Soul Travel: I was bought by the fierce man in the village to farm

In order to have less dirt at home and have a brisk New Year, Mao Xiaosui planned to wash some dirty clothes and bedding.

Li Yunshan brought bucket after bucket of snow from outside. He put the snow into a small pot to heat it and then poured it into the bucket to melt the snow.

A bucket of snow turns into water only a little bit at the bottom of the bucket.

After making a large basin, Mao Xiaosui first removed the cloth from the bedding and soaked it in it, and then boiled the soap water in a small pot. After the water boiled, he poured it into the basin along with the soap paste, and then continued to boil the snow water.

Mao Xiaosui sat on a stool and scrubbed, and asked Li Yunshan to nail a wooden stake to the wall and set up a rope to dry.

There were a lot of dirty bedding, clothes and shoes in the house. She was responsible for washing them, and Li Yunshan was responsible for washing and wringing them out.

Because the cotton clothes are thick, they need to be washed twice more. Fortunately, there is a lot of snow outside, which is convenient.

I wrung out the washed cotton clothes and put them outside. After a while, they froze into lumps of ice.

Mao Xiaosui stretched his waist, stood up and said, "You do the rest, I'll cook."

Li Yunshan nodded.

Mao Xiaosui went to dig out half a bowl of millet and a pot of mushrooms, picked three cabbage leaves, an egg and a green onion.

Shred the cabbage leaves and chop a handful of mushrooms.

Put a few drops of sesame oil in the pot, pour in the cabbage and mushrooms and stir-fry until the juice comes out. Pour in two bowls of water. When the water boils, break in the eggs and stir them with chopsticks. Add salt, pepper, and chopped green onion to taste and serve.

The last step is braised mushroom and millet rice.

By the time the rice was cooked, the laundry had been done, and a lot of water had accumulated on the floor.

Li Yunshan took the water and went out to pour it. When he came back, he said, "There is a fight at Fourth Master's house."

Mao Xiaosui shook his head, "It's not auspicious to celebrate the New Year at all."

She still remembers what the old man often said when she was a child: You can't quarrel during the New Year, and you can't beat your children. The coming year will not go well...

Of course, a truly discordant family will never think so much about throwing dishes and quarreling. When tempers arise, no one will care whether today is the Chinese New Year or not, they will only vent their anger.

After dinner, Li Yunshan went to pour the swill, and then brought in the frozen clothes in the yard and hung them on the rope. Mao Xiaosui stretched out his hand and pulled the rope and asked, "It won't break, right?"

"I don't know." Li Yunshan blocked the door, sat on a stool, and said, "Cut it up again.

Mao Xiaosui didn't care anymore. He held his chin with both hands and said, "The last episode will be tomorrow. It doesn't look sunny at all today."

"Business has been good these few times." Li Yunshan said, "After the Chinese New Year, the market will be empty for a while."

"Then I will cook the chicken tomorrow. It will be convenient to eat. The pork bones will be cooked for New Year's Eve. We can boil them and eat them."

"By the way." She asked, "Last time you asked Brother Ding and his friends to come over, will they come? Then the family must not prepare any food."

"She may not come." Li Yunshan explained, "My sister-in-law has just given birth and the baby is still young and cannot see the wind."

"Okay." She nodded, got up, put on Li Yunshan's cotton-padded clothes and went to the latrine.

As soon as I came out of the door, I saw Mao Mingzhu and others, as well as people from Liu Ye's family, standing by the wall. There were even many people standing on the slopes of the village.

The noisy commotion in Fourth Master's house didn't stop today. She guessed that there was another family separation. Seeing that they were all listening, she was shocked and asked, "What are you listening to?"

Mao Mingzhu turned around after hearing the commotion, pointed in the direction of Zhang Huaixia's house, and said, "There's a fight going on."

The fourth master's house was diagonally above Li Yunqiang's house, and they didn't hear the quarrel very carefully. She walked toward the intersection and asked, "Why? Is it because of the family separation?"

Mao Mingzhu didn't want to shout loudly about this kind of thing, so she simply walked up and said, "Zhang Hong beat Li Zhuo almost to death."

"Almost beaten to death?" Mao Xiaosui was shocked, "Why?"

"Li Zhuo threw Li Hang off the bed and knocked blood all over his head."

"Accidentally?"

"Who knows." Mao Mingzhu pouted, "Zhang Hong held up a knife and wanted to hack Li Zhuo to death. Li Zhuo was so frightened that he rolled down the slope and disappeared."

