I have worn it from pregnancy to the present.

She is just like Erxi said, what's the use of losing money and looking good? The red face is a disaster. So from today on, she didn't want to look in the mirror or freshen up, she just sat in a daze.

After sitting for a long time, I slowly walked to the courtyard.

In the corner of the yard, the big red word on the pickle jar has long been in tatters after several years of wind and rain. The red happy words on the wind gate have long been gone. However, on the wooden board, due to the repeated washing of the red happy character by the rain in the past, the color of the red paper was absorbed and eaten by the wood, and those red marks were irregularly imprinted on the gray damper, and they could no longer fall.

What is time?

What are growth rings?

Maybe it's these things that go from intact to broken, from falling in love to being bland, and then drifting apart. From strange to familiar, from familiar to glue-like, and then from glue-like paint to bland. Oh no, it's not bland, it's rude violence with sticks and insults.

Isn't it.

Is this the answer given by time and annual rings?

Time is everywhere without human intervention. She touched the patterned belly, and the mottled marks were also reminding her time and annual rings.

She raised her palm and touched it forward, wanting to touch the time, wanting to touch the annual rings, but it was empty, only a few traces of spring breeze blowing to the palm of her hand, cool and seeping, and slightly warm.

Hey, homesick.

The chickens in the courtyard faced her, tilted their heads thoughtfully and stopped "clucking", stopped moving, and squinted at Mengyao slowly walking around the courtyard. I wonder what happened to her? Thinking of the past, she was beaten and bled a lot after being pushed down, and several chickens watched sympathetically and quietly, tilting their heads to think about the reason why she was beaten so badly.

But how can chickens understand the human world?

She raised her arms, but she hadn't recovered well, and her legs ached faintly. She suddenly thought, since he is determined not to give money to his mother's family, and he thinks I am troublesome, then why don't I make a small business and earn my own money to support myself? Yes, I'm on my own. Alive, with a goal, she naturally has a surging blood, as if she has endless energy.

"Mengyao, Mengyao." I don't know who is shouting, Meng Yao picked his head, and saw Aunt Miao outside the wall.

"Are you alright?" She looked at Mengyao in distress.

Meng Yao nodded vaguely and didn't say anything else.

She hesitated for a while, and suddenly said, "Aunt Miao, I want to do a small business, I want to earn some change to spend, I don't want to farm anymore, and I don't dare to eat for nothing at home." And at present, Erxi doesn't give me a penny, and I can't go back to my parents' house...... But I don't want my parents to be sad, I want to support myself and mail a few filial dollars to my parents, and I can't ask my parents to give birth to me for nothing. Moreover, my dad is bedridden all year round. ”

After saying that, there was silence.

Although his voice was soft, it sounded so stormy and heavy.

Aunt Miao looked at her ungood bruises, her eyes were full of distress, "My child's grandfather's house grinds tofu, and it is specially supplied to a technical school canteen every day, no, you sell it in the morning every day, I ask grandpa to get up early and squeeze out half a pot of tofu for you?" ”

"Oh, of course that's good." Dreams turn from sorrow to joy.

The child's grandfather is next to Sister Wang's house.

"I'll go say hello to grandpa now, you can take the tofu tomorrow morning, remember to prepare your own scales, otherwise you won't be able to sell it."

Meng Yao nodded gratefully.

I woke up early the next day, and it was just dawning. She put on her worn-out seagull watch, opened the outhouse door, and without saying a word, picked up the rod scale. Walking quickly to Aunt Miao's father-in-law's house, I got a bucket of edge tofu, the edge of the edge of the water is less, it is really tight and muscular, people will eat exquisitely, and they will also pick the side tofu to buy.

Meng Yao wants to earn her own money too much.

Although she was uneasy in her heart and was too ashamed to shout, thinking about the hardships she had experienced, she tried her best to suppress herself and shouted, "Sell tofu." ”

Maybe it's too early, there's no sound around, it's quiet. Her heart was pounding, her cheeks were red to the base of her ears, she was relieved for a while, and she mustered up the courage to take a few deep breaths, "Sell tofu!" ”

"Sell tofu!"

