The next morning, Lin brought Song Xiaocao over. Song Yuehua thought that Hu Jinshui was causing trouble again.
Lin sighed and said, "Don't worry, Hu Jinshui won't dare to cause trouble. Yesterday, he said bad things about you and was beaten up by the villagers. Your uncle Dafu cried when he got there. He doesn't have the guts to come and cause trouble for you."
After saying that, Lin pulled Song Xiaocao and took the handkerchief she had embroidered.
"Xiao Cao and Ruo Chu are sewing shoes at Ji's house now. I see her hands are all worn out, and it hurts a little. If the embroidery can be better, she can sew less soles. Xiao Yu happens to be at home, so I want her to come and take a look and see how it's going."
As Lin spoke, she brought a basket of eggs.
Now that they have brought it to my door, it would not be nice to ask her to take it back.
Song Yuehua sighed, "It's such a big deal, but you still have to do this. It's really awkward. I'll take the eggs, but I won't let you go back with an empty basket. If you go out again, I'll go to Grandpa Zhou to complain."
"Okay, okay."
Lin responded with a smile.
Xiaoyu took Xiaocao to the kang bed next door and taught her how to correct the problems in color matching and stitching step by step. Xiaoyu also explained to her patiently.
"Second...Sister Xiaoyu..." Xiaocao was still very reserved when facing Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu brought the silk thread and was gesturing. After hearing what she said, she raised her head and said with a smile, "We are sisters to begin with. You can call me second cousin."
"Second cousin," Xiao Cao said in a small voice, "Am I too stupid..."
In fact, it’s not bad. Compared with other places in the village, it’s acceptable.
Xiaoyu looked at her and said, "If you plan to make a living from this in the future, you need to practice more. I have taught you that it will not be a problem to embroider a few handkerchiefs to earn some money for the family."
"Thank you, second cousin..."
Song Yuehua came to the kitchen, took out the eggs in the basket, took out several salted duck eggs from the jar, and scooped up a handful of pickled cabbage, stuffing the basket full, then brought hot tea to treat the two of them.
After Lin took it, she hurriedly told her not to work too hard, as Xiaocao and Xiaoyu were next door, so they could chat there.
As soon as I got on the kang, Aunt Pang and Liu Erjie came to visit.
Fortunately, they had boiled some water, and a few people sat on the kang, warming themselves by the fire and drinking tea.
Song Yuehua learned from Liu Erjie that Wang Heidan and Liu Shanpao had left with Zong Yi early this morning.
"Are they all gone?"
Liu Erjie said, "They are all gone."
Wang Heidan is fine, but if Liu Shanpao went to that kind of place, would he be able to come back alive...
Song Yuehua was just worrying when Auntie Pang sighed and said enviously, "These two rascals are lucky. They blocked an arrow for Brother Yi and now they are going to work for the nobles. Who knows, they may become officials when they come back one day."
Liu Erjie sighed and said, "It's not so easy to deal with things in front of the noble. If you are not careful..."
Song Yuehua was startled and said quickly, "Everyone has their own destiny. Maybe they have some good luck in officialdom. We don't want to take advantage of their blessings, but we must not offend them."
In the first month of the lunar year, you must not say anything unlucky, as it would be bad if it came true.
Lin also reacted and patted Auntie Pang. The two of them laughed and said, "After Heidan left, Old Man Wang was left as a widower. Don't be like Old Man Jia, who found a widow and asked for a baby."
"Giving birth to a baby..."
Song Yuehua admired Jia Fugui very much. He was very self-sufficient.
Liu Erjie said, "Niu is actually a nice person, honest and simple, but she is not very pretty. She is not as good-looking as the widow Shao that Li Guanggun married. She is pretty, but her family is always restless and her life is not good."
Hearing her say this, Song Yuehua asked, "Why don't you want to live a good life?"
Liu Erjie was waiting for her to say this, so she moved her head closer and spoke in a low voice.
"That widow Shao is not a quiet person. She relies on her good looks to flirt with the men in the village. Last time, Li Guanggun went to the county town for work, and when he came back, he saw Huang Dayong coming out of his house. At that time, the couple had a fight and went to the village head's house."
Mrs. Lin coughed heavily a few times, but Liu Erjie continued talking.
"Li Guanggun cried bitterly, and later he asked Tang Po to come over. It was Dafu who scolded Widow Shao and said that if she continued to behave like this, Li Guanggun would divorce her and let Tang Po find a good wife for her. Only then did Widow Shao settle down."
"Okay, stop talking," Lin took out a handful of melon seeds from her bosom and said, "I just fried them today, try them."
Liu Erjie and Aunt Pang grabbed each other's hands and finally they calmed down.
During the drought years, many people chose to marry into the village in order to survive, like Xiao Cui and some like Widow Shao, who must have been unwilling to accept this.
Thinking of Xiao Cui, Song Yuehua asked about the situation of the Feng family.
When she went to Feng's house yesterday, there was nothing much to say about the mother, but the father was a little incomprehensible.
Lin took a sip of water and said, "Old Man Feng studied for a few years when he was young, and then he worked as an accountant. His family bought a few acres of land, married a wife and had a daughter. He didn't talk much on weekdays, so I thought he was a quiet and introverted person. Unexpectedly, he was a coward."
"I was wondering how Hu Jinshui, a blind old woman, could dare to bully someone's daughter like this. So this is what happened."
At this point, Lin became even angrier. Song Yuehua poured her a cup of tea and asked her to drink some water to cool down.
Liu Erjie said proudly, "That day Hu Jinshui was talking nonsense in the village, and I took advantage of the chaos and kicked him twice."
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