pastoral life

The grain farm is at the east end of the village, and it wasn't too far for the two of Mingzhu to walk there. It was still within the tolerable range for a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy to carry five or six catties of rice. The discussions as detailed as the wings of mosquitoes and flies are really overwhelming.The village is only this big, and those naughty women always like to go from house to house and gossip. It takes less than half a day for something to happen in one house to spread throughout the village, so Mingzhu was transferred to Wang's house. It took only one meal to spread the word.

"Go faster, you don't care what those people say."

Wang Mingchuan walked side by side with Mingzhu, maybe because he was afraid that Mingzhu would feel uncomfortable listening to these things, so he chatted randomly, but he was not good at words, and when his parents were at home, he only studied at home and didn't communicate much with others. He was alone when his parents were gone. Taking up the burden of raising younger brothers and sisters, he was so busy all day long that he didn't have time to interact with children of the same age in the village. He didn't know what boys at this age should talk about, so he changed the topic a few times. The children still returned to their siblings.

"It's rare for the little ones to be well-behaved. It's just that when I'm not at home, I'll have three meals a day, so I'll take your troubles. Dahe can take care of some things. If you're too busy, just call him. Xiaohu spends three weekdays with Jiang around the yard. There are a few boys from my aunt’s family playing around, just watch carefully.”

"I remember all of these, you don't need to remember, but the work in the field is too busy, I can go with you to help, take a few children with you and play on the ridge of the field, and go back when cooking at noon Getting food is better than carrying it all by yourself.”

Wang Mingchuan wanted to decline, but he couldn't hold Mingzhu back. These days, he was worried that there would not be enough manpower to transplant rice seedlings in the fields and he might miss the time. It would be great if Mingzhu would help.Men's wives are different from women's wives, they are all counted as labor force, and there is no taboo about going out to work, so Wang Mingchuan agreed.

"There is our Sanwan paddy field in Xiawan. I finished planting one of the bays yesterday. You have a day off today to pack up and go to the fields with me tomorrow. There are still two fields on the back slope that need to be turned over. Well, the vegetable seeds are all stored in the cabinet. It’s a good thing to plant them earlier. After finishing this place, we’ll dig the soil together, and we’ll have to borrow a hoe from Aunt Jiang’s house.”

"It's up to you."

The two of them walked towards the valley field talking and chatting. When they were distracted by their mouths, they naturally didn't feel the noise in their ears. Those who read too much were not interesting, so they lowered their heads and went to their own work.After all, Mingzhu and Wang Mingchuan were the victims in this incident. The tradition of sympathizing with the weak made the villagers more or less biased towards these two children.Both sides have lost their parents, and both sides have been bullied. The folks in the village don't have much malicious intentions. They have grown up watching them since they were young, so those who can help are naturally willing to help.

There were not many people in the valley field, so the two of them took eleven or two catties of rice to Uncle Wang to shell, and left some rights as a reward. After that, they each went home with five catties of rice on their backs. The uncle and aunt Mingzhu didn’t know each other, but they showed white teeth and barked sweetly. Anyway, women are called aunts and men are called uncles, and the older ones are automatically promoted to the next generation. Wang Mingchuan is not often called. Open your mouth, but seeing Mingzhu's situation, you have to follow suit. As the saying goes, if you don't hit a smiling person with your hand, a junior who is so sensible and an elder will naturally be kinder. This way makes everyone feel more distressed. , are sensible and good children, but it is a pity that God is blind.

You Mingzhu and Wang Mingchuan also let go a lot, at least they won't stop talking when they meet people, this trip was in a very good mood, only when they were about to reach the courtyard of the Wang family, they heard some unusual noises coming from the courtyard. From a distance, I saw some village women and old men gathered around to watch the fun.

"You fucking bastard! You don't know how to seduce a man. You see the man from the Wang family begging for nothing and robbing his own sister's man. You still have the guts to put a pot of shit on my head. Let me tell you, the people in our eldest room are not just for you to bully!"

