Chapter 73 Big Pig Hoof
When passing by an intersection, Lin Shu felt two sticky sights. She frowned and stared at them. Then she saw a man who looked familiar. If she remembered correctly, he was the same man she saw when she got the food.
When the man saw her looking at him, he smiled kindly. He looked like an honest and simple man, not at all vulgar.
He even lowered his head shyly, turned around and walked away.
Lin Shu felt that eyes could deceive people, but her intuition would not. No matter in her previous life or when she was a child, she had been peeped at by a vulgar man. That feeling was like being stuck with something disgusting. The hair on her body stood up instantly. It was her intuition warning her.
She didn't know the man, so she asked Xu Xiaoyou quietly.
Xu Xiaoyou: "This is Xu Ermao in the back. He is a good man. He is never mean to children and he feeds us black dates and wild sour dates."
Lin Shu: "Even if he is a good man, Xiaoyou should not play with him alone, okay?"
Xu Xiaoyou nodded: "Yes."
Panpan smiled and said: "Mom, Sister Youyou works every day, her grandmother will not let her play."
He imitated the tone of the mean old woman on the street, put his hands on his waist and pointed at Xu Xiaoyou and scolded: "You little bitch, you are lazy all day long, you eat everything, you can't do anything, and you are still lazy here, why don't you hurry up and feed the pigs for me!"
Several children laughed so hard that they fell backwards.
While they were laughing, Xu's mother came out of the house holding Xu Yaoyao. When she saw this scene, her old face suddenly turned black.
This Lin Shu, is she trying to piss her off to death?
When has she ever been so harsh and scolding?
This is clearly a smear campaign against her!
Lin Shu retracted the smile from the corner of her mouth and said to Xu's mother: "Auntie, did you go to the infirmary to change the dressing for the child? Is he feeling better now?"
The pain from the burn is secondary, the itching is the most fatal.
The grandson had been tossing around all night last night, and Xu's mother hardly slept a wink. The big dark circles under her eyes were very obvious.
She was angry in her heart, what was there to do? She could obviously get more ointment and apply it herself, but the old man insisted on going to the infirmary to change it. Didn't he just want to get more money?
She didn't want to give money yesterday, but Zhang Peijin, the lackey, took the initiative to ask Guan Shihua for it.
Mother Xu glared at her granddaughter, wanting to scold her, but when she thought about how Panpan had just imitated her scolding (she was sure she was imitating her), she hated her so much that she had to hold back and go back, "You still remember to come back? If you were cooking at home, Yaoyao would still be able to be boiled?"
Xu Xiaoyou pursed her lips and whispered, "My aunt and Grandma Fang said that grandma couldn't handle it alone at home, so they asked me to come back to help with some work."
Mother Xu didn't believe that Fang Dihua and Lin Shu were so kind. She was sure that Xu Xiaoyou was lazy or stupid and was driven back by the Lu family. When
Xu Xiaoyou was at home, she thought she was stupid and lazy. When Xu Xiaoyou went to the Lu family, she suspected that the Lu family was greedy for their granddaughter's ability to work. Now that she came back, she thought she was lazy and stupid.
Anyway, there was nothing good about her.
She snorted and said, "I'm going home to feed the pigs."
Because Lin Shu didn't buy her bullshit, she subconsciously stopped whining and talking about how hard and tired she was in front of Lin Shu. Instead, she straightened her back and raised her head, as if she wanted to prove something to Lin Shu.
Lin Shu watched Xu Xiaoyou go home, and then went with Xu's mother, and scolded the old lady, "Auntie, Xu Shihua earns so much salary, but he still doesn't feed you enough? If he does that again, I will report to the team..."
"Her aunt, what are you talking about? Don't dare to discredit our Shihua." Xu's mother was anxious, "Our Shihua is filial."
Lin Shu: "Then what about my sister-in-law? Xu Shihua still doesn't feed her enough every day? Don't you think Xu Shihua is really calculating? He coaxed my sister-in-law to exchange jobs with him, and then he didn't feed her enough, and..."
"What are you talking about?" Mother Xu was no longer weak and would not fall down at the touch of a wind. Instead, she was like a thorny tree, covered with thorns. "Lu Hehuan told you that she was not full?"
