Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

Since she joined the Qu family, Mrs. Qu has full authority in Mi's heart, just like she didn't dare to take money by herself before, and she never thought of asking Mrs. Chen how to "deal with" Mrs. Qu.

In the dark, she touched the wall where she had hidden hundreds of coins, and Mi Shi felt a different power in her heart. She wanted to try hard to see if she could change her current life.

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The next day, on the wasteland outside Qujia Village, Mrs. Chen, who was bending over to shoot pigweed, turned to look at Mrs. Mi in surprise. His sister-in-law actually asked him this question. Could it be that he is actually still in a dream and not asleep? Awake?

The corner of Chen's mouth twitched: "Sister-in-law, let me ask you a question. Do you dare to speak when mother scolds you?"

It's useless not to dare to speak, it's useless to just think in his heart, when he first entered the door, he relied on a burst of momentum, and dared to refute when Mrs. Qu was swearing, so that he would not be "enslaved" for so many years later.

Seeing Mi Shi looking at him eagerly, Chen felt that maybe she could ask this question, and she was already too worried, so he didn't want to hit her anymore.

After thinking about it, Mrs. Chen said to Mrs. Mi: "Well, it shouldn't be a problem for you to cry, sister-in-law. You should cry when your mother scolds you. It's better to cry so that more people can see it, but crying alone is not enough. Remember, The mouth can talk besides eating, so you have to tell everyone why you cry, what happened to you mother, and what you did at home, as long as you did what you did at home, you can say it..."

In the Qu family, Mi Shi is the most tiring person, because she alone is responsible for feeding the pigs and chickens in the family. It is not troublesome to raise chickens, but it is very tiring to raise pigs, because pigs eat more than people. You have to eat several meals, and the pig raiser basically has no time to feed the pigs.

In comparison, the Chen family and the Meng family are much more relaxed. Generally speaking, the two of them take turns cooking and cleaning the house.

In her free time, Mrs. Meng would go up the mountain with the women in the village to find mushrooms and wild vegetables, while Mrs. Chen would help with pigweed, or sew and mend.

Now that there is no Mrs. Meng at home, Mrs. Chen will not be very tired cooking alone, but he has much less time to go out and do other things.

Listening to the second brother husband Lang pointing out the work she usually does, Mi Shi herself is dumbfounded. Why does she feel that she has not done so much work?But counting carefully, she seems to have done these tasks.

After thinking for a while, Mi said hesitantly: "Second brother, Fulang, Sanya and Siya usually do the pigweed hunting..."

"Oh?" Mrs. Chen raised an eyebrow at Mrs. Mi, "Then what are you doing now, sister-in-law?"

Because Mrs. Mi wanted to find time to ask Mrs. Chen questions, she got up early to feed the pigs first, and then she had an excuse to shoot pigweed and follow Mrs. Chen to go out. The two of them had time to spend alone so as not to delay the work at home.

"I'm...I'm..." Mi Shi didn't know what to say for a while when he was asked, he was stuck for a long time, and finally looked at Chen Shi nervously, unable to speak.

"You are doing this right now, and you told me that you didn't do it?" Mrs. Chen curled her lips, "If you are willing to listen to me, sister-in-law, then follow what I say. If you don't want to listen to me, then Just treat what I just said as fart."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Chen didn't want to talk to Mrs. Mi any more, and kept her head down to work. Later, he had to go back to cook the meals for the whole family. Mrs. Qu would watch over her personally, and he didn't have time to talk to his sister-in-law.

Mrs. Mi thought that Mrs. Chen was upset, so she didn't dare to ask any more, so she had to quietly recall what her second brother, husband, Lang said just now.

The three tasks of hunting pigweed, cutting pigweed, and cooking pigweed are actually what people usually call feeding pigs, but the second brother and husband broke the work apart and said...

He also said that he had done several tasks for feeding the chickens, preparing wheat bran, grinding sun-dried corn kernels, grinding dried sweet potatoes, and mixing various prepared ingredients together...

There is also cleaning the backyard, which is divided into cleaning the pigsty, cleaning the chicken coop, turning over the sun to check the firewood, and cleaning the gutters...

Thinking about it, Mi Shi gradually got a taste. If she told others about what she did at home, and only said one or two in general, if others didn't listen carefully, they might think that she didn't do much. And if she opened her mouth and said what she did in detail, it would sound more complicated.

Mi Shi's mind gradually cleared up, and she looked at her second brother's husband in admiration, how could her second brother's husband be so good at talking!

When Mrs. Chen filled her basket with pigweed, she looked back and found Mrs. Mi was working non-stop, but her mouth was opening and closing without knowing what to say, and she still looked serious.

A little curious, Mrs. Chen leaned closer to listen, and heard the other party whispering "washing clothes, mending clothes, unpacking quilt covers, washing quilt covers, drying cotton, crazy quilt covers, making straw sandals, drying hay, making fire piles, turning vegetable fields." ..."

She almost couldn't hold back her laughter. For the first time, Chen felt that his sister-in-law was quite cute. She was probably worried that she would be stupid and unable to speak when she really faced people in the future, because there was no one to practice in advance.

