At that time, Zhou Kui had just returned from a trip to the village.

The work of visiting the countryside seems simple, but it is not easy, not only by chance, but also by wisdom. It's been a long time since I made any progress, but today I have made a lot of gains with just three inches of incorruptible tongue, can Zhou Kuiyan not be overjoyed?

Whenever this happens, Zhou Kui must celebrate. How do you celebrate? Go to Yihong Courtyard and have a fight.

Just as he was about to turn around, a person hurriedly came over and said, "Master Qiqi, Mrs. is born." ”

Zhou Kui was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Is it a man or a woman?" ”

This time he said: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master, he is a daughter, which just makes up for the lack of a daughter for the master." ”

"Daughter?" Zhou Kui muttered to himself, with a disappointed face, paused, turned around and left.

The man hurriedly said: "Don't go, master, Mrs. is still waiting for the lord to give her name." ”

Zhou Kui stopped and said, "Give a name? A small female dog. After speaking, seeing that the person was muttering to himself and wanting to leave, he said: "Female dog head, little girl, little girl, etc., there are many names, just call one casually." ”

When Brother Zhou Duo heard this, his hanging heart finally fell to the ground, and he turned to secretly rejoice. Why? These names are all names for little girls who are discriminated against by others because of their low status, and when they grow up, they will not only not be able to participate in the distribution of their parents' family property, but will also earn back a lot of money for their parents' bride price.

From then on, the Zhou Duo brothers were too lazy to take care of Ding Xiaonu anymore, and went to mess around by themselves.

The little girl's joy is not for this, she likes this baby girl in her heart, this baby girl is her only intimate person, she can look at her lovingly while shaking the spinning wheel, and when she is troubled, she can also nag her about her own thoughts, although she does not understand anything, but she often shows a sweet smile, as if she has understood everything she says.

Moreover, because of this baby girl, although Zhou Kui still speaks ill of her from time to time, he no longer adds punches and kicks, and even Zhou Duo's brothers no longer always look for her fault, occasionally meet, and even smile unnaturally.

It's good to have these changes, but Dante's little girl cares more about not these changes, but the baby girl. Obviously, she was not satisfied with Zhou Kui's names, and she affectionately called her "Zhou Xiaoniang".

She doesn't have much culture, and she doesn't know if the name she shouts is good or not, but she likes to shout like this, and she thinks this name must be better than those names given by Zhou Kui, so she seems to be angry with someone, so she keeps calling her like this, Zhou Xiaoniang! Zhou Xiaoniang! Zhou Xiaoniang!

In fact, no matter what her name is, she is the only one who depends on Ding Xiaonu for her life. Five years have passed in this flash, and Zhou Xiaoniang has grown from a baby girl to a girl.

During this period, the people of Fengmen gradually understood the personality of Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew, the business of the Zhou family became more and more bleak, and Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew did not know how to be thrifty, and the days became tighter and tighter.

In order to subsidize the family, Ding Xiaonu spins yarn at night, and during the day, she reclaims the deserted garden behind the house alone, plants vegetables, catches insects, fertilizes, and picks, Zhou Xiaoniang becomes her only helper.

On this day, seeing that Zhou Xiaoniang was still asleep, Ding Xiaonu carried a basket to the vegetable garden to pick it. The vegetable garden was actually plagued by insects! Ding Xiaonu was in a hurry, hurriedly threw down the vegetable basket, and came over to catch insects.

There are too many vegetable insects, and after catching the insects, Ding Xiaonu carefully stretched her waist as if she was about to fold, realizing that it had already passed the time for lunch, and she was so hungry that she panicked, and couldn't help thinking: "If only I could have a bowl of hot rice to eat." ”

Thinking secretly, Ding Xiaonu turned straight around, and saw Zhou Xiaoniang drying her freshly washed clothes and pants from a distance. Because she was so short, she had to step on a wooden bench, and even if she did, she could barely reach it.

"Well, it's still a child." Ding Xiaonu sighed, and was about to step forward to help, but Zhou Xiaoniang accidentally stepped on the air and fell to the ground. Ding Xiaonu's heart tightened, and she hurriedly rushed over, but when she saw her face in pain, there were tears in her eyes, but she just refused to fall.

Ding Xiaonu pulled her into her arms, hugged her tightly, and scolded her at a loss: "Didn't I tell you, you are still young, don't do these jobs anymore, and I will do it when my mother is free." ”

Zhou Xiaoniang said in a milky voice: "Mom has too much work to do, Xiao Niang thinks that Xiao Niang can do a little more, can't Mom do a little less?" ”

That's an unadulterated statement! Ding Xiaonu was moved in her heart, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhou Xiaoniang took the opportunity to get out of her arms, tilted her head and asked, "Have you finished catching the worms?" ”

Ding Xiaonu was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "How did the little lady know that her mother went to catch insects?" ”

Zhou Xiaoniang said: "Xiaoniang woke up from sleep, she didn't see her mother, and she didn't see the basket of vegetables, guess her mother must go to the vegetable garden, and there is no vegetable in the vegetable basket that my mother brought back, and now is not the time to fertilize, my mother is not going to catch insects, what else can I do?" ”

Listening to what she said, Ding Xiaonu couldn't control it anymore, lest she see it, so she turned her back and wiped it with her sleeve, got up and wanted to cook, but saw that she had come out with a bowl of steaming rice, and couldn't help but look at her in surprise and surprise.

