In late June, it was time to plant corn.

A few days after the wheat is harvested, the seeds are harvested, the ground is ploughed, and the water is watered.

After all this messy process was done, it took several days.

At this time, the weather has entered the hot season, and everyone has changed into short sleeves and straw hats, and is busy in the field.

In this era, there were very few people who could use machines to plow the land, and every household basically sowed seeds with a hoe and a bag.

Tao Xueming doesn't have much land at home, but in order not to make his father tired, he came to get it himself, and his stepmother occasionally came to help, but it also took several days.

At the end of the sowing, Tao Xueming was tanned, and his skin was not bronze, but pure black.

He stood in the room, looked in the mirror, and saw that his neck and arms were the blackest, and his face was slightly better.

All over the body, there is the smell of earth.

However, this crying day is finally coming to an end, and the two acres of land at home are finally all done.

"Son, it's time to eat. ”

Dad shouted.

"It's coming. ”

Tao Xueming turned around and walked out, came to his stepmother's room, and saw a big watermelon on the table.

He immediately picked up the knife to cut, and when his stepmother saw it, she immediately came over: "I'll cut, don't cut it." ”

She took the knife and went down, and the watermelon crunched and exploded on its own.

Tao Xueming sat down and waited to eat melons, during this time, his stepmother behaved well, and he didn't know why, so he suddenly seemed to have changed as a person.

It's weird.

Is it because of the exam?

He himself was a little confused.

The watermelon was cut, and the stepmother gave the biggest and best one to Tao Xueming, and her daughter also came to eat it, but only gave the smallest one.

Cai'e's face was full of grievances, and she looked at the melon in Tao Xueming's hand.

Tao Xueming didn't give it to the other party, it was impossible.

He got up and gave it to his father.

"Dad, you eat melons, don't be busy. ”

"I'm fine, you eat it yourself. Dad was still repairing a small cart in the yard, and Tao Xueming put the watermelon on the board and helped with the rope.

"Jianshu, Jianshu at home......"

A panicked voice came, and then a woman came over with a three-year-old child in her arms, and hurriedly said: "Hurry, hurry up, my family's second treasure is up, and the family planning person is here." ”

Hearing this, Tao Jianshu immediately took the three-year-old child into his hands, carried him to the room, and closed the door.

"Is there anyone at home? ”

At the door, seven or eight men came in, wearing overalls and family planning armbands tied to their sleeves.

"As for that kid just now, I saw you bring him in. ”

Said a leading man.

The middle-aged woman yelled angrily: "Are you blind, where do you see that I have a child, you hurry up!"

These people exchanged a few words with each other, and then the man who took the lead walked up and said with a smile: "You have three sons in your family, and according to the regulations, you will be fined." ”

"Either you pay one hundred and two, or you give us the child and we take it away. ”

"You have wronged me, I have not, I have only one son in my family. ”

The middle-aged woman sat on the ground and rolled around: "Do you still have any heavenly reason, don't take such a bully, fathers and fellow villagers, come and make decisions for me......"

Soon, outside the courtyard, dozens of villagers watched, and more and more people came to see the excitement.

The leading man said with a pleasant face: "Sister, don't embarrass us, we let you have a child last time, this is the third, we can't explain it when we go back." ”

The middle-aged woman just sat on the ground and cried, saying that she was a child.

At this time, the onlookers couldn't stand it anymore, and a large group of people quarreled, and some people picked up hoes and coaxed these people out.

Of course, the people of a village are xenophobic, and at this time, they absolutely do not allow an outsider to cause trouble in the village.

Tao Xueming watched this scene the whole time, he himself was dumbfounded, he didn't know that this kind of thing had happened at home.

In his previous life, he didn't know that such a thing was happening.

After the family planning people were driven away, Dad came out with a three-year-old child and said, "Juanzi, your second treasure is fine, always crying." ”

"It's okay, he's just hungry. ”

Juanzi immediately took the child and began to coax.

