latelenovela Chapter 184 Internal strife among the Xu family
Chapter 184 Internal strife among the Xu family
It was a coincidence that as soon as Li Xiao walked into an alley carrying the pork, he saw a group of noisy men walking towards him. They were the people from Xujia Village whom they had just talked about.
"I won't go tomorrow no matter what..."
"If you don't go, you'll starve to death. Don't expect that the food I earn will be equal to yours..."
"This is too tiring. I don't want to go anymore..."
I thought the meal would include coarse flour buns or something, but it turned out to be just a bowl of thin porridge with little water in it, so watery that you could even see your reflection in it. After drinking it, I peed a couple of times and it was gone.
"That's what I said, but I'm just going to live one day at a time. Otherwise, I haven't found anything else to do, and it's not a good idea to sit at home and do nothing all day."
Someone from behind was persuading them, and the others nodded in agreement. This job was tiring and hard, and no one wanted to do it. However, a penny could make a hero fall. Even if they had great ambitions in their hearts, they had to compromise at this time.
A group of people walked past Li Xiao in a mighty manner. When they saw the pork in his hand, their eyes were glowing green.
"Gudong..."
Someone swallowed and wanted to say something, but was pushed hard by the person behind him.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go, so you can rest for a while when you get back..."
They couldn't walk when they saw people carrying meat. This is the capital city, and the north of the city is a mixed place. How could people walk on the street with these things? Could it be possible that these peasants like them could take advantage of them?
You have to know that when the servants of the Guan family brought them here that day, they had already warned them that if they dared to cause trouble here and were reported, they, the Guan family, would be the first to step forward and drive the person out.
It's already the coldest time of the year. What if I really get kicked out? Will I have to live a homeless life again?
Although the north of the city is a bit dilapidated, at least it is a place to shelter from the wind and rain. When they live here for a long time, they will definitely find some ways to make money, and it will not be difficult to support a large family.
After the Xu family members pushed and shoved away, Li Xiao raised his eyebrows and smiled, then he quickly went into the alley on the left with the pork in his hand and pushed open a dilapidated wooden door.
Soon, the neighbors living nearby smelled a rich aroma of broth. The aroma was blown by the cold wind and floated among the low sheds in the north of the city, making everyone's stomachs start to growl.
The Xu family members all thought of the big pig's trotter and fat meat that the young man was holding. They swallowed their saliva and tightened the rope around their waists. They finally felt better.
Old Xu's family also smelled the fragrance. Everyone else could still hold it in, but Xu Wenfeng, the only child from the third room, couldn't. He started clamoring, shouting that he wanted to eat meat.
At first, Aunt Xu Gao tried to coax him patiently, but later she became annoyed by his noise and simply slapped him on the back of the head, which finally stopped him from crying.
"How old are you, and you still think you're a kid? Go dig ditches with everyone tomorrow. There are a lot of boys your age there. Help pick up stones and run errands. You can even have a bowl of porridge when it's time to eat..."
The person who was speaking was Xu Qinghai. Ever since his mother, Old Lady Qin, passed away, he, as the eldest son, had become the real boss of the family. Everyone, including Xu Qingjiang and his wife, had to listen to him.
Wang, the eldest wife, was gone, and Xu Wenlin and his two brothers were all grown men, so their family had no burden. Coming to this prosperous capital city, they would be able to earn a living.
Xu Qingjiang's family was different. When they fled the famine, most of the food was given to their son Xu Wenfeng. Their youngest daughter Xu Yuzhu was scratched by a wild beast and had not had a full meal for many times. In the end, she did not survive.
Now the third room's family of three depends entirely on Xu Qingjiang to support them.
As for the sisters Xu Guihua and Xu Taohua, they had actually been married when they started to flee the famine. However, because they were married close to home and had no children, Old Lady Qin took the initiative to bring them back.
The Xu family is a big family, and there are many descendants of the old Xu family. The sisters' husbands' families were anxious to escape the famine and seek refuge with relatives and friends, so they had no choice but to fulfill the wishes of the two and let them go.
Now they followed the Xu Qinghai brothers to the capital. As women, they had no ability to make a living, so they could only rely on their brothers for living.
In their eyes, the eldest brother Xu Qinghai's family is the one they can rely on. After all, they have no burdens, unlike the third brother Xu Qingjiang, who not only has to take care of his wife and son, but also his third sister-in-law Gao is narrow-minded and intolerant.
"Brother is right, Wenfeng, you are not young anymore. You can get married in a few years. You can't just sit there and do nothing and expect to eat for free..."
Xu Guihua originally wanted to please her eldest brother and show that she firmly stood on his side, but she didn't expect that as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she was scolded by her third sister-in-law Gao.
"How dare you say you're eating free meals? You two sisters are the only ones eating free meals in this family, right? Bah! You shameless bitch..."
Gao was in a bad mood today. Several women neighbors saw that they had just arrived and had nothing, so they asked her to go and do some laundry work with them.
This was of course an unexpected surprise. Gao thought that the capital was indeed the best place, where she could earn money without leaving home. If this had happened in Xujia Village in the past, it would have been an unimaginable blessing.
She was also very open-minded, thinking that with Xu Guihua and her sister in the family plus herself, three women would definitely be able to wash a lot of clothes, right?
So I took a big bag and went home with full confidence, but I didn't know that these two sisters were such a jerk.
Sometimes she complained that the clothes were too smelly, and sometimes she complained that the well water was too cold for her hands. After being scolded by her for a few words, she got angry and used brute force to wash the clothes, leaving a big hole in them...
Now, even if I earn the copper coins from washing these clothes, it is not enough to pay for this piece of clothing.
Seeing that they had gotten into trouble, the Xu Guihua and her sister did not dare to continue to offend the Gao family, so they simply gave up and said that whoever took the responsibility should do it, and it had nothing to do with them. Without their good-intentioned help, they would end up being blamed.
The two sisters left the mess behind and ran into the house without caring about anything else, leaving Gao almost fainting from anger.
Gao, who was already holding her breath, was now extremely resentful of the two sisters. When she heard that Xu Guihua dared to look down on her son for being a freeloader, she became even angrier.