Chapter 2: Marriage
The black girl helped her old lady to lie down on the only small earthen kang in the earthen house, on which a straw mat was spread, and there was nothing long.
Looking at the bowl of black decoction on the side of the kang, it had already been cold, but the old lady didn't drink a sip.
The black girl picked it up and sniffed it, fanned her nose, and the smell was choking. It is no wonder that this bowl of medicine is boiled by some weeds in her opinion, and the effect of the medicine is not great, almost negligible, but she asks for the last bit of food at home.
Looking at the sky outside and rubbing her empty stomach, it was the first time she experienced the taste of a mortal being hungry, which was really uncomfortable. How did she survive the rest of the day? In the morning, she only drank some water.
"Mother, drink the medicine quickly. β
Although it can't cure the disease, at least it can cushion the stomach.
The black girl's father's surname is Tie, and the people in the village call him Lao Tie, and the old lady is a girl from the Mu family in the next village, and the people in the village call her Aunt Mu. Her real name is Temulan, and her name is quite good, but everyone is used to calling her a black girl, as for her real name, I guess everyone has forgotten it.
There is no other reason, just because she is too dark, and the old lady does not dare to let her go out alone after dark.
"Black girl, you have to promise your mother that you won't do stupid things in the future. β
The black girl nodded and brought the medicine bowl to the old lady's mouth.
"I promise you, but you have to drink the medicine, it's too wasteful not to drink it. β
The black girl watched the old lady drink all the medicine in one gulp, and then took the only porcelain bowl in the house that had fallen off the ballast, and decided to go out to find something to eat.
She had been sitting in the courtyard in a daze for the past three days, and she had long noticed that there was a small mountain not far away, and behind that mountain was a continuous mountain. In the memory of this body, that hill seems to be called Yazi Mountain, and behind it is a mountain range, which is rarely visited by people in the village, so she doesn't know what kind of mountains they are.
The black girl just wanted to persuade the old lady to lie down and sleep, at least she wouldn't feel hungry when she fell asleep. There was a sound in the courtyard that she didn't want to hear at all.
"Sister-in-law, has your black girl come back?"
shouted in the courtyard with a loud voice, and it is estimated that the whole village can hear it, this is the black girl's aunt, her dead fiancΓ©'s mother-in-law.
What is the relationship?
Regardless of whether anyone took care of it or not, the iron woman walked in directly. Seeing the black girl standing on the edge of the earthen kang, the old face immediately pulled down, carrying a basket in one hand and pinching her waist in the other, and counted it directly.
"You dead girl, why can't you think about it at a young age? Your aunt and I died and my son and brother died, don't you still have to live?
The black girl didn't bother to explain, lowered her head, and wanted to go to the mountains to see if she could find something to eat. The hour is not early, and the mountain is not far from the village, but with her small body now, maybe how long will it take!
The iron woman stopped the black girl who was walking outside, and uncovered the cloth on the basket, and inside were two thick buns.
"I know that you two have nothing to eat, so I brought you steamed buns. β
The black girl looked at the blackened bun in the basket and swallowed her saliva, but didn't take it.
According to her inadvertent observation when she was squatting in the yard in a daze for the past three days, this aunt has to run to their house two or three times almost every day, and her house has long been unable to open the pot, can this aunt not know?
But every time she came, she came empty-handed, and when she left, a pair of thief's little eyes swept around, but unfortunately this home was really worth her hands on.
Why did you suddenly bring food today?
Mu Pozi, who was lying on the clay kang, obviously knew her sister-in-law's personality better, so she didn't say anything, waiting for her next words.
"Why are you looking at me like this?" Tie Pozi was a little unnatural, but looking at the pair of orphans and widows with yellow and thin faces in front of her, she felt that there was nothing to be embarrassed about, and she did it for the good of the two of them.
Tie Pozi still held the basket in her hand, walked to the edge of the earthen kang, sat down with her big buttocks, took the hand of the black girl, and said with a sad expression: "My brother is also gone, I am thinking about how you orphans and widows can live? Especially the black girl, who is only thirteen years old this year, and the days to come are still long! Look at your body......
The black girl listened with pricked up ears and decided not to go out yet, she always felt that it would not be a good thing.
Mu Pozi knew that her sister-in-law was saying that she would not live long, and when she thought that if she also went with her father and left the black girl alone, she was really not at ease, and tears fell.
"I thought, it's better to let the black girl marry into our family, and in the future, the black girl will be taken care of by my own aunt, and you can rest assured. β
As soon as the iron woman spoke, she breathed a sigh of relief.
But the black girl who listened to it was stunned by her mother.
"Sister-in-law, the tiger is gone, how can the black girl marry?"
Tie Pozi gave birth to a son, that is, Huzi, and there are two girls in the family, one is the same age as the black girl, and the other is two years younger than the black girl.
"I thought, let the black girl and Da Zhuang worship the church, and in the future, they will be regarded as members of our Zhao family. β
"Who is Da Zhuang?"
The black girl asked stupidly.
The old face of the iron woman twisted, obviously because of the weakness of the heart. But Zhengyang was looked at directly by the black girls and the girl, and finally told the truth.
"It's just a rooster. β
"What?" Mu Pozi, who was originally angry, was really shocked by these words, and immediately screamed.
The black girl's face, which was already black, was completely black.
snatched the basket that the iron woman had been holding in her hand and dragged it out directly.
The iron woman was startled, but her hand still held the basket tightly and did not let go.
"Black girl, what are you doing here, Auntie, this is also for your good!"
The brunette was laughed at angrily, when she brunette was so stupid?
"You just take two coarse buns and try to lie to me, you think beautifully. β
When Tie Pozi heard this, her face was scornful, but her mouth was very hard.
"Don't push me, I'm your aunt. If you're too little, I'll go home and get you a few buns. β
The black girl pushed people out of her yard and closed the small wooden door that couldn't close people at all, and she couldn't care so much now.
"Auntie, don't think about it, since Huzi is dead, my marriage with him is even yellow, I still have to marry in the future, don't dream about it. β
"What?" When the iron woman heard this, she repaid it, and deliberately raised her voice, and sat at the door and cried loudly.
"You shameless little splasher, you have already married my tiger, and you still want to marry in the future? β
The iron woman's crying is getting louder and louder, the village is not big, and after the busy spring season, the big guys are idle and panicked, and when they hear this scolding, they all stretch their necks to look over here.
"You, a little splasher, are born as a member of my Zhao family, and you have to be a ghost of my Zhao family when you die. Do you still want to get married? Bah! You dream, just like you who can't find the ghost who fell on the ground, that man can take a fancy to you?"
"At the beginning, my Huzi also agreed to marry you for the sake of his uncle, and now you dare to be ungrateful. Woohoo......"