AWB Chapter 158: Chaotic Generations
Chapter 158: Chaotic Generations
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Tuanzi was reminded that Zhang Guiying and Tiedan were knocking on the door.
Liu Jingxue hurriedly left the space and prepared to open the door.
Suddenly, I remembered that I was carrying herbs back. If they didn't see the herbs when they came, they would be suspicious. I quickly put the basket and the herbs in the kitchen.
After checking and making sure there was no problem, Liu Jingsi hurried to open the door.
"Sister Guiying, Tiedan, you are here." Seeing the two people waiting outside the courtyard gate, Liu Jingxue hurriedly greeted them.
The two of them also responded quickly.
"That's not right," Zhang Guiying frowned and said, "This generation is too confusing.
Xiaoxue, you can call my parents uncle and aunt, and call me sister, that's right."
Zhang Guiying turned to look at her nephew Tiedan, "Tiedan, if you call Xiaoxue sister, the generations will be messed up.
If you call her sister, then you are not on the same generation as me.
Shouldn't you call her aunt?"
Tiedan quickly shook his head, "I have always called her sister, and grandpa has no objection."
Zhang Guiying looked at him and said, "Are you sure your grandfather has no objection? Have you ever yelled at him in front of him?"
Tiedan tilted his head and thought for a while, and it seemed that he had never called Xiaoxue "sister" in front of his grandfather.
He stiffened his neck and said, "Anyway, all the children in our production team call Xiaoxue Sister, and Grandpa didn't say anything."
“Others can call you that, but you can’t.
You are now of the same generation as your father, do you still dare to call him your father your brother?" Zhang Guiying said.
When Tiedan heard this, he was immediately happy, and he said mischievously, "It's not impossible.
As long as Dad doesn’t mind, I definitely don’t mind anyway.”
When Zhang Guiying heard this, she immediately grabbed Tiedan's ear and said, "You are becoming more and more disrespectful, kid.
I will teach you a lesson."
Tiedan stood on tiptoe and said, "Aunt, I know I was wrong and I will never make jokes again."
He looked at Liu Jingxue who was secretly laughing at the side, "Sister Xiaoxue, please save me.
My ears are about to be pulled off by my aunt."
Liu Jingxue smiled and said to Zhang Guiying, "Sister Guiying, considering Tiedan's age, it's not wrong to call me sister.
There is no blood relationship, so how can it be so particular?
Let’s discuss our own issues.”
"Besides, if Tiedan really wants to call me aunt, I won't like it. It makes me feel old."
Tiedan said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, let's discuss our own issues."
Zhang Guiying heard Liu Jingxue say this and thought it made sense. Except for those who were related by blood, the villagers had always been messy in addressing each other.
If we really go by seniority, kids of Tiedan's age in the village would call people of their same age or younger uncle, or even grandfather or great-grandfather.
In this way, she was no longer so conflicted about Tiedan calling Liu Jingxue "sister".
She let go of the hand that was holding Tiedan's ear and said to Tiedan,
"You can call me sister, but don't call me that in front of me.
Otherwise, I feel that you have lowered my status and I can't help but want to teach you a lesson."
Tiedan pouted aggrievedly, "I know, little aunt."
"Okay, don't stand at the door, let's go in." Liu Jingxue let the two in.
Tiedan deliberately walked around Liu Jingxue and asked her to separate him and his aunt, "Sister Xiaoxue."
Seeing his aunt staring at him fiercely, he immediately jumped to the side and said quickly,
"Why don't you go and watch the pig being slaughtered? It's so lively over there."
"Is it starting so early?" Liu Jingxue said.
Tiedan said, "It's still early, it's getting late, the killing is almost over."
Zhang Guiying explained, "Hasn't the wild boar been killed by you? We need to kill it and bleed it quickly.
Otherwise, if the time is too long, the blood will coagulate and not much blood can be released.
The blood remaining in the meat will affect the taste of the meat.
So after carrying the pig down the mountain, everyone went home, ate a quick meal, and then organized to kill the pig and bleed it. "
Tiedan nodded, "Aunt is right.
We have been watching for a long time, and seeing that you have not come, Grandpa sent us to look for you. "
Zhang Guiying glared at him and said, "What do you mean Grandpa sent us away? He clearly only asked me to come here. You are so shameless. You came here to lick my face."
"They're about to start distributing the meat. You're the one who killed this wild boar, so you'll be the first one to get the meat.
You didn't go over there, and it was hard to divide the meat, so dad sent me over here to ask you to go over there." Zhang Guiying explained.
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she realized that she would be late, so she quickly said, "Then let's go over there now."
"You can't go empty-handed, you have to slaughter some pork later, and you need something to pack it.
You still need something to pack the meat." Zhang Guiying said to her hurriedly.
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she said, "Wait for me a moment. I'll go to the kitchen to get something."
"Take a big one," Zhang Guiying reminded.
Liu Jingxue ran to the kitchen, picked out a large bowl, took a large vegetable basket, and hurried out, "Let's go over there now."
Looking at the big bowl in Liu Jingxue's hand, Zhang Guiying said, "This bowl is no good. It can't hold anything."
Liu Jingxue was puzzled. "This is my biggest bowl. I always eat noodles with this."
Zhang Guiying shook her head and said, "Forget it, just put it back.
Anyway, you are heading to my house. When you pass by my house later, I will get you a big one."
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she didn't refuse and turned around to put the bowl back.
Carrying the vegetable basket, he locked the door and followed the two of them out.
I remembered that I was going to deliver the skins to them today. But when I went down the mountain with the captain and the others, I didn't get any prey, so I had no excuse to deliver them.
Liu Jingxue said, "Sister Guiying, I can't deliver the leather for making leather boots to you today.
I originally planned to go hunting in the mountains today, but I encountered this incident and delayed my plan.
I will go into the mountains again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and I will deliver the skins to you the day after tomorrow."
Zhang Guiying asked curiously, "Don't you already have the skin? Why are you going into the mountains?"
"I didn't even get the prey, where are the skins?" Liu Jingxue was confused.
"Sister Xiaoxue, are you stupid? Isn't wild boar skin the best material for making leather boots?
I heard from my grandparents that pigskin is softer than other leathers, more wear-resistant, and more breathable." Tiedan interrupted.
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she was somewhat tempted, but the wild boar had already been handed over, so the skin had to fall into her hands.
“But isn’t that public property?
And you can make me boots. ", she said doubtfully.
Zhang Guiying patiently explained, "You killed all these wild boars, and you saved so many children in the village.
If you were not afraid that someone would report you for embezzling public property, most people in the village would have no objection even if you swallowed several wild boars whole.
It's just two pieces of leather, to make boots, and there won't be any problem."
“Two large boar skins are enough for those boots you are going to make, and there are four left.
You don't have to worry about this, just let Tiedan tell my mother."
Zhang Guiying said to Tiedan who was standing beside her, "Tiedan, run quickly.
Tell your grandma that Xiaoxue wants wild boar skin to make boots, and ask her to tell the villagers so that no one else can take them all away."
"Okay, I'll go right away." Tiedan said, and ran forward.
Liu Jingxue was a little embarrassed. "Is it going to embarrass Auntie to ask her to come forward for me?"
"What's so difficult about this? It's just a matter of one sentence.
You city people are just too shallow in your sense of face. Some things can be easily solved by speaking them out, but you just keep silent like a dumb person.
Xiaoxue, since you are here, you have to adapt to the local customs.
We northerners are straightforward and don’t want to waste time guessing. We just want to be direct when there’s something to say.”
"Sister Guiying, I understand."