Chapter 374: Master Feeds Pigs
"Mrs. Tong?"
"Madam Tong, what's wrong with you?"
When Tong Panddi was crying sadly, she heard someone calling her.
Tong Pandi looked up and saw Master Su standing not far from her, holding a few beautiful lanterns in his left hand and a small box in his right hand.
"Master Su."
Tong Pandi wiped his eyes and stood up.
"Master Su, are you here to see Jingzhe? He is reviewing his lessons at home."
Gu Jingzhe was going to take part in the provincial examination in March, and he spent the entire first month of the year hiding in his house preparing for the exam.
When Tong Pandi saw Master Su coming, he thought he was looking for Gu Jingzhe.
Master Su asked with concern: "Madam Tong, has anyone bullied you?"
Tong Pandi shook his head and explained embarrassedly: "No, no one can bully me at my aunt's house. I just thought of some sad things in the past, so... I'm sorry to make Master Su laugh..."
Master Su said: "It is not shameful to cry when one is sad."
As the first woman in Pingchuan County to take the initiative to divorce, Mr. Su felt that Tong Pandi was a woman worthy of admiration.
What made him admire her even more was that Tong Pandi took the two children away with her.
It is not easy for a divorced woman to survive. She has difficulties in survival and is troubled by rumors. Tong Pandi can survive by relying on Tong Huaqiong, but rumors are inevitable.
Master Su thought that Tong Pandi must have heard some gossip that triggered his sorrow, so he said, "Don't worry about what people say about you, just be clear in your conscience. If anyone says anything about you again, spit in their face."
Master Su’s words made Tong Pandi feel warm.
Tong Pandi saw Master Su standing in the wind. Even in the first month of the year, he had already taken off his thick cotton coat and put on a padded jacket.
So he said with concern: "Master Su, why are you wearing so thin clothes? It's snowing these days. You should go to your aunt's house and warm up."
As if he didn't feel the cold, Master Su said, "I was warming myself by the fire yesterday and my thick cotton coat caught fire. It doesn't matter. A little cold is good for reading so I can stay awake."
Tong Pandi laughed. She thought that Master Su was so knowledgeable, but he was a little stupid.
"Master Su, you are not going to read for a while. Bring your torn cotton jacket to me next time and I will mend it for you."
When Master Su saw Tong Pandidi smile, he was glad that he was wearing light clothes.
At this time, Cao called Tong Pan'di, and Tong Pan'di walked into the pig farm, picked up the pig feed and walked towards the pig trough.
Master Su saw several large buckets of pig food on the ground.
So he placed the lantern and the small box on a clean stone in the leeward area, lifted up his robe, and carried the pig food to the trough to feed the pigs.
Tong Pandi was startled and rushed to grab it, saying, "Master Su, you are a scholar, how can you do rough labor?"
Master Su held the bucket tightly and said, "There is no difference between teaching and feeding pigs."
As he spoke, he picked up a spoon and scooped a large spoonful of pig food into the trough.
Tong Pandi saw that Master Su was clumsy but serious, so he smiled with his lips pursed.
Master Su's temperament is not that of a dull scholar, but rather an elegant and somewhat ethereal middle-aged image.
At this moment, such an immortal person standing in front of the pigpen, the contrast was too strong.
Tong Pandi couldn't help laughing again.
After Cao finished taking care of the sow that was about to give birth, she came out and was so surprised to see Master Su feeding the pigs that she almost couldn't close her mouth.
"No wonder Jingzhe feeds pigs and works in the fields every time he goes home on holiday. It's all because of the teacher's personal example." Cao sighed.
Master Su blushed.
What Cao didn't know was that this was the first time in Su's life that he fed pigs.
Master Su helped Tong Pandi feed all the pigs, and his sleeves were stained with pig food.
Tong Pandi handed Master Su a handkerchief and said, "Master, wipe it."
Master Su held the handkerchief and looked at Tong Pandi's smiling face, and his face turned red again.
"Mom, it's Aunt Tong." Chunni came over carrying a basket of pigs.
"mother."
"My cousin."
Also coming in with Chunni were Maner, Duoer, Xiaolong and Yaozu.
The children's faces were all red from the cold, and they all followed Chunni to cut grass for the pigs.
"Hurry up and warm yourself by the fire." Tong Pandi took Chunni's backpack and said, "Maner and Xiaolong, follow Chunni and warm yourself by the fire."
Chunni and others greeted Master Su, rubbed their hands and went into the room where they were warming by the fire.
"Chunni cut a lot of grass. I told her that the snow hasn't melted yet and it's hard to cut grass. She still went to the wheat field even though I told her not to." Tong Pandi shook the pig grass in the backpack with a look of heartache for Chunni on his face.
The old sow in the pigsty who is about to give birth only likes to eat fresh green grass these days.
There is little grass in winter, only in the wheat fields.
The snow is too thick and we need to dig through it to find the grass.
Although Tong Huaqiong warned people not to spoil the sows, Chunni still sneaked into the wheat fields every day to dig up the snow and cut fresh grass to feed the pigs.
Chunni, Maner, and Duoer, three little girls, came out of the fire room, took a roasted sweet potato and handed it to Master Su, saying, "Master Su, let me warm your hands."
Master Su took it in his hands.
After warming his hands for a while, Master Su brought out the beautiful lantern and the wooden box.
Master Su picked up a koi lantern and said to Maner Duoer and the others, "Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the lunar month. I saw some beautiful lanterns on the street, so I bought a few for you to play with."
"Take a look and pick whichever one you like."
Several children had already looked eagerly at the beautiful lamp in Su Fuzi's hand. Now they were overjoyed to hear that it was bought for them.
Maner clapped her hands happily and let Duoer and Chunni choose first.
Chunni and Duoer asked Maner and Xiaolongyao to choose.
Yaozu was not polite and went to pick it.
"Yaozu, Duoer is the younger sister, so Duoer can choose first." Maner held Yaozu and said.
Duoer looked at Master Su and didn't dare to be the first to choose.
Master Su said kindly, "Duo'er, Man'er said you are the younger sister, so you choose first."
Duoer walked over and picked up the koi in Su Fuzi's hand, saying, "I like big fish."
Master Su handed the koi lantern in his hand to Duo'er.
Duoer came to Tong Pandi happily with the lantern and said, "Mom, look, what a beautiful lantern."
When Tong Pandi saw Duoer was happy from the bottom of her heart, she also felt happy.
Since Duoer arrived at Qinghe Bay, although she is still timid sometimes, that timid attitude has gradually disappeared.
"Why don't you thank Master Su quickly?" Tong Pandi said.
Duoer bowed to Master Su and said, "Thank you, Master Su."
"Sister Chunni, it's your turn to choose." After Duoer finished choosing, Maner let Chunni choose.
Chunni waved her hand and said, "I'm the oldest, Maner, you guys pick first."
Maner said: "Now that the youngest has been chosen, it's time for the oldest to be chosen."
Chunni refused again and again.
Grandma Tong has given her the opportunity to work and earn money, so she should be more considerate of the grandchildren of her employer.
Mother often said that the better Grandma Tong treated them, the more they would abide by their duties.
The usually silent Xiaolong said coldly: "It's just a lantern. If I ask you to choose, just choose. Why are you pretending to be so sincere?"
Master Su glanced at Xiaolong, who had a cold face.
Chunni had no choice but to go forward and pick out a lotus lantern.
"Xiaolong, it's your turn." Maner said to Xiaolong.
Xiaolong said with a tense face, "You pick first."
He has seen all kinds of lamps, but he is pushing and shoving these few lamps around.