After Mrs. Zhao's broken gong roared, the expressions of the two of them changed. There are still four children in the family. How have they ever seen such a scene? Then she was pulled down by Mingzhu.

"Don't go there first, put down the rice bag and go to the village head quickly, I'll go over and watch the little ones wait for you to call the village head over!"

Wang Mingchuan also knew that the children were not very capable, and that Mrs. Zhao was a real old man even though he was a man and wife. It was useless for him to run over when he really went crazy, so he handed the rice bag to Mingzhu and said:

"Be careful, I'll be right back."

After speaking, she ran to the village chief's house, while Mingzhu carried ten catties of rice and put the things at Aunt Jiang's house before squeezing into the crowd to watch.This is incredible, those little ones are all standing in front of Mrs. Zhao.

"You're talking nonsense, you, you're spitting blood!"

Wang Dahe guarded his younger siblings behind him, and when he heard Zhao's scolding became more and more ugly, he was eager to refute, but he was stupid and didn't know what to say, so his face flushed with anxiety, and the younger ones hid behind Wang Dahe and shouted Crying, the youngest Wang Xiaotan's voice became hoarse.

"I'm talking nonsense? Your family, Wang Mingchuan, is not a good guy either. It's been a day or two since you've been thinking about that coquettish hoof. You guys refuse to admit what you've done and say I'm a bully? Pooh, think I'm stupid !"

Mingzhu immediately rushed over and pulled the little ones away.

"Dahe brought his younger siblings into the house!"

Wang Dahe was a little stunned in fright, but he brought the three little ones back to the yard very obediently, but he stretched his head at the gate of the yard and looked out worriedly, only to see that after Mingzhu pushed the four of them away, he didn't say anything. With a thud, he knelt down and hugged Zhao's thick legs, crying——

"Auntie! My father and mother left early, and I let you take away all the land and property left behind. I also accept it. Anyway, I still rely on you and uncle to support me, but now you see a good family and want to marry my sister. I came to Wang’s house to change relatives, are you forcing me to hang myself at your door, Auntie, my surname is Xue anyway, if the patriarch finds out, can I let you go!”

Mingzhu was crying and howling, pinching the fat on Zhao Shi's leg with all her strength, and the people next to her were pointing at Zhao Shi because of Mingzhu's crying, but she didn't want Zhao Shi to kick Mingzhu out with a scream.I saw the little guy get out of the way all the way, his face was covered with dust, he was so embarrassed, it was unreasonable for a big man from the Zhao family to bully a little baby like this in broad daylight. Once you get on your feet, you can no longer just sit idly by.

"Master Xue, you can accumulate some virtue, these little ones have been forced into such a state by you, what are you going to do?"

A man passing by couldn't see it anymore, he walked to the middle and helped Mingzhu up, and the people around him also came out to accuse Zhao when they saw someone in the front.

"Master Xue, this child's surname is Xue anyway. You are the daughter-in-law of the Xue family who abused your nephew so badly, can the ancestors of the Xue family let you go?"

"Fuck! It's all a moth made by this coquettish hoof. I'm just asking for justice for my Jiaojiao. You blind people have been intoxicated by this mourning star. Look, this world has not yet Before the banquet was invited, he hastily lived in Wang's house, what is it if he is not in a hurry to hook up with a man!"

"Auntie has a good memory, it's clear that you said that you didn't give the dowry or show up as an elder to force me to transfer the household registration, but there were many people watching that journey, why did you forget it after lunch? Could it be that the wound on Auntie's face is because she fell while eating and threw away all the words she said to the sky? How can we have a wedding banquet if we have no money and no honor? What is left in this house is worthy of your concern? Are you willing to take your life away!"

Mingzhu burst into tears when she talked about the resentment. Those present were all elders of a certain age. Xue Er had a good relationship with them when Xue Er was still around. Those who looked after her all raised their voices to defend Mingzhu, but Zhao was so angry and afraid of the crowd that he didn't dare to beat Mingzhu, so he fell to the ground and rolled around.

