Chapter 24, they meet for the first time
But it was impossible for her to say that she would kill Zhao and Zhu Erlang.
Even if she had experienced so much since she was a child, and was so persecuted by her parents and relatives, she just stayed away, and never thought of revenge and harm.
Now for the Zhao family, she hopes that the Zhao family will change.
Zhao can be cowardly, selfish, and greedy for money, but the only thing is that she hopes that Zhao will be better to Zhu Zhaodi and Zhu Huaer, and have motherly love, and she also hopes that Zhao will understand that this is her child, the meat that fell from her.
She gave birth to them, and she can't resent them just because they are daughters.
can give Zhu Zhaodi and Zhu Huaer some warmth and maternal love.
This is the wish of the dead Zhu Xiao.
So she is now putting pressure on Zhao and forcing Zhao to change.
But now it seems that the effect is not very good, should we use another method?
"Whew!"
Zhu Xiao exhaled.
He bowed a few more times and walked out of the small temple.
Then he saw a man approaching.
He was a little far away, and Zhu Xiao didn't look carefully.
Just as he was about to take a step, there were a few thunderbolts in the clear sky.
"Boom!"
Then came the downpour.
Frightened, Zhu Xiao immediately retracted his feet and hid from the rain under the eaves of the temple.
Xun Muyang also didn't expect that it would rain suddenly on this kind of day, he was caught off guard, it was unrealistic to go back, he looked at the small temple in front of him, and quickly stepped into the small temple to hide from the rain.
Zhu Xiao stood on the side of the eaves.
Xun Muyang stood on the other side.
This was the first time they met, she was eleven years old and Xun Muyang was twenty-two years old.
They all glanced at each other, then turned their heads again, and no one spoke.
In her eyes, he was tall and mighty, like a mountain, domineering and exposed.
She was thin and weak in his eyes, like a little beggar, pitiful.
The contrast between them is so powerful.
It rained so hard that it was like a hole in the heavens, and I saw the rain falling.
Zhu Xiao saw that the rain would not stop for a while, Xun Muyang gave her a sense of danger, and simply stepped into the rain.
It was also sent by the devil, so he fell into the mud and splashed with mud.
Her ankle seemed to be twisted, and she gritted her teeth in pain, but she still endured it and got up and limped away.
The path you choose is painful to finish.
“……”
Xun Muyang stood under the eaves, pursed his lips slightly, shook his head and said softly, "Childish!" ”
Look away and look at this inexplicable heavy rain.
On the way back, the rain became lighter and lighter, and when I got home, it was drizzle.
Zhu Hua'er was stunned when she saw that Zhu Xiao was soaked, "Second sister, what's wrong with you?" ”
"It's okay, just change your clothes!" Zhu Xiao went into the house to find a change of clothes.
Their clothes are actually very few, they are all worn by Zhu Jinzhi, and then sewn and mended the worn.
By the time Zhu Xiao got dressed, the rain had stopped, and the sky continued to clear again.
"This weird weather!" Zhu Xiao murmured softly, and asked Zhu Hua'er to help boil hot water, wash her hair with soaphorn liquid, and wash Zhu Hua'er again, and the sisters sat under the eaves to bask in the sun.
Zhu Erlang went out, and Zhu Xiao didn't ask.
Zhao went out with his back on his back, and Zhu Xiao didn't ask, enjoying this short period of peace.
Zhu Hua'er is still young, and she can't help but be a little worried, "Second sister ......"
"Don't think about it, even if you're lazy, it's just today, and we'll have our own work from tomorrow!"
Zhu Xiao knows very well that as long as he is still in this family, he has to work.
Whatever you do, you always have to be clear.
"Second sister, then what should we choose?" Zhu Huaer asked.
"Let's go to hunt pigweed, cut grass and feed rabbits, and there must be a requirement, as long as the pigs eat and the rabbits eat, no matter what we do, the family can't care about us!"
"......" Zhu Hua'er was surprised, "can it still be like this?" ”
"Of course!"
"What does the second sister want to do?"
"Make money!"
"Hoo ......"
Zhu Hua'er exclaimed.
looked at Zhu Xiao and asked in a low voice, "Second sister, what do we do to make money?" ”
"Say it again!"
Zhu Xiao looked up at the blue sky.
The world is big, and there is always a way to make money.
She also had to earn money to get out of this sea of suffering.
"I listen to the second sister!"
Zhu Huaer also wants to make money.
She is now eight years old and has never received a penny.
Zhu Jinzhi has more than 30 wen in her hand, and she is very proud, she must save 50 wen, which is more than Zhu Jinzhi.
It was a bit hot on this day, Zhao went out to hunt pigweed, and was drenched in the rain again, and came home in a huff, and saw the sisters sitting under the eaves basking in the sun, almost without carrying their breath.
"Xiaoxiao, Hua'er, why don't you go and shoot pigweed?" Zhao asked.
“……”
Zhu Hua'er looked at Zhu Xiao, pursed her lips and said nothing.
Zhu Xiao said lightly, "This is not our job, why do you want us to go?" ”
"But, you can go hunt pigweed before!"
"It's a different time!" After Zhu Xiao finished speaking, he got up and entered the house.
Zhu Hua'er hurriedly followed.
Zhao stomped his feet angrily, went back to the house to change his clothes, and thought of his three daughters like this, lying on the bed and crying bitterly.
Zhu Erlang went to Dr. Zhang's house first, paid for the medicine, and went to Zhu Fugui's house again.
