Chapter 43: Foolish and Bold
Inside the bag that Xia Daohua prepared for Xia Erlang were some portable dry food such as steamed buns, bean buns, leek pies, a simple water cup made of a thick bamboo tube, a flint, a piece of tinder, two flints, a thin wool felt with no pattern, and a small bag of copper coins.
Time was running out and Xia Daohua couldn't think of everything carefully. She could only do her best and hurriedly prepare the bag for Xia Erlang.
As for the bedroll, there was nothing she could do.
There are many different types of bedding in the supermarket, but they are too conspicuous and cannot be used directly.
Moreover, if such good bedding fell into Xia Erlang's hands, there was a high probability that he would not be able to keep it.
On the contrary, it is not as good as a piece of wool felt. It looks inconspicuous, but it is actually warm and moisture-proof, and it is light and easy to carry.
After Xia Erlang left, the Xia family members all looked very ugly.
The old man, Xia Ping'an, squatted outside the gate and smoked a pack of cigarettes. He coughed several times in the middle.
Zhou usually cursed and found fault with her daughters-in-law, but this time, for the first time ever, she said nothing and went back to the house silently.
Sun was originally wiping her tears, but when she saw Xia Daohua running back, she suddenly burst into tears.
The summer rice flowers were startled:
"Second aunt..."
She was a little at a loss.
Xia Daohua is the worst at persuading others.
Arguing with people is her strong point.
Seeing this, the third daughter-in-law Wu couldn't help but snorted:
"What were you doing before? What's the point of crying now? Daohua is still a child, who are you crying for?"
Then he said to Xia Daohua who was at a loss:
"Good boy, you are also a fool. Go back quickly! Don't worry about this. Your second aunt will be fine when she is tired of crying."
Xia Daohua looked at Sun with pity, then looked at Wu who had a sarcastic look on her face, bit her lip, said nothing, and took two steps forward.
Jiang waved at her, and Xia Daohua hurriedly ran to Jiang's side.
Jiang touched Xia Daohua's head. The fourth family was about to go back to the house when Sun and Wu started arguing:
"Mr. Wu, do you still have a heart? Erlang hasn't even married yet... How can you say such things? Woo woo woo..."
"I don't know if it's because I don't have a heart, or if some people would rather give up their sons than their money, and they don't have a heart."
"you!"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, the third brother Xia Youxi quickly grabbed his wife's arm and told her to go back to the house:
"Alright, alright, stop talking! Lanhua just told me that Juhua pricked her hand. Can you go and check what happened?"
When Wu heard this, she left Sun, who was about to fight her, and hurried back to the third room.
Juhua did prick her hand.
However, this is because she is learning needlework these days.
Every day, whenever she had free time, she would take a needle and practice how to sew the stitches neatly and closely on a piece of cloth.
Juhua's hands and feet are not as nimble as Lanhua's, probably because she is still young. She always accidentally pricks her hand when she is sewing.
The skin on a child's hand is very tender, and a slight prick will result in a small blood drop.
Therefore, when Wu heard Xia Yougui bring up this matter, she knew his attitude and that he didn't want her to continue arguing with his second sister-in-law, Sun, so she took the opportunity to go down the stairs and avoid the quarrel.
Come to think of it, after all, Erlang had just been conscripted, and Sun was not happy about it.
If you get into an argument with her now, most people would feel that they are not in the right.
However, the Second House was really dishonest in this matter, and Wu really looked down on Sun more and more. She even felt that she would lose face if she quarreled with Sun again.
Look at the Jiang and Cheng families, which one of them doesn’t know how to protect their own family members?
Only she, Sun, only knew how to listen to men and had no idea how to protect her own son!
Erlang is the most sensible and filial child among all the children of the second wife. But when something happened this time, no one in the second wife was willing to spend money and offered to save Erlang!
The more Wu thought about it, the angrier she became. She couldn't help but point her index finger at Xia Youxi's forehead:
"Xia Youxi, let me tell you, if you dare to do that to your second brother, I will immediately take the children back to my parents' home and not leave any for you!"
"Why are you coming at me? Don't you know me? Whatever happens outside, I always take the brunt of it. When have I ever let you mothers get angry?"
As soon as Xia Youxi said this, Wu felt that the depression in her heart had dissipated a lot:
"From now on, I won't argue with my second sister-in-law. She is a fool! She doesn't even know how to protect her own son. If I get angry with such a person, wouldn't I become a fool too?"
"My lady is right! My lady is wise!"
Xia Youxi hurriedly sang a "Feinuo" to Wu, just like on the stage.
Wu couldn't help but roll her eyes at him: "Don't be so poor!"
Mrs. Wu had big eyes, long eyelashes, and her eyes rolled back. Her charm made Xia Youxi feel itchy from the bottom of her heart:
"My dear! We have been very busy these days, and we haven't been close for several days. Why not settle down early tonight..."
Unlike the third room, which is enjoying a beautiful spring day, the fourth and fifth rooms are both educating their children.
"Daohua, next time when something like this happens, don't be the first to get involved.
I'm not saying that you did anything wrong, it's just that these things should have been done by your second aunt.
You have taken over everything, what do you want your second aunt to do?"
"Liu Lang, do you understand what happened today?
Among all the children in our Xia family, your brother Erlang and your sister Daohua are the kindest.
But no matter when, these soft-hearted people are the most likely to suffer losses.
However, remember to get closer to your sister Daohua in the future. It will do you no harm!
Don't just run around with Shiro and the others all the time!"
That night, someone in every room did not sleep well. The sounds of coughing in the middle of the night, getting up to drink water, and pacing in the yard came one after another.
Xia Daohua and Wulang didn't sleep well either.
They climbed onto the roof, half sitting and half lying, looking at the stars in the sky and chatting idly.
It is rare to see so many and such bright stars in summer.
In her previous life, she had never had much time to look at the stars. It seemed that she only had some memories of looking at the stars together when she was with her grandfather. Later, when she moved to a big city, her impression was full of all kinds of neon lights and LED advertising light boxes, and she almost forgot what the stars looked like at night.
"Daohua, when the officials come today, are you afraid?"
"It's okay. I'm not that scared. Aren't the police just a nose and two eyes?"
Wu Lang paused, he was a little embarrassed to continue.
He just wanted to talk to Daohua suddenly. When the police came, he felt a little scared. If his father and himself were arrested, his mother and sisters would be bullied at home.
But I never expected that the girl was actually such a fool...
(End of this chapter)
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