Leaving the Xu family's plan. (Revised)

Ding Hui saw the leftover food on the table, went to the kitchen, opened the pot and found that there was extra rice, so she picked up a wooden shovel to scoop up the rice.

She was about to go out with a porcelain bowl in her hand when she ran into her sister-in-law Jiang Rushi, who was beaming with joy, entering the kitchen.

Ding Hui smiled and asked, "Sister-in-law, did you cook lunch?"

Jiang Rushi nodded: "Yeah, isn't it because you guys are busy today?"

Her tone was filled with mockery and gossip. "Second girl went to the health center to see how things went?"

Ding Hui said: "Luckily I'm not deaf, but the doctor said it will take half a month to gradually recover."

Old Lady Xu, who had been listening intently in the yard, taunted, "You're just afraid I'll beat your daughter to death, right? She'll be someone else's in the future anyway, so why are you so worried?"

Ding Hui forced an awkward smile onto her face. She glanced around the yard and asked, "Where's the second brother?"

Jiang Rushi replied, "The second son went to the production team. He said he wanted to see if there was any other work he could do to earn more work points."

Ding Hui was worried: "With his hand injured like that, how can he still earn work points? He might as well just rest at home!"

"I said so too, but he insisted on going." Jiang Rushi's words were tinged with a hint of coquettishness that she herself was not aware of. "As a woman, how can I stop him?"

After the two sisters-in-law exchanged pleasantries, Ding Hui packed up the food and called out to Xu Wanrong in the main hall, "Wanrong, come and eat!"

Xu Wanrong hid the comic books again and replied to Ding Hui, "Here I come!"

The mother and daughter had a simple lunch.

Ding Hui had just put down her bowl when Xu Wanrong beside her also put down her bowl.

"I'm stuffed."

After she finished speaking, she put down her dishes and went back to her room.

Ding Hui noticed that Xu Wanrong had barely touched her bowl. She then took a few more bites from the dish and placed them in her bowl, which she then brought to Xu Roujun.

Xu Roujun, who was watching the show in the courtyard: "..."

Holy shit! Do you treat me like a dog?

Xu Roujun smiled bitterly: I am the clown.

From morning till now, Xu Roujun has only eaten one sweet potato, and is undecided about whether to eat it or not.

Xu Roujun chose: Eat!

The meal is over.

Ding Hui was busy in the kitchen washing and tidying up the dishes.

After finishing the cleaning, I went back to my room and lay down.

Xu Wanrong sneaked into Ding Hui's bedroom.

She came close to Ding Hui, rubbed her shoulders, and whispered, "Mom, I have something to tell you."

Ding Hui tiredly opened one eyelid, looked at Xu Wanrong and said, "What's the matter?"

"I'm bored at home every day, so I want to take my sister to the brigade to make hemp rope."

Ding Hui recalled the incident with her eldest daughter. She said with lingering fear, "That won't work. What if your sister runs away again?"

Xu Wanrong said: "My sister is so stupid, where can she run to?"

She paused and continued, "Besides, my dad, my grandma, and my aunt are all at home. Does the family still need me?"

As Xu Wanrong spoke, her voice was filled with tears, and her eyes slid out of her eyes: "I felt sorry for you and said something, but my grandma slapped me in the face. What would I have done if you hadn't seen me?"

"I took my sister with me wherever I went. We went to the pig farm of the production team to make hemp ropes. There were a lot of people there, with so many eyes watching. If my sister really wanted to run away, someone would tell you guys not to, right?"

Ding Hui agreed. The three of them were resting at home, not earning any work points. That was fine today, but in a couple of days, she would definitely blame her two daughters for staying home and not earning any work points.

Ding Hui, who has no son, subconsciously puts herself in an inferior position.

She knew her eldest daughter was always sitting there in a daze. She thought it would be better to go to the brigade and twist hemp rope to earn an extra work point.

It would be a good thing if the brain starts to recover.

Ding Hui said, "I'll tell your dad when he comes back."

Xu Wanrong heard that her mother agreed. She immediately kissed Ding Hui on the cheek happily. "I knew you were the best to me."

Ding Hui smiled and rubbed her second daughter's head and said, "If I don't treat you well, who else can I treat well?"

Xu Wanrong didn't say anything. She looked back at the bicycle outside the house, and then looked at Ding Hui.

Ding Hui also glanced at the bicycle. "Go take a nap."

Xu Wanrong responded obediently and left.

