Compared with the bustling East Village, West Village is particularly deserted today.
Many people secretly ran to Jiang Sanlang's house in Dongcun to spy on how they sold golden ears.
The people from East Village were seen bringing in baskets of golden mushrooms, and then carrying back strings of copper coins, all with beaming smiles on their faces.
Some people were comparing the size of silver ingots with their companions as they walked, and their pride made the people in Xicun jealous.
As they were watching intently, the villagers of East Village had already spotted them and immediately ran over to ask, "What are you doing here? What bad things are you trying to do?"
The villagers of West Village said awkwardly: "We were just passing by."
"Passing by? Where are you going to pass by Sanlang's house? Are you here to do something bad again?" The people from Dongcun obviously didn't believe it.
"We're just passing by! This road is so wide, why do you care where we go?" The villagers of Xicun started to act like scoundrels.
"The road to heaven?" The people of Dongcun got angry when they heard it: "You came to our Dongcun territory and dared to say that the road to heaven, why don't you go to heaven?"
"Beat him! He dares to hang around in front of our third brother's house. He is definitely not a good person. Do you want to steal our children again?" The people from Dongcun began to get ready to beat him up.
"Yes, yes! He definitely has bad intentions." Several others were also eager to try.
When the people of Xicun saw that the situation was not right, they ran away and only stopped after they crossed the stone arch bridge.
Damn it, I can’t even take a look at it, it’s so infuriating.
The most annoying people are not the people of Dongcun, but Chen Laoshuan's family.
You want to live a good life, but you insist on going to East Village to steal other people's children. Now, people from West Village are suspected of stealing children when they walk around in East Village. What is going on
If it weren't for those unlucky guys in Chen Laoshuan's family, why would Jiang Sanlang's family dislike us, the people from Xicun
If those bad things hadn't happened, I might have been able to buy some golden ear mushrooms from Jiang Sanlang's house. Now I'm sleeping with a silver ingot in my arms like the people in Dongcun.
The people from West Village became angrier and angrier as they thought about it. When the moon was high in the sky, each of them scooped a spoonful of manure water and poured it on the gate of Chen Laoshuan's house.
"Who is it?"
Chen Fengshi has been unable to sleep well recently, always worrying that her old man and second son might encounter something bad outside.
It has been more than a month and the old man has not come back yet. The summer harvest is about to end and it is time to plant beans and rice seedlings. There is no man to support the family. What should I do
Just as she was feeling worried, she suddenly heard some noise outside the yard. Chen Fengshi got up, put on her clothes and went to check. What she saw made her furious. A strong stench came from the front door.
When she opened the door, she saw that the door and the ground were covered with wet feces and urine, which almost made her fall down.
"Who the hell is throwing shit at the door!" Chen Fengshi was so angry that she started cursing.
But the moon's shadow danced, and no one responded.
After cursing a few times, Chen Fengshi didn't dare to stay outside and quickly closed the door.
When I returned to the room, I saw that my hands were covered with shit. I endured the nausea and washed my hands.
When I went back to the house and went to sleep, the chickens started crowing.
The next morning, Chen Wan got up to cook. Seeing that her grandmother was still asleep, she opened the cupboard and scooped a ladle of wheat flour. After thinking for a while, she scooped another half ladle.
I went to the kitchen and started kneading the dough to make dough dumplings.
When she finished making the dough, the sisters all got up. As soon as Chen Zhao opened the gate, she screamed, "Why is there shit on the door?"
Chen Wan knew what was going on, but she didn't care. She said, "You guys just go to the river and fetch some water to wash it."
Chen Zhao was unhappy, "Why don't you go and carry water for flushing? Why do you ask us to do all the dirty work?"
Chen Wan ignored her and scooped up a large bowl of noodles and took it to her grandmother's room.
"Grandma, it's time to eat."
After shouting a few times and seeing that Chen Fengshi still didn't move, he hurried over to check. What he saw was terrible: Chen Fengshi's face was red and she had a fever.
Now Chen Wan became anxious and ran out to find her uncle and aunt.
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The busy farming season was over and May 28th soon arrived.
The Jiang family started to hold another wedding, this time Jiang Erlang got married.
There was no sedan chair used to pick up the bride. Instead, Jiang Erlang brought two matchmakers and betrothal gifts, and together with a few good brothers, drove three mule carts to pick up the bride.
No one from the bride's family came to see her off, and the dowry consisted of two red lacquered wooden boxes, and no one knew what was inside them.
After entering the house and stepping over the fire basin, Jiang Erlang went to the main hall to worship. He ignored his brothers' teasing and held the bride's hand the whole time.
After paying homage to heaven and earth and their parents, the master of ceremonies called the ceremony over and Jiang Erlang sent the bride to the bridal chamber.
Yingbao, Dani and Erni were very curious about what the bride looked like, so they sneaked into the bridal chamber.
There was a bride sitting in a large carved room, wearing a veil and a bright red embroidered wedding dress.
The bride had a slim figure and stood upright without moving a muscle, like a person made of gorgeous things.
Yingbao ran over and peeked up at the bride's face from under the veil.
Wow, it’s Sister Yanru.
Yan Ru also saw the little kid craning his neck to peek, she smiled, took out two silver peanuts from her sleeve and handed them to her: "Little baby, take them and play with them."
Yingbao took the silver peanuts and said with a giggle, "Thank you, Aunt Yanru."
Yan Ru gently pinched her little face and smiled tenderly: "You're welcome."
Since she had nothing to do, Yingbao simply sat on the footboard of the big bed and talked to her: "Aunt Yanru, why did you marry my second uncle?"
Yan Ru paused, not knowing how to answer for a moment, and after a while she said, "Because your second uncle is a good person."
"You have good taste." Yingbao praised: "My second uncle is not only a good person, but also good-looking, right?"
Yan Ru blushed, reached out to touch Ying Bao's little head, and hummed softly.
Before Yingbao could say something else, she was picked up by someone and carried outside the bridal chamber.
"Be good, Bao'er, go play with Erni." Jiang Erlang put his niece down and patted her head. "Come back tomorrow morning to talk to your second aunt."
Yingbao widened her eyes and looked at the man in disbelief who valued his love over his niece.
He actually kicked her out!
Then I saw my second uncle walk into the new house and close the door.
Humph! Sure enough, he forgot his mother after getting a wife... No, he forgot his niece! It was Sister Yanru who introduced her to him herself.
Yingbao pouted and went to find sister Erni.
I was so busy talking to Aunt Yanru just now that I didn't notice when Sisters Da Ni and Er Ni left.
At this time, Erni was standing outside the yard, looking a little dazed.
Yingbao tiptoed to her side and tilted her head to look at her, "Sister Erni, why are you crying?"
Erni quickly wiped away her tears and whispered, "I didn't cry."
After a pause, she sniffed and asked softly, "Yingbao, do you think my dad will dislike me and Huzi anymore in the future?"
Yingbao patted her hands and comforted her, "How could that be? You are his children, how could he not like him?"
Erni sighed, "But he has a bride now, and he will have other children in the future. I heard people say that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather, so..."
Yingbao blinked, not knowing how to answer. He could only pull her hand and said, "You sleep with me tonight."
Erni nodded and followed her little cousin to her third uncle's house.