Chapter 1973 Catching the Bag

Liu Lu despises Li Xiaoyan from the bottom of his heart. It’s not that he has opinions about her until now when rumors spread about her making trouble in school. It’s the time when he was planting early seeds. Yes.

During the early rice planting season, the girl from the Li family did not go to help at home on weekends. Brother Zhou would not ask his stepdaughter to do the work, but Aunt Meng asked Li Xiaoyan to help pull the seedlings.

When Li Xiaoyan pulled the seedlings, she imitated the ancient rich ladies with their orchid jade fingers raised, and counted the seedlings one by one. It took half an hour to pull out a hand of seedlings.

Ask her to send something to the field. She sees the crickets shivering, the crickets jumping and screaming, the leech crying with snot and tears, and the little water snake crying. Like seeing a ghost.

Which child in the countryside has never seen the most common things in the fields such as worms, snakes, leeches and crickets?

If the girl from the Li family is really one of those wealthy young ladies in big cities who can’t even tell the difference between seedlings and grass, it would be normal for her to be scared when seeing earthworms and leeches, but she is not. Grandma Li’s house is even worse than Plum Village. Being remote, snakes and insects are common in summer.

Moreover, on the day they went to help Brother Zhou pick up his bride, they saw a lot of earthworms and snake skins on the roadside and beside the fields.

Those things are right by the roadside. If the Li girl was so timid, the grass would grow tall on her grave.

The girl from the Li family is obviously not a wealthy woman, but she still pretends to be delicate. Her delicate and squeamish look makes people upset.

Once he saw the girl from the Li family who pretended to be soft, Liu Lu despised Li Xiaoyan. After getting along with her for a long time, he found that Meng’s wife was not as sensible as she seemed. Mrs. Meng doesn't have much favorable impression either.

Liu Lu’s voice was neither high nor low, and everyone heard it. Cheng Youde and others pretended not to hear the thorn in Liu Lu’s words.

The smile on Mrs. Meng’s face slowly stiffened, and she felt as if her heart had been stabbed by a cone. She understood clearly that Liu Lu was mocking her for being a squeamish girl.

And she was speechless.

Especially there is Zhou Tianqing for comparison. She is also a sophomore in high school. Zhou Tianqing’s grades are not worse than Xiaoyan’s, and the Zhou Papi family does not pamper their children. Whether it is Zhou Tianqing or Zhou Tianhong, what kind of work can they do when they go home during the holidays? Everyone will help.

Xiaoyan’s grades are not bad. She used to do farm work during holidays when she was in junior high school. After she entered high school, she rarely helped out because of the heavy study pressure and the heavy homework. She only did some odd housework, which can be said to be ten fingers. Don't touch the spring water.

The day after Zhou Tianqing came back from vacation, she helped others with a double robbery. Even her half-grown child Zhou Tianhong followed the adults to work under the scorching sun. Xiaoyan went to the fields thinking that Lejia was harvesting rice, and she only did I couldn't bear it after a long time.

Two by twoIn contrast, in the eyes of others, Xiaoyan is of course squeamish.

Being said that the child is not good makes Mrs. Meng feel very uncomfortable. Xiaoyan has lost her father. As a mother, she just wants to give her double love so that the child will suffer less. Xiaoyan just If you don't help others with work, how can you call it "princess disease"?

She felt bad, and she couldn't argue with Brother Zhou's buddies, so she was depressed.

Chen Da Lian and others didn’t say anything. Aunt Pa immediately said on the spot that it is not shameful to educate her granddaughter and grandson to live in the countryside. Don’t be full of little thoughts all day long, let alone pretend to imitate the "pig nose" Insert green onions - pretend to be like" to disgust people.

Aunt Ba, who has always been jealous of her, came back from the capital and heard that the girl from the Li family was always sneaking around while the master of the Le family was not at home. In addition, the girl from the Li family was getting more and more arrogant at school, pretending to be her sister-in-law. Being deaf, she also looked down on Mrs. Meng even more.

