Chapter 36 You are kind, so go ahead!
Song had just fetched some water when she saw Xu Zhiyi coming over with a wooden bucket. Seeing that her face had healed, she immediately commanded out of habit: "Daya, you're here, help me carry the water back."
Xu Zhiyi rolled her eyes and then ignored her, standing in her own queue.
Seeing that Xu Zhiyi dared to ignore her, Song was very angry. She put her hands on her hips and shouted: "Xu Daya, are you deaf? I asked you to come over to help me fetch water, but you pretended not to hear me."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi said coldly: "Auntie, who are you? Did you give me money or food? I have no relatives or friends, why should I help you for free?"
"You...you...I am your elder, how dare you talk to me like that?" Song was so angry that she trembled.
At this time, a few villagers couldn't stand it anymore and started to persuade them.
"Daya! Song is your aunt after all, it's your duty to help your elders."
"Yes! Even if the relationship is severed, we are still connected by bones, so how can we really stop seeing each other in life and death!"
"That's right. Anyway, the line is so long now. It's still early for you to help Song fetch water back to Xu's house. Song's family isn't as strong as you, so just lend a hand if you can."
Xu Zhiyi looked at the three people who stood up for the Song family, snorted coldly, and said, "Aunt? Are you joking about breaking off the relationship? If that's the case, can all contracts be revoked?"
"It's our duty to help our elders. But just now your aunt was limping and carrying water, and you watched her helplessly. Why didn't you go and help? What's more, she's your aunt who's still your blood relative."
"And what you said, we are connected by bones and tendons. You and your mother are not only connected by tendons, but you even drank her blood. How dare you separate from your own mother just for your wife, an outsider?
I heard that your mother has been kicked out by the eldest wife. Don't you plan to carry a few bags of food to see her? It's just a division of the family. How can you really never have any contact with each other? Your own mother, don't care about it?"
"Finally, didn't you say it was still early? Then give me your seat. I heard that you carried a pig before. You are stronger. It won't be too late for you to help Song fetch water to Xu's house and then come back. Oh, I almost forgot that you two are close friends. With such a relationship, it would be unreasonable for you not to help!"
After saying that, Xu Zhiyi went straight up with the wooden bucket and pushed everyone out of the line!
It was the first time that all the villagers saw Xu Zhiyi talking back to people without pause, and they were completely stunned. The three people who were being talked back to were so angry but they couldn't talk back.
Because Xu Zhiyi had offended them to the core! Although it wasn't entirely their fault.
For example, why didn't the aunt-in-law help the lame nephew? She was not lame when she was young, but she was so vicious! She treated her orphan nephew badly, and now that he is lame, it's good enough that she doesn't add insult to injury, but she still helps him? You wish!
As for those who have to separate the family property from their own mother, they were forced to do so. Every time their wife got pregnant, their own mother would abuse her and have the baby abort. She would only favor the first wife and torture the second wife to death. In the end, they had no choice but to separate the family property.
Moreover, they were driven out of the house with nothing, and the couple had nothing but two pieces of rags. But when they got old, the first wife turned against them and refused to support them. Now she has driven them to the old house to fend for themselves.
The last one, when she was a girl, she was close to the Song family, and when she got married, she married into the same village. She must have deliberately favored the Song family! So she was completely deserving of the criticism, and no one in the village spoke up for her.
Song knew she couldn't win the argument, so she had no choice but to carry the bucket and walk slowly and laboriously towards Xu's house.
Xu Daya, wait, she wants to tell her mother-in-law that this money-loser is now in good spirits! It's not smallpox, we have to find a way to get her and her daughter back to work.
Xu Zhiyi looked at the villagers who were eager to speak and said loudly: "If any of you feel sorry for the Song family, then help them by yourselves. Don't talk about family affection. I have nothing to do with the Xu family."
"If this happened to you, you would be more cruel than anyone else, so put away your kind-heartedness."
"Also, from now on, I am no longer Xu Daya of the Xu family. I am just me, Xu Zhiyi."
Now, no villager dared to speak! They all hurried back after fetching water.
After Xu Zhiyi came back with the water, she thought that she hadn't eaten vegetables for a long time, so she went into the space and pulled out some shepherd's purse. As for the meat, she didn't dare to eat too much now, because the original owner's body had not been exposed to muddy fish for a long time, so she had to eat it slowly and gradually, otherwise it would easily hurt her stomach and intestines.
"Mom, I got some wild vegetables. You can mix them with the dough later!" Xu Zhiyi walked into the kitchen with a handful of shepherd's purse.
When Su saw the green wild vegetables, she was so scared that she stretched her neck to look outside the kitchen. Seeing that no one was passing by, she took it with a sigh of relief.
"Zhiyi, our thatched house now has no yard. If someone passes by and deliberately looks inside, we won't be able to hide anything. This is because wild vegetables are very valuable due to the drought. We have to check first to see if anyone is passing by."
"Mom, I know, I'm watching over him, don't worry!"
Then he said, "Oh, mother, I want to go to the carpenter in the village to order a wooden barrel and a wooden basin. The ones we use at home are from the head of the village. We have to return them quickly."
Su: "Okay, if you don't have enough money, you can just order one and we'll make do with it."
Xu Zhiyi went all the way to Carpenter Li's house.
"Uncle Li"
Carpenter Li was doing carpentry work in the yard when he heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw that the person was Xu Zhiyi.
"It's Daya. Oh, now you're Zhiyi! What's the matter with you, uncle?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi walked into the yard and explained his purpose directly: "Uncle Li, I want to order a wooden barrel, two wooden basins, and a cart."
Carpenter Li was very confused when he heard about the cart: "Girl Zhiyi, it's normal for you to order wooden barrels and basins, but why do you order a cart?"
Of course, it was to help her carry things when she was fleeing from famine! But she couldn't say it out loud, after all, she couldn't explain it clearly.
He had no choice but to make an excuse: "Uncle Li, I'm keeping it for backup. If the imperial government's disaster relief grain arrives, can't I use it to transport food?"
Hearing this, Carpenter Li burst into laughter: "Haha, girl, you are right, let's look forward to the grain from the court arriving soon!"
"Uncle Li, how much silver do you want for the woodworking I ordered?"
Carpenter Li: "The wooden barrel and basin are not worth much, so let's just say 30 coins! The cart is 200 coins."
Xu Zhiyi was about to speak when he was interrupted!
"Hey, Zhiyi, I was just looking for you and you're here!" Carpenter Li's wife, Bai, came back with water. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Xu Zhiyi and smiled excitedly.
Xu Zhiyi: "Aunt Li, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Bai came closer and smiled excitedly, "That's great! Aren't you looking for a son-in-law? I'll introduce you to one. He's absolutely reliable and I guarantee that he won't be like the wife of the village head."
Xu Zhiyi: “…” Auntie! It would be fine if you didn’t promise, but now that you’ve promised, I’m so nervous!!!
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