Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

After walking more than a hundred meters south along the path and a few dozen meters west, we arrived at the entrance of a large courtyard. The courtyard wall is about one person tall and made of adobe bricks. After entering the solid wooden door, there are three upper rooms with two wing rooms, as well as the east and west wing rooms, with blue bricks and black tiles, which is very grand. This courtyard can be regarded as one of several large mansions in the entire village.

The yard was quite large, with a date tree, a willow tree, a stone table and four stone benches, and a big native dog tied to the tree barking at them.

This large courtyard was built with the money from Chen Shi, the third uncle who was doing small business in Fucheng. It was only repaired last year and is brand new.

Beside the stone table, a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old was leading two children to play. The little girl is wearing a pea green bijia, white middle coat and trousers. Although the bijia has faded, and the middle coat and trousers have also turned a little yellow after washing, there are no patches at all. She was barely handsome, with rosy eyes, lopsided eyes, and fair skin, but the savagery and hatred in her eyes had been reduced a lot.

When she saw the family, she said hum and added, They are so dirty that they came to visit us without even washing their faces. Then she raised her head and entered the east chamber.

This should be the famous Chen Aju.

A little girl over two years old looked at Chen Afu and said, Dirty, let your mother help you clean up.

A little boy about four years old also pulled like Chen Aju, and followed her into the east chamber with a hum.

These two little ones should be Chen Dahu, the son of the eldest cousin Chen Agui, and Chen Daya, the daughter. Although their attitude is not friendly, the child is not guilty. If it weren't for the instigation of adults, they wouldn't be like this.

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl came out of the kitchen and said with a smile, Second uncle, second aunt, Afu, don't be angry, my sister is spoiled by the family. Come on, sit in the room, my grandma and my father are talking. Waiting for you. She should be the eldest cousin Chen Alan. She looks somewhat similar to Chen Aju, but her eyes are much calmer.

Chen Mingming shook his head.

Mrs. Wang seemed to have long been used to Chen Aju's rudeness, so she forced a smile and said, Second Aunt knows that Aju is a child.

After entering the upper room, you will find the living room through the door. There is a big Eight Immortals table directly in front, two chairs next to the table, and a few more chairs on both sides. No one was in the house.

They went to the west room to the left, and there was a large kang next to the window. An old lady in her fifties and a man in his thirties sat at the kang table, and a young man in his twenties sat on a chair on the ground floor. These three should be grandma Chen, uncle Chen Ye, and cousin Chen Agui.

Old Mrs. Chen was wearing a gray dress. She was thin and had a silver hairpin on her head. She looked like a typical smart rural lady. Chen Ye and Chen Agui are both dressed in typical rural peasant styles, blue and brown, but without patches, and their faces are red, making life easy for them.

Chen Ye smiled and got off the kang to greet Chen Ming and others. He also said, Everyone is here, let's go to the living room to pay my mother's birthday.

Like Mrs. Chen, Chen Ye's smile towards Chen Ayuan was much more sincere, and his eyes only stopped for a moment on Chen Afu and Chen Dabao.

Regarding the attitudes of Mrs. Chen and Chen Ye, Chen Afu can also understand that people are selfish. From Wang's words in the past few days, it can be heard that since Alu became lame, their mother and son have never given Chen Afu and Dabao a good look.

It's just that Chen Dabao was a little disappointed. He shouted grandma and grandpa louder than anyone else, but he didn't attract attention.

Fortunately, my eldest cousin Chen Agui came to the rescue. He smiled and called Afu, Dabao and came to hold Chen Dabao's hand.

When they arrived at the living room, Chen Ye shouted again at the top of his voice, My dear mother, call everyone here quickly, I want to pay my birthday to my mother.

Mrs. Chen had just sat down at the Eight Immortals table with a smile when she saw her aunt Hu, hall sister-in-law Gao, and cousin Alan coming from the kitchen. Chen Aju led Chen Dahu and Chen Daya out of the east chamber.