She was sure that Lu Hehuan went back to her parents' home to cry, but she felt that her daughter-in-law would not blame her son. After all, her daughter-in-law loved her son so much that she would not refuse even if she was asked to give her heart. How could she bear to discredit her son? She
must be saying that she, the mother-in-law, did not let her eat enough.
Lin Shu did not say it clearly, and it was interesting to let her guess with half-truths.
Didn't you see that Accountant Zhu was so scared that he became bald?
Mother Xu was always selling misery, hoping that people would praise her hard work, but she did not say that she was hard-working, but insisted that she deliberately asked for trouble. Xu's mother cares most about her son Xu Shihua's success, filial piety, and good reputation, but she insists on saying that Xu Shihua is unfilial.
Lin Shu really has Xu's mother in her hands. Beating her or scolding her is useless. You can say that she is mean to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter and doesn't let them eat enough, but that's useless.
She is an old woman, she is willing to risk her life for her son and grandson. Isn't it natural for her to be harsh to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter?
Who can blame her?
So Lin Shu doesn't blame her, but instead finds Xu Shihua to slander her.
This is Xu's mother's Achilles' heel.
Sure enough, Xu's mother's tough attitude collapsed in an instant, and she began to wipe her tears again, "Her sister-in-law, you can't, our Shihua is a good person, it's not easy for him."
Lin Shu said lightly: "Auntie, as long as he makes my sister-in-law and Xiaoyou full, I don't care about the rest. After all, if my sister-in-law doesn't eat enough, gets hungry, or starves the child, then my parents-in-law will be distressed? If my parents-in-law are distressed, what if they get sick?"
She glanced at Xu's mother. Although she didn't say it clearly, her eyes were full of: If you dare to abuse my sister-in-law and Xu Xiaoyou, I will kill your son.
Xu's mother actually shuddered.
Xu Yaoyao started crying again. He was not as gentle and well-behaved as Baoer. When he felt uncomfortable, he started to stiffen and kick his hands and feet. "It hurts! It itches!"
He didn't talk much. He couldn't express his needs and intentions well with words, so he started to lose his temper.
He slapped Xu's mother several times in a row, and her face turned red.
Lin Shu immediately moved away to avoid being hit.
She didn't care about Xu Yaoyao's situation at all.
She was not a person with excessive sympathy. Xu Yaoyao was not a big shot. He was also the domineering and useless brother of the vampire heroine. Why should she care?
She was not a moron.
Panpan and Tiantian were also a little scared. This kid actually dared to hit his grandmother. He deserved a beating!
Huahua was about to hit him, but was stopped by Panpan.
Panpan whispered: "You hit him, and his grandmother hit you."
Huahua: "Then it's not right for him to hit his grandmother."
Panpan: "Then his grandmother will be happy."
Lin Shu led the children away first, and let Xu's mother take her grandson to the infirmary.
Lin Shu spent three days to make Zhang Sigu's top, but waited a week before giving it to Zhao Meifeng.
Zhao Meifeng looked unhappy.
Wang Shouke rejected Lu Jinling's proposal to go on a blind date, but instead asked her about Lin Shu's situation, and said that if Lin Shu didn't like Wu Xuan, then he could also.
You big head ghost!
She only wanted to find a middle-aged man who already had power for Lin Shu, not a young and handsome guy whose career had not yet taken off.
She took the clothes unhappily and reminded Lin Shu to remember that she still owed her fabric and money.
Lin Shu didn't take her seriously at all. Two
days later, Mrs. Lu, Lin's father and Lin Yue returned from school. When
Lin's father and Lin Yue returned home, they heard from Aunt Lin that Lin's mother was at her daughter's house, so they quickly bought a hen that didn't lay eggs from the village and brought it over to pick up Lin's mother.
Fang Dihua invited them to have a meal.
Lin Shu stewed a big pot of mushrooms, potatoes and beans with the hen, and the whole family ate it.
She also gave Lin's mother two pounds of salted meat that she had stored at home, which was given by Lin's father before.
Lin's mother refused to take it, but Fang Dihua forced it into her bag, "We still have five pounds at home."
The five pounds of meat coupons awarded by the Public Security Bureau were bought by Lu's father and made into salted meat. Now they are hanging on the stove to be smoked. It is just right for the family to have a dish during the autumn harvest.
