Farmhouse Green Plum

This familiar atmosphere, Daya immediately explained: "It's hard to collect firewood where we went today, so we were delayed for a while. I'll go and drive the ducks back now."

As she spoke, she began to think rapidly in her mind: Did Song Tian get into trouble again today?

But when Song Tian got into trouble, shouldn’t the second uncle be the one with the bad face?

Thinking about going to the county to sell herbs in the afternoon, Daya's heart skipped a beat. Would she be seen by someone she knew?

"Put down the backpack and come in." Li's voice was cold, and Daya felt that the temperature in the house had dropped a little.

At this time, Daya would not confront her. She immediately put the backpack in the yard, let go of Song Yuan's hand, and walked in.

"Your Majesty!"

Li's voice was cold and stern, which made Daya even more worried.

She knelt down obediently, thinking about what happened in the county today, but she didn't find any acquaintances.

Every time they went to the county to sell herbs, they were very cautious. They chose a small road close to the official road to enter the city. After entering the city, they would shrink their necks and cover their faces with sleeves and handkerchiefs for fear of attracting other people's attention.

Li's attitude also frightened Song Yuan in the yard. He moved to the door, poked his head out and asked, "Grandma, what did my sister do wrong?"

"It's none of your business. Go with your mother and herd the ducks." Then Li called out, "Yang, take Tianwa and Yuanwa to herd the ducks."

Yang responded and walked out of the kitchen, followed by Song Tian, who looked curious but didn't dare to ask more questions.

"Grandma, sister..." Song Yuan looked at Daya and wanted to say something nice to her, but he was pulled away by Yang just as he opened his mouth.

Soon, only Daya and Li were left at home.

Daya only felt the cold air from the ground penetrate through her knees and seep into her limbs, making her shiver and feel uneasy.

Li pulled out a two-finger-wide bamboo strip from the side, slapped it on the table, and asked in a cold voice, "What do you want to do with the Xu family girl?"

It turned out that it was because of the matter of asking Xu Yuzhi to teach her how to read. Daya felt as if the guillotine hanging over her head had finally fallen.

The moment she decided to learn to read from Xu Yuzhi, she was prepared for what might happen.

Looking at the bamboo strips that were two fingers wide and one inch thick, she knew very well that she would not be able to escape a severe beating today.

It is common for farmers to beat their children, but they usually just pick up a stick or break off a peach branch or willow twig. Only when they are very angry and want to use formal family rules will they prepare special bamboo strips.

This kind of bamboo strips hurts the most when used to beat people, but it will not easily injure people, nor will it leave shocking red marks like peach branches and willow twigs. It is most suitable for beating children.

Daya took a deep breath and said honestly, "I want her to teach me how to read."

Snapped!

The bamboo strips fell heavily on Daya's back, causing her to grimace in pain and burst into tears, completely out of control.

"You are so eager to get married at such a young age, do you have any sense of shame?"

To the adults, Daya would definitely not admit that she had thought about her future marriage in private. The adults were very hypocritical. They talked about marriage and in-laws all the time, but they did not allow girls to bring it up themselves or even have such thoughts.

She said: "I don't think so, I just think that learning to read is a good thing, just like guessing lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival, if you guess correctly you can get a lantern for free."

She deliberately paused on the word "free" to show her purpose.

Li didn't believe her explanation at all. "Are you kidding me? If you want to learn to read, why didn't you do it before?

It was only when Xu Yuzhi was engaged to the He family that you remembered to learn to read. What was your intention? Do you think others are stupid?

If this gets out, will you still have a good reputation? Put your hand out!"

When she finished speaking, she raised the bamboo strips and glared at Daya fiercely.

Daya stretched out her left hand and said, "When I wanted to learn earlier, you wouldn't send me to school."

Since you are destined to get a beating, don't keep those words in your heart. You will feel better if you say them out.

Li was furious.

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The bamboo strips kept rising and falling, and Daya's palms soon turned red.

"You stupid girl, what's wrong with you? You are becoming more and more disobedient and you still want to go to school. Are you going to heaven or not?

Let's not talk about whether a family like ours can afford to train scholars. Just tell me, how can a girl go to school? You must be sleeping all day and daydreaming!"

Daya's hand retracted unconsciously due to the pain, and Li clamped her wrist. Then bamboo strips fell down continuously, leaving her no chance to dodge.

"Do you know you are wrong?"

It was so painful that Daya cried out but refused to admit her mistake.

Li stopped beating him until her hands were sore and asked sternly, "Do you have any shame in the future? Are you going to look for Xu Yuzhi again?"

Daya believes that she has a sense of shame, but she does not think that learning to read and considering her own marriage is shameless;

As for Xu Yuzhi, she had long given up the idea of learning directly from her, so she readily promised that she would be ashamed and would not look for Xu Yuzhi again.

Li's anger subsided a little, and she said, "Stretch out your right hand too. I have to teach you a profound lesson today, lest you forget it!"

Daya had no choice but to stretch out her right hand again, and Li hit her hard for more than ten times before stopping.

She threw down the bamboo strips and sat on the armchair, "Get up, go get your second aunt and the others to come back and cook."

Daya wiped away her tears, rubbed her aching palms, and went out to pick up Yang and the others.

She walked all the way to the empty paddy field where she had driven the ducks in the morning before she met Yang and her family.

Not only the mother and her two sons, but also Uncle Song who came back with a fish basket and caught eels.

"Uncle, Aunt." She called out and walked to the other side of the paddy field to drive away the ducks.

It was already dark. Song Yuan didn't see her red eyes, but he could hear the hoarseness in her voice. He asked hurriedly, "Sister, did grandma hit you? Why did she hit you?"

"Shut up!" Before Daya could speak, Yang scolded Song Yuan, "Hurry up and drive the ducks back. We still have to cook!"

Song Tian and Song Yuan were very curious the whole night, but Daya refused to tell them. When the three adults in the family asked them, they frowned and scolded them, which made Song Tian and Song Yuan feel itchy all night and they tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

On the other side, Chen from the Xu family was also tossing and turning and unable to sleep.

After turning over for the Nth time, she finally woke up the dazed Xu Dahe and asked, "Dahe, what do you think of Daya's suggestion?"

Xu Dahe yawned, his mind was a mess and he didn't react for a while: "What's the suggestion?"

"Let Yulan learn to read from Yuzhi."

"Sister-in-law made such a fuss today, why bring it up again? I hope this matter will be over soon."

Chen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't you think this is a good suggestion?"

Xu Dahe suddenly woke up, sat up, and looked at his wife in astonishment, "You, you want Yulan to marry him instead of Yuzhi?"

As soon as he said the word 'you', he felt his voice was a little loud, so he quickly lowered his voice.