Paternity

Chapter 73

"Look, isn't that Su's second son? He actually used crutches, and his legs were not taken care of properly. Why did he go to the field?"

"Didn't you hear? Lately, the old godmother of her family was cursing at her doorstep day and night, scolding her for free food. Don't you know how honest that second child is? I think he was scolded hard. Don't do that if you're fighting this leg." Will work in the field."

Su Aobai walked down the country road with a cane, her injured leg held high, and her right leg trouser leg rolled up to the middle of her thigh, revealing her gauze-wrapped calf.

Madam Li thought of it as a thorn on her side now, and she would not specifically cut a clean cotton cloth to bandage it, so Su Aobai used the two pieces of gauze left behind by Dr. Li previously, one was dirty and the other dirty.replaced, the dirty Su Erniang would wash it after finishing all the work, for fear that the washed gauze would not dry when changing the sanitary napkin, Erniang carefully placed the wet cloth over the fire to dry.

But however carefully clean it, in ancient times when there was no soap and detergent, the original color of gauze could no longer be seen after several washes. In addition, said doctor the bandaged cloth should be cleaned, otherwise It will be more troublesome if the wound fester again, so Er Niang rubs and washes very hard.After a few times, the cloth becomes thinner, so Er Niang rubbed and washed very hard, and the original smooth texture becomes loose.

At this moment, the gauze on Su Aobai's feet was not tightly wrapped, the ointment had permeated into the outermost layer, it had already seeped into the outermost layer, and there was black and red blood flowing from the wound that did not heal with his movements.

It was clearly wrapped in a wound cloth, but it was black and red in color, which made it look even more shocking.

There is also the upper skin that is not covered with scarred cloth, on the top of the calves and knees, the skin and flesh have turned purplish black, only until the middle of the thigh. the color gradually fades into a more normal skin color.

The people in the village are not as capable as Dr. Li, but they also knew that good skin would not turn black or purple, and if it could be injured on this color, most likely this leg would not be saved. .

But there is still a glimmer of hope. I heard Dr. Li has prescribed a prescription. Now the most urgent thing is to recuperate at home. What do you do when you run out?

Although Yuanshen was not very popular in the village before, many people still laughed at him behind as an idiot, a small servant at home.

But the taunts behind him were ridicule, Yuanshen was an honest person, he only cared about work and never argued with others, so if you want to find someone who has a problem with him and hates him, there really is no. .

And even though his real body was ridiculed, the reason for this ridicule was not sympathetic.

Seeing his life had passed as if he was boiling from bitter juice, and now that his legs were injured, he might become paralyzed for the rest of his life, and if he was more emotional, he would have been left with a heartache, she had to wipe away two tears for him. .

"Where's the cow going?"

Walking in the middle of the road, Su Aobai was stopped by a woman, she lowered her head, a sharp look appeared in her eyes, and when she raised her head, her face turned into a naive expression again.

The one stopping him was the wife of the village head family.If there was anyone in this village who was not afraid of the Li scholar, the son-in-law of the village chief, Ma Shi would definitely be one of them.

Not to mention her husband, the village chief did not even have a serious official post, but within the scope of Shili Village, the village chief was her boss, and the village chief was her boss, and every household has to go through the village head if it wants to apply for a house, open a desert, or even serve.

In addition, the village head of Shili Village surnamed Wang, Wang is a common name in Shili Village, Shili Village, and village chief Wang is also the patriarch of the Wang family Now the only private school in the village is Wang ethnology, but because of village chief Wang, the, others in the village People with foreign surnames also followed.

In a time when the clan consciousness was strong, the position of Village Chief Wang in Shili Village could not be broken, even his wife was the number one woman in the village.

Moreover, Madam Wang Ma's own son was also on target. It was true that Lady Li gave birth to a talented son. Lady Wang Ma also has two sons. She was already accepted as a scholar, and her age passed the examination not a few years older than Su Youwen. For many years, he had worked as a master at the Wang family school. It was hot, and it was time to end it again.

