Chapter 7 Calling the heavens and the earth
Liu Li saw his daughter snatching the stick, so he let go and said distressedly: "My sweetheart, why are you not embroidering in the house, why are you running out?" Don't be afraid of smoking, go back to the house! As he spoke, he pushed his daughter back to the house.
The two sons of the Liu family glared at their sister and complained: "You still help her speak, you are everywhere!" ”
Liu Li was dragged back to the upper room by his daughter, and followed his two sons left and right. While walking, Liu Li didn't forget to turn around and scold: "It's cheap for you today, and then let me see the fire, you are lucky to see me if I don't break your legs." ”
The firewood room was calm again.
Xia He touched her swollen cheeks that were beaten by her mother-in-law, and squatted on the ground again and cried bitterly.
Think about where you have suffered such a wretched spirit in your previous life, what era is this, her husband never beat herself before his death, is this family treating himself so badly, is it considered domestic violence? I am weak, how can I be reasonable? This is really called the heaven and the earth should not be called spiritual, what should I do if this is called Xia Heke?
When he was struggling in pain, he heard a voice beside him say, "Son, don't cry, beware of crying!" Come on, come on, get up. ”
Xia He looked up, it turned out to be a neighbor Aunt Zhang who came in through the small door in the backyard, and was reaching out to pull herself, Xia He saw Aunt Zhang as if she had seen a relative, and she cried even more fiercely.
While crying, he said to the eldest mother: "Auntie! How can I live Xia He?! My husband has left me, and this family still doesn't allow me, what can I do in the future? ”
Aunt Zhang pulled Xia He into the house, helped Xia He to sit down on the edge of the kang, and said in a high voice: "Hey! Girl, just bear with it, which family is not like this? It's been a daughter-in-law for many years, you will slowly get used to it, don't cry! As he spoke, he took out a paper bag from his arms, opened it and took out a nest head and handed it to Xia He and said softly: "The child's mother's house has nothing to eat, give you this hungry and hard-working child!" I haven't eaten in a day, so let's eat it while it's hot. ”
Xia He looked at the nest head in Aunt Zhang's hand, and the tears of gratitude fell again, nodded vigorously and took it and ate it, crying while eating, and swallowed the tears with the nest head.
I thought: I didn't do anything lacking virtue in my previous life? How did you cross over to this house, didn't this nest appear at the hotel banquet? In the previous life, it tasted so good, but in this life, it was only eaten in this situation, and this neighbor Aunt Zhang is really a kind person.
Thinking of this, Xia He stood up and took the eldest mother's hand, stepped forward to give Aunt Zhang a warm hug, stuffed her mouth with a nest head, and said vaguely: "Auntie, you are my mother, how can I thank you?" In the future, I Xia He will definitely raise you as my own mother and give you a pension! ”
"Don't talk about children like that, just watch you not be offended, the eldest mother also has a son, don't worry about it."
Saying that, the eldest lady touched the kang again and frowned and said, "It's so cold, it's really not okay for you to be pregnant." ”
Looking around the room, Aunt Kang saw a few hare skins, happily patted her thigh and said, "Yes, what do you think it is?" ”
Following the direction of the eldest lady's finger, Xia He saw the rabbit skin and hurriedly said, "The skin." ”
The eldest lady staggered to the top of the kang, took it, and spread it on the kang together.
Xia He touched the rabbit fur and said happily: "Auntie is so smart, why didn't I think of it?" ”
"Hey! Eat quickly, I have to go, if your mother-in-law sees me coming to you, she should be angry again, and you will be the one who will suffer then! Saying that, the eldest lady slowly left the Liu family's firewood room.
Aunt Zhang left, and Xia He, who ate the nest in her hand, fell into deep thought.
Will this family be able to stay any longer? Xia He didn't dare to think about it? Where else can you go if you're not here? Where is her Xia He's shelter?
Xia He's heart is broken, what should I do? You can't watch this Xia He, who has the same name and surname as himself in this life, go to jump off the cliff again!
It can't be like this, since Xia He in this life gave me this body and child, then I have to be worthy of her and be responsible for myself.
After thinking about it, I got up, I had just eaten something and had a little strength on my body, tidying up the stove pit at the tip of the kang, cleaning the ground, and cleaning the room again. I thought that no matter how long I lived here, I had to feel like home.
At night, Xia He closed the wooden door tightly and lay down with his clothes.
The kitten next to her fell asleep, and the big yellow dog also curled up under the edge of the kang, and in the quiet night, the dog did not eat for a day, and the sound of the stomach growling was heard clearly.
Xia He was sad that the dog was also starving with him, thinking about what happened to him, and silently shed sad tears.
When he was sad, he heard something seem to be loud outside the window, Xia He listened attentively, but there was no sound again, and the big yellow dog also heard it, his head fell to the ground, and his mouth roared.
Xia He smeared the ground, looked out along the crack in the door, and by the moonlight outside, Xia He saw a person looking into the firewood room through the crack in the door, looking at each other, Xia He screamed and ran back to the kang. The big yellow dog barked a few times. The man fled as if he were flying.
Xia He brought the only broken table in the house against the wooden door, and put several large bundles of firewood and grass on the table.
After finishing his work, Xia He buried his head in the quilt and didn't dare to make a sound, and he didn't dare to sleep again this night.
Outside the window, the sound of the rooster announcing the dawn came and went, and it was about to dawn, Xia He was so sleepy that he fell asleep in a daze......
In her sleep, Xia He was on vacation by the sea, lying on the rocking chair in the spacious seaside viewing room, quietly watching the beautiful scenery in front of the window, and the rocking chair shook and shook and took her to sleep.
A knock on the door woke Xia He, and she looked around and pulled her back to reality from her dream, looking at the sunlight outside the door, knowing that it was dawn.
It's just that who knocked on the door like this, hurriedly got off the kang, moved away the firewood, grass and table, opened the wooden door and looked out.
"You're going to die, why don't you get up and pour the urine bucket for my mother, our Liu family doesn't support a lazy guy like you, hurry up and work for me!" Liu Li pointed at Xia He and scolded.
Oh, this is not endless, Xia He thought, this is really good enough for her daughter-in-law.
"Yes." After yesterday's lesson, Xia He didn't dare to talk back, so he hurried to the upper room, cleaned up the sanitation of each room, and washed the spittoon urine bucket.
Xia He was disgusting while working, thinking to himself this Xia He, Xia He, you can continue this work for so many years, why don't you resist and resist? Another thought, hey! What else can a maid do, it's the work of serving people, what can she do if she doesn't do this.
I haven't done this job since I married Junko, and today my mother-in-law called herself to do this again, and she called herself as a maid again.
After being busy for a while, Xia He dragged his tired body back to the room to rest, and when it was time to eat at noon, no one came to summon Xia He to eat, and Xia He didn't want to face the faces of the Liu family.
Simply walked out of the back door, walking aimlessly, since being reborn, Xia He was still walking on the road of Zhuangzi for the first time.
Looking at the ancient buildings in front of him, Xia He was amazed by the wisdom of the ancients, it was really retro.
The quaint streets, lined with large and small houses, are so beautiful!