Two years later

Not far from Yulian's house, there is a small ditch, and the source of this small ditch is water from a reservoir in the mountain.

This reservoir is relatively large, and this is a reservoir that the entire brigade has piled up through several generations of concerted efforts.

About this reservoir, Yulian also heard her mother talk about the origin of the reservoir:

Once upon a time, not many people lived here, and with its rolling hills and lush trees, there were plenty of wild animals.

At that time, people would eat before it was dark and close their homes. With about 58 years, some Cantonese people because there is very little land in Guangdong, and later they heard that there is a lot of land in Jiangxi that can be cultivated and farmed, so a large number of Cantonese people came to Jiangxi on foot, and even some people did not have enough rations on the road, and they had no choice but to give the girl away halfway, and the reality is often very cruel.

Of course, Yulian's hometown also has a lot of people from other places in Guangdong, including Yulian's grandfather and grandmother's family, listening to her mother, one of her aunts, because there is not enough rations on the way, grandma gave the 10-year-old aunt to other families.

Those who migrated to Jiangxi were particularly diligent, so it was not long before fields were opened.

But one year, there was a big weld, and the rice fields were cracked in the hot sun, and there was not enough water in the mountains to irrigate so many fields.

Later, some people proposed to build a reservoir at the source of the water, and the water from the reservoir could be stored in normal times, so that the water would be available in case of dry welding.

When everyone heard this proposal, they all volunteered to join the team of the reservoir.

So, after several generations of accumulation, the reservoir became what it is today.

It is said that the small ditch not far from the entrance of Yulian is the water source from the reservoir, which is the main ditch of Yulian village, and most of the water in the village has to pass through this ditch. Yulian's grandfather was a very diligent man, and when he was alive, he made a small lake with a wide ditch next to it, and there were many large stones and slates there, which were convenient for women to wash and eat, so many women and children washed their clothes here every day.

"Hey, look at the daughter of Aunt Li's family, her skin is fine and tender, and her skin is white, but she is a little weak." Sister-in-law Liu said while rubbing her clothes.

"Who's to say it isn't, have you seen her go out? Since she graduated from junior high school, the eldest lady has not come out to work all day long, and she has been spoiled by her mother. If you compare it with my little Mei, you can fall on her street. Sister-in-law Chen paused for the work in her hand, looked at Sister-in-law Liu and said.

"Yes, a girl's family, so lazy, can't do farm work, can't do it with her hands, can't afford to shoulder it, who will marry such a girl!" Sister-in-law Huang also stopped what she was doing, looked at the two of them and continued: "Have you seen it, there is a smell of Chinese medicine in their house every day, and this girl has become a medicine jar." You say, if someone's son marries him, it won't be a lifetime of mold. ”

"That's it, who wants that kind of girl! My unproductive son, I just said a few bad words about Yulian, you know what he said about me," Sister-in-law Liu said very energetically, and also stopped what she was doing, and continued: "He said how I said bad things about others behind my back, Yulian's illness was not what she thought, she was already so pitiful, and said that I still talked about others." also said that Yulian was among the best in school, and she was quiet, and said that the male classmates in their class liked her very much, if it wasn't for Yulian getting that disease, maybe she could have been admitted to a good school. Huh! Listen to it! This one is useless. Didn't I just say a few words about Yulian, as for saying that about me? ”

"Sister-in-law Liu, I see, does your son have a fancy for Aunt Li's daughter," ha~ha~ha, Sister-in-law Zhang laughed out loud after speaking.

"He dares, if he likes her, I'll break his legs." Sister-in-law Liu is very atmospheric, and she rubs her clothes vigorously from time to time, it seems that she will be in a better mood.

Sister-in-law Liu raised her head, looked at Sister-in-law Huang, and said with a wicked smile: "Sister-in-law Huang, your family Ah Yong seems to be 22 years old this year!" You see, there is one in front of you, and the age difference between the two is about two years! Do you want me to get a matchmaker for your son? ”

After Sister-in-law Huang heard this, she secretly said to herself, the girl she couldn't look down on, and she still took me under the knife, so she showed a disgusted expression and said: "My Ah Yong is diligent and honest, how could he fall in love with this sick sister Lin!" As for my Ah Yong, I want to choose a diligent and capable girl for him who can do farm work, so that he doesn't want this kind of delicate lady! Besides, it's not that there are no girls, so it's better to marry her. ”

"It's also said, who wants to marry such a sick girl! I also heard that Yulian's disease may be a brain tumor, and it has not been treated, huh~huh, Aunt Li doesn't know what kind of sins she created in her previous life, and she gave birth to a debt collector. Sister-in-law Zhang said and shook the clothes in her hands from time to time. The bubbles of the clothes also spread with the shaking of Sister-in-law Zhang.

"Who's to say it isn't! But she was born, could you strangle her to death! I see, this Aunt Li owed Yulian in her previous life, and Yulian is here to collect debts in this life. Sister-in-law Liu said, while holding the clothes board "pop ~ pop ~ pop" on the clothes, and then put the clothes in the water to shake out circles of bubbles.