Originally, Madam Wang Ma and Madam Li were two people who had nothing to do with each other, but whoever made Madam Li's son pass the examination as a scholar, his tail flew into the sky. the village praised him personally, saying that Su Youwen was better than him His son was good at studying, so he might not be able to pass the exam in front of his son in the future, because it was a private chat, he said, Li Shi was not simple and received all the flattery.

But there was no impenetrable wall in the world, however, it did not take long for these words to reach Ma Wang's ears.

You said, It doesn't matter how happy you are if your son becomes a scholar, but do you need to step on his son? They are all mothers. Of course Madam Wang Ma loves her son, so Mistress .Li was recorded by him like this.

But Lady Wang Ma did not tell her husband about this, because her husband would think that these women were too petty, she said, and will not give the small shoes of a house to wear in the affairs of the village because of some gossip. Wang Ma Shi could only suppress the anger in his heart, and wait for an opportunity to humiliate Li Shi once.

It just so happened that Su Aobai knew about this unknown festival among them because of his omniscient memory.

Since he acted in front of Dr. Li, Su Aobai has been counting.

Dr. Li had a hard mouth, but no matter how tight a man was, it was, he couldn't help but say something to the person next to his pillow It just so happened that this loud-mouthed man had the worst-mouthed wife in the Village.

And Dr.'s daughter-in-law. Li was very close to Wang Mashi.

Wang Mashi was really a shrewd woman, his men did not like the gossip of women and men in the village, but Wang Mashi was very willing to listen to him, because in the gossip of these women, it was in the gossip of these women, You can often observe the problems in the homes of most people in the village, these little things may still have a lot of effect on the man.

Therefore, he deliberately kept friendly relations with Dr Li's son-in-law In this village, as long as Dr Li's son-in-law knew something, Wang Ma would definitely know about it as well.

And earlier, Su Aobai deliberately chose a small path past the village chief's house.

The Wang Family was well-off, and Wang Ma's age as a mother-in-law certainly didn't need to work in the fields, whenever this time arrived, she would sit in her yard and fix clothes, anyway, or make shoe soles for boys and children in the family.

Since the Wang family courtyard was very spacious, and Wang Ma was a generous person, when someone came to the house as a guest, he would always make a large pot of tea that was not very valuable, either, and add a few handfuls of tea. melon seeds and peanuts, so that some people in the village do not need to work in the fields.Women like to come to Wang Ma's house to chat and do trivial manual work.

They could get a little bargain, Wang and Mashi could use some cheap stuff to spend the day in a lively way, and at the same time win the hearts of these women, he said, both sides feel they have benefited.

Right now, when Su Aobai was walking slowly on crutches, there were already over a dozen women sitting around in the courtyard, when they saw him passing by, already, they began to talk about rumors about the Li family circulating in the village.

As expected, Wang Mashi stopped him.

Seeing the village chief's wife asking what he was doing, Su Aobai's lips moved slightly, and his hands gripped the rough stick tightly, his face turning pale.

After a while, he replied in a low voice.

"Go, go to the field and look."

Wang Mashi's eyes instantly sparkled, and a group of women in the courtyard also followed Wang Mashi out and surrounded Su Aobai.

Most of the people close to Wang Ma were old women in their forties or fifties, and Su Aobai was only in his twenties or thirty years old, either, so even though he was surrounded by a group of women, he did not offend the conflict between men and women.

"Why did you go to the field without healing your legs?"

Madam Wang Ma raised her voice. It is well known that Mrs Li screams and scolds at home every day these days. Su Laoer is not a fool. Doesn't he want to take good care of his feet? forced by Li's stepmother to go to the fields.

"Only, go to the field to look around ... Now there are so many people working in the fields, father and brother and third son working all day, me, I can't help anything at home. , and spent so much money, me, my heart, I'm sorry, but my injury is not serious anymore, I can work."

