Chapter 2 Neither Soft nor Soft

Liangjia Village is located at the foot of Liangshan Mountain, has been hundreds of years, is a village with a long history, almost all the people in the village are ancestors grew up here, they are mainly engaged in farming, although they are not rich in the days of the good harvest, but they do not worry about food and clothing, and in the days of the bad harvest, the villagers get along in harmony and help each other, and can always get through. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This was a very comfortable village, walking in the village, you can always see several old families sitting together in the sun and gossiping about their daily routines, young women in a pile doing needlework and embroidery with each other, children playing and playing on the side, men working in the fields tired, joking with each other. It's just that in recent years, such a scene has become rare, and the lively atmosphere is fleeting, and now when you walk in the village, you will feel the increasing depression the most.

All this is due to the presence of bandits again and again, who have taken not only money but also the lives of villagers, how many families have been torn apart, and how many people have not dared to sleep peacefully at night.

At the end of the village, the man of the family died in a robbery eight years ago, and there are only four mothers and daughters living in the family. This mother, not very old, in her thirties, was born with a pair of skillful hands, embroidery, the village people called her Qiaoniang, since the death of her husband, she relied on this pair of skillful hands, pulled several daughters up.

The eldest of them is also sixteen years old, this day is the first time she went to someone else's house to do things, Qiao Niang personally tied the belt for her daughter, and pulled the clothes flat and neat, this dress is issued by the house to the people who do things, when they were just taken back, they were not the same, but after her skillful hands overnight transformation, it was just right to wear on the daughter who was a little smaller.

After arranging the clothes for her daughter, Qiao Niang brought the pair of boots that matched the clothes for her daughter to change, and the boots were also a little bigger when she got them back, although there was no easy change in the clothes, Qiao Niang still made it the size that her daughter worn.

After her daughter put on her shoes and stood up straight, Qiao Niang finally looked at her daughter from head to toe to see if everything was dressed appropriately.

A blue ribbon tied his black hair into a ponytail and hung neatly behind his back, it was a simple hairstyle, the body was gray over the knee short brown, and under it were white trousers, the cuffs and cuffs of the shirt were tied with thin brown straps, and the feet were black boots.

Qiao Niang raised her head and glanced at her daughter's face again, there was no trace of drooping hair on her slightly wide forehead, and the two sword eyebrows on her bright eyes were quite heroic. Although there is no powder, the cheeks on both sides are also rosy and shiny, and the cherry mouth on the pointed chin is also tight and cute, but the whole person looks over, where it looks like a girl's house, it is simply a handsome young man who is white and clean.

Seeing this, Qiao Niang suddenly felt a sour heart, other people's daughters are dressed up beautifully and raised at home with fine skin and tender meat, but their own daughters are no different from men, don't look at the small body, solid muscles and bones, when harvesting, a person can carry hundreds of pounds of rice from the ground to move home, and he doesn't pant a few times.

What can be blamed for this, the daughters' father died early, and it was really difficult for a woman to support herself, so she had to raise her eldest daughter into a man, and she felt sour, not to mention her daughter, Qiao Niang thought about tears in her eyes, but today is the day when her daughter goes out, she should send her off with a smile, Qiao Niang hurriedly turned sideways and covered her back with her back.

"Mother, from today onwards, I can make money for my family, and you don't have to do it day and night in the future, why are you still unhappy?" Seeing that her mother suddenly turned around, the eldest daughter asked. Although she was raised as a man, her heart is still a daughter's heart, and her mother's thoughts can be realized from her gestures.

"Rou'er..."Qiao Niang turned around, the tears that had receded in the words Rou'er came up again, the daughters all followed their father's surname Jiang, the eldest daughter's name was given by Qiao Niang, a single name is a soft word, I hope she will grow into a gentle and virtuous good woman in the future, who knows now...

"Mother, what's wrong with you today?" Jiang Rou held her mother's hands, and over the years, she had tossed these hands thick and thick with needlework day and night, and Jiang Rou felt distressed every time she touched it.

"My mother is fine, but my mother remembered that my mother had married your father when you were so old, and she was pregnant with you in her belly, but you had to go out to make money at your age, and I blamed my mother for being bad and wronged you." Qiao Niang said.

