There are only a few grains of rice in a bowl of porridge. The family drank the porridge and chewed the wild vegetables and wild mushrooms picked from the mountains. The sparse food was eaten with just a few chopsticks.
Not to mention the adults, even the children don't have enough to eat, and the family has to tighten their belts.
"The third one."
Wang Cuilan swirled a mouthful of porridge in her mouth before swallowing it. She smacked her lips and said, "I'll go to town tomorrow and sell the ginseng, and buy some food."
In recent years, the weather has been very hot, there has been little rain, and even the rivers have become much shallower. The harvests in the fields have also been particularly poor. Even with the work points, there is not enough to eat, and their family has too many mouths to eat, so it is really hard to make ends meet.
Not to mention families with a small labor force going hungry, even the Lin family with a large labor force has to tighten their belts, not to mention families with orphans and widowed mothers, who are on the verge of starving to death with sallow complexions and thin skin.
Therefore, it is a great joy to have an income to buy some food rations in the town so that the family can eat for a while.
"Hey." Lin Yuannan responded: "Do you sell the baskets at home?"
Bamboo baskets, baskets and other handicrafts can be sold in the town for a little money. Although the income is not much, it is better than nothing.
"Sell." After Wang Cuilan finished speaking, she was silent for a moment, and finally gritted her teeth: "I still have a silver bracelet there, which was my dowry back then. Let's sell it together and buy more food to eat back."
The family was so poor that they couldn't open the pot. Even if there was something good, as long as it could save lives, Wang Cuilan would sell it no matter how reluctant she was to part with it.
The whole family is alive, which is better than anything else.
"Mom, can this be done?" Lin Yuannan asked hesitantly. Although the family didn't have much food to eat, they wouldn't have to sell my mother's dowry.
"Okay." Wang Cuilan slapped her thigh and said directly without hesitation, "Sell it."
The others were silent.
The only sound in the room was the sound of people drinking porridge and snoring.
"Oh, you damn girl, how can you not feed your brother well?"
In the silence, a slap suddenly sounded.
Zhang Miao held her little son in her arms distressedly, lowered her head and wiped the corner of his mouth with her sleeve, then waved her hand and gave Er Ni a mouthful: "I don't know how to feed you, what use are you? Get married in a few years, don't give up even one day." When you run around, there is no girl like you."
Three years ago, Zhang Miao gave birth to a healthy boy.
The boy became Zhang Miao's treasure as soon as he was born. He was afraid of starving if he didn't feed him a mouthful of milk, and he couldn't even let him go out to bask in the sun. Until he was over 1 year old, he was still held in Zhang Miao's arms and he couldn't even get off the ground to learn to walk. I'll feel bad for a long time.
Wang Cuilan had a headache when she saw Sifu, who was 1 year and 3 months old and couldn't walk. She immediately told Zhang Miao to leave Sifu alone and let him learn to walk. Even if he stumbled and fell frequently, he must start to learn how to walk on his own. Walked.
After all, the other three rich people can trot a few steps at 1 year and 3 months old.
But Zhang Miao disagreed.
That is the boy I have been waiting for for several years. How can I just leave it on the ground and walk around? What if something happens to it?
So he kept dragging him until he was one and a half years old and Si Fu could only take two steps on the ground, and when he was two years old, he could walk without being helped. But just like this, Zhang Miao still had to carry Si Fu around everywhere without giving Si Fu any help. Room to grow.
Zhou Zhaodi gave some advice, saying that most children can walk around on their own when they are about two years old, so how can they be held by their mother? How can they go to school if they can't walk by then? Zhang Miao scolded her for being nosy.
Zhou Zhaodi was so angry that her heart felt heavy. When she saw this, Lin Xiangrong took her mother back to the west Cuilan found out about this in the evening and scolded Zhang Miao. When she saw that Zhang Miao chewed up the rice before feeding it to Si Fu, her head was buzzing with anger, so she took Si Fu to the front yard and raised it by herself.