As he said that, Su Aobai raised his injured leg, but in the end, it was, he did not know if he had pulled that unhealed wound again Black and red blood streams seeped into his wound, and a thin layer of sweat appeared. from his forehead the blood on his lips also faded in an instant, and was as white as rice paper.

"Don't move, let's see what your legs look like, you still want to work."

Wang Mashi looked at the man in front of him who was already a father with hatred, right now, he was still speaking for his cruel stepmother!

The other women present thought the same, feeling angry and jealous.

None of their biological sons were as honest and filial as second son Su, but Li's luck was so good that he got a stepson who was tossed around by him in every possible way and wholeheartedly defended him.

As everyone knew, this was what Su Aobai wanted.

If he said that he could not stand Li's nagging, so he had to go to work in the fields, everyone would feel that he was impure and quite devoted, she said, and that she revealed her stepmother's mistake in front of an outsider.

And the more he hesitated to defend Li Shi now, it would further arouse everyone's hatred towards Li Shi.

"I can do it. I can walk on crutches, and I can help my father and the others carry the grains they dug up."

Su Aobai desperately proved his worth.

"I can work, I don't eat free food."

Wang Ma cleverly caught his words.

"No, no one said I was."

Su Aobai waved her hand anxiously, with one hand propping up her staff, she could barely stand still. The image of an awkward man is deeply rooted in the hearts of people. Who would have thought such a simple and honest man would dig a hole for his stepmother.

"The family spent so much money checking me out with the doctor. I don't have a single copper coin. Twenty taels is enough for my little brother to buy some books and a nice set of pens and ink."

His face was full of guilt, as if he felt sinful for the whole family if his legs were injured and spent so much money, he had to work harder to compensate for the money spent on him.

Twenty taels, even for a wealthy family like the Wang family, was not a small amount, and for other ordinary farmers, it was more than a year or two.

When the old account really started to settle in the future, perhaps someone would use this money to speak on behalf of Li Shi. After all, no matter how evil he was to his stepson, he would still give him money to see a doctor, right ?

But after Su Aobai changed the context and made some comparisons, that much money seemed to be meaningless.

He said that he did not have a single coin on him, but where did the money he had earned go all this time?

Frankly, less than half of the work on dozens of acres of Su family land was done by other family members, and most of it was done by Su Laoer and the old touts at home.

And there was a lot of work that old touts could not do, so Su Laoer definitely had to do more work than the old touts.

He's been working since he's got the sense. When he was twelve, he did as much hard work as a grown man. Now that he was twenty-six years old, it was equivalent to doing dirty work for his adoptive family.for fourteen years After much work, what did he get? With a full stomach, old man Su or anyone else in the family wore old clothes, and even the shoes on his feet were those given by his daughter-in-law who died young, he said, and they had countless holes.his daughter was repairing, and there were over a dozen holes in the small top No one could see the color of the cloth before.

Over the years, he had obtained over twenty taels of silver for his family.

Not to mention during the low season, he went to neighboring towns and villages to find some work. He's really stupid, and he won't lie at all. Every time he came back, he would hand over the copper coins he had. Produce to Madam Li How much copper, only silver he brought home, was enough to treat his leg injury several times.

At this moment, what was the twenty taels he had to redeem regardless of his foot injury for the other members of the Su family?

Some of Su Laosi's books are just a good set of pens and ink.

Were these things more important than Su Laoer's feet, or the rest of his life?

How eccentric did these people from the Su family make this foolish man have such thoughts in his heart?

Su Kuishan graduated, and Li graduated!

There were eccentric parents in the village, but not many like Su Kuishan and his wife. As expected, the stepmother is a stepmother, and she does not come out of her own stomach, so she will not feel sad about it. .

Of course, there were good stepmothers, but Li Shi was definitely not one of them.

