Chapter 23 Cousins Meeting
Song Zhenping and his group were going to Yunyang County, fifty miles away, to build an official road. They would set out from the village at exactly 11:00 AM tomorrow morning.
As soon as the news spread, everyone in Xiaoshi Village was overjoyed.
Everyone said it was a good job, close to home, and it was convenient to come back whenever they wanted, without having to travel hundreds of miles to a place where they were unfamiliar with building a border wall.
I regret having paid the labor fee. It's only autumn now, so it's only a little cold in the morning and evening. Even if I work for a month, it won't snow. This one or two ounces of silver was wasted.
Song Lao Er and Gu Pozi also got the news. Gu Pozi gritted her teeth and said angrily, "That ungrateful bastard is really getting a good deal. Since they're so close, let him take that unlucky guy with him. He cries every day. I don't even want to open my eyes when he's at home."
Little Gu nodded vigorously. The unlucky star couldn't stand the lame man even a step away, so he must be taken along.
As for the fact that the construction site was so dangerous and whether it was safe to bring a mentally ill child with her, it was not within her consideration.
Anyway, accidents are inevitable on construction sites. It would be best if both of them died, so the family could get a few more taels of silver in compensation.
Song Lao Er was also a little depressed. This trip was really bad. If he had gone to repair the city wall by himself, he could have sneaked away to see the charming and seductive women in the county brothels.
At this time, everyone in the village began to prepare for the ceremony, going out to work instead of visiting relatives.
If you are staying away from home for a month and not coming back, you don’t need to bring any dry food, but you still need to bring bedding, clothes and bowls.
Song Zhenping also needs to prepare.
But before he could enter the Song family's courtyard, someone came back first.
After receiving a letter from home, Song Shuirong returned from her maternal grandfather's home, Guzhuang, and went straight to the main house as soon as she entered.
On the way back, she heard that her family had received a huge gift box, but she was still a little bit unbelieving.
Because she knew that her cousin who was a maid was going to marry an old man.
Also, because the process of "marriage" was somewhat shameful, I deliberately avoided it and didn't want to be polluted, but I didn't say that the buyer would send any gift boxes or betrothal gifts.
This is a face for that bitch!
The door of the ear room was opened from the outside. Hearing the noise, Song Liyun, who was sitting cross-legged on the kang, turned around.
A young girl with a bun, a pink cotton jacket with small floral patterns, and an embroidered pleated skirt appeared in front of him.
The long face, which was somewhat similar to Mrs. Gu's, was half covered by neat bangs.
Being young is good. With a change in hairstyle, the exposed pointed chin makes you look cute and lovely.
With fair skin and silver earrings dangling on her powdered cheeks, she was a rare beauty in the farmhouse. Her arrival illuminated the dim room.
"Cousin!" Song Liyun greeted her lightly.
Song Shuirong did not enter the house, but stood at the door with a frown on her face. Her eyes quickly swept over Song Liyun's rough hands, and she looked at her face and figure carefully, and made a quick comparison.
The face is too thin, the eyebrows are too thin, the nose bridge is too high, the mouth is not small enough, the lips are not thin enough, and the figure is not plump enough.
Hmm! He is not as good as me in every aspect, except for those "dog eyes" that always show quietness and purity, which are annoying to look at.
After getting this information, Song Shuirong was in a good mood. She raised her chin unconsciously and responded to Song Liyun's goodwill with a "snort" through her nose.
From the age of twelve, she had to compare every young woman she met.
Song Shuixiang was only five years old when Song Liyun left Xiaoshi Village. She had no impression of her cousin at all. She only knew that whenever her family talked about her cousin, her grandmother and mother would call her a "bitch", saying that she was a lowly servant.
She was very angry. She already had a cripple and a fool at home, and now there was an extra maid.
Just now, I wanted that pair of silver bracelets, but my father scolded me and said that the slave girl was going to wear them to the Xue family.
She should stop being so short-sighted and get closer to this slut. Why would she not dress herself up just because she has a silver bracelet?
Song Liyun saw all the changes in Song Shuirong's expression and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: This cousin is not ugly, but she looks stupid.
He can't even pretend. Meeting me is like being so stinky that you want to jump into the river.
After seeing Song Shuirong's true colors, Song Liyun had no intention of paying attention to her and turned around to busy herself with her own work.
The tattered clothes had already been thrown into the kang hole, and she was trying to find a way to fluff up the brothers' bedding, which had become hardened into pieces.
Seeing that she ignored her, Song Shuirong's face suddenly darkened and she said sarcastically, "I heard that my cousin is going to the Xue family to be a mother tomorrow night. Why don't you wash your hands and face now? Put your hands out and don't scratch their new satin quilt."
This is a mockery of herself for being a stepmother, and also a mockery of her rough hands and face.
Song Liyun looked at her with amusement and said calmly, "I'm sorry to have made you worry."
She really disdained to argue with a little girl and didn't even bother to answer her sincerely.
Song Shuirong was ignored again, and her face turned red with anger. She turned around, slammed the door, tied herself up, and went to her mother to complain.
Naturally, Song Liyun heard another round of scolding, but it was all her own fault.
Through the eavesdropping device, Song Liyun clearly heard the conversation between the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and other three people in the kitchen.
"Mom, my aunt's sister wore a bracelet yesterday and deliberately showed it off in front of me!" This was Song Shuirong's voice.
"How dare that shameless girl come back? Don't be angry. The pair of bracelets in grandma's gift box look better on you than hers. You can take them later." Mrs. Gu was very generous to her granddaughter.
"Mom, that was sent by Mr. Xue. If Shuirong wears it, I'm afraid people will see that her parents are withholding her dowry and will treat Liyun badly." Little Mrs. Gu said hypocritically.
"What dowry? That bitch was sold and has no parents. Once she gets married, she belongs to someone else's family. What does that have to do with my Song family? I'll feel better if you beat her to death." Mrs. Gu banged the chopping board, speaking angrily.
"Second Brother, ask Shuirong to talk to Liyun more. In the future, Master Xue will take care of our family more. Maybe Shuirong can also find a good marriage in town."
"Nonsense, that bitch won't give Rong'er a good marriage. Didn't you see Shuirong go to see her and make trouble with Qiao, making my granddaughter angry?"
Then there was a barrage of curses from people who called him a short-lived ghost, a bad luck star, and a bitch.
Song Liyun raised her eyebrows: I said that I would take care of the Song family after I "married" into the Xue family, but it seems that the Song family didn't care at all and even hoped that I would be beaten to death.
A family of vicious people!
Song Zhenping was going to perform labor service, so of course he had to bring bedding, bowls and chopsticks. It was not easy for him to go back to the Song family to get his things.
Faced with Mrs. Gu's hands-on-hips yelling and cursing, Song Shuirong's cold remarks and ridicule, and little Mrs. Gu's pretentious persuasion, Song Zhenping gritted his teeth and insisted on entering the yard despite the siege of the three women.
In addition to bedding, he also wanted to see Song Liyun.
After not seeing Yun'er for a day, he would definitely check to see if she was safe.
When Song Zhenping saw the doorknob tied with a rope, his eyes turned red and he started to untie the knot and let the person out: "Yun'er, I won't do corvée labor. Even if I am beaten to death, I won't let you be sent to be abused by others."
I wish my friends a happy new year, good health and good luck!
(End of this chapter)
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