When he came back, Zhao Zhengze was already dressed.He was so thin that his skeleton was left, and he didn't feel much smaller when he wore the clothes on his body.With dark skin and sallow face, he looked like a severely malnourished child.But what surprised Zhang Xiaoliu even more was that the arm that was exposed because of the short sleeves was covered with bruises.Looking carefully, there is a wound on the left hand that runs across the entire back of the hand, and the bones can almost be seen.
"What's going on here?" He grabbed his hand and gasped.Such a wound, just looking at it, feels that the back of my hand is also hurting.He lifted the hem of his clothes, and sure enough, he found that his body and back were also covered with various bruises, which appeared to be injuries from external beatings.
Zhao Zhengze pulled out his hand forcefully, pulled down his clothes nervously, and shook his head.
"How did your injury come from?"
Zhao Zhengze just put his hands behind his back, pursed his lips tightly, and remained silent.
Zhang Xiaoliu remembered that Dashun had just said that he went to cut pigweed two days ago and hurt his hand.Looking at the wound again, it was indeed a sharp weapon like a sickle that could make such a wound.But there is no possibility that the scars on his body were caused by himself. The only suspicion is that someone beat him in that family.
But the sufferer didn't speak, and he couldn't help it.
"They didn't give you some medicine?" Zhang Xiaoliu knew that what he said was unrealistic as soon as he finished speaking.If someone would drug him, why would they watch him being beaten like that?I really don't know if his uncle is a relative. If such a wound becomes inflamed, it can kill someone, right?When he recalled Zhang's father's death, he felt that the wound should be infected with tetanus and was fatal.
But this family is poor and poor, so it is impossible to find ready-made medicines.Zhang Xiaoliu had no choice but to boil water and let it cool down, mixed some salt to make salt water to clean his wound, and then wiped it dry carefully.Fortunately, because he was bruised on the mountain just now, he picked some spinach leaves and came back.This kind of leaf is a good medicine for removing blood stasis and hemostatic, just rub out the juice from the leaves and apply them on the wound together.Immediately, he applied medicine to the wound on his hand, but the bruise on his body was helpless, and he could only let it fade away slowly.
That night, Zhang Xiaoliu made a pot of miscellaneous rice with coarse grains and rice, and cut up three or four catties of mountain bamboo shoots, blanch them, sautéed them with garlic until fragrant.There is no way, no matter how full the rice is, we can only use wild vegetables to satisfy our hunger.Thinking of the small and weak people, I took out two eggs and beat them with water to make steamed eggs.Even so, it was still a situation where there were too many monks and too little porridge, and in the end there was not even a vegetable leaf left.
In just one night, Zhang Xiaoliu learned more about Zhao Zhengze's previous situation.The child was abused so badly that he could only sit in the kitchen and watch over the fire for boiling water and bathing when he was called to eat.Pulling him over to sit down, he dared not open his mouth until he put the food in his hand, and he just picked up the things in the bowl, so that Zhang Xiaoliu not only had to look at the two little ones, but also kept helping him to pick up the food.
After dinner, the farmer had nothing to do, so he turned off the oil lamp and went to bed.Hearing what he said, Zhao Zhengze actually curled up and lay down on the ground, planning to sleep under the stove.Zhang Xiaoliu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and pulled him onto the bed, then turned over the quilt to signal him to cover it up, and then took Maimai and Xiaosong to another room.
I don't know how other people are sleeping, but Zhang Xiaoliu can't fall asleep for a long time.The grain at home can be used for at most two days, and then there is really no grain left.It's spring now, and although we can dig some wild vegetables on the mountain and roadside, we can't eat all of them.Now everyone is malnourished, and if they continue to eat like this, something will really happen.In addition, according to his observation, the spring plowing here is about to start, and he doesn't know how many fields there are and where they are.If the spring plowing is not done well this time, it means that they will have to starve for more than half a year...
