Chapter 2 Leper Girl, No One Marries

After breakfast, my father and brother went to work in the field again—but the corn was not finished.

Chrysanthemum picked up a big basket, which contained Yang's clothes that she had rubbed in the morning, and she was going to take them to the Xiaoqing River to wash.

The Xiaoqing River flows not far in front of her house, and a flat dirt road like a sheep's intestine leads to the river. The grass on both sides of the road is full of clusters of golden wild chrysanthemums, blooming wantonly, lively and open, not as graceful and elegant as those artificially cultivated flowers, but there is another wild and vigorous vitality!

She thought that after washing her clothes, she would pick some wild chrysanthemums and go home, dry them and soak them in water to drink, which is a good thing to clear heat and detoxify!

When he walked to the river, he poured his clothes on the grass, and the basket was left in the water and put in a clean place behind him, and then he squatted in front of a large stone slab and washed them one by one.

The clear river water flowed slowly, and the chrysanthemum swayed back and forth in the river with her dirty clothes in her hand, and the sewage flowed away; Then put the clothes on the stone slab, smash them with a mallet a few times, rub them, and swing them in the water again, and they are almost refreshing and clean.

Putting the washed clothes in the basket behind her, Chrysanthemum looked at the crystal clear little Qinghe, and felt that her soul seemed to be washed, and her heart that had been depressed and clogged was also much more relaxed!

This kind of life may not be so difficult!

It's just that it doesn't matter if you're ugly; It doesn't matter if you can't get married; It doesn't matter if you don't eat well or dress warmly.

She thought, she didn't have the ability to make a lot of money, and she didn't want to spend that effort - didn't she escape from that kind of life in her last life, or honestly raise some pigs, chickens and ducks or something, so that the family could live a better life.

Although the goal is small, it is not so easy to achieve, and you have to work hard!

Thinking carefully about the new goal, Chrysanthemum quickly finished washing her clothes, then pulled up the basket, bathed in the golden autumn sunshine, and walked in the middle of the grass dotted with countless golden wild chrysanthemums, and suddenly there was a sense of relaxation and comfort!

She went home and dried her clothes in the courtyard. Two thick stumps were planted on the left and right sides of the front of the yard, and a thick hemp rope was pulled up in the middle, which was very convenient for drying clothes.

After finishing his work, he saw that it was still early, so he carried a big basket and an extra cloth bag, and went to the mirror lake to pick small wild chrysanthemums.

The autumn sky is clear and blue, the sky is high and the clouds are light, although there is still the tail of the autumn tiger, but the chrysanthemums do not feel stuffy at all, but have the feeling of autumn high and refreshing.

Mirror Lake is surrounded by a large meadow, and beyond the meadow is the field. She was busy picking wild chrysanthemums in the meadow, constantly cruising back and forth, feeling like a butterfly fluttering among the flowers.

With her hands fluttering, she pinched off the new and bright wild chrysanthemums from the bottom of the calyx, and the small wild chrysanthemums that had bloomed were placed in bamboo baskets—ready to be dried to make pillows; The unopened chrysanthemums are packed into cloth bags – this is used to make chrysanthemum tea.

The golden-pink chrysanthemum blooms lively and noisy, making people who see it happy. Strangely, the flowers were swaying quietly in the wind, but she just felt that they were smiling happily and unrestrainedly, wantonly showing off that delicate golden yellow!

She couldn't help but be tempted for a moment, and almost happily stuck a blooming wild chrysanthemum on her head, remembering her face, and her raised arms hung down again.

It's boring! She pouted, it seemed that she still cared about this!

In other words, as long as she is a woman, there is no one who doesn't care about her appearance, even if she makes up her mind to be a nun, she must be a beautiful little nun! If you say you don't care, it's just self-comfort and encouragement, or who else will you show your grievances all day long?

Suddenly, the sound of children's laughter could be heard in the distance.

She looked up and saw a group of children rushing out of the village to the east and running towards the mirror lake. The shouting and laughter filled the field, and the joyful atmosphere infected her, and she hummed happily in her mouth, bowed her head and continued to busy.

Soon, though, she won't be happy!

The group of children saw her figure from a distance, and shouted loudly in unison: "Leper girl, no one to marry, so angry that she jumped into the mirror lake; The leper girl, no one married, was so angry that she jumped into the mirror lake. The voice is neat and rhyming, and the crisp children's voice is particularly loud and pleasant in the crisp autumn fields. It's a shame that they made it up!

Chrysanthemum straightened up, opened her mouth wide to look at the group of children in the distance, and watched them sing and jump towards her, not knowing how to deal with the situation for a while.

It's a ...... to have the honor of being made into a ballad Tears streaming down my face!

Children are innocent, but their innocent childish words are often in one sentence, and they are also the most hurtful!

