"But I'm afraid it's too dark, and you can't find your way home, so I'm carrying a light outside the door so that you can see that you're coming back.

These words are not sweet words, but they are much more beautiful than any sweet words in Bai Cuicui's ears.

Bai Cuicui also has a younger brother in a modern family, and her parents are only small employees in the company, and the couple have to go out early and return late every day, which is very hard. Therefore, Bai Cuicui learned to be independent since she was a child, and also helped her parents take care of her younger brother, and rushed home early after school every day to cook dinner and put her brother to sleep.

However, it can be said that for the first time in 20 years, someone has lit a lamp in front of her house and waited for her to return.

This feeling is really beautiful, warm, like soaking in a hot spring, at that moment, it seems that all the pores of the whole body are breathing. It's lazy, and I can't use any strength. At this moment, Bai Cuicui even thought that it would seem good if the two of them were like this forever.

Suddenly, an inopportune snoring broke the silence at this time, and Han Chengzong touched his nose in embarrassment. said: "Ahem, it may be that I haven't eaten all day and I'm hungry." ”

“……”

"I baked you an omelet in the kitchen, I'll heat it for you now." Bai Cuicui stretched out her hand to push Han Chengzong away, and was about to lead him to the kitchen.

"You didn't even go to the kitchen today? Eat nothing too? Really, you want to starve yourself. If I didn't come back, you just kept standing outside and feeding the mosquitoes? Snort, stupid! ”

Seeing that she was a little angry, Han Chengzong hurriedly pleaded in a low voice: "It's not that I haven't eaten anything, when I got up this morning, I still drank a bowl of porridge." ”

He cautiously looked at Bai Cuicui's face, and didn't seem to be angry, so he replied: "It's dark, I haven't been able to find you, and I'm afraid that you won't see me when you come back, so I stood at the door and wanted to wait for you to come back." I'm going to wait for the night, and if you don't come back tonight, I'll have to ......."

"What can I do? Can only give up? Or can you just keep waiting? Without waiting for Han Chengzong to finish speaking, Bai Cuicui interrupted him, she was very confused now, she wanted to know immediately that he replied that he would wait for her, and she was afraid of hearing a different answer.

"Well, it's been a day and a night, if you haven't come back. So what's the point of me continuing to wait. ”

"So you gave up? It doesn't matter if I don't come back or not? At this moment, Bai Cuicui can be regarded as realizing what it feels like to have a heartache, her heart is numb, and she even feels that her nose is sour and astringent, and she has a feeling of wanting to cry.

"Huh? Daughter-in-law, aren't you going to give me hot food, why are you leaving? "Han Chengzong originally wanted to say that he couldn't wait for you left and right, so he had to go to the government to report the case, so as to see if he could find someone, but he didn't wait for him to finish speaking. As a result, his daughter-in-law went back to the bedroom angrily.

"No, daughter-in-law, don't be angry. I just wanted to sue you, I won't be stupid and wait, I'll keep looking for it. I...... I just took a breath and didn't finish speaking. ”

"Hehe, whoever is angry, you can say it if you like, I'm too lazy to listen, you go away and don't get in the way. I'm tired and want to take a break now. "You're still panting at the critical moment, I don't know how much I care, this bastard, you should let him be anxious for a while.

"Huh? Since you are tired, daughter-in-law, then I will boil some hot water for you now, and you can take a bath to get rid of fatigue first. When Han Chengzong heard this, he no longer pulled Bai Cuicui's repeated explanations, quickly let go of his hand, and prepared to go to the kitchen to boil water.

"When you come back, what hot water is boiling, when is it now, where is there so much clean water for us to waste."

Seeing this, Bai Cuicui immediately shouted at him to stop. glared at Han Chengzong weakly. "Forget it, don't toss, you can bring some water later, wash my hands and feet, and that's it." Even the water in the well is running dry, and the water may have to be cut off in a few days. With this kind of effort, there are still more jars or something, and how many can be loaded. Maybe you'll have to buy water to drink later. ”

"It's okay, it's a big deal that I'll go farther away to fetch water in the future, you usually love cleanliness so much, how can you stand it without taking a bath? How can I, a big man, not even meet the small requirements of his daughter-in-law? Wash it, and I won't want you to suffer. If you really can't do it, even if you buy water to drink, we'll be happy. ”

"You're stupid, it's good to save a little bit, why do you have to waste this money, it's enough to buy some food. I warn you, don't toss, or you'll go to sleep in the west side room yourself. ”

The rivers inside and outside Yuxi Village have dried up, and only a puddle of muddy soil is still in the center of the riverbed, which also indicates that there is still a river flowing through this place. In addition to the ancestral hall in the center of the village, except for a well next to the big willow tree, only Bai Cuicui's family dug a well alone.

