Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 150 Heartwarming

The situation on her side has been resolved for the time being, but who knows what Luo Yanxing and the others will face?

Outside, the voices of Wang calling Luo Yanxing and the voices of the hunter Tian and his wife calling Tian Fang were heard alternately. Listening from afar, Song Ying could sense the anger inside; the cries of other companions who were beaten, some near and some far, echoed in his ears.

Among all the girls, only Xiaoxiang and her family went to the county market and had not returned yet, so she escaped the disaster temporarily, but Song Ying was also the one she was most worried about.

Luo Yanxing is quite brave, if she finds out that her parents are going to kill her, she will run away instead of kneeling there and getting beaten; but Xiaoxiang has always been very timid, she dares not resist her parents at all, and when her parents are furious, they may do anything.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaocui's home.

After bringing her daughter back, Aunt Meihua did not beat Zhao Xiaocui, but just asked her to kneel down.

If it were any other time, she would have beaten her if she dared to hide something, but after seeing Song Ying's talk back, Aunt Meihua felt that her daughter was actually quite well-behaved.

She stared at Zhao Xiaocui and asked, "Do you want to take it out yourself, or do you want me to find it out?"

Zhao Xiaocui was very tactful and whispered, "I'll take it out myself."

Song Ying’s previous explanation was that she only knew of one kind of herb, the ground-grasping herb, and she went to get the money herself, of course, only the money equivalent to the value of selling the ground-grasping herb.

She got up and trotted back to the house. After a while, she took out a string of copper coins and said, "The clinic's purchase price is one penny for two catties of dried fruits. I can only collect three catties a day at most. If I'm unlucky or don't have enough time, I may collect less than one catty. I can only save this much money."

Aunt Meihua took it and counted it. There were about 300 coins. After a rough calculation, she realized that Zhao Xiaocui didn't spend much. Her expression improved a little and she said, "Kneel down and reflect on your actions!"

The other girls were not as lucky as Zhao Xiaocui. Even the sisters Zhou Meiyue and Zhou Nanxing who were present at the scene were severely beaten by their mother Xiao Qian after everyone left.

The girls' crying diluted the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Cuckoo..."

Her stomach rumbling, Song Ying had to put aside her worries about her friends for the time being. She got up and walked outside, searching for a while. She found a piece of pottery jar by the vegetable garden of her great-grandfather's house next door. The curved inner space of the pottery jar was enough to boil some water.

Song Ying picked it up and took it along with two duck eggs to the field in front of her house to wash them. Then she went home, built a simple stove with stones, and started to cook the eggs.

The August sun was scorching and there was no wind at noon, but the duck eggs were cooked smoothly. She peeled one and ate it, planning to save the other for Luo Yanxing and Xiaoxiang.

They may not have any food to eat today.

As for the other girls, Song Ying was helpless. She only had two eggs and couldn't help more people.

After eating a duck egg, Song Ying was no longer so hungry, so he began to clean up the house. He first cleared the cobwebs from the eaves and beams, then went to borrow a broom from next door and cleaned the two rooms inside and out. Finally, the house looked habitable.

But how should I sleep tonight?

She looked at the bed sheet that Yang finally gave her. It was just a thin layer of cloth, no different from sleeping directly on the floor.

Subconsciously, Song Ying thought of the straw that farmers often used to make beds, and immediately wanted to get a few bundles of straw to spread underneath, which was both soft and could block moisture from entering the body.

Then, she remembered that she was no longer a member of her second uncle's family, so she had to at least tell them before taking the straw. But opening her mouth would be tantamount to surrendering.

Maybe they will take the opportunity to say that everything that happened before was a joke, and since she has seen how difficult it is to start her own business, she should just go home.

Go get it from other families. The ones she's familiar with are all families with girls. Although rice straw is not worth much, if villagers need it urgently, they don't have to worry about whether it's their own or not. They can just take a few bundles nearby and inform the locals afterwards. It's common for them to do so.

But the situation today is special. The adults in these families have a bad impression of her. Even if they give her a few bundles for the sake of face, they will still feel uncomfortable.

Just when she was in a dilemma, someone called her from outside the door, "Song Ying! Song Ying!"

Song Ying stuck her head out and saw Xu Yulan walking towards the door of her new home with a bamboo basket slung over her shoulder, followed by Chen, who was holding a bundle of straw in each hand.

Song Ying was pleasantly surprised, and then she remembered that there was Xu Yulan's family, the only family she was familiar with and who would not be offensive to her today.

She just felt warm in her heart. Before she could think of going to the other party with a flattering face, the other party had already thought of her difficulties and offered it to her on his own initiative.

"How is the cleaning going?" Chen asked, walked into the house, and frowned when she saw the two empty rooms.

She put the straw in her hand on the ground and said, "It's already very cold at night. Even if you have straw, it's easy to get cold if you sleep on the ground. Why don't you stay at my house for the next two days and you can sleep with Yulan?"

Song Ying was even more moved. "Thank you Aunt Chen, but no need. I'll just make do with it tonight. Tomorrow I'll go to the mountain to find some firewood to put underneath. I'll make it thicker and higher from the ground."

Chen still disagreed, "You are still young, you don't know, if a girl's body is cold, she will suffer a lot when she has her period in the future!"

Li and Yang would also say this when they told her not to drink cold water in the summer. Song Ying knew something about this.

But now is not the right time. She said, "I moved out of my home because I want to live on my own. If I go to live with you, my grandmother, uncle, and aunt will probably be unhappy."

She moved out of her home and went to live with the Xu family. If word got out, people would definitely say that she was abused at home, which would damage the reputation of the Li, Yang and Uncle Song.

She said it very tactfully, but Chen understood what she meant and couldn't help but sigh, "You are so sensible that it makes me feel distressed."

Song Ying was stunned for a moment. Many people had praised her for being sensible, but no one had ever said that her sensibleness made people feel distressed.

She glanced at Xu Yulan and once again felt deeply envious that she had Chen as her mother.

"Tomorrow I'll bring you a basket of firewood. This kind of firewood is harder and won't be crushed if you put it underneath." Chen took the basket from Xu Yulan and continued, "You know our situation. We don't have any extra. You can eat this small bag of rice first. We'll think of a way to deal with it later.

And this pottery jar was originally my family's oil jar. It should be enough to cook for you. These two mooncakes were brought back by Yuzhi from the He family. Yulan likes them very much. You young girls should have similar tastes. Today is a festival and you live alone, so you should also eat mooncakes!"

Song Ying quickly pushed the basket back and said, "Aunt Chen, I am already very grateful that you can bring me the straw. You can take the rest back. Your family is not doing well either. I can't take it!"