Chapter 3: A New Life
Two days later, a small sedan chair came from Hu Mansion and took Li Yin away.
There is no phoenix crown, no big red sedan chair, and no suona firecrackers. It was deserted, a blue-gray sedan chair carried by two people.
Li Yin was wearing a pink floral brocade jacket, a light yellow long skirt, a little powder, a bun on his head, and a gilded emerald hairpin, this gorgeous decoration was naturally prepared by the Hu family early in the morning. Ah Yin, who was originally beautiful, looked even more charming and touching after such a costume.
Li Yin looked at his sister with tears in his eyes when he left, and told him to take good care of his father. Ah Xing (called Ah Xing in the future) took Ah Yin's hand and couldn't speak sadly, but there was nothing she could do, she could only pray in her heart that the Hu family would treat her a little better, so that she could live a peaceful life, but seeing her unconcealed color, she felt that her future life would not be so peaceful.
Li Runfu was lying on the bed and couldn't move, and it was sad to see that his daughter who had always loved him was going to make that kind of flower big and small, but this kind and honest, powerless man had no way at all, and he only complained that he was useless, so he would let his daughter suffer. He sighed incessantly, the corners of his eyes moistened, and his voice choked.
Li Yin knelt down in front of his bed, kowtowed three times, and when he raised his head, his face was already full of tears.
In this way, Ah Xing and her father bid farewell to Ah Yin in tears, and the blue-gray sedan chair carried her to the prosperous dream-like deep mansion compound.
After Li Yin got married, there were only two people left in the family, Li Xing and Li Runfu. Li Runfu couldn't move due to a leg injury, and all the things at home naturally fell on Ah Xing.
Ah Xing walked around the house, feeling at a loss, and she was really a little panicked. In her previous life, she was the daughter of a wealthy family, and she didn't even have to fold the quilt at home, and even the bath water in the bathtub would be put away by the maid. Now that it's getting darker and darker outside the window, it's dinner time. Do you want her to make dinner? But how?
A-Xing came to the kitchen.
This home can really be described as a home with four walls. The house is not small, plus the kitchen, in modern terms, there are about 100 square meters, and a small yard, in the city where she lives, such a big house is at least a few million.
But here, it's really nothing, listen to Ah Yin, this is the cheapest one of the houses that my father saw at that time, because it is old, because it is very dilapidated, the tiles on the roof have been lifted in many places, and the floor is also potholes, when it rains, it will leak, and the floor will accumulate water, you can imagine that kind of scene must be similar to sitting in a water prison, fortunately she has been here for so long, God has not rained, this kind of suffering has not been suffered. But when you save some money, you must hire someone to repair it.
The house has one hall and two rooms, one for Li Runfu and one for Sister A-Xing. There was basically no furniture, and there was a square table, four wooden benches, and a cabinet for things. There is a wooden bed in the room, and there is a cabinet for clothes in Sister Axing's room, while Li Runfu's room does not even have a cabinet, and the clothes are directly on the head of the bed.
It was unimaginable for Ah Xing to be poor like this, she didn't understand how it was possible for people to live in such an environment for so long, but it seemed that she would soon understand, because she would definitely live here for a long time.
A-Xing came to the kitchen. In the kitchen there was a clay stove with a large black cauldron on it. After her condition improved, she had also seen Ah Yin cooking on the fire, and it didn't look like a very difficult thing, now she is not the daughter of a wealthy family, she is just a poor girl Li Xing, she has received the warmth and care of her relatives, and she has to make something in return!
Isn't it just cooking? Think back then, when she ran away from home, didn't she also think about washing and cooking for him? Although she didn't succeed in the end, she really wanted to do something, and she couldn't do it.
Ah Xing searched in the kitchen and found white rice in a small jar, and there were carrots, white radish, and Chinese cabbage in the vegetable basket on one side, all of which Li Yin had bought before leaving.
Ah Xing put her little hand into the rice, let the thin white rice slip from between her fingers, and thought: It shouldn't be difficult to cook white rice, right?
She learned the steps of Ah Yin's cooking before, first pouring some water into the cauldron, and then pouring the rice into a small wooden basin and washing it, but how much water should be put in it? At that time, Ah Yin didn't pay much attention to cooking. However, it is often heard on TV that there is less cooking water and burnt paste, so it is safer to put more water.
She added a large scoop of water to it and placed the wooden basin on the stand in the cauldron. Then take a large lid and cover it.
Then the fire was lit, and dry wood and hay were used here. Ah Xing stuffed a handful of hay into it and brought a fire fold, but no matter how she lit it, she just couldn't raise the fire, and for a while the smoke was billowing and choking so that she couldn't open her eyes, she ran to the side, rubbed the wall and coughed violently, and tears coughed out.
Why is it so difficult to raise a fire? Seeing that it was getting dark, her family's dinner had not yet been settled, and her father was still hungry!
Just when she was anxious and impatient, a clear female voice came in.
"A-Xing, A-Xing!"
Then there was a sound of brisk footsteps coming towards the kitchen.
"A-Xing, what are you doing?" The visitor quickly walked up to her and patted her on the back as he spoke.
Ah Xing raised her head and glanced at the visitor, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, with a round face and big eyes flickering, very cute. Ah Xing has seen her twice, and she is the little joy that Ah Yin once mentioned.
Xiaoxi looked at the stove and said clearly, "Can't you raise the fire?" I'll help you! ”
So saying, he walked to the stove and raised the fire in a few clicks. Ah Xing breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said thank you.
Xiaoxi looked at her and said strangely: "A-Xing, you used to make a fire faster than me, what's going on today?" ”
Ah Xing said secretly, she hadn't even used a stove before, let alone this kind of high-tech firewood? She replied hesitantly: "I haven't felt well for the past two days." ”
Xiaoxi nodded and said, "No wonder." He looked at her carefully for a while, "After you got sick this time, your chin has become sharper, and it seems to be more beautiful!" Your sister is the famous beauty embryo here, and now that your sister is married, it will soon be your turn. ”
Speaking of this, Ah Xing felt uncomfortable, and she said lightly: "I won't get married." ”
Xiaoxi covered her mouth and smiled, then sat down in front of the stove, and said while adding firewood to the fire: "I said that before, but ......" She stopped, her face turned crimson, and Ah Xing remembered that she had already made a promise. I couldn't help but sigh again, the ancient woman got married too early, she also sat down beside her, watched her movements and studied hard, and then couldn't help but ask her, "You're about to get married!" ”
Xiaoxi looked back at her and smiled, her eyes shining in the light of the fire: "Well, my mother said that I will get married as soon as I meet next year." She looked very happy. There is a bit of shyness in the joy, reflecting the firelight, which is very moving.
Ah Xing couldn't help but think that she would never have this kind of look in her lifetime......
"Don't you think you're still young?"
Xiao Xi added a handful of firewood to the fire: "It's not small, my mother said that this kind of thing should be ordered early, once you are over 18 years old, it will be difficult to do." She paused, and then continued, "My mother also said that your family will have a good life." ”
Ah Xing smiled faintly: "Really?" ”
Xiaoxi nodded vigorously: "Yes, she said that the Hu family is the richest man in our city, although Sister A Yin married as a concubine, she will definitely enjoy happiness, and their family is also related to the King of Jin, Sister A Yin is so beautiful, she will definitely be favored, and your family will be angry in the future!" ”
Ah Xing was very curious about what kind of king this King of Jin was, but she didn't dare to ask directly, if this was what everyone knew, wouldn't it be strange to ask it yourself? So she knocked on the side and asked Xiaoxi: "What kind of relationship is the relationship between the Hu family and the King of Jin?" ”
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