Chapter 89 Chapter 89 The little hooligan is looking for trouble with her? …
Bai Fangfang returned to the inner room of the second house and before she had even had time to catch her breath, she excitedly pulled Wang Laoer's sleeve and shouted:
"Look, look! I'm right, aren't I? Song Ruan probably wants to marry into our family and start trying to please us! She also knows that children are the easiest to coax. Look how thoughtful she is!"
Wang Lao Er had heard enough of Bai Fangfang's repetitive talk these days. She would talk for a long time each time. Now that she brought it up again, his head was a little confused: "Even if she really wants to be a godparent, she is doing it for our parents. Who are you to get so excited?"
Bai Fangfang was not affected by his words at all. Her eyes were shining, and she looked like a wolf that had seen something. "Then you are her brother-in-law and I am her sister-in-law. Shouldn't she show respect to us?"
Well, here we are again.
Why do you think it's so beautiful?
Wang Laoer lay down on the kang, too lazy to say anything more to his confident and wild wife.
He's just a god relative, and a god brother or sister-in-law at a more distant level. Nowadays, even if they are biological brothers and mothers, I've never seen a daughter who wouldn't support them in this way. Can't you live your own life?
——Wait, it’s not that I didn’t see it.
Wang Laoer's gaze unconsciously fell on Bai Fangfang.
Bai Fangfang was already there with a dreamy smile on her face, muttering to herself as she distributed Song Ruan's money: "Danniu is old enough to go to school now. He's such a smart kid. It would be a shame if he wasted his time."
Wang Laoer’s eyes darkened when he heard this.
Da Niu is the son of Bai Fangfang's brother. It's not that he is prejudiced - he just looks like a calf and his head seems to be filled with cow dung. Only Bai Fangfang, a blind person who clings to her mother's family, thinks this guy is a good kid.
Every day, she would send some good stuff to her mother's house. But her house was not a warehouse and could not handle so many things. So of course, she got cheated.
After being hit, it only appeared to be quiet for a while, just like an indestructible cockroach. It looked deflated, but after taking a breath, it started moving again.
He just discovered not long ago that this unlucky woman would secretly take out her own child's things and give them to the big shot!
If you don’t know, you would think that Da Niu is her biological child!
Wang Lao Er was getting more and more upset. He suddenly sat up from the kang and glared, "Bai Fangfang, I'm telling you, whether Daniu goes to school is up to his parents. Stop messing around with all that stuff. I won't pay a penny!"
"Hey, how can you talk like that!" When Bai Fangfang was mentioned about her mother's family, she jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on. "We are all family, how hurtful it is to say such things!"
"And I'm not asking you to pay for it now. I want to use Song Ruan's money to pay for Daniu's tuition - it's free anyway!"
"It's better to hurt people than to hurt your money!" Wang Laoer yelled, "What comes for free is not money. Daniu wants to go to school, but Xiaowu and Xiaojun don't want to go? They are your own sons!"
Bai Fangfang stiffened her neck: "Xiao Wu and Xiao Jun are still young, there's no need to rush..."
Just at this moment, Xiao Wu and Xiao Jun, who were playing outside, ran into the house with their sister.
Although they didn't understand what was urgent, the children, who had just been treated like "adults" by Song Ruan during the day and felt like they were already grown-up kids, were unhappy.
The little girl had no confidence, but the two boys were like two ducks quacking at the top of their lungs, clamoring, "We are not little anymore! We are not little anymore!"
"Go away," Bai Fangfang turned around and was embarrassed when her own son broke up the show, "You little kids, just talk about what you know!"
"No, Sister Song just likes us! She even praised us for being so well behaved! So great!"
"Come on," Bai Fangfang said disapprovingly, "You little brats, you thought Song Ruan really liked you. She was only doing it for your grandparents' sake!"
Xiaojun and Xiaowu were so angry that they screamed and their faces turned red:
"No way! Sister Song didn't even invite grandpa and grandma, she only invited us!"