Chrysanthemum still remembers that in her last life, she hugged a friend's two-year-old girl and teased her. The little girl was face to face with her, and suddenly raised her head, opened a pair of big dark eyes and said to her, "Auntie, you have a little black spot on your face!" One, two ......"

Seeing the pink little hand moving on her face, she trembled in her heart, and hurriedly pulled down her little hand to stop her from counting any more, and the little girl still looked at her innocently with wide eyes. My friend was laughing so hard that he couldn't stand up straight, and he gasped and said that he had never taught a child.

At this moment, she stood motionless, watching the group of children running around in circles, singing the ballad of "Leper Girl". The expressions on their faces were excited, and their smiles were bright, as if they were happy that they were overwhelmed by the number of people on their side, and they shocked the ugly girl who looked like a monster.

If you ignore the content of the ballad, the picture of the village children playing in front of you is very pleasant!

She was at a loss when suddenly a loud shout came from behind her: "Stone, what are you doing?" The angry voice startled her.

Looking back, it turned out to be Dr. Qin, who had saved him when he first came here, he was a traveling doctor who was temporarily stationed in Qingnan Village.

Qin Feng was wearing a silver-gray cotton robe, his hair was tied in a bun on the top, and a wooden hairpin was inserted. In his early twenties, he has a handsome face and sharp eyes.

He was glaring angrily at the mischievous children.

I think he has some prestige in the village—the leader, a little boy with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain, five or six years old, saw his annoyed look, stuck out his tongue, turned around and ran away, and the other children also followed behind and scattered.

Qin Feng turned around, looked at the chrysanthemum in front of him worriedly, and saw that she had regained her calm and silence, so he smiled gently: "The little baby is naughty, and she doesn't have any bad intentions. Ignore them. "People here call children "babies".

After a pause, he added: "I will pay attention to find some herbs, and by the way, I will ask my peers, and if I find a way to treat the scar on your face, I will definitely come to help you treat it." ”

Seeing that he was trying his best to comfort himself, Chrysanthemum secretly thought that this person was the heart of a healer's parents! But she didn't say anything—less dealing with people, this was the principle she had set for herself, after all, this body had changed its soul—but it didn't seem good not to say something at the moment.

So, she pursed her lips and replied softly, "It's okay! Thank you! Then he took the basket and turned around and left.

Qin Feng looked at the back of the chrysanthemum, and only felt that something was different, but he couldn't tell what it was.

Think about it, oh! Yes, she's so much calmer!

In the past, chrysanthemums bowed their heads when they saw people, and they were timid and inferior; The chrysanthemum just now didn't have that kind of timidity at all, it seemed to be very calm and indifferent - even if those little babies sang very badly, she was just surprised.

Looking at the figure of bending down to pick wild chrysanthemums in the distance, he thought for a while before walking towards the mirror lake.

After digging up a few common herbs by the lake, he prepared to go to Xiaoqingshan. Before I turned around, I heard the babies who had moved to play by the mirror lake to make a noise, mixed with cries and screams.

He walked over quickly, and saw the dog screaming in panic: "The stone has fallen into the water, the stone has fallen into the water!" ”

The other little babies were so frightened that they retreated, and there were still ripples on the surface of the mirror lake.

He "chuckled" in his heart, and hurriedly grabbed the dog and asked, "Where did it fall?" ”

Dogan trembled and pointed to a place: "Just ...... At...... That! ”

Before he finished speaking, Qin Feng had already jumped down, and he didn't even have time to take off his clothes.

After a while, he emerged from the water, took a deep breath, and plunged into the water again.

Seeing that he didn't catch anyone for the first time, there were already babies who were so scared that they cried and went back to the village to call people; When the people working in the nearby fields heard the commotion, they all threw down their farming tools and ran over to this side - some of them were parents of little babies, and they were worried about their own babies, so of course they wanted to come and have a look.

Chrysanthemum experienced the episode of being humiliated by the little baby, and she didn't take it to heart and continued to pick the little wild chrysanthemum.

Hum! This girl has traveled through time and space, she has seen the world, what are you talking about with a bunch of little children!

Looking at the already full basket, she stretched and prepared to go home and make lunch.

But there was a noisy noise by the mirror lake, mixed with the hoarse cries of women. She turned her head to look over there, and there were already a lot of people around; On the village road in the distance, there are still people holding straw hats in their hands and rushing here.

Chrysanthemum thought, someone has fallen into the water again? It depends on the situation.

This mirror lake is really unlucky, and in just a few days, two people fell into it. The original owner of this body actually fell into the water, not by jumping off by himself, and he was out of breath when he rescued it, just in time for her to wear it.

Seeing that there were more and more people gathered around the lake, she frowned, she didn't want to go, but somehow, the ghost ran over again.

Go check it out, she thought as she ran!

The mournful cry gave her an ominous premonition, just like the cry of her mother Yang when she first passed through that day, desperate and poignant, which made people feel sad and uneasy, and their hairs rose suddenly!

Who fell overboard?