Chapter 3: Clouds
Chunya felt that she had worn a new head rope, and her mood had changed a little better, especially after Chang Yan praised her new head rope for being good-looking, she even looked at Yanni a little more pleasing to the eye.
The little girl was in a good mood and flew up, even walking. In the end, it was Sun who poured a basin of cold water.
"It's jumping in front of my eyes all day long, and my eyes hurt, so let's stop and stop quickly." Sun bit off the thread in his mouth and said a word of Chunya.
Chunya pursed her lips and stopped.
The spring girl who has stopped living the days of embroidery and sweeping the floor to hide from Aunt Zhang again, oh, and it hurts Yanni.
If it weren't for Zhao's words and leaking his mouth, or if Lao Lin Tou was calm, Chunya would probably have always been Chunya, rubbed off the edges and corners of life, grinding away hope, would be like a village woman chatting about other people's gossip in a corner with her voice in a corner, would be angry because of a trivial matter, would be bloated, would be ordinary, would be cowardly, and would become the kind of person she avoided.
Many years later, Chunting still sighs when she thinks of that day, feeling Zhao's impatience, feeling the shallowness of the old Lin Tou, and feeling that she has become Chunting, and is no longer the Chunya in that small village who has to face the unknown future.
Chunya took the embroidery thread and was about to go to the house, when she raised her eyes, she saw Zhao lying on the stove and lifting the lid of the pot, reaching out and grabbing a few nests.
Zhao Shi turned around and saw Chunya, retracted his hand a little embarrassed, the corners of his mouth curled into a stiff arc, and explained: "Isn't Meng Ge'er hungry, I'm thinking about getting him something to eat......"
Meng Ge'er is only a little older, and he is not afraid of choking when he eats nests. If you're hungry, just say it, the family is poor, so it won't be worse for her two nest heads, can you still starve her? Chunya didn't say anything, she went directly into the back room, and before closing the door, she heard Zhao muttering: "What are you doing, I see that you will be a fool's daughter-in-law in the future, how can you be crossed!" ”
Chunya didn't care, and at noon she learned it to the Qin family as a joke: "...... also gave the fool a daughter-in-law, I bah, she also knew how to work hard. ”
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart. The Qin family didn't listen to it as a joke, the head of the village was a fool of Zhang Xiucai's family, if what the Zhao family said was true, wouldn't Chunya be ...... The Qin clan shuddered, thinking that Lao Lin Tou had been uncharacteristically kind to Chunya recently, and felt more and more wrong.
The fool of the Zhang family is almost twenty years old, and the people in the village all bow their heads and don't look up to see them, which family is willing to marry their daughter to a fool, a while ago, Aunt Zhang also beat the idea of beating other people's tiger girls, so that Aunt Li knew that she turned her head and decided on the family affairs of the tiger girl, and detained the tiger girl at home every day, and she didn't even call out Chunya to find it.
Qin smiled and answered a few words from Chunya, and after lunch, he walked towards the entrance of the village with a small basket.
Qin brushed the broken hair on his sideburns, took a deep breath, and forced a calm knock on the door of Aunt Zhang's house.
Aunt Zhang opened the door and saw that it was the Qin family, and an exaggerated surprise appeared on her face, "Yo, this is not Qin Ju's girl, why do you have time to come to our small courtyard today." ”
Qin didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in Aunt Zhang's words, and smiled gently, "It's not my sister-in-law's Meng Ge'er's stomach has not been good these two days, yesterday Dr. Wu from the east of the village came to take a look, saying that he had to drink some milk." I'm thinking about it, our poor country, that is, my aunt's milk is the freshest, no, I, an idler, came to ask for a cup. As he spoke, he took out three eggs from the basket.
"Changyan's family, these three eggs for a cup of milk, isn't it a bit less?" Aunt Zhang stood at the door and didn't move, and said something weirdly.
"Naturally, there are still in this basket, and my aunt said that if I want a few, we will give a few." Qin was still not annoyed, and added with a smile.
Aunt Zhang twisted her waist and went into the backyard, and it took a long time before she came out with a small bowl of milk, "Six eggs, Changyan's family, don't you bring enough." ”
"How can I be?" Qin took the small bowl with the milk, and asked casually, "Why didn't you see Brother Yu come out?" ”
Brother Yu is the fool of the Zhang family. Aunt Zhang listened to Qin's words, and unexpectedly did not jump like thunder, and her words revealed a sense of carelessness: "It's cold this day, what do you want him to do when you come out, and you have to spend money to prescribe medicine if you catch a cold." ”
Seeing that the conversation was opened, the Qin family naturally answered, "Brother Yu has also reached the age when it is time to get married, right?" Which girl can the aunt decide? ”
"Which girl can take a fancy to my brother Yu." Although Aunt Zhang said this, she couldn't help but say a few more words, "Our brother Yu, no matter what, we have to find someone who looks good and is diligent, and it would be better if you knew the roots." Changyan's family is very popular, is there a girl from anyone's family, don't forget to introduce it to your aunt. ”
Every time Aunt Zhang said one more word, Qin's face turned white, and finally forced a smile, "Aunt Zijing can speak, I can know a few people, my aunt's family is in good condition, so naturally I can find a good girl's family." ”
After saying this, the Qin family almost fled, and Aunt Zhang didn't know why, so she shouted in the back: "Changyan's family, don't forget to send me the bowl back!" ”
The girl who looks good, is diligent and keeps her family, and knows the bottom of the girl who has not gone out, except for her five girls, there is no one else in the village! Coupled with Zhao's words in the morning, where is there anything that the Qin family doesn't understand!
