The mother-in-law's picky words reached Xing Rui's ears, but she didn't get used to them either.
"If you are able to have a baby, then you can go home and lie down."
"The mother-in-law has a baby in her belly, how dare you, the mother-in-law, to compare with you?"
Some people who couldn't stand it made a sound.
"Besides, even after having a child, Li Huimei is not idle. Have you fed all the cornmeal buns to the dogs at noon?
Be virtuous. This is work for yourself. No one is forcing you to do it. If you don't want to do it, just go back.
Even if you have one less person and one more person, you won’t die from exhaustion.”
"That's right, Li Huimei just took the baby. It's so dangerous, isn't it better to run around?"
When one person fights against an injustice, more people will join in. After all, people's hearts are full of flesh, and they are not blind.
"There is also this stupid girl who has no place at the foot of the mountain. Even if she goes home and lies down, we can't find fault with her.
But you see, this stupid girl is doing as much work as the other two, and she is the one doing the hardest and most tiring things. Even the men in the family are taking everyone to patrol the river.
Are you full of food and chewing tongues here? No one cares about chewing tongues normally, but at this time, chewing tongues is an enemy of the people of Dahe Village."
"That's it, it's been a long time, and you're still here chewing your tongue. It's shameless. If you're too lazy, just go home and be lazy..."
For a while, you said something to me, and even though the woman was resentful and dissatisfied in her heart, she couldn't bear to speak in unison.
I could only blush and blush, unable to even utter a fart.
"Okay, okay, let's get to work quickly before the rain comes down."
Xing Rui picked up the iron drill and walked toward the river.
God is with us, although it is not always sunny and there are continuous rain showers.
But at least before the heavy rain came, the people from Dahe Village had to sort out the river channels.
"Xing Rui,"
Han Quanquan, who was so tired that he had lost weight, looked at Xing Rui with admiration in his eyes.
At this time, listening to the sound of heavy rain outside, he no longer looked sad, but smiled faintly and said,
"It's really my fault this time. It's been raining heavily for two days. I took a few people to walk along the river this morning. The water was so fierce and scary.
But the embankments you asked everyone to build really played a big role, especially the bridge piers, which were rarely strong for so many years.
The stones you and your people piled up were able to hold back the ferocious beasts. I think our village has been saved this time."
Xing Rui was also happy to hear this. After all, it was related to the interests of the entire Dahe Village.
But listening to the sound of rain outside, it was obvious that the situation was not as optimistic as Han Quanquan thought.
"I hope there will be less rain this year. After the rainy season is over, the bridge at the entrance of our village may need to be repaired."
"Your sister-in-law told me what you said that day, okay, you can sketch it out first, and I'll go out and find someone who understands and ask.
If it works, we will wait until the busy farming season is over and then ask everyone to come out and repair the bridge.
Not only the bridge, but also the road must be repaired."
Xing Rui nodded, took a sip of tea on the table, looked at Li Huimei's somewhat gray face and said,
"Sister-in-law, please have a good rest. Seeing how you look like this, I'm afraid you're tired from the past few days, so I'll go back first."
"You have the right to send the girl off for me."
"Well, just lie down."
Han Quanquan got up and sent Xing Rui out and opened the door. The rain seemed not as heavy as in the morning.
There was actually a clear sky on the horizon. It seemed that the heavy rain was about to pass.
It rained lightly for another two days, and now it is finally sunny.
Carpenter Hu took advantage of the rain these days to finish part of the cabinet at home.
Taking advantage of the nice weather today, Liang Sheng went over to help him deliver the cabinet.
"children,"
Xing Rui felt very distressed when she saw that Liang Weiwei and Xiao Duoduo had lost a lot of weight after recovering from their illness.
"The rain has been heavy these days, and we can't even eat fish. Tomorrow, after installing the cabinet today, my mother will go to the town to weigh some meat for you.
I'll give you a good patch up and see how skinny you are one by one, like a little carrot head. Yes, my mother is very distressed."
"mother……"
The two little girls threw themselves into Xing Rui's arms, hugging their necks and waists.
This intimate gesture made Xing Zihe, who was standing on the side, jealous.
After all, it’s good for girls to hug their mothers if they want to, but I can’t be so casual.
"Zihe,"
Xing Rui stood up and took the two girls' hands, looked at him and smiled,
"Come here, come to my mother's house."
Xing Zihe's face turned red when his mother saw through it, and he walked over timidly.
"Give,"
Xing Rui took out a bag of candy from his pocket like a magic trick, opened it,
Xing Zihe was first asked to pick a piece, but Xing Zihe looked at it and said,
"Let's leave it to my sisters to eat,"
"You can take it if you are told. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Xing Rui handed the paper bag in his hand to Xing Zihe, and then he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.
He looked up at his mother, her little face smiling as sweetly as flowers.
After the cabinets were placed, Liang Sheng finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked Xing Rui.
"Where did you get these cabinets? Why have you never seen them before?"
"You've just never seen it before,"
Carpenter Hu's craftsmanship is really good. The things he made are just like his own. He even painted the entire cabinet a bright red color.
This was somewhat beyond Xing Rui's expectation. The bright red color looked like it was for weddings.
"Mom, is this the cabinet you and dad used to get married?"
Liang Weiwei took Xiao Duoduo's hand and asked Xing Rui.
Xing Rui said nothing, but Liang Sheng on the side burst into laughter, stretched out his hand to touch the tall cabinet door, and said with a smile,
"It's true. The bright red color looks like something used for weddings."
Xing Rui glared at Liang Sheng and said,
"I didn't ask Carpenter Hu to paint it. He made the color on his own initiative."
“Very nice, bright and festive.”
Liang Sheng didn't know whether he really liked it or not.
The corner of Ximei's mouth curled up, and she stretched out her hand to touch the cabinet door, laughing.
Xing Rui ignored him and turned to look at other cabinets.
During dinner, the family had just sat down together when they heard the rapid footsteps of someone running in from outside.
When Xing Rui was wondering who could come at this time, a person had already ran in.
"Sister..."
Xing Min ran to the door and burst into tears when he saw Xing Rui.
"Save my eldest sister, save my eldest sister..."
Xing Rui put down the chopsticks in his hand and stood up. Watching everyone hurried out, she took Xing Min's hand and walked outside.
"Sister, are you sure to save me this time?"
As soon as Xing Min came out, she held Xing Rui's hand, and her tears rolled down like broken pearls.
"Is it because Mom wants to help you find your husband's family?"
