Chapter Thirty-Six: Chickens Fly and Dogs Jump Short in the Family
Because he was threatened to tell a story by the black-bellied little Lori in the middle of the night, Zhu Ping'an didn't have time to grill fish today, and when he came home from school, he still took the whole fish basket home. There are not as many fish as there were yesterday, but there are five palm-sized fish to talk about.
I rode the old ox back home and found that the house was in a mess.
The fourth aunt, the third aunt and the mother Chen are jumping in the yard with the eldest aunt and grandmother.
It must have been caused by the eldest aunt asking for two dollars from her grandmother, but I don't know who picked the head. Three to one, grandmother didn't say a word, mother couldn't suffer a loss, Zhu Ping'an didn't step forward.
"Sister-in-law, aren't you colluding with the Yue family to play us together? A few days ago, the Yue's family sent the usual money, and you asked for two yuan from your mother yesterday, and the loan shark is not so high, right? My second sister-in-law and my third sister-in-law just asked, and you said that we added blockages to the family and destroyed the relationship between brothers, so we can't ask? The little fourth aunt looked aggrieved and spit out bitterness.
"Didn't I tell you, it's not what you think, your eldest brother is going to the county seat to study for a few days, next time he will definitely be able to show off his talents, and when the time comes, it will not be our family to enjoy the scenery together, and you don't have to kneel to be able to sit on an equal footing with the county master, and you can also be exempted from taxes and servitude, the fourth brother and sister are not I talking about you, you have to take a long-term view, your eldest brother can forget you when he is developed." The eldest aunt coped more than under the questioning and rhetorical questions of the little fourth aunt, with a smile on her face, just like the eldest sister persuaded her ignorant little sister.
"In middle school, my sister-in-law says this every time, and I haven't seen my eldest brother hit it once!" The little fourth aunt muttered quietly.
"Fourth brother and sister, what did you just say?" The smile on the eldest aunt's face couldn't hold back, and she broke the work.
"No, I didn't say anything. How do we know whether the eldest brother used these two dollars to go on a study tour or to curry favor with the Yue family. The little fourth aunt shook her hand again and again, who didn't know that the eldest brother Zhongxiu was the wish of the eldest sister-in-law, but she didn't dare to touch this brow, but just led the topic elsewhere.
"That's right, sister-in-law, two pieces of money are not a small amount. If we use it ourselves, Jun'er can be educated, and it is enough for my family to learn together. Mother Chen followed.
When the eldest aunt heard this, she looked at Zhu Ping'an, who was riding an old scalper outside the door with a fish basket, and the smile on her face was a little disdainful, but she still said with a smile on her face:
"Second brother and sister, I think it's good for Biao'er to herd cattle, you see Biao'er caught a fish again and came back. I didn't want my Jun'er to go to Mengxue, I wanted to keep him in the field to herd cattle, but the fortune teller had to say that my Jun'er was a Wenqu star, and even read several fortune tellers who had read the word and said so, and what else did I say, if I didn't send Jun'er to the school, it wouldn't be allowed or anything, and I was afraid of what I said, so I told the old lady at home, but I didn't expect her grandmother to send the money. ”
Zhu Ping'an's face turned blue when he saw that his mother was angry by the words of the eldest aunt with a gun and a stick, and he saw that his mother was about to step forward to discuss the sword with the eldest aunt Huashan.
At this time, Zhu Pingjun outside the door also came back from school, because Zhu Ping'an rode the old ox faster.
"Mother, I don't want to go to school again. The old master didn't like me, and hit my palms every day, and they were swollen when you saw them, and I would never go again anyway. ”
As soon as Zhu Pingjun entered the door, he roared open, stretched out his little hand that was red by his master, and cried with tears and said that he would never go to the school again.
Although Zhu Ping'an said that he was dressed simply and had patches, he was chubby and quiet; Zhu Pingjun is wearing good clothes, new clothes, but his face is full of snot and tears, and there are traces of mud on his small face. Looking at it, Zhu Ping'an is more like a student of Mengxue, and Zhu Pingjun is like a monkey and crown, but like a cowherd.
Mother Chen looked at this scene, the anger on her face suddenly disappeared, and she returned it to the eldest aunt with the expression and eyes of the eldest aunt just now.
The eldest aunt was stimulated by her mother Chen, and then looked at her son, who was crying and saying that the master beat his palms every day and didn't want to go to the school again, and suddenly broke out.
"I asked you not to go to the school anymore, I let you not study well in the school, do you know how hard your father and mother have worked hard for you to pay for your tuition" The eldest aunt couldn't maintain the demeanor of the group of women just now, and her angry face couldn't hold back, so she scooped Zhu Pingjun over with one hand, took the broom pimple that was put aside, and greeted Zhu Pingjun on the ass with a crackle.
"Oh, sister-in-law, don't beat the child if you're angry, Jun'er is so young and knows what, that's Wenquxing, don't beat it." Mother Chen is not the one who is willing to suffer, and what she said sounds like she is protecting Zhu Pingjun, but in fact, she is ridiculing her aunt in and out of her words.
"Sister-in-law, you just said how much effort you spent on Jun'er's tuition, I heard me right, didn't you say that Jun'er's school was paid by the Yue family?" The little fourth aunt's ears were very pointy, and she grabbed the handle of the eldest aunt's words and held on tightly.
The third aunt, who had been silent, also spoke up, "I also heard my sister-in-law say this." ”
The eldest aunt who was teaching her son paused when she heard this, Zhu Pingjun broke free from the eldest aunt's hand, and she didn't run away, she just lay on the ground and rolled around, crying while rolling, "You kill me, kill me, anyway, I won't go to the school again." ”
In the blink of an eye, Zhu Pingjun turned into a mud monkey, tears rushed out of his face, in stark contrast to the mud on his face, and there were two mud snot hanging on his nose, not to mention how miserable it was.
"Brother Jun, get up, the ground is dirty." Little Lori Yu'er came out timidly from a corner and walked up to Zhu Pingjun and coaxed.
Zhu Pingjun rolled on his own and ignored Xiao Yu'er.
Zhu Ping'an also got off the back of the old scalper, and came over with a fish basket, looked at Zhu Pingjun, who was like a mud monkey, and then looked at Xiao Yu'er, who was blinking with big watery eyes and asking for help from him, and said:
"Let's go, Xiao Yu'er, my brother caught several fish from the river, let's put them in the basin to play, there is a fish with a colorful back, but it looks good."
Zhu Ping'an said, so he pulled Xiao Yu'er and walked to the well in the yard with the fish basket, where there was a basin of water.
"There are beautiful fish, wait for me, wait for me, I'll go too." Zhu Pingjun, who was rolling and crying on the ground, stopped crying as soon as he heard that there was something fun and beautiful, he got up from the ground with a grunt, stretched out his mud paws and wiped a handful of tears and snot, and caught up with Zhu Ping'an, like a nobody.
The people in the courtyard stared blankly at this scene.
And then
The fourth aunt was the first to react and asked the eldest aunt, "Sister-in-law, you haven't answered what I said to the third sister-in-law just now." Isn't Jun'er Mengxue the money from the Yue family, why did you and your eldest brother spend so much effort? ”
"That's right, sister-in-law, you have to tell us."
"Yes, sister-in-law."
The yard began to be commotionous again.
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