Last night, Xie was in a miasma, and Du Mei didn't have time to prepare for food. I was ready to be troubled for another day, but I suddenly heard that Du Xing had run away from home.

"What's going on!" Du Mei thought disdainfully in her heart, if the third room didn't make some trouble every day, it would be sad to live a clean life. As for why Du Xing ran away from home, Du Mei didn't have the heart to think about it.

The Xie family didn't make trouble, but it also delayed Du Mei's business for the day. She promised to make mixed dishes for Niu Er, and just took advantage of the time today to prepare carefully.

Du Mei was busy on the stove, and Du Tao led Huang Daya in: "Sister, Big girl said she was looking for you." ”

"Looking for me?" The pot was steaming, and Du Mei asked suspiciously through the white mist.

"Sister Meizi, I'...... I ......" Huang Daya blushed, held back for a long time, and didn't say the next sentence.

"Isn't this just harvested? Is your family short of food again? Du Mei walked up to the big girl and asked.

Today, the eldest girl seems to be dressed decently, although the cuffs and skirt of the skirt on her body are covered with cloth of different colors, fortunately, there are no patches, which is probably the best dress Du Mei has ever seen her wear.

"No, no." Huang Daya clutched her skirt nervously.

"If you have anything to say, you say, my sister is the best person." Du Gui lit the fire in the stove, and when he saw that she couldn't speak nervously, he hurriedly comforted her.

"Sister Meizi, I'...... I want to come to your house to help! Huang Daya had an open expression, and after she finished saying this, she exhaled heavily.

"This ......" Du Mei was stunned, she didn't expect that Huang Daya was for this.

"Big girl, you helped us plant rice earlier to repay the rice we owed. Look at my family, there are only five acres of land, which is now planted by Uncle Zhong, and there is Brother Shu to help me serve the crops in the field in my spare time, and I really don't need manpower. Du Mei looked at Huang Daya helplessly.

"I don't want to be paid, I just want to learn embroidery with you." Huang Daya was full of expectations, but she was politely rejected by Du Mei, and she lowered her head a little ashamedly.

"How do you want to learn this?" Du Mei asked, puzzled. Girls' needlework is generally taught by their mothers at home, and sisters learn from each other, and they don't need to learn it deliberately since they were young.

"My father's illness costs money, and I want to learn from you to embroider silk sachets to supplement some household use." Huang Daya wrung her fingers helplessly, and said in a low voice.

"What will you embroider?" Du Mei asked kindly. This girl is also a bitter child, if she can embroider some flowers and plants, Du Mei does not want her to help, and she will not hesitate to give her a point or two.

"I ...... I don't know anything. Beads of sweat broke out on the girl's head and said shyly.

"How come, your mother doesn't teach you?" Du Tao looked suspicious.

"You also know that my family was originally a candy seller, and my mother often had to help my father boil syrup, and she was not proficient in female popularity, that is, she could sew clothes and shoes for her family, and she couldn't embroider at all.

originally thought that life would be so dull, but who would have expected that it would suffer a catastrophe. Nowadays, the family has eaten a meal and a sad meal, and my father's illness also costs money, and I ...... some time ago" Huang Daya said and suddenly froze.

"What happened some time ago?" Du Gui asked curiously.

"Some time ago......" Huang Daya hesitated and refused to say.

"You don't have a ready-made craft at home, why don't you learn it."

Du Mei asked with a frown.

"My dad said that the craft of sugar people is passed on to men and not to women." Huang Daya glanced at Du Mei helplessly.

"What are these words, people can't live well, and they still abide by the rules of death!" Du Mei said angrily.

"I can't blame my father entirely, it's handed down from my ancestors." Huang Daya saw that Du Mei was angry, and she was a little panicked.

"Big girl, I'll go talk to your father and let him teach you to be a sugar man, there are only two of you sisters in your family, where did you get the man, can't you see that the craft is lost!" Du Mei took off his apron with his hands.

"W-is this going to work?" Huang Daya followed behind Du Mei and asked worriedly.

"How can a living person be trapped to death by the old rules!" Du Mei told Du Tao and Du Gui to look at the pot, she took a pack of fennel beans and went to Huang Daya's house.

As soon as Du Mei entered Huang Daya's house, a smell of medicine rushed to her nose.

"Uncle, aunt." Du Mei screamed.

The room was dark, the window paper hadn't been changed for a long time, and it was scorched. The eldest girl is sleeping on the bed, the eldest girl is boiling medicine, and the little girl is tiptoeing to wash the dishes.

"Meizi, come and sit, why did you come to my house?" When the eldest girl saw Du Mei, she greeted her with joy.

"Auntie, the eldest girl came to my house today and said that she wanted to come to help the worker learn embroidery." Dumay sat down next to the table. The eldest girl poured a bowl of boiled water for Du Mei with a bowl.

"Since beating me and your uncle, the body is broken, but it has hurt my big girl, the little girl used to be small, she had to go around the house every day, now the little girl can do something, and she is thinking about making money. It's all because we are useless, we didn't give her a good life, but we became a burden to her. The eldest lady said and wiped away her tears.

"Mother, don't cry, Xiaoya must grow up quickly and help you do a lot of things." Huang Xiaoya snuggled obediently in her mother's arms.

