Chapter 18 Sisters-in-law
"Third sister-in-law, what are you talking about? The children are still here." Aunt Bai saw Bai Jing and Bai Yong sitting next to them, and hurriedly patted her sister-in-law.
Aunt Bai San also noticed the presence of the two children and felt a little embarrassed, so she stopped talking and didn't mention the matter anymore.
Luo Chunhua smiled at her two sisters-in-law and said, "We haven't lived together for a long time. He's in the mountains now and won't come home when he comes back. If they didn't mind that he was dirty, I'm afraid they wouldn't send him here."
But there was bitterness in her smile.
"Sister-in-law, the children are all grown up, and life will get better." Aunt Bai patted her sister-in-law.
My eldest brother is such a cold-hearted person. My eldest sister-in-law lives such a life, but he doesn't seem to feel sorry for her at all.
well.
Although her eyes were small, she was not completely ignorant. "Mom, if we didn't have a dad, would grandpa and the others not come to rob our house? If that's the case, then we don't need a dad anymore."
Bai Yong still had expectations for his father. Boys, after all, admired their fathers even more. "Mom, let Dad change. As long as he changes, we will still have him."
Luo Chunhua felt very uncomfortable when she heard the children say such things.
well.
"Don't interrupt when the adults are talking. Go help your elder and younger sisters." Luo Chunhua didn't want the children to get too involved in these matters.
After sending the two children away, Luo Chunhua looked at her two daughters busy at the stove and said, "I am sorry for them. I made them suffer with me."
"Sister-in-law, how can you be blamed for this? If you want to blame someone, blame that old woman. She's such a troublemaker. Before she was gone, my wife said that Dad was very good to the three of them."
Over the years, Second Aunt Bai naturally asked about the reason. Every time she heard her husband talk about how good their father was to them when they were young, she couldn't believe it.
Aunt Bai didn't respond. After all, she had asked it before, but in his words, it was always about the eldest brother bringing his own man.
Later on, the eldest brother supported his own man.
Luo Chunhua and Bai Quanfu were sweet at first, but later more and more things happened, and his choices gradually made her feel cold-hearted, and the couple rarely spoke to each other all year round.
The feelings have long been worn away.
"By the way, Xiaojing said she would go to the old man's house to get the money, but she's afraid it will be difficult to get the money." Five hundred yuan, Aunt Bai had never seen so much money in her life.
"We have to listen to Xiaojing about this. We can't let others use our things." Aunt Bai agreed. "I'll go with Xiaojing tomorrow. At worst, we can go to the commune to make a fuss. I don't believe the village won't do anything about it."
Luo Chunhua looked at her busy daughter and said, "I'll ask her tonight."
After chatting for a while, they saw that their husbands had finished fetching water, and they stood up and said, "It's getting late, let's go back first."
Uncle Bai Er and Uncle Bai San outside the house naturally smelled the fragrance from the pot and their mouths were watering.
But when they thought about the pheasant Xiaojing gave them, they didn't have the face to stay and eat it.
"Xiao Jing, the water is full. Second Uncle and your Third Uncle will go back first. If you need anything tomorrow, just call me. Second Uncle and your Third Uncle will be working at the foot of the mountain tomorrow."
The autumn harvest is almost here, so I can’t ask for leave.
Bai Jing handed the work in her hands to her second sister, stood up and walked out, "Uncle, don't go, I've stewed three pheasants, eat them before you go back."
She deliberately made a little more. How could she let people go back? "I won't go over to call my brothers and sisters. It's not safe for them to go down the mountain now. There are snakes. If they get bit, it will be bad. You can eat at home before going back."
"That won't do." The two men shook their heads immediately after hearing this. "We didn't bring any food with us. Besides, we can eat the pheasants you gave us back home."
"That's right. I asked your sister-in-law and the others to stew the chicken before I left. It's just right to go back and eat it now." Uncle Bai didn't want to stay either.
Just then, the second and third aunts came out and said, "Alright, you've already given one to each of us. It's no use eating more. But tomorrow you have to go over there and tell us so you don't go alone and suffer the consequences."
Seeing their insistence, Bai Jing knew that forcing them to stay was useless. "Okay, I'll take my second uncle and third uncle and aunt with me tomorrow. It just so happens that they've taken a lot of things from your house over the years."
I must go tomorrow.
She also wants to get the money back, no one can get any advantage to their family.
"Okay, then we'll go back. You guys should eat and rest early. It's harvest time now, so it's hard for your mother to take leave. Tell her to eat more. She's weak. After we get the money tomorrow, I'll take her to the hospital after the harvest is over."
My eldest sister-in-law was injured when she gave birth to my nephew, and she hasn't recovered even after so many years.
Every month during her period, she bleeds more blood than she sells.
"Yeah." Bai Jing nodded after hearing what her second aunt said, "I remember."
Auntie San touched Xiaojing's face and said, "You should eat more too. Good health is more important than anything else."
After seeing the two families off, the mixed-grain rice that had been cooking in Guocheng was ready.
"Mom, let's eat."
A big pot of stewed pheasant and a big pot of multi-grain rice.
The mother and her children enjoyed the meal so much.
"I wish I could eat like this every day." Bai Yong had eaten meat twice and he had started to dream.
Bai Jing looked at the younger brother and smiled, "Sure. After the holiday, go into the mountains with your elder sister to collect food. I'll let you have a good meal every day."
"Really?" Bai Yong looked incredulous. "There's still food in the mountains?"
Bai Jing smiled at her younger siblings, "Yes, there are a lot of mole rats in the mountains. It's the autumn harvest season, and they love to store food. If we look for it, we can still get enough food for the winter."
There was no system before, and her family had to go into the mountains to look for it, so they probably didn’t find much.
Unlike now, we have to dig it out piece by piece, which is enough for not only winter food, but also for a whole year.
After hearing this, the three siblings’ eyes lit up. The days of hunger were really too hard to endure.
It can be said that we never really had enough to eat at home.
He couldn’t even fill his stomach with something thin, which showed how difficult the conditions at home were.
Luo Chunhua looked at her four children with a smile.
"There are snakes at this time, so be careful when you go into the mountains." She didn't object to them going to the back mountain, "But, you must not go into the deep mountains." But the deep mountains were her bottom line.
Cannot cross.
"Mom, don't worry, we are not stupid, so we won't go." Bai Yong shouted the loudest and immediately retorted to his mother.
Bai Jing knocked him on the head in anger, "How do you talk to your mother like that? I care about you, don't be ungrateful."
Bai Yong was also a sensible person. "Mom, I was wrong. I didn't mean it. Don't worry, we will definitely not go into the back mountain. Big Sister is watching us, so we can't go in."
Luo Chunhua felt very comforted. Everyone said that her family had many daughters, but who knew that the daughters were the ones who loved their mother the most.
"Okay, Mom believes in you. You are all good children. Come eat quickly, wash up and go to bed. You have to go to school tomorrow."
"yes."
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