When father Zhang Changwen and mother Zhu Shuilian quarreled, the eldest daughter, second daughter, and third daughter were afraid of their father, and from the moment Zhang Changwen came back in the afternoon, the happy atmosphere at home immediately changed, and several children were like deflated balloons, wilting.

As soon as the mother's volume was raised, several children were startled, and they all lowered their heads and mechanically picked up the rice, not even having the courage to stretch out their chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.

Later, my mother threw away her chopsticks, picked up her sister and left, and when the three sisters saw this, they also dropped their chopsticks and consciously retreated to the room to hide, not daring to come out.

"Where did mom and sister go?" The second daughter, Zhang Zhou, sat on the wooden bench by the window, looked at the yellow bark tree outside the courtyard of the house and asked the eldest sister Zhang Yu through the gap in the wooden window.

The moon in the sky was so big and round that the light was so bright that she could even see clearly that the insect perched on one of the green leaves of the yellow bark tree was a white butterfly with two wings.

"They should be hiding in the vegetable patch at the back of the house!" My sister Zhang Yu also sat on a stool looking at a fruit tree outside the yard.

She was looking at a longan tree.

The leaves of the longan tree are not as green as the yellow book, and the edges of the leaves are a little yellow, after all, it is winter.

I don't know if my mother and sister who are hiding in the vegetable garden are cold.

"My sister won't be sent away, will she?" Zhang Zhou stared blankly at the yellow book tree.

The butterfly moved on the leaves, and it was time to fly away later.

"Didn't Mom say she would never send Dad away?" The eldest sister Zhang Yu replied.

"But Daddy sent that sister away." Zhang Zhou retracted his gaze and asked with a wink.

"Don't talk nonsense, be careful that Daddy hears me. Didn't mom tell you not to talk nonsense about that sister? Zhang Yu put his ear to the door vigilantly and listened to the movement outside the living room.

The living room was quiet, the smell of choking smoke came through the crack in the door, Zhang Yu couldn't help but want to sneeze, quickly covered her mouth with her hand, and retreated to the place where she had been sitting.

Mom and sister haven't come back yet.

The third daughter, Zhang Hu, a four-year-old woman, rubbed her eyes with her little hands and yawned.

"Third sister, are you sleepy? Hurry up and go to bed! Zhang Yu laid out the quilt, helped Zhang Hu take off her shoes and coat, and carried her to the quilt.

At this time, they heard Zhang Changwen's "bang" and the sound of the door closing.

Zhang Zhou gently pushed open the door, took a look at his father's room, and was sure that Zhang Changwen had blown out the lights in the room, and he himself estimated that he had already laid down to sleep, so he dared to sneak out of the house quietly and go to the vegetable garden to find his mother and sister.

She soon found her mother, who was holding her sister and squatting behind the rape flowers.

"Mom, Dad is going to sleep, you can take your sister home quickly! It's cold in here. She pulled the corners of Zhu Shuilian's clothes.

Zhu Shuilian wiped away the tears on her face, pulled Zhang Zhou with one hand, hugged the sleeping Zhang Ze with the other, and tiptoed back to the house.

When the fifth daughter was born, Zhang Changwen was not present, and of course it was impossible to help her choose a name.

Zhu Shuilian referred to the name of a great person, and she helped her fifth daughter choose the name of a great man she admired the most.

Although the name sounds a bit like a man's name.

Of course Zhu Shuilian knows that this is a boy's name, but she just wants to be willful, since no matter how hard she tries, she can't give birth to a son, so just give her a boy's name, just put a copy of her own thoughts!

That night, the five of them huddled together in a thick quilt to keep warm.

How dare Zhu Shuilian fall asleep, she stretched out her hand from time to time, touched the sleeping Zhang Ze beside her, put her hand to her nostrils, and tested her breathing.

I was afraid that Zhang Changwen would run in in the middle of the night and attack her while she was asleep.

Sleepless nights.

Early the next morning, Zhang Changwen carried a briefcase under his armpit in his right hand and a bag of rice in his left hand, and took a ferry to the shore of the river.

In the past, Zhu Shuilian would get up early, boil hot water and put it in a bucket, and put a clean towel in the bucket; Squeeze the toothpaste, take a cup of warm water, and send it to the table in the hall to wait for Zhang Changwen to brush his teeth and wash his face.

After he finished washing, Zhu Shuilian poured out the dirty water, wiped the table clean, and then went to the kitchen to bring out the prepared breakfast, and the family had breakfast.

After eating breakfast, he helped Zhang Changwen carry the things he needed to carry to the ferry, watched the ferry go away, and then went home to work in and out of the house.

But that morning, Zhu Shuilian had been lying in the bed, listening to Zhang Changwen wash himself, put the rice into the snakeskin bag by himself, and pack his luggage by himself.

Before he left, he didn't eat breakfast.

Since he got married, he has never cooked a meal at home.

When he walked out of the back door and closed the door heavily, the footsteps became farther and farther away, until he finally couldn't hear it, Zhu Shuilian got up and called her daughters loudly: "Get up quickly!" The sun is coming in! “

"Is Daddy gone?" The eldest daughter, Zhang Yu, rubbed her eyes and asked.

"Gone early". The second daughter Zhang Zhou touched Zhang Ze's face, "Mom, Dad won't send my sister away, right?" ”

"Why did Dad send his sister away?" Zhang Hu also woke up and asked with a pair of big eyes.

"Because dad doesn't like girls." Zhang Yu dressed neatly and helped his sister Zhang Hu put on his coat.

Zhang Zhou has long been dressed neatly: "Mom, no matter what, we must protect my sister and prevent my father from giving her away."

"Hmm." Zhu Shuilian responded, happy and sad.

I am happy that my daughter has grown up and can help, but I am sad that my four daughters have not been able to please my father.

The eldest daughter, Zhang Yu, works quickly and does everything in an orderly manner; The second daughter Zhang Zhou has great strength, works like a boy, fast and good.

Zhang Zhou loves his sister Zhang Ze very much, and comes over to tease her sister whenever she is free, when she is too busy to work, her second daughter takes Zhang Ze, feeds her sister, and coaxes her sister to sleep.

Of course, Zhang Yu is not bad for this little sister.

Although the third daughter Zhang Hu is young, she is very well-behaved and never causes trouble for her.

Zhu Shuilian looked at a few sensible daughters and confirmed once again that even if Zhang Changwen did not hand over her salary, at most she would not have the money to buy fertilizers and pesticides, and the harvest of the agricultural products she grew would not be so high, and it would be equally feasible to use poultry excrement to pour vegetables and water fruit trees.

Even if the rice harvest may fail, she has to go up the mountain to cut more wood, plant more cassava, find more herbs, and earn more money.

That way she would have money to buy fertilizers and pesticides.

Mountains and rivers raise people, she and her daughter rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to eat the water, she doesn't believe it, she can't pull up the four daughters alone.

The instinct of mother's love made her straighten her waist, she kissed Zhang Ze, hugged Zhang Hu, opened the door, and went to the kitchen to cook happily as usual.