Young rich peasants

Zaozi didn't dare to close his eyes all night, he didn't dare to take a nap until the sky turned pale and the door was lit up.But I dare not go to sleep, I still can't see the things on the bed clearly.But if you think about it seriously, wouldn't it be even more terrifying if you saw it clearly?So he didn't even dare to take a nap, threw down the quilt and ran to the patio, where he huddled against the railing.

Bamboo poles were set up in the patio to dry clothes. The smaller ones should belong to the boy, and the two larger ones belonged to his "little daddy".Thinking of all this, Zaozi fell asleep in a daze and tilted his head.

This is what Mei Xiaodi saw when he entered the door with two buckets of water. He poured the water into the water tank and covered it. There were leftover sweet potatoes in the pot on the stove, five of which were as long as two fingers thick. He weighed it, picked out the one with a hole in it, chopped the other four, and added it to the white porridge boiled before leaving the door. There was also an egg boiled in the porridge.

He walked into his son's room with a small iron pot for making porridge, and Xin Baozi was still sleeping when he passed the patio.He closed the door, and said to Lei Shounuo, "Azi, your new baby doesn't sleep well."

"What's wrong?"

"Rolled from the room to the patio, what do you think is going on?"

Lei Shounuo paused while dressing, "He can sleep if he wants to."

Little Daddy Mei scooped the porridge into a bowl and called Lei Shounuo to come over to eat, "I left a sweet potato for him. After you finish breakfast, wake him up to work with you."

Zaozi had a dream when he fell asleep. He dreamed that the dean cooked something delicious for him. He was about to take a bite of the chicken leg when he was shaken vigorously. The shaking made him dizzy and nauseated, and he stared in a daze. just woke up.The boy withdrew his hand and handed him a sweet potato, "Eat it, come with me."

Zaozi didn't sleep all night, and finally squinted for an hour at dawn, and it was only half an hour. His mind was still muddy, and he listened to the words but stuck together, whether he understood or not.

The boy stuffed the sweet potato directly into his mouth, "Get up!"

Zaozi woke up in a jerk, barely opened his mouth and bit the sweet potato and stood up.

"I'm your boss, Lei Shounuo. From now on, if I tell you to stand, you are not allowed to sit. If you tell you to go east, if you dare to go west, I will break your legs! Do you hear me clearly?" Zaozi nodded quickly Then he realized that there was something wrong with the meaning of the words, but Lei Shounuo had already left.

In front of the house, there is a yard, and the wall made of mud bricks is higher than a person.A strange man was chopping wood, Lei Shounuo said, "This is my little daddy, and he will be your little daddy from now on."

Little Daddy Mei handed the ax to Zaozi, "You do the rest, it's not easy to take care of our house. I've said the ugly thing before, in my place, the boy and the brother have to do the same job, don't you Thinking of being lazy, I stared at you. You are just a new baby, Shou Nuo has not married you for a day, and you are not the main wife, so you have no place to talk."

Zaozi held the heavy ax in his arms and a cold sweet potato in his mouth, and stood there stupidly without answering.

Mei Xiaopai left angrily, and Lei Shounuo watched him chop wood.He carefully placed the sweet potato on a piece of wood, put the ax down first, then held the wooden handle with both hands, and lifted it up through gritted teeth.The ax reached waist height, and his hands were trembling non-stop, which made Lei Shounuo frown.

"How can you be my main wife without even this little strength?"

Zaozi felt aggrieved all the time, he still didn't know what a main house was, in fact, he still had a stomach full of questions.For example, why can't I see a woman on the road, why do men marry men, what is the main house and the side house, can the boy be roasted and eaten...etc.

He raised the ax as high as he could, and slammed it hard against the upright log.For the first time, the cut was sideways, and it was difficult to pull out the axe.The second time, the wood bounced off.With the third strike, only the bark was removed.

Lei Shounuo pointed to the side, and said, "If we don't cut down this pile of wood today, we will have nothing to eat."

The wood next to him was piled up to Zaozi's chin height, Zaozi's small body, he would sweat all over when he cut a piece of wood, he probably wouldn't be able to eat, but luckily he still had a sweet potato, so he was content.When I was in the orphanage, sometimes I didn’t even have to eat sweet potatoes, and everyone drank water to fill their stomachs, didn’t they survive?

The first day was spent chopping wood, and at night he still had to sleep in that haunted house.After Lei Shounuo and Xiao Daddy both fell asleep, he ran to the patio railing with the quilt in his arms.The master didn't say anything, he didn't dare to run into other rooms, the patio should be fine.Although the weather was getting colder, he was not so afraid to see the crescent moon with a smiling mouth.

On the second day, Lei Shounuo thought that Zao Zi was too slow in chopping firewood, so he sent him to fetch water.Zaozi walked out of Lei's house for the first time. It was dark the night before yesterday, and he was only chasing after Xilang, so he didn't see what was going on around him.

Outside the gate of the courtyard is a small road leading to the distance, and another mountain road on the right leads to the deep mountain. There are lush vegetation beside the road, stretching for an unknown distance.The sky is not yet bright, so if you look carefully at the nearby treetops, they are covered with handfuls of small yellow-brown fruits.Zaozi recognized it as longan, recalling its sweet taste, his stomach swelled.

Little Daddy Mei didn't seem to notice his hunger, so he put the pole carrying the bucket on his shoulders. The wood was made of solid materials, and the jujube staggered a few steps under the weight, so he couldn't care about the longan on the branch.

Mei Xiaopai walked in front, and Zaozi quickly followed.

After walking for a cup of tea, the path widened, and there were mud-brick houses lined up on the side of the road, with one row of houses followed by another row, almost crowded into a pile.Behind all the houses on the left is the open space between the two. Occasionally, from the gap between the houses, you can see the rice field behind the canal, which is golden, and the mountains in the distance.

