As soon as the day dawned, I heard the sound of Liu's getting up, it is not easy for the farmer's daughter-in-law, she is busy all day long and has to be scolded, and the life of the pig who says something bad is relatively happy. The Zhao family has always been a common topic of gossip in Zhaojia Village, why, there are many things, and there are disputes in people's days. In the past few days, Zhao Jin has carefully recalled the memory of the original owner, and he can be regarded as accepting the reality. After lying on the bed for a while, I was ready to get up and decided to exercise this broken body, not to mention that others disliked me. When Liu saw her get up, he hurriedly came over to help her, and asked worriedly: "Your body is not well, it is better to lie down more, everyone knows that you are not in good health, except for saying something unpleasant, it will not be good." ”

Zhao Jin smiled at her: "Don't worry, mother, I'm already fine, and my body is empty after lying down for a long time." Thinking of Liu's meticulous care, I still feel that this crossing is still good, in the countryside when I can't even eat enough, I still love myself so much and don't give up on myself, and I will be filial to my father and mother in the future.

"Alright, I'm going to work outside. Take it easy yourself. ”

Liu went out into the kitchen, the eldest uncle's daughter-in-law Zhang was already cooking in the kitchen, there were many people in the family, there was not enough rice to eat, it was impossible to eat rice for meals, and only a few sweet potatoes could be eaten in the morning to make porridge. Zhang's action quickly washed a few sweet potatoes, cut them into pieces, threw the cut sweet potatoes into the cauldron and stir-fried, the pot didn't even put oil in the pot or the only little lard left over from the last meat, sprinkled a little salt and stir-fried a few times, then poured in a pot of water, and boiled a full pot. There are many large and small snacks at home, and there are not enough sweet potatoes to eat, so you can only drink more soup. Gradually, the smell of sweet potatoes filled the kitchen. Liu looked at it, there was no work to do here, so he went to fetch water to water the vegetables in the vegetable garden, and everyone was ready to have breakfast after drying. Of course, the result is rather disappointing, Zhaojiacun is too poor. At the dinner table, looking at the porridge in the bowl that couldn't even see the shadow of the sweet potato, he pouted the corners of his mouth, and sooner or later he was starved to death, but he still knew the times and was worried about Junjie's stomach, and some of them were good to eat.

At this time, it happened to be April, and everyone went out to do farm work with their hoes after breakfast, but fortunately it was not the hottest time, and half of the children were also counted as a laborer, and it was good to pull out the weeds in the field. Zhao Jin has always been in poor health, and it is not good to be idle at home to annoy people, so he carried a basket on his back and followed the second girl of the third uncle's family to the foot of the mountain to cut pigweed, pick wild vegetables, and pick up some mushrooms. Although it was poor in ancient times, at least the mountains and rivers here were original, the air was fresh, and the ecological environment was much better than that of modern times.

Zhaojia Village is located in the northeast of Zhao County, a small county in Binzhou, Jiangnan, the whole village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the geographical environment is still very good, there is a long river at the foot of the east of the village, the local people call Qinghe, the water flows all year round, the fish and shrimp species are very rich, when they are not busy, the children in the village will catch some fish and shrimp here as a mouthful of meat, but it is too hard to deal with so it is also considered to let the fish and shrimp grow savagely. There is a big mountain called Yushan in the east, and the people in the village firmly believe that there are big tigers in it that will eat people, so no one dares to enter the mountain, so they can only live a bitter life by guarding their own fields.

Of course, the people of Zhaojia Village don't feel that their lives are sad, after all, they haven't seen the world, everyone's life is about the same, and they can't compare to who is richer. Now that the sun was setting and the dew on the grass had been collected, Zhao Jin followed her second cousin and walked slowly to see what was useful on the ground. The Zhao family originally had four girls, and the third uncle's three girls died in a serious illness, although several of them were cousins but each had their own thoughts, or their own parents' thoughts, but at least they were still passable on the surface, and they didn't particularly tear their faces. The second cousin has a good personality, unlike the lobby sister, who is lazy and lazy, and fantasizes every day that she can marry the son of the Yuan landlord's family in the west of the village and live the life of a landlord's wife, so that there is no need to work in the field and there is someone to serve.

