“...... Mom, look at this, this one is the cleanest. ”

In a yard, some dried corn is dry.

On the edge of the yard, a girl of seven or eight years old was sitting, laboriously rubbing corn kernels with her hands.

The corn kernels peeled off one by one, and the girl's hands were also rubbed red.

Holding the clean corn cob, the girl smiled happily and said to her mother, who was sitting on the steps next to her,

On the steps, the mother who was sitting was looking into the distance with her eyes intently, and when she heard the girl's words, she just turned her head to look, and then looked into the distance with some numbness as before.

"Yike...... Yikes......"

Next to the mother, a child of one or two years old, looked at the corn cob that her sister was lifting, and babbled.

"My sister is so good. The seven or eight-year-old girl looked at her sister, wiped her hands on her body, and then reached out and touched her sister's hair.

The one- and two-year-old sister felt her sister's touch and laughed.

"Mom, what are we going to eat at noon today, do you eat corn, I'll cook it." ”

The seven or eight-year-old girl bent over and looked at her sister with a smile, then turned her head again and asked her mother,

When her mother heard this, she turned her head again, and looked at her and her sister again with a blank gaze.

He was silent, didn't say anything, just lowered his head and stroked his bulging belly.

“...... Mom, my younger brother is seven or eight months old, and I'm about to come out of my mother's belly. I don't know what my younger brother looks like when he just came out of his mother's womb, is it the same as my sister......"

"Yike...... Yikes......"

The seven- or eight-year-old girl bent over, looked at her mother's bulging belly, and said with a smile,

The one- and two-year-old sister also babbled and waved her little hands.

......

Along this village road, Lian Ge, walking, watching, after pausing in the courtyard of that family,

Lian Ge turned his gaze and then set his eyes on another family,

“...... Sister, give me that little bear to play with for a while, play with me for a while. ”

In front of the courtyard of a house, a little boy of seven or eight years old grabbed an eleven or twelve-year-old girl and shouted,

"Just for a while. ”

"Don't give it, if you say that you will play with one person for a while, you are not allowed to play tricks. ”

The girl laughed and ran around the yard, hiding the toys in her hands,

"Sister, sister......" The little boy ran and chased after his sister, and seemed to slowly forget the toy, but laughed happily in the yard, chasing after his sister,

"Wu Shengnan, what's the matter with you, your brother wants to play with toys, can't you let him play for a while!"

At this moment, in the house behind the courtyard, a middle-aged woman walked out and yelled at the girl,

The girl couldn't help but stop, the smile on her face faded, and she stood in place, holding the little bear, and lowered her head,

"Sister, sister......"

The boy caught up with his sister, tilted his head, and shouted at his sister,

The girl looked at her brother, but did not answer, but lowered her head.

The middle-aged woman was angry, walked up to the girl, stretched out her hand, and pulled the bear in the girl's hand, and almost tore the girl to the ground.

“...... Come, the little one will take it. ”

The middle-aged woman turned around, smiled at the boy again, and handed the bear over,

"Xiao Ze continue to play, if your sister steals your toys in the future, tell your mother......"

The boy looked at his sister and then at her mother, and took the bear over.

And the middle-aged woman handed the bear out, turned her head back, the smile on her face faded, and said to the girl,

"Wu Shengnan, you go in for me to light the fire, and if you don't do anything every day, you will know that you will grab toys with your brother, I don't think you want to eat today, right?" ”

With a calm face, the middle-aged woman scolded the girl,

"I might as well raise a dog and feed you with the food, I might as well feed a pig, it's a money-losing ...... I still want to study, I see that you don't have any use for reading this book, and when the New Year is over, I don't think you will go, and you will go out to work for me in two years......"

The girl lowered her head, looked at her toes, was silent, and said nothing,

“...... What are you doing in a daze, you want to be beaten, why don't you hurry up and roll in the fire for me, and wash the bowl too......"

Cursing, the middle-aged woman turned around and walked into the room,

The girl lowered her head, stepped away, and followed the middle-aged woman step by step, towards the hall.

“...... Mom, I'm going to make a fire too, and I'm going to wash the dishes. ”

At this time, the boy hugged the bear and shouted to the middle-aged woman,

“...... Oh, my little darling is so sensible that she knows how to help the family. ”

The middle-aged woman turned around and smiled at the boy, squeezing out the folds on her face,

"But you don't need to wash the dishes when you're small, your sister can wash them, and if you're small, you'll just keep playing." When the child grows up, take a daughter-in-law and give birth to a big fat boy, Mom, you will be happy. But don't give birth to a money-loser like your sister. As she spoke, the middle-aged woman glanced at the girl.

“...... I don't want to give birth to a big fat boy!"

The boy hugged the bear and shouted loudly to the middle-aged woman,

When the middle-aged woman heard this, her face instantly collapsed, and she turned her head and scolded at the girl,

"Did you teach your brother?"

The girl was silent, her head bowed, and she didn't respond,

“...... Day by day, don't be without you, now I will teach your brother to go against me, don't you, I think you just owe it today......"

While scolding, the middle-aged woman rolled up her sleeves, as if she was ready to hit the girl,

"It's not my sister!"

The boy shouted at the middle-aged woman, "It's our teacher who said it! Our teacher said that it's the same for boys and girls!"

"Don't listen to your teacher's nonsense!"

The middle-aged woman turned around and said to the boy, "Xiao Ze, you are the only seedling of our family, and our family is counting on you to pass on the family and continue the incense ......."

"You're talking nonsense!"

The boy shouted at the middle-aged woman,

"Xiao Ze, if you do this again, my mother will be angry!" The middle-aged woman's face sank,

"I don't want to give birth to a big fat boy, it's the same for boys and girls, it's the same for boys and girls!"

The boy yelled at the middle-aged woman, and the voice echoed in the courtyard, far away,

The middle-aged woman listened to the boy's shout, turned around, pulled out a branch from the dry wood in the yard, and stood in front of the boy with it.

"Say it again!"

"It's the same for boys and girls!"

The boy watched the middle-aged woman pull out the branches, a little frightened, but still shouted at the middle-aged woman,

"The teacher is right, that is, right, you are wrong, you are wrong......"

As he spoke, the boy shuddered and turned to his side, as if ready to be beaten.

"Smack!"

“...... Let you not be optimistic about your brother, let you not teach your brother well!"

The middle-aged woman had a calm face, took the branch, and pumped it on the girl's body.

The girl bowed her head, trembled, silent, and did not say a word.

"Don't hit my sister!"

The boy found that the middle-aged woman was beating his sister, and he stretched out his hand and blocked in front of his sister.

The middle-aged woman paused, her face was calm, she looked at the boy, and then at the girl,

"I'll clean you up later!"

Glaring at the girl viciously, the middle-aged woman threw down the branch and turned and walked into the house.

......

"Sister, it's okay, Mom is gone. Don't be afraid, sister, I will protect you. ”

Watching the middle-aged woman walk away, the boy turned back cautiously and looked up at his sister,

"Isn't my sister happy, give, sister, this little bear sister plays. ”

He reached out and handed the bear to his sister again.

The girl looked at her brother, reached out and took the bear cub, and held it in her arms.

“...... I don't want to give birth to a big fat boy, my sister is the best, I want to give birth to a sister in the future. ”

The boy turned his head, looked into the room, and whispered to his sister,

Listening to her brother's words, the girl smiled.

......

On the road, looking at this scene in the courtyard, Lian Ge paused and smiled slightly,

Turning his gaze back, he continued to walk towards the outside of the village.