
She would love nothing more than to be a proper lady, but with no money or connections, no sons in the family, constant disputes with neighbors, and fierce relatives, she’s forced further and further down the opposite path… Watch as this feisty country girl blossoms into a radiant force of nature!
Chapter 10: find fault at home As expected, as Xu Laosi expected, after returning home, Ye Shi saw his daughter's foot hurt, and was so anxious that he could not get up and go to the ground. Xu Xing'er hurriedly jumped to the edge of the Kang, pressed her shoulder and said: "mother, I just sprained when I was walking. It's no big deal, just look for the medicinal wine to wipe." Ye Shi turned over and took out the bottle of medicinal wine from the drawer of the Kang Qin, and took off the shoes and socks for Xu Xing'er personally. She saw that her daughter's delicate ankle was swollen with a big green purple bag, and the tears were suddenly turning in her eyes. The medicinal wine was poured in the palm of her hand, but she didn't dare to rub it. A bunch of shaking voices asked: "Xing'er, does it hurt? It's so swollen. It must hurt, isn't it? " Ta'er was also frightened by Xu Xing'er's injury. A pair of small hands tightly held her skirt, and she was pale with a small face. However, she still clenched her teeth and came up to the front and said, "I exhale to my sister, and it won't hurt." she said, chucking her mouth and blowing gently towards Xu Xing'er's ankle. "It's not that delicate." Xu Xing'er reached out and rubbed Ta'er's hair, took the bottle of medicinal liquor from Ye Shi's hand, poured some in his palm, and pressed it on his ankle with a hard heart. A heartbreaking pain came up, almost forcing his tears out. She clenched her lower lip to make no sound, but her eyes were already red. Her hands on her ankles were shaking unconsciously, and she slowly began to massage after a long time. Ye Shi took out the handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his daughter's forehead. He watched her clench her teeth and rub the injury. The blue veins on her fingers were bursting out. He quickly put the handkerchief into her hands: "you wipe your hands, I'll rub them for you." Xu Xing'er will feel much better now. At the beginning, the intense pain seems to have numbed the nerves. When he rubs it again, it's not as unbearable as it was at the beginning. She turned her head to see Ta'er lying on the edge of the Kang and wiping tears. She quickly waved her hand to the Kang and put her in her arms and said: "Ta'er, look, how painful it is when you sprain your foot. You can't jump and jump in the future. Don't be like big sister. You hurt yourself by your foot..." Before I finished speaking here, the door of the house was pushed away from the outside, and Xu Dashuang ran in and pointed at Xu Xing'er's nose and swore: "you shameless little hoof, it's not enough to go out and make trouble, fight and fight. Now it's only a few years old to start to hook up with a man, a big aunt's family, let a strange posterity come down from the mountain, and most of the people in the village saw it. You don't have a face, we still need..." Ye Shi didn't react for a moment. Ta'er was even frightened by the momentum of Xu Dashuang, and the whole person shrank behind Xu Xing'er. Xu Xing'er listened to her words and said that they were not like what she could say. It's necessary that Chen's tongue was heard by her. Now she's too angry to find fault. She teased her eyebrows and said: "sister Dashuang is the one who has ordered to go out. It's different from us. I think it's because she taught her in private. I don't know what it means to hook up with a man." "You..." Xu Dashuang heard that, he just felt that his blood was surging up, his face was red, he raised his finger to Xu Xing'er, and he didn't say a whole sentence for a long time. She angrily shouted at Ye Shi: "three aunts, you should also take charge of Xing'er, such a big girl, who is so careless in speaking and handling affairs. The shrewdness has been known to the neighborhood, and now even the reputation is ignored..." "Sister Dashuang, you can eat in disorder, but you can't talk in disorder. You said that I was shrewd and I accepted it, but I have a good reputation. You are offended? Xu Xing'er asked, raising his chin slightly. Xu Dashuang was furious, but he said that he could not win her, so he had to continue to attack Ye Shi and said: "three aunts, Xing'er goes out like this, and others will