The daylight outside the window slowly brightened up one by one.

Jiang Wen slept feverishly, pulled the quilt, tilted his head and wanted to hug the people around him, but his hand was stretched out, but he hugged it empty.

Quietly outside the hall, Jiang Wen rubbed his eyes, sat up, pushed the door and went out to see Liu Fang sitting at the table alone.

The kitchen was blind with black lights, even the stove was cold, Jiang Wen went out for more than half a month to look for work and find things to do, but he ran into walls everywhere, and his heart was already holding his breath and catching fire, and he couldn't even eat a hot meal when he got up early in the morning, and the fire in his heart came out, and he opened his mouth and shouted: "Why haven't you cooked yet, Mom, what are you doing sitting here?"

"I want to ask you!" Liu Fang turned her head, her face was elongated, and the corners of her mouth were pursed downward, "You married a capable and good daughter-in-law, and I expect her to die of hunger and thirst for you!"

Seeing that Yuexiang got up before dawn, and before Liu Fang woke up, she had already picked up the flat pole and the bucket and went out to fetch water.

She asked and walked all the way, and when she reached the well, there were only two or three people in front of her.

It is said to be a well, but in fact it is just a mountain wall, and a semi-circle of ponds has been dug under the gap, and water is immersed in the slightest from the gap, and the pool will be soaked in one night's work.

This pool of water feeds the people of all ages in the three alleys before and after, and if the water in the pool is taken away by someone who comes a little later, they can only wait for the bucket to drip slowly.

After the three people in front of them finished fetching water, there was still half of the pool left, the bucket stirred the water surface and shook all the dirt at the bottom of the pool, the pool water was groggy, seeing Yuexiang frowned, she had never even used such dirty water to wash her hands.

Boldly stepped forward, carrying the bucket and just about to reach out to fight, a panting woman next to him broke in, squeezed away the incense of the moon, the woman was strong, holding a bucket in one hand, opening the bow left and right, and filling it with water in three or two strokes.

Before leaving, he said to Mitsukika, who was squeezed to the side: "Your soft and weak body bones, you will never be able to hit the water if you swallow it slowly." ”

Before the words fell, two or three more women squeezed in together, and saw Yuexiang holding the bucket and completely squeezing out of the pool.

"Line up, come one by one. Seeing that Yuexiang didn't know how to drill into the cracks of people, she had to protest in a soft voice, "There should always be a first come, a first come." ”

Naturally, no one listened to her, and from the gap between the legs of the people in front of her, there was a lot less water in the pool.

Seeing that Yuexiang was in a hurry, she looked back and saw that there were still people rushing to the pool, and if she waited like this, it would be her turn to wait for the water to drip slowly, and it would have to drip until the evening.

Seeing Yuexiang put down the bucket, pulled up the cuffs, took a deep breath, and then suddenly picked up the bucket and held her breath, looking at a palm-wide gap and squeezing it in.

"Ouch, what are you squeezing, didn't you see anyone in front of you, I almost squeezed people into the water. Someone shouted, "You want to eat people's footwater?"

Seeing that Yuexiang ignored the man's shouting, as soon as he squeezed to the edge of the pool, he squatted down and reached out to scoop a bucket full of water, and carried the bucket out of the pile, only to breathe a sigh of relief, take two sharp breaths, and rush to the man just now: "Didn't you squeeze in too, you squeezed me so much that I couldn't squeeze it?"

Talking straight to the top, seeing Yuexiang's face red ears and red ears, her heart jumped out of her throat quickly, put the bucket next to the flat shoulder, picked up the second bucket, and was just about to hold her breath and go inside, the woman in front of her saw her posture for fear that she would really hit the water, and hurriedly let go to the side: "I'm afraid of you, looking at the little girl who is Si Swenwen, she can break through better than the fat aunt." ”

Seeing Yuexiang lowered her head, she followed a small piece of opening to the edge of the pool, and made a bucket full of water.

Tie the flat pole to the two buckets, and seeing that Yuexiang learned the appearance of the woman who came and went, her shoulders reached in, and when she lifted it, the bucket swayed, but she couldn't lift it.

The woman who had just asked Jianyuexiang to fetch water also finished fetching water at this moment, carrying a bucket of water on her shoulder, and walked out easily, and when she saw Jianyuexiang, she laughed out loud: "I thought I had a lot of ability, the first time to carry water?"

Seeing that Yuexiang's face was even redder, burning like a high fever when she was a child, she nodded, and she didn't dare to look at the person.

"The first time I wanted to carry two loads of water, you really had the courage. The woman put down her burden, walked over to Mitsukika, and took a bucket in one hand and poured it into the bucket of the man who was waiting to fetch water.

There was only a small half-bucket of water left in one bucket.

"Try it. As the woman spoke, she looked up and down at Yuexiang, "Married?"

Seeing Yuexiang nodded, she re-tied the bucket, and lifted the burden on her shoulders, and got up at once, but the bucket was up and down, and kept swaying.

