The next day.
Ji Huai went out very early, but the door of the utility room was kept closed.
Sister-in-law Ji and Sister-in-law Ji also got up early and were busy working, feeding chickens and ducks, washing clothes, making breakfast, and tilling the soil to grow vegetables. Only Tang Xiuer never got up.
Nor is she a snoozer. In the past, I couldn't sleep. I would have cramps several times in the middle of the night. I would feel a little uncomfortable in my chest when I woke up. I would be a little scared when I lay down to sleep. As soon as I woke up, I had to get up.
I have recently regained my health and am no longer dizzy or dizzy. My baby is now older and I can kick her more energetically when I get up early. She also gets tired easily. If she doesn’t get enough sleep, she won’t have the energy to do anything.
She had a good sleep last night, but when she got up early in the morning, the child was noisy again, and Ji Huai's breath was still lingering in the bed. She couldn't bear to get up, put her hand on her belly, and played with the child for a while.
She had always felt that she was dependent on others and her status was different from Sister-in-law Ji and Sister-in-law Ji. Ji Huai's words last night reminded her.
What's not to use? She is now married to Ji Huai and is still pregnant with his child. That is the same and she can refuse their requests.
When she opened the door, Sister-in-law Ji was hanging clothes. When she saw her going out, her expression changed slightly.
She didn't take Tang Xiuer seriously before, she was just a little girl. This time, the other party really annoyed her. That day, Brother Ji spoke very unpleasantly.
He scolded them, saying that they had eaten bad fish, kept everything and were reluctant to eat it, and had to wait until it was bad before eating. Brother Ji felt embarrassed and didn't have a good look towards her.
Ji Huai gave them the fish in exchange for the eggs. Tang Xiuer, a little girl, kept an eye on how much they ate. Otherwise, how would he know they had eaten something bad
They were just afraid of embarrassment, so they didn't say anything to anyone. Unexpectedly, Tang Xiuer actually talked about them behind their backs. Not only the family knew about it, but even the people in the village knew about it.
Now that the whole family was in disgrace, she was holding back her anger and could only vent it on Tang Xiuer.
"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law." Tang Xiuer carried the basin and walked to the well to fetch water to wash her face. When she saw the two people in the yard, she called out.
Sister-in-law Ji didn't reply. Sister-in-law Ji smiled and replied, "We have to have lunch before you get up. Didn't sister-in-law say that your life is really good? I also saw Ji Huai boiled eggs in the morning. Is it for you?" "
Tang Xiuer remembered the eggs and porridge placed on the bedside and nodded.
He would not force her to get up early, and Ji Huai was not a lazy person. He knew how to cook and go to work in the mountains after eating.
When she talked about eggs, Sister-in-law Ji remembered the six eggs their family had given Ji Huai in exchange for two fish that had eaten their stomachs. Moreover, the egg was eaten by Tang Xiuer. She was holding back her breath and her tone changed. "It's different when you're pregnant. You should take more supplements."
Tang Xiuer hadn't heard anything yet. She poured the washing water and didn't know how to answer the question.
Seeing that her expression had not changed at all, Ji Er's sister-in-law was confused, as if she had punched cotton. She looked at Sister-in-law Ji and deliberately mentioned, "When mother was here, we also ate eggs during confinement, and we couldn't eat enough." few."
"Yes, I eat eggs with brown sugar. I eat them every time during confinement." Sister-in-law Ji also answered.
Ji's mother was so picky that she only had eggs to eat during confinement. Isn't it just because Ji's mother died that Tang Xiuer lived such a comfortable life
Tang Xiuer still didn't hear Xuan's voice. When she came over with a plate, she asked softly, "Are brown sugar eggs really delicious?"
She now eats eggs every day. If brown sugar eggs are delicious, she would also like to try them. She had seen Ji's mother make it before, but where could she eat it
Sister-in-law Ji: "..."
Sister-in-law Ji: "..."
Originally, she wanted to make a subtle sarcasm, but Tang Xiuer's clear eyes turned out to be serious, as if she was really asking if the brown sugar eggs were delicious.
Seeing that the two people's expressions were not right, she did not ask any more questions and explained her behavior, "I haven't eaten it, I'm just curious."
She was still a little embarrassed. She seemed to be very greedy. She wanted to eat whatever others said.
Ji Huai said yesterday that he would pick mushrooms to see if there were any hares and catch one for her. She dreamed of hares yesterday, and it was a hare stir-fried with mushrooms.
