What to do, Xu Nannan didn't know what to do. She knew that the old lady was trying to punish her, for real.
This cruel old lady not only abused her granddaughter, but also wanted to ruin her life for some food. Xu Nannan didn't accept his fate, and turned around to shout to Xu Xiaoman, "Xiaoman, you go back to the house and take it with you, close the door, and I'll go out for a while."
"En," Xu Xiaoman obediently responded, the big eyes on his small face were full of worry.
Xu Nannan found that he really thought things too simply before.
The way she treats the old lady is still the same as the way a bear child deals with parents in the 21st century, disobedient and rebellious. She ignored that the Xu family is different from those parents.
Parents are reluctant to harm their own brats, but the Xu family can really kill their children cruelly.
"It's so stupid." Xu Nannan scolded in his heart.
At this time, every household had already gone to work, Xu Nannan didn't go to work, but went directly to Xu Gensheng's house.
I found a hidden place on the road and bought a can of rice noodles from Taobao. It was in a glass bottle. It didn't taste like milk, but I was very hungry.
"Aunt Dahong." As soon as Xu Nannan walked to the gate of Xu Gensheng's house, he saw Liu Dahong coaxing the child in his arms. Immediately choked up and called out.
Seeing that she was here, Liu Dahong greeted happily, "Nannan, come in quickly, why haven't you come to sit at home these days."
Ever since Xu Nannan saved her eldest grandson's life with milk powder last time, Liu Dahong's impression of Xu Nannan is indescribable.
"Auntie, you have to help me." Xu Nannan took out the milk powder in his arms and put it in Liu Dahong's hands, "Auntie, I don't want anything, so I beg you to help me this time."
Along the way, Xu Nannan also thought about it. The only person in the village who could help her was Xu Gensheng's family.
Liu Dahong was bewildered by her actions, holding rice noodles and said, "What, what's wrong?"
"Auntie, my grandma is going to marry me off. She is talking about the son of a blacksmith's family. Auntie, at my age, if you let me marry, won't it kill me?"
"What, let you get married at this age? Your mother frightened you." Liu Dahong's face was full of disbelief.
Xu Nannan shook his head. "Auntie, everyone came to see her. She was a dark-skinned woman. The matchmaker called her Sister Liu, and said she was a blacksmith at home. Even the dowry was negotiated."
"Surnamed Liu, blacksmith?" Liu Dahong frowned and thought for a while, then his eyes suddenly widened.
They are all people who live in these ten miles and eight villages, and the situation of each household is clear. With the information provided by Xu Nannan, Liu Dahong knows who it is.
This is the home of Blacksmith Hu in Dongshan Village. Blacksmith Hu is indeed a talent. When he was making steel a few years ago, he followed him to make bone steel. Later, there was no steelmaking, and every household started to use iron pots. This blacksmith Hu started his old business again, and his life was better than that of other families.
And his mother-in-law gave birth to two sons, twins, how many people envied them back then.
But the problem is that when the child was only one month old, the two children fell ill together. One child was gone, and the other had a fever that burned out his brain. I heard that not only his head was bad, but his limbs were also deformed.
Well, the old Xu's family told Nan Nan about such a family, right? Didn't this harm the child for the rest of his life
"Auntie, do you know anything?" Xu Nannan also saw that Liu Dahong knew about the family's situation, and the situation was very bad, so he immediately asked.
As long as the family is not good, she will have greater confidence in escaping the marriage.
Liu Dahong nodded sullenly, "If it's really this family, then your old lady is really cruel."
Liu Dahong told Xu Nannan about the situation in Blacksmith Hu's house, and the more Xu Nannan heard it, the more he felt that this old lady was really inferior to a beast.
As soon as Liu Dahong finished speaking, she immediately cried, "Auntie, you must help me, otherwise my life will be over."
Liu Dahong wondered, "Nannan, I feel pity for you too, but I can't handle this matter, and neither can your Uncle Gensheng. Not to mention Uncle Gensheng, even the cadres in the village and township can't care about it. After all, no one can take care of other people's housework. Your grandma also said that you are not asked to marry, but to go to someone's house to raise you. There is no fault in this."