Knowing that Zhu Fugui was going to enter the mountain early tomorrow morning, he made an appointment and went together tomorrow before returning home.
Although there are many Zhu families, their hearts are not aligned, each has its own thoughts, when Zhu Erlang came back, the Zhao family was busy cooking pigweed in the kitchen alone.
“……”
There was no one in the big house, and the Lu family didn't know where to go.
Zhao was sweating profusely and struggling to carry pig food.
Zhu Erlang stepped forward to take it.
"Erlang ......," Zhao shouted softly.
"Did you do all this work before?" Zhu Erlang asked.
When Zhao heard this, his heart chuckled and shook his head, "It's not me who does it, it's Zhaodi and them, I'm responsible for washing clothes and cooking!" ”
"Sister-in-law, what about them?"
"They don't work, they do needlework in the house!" Zhao spoke softly.
Xiao Lu's needlework is actually not as good as hers, and the soles of her shoes are not as fine as those she makes, but her mother-in-law arranges it like this, and she doesn't dare to object.
Zhu Erlang didn't say anything, and carried the pig food bucket to feed the pigs.
A few big fat pigs, when they saw something to eat, howled.
Zhu Erlang poured the pig food into the trough, watched them eat bang, and went back to the kitchen to bring a few buckets for them to eat.
I went to the house where the rabbits were raised in the back, and there were more than a hundred rabbits, and when I saw him, I was a little panicked, and there was a smell in the house.
There was a pile of hay on one side, and Zhu Erlang took it and threw it to them to eat.
Leave in silence.
I went to see the chicken pen again.
Roosters and hens, there are also forty or fifty of them.
“……”
Zhu Erlang took a deep breath.
Such a family is for a child who is about to take the Xiucai exam.
He earns thirty-six taels a year, plus his eldest brother eighteen taels a year, a total of fifty-four taels, and the coefficient is given to Zongbao and Mingguang to study.
He used to not complain, he felt that there was no need to divide you and me as a family, and he also thought that as long as Zong Bao became a talent and Mingguang was promising, he would always be able to get light as a brother and second uncle.
is dedicated to working and making money, and has never taken care of his wife and daughter, and has always thought that they will not worry about food and clothing at home, nor will they be bullied, and this family will have to rely on him to support them.
But what about the result......
Not at all!
Zhu Erlang slowly arrived at the hall and sat on a chair waiting for Old Man Zhu and Lu Shi to come back.
Zhu Dalang was about to go out for a walk, and when he saw Zhu Erlang in the hall, he was surprised, "Erlang, why are you sitting here alone?" ”
"Big brother, sit down and let's talk!"
"......" Zhu Dalang hesitated for a moment, then walked over and sat down.
"Big brother, I'm your own brother!" Zhu Erlang asked casually.
Look at the rough big hands that have done countless jobs on their own.
"......" Zhu Dalang's heart twitched when he heard this, and he was a little flustered, "Of course you are my own brother, why do you ask that?" ”
If Erlang raised his eyes to look at Zhu Dalang, he would see his somewhat nervous look and dodging eyes.
"Big brother, over the years, all the money you have earned has been handed over to your mother, do you have any complaints in your heart?" Zhu Erlang asked again.
"This, this ......"
It is difficult for Zhu Dalang to answer this question.
Because Mingguang is about to take the test for children, he also has to spend money everywhere.
The amount he earned, if he calculated carefully, may only be enough to brighten the beam and buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and it may not even be enough.
Thinking of the money Zhu Erlang earned, he handed it over, and the money was not used in the second room, and now Zhu Erlang said that he would not go to work in the town, even if he made money, it was how much he paid and how much Zhu Erlang paid.
The more he thought about it, the more panicked Zhu Dalang became.
I also complained about my father and little Lu in my heart.
Did they get kicked in the head by a donkey? I don't know who this family depends on?
"The eldest brother doesn't, and he's also cleaning up, after all, the eldest brother's family Mingguang is studying in the academy, although the money earned by the eldest brother was handed over to his mother, but it was all used on Mingguang, and what I earned, but I didn't use a penny on my daughter, they worked at home, they couldn't eat enough, they didn't dress well, and they had to be beaten, but I was resentful!" Zhu Erlang let out a deep voice.
When Zhu Dalang heard this, he didn't dare to answer a word.
To be honest, he was really afraid that Zhu Erlang would pick his son and not go to work in the town.
"But what can I do if I complain, I just mess up again, I can't work in the town, stay at home to do some farm work, go into the mountains to catch some game, this life can be lived, just starve people to death!" Zhu Erlang said, paused slightly, and continued, "It's just that the work in this house has to be well distributed!" ”
“……”
Zhu Dalang was even more panicked.
"Erlang, ah......"
"Huh?"
"We're family!"
"Is it a family? Do the eldest brother and sister-in-law really treat our second room as a family? Does my father and mother really treat my wife and daughter as a family? Zhu Erlang asked rhetorically.
Zhu Dalang, who asked, was speechless.
There are some things that Zhu Erlang doesn't know, but he knows them clearly.
Old man Zhu and Lu came back and saw the two brothers in the hall, and Old Man Zhu frowned.
"Dad, mother!"
The two shouted in unison.
Old man Zhu beckoned the two to sit down.
He also thought about it a lot, and now in the situation at home, Zhu Erlang still has to go to work, otherwise after Zong Bao is admitted to Xiucai, he will have to take the exam, which is more expensive than taking the Xiucai exam.
"Go call them all, I have something to say!" Old man Zhu said to the Lu family.
The look was very serious.