Chapter Seventy-Six: Dark Night
The aunt of the Li family persuaded for a while before leaving the Zhao family and going back to her own house. The Li family is the closest to the Zhao family, just opposite the Zhao family, and you can get home in a hundred steps.
Su Mi listened to the words of the woman of the Li family, although her heart was a little more comfortable, she was still worried. Once this official office can do a good job, this time, maybe what the situation is, no one can say well.
But the woman of the Li family said that there must be a woman in this family to be like a family, and if a woman collapses, this family will not be a home! Su Mi heard this very clearly, if something happened to the man outside, she still had to do her best to manage the house inside and out, otherwise the man would come back and see the mess at home, wouldn't it be even more unpleasant.
After the Li family woman left, Su Mi got up from the bed. As usual, I went to the yard to scoop a basin of cool water, brought a clean brocade hand, and washed my face. Rao is side cried too much grief, and these watery eyes, even if they were washed with water, were still slightly swollen.
After washing her face, she went to the desk in the bedroom again, took the hairpin that the man bought for her, and held a green silk as soft as a cloud, and the whole person looked clean and neat.
It had rained for a day or two, but today it was a fine day, and Su Mi saw that the house was cleaned up neatly, and the livestock were well fed, so he prepared to go down to the field to take a look.
Originally, I wanted to go to Wang Po's house to take a look, but thinking about it, these village women would definitely eat her, and Wang Po's son, who must be eager to pick her skin and pull her tendons.
There is half an acre of potatoes at home, and now it is time to harvest potatoes, Su Mi carried a hoe and a basket on his back and went to the field. This land is in the ditch below the east end of the village, next to the water source, and there is no need to carry water on weekdays, so there is no shortage of water in this land. Xiangyang, this half acre of potatoes is the yield of almost an acre of other people's homes.
Zhao Laosan's land is changed every year to grow grain, and the harvest is very good every year. At first, this land was far away from home, but he deliberately came to open up the wasteland, but he didn't expect this land to become more fertile year by year.
Today, the village is relatively quiet, and there are no shadows of a few people in the surrounding fields, Su Mi knows that these people must have gone to the house of the princess to see the excitement.
Although I was a little worried about the situation in Mrs. Wang's family, I was more worried about my husband who was arrested by the government. After crossing the river and arriving at the field, Su Mi quickly rolled up his trouser legs and sleeves, and his white skin was like a peeled lychee. Although the hands are small, they move very quickly. First, the excess leaves of the potatoes are cut off with a sickle, and the slightly denser and verdant ones can be put back and diced to feed the pigs.
After cutting a few rows, he put down his sickle, took his hoe and began to dig. Zhao Laosan is diligent, this potato is well managed, and when he hoes down, it is all fist-sized potatoes. After digging a few nests, Su Mi put down the hoe, removed the excess soil from the potatoes, and put them in the back basket.
This half acre of land, I am afraid that I have to dig up some potatoes, and it will only take less than an hour, and the back basket that Su Mi carries is full of back baskets. When he was about to go back, he saw that the potato leaves were really verdant, so he cut the branches, tied them in bundles, held them in his hands, and walked carefully towards the house with a hoe.
There were several stops along the way, and the walk was extremely slow. On the way, I saw some women, most of them, who hid far away, as if they had not seen her. Su Mi was also used to it, and at first she felt a little aggrieved, but now she didn't see it, and let these village women go.
When I got home, when I walked in this yard, I still cleaned up neatly, but I never thought that when I came back, there would be a lot of rocks and rotten leaves. Su Mi didn't have to think about it, it was these village women who threw her into this courtyard when she left.
Su Mi hurriedly ordered the chickens and ducks in the chicken cage, but fortunately, none of the chickens and ducks were bad, so he was relieved. I brought a broom to sweep all the leaves of this vegetable, and I was about to close the yard when I saw Luo Qing and his family coming. Luo Qing was holding his one-year-old female doll in his hand, and his woman followed behind.
Seeing the Luo Qing woman, Su Mi's apricot eyes filled with tears. Knowing that the two of them came to see her, no one paid attention to her at this time, but she was stronger.
"Zhao Lao's third daughter-in-law, don't worry, your man has the ability to reach the sky, what is this official office, he will definitely be able to come back safely!" Luo Qing knew that Su Mi liked the milk doll in his house, and when he entered the courtyard door, he pushed the milk doll in his hand.
This doll is also very sensible, and when she saw Su Mi, she raised her head and smiled, staggered over, raised her hands and babbled something she didn't understand.
Su Mi knew that this doll meant to be held. A pair of white little hands hurriedly rubbed on the apron and wiped their hands clean, and then hugged Yingzi up. This doll grows fast, and it looks the same again after a few days of not seeing it, Su Mi reached out and pinched the meat nest in her hand: "Come, auntie go get lactose for you to eat!" ”
The Luo Qing woman was a little happier to see her doll, and she was relieved. They followed him and entered the hall together. Seeing that the windows in this house were clean and tidy, she knew that she wanted to wait for the man to come back.
