Song Guoliang's heart was violently gripped, his breathing stagnated, and the scene of his wife and daughter's tragic deaths in his dream reappeared in his mind, his eyes were bloodshot.
Du Xiaoying turned over and said, "My daughter is the flesh that fell from my body. So what if it's not a boy? Song Guoliang, I'm warning you, don't get involved in those things that favor boys over girls."
"Wife, I absolutely won't!" Song Guoliang held his wife's rough hand tightly and swore in a deep voice, "I will protect you and the children for the rest of my life."
Du Xiaoying's black eyes were filled with tears and she was somewhat moved.
......
The next day, Song Guoliang took his two brothers-in-law and pushed a cart up the mountain early.
Du Xiaoying prepared ten pounds of corn flour and a bag of buckwheat flour, and started kneading the dough to make pancakes.
As the fragrant fried fish came out of the pan, three men came back pushing a cart full of dry branches and carrying a basket of firewood on their backs.
"Mom, Dad and uncles are back."
Sanya, Siya and Wuya ran over excitedly.
"Little sister, it's getting late. We have to go back quickly. If we're late, your parents and your sisters-in-law will be worried."
As Brother Du was speaking, the two brothers picked up the backpack and were about to leave, but were shocked by the heavy backpack that was full of things.
"Brother, there's a shortage of food in the mountains. Take this cornmeal and oatmeal back with you to eat."
Du Xiaoying said as she stuffed an oil-paper bag and a military green water bottle into her second brother's pocket, "Eat this pancake on the way."
"Little sister, what are you doing? Hurry up and move the things back." Brother Du glared and spoke in a rough voice as he was about to take the things in the backpack out.
Du Xiaoying grabbed her second brother and glared at him, "Second brother, what are you doing? This isn't for you to eat. This is what I give to my parents, my sister-in-law, and my nephews and nieces."
When the younger sister glared at him, the second brother Du was at a loss. He quickly turned to his eldest brother for help, "Brother, please talk to the younger sister. Why are we still so distant from each other as a family?"
"Brother, please keep it. This is our gift to our parents." Song Guoliang said hurriedly.
Seeing this, Brother Du nodded and accepted it.
The two brothers had to hurry on their way, so they didn't waste any more time.
Du Xiaoying looked at the broad backs of her two brothers, tears welling up in her eyes. In a trance, she saw her elder and second brothers with hunched backs in her previous life.
"Wife, let's go back to see our parents when we are not busy." Song Guoliang gently put his arm around his wife's shoulders and coaxed her in a low voice.
Du Xiaoying sniffed and nodded heavily.
"Food is scarce in the mountains. I'll send some food to my parents next time."
"Huh? You don't blame me for moving things back to my mother's house?" Du Xiaoying said deliberately.
Song Guoliang frowned, "How could that be? Not to mention that respecting one's parents-in-law is a duty, but in all the years I've been away, my elder and second brothers have been sending meat home quite often."
"It's good that you know. My parents, brother and sister-in-law are good to us. If you dare to be an ungrateful person, I—"
Du Xiaoying fell silent, blinked, and looked at the man's tall nose so close to her. Her face turned red, and she pushed the man away and ran back to the house.
Looking at the back of his wife fleeing in panic, Song Guoliang smiled in his black eyes and a deep laugh came out of his throat.
Du Xiaoying covered her burning ears and secretly spat at herself. They were already an old married couple, so what was there to be shy about?
"Brother, it's sugar water."
Brother Du, who was thirsty halfway through the journey, just raised his head to take a sip of water and immediately tasted the sweetness.
Brother Du quickly opened the oil-paper package in his arms and saw a stack of pancakes wrapped with several palm-sized fried fish. He sighed.
"Little sister, you're really... Let's just bear with it and eat it when we get home. We can save the sweet soup for Mom and Dad and the kids."
"Brother, I always feel that I have become a different person after coming down the mountain this time."
A relieved smile appeared on Brother Du's dark face. "My little sister has finally gotten the point."
......
Thinking about something, Du Xiaoying squatted down with an expressionless face, carrying two full buckets of water. Her steps were steady and fast, and no water was spilled.
Those who were unaware of the situation were secretly guessing.
"They must have had an argument. I heard her brother from her mother's family came over yesterday and stayed overnight before leaving this morning. His backpack is so heavy, he must have taken a lot of stuff."
"You can't blame me then. Who can be happy if they are eating and taking things?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Every time my brother from my mother's family comes to visit, he always brings a lot of things with him. It's only right for relatives to interact with each other..."
Du Xiaoying was completely unaware of the whispers behind her and was thinking about how to earn money to buy food.
Her mother's home, Dujia Village, is in a mountain valley. Even if all the usable land in the mountains has been reclaimed, the land is pitifully small. People mainly rely on hunting for a living. It is not easy to find a wife. Good families are unwilling to marry into the poor mountain valley to suffer. Any girl who can get married will have a better life than in the mountains.
Back then, the Song family gave her a bag of grain as a betrothal gift and brought her out of the mountains to marry Song Guoliang, who was serving as a soldier. Her parents and brother were worried that she would be bullied by her in-laws, so they would send her the prey they hunted from time to time.
Firstly, it was to see how she was doing, and secondly, it was to let the Song family know that she had the support of her parents-in-law. In her previous life, she was afraid that her parents-in-law would be unhappy, so after she got married, she never went back to her parents' home to see her parents except for visiting her parents' home.
Du Xiaoying felt guilty and regretful in her heart. In addition to her daughter, she should also be filial and take care of her mother's family in this life.
Dujia Village, dozens of miles away.
Du's father and mother looked at the dozens of white flour pancakes, the delicious dried fish and the two bags of grain on the ground.
"From the old family, heat up the food. We'll have some pancakes and dried fish for dinner."
"Head of the family, our daughter has grown up." Du's mother wiped away her tears. "Second son, put the things away and divide the sweet soup among the children."
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