The woman hurriedly came over again and slapped the burden for her: "A little more in front, and the hand is holding on." ”

Seeing that Yuexiang finally stabilized the flat burden and walked carefully step by step, the woman followed unhurriedly.

Seeing Yuexiang hanging her head again, staring at her toes, she said softly: "Thank you." ”

"Hi, thank you. The woman smiled heartily, "My name is Wang Dahua, and I am the daughter-in-law of Tan Pork Tan Ronghu, what is your name?"

"My name is Mitsukika. Seeing Yuexiang raise her face, she smiled at her, and only hesitated for a long time before adding, "Yes, it's Jiang Wen's wife." ”

"Jiang Wen, no wonder!" Wang Dahua also smiled, thinking to himself what kind of wife, Wen Crepe, "Your surname is to see?"

"See you in the meeting. See the moon incense explained, "The moon is the moon of the moon, and the incense is the smell of the incense." ”

"And this surname?meet you, the moon of the moon, the fragrant ......" Wang Dahua opened her eyes wide and looked at the moon fragrance, only to feel that she looked at the thin skin and tender meat, her eyes were shining, even if she was carrying water, she could see at a glance that she was different from these women, and there was really a trace of fragrance wafting from her when she got closer, "See the moon fragrance, a good name, you must also be a cultural person, why didn't the old woman of the Jiang family come to carry water, in exchange for such a small arm and leg of yours?"

"This is what a daughter-in-law should do. "Seeing the moon fragrance slowly arrives.

Wang Dahua nodded and praised: "You are really capable!"

Before the words fell, seeing that Yuexiang couldn't walk anymore, he put down the bucket and rested.

"My house is not far ahead, I'll send the water back first and then come back to help you!" Wang Dahua saw that Yuexiang was really tired enough.

Besides, even if she was very careful when she saw Yuexiang, she was afraid that there would be no more drops of water left in the bucket when she got home.

"No, no, no. Seeing Yuexiang hurriedly waved her hand, "I'll do it myself." ”

"What are you doing! It's noon when you go back, and your house won't use water all morning?" Wang Dahua said in a loud voice, "Just wait here, I'll be here soon!"

After speaking, he picked up his bucket and walked away.

At this moment, the sky is already slightly bright, and the family is still waiting for the water to go back to make breakfast.

Seeing Yuexiang hesitate for a moment, she decided to receive Wang Dahua's love.

By the time Wang Dahua helped Yuexiang carry the water to the door of the house, Jiang Wen was already so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back.

Seeing that as soon as Yuexiang entered the house, she was far away, so she heard Jiang Wen shouting: "You're finally back! Mom, hurry up and cook!"

Liu Fang came to take the bucket, glanced at the small half bucket of water in his eyes, and snorted: "Hmph, it's really useful." ”

Seeing that Yuexiang knew that she was not doing well, she was not annoyed, and followed Liu Fang to the stove room, and Jiang Wen grabbed her wrist on the side: "Yuexiang, don't follow the mix, this is not something you can do, how good it is to leave it all to your mother! If you are idle, just paint, have you used up the paper I bought for you?"

"No one is born to do it, they all learn it slowly. Seeing Yuexiang smiling at him, "Since I am married to you, I have to learn to do the same, and if I don't learn, I will never be able to paint...... After that, it's more time. ”

Liu Fang's sarcastic words were saved, and when she heard Yuexiang's sincere answer at the door of the stove room, she lost her temper, and when she saw Yuexiang come in and sit obediently in front of the stove to make a fire, Liu Fang didn't say anything more although she still pulled her face.

Seeing that Yuexiang people are smart, and they are not afraid of being dirty or tired, this fire has been lit very well, and Liu Fang can't make mistakes.

After the family finished eating, after Jiang Wen went out, he saw that Yuexiang had cleaned the house inside and out, and pulled a piece of flower cloth to cover the table in the center of the hall.

Seeing that Yuexiang got up before dawn in the morning, and did not have a chance to rest for a while until after lunch, her shoulder hurt so much that she couldn't stand it, and when she returned to the back room and took off her clothes, she saw that her right shoulder was worn by a flat shoulder, and it was red and swollen.

As soon as he took out the ointment from the cabinet, before he could wipe it, he heard Liu Fang shouting outside the house.

Seeing that Yuexiang hurriedly put down the ointment, got dressed and went out, Liu Fang saw someone coming out and glanced at her: "You have a lot of money, don't you? The stove room is broken several tiles, you go buy some new tiles to replace, look at the sky, it will rain tonight." ”

Seeing where Yuexiang has money, there is not much money for that material, and all the expenses of the family in the past few days are all paid by her, and there is already little left.

But Liu Fang said this, and it was not easy to explain when she saw Yuexiang, and if the stove room really leaked, she had to think about it.

"Okay, Mom, I'll go. Seeing Yuexiang go back to the house and take out the last bit of money left, she hurried out the door.

