Chapter 2 Half a bowl of clear porridge
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The mother looked at Leng Qingyun with satisfaction, and kept scooping up the porridge and sending it to her mouth. Every time she took a sip, the smile on her mother's face increased.
Suddenly, Leng Qingyun remembered the glass of wine at the wedding, she pushed the woman away at once, the porridge spilled on the quilt, and the bowl rolled to the ground.
"Qingyun, are you feeling unwell again?" The mother hurriedly put her hand on her forehead and asked anxiously.
"What's wrong?" Daddy came in.
"It's okay, I accidentally didn't serve it properly and knocked over the bowl. You go and give Qingyun another bowl. Mother said.
"Well, look at you, don't be careful, it's a pity that these rice." Daddy picked up the bowl on the floor.
Leng Qingyun turned her head sadly, only to see a scene that surprised her.
The little girl with yellow muscles and thin muscles next to the bed was lying on the quilt at the moment, sucking the rice soup sprinkled on it, picking up rice grains and stuffing them into her mouth.
"Smack" Leng Qingyun reached out and knocked off the rice grains in her little sister's hand, "It's dirty, don't eat it!" ”
The little sister's eyes suddenly turned red, and she looked at her at a loss, and then at her mother. My sister used to be the best to her, and she never scolded her loudly, let alone did it. Why did you become so fierce now?
The mother was also stunned, but then pulled the little sister and comforted her softly: "My sister is afraid that you will be sick and suffer like her, Qiuyun is good, wait for my mother to boil vegetable soup for you to drink." ”
The little sister nodded aggrievedly, and squeezed out a flattering smile at Leng Qingyun, "Sister, Qiuyun listens to you and won't eat it." ”
Leng Qingyun's heart ached, she involuntarily pulled her little sister's hand, and found that her hand was so thin, as thin as a chicken's claws.
Only then did she look carefully at the little girl, who was twelve years old and looked to be only eight or nine years old. The thinning yellow hair was tied into two thin braids and hung down on the skinny shoulders. The patches on the clothes on the body were stacked with patches, and the original color could no longer be seen.
There were a few cuts in the trouser legs, and strips of cloth hung down on the bare feet. The weather hadn't warmed up yet, but she was already barefoot. The toenails were covered in black dirt, and the toes were picking at each other restlessly.
Leng Qingyun frowned, no matter how poor he is, he has to put on a pair of shoes for his children.
She looked at her mother's feet and couldn't help but sigh, and her mother was also barefoot.
The younger brother pushed open the door, and the father came over with the newly filled porridge, "Come, drink another bowl, and eat more to get better." As he spoke, he handed her the bowl of porridge.
Leng Qingyun turned her head and called Xiaomei, "Come here, drink with me." ”
The little sister stepped back, her big bright eyes flickering, "I don't drink, I'm not hungry, sister, you drink, you're just right, Dad said to eat more to get better!" ”
"Yes, Qingyun, drink it quickly, I'll cook vegetable soup for them later." The mother pulled the little sister and held her in her arms, and urged while stroking the little sister's head.
Leng Qingyun felt that his nose was sour, his eyes were hot, and then big tears fell into the porridge bowl in his hand.
"Look at this kid, why is he crying again." The mother took the bowl in a panic and wiped the tears from her cheeks, the calloused palms were rough and warm.
"Qingyun, don't cry." Dad sat down on the bench, "You're just better, so our family is together now, and there are no more than one." We just came out of the family, and life is tight. When the sweet potatoes in the field are ripe in the coming year, you will be satisfied. Dad will go to find a part-time job and try to buy you a new pair of shoes for each of you during the Chinese New Year. ”
"Yes, sister, I now dig a lot of wild vegetables every day, and my brother can climb the tree to dig birds' eggs, bird's eggs are delicious!" The little sister shook Qingyun's hand.
"Sister," the younger brother, who had been silent, said in a very firm tone, "I can also help my father do some carpentry work, and the money will definitely be repaid, and we will never sell you to someone else's family!" ”
The mother glared at him, "Net nonsense, when are you going to sell your sister." ”
Sell to someone else's home? Leng Qingyun chuckled in his heart and searched in his memory.
Last month, Xia Qingyun was sick, very sick, and he was about to die. In order to catch her medicine, her father and mother gritted her teeth and borrowed a loan shark or two. A few days ago, as soon as she got better after taking medicine, several fierce men hired by loan sharks came to collect debts, threatening to sell her to the official family of the county town as a daughter if she couldn't afford to pay it back.
Xia Qingyun was anxious and angry, and suddenly fainted, and Xiang Xiaoyu died. His soul happened to pass through at this time, and this clear cloud was no longer his Qingyun.
A cloud of anger swelled up in Leng Qingyun's heart. How can a big living person be sold around?
Her eyes swept over the dilapidated household items in the house, swept over the four pairs of bare feet of her father, mother and siblings, swept over the thin and hard patched quilts on her body, and swept over her little sister's thin hands like chicken feet.
How can people live like this? What about the most basic dignity?
Leng Qingyun heard a "click" in his heart, and something seemed to crack.
Although he was reborn in such a poor family, fortunately, the memories of his previous life are still preserved. There was hatred in her memory, and she also had all the knowledge she had.
In her previous life, she had an IQ of 160, which can be called a genius.
When she was very young, she was sent by her parents to a famous girls' school abroad, where she worked as a scout and participated in wilderness survival training.
She is emotionally indifferent, but she has no distractions in her studies, and has won several doctorate titles.
After returning to China, he began to take care of his family's business and became one of the brightest new stars in the business world.
