Chapter 13: This Woman Is Different from Others
Tao Xiaoqi felt that the kang was not hot enough, so she prepared to go up the mountain to chop wood early the next morning.
There is no labor force in the family, so she has to do these things herself, but this seems to be no different from before, and the original owner used to chop wood.
But if she has this idea, it doesn't mean that she has this ability, it's hard to say where there is firewood, how to bundle it, and whether she can carry it or not.
When cooking porridge in the morning, Tao Xiaoqi began to worry, there were medicinal herbs in the space, and she couldn't pull out the medicinal herbs to burn the fire, she was afraid of being struck by lightning.
Bei Bei saw that her mother didn't speak, so she ran over and pulled the corner of her clothes, "Mother, the pot is bubbling." ”
Tao Xiaoqi came back to her senses, hurriedly lifted the lid of the pot, and put the rice down.
One is not enough, another handful, I still feel that it is not enough, and a handful of them come, this will not be a little soup, but she will have to do hard work later.
That morning, Bei Bei ate the thickest porridge ever, and his mouth was covered with a white beard around his small mouth. And there is also peanut porridge.
As for the grandmother, she pulled the bowl into her mouth with a bowl, and ate so much that she even licked the bottom of the bowl. If she had put it aside, she wouldn't have been able to eat this porridge, it would be too much of a loser.
"Mother, is it New Year's Day today?" Bei Bei tilted her head and looked at her mother happily and vigilantly.
"Why do you ask?" Peach is puzzled.
"There's so much to eat today." Bei Bei said innocently.
"What is this, wait, during the Chinese New Year, we will not only eat meat, but also fish, and big white rice."
"Wow, Bei Bei wants to celebrate the New Year." The little girl cheered and couldn't wait for the New Year to come.
Tao Xiaoqi looked at it and was more or less moved.
"Beibei, I'll go to chop wood later, can you do it at home?"
"Mother, I want to go too." Babe shook her head.
"The road on the mountain is not easy to walk, and my mother can't take care of you."
"I'll take care of myself, just like I used to."
"Like before? In the past, your mother, my mother took you to chop wood? Tao Xiaoqi said quickly for a while.
"Did you forget? The mother was afraid that Bei Bei would stay at home and be beaten by her father, so she took Bei Bei with her every time she went out. Bei Bei explained.
Sun Wangcai, this dog thing is really evil, such a small baby, how can he do it if he is still his own.
"Not now, no one will beat you anymore, you stay home and wait for me to come back." Tao Xiaoqi touched Beibei's head and admonished.
"Okay then." Bei Bei didn't quite understand, but she didn't want to make her mother angry.
"Well, I'll be back soon, you help me watch those herbs at home, don't let the wind blow away."
"Good!" Babe was given a new mission and laughed happily.
As for Grandmazi, she is now more free and idle than anyone else, she comes back to eat when she is hungry, and goes out for a walk when she is full, no one cares, and Tao Xiaoqi doesn't want to care.
The firewood knife and rope were all taken, Tao Xiaoqi pulled up her hair again, tied up her trouser legs, that is the case, but she was panicked, she was quite afraid of encountering snakes and insects, fortunately in this cold winter wax moon, the snake bosses should all go to hibernation, but in case of jackals, tigers and leopards, isn't it more terrible?
Thinking about it like this, Tao Xiaoqi didn't want to go, but the firewood house was already empty, and if she didn't get some firewood back today, she would have to freeze to death, and there was not enough firewood for cooking, so it seemed that she would have to starve to death.
In the face of life and death decisions, normal people know how to choose, and they don't care about Tao Xiaoqian, so she set off.
It was a gloomy day for a few days, and the appearance that the snow couldn't fall really annoyed Tao Xiaoqian's heart. She didn't like snow, she hadn't liked it since the previous life, and the dead silence between heaven and earth was like a huge morgue, and all living things had lost their breath and became lifeless. My best friend said that she was born with a backbone, how can anyone not like snow. She's just hehe, she can't like it, so I'm going to force myself to like it too, right? Tao Xiaoqi retorted.
It's a breath of fresh air.
At the entrance of the village, there were a lot of gentlemen chattering there, and Tao Xiaoqi glanced at it, all of them were men, and not a single woman was seen.
When those gentlemen saw that it was Tao Xiaoqi coming, some smiled, and some looked at her with playful eyes.
"Lao Sun's family is considered to have been (miserable) by this daughter-in-law all day long." It was said.
"I can't see it on weekdays, but Wangcai's daughter-in-law can have such courage." Someone else said.
"If you don't say the most poisonous woman's heart, that's right." More people say.
"Lao Huang, you can be better to your daughter-in-law in the future, if you can't keep it, you will become Wu Dalang one day, hahaha......"
Tao Xiaoqi walked past them with a firewood knife, not timid at all, but stopped and responded with a smile, "Big brother and uncle are still in the mood to gossip (chat) here, Sun Wangcai can tell me a lot of things about those romantic people in our steamed village before he goes in, I have to recall and reminisce, next time I go to deliver food to Wangcai, see if I want to confess to the public security comrades by the way." ”
"Oops, it's going to snow, I've got to go back."
"Lao Huang, wait for me, I'll leave too."
A few big men scattered the birds and beasts, and the peach was so clean that their ears were clean.
Just when she thought they were gone, a voice came: "You have the guts." There was a hint of playfulness in his tone.
Tao Xiaoqi turned around and saw that the person who came out from behind the locust tree was Liang Hengsheng.
"Why do you walk silently, scared to death."
"How can you be scared with your guts?" Liang Hengsheng smiled, a wry smile.
"What, are you blaming me for ruining your marriage?" Peach looked at him with amusement.
Liang Hengsheng had a painful expression on his face, "You haven't officially dated yet, where did you get the marriage, you are overtalking." ”
"Then what do you have to regret, you look like you're going to die."
"I, do I have it?" Liang Hengsheng touched his face with some trepidation.
"Don't you? I almost wrote the words 'I'm depressed' on the door of my head. Tao Xiaoqi said bluntly.
Liang Hengsheng was amused by Tao Xiaoqi and touched his forehead, "You are really different from them." ”
"It doesn't matter who I am, there's something I want to ask you."
"You ask."
"Where there is firewood around here, it is not too far away, it is best to have it on a low hillside nearby."
"Even if it disappoints you, there is not a single grass left on the low hillside near here, and it has already been brought home by others, where is your turn."
"That's it." Peach slumped down.
"But I do know a place, it's a little far away, do you want to go?"
"Where?"
"Niutou Mountain, the mountain is a bit high there, and there should be some firewood."
"Far from it?"
"Walk for about an hour."
Tao Xiaoqi stared at the copper bell at the moment, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's too far." "She hates walking.
"Then what if you can't get firewood?" Liang Hengsheng asked again.
"Let's take a look at the hillside near me, maybe someone hasn't found it, let's go." Tao Xiaoqi waved the firewood knife and walked out of the village.
Liang Hengsheng looked at her back and fell into deep thought.
How could this woman be different from anyone he had ever met?