The cannon fodder female supporting role stirs up trouble in period literature

The brigade headquarters was not far from Zhou's house, and they arrived there while talking. As soon as they parked the car, they saw a group of children rushing out of Zhou's house, surrounding Hua Jindong. Some called her "Second Sister" and some called her "Second Aunt".

There are several children in Hua Rendong's memory. The twelve-year-old one is Zhou Laiying's little nephew Xisheng, the youngest son of his uncle Zhou Laicai. The ones he is holding in his hands are Zhou Laicai's two grandsons, four-year-old Gangdan and Tiedan who has just learned to walk.

Behind them were two maids, one was seventeen years old and named Lanxiang, the other was fifteen years old and named Xiahe, both were daughters of Zhou Laicai's family.

Zhou Laicai has two sons and three daughters. His eldest son is the father of his two grandsons. His name is Zhou Xiwang. His wife, Wang Xiuli, is from the same village.

The eldest daughter, Zhou Meihua, married into the next village. Her husband's family had many strong laborers and they were considered well-off in the village.

The second daughter, Zhou Lanxiang, has also been engaged and will be married after the autumn harvest.

However, the third daughter, Zhou Xiahe, looked evasive when she looked at people. If Hua Rendong had not known that Grandma Zhou did not favor boys over girls, she would have suspected that the child was being abused in the Zhou family.

This kind of personality is not very popular, and besides, she is still young and no matchmaker has ever come to her door.

However, none of Zhou Laifu’s daughters were seen.

Zhou Lai Fu is in his thirties this year. After so many years of marriage, he has only given birth to these three daughters, and the youngest daughter, Zhou Xiaomei, is still in her infancy.

He had three girls, and outsiders gossiped about him a lot. It was only after Zhou Lai Fu became the team leader that those people dared not say such gossip in front of him and his wife.

But there were also many people who were sarcastic about him behind his back, saying that no matter how capable he was, he didn't have a son to see him off to the grave, and would end up being a family without a single son.

But Zhou Laifu and his wife loved their three daughters very much, which led to the cultivation of Zhou Xiaoya and Zhou Xiaoyue's character in not being easily wronged outside.

Just as Hua Honeysuckle entered the yard and hadn't said a word, Zhou Xiaoya and Zhou Xiaoyue rushed in from outside, looking aggressive, with a thick branch in their hands.

The two braids she had tied before going out now looked like two chicken coops, with a few dead grass leaves scraped on them.

As soon as Zhou Xiaoya saw Hua Jindong, she rushed over, hugged her waist, looked up and said with a smile: "Second cousin, you are here. I will take you to the river to catch fish later."

Zhou Xiaoyue was not willing to be left behind and hugged Hua Rendong's waist from the other side, "Second cousin won't go fishing, I'll take Second cousin to poke a hornet's nest!"

Hua Rendong was embarrassed to hear this. How could she accompany a child to stir up a hornet's nest? Did Xiaoyue's cousin think too highly of her?

But catching fish is feasible. Although Zhou Laiying's cooking skills are not very good, Zhou Laifu's wife is a good cook. After eating Zhou Laiying's cooking for many days, she also wants to try the food cooked by others.

If you learn these two tricks, when you live on your own in the future, you won’t have to rely on your bestie to feed your cat all day long.

When Zhou Laifu heard his little girl say she was going to poke a hornet's nest, he was furious. "Zhou Xiaoyue, you haven't been beaten enough, have you? You're still trying to poke a hornet's nest? Wasn't the sting you got last year severe enough?"

My eldest aunt Zhang Yun and my second aunt Fang Yanhong were cooking lunch in the outer room. Fang Yanhong heard Zhou Laifu's roar and came out of the kitchen. She pointed the cooking spatula in her hand at the shovel placed by the wall and said, "Take that and hit her. I don't believe she won't be convinced! And you're poking a hornet's nest? Why don't you go to heaven?"

