Wang Zhaozhao went home to hang up the clothes, then put on a bamboo basket and took an axe and went out.
Unlike Chen Zhaodi or most girls in the village, there was no requirement for her to do a certain amount of work. As long as she didn't slack off and did nothing, she wouldn't be scolded or even deprived of food, and she wouldn't even get less food.
Of course, it wasn't like this at the beginning.
Well, she is still God's child after all. Even though she may have been picked up, he will occasionally favor her.
After the accident that year, her third aunt Shi Haiyan tried various ways to get her to help with the work. Everyone knew that once there was one, there would be two, and then three, four, five... From then on, she had control over her and made her a hardworking and willing girl.
One evening, Wang Zhaozhao was gathering pig grass by the river. As he was about to go home, he saw a few bear cubs being chased by a wild dog in the distance.
Wang Zhaozhao originally wanted to avoid them, but she found that Wang Baojia from the third house was also among those naughty kids.
Suddenly, one of Wang Baojia's shoes fell off and he fell out with the other one.
Seeing that the wild dog was about to pounce, Wang Zhaozhao rushed over, swung the small hoe in his hand at the wild dog, saving Wang Baojia, and then smashed stones fiercely to drive away the wild dog.
Wang Baojia had several bruises on his hands and feet and was very scared, so he burst into tears on the spot. Wang Zhaozhao, who was a year older than him but actually only two months older, had no choice but to let him grab the corner of his clothes and take him home.
Shi Haiyan, who had just returned from work, saw the eldest son of the Zheng family crying and snotting. Without saying a word, she slapped him.
Wang Zhaozhao dodged quickly and was not hit in the face, but her shoulder was hit hard. If her eldest cousin Wang Xingwen had not been quick to support her, her head would have been hit hard.
After the matter was clarified, Xie Ailian slapped Shi Haiyan twice on the spot and forced her to take out two dollars and compensate Wang Zhaozhao in front of the whole family.
What made Shi Haiyan even more angry was that the old lady changed the rule of cooking an egg every two days and letting the four grandsons take turns eating it, and added Wang Zhaozhao into the mix, making it a rotation for five people.
Shi Haiyan's face was distorted with anger, but Xie Ailian just sneered and rolled her eyes at her.
Even though she is an unappreciated granddaughter, her surname is still Wang, right?
"Zhao Zhao, are you going to collect firewood?" Wang Zhaozhao was walking towards the mountain behind the village with a bamboo basket on his back. When he passed by Wang Xiaomei's house, she called him.
"Are you going?" Wang Zhaozhao nodded.
"Wait for me." Wang Xiaomei said as she ran towards their kitchen.
Not long after, she also came out carrying a bamboo basket and holding an axe.
After they climbed for a while, Wang Xiaomei asked Wang Zhaozhao with a smile, "Zhaozhao, shall we go to Niulan Mountain behind the valley? Let's see if there are any bamboo shoots. I want to eat bamboo shoot cakes."
"Okay." Wang Zhaozhao nodded.
Even if they have bamboo shoots, they won't eat bamboo shoot cakes. If they don't have glutinous rice, they won't eat them even if they have them. But they can stir-fry bamboo shoots. If her grandmother is in a good mood, she'll take out a piece of bacon and stir-fry the bamboo shoots...
Gulp!
Wang Zhaozhao swallowed accidentally.
"well……"
She lowered her head and sighed.
"Zhao Zhao, what's wrong with you?" Wang Xiaomei didn't understand why her friend suddenly looked so dejected.
"I want to eat meat."
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"If I could have meat to eat and books to read, I would smile in my dreams every day."
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Wang Xiaomei was silent. Who doesn't want to eat meat? Reading...
Wang Zhaozhao smiled bitterly and motioned Wang Xiaomei to continue walking.
Wang Xiaomei is the girl that Wang Zhaozhao gets along best with, because Wang Xiaomei has a beautiful smile, and when she smiles, her eyebrows and eyes are curved.
Wang Zhaozhao likes people who have a nice smile.
After crossing a hill, they saw some small bamboos growing on the roadside, so they left the path and headed into the mountains.
"Zhao Zhao, is your mother...your stepmother good to you?" When they moved to another hill, Wang Xiaomei, who was walking in front with her head down, suddenly stopped.
"..." Wang Zhaozhao looked up at her, "What's wrong? Is your dad finally going to find you a stepmother?"
"No, it was my grandma..." Wang Xiaomei said with a bitter face, "My grandma asked me to persuade my dad. She said my dad is too pitiful. Not only does he have no one who understands him, but I am his only daughter. He is going to be extinct..."
Wang Zhaozhao rolled his eyes. "Why? Your family has a throne to inherit, and the rule is that it must be passed down to males and not females?"
Wang Xiaomei: “……!”
"What do you mean by that?"
"So, what does your father think? Have you persuaded him?" Wang Zhaozhao realized that he had said the wrong thing, and asked a series of questions, and found a stone to sit down.
Wang Xiaomei shook her head.
After sitting down, Wang Zhaozhao's eyes fell on a curled-up fern.
Her stepmother Zhang Xiu'e came into the family within a month after her third aunt suffered heavy losses and paid her two dollars in compensation.
Because Wang Erbing wanted to spend 200 yuan to marry a widow with a child, Shi Haiyan went crazy as if her ancestral grave had been dug up.
Although the two hundred yuan was borrowed by Chen Meiru and Wang Fangbing to compensate Wang Erbing, they did not divide the family property.
If they didn't have to pay back the two hundred yuan, the first wife and her husband would have worked so hard, day and night, that they would have earned the money. Besides, I only paid ten yuan for the betrothal gift back then! A widow with a child wants two hundred yuan? Why?!
In the end, Xie Ailian said angrily that she wanted to separate the third room, and Shi Haiyan finally calmed down.
Shi Haiyan and Wang Sanbing are hardworking people and have no problem raising two sons, but she feels that their third branch is at a disadvantage after being separated!
The two sons of the eldest wife were raised by the family. Wang Xingwen was already eight years old and could go to the fields to work. He earned three or five work points a day, which was enough for him to eat.
Six-year-old Wang Xingwu was very good at herding cattle. Not only did he earn one work point a day, but the boy was as honest and hardworking as his father. He would cut some thatch while herding cattle, which could also be exchanged for one or two work points.
Besides, the couple in the third room are hardworking, but they are far inferior to Wang Fangbing and Chen Meiru. So even if they dream of dividing the family and want to be the master of their own house, Shi Haiyan is absolutely unwilling to do so.
At least we have to wait until our youngest son Wang Weiguo is able to work.
"Zhao Zhao." Wang Xiaomei called Wang Zhaozhao and said hesitantly, "Do you really want to study?"
"Yes." Wang Zhaozhao nodded.
"..." Wang Xiaomei looked at her, lowered her eyes and whispered, "My dad... wants to send me to school."
"ha……?!"
Wang Zhaozhao opened his eyes wide and his mouth wide open, looking at Wang Xiaomei in disbelief.
"My dad said he wanted to send me to school." Wang Xiaomei thought her voice was too soft, so she said it again.
Wang Zhaozhao lowered his head and continued to stare at the curled-up fern, thinking to himself, you said it.
Wang Xiaomei came over and sat next to her. "He said that at lunch the day before yesterday. My grandma flipped the table on the spot, pointed at my dad's nose and cursed him. After scolding my dad, she scolded me, and finally scolded my mom. She scolded me for the whole afternoon. When the whistle blew for work, she went out cursing..."
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