At this time, He Liang brought a teapot of boiling water in, and asked He Dawei to fetch water, but the water he drew before breakfast was now used up, and he couldn't even cook dinner.

He Dawei then went to the kitchen to get a bucket and went out of the yard to fetch water, and He Dani curiously followed out to have a look, and found that there was a public well at the east end of the street, where the neighbors all fetched water for their homes. The He family's health is weak, and He Liang and He Xiaojie do not have the ability to carry a bucket full of water all the way home, so the matter of fetching water every day falls on He Dawei, the only strong laborer in the family.

At this time, it was time to prepare for dinner, and there were many housewives around the well to fetch water, and when they saw He Dawei's father and daughter, they naturally had a few words of greeting. He Dawei patiently waited for these 'women' to clean the water and leave, and then he fetched the water and carried it home with a flat pole.

He Dani followed to observe, and found that He Dawei's physical strength was not very good, these two buckets of water were not stable at all, and they swayed all the way, and a lot of water spilled out, depending on the size of the water tank at home, I am afraid that I will have to make two more trips to fill the water tank.

When passing by Uncle Zhang's house, He Dani saw that the uncle's cart was parked in the courtyard, and the uncle was feeding the horses, so she called the uncle through the courtyard wall and borrowed their carriage and buckets to fetch water for the family.

Uncle Zhang thought it was funny, why use a cart to fetch water, so he called his son and asked him to help the He family carry water.

Brother Zhang, a strong man in his twenties, usually makes a living by selling coolies, and some of them have a lot of strength, listen to his father's words, take his bucket and leave.

He Dani went home with a smile on her face, stopped her father, who was going to continue to fetch water, and asked him to wait for Brother Zhang at home.

After a while, Brother Zhang picked up two buckets full of water and came to He's house, poured them into the water tank outside the kitchen, and saw that it was not full, so he went out and brought a bucket back to completely fill the water tank.

He Dawei hurriedly thanked Brother Zhang, and He Dani put down the five cents in Brother Zhang's palm, "Brother Zhang, thank you for your hard work, come, take it." ”

"Oh, big girl, what are you doing, you're too polite, don't don't." Brother Zhang, like his father, is an honest and honest person, and resolutely refuses to accept this money, "Big sister, our family also ate your fish soup at noon, these buckets of water are nothing." ”

"Big brother, I saw that my sister-in-law was pregnant at noon, right?"

Hearing He Dani mention his wife, Brother Zhang couldn't help but smile shyly and nodded, "Yes, the eldest sister's eyesight is really good, she has just come out of her arms, and she has been four months." ”

"These months are the time when the fetus has long hands and feet, and it needs a lot of nutrients. That's it, Brother Zhang, I hired you to carry water for my family, five cents a day, and your task is to carry water three times a day, to ensure that my water tank is full in the morning, noon and evening, and the salary is settled every ten years, how about it? ”

"This ......" Brother Zhang hesitated, originally said that it was appropriate for neighbors to help, but thinking that his pregnant wife did always say that she was hungry for a while, but he didn't make much money selling coolies, so he couldn't give his wife more food, so he couldn't help but be a little tempted by He Dani's suggestion.

He Dani saw the thoughts of the eldest brother of the Zhang family, and put the five 'handed' money back into the palm of Brother Zhang's hand, "It's so decided, this is a salary I hired you, from tomorrow, the eldest brother will give my family three meals and carry water, and I will never default on wages." ”

"Yes, yes, take it, it's a long-term job for us." He Dawei also persuaded him, and of course he was relaxed when someone helped carry water.

The eldest brother of the Zhang family finally stopped refusing and happily agreed, thinking that he could have a fixed income of fifty yuan every ten years, and he could buy more 'chicken', duck, fish, and 'meat' for his wife to replenish his body.

The eldest brother of the Zhang family went home and told his parents and wife the good news, while the Zhang family was happy, they also told the eldest brother Zhang to help the He family do more work in the future, and earn a few pennies a day just by making a few buckets of water.

On the He family's side, He Dani and He Liang were also busy in the kitchen for dinner, He Liang was still responsible for washing rice, cooking rice and stir-frying vegetables, He Dani cut the fish 'meat' into pieces and fried them in a pot, and then steamed an egg, and the dinner of a family of four was done, which was simple and trouble-free.