"Little girl, Sister Meizi made it herself, and I will give it to you to eat." Du Mei handed the fennel beans to Huang Xiaoya.

"It's so fragrant, mother, sister, you can eat it too." Xiaoya ate one for herself, and gave one to her mother and sister. Then the fennel beans were re-wrapped.

"Auntie, instead of letting the eldest girl learn embroidery, it is better to let her learn to be a sugar man, this is your family's craft after all." Du Mei looked at the back of the eldest girl, who was fanning the small stove where the medicine was boiling.

"Oh, we don't want to, the rules of our ancestors are there. If the eldest girl is a boy, the life in this family may not be so bitter. The big girl shook her head bitterly.

"It doesn't matter if the big girl is a boy or a girl, it's always surnamed Huang, isn't it? Your craftsmanship must not be lost. Du Mei said regretfully.

"Meizi, don't hide it, the ancestors said that this craft is passed on to men and not women, it is not completely unreasonable, it is very hard to be a sugar man, just boiling the sugar syrup, it is not a year and a half to do it, not to mention painting a sugar man, it is by no means something that can be learned overnight." The eldest lady who was lying on the bed suddenly spoke.

"Uncle, everything is difficult at the beginning, and this is already the case at home, so why bother begging with a golden rice bowl. If you are willing to teach, the big girl will definitely be able to learn hard and do well. Du Mei continued to persuade.

"Well, none of that matters. There is only one point, if the eldest girl learns to be a sugar man, she will inevitably carry the burden to go out and walk the streets and alleys to sell, she is a girl who shows her face and does not say, if she meets a bad person, what is good! The more the big girl spoke, the more excited she became, and she beat her legs on the bed.

The eldest girl's waist bone is broken, and her legs have become ornaments and burdens. So-called, once bitten by a snake

Ten years afraid of the well rope, he was still a strong man, still bullied by bullies, if her daughter is out of the house, when she meets people with bad conduct and plots against her, it is really called every day is not good, and the earth should not be.

Du Mei thought about the words of the eldest girl, and it was not unreasonable. In these words, it is more about the father's deep care for his daughter, even though he was born in such a poor family, his father's love has never diminished. This reminded her of her father, and she couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in her heart.

"I have a stall in the town market, and if the big girl learns it in the future, she can set up a stall to sell it there, so she doesn't have to walk the streets." Dume made a suggestion.

"The candy sellers are all cheap, they just want to go to a place with a lot of people to join in the fun, the sugar man is no better than food, he always stays in one place, and there is no business to do." The eldest girl stretched out her hand and shook it at Du Mei.

"In this case, your craft will be lost." Du Mei turned the hole in the bowl in one direction and lowered his head to drink.

"My sister said that my father can pass it on to my brother-in-law." Xiaoya is only 5 years old, and she talks a lot.

The blushing girl hurriedly came up and covered the little girl's mouth: "Sister Meizi, don't listen to her nonsense." ”

"What I'm saying is true, today, the old eighteen have been here." The little girl broke free and grimaced at the big girl.

"Ahh Du Mei was a little surprised, the eldest girl was younger than her, her family's life was hard, and her body obviously hadn't grown yet, not to mention, with the current situation of her family, she really shouldn't have talked about family affairs so early.

"Xiaoya, don't talk nonsense, I won't admit this family business, and when I earn money, I'll return it to his family." The eldest girl blushed and said sharply. She is usually timid, and rarely sees her speak harshly.

"Big girl, today the eighteenth child came to ask for the birthday, but I didn't agree to her because you didn't want to." The eldest girl hurriedly persuaded the angry eldest girl.

"What's going on?" Du Mei heard it, the big girl was eager to make money, and there was another reason.

"Hey, it's all our fault, it rained for a while before the wheat harvest, and my cough was committed, and it happened that your uncle was overcast, and his back hurt so much that he died. At that time, I couldn't eat, so how could I have money to take medicine?

We suffered for a few days, and I really couldn't stand it, so the eldest girl accompanied me to the town Yujitang to get medicine on credit, and I happened to meet the Ding family of Xiaowangzhuang, who was also recognized when your uncle was a sugar man before.

I'm really embarrassed that my family owes too much money on credit to Dr. Zhong. She was very enthusiastic about paying for the medicine of 500 wen on my behalf, and I said that I would pay her back when I received the wheat.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, the matchmaker came to my house to say matchmaking, I didn't want to let the eldest girl marry so early, this family is sick, small, I really can't live without her.

But the eighteenth insisted that I accepted the gift from others, and I had to say that it was a family business, otherwise I would ask us to pay a lot of money, which was not a clear persecution. Who would dare to marry such a powerful mother-in-law?

Besides, the eldest girl heard outside that Ding's son Xiao Wu'er didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and he was lazy to eat. We don't want to get married. The eldest lady sighed and told the ins and outs of the matter.

"I guess Ding has taken a fancy to your family's craft of making candy men!" Du Mei said in a deep voice. Ding, Du Mei knows her too well, she can't afford to be early, how can she be five hundred dollars for nothing?

"This ...... How good is that? The eldest girl trembled in her heart and asked in a panic. 2k reading web