not say how she is, but only that there is no family teacher in the Xu family. How can our other sisters behave? Even if we live or die, there are still two sisters under her. It's difficult that she can't get married later, and also involves Ta'er and Lizi as old girls? " Although Xu Xing'er's temper is not good, it is also a little more gentle than the original main one. I also know that Xu Dashuang is a firecracker's temper, and it's over. Originally, because she had injuries on her feet, she didn't want to conflict with her, but she had scales. She shouldn't do anything, and shouldn't drag Ye Shi, Ta'er and Lizi together. She restrained her smile, squinted and looked at each other slightly, and then looked at the broom on the top of the Kang. Slowly, she said, "sister Dashuang, since you know that I'm a good master, how dare you come to scold someone, you're not afraid that I'll beat you out?" Xu Dashuang saw her look, and moved back a few steps at her feet. He couldn't help but regret that he had just listened to his mother and two aunts, and was stimulated by others. As soon as his brain was hot, he ran to fight with Xu Xing'er, but he forgot that she was a person who didn't want to reason and just started directly. Although she had some regrets, she couldn't help but spit on herself. Bai Bai was several years older than Xu Xing'er, but she never put on the airs of being a sister in front of her, and she often had to hold her head down. She suddenly began to feel resentful. Later, I thought that Xu Xing'er was injured in his ankle, and it was not convenient to go down and estimate that the place he stood was safe enough. Then I put a little boldness to find a step for myself: "you don't need to scare me. I'll put these words here now. After you can't get married, let's talk about it again... Ouch..." When she said that, she suddenly felt pain in her leg. She looked down and saw that it was Ta'er with a broom who was fighting himself. Because he was too small, he could only fight on his leg. Ta'er said, "you are not allowed to bully my elder sister..." Xu Dashuang was so angry that he grabbed the broom, pulled two times according to Ta'er's buttocks, stretched out his hand to screw Ta'er's ears, and said, "see, it's not easy to learn well, and it's not easy to learn bad. Let's see what you've brought to Ta'er." Ta'er's ears hurt from her wrenching, his strength was too small and he couldn't get rid of it, and he finally sobbed. "Let it go!" Xu Xing'er's anger was finally completely hooked up, and he took the medicine oil in his hand and smashed it at Xu Dashuang. The airway, "you mean I'm fierce, and it's going to be bullied by you. If it's not more fierce, don't you squeeze the residue out of your hands?" The oil was hitting Xu Dashuang's forehead. Although it wasn't very painful, it was spilled all over her head and face, and the choking smell filled the room immediately. Xu Dashuang let go of Ta'er, raised his hand and put a few on his face. He found that it was not clean at all. His clothes were also covered with a lot of dark brown medicine oil, and I don't know if it can be washed clean. "You..." Xu Dashuang was so angry that he could hardly breathe. His small chest rose and fell. Seeing that Xu Xing'er had already grabbed the Kang broom, he also understood that he was not her opponent, and then he only had to be beaten. Crying, he turned to go home and complain. "It's a pity that the small half bottle of drug oil... It's good, it's all ruined." Xu Xing'er looked at the bottle rolled to the corner of the wall, and he was very sad to smack his mouth. "Ta'er quickly picked up the drug wine bottle, and there might be a little left in it. Tut, it's all for money!" Ye Shi saw Dashuang crying and walking away. She couldn't help shaking her head and stabbing her daughter's forehead, "you are a girl. It's annoying to beat children." "If people don't offend me, I'm not a prisoner. If she doesn't come to provoke, who would care for her!" although Xu Xing'er said that, his mouth was still smiling, and his feet were rubbed in his arms by Ye Shi, and the pain seemed to be reduced a lot. She just relaxed and leaned back on the quilt. "Ta'er, come here and show me, where is it? Xu Xing'er asked Ta'er to come to him, first looked at his ears, only a little red, and then lifted his clothes to see the two times he was hit. He saw that it was also slightly swollen, half finger high than the skin beside him, angry and scolded, "it's a good