Jiang Rou shook her head and said: "I'm not aggrieved at all, I'm still happy, Xiaoxi's health is not good, I often need to see a doctor, as the eldest sister, I naturally have to take care of her, so that she can be cured when she is sick, there is medicine to eat, Xiaohuan is not small, wearing my old clothes does not look like a girl at all, the boys in the village always laugh at her, I promised her to buy her clothes when I make money, and your eyes, if you stay up all night to work, it will be bad sooner or later." ”

Hearing her daughter's intimate words, Qiao Niang's heart warmed, the family is indeed short of money, Xiaoxi is the youngest daughter in the family, her father went not long after she was born, this child is weak and sick when she is young, and it costs a lot of money to buy medicine every time she sees a doctor, which will make her lie on the bed and fall asleep. And Xiao Huan is only four years younger than Jiang Rou, and she has cried several times for others to laugh at her, she knows that her eldest sister is going out to make money today, so she gets up early in the morning to help with housework. Qiao Niang only hated herself for not having more hands, no matter how much she worked day and night, the money she could make was countable.

Qiao Niang wiped away the tears in her eyes, reached out and stroked her daughter's cheek, she really grew up, maybe her appearance is not like a daughter's family, and her temperament is a little arrogant, but she thinks about her family, how can she say that she is not gentle.

There is no better daughter who is more filial and knows how to take care of her sister than her, Qiao Niang smiled with satisfaction, and gently pulled the flat clothes that had been torn more evenly.

"Mother doesn't ask you to make a lot of money like a dog, I just ask you to protect yourself and don't get hurt." Qiao Niang instructed.

Ah Gou is the son of the fat aunt next door, born in the same year as Jiang Rou, and Jiang Rou played from childhood to adulthood, Ah Gou's father was also killed by bandits on the same day as Jiang Rou's father, after Ah Gou's father died, the fat aunt sent Ah Gou to the martial arts hall to learn martial arts.

Ah Gou came back to tell Jiang Rou about all the good things about learning martial arts after two years of study, so ten-year-old Jiang Rou decided to go to the martial arts hall to learn martial arts.

There is no boy in the family, if there is no one who knows martial arts, when the bandits come, how to protect the family, Qiao Niang gritted her teeth and had to sacrifice her eldest daughter to borrow the cost of the martial arts hall.

Learning martial arts is not a simple thing, let alone a quick thing, after a lot of hard work, it is six years. Ah Gou studied two years earlier than Jiang Rou, and came out early, it is said that he is now working as a nursing home in a rich family, with a lot of money every month, and every time he goes home, he brings a lot of good things, and the fat aunt is now wearing gold and silver, and she doesn't have to do anything, and she has not yet reached a lot of age, and she has begun to enjoy happiness.

Qiao Niang didn't want her to go out to make money when she let Jiang Rou learn martial arts, she wanted to leave her at home to prevent the bandits from coming to take care of the family, if it weren't for the fact that the bandits hadn't set foot in this village again in the past two years, the family was really short of money, and Qiao Niang was reluctant to send her daughter out to do things.

Jiang Rou just learned martial arts, and ran into Gejiazhuang Recruitment Hospital, Gejiazhuang is considered a big household within a radius of 100 miles, Jiang Rou thought that the monthly money should be a lot, so he went to apply, at first Gejiazhuang steward saw Jiang Rou is daughter's family and sent her away, Jiang Rou didn't say a word and found a brother who was recruited in front of him to fight, and knocked the man down in three strokes and two strokes, and the steward was surprised, so he re-examined Jiang Rou.

Although there was a small episode, Jiang Rou still successfully applied for the nursing home, the Ge family has a life, before today, all the guards who should be recruited will gather in Gejiazhuang, and officially move into Gejiazhuang to serve Gejiazhuang.

The night before, Qiao Niang packed her bags for Jiang Rou, in fact, there was nothing to bring, she worked as a nursing home in Gejiazhuang, ate and lived in the village, and even the clothes she wore on weekdays were sent in advance, what Qiao Niang could do was to change those clothes to a size that Jiang Rou could wear, and wash and fold them for her.

It's almost time for Jiang Rou to set off, and Qiao Niang wraps the newly steamed steamed buns with lotus leaves for Jiang Rou to eat on the road.

Jiang Rou held the steamed bun that was still hot in one hand, and touched Jiang Huan's head with the other.

"My sister is not at home, you have to take good care of your mother, and my sister will bring you new clothes when she comes back."

Jiang Huan nodded and smiled.

"Mother, I'm leaving." Jiang Rou picked up her burden and got up to go out.

Qiao Niang took Jiang Huan and followed him out.

"Mother, don't send it." Jiang Rou turned around and said.

Qiao Niang stopped at this time, put her hands on Jiang Huan's shoulders, and the two stood in front of the fence door, looking at Jiang Rou's departing figure.

"Be careful on the road." Qiao Niang shouted.

I saw Jiang Rou's right hand rise and wave, and she didn't even look back, Qiao Niang's tears couldn't help but float in her eyes, this kid said he was really leaving.