Chapter 47
After lunch, Xu Cao took out the leftover chicken bones and fed Xiaobai and Heizi. Xiao Bai has eaten well during this period of time, is full of oil and water, and his weight is soaring upwards. He is no longer the small, short and thin little dog of the year, and has become a lot stronger. Heizi still looks like that, with shiny fur, always a calm look, and eating chicken bones is more elegant than Xiaobai.
Xiaobai was eating and protecting the food, and he roared unconsciously, until Heizi let out an impatient roar, it seemed to wake up, and looked up at Heizi, showing a lot of honesty.
When the cleaning was over, Xiaoshan took the half pot of potato stewed pheasant and went back. Xu Cao was afraid that he would fall on the road, so she locked the courtyard door and took Miaomiao and went to Xu's house.
There are only Erya and Sanya in Xu's family. Seeing Xu Cao, the two girls rushed out and smiled at Xu Cao. "Big sister, you are back, Xiaoshan go to your house again. It's delicious."
Xu Cao put The pheasant stewed potatoes and egg pancakes that hit the basket were taken out, "ErYa, Sanya, are you hungry, there are some egg pancakes here. You two will eat them separately. This pheasant stewed potatoes will wait until Dad and mother go back in the evening. Is it good to eat?" She makes a lot of egg pancakes and puts them in a basket and covers them with white cloth. They are still warm now.
Er Ya San Ya nodded, and then ate the egg pancakes. One person ate three sheets and was full, and the two girls sensibly put the pheasant stewed potatoes in the kitchen and covered them.
The two houses built by Li and Mr. Xu are big and spacious. Both houses are a hall and a back room. There are four rooms in total, which is enough to live in. The former thatched house was transformed into a kitchen and utility room. The house was very clean, thanks to Erya and Sanya.
Xu Cao walked around the house and said, "Er Ya, San Ya, where did mother go?"
Father Xu already knew where to go. Now that the farming work is over, Dad must have gone to the town to find work. . Li should have been quite leisurely these few days, so she wouldn't go out.
Erya and Sanya moved a few Xiaoxiaozi to the center of the yard, and then said: "Mother went out after sending Xiaoshan to you. We don't know where she went."
Li was not at home, and Xu Cao sat in the middle of the yard. Call Miao Miao and Da Shan to recognize words.
Miao Miao can write her own name, and the Three-Character Classic can also be memorized. Xiaoshan is playful, not as much as Miao Miao. Er Ya San Ya will follow her to recognize a few words when she is idle.
It took more than an hour before Li returned.
Seeing Li's sweating and a black face, Xu Cao couldn't help asking: "Mother, where did you go? Why did you come back with a black face?"
Li stared at her. " Isn’t it? Even dare to make fun yourmother?"
"Mother, how dare I."
Li snorted, her face still a little ugly, and when she looked at Xu Cao's worried look, she said: "Nothing serious, either. It was your grandmother who sent someone to find me. "
Grandma? Xu Cao didn't have any impression of this grandma, not only the grandmother, but also her two uncles and aunts.
Xu Cao still knows a little bit about Li's affairs. Li's originally belonged to a nearby village, and it seemed that she was sold to Father Xu because of poor family conditions. Since then, Li has no contact with her natal family. Li is the second child in the family. There is an older sister at the top, a younger sister and two younger brothers at the bottom.
Xu Cao's grandmother is the real patriarchal. Several of the girls in the family have been thrown out by her half-sold and half-married, and they are very partial for the two younger sons. Li's eldest sister and third sister were sold to others as concubines, and they have never returned to their natal family in these years. In recent years, grandmother and two young uncles had never thought of them, but now they suddenly send someone to look for Li, for fear that it is not a good thing.
Sure enough, Li continued: "I went to your grandmother's house, and she asked me for potatoes and money. You can tell me how can a mother be like this? I don't care about their daughters for more than ten years. Now she think of her daughters and ask for things. Damn, you said your grandmother is too much, she is a mother, why she is like this. Before you married, no matter how poor our family is, I never thought of selling a girl, as long she would be good, if it weren’t for me met your father, I guess I was sold to be a concubine by her back then!"