Mao Xiaosui's eyes widened in shock, "How is Li Hang?"

"I don't know. There has been a commotion at noon. I think it has been going on for a while. We also came out just now when Li Zhuo was crying and calling for murder. Her house is noisy every day. Who knew it would be like this today."

Lu Feng also came up and said, "Li Kangyong and your fourth master went to see the doctor. They haven't come back yet. It's because of Huaixia's fault. Zhang Hong finally gave birth to a son. It hurts to be thrown like this by Li Zhuo." Damn it, isn't it appropriate to curse a few times? Zhang Huaixia said she dropped the child on purpose to push Li Zhuo out, and also cursed her for being childless. What's the difference between this and cursing Li Hang to death..."

"Then Zhang Hong stabbed Li Zhuo with a knife?" Mao Mingzhu asked.

"It was not to kill Li Zhuo, but to kill Zhang Huaixia. Li Zhuo had no place to hide and was so frightened that he ran out and fell down the slope."

"Then right now?"

"Zhang Huaixia and others blocked the door and hid in the house. Zhang Hong blocked the door with a knife." Lu Feng shook his head, "If I were Zhang Hong, I would also want to chop her to death. It's so trivial to open her mouth."

Mao Xiaosui had known Zhang Huaixia's problem with her mouth for a long time, and it was rare in the world for her to have such a mouth.

Lu Feng said, "It's okay if Li Hang is fine, but if he is really gone... I guess Zhang Hong can really hack Zhang Huaixia and Li Zhuo to death."

"I hope it's okay." Mao Xiaosui said.

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Li Yunshan calling her. When she turned around, she saw Li Yunshan standing at the door wearing single clothes.

She suddenly remembered that she had come to go to the latrine, so she responded to Li Yunshan and hurried back.

Her own cotton-padded clothes were washed, and Li Yunshan's cotton-padded clothes were a bit thin for her to wear. Now she felt her hands and feet were cold after listening to the gossip.

She quickly went to a hut, and when she returned to the house, she saw Li Yunshan grilling fish.

"Isn't it cold?" Li Yunshan asked.

"We talked about the conversation." She put her hand on the edge of the clay stove to heat it, and said, "Li Zhuo beat Li Hang so hard that his head bled."

"Li Hang?" Li Yunshan was confused at first, but quickly responded, "Is it serious?"

"I don't know." She shook her head, "Fourth Master and the others took him to see the doctor, but he hasn't come back yet."

"Then what's the fuss about now?"

"The second aunt said that the third aunt deliberately threw Li Zhuo out in order to push her out. She also said that she had no children. The third aunt was so angry that she wanted to chop her with a knife."

Li Yunshan was also speechless. "The second aunt is also owed for her mouth. If Li Hang really has something wrong with her, the fourth master and the third uncle will not be able to spare her."

Mao Xiaosui chuckled, "Second uncle can't even spare her. Regardless of what he thinks, if he is really kicked out because of this matter... her life will definitely not get better."

"Where's Li Zhuo?" Li Yunshan asked.

"The third aunt was so frightened that she rolled down the slope and disappeared."

Li Yunshan frowned, "It would be terrible to roll down this slope."

"I don't know what my aunt said." Mao Xiaosui didn't like Li Zhuo very much and had no sympathy for him.

The farce outside continued, and the noise became even more intense after the sun went down.

It was very cold at this time, so Mao Xiaosui took advantage of going to the latrine to listen for a while.

The road downhill was slippery, so she called Mao Mingzhu, and several people walked up.

Lu Feng said, "We are having a family separation. Zhang Huai put a knife on his neck, threatening to die if we don't separate."

"Where's Li Hang?"

"Okay." Lu Feng said, "Zhang Hong and Zhang Huaixia have told your Fourth Master that they cursed her for being childless. They also said that Zhang Huaixia and the others defeated Li Hang. If Li Hang can't survive, she won't survive either."

Mao Xiaosui was curious, "Can the Fourth Master tell the difference?"

"I don't know." Lu Feng shook his head. "Anyway, Zhang Hong made quite a fuss, but Zhang Huaixia and his wife didn't say anything. They hid in the house and never came out."

After Mao Xiaosui listened for a while, apart from Zhang Hong's crying, the only sound left was Li Kangyong's scolding. He was afraid that Li Yunshan would come out to call her again, so he hurriedly said hello to a few people and then returned.