Another shout.

All around, there were only a few rooster crows.

"Sell tofu, sell tofu." She shouted continuously, her voice gradually becoming louder from low to low, and a trembling cry seemed to be able to spread far away.

In the distance, another dog barked.

"Sell tofu, sell tofu ......" Her hand carrying the bucket had already been strangled, but no one came, even if it was to pick up her head and ask for a price.

The sun has risen in the east.

Obviously, the sun didn't add much warmth to her, it only gave Meng Yao the first sale, endlessly adding to the naked embarrassment. It's like being caught stealing something for the first time, and you will only be scared and timid, and you just want to open a crack in the ground and get in.

But she endured it and continued to shout.

After walking a few hundred meters away with a bucket, I suddenly saw an old woman come out with a porcelain basin in her hand, "How do you sell tofu?" ”

With this question, Meng Yao panicked.

Because she really didn't know how to sell it, and Aunt Miao promised to give credit for the first time, and she didn't ask for money. Although I took a rod scale, I didn't know it, and I didn't use it. If you look closely at the chestnut stick, there are clusters of small Venus scattered all over it, and Mengyao's head is buzzing.

As her grandmother approached, she panicked and sweated on her forehead.

"Two dollars a piece," she improvised and made up.

"A little expensive?" The grandmother was unwilling.

"Then 3 yuan and 2 yuan?" She discussed.

After all, I want to sell it urgently, and I'm looking forward to opening one.

"Just make do with it, that's expensive." The old grandmother finally agreed, she was very reluctant to take out some small receipts of 2 cents and a dime from the depths of her sleeves, and finally made up enough for 3 yuan.

Mengyao picked the two largest pieces and handed them to her porcelain basin.

The old grandmother looked at the two large pieces of pressed tofu, and a smell of brine came out with the heat, so she didn't say anything, and left with the basin in satisfaction.

With this pile of broken tickets, not to mention how excited she was, this was the first time she had earned money, and her heart was extremely happy. Quickly fold it up, carefully hide it in the trouser pocket, and finally check whether there is a hole in the trouser pocket, and then the heart is solid after everything is in order.

So she continued to shout, and it became louder.

"Sell tofu, sell tofu!"

"How do you sell tofu?" A man's voice.

Well? Isn't this the old bachelor and the old hooligan in the village, nicknamed Wang Lao Bald? I heard that the old bald man often harassed the women of good families in the village. Thinking of this, Meng Yao was uneasy and frightened.

"You have tofu, old girl? Hey! The tall and fat man, bald, walked towards this side, his eyes were confused, and he not only asked in a loud voice, but also let out a series of ill-intentioned lewd laughs.

He asked, "How much is your tofu worth?" No, I'll give you 20 yuan, okay? Then go home and warm me up, won't you? Hey. ”

Meng Yao listened, lowered his head and retreated behind to hide.

At this time, the old bald man Wang stretched out his hand and pinched Mengyao's chest wildly. Mengyao panicked and dodged even further, she was terrified, but behind her was a one-meter-high dung pile blocking the way out, and she had nowhere to retreat.

Seeing this, the old bald man Wang became even more arrogant, and when there was no one on the road, he suddenly hugged Mengyao and pressed him down, and his chubby black body suddenly pressed over. While tearing his clothes and continuing to laugh "hehe", Mengyao struggled and suddenly rolled to the edge of the dung heap.

When he raised his leg and tried to kick him to resist, he found that his arms and legs hurt so much that he couldn't lift them up and didn't use his strength at all.

It was all caused by being beaten by Erxi.

At this moment, I only heard a shout, "Huo! You're the! ”

The old bald man suddenly saw someone next to him, and quickly rolled with him, and got off Mengyao's body.

I saw Erxi come out of nowhere.

He stepped forward and didn't kick away the bald man Wang, but grabbed Mengyao's only hair, and dragged him home, like dragging a dead pig and a dead dog. I didn't want a bucket, I didn't want tofu, the weighing plate was thrown on the ground, and the weighing stone quickly rolled to the dung heap.