idea that other people have no family education, and she has such a heavy hand on her children. I should have hit her a few brooms just now." Ta'er's small face is thin and sharp, and it looks like a pair of big and round eyes. The tears are still in her eyes. With the blink of her eyes, it is still lovely and quiet, which makes people feel sad. Xu Xing'er put his sister in his arms to appease her, and coax her to smile again. Then he suddenly remembered Xu Laosi's words before and turned to Ye Shi and said: "mother, I almost forgot to tell you, the fourth uncle said, my father and my father have sent a message, and will be home in 35 days." When Ye Shi heard the news, his brow was first extended, and then he was suddenly twisted. His face became very tangled. His hands were also subconsciously twisted together, and he looked down at the little daughter beside the pillow. For a moment, he didn't know whether to be happy or worried. Xu Xing'er saw through her mind, took her hand and comforted her: "Mom, you can rest assured, dad has always loved me and Ta'er, and it's certainly not that patriarchal. Ten thousand steps back, you still have us! Then he stabbed Ta'er. Ta'er very cleverly understood, threw his arms around Ye Shi's neck, put his face on her face, and said softly: "don't worry, mother, Ta'er will listen." Ye Shi reaches for Ta'er, looks at the little daughter sleeping soundly, and then looks at Xu Xing'er's worries. With such a sensible child, what's the reason for him not to cheer up, and finally lifts his spirits. He laughs and says, "I'll clean up my family and wait for your father to come back." Xu Xing'er is no longer a child. Naturally, it can be seen that Ye Shi's smile is just floating on the surface, and it doesn't reach the bottom of the eye. I think it's not as relaxed as it is in my heart. But it's not hard to understand when you think about it. After all, it's a matter of inheriting one's lineage. If it can be resolved by one's own words, it's abnormal. All this depends on the Xu Laosan who has not yet met. If he is really a good father and husband as he remembers, maybe he can slowly solve the knot in Ye Shi's heart. The eleventh chapter Xu Laosan goes home Xu Xing'er's foot injury looks serious, but she doesn't feel too much pain after rubbing it with medicinal wine. She has been working hard for two lifetimes. After two days at home, she couldn't stay. After two days of rain, she began to think about the mushrooms that should be borne up the mountain. But Ye Shi told Ta'er to watch it closely, not to mention going up the mountain. Even when he went out to breathe, he had to listen to Ta'er's startled cry: "Mom, the elder sister has gone down again." Ye Shi's worried inquiry will be sent in the room immediately. After several ineffective protests, Xu Xing'er had to put down the thought of going out and stay at home to recover. She didn't dare to entrust the monkey head mushroom that she had collected before, but it couldn't be put down after it was collected. Finally, she secretly begged Xu Laosi to take it to the city and sell it to the tavern, and exchange sixty copper coins back. After Xu Laosi came back, he still had some disbelief on his face. He handed the copper money to Xu Xing'er and said: "two mushrooms with big fists can sell so much money? Where can you get it? Fourth uncle will also sell it." Xu Xing'er sniffs and pours: "fourth uncle, do you think this Hericium Mushroom is all over the ground? In order to collect these two mushrooms, I was almost bitten by a snake and sprained my foot. If I didn't meet Shanzi Ge in the mountain, I would have been taken by a wolf." She didn't have any intuitive understanding of the consumption level here, but she thought that her cabinet was only more than 200 yuan, and she felt that these were not small wealth. Xu Laosi was not angry when he heard Xing'er's words. He reached out and scratched the back of his head and said: "it's the same. If the ground is full of money, it can't be sold so expensive. Your feet are better. I bought you a bottle of medicinal wine from the city. It's brewed by the best doctor in the city. People in the city say it's particularly good." Xu Xing'er looked at Xu Laosi's simple and honest appearance, and he was warm-hearted. He knew that he shouldn't take the contradiction with Xu Laoren's side on his head, and then he softened his voice. He held the copper money just in hand to Xu Laosi and said, "fourth uncle, how much money it cost, I'll