Chapter Seventy-Four: Drought
One noon in summer, the scorching sun scorched everything on the earth mercilessly.
The tree had rolled its leaves, as if its hands had been burned and retracted; Xiaohua Xiaocao has long been like a child who has made a mistake, all hanging their heads, waiting for their parents to fall.
It was as if the ground was covered in a huge steamer, making people breathless.
Fan Ya stabbed hard with a stick, a lazy pig hiding in the shade in the stinky pigsty. It just "hummed" with its nose, too lazy to move, and even more lazy to pay attention to Fan Ya.
The boring Fan Ya smashed the chickens with small stones again, and the chickens didn't flutter everywhere like before. It was still in the same place in the shade, and when it was beaten, it only shrunk its neck and protected its head with its wings.
"I'm so angry with this baby!" Fan Ya shouted, and with her best invincible scud, swept the duck in the corner with a whirlwind, and the duck only made a loud "quack", and hid its head under its wings in fright, and did not move its flippers, leaving this pitiful shady place.
Grandma stood by the threshold with Pete in her arms, and she couldn't even open her eyes from the white swaying sun. yelled at Fan Ya: "Have you made enough trouble!" The weather was so hot that these beasts didn't want to eat or move, and they began to lose their meat. You've been making a lot of noise, are you really not letting them live? β
"Who asked grandma to call my brother just now, and he is coming to pick me up tomorrow to go to my aunt's. Without my consent, you refused my brother and said I wouldn't go. I was looking forward to the stars and the moon and finally looking forward to the holiday, and I had long wanted to go to my aunt's place with my brother. "Fan Ya's good deeds just now made grandma ruined, and she was so angry that she wanted to take advantage of the beasts in the yard. But the weather is so hot that even the animals can't do it!
"Xiaoya! Think about it yourself, it's so hot on our island, you said that people don't die of heat in the city. I fainted from heat stroke as soon as I went out in a big city, and my grandmother didn't let you go for your good. "Grandma's reasons are always very good.
Grandma didn't let Fan Ya go to Yang Ping's place, at first she was afraid that if there was one more child at Yang Ping's house, she would have an extra burden.
Besides, Fan Ya is at home on vacation, she can help herself with Pete and help herself work, and now grandma can't do without Fan Ya as a good helper. It took a lot of effort for her to persuade Qiao Guo not to pick up Fan Ya at first.
"Humph! I hate grandma!" Fan Ya was about to go upstairs in a huff.
"Xiaoya! You stop! Wait a minute! Carrying Yaozu over, grandma went to the well to see if there was any water at noon. Before Grandma finished speaking, she was about to shove Pete into Fanya's arms.
"I don't want to hug Stinky Pete, all day long I either smell of urine or smelly sweat, and it smokes me to death!" Fan Ya shouted, pushing Pete away.
"It's been rainless for almost a month, and the little water at home isn't enough for us to eat and drink with the animals in the yard, and there is still water for Pete to bathe. Lesser! If you don't hug Pete, then you carry the bucket to the well to see, and if you fill the water, come back and call grandma. "That's how Grandma can only arrange Pete with her arms.
Recently, the weather has been too hot, except for the morning and evening cooler grandma still carries Pete to work, she doesn't dare to carry Pete on her back at other times. Otherwise, both myself and the child will be very hot. Let's not talk about it for a while, the grandparents and grandchildren were covered in sweat, the key is that Pete is still covered with prickly heat, often crying, and the distressed grandmother has always blamed herself for not taking good care of the child.
In this weather, Grandma couldn't carry Pete, and it felt as if she was missing a hand and couldn't do a lot of things.
"I'd rather go out and bask in the sun than hug Pete. Grandma, how many times a day did you run, and I didn't see how much water you picked up? Fan Ya chattered, picked up a load of empty buckets and left.
"Xiaoya! You have the ability to fetch a load of water and let you take a bath at night. Grandma deliberately added this sentence, wanting to give Fan Ya, who had been in trouble for a few days without water to take a bath, a little motivation.
"Really? Then I'm going to get water anyway, and we'll all take a shower all night. "Excited Fan Ya, we must achieve this goal today.
When Fan Ya carried a load of empty buckets, there was a "clang-clang" sound and walked towards the well.
The midday sun hung motionless overhead.
The roasted Fan Ya felt that the top of her head was about to burst into flames, and her back was hot for a while, "Damn!" I was in too much of a hurry to go! Forget to wear your grandmother's straw hat or grab a parasol. β
Before she could reach the well, she saw that there were already three people at the well. It was also full of large and small colorful barrels, some of which were stacked so high that they didn't even have a place to step on.
Originally, Fan Ya planned to turn around and go home, but as soon as she remembered the matter of taking a bath, she wanted to try her luck in the past.
When she carried the empty bucket to the well platform.
The fat aunt, who was weaving a net under the big tree by the well, who was usually stingy, immediately shouted loudly: "Fan Ya! What are you doing here, kids? Come home! Come home! Don't get heat stroke! "I want to find a reason to send Fan Ya away as soon as possible.
"Fat aunt! What do you think I'm doing here? Fan Ya is not stupid, she knows what this fat aunt usually is, she replied boldly.
Sister-in-law Li, who was fetching water, watched the fat aunt bully a child like this, she couldn't stand it and said, "Fat aunt! I'm almost full of water, and then it's your turn, what do you have to worry about. You don't have to dominate the well, just let Fan Ya wait! Let her take her turn too. β
"That's it! It is! Fat aunt, it's your turn, it's my turn next, I'm not afraid that Fan Ya will rob it, what are you afraid of? "Uncle Wang can't stand it, and he can't stand counting the fat aunt.
He turned around and said to Fan Ya again, "Child! You remember that it is your family's turn after the uncle, and don't let anyone come. You put the bucket down now, and I'll watch it for you. You go home right away and bring all the buckets in the house. Ask grandma to fill the house with everything that can hold water, so that your family can survive for a few days. "Uncle Wang knows that it is not easy for Grandma Fan to take care of the two children, so try to take care of their family.
When Fan Ya heard Uncle Wang say this, she happily put down her burden and ran away.
She was out of breath and before she could step through the door, she shouted, "Grandma! Grandmother! Hurry - hurry - hurry! Bring over all the big and small buckets in our house. β
"Ya! Why are you going to take so many buckets and speak in a low voice, Yaozu just fell asleep. "Grandma just put Pete to sleep, and the weather was so hot during this time that Pete's prickly heat slept day and night.
"Grandma! Super good news! We can all take a shower in the evening. Fan Ya pretended to be mysterious and spoke in her grandmother's ear.
"Ahh Full of water? You keep an eye on Yaozu at home, and grandma is now going to fetch water. Grandma didn't know why, and she was about to go out in a hurry.
Fan Ya pulled her grandmother's hand, "Grandma! It is not our turn yet, and when the fat aunt turns and then Uncle Wang, it will finally be our family's turn. Uncle Wang asked me to take all the buckets in the house, and to fill everything that can be filled with water in the house, so that our family can use it for a few days. "I told Uncle Wang what I told her, and I told my grandmother carefully.
"Ahβwhen did the wells start waiting for water like this?" Grandma wondered.
"Grandma! Don't worry about that, get me all the empty buckets. I'm going to go to the well right away and wait! Otherwise, if you snatch it away from someone else, then our family won't be able to take your turn, grandma! Where else do you have to fetch water? Fan Ya looked at her grandmother who was still grinding, she was about to die.
"Oh! Oh! Grandma will take it right away! Get it now! At this time, the grandmother also panicked, and hurriedly looked for the bucket.