Early in the morning, the ground was wet, looking at the traces of rain last night, today it was Liu's turn to cook, Zhao Jin gave her mother a hand, "Mother, I'll go to the vegetable garden to see if there are any greens, and I'll be back in a while." Liu nodded in response, and did not forget to remind her, "Siya, it has just rained, and the ground in the vegetable garden is very rotten, you should be careful not to fall." "yes, I see." Zhao Jin waved at her and left.

The ground that had rained was muddy, and the shoes were covered with mud, and the more they were pulled, the heavier they became, Zhao Jin still quickly withdrew after picking the vegetables. When she went back and rinsed the dirt from her shoes in the small ditch beside her, she saw that the water had become muddy with the rain, and some small fish were swimming happily in it. "Fish!" A flash flashed in her mind, "shrimp" must have washed up a lot of fish and shrimp by the river now, and she will go to see it after eating.

She remembered that Liu was still waiting for her dishes, so she hurried back, and just walked back to the yard, she still smelled the fragrance of sweet potatoes, which smelled very fragrant but would be tired of eating too much. By the time she stepped into the kitchen, Liu had already started the pot and filled a large pot. Zhao Jin cut a knife in the middle of the washed green vegetables, prepared a piece of ginger and garlic for later use, and when the pot was hot, a few drops of lard were dropped, and the minced ginger was stir-fried over low heat, and then poured into the green vegetables over high heat and stir-fried quickly, added a little salt to taste, and stir-fried for a few minutes before coming out of the pot, and the green oil looked very appetizing. Liu felt that her daughter was very talented in cooking, and she hadn't eaten it many times, but she was no worse than her.

Set the dishes on the table, the family ate very happily, Zhao Laosi proposed at the dinner table to go to the town to find work after breakfast, Lao Zhao Tou has no objection, I have already said it last time, but I emphasized it to go and see the fifth. The fifth uncle is a special existence at home, he was only twelve years old when he was a child, and he caused a sensation in the town, Xia has always had high hopes for him, but the luck of the young man's ambition did not last, and he failed to take the test many times. A high-spirited teenager has grown into a young man with no ambitions, and the whole person looks gloomy.

After eating, Zhao Laosi went to the town, and the others were working and lazy, Zhao Jin still picked up her basket and walked out, ready to go to the river to have a look.

"Sister, you wait, I'll go with you," Zhu Zi's eyes were sharp, and he took Zhao Jin's hand, "Let's go, let's go together." Zhao Jin didn't object, and the two walked along the avenue towards Qinghe. In early summer, the weather is still a little hot, but staying by the river is also very cool. Zhao Jin took a look at the river, it rained and rose, she strictly ordered the pillar not to go down to the depths of the river, at this time the river sand accumulated, and people were easy to fall into the whirlpool and couldn't get out. It seems that the current water is not strong, and the shallowest part is just above the ankle, but the depth of the whole water surface is not clear, so it is better to be precautionary.

Zhao Jin rolled up her trousers and waded into the river first, the water level of the river just reached the position of the calf, not deep or shallow, she still drove the water into the basket over and over again according to the last method, and the pillar also surrounded the weeds by the river. The two happily carried home.

When they arrived at the door of the house, they found that a group of people had gathered at home, they squeezed through the crowd and walked inside to find that her father had an accident, and he was beaten all over his body, and his whole face was not clear.

Zhao Jin's sister and brother saw their father lying on the kang in a delirious state, her mother knelt aside and shed tears, Zhao Jin came to her mother's side and asked, "Mother, why is my father like this, is he called a doctor?" Liu replied silently: "Your third uncle has gone." Zhao Jin asked Zhao Wu: "Fifth uncle, what's wrong with my father?" Zhao Wu looked at her indifferently: "Your father was beaten." Zhao Jin was furious when he saw this, and anyone with brains knew that he had been beaten, "What is the reason?" Zhao Wu looked at her with a ridiculous expression: "I am your elder, how did you talk to me, are you questioning me?" Xia Shi also helped on the side, "Your fifth uncle finally came back, what is your attitude?" Zhao Jin was speechless for a while, wasn't it her son who was injured, his eldest brother? Can people who are related by blood be so indifferent, and their conscience is eaten by dogs? She looked at the other rooms and watched from the sidelines, it was not as good as the neighbors in the village who knew how to help, or Erya was a little kind, she made a plate of hot water so that Liu could scrub Zhao Laosi.