"You vicious people, just because I have no children, you want to bully me. I'm dead. It's obvious that the little bitch hooked up with the man. You all say that I am not, and I am also raised by my mother. , working so hard to feed him, Xue Mingzhu, not to mention suffering this crime, pity my Jiaojiao..."

As soon as the Zhao family committed a crime, everyone had nothing to do with him. Although they all knew what was going on, they couldn't directly coax people. When the two sides were at a stalemate, Wang Mingchuan brought the village chief and Zhao's own father over.

"You shameless person, hurry back to Xue's house!"

When Zhao's own father saw Zhao's appearance like this, he picked up the hoe in his hand and wanted to hit him. Zhao knew that his own father was powerful since he was a child, and immediately jumped up, and stopped howling and making trouble. , just wailing and hiding.

"Mr. Zhao, you said well when you brought Mingzhu to my house to transfer ownership this morning. Why did you make trouble not long ago? There are only a few young ones left in the Wang family. Why do you come here to bully me? Aren't you afraid of retribution!"

The village chief pointed at Mrs. Zhao and cursed, and made it clear to the surrounding villagers that the children of this family must not be wronged.Everyone who heard it sighed and sighed, and from this they also thought about taking care of the family more in the future and helping if they could.Don't bully the young and the poor, the old people know the truth. Although this family is struggling now, they are all good children. If Wang Mingchuan hadn't gone through these changes, he might be able to go to the exam.In a few more years, when the children grow up one by one, there may still be a lot of things to rely on them. Generations of people in the village have supported each other in this way. Who should help and who should be alienated? .

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After the trouble at Zhao's side, Mingzhu didn't plan to go back to pack her clothes, she only wore Wang Mingchuan's clothes for the time being, the little ones were too frightened to come back no matter how much they could be coaxed, Mingzhu and Wang Mingchuan hugged one, leaving the other for Wang Dahe went to coax him, and after crying for a long time, his ears were clean.

"Dahe, come, brother, I have something to say to you."

After the three little ones fell asleep, Mingzhu pulled Wang Dahe aside and instructed,

"Brother knows that you are scared today, but if there is such a situation, you need to lock the gate of the courtyard and not come out when your elder brother and I are not around. If those bastards want to make trouble, let him make trouble, you just stay at home Or go to the neighbor's house and wait for us to come back. Don't tell me what to say to be angry, think about it for yourself, your siblings are still young, if that Zhao's sapo hurt you at that time, what would you do?"

"I know I was wrong."

Wang Dahe bowed his head and sincerely apologized, although he said that Zhu only came to this house for a whole afternoon, but children can feel them, they can actually tell the good from the bad, sometimes even better than adults.

"Just keep it in mind, but Dahe is also very brave today, Brother Suwan will make steamed egg custard for you to calm down."

"Okay, thank you Mingzhu."

After Mingzhu finished training the child, she patted his head for fear that Wang Dahe would fetch water to wipe his face, while she held her stomach and bared her teeth, and without thinking about it, she met Wang Mingchuan's frowning face, couldn't help but smiled and said:

"What's your expression? Why are you looking at me like I'm missing an arm and a leg?"

Wang Mingchuan staggered his eyes and said in great frustration:

"It's my incompetence that has caused you to suffer."

"What should I be? You're only a little older to say this? There will be a long time to come, and I will always look forward to the day when you have the ability."

Mingzhu smiled very nonchalantly, but that unattractive yin and yang face became more pleasing to the eye because of this smile. Wang Mingchuan's face was a little hot for no reason, and he hurriedly avoided and said:

"I'll go see the three little ones."

As he spoke, he left without waiting for Mingzhu to respond, leaving Mingzhu alone in the room scratching her head.

The author has something to say: After dealing with the best relatives, I have to do homework and cultivate relationships. Wo lived in the countryside for several years when I was a child. Many details about farming and life in the article come from my childhood memories. There may be some In the fuzzy place, everyone is welcome to catch bugs.