I thought about it, and finally my little body, which was tired all day, couldn't take it anymore, so I fell asleep.When I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.There are three people sleeping in one bed, because they are all children, so they don't feel crowded.Zhang Xiaoliu slept on the outermost side, got up to help the two younger brothers put on the quilt, and walked quietly.
He still maintains the modern habit, the first thing he does when he wakes up every day is to wash up.Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhao Zhengze standing straight outside the door.
"What are you doing here?" Zhang Xiaoliu was startled.
"What work?" Perhaps there was no one there, but Zhao Zheng raised his head and was looking in the direction of the door.Seeing him coming out at this time, he lowered his head again.But at least he said a few words, so that Zhang Xiaoliu would not be confused.
"Why do you get up so early? There's nothing to do now. You can look around. When your uncle comes, we'll go to the village chief together."
Zhao Zhengze listened and nodded to show that he understood.
"Wait, Zheng." Zhang Xiaoliu stopped him when he saw him like that.Perhaps because he studied in a normal school, it is particularly easy to notice a child's spirit.Although it is said that reforming a person needs to be done slowly, it is a good time for him to change when he first arrives in a new environment. It would be bad if he also develops such a habit of not talking when getting along with them.
Zhao Zhengze stopped. Facing this brother, who was about the same height as him and one year younger than him, he didn't even resist at all. He just ordered and moved.
"Since Ah Zheng lives with us, he will eat and work with us from now on. Would you like to?"
Zhao Zhengze looked at him suspiciously. When Liu Momo left him yesterday, he knew he would stay here to work in the future.He was a little scared at first, but no one beat him here, and he ate a meal mixed with rice yesterday and slept on a bed with a quilt, so he wasn't so scared anymore.Seeing this little brother talking to him at this time, he nodded.
"Ah Zheng, if you have something to say in the future, you can't just nod your head." Remembering that Dashun said he was a little dull, Zhang Xiaoliu tried to let him express his opinions more.
Zhao Zhengze only looked at his toes and didn't make a sound.
"Why don't you speak?"
After waiting for a long time, just when Zhang Xiaoliu thought he would not answer her, he heard a very soft sound.
"it is good."
"That's right." Zhang Xiaoliu smiled, "Do you know my name? I am Xiaoliu, and my two younger brothers are named Maimai and Xiaosong. You will help me take care of them from now on."
Therefore, Zhao Zhengze felt in his heart that the first thing he had to do here was to take good care of his two younger brothers.
Uncle Zhao came later than Zhang Xiaoliu expected.
In the morning, he went to fetch water first, and the well was not far away. Seven or eight families used it together, probably from the past.Then Zhao Zhengze snatched the work of watering the vegetable field, quickly watered the field, and started tidying up the remaining vegetable ridges and weeding.
A 12-year-old child is indeed much more capable than an 12-year-old wheat. Even in modern times, a [-]-year-old child in the countryside can do everything in the fields.Thinking about it this way, Zhang Xiaoliu let him do it.With so many mouths to eat, he must not be able to do it alone.
When Uncle Zhao came, Zhang Xiaoliu had already sorted out the wild vegetables dug up yesterday and was preparing to make lunch.It was a very tall man, stronger than the brother Zhang Xiaoliu had seen in the village these days, with serious eyes.But Zhang Xiaoliu has seen the world inside, so naturally he will not be afraid of him.Say hello to Dashun, and the group headed to the village chief's house.
Although Zhang Xiaoliu knew some people in the village in his mind, it was not his own memory after all, and he was not very clear, so this time he took the opportunity to recognize the people and the way in the village.
The village chief of Xiaba Village is surnamed Li, and his name is Li Xueshui.Their family's life is obviously better than other families, and the house they live in is also a clean and bright blue tile house.In front of the house, there is a small yard surrounded by fences, in which there are a considerable number of chickens, ducks and poultry.
"Village chief, village chief." Zhao Bomo called out from a distance away, his voice full of anger.
"The Datian family is here? Come in." Hearing the voice, Li Xueshui's family opened the door and greeted several people across the yard.Zhao Zhengze's uncle is called Zhao Datian.