This ginger is still old and hot. The old woman's trick is really cruel. No one can say that she is breaking the law.
Xu Nannan also guessed that Liu Dahong would definitely say that. Rolling his eyes, he wiped his eyes, "I also know that this matter must be difficult to manage, so I want to go to the city to find my parents, aunt, can you ask Uncle Gensheng to introduce me to the city?" Believe me. I have to go to the city to find my parents, or... Auntie... "
Before she finished speaking, she began to cry.
Seeing this, Liu Dahong's heart softened. The hand holding the rice noodles is also soft.
Anyway, it's just a letter of introduction, so it doesn't seem to be a big deal. Let's go.
"Okay, don't panic, I'll go find your Uncle Gensheng and ask him to write a letter of introduction for you."
For the sake of rice noodles, Liu Dahong decided to uphold justice and help the poor little girl. As soon as she stuffed the grandson in her arms into Xu Nannan's arms, she immediately ran to the field.
Seeing Liu Dahong go out, Xu Nannan curled his lips.
This time she had to find a way to let Xu Jiansheng, his wife and the old lady know that she was not so easy to mess with.
Xu Gensheng still listened to his daughter-in-law very much, and returned with her after a while.
Seeing Xu Nannan, he frowned and sighed slightly, "Nannan, it's not good for you to go to the city like this. I'm not familiar with the place, so what if something happens."
At this time, you need a letter of introduction when you enter the city, otherwise you won't even be able to get on a long-distance bus. But not everyone can enter the city. Young girls like Xu Nannan usually have no chance to enter the city. So Xu Gensheng really didn't dare to open the letter of introduction.
Xu Nannan flattened his mouth aggrieved, "Uncle Gensheng, I can't help it. I can't let my family follow me into the city. If they find out, they will definitely lock me up in the house. Uncle Gensheng, don't worry about it." Please help me."
"I said Xu Gensheng, can you hurry up and see how pitiful Nan Nan is." Liu Dahong couldn't stand it anymore.
Xu Gensheng sighed, "Okay, okay, open a letter of introduction, then you wait, you have to go to stamp it later." I don't know what the old Xu family will do after they find out. Alas, this thing is not easy to take. Who made his family have a grandson.
After the letter of introduction was opened, Xu Gensheng went to the village office to stamp it. Xu Nannan took the letter of introduction and hurried home.
At this time, there was no car to go to the city, Xu Nannan was not in a hurry, and hid the letter of introduction well.
The matter broke out, and the old lady didn't hide it anymore. After the family returned home from work at night, the old lady told the whole family that Xu Nannan was going to someone else's house.
Grandpa Xu took a puff of dry cigarette, "Did you talk to Jiansheng and his wife?" Grandpa Xu knew about this at first, but just thinking about it, he still felt very sorry. No matter how you say it, it is my own granddaughter, sent to Tiejiang Hu's house, life will be difficult in the future. He didn't worry about anything else, but he was worried that the old couple would blame him in the future.
The old lady didn't take it seriously, "What's wrong, I'm her grandma, so I can't make the decision anymore? Don't talk about her, even her father is also the one I make the decision."
Speaking of this, the old lady became even more angry. She was the one who decided the marriage between Li Jing and her son, and now she regrets it very much.
The third aunt Liu Qiao raised her eyes to look at Xu Nannan who was eating with squinted eyes, and then looked at the old lady, "Mom, Erya is so young, I wonder if I should wait."
"What are you waiting for, you can't bear her, why don't you let your Meizi go?" Zhang Cuiqin exploded immediately. "Mom, look at the third daughter-in-law. I think you are wrong. What is the situation at home now? No one in the family can eat enough. I also heard today that the country is not enough for food this year, and there is not much food to be distributed. How much food does this person have to eat?"
As soon as she said this, the faces of the others became a little strange, a little embarrassed, and a little guilty.
Food for rural people is distributed according to work, but when there is not enough food, it is impossible to really get that much. Especially in the past few years, the whole country suffered from famine, and it got better last year. It is not easy to just want to eat enough.
