Young rich peasants

Carrying water, chopping firewood, washing dishes, cleaning clothes, and even carrying a real ax to the mountain alone to chop firewood, the mountain is heavily dewed in the morning, and the tall and strong men on the same road all have coir raincoats and bamboo hats, but he is wearing a thin cloth shirt. Red was also seen there.

Zaozi finally lost his strength and couldn't even pick up the bucket.One day, he was at a loss for the empty barrel and the well, when a thin man came over, holding a baby wrapped in a red embroidered quilt, his two fingers barely caught the rope of the big wooden barrel to the edge of the well.He had to take care of the child while pulling up the bucket full of water. The man was so anxious that his forehead was sweating.

Zaozi watched for a while, and every time the man bent down, the child's round arms would hang down, which made Zaozi tremble with fear, for fear that he would fall into the well.After weighing it, he decided to go over to help.

The man guarded him vigilantly, as if he didn't know what he wanted to do.He used his hands to make a gesture of holding a baby, and told the other party that he wanted to help with his fingers.The man hesitated for a while, looked at the head of the village, carefully handed the child into his hands, and said thank you.

The man was able to concentrate on fetching water, but he didn't have much strength, so he filled the bucket halfway and stopped to check on the child.The child slept soundly under Zaozi's skillful comfort, and Zaozi seemed to forget the pain in his body.The man looked at Zaozi twice, and said, "Are you the new baby of the Lei family?"

Zaozi didn't know what Xinbaozi was yet, but he heard it from others along the way, so he thought it should be, so he nodded.

The man hesitated to speak, but finally said nothing, "I am Ada, the main house of the Hua family at the head of the village. You can call me Hua Ada. If you need help in the future, please come to me."

Zaozi quickly thanked him. Although he couldn't make a sound, he could still shape his mouth.This is the first person to show his kindness to him, and he is grateful.Hua Ada fetched water and brought the child back, but she couldn't take care of both ends, and instead made the child cry.Zaozi hurriedly helped hold the child again, he walked skillfully while shaking, patted the quilt lightly, gradually the crying became quieter, Hua Ada asked: "Have you ever taken care of the child?"

Zaozi raised his face and smiled. He used to be the babysitter of the orphanage. Some children were born with some diseases and cried a lot. He could comfort them properly.

Recalling the only fragments of the past, a familiar melody sounded in my mind, which was a song from the south to lull children to sleep.Unknowingly, he hummed along with the melody, "Moonlight shines on the earth, Xiaozi, you get out of bed obediently, listen to..."

The child happily waved his little hand along with the song, and Zaozi approached him, having a great time playing.

Lei Shounuo didn't know when he stood beside him, and he asked sharply, "You can talk, aren't you dumb?"

Zaozi raised his head upon hearing the sound, with a smile still on his face.Lei Shounuo came over to take Hua Ada's bucket, and said, "I'll send Hua Ada back and settle the score with you!"

Hua Ada carried the child back, and when he was halfway there, he asked, "Boy Lei, that child is fine."

Where could Lei Shounuo listen, he always thought that Zaozi was dumb, so the matter was kept under control.Now that it was obvious that he had been cheated, his pity for Zaozi gradually faded.

Zao Zi waited for the person to walk away before realizing, "My... voice..." He tried to speak, and although he hadn't fully recovered from his dryness, he could really speak.

Just as he was being happy, the cold Lei Shounuo came back.

Lei Shounuo was full of accusations, "You are a liar, and you planned to use your dumbness to trick us into treating you better from the beginning, didn't you. What is your purpose?"

Zaozi was stunned, and stammered to defend himself, "I didn't... lie to you... I don't, I don't know...why..."

Lei Shounuo actually likes Zaozi quite a lot, he looks clean, and these days he has been assigned to do many things that ordinary boys don’t want to do. Yes, if you can't do it, you will do your best.Isn't such a person just right to live together?

He believed that Zaozi was not someone sent by Lei's family for some purpose, so he felt bad for giving Zaozi so much hard work these days.He made up his mind, when the little daddy thinks the jujube has passed the test, he will buy an old hen, and then go to Hua Ada's house to buy some medicinal materials, make a good soup for the jujube, and cook more on weekdays Egg porridge to recuperate his body.

After planning everything well, he found out that Zaozi was dishonest. He was really heartbroken.

Lei Shounuo filled the bucket, carried the load home, and never said anything to Zaozi, nor told him to follow him.

Seeing this situation, Zaozi panicked, and ran up to follow Lei Shounuo, "I didn't... I didn't lie."

Lei Shounuo still ignored people, the corners of his mouth were hard.Zaozi was so anxious that his eyes turned red, he bravely ran to the front and stopped him.Lei Shounuo was a full head taller than Zaozi, looked at him and said, "What else do you have to say." Seeing Zaozi's wet eyes made him uncomfortable, and his tone softened unconsciously.

But from Zaozi's point of view, Lei Shounuo was so angry that he wanted to drive him out, he wanted to explain clearly, but he is not a doctor, how could he know what's wrong with his body?The more I tried to defend myself, the more anxious I became. I just felt that there was a big stone on my heart, and I wanted to vomit, but my breathing became heavy.He panted heavily, looked into Lei Shounuo's eyes, his field of vision was gradually filled with gray star spots.

Lei Shounuo put down the arrow pole and held Zaozi's shoulder, "Zaozi? Look at me."