When I entered the house, I saw the village chief sitting on a small low stool in the main room smoking a big cigarette.The two adults lost their impatience on the road and greeted the village chief with a smile.Zhao Zhengze and Zhang Xiaoliu followed behind without making a sound.
"What's the matter?" Li Xueshui asked as he knocked his cigarette stick against the wall.In fact, Xiaba Village is neither big nor small. If there is a big event in the village, it can be spread throughout the day.It seems that the village head has also heard some news, but now they need to take the initiative to speak.
Of course Dashun didn't want to say that, he just looked at Zhao Bomo to see what he had to say.
"Village Chief, I'm really sorry to trouble you at this time. But two years ago, Datian's younger brother left Shizhu as his own child. He used to raise him as his own child because of his young age. Now that the child is grown up, when his father is around There is also a marriage contract left behind, this is not in a hurry with the hot filial piety, his uncle thought about it and let the children get married in a hurry, set up a household and go out alone, without delaying them."
Ever since Liu Momo came back yesterday to hand over the message, Bomo Zhao has been thinking about whether to come or not, and how to say it.On the way here, I thought about what to say several times, and said the words beautifully when I opened my mouth, without taking anything to myself.Anyway, the old man also said that this kid would faint at every turn, and he was afraid that there was something wrong.Let him go out earlier, no one said they were wrong, and what happened in the future has nothing to do with them.
These words were too high-sounding, Dashun couldn't bear to listen to anything, and wanted to speak, but Zhang Xiaoliu gently pulled his sleeve.
"Oh?" Li Xueshui raised his head and glanced at Zhao Zhengze upon hearing the words, "A child of this age is going to go out and set up a household?"
"It's not too young, it's 13 years old according to the actual age." Zhao Bomo said with a smile.
"Are you Zhengze?" Li Xueshui ignored his words and asked Zhao Zhengze.
Zhao Zheng nodded.
"Your uncle said to let you set up a household and go out, are you willing?"
Zhao Zhengze wanted to nod again, but was pinched by Zhang Xiaoliu before saying, "Yes."
Hearing this, Li Xueshui knocked on the cigarette rod again, exhaling a circle of smoke.After thinking for a long time, he nodded.
"Since everyone agrees, let's bring the household certificate."
Zhao Datian and his younger brother did not have a separate family before, and the household books were all together.Establishing a household is also simple, as long as you register clearly with the village head, and then report to the township after the village head is unified.After the family is divided, the fields, houses, and taxes will be calculated separately.
Bomo Zhao quickly took out the household documents and handed them to him.Li Xueshui straightened up and squinted his eyes for a while.
"Since you came out with a registered household, how can you be clear about the land and property at home?"
Uncle Zhao was just in case he would ask such a question, and he was a little reluctant: "When the father-in-law was around, he divided the fields of the two brothers. The old people in the family knew about it. Later, his younger brother and younger brother were seriously ill, and they died again. He sold a few acres of land to us one after another, and his father had long since had no land to keep. It’s just that his uncle said that since brother Liu’s family is not going well, he will give him an acre of dry land, which will also serve as the basis for his household.”
"In this case, find an old man to come over and talk to me. The establishment of a household must be witnessed by someone from your own family." Li Xueshui seemed to do everything slowly, but he did things unambiguously.After three or two inquiries about the situation, a decision was made.
Seeing that he didn't settle the issue of the family's land with him, Uncle Zhao was very happy, and hurriedly agreed.Zhang Xiaoliu knew that the so-called division of land and only listening to his side of the story must be tricky, but there is no adult in the family, so he can only be so vague.An acre of dry land is really too little.It's just that in such a situation, there is only a wry smile.
"That's how it is. I'll give you the paperwork for registering the household first, and you will send over the land deed that should be distributed before tomorrow. And when will you talk about getting married?"
Zhang Xiaoliu groaned secretly, but really didn't know what to say.Fortunately, Dashun Momo spoke for him at this time: "The two children are still young and have nothing at home, so let's not do things for now. Let's make up for them when they grow up!"
