Song Xixi didn't know these two women. She glanced at them and looked away with disinterest. Unexpectedly, she heard a familiar name from one of the women:
"Cousin, when Ah Sheng was still alive, our two families agreed to get married. Now that Mengmeng is twelve years old, and my Shitou is ten years old, should this marriage be finalized?"
Mengmeng? Could it be the sister Mengmeng mentioned by Lu Erhu?
Song Xixi squatted down and pretended to pick up stones, but her ears stood up unconsciously:
The woman who just spoke is obviously Chu Sheng's wife. The older-looking woman opposite her is Mengmeng's mother, right?
Her guess was correct. The woman dressed in plain clothes and with a shrewd appearance was none other than Sang Huiniang, Chu Sheng's daughter-in-law.
At this time, she squinted at Mengmeng Niang and said in a somewhat aggressive tone: "My cousin is hesitant and unsure of what to say. Do you want to regret not recognizing this marriage now that Ah Sheng is gone?"
When Mengmengniang heard this, she shook her head anxiously: "No, it's nothing! But you also know that my father-in-law and mother-in-law are still here, and her father and I can't decide on Mengmeng's marriage!"
When Sang Huiniang heard this, she sneered: "What can't you do? Mengmeng was not born and raised by you? Since my cousin dislikes my family and refuses to accept this marriage, I can't force it. In the future, there will be rumors about Mengmeng.
If the dream is not good, cousin, don’t blame me.”
Meng Mengniang's expression changed, but she had to coax her: "Brother and sister, I really don't mean this. This is not a trivial matter. You have to give me a few days to discuss it with my parents-in-law, right?"
Seeing that she relented, Sang Huiniang's eyes turned red and she raised her hand to wipe away her tears: "Cousin, don't blame me for forcing you. You also know that A-Sheng wanted Mengmeng to be his daughter-in-law in his dream. Now that A-Sheng is gone,
I can’t let him go on the road with regrets!”
Meng Mengniang couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of the sister-brother relationship with Chu Sheng: "Don't worry, don't worry, I will convince my parents-in-law to agree to this marriage."
Sang Huiniang achieved her goal and finally had a smile on her face: "Well, I'm waiting for the good news from my cousin."
The two women chatted for a while, mainly talking about the Chu family's request for compensation from their partner.
It seems that the Chu family did not take care of this matter, but the Chu family was thick-skinned and came to the house every day to make trouble, causing the family to have no peace day and night. It was useless to invite the village head and town mayor to mediate.
The Chu family killed the family responsible and demanded 20 taels of silver from that family. This was just a big deal.
Meng Mengniang was related to the Chu family, so she naturally sided with the Chu family. Filled with indignation, she gave Sang Huiniang advice. She even plotted against the children of that family and asked Sang Huiniang to take action from the children.
Song Xixi shook her head when she heard this. One of the two women was poisonous, and the other was stupid and poisonous. The only ones who were unlucky were Jia Jia and Mengmeng.
Although I have never met Mengmeng, I know from Lu Erhu's description that she is a very good girl.
But such a good girl was left with a lifelong psychological shadow by Mr. Chu.
Now that this beast is dead, he still refuses to let this girl go.
If she were forced to be this beast's daughter-in-law, I'm afraid everyone in the Chu family would want to destroy her!
Song Xixi sympathized with Mengmeng whom she had never met before, and planned to find an opportunity to remind her, so as not to be tricked by her own mother without even knowing it.
With more people and greater strength, the fence in front of the Song family's house was built in the evening, and the fence behind the house could only be built tomorrow.
The Song family went in and out and looked at it again and again, and were extremely satisfied with the fence.
Zhang Chunlan touched the green fence and praised: "This looks much better than the earthen wall. When next spring we dig out a few saplings and plant them, so that they won't be so exposed to the sun in the summer."
Huang Qiuyun said with a smile: "Our house is spacious at the front and back. The front can be used for drying, and the back can be used for raising livestock. It's just right to dig out the corners to make a vegetable garden."
These words reminded Song Xixi that there are many egg-laying hens in the [Pet Farm]. There must be someone in the village who is willing to buy them and raise them. Can they sell some of them?
There are also the pair of giant geese. There are mountains, water and rivers here. Their fur is thick and they are not afraid of the cold. They can go out to forage by themselves every day without having to worry too much. The eggs they lay just make up for the family income.
But two hundred and fifty is not enough. There are many people living in the house now, and there are several small furry children. If this thing bites someone without knowing the severity, it will easily cause trouble.
The same goes for Xiao Huang. It is still a calf and can neither pull a cart nor plow the fields. It is better to wait until next spring before letting it out.
However, since I didn’t have cattle before, I didn’t know how to teach cattle to plow the fields. I had to hire someone to train Xiao Huang first...
The little animals in [Pet Farm] are clearly arranged in this way.
In the evening, we still had a big pot of rice, a pot of vegetable paste cooked with lard and lard residue, and it tasted pretty good.
After the meal, at Song Xixi's strong request, Niu Hua'er washed the big pot back and forth three times and boiled a pot full of bath water for her.
After escaping from famine for more than two months and living in a cave for a few months, Song Xixi barely had a good bath and felt that the dirt on her body was almost as thick as the earthen walls of her home.
Now that she had finally moved into a new home and had a place to take a bath, she couldn't stand being dirty and slept on a clean and soft big bed.
After changing three basins of water, Song Xixi felt that she was clean, and poured out the water despite Niu Hua'er's dark face.
"Forget it for today, don't wash like this in the future, it's too easy to catch cold." Looking at her daughter whose cheeks were turned pink by the heat, Niu Hua'er became more and more fond of her and couldn't help but pinch her face twice.
"Yeah." Song Xixi agreed casually, and the next moment she reached out to catch Song Niannian who was passing by, and carried her into the room: "Take a shower, and you are not allowed to go to bed without taking a shower!"
Song Niannian's face turned bitter, and he pulled her sleeves and said coquettishly: "Little sister, it's too cold today, can you wait until the weather gets warmer before washing?"
Song Xixi thrust the bucket into her hand and refused mercilessly: "If you don't wash tonight, you will make a bed on the floor. There are two bundles of straw in the kitchen, go and get it yourself."
Song Niannian saw that she was not joking, so he had to take the bucket and go to the kitchen to get hot water. He also changed three basins of water before washing it clean.
After all, Song Qingqing is the soul of an adult. She does not need Song Xixi's supervision to take a bath consciously.
Looking at the three clean sisters, the three Song Qingshan brothers all felt itchy and clamored to take a bath.
The adults had no choice but to boil another pot full of boiling water.
The little ones were all washed, and the adults were not too sloppy. In the end, they all went to take a bath like a queue.
The firewood that could have been used for several days was completely burned in just an hour.
The eldest Zhang Xiaomei came out of the bath and was unhappy. She grabbed the ears of the three Song Qingshan brothers and asked each of them to pick up at least three bundles of firewood every day, which scared the three brothers away from their drowsiness.
Listening to the commotion in the Song family, Zhou Taohua and others, who were lying on the floor, were filled with endless expectations.
I hope that after spring, their house can be built smoothly.
Only when you live in your own house can you live like a real person and live with dignity!