It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon when Xu Laoer came back from the brigade.

This time, wisps of white smoke were coming out of the kitchen chimney.

A large pot of vegetable porridge was cooked, and anyone passing by the Xu family would poke their head inside to take a look and say, "What is the second son's wife cooking? I can smell it from a long way off."

Ding Hui replied with a smile: "Vegetable porridge, would you like some?"

"Forget it, I'll go home and burn it myself."

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A large pot of porridge is placed in ice-cold well water to cool it down, just so that it can be eaten at the right temperature at mealtime.

While no one was around, Ding Hui used the stove that had not yet finished cooking to boil water in an iron pot.

After dinner, the water was just boiled and ready for the whole family to take a bath.

As soon as Xu Laoer returned home, he saw Ding Hui filling a pot with hot water.

He came over and asked, "Xiaohui, is dinner ready?"

Ding Hui said, "Let the porridge cool down there. We can eat it later."

Xu Laoer responded and picked up Ding Hui's newly filled water bottle with one hand and walked into the water room.

Ding Hui had just sat down on the bench to rest when Xu Laoer, who was in the bathroom, called out to her. "Xiaohui, come here and help me take off my clothes."

"Here I come."

After Xu Laoer finished taking a shower, Old Lady Xu also wanted to take a shower, so Ding Hui simply helped Old Lady Xu take off her clothes in the bathroom.

Old Lady Xu had just finished washing when Jiang Rushi joined in with some clothes. She said with a smile, "I'm sorry to bother Xiaohui."

Many parts of Ding Hui's clothes were soaked.

Ding Hui quickly said, "It's not a problem. Aren't you injured?"

Xu Wanrong was passing by the bathroom when she heard the voices of Jiang Rushi and Ding Hui. She raised her hand, pushed the door open and entered the bathroom.

"Mom, go eat. I'll help Auntie wash."

Ding Hui saw that half of Xu Wanrong's face was swollen. She pushed Xu Wanrong out and said, "Go have dinner."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was closed firmly.

Xu Wanrong looked back at the closed bathroom door. It was because her mother had lost her son and was unable to have children that she had been treated inferior to others for so long!

All three patients took a shower and sat at the dining table feeling refreshed, eating vegetable porridge and scrambled eggs with cucumber as a side dish.

Old Lady Xu slammed her tongue and commented, "How come the scrambled eggs with cucumbers today have no flavor at all?"

Xu Wanrong took a bite. It was just the right amount of salty!

Under the eaves, Xu Roujun was sitting alone on a small stool eating vegetable porridge.

Inner thought: Damn! They even have scrambled eggs with cucumber!

She can eat and watch the show at the same time.

While eating dinner, Xu Wanrong touched Ding Hui.

Ding Hui understood what her second daughter meant.

She looked at Xu Lao Er and said, "Everyone at home is sick now."

As soon as she said this, Old Lady Xu's voice rose. "What do you mean? You're the only one in the family earning work points in the brigade from now on. Are you nervous?"

Ding Hui quickly explained weakly: "No, no."

Xu Lao Er also frowned and looked at Ding Hui and said, "What do you want to say?"

"Let Wanrong take Dani to the production team's pig farm to make hemp ropes."

No one at the table answered.

Xu Wanrong leaned against Ding Hui without saying a word.

Ding Hui continued, "The doctor also said that Dani needs to move around more to recover from her broken bones. We've been keeping Dani locked up at home, fearing that Wang Yingjun will ask for our money back after she gets married."

This sentence directly hit the weak spot of the Xu family's interest group.

Xu Lao Er looked at Xu Lao Tai.

Old Lady Xu looked quite pleased: "Since you still care about your family, it would be better to let the two girls go to the brigade to twist ropes."

Xu Lao Er responded to Ding Hui. "Then you decide. If she runs away, marry Er Ni to Lao Wang!"

Xu Wanrong shuddered subconsciously. She looked up at Xu Laoer. This man turned out to be her father.

Ding Hui said, "How could that be? Dani is not in a good mind, she won't run away."

Xu Laoer glanced at his second daughter, who was useless and only knew how to cower beside Ding Hui, and said, "It's better not to."

Ding Hui comforted Xu Wanrong and told her not to be afraid.

Xu Roujun saw Xu Laoer and Jiang Rushi's legs twisted into a knot under the dinner table.

During dinner, everyone had different thoughts.

After finishing her meal, Xu Roujun put her bowl under the eaves and silently walked back to the woodshed on her crutches.