give it to you." "Little girl films, where do you come from so many thoughts." Xu Laosi patted her head, "I can still ask for your money? It's easy to hide. You can see it and it's gone." This sentence immediately drew in the distance between the two people. Xu Xing'er didn't talk to Xu Laosi again. He smiled and put the copper money into his pocket, and then smiled contentedly and patted: "then wait until I go back to the process, buy paper and pen for the fourth uncle." "MM!" Xu Laosi nodded politely, but it was not greedy for this thing. He just watched his niece have this heart and felt happy. "Fourth uncle, you don't mean that my father is coming back, how come he hasn't seen anyone for several days." Ta'er was holding the door, his small head came in from the side of the door curtain, and he looked at Xu Laosi and asked. "It's rainy these two days, and the road is not easy to walk." Xu Laosi used to hold Ta'er to the Kang, "why, did Ta'er miss your father?" "Yes!" Ta'er nodded with his eyes wide open. Then he added, "my father said that he would come back to bring me sugar." Xu Laosi and Xu Xing'er laughed when they heard the speech. Ta'er didn't know what they were laughing at, but he was very happy to laugh with them. "Is there anyone at home?" someone outside asked. "Sounds like Shanzi Ge? Xu Xing'er ears work well. Most of the sounds heard can be remembered. "Someone, come in." For a moment, the curtain picked up. It was Shanzi who came in, with a small wicker basket in his hand. The basket was very exquisite, with a tight cover. He came in to see Xu Laosi and said, "xusi uncle, you are here." "What's the matter with you today? Your uncle asked you to send a message?" Xu Laosi didn't think that Shanzi and Xu Xing'er had any friendship, just thought that it was Shanzi's uncle who sent a message to him. "Well, my third uncle said that he was going to the city on the 10th day of the lunar new year, and asked if you were free. Let's go together." Shanzi said that he put the basket in his hand on the Kang Table, and took a grasshopper out of his arms and handed it to Ta'er. Ta'er is a bit afraid of strangers. He used to snuggle up to Xu Xing'er. He saw the big green grasshopper. His eyes were bright, but he didn't dare to directly reach for it. He turned to see his sister's face first. Xu Xing'er nodded and said, "thank you to Shanzi Ge." Ta'er's little face suddenly smiled into a flower and wiped his hands on his lapel. Then he took over the grasshopper and said, "thank you Shanzi Ge." "It's straw, it's not worth it." Shanzi touched Ta'er's head and turned to ask Xu Xing'er, "are your feet better?" "It's no big deal to rub the medicine and wine." Xu Xing'er said that his nose was suddenly a little sour, and the children in the mountain were used to throwing. He recalled that in his previous life, when he was a child, he was lack of clothes and clothes at home. He had no experience in the mountain. Naturally, he was not less injured, and the adults at home were also not responsible. If he was dirty and broke his clothes, he would probably have to be hurt even more when he went home. There is no such happiness that people are so worried about now. Shanzi saw that her eyes were red and her voice was not right. She thought she was in a lot of pain and wanted to show her ability. She quickly opened the wicker basket and took out several plants from it. She asked, "do you have any stone mortar in your house?" Ta'er got a big grasshopper. Now he thinks that his brother is very good. After listening to his question, he quickly jumps off the track facing outwards: "yes, I'll get it!" Shanzi didn't rest assured that he also went out. Generally, the stone mortar of other people is covered with oil dirt accumulated over the years. It's not harmful to pound garlic at ordinary times. It's not OK to use it to pound medicine. It's better to brush. When I got to the kitchen, I saw that Ta'er stepped on a small wooden pier and lifted the stone mortar from the cupboard on tiptoe, but it was clean inside and outside. If it didn't have the traces of annual use, it would be like a new one. Shanzi turned to look around. The kitchen was not big but there was no mess of ordinary people. Although everything was old, it was cleaned up cleanly. It can be seen that the owner must often clean up. He was also not polite. He scooped out clear water from the jar to wash the stone mortar. He heard that there was no peculiar smell, so he took it into the