Chapter 2: First Encounter
After resting in bed for another two days, I felt that my body was almost better, so I got out of bed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoOriginally, Zhang's wanted her to rest more, but Li Lan felt that after lying down for so many days, it was already better, and it was not good for her body to rest any longer, and people still had to move more, so she insisted on getting up. Zhang's couldn't screw it, and seeing that his daughter's spirit was indeed much better, he also relied on her.
During the day, Jin Dazhong and Jing Sheng still went to work in the city. These days, Peach Blossom's illness went to most of the family's savings, and he had to work harder to earn money, although he had just finished farming, and the family's two acres of land also had some harvest, but after paying the tax, it was not enough for the family to eat, and it was going to be the New Year in a few months, and there were still many things to buy, and he couldn't rest for a moment. Pear blossom and Zhang's embroidery at home. Li Lan watched with great interest as Zhang threaded the needle and thread on the embroidered handkerchief, and a mandarin duck soon appeared vividly. She had to sigh at the dexterity of these hands, thinking that the pear blossom was also the true inheritance of the Zhang family, and the embroidery was also very exquisite. Mingsheng ran out to play.
It was almost noon when Ming Sheng came back from outside, and his mother simply made some food and dealt with it with pickles. Originally, Zhang's wanted to boil an egg for Peach Blossom to eat, but Li Lan didn't follow what he said, the chickens at home had been sold for money to treat himself, and the remaining eggs said that he couldn't eat anything.
In the afternoon, when Zhang and Lihua were tired, Li Lan took out the red bean cake and ate it, after all, it would be bad if it was left for a long time, and there were no preservatives or anything at this time, so I left a few pieces for my father and eldest brother and Mingsheng who ran out to play.
Li Lan sat in the courtyard, from the initial excitement to boredom, and his eyes shifted from embroidery to the courtyard.
Three dilapidated houses, two to the east.
One main room, connected to the inner room, is inhabited by Jin Dazhong and Zhang, and the other is Jingsheng and Mingsheng. Li Lan and Lihua live in the east wing, next to each other is the kitchen. There is a passage between the kitchen and the main house, and the backyard is the corner of the corner. In the backyard, there is a vegetable patch, which is well organized by Zhang's family, with a few rows of radishes and cabbage, some spinach and green peppers, and green cucumbers on the cucumber shelf.
The front yard is made of low piles of loess mud, surrounding a large courtyard, which makes the houses more and more dilapidated. Originally, there was a chicken coop, but now there is only a nest without chickens. A simple drying rack made of a few bamboo poles. A well is near the kitchen. There is also a large irregular stone with a fairly smooth surface in the yard, which is used as a table and is also convenient for drying things, which was brought up by Jin Dazhong and Jingsheng from the Qingshui River, and Zhang and Lihua sat here to embroider things. Li Lan looked at his courtyard a little blankly. Instantly felt that the future was bright, and it seemed that it was a heavy responsibility to live a good life.
When the sun was setting, Jin Dazhong and Jing Sheng entered the house and brought back Mingsheng, who was playing crazy at the entrance of the village.
Zhang's was just finishing the meal, and Pear Blossom and Peach Blossom helped set the dishes and chopsticks. The dining tables of the Zhuang families are basically placed in the main house, with square tables and a few home-made stools, which serve as dinner tables on weekdays and are also here when entertaining guests.
Sitting at the dinner table, Li Lan carefully looked at the two men in this family this time, the first day because they were too panicked, they didn't see themselves, and the two of them went out early and returned late for the next two days and didn't see them.
Jin Dazhong's height is considered tall in this villager's house, about 1.8 meters, and his face lines are resolute, although there are some traces eroded by the years now, it can still be seen that he should be a handsome and handsome teenager when he was young, and he is a good match for Zhang's. Li Lan thought silently in her heart.
Seeing Li Lan looking at her, she smiled gently and said, "Let's eat, it's going to be cold in a while." After saying that, he picked up the black flour steamed bun and ate it in a big gulp, and only ate a little shriveled cake at noon after a busy day, he was really hungry.
