His wife's words were correct. Didn't that old man drown to death just catching fish for his son half a year ago? I heard that more people drowned in Ganshui Village at the foot of the mountain. Every now and then, someone would lose his life for fish.
For this reason, the village chief even warned people from door to door, saying that they would rather eat less than catch fish in the river.
After that, almost no one in the village dared to catch fish anymore. After all, life was more important.
"Your mother is right, it's better not to catch fish, just carry water." Su Daqiang said.
Ergouzi, who was originally looking excited, shrugged and said reluctantly: "Okay."
His eldest brother was also disappointed.
Jinbao was willing to give him candies, but he couldn't catch fish for Jinbao to eat.
Except for Su Daqiang, who was carrying a pole, the four father and son were all carrying a bucket.
"Ouch, Daqiang, are you going down the mountain to carry water?" Someone in the village greeted Su Daqiang.
"Yes," Su Daqiang said with a smile, "Fetch water for my little niece."
When he mentioned Jin Bao, his eyebrows and eyes raised, and the corners of his mouth turned up, feeling proud for no reason.
When the other party saw his cheerful look, he felt a little strange, but he didn't feel like asking more questions.
When Su Daqiang and his sons walked away, the man and another person wondered: "Didn't they say that Old Su Tou was going to separate the family? Why did Daqiang act like a normal person and go get water for his niece?"
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While the two of them were chatting, several people gathered around and asked curiously: "What? Who wants to separate the family?"
"It's the Su family. Today, Mr. Su brought all his sons home and said he wanted to discuss the separation of the family."
There are no airtight walls in the countryside. They chatted for a while and passed the news to other people. The news that the Su family was going to separate soon spread throughout the village.
"What's going on? Why is it that Old Su's granddaughter has just returned home, and the Su family is going to be separated?" Under the old locust tree, several women were sitting or standing, chatting about other things.
"You talk about a lucky star? That's nonsense. I don't think that little girl is a bad luck star."
The woman who spoke was named Huang Cuizhi. She was about the same age as Li Xiu'e, and she was both a grandmother.
Feeling that it was not good to talk about good fortune and bad luck, a woman carrying a baby on her back said, "Aunt Huang, please don't say this. The village chief has heard that he wants to educate us."
"The village chief is having a meeting in the county. If he were in the village, the Su family would have been separated."
After saying this, Huang Cuizhi snorted again, "I have never seen any lucky star split up a family."
"That's right..."
"Have you seen the doll?"
The woman holding her son in her arms shook her head and said, "I was busy making dinner last night and didn't see anything. I don't know when they entered the village."
Others also shook their heads, "I didn't see it either."
"Strange, why does that little girl stay in that old house and never come out to play?"
Someone thought of the joke passed by his children yesterday, pursed his lips and smiled and said: "Don't really have three eyes and four mouths, you have no face to see people..."
The woman next to her said: "That's not the case, but I guess it doesn't look very good, otherwise Aunt Li would have taken out the baby to show off."
Everyone laughed for a while after hearing this.
Many of them don't like Li Xiu'e because she always says that sons are not as good as daughters.
"More than a year ago, Aunt Li and her third son gave birth to a daughter. She was always embarrassed. Do you still remember?"
"I remember she said that the third oldest child in her family was the most blessed. No wonder he was the only one who gave birth to a daughter."
After one person finished speaking, the other person hurriedly echoed, "Yes, yes, oh, it almost made me angry to death."
"I'm also angry. I don't understand why her son is so proud of having a loser."
"That's right! I wanted to have a son at that time. She said that next to me, which made me angry. I said it's best to give all the 'blessings' to your sons so that they can give you more granddaughters."
After hearing what she said, everyone asked curiously: "What did Aunt Li say at that time?"
"She said cheerfully that if all her sons could have daughters, she would probably wake up from her dreams laughing."
Everyone shook their heads and said "tsk" a few times, "It's strange to say that the Su family seems to be different from others in our village. They don't like boys but prefer girls."
Huang Cuizhi said: "Li Xiu'e has been poor all her life, and her son has no future, so she dreams all day long that giving birth to a girl will be a lucky star. How could she have imagined that the girl would be either a lucky star or a disaster star? When she arrived, she made trouble and wanted to separate the family, haha
Haha, it’s really hilarious..."
The reason why I dislike Li Xiu'e is that she gave birth to six daughters before giving birth to a son.
After finally raising her son, she carefully found a daughter-in-law with a big ass who could give birth to a son. Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law who spent ten kilograms of rice to bring her home was not at all live up to expectations, and she gave birth to two granddaughters one after another.
Huang Cuizhi dreams of holding a fat grandson.
In her opinion, Li Xiu'e's behavior was just showing off and cutting a knife into her heart.
In order to vent her resentment, she took the opportunity to get together with the women in the village and laugh at Li Xiu'e.
At this moment, she just laughed twice, and suddenly her forehead hurt. She said "ouch" and covered her head.
"Aunt Huang, what's wrong?"
"It hurts me so much, huh..."
Huang Cuizhi gasped in pain.
She frowned tightly and felt a bruise on her head. When the pain subsided, she turned around and shouted, "Who hit me just now?"
Su Xiaowu sat on a big tree trunk, looking down at a group of aunts and uncles below.
Huang Cuizhi pointed at him, her fingers shaking with anger, "Xiao Wu, didn't you hit me?"
The little boy nodded, with an unruly look on his face, "Who told you to laugh at my sister?"
"I, how could I laugh at your sister? Which ear did you hear?" Huang Cuizhi asked guiltily.
"I heard it with both ears!"
"I didn't say anything..."
Although Huang Cuizhi often said bad things about Li Xiu'e behind her back, she never had a quarrel with her in person. When they met, she would say hello and talk about common things without thinking about getting into a fight.
If Li Xiu'e found out that she said her granddaughter was a disaster, she would have to fight her to the death.
Li Xiu'e has many children and grandchildren, unlike her who only has one son, so she doesn't dare to go against her.
Not wanting to make the matter bigger, Huang Cuizhi made an excuse that there was no water at home, asked her son to fetch water, and left in a hurry.
Su Xiaowu hooked his finger on the rubber band of the slingshot and twisted it, "You are a coward, just dare to curse people behind their backs."
After saying that, he turned to the others and said, "I really don't understand that you are also women, but you say every day that it is better to have a son than to have a daughter. Isn't this scolding yourselves?"
"What do you know, you little brat?"
"That's right! If you don't understand anything, don't get involved in the adults' talk."
Su Xiaowu said: "I don't understand, so tell me, how are boys better than girls?"
The woman holding her son said: "Boys are good everywhere..."
A younger woman next to her said: "I married in this village, and I didn't have any relatives. I was helpless. I only have a son to rely on, do you understand?"
"Daughters will eventually get married, and the only ones who can provide for themselves in old age are sons!"
Su Xiaowu's mind pictured Xiao Jinbao getting married when he grew up, "It's not like you won't be able to see her again after you get married."
"If a woman marries a chicken, she will marry a dog, but who knows where her daughter will marry when she grows up?"
"Yeah, it's like I haven't seen my parents for seven years," the woman carrying the child said in a slightly more choked voice, "Fortunately, I have two younger brothers at home. They can be filial to my parents at home, and I feel at ease..."
"Oh, what are you talking to him about? What does he, a little brat, know?"
When they looked up at the tree again, there was no human figure on the trunk, and Su Xiaowu had disappeared.
Jinbao can't marry that nasty Yao Hua!
If you get married, you may never see him again. His sister cannot get married...