Chapter 205: Disagreement
What's going on?
The eldest brother was not like this before. He regarded the third brother's family as his number one enemy. Why did he suddenly change his attitude and speak well of Ding Xiaodie? The former Ding Rong wanted to strangle Ding Xiaodie to death.
Because if it weren't for that dead girl, wouldn't her Ding Xue and Young Master Lu be together naturally?
Suddenly, Ding Shan's buzzing voice came to my ears: "Dad, uncle has changed!"
Ding De's mind was moved. He knew that his elder brother had changed.
After checking that there was no one around, he whispered to his son Dingshan: "Your uncle was clamoring to leave the team and go back to Aozigou a few days ago, but he didn't even run ten miles and came back obediently. He must have learned his lesson after going out. This shows that the world outside is still not peaceful. So if we want to live a good life, we have to hold on to the team as a lifeline.
Listen to Dad. From now on, we'll temporarily declare a truce with your uncle's family. Also, if there's anything going on in the village, you should rush over to help out so that you can leave a good impression on everyone. Don't be lazy, okay?
Ding Shan nodded: "I'll listen to you, but the matter of Ding Xiaodie forcing Ding Mei to drink urine won't be easily forgiven."
"Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
The father and son conspired for a while and returned to the house, only to see Sun busying in and out. Even if she slept there for a night, she would sweep the dust on the kang, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable sleeping.
The women in the mountains are hardworking. Once they finally have a house, they want to live a decent life.
This is what Ding De is most satisfied with.
He lowered one of his hands that was behind his back and waved it in front of his nose: "Mother, come here and I want to talk to you."
"What? Let me tell you, the way my sister-in-law treated the old woman in her room today, sometimes helping her up, sometimes even taking off her shoes. I haven't seen her treat the old woman like this in more than ten years since I married into your Ding family. It's like the sun is rising from the west!"
Sun came over and told Ding De everything she saw and heard in the main room before the man could say anything.
After saying this, he snorted coldly, "Your eldest brother is really something. Now that Master Lu is away, he's already afraid of the young master of the Lu family. When dividing the houses, he actually wants to give the main house to the third brother's family. What the hell is this? Do we have to ignore the hierarchy of seniority when we escape from famine?"
Ding De frowned at the woman and said, "Listen to me first..."
After saying that, he told Sun about the conversation that had just taken place in his eldest brother's room, and then taught Sun the same thing he had said to his son.
"Anyway, be quicker and more efficient from now on. We can't let others use this as an excuse to kick us out of the team, understand?"
"I understand, I understand!"
Sun was like a deflated balloon. What she thought about most along the way was how to deal with Ding Xiaodie.
How to intimidate her, how to make her lose face in front of the Lu family, but now... all her plans cannot be implemented?
Well, in that case, just bear with her for two days.
On the other side, Zhang Xiu cleaned the kitchen roughly. Fortunately, there was still a big iron frying pan at home. She washed it with water and poured all the water in the gourd bottle into it. The rice distributed by the team was about one millet. There was less rice and more water. She cooked it into a pot of porridge and added some dried meat. It would at least make her 80% full!
Just when she was busy alone, Zhu, who had settled the old woman, walked in.
Zhu saw the water in the pot at a glance. There was naturally only a little rice, as it was distributed uniformly by the villagers, so there was no way to leave any out. But it was different with water, as it was given per person.
The three families of Zhang Xiu and old lady Ding Xiaodie were not given more water than the other two families, but they saved it for drinking, and now they generously poured it all out to cook porridge.
Just based on this point, Mrs. Zhu does not have the magnanimity to do so.
"Sister-in-law, are you done with everything?"
Zhang Xiu felt someone at the door and turned around to see Zhu Di with an unclear expression on his face, as if hesitating whether to go into the kitchen.
She was not careless, but she took the initiative to call the other party out of the mentality of not asking for a good relationship, but just asking them to stop fighting.
Zhu finally came to her senses and stepped forward: "Hey, Zhang Xiu, the water for cooking porridge is all yours. If you pour it all out, what are you three going to drink?"
Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, but luckily she reacted quickly: "It's okay, Xiaodie still has some."
In fact, thanks to Xiaodie's Space Supermarket, their family has never lacked water.
Mrs. Zhu tsked her lips. "You're just too honest. If it were me, the three of us would have to pay for the water together, but his second family only knows how to take advantage, even if it's just one family."
"...It's okay..." Zhang Xiu smiled awkwardly.
Before anything happened, she started talking bad about the second son's family again. She was most afraid of such moments, but it seemed that most women in ancient times liked this.
Mrs. Zhu seemed oblivious to her resistance and continued, "The second child's family is small, but they get just as much water. Dingxiang, in particular, is only a little kid. She can only drink a few sips of water from morning till night. Unlike us, we have Dingshan and Dingxue, both of whom are old enough to grow and eat. We don't even dare let them drink freely from the water in this house."
Now Zhang Xiu finally understood what she meant. She was just pretending to be helpful, and then she used some words to make up for the pretense.
"Sister-in-law, it's really okay. Your family and the second brother's family don't need to pour water. We are all family. Right now, our family saves more water, so we will pay for it. It's okay."
"real?"
"Of course it's true."
"Oh, Third Brother, that's how you say you're truly honest. Thank you on behalf of the children!"
“…”
During the meal, Zhu brought up the matter again, and she spoke with such confidence that she left Sun speechless.
Well, Zhang Xiu didn't want to get involved in their war anyway, so he didn't say a word from beginning to end.
Ye Rong, after taking a sip of hot porridge, muttered, "Alright, stop talking."
This war without gunpowder has finally ended.
"By the way, Xiaodie...how's the Lu family's situation?" Zhang Xiu immediately turned the topic to the Lu family.
Ding Xiaodie knew what her mother meant, so she told her everything about the Lu family.
In short, the whole village knew about this matter, so there was no need for her to cover up for the Lu family.
Everyone sighed, and Sun, who had been silent the entire time, finally found a topic to talk about: "How much silver do you think Madam Lu's jewelry is worth?"
“…”
No one responded to her. Who would know about this?
Ding Shan, who always seemed to be a bit taciturn, suddenly said, "It must be at least a few dozen taels!"
"Dozens of taels? More than that, I guess hundreds of taels." Sun looked very confident. She thought that the amount she guessed was already huge, and it would be impossible to guess any bigger!
"A few hundred taels?" Ding Shan's eyes widened.
My God, their family worked hard all year round and relied on the food they saved from selling their food. Sometimes they went up the mountain to dig some herbs, and occasionally they would kill a wild rabbit but they would not eat it and would send it to the town to sell.
Living like this, I could only save a few taels of silver in a year.
(End of this chapter)
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