Chapter 15 Digging for Ginseng
Chen Hongying has a hot temper and loves to yell when something happens. In this respect, Gu Niudan is like his mother and also has a hot temper. So when he heard Nie Laosan's wife scolding Fubao so harshly, he went straight up to fight with Nie Laosan's wife.
When Nie Laosan's wife saw this, she was like, "You little brat, you're actually yelling at me, your mother?" She was so angry that she put her hands on Gu Niudan's waist and started cursing, a bunch of dirty words came out without a hiccup: "Hit me, hit me, hit me, if you dare to touch me I'll lie down in front of your house, I'll eat, drink, defecate and urinate at your house, and you'll take care of me in my old age! I won't stop annoying you!"
Although Gu Niudan was brave, he was just a naive schoolboy after all, and he just stood there stupidly.
The guys nearby were also a little confused about what to do. Should they fight?
Just at this moment, Miao Xiujiu came over.
Miao Xiujiu came to see how the flour grinding was going, but she happened to see Nie Laosan's wife leading a group of people scolding her own sons.
Silly boy, you have become stupid from reading too much, how could you say such a bad word, just standing there like an idiot.
Miao Xiujiu was so angry at that time, feeling sorry for her precious grandson, poor little Fubao who brought wealth to her family!
Miao Xiuju rushed forward and said, "Who are you scolding, you bitch? How dare you, at your age, scold a child here? If you have the nerve, come and scold an adult. You're scolding a child who hasn't even started school yet?"
Miao Xiujiu is a hot-tempered person. When she was young, she was also an expert in quarreling. If you want to reason with her, she can talk to you a lot. If you want to quarrel with her, she can scold you for a whole morning without repeating herself. If you want to fight, she can pull your hair and kick your waist. She has never lost a fight.
People around quickly gathered around to watch the fun.
The moment Nie Laosan's wife saw Miao Xiuju, she felt guilty. However, thinking about the grievances of her twin children, she felt hatred in her heart: "Your little bastards, you deceived our family into making money, tricked them into the mountains, and let them feed the wolves. Your children are so heartless and shameless, they are so wicked that they have no assholes!"
Seeing this, Gu Shengtian shouted, "No way! We went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables and ran into Nie Dashan and the others. They beat me up. We went into the mountains, but they wouldn't let us pick them and chased us out!"
Fubao was shocked when he saw Nie Laosan's wife.
She had always been beaten and scolded by Nie Laosan's wife, so now she would shudder when she saw Nie Laosan's wife. After that, when she heard Nie Laosan's wife start to swear, she would feel uncomfortable all over.
Just when she didn't know what to do, Miao Xiujiu appeared.
When she saw Miao Xiujiu, her heart suddenly calmed down.
She is the granddaughter of the Gu family, no longer the daughter of Nie Laosan's wife, so she doesn't have to tolerate Nie Laosan's wife scolding her like that anymore.
When Fubao heard what Gu Shengtian said, he quickly defended himself, "Yes, Brother Shengtian was beaten by them. They didn't allow us to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and drove us out!"
Gu Shengtian and Fubao were still young, and their childish and crisp voices made people around them believe them. How could such young children lie?
So some people laughed at her, "Nie Lao San's wife, how could she possibly know where the wolf cubs are?"
The others nodded in agreement. "That's right. Don't blame others for your own misfortune. What does that mean? You go up the mountain and encounter a wolf cub and you blame others? Do wolf cubs in the mountains really listen to the old Gu family?"
For a moment, some people made sarcastic remarks, while others took the opportunity to make fun of others.
Nie Laosan's wife blushed, but she still shouted, "My husband said so, how can you lie! It's you, it's you who harmed our child, it's you—"
She thought of Fubao and suddenly understood. She pointed at him angrily and cursed, "You jinx, you unlucky bastard, you left my house and ruined our family's silver. Are you that cruel?"
Upon hearing this, Miao Xiuju rushed over in anger and grabbed her and said, "How shameless! How shameless! How dare you scold my granddaughter?"
She was really angry now. Even if Nie Lao San's wife stopped scolding her, she would not forgive her.
The two women started fighting. Miao Xiujiu pinned Nie Laosan's wife to the ground and beat her. Shengyin, who was standing next to them, got angry and rushed over to kick Miao Xiujiu.
But Miao Xiujiu's grandsons were no pushovers. They rushed over and threw the raw silver away, causing him to fall flat on his butt.
Shengyin felt pain in his butt and frowned fiercely.
Fubao watched from the side with a frown on his face.
She always felt that Shengyin was not a simple child, and was similar to her, so she was staring at Shengyin now.
Shengyin was crying while looking at Fubao, and when they looked over, their eyes met.
When their eyes met, Shengyin suddenly shuddered.
Fubao, could it be Fubao from her previous life? Otherwise, where would she get so many tricks from?
Shengyin quickly recalled how she had used her baby identity to frame Fubao, but it didn't seem like it. She was silly and didn't have much defense against herself, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to succeed so many times.
Just as she was thinking about this, Nie Lao San's wife rushed over like crazy and was about to beat Miao Xiujiu, but she walked so fast that she didn't see Shengyin being knocked over again.
"Wow--" Even though Shengyin had many thoughts in his mind, he was still a child after all, and he couldn't help crying.
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The fight ended with Nie Laosan's wife giving in with tears and snot in her eyes while holding her own son Shengyin. Many people around her criticized her for being unreasonable and said that it was inappropriate for her to scold other people's children. As for her son Shengyin falling down, it was her own fault.
