Chapter 16 Going to the Village Chief's House
Because of the arrival of Aunt Sun, the lunch was very sumptuous and everyone ate with their mouths full of oil.
He Shuyu said exaggeratedly: "Grandma, the food cooked by my aunt is so delicious."
After saying that, he licked his lips and said greedily, "I ate three full bowls."
When Mrs. Su, Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Zheng heard Yu'er's praise, they smiled so hard that their teeth showed.
Aunt Sun laughed and responded, "Brother Yu, you should save some food so that dinner will be more delicious."
When others heard this, they cheered happily.
Aunt Sun rolled her eyes at Zheng and said nothing.
Who said Zheng was not a good person? It was Uncle Sun who married her because he was greedy for her beauty.
As a result, she was fine in the first year after marriage. She was well-behaved, sensible, gentle and virtuous.
When Dingguang was born the following year, he felt confident and stood up straight.
She ordered her mother-in-law, Huang, to do the laundry and take care of the children.
He often brings up things that are not related to the topic and secretly mocks the eldest wife for not being able to have a son.
It is said that the second wife is honest but lives a stupid life.
My mother-in-law, Mrs. Huang, was weak-willed and didn't want to argue, so she endured it.
As for the eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Su, she had lost her vitality long ago after giving birth to a string of daughters.
Second sister-in-law Jiang was as honest as second uncle, so she could not argue with Zheng and just endured it silently.
The patience of the Sun family made Zheng even more unscrupulous and domineering.
Once, Aunt Sun returned to the village without warning. When she stepped into the house, she saw Zheng pointing at her mother-in-law Huang's forehead and cursing her harshly.
What's worse is that she even spit at her mother-in-law, saying things like she was biased and hid the money for the first wife, and that she was old and unwilling to die, and that she was planning to take the silver into the coffin when she died, etc.
Aunt Sun stared at the "gentle, respectful and modest" Zheng in shock. She really couldn't imagine that she was such a person.
He flew into a rage and called the village chief and the elders, as well as Zheng's parents, to come over. He cursed Zheng for not raising her daughter properly, and for cursing her mother-in-law, saying she was extremely treasonous.
He even threatened to divorce Zheng.
Zheng was naturally afraid. On the surface, the mother-in-law was the most powerful person in the Sun family, but in reality, the whole family depended on Aunt Sun for their livelihood.
What Aunt Sun said carried a lot of weight. If she really wanted to divorce me, the Sun family would do it. Even if my parents came to the door, the Sun family village would only help Aunt Sun.
He kowtowed and admitted his mistake, and even pulled Guangge'er to gain sympathy.
Guangger was only one year old and didn't understand anything. He cried when he saw his mother crying.
When Uncle Sun saw the mother and son crying miserably, he was extremely frightened. He truly admired Zheng's beauty, so he kowtowed desperately and begged his eldest sister not to divorce Zheng. He cried and said that Guang'er was still young and should not be without a mother.
Uncle Sun threw himself on Aunt Sun's thighs and knocked his head against the wall to plead for Zheng.
Zheng's parents even knelt down and begged Sunjia Village.
This kneeling hung up Sun Jiacun and Sun Dagu, standing on the highest moral point, making it impossible for Sun Jiacun and Sun Dagu to divorce Zheng.
Aunt Sun was so angry that she finally decided to divide the family and told Uncle Sun and Zheng to get as far away from each other as possible.
The division of the property was also fair, according to the village rules, and Zheng's parents did not dare to object.
As for the house, Zheng's parents had no objection.
The old house of the Sun family was returned to the eldest branch. For the second and third branches, Aunt Sun paid for the construction of six identical blue brick and tile houses.
After the family split up, Zheng was happy to finally get rid of the big family and no longer have to live with the first and second wives, and she could be free.
After waiting for a long time and having to do everything by yourself, you realize that you can't express your pain.
What is even more despairing is that every year, the seasonal gifts from Aunt Sun to the third wife are half as much as those from the second and first wives, and the amount given to Zheng alone is nothing at all.