The second cousin saw a small piece of wild vegetables and beckoned her: "Siya, come and dig these mustard greens together." Although Zhao Jin really wants to eat meat, he also knows that the current family environment can only be an illusion, and it is much better to eat some wild vegetables than to eat thin porridge. Zhao Jin bent down and put the basket aside, intending to get started, Erya saw her posture and hurriedly pointed at her: "You are stupid, you dig it all and it doesn't have much effect, just pick it off at this part of the root." Zhao Jin dripped, a few drops of sweat, people who had never done this work could understand, but they still started digging wild vegetables according to her method. The two stopped and stopped, Zhao Jin looked at the half basket he had dug up, but when he saw that Erya was carrying not only wild vegetables but also a basket full of pigs to feed, he couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself: "I came to make soy sauce." ”

Erya looked at the sun and felt that it was time to go back and chop these up and feed them to the pigs, so she beckoned Anya and said, "Four, we are almost the same, it's time to go back." Zhao Jin was not very willing, after all, it was less than an hour after coming out, and this weak body still had to exercise more, so he said to Erya: "Second cousin, why don't you go back first!" I'm not full yet, I'll go back by myself when I'm full. Erya thought for a while and said, "That's okay!" Be careful yourself, don't go into the mountains, the people in the village say they will eat people. Zhao Jin agreed with a pious face, and after the second girl left, she walked along the Qinghe, still thinking about the river and feeling that she couldn't smell the smell of meat, and the smell of fish was good. Looking around, there was no one, poured out all the wild vegetables in his basket and put them aside, took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs, and went into the water to fish with his skirt. As the saying goes, fishing in troubled waters, she tossed a few times in the water, and the surrounding water quality immediately became turbid, put the basket in a narrow opening, surrounded by grass, Zhao Jin struggled to drive around a few times, and felt that it was almost time to pick up the basket. She looked at the basket with a few small fish the size of a palm and a bunch of skinny shrimp, which was not enough to stuff her teeth, and it was better than nothing. I went ashore, cleaned up, took a few sticks of grass and rolled them up to make the fish steak on skewers. I put the wild vegetables back again, and went back all the way.

Liu saw the things that his daughter carried back, afraid that she would work too hard, so he hurriedly helped unload them, and saw that a few fish understood that this was going into the water, and he was in a hurry: "Siya, you just happened to be playing in the water, don't die, don't let me worry about it." ”

Zhao Jin felt that Liu was underestimating himself too much, and he could only get better and better by exercising more, but he also knew Liu's kindness, "Mother, I know, I won't go next time." "You want to have a next time." Liu still took the things that Zhao Jin brought back to the kitchen to clean up, and he could still add a dish.

Zhao Jin saw that the Liu family was busy and looked idle, and he also helped to clean the yard, dry the clothes, and all the people who could work in the family went to the ground, even his eight-year-old brother also went. Liu Shi looked at her diligent appearance and instantly felt intimate, and the child would be considerate when he was older.

In the afternoon, not long after the sun went down, a group of people from the field came back, and when they saw Zhao Jin helping in the yard, they all teased: "Siya, the sun is coming out of the west today, and you will all work." Zhao Jin wanted to roll his eyes after hearing this, as if he used to really have no grains and four bodies were not diligent, and he was still very diligent when he was still in good health occasionally. Zhao Jin's younger brother Zhu Daimyo Zhao Yusheng hurriedly ran over and took over the work in her hands, afraid that she would be tired. Zhao Jin was moved for a while, and sure enough, he was born in his own family. The family hurriedly ate, washed, and slept, and was very tired from working in the fields. Zhao Jin felt that this kind of life was not good, he worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, tied himself alive to a few acres of land, and had no hope at all, but he still had to see if there was any way to eat white rice.