Chapter 5: Orion (II)
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There are only a dozen families in the mountain village, and the news spreads quickly, and as soon as Mu Wanqiu put down her job, the east house of Ma Yong's family was crowded with people.
Because she was the daughter of a criminal minister, Mu Wanqiu covered half of her face with her hair, lowered her head slightly, and followed Ma Yong's daughter-in-law to greet everyone, everyone only thought she was shy, and pulled her to ask long and short questions, "...... My surname is Bai, my name is Bai Qiu, and I went to Pingcheng with my family to visit relatives, and I was scattered by the black bear......" Mu Wanqiu repeated what she said to Ma Yong during the day over and over again.
didn't dare to say her real name and surname, so she took the side word of Mu as her surname.
Ma Zhu'er was breaking branches in the kitchen to boil water, listening to the admiration of the neighbors in the east house, and he also laughed.
Ma Yong's house is three large wood-carved houses, the door is the kitchen, the east and west two rooms, Ma Yong's daughter-in-law received a dark green large-flowered cotton mattress on the West House Kang, and replaced it with a half-cut thin mattress, "There are not often people at home, and there is no extra bedding, Ah Qiu will go one night, and let Ming'er ask your uncle to sell the pile of firewood in the yard, and then buy a ......" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law said while holding the big flower cotton mattress and walking towards the east house, shouting at Ma Zhu'er in her mouth, "...... The pillar will sleep in the East House tonight, and the West House will give you Sister Aqiu to live in! ”
When he saw the pillar that was withdrawing the fire from the stove room, he sipped the sparks of the firewood with a few feet, pulled over the iron plate standing on the side and blocked the cover door, turned around and took the mattress in the hands of Ma Yong's daughter-in-law, and sent it to the West House.
"You kid, why are you so ignorant...... Ma Yong's daughter-in-law chased after her, "Westinghouse let your sister live ......"
Ah Qiu is always a girl, and it is really hard to squeeze a kang with her two people, and when she saw the pillar lay the mattress back to its original place without a sound, Ma Yong's daughter-in-law blushed and dragged it up and down.
Ma Zhu'er pulled away her outstretched hand and rolled up half of the mattress, "I'll lay this ......"
"You kid, you can't say anything well......" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law glanced at him fiercely.
"No need, I'm short, that mattress is enough......" Compared to her sleeping in the mountains and forests these days, if she can have a kang and a half-section of a mattress, she is already in heaven, seeing that Ma Yong's daughter-in-law changed her face, Mu Wanqiu hurriedly opened her mouth to stop it.
Ma Zhu'er glanced back at her, speechless.
"I'm used to sleeping on the grass, and I can do it without a mattress...... Mu Wanqiu added.
The body paused, and Ma Zhu'er walked out quickly without looking back.
"This kid ...... This kid ......" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law muttered, sat on the edge of the kang and pulled Ah Qiu's hand to speak, "He has that bull temper, he can't beat a fart with three sticks, he likes to spread short, Ah Qiu doesn't pay attention to him......"
"Brother is kind-hearted......," Ah Qiu's eyes reddened slightly.
As he spoke, Ma Zhu'er knocked on the door with a steaming large wooden barrel.
“…… What are you doing here?" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law, who was just about to get up, asked suspiciously, Ah Qiu had just taken a bath when she came.
“…… Soak your sister's feet. Ma Zhu'er's eyes were fixed on the ground, as if the ground was Mu Wanqiu's feet, "This is lavender soup, which can remove scars." ”
“…… Soak your feet? Ma Yong's daughter-in-law was stunned and looked back at Mu Wanqiu's feet, "What's wrong with Ah Qiu's feet." ”
Mu Wanqiu quickly hid her feet under the mattress.
“…… You go out first" Seeing that she refused to take out her feet, Ma Yong's daughter-in-law turned around and let the pillar go out, and grabbed her feet, "Tsk...... Tut...... Why is this kid hurt like this? You wore long pants for the pillars, covering them, and I didn't notice them after talking all night......"
Seeing that Mu Wanqiu's white and tender feet were full of bubbles and mouths, and even her calves and stomachs were also scratched one by one, Ma Yong's daughter-in-law cried out, "...... This child has suffered a sin. He turned around and shouted outside the door, "Dad, you go to Li Mazi's house in the east of the village to see if there is any medicine for injuries, buy some and come back......
Li Mazi is the only doctor in the mountain village of more than a dozen families.
“…… It was chased by a black bear when she lost a shoe, and it was scraped by a branch, it didn't hurt, and the aunt ...... "Careful people will find that these bubbles are by no means ground up in a day, remembering that she is a fugitive, Mu Wanqiu didn't dare to let people know, she has been careful, she doesn't want to, but she was found by a pillar that seemed stupid, "It's almost midnight, don't let your uncle go." ”
"How can your foot hurt like this without pain?" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law dragged Mu Wanqiu's feet and soaked them in lavender soup, "Just let your uncle go, don't worry about ......"
"It doesn't hurt, it's really ......" Seeing Ma Yong's daughter-in-law glaring at her, Mu Wanqiu pursed her mouth tightly.
Compared to the previous life, this is really nothing.
In her previous life, she was sold into a brothel, because she did not agree to pick up customers, she did not suffer less, Chunxianglou's mother once stripped her naked, threw her on the hot iron plate and burned her, as soon as her feet were touched, there was a layer of blisters, and when she lifted this foot, that foot was burned again, she kept jumping and jumping, until she couldn't hold on anymore, and she was released, and the soles of her feet had been burned.
