Mrs. Tong came back with a basket of wild mustard greens and said to Mu Siyu who was doing carpentry in the yard: "Why are things being moved next door? I look unfamiliar, not from our village."
Mu Siyu responded to her without raising her head: "Zhenzhen came over a few days ago and said that his family was going to do business in the city and sold the house next door to someone else."
"Sold? What about their land?"
"I don't know about this." Mu Siyu stopped and wiped the dust from his face: "I didn't ask. But even if it is sold, it will be sold to brothers of the same race!"
"That's right." Tong was disappointed.
"Mom, Brother Han will not be limited to this village. There is no need to buy land." Mu Siyu advised: "But there is a new neighbor next door, and we have to build a good relationship. Let me go and take a look!"
Since she was visiting her new neighbor, she couldn't leave empty-handed. The chickens at home started laying eggs, so she picked ten eggs and came to visit her, but no one said she was being rude.
"Hello, is there anyone?" Mu Siyu knocked on the door.
The door opened, and a woman with a cold face stood there: "Who are you?"
"I live next door. I heard that a new neighbor has moved in, so I came here to say hello." Mu Siyu smiled and said, "What do you call aunt?"
"My surname is Yu." Yu said indifferently: "If nothing happens, I will continue to be busy. The house is in chaos, so I won't invite you to come in and sit down."
After saying that, he closed the door and didn't even give Mu Siyu a chance to speak.
Mu Siyu touched her nose.
It seems that the new neighbors are not easy to get along with!
"How is it?" Mrs. Tong asked, "Who is coming next door?"
"I only saw an aunt who is about the same age as you, and nothing else. But that aunt looks...a little tempered, so let's not provoke her if we can!" Mu Siyu said.
"I saw a young girl when I was passing by." Tong said: "Since it's hard to get along with her, then just close the door and pass by yourself. There is no need to move around."
Mrs. Yu looked at the small courtyard and frowned.
There were a lot of troubles in the city, so she deliberately moved to the countryside to avoid those annoying neighbors. But the yard was dirty and messy, and she didn't know how long it would take to clean it up, which made her feel sad just thinking about it.
"Mom," An Yu walked out with the help of a blind cane. "The bed is made. Is there anything else you can do for me?"
"Just stay there and don't move, and you're helping me." After Yu Shi finished speaking, she continued busy with the work at hand. "Your brother, really, why did you spend this money to buy you this stick? I don't know how much it cost.
money."
Yushi complained endlessly.
An Yu grabbed his blind stick and dared not say a word.
She has long been accustomed to her mother's 'partiality'.
The village said it was big or small, and it didn't take long for the news that Mrs. Chen had sold the house to an outsider to spread.
When Mrs. Yu came to the river carrying a lot of things to wash, many people looked at her with curious eyes.
"Sister, what do you call me?"
"The surname is Yu."
"Sister Yu, where did you move from?"
"In town."
"Oh, the city is so nice, why did you move to the country? Others moved from the country to the city, why did you do the opposite? How many people are there in your family? What does a man do?"
Yu Shi frowned, picked up the laundry stick and slapped it hard.
Bang bang bang!
The water splashed everywhere.
"How did you wash it? It all splashed on my face?"
The people around him quickly dispersed.
"Mother... mother..." An Yu's voice came.
Yu Shi frowned, put away the unwashed clothes, picked up the bucket and walked back.
"This man has such a big airs!"
"That's right, they don't pay attention to anyone."
"Hey, look, her daughter is blind."
Yu Shi stepped forward faster, grabbed An Yu's arm and pulled her home: "What are you doing out here?"
An Yu's feet staggered and she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the blind stick supported her body and she did not fall.
"Mom, don't pull me, I can walk by myself."
Mrs. Yu let go of her and exhaled a breath: "What are you doing out here?"
"Why is my box missing? Where did you get it for me?"
"I didn't think it was anything. I put it away for you. There's no use keeping it now."
"Mom, why is it useless? My brother gave it to me."
"An Yu, it costs a lot of money for your brother to study. Even if we two women can't help him, we always ask him to spend money to take care of us. To tell you the truth, I sold the things in the box and collected the money.
Get up, that's to pay for your brother's scientific examination. No one knows what will happen to you in the future, and there's no need to prepare any dowry."
An Yu bit his lip: "Didn't you keep any of them? Those are the birthday gifts my brother has given me over the years."
Even one piece is fine.
She just wanted to leave a thought.
"Nothing left." Yu said coldly, then walked away with the barrel in her arms.
An Yu was stunned on the spot.
Mu Siyu went out and saw a little girl sitting on a stone crying, and looked at her curiously.
The little girl heard the footsteps and wiped her tears in embarrassment.
"An Yu?" Mu Siyu recognized An Yu.
An Yu heard the voice was familiar and stood up in surprise when he thought of something: "Sister Mu?"
"It's me."
"Why are you here?"
"I live here."
"Ah?" An Yu was surprised.
"Are you the new neighbor who has moved in?" Mu Siyu glanced at the neighbor next door: "Then it was your mother who I saw just now?"
"Yeah." She was completely disappointed when she mentioned her mother.
"Do you need my help?"
"No need." An Yu lowered his head: "Sister Mu, go and do your work! I want to stay alone for a while."
"My house is next door to yours. If you need to talk to me, you can come to me!" Mu Siyu said, "Excuse me for now."
Xia Kun came over carrying a wild boar.
Behind him followed a large group of children, who were touching and tugging at the wild boar, extremely curious.
"Are you going up the mountain?"
"Yeah." Xia Kun originally responded indifferently, but when he saw An Yu, his expression condensed.
"An Yu is our new neighbor." Mu Siyu explained when she saw that Xia Kun looked wrong.
An Yu looked in the direction of Xia Kun and moved his blind stick to the side.
Xia Kun carried the wild boar into the yard.
An Yu was not very familiar with the new route and fell several times before finding his own door.
Mrs. Yu had no intention of coming to help, and her clothes were not washed yet, so she had to fetch water from the well and wash it back. She really didn't want to go to the river anymore. The women there were suffocating.
“Mom, what’s for dinner?”
"We don't have to work in the fields. It doesn't take much effort. From now on, we can just eat one meal a day." Yu said while rubbing her clothes: "Don't talk nonsense when your brother comes back. He must concentrate on his studies and not be distracted."
An Yu found a seat and sat down.
What she didn't say was that she was extremely hungry, dizzy and couldn't stand it anymore.
She eats one meal a day, and there is not even a little bit of oil or water in each meal. Her body is weak, and she doesn't know how many days she can last.
But if I tell my mother, she will still insist on having her own way, and will even despise her as a burden.
