Chapter 23 Brother comes to visit
After the dog woke up, he got out of bed and ran to the backyard. He was relieved when he saw the river mussels staying well in the basin.
It just dreamed that the river clam had grown two legs and ran away. No matter how hard it tried, it couldn't catch up.
Thinking about it, the dog poked again with a stick. The river clam felt something poking itself, and immediately put away the exposed soft meat and closed the clam shell, revealing a few small beads underneath. When the dog saw it, He reached out and picked it up, looked at it, and quickly took it to find Nanzhi.
"Aniang, Aniang, the river clam has given birth to a baby."
Nanzhi was rummaging through the utility room next door to find something useful, when he saw the dog holding something in one hand and running towards him.
After reaching out and hugging the dog that was running over, Nanzhi asked, "What's wrong, dog? Why are you running so fast?"
The dog spread its wet little hands, revealing those round and smooth beads, "Auntie, Auntie, the river oyster has given birth to a baby."
As he spoke, he stretched his hand towards Nanzhi so that she could see more clearly.
The dog suddenly held five round pearls in his hand, and Nanzhi was so shocked that he almost dropped his eyes.
I opened dozens of river mussels without even a single bead. How could there be five among the river mussels my dog pulled back?
When he looked at the dog again, Nanzhi felt that his cheap son's whole body was shining brightly.
Could this be the Holy Light of Ou Huang?
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"
Gou'er looked at his mother-in-law with an envious look and was a little confused, and touched Nanzhi's forehead decently with his other little hand.
In the end, the dog only came to one conclusion: "Auntie, you are sick."
"..."
Looking at his silly son Nanzhi, he felt sad for a moment, almost shedding tears of envy.
"Gou'er, this is called Pearl, not the baby of a river clam." Nanzhi could only explain to Gou'er.
After hearing what Nanzhi said, Gou'er was obviously a little disappointed. Seeing that the beads in his hand were no longer as exciting as before, he only said a little disappointedly: "Then we can't raise him to eat meat."
Gou'er's words were something Nanzhi didn't expect. After being silent for a while, she touched Gou'er's little head and thought she could tell him the value of pearls: "Pearls can be sold and can buy a lot of food."
When he heard that they could be sold to buy grain, the dog became happy again. He stretched out his hand and handed all the pearls to Nanzhi, "Then go sell the pearls and buy grain and go home."
Seeing the dog's sensible look, Nanzhi sighed in his heart, who wouldn't like such a child?
"The dog is a good boy. Let's keep the river mussel in the backyard at home to see if it will have pearls in the future, okay?"
"Okay, dog, watch it."
The dog seemed to have accepted some very important task. He ran to get a small stool and stood by the wooden basin, watching attentively, as if he was afraid of missing something.
Seeing the dog's serious look, Nanzhi just asked him to hide under the eaves and watch, out of the sun.
Then he went into the utility room and continued to tidy up.
When eating river mussels today, she remembered the scallop porridge that her grandma cooked for her. Can the scallops of river mussels be dried and stored?
Staple food is easy to find, but when winter comes in a few months, she and the dog can't just eat potatoes and black noodles every day. There are no greenhouse vegetables here, and it's even less likely that she can burn charcoal in the house to grow vegetables...
If she takes advantage of this moment to catch more mussels and cook the meat pillars and dry them, even if there are no fresh vegetables in the future, even if they are boiled in black batter, they will have more flavor.
As for the five pearls that the dog brought, they could be exchanged for a few taels of silver. It would not be a problem to buy food for the two of them.
But in winter, the house must have quilts and thick coats. Because two elderly people at home were sick, Yuan Ben sold the new quilts at home. Last winter, the two of them relied on old quilts to get through it. .
Nanzhi was carefully considering the items he still lacked at home when there was a sudden knock on the door.
After what happened last night, Nanzhi didn't dare to open the door directly. He just stood in front of the door and shouted outside.
"Who?"
"Fat Ya, it's me."
After hearing this title, Nanzhi wondered who it could be. Who else could it be besides his two brothers?
"Big brother and second brother?" Nanzhi opened the door and was still a little confused: "Why are you here?"
Didn’t I just go back to my parents’ house this morning? Why did they come here again this afternoon?
Lin Yicheng looked at his sister and smiled, reached out and patted her on the head before speaking: "What, now even the eldest and second brothers are not allowed to enter the house?"
Only then did Nanzhi come to his senses, turned aside to let them in, and still asked a little worriedly: "Why are you guys here? Is there anything going on at home?"
"What can I do at home? I just went to the town to buy food. Grandma asked us to bring some to you."
Lin Yicheng entered the house empty-handed. Lin Ercheng was speechless when he saw that his elder brother didn't come out to help him. He followed him in with a bag of things in one hand.
Looking at the two bulging bags on the ground, Nanzhi was a little surprised. He had just sent food back this morning, and his mother-in-law asked her two brothers to send food back in the afternoon?
Being stared at by his sister with doubtful eyes, Lin Yicheng felt a little uncomfortable and explained: "We went to the town this morning to see that food prices are rising rapidly. Dad said there is no hope for this autumn harvest. We have a lot of food stored at home, and my mother-in-law asked us to send you some black noodles and old rice."
Lin Ercheng pointed to a bag to show Nanzhi the red mark on it, and then said: "My mother-in-law said, the dog still has a weak intestine and stomach, and eating too much black noodles is not good. This bag is Chen rice. You cook him some porridge or something on weekdays."
As if he was worried that Nanzhi would not be accepted, Lin Ercheng comforted him: "If Aniang asked us to bring it, you can accept it. Your family is fine. If something happens to you, please come to the branch and let us know. The eldest and second brothers can help you." Help me."
Nanzhi felt the tip of her nose was a little sore when the two men spoke to her. She tried hard to hold back the tears and said, "I'm fine here, don't worry about me."
"You are still the youngest in the family, so why should you be embarrassed with your two older brothers?"
Lin Yicheng only thought that his sister was embarrassed.
Seeing the empty look in the yard, Lin Ercheng felt a little uncomfortable.
My sister used to be the best married woman in the village. How could she become what she is now in just five years? She has never returned home since the last time she came back to borrow money, and her family only thinks that she is still alive. It's passable, and now I look at this courtyard where it still looks like it was when I sent my bride here.
"Fat Ya, why don't you follow us home?"
Before Nanzhi could speak, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Widow Lin! Come out!"
Hearing those words, the two men from the Lin family suddenly became dark-faced. They only thought that their girls had a harder life, but they never thought that they would be scolded by others.
"You little bitch! If you have the guts, open the door for me!" The person who knocked on the door outside the courtyard was none other than Wu from next door.
Last night, my mother-in-law came back to the house. She just thought it was okay, but this morning she was picked up and beaten by her own man.
She begged her mother-in-law for mercy, but her mother-in-law said that her father-in-law was bitten by a poisonous snake because she took her to Dongshan, and she wanted Li Tian to divorce her.
She is now in her thirties. If she is really divorced, how can she have the nerve to return to her parents' home?
Isn't it because of the money that the mother-in-law asked Li Tian to divorce her? As long as she asks for money from Mrs. Lin, her mother-in-law will definitely calm down.
Thinking about it, she ran to knock on the door.
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