The pain of concentration, how many years later, every time I think of it, I still shudder.
Now it's just a few bubbles, the most important thing, although she is poor, she has an innocent identity, but in her previous life, she was classified as a lowly person, although she was dressed in fine clothes and food, but she laughed and scolded by others, and she couldn't help herself, even if she later redeemed herself, she was good, and guarded him like jade, she still couldn't get rid of the cheap name of the prostitute of the Qinglou, and she followed him for many years, and she didn't even have a name.
“…… The daughter of the adulterous appearance, the prostitute of the Qinglou, is also worthy! ”
Thinking of his ruthless words, a monstrous hatred welled up in her heart, and Mu Wanqiu gritted her teeth tightly to prevent the tears that surged into her eyes from falling.
In this life, no matter how hard it is, she must live like a person!
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Ma Yong's daughter-in-law was changing clothes under the oil lamp, Ma Yong turned over and looked at the sky outside, "...... Pillar, sleep. ”
"It's about to be changed......" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law rubbed her hair with a needle, "Ah Qiu's clothes are rotten, and the clothes on the pillar are too big, and she is dragging her clothes on ......the ground."
Ma Yong turned over, couldn't sleep, simply lay on the pillow, rubbed and picked up the dry tobacco stick and tobacco pouch on the stool, filled it with tobacco leaves, lit it with an oil lamp, and smoked it with a click.
“…… His father" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law glanced at the pillar that was sleeping sweetly, "This girl is very handsome, I am also happy to see the pillar, or else, stay and be our pillar daughter-in-law in the future?" ”
“…… Don't dare to think so! Spit out a puff of smoke, Ma Yong bent down and knocked the cigarette ash under the edge of the kang, "I look at this girl's delicate and delicate hands, walking and moving with a sense of luxury, at first glance, it is not something that a small family like us can raise...... "I stuffed a full amount of tobacco leaves, "...... Pillar damn it, she's not something our pillar can match, let's take care of it, and it's serious to send it back to others in the future......"
Thinking that Mu Wanqiu was hungry like that, and she didn't gobble up like a pillar, and her eating movements were still elegant and demure, Ma Yong's daughter-in-law sighed and lowered her head to sew clothes.
After a while, the air was full of smoke, Ma Yong's daughter-in-law put down the work in her hand, moved to the side of the kang, stretched out her hand and pulled open the door, and opened another window, and picked up the needle and thread again, remembering something, she suddenly looked up and said, "...... Dad, I don't think this girl is like she was separated from her family......"
“…… How so? Ma Yong looked back at her with fascinated eyes.
“…… The pillar didn't dare to walk hard, guessing that her feet were blistered, so she cooked medicinal soup for her to soak ......" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law stopped what she was doing and looked at Ma Yong, "That girl has been hiding and not letting me see it, I dragged it over and took a look, tsk, the two little feet that are white and tender, the cannon is small bubbles, and even with the mouth of the red Sensen, the soles of one foot are about to rot, I look at ......it and worry about it" The voice paused, "I see that some of the bubbles have been flailed, and I don't think it's a ...... left in a day or two"
"Hey, it's also a hard-working baby...... remembering the situation when he first saw Mu Wanqiu in the woods, Ma Yong sighed, "...... I thought it was a thief, and I raised my hand to fight, but she opened her eyes wide and said pitifully, 'Uncle, I'm hungry.' ......" took a few puffs of his cigarette, "...... Pillar it, the child doesn't want to say it, let's not ask......"
"Dad, what if this ......" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law raised her head, with a trace of worry in her eyes.
“…… What can such a small child have? Ma Yong sighed, "I often hear the people in the village talk about the ancients, and those rich and noble people in the city like to marry some little wives, one younger than the other, and one more handsome than the other...... It's hard to say that she was born to a little wife......"
"It's also ......" Ma Yong's daughter-in-law suddenly woke up, "Maybe she was kicked out by her stepmother, that girl...... Don't look at her tiny, but she is really strong, and her temperament is stubborn, I used a needle to pick a bubble for her, gritted her teeth in pain, and the tears swirled in the circles of her eyes, she didn't let it fall, and she didn't say a word, I looked at it and was worried, she also comforted me vigorously, "Auntie, you pick hard, I don't hurt...... 'tsk...... "Ma Yong's daughter-in-law smashed it, smashed it," ...... How does this look like a thirteen-year-old girl? I look like a man who has weathered the wind and waves......"
“…… It's also a baby who doesn't hurt her mother! Ma Yong took a hard puff of the cigarette pouch, "Damn, let's not be so ruthless, and we don't miss her a mouthful of food, if this girl doesn't mention it, let's not go out to ......" bent down and knocked on the ashes of the cigarette pouch on the edge of the kang, stretched the cigarette holder into the cigarette pouch to fill the tobacco leaves, thought about it, took it out again, wrapped the cigarette stick and the cigarette pouch together with the string on the cigarette pouch, and put it on the stool, "...... , sleep. He added, "Looking at the white and tender strength of her hands, she is not a person who can work, let's raise her as a daughter, don't force others to work......"
“…… Look at what you said, such a handsome girl, I can't even get hurt, how can I be willing to let her do rough work? Ma Yong's daughter-in-law glanced at Ma Yong and took the needle and thread in her hand, "...... If only we could have another girl like this......"
Mayon glanced at her, turned his back to her, and fell asleep.