"Mother, didn’t you still want to sell the second and third girls to the big family to be a maid?" Although Li is indeed better than that grandmother. It's better, but she had also had bad thoughts.
Li's face blushed, and she wanted to pinch Xu Cao again, thinking that she was also married, and she was too embarrassed to do it again, and said angrily: "Mother was just thinking about signing the contract for Er Ya San Ya at that time. After four or five years, it’s time to get married from a big family and to be more decent! Besides, I just talked casually, how can I really be willing to let Erya, sanya go. You...you even said that now to Mother..." Li's eyes seemed to be a little red.
Xu Cao knew that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly apologized, "Mother, I didn't mean it. Don't blame me. Of course I know you won't do anything like that. By the way, grandma asked you for potatoes and money. Have you given it up?" She found that her temperament seems to be much better now, even after thinking about it, she used to be poor, but now she has a better temper, naturally her temperament is much better.
Li wiped her eyes, and then said: "Of course I didn't give it. I only have the potatoes for next year. The first time I gave the money, there would be a second time. She treated me like that, and even if I have all the money. I didn't give it."
She originally planned to give some. After all, it was her own mother. Later, when she saw two sister-in-laws who were greedy and making shit sticks, she knew that if she gave it this time, there would be a second and third time, so she quickly refused.
"Then grandma must be very angry, right?" Xu Cao didn't have a good impression of the grandmother who had never met in the legend.
"She is angry, what can I do." Li's voice was a little dull, and her heart was uncomfortably panicked.
Xu Cao hugged Xiaoshan and sat with Miao Miao for an afternoon. Seeing that Li was more comfortable, she took Miao Miao back.
As soon as she walked to the door of her house, she saw someone sneaking in the door of her yard, Xu Cao shouted, "Who! What!" She said, protecting Miao Miao behind her.
As soon as the sneaky figure heard the sound, he didn't leave, but walked towards Xu Cao. Xu Cao's heart was tense, and the hand holding Miao Miao became tighter.
The figure walked to Xu Cao's side and said, "You are Xu Cao girl?"
Xu Cao was wary, "Who are you?"
When the man walked in, Xu Cao realized that he was a man in his thirties, with a very ordinary appearance and not very tall. He seemed familiar with his face. Xu Cao couldn't help but looked at him again, only to realize that this person's face was a little similar to her mother Li's. She immediately understood that she was afraid that the grandmother's family would not be able to find a favor from Li, so then coax her.
The man smiled at Xu Cao and said, "Oh, is that Xu Cao girl? I'm your uncle."
"Nonsense, where did I get an uncle? Are you a Fugui uncle?"
The man was a little embarrassed and touched his nose. "Girl, I'm really your uncle, I'm your mother's brother, because I have misunderstood some things and haven't been looking for you all these years, but now I have found it."
Xu Cao sneered in her heart ,is he think she was a fool..
Ignoring the man, Xu Cao walked to the courtyard door and opened the courtyard door. Xiao Bai and Heizi inside immediately rushed out. Seeing two dogs, Xu Cao warned him that one must be closed in the yard in the future, and the other should be placed outside the yard, lest any unkind people come to visit.
The man seemed to want to follow Xu Cao into the yard, but when he saw the two dogs surrounding Xu Cao he didn't dare to move.
Xu Cao went into the yard, glanced at the man, and said coldly: "If you don't leave, I will let the dog bite people. I never heard my mother mention that I still have an uncle. You don't lie to me! "
The man said with a bitter face, "Girl, I'm really your uncle."
" you're not leaving yet!" Xu Cao said angrily, "Xiao Bai, Hei Zi..." The letter at the back hasn't been finished yet, then The man has run away in a panic.
Xu Cao closed the courtyard door and sighed inwardly, fearing that the cheap uncle came to the house for potatoes. It seems that other villages have noticed this thing. Fortunately, she sold the potatoes to the people in the village, so that it counts other villages. It is impossible to ask for anything cheap. The people in the village don't want to harm their own interests.