The two watched Tang Xiuer walk back to the room. Then, there was the sound of beating egg shells and the slight sound of peeling eggs. The sound of drinking porridge was also very quiet, but both of them could hear it.
Didn't Tang Xiuer's behavior just now seem like a shame to the two of them
Sister-in-law Ji threw the linen cloth in her hand heavily on the pole on the side, "When the wings become hard, everything starts to cause trouble."
"No, mother is not here now. What does the third brother, a grown man, know? A little coaxing, but still don't listen to what is said? She is also lucky, but now she doesn't do any work and is idle." Sister-in-law Ji followed her words.
When Sister-in-law Ji heard this, she was naturally even more angry.
Although she didn't give much instructions to Tang Xiuer to work before, the other party would help her with this and that. With just one word, Ji's mother would let her do the work.
Now, she is pregnant with a child, sleeping comfortably until noon, and waking up with eggs to eat. How can she feel balanced
What's more, Tang Xiu'er also did something that made her extremely disgusted. Wasn't it Tang Xiu'er's fault that the villagers ridiculed their family and brother Ji's complaints against her
The two of them were very confused, but Tang Xiuer in the room was not affected at all.
She drank porridge and ate eggs, and she felt very energetic again. She rubbed her belly for a while and talked softly with the baby in her belly.
Ji Huai wouldn't let her go out to work. He said the sun outside was too strong and she wouldn't suffer from heat stroke. She still had some money from selling ginseng last time, so there was no need to work so hard.
The whole morning, Sister-in-law Ji and Sister-in-law Ji waited for her to go out so they could say a few words to persuade her or ask her to do something. Unexpectedly, she didn't go out at all, hid in the room, leaned against the bed and started embroidering purses.
at the same time.
Ji Huai was fighting a battle of wits and courage with a wild boar on the mountain.
He originally just wanted to pick some mushrooms and fungus, but he also came across a fruit tree along the way and picked one to eat, which was sour and sweet. Tang Xiuer now likes to eat sour and sweet things, so he climbed up and wanted to pick some for her.
When he was in the tree, he saw a wild boar on the mountain in the distance, and immediately jumped out of the tree.
At the beginning of his injury, he was indeed afraid of wild boars, leopards, deer and large insects, and for a time he did not dare to shoot them. Because of this, Tang Xiuer was relieved that he would enter the mountain.
After experiencing death from illness in his previous life, extreme despair and pain, what else did he have to fear
He is not afraid of anything.
Wild boars are no bigger than domestic pigs, they are smaller and more agile. This wild boar is hiding behind a tree trunk, looking for food with its head lowered.
Ji Huai picked up his bow and arrow and aimed at it.
With a "swish", the shot missed, but instead alarmed it. The opponent ran away, and he moved very quickly. Almost in the next moment, he took aim again and shot the opponent's hind leg.
The wild boar was enraged and became furious.
Ji Huai ran up quickly and shot two arrows. The opponent fell to the ground and was struggling. He took out his knife, struck hard and accurately, and killed the wild boar.
The wild boar is not big, only a few dozen kilograms of meat. This kind of prey has to be carried to the town and sold.
He didn't even have time to look at the rabbit trap. After the wild boar died, he picked up the sack in the bamboo basket, packed the wild boar and carried it down the mountain.
He knew all the butchers in the town, and he had sold a deer and a leopard in the past.
If there was a wild boar, they would all want it.
Ji Huai watched the butcher butchering, ordered a piece of pork belly, a small bowl of pig blood, took the money the butcher gave him, and then hurried back.
He couldn't pick any wild fruits. Ji Huai saw an old woman selling fruits and went to buy some. I passed by the mung bean cake stall that day and bought half a catty.
I don’t want to sell the mushrooms and fungus, so I’d better take them home for her to eat.
Ji Huai came back a little late because he went to town. Tang Xiu'er had already cooked a meal and hadn't seen him come back yet. She was so flustered by the wait that she took her clothes out to wash in order to prevent herself from imagining things.
When Sister-in-law Ji was cooking, she saw that she was cooking polished rice, and it was also white rice. The rice their family had today had a lot of sweet potatoes in it, so how could they have white rice
Tang Xiuer has eaten white rice.
During this period, she had let Tang Xiuer do the work intentionally or unintentionally. No, I saw the other party washing clothes, so I took the clothes that brother Ji had brought to the field today and walked over, letting Tang Xiuer wash them by the way.
Her movements were casual, she had a dead fish face, and she was not polite when speaking. She just turned around.
Tang Xiuer used to wash the whole family's clothes, and they would just put them down without asking her if she wanted to. It doesn't matter whether she is willing or not, that is the task assigned to her by Ji's mother.
