Chapter 8 Buying Firewood

In winter, it got dark early, and the two children played on the kang in the west room, and then fell asleep together.

Wei Yi'an heard that there was no sound, went in to take a look, and the two of them were sleeping soundly next to each other.

Doudou has always slept with his mother in the east room, and now Wei Yi'an still carries him back.

Picking up Doudou, Wei Yi'an heard a squirrel, looked down, and saw that the feet of the melon seeds were rubbing around, and they were humming and chirping in their mouths.

Wei Yi'an glanced at it and knew that he was itched by the chilblains on his feet.

Put Doudou back first, Wei Yi'an took a piece of ointment in his hand when he turned back to the west.

That's what she stocked up on before, and she applied medicine to her hands and feet, face and ears.

Wei Yi'an sighed, in the previous life, who was not pampered by a child of this age, no matter how poor it was, the child could eat well in a family with average economic conditions.

And the suffering of this child basically comes from his parents, no one to teach, no one to care, beaten and scolded, used to listening to the gossip of outsiders, and lack of love in his heart.

It's hard for him to build a psychological defense line at a young age, and he hasn't become cowering, timid and cowardly, but he has a tough heart.

Doudou, on the other hand, is the complete opposite, in short, it is a big problem, and it cannot be left unchecked.

Now that she has become their cheap mother, she has to take responsibility. After all, the sage also said, "Killing without teaching is abuse." ”

Although Wei Yi'an is also the first time that a big girl has been on a sedan chair, she has never eaten pork and has always seen a pig run.

In the previous life, when the Internet was developed, various education experts and educational theories were overwhelming, so let's cross the river by feeling the stones.

It is imperative that she be fed and clothed, and then find a way to make money, and when she enters the city, she can't be trapped in this village for the rest of her life.

After tucking the quilt for the melon seeds, Wei Yi'an also went to sleep.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, after Wei Yi'an got up, he felt refreshed, and the back of his head was still a little swollen, but it basically didn't hinder his daily actions.

There was still some pumpkin left in the kitchen, so she boiled a pot of pumpkin porridge and secretly put two spoonfuls of sugar.

Woke up the two babies, washed their faces, and rinsed their mouths.

After eating, Wei Yi'an prepared to go out. Yesterday I boiled water for cooking, and this morning I boiled water for cooking, and the firewood at home is almost gone.

The firewood that the villagers burn on the stove is usually crop straw, such as wheat, corn, soybeans and the like.

Then there are the dried weeds, pine needles on the mountain, dead branches, dead old roots, etc.

It's not the kind of firewood that Wei Yi'an imagined, trees are very precious at this time, especially for Zhuang households, building houses, and red and white ceremonies rely on wood, and they will not be cut down to burn fires.

Wei Yi'an has also burned dead branches and pine needles in the past few days, all of which are picked up little by little melon seeds, and they are consumed very quickly when used.

Wei Yi'an told Guazi to look at his younger brother and not to go out and run blindly.

Of course, Guazi won't listen to her, "Where are you going?" ”

The inquiring gaze of the melon seeds,

"There's no firewood at home."

"You're going out and pick it up?" Melon Seed suspects that her mother has fallen and become a fool, the snow has just melted, and the ground is still wet, and she can't burn it if she picks it up.

What's more, in the winter, every family has hoarded firewood, and everything that can be burned on the mountain has been robbed, and now there is nothing!

Wei Yi'an: ......

"Who said they were going to pick it up, I'll buy firewood."

"Don't you have no money?"

Wei Yi'an really doesn't have any money, but she can exchange things for it.

Gao Wang in the village is a woodcutter, and his family has few crops and many mountains, so he uses them to plant trees and sell firewood for a living.

However, most of his firewood is transported to the town to be sold, and there is almost no business in the village.

The original body often buys firewood from him and asks him to deliver it once a month. But in the past two months, after the family sat and ate empty, the firewood was also cut off.

Wei Yi'an didn't say much to him, and came out after going back to the house and breaking a basket.

The melon seeds stared at the basket in Wei Yi'an's hand, not knowing what her mother was selling: "I'll go too." ”

His mother used to ask him to run errands, and he was only willing to go out when he went to town.

His mother is so diligent that something is wrong, and he has to follow.

When Doudou heard this, he hurriedly shook his mother's trouser leg: "Go!" ”

Wei Yi'an: ......

No wonder her classmates always said in the circle of friends in her previous life that since she became a mother, she has no personal freedom, and she has to take her baby with her wherever she goes, like dragging an oil bottle.

Wei Yi'an always didn't care, and muttered that it was impossible to be widowed with a baby, and now she also has an oil bottle.

He simply waved his hand, "Then let's go." ”

The woodcutter Gao Wang's home is in the northwest of Xihe Village, and the hill behind it, that is, the woodland of the Gao family, is planted with hard firewood such as fir wood, fir wood, and poplar trees.

The snow has not melted, and the road in front of my house is muddy and muddy, and it is very tiring to walk on it. Wei Yi'an hugged Doudou and sandwiched the melon seeds under the crook of his shoulder, and the melon seeds were not happy to be carried by his mother as if they were chickens, and his hands fluttered to come down.

Wei Yi'an threatened him and threw him into the mud pit if he was not honest, thinking of the bath he had just taken, he became honest in an instant.

After walking for a few minutes, he arrived at the main road in the village, and the main road was a stone road, so Wei Yi'an put down the two children and led them away.

On the way, several women holding basins and carrying bamboo baskets on their backs came to them, talking and laughing, and seemed to be preparing to wash clothes.

The melon seeds started to aunt after a few steps, and the aunt called people again.

When they met, the women also saw Wei Yi'an, but they only responded to the melon seeds with "belch, belch" twice, and were not ready to talk to the child.

Wei Yi'an looked at it for a while, and then looked away, she has always had a bad reputation in the village, and the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law mentioned that she was mostly disgusted.

She's a fake now, so it's better to talk less.

was about to leave, but heard one of them take the lead and say: "Melon seeds, what are you doing with the child, are you in good health?" ”

It was a woman with high eyebrows and a ruddy complexion, Wei Yi'an recalled it, and recognized that this was He Fengshou's daughter-in-law Yang, and the pumpkins and vegetables brought back by the melon seeds were given by her.

The one who can stutter for the child this year seems to be a warm-hearted person, and immediately said: "It's much better, it's not a big deal, sister-in-law, are you doing laundry?" ”

Yang said that there were too many people in the village, and they had to go to the river to wash.

Wei Yi'an nodded and had nothing to say to them, so he said that he would not delay them.

After two walks, several women started talking again, "Melon Seed is a good boy, how sensible, it's just a bad girl."

"It's good to talk to the Yang family sister."

Yang smiled, "It's not easy for her. ”

"It's really strange that this Wei family has never shown up in the village, and he still came out with a child today,"

"Hey, let's go, there will be more people by the river in a while, and this dress is enough to wash for a long time."

When Wei Yi'an arrived at Gao's house, it was Gao Wang's daughter-in-law Chen who opened the door.

When she saw that it was Wei Yi'an, she was very surprised. But he blocked the door and didn't let people in, "Sister of the Wei family, who are you?" ”

She scolded in her heart: This little widow is so rude, she is a dead husband, she is very unlucky, and she is embarrassed to come to my door!