Chapter 22 Mother, You Don’t Know Who I Am

Chapter 22 Mother, You Don’t Know Who I Am

Early in the morning, when Old Man Shen and Uncle Shen woke up, their wives grabbed their ears and scolded them.

"I told you to drink less, drink less, but you wouldn't listen. Don't you know what it's like to be drunk? Look at the dark circles under my eyes. If someone doesn't know, they would think I went out to steal a dog last night..."

The four members of the Shen family, father and son, squatted in the yard, baring their teeth, "Old woman (wife), it hurts, it hurts, be gentle, be gentle, my ears are about to fall off..."

The three brothers Shen Jiabao slept on the table all night last night. When they woke up and moved their necks, they felt sore. They brushed their teeth and washed their faces with their heads tilted.

Shen Qiuyu and Shen Qiuqi looked at them and laughed unkindly, the kind of laughter that made their stomachs hurt.

When Shen Qiu entered the hall and saw Shen Xue's dark circles under her eyes, she was shocked and asked, "Second sister, did you sleep well last night?"

Shen Xueli ignored Shen Qiu. It was strange that she slept well. Her father was drunk and made a lot of noise all night, and he only calmed down for a while when it was almost dawn. She couldn't sleep at all in the inner room.

She actually wanted to sleep in Shen Shuyu's room, but thinking that Shen Shuyu always disliked her, even if she pretended to be pitiful, Shen Shuyu would not let her in, Shen Xue gave up the idea.

Shen Xue, who hadn't slept all night, had dark circles under her eyes. With her resentful look, she looked quite scary. Shen Qiu didn't dare to get close to her.

Stretching lazily, he ran to Shen Shuyu with a smile, "Sister, can I still sleep with you tonight?"

Last night was the most sound sleep Shen Qiu had ever had. Her eldest sister’s room smelled so good that she fell into a sweet dream as soon as she closed her eyes.

Shen Shuyu ruthlessly refused, "No." She was not used to sleeping with others, and this girl was not honest at all when she slept, either grinding her teeth or kicking people.

Shen Shuyu was kicked several times by Shen Qiu last night, and Shen Shuyu wanted to carry her out several times.

Old Lady Shen and her daughter-in-law had scolded their husbands enough, so the four of them started to divide the work and do their own things.

It was Liu Pan's turn to make breakfast today. Old Lady Shen took out three eggs from the house and said, "Old Third Brother, these eggs are for my sweetheart to make steamed egg custard. Don't eat them secretly."

"Mom, you don't even know who I am, so don't worry." Liu Panzhe lowered her brows and looked submissive, but she complained in her heart that she wanted to eat secretly, but when it was her turn to cook, Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia kept staring at her like ghosts, and she didn't even have the chance to lick the eggshell.

During the time that Shen Shuyu had traveled through time, she had already adapted to the life here. It was inevitable that the Shen family, with so many people living together, would quarrel. However, no matter how noisy they were, no one dared to make Shen Shuyu unhappy.

The family was building a mud house, so it was very busy. Every day after work, Old Man Shen and his colleagues would start working without even having time to drink a sip of water.

When his eldest brother's family was building a mud house, Shen Erzhu called his two sons and three grandsons to help.

Many young people in the team came to help. The people in Shenjiabao Brigade are still very simple and honest. If anyone needs help, they will come without being called.

You don't have to pay for helping out, but if they come to work, you have to provide them with meals, among other things.

There are thirty-two mouths to feed in the Shen family, including those who come to help, so a lot of food needs to be prepared for dinner.

Liu Pandi muttered, "How can we use so many people? If we really need people, it would be better to ask my brother and nephew to come and help."

Zhang Cuicui retorted to her, "Come on, your brother and nephew from your mother's side are like this, can they come here to work? I'm afraid they are here to eat free meals. Not only do they eat free meals, but they also take food and things before leaving." Zhang Cuicui despised her third brother and his wife's family.

"Sister-in-law, why are you so harsh? My brother and nephew from my mother's family are very hardworking. How could they eat free meals when they come to our house? I think you have a grudge against me, and by extension, against my mother's family."

When Liu Pandi said that her brother from her natal family was hardworking, her voice was a little lower. To be honest, she lacked confidence in her rebuttal.

"You know whether you want to eat white rice or not." Zhang Cuicui didn't argue with her. She washed the vegetables quickly and went into the kitchen.

Shen Shuyu didn't go up the mountain these days, but helped to boil water and pour water at home.

Shen Shuyu felt quite embarrassed when Old Man Shen and Old Lady Shen praised her so much.

She had endless energy and wanted to help make adobe bricks, but her family wouldn't let her. So Shen Shuyu could only be content with being a nobody.

There were many people, so the four adobe houses to be built were not big and were completed in ten days.

On the last day of completion, Grandma Shen specially asked her eldest grandson to go and cut a pound of fat meat. Grandma Shen cut the fat into thin slices, so that each of the thirty-two people could get two slices of fat. The young men and women who came to help were all very satisfied.

Nowadays, everyone is short of oil and water. People are satisfied with having a little meat to eat, let alone these two thin slices of meat.

There was a dark-skinned young man who looked at the fat slice in his bowl and swallowed his saliva, but he didn't eat it and only ate the cabbage in his bowl.

Shen Jiabao nudged him with his elbow and said, "Quanzi, didn't you say you wanted to eat meat when you were bathing by the river last night? Why don't you eat it now?"

Huang Daquan smiled foolishly, "My wife is pregnant and wants to eat some meat, so I'll save some for her when I get home."

Before traveling through time, Shen Shuyu had read a lot of novels about the period, and knew that life was hard in that era.

She was still shocked when she came through. Only then did she truly feel what suffering was.

She felt bad, but there was nothing she could do.

Shen Shuyu has always had a clear understanding of herself. She is just a salted fish who can't do anything great. She is lucky enough to ensure that she doesn't starve to death.

A week after the adobe house was built, Uncle Shen came over and said that a group of educated youth would come to their Shenjiabao Brigade the next day, and Gu Jiandong's name was on the list.

After hearing this, Old Man Shen called his eldest grandson and said, "Jiabao, tomorrow you and Shuyu will go to the commune with your second uncle's ox cart to pick up someone."

Shen Jiabao had no objection. Since he didn't have to go to work to pick someone up, he could rest for the whole morning.

The child will arrive tomorrow, and Mrs. Shen asked her daughter-in-law to come into the house to clean up.

The other three rooms were occupied by the three brothers Shen Jiabao. The remaining room was for Gu Jiandong to live in. The room was not big, but it was fully equipped with daily necessities.

Gu Jiandong's package had arrived a long time ago. Shen Shuyu and her three cousins ​​brought it back together.

The package contained everything, including pots and pans, cotton-padded clothes, quilts and so on. Shen Shuyu and Old Lady Shen had moved into the house, leaving only Gu Jiandong to move in.

Zhang Cuicui and her friends have been in this room quite often these days. They are envious of the ceramic basins and kettles. They touch this one and look at that one, wanting to take them back to their own rooms to use.

Even though Old Lady Shen scolded him several times, he still sneaked in, which made Old Lady Shen so angry that she locked the house.

Now mother-in-law asked them to go into the house to clean, and the three sisters-in-law were very enthusiastic. Mother-in-law didn't let them touch anything in the house, so they thought it would be okay.