Xiaoqian walked lightly to the door of the kitchen with a basket on her back, carried her sister-in-law out of the basket and put her on the threshold, and said in a low voice: "Man Bao, you just sit here, and sister-in-law cooks for a while. Take you home again."
Man Bao nodded obediently, and when her sister-in-law turned around and entered the kitchen, she ran towards the classroom next to her on her short legs.
The child inside is reading "Thousand Characters" under the leadership of the husband. Man Bao is familiar with the way and drags a stone under the window, then steps on the stone and probes in. A pair of star-like eyes are staring at the window. look inside.
Sitting not far from the window, Bai Erlang shook his head and noticed Man Bao's gaze, so he secretly turned his head and gave her a hard look.
Not to be outdone, Man Bao stared back, and even made a face at him.
Bai Erlang's eyes widened angrily, just as Mr. walked by, he patted his head lightly, and reprimanded: "Be more serious."
Man Bao couldn't help being happy when he saw it, he was so happy, and when he saw the husband looked over, he winked mischievously at him.
The gray-bearded gentleman couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, and ignored her, letting her lie at the window and listen to them reading.
Mr.: "Today we are going to study the last paragraph of "Thousand Character Essay". Mao Shishu is beautiful, her eyes are full of smiles, every time the year is reminded, the sun shines brightly,... ignorant, ignorant, waiting for the scolding. "
The students recited one sentence after another, and Man Bao stood outside the window and yelled along with his little milk voice, the voice was quite loud, and the students in the classroom were used to it, shaking their heads and chanting after the teacher.
Man Bao began to read "Thousand Characters" from the time he could speak. He had already memorized this article. Seeing that Mr. put down the book and asked the primary school students to recite it repeatedly, he walked to the other side to teach them other things. Man Bao So he jumped off the stone and ran to Mr.'s residence.
When the husband announced that school was over and walked back to the next door, he saw that Man Bao had already swept the front of the door with a broom, and was still sitting on the floor sorting out the manuscripts he had lost.
Seeing the husband came back, Man Bao happily showed him the finished manuscript, "Look, sir, the backs of these are still usable."
"This is a waste of writing when I wrote it. If you want it, you can take it back."
Man Bao shook his head, "The back can be used to practice calligraphy, sir, you can use it to practice calligraphy first, and I will take it back when the back is also full."
The husband couldn't resist her, so he could only take the manuscript and put it on the table, pointed to another stack of manuscripts full of words and said, "Take these back, and if there are any words you don't understand, just ask me."
Man Bao happily agreed, folded the stack of papers and stuffed them in his arms, and happily jumped to the kitchen to find her sister-in-law.
Xiaoqian has already prepared all the meals and is preparing meals for the children.
Man Bao slipped into the kitchen, greeted his sister-in-law, and brought him the husband's meal.
The gentleman pointed to the opposite mat and said, "Sit down and use it together."
Man Bao shook his head, "I'll go to the kitchen to eat later, this is sir's, sir, eat it."
The husband didn't force it, he took a piece of meat and handed it to her mouth. Man Bao happily ate it, but couldn't sit still here, and ran out after playing for a while.
The husband smiled and shook his head, not calling her.
Man Bao ran to the kitchen, and when Xiao Qian saw her, he scraped off the little rice cake left on the bottom of the pot and put it in a bowl for her to eat.
Man Bao obediently grabbed the rice cooker and stuffed it into his mouth, and even broke a piece into his sister-in-law's mouth. With a smile on his face, Xiao Qian pushed while eating, "Eat it, eat it, it's not much."
There is only one pot of rice, and there are only a few rice crackers. If too many rice crackers are cooked and the students can't eat enough, she may be dismissed from this job.
Xiaoqian has been a cook in the school for three years, so she is very good at this point.
Mr. Zhuang is a teacher invited by Mr. Bai, the landlord of the village. This school is also built by the Bai family with donations from various families in the village.
At the beginning, Mr. Zhuang taught here with his wife and children, because there were children from two nearby villages who came to study here, so he couldn’t go home for dinner at noon. Mr. Zhuang felt sorry for their hungry stomachs. Take six catties of rice and pay another thirty Wen to have lunch in the school.
At the beginning, Mr. Zhuang’s old wife was in charge of the school’s kitchen. She and the villagers bought some vegetables, and some rice brought by the students, and occasionally bought some meat, minced it and cooked it for everyone. Thirty Wen, right as your own hard work.
The parents have their own accounts, and they also know that Mr. Zhuang does not earn their money by doing this. He is completely sympathetic to the students. The children also have to eat when they go home, so they are very happy to give this ration, even the students who live in the village. Come.
Later, Mr. Zhuang's old wife died of a serious illness, and his grandchildren were brought to live in the city by his son and daughter-in-law. He was left here to teach here alone. Little Qian was invited to be the cook.
Landlord Bai asked Xiaoqian to return the money to Mr. Zhuang when he knew about it, and his family took out the money to invite Xiaoqian, and took over all the money and rice handed in by the students, so that Mr. Zhuang could teach with peace of mind.