Lin's mother took Fang Dihua's hand and said, "Sister, this person is really worth getting along with. You can't know his character if you don't get along with him. We will be good sisters in the future."
Fang Dihua: "That's for sure. I recognize you as my elder sister. Go back quickly."
Lin Yue told Lin Shu that after the autumn harvest, they must deal with the Sun family when they have a chance in winter.
They can't let them do bad things in vain.
Not to mention others, that Sun Er must be taught a lesson.
Lin Shu saw a hint of cruelty in Lin Yue's eyes, which was completely different from the stupidity and clarity in the past.
She knew that Lin Yue was so angry that his bloodiness finally came out.
It seemed that Lin Yue's study in the city these days was not in vain. In addition to driving and repairing tractors, he also made friends.
Well, not bad.
Sister Lu was more cheerful than before, she spoke loudly and laughed loudly, which shocked the old Changtou'er family behind her. Sister
Lu won the first place in this training assessment again, and was awarded a certificate, two red double happiness washbasins, a red double happiness teacup, and a pair of yellow-green high-waisted waders.
In order to show her love for men, she generously gave the pair of yellow rubber shoes to Big Brother Lu, "Dad, you work hard in the fields, so I give them to you. I drive a tractor, so I don't need them." Big Brother
Lu was happy and proud. His wife was really nice. She treated him better than his mother, who would have disliked him.
Big Sister Lu gave a Hong Shuang Happiness washbasin to Lin Shu, one for herself, and a Hong Shuang Happiness teacup to her mother-in-law.
Fang Dihua blushed: "You use it yourself!" Big Sister
Lu gave it to Lin Shu, because Lin Shu had given one of the two rewards to Big Brother Lu, and she took one away from the training, so she gave the reward to Lin Shu.
Lin Shu did not refuse and accepted the wash basin and teacup. She was tired of washing her feet in a clay basin, and this way she could use the wash basin that had been chipped before to wash her feet.
Seeing that the eldest sister-in-law Lu gave things to Lin Shu but not to herself, the second sister-in-law Lu felt sour and jealous that she could not laugh at all.
It was not the eldest sister-in-law Lu's fault for not being considerate. After
all, she would return what was given to her. The main reason was that the second sister-in-law Lu had never given her anything. Everyone would always bring something back when they returned to their parents' home, no matter what, and then they would share it with others.
Only the second sister-in-law Lu always said that her parents' home had nothing to give back, and only shared what the eldest sister-in-law and Lin Shu gave.
As a result, one time when the eldest sister-in-law Lu went to give the second sister-in-law Lu the fried peanuts given by her parents' home, she saw the second sister-in-law Lu hiding something in the quilt in a panic. Mrs. Lu had good eyesight and saw that Mrs. Lu had hidden the melon. There were still traces on her mouth that she
hadn't wiped off in time. Mrs. Lu was not the kind of person who was too embarrassed to say anything. She pretended not to see anything when she saw it? That was impossible.
She went up and took it out from the quilt, "What did you hide in the quilt, second sister?"
It was conceivable that the melon was mushy and there was melon juice inside. How could it not soak the quilt if it was hidden in the quilt?
Mrs. Lu laughed at Mrs. Lu, "Look at you, you are so old, why do you still put food in the quilt, like a child."
Anyway, Mrs. Lu never gave anything to the second sister-in-law since then. If you don't have it, I won't care. If you don't give it, then I won't give it to you either.
In the evening, Lin Shu washed her face thoroughly with the basin given by Mrs. Lu, and took out the homemade loofah water to apply on her face and feet.
Tiantian and Panpan found it funny, and followed her to apply.
Lin Shu put cucumber slices on them, and while she was putting them on, the two kids peeled them off their faces and ate them.
Fang Dihua and Old Man Lu next door listened, and they felt so comfortable.
Old Man Lu finally moved back from the kang and slept with his wife, and he felt doubly comfortable.
He lay on the kang, with his hands under his head and his legs crossed. This posture was quite comfortable for a dog.
"Hua'er, when do you think our third son will be back? Will it be during the day or at night?"
Fang Dihua said with a smile, "You never know. He has always liked to surprise you."
