Chapter 27 Cheap Wife
early morning.
The sun is already high in the sky.
Jiang Miaomiao started to suck milk passively without even opening her eyes.
After eating, I pooped and finally woke up. After all, it was winter and I was naked, so it would be strange if I didn’t wake up from the cold.
Her mother tied her to her chest, picked up the broom and started sweeping the floor.
It's rare to see my mother at home in broad daylight.
Aunt A Cui from next door saw Lu Qingyao opening the yard door to sweep the floor, and ran over curiously to ask.
"Miaomiao's mother, what happened to your daughter last night? She cried for most of the night, so miserably..."
Lu Qingyao was stunned for a moment, then realized, "Miaomiao had some stomachache last night due to indigestion. I rubbed her stomach for half the night, which is why I got up late."
Aunt A Cui came over and pulled Jiang Miaomiao's hand, "Poor child, take her to see a doctor."
Jiang Miaomiao felt her kindness and grinned.
Lu Qingyao discovered very early on that her little girl seemed to be quite good at reading people's expressions.
The facial expressions are also rich.
When I meet someone I like, I will grin. When I meet someone I hate, let alone smile, my face will wrinkle into a ball.
Mother and Aunt A Cui chatted for a while.
Then I went back to cook.
Jiang Miaomiao was put in the cradle by her mother to practice lifting her head.
Big brother Jiang Zifeng was still practicing boxing, sometimes boxing, sometimes sword-fighting, "Hehehaha..."
The second brother Jiang Ziyan continued to study, "The way of the university is to manifest the bright virtue and to be close to the people..."
Jiang Miaomiao was curious all morning about where her mother went last night.
But my brother and mother never mentioned it.
She practiced for a while and then raised her head, but her second brother turned her over again.
Then turn over and practice again.
Jiang Miaomiao felt like a salted fish basking in the sun.
It is dried on one side for a while, and then turned over to dry on the other side.
Watching the flocks of birds flying under the drifting white clouds.
Jiang Miaomiao places her hopes on the birds.
But they seemed to be cursing Liu Fugui, cursing him for killing all the birds and beasts on the mountain.
Cursing his stupid son.
No matter how old he is, he still shoots birds with a slingshot all day long.
It makes them unable to live in peace.
For the first time, Jiang Miaomiao discovered that these birds' curses were quite harsh.
He could curse the person's ancestors for eighteen generations.
Fortunately, her two brothers had no habit of teasing cats, dogs or hunting birds.
Otherwise these birds won't come to her house.
She could no longer hear these wonderful curses.
When Jiang Ziyan was reading, he glanced over and saw the baby staring at the peach tree intently.
It should be said that he was staring at the group of birds on the peach tree.
The birds chirped as if they were arguing.
The birds were singing so loudly today that he couldn't even read.
But since his sister liked her, he couldn't bear to chase her away.
After dinner, Jiang Miaomiao saw her mother washing clothes.
The strange thing is that a lot of mud and water were washed out.
After washing the clothes, he carried her for a walk around the village and sat under the old locust tree for a long time.
Those who were talking about my mother yesterday suddenly changed their behavior and felt sympathy for the mother and daughter.
"Miaomiao's mother, you have to be more open-minded. Even without a man, you still have to live your life as usual. Take good care of the child."
As he said that, he reached out and pinched Jiang Miaomiao's little face.
He sighed, "This girl is well-raised, plump and pretty. She will be able to marry into a good family in the future. Take a look at my Hu'er, and we can arrange a marriage for him."
Jiang Miaomiao opened her toothless mouth wide and looked at the aunt in disbelief.
She is so young, why are people already planning a way out for her?
Then he looked at the little boy playing in the mud on the ground.
The little boy was sniffing his nose, and when the snot was about to reach his mouth, he sucked it back in with a loud sniff.
Jiang Miaomiao shuddered.
At this moment, she seemed to understand that her cheap and scumbag father never returned home in glory after he became successful.
Maybe he was afraid that these fellow villagers would choke him to death with their words.
Lu Qingyao smiled but said nothing.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, the aunt in the flowered coat pointed at the little girl carrying her brother on her back in the distance and said, "Aunt, if you don't like Hu'er, my sister Ling will do. She's only three years older than your brother Feng. As the saying goes, a woman three years older than you is a treasure. My sister Ling is capable and strong. She will definitely give birth to a son. If she marries him, she can also help take care of this little one. The betrothal gift is only thirty-five taels. You'll make a killing!"
Jiang Miaomiao's eyes were as big as bells, and her mouth, which had just opened wide, never closed.
Thirty-five taels, why don’t you go to heaven?
This is her mother being taken advantage of.
If my eldest brother knew this, I wonder what his expression would be.
Lu Qingyao's smile froze on her face, and her throat seemed to be blocked by something.
The aunt in the flowered jacket took my mother's hand, looking silly and cute. "Aunt, why don't you say anything? Do you think the betrothal gift is too much? If it is, then reduce it by another thirty taels. It can't be any less."
Lu Qingyao coughed awkwardly twice, then withdrew her hand with a smile, a look of regret on her face. "It's really unfortunate, but these kids in my family are all engaged. When they reach the age, they still have to go back and get married. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, we still have engagements now, so we can't go back on our word, right?"
When the lady in the flowered coat heard this, she didn't argue anymore and just said, "What a pity... What a pity..."
Seeing that she was in a daze, Lu Qingyao took the baby and ran away.
She probably never thought that the first time she took the initiative to chat with her fellow villagers, the topic would be such.
After returning home, my mother never went out again and did not tell my eldest brother Jiang Zifeng.
He almost got a cheap wife.
After dinner, my mother took the whole family out again.
She didn't go to the village entrance, but took a walk around the village.
Jiang Miaomiao saw the whole picture of Taoxi Village for the first time.
Taoxi Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers. There are many bamboo forests on the mountains, a large green area.
It is indeed a great place to live.
Otherwise, why would my mother come all the way here...
"Aunt, are you going to the village entrance too? Let's go together." A chubby lady caught up with them, panting.
Jiang Miaomiao remembered that her mother was not familiar with this person and had never even spoken to him.
This is probably the legendary being very sociable. The key point is that most people in this village are like this.
"Auntie, did something happen at the village entrance?" Lu Qingyao looked puzzled.
"You don't know yet, Landlord Liu, Liu Fugui, led his servants to the mountains to hunt early this morning. They saw a lot of prey on the top of a mountain. They said there were wolves, deer, and even blind bears..."
"There's a lot of miasma in that dense forest, and he insisted on going there. Guess what?"
"What's going on?" Lu Qingyao asked curiously, "Did you catch a blind bear?"
The fat lady shook her head. "How could he have such ability? I heard he fell into a hunter's trap. The trap was too deep, and it took half a day to rescue him."
"Ah! How's the injury?" Lu Qingyao pretended to be surprised.
The fat lady shook her head and didn't know anything more.
Jiang Miaomiao looked at her mother, not missing a single expression on her face.
I seemed to understand something in my heart.
Jiang Zifeng and his brother looked at each other and seemed to understand.
It’s their mother, it must be her.
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