Qi Ruo originally planned to plant some vegetables in it, and when the time comes, it will be easy to take them out and sell them, but she can't be busy with the things at hand, she always has to go to see a doctor everywhere, and she can't let Aunt Wang plant it, she is too tired, so she simply put it on hold.

Seeing that it has been closed again in recent years, there are jubilants everywhere, and everyone's temperament has improved a lot.

Qi Ruo went out early this day, planning to go to Jinzhou City to buy some New Year's goods, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw a woman holding a baby who was no more than two or three years old standing at the door of her house, with a burden on her back.

The woman didn't stand close, Qi Ruo just glanced at it and withdrew her gaze, but the woman still stared straight at her, she was puzzled, and she couldn't help but look back at the person again.

"Cousin?"

Qi Ruo hurriedly stepped forward, but when he got closer, he didn't dare to admit it.

I saw that the woman was wearing a coarse linen skirt, although the clothes were stuffed with cotton, but they were full and suffocated, not to mention the shoes, I am afraid that they will be worn out if they are sharpened again.

Qi Ruo still remembers that when she was a girl, she liked bright colors the most, but her body was gray and white that had never been highlighted, and she was sewn and mended, and she didn't know how long she had been wearing it.

Take a closer look at her face, she is thinner than a few years ago, and her complexion is even darker and yellower, where is she still delicate when she was a girl? But in just a few years, how did you get people into such a situation?

"Cousin, how do you ......"

Qi Ruo didn't finish saying this, but both of them knew clearly in their hearts what her next words were.

Qi Ruo saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, and said with a smile: "I just felt a little surprised." My cousin used to be ...... Why did you lose weight like this......"

Her cousin is her grandmother's niece and granddaughter, named Bai Mingyue, three years older than her. Except for her grandmother, she was the best among all these relatives, and she was the only one she could talk to in the past.

Bai Mingyue's family background is not bad, but later her father moved to Jinzhou City after being admitted to Xiucai, where there is a corner of the place to shelter from the wind and rain, and it is still possible to have a new dress that is not bad in the eyes of ordinary people a year.

Now it seems that not only is she not even able to have new clothes, but she is afraid that her stomach is difficult......

It's okay not to mention this, but when Bai Mingyue mentioned it, she cried, and when she cried, the little baby also cried.

Qi Ruo was anxious: "Cousin, what's wrong with you?" Isn't ......?" she paused, "isn't he treating you badly?" ”

didn't think that Bai Mingyue cried even more sadly when she asked, and the little baby on the side watched her mother cry, and also cried with her throat open and her mouth open.

Qi Ruo was even more worried, and turned sideways and said, "Cousin, don't stand here, go in?" We went in and said, it's cold outside. ”

Bai Mingyue lowered her head and wiped her tears, picked up the baby she was holding again, and followed Qi Ruo to the courtyard while patting and coaxing.

Qi Ruo saw her holding a baby, and wanted to help her carry the burden in her hand, but she refused. Qi Ruo couldn't insist, so he turned around and went to the house with someone.

When he arrived at the house, Qi Ruo poured a glass of water for Bai Mingyue, and saw that the little doll was still crying, so he hurriedly turned around and went to the house to get the winter melon candy he had made before and stuffed it into the little baby's hand, and the little baby stopped crying at the moment.

At this time, Aunt Wang was also disturbed by the movement outside, and when Qi Ruo explained the identity of the person who came to her, she immediately had a smile on her face, thinking that it was still early at this time, and asked, "Have you eaten?" ”

Seeing Bai Mingyue shaking her head, Aunt Wang dropped the needle and thread she was still holding in her hand to cook, Qi Ruo wanted to rush to do it, but was stopped by Aunt Wang.

"Since you are your cousin, you will accompany her, I will do it, and you will help me thread the needlework later." As she spoke, she sighed, "This person, he is only a little old, his eyes are not very good, and he can't see the needle and thread clearly in the house." ”

Qi Ruo was puzzled: "Godmother, why don't you come to this hall to do it?" The back room is dark, which is quite eye-catching. ”

Aunt Wang was a little weak-hearted, her eyes rolled, and she hurriedly turned around and walked outside the house, waving her hand as she walked: "Isn't this warm in the house under the covers." ”

Qi Ruo reacted when she saw Aunt Wang's appearance, and couldn't help but quip: "Godmother, who are you going to make this dress for?" ”

Aunt Wang turned the corner sharply, and when Qi Ruo couldn't see her figure clearly, she replied vaguely: "Just do whatever you want." ”

Qi Ruo smiled and shook his head: "Let my cousin laugh, my godmother is so interesting." ”

Bai Mingyue looked at it, her eyes were full of envy: "Ah Ruo, now I am relieved to see that you are doing well as a cousin." But I don't have that good luck, my mother-in-law is very fierce......"

Saying that, Bai Mingyue was about to cry again, and the little girl watched from the side, shouting that she was going to cry about winter melon candy.

Qi Ruo touched the little girl's head with one hand, and took Bai Mingyue's hand with the other hand and comforted: "Cousin, don't cry, you cry too, you have to cry too, if you don't think about yourself, you always have to think about this little baby." ”

She looked down at the little girl again, she was born with yellow muscles and thin muscles, a small lump, and at first glance, she lacked food and raised her body weakly.

"How old is this baby?"