At this time, a cry of surprise came from the east room next door. It was a sound of surprise and joy.
Father Lu snorted in disdain.
Fang Dihua: "You bastard, eating alone."
Sure enough, in the east room, when everyone else went back to their rooms and the two sons went to sleep, Sister Lu secretly took out a tightly wrapped pig's trotter with sauce and handed it to Brother Lu, "His father!"
Brother Lu was so happy that he knocked down his wife and the pig's trotter together.
At the beginning of the autumn harvest, everyone was busy. Schools were on holiday, and students and teachers participated in the production team's work together.
Children aged seven or eight followed them to the fields to pick ears of corn or bean pods.
In order to earn a few extra work points, some families even send their six-year-old children to the fields to pick bean pods, pick cotton or cut grass.
Now they also need to store the grass and dry it to feed the livestock in winter.
Panpan and Tiantian still don't need to go to the fields with them. They just need to eat well, play well and take care of themselves.
Children don't need an adult to look after them. It's already quite powerful if they can take care of themselves.
What's more, they are sensible. In addition to taking care of themselves, they also help Lin Shu take care of the vegetable garden, weeding, catching insects, picking vegetables, and making fertilizer.
Lin Shu started her vegetable garden late, so it is still lush and green at this moment, and it is growing very well. She really can't eat it all, so Lin Shu is sending it to good families.
She cooked different dishes for everyone every day, and also made them fried chili oil, and then added a spoonful of chili oil to stews and boiled dishes, making them fragrant, spicy and appetizing.
The pickled mustard greens were either stewed with radish with salted meat or steamed beans with salted meat, which were so fragrant and salty that the family wanted to eat five meals a day.
In order to help (threaten) Xu's mother, Lin Shu went to deliver vegetables to the Xu family every few days.
The Xu family had a small yard and only a vegetable patch, which was not enough to eat.
Now Xu Xiaoyou cooked for the Xu family. She learned from Lin Shu to cook all kinds of stews and steamed dishes, and also fried chili oil with a little bit of chili oil, which made them warm and appetizing.
Lin Shu not only went herself, but also asked Fang Dihua to go, so as to put as much pressure as possible on Xu's mother and Xu Shihua.
At least Xu's mother would not dare to treat Lu Hehuan and Xu Xiaoyou badly when it comes to meals.
The autumn harvest is hard now, so Lu Hehuan and Xu Xiaoyou must be well fed. If they are hungry and thin, it means your son is mean!
Xu's mother rolled her eyes in anger, but she had no choice but to do nothing. Although she would not give her daughter-in-law and granddaughter white flour steamed buns, she would give them corn flour steamed buns.
So when Lin Shu saw that Lu Hehuan and Xu Xiaoyou did not lose weight, she felt relieved.
Lu Hehuan came back once and secretly gave Lin Shu a dollar, which was her salary subsidy.
Xu Xiaoyou also came twice when her grandmother was away with her younger brother, and secretly gave Tiantian and Panpan sugar-coated peanuts.
Those were brought back by Xu Shihua, and it was not known whether they were distributed by the unit or given by someone else.
Xu Xiaoyou hid two handfuls and gave them to the two children when she had time.
Lin Shu told her to eat the delicious food herself and not to give them anything, but she refused, saying that Tiantian and Panpan were good to her and she had to be good to them too.
Panpan gave her two pieces of candy in return.
Lin Shu also asked Xu Xiaoyou if her mother had beaten her or anything.
Xu Xiaoyou whispered to her, "Aunt, the ideas that Tiantian and Panpan gave me are really useful. If my grandma hits me now, I will smash a bowl first, then run to the gate and cry and shout, 'I cook, feed pigs, and sweep the yard every day, and you feed me donkey dung eggs. I'm starving, who will do the work for you?' When I shouted like this, the neighbors came to persuade her to be nicer to me. I learned from my aunt to cook different dishes so that my mother and I can have enough to eat."
Lin Shu was very happy. Xiaoyou was a fast learner, smarter than Lu Hehuan. When
Lu Hehuan protected her stepdaughter, she would just throw her to her parents' home and take advantage of others' generosity, but Xu Xiaoyou could protect herself and her stepmother in her own way.
Lu Hehuan, you are living worse than a child.