A few days after Laba, the sky finally cleared up, and the good weather lasted for a few days, melting the snow everywhere. But the weather was getting colder and colder. Zheng Xiu wished she could stay in bed all the time, but at the end of the year, she had too many things to do and couldn't be lazy.
Zheng Yu and Xue Shao were not affected by the weather. They were happy together every day, going out together and staying together, like conjoined twins.
One night, Zheng Xiu got up to relieve herself, and she heard faint laughter coming from the east room. She touched the window of the east room and listened, and it was Zheng Yu and Xue Shao who were whispering. The two of them were whispering and laughing from time to time.
Zheng Xiu coughed twice through the window, and the room became quiet instantly. Zheng Xiu stood for a while, making sure they were no longer talking, and then went back to sleep.
At first, she was troubled by Zheng Yu's hatred for Xue Shao, but now that the two of them were on good terms, it was a dilemma.
Later, Zheng Xiu told them that they should either go to bed earlier on their own, or she would go over and sleep with them.
The two children were not big, but they already regarded themselves as little men and were unwilling to sleep with her. So they became obedient. After
Laba is the Chinese New Year.
Zheng Xiu started to prepare for the Chinese New Year after Laba. Before Zheng Ren came back, the house was cleaned thoroughly and all the New Year's goods were prepared. Everyone in the family had a new set of clothes, but they were just ready-made clothes bought from the cloth shop.
Zheng Xiu's needlework skills were terrible. After all, she came here from a different time. No one taught her carefully after she came here. She tried to make clothes for her brother by herself, but after two years of practice, she still couldn't do it well. The most recent piece of clothing she made was the one that Xue Shao had worn before. Zheng Yu felt distressed for a long time at the time. Fortunately, the original owner's mother had been in poor health since she gave birth to Zheng Yu, and she didn't teach her daughter much in this regard, so the original owner's needlework skills were not very good. In addition, Zheng Ren didn't force her to learn these things, so Zheng Xiu just let it go.
There was no news from Xue Shao's father for a long time. Zheng Xiu thought that she should at least keep the child for the New Year before making other plans, so she took some time to go to the town and bought him a new shirt. There were only a few styles of children's clothes in cloth clothes. After all, most families cut the cloth and made them themselves. Zheng Xiu didn't have any reservations, so she looked and chose, but didn't see anything she liked. In the end, she chose a sky-blue fine cloth shirt with a simple and generous style.
When the new clothes were delivered to Xue Shao, Xue Shao was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "I have clothes at home."
Zheng Xiu had seen his own clothes, and the fur was good, but it was a bit inappropriate for a half-grown child to wear. Therefore, Xue Shao had to wear Zheng Yu's casual clothes for the past few days.
Zheng Xiu was about to persuade him, but Zheng Yu had already snatched the shirt and stuffed it into his hands: "Take it and wear it. We all wear new clothes during the New Year. It would be bad if we all wore new clothes and you were the only one wearing old clothes."
Zheng Xiu also said: "Yes, try it on quickly. I bought it according to A Yu's size."
The two children are now the same height, but I don't know about their hands and feet.
However, the clothes in the ready-made clothing store are always sewn up on the corners, so that if the children grow up in the future, the hems and sleeves can be put down and they can wear it for a longer time.
Xue Shao was hurriedly put on the new shirt. His arms were longer than Zheng Yu's, so a little of his wrists were exposed.
Zheng Xiu measured the size and asked him to take off his shirt, preparing to make some alterations for him later.
Zheng Yu, who was watching from the side, was worried and told his sister: "Sister, you must make the alterations carefully and sew the stitches tightly, not crooked."
The stitches of the jacket his sister had made for her before were crooked like a centipede. But fortunately, it was worn inside and others could not see it. Xue Shao wore this jacket outside, and it was worn during the Chinese New Year. If there were two "centipedes" on the cuffs, it would not be beautiful!
Zheng Xiu curled her lips and snorted, "Sister's needlework has improved. You will definitely be impressed."
The brother and sister discussed how to make changes together, leaving Xue Shao aside. He had no chance to make excuses.
Zheng Ren officially took a vacation from the beginning of the Little New Year. On the afternoon of his return, the village head's wife Zhou came to visit with Da Niu. The two families had not been in contact since the dispute, and Zhou obviously did not visit for no reason.