"Yes!! Sister Song even said she would treat us to meat. She just likes us!!"
Bai Fangfang was about to make another derogatory remark when she suddenly paused and asked in surprise, "Are you guys invited to eat meat?"
Seeing his mother was shocked, Xiaojun thought he had won the game back, and proudly puffed out his chest and shouted, "Yes!!"
Xiao Wu also added: "Sister Song also said that she would go to the commune to buy meat tomorrow morning!"
Bai Fangfang's eyes lit up, and she took her two sons' hands and said, "You guys have lunch tomorrow anyway, why don't you go and call your brother Danniu to eat with you in the morning?"
The two children became unhappy instantly.
They worked hard to help Sister Xiao Song make over a hundred pounds of coal briquettes, and only then did Sister Xiao Song say she would treat them to a meal.
Why should Bai Daniu go to eat with them when he didn't do anything?
Bai Daniu is such a big eater and likes to steal things. If he brings them away, they will have to eat much less!
They all shouted in unison: "No, no!"
Wang Lao Er also said: "What are you talking about? How can we bring guests together? If it gets out, people will say we have no manners."
Bai Fangfang bit her cheek and looked between the three children:
"Then the little girl shouldn't go tomorrow. Let the big guy go instead. There's nothing to say about that, right?"
She backed down reluctantly.
The little girl was counting on her fingers when suddenly a missile exploded on her head. She stared with her round eyes and burst into tears:
"No, I won't change, I won't change! I want to go by myself!"
Bai Fangfang frowned: "I'm your mother, how can I harm you? You're a little girl, your intestines haven't grown yet, you can't stand eating too well. Be obedient, mom will give you sweet potato paste tomorrow."
It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything. Once she did, the little girl started crying even louder: "No, I can handle it, I can handle it! I don't want to eat sweet potatoes, I want to eat meat!"
Her two brothers shared the same hatred: "That's right, how can you not eat meat?"
"If Xiaoya can't eat it, why can Bai Daniu eat it?"
"Mom is partial and only likes Bai Daniu!"
Bai Fangfang was so angry that she said with a dark face: "What nonsense are you talking about? Are you looking for a beating?"
The three children felt even more aggrieved, and their crying sounds continued one after another, filling the small room with the sound of their cries.
"Stop it!" Wang Laoer finally couldn't stand it anymore, "If you continue like this, go back to your Bai family."
Bai Fangfang was a little embarrassed and a little dissatisfied: "I was thinking that the little girl is so young and a girl, she can be full with two grains of rice. Thanks to you, wouldn't Daniu be able to eat more? Together, we are the ones who benefit."
Seeing Wang Laoer glaring. "Okay, okay, let her go!" Bai Fangfang, who was besieged by the man and the child, finally couldn't resist and was defeated. "You two are really father and mother! I am the only outsider in the family."
But she was still not happy, so she glared at the little girl and cursed, "You're just a little girl, and you're so greedy!"
Xiao Ya has become accustomed to being scolded by her mother. Although she is sad, it is okay. Seeing that her mother seems to have finally given up the idea of exchanging her for her cousin and that she can go to Sister Song's house for dinner tomorrow, she becomes happy instead and her crying gradually subsides.
Bai Fangfang threw the coat in her hand onto the kang in annoyance, and without caring about the three kids who had not yet taken off their clothes, she lay down on the kang and went to sleep.
The three little guys took off their clothes listlessly and got on the kang. They were still a little overwhelmed and sobbed from time to time.
However, children do not remember things, especially those who were brought up roughly in rural areas. Although they made such a fuss before going to bed, when they wake up, the sadness and sorrow seem to have been washed away by the sleep, and they become full of energy again.
The three little radish heads, along with the tiger head from the big room and another radish head, a group of little kids gathered together just after breakfast. They surrounded the captain and chattered about changing their skin.
"Grandma, what time is it now?"
"It's still early. The cock just finished crowing."
The little kids anxiously circled the house and yard twice, then ran back: "Grandma, what time is it now?"
