The sky was dark and the clouds were low.

The north wind swept fine snow particles like knives across the low hills, and the yellow blades of grass were frostbitten, shaking in the wind.

By the side of the road, a small courtyard surrounded by a somewhat notched fence, three thatched huts were dilapidated and low, and the cold wind did not hesitate to penetrate through the cracks in the doors and windows, greedily sweeping away the last bit of heat in the house.

In the dark and dreary room, on a damp and cold straw mat, lay a woman. Under the shabby and stiff quilt, her thin body seemed to have only a handful of bones left, and only a faint breath showed that she was still alive.

"Who am I?"

The woman suddenly opened her eyes and stared at the thatch hanging from the cracks in the rafters, as if she had lost her soul.

After a long time, she groaned in pain, and finally had a hint of the reaction that a living person should have.

"I'm ...... Li Lily!"

Yes, she clearly remembers that before the accident, she was Li Baihe, a Chinese teacher in the third grade of Qingliu Town Elementary School. The school organizes a spring outing, and a naughty little boy falls into the water, and she jumps into the river to save people......

And after that?

Why is it so cold here?

Why does she have a memory in her head that doesn't belong to her at all?

That memory was like a thorny cactus, once touched, it tortured her to scream in pain, but her body was too weak now, even if it was painful, it was only a faint breath, only a little thicker.

Li Lihe endured the pain and slowly smoothed through those memories - she had an intuition that only by touching those memories could she understand her current situation.

In my memory, it was another woman named Li Lily, or rather, a girl.

This Li Lily was born in Liushan Village, thirty miles outside Qingliu Town, because the village is in the mountains, there is no good land, and there are no special products, which is far less rich than Qingliu Town.

Her father is known as Li Mingjiang, honest and honest, he can't let out a fart when he is beaten with a stick, he won't flatter people, and he won't win over customers, but fortunately, he relied on the unique skills of a craftsman to barely support his three daughters and a son, and the girl's name is called Lily.

The eldest girl's mother's surname is Zhu, which was brought out of the mountains farther away when Li Mingjiang was young, and it is said that the place is worse than Liushan Village, and some people have only one piece of clothing that can cover their bodies in a family, and several brothers share a daughter-in-law...... When Li Mingjiang went to other counties to weave bamboo beds for the rich, he passed by Zhu's hometown and eloped with her.

Zhu was good-looking when she was young, otherwise an honest person like Li Mingjiang would not have the courage to take her to run away from home secretly, but what is more prominent than her appearance is her character.

People who dare to run with men for a bite to eat at a young age have ideas for children, are competitive, and refuse to convince others. Who knew that the man she married was cautious to the point of being afraid, in the poor village of Liushan Village, this man could let her eat hot meals and wear clothes, but it was far from the level of the good life she wanted.

Zhu's stinginess and partiality are also well-known in the village - she gave birth to three daughters in one go, and after two more children died in the middle, she finally gave birth to a baby son like a life.

With a son, I can finally straighten my waist and speak loudly amid the fingers of the people in the village.

But the previous three daughters, in the eyes of the raised eyebrows of the Zhu family, are the root of all her unlucky suffering, so they beat and scolded, not to give enough food is a common thing, the village people say, Zhu is not like a mother, but like a stepmother, only as her son is her own son, the first three are born by others, I can't wait to fight to die.

The days are hard, and the three daughters have stumbled and grown into their teens, except for the second girl, the eldest girl and the third girl are all with their father, honest and timid, and they can't poke a "ouch" with a needle.

Seeing that his children were growing up, Zhu had the idea of saving some good family funds for his son and marrying a good daughter-in-law in the future. The three daughters, the second girl, can still handle it, and send it to Qingliu Town, where they help the big family Liu's family, take care of food and housing, and can get a hundred yuan a month to go home.

The eldest girl and the third girl are ashamed to see people, and they can't even do rough girling, so they have to do farm work at home. But the land in Liushan Village is not fertile, facing the loess with its back to the sky, and the hard work of the year is not enough for the family.

Zhu scolded at home every day with a sharp voice: "Two people who eat white food are more cost-effective than the two of you to raise a pig! Pigs also grow meat, what will you two do besides eating?"

This is also a scene in Liushan Village, a poor and dilapidated small mountain village, a little thing can be spread all over the village, the eldest girl and the third girl have just been scolded by their mothers, and even Qingliu Town has people who know that they are lazy at home.

came and went, and when it came to the age of talking about marriage, everyone in the neighborhood knew that the eldest girl and the third girl of the Li family were very lazy, and there were even people who inquired about the second girl, but no one showed that they wanted to marry the eldest girl.

They are all small households, and no one has spare money to support a daughter-in-law who doesn't work and eat, so the family affairs of the eldest girl will be delayed, and the Zhu family will not like it anymore.

Who knows, it also happened that the famous bachelor in the town wanted to marry Song Haonian, and somehow, he asked someone to ask the Li family.

As soon as Zhu heard that there was a dowry of three yuan, he raised his voice and called out to the two daughters who were hiding under the stove, and said to the matchmaker: "These two in my family have nothing to say about their appearances, they are all ordinary, and they are good at doing work, they can do housework, and they can get off the field." If you look at which one is suitable, let Brother Song propose marriage. ”

This mother, without thinking about it, decided to give a daughter to Song Haonian, who has no good reputation, as a daughter-in-law, which is similar to selling her daughter.

The matchmaker is a young woman, and she frowned when she saw the big girl and the third girl, and the third girl she knew, it was definitely not appropriate to be too young, but this big girl, although not as lazy as rumored, looked like she was cringe......

I still have to say: "I know the daughters of your family, all of them are good, but Brother Song is not young, so I want to find a ...... who can live a down-to-earth life."

The matchmaker didn't need to finish speaking, Zhu Shi understood, and pointed to Lily: "Then the big girl, she is the boss and is used to taking care of her younger brothers and sisters." ”

The matchmaker frowned again, but didn't say anything, said a few more words to Zhu, praised the big girl over and over again, praised Song Haonian, made a verbal appointment, and left.

The big girl had heard of Song Haonian, when she went to the town to catch the market, she looked at him from a distance, and only thought that person was terrible, now thinking about his reputation, and then thinking about his tall and fierce appearance, she was so frightened that she trembled, and stammered and whispered: "I...... I don't want to...... Marry, marry. ”

She had never disobeyed her mother, and when she said this, she only felt that her breathing was about to stop.

As soon as the words fell, her mother slapped her on the back, which shocked her and bent down all of a sudden, and she held back all her words.

Zhu said loudly, "What do you want to do if you don't get married? The old lady has raised you for more than ten years, and you still want to eat white food for more than ten years?"

The big girl was speechless. She has long been accustomed to her mother's loud commands, and she doesn't know how to express her thoughts at all, although she can speak, but she is not much better than being dumb.

Seeing that she was so scared that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet, Zhu lowered her voice a little, and said earnestly: "Mother is also for your good, you are so old, if you don't marry, where will there be a good family for you to choose in the future? If you don't marry, what will happen to the second and third girls below? What about Qingsong?"

Thinking of her two younger sisters and younger brother, Lily compromised and lowered her head and did not speak.