The job is to entertain relatives and friends with banquets, and the two children must not have that ability.Besides, there are quite a few poor families in the village who have agreed to marry and marry them, and they don't hold banquets.
"That's fine." Li Xueshui nodded, and the matter was settled.
"What's going on here?" He grabbed his hand and gasped.Such a wound, just looking at it, feels that the back of my hand is also hurting.He lifted the hem of his clothes, and sure enough, he found that his body and back were also covered with various bruises, which appeared to be injuries from external beatings.
Zhao Zhengze pulled out his hand forcefully, pulled down his clothes nervously, and shook his head.
"How did your injury come from?"
Zhao Zhengze just put his hands behind his back, pursed his lips tightly, and remained silent.
Zhang Xiaoliu remembered that Dashun had just said that he went to cut pigweed two days ago and hurt his hand.Looking at the wound again, it was indeed a sharp weapon like a sickle that could make such a wound.But there is no possibility that the scars on his body were caused by himself. The only suspicion is that someone beat him in that family.
But the sufferer didn't speak, and he couldn't help it.
"They didn't give you some medicine?" Zhang Xiaoliu knew that what he said was unrealistic as soon as he finished speaking.If someone would drug him, why would they watch him being beaten like that?I really don't know if his uncle is a relative. If such a wound becomes inflamed, it can kill someone, right?When he recalled Zhang's father's death, he felt that the wound should be infected with tetanus and was fatal.
But this family is poor and poor, so it is impossible to find ready-made medicines.Zhang Xiaoliu had no choice but to boil water and let it cool down, mixed some salt to make salt water to clean his wound, and then wiped it dry carefully.Fortunately, because he was bruised on the mountain just now, he picked some spinach leaves and came back.This kind of leaf is a good medicine for removing blood stasis and hemostatic, just rub out the juice from the leaves and apply them on the wound together.Immediately, he applied medicine to the wound on his hand, but the bruise on his body was helpless, and he could only let it fade away slowly.
That night, Zhang Xiaoliu made a pot of miscellaneous rice with coarse grains and rice, and cut up three or four catties of mountain bamboo shoots, blanch them, sautéed them with garlic until fragrant.There is no way, no matter how full the rice is, we can only use wild vegetables to satisfy our hunger.Thinking of the small and weak people, I took out two eggs and beat them with water to make steamed eggs.Even so, it was still a situation where there were too many monks and too little porridge, and in the end there was not even a vegetable leaf left.
In just one night, Zhang Xiaoliu learned more about Zhao Zhengze's previous situation.The child was abused so badly that he could only sit in the kitchen and watch over the fire for boiling water and bathing when he was called to eat.Pulling him over to sit down, he dared not open his mouth until he put the food in his hand, and he just picked up the things in the bowl, so that Zhang Xiaoliu not only had to look at the two little ones, but also kept helping him to pick up the food.
After dinner, the farmer had nothing to do, so he turned off the oil lamp and went to bed.Hearing what he said, Zhao Zhengze actually curled up and lay down on the ground, planning to sleep under the stove.Zhang Xiaoliu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and pulled him onto the bed, then turned over the quilt to signal him to cover it up, and then took Maimai and Xiaosong to another room.
I don't know how other people are sleeping, but Zhang Xiaoliu can't fall asleep for a long time.The grain at home can be used for at most two days, and then there is really no grain left.It's spring now, and although we can dig some wild vegetables on the mountain and roadside, we can't eat all of them.Now everyone is malnourished, and if they continue to eat like this, something will really happen.In addition, according to his observation, the spring plowing here is about to start, and he doesn't know how many fields there are and where they are.If the spring plowing is not done well this time, it means that they will have to starve for more than half a year...
I thought about it, and finally my little body, which was tired all day, couldn't take it anymore, so I fell asleep.When I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.There are three people sleeping in one bed, because they are all children, so they don't feel crowded.Zhang Xiaoliu slept on the outermost side, got up to help the two younger brothers put on the quilt, and walked quietly.
