towards his room. "Since everything is fine, let's go back to the room! I'm tired today too! I want to rest early!"
Lao Qi suddenly looked up and stammered a few times, but still didn't say anything. Lao Lin, who usually couldn't keep his words to himself, was also surprisingly silent. However, both of them stared at Su Tong, as if they were afraid that she would enter the room.
The two old men didn't say a word until Su Tong walked into the room.
The door closed and the light dimmed.
Lao Lin sighed, touched Lao Qi's arm and whispered, "Let's go! We can't harm this girl for Mrs. Peng."
The two old men turned around and walked towards the yard with heavy steps.
"Which Mrs. Peng?"
Su Tong's voice sounded faintly from behind.
Half an hour later, Su Tong finally understood the whole story from the two old men's hesitant narration.
Mrs. Peng lives in Bashang. Her name is Peng Cuifen. In fact, she is a distant relative of the old Wu family. According to "Wu Tong's" seniority, she should be called aunt.
When the struggle campaign was at its worst a few years ago, Lao Qi and Lao Lin were often on the verge of death, but there were also kind-hearted people in the village...
Someone secretly sent them medicine, and Mrs. Peng secretly sent them food, more than once. Although it was just a sweet potato or a bowl of corn paste, it was like "a timely help in times of trouble" to them.
There were four "stinky ninths" who were first sent to Yunshan Village. Two of them could not bear it and have passed away...
They still haven't figured out who delivered the medicine, but Mrs. Peng and the others are always grateful. It's just that because of her status, they haven't seen her for a long time.
At noon, Su Tong stuffed a few wild duck eggs into their mouths. They were reluctant to eat them, so they gathered them together and secretly went to see Mrs. Peng while pulling adobe bricks on the dam. But when they got there, they found that Mrs. Peng was lying on the bed and was dying. It seemed that she had been ill for a long time...
Mrs. Peng's husband passed away early, leaving her with two children. The eldest daughter married far away, and she has a son, nicknamed "Wu Erlai", who is often away from home for ten days or half a month.
The two old men watched helplessly, without any money and unable to help... They had no friends in the village, and the only one who was not afraid of them was this girl Tong. Moreover, they also knew that this girl had good medical skills.
But Tongya had the reputation of being a "disaster star" and her situation was not much better than theirs...
After spending the past few days together, they also realized that this girl was clearly "hiding her incompetence". More importantly, that "Wu Erlai" was notoriously difficult to deal with. If they saw her well, it would be fine. If they saw her badly, she might even blame them...
The two old men knew that they were in no position to ask Tong Ya for help, and they couldn't bear to see Mrs. Peng lying in bed waiting to die, so they hesitated for so long and couldn't open their mouths!
After listening to this, Su Tong looked at his watch. It was just past seven o'clock. There was not much entertainment in the village at that time, especially in the winter. Basically, everyone turned off the lights and went to bed after eight o'clock.
She looked at the two old men and said, "Let's go a little later. I'll go with you to take a look." Then she turned and went into the house.
When I went out again, it was already past eight o'clock.
Not daring to carry the kerosene lamp, the three of them walked towards the dam, one step deep and one step shallow. Although it was not snowing, the cold wind made people shiver.
The cowshed is located close to the mountain, at the innermost part of the village. It is a long way to go either way, but as I walked, I always felt something was wrong.
Normally the village is pitch dark at this time. Kerosene is used sparingly these days and few people light lamps to stay up late. But today I saw many families still had lights on.
Lao Qi felt a little guilty, "Girl, why don't you just not go today!"
He was worried that someone would see him on the street and he wouldn't be able to explain himself, and he was also worried that Wu Erlai would suddenly come home and catch him red-handed.
Su Tong, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. She stared ahead and said, "Something seems to have happened ahead!"
Lao Lin and Lao Qi then discovered that there were lights flickering in front of them, and there were many people in the distance, right on the dam.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Su Tong quickened his pace.
The two old men also felt that something was wrong. Thinking that it was dark at night and no one would notice them, they quickened their pace and followed.
The dam is the village's grain drying dam. The terrain is high and flat, and it has been turned into a large grain drying ground. The autumn harvest is gathered here for drying, and the distribution of grain and meat is also done here on weekdays.
Mrs. Peng lives in this area.
There were a lot of people gathered at the edge of the threshing ground. From a distance it looked like two groups of people were confronting each other, but when we got closer we realized that it was not the case.
A man's voice with a tearful tone came out from the crowd, "Xing Zhiqing, you can't just stand by and watch us die! Please be kind and help us!"
Xing Zhiqing?
Xing Dongyang is here too?
Su Tong walked closer and saw a man with greasy hair, untidy beard and unkempt appearance through the crowd.
His clothes were worn crookedly and he looked like a ruffian, but at this moment he had a sad face and even tried to squeeze out a few tears.
Xing Dongyang was standing opposite with a sullen face, his hands hanging at his sides clenched tightly, and he looked like he was enduring extreme patience.
"Xing Zhiqing, please be kind! My mother can't bear it anymore!"
The man suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Please be merciful!"
There was a small exclamation from the crowd, and all kinds of discussions and noises continued.
Su Tong's heart trembled, and then he looked behind the man. There was actually a simple stretcher parked there, and there was obviously a person lying on it. This is, this is...
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