It's hard to find a tile seller, and when Yuexiang came back with a tile, the sun was about to set. Her money was only enough to buy tiles, and she couldn't afford to hire a bricklayer, so she borrowed a ladder and climbed the roof by herself to pick up tiles.

Seeing that Yuexiang had never been on the roof, let alone picked up the tiles, but she would follow the same example, how the tiles on the roof were placed on the tile trough, she picked up the broken tiles, and then replaced the newly bought tiles and put them back as they were.

It was only this time that she found that there were a lot of broken tiles, more than a few pieces at all, she bought back a dozen yuan and replaced half of them, and half of them were broken and only replaced next time.

When Jiang Wenxing rushed to push the door in, a new tile on the roof clicked and slid down from the eaves.

Liu Fang scolded and scolded with a spatula: "Ouch, it's really amazing that you have money, you can afford to fall on the tile, what if someone smashes it?"

Jiang Wenwen was in a good mood, as soon as he entered the house, he heard the scolding and shouting, which annoyed him so much that his head hurt, and when he looked up, he saw Yuexiang wearing dusty clothes, lying on the roof above the stove with a gray face, and the green tendons in his temples jumped, Jiang Wen immediately shouted: "Yuexiang! Come down! What do you look like?"

Seeing Yuexiang cover the last new tile, she slipped down the ladder.

When he saw Jiang Wen, he smiled and said, "I can do anything now, are you impressed with me?"

Seeing Yuexiang's full sense of achievement, nothing can be difficult for her, others who can learn it may not be able to learn, others can, she will learn it!

Jiang Wenxian frowned, then laughed as well, and reached out to scrape the black little nose of Yuexiang: "Quick, change your clothes." ”

"What are you doing?" Seeing Yuexiang, she patted the ashes on her body, this dress she had just changed into when she came back in the afternoon.

"Look, what is this?" Jiang Wen proudly lifted the thing in his hand and shook it in front of Yuexiang.

Seeing Yuexiang's sharp eyes, she saw it clearly at once, and exclaimed: "Movie tickets?"

"That's right!" Jiang Wenxizi, "Qingchuan Newspaper used my poems, and I sent money today, and I just happened to buy two movie tickets, "Caifeng Double Flying", I heard that it is very good!"

Seeing Yuexiang sighed: "Just bought all the movie tickets like this?

Jiang Wen didn't expect to see Yuexiang not as excited as he expected, and he was a little disappointed, he patiently explained: "You don't have to worry, the newspaper plans to requisition my manuscript for a long time, and from now on, I will have money every month." ”

"There is no money left at home. Seeing Yuexiang, she couldn't help it, and said, "There are still more than ten tiles on the roof of the stove house, if you keep the money, we will buy the tiles at the moment, and we can replace them before tonight, and my mother said that it may rain tonight." ”

"Mom said, do you listen to what she says?" Jiang Wen raised his voice, "Buy vegetables for a while, buy tiles for a while, and go to fetch water! Yuexiang, I didn't marry you to do this, if I want to find a woman to do this, why should I marry you?"

Jiang Wen felt that the moon in front of him, who was wearing coarse linen clothes and had a dirty face, was no longer the girl who would drink a cup of coffee elegantly every afternoon.

"But someone has to do all this work!" said Yuexiang softly.

"If you don't go, forget it!" Jiang Wen sniffed angrily, holding the movie ticket in his hand, "I'll eat out tonight." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out the door, slamming the door on.

"What about the people, it's almost time to eat, where are you going?" Liu Fang heard the sound and wiped his hands and came out to see.

Seeing that Yuexiang was still stunned in place.

Seeing that Yuexiang didn't respond, Liu Fang yelled impatiently: "Deaf, ask you!"

Seeing Yuexiang's spirit, he reacted: "Oh, he'...... Something, something to go out, not to eat at home tonight. ”

After saying that, his nose suddenly soured.

Seeing that Yuexiang was used to being yelled at by Liu Fang, she knew that Liu Fang had this temper, and she didn't go to her heart, but at the moment, she didn't know why, she just felt that her heart was full of grievances, and it was sour from the root of her tongue to her stomach, so that as soon as she opened her mouth, she wanted to shed tears.

"If you don't eat at home, you won't say it early! It's a waste to make so many dishes that no one eats!"

Liu Fang muttered and walked into the stove room, saw Yuexiang wipe the tears that flowed down her cheeks, and turned back to the back room.

I smeared ointment on my shoulders, changed into clean clothes, and carried my dirty clothes to the yard to fetch water to wash.

Rubbing the slippery soap horn in the palm of her hand, she only felt that a large thin cocoon had grown on the top of her palm, under her fingers, and she bit her lip sullenly.

The night was getting deeper, Huang Yingying's moon moved to the clouds, and Yuexiang suddenly felt very lonely, this was the first time she felt lonely after she had been in Qingchuan for so long.