This year's spring arrived a little late, and it was already a sting, but the river was still cold and biting.

Zhao Mo wrung out the last piece of clothing and put it in the bucket, got up and went to the upper reaches of the river, carefully pulling the fishing net and slowly closing it.

She borrowed this net from Uncle Zhuzi in the same village, and she will return it to him when she returns.

Today's luck was very good, before she could be dragged ashore, she saw several cyan fish shadows in the net, and the largest one weighed about two or three catties.

With her excited heart and a lot of strength, she lifted the net violently, and in an instant the water splashed, and the fish in the net kept fluttering.

Then, she neatly loaded the fish into another wooden barrel, folded the net, and carried it home with her clothes.

Zhao's house is not far from the river, and you can see her backyard by bypassing half a small hill.

Only their family lives here, and the nearest neighbor lives on the other end, more than a hundred meters away from their house. At this moment, smoke slowly floated from the roofs of both of them, entangled with the light fog on the slope of the mountain, and it was picturesque.

The backyard is surrounded by a wooden fence, and inside is a tuft of soil, and the weeds on the field stalks are cleanly handled. This land was turned over last year when her mother passed away, and it was very smooth, and there were no things planted on it.

She plans to go to the county government office to get some new grain seeds to plant later.

Most of the people in the village only grow one crop of rice, and the family is counting on eating that little grain, how can they have enough to eat? The imperial court would trade with Fanbang every year in exchange for many new varieties, and then bring them back for implementation.

Very few people want to be the first bird, after all, they are not familiar with the new grain seeds, and if they die, it will be a waste of time, energy and land. It is better to have this leisure than to have a variety of traditional grains, at least not to lose the harvest.

She was imagining a future in the backyard when she suddenly heard screams from the front yard.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she slipped through the back door into the kitchen, where she secretly hid the bucket with the fish. After doing all this, she opened the kitchen front door and walked out.

I saw that in the yard, ten-year-old Zhao Rong was stubbornly holding a long-pole iron hoe and refused to let go.

"Second uncle, that's our family's hoe! You can't take it! ”

Zhao Li on the side also stared at He with red eyes, and nervously pulled the hoe handle with her brother.

He Shi was a little annoyed and angry: "Brother Rong, let go!" This hoe belongs to our family! You took it secretly, and I'm going to take it back now!" ”

When Zhao Mo heard this, her brows jumped, and she immediately stepped forward and said, "The second uncle said that this hoe belongs to your family?" The aunt said, why is this hoe your family? Could it be that your name is written on it? ”

Hearing the words, Zhao Rong and Zhao Li turned around and exclaimed in surprise: "Sister! ”

When He saw her, he was immediately a little embarrassed, and as soon as his hand was loosened, the hoe fell into Zhao Rong's hand.

"Sister Mo'er is well?"

Zhao Mo sneered: "It's not good, it's good, otherwise the house will be emptied." ”

He Shi heard the sarcasm in her words, but if he loses, he will not lose the battle, so he immediately straightened his chest and raised his head and said, "Since Sister Mo is awake, then we will sort it out." Your father borrowed this hoe from our family, and now it's time to return it!" ”

"Didn't you just say that our family stole it? Why did you just say you borrowed it after a while? Besides, how can you prove that this is your hoe? Do you have a certificate? If not, please go back! We still have something to do, so we don't have time to mess with you! ”

He choked and glared at her indignantly. remembered that she was reprimanded in front of everyone last time, and she couldn't go out for a few days, so she immediately jumped up and pointed at her and scolded:

"You little lady raised it, this hoe is mine! You have to give it, and if you don't give it, you have to give! ”

After all, rush up and grab the hoe.

Zhao Rong was small and had little strength, so he didn't hold it for a while and was pulled to the ground by her.

Zhao Mo didn't expect He to be so savage, she was immediately furious, strode forward, picked up a wooden stick, and hit the back of her hand.

He only felt a pain in the back of his hand, and screamed and let go of his hand. The hoe fell to the ground, and she couldn't stop scolding in her mouth, a bite of a son of a bitch, a little girl, how ugly it sounds.

She helped Zhao Rong up and asked in a loud voice, "How is Brother Rong?" Did it hurt? Does it hurt? ”

"Sister, I'm fine." Zhao Rong picked up the hoe on the ground, hugged it tightly in his arms, and glared at He fiercely, his eyes full of hatred.