house. Xu Xing'er was curious to see his move. He first disposed of several plants. Some only took roots, some only left leaves, and others only used half a tree. Shanzi's men are very quick and quick. They quickly picked up the things they didn't use, threw them back into the basket, and finally put the rest into the stone mortar one by one. When all the herbs are mashed into a green paste, Shanzi pushes the stone mortar in front of Xu Xing'er, and exhorts: "soak your feet in hot water at night, and then paste it on the neck of your feet. After pasting for an hour, scrape it off, and then no more water is allowed." thinking of the clean kitchen outside, he added, "if you feel dirty, you should also wash it in the morning of the next day, or the drug will follow the blister." "Thank you, Shanzi Ge. Xu Xing'er's thanks are sincere. Although she's shrewd, she's not a person who doesn't know what's good or what's bad. If someone treats her well, she'll give others three points. "It's nothing, then you can rest assured and recuperate, and I'll send you herbs tomorrow." Shanzi couldn't stay here to see the Xu Xing'er dressing, so he got up and left. Let's not say that although Shanzi doesn't know Traditional Chinese Medicine, it's the experience passed down from generation to generation. The herbal medicine that he got really works. After only one night, Xu Xing'er's feet are much less swollen. In the next few days, Shanzi came to deliver herbs every day, and he would bring something to Ta'er every time. It's either a straw made gadget or a fruit picked on the mountain. One day, he caught a colorful bird, tied a foot with a thin hemp rope, and gave it to Ta'er on a branch. Ta'er and Shanzi quickly get together. Every afternoon, they are looking forward to Shanzi's coming. They want to see what fun it brings today. Xu Xing'er refused for two times. Shanzi didn't say anything, but she still came with herbs and things every day. She saw nothing valuable. Then she looked at Ta'er's expectant eyes and tried to suppress them. Her heart immediately softened, and she wrote down the feeling in her heart and let them go. On the contrary, she felt that Cheng Ge'er was a bit inexplicable. Every day, Shanzi came in front of the door, and he followed him. When he sat down, he opened the conversation box. He said it endlessly over there. When Shanzi left, he would have to sit for a while before he went home. But also because there are two people who come to the door every day, and there is no boredom at the beginning of the day when there is someone to accompany and recuperate. When Xu Xing'er was able to go to the ground, Xu Laoren and Xu Laosan finally came back from their hometown. Xiaoshuang ran over to report that his face was a little strange. His eyes turned a few times and he said: "my father and your father are back. The milk let you both pass!" Xu Xing'er is very familiar with this look, which is obviously an expression waiting for a good play. However, she also knows that even if she can't answer her own questions, it's better to save energy and point to her feet and say, "I'm not good at walking fast because my feet are injured. You go back first, I'll be with Ta'er in a moment." Xiaoshuang was impatient at first. After listening to this, he directly turned around and left, leaving only one sentence: "hurry up, or I won't be blamed for the anger of the milk." When Xu Xing'er and Ta'er lingered at the door of the old house, they heard Xu's crying, mixed with other people's voices. Xu Xing'er's heart was tickled. Could it be that something happened on the master's road? Quickly walk into the courtyard, but hear the old man shouting with full confidence: "that's my brother's grandson, what do you say I can do?" "As long as you can show your ability, your seven brothers and sisters can grow up in their hometown by turns, waiting for you to fill up the head... Our children can't afford it, you are a thousand knife..." Mrs. Xu cried and howled, and the voice could be heard outside the courtyard. Old man Xu repeatedly said: "I'm the boss, it's my brother's root, it can't be broken." Xu Xing'er pulled Ta'er and slipped in close to the door. She found that all the people in the house had arrived except Ye Shi. She rubbed behind Xu Lingzi and whispered, "Gu, what's the matter?" Xu Lingzi said in a low voice: "there was an accident in my hometown. There was no two grandfathers left, only a baby just born. My father has brought the baby back. Now it's busy."