Zhou Tianqing and Zhou Tianhong nodded like garlic at first. When grandma finished her lecture, Zhou Tianqing looked helpless: "Grandma, can you keep your heart in your stomach? We are afraid that Sister Lele will cut it, so we can't do that. A big dog dares to go astray."

"I am not afraid that you have a bad memory or are complacent, so I will remind you from time to time." Aunt Pa definitely did not say that she was worried about her grandchildren. Your own words fall on deaf ears, and you imitate others when your brain is hot.

Zhou Tianqing babbled speechlessly and hurriedly sneaked away from her grandma to avoid being caught in ideological education class again.

Aunt Pa didn’t keep nagging about work.

Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, didn’t know what Mrs. Meng and her daughter were thinking. The couple led a group of helpers to cut rice for a long time in the morning. In the afternoon, the troops were divided into three groups. People and horses threshed the grains. Le's father Zhou Qiufeng first threshed a field and then released water into the field. Then he went home to transport fertilizers and plows.

Zhou Bapi and his wife help people with work. Village Chief Zhou has to go to the village committee every day to order mao, and because the village library is open during the summer vacation, he has to keep an eye on the library. Grandma went to Lejia to help with some housework.

Grandma Zhou Man assists Mrs. Chao, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhou Wei in taking care of three meals a day and taking care of the livestock. In addition to feeding pigs and chickens and ducks at noon and evening, Grandma Zhou also basically stays at Lejia, where several The old lady was very energetic and excitedly made plans to make rice dumplings, dumplings and glutinous rice cakes.

On the first day of making dumplings, I gave a dumpling as a snack to the workers in the middle of the morning.

Make rice dumplings on the 23rd and glutinous rice cakes on the 24th.

Lejia put down all the seedlings on the morning of the 24th. In the afternoon, they divided the work. Those who were not very good at transplanting were responsible for threshing, transporting millet home or tying straw. Those who knew how to transplant rice went to the fields first.

Planting rice seedlings is tiring and the speed is a bit slow.

Li Xiaoyan has been trying to find an opportunity to sneak into the Lejia, but she has not succeeded. Even if she passes by the Lejia building, the Lejia couple and the people in the Lejia will pretend they have not seen her.

Uncle Zhou and his mother did not go to help Lejia with the work, and wanted to follow Grandma Zhou there. Grandma Zhou did not take her, so she could only watch the days pass day by day.

In the blink of an eye, the 26th arrived, and Li Xiaoyan finally got her grandma.

Granny Li had no reason to go to the Zhou family on weekdays. After receiving a series of calls from her granddaughter, she rushed to Meicun to help her. The reason was naturally because the Zhou family was scheduled to harvest rice on the 27th and she came to help her in-laws. Share some housework.

The 26th was Wei Day. Grandma Zhou, Mrs. Zhou Mannaiwu and Mrs. Chao invited Mrs. Chao and Mrs. Wang Zhou Wei to go shopping to see if there were any fresh mountain products.

When the six old ladies were shopping, by chance, Grandma Zhou Man saw Granny Li, and immediately pulled her sister-in-law aside and whispered: "Li Xiaoyan's grandma is here."

"Huh?" Grandma Zhou was taken aback, and turned to look for someone. Following her grandma's instructions, she really found the target. Grandma Li was carrying the bag she used to dress at Zhou's house.

Granny Li’s backpack was very bulging and she was walking in the direction of Plum Village. She didn’t look like she was going to the market.

"I'm going back first. I won't go to Lele's house these days." Grandma Zhou is also a smart person. She said something to her sister-in-law and quickly left the team.

Grandma Zhou Man turned around happily, found Mrs. Wang and others, and quietly told a few old ladies that Grandma Zhou had gone back first.

Zhou Wei asked Grandma Zhou why she didn’t wait for them and if there was something urgent at home.

Grandma Zhou Man didn’t hide it, saying that Grandma Zhou’s in-laws were here.

