Chapter 1: Crossing
The summer rice flowers are awakened by the bitterness.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the culprit - a young girl with black hair like clouds, double buns, and a fair and clean oval face.
The girl had gentle eyebrows and delicate features, and looked inexplicably familiar.
However, this guy was holding a large coarse porcelain bowl with a chip on it, frowning slightly with a worried look on his face, and feeding himself Chinese medicine one spoonful at a time!
After taking a look at the medicinal soup in the large coarse porcelain bowl that was as black as ink, Xia Daohua decisively closed her mouth and refused to drink it.
The girl saw Xia Daohua opened her eyes, but turned her head and shut her mouth, acting evasive. She dropped the bowl on the table with a bang, stood up, turned around, and shouted loudly to the outside of the door:
"Dad! Mom! Grandpa! Grandma! Daohua is awake!"
The voice was clear and loud, and Xia Daohua shuddered when she heard it - this young lady seemed to have a bad temper!
Unexpectedly, the hot-tempered girl did not raise her fist, but turned around with a cheerful look on her face, repeatedly expressing her concern for Xia Daohua:
"Daohua, does your head still hurt? Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
When Xia Daohua heard these questions, before she had time to think, the heavy old cotton door curtain had been lifted up, and a group of people rushed in, striding towards her, bringing with them a gust of cold wind.
The leader was a middle-aged man, tall and well-built, with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, looking very honest.
The one who was one step behind him was a middle-aged woman with gentle features and fair complexion.
Beside the woman, there were two half-grown children, one tall and one short, following closely. One had two small pigtails, and the other had no hair yet.
Behind them is a square-faced old man and a round-faced old lady who look like a couple.
Finally, a middle-aged woman with narrow eyes, high cheekbones, thin lips, a slender figure, and a somewhat mean-looking face followed in.
Everyone wore thick cotton-padded jackets and trousers, with blue coarse cloth shirts and trousers on the outside, with loose sleeves and wide trouser legs, and they were all neatly dressed. Unfortunately, they all had patches of varying sizes on them, and the colors of the patches were not uniform.
Both men and women wore their hair in a bun. Men wore plain cotton scarves, and women wore carved mahogany hairpins. At first glance, it looked like a crew from a costume drama with realistic costumes and props.
Xia Daohua opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she was drowned by a long list of questions:
"Daohua, are you awake?"
"Daohua, how do you feel? Are you feeling any discomfort?"
"Daohua, does your head still hurt? Do you remember how you got hurt?"
"Daohua, I left you half a candy ball. I'll give it to you after you finish drinking the medicine!"
"Rice flowers, ..."
Amidst this flurry of excited and concerned voices, a not-so-harmonious, sharp voice suddenly rang out:
"Oh, look at us, Daohua, she just fell down and got a cut on her head, and now she has become a rich lady!
The white silver flowed away like water, but in exchange they only got a few bowls of bitter medicine soup, and the family didn't even blink an eye!
Poor Erlang, he is almost 19 years old and still has no money to marry a wife!"
Hearing this, everyone in the room fell silent instantly.
The round-faced old lady stretched her face and angrily shouted in a deep voice:
"The second son's son, he can't talk, so he just bites the grass roots and squints, and goes wherever it's cool!
If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute!
Daohua is your niece! Could it be that you are so cruel that you would watch Daohua bleed from the back of her head just to find a wife for Erlang?"
The mean-looking woman was very dissatisfied when she heard this, and she replied angrily:
"We farmers are not that delicate. When a child gets hurt, don't we just smear some wood ash on him to stop the bleeding?
How can it be as precious as our rice? It was just that its head was broken on the edge of the well, but they sent it to Puji Hall! How can a mud-legged peasant like us go to such a place? "
The round-faced old lady's face has not only become longer, but also darker:
“Daohua had used wood ash before, but the blood was still flowing out, and there was no way to stop it.
When he arrived at Puji Hall, Doctor Wang gave him two injections, and the bleeding stopped! After only three days of taking the medicine, he woke up!
The rice flowers are fine now, but why are you making a fuss?
What? Are you not relieved that Daohua saved his life? Since you are so distressed about the money, why don’t you go find Doctor Wang and get the money back! If you have the ability, go! Go! Go! Go now! "
As the round-faced old lady spoke, she pushed the mean-looking woman twice.
The woman was pushed back repeatedly, but she didn't dare to fight back, let alone go to find Doctor Wang. Her voice couldn't help but lower a few notes, but she didn't stop complaining:
"Mom, what are you talking about? Daohua is my niece after all, how can I not feel sorry for her? But as an old lady, you have to treat her equally, right? Huh?
My eldest brother and his wife live in the town and have good food and drink, so I won't say anything. Who made our Dalang a scholar? If our Xia family wants to change the family name and bring honor to the ancestors, we have to hope that Dalang will study hard, become the top scholar in the imperial examination, and become a high-ranking official in the future.
My father has told me these truths many times. I understand them very well and I am convinced of them.
Dalang hugs his fat wife every day, and their baby is about to be born! But our Erlang is all alone, having been single for so many years!
I endured all these.
After all, our Erlang can't read and his life is just to dig for food in the dirt. Naturally, he dare not compare with a literary star like Dalang.
But our Erlang, our Erlang, he is also the grandson of our Xia family!
Our Erlang is not as good as Dalang, so can he not even compare to a little girl like Daohua?
Although Daohua is a good child, she is still a girl after all.
I have to say something unpleasant, our Xia family has so many girls, and she is not the only one missing. Look at my fourth brother's family alone, there are three girls!
The money spent on Daohua's medical treatment is enough to find a wife for Erlang!
As the second aunt, it's not that I am unwilling to cure Daohua's illness, but I really can't swallow this humiliation!
Why is it that you can afford to pay for Daohua's treatment, but you can't pay for finding a wife for Erlang? In the surrounding villages, who among the young men of Erlang's age hasn't found a wife yet?"
As "Old Second's" spoke, his voice became louder, making everyone's ears buzz.
Xia Daohua had a dazed and confused look on her face, she was completely stunned.
She just had a drink with her friends last night. Even though she drank a little too much, it's not enough to cause time travel!
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(End of this chapter)
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