Hua Honeysuckle couldn't help laughing out loud. No wonder Zhou Laiying had a good relationship with his second brother's wife. They had similar tempers and the daughter they raised was lawless.

Seeing Hua Rendong smile, Fang Yanhong also smiled, "Erhua, go into the house and rest for a while. The two sisters caught a few crucian carp in the morning, and your second aunt will make you braised ones."

Hua Rendong nodded repeatedly, "I have been craving for the braised fish made by my second aunt for a long time, and today I am lucky enough to have it."

Fang Yanhong's smile widened after hearing these words. "Look at this sweet-mouthed girl. She's much better than the two girls in my family. All they do every day is climb trees and annoy people."

Zhou Xiaoya and Zhou Xiaoyue made faces at her, and seeing that their mother was about to hit them on the head with the cooking spatula in her hand, they quickly hid behind Hua Honeysuckle.

While Fang Yanhong was cursing at Zhou Laifu and asking him to take care of his daughter, she went back to the outer room to continue cooking.

Aunt Zhang Yun stood at the door and curled her lips at Hua Jianshe and Hua Rendong, "The food will be ready soon. Brother-in-law, take Erhua to my parents' room and sit for a while."

"Okay, you guys are busy, no need to greet us."

After saying that, Hua Jianshe took the chicken and eggs from the car, handed them to Zhou Laifu, and then he carried the snacks he bought and went into the inner room surrounded by a group of children.

After putting down his things, Zhou Lai Fu said hello and went back to the brigade headquarters to get busy. Spring ploughing was approaching, and as the brigade leader, he had a lot of things to do every day.

Nowadays, the snacks bought by guests at home are kept by the elders in the family, who occasionally take out a piece to share with the children. Therefore, if a guest brings snacks to a family's home, he will definitely be warmly welcomed by the children.

Grandma Zhou was leaning on the kang with a splint on her leg. When she saw Hua Jindong coming, she waved to her to get on the kang, "Erhua, you haven't come for a long time, you must have missed me so much, come on the kang and sit next to me."

Hua Rendong agreed, took off her shoes, got on the kang, sat next to Grandma Zhou, and asked where Grandpa and Zhou Laiying and the others had gone.

"Xiaoya and Xiaoyue caught a few fish in the river this morning, and they insisted on joining in the fun, so your grandpa took them over to play. They are grown-ups, but they can't even cook properly, and they just play all day. Your uncle has spoiled them."

Although she complained that her daughter was spoiled by her son-in-law, Grandma Zhou couldn't hide the pride on her face. The fact that her daughter was spoiled by her son-in-law just showed that her daughter was living a good life.

Hua Rendong was so envious after hearing this. Zhou Laiying is so old, but he still has a father who takes him out to play. It is true that no matter how old a person is, children who are spoiled by their parents are the happiest.

The children also took off their shoes and got on the kang, chattering around Honeysuckle. Although it was noisy, it was also lively.

Hua Honeysuckle had forgotten about the children before she came, and regretted not preparing some snacks for them. She reached into her pocket and took out a handful of rock sugar cubes from the space, "Here, one for each of you, don't fight over them."

I stuffed a piece into Grandma Zhou's mouth, and she was so happy that she cried out, "I suffered a lot when I was young, but now I am enjoying happiness. This is Erhua's inheritance. You can have some too, don't just give it to others."

"Yeah, I've eaten it. This is for grandma, my brothers, sisters, and nephews."

Hua Honeysuckle could see that the old lady truly loved her. She had not received much love in her previous life, so she was deeply touched. At this moment, she really just wanted to be better to the person who loved her.

In those days, you had to have tickets to buy sugar. Rock sugar like this could be bought for a few dollars a pound nowadays, but in this era it was a scarce commodity. You couldn't buy it even if you had money but no tickets. Ordinary families rarely gave rock sugar to their children as a snack.

"Thank you, second sister..."

"Thank you, Second Aunt..." The children's cheers continued.