Sitting next to Jin Dazhong is Peach Blossom's eldest brother Jin Jingsheng, he is already thirteen years old and is considered a little adult, with his father to work in the city, although it is hard, but he can share more for the family, he does not feel hard. Jin Jingsheng's appearance is completely a miniature version of Jin Dazhong, his young face is full of vitality, but he looks very serious because he doesn't have a smile, it should look good if he adds more smiles, right?
When Jing Sheng saw Peach Blossom, he asked, "Are you feeling better in the past two days?"
"I'm all right, big brother don't worry. Li Lan whispered, it seems that when she sees this big brother on weekdays, Peach Blossom is cautious, and she is very afraid of him, maybe it is caused by Jingsheng being too serious.
The second sister Lihua sandwiched Li Lan with a small number of fried vegetables on the dinner table, and instructed, "You are just sick, you need to eat more." "
Golden Pear Blossom is only four years older than Peach Blossom, although her complexion is also vegetable, but she is still beautiful, her big eyes are watery, gentle and gentle, and she can't imagine her spicy appearance at all. It's really unseemly, Li Lan muttered in her heart.
"No need, let Dad and Big Brother eat, they should eat more after a tired day. Li Lan said. She knew that on weekdays, there was only one plate of pickled radish on the dinner table, and the greens were washed and dried so that they could be eaten in the winter, and occasionally they would be sold in the city. And on weekdays, the dishes are boiled and eaten, so why don't you want to fry them in oil like today. Today, I fried the greens just to make up for her. This kind of treatment is already rare in this dynasty where men are inferior to women, and this recognition finally comforts Li Lan a little.
Needless to say, Mingsheng is the age of growing his body, and even pickled vegetables and bud grain porridge are eaten with relish.
In the following days, Li Lan was silent, silently feeling the warmth brought to her by this home, and unconsciously passed nearly a week, and finally Li Lan reluctantly accepted the fact of crossing, from the panic at the beginning to the helpless and calm now, the key is not to be calm. After Li Lan had no courage to jump into the river, did not dare to hit the wall, and did not have the courage to cut the pulse, he finally found that it was almost hopeless to go back, so he had to stay in peace. After all, life is priceless. No matter what arrangement the Creator gives, at least he is still alive, and he has been rejuvenated from the age of twenty-four to the age of eight!
Well, when a week of muddy and nightmarish has passed, Li Lan looked at herself seriously from the water surface of the water tank, her face was dry and yellow, her hair was like withered grass, she was like a weed on the side of the road, she didn't look like a carefree, lively and cute little girl, but thinking that almost everyone in the family was a vegetable, she was relieved, and she would take good care of it in the future. But eating pickles and drinking porridge that can be used as a mirror every day is estimated to be fat, and it is estimated that he can't get fat if he wants to, and he blames his family for being poor. It can be seen that Zhang loved himself so much that day when he boiled white rice porridge for peach blossoms.
"Third sister, what are you thinking?" Ming Chuan stared at the peach blossoms squatting on the ground in circles.
"Oh, I'm wondering why my family is gone early in the morning?" Li Lan said, oh, no, it will be a golden peach blossom in the future, and he is no longer a modern and free Li Lan.
"I know, my father went to work in the city, my mother went to Aunt Zhao's house to do embroidery, and my sister also went to help. The eldest brother was called by Erlang, and he didn't know what to do. Ming Sheng said in a milky voice.
"Ah, why didn't you call me?" asked Peach Blossom. Peach Blossom is a little embarrassed, it seems that her habit of sleeping lazily will have to be changed in the future
"Mother saw that you were sleeping more soundly, so she didn't call you. Mingsheng said, "Actually, I want to see what Erlang called his eldest brother for, but I still want to accompany my sister at home." "
"Then I'll accompany you to find the eldest brother, okay?"
"Okay. Mingsheng nodded, and then happily took Peach Blossom's hand and said, "Let's go, let's go find the eldest brother, Erlang must have asked him to touch the fish." "
Peach Blossom took Mingsheng's hand and walked on the road to Qingshui River, looking at this ancient village with great interest along the way, as if walking into a historical picture. Compared with modern high-rise buildings, the low-rise houses are either spacious or small, or thatched houses or blue bricks, scattered one after another or messy. It's like ink dripping on a piece of paper, with no rules but no flavor. She suddenly felt that she was the lucky one chosen by time, after all, not everyone has the opportunity to go back in time. She thought that no matter what happened in the future, her life would be worth it. Holding Mingsheng's soft little hand, Peach Blossom made up her mind in her heart that she would work hard to live and contribute to that poor family. Do not seek glory and wealth, but seek peace and joy in a lifetime.
