Chapter 3: The Mourning Star Comes to the Door
The dilapidated shack she was in now looked like it was some years old, the walls were made of mud, two sides of which were inclined, and there were traces of repeated repairs on it, not to mention the sound of the wind whining through the cracks, which was enough to meet the standards of a dilapidated house.
A third of the thatched roof was swept away by the wind, revealing a hole the size of a millstone, and when you looked up, you could see the blue sky and white clouds.
If it weren't for the fact that the weather was approaching late autumn, it would be nice to be a viewing room. I'm afraid it's bad to rain on a cloudy day, and if it's pouring rain outside, it's going to rain badly inside.
The furnishings in the room were clear at a glance, except for a dilapidated wooden shelf bed and a three-legged table, there was nothing else, Ji Yu pushed the door out.
Outside is a fenced yard. The fence was decayed and did not serve any protection, and there were several holes in it, as if caused by the frequent entry and exit of animals. Due to the long period of uninhabited, the weeds in the yard are knee-deep.
On the left side of the courtyard is a dead pear tree, on the right is a shed made of four wooden pillars, under the shed is a simple stove full of ash, the black jar and the earthy brown pot in the stove hole are also dusty, and there are still some unused chopping wood on the side against the wall.
This place is at the end of the village, and a mile away is a high mountain wall, and it is really dangerous if you encounter a landslide or mudslide on a hillside.
It is no wonder that there are only a few scattered families living around, and the economic conditions in the village are relatively poor.
But she is quite satisfied, if she is still allowed to live under the nose of the Ji family, it will be called trouble, and she may be exposed at some point.
There is a place to settle down, although this place can neither shelter from the wind nor rain, but step by step.
As for the second step, Ji Yu rubbed her belly that was singing about the empty city plan, and it seemed that she still had to solve the problem of food and clothing as soon as possible.
But now she is penniless......
But this is not in a hurry, she decided to skip this step first and go directly to the third step - separation.
In fact, her injuries did not look serious, the wounds on her forehead were real, but the blood on her body was made by herself when she was locked up in the firewood room of a rich family.
That's right, since then she has been planning to split up.
First of all, she is not the real Ji Yu and has no feelings for the Ji family;
What's more, the family is so ruthless to a little girl, and it is not a good family, so it is better to get rid of the relationship completely and live in their own way.
And according to her current reputation, she can't sell it, if she doesn't break up when the Ji family thinks "she is sick and dying", will it be possible that she will wait to be sucked by that group of bloodsuckers in the future, and continue to be used as cattle and horses for others?
Just thinking about those days, Ji Yu couldn't help but shudder.
The original owner has been obedient to such an environment for a long time, but it's a pity that she is not the original owner.
It wasn't that she didn't want to escape from Dafeng Village, but after figuring out the household registration system of this era, she gave up that naΓ―ve idea.
In the few days she was locked up in the rich family's house, she inquired a lot of things, and learned that the country she is in now is called the Great Zhou Kingdom, whether it is the land and the people's situation or the political and economic system, it is very similar to the Ming Dynasty in the previous life.
The household registration system of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very strict, because the state's conscription tax was ultimately apportioned to the people, so the peasants were tied to the land, and it was extremely difficult to move to a hukou. If you don't have a household, you can't go out, otherwise you will be a homeless person, and you can't enter the city, not to mention, once the government finds out, you will be arrested as a criminal and exiled.
Thinking about it, there is only one way to separate the family.
Ji Yu doesn't need to look at it to know what the hell she looks like now, plus she is hungry and weak, and she can make up for some shortcomings in acting skills at that time, when will she not make trouble at this time?
The Ji family's house is a common square pattern in the countryside, although it is not spacious, but the blue bricks and gray tiles of Yishui.
Facing the gate is a slip of three large tile houses, in the middle is the hall house for eating and entertaining guests, the east of the hall house lives Ji Qingshan and his wife, and the west of the hall house lives Ji Lianjiao.
On the left side of the courtyard are four wing rooms, the big room occupies two rooms, and the other two were originally two-room, but now they are locked by Mrs. Kang, saying that they will be re-made and left for Ji Lianjiao to be a wedding room in the future.
There are also four wings on the right, and the first two rooms live in three rooms. The other two rooms, one for grain and farming tools, and one for stoves.
As for the vegetable garden, the pigsty, and the chickens, ducks and geese, they are all in the backyard.
The courtyard wall is made of adobe, but the wall is also fanned with a layer of tiles, which looks very magnificent.
In the stove room, Zhu complained endlessly early in the morning.
In the past, when the cheap girl was there, she didn't need to ask about the work of laundry, cooking, sprinkling and cleaning, but now she and her sister-in-law Yang took turns to do it, although most of it was pushed to Yang, but she still had to get up early, and her heart was naturally unhappy.
The scolding in his mouth was endless, and for a while he thought that Yang's fire was slow, and then let Yang's chop vegetables for a while, and she didn't forget to curse a few words when she was free: "I don't know if that cheap girl is dead......
"Mother! Mother! The mourning and mourning stars are coming home! Her 10-year-old son, Ji Mingmao, yelled and ran into the yard.
"What!" Zhu was shocked and walked out quickly.
Seeing that the mother-in-law also happened to lift the curtain of the hall, she asked with a drooping face: "What are you talking about early in the morning, for fear that others won't hear or what?" β
Carrying the dying granddaughter outside to wait for death is not a glorious thing after all, this fool wants to shout that the whole village knows?
Ji Mingmao is still young, and he doesn't know the twists and turns of adults.
He had just gone out to play with Ergou, but he hadn't gone far before he saw a figure floating towards him.
His head was wrapped in a white cloth, and his body was bloody, and he looked weird and scary.
When he got closer, he saw clearly that the dead man's face was his cousin, and then thought of what his mother said before going to bed last night, "The dead girl can't survive tomorrow", Ji Mingmao said "Mother", and ran back.
"Milk, there are ghosts, there are ghosts...... The Dead Star has come to ask for his life...... Woo, a lot of people......"
Kang Po was so angry that she raised her hand and gave him a mouthful: "Shut up!" β
Zhu was also furious, but he was not happy to see his son being beaten, and he didn't dare to rush at his mother-in-law openly, so he walked out angrily: "Mother, don't worry, I'll go and see, if Mingmao this kid lies, see if I come back and don't kill him, let him meddle ......"
Before the cruel words landed, the foot that stepped out quickly shrank back as if it had been bitten by a dog.
She slammed the door shut, and turned against it, her tongue out of her tongue.
"Mother, mother, really...... It's really coming......"
It was not a long distance from the broken shack where Ji Yu lived to Ji's house, but the emptiness of her stomach and her weakness made her feel like she had traveled a long distance.
She landed on cotton, panting after a few steps, and fainting at any moment if she couldn't catch it - with this dignity, she managed to attract the attention of the villagers.
The farmer's family got up early, and people could be seen everywhere at this point, coupled with Ji Mingmao's pig-like voice, so many people saw Ji Yu's miserable appearance.
They stopped at first to look at it secretly, and then slowly gathered around.
Although she is afraid of her reputation, there is a saying that is true throughout the ages - curiosity kills cats.
And women's curiosity will always prevail.
A middle-aged woman was the first to ask: "Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you?" β
Ji Yu learned from her memory that this was Aunt Wang, who was particularly nosy in the village.
She pursed her lips, but she just shook her head and said nothing, not asking anyone.
The more she did this, the more anxious she became, and she wanted to know what was going on.
It was also a slack time on the left and right, and a group of people simply followed Chao Ji's house.