Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 43

Zhao Da'e sneaked around to the back of the main house, then stealthily walked to the window of the main house, intending to eavesdrop on what the people in the family were up to.

Zhao Da'e was very short, after all, she was only six years old, so even if she stood up straight, she couldn't reach the windowsill. Moreover, she was bending over, so the people inside wouldn't even notice that Zhao Da'e was outside.

Winters in the north are quite cold, and Old Zhao's house was an adobe house. In the summer, they used molds to shape the adobe bricks into individual blocks, stacked them, and finally filled the gaps with clay. This type of house is rarely seen nowadays, although there are still many in Dongtaizi Village. Other families also have adobe houses, but none are as dilapidated as Old Zhao's.

After all, the house had small cracks everywhere, letting in drafts. The roof hadn't been properly repaired in years; it was just covered with plastic sheeting and some dirt to barely stop the rain from leaking.

In the summer, the windows in Grandpa and Grandma Zhao's house are practically nonexistent... In spring and autumn, they are covered with plastic sheeting. In winter, except for one ventilation opening covered with plastic sheeting, the rest are covered with adobe bricks.

Living inside is almost the same as living in prison.

Of course, Aunt Zhao's room had glass windows.

There seemed to be a lot of people inside.

"Second brother, you need to control your wife and kids. They're practically out of control. Mom sent me a message saying that your wife and Zhao Da'e have been eating dumplings every day for the past few days, and haven't brought a single one to Dad or Mom. Is this how a junior should behave?" Zhao Chunqin's angry voice came from inside the house.

"It's not that I'm thinking about the food." There were indeed many people in the room. Zhao Chunqin and her husband, Zhao Tiesheng and Zhao Tiegang and their wives were all there. Wang Guixiang said while groaning, "It's mainly because Zhao Da'e cut down my bean trellis the night before last and took the wood to start a fire... You know, if she had brought me a few dumplings after cutting down my bean trellis to cook dumplings, I wouldn't have said anything else. But she really didn't bring me a single dumpling."

Wang Guixiang grew angrier as she spoke: "The main point is that yesterday morning, she ran to the back of the house and tore down my grape trellis to use as firewood. At noon, she also used the wood from my chicken coop to start a fire. She's such a spendthrift, so infuriating. She really needs to be disciplined."

"Second brother, listen to what Mom is saying. This child is completely out of control..."

Zhao Tiesheng also looked bewildered: "That can't be. The firewood we used to cook dumplings the night before last was wood I stole from the nursery's woods..."

Wang Guixiang frowned deeply: "You're still lying for her? Her third aunt saw it with her own eyes, how could it be false?"

Zhang Cuilan also sneered: "I saw Zhao Da'e do it with my own eyes. She's the one who dug up the chicken coop, the grape trellis, and the bean trellis."

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Zhao Da'e, listening from outside, chuckled: "Heh, this mudslinging is quite skillful. My dad, that simpleton, will probably believe it."

This was clearly done by my third uncle; he's the real spendthrift.

The sun has risen outside, but it is still very cold.

Inside the house, Zhao Tingxu, Zhao Da'e's grandfather, was puffing on his pipe in one hand and patting his blue cotton shirt with the other. His face was flushed, and he said somewhat angrily, "Stop arguing. Zhao Chunqin, what do you have to say about your mother breaking her heel at your house?"

As soon as Zhao Tingxu finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Zhao Da'e covered his mouth, utterly astonished: "Holy crap! No wonder my grandma hadn't left the house for days and was scolding me; it turns out she was really injured, and her heel was broken! I thought she was faking it. But, she fell at my aunt's house, and with such a serious fracture, why wasn't she taken to the hospital?"