"Slender girl, skinny girl, dead girl, where have you been? I've been thinking about being lazy all day long, and when I catch you, I'll break your legs..."
A sharp and harsh voice came from the front yard, and Shouya immediately nervously stuffed the bag of jujube cakes in her hand into a nearby pile of grass, and said to Shen Ruolan: "Lanya, hurry up, the old man is looking for me, I will You have to go back quickly, or you will be beaten again."
Hearing her calling her grandma like that, Shen Ruolan couldn't help but burst out laughing, this skinny girl doesn't look like the kind of poor little girl who accepts everything, she just wants to resist but has more energy than strength.
"You go, I should go back, remember to find me tomorrow." Shen Ruolan waved her hand and left.
Shouya looked at her back, with mixed feelings, moved, happy, sad...all kinds of emotions, until her grandma's voice came again, she looked away, turned and ran to the front yard.
"Damn girl, money-losing goods, you'll be dawdling even if you're asked to sweep a yard. How long have you been working on this little job? Haven't you finished it yet?"
Seeing Shouya, the old lady Ma put her hands on her hips and cursed.
The thin girl lowered her head, walked over slowly, picked up the big shovel and continued to shovel the snow, her expression was dull, she was neither afraid nor defended herself, like a soulless body.
The old horse woman had long been used to her lifeless look, and after a few words of scolding, she thought it was cold outside, so she went back to the house to warm herself by the fire.
Shen Ruolan left Shouya's house and went to her uncle's house again.
She promised to give each of the Shouya sisters a cornbread per day, and since they didn’t have those cornmeal at home, she wanted to see the old man’s house, and if he had them, she would buy them and return them when she went to the city to pick up clothes. he.
When we arrived at Grandpa's house, Grandpa's family happened to be there. Grandpa and Shen Fucun brothers were very happy to see her, but Shen Ruomei gave her a blank look and hummed again, as if he still didn't like her as before.
The aunt also lost her previous enthusiasm. When she saw Shen Ruolan coming, she just said nonchalantly, "Why are you here?"
Shen Ruolan looked at the face of the uncle and the brothers Shen Fucun, but didn't care about her attitude, she still sat on the edge of the kang with a smile, and said, "I'm here to discuss something with my uncle."
Shen Debao pulled the cigarette pot out of his mouth, looked at his niece, "What's the matter?"
"It's nothing serious. I just want to see if your family has any face. I want to average twenty catties." She will go to the city in a few days, and she will pay them back after buying it.
After hearing what his niece said, Shen Debao took a mouthful of the pipe and pot without making a sound.
When this is not harvested, no one's family has any surplus food, and his family is also counting rice for the pot. They take out twenty catties of corn noodles at once, which is enough for his family's old snacks for seven or eight days.
only…
"Ruolan, it's not that the uncle is talking about you. You said that if you save some money from selling ginseng, why would you come out to borrow food? Look at you, you can work hard if you have two dollars. How many meals have you eaten? I can smell it... "
Hearing the old man's complaint, Shen Ruolan understood that the old man thought that she had no money or food, and came here to beat the autumn wind, so she interrupted him, "Master, if you are in trouble, forget it, I am thinking of other ways .”
"It's definitely embarrassing, but as an uncle, I can't just watch you and your father starve. After a while, I will ask your aunt to pack the food for you. It's just that you need to be more careful in your life in the future. Don't worry about it." It’s as useless as before!”
Shen Debao said, and said to Aunt Shen: "Go to the barn and measure twenty catties of corn for Lanya."
Shen Ruolan was very happy that the uncle could lend her food, although she didn't care much about this little food, even if she didn't lend her, would she be afraid that she would have no place to buy food if she had money
It's just that, that's not the case. Uncle can lend her food, which shows that in his heart, he still cares about her, and he can't bear to see her and her father go hungry, so he would rather suffer and save himself, and save the food. Lend it to her. This is no longer a matter of twenty catties of grain, but the uncle's affection for her and her father.
"Okay, I'll listen to my uncle, live a more frugal life in the future." Shen Ruolan didn't say anything, but only responded cheerfully.
The aunt heard that Shen Ruolan borrowed twenty catties of grain as soon as she opened her mouth, she was not happy, the whole family was struggling with their stomachs, why would she ask for twenty catties of grain with one mouth? Is it hers or is it owed to her? Besides, she hasn't settled with Zhang Eryong for the unclear debt, and she dares to come to fight Qiufeng, how shameless
"Mei Erniang, go and weigh twenty catties of corn for Lan Ya." Shen Debao took out the key to the warehouse at home and put it on the kang table.
Aunt Shen didn't move, she didn't make a sound, she knew she was opposed to Uncle Shen's decision, but she didn't dare to openly resist.
"Go, you're deaf!"
When Uncle Shen saw that he couldn't order the old woman, he felt that it was embarrassing in front of his niece and daughter, so he couldn't help raising his voice.
When Shen Ruomei heard that Shen Ruolan wanted to borrow food, she kept her ears closed to listen to the movement here. Seeing that her father had a bad voice with her mother, he gave Shen Ruolan a look and said in a low voice, "Really? Shameless, I have enough money to eat Haisai at home, and when I emptied my family business, I ran away to others. Aren’t you okay with the second boy of the old Zhang’s family? If you have the ability, let him get you food. ?”
