As soon as Xu Lei said this, Aunt Ma spat in his face.
"You go? You're not going! Don't think I don't know. You're just jealous that we have so many children. Your Zhang Yun only has one! Tell me, did your family lose my donkey's eggs on purpose?"
"You are all worthless! You sucked your wife's blood! You are just jealous! You are jealous of the Liu family's good life, and you are jealous of our family with many children!"
Seeing Auntie Ma grabbing Xu Lei's collar to ask for an explanation again, Ge Yue was speechless.
"Auntie, let's go!"
It's already this late, and the Xu family can't run away. Can't they just stay in the same yard and settle the score after the child is found
Ge Yue worked in a slaughterhouse and had a lot of strength in his body. He dragged Ma Dalian out.
Xu Lei still looked ashamed, and said to Aunt Xu: "Mom, I'll go out and look for her too, and you guys can help Aunt Ma take care of the house at home."
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Aunt Xu rolled her eyes. Everyone in the compound had gone out to look for children, so she was the only one left
She struggled to get into the Ma family's house.
All the adults in the Ma family went to look for someone, even the older children followed, leaving behind only the three youngest children, one five years old, one three years old, and one a little over one year old.
That stupid old woman Ma Dalian was holding on to her Dabao. What does this have to do with Dabao? It's her donkey's fault for not being careful. The road is wide open, who knows where the dog hole this child got into.
Besides, a stupid thing born by a stupid old woman should be thrown away! A family that is so poor that they urinate blood and still give birth to a lot of children should be thrown away!
Aunt Xu had to admit that Ma Dalian's words had undoubtedly hurt her.
That's right. Among the families in the compound, although the Liu family only has Ge Yue from the second house and has no children for several years, they are rich. With three formal workers, their family lives a much better life than their old neighbors.
Mrs. Liu was also a hard-hearted person. She enjoyed good food at home but refused to help their family.
Aunt Xu often cursed behind the scenes that something bad would happen to the men of the Liu family.
As for the Ma family, although they are also poor, their poverty is not due to work, but because they have many children.
This was enough to make Aunt Xu bear a grudge against her.
Among the three sons of the Ma family, except for the youngest, the two older ones have married, and their wives are both capable of bearing children.
With this series of births, the Ma family had a hard time with three children, but the family was also lively and cheerful.
If there is only one family, but no money, no one will prosper.
Sometimes Aunt Xu felt jealous when she saw how other families were doing. She was so angry that she wished something bad would happen to these two families, preferably a big one, so that they would be separated from their wives and children and have a bad ending!
However, having said that, Aunt Xu knew that she could only think about it in her mind. If something really happened, the two men in her family would be too weak to defeat the other two families in a fight.
Aunt Xu was full of resentment. Every day, the most enjoyable time was to go to the public toilet when no one was around, and curse at the air, saying whatever she wanted. After she vented her anger, she would pretend to be an old lady with poor health and go home. She would even greet these neighbors with a smile.
Aunt Xu arrived at the door of the Ma family. The three children of the Ma family were all in the house. They were scared because their brother was missing.
Adults used to say that children who were taken away by beggars were very miserable. They were not given food or water and were also whipped.
The oldest of the three people left in the Ma family was Yangdan, the second wife, who was only five years old. Yangdan was holding Goudan, the three-year-old from the first wife, and his one-year-old sister Miaomiao, and was terrified.
Aunt Xu felt relieved when she saw that the children were so scared that they dared not come out.
She no longer cowered, but instead strode around the yard.
He swayed while muttering curses.
"This unlucky thing called Ma Da Lian, a born stupid old woman, is trying to pick a fight with me. Humph, she doesn't even know what she is."
"Hiss, why are her cabbages better dried than mine? They're so heavy. Damn, I'm so pissed."
"The Liu family is nothing. They made a big fuss about losing a little bastard. Dou Hongying, this old woman, made a big deal out of a small matter. Is she showing off that she is a manager?"
"Well, the big radishes in her garden look OK."
"And the Xu family, the couple in the Xu family are also selfish! Humph, they're pregnant. They've been married for so many years before they got pregnant. Who knows if they can have the baby? Maybe it'll be like the second son of the Liu family, where they lose every time they get pregnant!"
"Why doesn't she hang things outside her house..."
…
Wang Ying, Liu Yang and Liu Yue just watched Aunt Xu walking outside with her legs splayed like a goose, muttering something as she wandered around the doors of each house.
I can hardly hold it in my arms!
Wang Ying: …
The two children, Liu Yang and Liu Yue, gnashed their teeth: "That's mine!"
As the weather gets colder, there are fewer fresh vegetables to eat in winter. People in the compound have to store vegetables or eat them in different ways.
Cut the large white radish into small pieces, soak it in salt water and put it outside to dry. Make sure it is dried thoroughly in the middle. Add chili seasoning to the dried radish and the pickled vegetables will taste crispy. If conditions permit, add a little sesame oil and some fried peanuts. The pickled vegetables alone can go well with rice.
The Liu and Ma families both dried radishes, but the Xu family did not.
Aunt Xu was not willing to move. Drying radishes was so tiring. Not only did she have to cut and pickle the radishes, but she also had to keep an eye on them to make sure they were not taken away by mice or cats. She had no free time all day.
Zhang Yun went to work during the day and she was too lazy to take care of things by herself.