After coaxing the doll, the Luo Qing woman pulled Su Mi to sit down together, "Sister, you can't think about it too much, this princess is already a little tricky, is this the fault of the two of you!" ”
"After all, that's what I said, but after all, this princess lost her life because of this incident, and my man and I both know it in our hearts. It's just that I feel a little helpless! As Su Mi spoke, her cheeks turned white, and her watery eyes were filled with tears.
"It's a matter of my own family, and it's false to say that I'm not worried. It's just that although this Zhao Laosan lives in a simple place, I know that he will be able to come back safely! "When the Luo Qing woman married into Zhaojia Village, she knew that her man had a different relationship with Zhao Laosan. Although the two are in the same village, Luo Qing always has the meaning of listening to Zhao Laosan's words.
"Sister, if there is anything at home, you let me do it. I see that you are harvesting potatoes, and when the time comes, I will do all the work of your Zhao family, you just wait at home for Brother Zhao to come back! Luo Qing didn't know when he came in from outside. With a machete in his hand, he chopped some stout bamboo poles.
"I saw that many bamboo poles in the yard were dried, and if some livestock broke in at night, it would not be good to scare the girl." Luo Qing sharpened the thick bamboo pole into a pointed head, so that whether people or livestock came in, they would be pierced.
Before you know it, the day is dark. Su Mi was still afraid at first, but when he saw that the surroundings gradually dimmed, and everyone else had lights in their homes, he began to be afraid.
The Luo Qing woman lit a fire in the stove room, although Su Mi had no appetite, but after all, there were other people in the family, so she suppressed her emotions and went to the stove room to cook dinner.
There is still a lot of rice at home, a large bundle of vegetables picked from the field, and enough pork and fish for ten days and a half. Seeing that the doll was eating dried tofu and eating it well, he put the dried fish in the oil pan and fried it. When frying, I put some red lettuce powder and eggs, and as soon as I put them in the pot, I smelled a fragrance. The doll was ignorant, and when she smelled the fragrance, she lay on the stove, with a pair of bright eyes, staring at the fried fish in the pot.
Seeing this female doll, Su Mi also forgot about the man's affairs for the time being, picked up the chopsticks, and turned the dried fish over, so that it could be fried faster.
After the fish was fried, Su Mi took a small bowl, picked a piece with the most meat, put it in the bowl and handed it to the doll: "Yingzi eats it, after eating, Auntie still has it here!" ”
The night outside was a little darker, this night's dinner was cooked, Luo Qing and his family sat on the dining table with the doll and ate slowly, although Su Mi was also sitting together, but his eyes were always looking at the dark night outside the door. She knew that the man might not be able to come back tonight.
After dinner, Su Mi hurriedly cleaned up the stove room. She didn't eat this dried fish at all, and now the man doesn't know what happened to the official office, she has no appetite at all, and when she saw that there was a lot of dried fish left, she put it in a basket and handed it to the Luo Qing woman: "Sister, you can take all the fried dried fish back, I see that the doll loves to eat tight!" ”
Luo Qing used dry wood in front of the stove and lit a fire for lighting. The Luo Qing woman thought for a while and took the doll: "Otherwise, you will go back alone tonight, and the doll and I will stay at the Zhao family and accompany Su Mi's sister!" ”
"That's fine, Sister Su Mi is not very familiar with Zhaojia Village, and the man in the family is not there, I am also relieved that you accompany her!" Luo Qing didn't say much, just said this lightly, then took the torch, pushed open the courtyard door, and walked downhill towards himself.
Su Mi didn't know what to say, if she was really the only one in the family, she didn't know how to spend this long night: "Sister Luo, thank you so much!" ”
Seeing tears in Su Mixing's eyes, the Luo Qing woman hurriedly hugged her waist: "Sister, my man is also from outside Zhaojia Village, and it is not easy to gain a foothold in Zhaojia Village." You and I are good friends, and when something happens, we will definitely get through it together. ”
Knowing that Su Mi was afraid, the Luo Qing woman put the doll beside her, went to close the door of the yard herself, and closed all the livestock in the yard. I was afraid that some people in the village would have bad intentions at night, so I brought the heavy grinding plate in the courtyard and put it against the gate of the courtyard, so I was relieved.
Seeing that the Luo Qing woman was so thoughtful, Su Mi was also satisfied. The two took the doll to take a bath, and Su Mi's mind was full of his own man, and they all heard that the cell in this official office was cold and damp, and they would be arrested by those officials in the middle of the night, whipped with salted water, roasted pig iron with fire, and burned his face and arms.
Thinking of this, Su Mi felt that his chest was very heavy, and it hurt as if there was a blunt knife in his chest, slowly tearing it, slowly cutting off the flesh inch by inch on his chest.