In darkness deeper than midnight, Xu Chunjun was kicked awake.
She didn't know where she was for a moment, but Mama Pang's scolding made her wake up.
"You sleep like a dead pig!" Pang's mother cursed while coughing, "Why don't you get up and start working!"
There was no part of Xu Chunjun's body that was not sore, and his throat was a little hoarse from the smoke: "If you wake up so early, won't everyone else fall asleep?"
The light in the room was as bright as a bean, and only the general outline could be seen clearly.
"You know how to grab people!" Mother Pang was even more dissatisfied. "Every day at this time, the sloppers come here, so someone needs to help. It's your turn and Thimble's duty today. Stop talking and go quickly! It's a delay.
, break your spine!”
At this time, the thimble over there also climbed up rustlingly, its hair disheveled, as if it was holding a pile of straw.
Xu Chunjun got up and put on his shoes, arranging his hair as he walked.
The two of them went to the outside room, lit lanterns and went to the kitchen.
It was quite cold outside at this time, and Xu Chunjun couldn't help but shudder. Thimble also hunched up his shoulders and sneezed several times.
At this time, there was only Xu Chunjun and her. She didn't dare to do anything bad and just walked forward honestly.
Xu Chunjun asked her: "Where does the swill go?"
"Zhuangzi has pulled it up to feed the pigs," Thimble'er said, "Wangzi's sister-in-law is in charge of the key, so we can go over and help lift it."
Wangzi's wife did not live in the same place as them. There was a small courtyard on the street behind the house, just a few steps away.
The swill buckets were lined up at the back door of the kitchen, more than a dozen large buckets, sour and smelly.
Wangzi's wife, with her hair half up and wearing a blue jacket with white flowers, snorted when she saw Xu Chunjun.
The back corner door opened, and a hunchbacked man about forty years old tied up the bullock cart and walked in coughing.
Wangzi's wife tucked the corner door key on her waist and said to Xu Chunjun: "Stop pretending to be a lady. Can't you see the work right in front of you?"
The man glanced at Xu Chunjun and said, "Is this girl new here? I've never seen her before."
"You damn hunchback, you're not blind, but you can still see clearly in such a sky!" Wangzi's wife curled her lips and said.
"Looking at what you said, I was just asking." The man sneered a few times.
Xu Chunjun just pretended not to hear, lowered his head and carried the swill to the car with Thimble'er.
Wangzi's wife didn't come forward to help. She hugged her shoulders and leaned on the threshold, teasing the hunchback.
Just after carrying two buckets, Thimble's Lazy Donkey went to grind, holding his belly and said: "No, I have to go to the latrine first." He ran away.
Xu Chunjun took a breath and walked back. It was just dawning, and the morning breeze felt cool on his face.
The hunchback squinted at Xu Chunjun's slender figure, and whispered to Wangzi's wife: "Why did such a beautiful girl end up doing hard work in the kitchen?"
"What's wrong? Are you feeling distressed?" Wangzi's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Then go and ask Madam to point her out to you as your wife!"
"Hehe, I don't have that kind of blessing," although the hunchback said this, his eyes could not leave Xu Chunjun for a moment, "I can be satisfied with my skin."
"This is a soft persimmon. If you want to squeeze it, squeeze it as soon as possible," Wangzi's wife encouraged in a low voice, "If you pass this village, there will be no store like this."
"Seriously?" The hunchback immediately felt itchy upon hearing this, "I'm an honest person, don't lie to me."
"What am I trying to trick you for?" Wangzi's wife rolled her eyes and said, "Just remember this."
Xu Chunjun walked up to them, and the two people stopped talking.
The hunchback stepped forward diligently and said, "Sister, let me help you carry it!"
As he spoke, he reached out and took the opportunity to touch Xu Chunjun's arm.
Xu Chunjun dodged suddenly and his eyes became wary.
"What are you doing? I don't eat people." The hunchback smiled coquettishly and tried to pull her back. "Get up early and it's cold. Brother will warm your hands."
Wangzi's wife was watching the fun, just like watching a cat playing with a mouse.
"Pah!" Xu Chunjun slapped the hunchback on the face.
The hunchback was stunned by her beating, covering his face and freezing in place.
Xu Chunjun's cheeks were red, and his voice was trembling, but his tone was sharp: "Stop moving your hands and feet! Don't ask for trouble!"
"Hunchback, you loser!" She didn't expect Xu Chunjun to be like this. Wangzi's wife was quite surprised, and she hated the hunchback so much, "Why should I ask her to beat you?! You're asking for a man in vain!"
What she meant was to let the hunchback look good to Xu Chunjun. Anyway, there was no one around at this time, so what could she, a weak woman, do.
"Don't fan the flames," Xu Chunjun turned to Wangzi's wife, his eyebrows frosty, "I don't want to be on the same level as you. If you try to push things further, I won't be polite."
"Oh, what a big breath!" Wangzi's wife sneered and walked forward, "You little whore, you are easy to bully when you look at me! What can you do to us? Today I will strip you naked and just say
It was you who seduced the hunchback, let's see if anyone can speak for you! Ask the person in charge to give you a good beating and kick you out! If you don't believe me, just give it a try."
She made up her mind. Everyone here didn't like Xu Chunjun, not to mention there were no witnesses, and it was never clear what happened between men and women.
Xu Chunjun was too thin-skinned to make any noise. Even if she went to file a complaint, she couldn't help but blame the hunchback on Xu Chunjun.
How could Xu Chunjun not know the calculation in her heart? He said with a cold face: "I didn't want to be the same as you, but you bullied me too much! You think I am weak and easy to bully, but I am afraid you have misjudged the wrong person. I will advise you again.
In a word, it is best to keep the water from the well and not the river."
She came here just to comply with the request of Mrs. Marquis, and she won't stay here for a long time, so she just wants to pass these few days peacefully. Who would have thought that the tree would be quiet but the wind would not stop.
"Such a loud tone, it really scared me to death." Wangzi's wife pretended to be scared and clapped her chest and said, "What are you going to do with us? Do you really think that you are a wealthy lady? You can't touch her, you can't tell."
"You and I have nothing to do with each other, but you keep teasing me." Xu Chunjun doesn't like to argue with others, but that doesn't mean she's easy to bully. "Believe it or not, I'm going to invite the mother in charge here so that you can't bear to go around.
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"Oh, oh, this is amazing! The sky is blue in this yard!" Wangzi's wife used all her tricks and tricks. She sat on the ground and slapped her thighs and yelled: "You stinky girl, why don't you tell me what happened today?"
It’s clear, I’m not done with you!”
Then he said to the hunchback: "You are a hunchback, but you are not mute! Didn't you hear that he wanted to make me look good to you?! Why don't you kneel down and beg her for mercy!"
Of course what she said was ironic. The hunchback understood and said to Xu Chunjun with a smirk: "Little sister, my brother originally wanted to love you, but who would have thought that you don't know how to show appreciation. Do you think anyone will believe what you say? We are here.
There are all old people in the house, and with just a few empty words from you, the mother in charge can believe you? Stop dreaming!"
