Chapter 42 – Uncle (2)

The uncle and aunt in Ergou’s mouth were the family members of their biological mother, Mrs. Chen. The uncle is Mrs. Chen’s biological older brother, named Chen Feng, and his wife is Mrs. Huang.

The Chen family was from the east head, Yangliu Village.

Su Xiaoxiao had searched the memory of the original owner, so it was not difficult to understand why Su Ergou would have this kind of reaction when the Chen family came here. 

Father Su was a beggar who wandered to Yangliu Village during the famine. He worked as a cowherd boy for the Lizheng’s1 family and grew up living on alms or begging.

1Lizheng (里正) : an official position.

And the Chen family had some family background, so naturally they would not find a cowherd boy to be their family’s son-in-law.

The Chen family had been talking about Mrs. Chen’s marriage in the town.

However, the man had someone already. Just before the wedding and he already did something bad like that to Mrs. Chen. So Mrs. Chen refused to marry him, but the Chen family wanted to force Mrs. Chen married him in order to get the generous bride price.

Later, it was the young Su Cheng who ran to the town and beat up the man severely, only then the marriage was canceled.

And later, it was Mrs. Chen who wanted to marry the young Su Cheng.

The Chen family disagreed and threatened that if Mrs. Chen really dared to marry Su Cheng, the Chen family would cut ties with her.

They thought this way would be able to frighten Mrs. Chen. But they never thought that Mrs. Chen would drag the young Su Cheng to leave Yangliu Village without hesitation and settle in Xinghua Village. 

During the years when Father Su was in his prime time in the business of darts2, the two families resumed contact again.

2Business of darts : in the old days, the related terms of escort agencies, that is escorts protect money, property, etc. on the road, and sometimes protect people.

Later, because Su Cheng took a long trip to the escort, when he returned to the village, unfortunately Mrs. Chen had died of illness, and he didn’t even see the last of his wife.

Since then, he had never been an escort again.

The Chen family put the blame on Su Cheng for Mrs. Chen’s death, not to mention they wanted to let Su Cheng to compensate for a large amount of money. So the relationship between the two families broke again.

Occasionally when they met, the Chen family always treated the three Su family members so rudely and looked down on them.

Because of his wife, Su Cheng was very tolerant towards the Chen family. So Su Daya and Su Ergou also didn’t dare to confront the Chen family.

After Su Xiaoxiao flashed back her memory, Chen Feng and Mrs. Huang also came in.

“Yo, isn’t this Daya?”

Mrs. Huang saw Su Xiaoxiao walking into the main room through the back door.

Su Ergou hid behind his older sister.

Su Xiaoxiao said to him, “Ergou, call uncle and aunt.”

Su Ergou put out his head reluctantly: “Uncle, aunt.”

Chen Feng had a serious look on his face.

Mrs. Huang stepped forward with a happy smile while looking at the two siblings, and said: “It’s been a while since the last time I saw you, Ergou has already become so tall! Daya has also become so……”

“Fat.” Su Xiaoxiao finished the sentence for her.

Mrs. Huang smiled embarrassedly, then she took Su Xiaoxiao’s hand and sat down on the chair.

Chen Feng had already sat down with his butt long ago.

He frowned at the sudden change of the Su family house, which was no longer sloppy like before, and for a moment he even suspected that he had gone to the wrong place.

The last time the Su family was so clean, it was when his older sister was still alive.

In fact, Mrs. Huang also found out about that, but she automatically ignored it. After all, she came here today for business.

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Ergou, go to the kitchen to boil some water and make tea for uncle and aunt.”

“Yes.” Su Ergou escaped from the main room as if he was freed from a burden.

Mrs. Huang took Su Xiaoxiao’s hand affectionately and smiled, “Where is your father? Is he not at home?”

Su Xiaoxiao looked at her hand. Someone who was unaccountably solicitous hiding evil intentions.

“Dad has gone out. I don’t know if he will come back today or not. It’s really not a good time for uncle and aunt to come today.”

Mrs. Huang’s smile stiffened for a moment: “.….. Anyway your father will not oppose it, and it’s also the same if your aunt says it to you.”

Su Xiaoxiao smiled faintly, “What does my aunt want to say to me?”

Mrs. Huang with a look of resentment, she said: “The matter of He Tongsheng, your uncle and I have heard about it. That man is really a jerk! How dare he humiliate you like this!”

Su Xiaoxiao chanted ‘oh’ and said, “So my aunt came here to stand up for me?”

Mrs. Huang’s smile became stiff again: “Ah… of… of course we will stand up for you. Just let your uncle go there tomorrow, and beat that surnamed He to pieces!”

Su Xiaoxiao nodded her head and said, “To pick a date is not as good as to grab a date. So it’s better to do it now. Then how about uncle go there and beat him to pieces today?”

Mrs. Huang : “……”