Soul Travel: I was bought by the fierce man in the village to farm

I woke up with a splitting headache and nausea.

Li Yunshan was not in the house, and there was a rustling sound outside. He must be sweeping the yard.

Mao Xiaosui made the bed and threw a piece of firewood into the clay stove.

The snow fell thickly at night, and a lot of it accumulated on the courtyard wall. White smoke was rising from the chimney in the kitchen, and steamed buns and leftovers from last night were hot on the steamer.

Her mind was a little empty, and she obviously couldn't remember whether she had eaten or not last night.

Since breakfast had been made, she went to the hut first.

Li Yunshan swept the snow to the other side of the road, even sweeping the downhill road. The children in the village at the site were playing wildly and shouting, which seemed to be a bit lively for the New Year.

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On the fifth day of the lunar month, the sun finally came out in the morning, and today I was going to Ding Azhuang's house. Mao Xiaosui didn't take Ding A's wife's words seriously before, but now everyone was shocked to hear that Li Yunshan was going to her.

"Did you go there in previous years?"

"Don't go."

"...Is it possible that I was just being polite?"

"No." Li Yunshan explained, "She came specifically to see you that day."

Mao Xiaosui was anxious and didn't know what to say, so he followed her out.

At the entrance of the village, I met Mao Mingzhu carrying a basket.

"Where are you going?" Mao Mingzhu shouted.

"Go... to visit." Mao Xiaosui saw that she was wearing newer clothes than before, so he guessed that she was going back to her parents' home.

"Auntie returns to Mao's house?"

"Go and see."

They didn't go along the way, so after saying hello, they went their separate ways.

There was no one on the bridge today, and the door to the meat stall was closed.

Li Yunshan took her into the village.

There were many doors in the village. When Li Yunshan reached the third house, he walked in and called his sister-in-law at the door.

A young male voice in the main room responded and ran out, followed by two-year-old Ping An.

"Uncle Yunshan." The young man looked six or seven years old. He was already tall but had an obvious childishness on his face. He looked very happy to see Li Yunshan.

Li Yunshan called him "Pingshun."

Ping An ran down the steps and went straight to Mao Xiaosui, calling sweetly "Aunt Suisui."

Ding A's wife and her husband came out of the main room. Ding A'zhuang leaned against the door and smiled. He raised his hand and shouted, "Come in and sit down."

Mao Xiaosui carried Ding Pingan into the house.

There was also a clay oven in the house, which was much larger than the one at his house. There were several wooden plates on it, containing eggs and preserved fruits.

Auntie Ding picked up the kettle on the clay stove and poured water for them, and then went to bring some snacks.

Mao Xiaosui hadn't eaten the dim sum here yet, and he didn't dare to look at it thinking about the embarrassing thing last time.

Several people sat down, and Mrs. Ding looked at Ding Pingshun, who was sitting next to Li Yunshan, "Have you called me aunt?"

Pinganshun immediately shouted obediently.

Mao Xiaosui responded, but he was thinking in his heart that Ding Pingshun and Ding Ping'an should be brothers and sisters.

It's just that the clothes Ding Pingshun is wearing are obviously not as good as Ding Ping'an...

"How is business during the Chinese New Year?" Li Yunshan asked.

The Ding family is also a farmer, and the pork business is only good during the New Year.

Ding Azhuang smiled cheerfully, "It's not bad, better than last year." As he said that, he looked at Mao Xiaosui and laughed, "It's different for you to have a wife. You go to the market more times."

Mao Xiaosui looked at him.

Ding Azhuang explained with a smile, "He has such a fierce face that no one dares to come to his stall. Most of the time he sells with his brother. He can't sell even if he sets up his own stall."

Li Yunshan wasn't angry either. He raised his hand, pinched a piece of snack and put it in her hand.

Mao Xiaosui took it and gave it to Ding Ping'an first. After seeing her take a piece to eat, she started to eat in small bites.

The snacks were made with bean paste and were not very sweet. One piece was not too big and she finished it in three bites.

She just smiled at Ding Azhuang's words. She always felt that the relationship between Li Yunshan and this family was not what he said. Compared with getting along with Ding Wenxiu and Li Yunqiang, Li Yunshan was obviously more relaxed here.

The two of them had good personalities, and they started chatting about random things.

Auntie Ding also showed her the clothes she made.

It belongs to a child, much smaller than Ding Pingan's.

She understood and asked with a smile, "Is your sister-in-law pregnant?"

Auntie Ding smiled and nodded, her eyebrows gentle.

Mao Xiaosui looked at it and thought: Someone like her seems to be really qualified to be a mother.

She had met Ding Pingan once before and she thought he had a good personality and was very lovable. The same was true for Ding Pingshun. He had been very quiet and listened carefully to the adults since he entered the door. When Ding Pingan walked out, he would follow him out uneasily. , she was also very patient when talking to her.

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It was almost noon, and she and Mrs. Ding went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Her kitchen was very large, with several jars on the floor covered with straw lids.

Mao Xiaosui thought it was water, so he asked, "Won't it freeze at night?"

Sister-in-law Ding smiled and opened the lid, which was full of slaughtered pork. She explained, "There is no food in the winter when there is no grass, and it will be killed when the weather gets cold."

"so much?"

These four tanks require at least six or seven pigs.

"Last year's piglets were not sold, so there were too many."

"Are you still selling piglets?"

Auntie Ding nodded, "In previous years, we could sell five or six heads, but last year we only sold two. There are not many left."

She brought out a large piece of meat, even larger than what they had bought before.

Mrs. Ding didn't cut it, just threw it into the pot to cook. She also took a fan of ribs from the pot next to it and put them in it.

Seeing that she wanted to take more, Mao Xiaosui's eyes widened: "This is too much."

"There are many people at home."

Mao Xiaosui couldn't say anything. After seeing her finish cooking the meat, the two of them returned to the main room.

Someone outside the door shouted, "Buy meat."

Ding Azhuang hurriedly got up and walked out. Only then did Mao Xiaosui realize that he had a disease in his right leg. The limp was not obvious, it was more like he couldn't bend, and he was stiff when he walked.

She looked away, picked up her cup and took a sip of water.

Li Yunshan went out to the latrine. Mao Xiaosui heard people talking to him in the yard and took a look out of curiosity.

I saw what looked like a mother and daughter standing in the yard.

The younger one hunched his shoulders and hid behind the woman, as if he was afraid of Li Yunshan.

The woman smiled brightly and asked Li Yunshan, "Are you married to your mother-in-law?"

Li Yunshan didn't seem to be very talkative. He wanted to leave but then she asked, "I think you and my Cuicui are a good match..."

Ding Azhuang interrupted with a smile, "How much do you want?"

"Twenty coppers." After the woman replied and wanted to say a few more words, Li Yunshan had already left the door.

Sister-in-law Ding called her and said with a smile, "It's the girl that Mr. Yunshan saw before. That girl had a sweetheart who didn't want it. Later, her sweetheart married her. This girl hasn't found a wife yet. Her mother I met Yunshan here and I guess he has another idea, so don’t take it to heart..."

"No." She didn't think much about it.