Chapter 1 Boiled Eggs
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Shangyuan Festival, it is still a day of heavy snow.
In the poor winter of Daxi Village, the old floating family, who only eats one meal a day and still drinks poorly, actually picks up a female doll and comes back.
When the floating two whites in the second room were full of cold, he arched into the big house with a happy face.
When he carefully took out not an unlucky rabbit from his arms, but a girl who was purple from the cold, Ah Yuan could clearly hear the sighs of a room.
The sound and the cold wind howling outside the house were particularly desolate.
Ah Yuan's third birthday of starvation and sin seems to be covered with a lingering haze because of this sigh, which is particularly gloomy!
The little girl, who was not yet thigh-high, squatted beside her father's big white feet, so hungry that her face was numb and didn't want to make any expression.
And her mother-in-law, Li, didn't know where the strength came from, and jumped up from the horse with a snort, roaring angrily:
"Floating second! You've got a pee in your head! The poor in the family are going to drink the wind! You're picking people back! What are you doing picking up this thing for! Let the family accompany you to starve to death in the second room! ”
Ah Yuan used it big, but his godless eyes looked at the brazier that was surrounded by everyone in the middle for warmth-
It's still quite far away, so it can be seen that her mother is not burned.
Ah Yuan looked at his mother with envy and raised his head-
Adults are really energetic!
She was so hungry that she wanted to lie down and rest, but her mother could still jump, so amazing!
Fu Erbai was scolded by his sister-in-law, and the joy on his face suddenly converged, and the tall and big man, who was a little overwhelmed and shivering, hugged the frozen and shivering, and couldn't cry The child was in place, not knowing how to tell the difference.
This person is a bit honest and silly, he has been married to his daughter-in-law Xiao Yang for many years, and has given birth to four sons but no daughter, but he is a daughter who likes him very much.
On weekdays, when I see a girl, my eyes are red, and I always say that I will give birth to one sooner or later, and I shouldn't go anywhere with such a big snow today.
But early in the morning, he was like grass growing in his heart, and he always felt that there was something waiting for him outside, so he always wanted to go out to see, and said to his mother, Lao Yang, that he wanted to go to the mountain to see if there were any hare frozen to death, and then turned around and left.
Old Yang didn't stop this stupid son.
Fu Erbai went up the mountain to look for most of the day, but he didn't even see the hair of a hare.
Erniu, the youngest grandson of the previous neighbor Shi Da Niang's family, went up the mountain to play and picked up a hare that froze to death.
In the past two days, the fragrant smell of meat has made the dolls at home drool all day long, and Fu Erbai often goes up the mountain to try his luck, but he doesn't touch anything and freezes enough.
I thought that something could change today, but the result was still the same, Fu Erbai wanted to turn around and go down the mountain, but he accidentally saw a small snowdrift bag not far away, and it was still moving.
He thought it was a wild thing digging a pit, but when he dug it up, he saw that it was a female doll who was frozen and kicked her legs, and the swaddling clothes on her body were frozen and stuck to the snow.
Fu Erbai's brain was hot, and he brought the child back in his arms.
I thought about raising this doll as a girl.
As a result, before he could open his mouth, he was scolded by his sister-in-law with his head and face, and the hot blood was half cold.
Look at the hungry and straight-eyed babies at home.
Fu Erbai suddenly seemed to be poured with cold water, holding ice in his arms, and a feeling of physical and mental coldness came to his heart, and he almost wanted to lie down and rest.
The whole person is like an ice sculpture that has not frozen, where is the stupid pestle.
It was still the mother-in-law Lao Yang who reacted faster, sighed heavily, didn't think much about it, and had a plan in his heart, and simply commanded neatly:
"Okay, everyone, don't talk about it yet, it's all picked up, and it's not lost at this time, and the baby who is howling in the snow will be gone.
Second daughter-in-law, you go cook a bowl of rice soup to see if there is ginger and brown sugar at home, if you have it, put some in it and cook it together, if you don't have it, borrow a little.
Don't be stupid, give me the child, go get some charcoal and firewood, it's too cold in the house, burn the brazier and kang.
Third, there are still a few eggs at home, you take them and invite Zhang Langzhong to come.
The third daughter-in-law, you go and bring your tiger's head and tiger brain's quilt when you were a child, which is the thick one of the bed of cotton wool.
The fourth daughter-in-law went to boil some hot water, this doll is too small to be rubbed with snow.
Fourth, you go to Zheng Butcher's house, see if his ewes have given cubs, if you borrow some goat milk to come back, if not, you will go to inquire about whose cattle and sheep have given birth recently.
No one in the village has given birth recently, and if the cattle and sheep don't give birth, I'm afraid they won't be able to borrow milk, so they can only feed some rice soup. ”
Old Yang paused, and looked at the eldest daughter-in-law who was about to explode and the second granddaughter who seemed to be getting shorter and shorter at the feet of the eldest son, and then continued:
"The third child leaves one egg, the second daughter-in-law, you can cook it when you cook the rice soup, today is Ayuan's birthday, give it to her."