"It's still early. The birds are still chirping."
“Grandma, grandma…”
The captain's wife was so overwhelmed by the chattering of these restless gourd brothers that she felt as if someone was stabbing a drill into her head.
Finally, he couldn't help it anymore, so he threw the pan brush into the pot and kicked the little bastards out.
"Go, go, go, go out and play, don't disturb grandma while she's working!"
The little ones were still afraid of the top leader of the family. When they saw their grandmother’s eyes widened, they reluctantly ran away.
But the attraction of meat was so great that they didn't even want to play their favorite "war" game. They huddled together on the ridge of the field like newborn ducklings.
Look at the bare fields after the autumn harvest, look at the white clouds in the sky, pull out two pieces of grass, and start sighing again.
"Why isn't it noon yet?"
"Brother Tiger, what time is it now?"
"What is Sister Xiao Song doing?"
Sister Xiao Song is buying meat at the meat processing factory.
In fact, there is still meat at home - not long ago, she took Jinhua to stock up on some winter food. The cellar was filled with roe deer, wild sheep, and wild deer, and she also bought a wild donkey.
However, out of consideration for the physical and mental health of her little wild donkey, she let Jinhua finish her meal outside before going back.
But they were all wild creatures, and they went up mountains and down rivers every day, and were chased everywhere by their natural enemies. Their meat was very firm - in other words, dry and sticky - and had a distinct fishy smell, which was obviously not enough to entertain his little guests.
——The most important thing is that she is tired of eating it and wants to change the taste.
Song Ruan arrived early and there were still a lot of things on the chopping board at the meat station.
Song Ruan took a quick look and said, "Comrade, I want two pounds of meat, a pig's trotter, and a chicken."
Seeing the fish on the other side, they were not big, the largest one looked only slightly bigger than her palm, and she said, "Give me three fish, too."
She specially drove her donkey to grind some tofu last night. She originally wanted to stir-fry minced meat with tofu, but now she thinks fish stewed with tofu is also good.
Wow, it’s a big customer.
The butcher, who was sitting with his legs apart, put his legs together and stood up from the chair: "Are you preparing for the New Year so early?"
"Nowhere? We have guests at home." Song Ruan was now very good at making conversation.
"This is not young or old," the butcher looked at the thing in his hand and even managed to utter a fancy word, "honored guest."
"That's not good."
The butcher was talking nonsense, but his skills were not affected at all.
He took a large piece off the hook with swift movements, and with a scrape of the sharp machete, a piece of meat with skin fell onto the chopping board. The texture was very beautiful.
The butcher put the meat on the hanging plate of the scale, and it weighed exactly two pounds.
"What do you think, sister? My technique is spot on." The butcher boasted proudly, "I've been cutting pork for more than ten years. My hands are like a ruler!"
"Brother is awesome."
Song Ruan complimented him.
So the butcher spoke even more excitedly.
Song Ruan responded, her eyes inadvertently glanced into the room and then froze.
"Hey, brother, is that bucket filled with pig offal?"
After hearing this, the butcher, who was originally full of enthusiasm, was like an eggplant hit by frost. He said weakly, "Yes."
Song Ruan was stunned by his reaction: "What's wrong? Is the water not fresh?"
"It's fresh. We just brought it here this morning. How can it not be fresh?" The butcher quickly cheered up to prove his innocence, but soon he stopped talking again. "But no one will buy this thing, whether it's fresh or not! You need a meat ticket for this thing."
Of course, compared to buying pure meat, the meat coupons required are at least half as much, but you still need meat coupons.
The most scarce thing now is meat coupons. How many people would not buy meat but offal with meat coupons?
If you really want to eat meat but have no money, yes, you can insist that offal is also meat, but this stuff has a strong smell, and no matter how clean it is, you still have to use a lot of oil and spices to make it look like the real thing - which is not worth it.
He is a public employee, so he won't be fined if he can't sell all the things, but he will be annoyed if these things are left here every day without being sold! This stall is so small that he has no place to hide.
