Chapter 33 The puppy never hides his possessiveness
After a moment, Xu Yu grabbed the axe and started chopping wood with an expressionless face. He swung his arms with more force each time, as if he wanted to chop the axe to the center of the earth.
Sang Zhixia was picking the vegetables in her hand slowly, glancing at Xu Yu from time to time, with indescribable amusement in her eyes.
The contrast of this person is really too great.
When he pushed her against the door, he acted like a ferocious beast emerging from the mountains, but the words that came out of his tense mouth sounded like a puppy howling and complaining.
He said Xu Minghui liked to steal his things since he was a child.
He is four years older than Xu Minghui, but Xu Minghui is as intelligent as him and has a better reputation than him.
Everyone in Kyoto who had been here knew that in the Jiaxing Marquisate there was a playboy named Xu Yu who relied on his status as the eldest son to usurp the throne of the crown prince, and there was also a second son named Xu Minghui who was gentle and elegant like a jade and had just arrived in the imperial city.
Xu Minghui is very annoying because he pretends to be a good person anytime and anywhere.
No matter what he had, whether it was his bad friends or something he liked, Xu Minghui always wanted to snatch it from him.
He treats his brothers and sisters from the second and third wives equally, except for Xu Minghui who always has covetous intentions towards them.
Sang Zhixia found it inexplicably funny when she thought of the aggrieved look on his face when he said this.
He looks big and strong, but why does he act like a puppy when he speaks ill of others?
While holding the candy I bought for her to relieve the bitterness of the medicine, she was crying so hard that it was really heartbreaking.
Besides, she and Xu Minghui had little contact and they barely spoke three sentences to each other in ten days. What kind of relationship could they have?
She didn't notice the dead leaves in her hair just now. Xu Minghui probably saw that Xu Yu did it on purpose to show him. How could such a thing happen a second time?
Xu Yu was chopping wood with his hands and looking around. He noticed that the corners of her mouth were constantly turning up, and his handsome face became even darker.
"Is it funny?"
Sang Zhixia coughed as if to hide her emotions and said sullenly, "Did I laugh?"
"Zhizhi, please lower your lips before you talk to me."
Sang Zhixia paused silently in grabbing the basket, and after enduring for a long time, she finally couldn't bear it any longer.
She smiled so much that her eyes curved like the moon and raised her head. She looked at Xu Yu, whose forehead seemed to have veins popping out, and said in a trembling voice, "Just say you saw it wrongly. How can you be so stingy?"
"I have even more stingy moments that you haven't seen."
Without hesitation, Xu Yu reinforced his petty image. With a stone-faced expression, he grabbed another piece of firewood and added sternly, "He's not a good person. Stay away from him."
Sang Zhixia raised her eyebrows maliciously: "What if I don't?"
"He calls me sister-in-law, and we live under the same roof, so we see each other every day. How can I..."
"Then I'll beat him up."
Xu Yu squatted on the ground picking up firewood, and let Sang Zhixia see the hostility in his eyes.
The puppy never hides his possessiveness.
Sang Zhixia didn't want to laugh at first, but the look of Xu Yu with all the hair standing up on his body was so funny.
She struggled to hold it in for a long time until her shoulders began to tremble. When Xu Yu approached with a frown on his face, she tactfully suppressed a smile and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."
"If it happens again, will you break his claws?"
It was a bit rude to say this, but Xu Yu looked like he was finally satisfied.
The invisible erect hairs on his body were instantly smoothed by an invisible big hand. He hummed with dignity and picked up the axe to vent his anger.
The corners of Sang Zhixia's mouth twitched repeatedly, and she turned her back, unable to bear it any longer.
Xu Minghui carried water back and forth three times, and Uncle Xu Er and Uncle Xu San, who were a little later, finally stepped into the house.
As soon as he entered the door, Uncle Xu said with a sense of relief: "Finally, we've seen the end of it."
Today is the last time I will be paid wages at the brick kiln. From tomorrow on, I won’t have to suffer there anymore.