He still maintains the modern habit, the first thing he does when he wakes up every day is to wash up.Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhao Zhengze standing straight outside the door.
"What are you doing here?" Zhang Xiaoliu was startled.
"What work?" Perhaps there was no one there, but Zhao Zheng raised his head and was looking in the direction of the door.Seeing him coming out at this time, he lowered his head again.But at least he said a few words, so that Zhang Xiaoliu would not be confused.
"Why do you get up so early? There's nothing to do now. You can look around. When your uncle comes, we'll go to the village chief together."
Zhao Zhengze listened and nodded to show that he understood.
"Wait, Zheng." Zhang Xiaoliu stopped him when he saw him like that.Perhaps because he studied in a normal school, it is particularly easy to notice a child's spirit.Although it is said that reforming a person needs to be done slowly, it is a good time for him to change when he first arrives in a new environment. It would be bad if he also develops such a habit of not talking when getting along with them.
Zhao Zhengze stopped. Facing this brother, who was about the same height as him and one year younger than him, he didn't even resist at all. He just ordered and moved.
"Since Ah Zheng lives with us, he will eat and work with us from now on. Would you like to?"
Zhao Zhengze looked at him suspiciously. When Liu Momo left him yesterday, he knew he would stay here to work in the future.He was a little scared at first, but no one beat him here, and he ate a meal mixed with rice yesterday and slept on a bed with a quilt, so he wasn't so scared anymore.Seeing this little brother talking to him at this time, he nodded.
"Ah Zheng, if you have something to say in the future, you can't just nod your head." Remembering that Dashun said he was a little dull, Zhang Xiaoliu tried to let him express his opinions more.
Zhao Zhengze only looked at his toes and didn't make a sound.
"Why don't you speak?"
After waiting for a long time, just when Zhang Xiaoliu thought he would not answer her, he heard a very soft sound.
"it is good."
"That's right." Zhang Xiaoliu smiled, "Do you know my name? I am Xiaoliu, and my two younger brothers are named Maimai and Xiaosong. You will help me take care of them from now on."
Therefore, Zhao Zhengze felt in his heart that the first thing he had to do here was to take good care of his two younger brothers.
Uncle Zhao came later than Zhang Xiaoliu expected.
In the morning, he went to fetch water first, and the well was not far away. Seven or eight families used it together, probably from the past.Then Zhao Zhengze snatched the work of watering the vegetable field, quickly watered the field, and started tidying up the remaining vegetable ridges and weeding.
A 12-year-old child is indeed much more capable than an 12-year-old wheat. Even in modern times, a [-]-year-old child in the countryside can do everything in the fields.Thinking about it this way, Zhang Xiaoliu let him do it.With so many mouths to eat, he must not be able to do it alone.
When Uncle Zhao came, Zhang Xiaoliu had already sorted out the wild vegetables dug up yesterday and was preparing to make lunch.It was a very tall man, stronger than the brother Zhang Xiaoliu had seen in the village these days, with serious eyes.But Zhang Xiaoliu has seen the world inside, so naturally he will not be afraid of him.Say hello to Dashun, and the group headed to the village chief's house.
Although Zhang Xiaoliu knew some people in the village in his mind, it was not his own memory after all, and he was not very clear, so this time he took the opportunity to recognize the people and the way in the village.
The village chief of Xiaba Village is surnamed Li, and his name is Li Xueshui.Their family's life is obviously better than other families, and the house they live in is also a clean and bright blue tile house.In front of the house, there is a small yard surrounded by fences, in which there are a considerable number of chickens, ducks and poultry.
"Village chief, village chief." Zhao Bomo called out from a distance away, his voice full of anger.
"The Datian family is here? Come in." Hearing the voice, Li Xueshui's family opened the door and greeted several people across the yard.Zhao Zhengze's uncle is called Zhao Datian.
When I entered the house, I saw the village chief sitting on a small low stool in the main room smoking a big cigarette.The two adults lost their impatience on the road and greeted the village chief with a smile.Zhao Zhengze and Zhang Xiaoliu followed behind without making a sound.