The three of them were very energetic. They didn't notice, but their conversation was heard by Yulian, who happened to come out to wash clothes.

Maybe they were too focused on what they said, and they didn't notice when Yulian came here.

"Cough~cough," Yulian pretended to cough twice, and the three of them raised their heads at the same time, only to find that Yulian had also come to wash clothes.

"Yulian is so diligent, she also came to wash clothes." When Sister-in-law Liu saw Yulian coming, she hurriedly changed her smiling face, as if she hadn't said anything just now.

"Come, Yulian, I'll wash you here, I've already washed it." After Sister-in-law Huang finished speaking, she picked up the washed clothes and prepared to go back. Sister-in-law Huang was still thinking, I don't know if Yulian heard what I just said, alas, I heard it, anyway, I told the truth, I still withdrew first, so Sister-in-law Huang went home with the bucket.

"Thank you, Sister-in-law Huang," Yulian finished speaking, and then rolled up her trouser legs, and her snow-white skin appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Yulian, your skin is so white, you see, our skin is all black." Sister-in-law Liu looked at Yulian's snow-white legs, looking at her dark legs.

"We're all so old, and you're still whiter than their young people, and besides, we often work in the fields, and of course it's dark." Sister-in-law Zhang said, I wanted to say that Yulian stayed at home all day, so white, this sentence was pressed in my heart and I didn't say it, after all, facing the face, it was not easy to say too ugly.

Yulian remembered what they just said, and she was a little angry, but it was not easy to say it clearly, since everyone thought it didn't happen, she didn't bother to say it.

"Sister-in-law Zhang, sister-in-law Liu, because I am sick, I rarely go out to do farm work, I just do some housework at home, and rarely bask in the sun, so my skin is whiter, if the two sisters-in-law do not go out to bask in the sun like me, my skin must be whiter than mine." Yulian looked at them and smiled.

"Look at it, it's different when you read this book, and the little mouth is so sweet." Sister-in-law Liu said as she wrung the last piece of clothing with her hands. The bad words of Yulian that I said just now, and now I saw that others were in front of me and turned back to her tone.

Sister-in-law Zhang also said to the side: "That's right, Yulian is a talented girl in our village. ”

I'm not afraid to go against my heart when I say this, I'm still saying bad things about me just now, what Sister Lin, eldest lady, a guy who is different from the outside. Yulian said secretly.

Yulian put her clothes in the water and said, "You have won the prize, I am not as good as you say." Then he picked up his clothes and rubbed them. There wasn't much expression on his face either.

Sister-in-law Zhang and Sister-in-law Liu saw that Yulian didn't care much about it, so they only cared about washing clothes, and they said so many bad things about Yulian just now, and they didn't know if Yulian heard it. Xu had a ghost in his heart, and the two of them lifted their clothes and went home separately.

After Yulian saw them leaving, she shook her head, these sisters-in-law, as the saying goes, one woman has one play, and these three women have one play, just that scene just now, Yulian can be regarded as knowledgeable.

"Miss, Sister Lin," hey, hey, Yulian smiled secretly, it turns out that my image outside is like this! Anyway, I don't know how long I can live.

Besides, after 5 years of suffering from headaches, I have bravely overcome the fear of death. Death is no longer terrible for oneself, cherishing the present is what oneself has to do.

Yulian was comforting herself while washing her clothes............

After the sisters-in-law left, the ditch was also a lot quieter, and only the sound of Yulian washing clothes was heard. From time to time, there will be a few bird calls nearby.

Yulian does things relatively quickly, so the clothes are washed quickly.

Yulian hummed a song and went home with a bucket full of clothes.

Yulian finished her clothes and went back to her room, ready to start the reading mode again.

In the past two years, Yulian's headache has been relying on gastrodia pills to reduce the pain, and other Chinese medicine is the medicine that her father took her to other doctors to get from her, and she has been taking medicine for two years since she came out of school, and it is still not good.

Some doctors said that Yulian had a head injury before, and there might be blood stasis, so she had a headache, and then she prescribed bone-setting medicine, but after taking so many medicines, her head still hurts. So my father changed to a doctor, and the doctor helped Yulian take her pulse and said that Yulian had irregular menstruation, so she had a headache, so she took a series of medicines, but it was still useless............

After reading all these speeches and eloquence, to see if there are any other books to read in Daddy's place, Yulian pondered, and then walked to Daddy's room.

Yulian went to her father's room and flipped through the books that her father had piled up on his desk.

"Rural Know-it-all", the first issue, the second issue......" Yulian flipped over, her mouth still chattering. Eh, Dad ordered "Rural Know-it-all", it's all connected, know-it-all, is it really a know-it-all? Yulian was attracted by the name of this book, so she folded more than 20 copies of "Rural Know-it-all" and carried them into her room.

The book seems to have become Yulian's partner, and Yulian picked up "Rural Know-it-all" again and read it seriously.