Chapter 17: Shoes
The weather is approaching autumn, and the dew on the reed leaves on the shore in the early morning is slowly turning white.
The morning mist on the water was also cold, along the cracks in the canopy of the Lianjia boat, and bit by bit into the cabin, Dongmei couldn't wait to hide her head in the warm quilt forever, holding her big fluffy and warm tail, and never wanted to get out of bed to get dressed.
The winter of the Tanka family is difficult.
When the weather cools down, people will begin to suffer.
The water is always colder than the shore, and the people on land can nest in a small warm house with a fire on the kang, squeeze and squeeze together to keep warm, but there is only a small tanstove on the boat of the Tan people's family, which is moved into the cabin when sleeping, and moved to the deck when cooking, but when working, they will never dare to move to the bow and stern of the ship.
The Tanka family does not wear shoes all year round. It's okay to say that the poor can't afford it.
Actually, the main thing is that I don't want to spend my money on such useless places.
Wearing shoes to do work on the boat, a little water will be sprinkled with a little water, and a pair of feet will be in the water; After a while, I will go down to the river again, and a pair of shoes will be left on the boat, and when I come back to look for them, they may be long gone; After a while, I ran into slippery ground and had to walk, and I was afraid of slipping and falling out of danger while wearing shoes.
Therefore, no matter how big the family background is, Dong Mei'er has never seen Tan people wearing shoes, everyone is barefoot, and it is also in winter.
It's a little frozen foot, but if you get used to it, it's fine.
Once, with the meaning of a joke, Dunzi also teased Dong'er for not wearing shoes and playing barefoot.
"I'm a guy with a big tail flying all over the sky, what's the use of asking for shoes like that! Hum! Dong Mei'er was not polite, she went back directly, and she didn't dare to squeak for a long time.
In fact, Dong Meier is a very beautiful little girl, she has specially observed the girls who come from the south bank on the ferry, their feet are wearing a pair of beautifully embroidered, colorful embroidered shoes, the upper is so beautiful and exquisite, the upper is snow-white, it seems that it is not used to step on the ground to walk, but like a piece of exquisite handicrafts, should be provided on a high table, let people look at and appreciate.
Obviously wearing such beautiful things, those girls are very strange, as if they want to hide their feet, they always use long skirt corners, cover their shoes tightly, and walk Svenwen, skirt corners will not be raised.
If it weren't for the fact that Dongmeier was like a puppy, rolling around on the deck with her big tail, and keeping her mind to look at their shoes, Dongmei really thought that such a beautiful object might never have been seen.
It's strange to be on land.
That day, I flew with the boy from the south bank in a Confucian shirt, and Dong Mei'er saw that the annoying child was also wearing a pair of delicate and beautiful shoes.
The fabric on the upper is pure black at first glance, but in the glimmer of the night, you can still see that it is embroidered with bamboo and honeysuckle patterns, which is very beautiful. The soles of those shoes looked very soft, and when the big tail climbed up quickly, Dong Meier could clearly see that the child's little feet were exploding.
The annoying shoes are so good-looking, and they are really different from the stupid pair of big cloth shoes with open mille-feuille soles worn by Dunzi.
Although, Dong Mei'er thought so in her heart, but the night when the three children flew together on a big tail, she didn't say anything.
She was afraid that if she said it, Dunzi would be unhappy.
Moreover, he is still barefoot, what kind of face do you have to talk about others.
She thought again that Dunzi's brother, although he was also on land, no longer needed to wear shoes.
He had no feet, not even legs.
He couldn't even walk.
When Dongmei'er didn't see the pillar, she heard Dunzi say that on her birthday, the person who chattered and blackmailed her mother on her boat was his brother, and she really hated it to death.
She heard that he had suffered a lot of crimes, but she didn't have any idea in her little brain, so she felt that this person deserved it, so she wanted to go and see it.
When she saw the pillar collapsed on the ship, and looked at this strong adult, the quilt was empty, she regretted that she was too reckless.
How can it be so cruel?!
She suddenly forgot why she came, and suddenly cried on the pillar, snot and tears couldn't stop flowing down, rubbing the pillar, she cried and sobbed, and said intermittently: "Woo woo...... It's all my fault...... The hands are too cheap...... But I didn't expect that...... Woowoo...... I'm sorry...... I'm sorry...... Woowoo woo ......"
Dunzi has always stared nervously at his brother's expression, he is afraid that his brother will hit Dong Meier in anger, although the leg is wasted, but the brother's arms, on the dock and people wrestling wrists have never lost, and the big tail is lying on the ground next to the bed, if you really do it, it should be a lose-lose, not good ending.
But the pillar always patted Dong Mei'er's head with a calm face, letting the snot and tears wipe the mess in front of him, as calm as another person.
Dunzi thought that Dong Mei'er was crying so headlessly, my brother didn't understand, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this little girl was open-mouthed, and he never stopped it.
But when Dongmei'er finally finished crying, the pillar smiled and said to her: "Little girl, your cat can fly, and I also have half of the credit!" ”
Dong Mei'er cried with bells and whistles on her face, and nodded ignorantly.
Zhuzi said again: "Come back next time, bring two fish to my brother, this is the gluttonous fish soup." With that, the pillar seemed to be too tired, so he turned and lay down against the wall, and never said a word again.
Dunzi was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.
Is this his brother?
When he came out of Sun's house, he didn't say so many words, and he laughed?
Smiled at this little girl of the Tan family? Isn't he annoyed?
You haven't smiled at my own brother!
But I pulled you back from the street!
That day, until before leaving, Dong Mei'er felt that Dunzi was sulking, but she didn't know why, and she didn't bother to ask.
Dong Mei'er nested in the quilt, gently pinching the chubby little feet with the big tail, and the soft meat pads on it, still thinking about the shoes.
Well, to be precise, I'm thinking about Brother Zhuzi who can't wear shoes anymore.
That Sun is annoyed and doesn't count when he talks! How could this child be like this?
Are there so many twists and turns in the belly of the rich people on the south bank? said that if he released someone, he would fly with him once.
The big tail flew so happily with him, turned around, and released a broken leg to the pier?
This is bullying Dunzi, the poor boy on the north shore, and me, the Tanka baby, right?
Okay, Sun is annoying, you wait for me, I'll look for you tonight!