The Qin family staggered home, and the Zhao family was very sarcastic when he saw it: "Yo, why are the second brothers and sisters panicking, is there a wolf behind them?" Ah! Most of the milk has been sprinkled in most bowls, why are the second brothers and sisters so careless, this sprinkling is just four eggs gone......"
The Qin clan ignored the Zhao clan's sharp words, only said sorry and went into the back room to find the Sun clan.
"Mother." After the Qin family confirmed that the door was closed, he burst the beans and told the Sun family about today's events, "Dad is afraid that he is going to sell the five girls to the fool of the Zhang family as a daughter-in-law!" ”
The needle in Sun's hand passed through the embroidery cloth "poof", and he was stunned for a moment, and then he said incredulously: "Second daughter-in-law, what are you talking about, five girls, what's the matter, why do you want to sell it to a fool as a daughter-in-law?" ”
"Then you have to know what price the Zhang family offered to my father." Qin Clan calmed down and grabbed Sun's hand as if he were holding a piece of cold ice.
"How can it, how can it be, what can it do...... No, no, how could he sell the five girls? The five girls are also his daughters! "Sun's almost collapsed, she has loved the ** for so long, and she is going to be sold by her husband! Sell!
"Mother!" Qin covered Sun's mouth, "Sister-in-law is outside!" ”
Sun didn't cry anymore, only sat on the kang and cried. She knew that the Qin family was delicate, if she hadn't inquired clearly, how could she have stabbed this matter to her. But what can she do? She can't change the decision made by Lao Lin Tou......
Seeing that the Sun clan gradually calmed down, the Qin clan lowered his voice and said, "Mother, listen to me, you don't want the fifth girl to marry a fool who is ten years older than her, right?" ”
Sun nodded blankly, "But what can I do?" You can't set a family affair for the five girls now, right? ”
Qin sighed, "You can find someone who is married to the fifth girl, and my father is afraid that he will not agree." ”
Marriage has always been the order of the parents, and the matchmaker said that as long as the old Lin Tou refused, Chunya would not be able to get married. Similarly, as long as Lao Lin Touken is willing, even if Chunya marries a fool, Chunya will also have to marry.
"There's only one way to help the five girls now." Qin looked at Sun's eyes and said slowly, "It's reluctant to look at my mother." ”
"Yes, what should I do?" Sun seemed to have grasped the last straw to save his life, and grabbed Qin's hand tightly, "Second daughter-in-law, my mother knows that you are smart, say it quickly!" ”
Qin whispered a few words in Sun's ear, Sun's whole person was like being struck by lightning, and after a while, he opened his mouth loudly, "Five girls, five girls will be ten years old, how can I rest assured that ......"
"That's why I asked my mother if she was reluctant." Qin's words seemed to have a soothing power, "Mother, if you don't do this, the five girls will be sold to a fool!" ”
Sun shivered, as if he had made up his mind, "Then do as you say!" ”
Early in the morning of the second day, the Qin family carried a basket to greet Shang Chunya, "Five girls are gone, if you drag this clothes and don't wash them, you will have maggots!" ”
"It's not my clothes." Chunya muttered a few words and followed Qin, "Second sister-in-law, aren't you writing letters at home?" ”
"How can there be so many letters to write?" The Qin family scratched Chunya's nose affectionately, "It costs a lot of money to send a letter, how can so many people have the leisure to find someone to write a letter in this small ravine." ”
Chunya glanced at the Qin family a few times, and her two eyes smiled crookedly, "Then the second sister-in-law doesn't send food to the second brother?" ”
"Little bastard, net will make fun of me!" Qin Shi looked at Chunya who was bouncing in front, and his heart was sour.
What a good little girl, like a flower, with morning dew falling on her delicate petals, and those are the eyes of a little girl who can be seen at a glance. has no scheming, has not been polluted by the world, and has experienced a little tickling wind and rain, but she is still well protected.
But the flower is about to be pinched.
Qin Shi took Chunya's hand, and the little girl's palm only reached the place of her second knuckle, and it didn't feel smooth and tender like the little girl's face, but a little rough, and Qin felt that he was about to cry.
The stream outside the village had frozen, so the Qin family led Chunya to the edge of a well at the head of the village. There was a thick layer of ice at the mouth of the well, and the Qin family didn't ask Chunya to get closer, but looked around, and only after making sure that there was no one else did he drag Chunya aside.
Chunya watched in surprise as Qin took out a small cloth bag from under the basket and stuffed it into her arms.
"Second sister-in-law, what are you doing here......"
"Five girls, listen to me." Qin interrupted Chunya's words and didn't add any more to her, "Take this burden and leave immediately!" ”