Wang is an old bald man, but he is a person who no one in the village can afford to mess with.

I heard that he used to be a shoemaker, chasing the market in ten miles and eight villages, making a living by repairing broken shoes, and earning a little money by handicraft, but I haven't heard how bad it is.

But I heard about it a few years ago.

On the way back from the market, he actually refused to accept the old, saying that he had a virgin complex, so he specially chased after the fifth and sixth grade female students who were alone and returned to the village after school. Students who are out of school must be thirsty and hungry on the way, and they can easily burn out. When the old bald man was about to succeed, he encircled him into the crop field, pressed down both soft and hard, and put it to death.

I heard that he harmed more than a dozen little girls one after another, but no one reported it. Because the victim of every family is afraid of being humiliated by this incident, it is easy to say that it is not good, and it will not be able to marry in the future, and the parents will not be good people.

Therefore, the victims have declared a united front and resolutely do not stand up for identification.

I also heard that later, he was finally reported, and only a few dared to come out to sign, but according to what he told in private, over the years, he had harmed 60 girls in the fifth and sixth grades. But most of the victims were adamant about concealing it, and no one was willing to report and sign it, so the bigger charges could not be established.

Imprisoned for several years.

Because of his age, he was also naughty and mischievous, pretending to be sick all day long, and the prison also decided not to want him, and finally came to a medical parole, and the matter was over. So when he got out of the prison door, he thought he was a good person, so he continued to do evil even more unscrupulously.

Not only did the little girl prefer, but she also started the idea of a woman from a good family.

So as soon as Erxi saw the old bald man Wang, he was immediately intimidated. But he has a way, to clean up the damn Mengyao, it's all the goblin who has nothing to eat and is full of unruly. So, he grabbed Mengyao's hair, dragged him all the way into the courtyard, and kicked him up.

Meng Yao once again lay on the ground and gnawed on the mud.

"I don't have any other skills, I actually cuckolded Lao Tzu, you dead!" As he spoke, he opened it left and right, and it was a mouthful. Mengyao didn't have a good face, but it quickly swelled up.

Fighting and fighting.

Suddenly, a few worn-out gross tickets slipped out of Mengyao's pocket, no more, no less, exactly 3 yuan.

"It's really long-lasting, and there are prostitution funds?" After speaking, he sneered and got up, and kicked wildly, "You're so cheap, so cheap?" Kick you little slut! ”

Meng Yao covered her little belly and chest, clenched her teeth with her body clenched, and stared at her eyes silently. kicked hard to the end, and finally was so tired that he didn't have any strength, Erxi was relieved, panting and pinching the 3 yuan, turning back to his mother's room to lie on the kang to rest.

After the 800 yuan incident, Erxi took the opportunity to never let Mengyao touch a penny again. This thief-like woman only thinks about the bottomless pit of her poor mother's house, and she stinks and has no interest.

Especially on the kang head of my mother's house, there is still a damn old medicine jar lying there.

Mengyao got up for a long time, dizzy and reluctant to walk into the West House, lying on the kang head, her whole body was in pain, the new pain covered the old wound, she actually started a fever.

After the night, it was early in the morning.

She closed her eyes, still talking in her dreams. On a beautiful spring day, Mengyao shouted, "Child, child." After shouting, I groped along the side of the pillow, and for a long time, I didn't touch anything.

The last cold war woke up, and it turned out to be a nightmare.

After two weeks, the body is basically back to normal.

But she didn't change her mind and wanted to do a little business, but no matter what she did, Erxi was also unwilling. But Mengyao was determined to do it, and in the end, it was like eating a scale, and he was iron-hearted.

"I'd rather drink rags and sell popsicles than make money. You won't let me go, my mother's family worked hard to raise me, my mother's pocket money, will you give it to me? ”

"Why give them money, bottomless pit. I am filial to them, who is filial to me? You are the daughter-in-law I bought, and when you buy it, you will hear and serve others. Every day you don't do anything, eat my food in vain and sleep on my kang in vain, I earn money and honor your parents? Hehe, why? ”