noffsinger Chapter 270: Criticizing Sang and Huai
Chapter 270: Criticizing Sang and Huai
The house is not big, a few burlap bags are enough.
Sew the burlap bags together with thick thread and spread them on the ground, like a thick carpet.
The door was also sealed with branches and oilcloth.
In this way, although the light was much dimmer, the room was warmer.
After all, she and Qin Lang still had to stay in the house during the day.
They are not short of things, and Lu Qingqing is willing to make her life better under limited conditions.
After everything was cleaned up, Qin Lang also ran back.
Seeing the drastic changes in the room, he exclaimed in surprise.
Then, he carefully rubbed his feet against the door frame before walking in.
After walking around the room, he happily praised:
"Daya, you're amazing! This room seems to be warmer now. It looks so comfortable!"
Lu Qingqing looked at his sincere compliment and accepted it with a smile.
This thing is modeled after modern ones, so she naturally knows something about enjoyment!
Seeing that it was getting late outside, Lu Qingqing began to prepare dinner.
At this moment, she planned to steam a pot of steamed buns first.
I have quite a bit of old starter dough stored in my space, so I’ll make another pot today.
It just so happened that she also wanted to eat big white flour buns.
As for the big bone soup promised to Li Rui, he would wait until the time was almost up and then take it out from the space and send it over.
Three days later, everyone was waiting in the house early in the morning.
Today is the day Bai Xing'er returns home.
When they heard some noise at the door, people from each room came out.
Everyone looked at Bai Xing'er and Yang Shulin. They saw that Bai Xing'er looked normal and Yang Shulin was also smiling.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief.
When Bai Xing'er saw the people in the yard, she took a few steps forward excitedly and approached Lu Qingqing and a few women.
Yang Shulin was invited into the house by Lu Tianming and other men to have tea.
In another room, the women pulled Bai Xing'er to sit down.
The old village chief's wife looked at Bai Xing'er and asked:
"Xing'er, how have you been living at the Yang family these past few days? Are you used to it?"
When Bai Xing'er thought of that family, her expression became a little complicated for a moment.
But she didn't want to make everyone worry about her, so she put on a smile:
"Shulin and my mother-in-law are very nice to me, and my two sisters-in-law help me with housework."
When the women heard this, they all smiled and nodded.
Then, everyone asked about the situation of Yang Shulin's brothers and sisters.
Bai Xing'er picked out some of the better things and talked about them.
Lu Qingqing noticed something was wrong, but she didn't expose it. She planned to ask him in private later.
After a while, the women dispersed.
Lu Qingqing called Bai Xing'er and went to her room.
Bai Xing'er looked at the place where food was originally placed at the door, which was tightly wrapped in oilcloth.
Thinking of the half bag of grain that was taken away by her mother-in-law as soon as she got married, she felt even more sad.
After Lu Qingqing closed the door, she pulled Bai Xing'er to sit on the kang and asked:
"Sister Xing'er, tell me the truth, how have you been spending the past three days at the Yang family?"
Bai Xing'er looked at Lu Qingqing with a concerned look on her face and couldn't help herself.
"My in-laws took away half a bag of food from me on the second day after my wedding.
The grain was made into cakes that day and eaten by my mother-in-law and her two sons.
If I hadn't insisted, my two sisters-in-law and I wouldn't have been able to eat the pancakes at all!"
Lu Qingqing frowned when she heard this:
"Did they just grab the food?"
Bai Xing'er smiled bitterly:
"If that's the case, I'll definitely come back to find you!"
As she spoke, she recalled the scene of that day.
On the wedding night, she rejected Yang Shulin on the grounds that she was menstruating.
The two of them slept with one quilt each, and she covered herself with the quilt she brought with her.
Yang Shulin's face looked very ugly at that time.
She knew that this was not a good thing, but she just couldn't get over it.
She thought that maybe it would be better after they spent more time together.
The next morning when I got up early to cook, my mother-in-law kept saying that there was no food at home.
She pretended not to understand and refused to go back to her room to get food.
That breakfast, everyone in the Yang family drank dried vegetable soup.
At the dinner table, the mother-in-law was cursing at her two sisters-in-law, actually she was indirectly criticizing her.
The two sisters-in-law were scolded so much that they lowered their heads and kept silent.
Seeing that she was still indifferent, the mother-in-law started beating the child.
She thought of the beatings she had received as a child and felt really sorry for it.
She tried to stop her, but was pushed to the ground by her mother-in-law.
Thinking back to that time, Yang Shulin quickly came up to help her up and helped her persuade his mother.
Bai Xing'er felt a little soft-hearted again. She knew that the family of her husband's family she chose was poor before she got married.
Fortunately, this man doesn't beat women like his father.
With the screams of her two sisters-in-law and Yang Shulin's persuasion, she finally went to get half a bag of food.
She knew that if she didn't do something good, she would not have peace for the next few days.
Bai Xing'er told Lu Qingqing everything except the fact that they did not consummate their marriage.
After hearing this, Lu Qingqing's face turned completely cold.
"Sister Xing'er, the Yang Shulin family is really not a good match!
No matter how much food you have, it won’t be enough for their family to eat.”
Bai Xing'er looked embarrassed:
“I know my mother-in-law is greedy, but Shu Lin is relatively gentle.
He has been helping me often these days, even doing some of the work in the kitchen.
It is really rare among the men in farming families.
After all, I live with Shu Lin, and when his brothers and sisters grow up, they will eventually separate."
Lu Qingqing saw her expression and knew that she did not intend to leave the Yang family, so she had no choice but to ask:
“So what are your plans next?
If this continues, the food you have will be enough to feed your family by spring! "
Bai Xing'er pondered for a moment and expressed her thoughts.
"I thought, if I cook more frugally during the winter, I can make it through to spring.
When the time comes, I will see about buying a few more acres of land, in addition to the four acres his family already has.
If you take good care of the crops, you can almost support your family.
If the harvest is not good, dig more wild vegetables.
I think I can hold on.
From now on, things will get better at home."
Lu Qingqing looked at the hope emerging in Bai Xing'er's eyes and knew that this silly girl really thought so.
She has a simple mind and just wants her family to work hard.
But she didn't know if others thought the same as she did.
Lu Qingqing sighed lightly and instructed:
"You must not let the Yang Shulin family know about the money in your hands before the spring.
No matter what Yang Shulin said, he insisted that he had no money left and had spent all his money on food, understand?
Bai Xing'er nodded, she knew she was not smart.
Since Daya said so, then let’s listen to her.
Seeing that she was listening attentively, Lu Qingqing continued:
"In the next two days, I'll ask the old village chief to pack a few big boxes.
When it's ready, I'll send it to you.
You still have a lot of food that you haven’t packed into the box.”
Seeing Bai Xing'er nod, she continued:
“When the time comes, keep the key to the box.
If his family dares to rob you, just come back immediately.
We have so many people in our team, we are not afraid of his family!"