Du Xiaoying sighed, a complex emotion welling up in her heart.
It was all fate of the times. She had no ability to change anything and could only help as much as possible within her ability.
"Go to sleep and stop thinking so much."
In the pitch-black night, a thin black shadow quickly ran into the dilapidated cowshed.
"Ahem.....delivered it?"
"Um."
"Go to sleep quickly, you have to get up early tomorrow morning."
......
Yesterday's rainy day was replaced by a clear blue sky.
The wet ground has become half dry, and the village, which had been silent all night, has become lively and bustling with people.
Sanya, Siya and Wuya spread the wet branches under the eaves in the open space and waited until they were dry before using them for fire.
Erya makes the fire and Daya cooks.
Du Xiaoying went to the river and found a lot of small fish the size of children's fingers in her backpack. Unexpectedly, there were also a lot of palm-sized fish. She quickly put all the fish into the bucket and put the backpack back.
When I got home, I poured all the lively fish into a large wooden basin, intending to raise them before eating them.
“Wow, so many fish!”
Siya and Wuya squatted by and watched curiously, poking the fish with their little hands from time to time. Whenever the fish were scared away, the two sisters would giggle.
"Four girls, five girls."
Hearing his daughters' cheerful laughter, the miserable picture that flashed through Song Guoliang's mind disappeared. The painful struggle in his eyes disappeared in an instant, and he looked towards the yard with a complicated expression.
"Dad~"
Song Guoliang picked up his two daughters who rushed over, walked straight into the house, and looked at his busy wife and daughters with a smile.
"dad."
"Dinner will be ready soon. Eat before going to sleep." Du Xiaoying said as she was about to hug her two daughters. "Fourth daughter and fifth daughter, come down quickly. Daddy is tired after working all night."
"It's okay, the baby isn't heavy."
"Just spoil the child." Du Xiaoying glared at the man in disapproval. She stared at the object in his broad palm and was stunned for a moment. "What is this?"
Song Guoliang said in a low voice, "Save the clam oil for wiping your hands."
Du Xiaoying lowered her eyes and looked at her rough and cracked hands. She felt a little warm in her heart. When did this person... notice her hands?
"Don't be too frugal. I'll buy more when it's used up." Song Guoliang coughed lightly.
Du Xiaoying looked up and met the smiling eyes of her daughters. Her face flushed and she quickly changed the subject, "Alright, let's eat quickly."
After breakfast, Du Xiaoying took Da Ya and Er Ya to work in the fields, and San Ya, Si Ya and Wu Ya to collect grass for pigs.
Song Guoliang went to bed to catch up on his sleep. He slept so soundly that he slept until noon.
.....
The news that Old Lady Song and her daughter-in-law were so frightened that they couldn't even get off the kang spread throughout the entire brigade.
The villagers were discussing privately that the person must have been possessed by some unclean thing.
"Mrs. Song was so scared that she peed her pants..."
Du Xiaoying felt relieved after hearing this, and was just thinking about it when someone came over.
"Guoliang's wife, when will you come to get the chicks?"
"Auntie, I'll go home with you after work at noon and give you the money in the afternoon, okay? You didn't get the money when you came out." Du Xiaoying was happy. She didn't expect it to be so soon.
"Okay, no rush."
After work at noon, Du Xiaoying followed Aunt Zhao home.
"Guoliang's wife, what's the matter again?" Captain Zhao Lei's heart skipped a beat when he saw the person who followed his mother in.
Du Xiaoying was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. How scary was she? Look how scared she was to the captain.
"Guoliang's wife came with me. It has nothing to do with you." Aunt Zhao glared at her son, then turned around and smiled as she pulled him into the house. "Don't pay attention to him. He's so jumpy. He's already old, but he's still so unstable."
Captain, he died unjustly.
Du Xiaoying pursed her lips and tried to hold back her laughter. Only Aunt Zhao could calm the team leader, who always had a stern face and was serious. The main reason was that the team leader lost his father when he was young and was raised by his widowed mother. He was well-known for his filial piety in the surrounding area.
Therefore, what the captain hated most was those who were unfilial to their elders. If the Song family had not crossed the line, the division of the family would never have been so smooth.
The family could raise three chickens based on the number of people in the family, but not all the chicks could survive, so Du Xiaoying directly asked for seven chicks.
As soon as she brought the chicks home, her sisters gathered around her, looking at the chirping chicks curiously.
Wu Ya, "Mom, the chicks are so cute."
Si Ya, "Little chicken, little chicken, grow up quickly and lay eggs for us."
"Wash your hands and eat."
Song Guoliang smiled as he lifted the lid of the pot and served the rice. The eldest, second and third daughters helped with the bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice.
"Yeah." After working for a whole morning, Du Xiaoying had already digested the sweet potatoes and porridge she had eaten in the morning. She didn't have time to talk and ate with big mouthfuls of relish.
"What were you doing back there? All that jingling."
Song Guoliang put down his bowl and chopsticks, "I thought of building a shower room in the back, so that you and your daughter won't have trouble taking a bath when it's hot. I'll go to Uncle Liu's house this afternoon to pick up the bath tub I ordered."
"Bath tub? When did that happen?" Du Xiaoying asked curiously.
"I ordered it from Uncle Liu last time."
The mother and daughter couldn't wait to run to the empty house in the backyard to take a look.
I saw that the simple cement house was cleaned up neatly, and a wooden barrel half the height of an adult's waist was placed next to it.
Du Xiaoying cheered happily, "That's great! It will be much more convenient to take a shower in the summer. Guoliang, how can you be so kind!"
Song Guoliang pursed his lips, his black eyes flashed, his ears burned, and he coughed lightly, "Wife, I'll go get you some water."
"Um!"
After her daughters had showered and gone to bed, Du Xiaoying finished washing up and walked in refreshed. "Do you want to—"
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