Hao Jiali didn't hear a word of these words.

Hao Jiali only cried helplessly, her cry not only alarmed the villagers, but even the crows on the big tree at the edge of the village were so frightened that they flew away from the branches and circled in the sky.

Cao Juying, who was working in the fields, heard the cry of the crow in the sky: "Not good! Old man! You see the crows are crowing so vigorously, I don't know which one is going to have a big incident? ”

Cao Juying said in a panic to her husband who was turning the ground with a hoe in the field.

Chen Zhanjun stopped what he was doing, looked up at the sky, and a faint worry hung between his eyebrows.

There is a saying in Hao Jiali's hometown, the swallow reports good news, and the crow reports worry.

"Get to work, old woman! You can't hide from what you should have. Chen Zhanjun glanced at the sky, still bowing his head and working.

"My heart is up and down, old man! Don't let bad things happen to our homes. Cao Juying didn't blink her eyes, still looking at the sky.

"I hope God willing!" Chen Zhanjun replied to Cao Juying on his lips, and also said to himself in his heart.

"God forbid! God forbid! After Cao Juying finished saying these two sentences, she dropped the hoe in her hand, then folded her hands, stared slightly, and continued to reverently read these words to the sky.

After reading a few words, Cao Juying opened her eyes suddenly, pulled out her legs and ran.

Chen Zhanjun shouted behind her: "Old woman! Old lady! What's wrong with you? ”

As soon as the crow crowed, Cao Juying remembered that Hao Jiali went to Chen Qing's house early in the morning and didn't come back for most of the day.

also remembered that when Hao Jiali went out, she forgot to tell Hao Jiali that the captain of the production team was going to be replaced.

Cao Juying pondered that at this time, Hao Jiali must have known about this from Chen Qing's mouth, and Hao Jiali also knew that the production team would not give her a fish pond in the future.

The fish pond is the only way Hao Jiali finally thought of to make money to sell snails, if this road is artificially cut off like this, Hao Jiali has no other way to think of it.

Cao Juying knew that Hao Jiali couldn't think about it at this time, she must be sad and anxious, hiding in a place where no one was crying.

And if Hao Jiali cries her nose, Cao Juying will not be worried, Cao Juying is afraid that Hao Jiali's stubbornness will come, and she will want to die when she is desperate.

If Hao Jiali wanted to die, Cao Juying remembered that the road from her village to Chenqing Village had to pass through the two big fish ponds where Hao Jiali usually picks snails.

The deepest part of the water in the fish pond was over the heads of the adults, and if Hao Jiali couldn't see it, she would drown if she jumped from either of the two fish ponds.

The more Cao Juying thought about it, the more frightened she became, and her heart beat like a drum.

Cao Juying didn't answer her husband a word, and ran in the direction of this road like crazy, shouting Hao Jiali's name all the way: "Lili! Lily! Where are you? Are you okay with Grandma? Don't do anything stupid! ”

Cao Juying also asked the villagers in the villages on both sides of the road if they had seen Hao Jiali passing by on this road.

"Everyone! Have you seen my granddaughter pass by here? Cao Juying anxiously asked a villager every time she saw her.

The villagers who saw Hao Jiali passing by on the side of the road all said that they saw Hao Jiali go and did not see Hao Jiali back.

Cao Juying panicked, paused and cried all the way: "Lili! Lily! You and my poor child, don't scare grandma, you are going to seek death at this time, the fish pond will not give you to go down to pick snails, let's think about other ways, grandma has lost her husband and old age and lost her child, do you have to bear the blow of losing you again, grandma can't afford such a blow, if you jump into the fish pond and drown in the water today, grandma will go down there to accompany you! ”

Cao Juying cried all the way to the production team's fish pond, and then asked Hao Jiali, a member of the production team who was guarding the fish pond by the fish pond and was afraid that Hao Jiali would stir up again, had come.

The production team members were unhappy because of Hao Jiali's last incident, and ignored Cao Juying's question.

Cao Juying immediately became anxious, and she forced the production team members to say, "I said that you are still famous?" You're only eight years old, huh? Do you want to be cheeky when you care about a child? ”

The production team members closed their eyes, pouted their mouths, and tilted their heads to Cao Juying, ignoring Cao Juying.

Cao Juying hurriedly kicked at the hollow behind the knee of the standing production team.

The production team members were kicked by Cao Juying's leg and weakened, and then the unsteady "poof" jumped into the fish pond with a frog jump.

But fortunately, the water by the fish pond is shallow, and when the production team members pounced, they stuck their hands into the mud, but their backs were arched and exposed on the water.

