Cold, bone-chilling! Although the sun is out today and there is no rain, the cold wind blowing on the body still pierces into the cotton jacket that has not had any heating for several years.

Leng Du Jinning can still bear it, but the most terrible thing is the hunger of scratching his stomach. Except for drinking half a bowl of corn paste in the morning, she didn't eat at the end of the day.

She may have starved to death and died the most time traveler in history.

Du Jinning smiled mockingly. She let go of her thoughts, raised her head to look at the sky, and looked up to see a few jujube branches. On the branches swaying in the cold wind, there was still a shriveled small fruit that was not fully developed but refused to land, and her mind unconsciously remembered the dates in her refrigerator before the crossing, which were sweet and delicious, and she felt more sad when she took a bite.

She looked down at her ten-year-old hand and sighed deeply.

With a "bang", the courtyard door was pushed open, and a woman in her thirties rushed in, followed by a little girl of twelve or thirteen.

The woman knelt down beside Du Jinning with a "bang", took her into her arms, and cried loudly: "Dad, Dad, Brother Ning's illness is not well yet, how can you bear to let her kneel on the cold ground in the cold wind?" She's your own grandson. ”

"Cry, cry, cry, cry what to cry? I'm not dead yet! A man's roar came from the hall blocked by a thick cotton curtain, "I, Du Chensheng, educate my children and grandchildren, and it's not your turn to intervene as a woman." If you cry again, you will kneel for me for an hour. ”

Du Jinning came back to his senses and hurriedly pushed the woman next to him: "Mother, you get up quickly, I'm fine." I'm all right. He called the little girl who had just entered the door panting, "Fourth sister, you quickly help my mother up." ”

"I can't afford it, my mother will kneel with you." Chen shook off Du Fanghui's hand and hugged Du Jinning tightly, "If you want to freeze out again, how can you live as a mother?" As he spoke, he cried with a whimper. Probably because of the people in the hall, the crying was very muffled.

There was a sound of cotton curtains, and a person came out of the hall, in his fifties, wearing a brown muslin cotton jacket, with a stone blue jacket on the outside, and the bun on his head was combed extremely neatly, and he couldn't see a single messy hair, but it was Du Jinning's grandmother.

She sternly glanced at Chen and Du Jinning, who were hugging each other, and said coldly: "Chen, you have to think clearly. If you mess around again, Brother Ning will have to kneel for another hour. ”

Chen's body shook and he turned his head to look at his mother-in-law in disbelief.

"Mother, get up, I'm really fine." Du Jinning hurriedly pushed Chen again.

Chen Shi looked down at Du Jinning, closed his eyes in pain, slowly let go of her, and stood up with Du Fanghui's support.

"If you do something wrong, let him know it's wrong. Dad has always taught us that books are the things of sages and sages, and they should never be trampled. A female voice came from a nearby room, and then a woman of the same age as Chen's came out with a curtain and looked at Chen's with a smile, "Third brother and sister, Brother Ning has trampled on the book, and was punished for kneeling for an hour, and was divided into two periods to be punished, Dad already hurts Brother Ning enough, what else do you want?" You are crying and making trouble in this yard, don't you want outsiders to see the excitement of our house? ”

Niu Shi looked at the wide open courtyard, there seemed to be passers-by outside probing their brains inside, her face suddenly sank, and she shouted to Chen: "You and Sister Hui don't eat tonight, hurry up and carry me water." Don't come back without filling two tanks. ”

Du Jinning has always been a calm character, two days ago he suddenly traveled to ancient times, reborn into the body of a ten-year-old child, received the memory of the original owner, and found that he was still a woman dressed as a man, except for her mother Chen and eldest sister, no one in the family seemed to know that she was a woman; Moreover, Sanfang is in the Du family, and the situation is very difficult, although she is an unbearable character, for the sake of the Chen family and several sisters, she has not dared to speak out. Even if she was slightly better and her grandfather dragged her to the yard to kneel, she endured it. She was ready to learn about the situation of this family, understand the situation of the world, and then make plans.

However, at this time, seeing that Chen and Du Fanghui were going to be punished for her, she couldn't stand it. She is a natural short-term character, in her memory, Chen and Du Fanghui are good to her, it can be said that she is protecting her with her life, she has inherited this life, and she has inherited the family affection of the original owner together, and she needs to protect her relatives.

She raised her head and shouted in the direction of the hall: "Grandfather, my grandson has something unclear, and I ask my grandfather to solve my grandson's doubts." ”

As soon as these words came out, the courtyard was silent, and Yao, the second aunt of the Du family, who still wanted to speak, had her mouth half open, and she didn't make a sound.

"Bang Dang", the cotton curtain of the hall was lifted, and an old man wearing a navy blue cotton robe came out of it, with a thin face and a serious expression.

His eyes looked at Du Jinning and he didn't say a word. Then he walked down the steps step by step, walked in front of Du Jinning, and stared at her tightly, with a cold expression.

Du Jinning's heart tightened when she saw this person's terrifying gaze, her eyes were dazed, and she didn't know what was wrong with what she said just now.

"What's the problem?" Du Chensheng opened his mouth, with no emotion in his voice, no sadness or joy.

Du Jinning settled down and asked: "The grandson wants to ask, the same grandson, the eldest brother, the second brother, and the fourth brother can all study, but only the grandson can't read, and even touching the book is a big crime, why is this?" ”

This is a question that Du Jinning has been puzzled about since he crossed over.

is also a male member of the Du family, and the grandchildren of the big house and the second room are loved by their grandparents, and they can have the opportunity to study in addition to being fed and clothed. But Du Jinning is a superfluous existence in this family - there is no ration and supply for her in the public school, and she can live so much, all because of the Chen family and several sisters who saved from their own rations to feed, and all the clothes and utensils are the same.

Not only is the treatment of her and the grandchildren of the Du family very different, but her mother and sisters are also living a life like cattle and horses in this family, which is very different from the situation of the eldest aunt, second aunt and cousin. Not only do they have to do the heavy and tiring work that only men do, but they also have to be scolded and mistreated by Daddy Du and Mrs. Du from time to time.

But if it is said that she was punished after being found dressed as a man, it is not at all. In the memory of the original body, a child of this age has no concept of gender at all, she herself thinks she is a man, she is completely different from several sisters, and she longs to live like a few cousins. In the summer when she was four years old, Du Fanghui saw that her mother and eldest sister were too busy and wanted to help her take a bath, and was slapped by Chen's anger.

Because of this, why did Chen panic and call her a man, naturally he didn't know anything in his memory. And why Sanfang has such a poor status in the family, she can't get an answer in her memory.

She had to ask for it.

As soon as these words came out, the courtyard became quieter. Even Niu, who had coughed from time to time, suppressed the discomfort in his throat.

"Why?" Du Chensheng didn't have any expression on his face, but for some reason, Du Jinning still saw a trace of mockery and coldness on his face.

He raised his eyes and looked directly at Chen, and the sharp eyes startled Chen, and he almost knocked Du Fanghui down when he retreated.

"He doesn't know, do you know?" Du Chensheng's voice was cold.

"Know, know." Chen stammered back, his lips twitching, and a tear slipped from his eye socket and dripped onto his patched coarse cloth shirt.

"Tell him when you get back to the house." After Du Chensheng finished speaking coldly, he turned around and went up the steps, his steps were not in a hurry, and he lifted the curtain and entered the hall.