——Especially sewage, which will get stinkier and stinkier as time goes by, and the stench comes from the same source as that of the toilet.
He is a butcher. He smells of blood and raw meat. That is the medal of his work and the proof of his pride. How can he smell of shit?
The butcher became sadder the more he thought about it.
Song Ruan blinked and asked innocently, "Then, big brother, how do you sell this water?"
The butcher's eyes lit up immediately - yes, this was a wealthy customer who looked like an easy-to-foolery young man. He said enthusiastically, "The raw materials are cheap. If you want them, I'll give you an internal price - a whole set like this, a whole bucket - just give me two or three dollars."
"Sister, I'm telling you, this thing is just as good as meat when it's cooked, and it's perfect for drinking - isn't your family just in time for us today?"
Song Ruan seemed a little tempted: "It's really a good deal - how many meat tickets does it cost?"
The butcher's smile froze: "Here, here, I need two."
Song Ruan's eyes widened suddenly: "Two? Then I might as well buy meat!"
Yes, it is indeed better to buy meat.
The butcher complained in his heart while speaking earnestly: "Sister, this is not how you calculate it. You see, a whole set of offal weighs more than ten pounds. If you want to buy meat, you can only buy two pounds!"
Song Ruan looked a little shaken, but still hesitated: "But this is still a bit expensive... Forget it..."
"Don't count!"
After waiting for such a long time, the butcher got anxious. He looked around and came to Song Ruan and whispered, "Well, I'll give you some pig ears. You're entertaining guests, so this can go well with your wine."
Seeing that Song Ruan still didn't speak, he held it in for a while as if he had a toothache, and added: "I'll give you some more pig face meat!"
Song Ruan's eyes fell on the big bone on the side, and he pressed the issue: "Then give me two more bones."
The bones were now real bones, cleanly picked out - the butcher was almost proud of his skill.
He stared at the bones that would split even a fly if it stood on them for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give you five, but you have to buy all of this pair."
Song Ruan originally wanted to buy one - she couldn't finish it, but Jinhua really liked to eat offal. However, it was difficult to store the offal, so as soon as she caught the prey, she would take out the offal and give it to Jinhua first.
Now the stomachs of the prey in the cellar are empty, and Jinhua hasn't eaten offal for a long time.
They are having a big dinner today, so let's give Jinhua something to eat, otherwise she will cry out again.
Song Ruan thought about Jin Hua's greedy tiger and readily agreed: "Okay."
The butcher, who originally had a toothache on his face, suddenly smiled and quickly fished the pig out of the water and tied it up, fearing that Song Ruan would go back on his word.
The stall is public property, the meat and bones are public property, and he gets a fixed salary every month. Giving some meat and bones to Song Ruan would at most mean that he could get less profit, but it wouldn't be like paying money out of his pocket, so there was no need to feel bad about it - he would have to deal with the meat processing plant for the rest of his life, and there would be plenty of opportunities for him to take advantage.
However, the products were sold, which improved the quality of his working environment!
Both parties are very satisfied.
But after all this pushing and pulling, seeing that the sun was already high in the sky, Song Ruan had originally planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cakes and biscuits, but now he had to give up this plan. He carried the backpack and walked towards the Dongfeng Brigade while waiting for the ox cart.
I didn’t expect that I had walked halfway and still hadn’t heard the jingling sound of the cowbells.
The narrow yellow mud road in the village was quiet. The leaves of the roadside trees had all fallen off, and each of them was bare, pointing upwards to the sky, like a row of silent sentinels.
Song Ruan, who didn't wait for the car to arrive, had a droopy face and the fallen leaves under his feet made a crunching sound.
"Squeak~Swoosh~"
A long and loud whistle came from the edge of the woods, followed by a vulgar voice.
"Hey, girl, is it heavy for you to carry such a big basket by yourself?"
Song Ruan, who was feeling depressed, looked up in disbelief.
What happened? Did some little hooligan come to her to cause trouble?
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