At that time, Manbao was only eight months old, and he couldn't even walk. Xiaoqian's main task was to take care of Manbao and his youngest son Santou, so he often carried the two children to the school kitchen in a basket, and occasionally took them out of the pot. Make a rice ball for the two of them to eat, and raise the two of them very well.
It's just that Santou is also four years old now, and he doesn't like to come to school, and prefers to play with his brothers and sisters, so now only Man Bao is with Xiaoqian.
Although it's just a little crispy rice every day, Manbao has been raised fat and fat. He doesn't look like a child from a peasant family at all, let alone from a Zhou family.
Man Bao and his sister-in-law finished sharing the rice dishes, cleaned the pots and dishes, and went home bouncing around.
Little Qian wanted to put her in the basket, but Man Bao didn't like it, so he ran to the side and said, "I can walk by myself, I can walk by myself."
Xiao Qian didn't force her, "Okay, you can go by yourself, just don't fall."
"I'm already a big kid, I won't fall." Man Bao yelled and ran forward. She saw a group of people around the door from afar, and she was about to rush over happily when she heard a voice coming from inside. With a scream, she was terrified.
Little Qian realized something was wrong earlier than her, hugged her and rushed forward.
The crowd of onlookers immediately moved out of the way when they saw Xiaoqian, "Sister-in-law of the Zhou family is back, let's make way, let's make way."
"Sister-in-law Zhou, your fourth uncle lost a bet, and he came to your door."
Some tipped off the news, and some gloated, "There are many people who owe money, old and young. Seeing that the old Zhou's posture is to beat the child to death, Mrs. Zhou should persuade her, if the money is gone, you can earn it, and if you don't, it will be true." It's gone."
Little Qian's heart trembled, and he pushed through the crowd to go home, and saw his fourth uncle being pushed down to the ground by his second and third children, and his father-in-law was greeting him with a pole.
And there were a dozen or so strangers standing in the yard, the leader of which looked unfriendly, interrupted old man Zhou's anger and said: "Master Zhou, even if you beat your son to death, you have to pay me back the money today, otherwise Wouldn't it be a waste of time for our brothers to come here over the mountains?"
Man Bao broke free from Xiao Qian's arms, ran to her father, looked at her disappointing fourth brother, and looked at the people around, frowned and asked, "Father, how much did fourth brother gamble?" money?"
The young man in charge looked at Man Bao in amazement, and said with a "huh": "Master Zhou, your daughter looks good, if the family has no money, then you can pay the debt with the child, although she is a little young, But we don't mind."
Old man Zhou was very angry, he pushed his daughter behind him, and said angrily: "If you want someone to drag this beast away, he will pay back the money he owes himself."
Zhou Zhoulang howled and yelled: "Dad, dad, save me dad, I really don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore, if you let them drag me away, they will kill me, It would really kill me."
The young man in charge took a look at old man Zhou, sneered, stepped on Zhou Lang's hand and crushed it, causing Zhou Lang to scream.
Seeing that old man Zhou's face became more and more livid and pale, he smiled with satisfaction, "Isn't it just fifteen taels of silver? Look at your new house, it doesn't seem like you have no money, no matter how bad it is, there are so many girl movies , you can just sell me two, but I said in advance that girl movies are worthless now, you have to have your little daughter in it, otherwise the other things are only three or five taels, and there are not four that can't be sold. .”
As soon as these words came out, Xiaoqian's and Feng's were so frightened that they pulled their daughters back, they were the only two with daughters in the family.
Old man Zhou was so angry that his hands and feet trembled, and Zhou Zhou Lang was also startled and frightened, and almost couldn't help peeing his pants. He could only use his other hand that was not stepped on to grab the corner of his father's clothes, and begged: "Father! , Dad, please help me, please help me, I really don’t dare anymore, never dare again…”
Zhou Zhoulang, who was holding him, couldn't help reaching out to beat him. The life at home was so easy, and he ruined it all.
And he has two daughters, if he really wants to sell the children...
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhoulang beat him harder, "I told you to be disobedient, I told you to be disobedient."
Zhou Zhoulang hugged his head and begged for mercy.
Man Bao watched, the corners of his mouth tightly pursed, he turned to look at her three nieces, then turned and ran towards the house.
Her mother Qian Shi was leaning on the bed and caressing her chest, while Sixth Brother was supporting her worriedly.
Her mother's health has been bad, and now she is probably scared.
Man Bao ran over and asked, "Mom, how much money does our family have?"
Qian opened his eyes to look at the little girl, and couldn't help wiping away tears, "Why are you asking this?"
"Is there enough money to pay off the debt?"
Qian shi cried: "The one who killed Qiandao, you should have drowned when you gave birth to your fourth brother. The family is full of fights and counts, and it is still four or five taels away."
Man Bao asked: "Then let them drag the fourth brother away?"
"They came all the way over the mountains. If they don't give you a penny, they can beat your fourth brother to death if you can't get out of the village. Don't we have the heart to watch him die?"
Mrs. Qian understood this truth, and it was even more impossible for Lao Zhou to not understand it. Now he just couldn't bear it.
Man Bao emphasized with a serious face: "You can't sell your niece."
Qian patted her head and said: "If you don't sell it, you'll sell your fourth brother, and you won't sell them, you bastard."