Although the amount of water produced by each well is not very large, it is possible to solve the problem of water by allocating it to everyone. After all, everyone is from the same village, and if they can help, they will try their best to help others. Therefore, now the village's evaluation of Han Chengzong has changed a lot.

Unfortunately, the water volume of several wells in the village has been decreasing day by day, and in recent days, the amount of water produced is barely enough for the family. Therefore, Bai Cuicui refused to come to fetch water.

Bai Cuicui didn't mind stretching out a hand within her power, but that was based on the condition of not endangering herself. Now, not to mention all the crops in the field, have died. Even the poultry can't feed them.

Bai Cuicui read an article that said that people can last about 15 days without food, and if there is no water, they can say goodbye to the world for a maximum of 3 to 5 times. I didn't expect that I hadn't been killed by the flood disaster next year, but I was planted on the problem of drinking water.

"Bai Cuicui, what kind of attitude do you have? When is this time and you don't open the door, I'm your grandmother, you dead girl don't know what filial piety is. What's the matter, now I don't even let you drink a small sip of water? Bai Gao was holding a large wooden barrel in his hand, which was almost equal to his height, and he blocked the gate of the Han family by virtue of his seniority. With a loud voice, the red-eared man shouted there, looking like he had to rush into the yard to get water.

"That's it, if this person doesn't even have the slightest human touch, ruthless and unrighteous, what is the difference between him and a beast."

"Hmph, I knew that people are divided into groups, and she is all mixed with that evil star, how good can she be alone?"

"Shut up, you people." Aunt Guo couldn't listen to it anymore. "People are doing it, and we'll see if we're doing it. Cuicui has already helped enough, if it weren't for their well, everyone would have to run dozens of miles to other villages to buy water during this time. ”

"Shut up? Oh, if some people really have a conscience and know how to be content, will they still gather around the door of people's homes and make a fuss? Hmph, persimmons are really good at picking soft pinchs. The Han family is not the only one in this village who has a well, why don't they run to toss? On the side, Granny Huang echoed Aunt Guo's words, and then sneered.

Of course, there is more than one Han family in the village who has a well, but which family is not a dozen or twenty people, old and young, if they dare to make trouble, they will have to be beaten out in a moment, and now except for Bai Cuicui, they only have two people who are easier to deal with, who is good to deal with?

As for going to other villages to buy water, of course they know that this method is feasible, but the long journey every day is tiring and hard, not to mention, they have to spend money to buy it, since there are shortcuts that don't cost money, who is willing to go outside to buy water to drink.

"Why do you say it so ugly, we are naturally grateful to Cuicui and his family, but every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, if it is not really difficult, of course we are willing to spend a few pennies." Those who were guarding the gate were not happy when they heard this, if anyone had that spare money, let alone a bucket of water for five cents, it would be okay to ask someone to pick it up for themselves.

"It's just, it's lightweight. Who doesn't know the truth, you have to let me say, I can chatter and babble all afternoon. If you have the ability, don't stay here, heh, you don't want to drive us away, you can scoop a few spoonfuls of water when the time comes. On the side, Xiangzi Niang looked at Aunt Guo and the others with malicious eyes, and treated herself as humane.

"Oh, I see, it's still Xiangzi Niang, you can see it clearly, otherwise we will be deceived."

"It's not, it's this kind of attention, and the heart is black enough." ……

"I'm sorry, even if you think dirty things yourself, you still suspect others. Okay, since I'm afraid that I want to make a profit, right? Then let's go together, and it will save someone from muttering somewhere, like a swarm of flies, it will be annoying! Aunt Guo was about to laugh at their shamelessness, so she simply waved her hand and said happily.

"This ......" These people were directly stunned, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, all of them are silent like pouting gourds. They originally thought that Aunt Guo wanted to sell Bai Cuicui's husband and wife, and when the time came, they would bring a few buckets of water, but they didn't expect that she really didn't mean that, and now she really slapped herself in the face.