Chapter 85 There's Important Business to Do
As Sanwa returned from school and was about to reach the courtyard gate, Chen Feng, who came out of the thatched cave, splashed a basin of hot water at him.
The third child couldn't dodge in time and was soaked from head to toe.
Without thinking twice, he turned around, shielded the book bag behind his back, and quickly took it out and shook it.
Song Chunxue, who had just finished adding fuel to the kang (a heated brick bed), came over from around the corner of the courtyard wall and saw Sanwa's disheveled appearance.
Looking at Chen Feng again, she was just stunned for a moment, realizing that she had done something wrong.
But she didn't say anything, neither apologizing nor going up to talk to Sanwa. When she saw Song Chunxue, she turned around and left as if she had seen her mortal enemy.
Song Chunxue put down the basket in her hand. "Are your eyes on your forehead just for decoration? You got splashed with dishwater, and not only do you not admit your mistake, but did you also have your mouth sewn shut?"
She took out an old handkerchief to wipe Sanwa's clothes, then took out a new one from her right side and wiped her face.
"Why don't you say anything? You're being bullied and you don't even utter a sound. No wonder people love to bully you. Don't you know the saying 'bully the weak and fear the strong'?"
Sanwa smiled nonchalantly, "It's alright, anyway, I need to wash these clothes and change them tonight. Tomorrow's a day off, I don't need to go to school, let Lao Si rest for a day."
Song Chunxue, however, had no intention of giving up and walked towards the entrance of the thatched kiln.
"Mother, forget it. It's better to avoid trouble. We're all family. Let it go. Anyway, their house is finished, and they'll be moving away soon." Sanwa glanced at the old curtain on the door of the thatched kiln. "I don't want to argue."
Indeed, if you were to ask her, given Chen Feng's personality, she might throw a tantrum.
The boss had just helped her that afternoon, so Chen Feng must be very angry, feeling that the boss had betrayed her and sided with others instead of her.
I don't know what Chen Feng was thinking. It's as if getting married means cutting off all contact with everyone.
Actually, Chen Feng wasn't so domineering at first. In the first few days after marrying into the Jiang family, she was very obedient.
Perhaps the eldest son felt that it would be inconvenient to live in the same courtyard as his younger brother and mother after getting married, so he had the idea of separating the family.
After that, Chen Feng seemed to know where the boss's bottom line was, and became more and more excessive, increasingly controlling the boss.
"Come on, Mom, you're back so early today, did you make something delicious?"
Song Chunxue snapped out of her daze and pulled him into the house.
"I made fried dough sticks this afternoon and didn't go to the fields. I changed your quilt. The old one was used for many years and was so heavy that I couldn't move it. Why didn't you tell me?"
She smiled, turned around, and closed the courtyard gate. "Tonight I stir-fried shredded potatoes and vermicelli with meat and cabbage, and we'll eat it with fried dough sticks."
Sanwa's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took off his wet clothes. "Eating so well?"
“We have to eat eventually. If we’re reluctant to eat now, we’ll have to slaughter a pig for the New Year. We can’t keep eating the old stuff.” As she spoke, Song Chunxue pulled his clothes over. “Go eat your fried dough first, I’ll wash your clothes.”
"Mom, you don't need me, I can wash myself..."
"I was just washing clothes, and I'll wash yours too. It's not like I wash clothes every day." With that, Song Chunxue sat on a bench in the yard and threw Sanwa's outer garment into the basin of water.
"Go and change the others, I'll wash them all for you, then go to the kitchen and eat some fried dough sticks."
Sanwa nodded, feeling warm inside. This was the first time his mother had ever washed his clothes.
Since he started herding sheep, his mother only washed clothes for the children who were studying, and rarely washed his.
Because he had just returned from the mountains, his mother hadn't come home yet; she only came home after he finished washing the clothes.
He was happy but also a little sad. Thinking about it, it seemed like his mother hadn't really liked him before.