Peach Blossom's home is at the back of the village, and you only need to cross a not too steep slope to get to the Qingshui River. But Mingchuan said that the eldest brother and they might be at the place of the Qingshui River Bridge, so he pulled the peach blossom and ran forward. When the peach blossom was about to arrive, I saw from a distance, a small flat stone bridge connecting the two banks. On the embankment next to the stone bridge, several teenage boys were pulling fish baskets barefoot.
"Big brother!" Mingsheng shouted happily and ran over, but Peach Blossom didn't even hold it. Children really like to come out and play.
Hearing Mingsheng's scream, the group of boys looked back. When Peach Blossom walked over, the big boy led by him walked over.
"You're just sick, why did you come out?" The big boy is the eldest brother of Peach Blossom. Thick dark eyes looked at the peach blossoms, frowning slightly.
Peach Blossom looked at the thirteen-year-old boy in front of him, with dark skin, good facial features, a pair of eyebrows that were very thick, and his eyes were dark and bright. It's just that his expression is very serious, facing the peach blossoms, with a straight face. No wonder the former peach blossoms were afraid of him.
"I want to come out and see if I can help my eldest brother. Peach Blossom whispered.
"Huh?" Jing Sheng was a little surprised, in the face of him before, this little sister was always speechless, but I didn't expect that this time I was cured, but I dared to speak, so it's okay. So his voice was softer and said, "Erlang and I caught some fish to make up for you, you are just sick, just go to the side and watch." "
At this time, an eight or nine-year-old boy ran over and said, "Brother Jingsheng, come here, there are a lot of fish." "
As he spoke, he pulled Jingsheng away, ran a step and seemed to remember something, turned back to Peach Blossom and smiled, "Sister Peach Blossom." "I couldn't see anything on my dirty face, only a mouthful of white teeth shining in the sun.
Peach Blossom nodded and watched them run towards the place where the fish basket was kept. She knew that the little boy was the third son of Wang Da's family who lived not far from Taohua's house, only one year younger than herself, and he didn't have a big name. Wang Da's family has three sons and a daughter, and the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, Liu, is a very lazy woman, who hardly does any work on weekdays, but is a solid one, her father-in-law and mother-in-law can't take him, and the man can't control it honestly. A few children are in a state of herding sheep all day long, and they don't talk dirty, and they don't talk much, just this San Lang is better. If she hadn't given birth to three sons in a row, the old Wang family would have divorced her long ago. This is what Peach Blossom used to know when she was playing outside listening to a few mothers-in-law in the village knocking their teeth.
Peach Blossom sits on a stone bridge, and with a slight stretch of her legs, she can reach the river flowing below. It's early autumn, and although it's not very cold, the water is a little cold, and the peach blossoms are shrinking their feet. Then look at the children in front of you laughing and running. She wasn't the only girl to discover this time.
Peach blossoms identified the people in their memories one by one. The taller, dark-skinned but good-looking one is naturally his eldest brother. The chubby boy who followed the eldest brother to put the fish basket was Li An, the eldest grandson of the Li butcher's family. And the tired squatting on the ground and panting for breath was Zhao Bao from Aunt Zhao's family in the former village. San Lang won't say anything, and the one who follows San Lang around should be Siya, who is as big as Mingsheng.
The two little girls that Peach Blossom saw were about eight or nine years old, one of them was wearing a peach-colored cotton dress, two pigtails were curled as they walked, and the little blush was very cute, and the other was wearing dark blue clothes with big eyes. Peach Blossom recognized that they were Li Zheng's niece Tang Feifei and Huang Man, the youngest daughter of Huang Carpenter. Peach Blossom pinched her dry and fleshless little face, and sighed, it's really Mufabi.
"Peach blossoms?" the sound of the lake being blown by the wind sounded in my ears.