Shen Su'e smiled and chatted with Uncle Jiu for a few more words. After saying goodbye, she took her husband, daughter and grandson into the village.
"Uncle Jiu, who are they?" The young man following Uncle Jiu asked, then looked back at Shen Su'e, "Look at the stranger."
The old man smiled and said, "She is Mr. Shen's eldest daughter. She has been married for decades. It's normal for you not to recognize her. I almost didn't recognize her either."
"Old Shen? Oh... Guisheng's grandfather, right?" The young man wondered, "Why did you come back suddenly? Didn't Uncle Shen go to the county?"
"I don't know. Hey, stay out of your own business."
In the village, on the way back to her parents' home, Shen Su'e met several people who greeted her one after another, "Ah! Isn't this Su'e? Why did you come back suddenly? Your father went to the city to enjoy his life and no longer lives in the village."
"I know, I'm here to see my brother and the others."
"I heard your sister-in-law said before that you had a daughter and hosted dozens of banquets. She also said that she was full of pork. Is this true?"
Shen Su'e smiled and nodded, "Yes, this is my daughter."
Everyone looked at the little girl she was holding in her hand and exclaimed: "Your sister-in-law said before that the baby was very juicy and plump. I didn't believe it. But now I see that it looks just like Xiao Shoudao, white and plump." Fat and pink."
After Shen Su'e left with Lingbao, several women whispered, "The Shen family has held Dexi in their hands all these years and called her a lucky treasure. Let me tell you, Dexi is not as good as this baby." A little baby."
"Haha, Na Dexi is a bit paler than other babies in the village, but she is skinny and not round at all."
"Yeah, there's nothing lucky about her face..."
"Let me tell you, there is no way we can have any blessings in our rural areas. If we are really blessed, how could we be reincarnated into a poor mountain ravine like ours and suffer?"
At this time, Aunt Shen of the Shen family had just gotten up.
Her name is Zhao Cuilan, and people in the village call her "Aunt Zhao".
Walking to the front yard, Zhao Cuilan waited for a while, but did not see her daughter-in-law coming out. She immediately shouted with a long face: "The sun is out, and everyone is still lying on the bed. Do you think you are your ancestor? Do you want me, my mother-in-law, to serve you?" you?"
As soon as she yelled, her two daughters-in-law sat up from the bed in a panic. The eldest daughter-in-law had already put on her clothes. She picked up her shoes and hurried out the door, "Come on, come on, mother, I'm about to go." Come out."
"Don't look at other people's daughters-in-law. They are very diligent and quick. My mother-in-law has cooked the meal before she gets up. You are good, but you still want me to call you. It's really a persimmon under your arm. I have never seen you so lazy. !”
Zhao Cuilan stared at her eyes and became angrier as she spoke, "Every time I, an old woman, have to remind me, sooner or later I will make you lazy bitches angry to death. If I make you angry to death, you will be happy, right?"
"Mom, look what you said, our whole family depends on you. I pray for you every day and hope you live a long life."
The eldest daughter-in-law, Liao Guifen, had a sweet mouth. Zhao Cuilan looked better and said, "Go and cook quickly. Make some corn paste and add some sugar. You must eat it if you like. It's her first day of school today, so she must eat well." "
After she finished speaking, Liao Guifen's smile froze for a moment, "Mom, you really let Dexi follow Zhao Ping. How about Zhao Ping and Dexi go to school?"
Zhaoping and Zhaogui are the two sons born to her and the eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Gui. Deshun and Dexi are the children of the second son of the Shen family, Shen Baosheng and Wang Chunmiao. Deshun is eleven years old and is the elder brother, and Dexi is nine. Years old, she is my sister.
Since Dexi had a round birthmark on her forehead when she was born, Zhao Cuilan said that the birthmark was the same as the Guanyin mole on the forehead of Guanyin Bodhisattva. She looked like a lucky child, so she was very kind to her and never let her work.
Compared with Dexi, her two younger sisters, Dele and Dehuan, were treated much worse at home. They had to help with household chores as soon as they could walk. At this time, they got up earlier than their mother and were already carrying baskets on their backs. , getting ready to go up the mountain to cut pigweed.
Shen Guisheng bought the piglets at the market. His family raises a pig every year. This is their main source of income besides the distribution of profits to the production team at the end of the year.
Glancing at her two granddaughters who had already gone to work, Zhao Cuilan shouted, "Fill the two baskets, do you hear me? If you are lazy like yesterday, the pig grass was only half filled and you ran back without food. You eat."
After hearing grandma's words, seven-year-old Dele and five-year-old Dehuan bumped the bamboo baskets on their shoulders and ran faster into the mountains.
Seeing them running away, Zhao Cuilan turned back to look at her eldest daughter-in-law and asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you agree that Dexi should go to school?"
"She is a girl after all. She doesn't do any work every day. She just runs around and plays around in the village. She also goes to school with those boys. People in the village will definitely talk nonsense when they see her..."
Zhao Cuilan said displeased: "What are you talking about? What is there to say?"
"After all, those who go to school are all boys, so what would it be like for Dexi to play with them all day long? I think she should stay at home and learn to embroider and weave, so that she can get married easily in the future. .”
As soon as Liao Guifen finished speaking, she ran out happily and said loudly: "Who wants to stay at home to weave and embroider? That is what you and my mother should do. Grandma said that I am a lucky girl. Read If I get a degree, I might be able to work as a worker in a factory in the future, and then our whole family will be able to eat commercial grain."
"Chengchengcheng, can you just pretend I didn't say that?" Liao Guifen said helplessly, "I'm going to cook corn paste for you. Is your mother up yet?"
"Get up, I'm getting dressed."
After saying that, Shen Dexi held her grandma's arm and said, "Grandma, I heard from the villagers that you, grandpa, and uncle ate a lot of pork at my aunt's house. Is it true? Why didn't you take me there? I also want to eat pork. I ate all the pork for the Chinese New Year in just two days, and I still want to eat it."
Zhao Cuilan patted her granddaughter's hand and said, "Oh, if I had known earlier that I was going to have a pork feast that day, why wouldn't grandma have taken you there? It was only after we arrived that we realized we had made a mistake. It was not a free errand, but a happy event. Son."
"A happy event? Is someone getting married?"
"No, it's your aunt who has a daughter. The wedding banquet was held for her. You should call her...cousin, but she is younger than you. She looks only three or four years old. I heard people say. , she is a little lucky star."
Shen Dexi frowned, "Lucky star? What lucky star? Does she have a red mark on her forehead just like me?"
"No, but Lingbao's doll is chubby and very cute. If there is a chance, I will take you to your aunt's place to meet the little Fuwa next time. You will definitely like her too. .”
While Zhao Cuilan was speaking, the open courtyard door was knocked twice.
"Sister-in-law?" Shen Su'e pulled Lingbao and Tugen into the yard and said to her daughter, "Lingbao, do you remember your aunt? You met her before."