For them, who had been living in a miserable state in the brick kiln, this was definitely good news like a downpour after a long drought. Even Uncle Xu, whose face had been tense for many days, showed a rare smile.
Aunt Xu, suppressing her anxiety at being scolded by Uncle Xu, said, "We've been tired for so long, it's time to rest at home. Since we don't have to go to the brick kiln tomorrow, why not..."
"What are you taking a break for?"
The old man came out and said, "The charcoal burning over there has stopped, so we should resume it as soon as possible. Otherwise, what will all these people eat?"
"Tomorrow, all of you will follow me to the mountains to chop firewood. The rest of you will stay home and light the charcoal pit. Those who should take care of the children and cook should also stay idle."
Because of the mistake caused by the old lady's oversleeping, he spoke in a firm and unyielding tone, and it was obvious that he was still angry.
The smile on Second Uncle Xu's face vanished completely. Seeing this, Xu Minghui quickly tried to smooth things over: "Grandfather is right. The cold weather is approaching and we can't delay the charcoal burning."
"But the chopped firewood has to be carried back before it can be burned. How about this: I will go into the mountains with my eldest brother tomorrow, and my father and third uncle will carry the firewood back. This way, neither of us will be delayed."
Second Uncle Xu was so spoiled by the old lady that he couldn't even come out on stage at this moment. Xu Minghui, who had been hidden in the house by the second wife, finally couldn't help but throw himself out of the stage where he didn't offend anyone.
I have to say that he is indeed a much better person than his father who is like a firecracker.
There was nothing wrong with this arrangement. The old man looked at Uncle Xu unhappily but said nothing more.
Aunt Xu let out a breath calmly and said quickly, "Then it's settled. I'll go with you tomorrow to carry the firewood. More people means more effort, and this way we can go faster."
After she finished speaking, she quickly tugged at Second Uncle Xu's sleeve and urged him, "Second Master, hurry up and change your clothes and come out for dinner. Rest early tonight so you can work better tomorrow."
Uncle Xu, who was particularly unsociable, was dragged into the west room, and Xu Yu also helped Sang Zhixia bring the prepared food to the table.
Everyone was silent during the meal, and after eating, they began to prepare for the busy next day.
Sang Zhixia checked the axe and the wooden rack for carrying firewood that would be used tomorrow over and over again. After making sure that everything was correct, she found some discarded old clothes and wrapped the straps of the wooden rack.
Xu Wenxiu used a needle and thread to hem the fabric on the straps, saying as she sewed, "Xia Xia, what's the point of wrapping this with cloth?"
Sang Zhixia neatly cut the excess fabric with scissors and said without looking up, "This strap is made of three-strand hemp rope. It's strong, but it will rub your shoulders if you use it too often. Wrapping it with cloth will make it a little better."
Although everyone's shoulders and head will inevitably get calluses after the charcoal pit in the backyard is lit, some protection is better than none.
Xu Wenxiu nodded vaguely.
Aunt Xu, who had already experienced the hardship of carrying heavy weights today, took it to her shoulders and tried it out. She couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, you're right, it won't be so uncomfortable after wrapping it like this."
As she spoke, she grabbed the cloth from the basket and muttered, "I'll wrap it with one more layer so my shoulders don't get sore when I carry it back."
Sang Zhixia gave her some extra scraps of cloth that they couldn't use anymore, feeling a little amused.
After realizing the profit to be made from burning and selling charcoal, Aunt Xu, who had previously been only thinking about being lazy, disappeared.
Aunt Xu's eyes sparkled as she dived into Qian Chuan's eyes.
However, people live their lives to seek wealth and peace. Unless they are rich and idle people who grew up in luxury and don't know the feeling of poverty, who can shamelessly say that yellow and white things are vulgar?
Who doesn’t love money?
She just loves it so much.
Driven by the common desire to make money, the rule that women were not allowed to show their faces in public, which was regarded as a golden rule not long ago, was thrown out of the window. Everyone who could move in the family started moving, and the Xu family, which had been in discord internally and externally, showed a rare display of unity.
The next day, as the sky was about to brighten, people with clear division of labor began to take action.
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