Chapter 5 Aunt Wang of the House Next Door
The water in the basin was black all of a sudden, damn, how unhygienic she must have been. As a cleanliness sufferer, this must not be tolerated.
After wiping her body and changing the basin of water, straightening and drying the hair of the robbery, she had time to take a good look at her current body.
The skin on the small goose egg face is delicate and fair, and the watery apricot eyes are inlaid with two black pearl pupils. Although the twelve-year-old figure under the clean linen clothes was shriveled, it was better than the smooth skin, which was called skin like fat compared to the thin body of her previous life.
The handkerchief in Bai Jiaojiao's hand smashed the reflection in the basin, this little girl is really beautiful, I knew that she was such a background, and I didn't add that beauty value.
The family is poor, the land is partial, and the people are beautiful, and if you think about it, you know how much trouble to cause in terms of the conditions of their family. It's no wonder that Bai Sanniang didn't go out much before, I'm afraid that in addition to physical reasons, there is also this face.
Bai Sanniang can not go out, but she can't. After two days of contact, Bai Jiaojiao has already regarded this group of people who are really good to her as relatives, how can she watch the whole family continue to live this kind of life without food and clothing.
"Sister, drink porridge." The three siblings gathered around the small table in the hall and each held a small bowl of rice soup.
"Ah Lian, what about Ah Niang and Ah Dad?" There were only three of them left in the Bai family early in the morning, and they had to be said to be industrious.
Ah Lian carefully licked the remaining rice grains in the bowl, obviously not yet full. "Daddy and Auntie went to the ground, and the second brother went to work."
Bai Jiaojiao vaguely remembered that there was a big family in the village who was repairing a house, and Bai Hua went to find a job yesterday, so this should be it.
"Sister, I'm hungry." Bao's small bowl was finished in a few sips, and he cried out that he was hungry.
"Don't make trouble, our family doesn't have much rice, and when A-Niang takes the money, she will be full."
Bai Jiaojiao realized that the black rice soup in their bowl didn't seem to be the same as her own, and pushed the bowl over. "Drink."
"Sister, don't leave him alone." After eating this meal, I will want to be full, and it is even more uncomfortable.
"It's okay, I'm full, let's eat." Bai Jiaojiao was a little sad, and asked again, "Then Ah Lian, what do you usually do?" ”
"Ah Lian does a lot, washing clothes, collecting firewood, cleaning ......" Ah Bao, who had finished drinking the rice soup, quietly raised his eyes to look at Ah Lian, and then counted on his fingers.
Ah Lian was dissatisfied. "You have to call me Fourth Sister, you can't call me Ah Lian."
"Ah Lian, Ah Lian, Ah Lian." Ah Bao jumped off the table and ran out, Ah Lian stomped after him but looked at the dishes and chopsticks on the table hesitantly.
"Ah Lian, you go play with Ah Bao, I'll clean it up." Bai Jiaojiao saw her hesitation and smiled.
Ah Lian looked at her and blushed, "Will Sister Ace?" Let's wait for me to get Po back. After saying that, he hurried out.
Bai Jiaojiao shook her head secretly, her sister was too incompetent before, even the trivial matter of washing dishes was suspected by her sister. She had seen Ah Lian's palms, which were full of stiff calluses, compared to the smooth and white palms of this body without a trace of calluses, the whiteness had to support her forehead, and Liu's eccentric eyes were too biased.
Do not suffer from widowhood and inequality, do not suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety, Ah Lian and Ah Bao were educated very well by Liu, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no complaints when they grow up. She loves these two children, so not just to take care of them, but to have them support themselves.
So the first step is to build her prestige, and the rest is done slowly.
When Ah Lian brought Ah Bao back with a smile and a joke, Bai Jiaojiao had already washed the dishes and chopsticks in order, and checked the remaining ingredients. The rice jar has bottomed out, and only a thin layer remains, and the rest is just dried cabbage preserved in winter and some common vegetables in the field.
"Sister, you've packed it up, it's amazing." For the first time, Ah Lian saw that there was no dust on her kitchen, and the dishes and chopsticks were neatly arranged, and they looked clean and tidy.
That is, she is a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Bai Jiaojiao thought arrogantly in her heart. "Where is all the food in our house?"
Ah Lian said in surprise. "It's all in the rice tank." As he spoke, he lifted a half-human-high black jar that Bai Jiaojiao had ignored before. "Inside."
Bai Jiaojiao looked at the blackened and skinned grains in the jar, which looked like they were uneven, this is what they eat? She just thought it was chicken feed. But it doesn't seem like much, and the effort of two or three meals is gone.
In order not to expose his ignorance in front of his younger siblings, he pointed to the white rice jar, "What about these?" That's all. ”
"Sister Ah said that these polished rice, the milled rice collected last year gave some to the master, and most of the rest was exchanged for silver money for Sister Ah to see a doctor." Ah Lian whispered. "By the way, A-Niang said that I should go and exchange some with my aunt again." After saying that, he ran out again.
Alas, it's good to be young and have good physical strength, and someone who is sweet and calm on the surface has been swiping the screen and complaining in his mind since he woke up.
A little disgusted glanced at her thin arms and legs, Bai Jiaojiao picked up some tattered vegetable leaves and chopped them into minced pieces, and went to feed her the only baby hen that could lay eggs.
The air in the countryside is extremely sober, although her yard is a little broken, but think about it, it is also a three-bedroom and two living rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom, with its own warehouse and a small vegetable yard courtyard in the past boutique room.
really fulfilled her life wishes, staying at home, farming, playing games, hehehe.
Bai Jiaojiao was silently speechless with the only hen in the house, and began to plan how to make full use of his yard when he had money.
"Ah Lian, it's not that my aunt won't help you, and my aunt's family only has these sweet potatoes left to lend you." Aunt Wang was afraid that Bai Lian'er would not be able to take it, so she brought it to her home.
"Thank you, auntie."
"The two people in my family don't like to eat sweet potatoes, and the rest of them are also bad, so it's good to be able to help you." Aunt Wang put down her things and looked at the house that the Bai family had not repaired for several years. "Can you still live in this house when it rains?"
sighed helplessly, she was looking at the children of the Bai family, and she was not distressed, but she couldn't help it. "This is the money that your aunt got from selling needlework and thread last time, you take it well, the money for rice has been taken away, you tell your mother."
"Well, Ah Lian knows."
"We poor families can't eat this precious thing all the time, this polished rice is for your third sister to boil. Rice is expensive, and with this money, your aunt can repair the house. Aunt Wang knew that it was useless for her to say it, and others didn't know that she could not know that the Bai family spoiled these three girls as treasures, and she felt even more distressed about Ah Lian in comparison.
"Ah Lian, it's not that my aunt said you, these three girls' diseases can't be cured, and we can't compare to those rich and noble ladies, how can we have the money to recuperate, it's really not good, or you will ......"
The implication of that is a hint of anger is indisputable, and it is also that no one can eat any meal, and he still treats a girl who drags an oil bottle as a treasure, and it is already very good not to throw it away.
Although this Aunt Wang said something ugly, she was telling the truth, and it seemed that she also had sincere intentions towards the Bai family.