Chapter 20: Unconsciously a little wet
Looking at the brand-new ready-to-wear clothes, her withered hands wiped and wiped on the coat, and her eyes were unconsciously moist.
"The child has grown up... If your father is still here, I don't know how relieved I would be to see the good life we are living today. ”
Qian Qianqian's nose was sour by her, and she couldn't help choking and said: "Mother, this is not a good day, we will get better and better in the future, you can accompany your little brother with peace of mind, our family will not be hungry in the future." ”
Just one piece of clothing can evoke the mother's thoughts of the deceased father, and several children want to be comforted, but the mother of Qian took the clothes in her arms and entered the house, her eyes dim.
The three sisters were cooking dinner together, and the smoke was curling up from the chimney, and Qian Fen had sighed several times.
"Sister, how much money did we earn today, I look at the money bag... Is it empty again? ”
In the end, it is a child who has lived a hard life, and it is very panicked that there is no balance at home, Qian Qianqian can only put the washed rice into the pot with a wooden scoop while comforting her.
"Don't worry, my sister knows it in her heart, and I promise that I won't let everyone go hungry."
"Sister..."Seeing her dodging in her words, Qian Fen couldn't sit still, "Why don't you take this one of mine and return it, I look at my mother's appearance, I feel really uncomfortable, I'm older than several younger brothers and sisters, I don't need to wear new clothes, we can return a little bit." ”
Qian Fen was in a hurry, and was about to go back to the house to take off the clothes on her body, but Qian Qianqian wiped the rice soup on her hands and hurriedly stopped her.
"Second sister, you heard my sister say, we can't just think about living a hard life, money can not be accumulated by saving, we have to learn to earn money, and we have to be able to spend money, my mother is not sad today, my mother is moved, now my sister will do a little business, you are obedient and sensible, why can't our family live a good life?"
With her hands pressed on her shoulders, Qian Qianqian's eyes were a little red as she spoke.
In the original time and space, she was also a person who lived a hard life, and she was far away in the mountains to teach, when the heavy snow closed the mountains, the food outside the mountains could not be sent in, and the cabbage in the mountains was rotted by frost.
That winter, many old people in the village did not survive, and she still knows the days of eating the last meal without the next meal.
It was also such a desperate moment, she tightened her belt thinking that she could save some, and then she encountered a landslide, and those things that were saved were not brought to life or death at all.
"Okay, sister, I believe you, tomorrow I will go to the field to pull wild vegetables."
Qian Fen wiped a handful of tears, her eyes flashed with a light that moved Qian Qianqian, she knew that some things had indeed changed unconsciously.
Whether it is the eldest sister who has the opposite temperament in the past, or the life that is different from the past, people must learn to look forward.
After dinner, Qian Qianqian came out of the kitchen after washing the dishes, and soon heard three knocks on the back door of her house.
Could it be that the people from the old house are here again?
Afraid that the wall had ears, Qian Qianqian pinched the burning stick and tiptoed to the door, and asked in a low voice.
"Who?"
"It's me."
deliberately clasped his hands together, and saw a person standing faintly outside the crack in the door, at the base of the wall where the moonlight could not be found.
Qian Qianqian opened the door and said in surprise: "Liu Han, why are you here at this time, have you had dinner?" ”
Liu Han carried one hand behind his back mysteriously, and scratched his head embarrassedly with the other hand, if it wasn't for the moonlight, he probably wouldn't dare to come over so rashly.
"Quack, quack..."
Qian Qianqian heard a familiar voice, she looked behind Liu Han, and found a fat black wild duck.
"It's!"
He pinched the wild duck's neck and handed it to Qian Qianqian.
"This is what I picked up in the field today, lying on the edge of the lotus root pond, as if I was running out of gas, I thought... It should be able to stew a cup of soup for your mother. ”
The more he talked, the more embarrassed he became, but fortunately, it was getting late, and no one could see the shyness on his face.
Qian Qianqian hesitated a little, "This... My mother's body is almost well, you can keep your aunt stew, such a big one. ”
Qian Qianqian is indeed a little moved, but in recent days, Liu Han has frequently helped herself, and she is categorically embarrassed to accept the favor so rashly.
"Take it, maybe it's still saved."
forcibly stuffed the wild duck into Qian Qianqian's arms, and Liu Han ran away with a red face.
It was too dark, and Qian Qianqian only heard a gust of wind pulling the courtyard door on the opposite side, followed by the voice of her aunt asking where Liu Han had gone.
Probably, he just took advantage of the fact that no one dared to send the wild duck over, and even hid it from his own mother.
The duck is restless by nature, and it is endless, but this wild duck seems to be dying, lying motionless in Qian Qianqian's arms, if it weren't for the warmth of the body, I'm afraid it would have to be taken back to stew.
Bringing the duck back to the courtyard, Qian Qianqian let it go down to the ground, but it was still unstable, and could only fall crookedly on the ground.
"Sister, where did this come from?"
Qian Hui came out of the house in surprise, and even alarmed his two younger sisters and the mother who was breastfeeding her younger brother in the house.
Not long after, the door of the house where Qian Qianqian originally lived was also opened, and Xiao Mohan revealed an expressionless face.
Qian Qianqian rubbed her hands a little embarrassed, "This is what Liu Han just sent, saying that he is dying, let us take care of it." ”
A pot-bellied wild duck weighs at least three or five pounds.
Qian Hui squatted down curiously and poked its black and white wings with his fingers, very curious.
"I'm dying, sister, shall we stew soup tomorrow?"
"You know how to stew."
Qian Qianqian poked him in the head, and after a while, Qian's mother came out of the house, hastily tied up her clothes, and checked a few times before making a conclusion.
"This is a female duck, maybe there are eggs in the stomach, but unfortunately the wings are injured, and it is estimated that they will not be able to fly in the future."
Mother Qian picked off the feathers of the wild duck along the moonlit place, and sure enough, she found a hand of blood.
Qian Qianqian thought of something, "Mother, can this still be cured?" ”
"A doctor can heal, but I don't know if I can live."
"Yes."
A clear voice came from Qian Qianqian's room, Xiao Mohan didn't know when he got out of bed, "Just take some bitter chrysanthemums, and feed some rice and water for three meals a day." ”
"It's as simple as that? How did the general know? ”
Xiao Mohan's eyes lit up, and his head tilted slightly, "When the army is marching and fighting, they often go hungry, and our soldiers often pick up some sick and injured wild ducks, which are raised in this way." ”
"The general still has some pity." Qian Qianqian nodded approvingly.
Who knows, Xiao Mohan's expression was stunned, and he unconsciously lowered his voice, "That's to save first, fatten up, and then kill when you run out of food..."