in the village.

Mrs. Chen sat on the kang and waited for her daughter-in-law to bring her food.

The fallen front teeth could no longer be pressed, making her speak with a leaky wind, "Cui is that slut, dare to talk about silver in front of so many people, does this department want thieves to worry about us?" If she knew that she should have been tortured to death, she knew too much, and if she kept it, it would be a scourge. ”

The second son, Chen Meng, was tired of listening to her, thinking that Mrs. Chen had inexplicably dropped her front teeth today, and said with palpitations: "Let's wait first, today my mother suddenly tripped over a stone, and my son panicked." Let's leave them alone for now, and we'll talk about it in the past few days. ”

Mrs. Chen nodded and didn't say anything more.

When she married Old Man Chen, the wife in front of Old Man Chen fell ill and died, leaving one Boss Chen who was only seven years old.

In the second year, Mrs. Chen gave birth to her own son, a daughter in the third year, and a son in the fourth year.

Old Man Chen died seven years ago, and these children were all raised by Boss Chen.

The second child, Chen Meng, followed his mother, who was cold and impersonal by nature. Twenty-one years old this year, married the daughter of the old Liu family in a neighboring village, and gave birth to two sons, one is four years old and the other is two years old.

The third child, Chen Zhi, is a loyal and honest man with his father, Old Man Chen, and now works in a grain store in the town. Because the fiancée has to keep filial piety, she has not yet started a family. I rarely come back on weekdays, and I happen to be not at home today.

The daughter, Chen Xiang, is twenty years old this year, married to a butcher in the town, and often sends some minced meat and bones to her mother's house on weekdays to treat her mother's family.

But every time she came back, she specially told the old lady: "Don't give the boiled meat to those short-lived ghosts." ”

The short-lived ghost is Choi and the children.

Mrs. Chen naturally wouldn't give them food, so greedy that Chen Ran and Chen Hao smelled the fragrance wafting out of their house, and asked their mother, "When can we eat some meat?" ”

Today, they finally have meat.

And you can let go of eating, you don't have to look at your grandmother's face, and you don't have to honor your grandmother with all the good meat first.

The mother broke off the hind legs of the two rabbits and gave them to Jia Baoer, and broke off the hind legs of the other two rabbits and distributed them to Chen Ran and Chen Hao.

Chen Ran sensibly gave the rabbit leg in his bowl to Cui's: "Mother, you eat." ”

Cui Shi touched his thin shoulders distressedly, and said, "My mother doesn't like to eat, you eat quickly, you have the strength to eat meat, and you can help your mother work." ”

Garboer blinked her eyes, handed the rabbit leg in the bowl to Cui's, and said, "Mother Seven." ”

After speaking, she pouted, looking like Cui's didn't eat it, and she didn't eat either.

Cui's eyes turned red instantly.

Such a sensible child, how could she be willing to let her mother-in-law throw it away, no matter how hard and tired she is, she has to raise Jia Baoer well.

The family let me, I let you, eating fragrant rabbit meat, drinking brown rice porridge mixed with wild vegetables and rabbit broth, finally ate the first full meal in my life, and then squeezed on the big kang and fell asleep.

The next day, Garbore was awakened by the heat.

When I opened my eyes, I heard someone outside calling my mother.

"Sister-in-law Chen, everyone goes to ask for rain, you can come too."

Cui Shi hurriedly replied: "Okay, you go first, I'll clean up." ”

Rain?

Garboer frowned and got up from the kang.

As soon as I stepped out of the house, I was dazzled by the sun.

"Ouch Garboer, why did you come out? Hurry into the house, it's too hot outside, beware of the heat. If there is anything to ask the brothers to do, the brothers will come back after a while, Jia Bao'er is good, don't come out. ”

Cui Shi saw Jia Baoer and told him in a loud voice.

Garboer looked up at the sky.

The sun shone brightly on the people, as if it were about to roast everything, and there was not even a trace of cloud in the sky.

I really don't know where the rain is? Where do you go to ask for rain?

asked his mother, Cui said: "I checked with the Taoist chief and said that today is a good day for the Dragon King to travel." Let's go and ask the Dragon King to be kind, even if it's the next point, so that the crops can drink some water, otherwise the grain will ......."

Thinking that Garbo was a child, and she couldn't understand what she told her, Cui Shi stopped.

Chen Ran and Chen Hao came back, and there were only half a bucket of water in the wooden barrels they were carrying, which were still turbid and had not yet settled.

Cui Shi sighed and said to the two brothers: "Mother and the people in the village go to ask for rain, you two guard your sister at home, and when your mother comes back, you will carry a bucket of water back." ”

The two brothers nodded, "Don't worry, mother, we won't go anywhere, just watch my sister at home." ”

Touching the children's heads, Cui put some brown rice in the basket, then turned around and walked with the villagers.

Chen Ran squatted down, held Jia Baoer in his arms, and walked under the big tree outside the door.

It's a little shady, and the wind blows from the mountains, which can bring a little coolness, so that my sister doesn't get heatstroke.

Chen Hao swept the soil on the stone, Chen Ran put Jia Baoer on it and sat on it, and the brothers wiped the sweat from their foreheads with their sleeves.

Chen Ran muttered: "I really hope they can ask for rain, otherwise the food will not grow well, everyone will have no way to live, and there will be no place to ask for food when they go out." ”

After speaking, he sighed deeply like an adult.

Jia Baoer sat on the stone, staring at Chen Ran with bright eyes, and her eyes were full of love for her brother.

Master chose a good family for her, so that she could get true love and sincerity in this poor world, and she cherished it very much.

Seeing that Jia Baoer was sweating hot, Chen Ran was just about to wipe his sister's sweat with his sleeve, and he was worried about soiling his sister, so he turned out the inside of his sleeve and wiped his sister's face.

Then sit a little closer and let Garboer snuggle up to her.

"Brother is not in a hurry, it will rain in two days."

Jia Baoer leaned her head on Chen Ran and muttered in her mouth.

When Chen Ran heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

My sister is so cute, and she knows how to say something to make people happy.

Even if you know that the words are false, but you can hear the warmth in people's hearts, it's really good.

As everyone knows, what Garboer said is true.

Her psychic powers told her that it would rain in two days. The rain was quite heavy, but it didn't last long.

So, it's best to save some.

Stretching out his hand to pick up Jia Bao'er, Chen Ran walked forward with Chen Hao, "Look at the land our family has divided, if it doesn't rain, we have to think of other ways to see if we can draw some water down the mountain." ”

"Is there water in the mountains?" Garbore asked curiously.

Chen Ran nodded, "Yes, it's a little far away, and you have to pass through the dense forest." There were poisonous snakes and wild beasts in the woods, and no one dared to go there, so no one went there to fetch water. ”

Garboel sighed as if she didn't understand, but didn't say anything more.

Closing his eyes, his spiritual sense flew towards the middle of the mountain.

Trees and animals are all over the mountain, and in the middle of the two mountains, there is a large waterhole where animals are drinking and playing at the water's edge, which is inaccessible and like a paradise.

Garboer frowned, and her spiritual sense flew back in an instant.

No matter how much water there is in the pool, no one dares to fight the idea of that water.

Because the waterhole is not very close to the village, and there are not many young people in the village who can hunt, they can't beat the beasts on the mountain, so many years have passed without incident.

If it weren't for the severe drought this year, and his family had divided a piece of the most barren land at the foot of the mountain, Chen Ran would not have thought about whether he could divert water from the mountain.