Zheng's parents were so angry that they scolded their daughter. If Aunt Sun leaked a little, it would be enough for them to eat for three months, but they ended up offending the richest person. I really don't know what's wrong with this pig brain.
Zheng also regretted it, but it had already happened and there was no use regretting it.
So every time Aunt Sun came back, Zheng would bow down and serve her with flattering manner.
However, Aunt Sun ignored her existence, and even Uncle Sun didn't like her.
The three sons of Zheng were treated equally. They had the same things as the children of the Sun family.
After the Sun family had lunch, Sun Boming and Sun Zhongli and their spouses got busy preparing for dinner.
I went to the mud house next door to catch geese, chickens, and ducks, and bought lotus roots from the village where they were grown, in order to make lotus root soup with large bones.
Aunt Sun took out Yu Niang's New Year gift and her own gift to the village chief and put them in a large basket. She arranged for He Erlang to pull the pole and took Yu Ge'er with her to go to the village chief's house. She glanced at Sun Shan who was squatting under the eaves boredly and pulled him up again.
Yu Ge'er is 14 years old this year. He is a little man. He said to Sun Shan, "Cousin Shan, you walk slowly. I will carry you on my back." Before Sun Shan could refuse, he started carrying him on his back.
Aunt Sun patted He Shuyu on the shoulder and said with an angry smile: "Be careful, don't fall down the mountain."
He Shuyu chuckled, puffed out his chest, and said confidently: "Don't worry, mother, I'm very strong."
The three of them walked through the village road and met people from Sunjia Village. Aunt Sun greeted them one by one and occasionally stopped to chat for a few words.
He Shuyu whispered, "Aniang is so talkative. She kept chatting as we walked. It was dark before we even reached the village chief's grandfather's house."
Sun Shan lay on his cousin's body, giggling.
Among the four brothers in the He family, cousin Yu is the most lively and looks most like uncle He.
I heard from my eldest aunt that he has stopped studying and is learning cooking from Uncle He.
It's not that the He family didn't have money or the opportunity to let him study, but his brain was the same as the He family members, he had no talent for studying. Whenever it came to studying, Uncle He and Brother Yu would get a headache, and they would fall asleep after reading a few words.
The village head is very close to Sun Shan's house, less than 200 meters away, but it took Aunt Sun a whole incense stick of time to walk there. Uncle He is kind and patiently follows her, smiling and nodding at the people of Sunjia Village, without any arrogance of people from the prefecture.
As soon as I entered the village chief's sphere of influence, the village chief's wife, who was sitting at the door chatting, said in surprise: "Oh, Chunlan is here."
This noise caused a stir among the villagers. Within a few seconds, a large group of people ran out, looking at Sun Shan and his three companions with surprise and curiosity.
The village chief ran over quickly and said with a smile: "Chunlan, you are here, come in quickly."
He said to his eldest daughter-in-law next to him, "Go and pour a cup of tea."
Aunt Sun walked into the yard with ease and followed the village chief to the main hall.
He Erlang put down two large baskets of things.
It immediately caught the attention of the village chief's family, and everyone looked at the contents of the basket.
I was shouting in my heart: "Marrying to the capital city is different, and the gifts I give are better than others."
The village chief saw a bunch of people looking at the baskets, which was really unseemly. He coughed and said, "Those of you who have things to do, go and do them. I'll talk to Chunlan."
What I mean is that no matter what you do, you should leave. It's really an eyesore to have so many of you piled here.
Who dared to disobey the words of the head of the family? Soon everyone in the room dispersed, leaving only the village chief, his wife, and his three sons.
As soon as He Shuyu entered the room, he shouted at a group of strangers, "Uncle, aunt,
I was a little thirsty, so I took a sip of tea. It was so hot that it numbed my tongue.
The village head's wife said anxiously, "Ouch, Brother Yu is burned."
He walked outside and asked someone to pour him a glass of cold water.
He Shuyu stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, trying to stop it, but was powerless.
He took the cold boiled water with a smile, said thank you, and drank it up.
Sun Shan sat next to Aunt Sun, who waved her hands and said, "Uncle, aunt, ignore him. He is impatient, even when drinking water."
This statement made everyone laugh.