Now, she is no longer the noble and illustrious cold cloud.
From the hatred at the moment of near death, to the pity and anger after crossing the rebirth, she finally realized the feelings of normal people.
Although these feelings did not make her feel good, she felt that her whole person had become whole.
Money, status, these passing clouds also did not bring her any good feelings. On the contrary, because of his sluggish feelings, he was deceived by the guy with a human face and a beast's heart, and was murdered by his poisonous wine.
Leng Qingyun wiped away her tears, took the porridge bowl in her mother's hand, and drank it in a big gulp.
After drinking until there was half a bowl left, she handed it to her little sister, "Sister is full, the rest is for you, drink it quickly, otherwise my sister will be angry!" ”
She felt that her tone was very harsh, but in fact, there was a little tenderness in her voice.
The little sister looked at her mother, hesitantly took the bowl, took a small sip, and turned to hold the bowl to the brother behind her.
"Brother, I'm also full, you can drink the rest, otherwise my sister will be angry."
The boy took the bowl and took a sip as well.
The small half bowl of porridge was passed back to Leng Qingyun. Her heart was sour, but it was indescribably warm.
For this half bowl of porridge, I must be a good Xia Qingyun and the eldest sister of this family!
A few days have passed, and Xia Qingyun has been able to get out of bed and move.
She also gradually sorted out the memories in this body.
It is located in Lingnan and belongs to the Qi country, but it is not the Qi country in Chinese history. Maybe it's a parallel world? She couldn't verify it. But the customs are not much different from those of China.
The village where the Xia family is located is called Beixi Village, which is named after a small river flowing through the north of the village.
His father's name is Xia Jianping, and he can do carpenter work, and his mother is called Aunt Xia with him. The younger brother Xia Huayun is 13 years old, and the younger sister Xia Qiuyun is 12 years old.
The grandmother is also in the same village, and there are still two uncles and three uncles in the old house, as well as an unmarried sister-in-law and grandmother living together.
Grandpa died half a year ago, under the prodding of the second and third uncles, grandma divided the family, only gave them a pot stove, a few broken bowls and two hoes, and the food they carried out added up to less than ten catties, which was nothing more than brown rice and black noodles.
The reason for the separation was that the second uncle and the third uncle heard that the grandmother still had more than a dozen taels of silver at the bottom of the box, plus an old mansion and six acres of fertile land left by the grandfather.
In the mountainous area of Lingnan, six acres of fertile land can be regarded as a good industry.
The second uncle and the third uncle were afraid that after Xia Huayun got married, they would divide the family property more, and shouted that the family had spent money to let Xia Jianping learn the carpenter's trade, and he didn't need the field, not to mention that Aunt Xia also gave birth to two money-losing goods.
Under the prodding of the two of them, coupled with the sweet words of the second and third aunts, the grandmother was coaxed to let them go out alone.
Xia Jianping is honest and honest, and Aunt Xia is also a soft persimmon. So he took his sister and brother to build a simple wooden house on the wasteland near the mountain in the north of the village, opened up three points of wasteland, and barely survived by eating wild vegetables.
God can't die of hunger and blind finch, if people want to live, as long as they are not lazy, there will always be a way.
Xia Qingyun leaned against the wall and walked to the door, she wanted to see the outside world.
The sunlight made her eyes squint, and it took a while for her to get used to it.
As far as the eye can see, sparse bamboo fences surround the small courtyard, and there is a large water tank in the corner. In the middle of the courtyard are a few clay pots and a small stool, and freshly washed clothes are dried on bamboo poles.
Next to the wooden house is a shed made of broken wooden boards, under which is a simple earthen stove, a large pot on the stove, and a stack of notched old bowls and a few pairs of bamboo and wooden chopsticks are placed next to the stove.
This is all the Xia family's belongings now.
Xia Qingyun let out a long sigh, he was poorer than the African refugee camp he had been to in his previous life!
I scooped a basin of water from the tank and simply freshened up. Suddenly, she saw her face in the reflection of the basin and couldn't help but be stunned.
In the reflection is a standard melon seed face. A slightly pointed chin, delicate lips slightly open. The bridge of the nose is like a pool of clear water, and the eyelashes are dense and long, and with the blinking of the eyelids, they also keep jumping up and down, as if they are dancing. The elegant and slender eyebrows are hidden under the sparse Liu Haihai, like a layer of mist shrouded in a layer of mist in the distant mountains.
If it weren't for those patches of reddish patches, the face would be stunning. The reddish tinea is as large as a copper coin, as small as a fingernail, and covers the forehead, cheeks and even eyelids.
She was really startled by this face, and her hands trembled to touch it, and the skin in the patchy area was rough and slightly raised.
The fingers touch the skin, causing a little itching. The itching pain quickly spread to her whole body, her hairs stood up, and she hurriedly rolled up her sleeves and trouser legs, and found that her body was also covered with the same tinea patch!
Xia Qingyun closed his eyes in pain, unwilling to see his terrifying body again.
"Yo, Qingyun, bask in the sun, are you in good spirits today? Let the second aunt see, tsk, why is there a few more ringworms on this face? Tsk, how can I find my mother-in-law in the future! ”
There was sarcasm in his snarky tone. Xia Qingyun opened her eyes sharply and saw a chubby woman leaning against the gate of the courtyard with a few clothes, it was not the second aunt Wang.
"Second aunt? What are you here for? ”
"Oh, let your mother wash these clothes for me." As he spoke, Wang hung the clothes in his arms on the bamboo fence and put on a smirk. (The novel "Xiangman Tea Garden" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )
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