"Shut up!"
Uncle Shen yelled angrily, "Something that has no rules, and I can't even clear up my bad debts. How dare you talk about him, are you ashamed?"
"What are you trying to do to Meier? What's the matter with Meier? Is it a bad debt or not? It's Lao Ding's kid who is stalking our Meier, and Meier has nothing to do with him. What's there to be ashamed of?" Ting?"
When Aunt Shen saw that her precious daughter was being reprimanded, she couldn't care less about being afraid of the old man, and immediately fired at Uncle Shen like an old hen protecting her cub, "Besides, is there anyone like you who is a father? Doing this for an outsider My daughter? Are you kissing her or Meier? Does she call you Daddy or Meier calls you Daddy?"
Shen Ruomei was fine at first, but when Aunt Shen said that, she covered her face and burst into tears, and quickly ran back to her room, closing the door with a bang.
"Look, the child made you cry..."
When Aunt Shen saw her precious daughter crying, she complained, and hurriedly got off the ground, put on her shoes and rushed over to coax her.
When Uncle Shen saw the appearance of the two of them, he also became angry: "Lanya, don't pay attention to them, let's go, uncle will lead you to get the food."
After finishing speaking, he got off to put on his shoes, picked up the key and led Shen Ruolan to the warehouse.
Aunt Shen went to coax Shen Ruomei, she just wanted to hide and didn't want to get food for Shen Ruolan, but now seeing that the old man was going to get food for Lan Ya himself, she couldn't care less, rushed out of the house and grabbed Shen Debao.
"Oh, you bastard, don't you think about it? Don't you know that you have a son and a daughter? There is only so much food in the house, and if you spend so much, are you trying to starve our mothers to death? Oh my god, what crime did I do, people eat hazel, new clothes and meat, and in the end we have to help wipe their asses, who will make the decision for me?"
When Aunt Shen was crying and singing, she still didn't forget to pull Shen Debao fiercely.
"Shut up, go back to the house, don't embarrass yourself here." Shen Debao turned around and wanted to snatch his clothes back.
"Father, mother, what a big deal, stop arguing." Shen Fucun persuaded him to make peace.
Shen Ruomei also heard the sound, she stood at the door, staring at Shen Ruolan with hatred, "Hmph, now you are happy, you have disturbed our family."
Shen Ruolan ignored Shen Ruomei, she knew the problem, so she said directly to Aunt Shen, "Ma'am, I don't want to take your food for nothing. I originally wanted to share it with you. I bought it in two days and then returned it to you." Yes, if you are worried, can I give you the money at the price right now?"
Because there is not much food in every household now, Shen Ruolan wanted to borrow food to pay back the food. If she had known that the aunt would think so, she would have given the money directly.
Sure enough, when she heard about the money, Aunt Shen's crying stopped abruptly.
"Do you have money? Didn't Shen Xiuyun and the others steal all your money? Didn't they owe me an IOU?" Aunt Shen couldn't believe her.
"Don't worry, ma'am, I went to Jizhou to earn some money a while ago. Although it's not much, I still can afford to buy some corn."
In order to enhance the credibility of her words, she took out a purse, and poured out a handful of copper coins and a few small pieces of silver from it.
Seeing the money, Aunt Shen immediately showed a smile, "That's okay, although our family's food is also very tight, but for the sake of relatives, I will sell you some."
"No, they are all relatives. If you want any money, I will lend you the food. You can pay it back after you harvest the food in autumn." Why would Shen Debao have the nerve to ask for money from his niece? Firmly disagree.
Shen Fucun also said: "Mother, who is not in trouble yet? Just lend some money to Lan Ya, don't ask for money."
"You stay on the side for me."
Aunt Shen didn't dare to scold her old man, but she didn't feel any pressure when she scolded her son, "Forget that your daughter-in-law has no milk and your son is starving? Didn't the doctor say that your wife has to eat more meat to produce milk? If you have no money, why should you buy meat?”
Shen Fucun thought of his poor son and his tearful wife, so he shut up and silently lowered his head.
Uncle Shen was told by Aunt Shen that he also thought of his starving grandson, so he couldn't speak hard words.
Aunt Shen looked at her own words and persuaded these two old men who were eating inside and outside, she was very proud, she pulled Shen Ruolan over and started to negotiate the price.
In fact, the cornmeal sold in the market only sells for two yuan a catty, but the aunt said that their cornmeal is good.
In other words, for the twenty catties of cornmeal, she wanted fifty Wen.
Seeing that the money was reserved for the children of the eldest brother's family, Shen Ruolan didn't bother with her, and besides, she was not short of ten pennies, so she readily took out the money and bought twenty catties of corn flour .
The aunt who got the money and made a small profit, as if she was a different person, changed her previous bitter look, smiled openly, and sent Shen Fucun to help Shen Ruolan carry back the twenty catties of corn flour.
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The update in the afternoon is moved to the evening, I want to revise the article, so everyone should stop reading in the afternoon, okay!