The houses in this village are not too big, and the white smoke is coming out of the chimneys.

People from every household went out for activities. The taller and stronger men went out with two bamboo baskets containing steaming sweet potatoes.The man, who was twice as thin, followed up the mountain with a basket on his back.There are also short men who move a low wooden stool outside, holding a bamboo stretcher sandwiched with a piece of cloth, sewing and mending.

Zaozi was taken to the middle of the village by Mei Xiaodi. There was an open space of dozens of feet between the two houses on the right, paved with blue bricks, and a large well in the middle.At this time, there were already people waiting to fetch water, but only one jujube was picked up from two large buckets on a pole.Others just carry a small wooden barrel or a big wooden basin.

Everyone's eyes fell on Zaozi, and they whispered to each other.Little Daddy Mei ignored the others, but pulled the jujube to the side of the well with all his strength, and said, "Hey, I'll go back and cook for your master, and you can fetch water here and bring it back to fill the water tank in the kitchen. I don't care what you do It’s full, there’s nothing to eat if it’s not full.” After speaking, he left.

Zaozi secretly watched Mei Xiaodie leave before he dared to breathe. The well was just a round hole in the ground. The others just threw the barrel down and pulled it up with their hands, without the help of a pulley.He hesitated for a while before approaching. It was dark inside and the water was not deep, so he could see the swaying water surface just by looking at it.

Not daring to delay any longer, just as he was about to pick up the second bucket next to him, a man in an indigo cloth shirt bumped into him, causing Zaozi to fall to the ground.The man also complained, "Who is this person? I don't know if you have to fetch water first come first come first."

Zaozi clearly remembered that this man came after they arrived, so why did he jump in line?He wanted to explain to himself, when other men gathered in a swarm and pointed at him, obviously they were on the man's side.

One or two are okay, almost ten people are like this, he can't say anything, he can only swallow his grievances and saliva.Fortunately, the man was not too aggressive, so he went to fetch water after a few words.Following the others filling up his buckets one after another, Zaozi moved the bucket aside, and waited until everyone had finished packing and went home before he took his share.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and Zaozi used all his strength to pull up half a bucket of water.He repeated it several times, and finally filled up Xiaopai Mei's two buckets.He smiled happily, put the pole on his shoulders, and passed through the hemp ropes on the barrel one by one.He stood up vigorously, but the pole was bent by the bucket, which made him feel hot and painful. This was nothing compared to his anxiety, because the bucket was still firmly on the ground, motionless.

It took him a few times to lift the bucket slightly off the ground, but because he couldn't keep his balance, the bucket fell after a few swings, and all the water that was finally pumped up finally fell to the ground.He looked at the water stains all over the place, feeling extremely sad.He is thin and thin, but he never thought that he would be so weak.If you can't chop firewood, and you can't afford to carry water, what's the use?

On the contrary, he never thought of complaining about the two fathers and sons of Lei's family, because the dean taught them before, don't think about how much the society and others owe you, but learn to ask yourself, how much you have done, is it worth what others pay.

Thinking of Dean Zaozi felt better, and he got up to fetch water again.

This continued until noon, and the people who went up the mountain went back and forth several times, and Zaozi hadn't finished what Mei Xiaopai had asked him to do.The water tank is only one-third full.He couldn't pick up two full buckets, and he couldn't lift a full bucket, so he had to fill a bucket with half and pick it back carefully.This speed is indeed pitifully slow.

After Mei Xiaodi cooked the sweet potatoes and a small pot of porridge for the day, he disappeared, and Lei Shounuo had already chopped the firewood for today and was watching the rice in the field.Zaozi accidentally saw it in the gap when she was carrying an empty bucket to the well, and ran away immediately for fear of being discovered.

The more he went to the back, the less physical strength he got. When people came back from every household, the smoke from the firewood rose again, and the jujubes were only half full of the water tank. He sat by the tank and felt pain even when he raised his hand.

Mei Xiaopai came back, walked to the side of the tank and took a look, he didn't need to say anything to know that he would continue to be hungry today.Lei Shounuo stood by the kitchen door, his expression could not be seen clearly against the light behind him.

At night, Zaozi slept by the railing of the patio, dizzy and dizzy with hunger, and her ears were buzzing.There are still sweet potatoes left in the kitchen, he saw it when he went to wash the dishes tonight.It was only a few steps from the patio, but he licked his lips and drove the sweet potato out of his mind.

He hugged the quilt tightly, unable to fall asleep for a while, and had some thoughts in his mind: Should we run away?But where did he escape? In the original world, he helped the dean take care of the children. Later, he learned to type on a computer and use a printer, and then went to work as a handyman in a small company.After coming here, he found that he couldn't do anything anymore, like a blind blackfly.

After thinking about it seriously, he still decided to stay.It is a very happy thing that someone is willing to take me in. Every child in the orphanage thinks so.Although it is a bit bitter now, he believes that if he persists, Lei Shounuo and Mei Xiaodie will get close to him.

With this in mind, he finally fell asleep sweetly.

On the other side, Lei Shounuo whispered to his little dad Mei:

"Daddy, he doesn't look like a member of the Lei family."

"Little Daddy knows that you are a kind child, but there are some things that cannot be softened. It is because of his soft heart that Daddy was brought into this field by that heartless person..."

"Don't be sad, little dad. Didn't you agree to forget the bad things and live a good life?"

"Well, you're right. Let's wait for a while. If the Lei family intends to spy on us, this little brother will definitely show some clues."

"If not, he is my real wife, Ada."

Mei Xiaodi smiled, "You like this kid?"

Lei Shounuo said calmly, "He's fine."

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The author has something to say: January 2013, 1: Unified modification of titles.