However, Miao Xiujiu was furious and refused to give in. She chased Nie Laosan's wife to the door of her house and scolded her harshly, calling her shameless for an adult to bully a child, and for not trying to persuade her when her own child beat her own child. She scolded her for calling a little girl a bitch and saying that she was right anyway. She kept scolding Nie Laosan's wife while arguing with her, and everyone around her felt that Nie Laosan's wife was shameless.
Finally, Nie Laosan came out and said that his wife was ignorant or something, and only then did he reluctantly persuade Miao Xiujiu to go back.
In front of everyone in the production team, Miao Xiuju said, "From now on, if anyone dares to say that my granddaughter Fubao is a jinx, I will never forgive her and will curse her to death!"
Seeing this spirit and this fierceness, everyone nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes, Fubao is so good-looking, how could he be a jinx!"
Nie Laosan's wife was blocked at the door and scolded so badly that her face turned red with anger. She wanted to fight Miao Xiujiu again, but she hated that she was stopped by her husband. She felt so aggrieved and angry that tears came to her eyes. She scolded everyone at home, calling him a jinx.
At this time, the production team leader Chen Youfu came. Chen Youfu originally came to mediate, but when he arrived, he found that the quarrel had already ended.
Hearing this, he immediately turned serious and said, "We must not promote feudal superstitions. There is no such thing as a jinx. Don't say such things anymore."
Even the production team leader said so. Nie Laosan's wife felt even more ashamed and almost bit her teeth to pieces.
Miao Xiujiu won the battle and returned with a great victory. She felt relaxed and at ease, and ate an extra piece of sorghum steamed bun that night.
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Ever since what happened with Nie Laosan's wife that day, Miao Xiujiu slowly began to love Fubao.
Because of the previous incident with the wild rabbit and the old mountain ginseng, she vaguely felt that Fubao was not a jinx, but a lucky star. She even felt that there was a divine will in all things. The character group with the word "Fu" that Liu Guizhi caught at that time was actually either bad luck or blessing.
She thought so but didn't say it out loud. She just felt in her heart that she had to be nicer to Fubao in the future.
But this time, when Nie Laosan's wife scolded Fubao so much, she began to feel sorry for him. Such a poor little child, raised by Nie Laosan's family since childhood, not eating well, and being ordered around to work all day long, how pitiful! Nie Laosan's wife was also a sinner, scolding a child like this every day. Fortunately, little Fubao didn't learn from it and remained sensible and well-behaved.
She felt more pity for Fubao and wished she could love him more, but with so many children in the family, it was not easy for her to favor him openly. She could only secretly give Fubao a bite of something delicious when she had one.
Fubao gradually felt it and began to like this grandmother. She felt that she really treated herself as her granddaughter and that she was a real family member.
The Gu family would neither scold her nor drive her away.
Her heart gradually calmed down.
The days passed one by one, and when it was deep winter, the weather became even colder. It snowed in Pingxi Production Brigade, and the heavy snow blocked the roads of Pingxi Production Brigade and several surrounding production brigades. So each production brigade had to organize people to remove the snow and clear the roads.
To remove snow and clear roads, each household must provide one laborer, and this laborer can be counted as two work points.
When Chen Youfu came to the Gu family, Miao Xiuju made some plans and decided to ask Liu Guizhi to come over and clear the snow. There was little work in the production brigade now, and the men and women in the family were busy weaving straw mats and selling them at the market.
Liu Guizhi was a very skillful person, but her disadvantage was that she was a mute and could not speak well, so she was not very good at many things.
Miao Xiujiu felt that it was worthwhile to send her mute daughter-in-law out to earn two work points a day. After all, her muteness would not hinder the snow removal.
Chen Youfu originally wanted to find a male laborer to go, but then he thought that it wouldn't take much effort to remove the snow, so he agreed immediately and decided to let Liu Guizhi go. He put her on the list and left.
Liu Guizhi understood Miao Xiujiu's plan. She thought that although clearing snow was more tiring than working at home, she could earn two work points for the family every day. She was not afraid of being tired, so she didn't say anything and quickly nodded in agreement.
So the next day, Liu Guizhi got up early, carried a shovel, and went out to sweep the snow.
It was still dark at this time, and Fubao, who was sleeping soundly on the kang, suddenly opened his eyes.
She had a nightmare. The dream was so bizarre that she woke up in a panic.
When she woke up, she still felt something was wrong. She looked at the head of the kang and found that her mother Liu Guizhi was gone. She immediately groped for her shoes, put on her cotton jacket and got off the kang.
Miao Xiujiu, Shen Hongying and Niu Sanni had already gotten up and went to the kitchen to cook. The sound of pots and pans clinking could be heard in the kitchen, but other than that, everything around was very quiet.
Fubao ran to the kitchen: "Grandma, where is my mother?"
Miao Xiuju poured a bucket of water into the large pot, which had been lightly wiped of oil. The hot pot made a sizzling sound. Without even looking up, she casually said, "Your mother went to sweep the snow today. She might have gone to the brigade to gather."
Niu Sanni said beside her, "We're going to the production team so early. I wonder if they've provided us with food. Guizhi might not have eaten yet."
Fubao was worried when he heard this: "You went there without eating breakfast?"
Miao Xiuju thought for a moment and took out a piece of cornmeal steamed bread from the grate covered with cage cloth: "Your mother worked hard today, run over and give this to her. If she gets hungry, it will fill her up."
Fubao nodded, wrapped the steamed bun in a cloth, put it in his arms for fear that it would get cold, and then ran towards the production team.
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