General, Madam Called You To Farm

Chapter 126 – Little New Year (2)

*Little New Year (小年) : also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, is a festival in the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.
It honors the Kitchen God and takes place roughly a week before the Chinese New Year. 

Half of Chen Haoyuan’s attractiveness came from his own delicate features, and the other half came from his dignified and appropriate changshan and court uniform. 

The only man that couldn’t suppress his attractiveness and beauty even if he wore a coarse sackcloth, Su Xiaoxiao had only seen Wei Ting. 

Mrs.
Huang was holding a basket tightly covered with cotton cloth in her hand, which looked a bit heavy, since Mrs.
Huang carried it with a lot of effort. 

On the other hand, Chen Haoyuan who was at her side was empty-handed.

Chen Haoyuan was a scholar, and his family all spoiled him and didn’t let him do any work…

Su Xiaoxiao thought that boys should be like Ergou, they should be raised more sturdy, and not to be spoiled. 

Just from the attitude of Mrs.
Huang and Chen Haoyuan, at first glance it could be seen that they didn’t come to find the Su family.
As for who they were looking for, Su Xiaoxiao was not interested. 

She walked away without any expression on her face.

Mrs.
Huang saw that this damned girl didn’t even say hello to them, so she was so angry that she sarcastically said, “After a little new year, do people become blind and mute? They couldn’t even call their own aunt anymore, right?” 

This aunt, nowadays, was very arrogant ah.

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at her, and didn’t bother to pay attention to her. 

Forget that today was the little new year, she had to go and return early, and couldn’t let the three little ones wait until they felt wronged anymore. 

Mrs.
Huang was being ignored again.
She felt like hitting the cotton with a fist.
She was so angry that she stomped off and blocked Su Xiaoxiao’s way: “Damned girl! Didn’t you hear that I’m talking to you!?” 

Su Xiaoxiao said lightly: “I’m too lazy dealing with you, can’t you see that? You are rushing to ask for trouble! What? You didn’t lose enough dignity last time, so you want to lose more?” 

Some people would never be able to differentiate good from bad1, so they had to look for scolding from early in the morning! 

1Unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) : not to know what’s good for one / unable to recognize others’ good intentions. 

She really thought I was afraid of her! Where did the superiority complex come from!

Mrs.
Huang thought the last time she went to the Su family to sell a son but failed, and she was ridiculed because of this, she felt so angry that her face became so red. 

This damned girl, just what was wrong with her, she was completely different from before! 

Chen Haoyuan frowned and said, “Daya, my mother is your elder.
How can you speak so rudely to your elder?” 

Su Xiaoxiao smiled faintly: “Xiucai2 biaoge3, your mother kept saying damned girl every time she opened her mouth.
She scolded me for being blind, and also scolded me for being dumb, and you don’t even care! When I just say a few words, I become disrespectful to elders? Oh, just because your mother is an elder, she scolds me, humiliates me, insults me, and I just have to bear it.
So if one day she puts a knife on my neck, do I also have to obediently let her chop it ah!” 

2Xiucai (秀才) : is a scholar who has passed the imperial examinations in China and obtained the qualification for admission to academic institution in ancient China. 

3Biaoge (表哥) : older male cousin via female line. 

Chen Haoyuan was struck speechless.

At this time, Mrs.
Fang and Su Jinniang came over to fetch water from the well. 

“It’s Mrs.
Huang and Chen Xiucai ah, and Daya is also here.” 

Mrs.
Fang greeted them. 

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at several people and guessed why Mrs.
Huang had come. 

80% came to propose marriage to Su Jinniang.

Su Xiaoxiao guessed right, Mrs.
Huang was indeed coming here today for the sake of her son’s marriage. 

Mrs.
Huang didn’t want to lose face in front of her future in-laws.
So she pulled her son’s hand, and said in a peculiar and strange attitude: “Forget it, Hao ge’er4, you are the one who is going to study in Fucheng, so don’t argue with your biaomei5! Your biaomei doesn’t even know a single character, so she wouldn’t understand even if the truth was told to her!” 

4(Name) + ge’er (哥儿) / jie’er (姐儿) : In the past, the elders using this to call the younger generation affectionately. 

5Biaomei (表妹) : younger cousin sister. 

Mrs.
Fang smelled the smell of gunpowder6 in it, so she persuaded, “It’s still early in the morning, if you have something to say, please talk nicely.” 

6smell of gunpowder : tense situation/ standoff

Mrs.
Huang said, “I also want to talk nicely ah.
But not everyone is like Jinniang, who is reasonable, virtuous, and smart! Some people ah, they are just lazy and can’t do anything.
They can’t even compare to Jinniang’s single fingertip!” 

After Mrs.
Huang finished speaking, she turned her hand and found out that Su Pangya, who had already long gone away.
She also didn’t know if Su Pangya heard what she said just now or not. 

When Su Pangya scolded her, she listened to every word of it, and it was really pricking her lung tube7! 

7Pricking a person’s lung tube is an internet slang, the meaning is to poke someone’s pain and concern; it is a very vivid and humorous way to describe a person who speaks sharply and is very good at pinpointing other people’s pain points.