Chapter 2 Wild Eggs
Nowadays, life is difficult for every family. Those with men in the family come to dig wild vegetables, not to mention the orphans and widows.
Aunt Liu looked very sad. She was only a few steps away from Nanzhi and the Li family. She knew best how sensible the dog was on weekdays, so she stared and asked, "Shitou, tell the truth. Did you snatch the wild eggs from Gou'er's brother? And beat him?"
Not to mention wild eggs at this age, even the five or six pinky-sized eggs that Shitou brought back yesterday afternoon were very rare.
"I, I didn't! I picked up the egg! The dog came to snatch it!" Shitou refused to admit it. He remembered that his mother-in-law said that if you do something bad and don't admit it, you will be fine.
Seeing Shi Shi's harsh words, Nanzhi's heart started to feel hot. Isn't this the naughty kid she hated most in the past?
As for whether the dog lied, Nanzhi was not worried at all. The original owner had been taking care of his sick in-laws, so he was more or less neglectful of the dog. However, this little baby seemed to know everything. Whatever he wants to eat, he has to ask the original person first if he can take it.
"Then let me ask you, you all said you picked up the pheasant eggs yourself, where is the pheasant nest?"
Several women surrounding him also turned their attention to the blushing Shi Shi, waiting for his explanation.
"me……"
Shitou lowered his head and hesitated for a long time, unable to explain why.
But the dog stopped crying, tugged on Nanzhi's sleeves, and said in a tearful tone: "Auntie, I know, I know where the pheasant nest is. I picked up those pheasant eggs. I want them." Give it to grandma. Brother Shitou, if he sees it, he will snatch it. If I don’t give it to him, he will beat me.”
With things like this now, who can still not know what is going on.
Several women spoke one after another and asked Shi Shi to return the eggs to the dog. Unexpectedly, he threw the wild eggs to the ground in anger, turned around and ran away.
Mrs. Liu's heart ached when she saw the wild eggs with broken shells and egg liquid oozing out. They were considered meaty. If they could be sold for five cents in the town, this unlucky child really deserved a beating.
Nanzhi glanced at the wild eggs. Each one was about the size of a table tennis ball. There were five of them in total. Two of them shattered their shells and oozed out some egg liquid. The remaining three were fine and fell on the dead leaves. ,Nothing.
He quickly picked it up and started to go down the mountain with the dog on his back.
The child is weak, not to mention the dog, which is malnourished for a long time, so he is afraid of suffering some internal injuries.
"Dog, tell me where the stone hit you and whether it hurts anywhere else."
The dog lay on his mother's back in a daze, and it took him a long time to answer: "I hit my nose, and the dog doesn't feel any pain now."
After confirming that the dog had only been hit on the nose by a stone, Nanzhi's heart dropped halfway.
The child is not fully developed yet, not to mention that the stone is tall and strong, and has considerable strength. She is afraid that something else may have happened, but according to her current poverty-stricken status, she cannot even afford a village doctor.
After returning home, Nanzhi put the dog on the bed and let him lie down first, and took the five eggs to the kitchen.
She remembered that the dog had not eaten for a whole day and had only eaten one sweet potato in the past two days. She had just heard the little guy's stomach growling fiercely on the road.
There was nothing else in the kitchen except a small box of salt and soybean oil at the bottom of the bowl.
I walked around the backyard again. Not to mention wild vegetables, not even a few grass roots grew.
After being stunned for a long time, Nanzhi could only carry out the door with three still intact wild eggs.
She remembered that the village chief's daughter-in-law had just given birth to a baby a few days ago, and she wanted to exchange these three wild eggs for two sweet potatoes.
After walking for about half a quarter of an hour, Nanzhi arrived at the door of Li Zheng's house. After hesitating for a while, she reached out and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
A woman's voice sounded, and then the courtyard door was opened.
Seeing the person in front of him, Nanzhi, quickly searching for information in his mind, he just smiled and shouted: "Aunt Qin, I have something to ask you."
The woman was in her forties, and she was the village chief's wife. Everyone in the village called her Aunt Qin.
"Girl Lin." The woman looked at Nanzhi and looked around, pulled her into the house, and then carefully closed the door.
"Is there no food at home?" Aunt Qin said and took her to the kitchen. "Aunt Qin has already said that if you have anything to say, just ask. We are all from the same village. Don't worry about face. At this age, face is too important." It’s worth a few cents.”
After saying that, he took out a few sweet potatoes from the kitchen basket and stuffed them into Nanzhi's arms.
"Take it, stuff it into your sleeve quietly and go out in a while, so no one sees it."
Nanzhi's eyes turned red when she looked at the few sweet potatoes that were stuffed into her arms. "Auntie, I can't ask for this for free. I just came here to change some things. The dog went up the mountain to pick up a few wild eggs today, and there are still some left." Three better ones, I heard that your family got a good grandson a few days ago, and I thought I would trade two sweet potatoes with you."
After hearing this, Aunt Qin's eyes lit up. Her little daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby not long ago, but now there is nothing that can nourish her. Even the two old hens at home have not laid eggs for half a month.
"well."
With this, Nanzhi felt relieved. Aunt Qin smiled and collected the wild eggs. Nanzhi ordered four palm-sized sweet potatoes.
Aunt Qin wanted to give more, so Nanzhi stuffed the sweet potatoes into her sleeves and hurried away.
The dog was still at home, and she was worried about letting him stay at home as a child for too long.
As a result, as soon as I arrived at the door, I saw a man standing in my yard and yelling curses.
The woman had sharp eyes. When she saw Nanzhi, she blocked her at the door: "You little bitch! Your little bitch dares to steal the wild eggs from my stone!"
After hearing this, Nanzhi's face suddenly darkened. The person who came was none other than Wu, the stone girl who beat the dog today.
"Aunt Wu, please be careful what you say, there are three 'people' watching in my courtyard." Nanzhi sneered and pointed to the sky above his house.
Something happened to the Shen family, and two old people died of illness one after another. Mrs. Wu spent the whole day saying that it was her bad luck husband, and that her yard was filled with innocent souls. But now she dared to come here just for a few wild eggs.
Wu is thirteen years older than Nanzhi, and is now thirty-four. She only gave birth to Shitou twelve years after marrying into the Li family. She was a laughing stock in the village at first, but later the whole family became accustomed to Shitou, and she was proud and proud. .
Now being called aunt by Nan Zhi, who is of the same generation as him, he suddenly became angry.
"You little shrew!" He said as he raised his hand to hit someone, but was stopped by the women who came to watch the fun.
"Who are you scolding? Your Shitou claimed that he was four years older than my dog. He grabbed things and beat people, which made my dog's nose bleed. I haven't gone to you to reason with you, but you came to my house. Scolding me?" Nanzhi also got angry, pointed at Wu's nose and started scolding.
Those novels of hers are not for nothing, and there is still some confidence in quarreling with Wu.
"You're here just in time, so go and ask Li Zheng to make the decision and see if your stone is the right one!"
Mrs. Wu was also shocked by Nanzhi's appearance. Mrs. Lin had always been soft-tempered, so she decided to come over to cause trouble.
It’s hard to get rid of the meaty smell now. Yesterday, my mother-in-law broke up the few eggs I picked up from Shitou and cooked egg drop soup for Shitou to eat. She didn’t even taste it. She heard her son say that dogs picked them up. But for the five wild eggs, she thought that if she could take them back, she would be able to take a bite of them.
Who would have thought that Mrs. Lin, who was originally doughy, now looks like a hedgehog.
If Li Zheng is really called here, I'm afraid things will get worse.
"I don't care about that. Who knows if your dog broke his nose and slandered my stone."
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