mtl008 Chapter 154: Arrogant Visitor
Chapter 154: Arrogant Visitor
"No, no, that's not what I meant." Lan Xin didn't know that Ma Cuihua was thinking so far, so she hurriedly explained.
"What I mean is that my family will also have to harvest rice in a few days. My brother and sister-in-law are busy working in the fields and have no time to sell tea eggs. You don't need to come over during those days. Just take care of the housework. After the rice harvest is over, you can continue to come over to work."
After a morning of trial work, Lan Xin was very satisfied with Ma Cuihua's work attitude and performance. If there were no problems, she planned to hire her for a long time to help cook tea eggs.
Of course, if Ma Cuihua is willing to do other work, Lan Xin would be very happy to pay her.
"Oh, I see."
Hearing Lan Xin's assurance, Ma Cuihua felt greatly relieved, yet a little disappointed.
She didn't have to harvest all the rice in just one or two days, but she missed out on several days' wages because she was out of work.
After thinking for a while, Ma Cuihua patted her chest and said, "Lan Xin, my family was allocated a small piece of land, so we planted a small amount of rice. We will be done soon. I will go to your house to help you harvest the rice!"
Ma Cuihua had her own little plan in mind.
Because of her husband Zhang Changshan's special situation, even if the villagers were not biased, they were still allocated less land because they were not able to fight for it. After paying the public tax, the grain grown in the fields was barely enough for their family to eat.
If Zhang Changshan eats as much as he wants, this still won't be enough.
That's why Ma Cuihua worked so hard to cultivate the vegetable fields and plant more sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other foods that could fill her stomach.
Now that she has the job given by Lan Xin, Ma Cuihua doesn't want to give it up. If she works one day less, she will earn one dollar less. Thinking about losing so much money all of a sudden, Ma Cuihua feels anxious.
She immediately thought of helping the Lan family after finishing her housework. This way, Lan Qing and the others could finish their farm work one day earlier, and go sell tea eggs one day earlier, and she could get a day's work earlier.
When Lan Xin heard Ma Cuihua say this, she couldn't help but feel happy, but she still looked at her with some worry.
"You don't have to help with the work for nothing, Sister Cuihua. How much land do you have in your family? Aren't you tired of working all by yourself?"
Thinking of Ma Cuihua's family, her husband is unreliable, her parents-in-law don't care, and the burden of the whole family falls on her. Lan Xin doesn't dare to ask her to help with the farm work. She is afraid that Ma Cuihua will be exhausted and become the next Yuan Lan Xin who died of exhaustion.
"It's not tiring. My family has been allocated nine acres of land in total. Only four acres can be used to grow rice. I have planted other things on the rest of the land. It's not time to harvest yet." Ma Cuihua said. Lan Xin nodded silently. After comparing the situation in her mind, she felt that Ma Cuihua's family was indeed having a hard time.
But whether to ask her for help, Lan Xin thought she should discuss it with her family first.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do in the house, Ma Cuihua wiped the sweat from her head and prepared to say goodbye and go home to see her silly husband and son.
Lan Xin quickly stopped her, packed some tea eggs for her to take back and told her to try them.
"No, no, I'm here to work. There's no reason for me to take anything back." Ma Cuihua quickly shook her head to refuse, but she couldn't take her eyes off the tea eggs.
Ma Cuihua wanted to give herself a slap in the face. Who is so greedy as you? You work for others and get paid, but you still covet their things.
Lan Xin couldn't help laughing when she looked at Ma Cuihua's expression. No one could refuse her tea eggs!
"You work for me, so you have to taste the tea eggs, right? Otherwise, how can you help me check the heat? How can you tell if they are well cooked? Besides, I'm giving this to the kids, not just for you."
Lan Xin forcefully stuffed the bowl into Ma Cuihua's hand, and reminded her: "Remember to bring the bowl when you come over at noon."
"Hey!" Ma Cuihua was dazzled by the fragrant tea eggs in front of her. She nodded involuntarily and reached out to take the bowl. She had barely eaten a few pieces of meat and had never smelled such a fragrant smell.
The next second after she realized what was going on, her face turned red with embarrassment and she couldn't lift her head up. She wanted to find a hole to crawl into, which made Lan Xin laugh. Ma Cuihua's face turned even redder and she wanted to stuff the bowl back into Lan Xin.
Lan Xin didn't dare to tease her anymore, she cleared her throat and said, "I heard that this child didn't get enough nutrition when he was young, he gets sick easily, and he doesn't grow tall. These eggs are worthless to me, you can take them back to nourish the child."
Upon hearing this, Ma Cuihua's hand trembled. She looked up at the eggs in the bowl and nodded seriously. Just as she was about to say something, a noisy sound came from outside the yard. It seemed that it was directed at Lan Xin's house.
Lan Xin and Ma Cuihua looked at each other and didn't refuse. Lan Xin walked out of the yard first. Ma Cuihua put the bowl on the table and followed Lan Xin with a fierce look on her face.
"What's going on?"
As soon as she opened the gate, she saw four people, two old people, one middle-aged and two children, standing at the gate of her yard. They looked like unfamiliar faces.
The old woman with gray hair had a mean and fierce look on her face. She squinted her eyes and looked fiercely at Lan Xin and Ma Cuihua who came out. Then, without saying a word, she raised her hand and slapped Lan Xin in the face.
"wide!"
Seeing the palm-leaf fan-sized slap with long nails covered in black mud coming at her, Lan Xin did not hesitate, but quickly stepped back and dodged the old woman's slap, leaving her empty. Ma Cuihua, who was beside her, quickly puffed up the lean tendons on her arms and stepped forward, asking viciously.
"Who are you? Why are you hitting people right away? Which village are you from?"
Ma Cuihua asked loudly. She had never seen these four people before. They looked like strangers from other villages. She didn't know how they found Lan Xin.
"I ask you, are you the little whore who lives here!" After the first move failed, the old woman's pupils shrank when she saw Ma Cuihua appearing with a fierce look. She thought of something and her eyes became fierce and she asked loudly, as if this could give her courage.
"Did you spray shit out of your mouth? What are you saying, little whore? Hurry up and swallow it back. I don't have the habit of not beating up the elderly!"
Hearing the old man's foul language, Ma Cuihua immediately raised her hand and slapped him skillfully. This was how she supported her stupid husband when someone bullied him before.
Now Ma Cuihua continued to support Lan Xin without saying a word.
Hearing the old man's words, Lan Xin was also very angry, but at the same time she was glad that her two daughters were not at home, otherwise what would happen if her daughters were corrupted by the old man's foul language?
"Bah!" The old woman was very arrogant and didn't care about Ma Cuihua's threat at all. She said with gritted teeth.
"If you're not a presentable person, what are you? A widow seduced my son and put him in jail. I tell you, if you don't get him out, I will kill you!" The old man thought that Ma Cuihua was the owner of the yard and threatened her viciously.