Soon the production team was standing up with their feet propped up, but his face was still submerged in the water, and his nose and mouth were undoubtedly inhaled from the water from the fish pond.

Cao Juying stood on the shore and saw that as soon as the production team members leaned up from the water, after standing firmly, they first shook the water on their heads like a dog, and then kept spitting in their mouths and blowing their noses like snot.

Cao Juying also saw teardrops rolling like beans in the eyes of the production team members, and it is estimated that the water in the fish pond has also choked into the eyes of the production team members, because the human eye frame is connected to the nasal cavity.

The production team member looked extremely uncomfortable, and he turned around and yelled at Cao Juying: "Cao Juying! You ask me for my granddaughter, okay! Your granddaughter is sinking at the bottom of this fish pond! You come down and fish! ”

Cao Juying herself was worried that Hao Jiali would take the road of seeking death.

As soon as she heard the words of the production team members, Cao Juying picked up a small pebble on the bank of the fish pond and nailed it to the position where the production team members were standing, and scolded the production team members and said, "Erlengzi!" You say this because you want to die! Believe it or not, I made you unable to go ashore today, I let you freeze to death in this fish pond to give you a water burial, and saved your family's coffin money. ”

At this time, the production team members were soaking wet and cold and shivering, he was in the water with his arms and body hugging each other's temperature, he was really afraid that Cao Juying would hinder him from going ashore, so he compromised, he told Cao Juying with a reluctant tone: "Cao Juying! Are you blind? Your granddaughter isn't here, she's such a big person, can't you see it? Your granddaughter hasn't been here for two days, and I tell you, she doesn't dare to come, and if she does, I'll get rid of her once. ”

Cao Juying heard that Hao Jiali hadn't appeared in the fish pond for two days, and knew that Hao Jiali had really never come, and Cao Juying's hanging heart finally fell to the ground, because Cao Juying had seen Hao Jiali this morning.

It's just that Hao Jiali can't be found in the fish pond, and Cao Juying doesn't know where Hao Jiali has gone.

Cao Juying had to find Chen Qing's house all the way, Chen Qing told Cao Juying that Hao Jiali had just left his house not long ago, and it was estimated that Hao Jiali would not arrive home so soon, so she told Cao Juying not to be too anxious.

But when Cao Juying told Chen Qing that she was worried and afraid, Chen Qing was also anxious, and Chen Qing immediately took a few children to separate in the fields, looking for Hao Jiali everywhere on the mountains.

At this time, Hao Jiali on the embankment had stopped crying, and only sobs and whimpering were left in her throat.

This crying, Hao Jiali's mood was not as uncomfortable and panicked as when she first heard Chen Qing tell her bad news.

After Hao Jiali finished crying, she sat on the creek embankment and began to slowly think about what she was going to do next.

There is no hope for the fish pond, how can this family survive, how to find a way to make money, etc.

Hao Jiali didn't have the heart to pay attention to things outside her body, and she couldn't hear the voices of these relatives calling her name, and the sound of the stream flowing under her feet blocked Cao Juying and Chen Qing's shouts.

In the evening, when the sun was about to set, Cao Juying and Chen Caiqing finally saw Hao Jiali's thin body sitting in the thatched bushes of the creek embankment.

When Cao Juying saw that Hao Jiali was still alive, she didn't say a word, she hugged Hao Jiali in her arms and couldn't say a word, only crying.

Chen Qing taught Hao Jiali in a reproachful tone: "Child! You just can't think of anything stupid, you see, your grandmother is going crazy, your mother and your brother are still waiting for the rice in your basket at home, if you have something three long and two short, how do you tell the two of them to live? Are you willing to leave them behind? ”

Hao Jiali understands what her uncle is saying, Hao Jiali doesn't want to explain, no matter what these relatives think at the moment, they are all worried about her, care about her, and love her.

Hao Jiali was silent.

Chen Qing then said, "Lili! Uncle knows that you are very smart, and no difficulty will be difficult for you, so you grit your teeth and pass, and your uncle and your grandmother will also help you find a way, if it really comes to that moment, your uncle and your grandmother will not leave you alone. ”

Hao Jiali nodded, and Chen Qing's words made Hao Jiali begin to see hope for the future again.

After Hao Jiali waited for her uncle to finish educating herself, she helped her grandmother get up, and then said goodbye to her uncle, and took her grandmother's hand, and the grandchildren stepped on the thatched road of the river embankment with one foot high and one foot low, and went home.