Bai Mingyue wiped her tears with her sleeve before choking and said, "Three years old." ”

"In the blink of an eye, cousin, you even have a baby?" Qi Ruo took out a handkerchief to wipe the dirt on the little girl's face and tears together, and then said, "Cousin is back to him...... And his parents know? ”

Bai Mingyue was about to cry again when she said this, so she shook her head forcibly and licked her lips subconsciously.

"I don't know, I sneaked out. He ...... to me He was beaten and scolded at every turn, and his parents didn't want to see our family of three, and they disliked me for only giving birth to a girl for their family......"

Qi Ruo didn't expect things to be like this, he was still a man who could beat women!

She couldn't help but think of the previous Steward Feng, and she was even more angry in her heart, why are all women who have been offended?

But the only thing that reassured her was that in order to make up for her previous mistakes, she heard that Steward Feng was very good to Sister Xiao Tao now, and she just hoped that they could continue to be good like this.

But now my cousin suffered this crime again......

At the beginning, Bai Mingyue suddenly came to her, saying that her parents were clinging to the powerful and wanted to marry her to a man she didn't know.

She also said that she already had someone she liked and wanted to live with him for the rest of her life, but her parents were unwilling to marry her to him because they disliked him for being poor.

At that time, Bai Mingyue cried miserably, saying that the two had agreed to elope and asked her to help her.

Qi Ruo thought that she was afraid that this would be the case in her life, since her cousin said that that person treated her well, she would be happy, so she agreed to help her elope, but now it seems that it has hurt her.

Bai Mingyue was still crying in Qi Ruo's ear: "The family is getting poorer and poorer, and the food for our mother and son is pitiful, but I still have to do the dirty work." ”

Qi Ruo hesitated: "Didn't you say that he was a good treat for you......"

mentioned this stubble Bai Mingyue cried even more, and the little girl was also making a fuss on the side, she seemed to have run out of patience, and she didn't coax the child anymore, and she was even more annoyed She yelled directly: "What are you crying about?" If it weren't for you, I'd ......"

"Cousin!" Qi Ruo interrupted Bai Mingyue's words, and when she saw her mournful appearance, she gently persuaded, "The baby is innocent, she doesn't understand anything." It's also my fault, I shouldn't have helped you in the first place. ”

Qi Ruo was only thirteen years old at the time, although he was assertive, but he was not shrewd enough, and he didn't know if he wanted to inquire if the man was as his cousin said, and he couldn't think of any proper way, so he relied on his enthusiasm and thought that his cousin would treat him well.

It was the first time she had forgotten her mother's words, and who would have thought that the only restlessness would have such serious consequences......

In the end, she is also responsible for this matter, if she doesn't help her, she may give up this idea, and she won't live so bleakly.

Bai Mingyue didn't say anything about Qi Ruo's self-blame, she just cried and complained about her sadness.

"At first, he treated me well, and I also saw him as an aspiring person, thinking that he would go to the examination to achieve fame like my father...... Who would have thought that after I gave birth to a girl, everything changed...... Xiucai can't pass the exam either...... He also beat me ......"

"I don't want to go back to that wolf's den, please, please, Aruo, take me in, take in our mother, I don't dare to go back to my mother's house, it was like that......"

"I ...... I'll kneel down for you...... I'll get you on your knees......"

As she spoke, she knelt directly on the ground along the table, and the bench was knocked to the ground by her, making a "bang" sound, which shocked Qi Ruo's doll, which was easy to coax, to cry again.

"Ouch, there's something to say, you cousins, what are you doing?"

Aunt Wang entered the hall, put the bowl in her hand on the table, and went to help people.

"Haven't you had breakfast yet? Hungry, right? Aunt Wang helped up the stool, let people sit on the stool, and stretched out her hand to put it in front of her, "This freshly cooked porridge, as well as steamed buns, is just right with pickles." Eat it hot and warm up. ”

Bai Mingyue looked at the white rice porridge in front of her, as well as the big white steamed buns, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva fiercely, and she didn't have time to say thank you, she couldn't wait to wash her dirty hands, grabbed a piece of steamed buns and gnawed it.

Qi Ruo glanced at Aunt Wang apologetically, and was glared back by Aunt Wang with a smile, her heart warmed slightly, knowing that this was Aunt Wang training her to see her again.

Qi Ruo glanced at Bai Mingyue, who was just eating and didn't have time to care about the baby, and sighed heavily.

She still remembers that her former cousin was very gentle and always thought of someone else, but now she has been ruined by life like this.

She scooped up a spoonful of porridge and blew it, but only after eating did she send the porridge to the little girl's mouth.

The little girl seemed to have tasted the taste, and she was not satisfied with Qi Ruo feeding her like this, so she was about to reach out and grab it, but Qi Ruo pushed the bowl away.

"Little girl, it's hot."

After thinking about it, she put down the spoon and tore some steamed buns for her to pinch and eat.

And Bai Mingyue pouted and finished the hot porridge that had just come out of the pot, and turned her head to see that the bowl prepared for her baby was still half a bowl, and she picked up the bowl and poured it into her empty bowl.

Aunt Wang and Qi Ruo were stunned on the spot, they didn't expect a mother to snatch her baby's food.

Aunt Wang smiled reluctantly: "There is still a pot in this stove......"

Bai Mingyue's hand pouring porridge paused, raised her head and said to Aunt Wang: "Oh, why didn't you say it earlier!" ”

She put the porridge bowl with a bowl of bottom porridge left in front of Qi Ruo with a "bang", drank the porridge poured from her baby's bowl in one gulp, got up and went directly to the stove room.

Qi Ruo and Aunt Wang looked at each other and were speechless for a while.