When both of them returned with two baskets filled with pigweed, Mrs. Mi returned to the way she used to work silently, but Mrs. Chen somehow looked forward to seeing his sister-in-law and Mrs. Qu, and he wondered if she had worked hard or not. If he can talk too much, he will make an exception to help her.

Mrs. Chen didn't wait long for this opportunity. Mrs. Mi mustered up the courage to face Mrs. Qu. That day, it happened that Qu Siniu, Mrs. Meng, Qu Yi, and Liang Kangsheng also came to Qu's house together.

These days, Father Liang and Liang Kangsheng had finished buying the grain needed for their distillery, and each village had also finished harvesting the wheat one after another.

Yang'an County is located in the south of the Great Yu Country. There are many rivers and lakes and paddy fields here. People are relatively more used to eating rice, not so much like eating flour. However, the imperial court collects grain tax, so everyone also grows wheat. Just not many.

For example, the Qu family has five acres of dry land, of which two acres are planted with wheat.

Although wheat grown in dry land is more drought-tolerant, the harvest will not be good if it is true that a drop of water is not watered. This year, Mrs. Qu is stingy and does not give people enough money, which has caused a large reduction in the family's food production.

After harvesting the wheat on the two-acre field, Mrs. Qu did the math, and there was not much left after paying the tax. She was so angry that she didn't get enough sleep for several nights, her breath was full of anger, and she couldn't see anything.

On this day, Mrs. Qu happened to see Mi Shi working and her mouth kept moving. Since she couldn't hear what Mi Shi said, she always felt that Mi Shi didn't say anything good, so she suddenly became angry and caught Mi Shi. scold.

"What are you talking about, you bastard! Are you cursing the old woman's land! Tell you a thief woman, how much less food is harvested in the field, you will give the old woman less food!"

Seeing Granny Qu in a bad mood during this time, Mi Shi has been trembling all the time, worrying about accidentally offending the other party, seeing that Granny Qu finally started scolding, she felt relieved instead.

After taking a few deep breaths, Mi said tremblingly: "Mother, I didn't say anything, I dare not talk about the grain in the field."

Mrs. Qu's anger hadn't vented yet, but Mi Shi, who had always closed her mouth, dared to speak when she was talking. She was even more dissatisfied, and stretched out her hand to grab Mi Shi's arm: " What are you talking about, muttering and chattering while working, if you are dissatisfied with the old woman or the old Qu's family, pack up your bags and get out!"

"Why did the old Qu family marry such an unlucky woman like you? Qu Daniu still regards you as a treasure, with an unlucky look on his face, it is unlucky to look at, and the fortune of the eldest family was blown away by you!"

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Mrs. Mi was pinched severely by Mrs. Qu, tears welled up without brewing, she covered her arms to hide from Mrs. Qu, ran all the way from the backyard of Qu's house to the front yard, and consciously walked towards the door.

"You still dare to run, try to take another step, the old woman will break your leg! Damn thieves, steal the eggs from the house, don't work hard, eat the food from the house for nothing..."

When Mi Shi heard Mrs. Qu bring up the egg again, her heart was in a mess. She had already explained it clearly at the beginning, she did not steal the eggs from the family, and those eggs were taken away by the mother, why did she say it now? ?

Mi's who didn't dare to say anything at first, because of the stimulation of the eggs, finally plucked up the courage to speak: "Mother, I didn't steal the eggs at home, and I didn't slack off at work. Every morning, Sanya and I don't see light until dawn." Just get up, he went to fetch water, and I cleaned the pigsty, and when Sanya's father and second brother went to the field, I will..."

The practice over the past few days has had some effect. Although Mishi spoke in a stuttering manner, she really spoke out what she did on weekdays, but the voice was not too loud, and she could hear it standing in the courtyard of Qu’s house, and she went out. I can't hear clearly.

It was probably the first time Mie said such a long series of words, Mrs. Qu was stunned, she stood there in surprise and looked at Mie, suspecting that she had heard it wrong.

After a while, Mrs. Qu realized that something was wrong: "God damn thief, what are you talking about!"

Mi Shi's voice is so low that people outside can't hear it clearly, but Mrs. Qu's voice is loud enough that people nearby can hear that their house is arguing again, and those who like to watch the excitement all prick up their ears.

"Mom, I really didn't steal eggs, and I never dared to be lazy when I worked at home. I took care of the pigs, chickens, and vegetable plots in the backyard. I really didn't be lazy. I got up early every day. work..."

Mie said it once just now, and the second time it was said, it was much smoother, and the voice was louder than before, and people outside could hear it a little bit.

Usually Mi Shi basically works in the backyard of Qu's family, and she never talks about it herself, so everyone doesn't know what she did.

In the past, when everyone saw Mrs. Qu scolding Mi Shi, she never refuted, so some people who "didn't understand" the situation would think that it is possible that Mi Shi, who looks honest on the surface, is actually a treacherous person who does things at home. If you can't live your heart, why would Mrs. Qu always stare at her and scold her.

At this moment, listening to Mrs. Mie telling what she did every day, everyone suddenly realized that Mrs. Mie really did a lot of work. No wonder she lost weight again as soon as she returned to Qu's house.

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