After Fugui came back in the evening, Xu Cao mentioned this matter to him. Fugui worried: "I'm afraid they will come back. I don't think I will go hunting in the mountains in the next few days. Fortunately, I will stay with you at home. ."
Xu Cao smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Anyway, all our potatoes are sold to the people in the village. You'll know as soon as you inquire about this. What can that person do to me?"
"It's better to be careful." What hurt my wife.
Fugui did not go hunting in the mountains for the next few days. During this time, the prey stored in them was almost enough, enough for them to eat for the winter. Seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, the two of them woke up the next morning and went to the town to buy some carbon back.
Sure enough, when they came back from the town in the afternoon, they saw the man squatting not far from her home. Because Heizi was lying on his stomach outside the courtyard today, the man did not dare to stroll around the courtyard gate. Seeing Xu Cao, the man hurriedly stood up, walked towards Xu Cao, and smiled: "Big girl, you are back, is this Fugui? Not bad, uncle, I can rest assured that seeing you have a good time."
Xu Cao Sneer, this man is really thick-skinned.
Fugui looked at the man in front of him with a deep expression, "Who are you? What do you want to do with my wife?"
"I..." The man paused, "I am the uncle of the big girl, you can call me uncle."
Fugui with his lips pressed and said nothing.
Xu Cao was really impatient, and asked Fugui to send carbon into the house. Then she turned to ask the man in front of him, "What the hell do you have? I asked my mother, but she said I have no uncle!"
The man seemed want to say. he didn't expect my second sister to be so cruel, saying that she didn't recognize them and she didn't recognize them. Hey, there is nothing he can do, otherwise he won't pester Xu Cao. His mother told me to get 100 catties of potatoes from here.
Man stammered: "The sister certainly misunderstood, that year ......"
His words have not yet finished, Xu Cao impatiently interrupted him. "If you have something , directly say"
"Great Ah, it’s actually like this." The man might as well just say it after thinking about it, "Oh, I heard that your village is planting potatoes this year? Don’t worry, I won’t take advantage of you. I Will calculated at the market price for you?"
Xu Cao smiled, "The market price? Since you know the potatoes, you should also know that I sold them all to the villagers. I didn't have anything left. Besides, it's almost winter now, and there are no green vegetables on the market. My potatoes are not cheap."
"Then... how much is a catty?"
Xu Cao smiled: "Fifty cents a catty, if you want, I can give you a few catties, but it doesn't matter how Many, it looks like two or three catties."
The man's face is a bit ugly, what does he want for two or three catties? And it's so expensive? "Big girl, it's too expensive. If it's twelve cents a catty, I'll pay for a hundred catties." He inquired clearly. At the beginning, Da Ya sold to the villagers for twelve cents a catty.
"Fifty wen is not expensive. If you don’t believe me, go and buy it from the villagers to see who will sell it to you? And I really can’t get a hundred catties. I have only a few tens of catties left here. I can’t grow acres of land, and giving you two or three catties is my limit.”
The man’s face is even more ugly. Although he had expected that this girl would not have many potatoes left, he never thought that even one hundred catties would not be enough. Yes, he can't let Da Ya give him all the potatoes, hey, his mother is also true. Now that my second sister's life is getting better, he have to come and get a kick, why bother?
"Uncle, if you don't buy it, please don't come next time. My dog can't distinguish the good and the bad. Anyone who wanders around my house will be bitten by him. You should not come here in the future. "I didn't intend to recognize such relatives.
The man smiled awkwardly at Xu Cao, then turned and left.
Looking at the man's back, Xu Cao knew that he would definitely not come back in the future.
"How, gone?" Fugui hugged Miao Miao and walked out, and he was relieved to see the person leaving.
Xu Cao nodded, "Well, let's go in. The weather is getting colder and colder. Let's have a pot at night, and call my mother and Xiaoshan to come over."
"Okay." Fugui grinned slyly.