"What's the matter?" Li Xueshui asked as he knocked his cigarette stick against the wall.In fact, Xiaba Village is neither big nor small. If there is a big event in the village, it can be spread throughout the day.It seems that the village head has also heard some news, but now they need to take the initiative to speak.
Of course Dashun didn't want to say that, he just looked at Zhao Bomo to see what he had to say.
"Village Chief, I'm really sorry to trouble you at this time. But two years ago, Datian's younger brother left Shizhu as his own child. He used to raise him as his own child because of his young age. Now that the child is grown up, when his father is around There is also a marriage contract left behind, this is not in a hurry with the hot filial piety, his uncle thought about it and let the children get married in a hurry, set up a household and go out alone, without delaying them."
Ever since Liu Momo came back yesterday to hand over the message, Bomo Zhao has been thinking about whether to come or not, and how to say it.On the way here, I thought about what to say several times, and said the words beautifully when I opened my mouth, without taking anything to myself.Anyway, the old man also said that this kid would faint at every turn, and he was afraid that there was something wrong.Let him go out earlier, no one said they were wrong, and what happened in the future has nothing to do with them.
These words were too high-sounding, Dashun couldn't bear to listen to anything, and wanted to speak, but Zhang Xiaoliu gently pulled his sleeve.
"Oh?" Li Xueshui raised his head and glanced at Zhao Zhengze upon hearing the words, "A child of this age is going to go out and set up a household?"
"It's not too young, it's 13 years old according to the actual age." Zhao Bomo said with a smile.
"Are you Zhengze?" Li Xueshui ignored his words and asked Zhao Zhengze.
Zhao Zheng nodded.
"Your uncle said to let you set up a household and go out, are you willing?"
Zhao Zhengze wanted to nod again, but was pinched by Zhang Xiaoliu before saying, "Yes."
Hearing this, Li Xueshui knocked on the cigarette rod again, exhaling a circle of smoke.After thinking for a long time, he nodded.
"Since everyone agrees, let's bring the household certificate."
Zhao Datian and his younger brother did not have a separate family before, and the household books were all together.Establishing a household is also simple, as long as you register clearly with the village head, and then report to the township after the village head is unified.After the family is divided, the fields, houses, and taxes will be calculated separately.
Bomo Zhao quickly took out the household documents and handed them to him.Li Xueshui straightened up and squinted his eyes for a while.
"Since you came out with a registered household, how can you be clear about the land and property at home?"
Uncle Zhao was just in case he would ask such a question, and he was a little reluctant: "When the father-in-law was around, he divided the fields of the two brothers. The old people in the family knew about it. Later, his younger brother and younger brother were seriously ill, and they died again. He sold a few acres of land to us one after another, and his father had long since had no land to keep. It’s just that his uncle said that since brother Liu’s family is not going well, he will give him an acre of dry land, which will also serve as the basis for his household.”
"In this case, find an old man to come over and talk to me. The establishment of a household must be witnessed by someone from your own family." Li Xueshui seemed to do everything slowly, but he did things unambiguously.After three or two inquiries about the situation, a decision was made.
Seeing that he didn't settle the issue of the family's land with him, Uncle Zhao was very happy, and hurriedly agreed.Zhang Xiaoliu knew that the so-called division of land and only listening to his side of the story must be tricky, but there is no adult in the family, so he can only be so vague.An acre of dry land is really too little.It's just that in such a situation, there is only a wry smile.
"That's how it is. I'll give you the paperwork for registering the household first, and you will send over the land deed that should be distributed before tomorrow. And when will you talk about getting married?"
Zhang Xiaoliu groaned secretly, but really didn't know what to say.Fortunately, Dashun Momo spoke for him at this time: "The two children are still young and have nothing at home, so let's not do things for now. Let's make up for them when they grow up!"
The job is to entertain relatives and friends with banquets, and the two children must not have that ability.Besides, there are quite a few poor families in the village who have agreed to marry and marry them, and they don't hold banquets.
"That's fine." Li Xueshui nodded, and the matter was settled.
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