Chapter 3 The abacus fails  

But this lie is almost a month.

Every day she lies in bed like a living dead, no matter how much she begs and plays tricks, the final result can only lie obediently on the bed.

From the strangeness at the beginning to the familiarity now, it only took a short month. Now, she even feels that she is Zhong Xiaohua.

It's just that what has always surprised her is Eminem's opinion of readers, especially prohibiting their whole family from reading. And as soon as she talked about this topic, either Eminem threw her sleeves and left, or the eldest sister dragged her away.

Early in the morning, the eldest sister takes Mistress and Fluttershy out to buy something for embroidery, while the two youngest ones throw it to Zhong Xiaohua.

"Little five, little six, pack up your things, and the second sister will take you up the mountain."

Behind their village was a tall mountain, and she had heard that there were wolves, bears, blind men, and the like in it when they went deeper, but she should be fine if she wanted to go around outside.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu have been familiar with Zhong Xiaohua these days, especially listening to the story of the monkey that Zhong Xiaohua told them every night before going to bed, and they simply worshipped her as a god.

"Second sister, let's go!"

The three of them stood in front of the tall mountain peak with bamboo baskets on their backs, and Zhong Xiaohua couldn't help but feel a little excited in her heart. In her previous life, she grew up in a hungry and full environment when she was a child, and it was the habit of their village to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, but when she became rich, she did not forget the habit of climbing.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Although Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu still don't understand what the goal is and what the departure is, it doesn't mean that they don't know Zhong Xiaohua's gestures. At her command, they quickly pulled their legs and rushed forward.

Zhong Xiaohua pursed her lips tightly, her eyes shining as she looked at the one that appeared in front of her, and finally her eyes lit up, and she was attracted by the wild pepper in front of her.

She quickly took them all off, but Xiao Wu looked at her with some curiosity.

"Second sister, why did you take off these things? And you can't eat it. ”

The village is relatively poor, and they have tried most of the things they can eat, but what Zhong Xiaohua is holding in his hand, they eat from the beginning to the root, and they can't eat it at all.

Zhong Xiaohua smiled mysteriously at them.

"When my sister makes something for you to eat, you'll know!"

Xiao Wu was a little unimpressed, but Xiao Liu cheered, and then began to pick things, and the three of them worked hard to quickly finish picking this piece of wild pepper.

And when Zhong Xiaohua saw the things growing on the dead wood in the woods, she cheered excitedly and directly shot out her claws towards them.

"Second sister, that can't be eaten, it's poisonous."

Xiao Wu has been running into the mountains with his brothers and sisters, and they know a lot of things on the periphery.

Zhong Xiaohua looked at the things in her hands in surprise and shook her head at them.

"Nope! How so? The poisonous things you're talking about are wild mushrooms, but these are fungus, fungus! ”

This is fungus, fungus!

Thinking of the fungus egg soup in her memory, Zhong Xiaohua licked her lips, only to feel that her stomach was empty, and she was getting more and more hungry!

Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu saw that Zhong Xiaohua still insisted on her own ideas, and suddenly glanced at each other helplessly, and could only let her take things back, after all, the eldest sister still had to pick and choose after she went back.

Zhong Xiaohua didn't care about Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu's belly behind her, and began to run forward by herself, as if she had entered a treasure trove.

"Second sister, did you fall stupidly last time you fell? You can't eat it at all! ”

Zhong Xiaohua blinked, looking at the small red fruit in her palm, as if she had seen gold.

"You say you can't eat this? Haven't you all eaten it? ”

She stretched out her hand to grab Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, and asked repeatedly, and her yellowed little face was covered with excitement at this time.

Seeing that Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu shook their heads again, Zhong Xiaohua cheered and greeted them quickly.

"You pick up some for me, the more the better, and when I go back, the second sister will make something to eat for you." Make sure you eat one and want to eat the second. No, you can't eat it, we're going to sell it for money. ”

Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu glanced at each other, seeing that the second sister had a posture of not giving up if she did not achieve her goal, the two of them sighed like little adults, and began to put things in the basket resignedly.