"There's a cow, there's a cow, you're very honest."

Facing such a foolish and honest second child, Wang Mashi could hardly bear to use it.

But come to think of it, if I were to do this myself, wouldn't that be the way for Su Laoer to survive.

"No, I can't see Mrs. Li bullied you like this. Even though I am not the wife of the Su family, I am still the wife of the village chief in our Shili Village. I can't see such a bad woman." Madam Li appeared in our Shili Village. If you go out, what should people think about the people in our village, do they think the daughter-in-law in our village is as cruel as Madam Li?"

Wang Ma said impassively in front of the other woman.

"Treat me as meddling in my own affairs. I'll take care of Su Laoer."

As she said that, she asked some people to go to the field to call her husband and the men from the Su family to the Su family, she said, and then asked some people to tell the more prestigious elders in the village, especially the elders from the Su family.

Su Aobai seemed to not understand what Wang Mashi was going to do, she looked at him in a daze after giving the order, and was supported by him and the other two strong women, and walked towards his origin.

"Auntie, do I have to go to work?"

Su Aobai said sadly, this direction is reversed.

"Don't talk, Aunt will decide for you!"

Despite Su Aobai's doubts, the women walked towards Su's house haughtily.

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Seeing a paralyzed second child walk into the field, ma'am. Li felt very proud.

He knew the idiot could not stand his scolding day and night, so he obediently went to work in the field.

Even though Su Laoer's legs were paralyzed, he could still do something. Madam Li was thinking about how much help this stepchild had on the field, but after thinking about it, she was still angry. No matter what, he couldn't do any work like before.

Not only that, but after taking the medicine at twenty-two hours, I don't know if there will be any further charges Now Su Laoer is a hot potato, and Li Shi can't wait to get rid of it immediately .

"Grandma, where's my dad?"

When Erniang and the hall sisters returned from mowing the pig grass, the first thing they did was to visit his father in the room, but who knew that the person who should have been lying in the kang was gone, he searched in the front yard and back yard, but could not find anyone.

"Why can you go? Of course, you have to go to work. It is not enough for you to be free at home. Do you have to support your father?"

Looking at this granddaughter of Li who was always crying and grieving, she was furious, no matter how lucky she was to have a grandchild, she was defeated by her sad face.

"My father's feet haven't healed yet."

Erniang is in a hurry. He was the one who gave Su Aobai medicine and changed the gauze lately. He knew better than anyone how badly his father's leg was injured. I can't help it, how can I go to the ground under such circumstances.

"How dare you talk hard to me, loser? You naughty little girl, what are your requirements to be our family? I'm gonna find an old woman to sell you, and sell you, little girl, to the florist, just you this shameless and shameless Thing, this, where can I sell it for more money, as long as you're filial, OK, use that money to sell your money to see your father's doctor!"

Condemning just wasn't enough, Li Shi stepped forward angrily and pinched Er Niang a few times.

"Su Lishi's! You are so brave!"

This sentence happened to be heard by Wang Mashi and the others who rushed over.

"There is no family in Shili Village that sells their children. Your son is still a scholar. Believe it or not, I will immediately ask my son to write a letter to the county magistrate. I should ask him to ask. One who tolerates the sale of his mother A nephew is a scholar, but does he still have the character of a scholar!"

Mashi Wang said with a flat face that he only knew that Mrs. Li was cruel, but he did not know that he was so cruel.

During the disastrous years, some families who were completely unable to live would sell their daughters, he said, but those with little conscience will try their hardest to sell their children to some good family as servants.Selling flowers, But is there a place where people go?

Madam Li opened her mouth and said that she was going to sell her granddaughter to Hualou, whether she spoke too fast or not, it proved her evil heart.

Su Aobai did not seem to think of her stepmother saying such a thing to her daughter behind her back.

Her face was pale, her lips moved for a long time, then she called out to the fake mother.

She was only a princess, how could she sell it to a flower house?