It must be because of the hot hands, she put the bowl on the table in front of Ding Xiaonu, and then kept blowing the wind on the two little hands with her small mouth, and said while blowing: "The little mother originally wanted to help her mother, but when she saw that it was not early, she was afraid that her mother would be tired and have to cook herself, so she warmed the meal for her mother, and when she saw that her mother still did not come back, she washed her clothes and pants, saving her tired mother from worrying." ”

Ding Xiaonu felt that her eyes were hot again, and she couldn't help but shed tears for fear of tears, so she hurriedly lowered her head to eat. I must have been so hungry that this meal was sweet and fragrant.

After eating, I went to see Zhou Xiaoniang again, but I saw that she was holding her cheeks with both hands, looking at herself intently, and she didn't know when she smeared two lines of charcoal ash on her face like a little flower cat, and she didn't realize it, so she was busy hugging her, and she sighed faintly for a while.

Zhou Xiaoniang listened, lay her head on Ding Xiaonu's arm, looked at her strangely, and said, "Why is my mother sighing, could it be that Xiaoniang didn't do well and made my mother angry?" ”

Ding Xiaonu saw that she looked childish, but she was so cute, she gently scratched her little nose with her index finger, and said softly: "The little lady is well-behaved, and my mother is too happy to be happy, how can she be angry?" ”

Zhou Xiaoniang stubbornly asked, "So, why is my mother sighing?" ”

Ding Xiaonu didn't expect her to be so sensible, and after being unexpected, she no longer hid it from her, but she still pondered and said carefully: "The little lady is still a child after all, if your father is willing to spend a little more effort on our mother, why would you let the little lady suffer so much?" ”

When Zhou Xiaoniang heard this, she sat up straight and said solemnly: "Xiaoniang is also an adult, she should share her worries for her parents, but how can her mother say that Xiaoniang is tired?" ”

Ding Xiaonu thought about her age, savored her words, couldn't hold back any longer, and cried suppressedly.

Seeing this, the little lady got up silently, went around to Ding Xiaonu's back, and gently pressed her shoulders while persuading: "Mom, don't be sad, Daddy is not good enough, but Daddy is the man in the family after all, and the man is the pillar of the family."

Xiao Niang thought, the reason why a man is called the pillar of the family is that it is not easy for him to support this piece of the family. Maybe it's because it's not easy, it's inevitable to make a little mistake, so it's better for us to forgive him. ”

After speaking, lest Ding Xiaonu not agree, she looked at her with blank eyes.

"Where is this what a five-year-old girl can say? Alas, the children of poor families are in charge of the house early. Ding Xiaonu sighed, shook her head secretly, turned around and hugged her tightly.

At this time, Zhou Kui came with a smile, followed by the two mothers-in-law.

Ding Xiaonu couldn't help but tremble and looked at him with fear. Why? Zhou Kui has been guilty of mixing again over the years, either he doesn't go home, and once he goes home, if he is expressionless, it's just a mess of scolding, and he drops something casually.

And if it is smiling, it is necessary to add fists and feet to Ding Xiaonu, in case of hatred, it is necessary to whip it with a leather whip, and sometimes even get wet, so that Ding Xiaonu's skin is open.

Although she was frightened, watching him come step by step, Ding Xiaonu didn't dare not speak-if she didn't speak, Zhou Kui would have let her die once, which had a precedent - stepped forward and said in a trembling voice: "The master came back so early today, I don't know why?" ”

Zhou Kui smiled weirdly: "Why else? I can't take care of you today. As she spoke, she pointed to Zhou Xiaoniang, who was standing beside her in fear, and continued: "It's time to bind your feet, otherwise, how can you marry in the future, won't you feed in vain?" ”

Ding Xiaonu also bound her feet when she was a child, and she knew the pain in it, and when she heard it, it was more uncomfortable than being whipped. But she knew that this was a woman's fate, and she was powerless to stop it, so she could only gently stroke Zhou Xiaoniang's head.

Zhou Kui didn't care about this, just said it, and waved his hand at the two mothers-in-law behind him. The two mothers-in-law immediately came up, one knocked down Zhou Xiaoniang, and the other got up according to the law, and Zhou Xiaoniang's heart-rending cry came from the board.

Ding Xiaonu hurriedly closed her eyes, her heart was like a knife, and tears flowed involuntarily......

I don't know how long it took, but the crying finally stopped. Ding Xiaonu opened her eyes, but saw that Zhou Kui had taken the two mothers-in-law away, Zhou Xiaoniang was lying on the ground shaking constantly, and hurriedly came over and carried her to the bed.

If it is left in an ordinary house, the girl will be bound to her feet, and she will be taken care of by her parents and the elders in the family. Zhou Kui will not care about this, once Ding Xiaonu is busy, she can't take care of it, so she can only let her go through it by herself.

Zhou Xiaoniang was also strong, and when the pain was a little lighter, she swayed to help Ding Xiaonu do some work within her ability, and happened to be looked at by a person.

Who?