The doctor finally invited him from the town, touched his beard and said: "The trauma looks serious, but fortunately, the five internal organs have not been hit too hard, he has a good foundation and can save a life, but his hands and feet will be affected in the future, but as long as he takes care of it slowly." So he prescribed a prescription, left some medicine for external injuries, and after sending the doctor away, Xia pulled his face on the spot. She looked like she was in her fifties, and her gray hair was neatly tied up at the back of her head. Rong has a long face, his eyelids are a little slumped, and his face becomes triangular eyes when he pulls it, which looks particularly unpleasant. You don't have to think about it to know what Xia is thinking, Zhao Laosi was injured, and I don't know how long he will be raised, but what is the difference between an idler who has lost his labor force and a dead person.

Before the Zhang family opened his mouth and said why not use the Zhao family, the Zhang family said: "Mother, the fourth child is injured now, and I don't know if I can live, do we have to support him in the other rooms?" There is no labor force in the four rooms, which seems unfair. ”

Before she finished speaking, she was pulled by the man Zhao Boss.

"Okay, don't say a word, the fourth child is not his own trouble, everyone is like this, you are still in the well, he is still my brother, why is your heart so black?."

"I say less and say less, I don't say anything, am I so black-hearted? Originally, the family was poor, but now the family still has to raise a waste person, and the others don't want to eat? I just have something to say, who knows what they think in their hearts......"

"You still say ......"

Boss Zhao couldn't stop talking when he saw her, and after the trouble started, the people in the village didn't know what to think of him, so he hurriedly pulled and pulled and went out. The second aunt comforted Liu, then smiled at Zhao Jin, and then said to her mother-in-law: "Mother, let's go too, let the fourth child have a good rest." ”

Xia glanced at Zhao Laosi on the kang, snorted coldly, turned his head and left. Just from her posture, it can be seen that she is not lightly angry. In fact, it is true, the Zhao family is considered a poor family in the village, although there are many laborers, there are more people who eat, they are all half-grown children, and if they invite a doctor from the town to come back, they will have to pay one or two hundred dollars, how many times can the Zhao family toss it with their current family background? In the past, Zhao Jin was sick and Zhao Lao Si had the most of the head, and he basically solved it by himself, but now he can't do it himself, who will give the money, especially the words of the doctor, and in the future, she will have to post a lot of money to support it and not be able to return to its original appearance, she can be happy to be weird. She also didn't want to know who was injured and wasn't her precious son.

In Xia's view, everything is important to the youngest son, and the fourth room is for the youngest son to get ahead.

After Xia and Luo left, only the third uncle Zhao Laosan and the third aunt Zhou were left in the house. The two of them used to not talk much, and they didn't stay long, Zhao Jin thought that the third uncle was busy in and out, and sent the two out with a smile.

When he turned his head and came back, he saw that Liu seemed to have lost his mind, sitting next to her father and watching her father shed tears, the more fierce he became, the pillar was at a loss on the side, he didn't know what to do, and his eyes turned to her as if he was asking for help, his father was so seriously injured He was also very sad, but it was a blessing to climb out of the ghost gate at the moment, and it should be considered in the future. With Xia's character, something will definitely happen.

She didn't want to think about it, so she came to the kang and held her mother's hand: "Mother, don't think about it, Dad will be fine, didn't the doctor also say that it should be taken care of, don't think about it anymore." And I'm with the pillars. ”

Liu glanced at her, his mouth was a little dry, and his throat was tight: "Siya......" Zhao Jin also understood that his father and mother had been a young couple all the way, and Zhao Laosi had always been her pillar, and her sky had never thought that one day the sky would fall.

Liu was heavy in the end, and after such an incident, he drank some gruel for dinner and scrubbed it for her father and fell asleep.