At the dinner table, He Dawei told his wife about He Dani's visit to her grandfather's house tomorrow, and He Liang bit the fish 'meat' in his mouth, and threw down a sentence vaguely, "Then when will my mother's house go?" ”

"The day after tomorrow, according to the rules, the day after tomorrow I will go to Liangfu to meet the elders, tomorrow my mother will start to prepare when she sees what to add to the house, if my father is fine, I will go to the 'medicine' shop to grab some 'medicine' and come back to fry, not only Xiaojie, you all have to take 'medicine', and cure the diseases accumulated over the years, so that my diet will be more effective." He Dani scooped a spoonful of eggs into the bowl and said as she mixed.

"Hey, okay, I'll go get the 'medicine' tomorrow morning."

"Also, if you have time tomorrow, wash out the small mill at home, I will buy all kinds of beans back, you have to drink more soy milk to replenish your body, you have not eaten enough 'meat' over the years, and you have not eaten enough beans, Daddy, you don't care too much about your family's health."

He Dawei buried his face in the bowl and tried his best to pick up the rice, but as a doctor, he failed to take care of his family's body to the best of his ability.

"Isn't soy milk just water, if you drink more soak in 'urine', it's gone, what is there to make up." He Liang sandwiched a piece of fish for his son and put it in his bowl, and flew He Dani with a roll of the eyes.

"The medical book says that the five grains should be nourished, and the loss of beans is bad. Folk say that eating beans for three dollars a day, why do you need to take 'medicine' for years. Mother, beans can make up for the gradual lack of important nutrients in the body of 'women' with age after the age of 30, so that the skin of 'women' can keep moisture and elasticity, no longer dry and yellow spots, nourish 'women' from the inside out, so that 'women' can maintain the charm of youth and 'spring' for a long time, which is better than any rouge gouache. For ordinary people, it can reduce the body swelling caused by the lack of 'meat', and Xiaojie's edematous stomach is caused by the lack of 'meat' and beans, which is the most indispensable food for the poor. Isn't it, Daddy? He Dani smiled at the corner of her mouth, looked at He Liang steadily, and said slowly, and finally turned her head happily and raised a sweet smile like a coquettish smile at He Dawei.

"Yes, yes, Ni is right, you should eat more beans, wash the mill tomorrow, and grind soy milk every day to eat." He Dawei raised his head and smiled awkwardly at his family, crying in his heart, he was really not doing his job as a doctor, and he deserved to be squeezed out of his business.

He Mou's 'touched' and 'touched' his face, looked at his son again, stopped talking, and lowered his head to eat.

After the meal, the sky was dark, everyone washed and cleaned up, He Dawei's family of three was warm and harmonious in the East House, He Liang sat on the kang to sew intimate clothes for his family, He Dawei took his son to learn to read and write, and He Dani was alone in her West House to sort out her 'private' affairs.

He Liang's uninformed housewife and 'daughter' are not afraid, so that Adani has been relieved that He Xiaoqiang, the son of the He family who does not know where he is at this time, if he runs back one day to 'force' his family to ask for money, I am afraid that it will be difficult to survive this little money on his body, so He Dani wandered around the house looking for a place to hide money.

The only furniture in the room was a pitiful kang, a square table, a kang table and a basin stand, and there were no other large wooden objects, and the clothes she brought back were stacked directly on the kang.

This trip home He Dani only brought more than 20 taels of change, except for a few copper coins, the others are a few cents of silver horns, each silver horn into copper coins is only a few hundred yuan, a purse will be all packed and hung around the neck to hide, as long as she snatches the purse, she will immediately become a proletariat.

He Dani walked around the house, thinking about how to hide the money, and finally she found a place, that is, the corner of the kang foot and the wall, where He Dani found a rat 'hole'. He Dani quietly went out of the house and ran to the kitchen to find an iron rod through the stove and came back, poked the rat 'hole', confirmed that there were no rats and no insects in it, and then reached out to 'touch' 'touch', the inside was 'very' dry, and the internal space was also large, and the rat was really good at drilling into the wall and making 'holes'.

He Dani untied her clothes and took out the purse around her neck, took out a few silver horns from it, reduced the volume of the purse so that she could smoothly pass through the "hole" and put it close to the "hole", and deliberately stuffed it to the edge, so that even if someone found this rat "hole", she could not see the purse at the mouth of the "hole", and she couldn't imagine that there were more than a dozen taels of silver horns hidden in the rat "hole".

After hiding the money, He Dani felt at ease, took out a handkerchief and wrapped the silver horns on the kang and put them under the pillow, the money was enough for the New Year, even if He Xiaoqiang ran back and forcibly asked for money, give it to him, it won't be too distressing.