Zhang Miao went outside the west wing and cursed for several hours that night. The implication was that if Zhou Zhaodi hadn't talked so much, her son would not have been taken away. What big deal would it be if Zhou Zhaodi couldn't walk at the age of two? Wouldn’t it be possible? She cried, made trouble, and hanged herself, and finally got the four rich men back.
The fourth rich man is three years old. He stumbles when walking, cannot speak clearly, and cannot use a spoon to eat by himself. Dani and Erni take turns feeding them.
"What are you talking about?" Wang Cuilan became angry when she heard this, and immediately clapped her chopsticks: "From the second child's house, if you don't know how to raise children, then raise them for me. How can there be a child who is three years old and can't eat with a spoon by himself? of?"
"Why not?"
Zhang Miao, who realized that she had given birth to a son and had the confidence to speak with great power, retorted unwillingly: "Why can't a boy be given birth to a boy? I can't just let Da Ni and Er Ni feed me now, and I can't marry him a wife in the future. Let your wife feed you."
"Otherwise, what are you going to do with a wife?"
Zhang Miao said it was a matter of course. She patted Erni on the head with her hand, making Erni, who was thin and small, frown: "Isn't the purpose of marrying a wife to serve and take care of her husband? I am doing this for Erni's own good." , let her get familiar with it in advance to avoid being scolded at her husband’s house later.”
"Second Aunt, that's not what you said." Lin Xiangrong couldn't stand listening anymore and said with a serious look on her face: "A daughter-in-law is not born to serve her husband. Two people have to live their lives together and take care of the house together. It’s good, otherwise it’s just my wife who works alone, so it’s better to live alone.”
If you have to do all the work by yourself and support your family by yourself, then why should you get married?
Just to be a free babysitter? Zhou Zhaodi touched Lin Xiangrong's head lightly and signaled her to eat quickly.
Why are you talking to Zhang Miao about this? Zhou Zhaodi didn't want to speak anymore. Wasn't being choked once not enough? Zhang Miao was just like giving birth to a prince who had the throne to inherit. He carried him around all day long, for fear that his son would be gone if he was not careful. He was raised with caution, and he would point his nose at anyone he said like a shrew. scold.
No, Zhang Miao immediately raised his eyebrows, pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, and said, "There are some people out there who, as a girl, don't want to be nice to their male children, yet they say some useless words and live alone? How can they live without a man at home?"
"Xiao Ni, please don't say this everywhere in the future. People will be stabbed in the back if they hear you. How can you live without a man? How can you live?"
"Even if a man accomplishes nothing, you still have a man to rely on. You are too young to understand this. You will know when you get married. After you get married, you will not be you. After all, marrying a chicken is easy. When a chicken marries a dog, he follows the dog.”
Lin Xiangrong stared at Zhang Miao speechlessly, not bothering to argue with her anymore, "Yes, yes, second aunt is right."
It's just playing the piano to a cow.
After finishing the meal, Lin Xiangrong secretly grabbed Er Ni and Dani and whispered: "Sister, don't take what Er Ni said to your heart, study well first, and then find a good job with your own hands." Eating is not better than anything else. You see, I just rely on my ability to make a living. If you can make money in the future, don't come back."
What’s the point of not being able to come back to a place like this? Dani and Erni looked at each other, and the two thin and dark girls patted their sister on the head and said with a smile: "Xiang Rong, you are a big talker at a young age, but don't worry, we will never give up going to school. of."
After so many years, they have already become cold towards Zhang Miao. How could the two girls take Zhang Miao's words into their hearts? "But you must study hard and go to school." Lin Xiangrong hugged Er Ni affectionately: "I'm going back first. Don't study too late."
"Okay." Erni waved her hand with a smile. After Lin Xiangrong ran away, she turned to Dani and said, "Sister, let's go back and endorse."
"alright."
Perhaps, reading is the only way out.
Otherwise, Dani and Erni would end up marrying random people from the village and living in despair for the rest of their lives.
(End of this chapter)