Zhao Mo patted his head distressedly, inserted the stick in his hand into the soil, and looked at He Shi coldly: "Does aunt still think that this hoe belongs to your family?" ”

Sometimes countering violence with violence is as simple as that.

The momentum on her body instantly shocked the arrogant He family, she glared at Zhao Mo fiercely, stomped her foot, and snorted coldly: "You dead girl, you have no respect for your elders, sooner or later someone will cure you!" ”

If it was innocuous like this, Zhao Mo replied without blinking: "Then I'll wait to treat it." ”

The courtyard was finally quiet, and Zhao Rong and Zhao Li relaxed.

"Sister, it's good that you're back, otherwise the only hoe in our family would have been taken away by her!"

Zhao Mo touched Zhao Li's little head and said with a smile: "If I take it, I will let her return it." ”

She glanced at Zhao Rong, who was still sullen, and sighed, "Don't worry, your father and mother are gone, you still have a sister." ”

The two little beans nodded violently with teary eyes.

"Okay, sister, I'm going to say something happy. Today we had fish to eat! ”

"Fish?!" Zhao Li shouted excitedly.

Zhao Rong also said excitedly: "Sister, did you catch a fish this morning?" ”

Since the death of their mother, they have not eaten meat for more than a month, and when they hear that there is fish, their eyes are green.

Zhao Mo smiled at them and ordered: "Ah Li will light the fire in a while, Ah Rong will return the fishing nets, and we will go to the county seat after breakfast." ”

*

Huaxi Village was originally a place where people surnamed Zhao lived, hundreds of years ago there was a famine in the north, and many people with foreign surnames came to settle here, among which the surname Li was the majority. Although Lizheng has always been in charge of the surname Zhao, in the past few years, the surname Li has gradually gained the support of many villagers, and a small Lizheng position has faintly appeared in a situation where the two surnames are fighting.

In this way, it makes the village more breezy and bright, after all, if one is not careful, he will be seized by a foreign surname.

Zhao Mo and his father and mother died and were not eaten alive by the eldest uncle and second uncle, but still lived alone, and also benefited from this situation.

At this time, she took a brother and a sister to the entrance of the village, they did not have a car, they could only rely on two legs, if they walked fast, they could reach the county seat at noon.

At this time, many people had eaten breakfast and were ready to go to the ground, and when they saw Zhao Mo, they couldn't help but ask about her illness.

"Is Jasmine sick well?"

Zhao Mo smiled and nodded: "Thank you aunt for your concern, I will be able to go to the ground the day before yesterday." ”

Yao looked at the bag in her hand and asked, "Where is this going?" ”

"Go to the county government to get some new grains."

As soon as he heard that he was so poor that he was going to plant new grains, Yao showed sympathetic eyes: "Mo girl, that new grain is not a good thing, if you don't live, you have to pay half more taxes!" ”

Yang, who was also on the side, also persuaded: "Is it not? What's so good about the new grain? You might as well buy some rice seeds, if the weather is good this year, you might be able to chew enough for a year! ”

Zhao Mo shook his head: "There is really no land planted at home, I'll try my luck." ”

Their family only has two acres of land, one and a half acres of high-grade fields, and half an acre of low-grade fields. There are still rice seeds at home, but they are only enough to plant the one and a half acres of high-quality fields, and she doesn't know what to do with half an acre of low-grade fields.

In previous years, her father and mother would use it to grow yellow rice, but the yellow rice seeds at home were gone, and only some soybeans and taro were left.

It's really poor!

Yao knows that it is not easy to be fed and clothed these days, especially since this girl has just died of her father, alas!

"Since the girl is going to the county government, you might as well ask your Uncle Li Shan if he will go."

Zhao Mo's eyes lit up, Li Shan is a hunter in the village, and his skills are quite good, in order to facilitate the sale of prey, the family bought a donkey cart. Thinking of this, she hurriedly thanked Yao and Yang and left.

Uncle Li Shan's family lives in the village near the mountain, and the yard is not big, but it is very clean, unlike other villagers whose yards are full of chicken and duck dung.

She stood at the gate of the courtyard, knocked lightly, and saw a tall figure walk out of the house, and when she saw her, she asked loudly, "Is there something wrong with the girl?" ”

"Uncle, I'm Zhao Mo who lives by the river, are you going to the city today? My younger siblings and I would like to take your ride. ”

A hint of understanding appeared on Li Shan's dark face: "I'm going into the mountains today, not going to the city." ”

Before Zhao Mo could react, he added, "But Brother Yuan will go to the city to get medicine, and I will ask him to drive you there." ”