Hu, Chen Ye, and Wang are all thirty-six years old, but they look much younger. Very neat, fair, and looks very similar to Chen Aju. Wearing a brown embroidered muslin jacket, an apron, a silver hairpin on her head, and a pair of gold lilacs in her ears. This kind of dress is fashionable in the countryside, and some landlady's wives may not be so luxurious.

Chen Ye and Chen Ming stood at the front, while Chen Afu, Chen Alu and Chen Dabao stood at the end. The family knelt down to kowtow to the old lady to celebrate her birthday. Chen Afu found it difficult to kneel down and kowtow, so he asked Alu and Dabao for help.

After kowtowing, Mrs. Wang presented the clothes she made to Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen narrowed her eyes with a smile and said, Oh, it's still made of fine cloth. The embroidery of the word Fu is so beautiful, just like the ready-made clothes bought in the county embroidery shop.

Mrs. Hu curled her lips and said with a smile, Mother-in-law, although my stitches are not as good as those of my younger siblings, I still show my filial piety in front of my mother-in-law every day and serve her at the bedside in the morning and evening. It is easy to do a good thing, but it is difficult to do good things every day.

Mrs. Chen didn't want to be idle today, so she smiled and said, Yes, I know that the eldest daughter-in-law is filial.

Chen Ye frowned and said, You bitch always talk nonsense.

Chen Ming took out another fifty cents and gave it to Chen Ye and said, My mother is congratulating me on her birthday. I don't want my elder brother and his family to spend money. After saying that, he lowered his eyelids in embarrassment.

Chen Ye excused himself, The second brother is out of touch when he says this. You and the third brother have to pay your mother ration money every year, how can you give her additional money?

Old Mrs. Chen said quickly, Eldest, please take the money. Your brother is right. It's hard for your family to spend money on my mother's birthday.

Mrs. Hu was still afraid that Chen Ye wouldn't accept her, so she said, Head of the family, I remember when you were supporting your second uncle and third uncle to study at a young age, I served them like a slave as soon as I entered the house. They have all gotten married and started a career, so it's time to wish my mother a birthday. If you do your part, why are you so embarrassed to let us live in the same room?

Chen Ye scolded with a sullen face, You are such a disgusting bitch, you have to talk too much about everything.

When Mrs. Hu saw that her man had collected the money, she felt relieved and said to Mrs. Gao and Alan, Let's go to work. Oh, we don't have such a good life. We can have the meal in front of us just sitting down.

Gao and Alan responded and followed them out.

Mrs. Wang also hurriedly followed out and said, If there is any other work, my sister-in-law will assign it to me.

Chen Ye, Chen Ming, and Chen Agui returned to the West Room to chat with the old lady. Chen Aju led the two young ones out, and in a blink of an eye, only Chen Afu and three others were left in the living room.

After a while, Mrs. Chen said belatedly, No, I have to go and take a look. Wang's hand is the one who eats with the second family, so don't let that prodigal wife poke her into doing rough work. , My hand is hurt. He hurriedly got off the kang and walked to the kitchen.

Chen Ye added, Ms. Hu doesn't have a long memory, so my mother just typed out a few words. Those women are stupid and never know how to have a good heart.

Ms. Wang takes special care of her hands. When doing menial tasks such as carrying water and watering the ground, she would put a handkerchief on them.

The kitchen of the upper room is the wing room next to the west room. As soon as the old lady entered the kitchen, she heard her cursing voice and Hu's explaining voice, as if Hu asked Wang to light the fire.

For ordinary people, lighting a fire is the easiest task in the kitchen, but for Ms. Wang who cherishes her hands very much, it is not a good job.

Farmers like them usually collect some dry firewood sticks and break off long or many branches while burning the fire. This can easily hurt your hands and make them rough. In their own home, they would never let Wang light a fire.

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