Ah Yuan - Happy (^-^) V
Li, who originally wanted to scold, suddenly disappeared with anger on his face, and the swear words that were about to be spoken were twisted into:
"Oh, why bother the second brother and sister, I'll cook it, second brother and sister, you are here to help your mother get this female doll, I am the best at cooking rice soup, where do you use it."
The fourth brother and sister also stayed to help their mother, I boiled a hot water for a while and brought it over, where are so many people, I have it all by myself, and I will bring it over in a while.
Come, A-Yuan will help her mother light the fire. ”
Li didn't give him time to refuse at all, and picked up Ah Yuan and walked to the stove room in a hurry.
"Mother, this ......" The second and fourth daughters-in-law looked at their mother-in-law with some hesitation.
Old Yang nodded: "Let her go." ”
And when they heard the command, they moved one by one.
Ah Yuan was driven to the door of the stove room by the Li family to wait, and the Li family lit the fire neatly, took out the only big pot of the old floating family, boiled the hot water first, took an egg and put it in the hot water to boil.
Ah Yuan leaned forward, looked up and said to Li with the expectation of eggs:
"Mother, A-Yuan will help you light the fire."
Li didn't look back and stretched out his hand to pull her away:
"Go, you can burn a fart, don't make trouble for your mother, stumble, and step on you again in a while."
Ah Yuan was drawn to the corner according to the strength of the Li family, and was accompanied by firewood.
A-Yuan, who was almost stunned, squatted down with some sadness-
Mother dislikes her again!
But before she could grieve for long, Li handed over an egg with the skin peeled.
The white and tender eggs were steaming, and Ah Yuan unconsciously opened his small mouth while reaching out to catch it.
A shiny saliva hung on the corner of his mouth.
Li rolled his eyes in disgust, and chattered to her:
"Oops! Look at your little bit of talent!
An egg is so hungry for you, it's not that you haven't eaten it, but be careful, it's just out of the pot.
This is your mother and me, looking for something to eat for you every once in a while, and I want to change those few for you to be my mother, you little girl will be starved to death at this time!
My concubines, one by one, look loyal and honest, and they fill their son's mouth with a little bit of everything in private.
Look at your two sisters and sisters who are starving, the aisles are shaking, and the eyes are green when they see some food. ”
Ah Yuan took small bites of the egg, and his godless big eyes seemed to be injected into his soul, becoming shiny.
Li glanced at her:
"Hurry up and eat clean, don't come over after a while, your brothers and sisters come over again, do you give them or not."
Ah Yuan replied with some ambiguity:
"If you don't give it, they won't keep it."
Ah Yuan went back to her grandmother's house and brought back two meat buns during the Chinese New Year, she originally wanted to eat them herself.
But the lobby sister Rabbit of the third room and the cousin Apricot of the fourth room stood aside and watched, still drooling.
She handed them the buns and asked them to take two bites, but they took two bites and two bites, leaving nothing for her.
She almost pouted from crying, and almost gnawed down the flesh of both of them.
That day, she sadly understood two truths, one is that food should still be put in her stomach!
The second is that now her teeth are still young, and when she is older, she will definitely be able to gnaw on them, and they can't get rid of them!!
"It's right if you don't give it, and they can't give it to you!
If you can't eat enough and care about others, that's called lack of heart.
I'm afraid I won't be able to feed you alone.
is also the two people in the second room who lack hearts and eyes, giving birth to one after another, and the family can't support it, and they are still worried about what girls they want.
This time, I went outside to pick up a girl and came back, if this girl stayed, the family would not have to live!
Two had to starve to death. ”
Li Shi said hatefully, while glancing outside, seeing that no one was paying attention, he hurriedly poured a spoonful of rice soup and blew two mouthfuls and handed it to Ah Yuan:
"It's time to drink."
Ah Yuan skillfully leaned over and exhaled, and drank it in two large sips, there was no ginger in the kitchen, but there was still some brown sugar left, and the rice soup was sweet.
Ah Yuan smashed his mouth, tiptoed and stuffed the remaining half of the egg into Li's mouth.
Li hurriedly retreated:
"This unfortunate child, your mother has eaten a lot of eggs!
You've only seen a few, and you can eat it yourself, and your mother doesn't need you to stay.
Didn't you just say that you would never give it to anyone again! Think about your big meat buns, why doesn't this kid have a memory! ”
"My mother!"
A Yuan is close to Shu, and it is called a clear one.
The people who can talk so well in the Li family were stuck for a while.
Ah Yuan blinked, and when he saw that his mother didn't eat it, he stuffed the egg into his arms and patted it gently:
"Turn around, to Daddy."
Li hesitated for a moment, didn't say anything to let her eat it, turned around and put out the rice soup that was only enough for a bowl, let the girl hold it, and she carried the warm water mixed with the basin herself, but she was afraid that it would not be enough, so she simply hugged the basin with one hand, and carried the bucket with hot water in the other hand to the big house.