"Second sister, the basket is full, what should I do? And didn't you say you were going to eat that black mushroom? Don't want it now? ”

Zhong Xiaowu looked at Zhong Xiaohua curiously, his eyes full of doubt.

Zhong Xiaohua has been with them these days, a little more intimate, and less indifferent and withdrawn in her previous life, reaching out to touch the head of Xiao Wu Xiaoliu and squeezing her eyes at them.

"Of course I want to eat it! It's just that we can hide these things and wait until the evening when we come here and transport them away. ”

"Second sister, let's take it generously. After all, even if these are taken back to feed the pigs, the pigs will not eat them. ”

Xiao Liu spoke with some embarrassment.

The corners of Zhong Xiaohua's mouth twitched violently a few times, and she nodded a little weakly.

"Good, good, good. You're right. But I don't want anyone to know. This is to be sold for money, and when the money is sold, you will have meat to eat and new clothes to wear. ”

It's not so poor that you'll make a big fuss just for an egg.

Thinking of the egg, Zhong Xiaohua reached out and touched Xiao Liu's head, which did not match his body, and smiled slightly.

"When we have the money, we can buy a lot of things. Maybe you can send the little five and six to study, and then take the top exam and marry a princess back. ”

Xiao Liu's face suddenly turned red, and he looked at Zhong Xiaohua with some shyness, his black and white pupils were full of curiosity.

"Second sister, how do you sell this? I heard the dog say that if you want to study with the master, you need to pay a lot of bonds. ”

The dog is the son of the butcher of the meat seller next door, he is tall and strong, and he is a few years older than the five younger, but he likes to play with the little five. I heard that after harvesting the crops, they will be sent to the city to study with the master.

Zhong Xiaohua reached out and scratched the bridge of his nose and laughed.

"It's okay, the second sister said to let you go, it's definitely okay."

Zhong Xiaoliu also nodded heavily, looking at Zhong Xiaohua with starry eyes.

He still remembers the last time, the second sister fought Aunt Hua, it was just too powerful.

After all, Aunt Hua is one of the best among the women in their entire village, and as long as anyone talks about Aunt Hua, they will definitely not dare to provoke it.

And the events of that day directly made Zhong Xiaoliu push Zhong Xiaohua to the altar.

Xiao Wu doesn't care so much, after all, he is a little older than Xiao Wu, but the second sister said to let Xiao Liu go, what about herself?

So he only tilted his head and pulled Zhong Xiaohua's sleeve and said in a loud voice.

"Second sister, second sister, that little six went to study, can I go too? I want to go too. ”

Zhong Xiaohua looked down at the two little guys who were looking at her with pure eyes, and suddenly a smile appeared on her face.

"Good! Good! Good! Both, both. ”

She reached out and took the two little ones in her arms, took the wild hawthorn and fed them to eat, and when they were all sour, she laughed out loud.

It turns out that it is such a feeling to have loved ones!

In her previous life, when she saw a child, she only had one feeling, and that was annoyance!

All kinds of annoyance!

Zhong Xiaohua and Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu picked up the hawthorn that had just fallen on the ground, and then aimed at the red and bright fruit on the tree.

She tied her skirt together with a straw rope, and then carefully climbed up the tree, but she didn't expect that the wild hawthorn tree had been for many years, and she couldn't reach it too high.

So she was embarrassed to get down under the adoring gaze of Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, found a long and thin dead branch nearby, and began to hit it down.

But there are drawbacks to this, after all, many of them have been damaged, which affects the appearance.

"Second sister, let's go back quickly! It's getting dark now, and I'm hungry. If it's a little later, the eldest sister and Eminem will be worried. ”

Xiao Wu looked at the hawthorns that they piled up into a small mountain, and only felt that he had been deceived.

This is still the hawthorn that the pigs don't eat, how can this be sold?

"Good, good, good! I didn't expect our family to have the eldest sister as a housekeeper and you, the little housekeeper. Let's go home now, and we'll talk to the eldest sister when we get back, and let's move all of this together! ”

Zhong Xiaohua has a good plan in her heart, but the reality is very cruel.