In the past few days, the family is still drinking miscellaneous grains. These people have to do physical work, how can they be hungry if they eat some mush, and they can only survive when they wake up hungry at night and drink water.
The old lady also knew about this year's situation, and Xu Nannan was disobedient, so she found a husband's house for Xu Nannan, who could exchange food and eat less.
Everyone knew about this situation, and no one explained it clearly. Otherwise, if it got out, their family wouldn't really be called a den of wolves. Who would have thought that Zhang Cuiqin's mouth would be so fast, she would say everything, and it was in front of Erya.
"Crack!" The old lady put the chopsticks on the table fiercely, "What are you talking nonsense, I'm doing it for the sake of Erya. There is no food at home, so let her go to someone else's house to live a good life. Good thing, what are you all thinking." Looking at Xu Nannan again, "Ah, this is for your own good, although you are usually old-fashioned, I still love you in my heart."
Xu Nannan gulped down the contents of the bowl, then took the bowl and put it in front of the old lady, "Grandma, Xiao Man hasn't eaten yet."
The old lady made a mess for her with a blue face, "Whether you like it or not, it's settled like this. You will thank grandma in the future."
Xu Nannan picked up the bowl to eat, and looked at the old lady with a half-smile, "Grandma, I really appreciate you!" After speaking, he went out with the bowl.
"Mom, look at her attitude." Zhang Cuiqin slapped the table unhappily, but was extremely happy in her heart. In the future, Erya will be ruined, and Xiaoman's virtue will also be ruined. Xu Jiansheng and his wife will have to rely on her family Honghong and Leizi in the future. In the future, Xu Jiansheng's things will all be left to her children .
Liu Qiao glanced at her calmly, with the corners of her mouth slightly pursed.
At night, the family went back to their room to sleep with different thoughts.
In the west room, Xu Jianping and his wife were lying on the bed and talking about this matter, Xu Jianping sighed, "Coincidentally, why do I think this matter is not right, you think if Erya really gets married, will the eldest brother blame us?" .”
Xu Jianping's mood was a bit complicated.
He has no feelings for his elder brother Xu Jiansheng. After all, the eldest brother left home early, and he and the second child Xu Jianhai grew up together, so their relationship is better.
But he didn't blame his elder brother for neglecting the family. From his point of view, he was earning a living at home, while his elder brother was earning a living outside. Even if his parents were in good health, he didn't let them serve as his son's servants. At the beginning, the second child's family wanted to send their children to the city, but he never thought about sending them. If it wasn't for his daughter-in-law crying under the quilt, saying that the child was wronged at home, he would not be willing to let his child be raised by others. So after the child was sent to his elder brother's family to be raised, he felt that he owed his elder brother a little.
Now that the old lady wanted Erya to go to Blacksmith Hu's house, he suddenly felt a little guilty, thinking that if his elder brother found out, he would definitely blame the family.
Liu Qiao smiled and nodded his forehead, "It's not what we said, it was arranged by the old lady. Besides, I also spoke for Erya, but the old lady didn't listen, what can we do? I have the ability , let the eldest brother talk to the old lady by himself."
Xu Jianping was right when he thought about it. Just at the dinner table, the family said something fair to his daughter-in-law, and that Zhang Cuiqin added fuel and jealousy.
Thinking of this, Xu Jianping felt balanced. We don't blame us for this matter, we worked hard, but the old lady didn't listen.
In the other room, Xu Nannan didn't sleep, and told Xu Xiaoman about his plan.
Xu Xiaoman didn't dare to speak, but when Xu Nannan said something, she nodded.
"Xiao Man, not only will my sister not marry this time, but she may let you study when she comes back. Let's go together tomorrow morning. I don't worry about you being at home alone."
She went to the city to look for Xu Jiansheng, and she must wait a day before returning. If she left, the old lady would definitely come to question Xu Xiaoman, she couldn't let Xu Xiaoman fall into the clutches of the old lady.
Xu Xiaoman said firmly, "Sister, I will listen to you." In this world, the best thing for her is my sister. She wants to be obedient.