But she doesn't want to care about it, but she doesn't want to eat.
This side dish is also good to eat in winter. After all, you will get tired of cooking cabbage and radish all the time after a few days. At this time, it is good to have a salty and fragrant dried radish to change the taste.
Aunt Xu shamelessly asked the Liu and Ma families for dried radishes.
Logically speaking, this thing is not valuable. We are old neighbors, so what's wrong with lending a hand
Aunt Xu came to the house with confidence, but was rejected by both the Liu and Ma families.
Just kidding, it is normal for families to exchange small dishes with each other, but it doesn't make sense for you to come to the door with empty paws and ask for food without bringing anything out. Reciprocity is the way of life, and only when the gift is given can the exchange be made.
So Aunt Xu could only go to the yard next door to sell some vegetables in exchange for half a bowl of dried radish.
Seeing that no one was around today, Aunt Xu finally had some fun and grabbed a handful of dried radishes at the door of Liu's house.
Two heads of cabbage and a handful of dried radishes are not worth much.
But when she thought that these were two neighbors who had always looked down on her, Aunt Xu felt happy.
Unfortunately, Xu Shuang and Wang Ying both work during the day, so they never dry things outside on weekdays. Aunt Xu felt a little uncomfortable that she didn't steal from the Xu family.
Little Liu Yang was so angry that he clenched his fists and wanted to go out and argue with Aunt Xu: "My dried radish!"
He likes to eat dried radish the most. Since his family is well-off, he always mixes it with sesame oil and eats it with mixed flour buns. It is so delicious. Liu Yang also knows that it is not easy to dry dried radish. He used to fight with his sister for dried radish, so his grandmother punished him to make it at home during his break. He worked hard to cut two radishes and almost cut his hand.
Wow, Grandma Xu is so mean, stealing the dried radishes from his house.
Wang Ying held the two children down: "Don't go out."
The person outside is an elderly person, so no matter how right the child is, the other party can suppress him with just a few words.
Wang Ying saw that Aunt Xu was not giving up, so she lay down in front of her house and looked inside through the glass. She couldn't see anything, so she could only put the cabbage and radish in her arms and touch the coal in Wang Ying's house.
Wang Ying: …
A piece of coal costs less than a penny, and it's really amazing to take advantage of this bargain.
Wang Ying stood at the door of Liu's house and stared. When she saw that the other party had already touched the coal, she shouted loudly.
"Ah! There's a thief!"
Aunt Xu was so frightened that the coal pieces fell down, and even the vegetables in her hands fell down. She turned around to see who made the noise, but she twisted her neck too fast and fell backwards.
“Ouch!”
Aunt Xu fell in front of Wang Ying's house and felt a sharp pain in her waist.
Wang Ying didn't go out, but still stood at the door of Liu's house: "It's Aunt Xu, you scared me to death!"
Aunt Xu: … Why are you lying with your eyes open? You’re going to scare someone to death!
"Auntie Xu, do you have something to talk to me about? If you have something to say, just say it. Next time, don't just hang around in front of my house without saying anything. I'm pregnant now and I can't stand being scared. You should get up quickly. Hey, why are there so many things on the ground?"
Aunt Xu got up, furious. She had originally decided to throw a tantrum, regardless of whether she had stolen anything or not. But the other party scared her to the point of falling flat on her face, so shouldn't she compensate him
She is an old lady. She seemed fine after the fall, but when she got home, she was clearly covered with bruises.
But Wang Ying was really unreasonable. She was so far away from her, yet she turned the tables and said that she scared her
Aunt Xu was so angry that she was about to die. When she heard Wang Ying asking about the things on the ground, she became even more anxious.
"This is all..."
Wang Ying interrupted: "Hey, I think this cabbage is from Auntie Ma, right? Is this dried radish from Auntie Liu? What are you..."
Aunt Xu quickly tried to make amends: "I just saw a cat dragging something over here. I was afraid that the cat had sneaked into your house, so I came to check. It was you who was frightened just now..."
Wang Ying: "Thank you so much, but don't do this again next time. If you leave something there, we can just shout. You were standing there and I almost thought you were going to steal my coal."
Aunt Xu hid her blackened hands behind her and laughed. She regretted that she would not have touched Wang Ying's coal. Now her hands are blackened. She can't argue with this person anymore. She will not get any benefit if she continues.
Wang Ying: "Yangyang, go over and call the Ma family's children to bring their things back home."
Liu Yang ran out quickly and came out with the sheep eggs in a few minutes. The two children quickly picked up the cabbage and dried radish, and they didn't even dare to leave the shelf at the door, and carried them into the house.
This Grandma Xu is so mean. They will complain when the adults come back.
Aunt Xu walked around but found nothing and even sprained her waist. She could only go back holding her waist and gritting her teeth, secretly cursing Wang Ying for meddling in her affairs.
As soon as Aunt Xu returned home, she heard a commotion outside.
Wang Ying thought it was the police, but it turned out they were looking for someone.
“Found it, found it!”
"I don't know what happened to this kid, but he got into someone else's haystack and fell asleep!"
"Ma family, go back and beat the child gently."
"Luckily, we weren't swatted away by the beetle. It was also thanks to that kid's cleverness that he reminded us to look for the haystack."
"That's right, it's done. Go back and have some rest. When you get home, warn the kids to go out and play and see what kind of trouble they can cause."