Tao Xueming suddenly remembered, isn't this Juanzi a widow who lives in the west of the village, a widow, where did the child come from?

Moreover, he vaguely remembered that the other party had a daughter in the family.

"Aunt Juanzi, where is your eldest daughter?"

Tao Xueming couldn't help but ask.

Juanzi glanced at him and said, "If you marry early, what's the use of a woman staying at home." After saying that, she coaxed the child in her arms very dotingly.

Tao Xueming was stunned, he got married, and the eldest daughter was not how old was he?

"Big guy, it's all gone, thank you for your help. ”

Dad smiled and beckoned people to leave, and Juanzi went directly into the house, unceremoniously, and sat down to eat together.

During the meal, Tao Xueming learned through their chat that Juanzi had sold his eldest daughter.

For thirty yuan, he sold his daughter to an old bachelor in his fifties from a neighboring village.

After hearing these words, Tao Xueming not only gasped in his heart, but this mother was too ruthless.

Suddenly, he heard his stepmother speak: "Cai'e, don't go to school, go to work, and go back to introduce you to a good family." ”

The stepmother said with a smile.

Cai'e lowered her head and didn't dare to speak, what the adults said, she had no right to resist.

Tao Xueming's head was blank for a few seconds, Cai'e was younger than him, and no one wanted to go to work.

And it's good to learn, why don't you let it go.

At this time, I heard my stepmother continue to say: "Your brother Tao Zi is better at studying than you, and he will definitely be able to be admitted to college in the future, but our family's conditions are not good, and we can't support two college students." ”

After hearing this, her daughter Cai'e silently shed tears.

Juanzi smiled and said: "Feng'e, don't worry, I will definitely introduce your family to a family with good conditions, people have a big house in the city, and it is said that they can eat meat every day." ”

"That Juanzi, this matter is really going to trouble you. ”

The stepmother had a smile on her face and looked very happy.

Tao Xueming glanced at Cai'e, and suddenly, he actually felt a little sympathy for this sister in his heart, and he didn't feel a good feeling in his heart.

After eating a full meal, my stepmother went to visit the door with Juanzi to discuss the matter of finding a good family.

Tao Xueming looked at his father, but his father didn't react at all, maybe the other party thought this kind of thing was normal.

"Dad, Cai'e is still young, let her go to school, if she has no education, she will suffer when she goes out in the future. ”

Tao Xueming said in a low voice.

Dad frowned, then said, "It's your mom's decision...... After all, you are the only one in our family who earns money, and it is not easy to feed so many people. ”

"Since Cai'e is not as good as you, what is the use of going to school, our Tao family, we will count on you in the future. ”

Tao Xueming hissed a breath of cold air, why did his father think so.

He wanted to continue, but Dad got up and went out.

Tao Xueming sighed, with adults, there is no way to reason.

After a while, Bao Zhipeng came and said with a smile: "Taozi, have you finished your land, when will we go back to the county seat?"

"I'll go tomorrow. ”

Tao Xueming shook his head and said, "The countryside is so terrible, I don't want to come back in the future." ”

"What's wrong?" Bao Zhipeng asked.

Tao Xueming 1510 told what happened today.

After hearing this, Bao Zhipeng scratched his head and said: "Isn't this what it should be, those who have daughters in our village are all married early, and some are even sold in the ravine to be wives for the mentally retarded." ”

"Two days ago, I heard that a fool in our village came back from a remote mountain village with a wife who was about the same age as us. ”

Tao Xueming was slightly stunned, he really didn't know about this.

Bao Zhipeng said with a smile: "Taozi, don't care so much, the surrounding counties are all doing this, you can't control it." ”

Tao Xueming was silent, he thought about it carefully, and it seemed to make sense.

The current social environment is like this, and his power alone is too thin to convince everyone.

Take care of what you're talking about first.

After figuring it out, Tao Xueming didn't take it to heart, thinking that he would go back to the county tomorrow and have less contact with people in the village in the future.

I'm afraid of making his three views explode.