Two days later, Song Sanshun finally returned home.
As soon as he put down the basket, he saw little Chang'an flying over: "Uncle!"
Song Sanshun picked up his little niece and asked with a smile: "Is Chang'an naughty at home?"
"No!" Chang'an shook her head like a rattle: "Chang'an is so good!"
She had made two dragon statues, and the seventh leaf on the palm of her hand also grew out.
Of course, the leaves did not grow out entirely because she made two clay statues, but because Chang'an told the little fishes the story of the little cousin who poisoned her.
When the little fishes heard that the little cousin's father had eaten the poison, they were all very happy and threw a lot of small beads to her.
Chang'an seemed to have opened the door to a new world and decided to tell stories to the little fishes every day in the future.
Song Sanshun held Chang'an in one hand and picked up a cantaloupe from the basket with the other hand: "See what Uncle San brought back?"
"Melon! It smells good!" Chang'an hugged the cantaloupe and smelled the sweet fragrance on the melon skin, and her saliva was about to flow down.
Seeing her aunt coming over, she quickly handed the cantaloupe in her hand to her: "Aunt, cut it!"
Wu took the cantaloupe and asked with a smile: "Where
did you get the cantaloupe?" "We found it halfway. I bought four and ate one on the way." The melon field was being planted, and Song Sanshun and his companions thought the melons were good, so they bought a few each.
Song Sanshun sat down on a stool and said: "We walked all the way back from the county town, and most of the ponds we encountered were empty. Alas, if it doesn't rain, we won't be able to plant beans on our two acres of land."
Originally, beans could be planted immediately after the summer harvest, but now that no rain has fallen, we really dare not waste the bean seeds. What
if it still doesn't rain in the second half of the year? Wouldn't we lose even the bean seeds?
Wu scooped water to wash the cantaloupe, and cut it into several petals with a knife.
She handed one petal to her husband, gave two petals to Chang'an, kept one petal for herself, and handed the remaining two petals to Goudan and Xiaochutou in the backyard.
Afterwards, Wu told her husband what happened a few days ago: "I don't know what my mother-in-law's family meant. They asked Song Yufeng to bring a bowl of brown sugar eggs mixed with poison. Fortunately, Chang'an and I didn't eat it. We returned the eggs. As a result, Song Jizu ate them. It is said that he can't get up now."
"What? She dared to send poisoned eggs to you?" Song Sanshun was furious when he heard it.
The stepmother never said a word to her family. Suddenly, she brought eggs for no reason. Even a three-year-old child knew that she had bad intentions.
Wu: "The clan leader has said that he will punish Song Jizu's family when you come back. This time, you must not give in."
Now her family and Song Jizu's family are simply at odds with each other. This time, no matter what, they can't let them off.
Song Sanshun put Chang'an down and stood up: "I will go to the clan leader uncle now."
Chang'an grabbed his uncle and said: "The eldest uncle is bad, and the cousin is also bad. She also said that she wants you and aunt to die." Song
Sanshun's face was dark.
He touched his niece's head and turned to leave the house.
Unexpectedly, not long after Song Sanshun left, Song Baqi came. As soon as he entered the door, he pointed at Wu and cursed: "Old Third, you are getting more and more outrageous. You actually drugged Jizu? Didn't he just sleepwalk? He didn't do anything to you, why do you want to kill him?" Wu was
furious when she heard this. She suddenly stood up, rushed into the toilet, scooped up feces with a dung shovel and threw it at her father-in-law.
Song Baqi didn't expect that his wife, who had always been silent, dared to throw feces at him. He turned around and ran out of the yard in fear.
But no matter how fast he ran, his body and head were splashed with smelly feces and urine.
This made him sick, and he ran home in a hurry, yelling for his wife to fetch water for him to take a bath.
Old Zhao pinched her nose and ran to the kitchen, only to find that there was no water in the water tank. "Chengye's mother! Why didn't you go fetch water?" Old Zhao was so angry that she jumped up and down. Young
Zhao came out of the room and whispered, "I went to fetch water this morning, but I didn't get any water."
Even the muddy water in the pond had been scraped clean, what else could she do?
"If you didn't get any water, couldn't you go to another village?" Old Zhao said angrily, "Things are dead, but people are alive! How can you be so stupid? You can't do even a little thing well?"
Young Zhao twisted her fingers and said nothing.
"Go quickly!" Old Zhao was so angry at her dull look that her face turned green. The
old man was standing next to her, almost making people faint.
Seeing maggots crawling around on his head, Old Zhao wanted to kick the old man out of the door. Young
Zhao reluctantly picked up the bucket and went out, but there was no water after running to several wells.
She simply didn't go back, put down the bucket and sat by the well waiting.
This wait lasted until the evening, and she finally got a load of water back.
As soon as she put down the bucket, Old Zhao rushed over, took off her shoes and hit her: "You lazy guy! I asked you to fetch water, but you didn't go home?"
Little Zhao hurriedly dodged, and seeing that her mother-in-law was still not giving in, she couldn't help but get angry and kicked over the bucket, spilling water all over the floor.
"I can't live like this!" Little Zhao covered her face and cried and ran to her daughter's room.
Outside the new house of the Song family, Chang'an, who was letting the dog out for a walk, suddenly heard the voice of her little cousin:
[I'm so annoyed! The whole family quarrels, why do I have such a grandparents? They have no ability and do stupid things! ]
[Why don't we go to the capital as soon as possible? Anyway, I already know where Jiang lives in this life, can't my mother and I go to find her to recognize her relatives? ]
[No, no! I must bring my grandfather, otherwise I can't prove my identity. As for my grandmother and my younger sister-in-law, let them stay in the countryside. ]
Chang'an listened for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, he hurried home with the dog.
The next day, the clan leader took Song Sanshun and several clan elders to Song Baqi's house.
Since Song Sanshun refused to compromise, the clan leader wanted to drive Song Jizu's family out of the village.
Song Jizu's poisoning symptoms were much relieved, but his face was very ugly. He didn't object when he heard this.
In fact, he had long wanted to move out of the village and live in the county town, but the old man had always disagreed, saying that he would die in Songjia Village.
It was ridiculous. This village did not welcome his family from head to toe. I don't know why the old man insisted on staying?
The clan leader sat at the top, stroking his beard and said, "Baqi, you can stay, but Song Jizu's family must leave. We can't leave a child who dares to poison others in our village."
"His uncle, look at what you said?" Old Zhao was not happy when she heard it: "How old is Xiyue? She doesn't know what is poisonous and what is not. Do you want her to die to apologize for her crime by saying this to her?"
The clan leader sneered, "I didn't say that, Zhao, don't talk about other things. You know the truth of this matter better than me. Now I just want you to move out of the village, which has given you a lot of face."
"If you don't know what to do again, I don't mind opening the ancestral hall and expelling your husband from the clan." The clan leader glanced coldly at Song Baqi and others.
This old Zhao family has been causing trouble frequently. If they failed to harm Wu and Chang'an today, they might do it again in the future. If someone really died in the village, I would have to give up my job as the clan leader and village chief.
"Let's move! Dad, take out all the remaining money and sell this house. We will live in the county town. If you want to come back, come back and visit. Your son will definitely take you there personally."
Song Jizu's eyes were shining, and he stared at Song Baqi: "Dad, it will be much more convenient for Chengye to study when we move to the county town. Just agree to it." (End of this chapter)