It was particularly convenient to go back to the woodshed today. Xu Laoer sawed off all the door thresholds that were in the way at home.

Night fell quickly, and everyone in the Xu family went back to their rooms to sleep. Xu Roujun was digging a hole along the earthen wall with a tree branch.

After digging a small square pit of 30 centimeters, she took out the iron box hidden under the dry straw and put it into the pit.

Fill it with soil and stomp it down firmly.

Xu Roujun reached out and brushed across the surface; it was smooth, with no bumps or dips.

Xu Roujun did not go out tonight, but just practiced walking in the woodshed.

Before she had taken a few steps, she was sweating profusely from the pain.

She clung to the pile of wood for dear life.

"Can't give up!" If you wait for it to heal itself, you will die!

The next day, it was sunny.

It was just dawn.

Xu Wanrong brought breakfast and placed it on Xu Roujun's simple straw bed. She reached out and shook Xu Roujun awake.

"Sister, it's time for us to go to the production team."

Xu Roujun slept too late last night. Her ears were awake, but her eyes and brain were not.

"ah……"

"Come on, come and have breakfast."

Xu Roujun let Xu Wanrong pull her up.

Xu Wanrong had just pulled Xu Roujun up, but as soon as she let go of her hand, Xu Roujun simply lay back down on the straw bed.

Old Mrs. Xu walked past the door with a hunched back. She glanced at Xu Roujun, laughed, and left.

Xu Wanrong struggled to pull Xu Roujun up and said, "We can go to the production team today."

Xu Roujun opened her eyes with difficulty: "I'm too sleepy and can't get up. Let's go tomorrow." At this moment, Xu Roujun didn't want to go out so much. She just wanted to sleep.

Before Xu Roujun finished speaking, she leaned back and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.

How could Xu Wanrong let Xu Roujun fall asleep!

I'm going out today to sell comic books.

Xu Wanrong whispered in Xu Roujun's ear, "After breakfast, let's go to the pig farm and sleep there."

Xu Roujun ignored her. "Wait until I wake up!"

She is a complete idiot and can sleep wherever she wants.

Xu Wanrong looked at Xu Roujun's legs which were tied with wooden boards.

Her sister got up, and even with her limping legs, she might not be able to reach the brigade on time. Xu Wanrong looked back and saw a large cart in the utility room.

"Sister, eat your porridge first. I'll pull a cart and take you to the brigade later."

"OK."

Xu Roujun, in a daze, sat up from the straw bed, picked up the white porridge with half-closed eyes, and inhaled it violently.

After eating, I went back again.

The cart was pushed directly into the woodshed. Xu Roujun called out to her proudly, "Sister, get on the cart."

Xu Roujun opened her eyes hard and looked at the flat cart in front of her. She quickly climbed onto the cart with one of her crutches.

Xu Roujun turned over again and lay on her back with her arms and legs spread out, covering her eyes with her elbows and continuing to sleep soundly.

Ding Hui came over, took two sweet potatoes from her arms and stuffed them into Xu Wanrong's clothes.

Ding Hui straightened Xu Wanrong's thick braids that hung down on both sides and said, "I'll take you to the brigade pig farm later."

Xu Wanrong: "Okay!"

Xu Wanrong came out of the woodshed pulling a cart. Seeing Xu Roujun still sleeping, she came over and shook her: "Don't sleep. Go out and look around a bit later. See if there's anything good to see at night."

A person who doesn’t get enough sleep will have a very bad bed!

Xu Roujun suppressed her temper and said to Xu Wanrong, "I just saw someone hiding a treasure. Before I could see the surroundings clearly, I was awakened by the hidden treasure."

Xu Wanrong's voice immediately softened as she said, "Then continue sleeping! I won't disturb you anymore!"

Xu Roujun lay down with confidence and peace of mind.

Ding Hui watched the two children interacting with each other and asked with a smile, "Are you still coaxing your sister?"

Xu Wanrong's eyes wandered: "She is my sister after all!"

Before yesterday, her attitude towards Xu Roujun was not like this.

There was no threshold in the Xu family's yard, so Xu Wanrong pushed the cart out of the yard very smoothly.

Ding Hui even closed the door before going out.

The cart moved forward a few steps and then stopped.

A voice sounded from above Xu Roujun's head: "Aunt Ding, is Roujun dead?"

Xu Roujun, who was lying on the cart and taking a nap with her eyes closed:?