Zheng Ren did not even raise his eyelids, and asked calmly, "What is she doing here?"
Zhou pushed Da Niu, who was hiding behind her, in front of him and said, "Mr. Zheng, you are not at home usually, so we cannot come to your house to say anything. But today you are back, I will come to you to discuss everything. Our Da Niu's teeth have all fallen out because of your beating." Then she made Da Niu open his mouth for him to see.
Da Niu's front teeth were indeed missing.
Zheng Ren turned his head and looked at Zheng Xiu inquiringly.
Zheng Xiu said, "What are you saying, Auntie Zhou? Da Niu is at the age of changing teeth, so how could it be our child who beat him?"
She pushed the issue around, and Zhou was obviously anxious, "Miss, do you think I would come here to wrongly accuse your family?"
Zheng Xiu smiled, "That's not what I meant. I mean it's inevitable for Da Niu to have loose teeth at this age. Children play crazy, so it's normal for them to loosen their teeth."
Children in the village grew up with fights, and it's not a big deal for a child to lose one or two teeth.
However, Zheng Xiu knew in her heart that it was Xue Shao who beat Da Niu that day, and Xue Shao's claim that he loosened his teeth was probably true. But Da Niu's teeth didn't fall out at that time, and there was no evidence. She refused to admit it, and Zhou had no choice. Moreover, Zhou said that Zheng Ren was not around, so she had not come to ask for justice. However, Zheng Xiu felt that the people in the village chief's family would not be so kind. It was very likely that Da Niu's loose tooth had just fallen out today, so Zhou brought people to the door.
Zheng Yu had been beaten badly by Da Niu many times before, and Zheng Yu had a strong self-esteem. Many times when he was bullied, he would not complain when he went home. It was only when Zheng Xiu went in to add hot water to him when he was taking a bath and saw the bruises on his body, that he said a few words when she asked him about it. Later, Da Niu became more and more lawless, and even dared to be cruel at the door of the Zheng family.
Zhou said, "My big cow has always had good teeth. After playing with your kid that day, he came home and complained of toothache. If it wasn't your kid who beat him, who else could it be?"
If Zheng Ren wasn't at home, Zheng Xiu would have plenty to say to her and practice Tai Chi. But since her father was there, Zheng Xiu couldn't rush to speak.
Zheng Ren called Zheng Yu out of the house and asked him, "Did you hit Daniu?"
Zheng Yu shook his head subconsciously, then reacted after a while, nodded and said, "I did, Dad, punish me."
Zhou wanted him to say this, and hurriedly said, "The child didn't know how to control the severity of the blow. Zheng Juren, you see, a blow to the face can be a big deal, but if it hurts the head, it will be a big deal. Our family originally wanted to send Daniu to school at the beginning of the year..."
Zheng Xiu finally knew what Zhou was up to. Da Niu was one year older than Zheng Yu, and had a very good reputation for being naughty. He had not yet gone to school at this age, and the teachers had heard of his bad reputation and were unwilling to accept him. Zhou was looking for an excuse, hoping that Zheng Ren could help with this matter.
Before Zheng Ren could say anything, Xue Shao, who was in the house, heard the noise outside and came out, and took the initiative to admit, "It wasn't A Yu who beat him, it was me!"
Zhou didn't know Xue Shao, but she heard that a hunter in the village went up the mountain to hunt and disappeared, and his child was now temporarily staying at Zheng's house. So she guessed his identity.
Zheng Yu just admitted that he did something bad, and I took the responsibility for one person. Although it was Xue Shao who did it, he was helping him, and he couldn't implicate him no matter what he said.
"No, it's not him, it's me, it's me!" Zheng Yu grabbed the blame, shouting and winking at Xue Shao.
Xue Shao seemed to be completely blind, and just said firmly: "I did it, he hit A Yu first, and then I hit him."
Zhou looked at Daniu in confusion. Daniu seemed to be very afraid of Xue Shao. As soon as he came out, Daniu completely shrank behind his grandmother.
Zhou was furious, "Zheng Ren, this incident was caused by your child anyway. What do you think we should do?" Before
Zheng Ren could say anything, a voice like a loud bell suddenly came from the yard -
"My son beat him up, so naturally my family should take care of this matter."
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