A good night's sleep, the next day the day was slightly bright, after freshening up, He Dani took He Xiaojie to the morning market to buy vegetables, and when she came back, breakfast was ready, the water tank was also full, and the little mill was washed and put under the eaves of the kitchen.

The morning is always busy, time flies very fast, after eating, washing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen, He Dawei took some money from He Liang's hand and went to Liang Ji's 'medicine' shop to grab 'medicine', He Xiaojie went to the street to play with his friends, He Liang's continued to do needlework in the house, He Dani went back to the house to change into clean clothes, and waited for the carriage that her grandfather's family came to pick up.

At the beginning of the day, that is, at the end of the hour, a blue cloth carriage came to the 'door' of He's courtyard, the burly coachman got out of the car to call people, He Dani and He Liang came out to greet them, and after checking the identity of the comer, He Dani said goodbye to her stepmother, got in the car and left.

This time the car went further, passed the street where my grandfather's family lived yesterday, continued to the north, turned into a wide street, the houses on both sides were hidden behind the tall walls, the big "doors" were very ordinary, that is, two "door" panels, there was no extra decoration, and the alleys that appeared on the side of the street were actually the gaps between the two households, He Dani saw through the car window, and had a certain understanding of the family background of the grandfather's family.

I don't know how far I went, because the walls of every house on this street are almost the same, and after looking at it for a long time, He Dani only felt that the car began to slow down slowly after walking at a constant speed for a while and finally stopped.

"Miss Cousin has arrived, help Miss Cousin get out of the car."

As the words fell, the curtain of the car was lifted, and a pair of hands reached in from outside the car.

"Miss Cousin, please come inside, everyone is waiting for you." The 'door' room enthusiastically led He Dani up the steps and stepped into the big 'door'.

An old man with a strong spirit came out from behind the shadow wall, and when he saw He Dani hurriedly stepping forward, the one on the 'door' room also took advantage of the situation to 'hand' He Dani to the old man.

"Miss Cousin, I haven't seen you for many years, I can't imagine that Uncle Cousin will be able to see Miss Cousin again, Miss Cousin must not remember Uncle Cousin, right?" The old man affectionately took He Dani's hand and walked towards the second 'door' behind the shadow wall, "Yesterday the old man came back and told everyone that Miss Biao was coming today, everyone was so happy that they got up early in the morning to prepare." Come, go to the Rongyang Hall to meet the old lady and the old lady, as well as your uncle, aunt, cousin, cousin, and cousin, who are waiting for you there. ”

He Dani was led by the old man who called himself Uncle Gui through the 'door', she didn't speak all the way, quietly listened to Uncle Gui talk about the situation at home, and then thought of the situation when she visited her grandfather's family yesterday.

Uncle Gui took He Dani and finally stepped into the last courtyard, some of the girls who were waiting in the courtyard entered the house to report, and the rest came up one after another, and surrounded Uncle Gui and He Dani into the main hall.

He Dani entered the main hall, and followed the noble uncle and the girl to the inner hall.

Through a beaded curtain moon, He Dani saw a large group of people sitting inside, just passed through the moon 'door' into the inner hall, before they had time to see the layout of the main hall and the faces of relatives, this group of old and young men and women, hula and cheer around, among which two silver-haired old men greeted him and hugged He Dani in the middle, screaming "heart and liver" in their mouths.

He Dani knew that these two were her maternal grandparents, although they had nothing to do with her, but they were affected by this atmosphere, He Dani thought of her family in her previous life, and couldn't help but 'show' a sad face.

The relatives on the side persuaded for a while, coaxed the mood of the old man, helped the two old people back to the warm couch and sat down, the girl brought ***, He Dani knelt down and kowtowed respectfully to the elders.

After kowtowing, Yang Jue stepped forward to help He Dani and led her to her grandparents, the two old men smiled and stuffed a big red envelope to He Dani.

He Dani thanked her, and met other relatives with her uncle Yang Jue.

First met my aunt, my aunt's maiden name is Fang, she is a kind and gentle 'woman', she gave a heavier red envelope, but when her hand and He Dani's hand 'hand' hand, He Dani found that her aunt's hands were a little rough, and there were calluses on her fingers, fingers and palms.

Those cocoons are very soft, and they are not dried anymore after doing rough work, and the cocoons gradually peel off and soften, and finally leave a soft stratum corneum, but they can no longer be restored to the original delicate skin. He Dani is also a person who has done rough work, and as soon as she 'touches', she can't help but wonder if her grandfather's family has also had a difficult time, otherwise with such a family background, how could her daughter-in-law have such a pair of hands

Entering the 'Door'