Is it possible that we still have nothing to eat
Tang Xiuer looked at the dirty and muddy clothes and immediately took them out of the basin. She mustered up the courage to say to Sister-in-law Ji's back, "Our clothes have been washed. Sister-in-law, you have to wash them yourself." ”
Sister-in-law Ji came out of the house and happened to see this scene and looked over there.
Sister-in-law Ji thought for a moment that she had heard wrong. She stopped and turned around. At a glance, she saw that Tang Xiuer had thrown the clothes aside and was fetching water to wash them again.
This was the first time Tang Xiuer refused her request, and Sister-in-law Ji was slightly stunned.
"After mother passed away, you really lived a comfortable life." Ji Er's sister-in-law meant something and was very angry.
In the past, Tang Xiuer worked hard and had to find work if she didn't have any.
"I'm a month old, and Ji Huai won't let me work more. I've washed all the clothes, and I have to wash the second brother's clothes again. Besides, shouldn't you, the second sister-in-law, wash the second brother's clothes?" Tang Xiuer stood wringing out her clothes without looking at her.
She was married to Ji Huai, not the Ji family.
These words made Sister-in-law Ji speechless. She kept her mouth shut for a long time, and then said when Tang Xiuer was drying the clothes, "I see you are washing, so why don't you help me?"
"I'm still pregnant with the child, so washing clothes is really hard and tiring. Second sister-in-law should do it by herself next time. I'm not up to the task." Tang Xiuer said this to her again, her tone not ups and downs.
"It's not like I don't know how to wash! I'll just let you wash it..."
"I also washed my second sister-in-law yesterday." Tang Xiuer interrupted her.
"What are you yelling at?" Sister-in-law Ji grabbed the handle, lowered her face and raised her voice, "I'll talk to you properly, who will you show your anger to?"
She was worried that she wouldn't have a chance to get angry, but Tang Xiuer came to her door.
Tang Xiuer: "I didn't..."
Sister-in-law Ji stepped forward and grabbed brother Ji's clothes with too much force. The sleeves were still thrown on Tang Xiuer's body, so she took a step back. Sister-in-law Ji snorted coldly and glanced at her, "You know what you want to do, but you still use Ji Huai to suppress others. You will also use this dark trick. Hiding behind your back to cause harm, don't think that others don't know, be careful. Retribution comes to the children.”
The more she looked at Tang Xiuer, the more displeased she became. The other party had been obedient some time ago and would do whatever he was asked to do. But this time he stopped doing it, which gave her an outlet to vent.
Tang Xiuer could bear being scolded, but it was unbearable for the other person to curse her child. She said with a straight face, "Excuse me, second sister-in-law, what bad things have I done? Why don't I help you wash your clothes?" Are you just being evil? I'm helping you, it's not what I should be doing! You also have children, how did you say this? Daya and Erya got sick some time ago, do you feel better? "
It's okay not to mention this matter. When it was mentioned, Ji Er's wife was furious and stared, "Are you embarrassed? Don't you want to shout in front of the whole village that our family has eaten bad fish? That fish was caught by Ji Huai Yes, he probably exchanged the fish for eggs with us that were already dead. If we don’t pursue this matter, do you really think it’s none of your business?”
"That's fresh fish. Ji Huai just caught it." Tang Xiuer ignored the first half of the sentence and defended Ji Huai.
"How is that possible? That's because we don't care!" Sister-in-law Ji didn't believe it.
Tang Xiuer added: "He is still alive when he is captured."
"That's what you said with your mouth. Anyway, you are good at talking nonsense." Sister-in-law Ji sneered, sarcastically.
"Believe it or not, everyone is fine after eating. If you insist on saying that, there is nothing I can do." Tang Xiuer seemed to want to make trouble with her, and even refused to answer, "I'm going to hang the clothes."
"What do you mean you can't help it?" When Sister-in-law Ji saw that she was about to leave, she reached out and grabbed her arm to prevent her from leaving. She asked, "Does our family still deserve what she deserves?"
Tang Xiuer felt uncomfortable being dragged by her and struggled to break free. With a flick of his hand, the basin in his hand fell down, and the washed clothes fell onto the loess, becoming dirty.
"Now that the clothes are dirty, we can wash them together." Sister-in-law Ji was a little gloating as she spoke.
"I don't know how to wash it for you!" Tang Xiuer was also annoyed. She avoided her and blurted out, "Second brother's clothes should be washed by second sister-in-law. I'm already very tired washing Ji Huai's clothes."