Mrs. Chao understood in a few seconds that when Grandma Zhou saw her new mother-in-law, she went home first because she didn’t want to bring that person to Lejia.

In order not to let Granny Li see her, Grandma Zhou took a small road back to Meicun and then went home directly.

Li Xiaoyan knew that grandma was coming, so she washed the fruits and put them in the main room upstairs to wait. When she heard the footsteps, she thought it was grandma who was coming, so she jumped up happily and called "grandma".

When I ran two steps and saw Grandma Zhou suddenly coming back, I froze in fear.

At this moment, Grandma Zhou also understood that Granny Li was called by Li Xiaoyan!

She glanced at Li Xiaoyan and asked in a gentle voice: "You asked your grandma to come to Zhou's house today, right?"

As soon as the question came up, Li Xiaoyan's back felt hairy and she stammered in denial: "No... no, I didn't ask my grandma to come. It was her grandma who called and said she wanted to come... to see me.. ”

　“Oh. "Grandma Zhou said in a neutral tone, walked to the main room, pulled a chair, and sat down. She didn't say anything, just stared at Li Xiaoyan.

If what she did was exposed, even if she Looking for a reason to fool Grandma Zhou, but seeing Grandma Zhou sitting there staring at her, Li Xiaoyan could guess the reason why Grandma Zhou didn't believe her without using her brain.

Being stared at by Grandma Zhou, she had I felt a creepy feeling, and I felt panicked. I wanted to leave immediately and found a place to quietly call my grandma for ventilation.

"What, you want to call your grandma secretly to let her know? "When Grandma Zhou saw Li Xiaoyan trying to run away, she rudely poked the man's lung tube again.

"No...no. "Li Xiaoyan didn't dare to leave anymore. She moved to the side with difficulty, dragged a chair and sat down, but she was restless and broke out in cold sweat.

Grandma Zhou said nothing and stared quietly. Watching Li Xiaoyan.

Also because she kept a close eye on her, Li Xiaoyan couldn’t make phone calls, she could only be anxious. Grandma didn’t know how to read, so it was useless to send messages. Even if she received the message, grandma wouldn’t read it. .

In the hall, one was calm, the other was guilty and nervous, the old and the young formed a sharp contrast.

In the weird atmosphere, after about ten minutes, There were footsteps coming from the door, and Li Xiaoyan almost jumped up. Before she could shout out, she heard a voice: "Xiaoyan, grandma is here to support you. Don't be afraid, my dear grandson. Grandma is here, won't you?" Let the Zhou family and Le family bully you. "

After hearing what Granny Li said to support Li Xiaoyan, Grandma Zhou stared at Li Xiaoyan with a straight face.

When Li Xiaoyan heard what grandma said, her whole body I was going crazy. I no longer cared about being stared at by Grandma Zhou. I ran to the alley area connecting the north and south gates in two steps and called out "Grandma" in panic.

"Xiaoyan, are you there? What are you doing? You don't have to worry about being bored by hiding at home all day long. Your mother's evil mother-in-law is not at home. If you go to the front and outside of Lejia's house a few times, someone will ask you to come in. ”

Granny Li walked all the way to the door of Zhou’s house, wiping sweat while talking. She knew that Grandma Zhou accompanied people to the market, and even if she came back, she would go to Lejia and not Zhou’s house. , there are no outsiders in the Zhou family, and she has no scruples about what she says.

Grandma started talking anxiously like popping beans in a bamboo tube. Li Xiaoyan had no time to stop her, and she was so anxious that she broke out in a cold sweat. It was all over my forehead.

Grandma Zhou was sitting in the main room. Grandma had no control over her mouth and spoke as casually as if they were talking behind their backs. Grandma Zhou listened to everything she said. How will I treat her in the future?

Li Xiaoyan didn’t dare to look at Grandma Zhou’s face, and was so panicked that she almost cried: “Miscellaneous—”