Jiang Hongying was feeding Xiujuan water in the kitchen when she saw Sanwa return. She couldn't wait to tell Sanwa what had happened during the day.
“You don’t know, when your older brother splashed water on Li Guangzheng today, we all felt like he was reborn from the womb. It was such a rare sight.”
Sanwa laughed and said, "Big brother isn't a bad person by nature. He's just easily influenced and got instigated by sister-in-law, which is why he's become distant from us."
"Well, you're quite cunning. You even know how to side with your older brother. He's not easily swayed. If it weren't for Mother scolding him several times and not giving him any face in front of the Chen family, he wouldn't care what we think. He only cares about how to please Chen Feng's father."
Jiang Hongying shook her head. "Anyway, I heard you get splashed with water just now, and I didn't see your older brother come out. Chen Feng did something wrong, so at least he should have some attitude."
Sanwa said indifferently, "I don't care about attitudes. I've also seen clearly that Big Brother is different from us. We can wash his clothes if they get dirty, but we can't save him once we're no longer close."
Jiang Hongying was stunned and looked up at him in surprise.
I never expected him to say something like that.
“That’s right. We shouldn’t stoop to the level of those kinds of people. Sanwa is all grown up now and is a scholar. We won’t reason with scoundrels.”
Sanwa sighed helplessly, "Sister, stop teasing me."
He held a fried dough stick in his hand, saying, "I'm going to milk the goats."
"Still crowding? How can the sheep stand it?"
“The baby is not even six months old yet, so we can’t just feed it with flour paste. Yesterday they even brought some wheat bran for the sheep to eat first.” As he spoke, Sanwa took a bowl and went to the sheep pen.
Not long after, the fourth brother returned from herding sheep.
He's afraid of the dark and comes home early at night, even though everyone says that there's nothing to be afraid of when you're with sheep.
Seeing that the third child had finished milking, the fourth child asked, "Do you want me to go with you?"
Sanwa hesitated for a moment.
"Okay, you'll come with me." He looked around, lowered his voice, and briefly told Lao Si what Hongying had told him.
"Good, that Li Guangzheng still dares to come to our house, he's such a scoundrel." The fourth son clenched his fist. "Before, Mother told us not to cause trouble, so I just put up with him. Now that Mother isn't afraid of him anymore, what do I have to be afraid of?"
As he spoke, he strode ahead aggressively.
"Let's go see if that bastard dares to spout nonsense again."
"Don't cause trouble. I'm telling you this so you know what to expect if you hear what the other members of the Li family say later."
The fourth brother waved his hand and said, "I know, let's go. I won't offend others unless they offend me. As long as they don't cause trouble, that's fine. If they say anything, I'll go up and knock their teeth out. I just learned a couple of moves from the old man from the Gao family behind the mountain these past two days."
Sanwa smiled slightly, "I didn't realize you were so good at herding sheep. You get along quite well with the shepherds from other farms?"
The fourth son felt a little guilty. He remembered his mother saying that the third son didn't like to herd sheep with others because the sheep didn't get enough to eat.
"Thank goodness." The fourth brother walked ahead. "I think I heard Li Dazui's voice."
He tiptoed over, crouching low.
The Li brothers didn't have many children, so they didn't cultivate much land and went home early for dinner.
Right now, they are sitting under the big tree by the door, chatting together.
"Really?" someone asked in surprise. "So, the fourth son of the Jiang family, Jiang Yejun, is not Jiang Shuming's child, but very likely Li Guangzheng's bloodline?"
The fourth brother, Jiang Yejun, suddenly stopped and stared wide-eyed at the third brother behind him.
Sanwa appeared in their sight with a somber expression, carrying a bowl of goat milk.
"If he keeps spouting nonsense here, I'll smash him to death with this hammer."
Sanwa said in a deep voice, "Li Tang, take the goat milk to your child. We have important business to attend to."
"..." The fourth brother looked at the third brother in surprise. Was he going to fight with the Li family?
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