"You're so whimsical, do you know how expensive sugar is? We can't open the pot in our house, where is there so much sugar for you? If you have that time, you might as well go to the mountains to collect some grass, feed our chickens, and lay a few more eggs. ”

Zhong Xiaocao looked at the wild hawthorn in front of Zhong Xiaohua in front of him, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he spoke a little helplessly.

Zhong Xiaohua frowned, a little incredulous.

"Sister, is that sugar expensive? How expensive is it? ”

She still didn't give up, if the sugar was very expensive, she could raise the price a little more.

"It's very expensive, the money to buy one pound of sugar is almost enough for us to buy ten pounds of salt."

Zhong Xiaohua rolled her eyes, and wanted to say a few words to her, but for fear of dampening Zhong Xiaohua's enthusiasm, she could only keep her mouth shut.

But Zhong, who was listening to them in the back room, heard their words and walked out tremblingly.

"Xiaohua, your sister is right. It's getting harder and harder at home now, in fact, it's all my fault, if my eyes are still good, at least I can help with embroidery for some money. ”

Zhong Xiaohua shook her head quickly when she heard this, and shook her head again.

"No, it's just that I'm not thoughtful, it's okay, it's okay."

"Hmph, what's not thoughtful, Eminem, you go and sit inside, don't listen to Xiaohua talking nonsense here. She's just three minutes hot. ”

And Zhong Xiaowu, who had just run into the door from the outside, rushed in quickly and stood in front of Zhong Xiaohua to refute for him.

"Who said that the second sister is hot for three minutes? The second sister also said today that when we make money, we will all go to study with our master, and then we will take the top prize! ”

"What?"

Zhong raised his voice in anger, his eyes full of whites and staring at this side, his brows furrowed tightly.

"Nonsense! Our children don't study and don't be champions. ”

She didn't say that her children couldn't pass the exam, but just didn't study and didn't be a champion.

But Zhong Xiaohua didn't realize it, but just hugged Xiao Wu, who was a little frightened, and spoke to Zhong.

"Eminem, why? Shinong Gonggong, look at us, we can't open the pot now. And the younger brothers are all older, how can they have no money? Besides, don't you expect them to flourish? ”

She couldn't believe it, was this the way the ancient people thought?

Although she can understand Xiaofu Ji'an's thoughts, their family is now surrounded by four walls, and there is still a big distance between them and Xiaofu Ji'an.

Zhong didn't expect Zhong Xiaohua to say such a thing, his face was blue with anger, and his chest rose and fell violently.

"Shut up, you shut up for me!"

Her face was distorted, and she shouted at Zhong Xiaohua.

The others, including Zhong Xiaocao, were a little frightened, the room was silent, they had never seen the always gentle and kind Eminem have such an angry side.

"Eminem......

Zhong Xiaohua slowly walked towards Zhong and looked at her a little strangely.

"Isn't it, what's hard to say?"

Otherwise, why is there such a strange family motto? And how can a family like theirs still have a family motto? Because they know honor and disgrace because they have enough food and clothing, and they know etiquette when they have enough food and clothing, they can't even meet the most basic food, clothing, housing and transportation, so what kind of family motto?

As soon as these words came out, the room was silent.

Zhong's body stiffened, and she reached out and groped in the air.

Zhong Xiaohua grabbed her hand knowingly, but seeing Zhong's cold face, he raised his hand high and hit Zhong Xiaohua hard.

The sound of "pop" sounded, as if it interrupted Zhong Xiaohua's nerves called reason.

Maybe it's because she's been too depressed these days, or maybe it's because even in her previous life as an orphan, she hasn't been beaten like this, so she's a little stimulated.

She took two steps back, her eyes full of mockery and coldness.

"Humph! I don't know why you ask for this, but you're blind now, and because you can't see, ......"

"Zhong Xiaohua ......"

Zhong Xiaocao came over a little anxiously, and reached out to cover her mouth.

"Xiaocao, don't stop me. There are some things I have wanted to say for a long time, this family is too broken! It's raining outside and it's raining inside, and I don't even know if we're going to freeze to death here in winter. And Eminem probably didn't see that Xiao Liu was obviously five years old, but he grew so small. Because of chronic malnutrition, his head is much bigger than his body. Is that what you do for kids? ”