"I... didn't lie..." After saying this, Zaozi's body softened.As soon as Lei Shounuo caught him, it was as if a fire was burning in his heart, burning impatiently.Mei Xiaopai happened to come out from home to see this scene, and trotted over to ask what was the matter.Lei Shounuo picked up Zaozi horizontally, "Zaozi's body can't hold it anymore, I'll take him to Brother Hua!"

"Hurry up, I'll take the bucket back." In fact, at this time, Mei Xiaopai felt a little regretful.

She had always been afraid that Ah Da, the main wife of Lei's family, would not let them go. She specially found a new baby to hurt Shou Nuo, but she didn't expect that she made a fuss by herself and exhausted a good child.

Looking at the back of the little man Lei Shounuo, and looking at Zaozi snuggled up in his arms, he suddenly felt from the bottom of his heart that he really had to let go of his knots.

For those old things, he missed a lot of good things.Like this time, such a good-looking child who can bear hardships and stand hard work is sent to their family as a new baby.After more than half of his life, he still can't see things like this, and almost ruined his son's good marriage. It's too wrong, too wrong.

Like Little Daddy Mei, Lei Shounuo also regretted it.When he was ten years old, he saw with his own eyes a widowed family in the village, Ah Da, who collapsed on the edge of the field due to overwork, and was already out of breath when he was sent to Brother Hua.When Zaozi fainted just now, he thought of this incident, and his mind exploded, wishing he could grow wings under his feet so that he could send Zaozi to the doctor as soon as possible.

When he arrived at Brother Hua's house, he carefully put the dates on the wooden bed in the main room.Brother Hua, the only doctor in the upper and lower villages of Mazi Village, put a thin cloth on Zaozi's wrist and began to feel his pulse.

He frowned and said, "This child is very weak..."

Lei Shounuo hurriedly reported the process of Zaozi's fainting, and Brother Hua said angrily, "No matter how hard you try, you shouldn't mess with people! If someone dies, it's up to you to cry."

As soon as Lei Shounuo heard the words of human life, he couldn't stand it anymore, "Brother, I know I was wrong, so hurry up and see what's going on."

Brother Hua carefully checked Zaozi's eyes, nose, and throat, and snorted out his nose, "Your new spore has been greatly stimulated, with depression and heart disease, and I'm afraid it will leave some symptoms. Some people can’t see, some can’t speak, and they may get better if they adjust slowly. The most important thing is that his body is weak and his spleen is weak, and his foundation is bad. You still have to work on him like that...” The doctor can’t see Seeing people as a slut, I got a little angry again, "A few days ago I was seeing a doctor in Mazixia Village. I just got home today and I have to listen to your family. If you let me see it again, see I'm not going to teach you a lesson."

Lei Shounuo listened to the lesson honestly, Brother Hua is a kind-hearted person, and he is willing to listen to his teachings, "Brother, please prescribe some medicine, and I will send you the money later."

"Well, your new baby may have a fever tonight. Give him a big bowl of mint ginger water, cover him with an extra quilt to sweat, and sweat will be fine. But remember to wipe off your sweat and change your clothes, so you don't get too cold again. I will drink the medicine after I go back to eat, and boil three bowls of water into one..."

Lei Shounuo wrote down one by one, he took off his outer thin cotton coat and wrapped the dates, and waited for the helper in Brother Hua's shop to bring him the wrapped herbs, then he carried the dates and went home with the medicine.

Mei Xiaopai tidied up Lei Shounuo's bed and added an extra quilt for Zaozi to sleep in.After covering him tightly with the quilt, Little Daddy Mei took the initiative to take the medicine to cook.Lei Shounuo told him the ins and outs of the future, and Mei Xiaodi said: "It seems that we have worried too much, so we won't bother him anymore, and we can live as we want in the future."

Lei Shounuo was naturally happy, "I know what to do. If you are worried, little dad, ask after Zaozi recovers from his illness. He can talk."

"It's all right. After all, it's the person who will accompany you for the rest of your life. It's okay to ask. Don't force him to say what he doesn't want to say. The important thing is the future."

"My son understands."

Zaozi woke up for a while in the evening, thinking in a daze that he hadn't lied, Lei Shounuo was amused and distressed, fed him some porridge, drank the medicine, wiped off his sweat, and then stuffed him back into the bed to let him continue to sleep.

Daddy wanted to go out to look for Mint, but was stopped by Lei Shounuo, "Daddy, you are tired today, let me come to you if you have to work hard, go and eat."

Mint can be seen everywhere, and it's not too hard to find it, but the light is not good in the evening, and the little dad's eyes are bad, so Lei Shounuo is worried that he will come out.

Pull out a lot of fresh mint, wash it, put it in a bowl with ginger, chop it with a knife, wait for it to become slag and juice, then wash it with boiling water, and finally put a little salt, salty and sweet, with a delicate fragrance There is also a warm spicy taste.Lei Shounuo took a sip and thought it was just right, so he brought it into the room.

Jujube really had a fever, his cheeks were blushing, and he muttered nonsense.Mei Xiaopa hurriedly helped him up, Lei Shounuo pressed the bowl to Zaozi's mouth, and coaxed: "My dear Zaozi, open your mouth and drink this."

Zaozi opened his wet eyes, obediently put his mouth on the edge of the bowl, and drank it in small sips.After drinking the peppermint ginger water, he fell into a deep sleep.In the dream, I was not hungry, nor was I exposed to the cold. Instead, there was warmth everywhere, and the laughter of adults and children echoed non-stop.

He smiled in his dream, thinking to himself, if all this is true, he would be willing to suffer any hardship.