The worries of Dahua and Xiaohua disappeared completely in the sound of aunt's shouting. Uncle is a man and will not hit his sister-in-law, so it's okay for him to come out. Haha, they actually beat Da Niu and Er Niu. They were still dizzy even after they entered the house.
"Mom, what if Da Niu and Er Niu want to take revenge tomorrow? The two of us..."
Xiaohua is thoughtful and thinks twice before doing anything. This means being hesitant and unable to act freely. Under the education and influence of her cowardly mother, she successfully grew up to be a timid person. In fact, this child is thoughtful and can get things done if taught well.
"You're right. What should I do when I don't have the ability?"
The two sisters tilted their heads and began to think. Dahua couldn't figure it out for a long time, and Xiaohua spoke in a low voice after a few minutes.
"Looking for help?"
"Yes." He hugged his daughter and gave her a kiss to encourage her. "If you are equally strong, you should never be bullied. If you are weaker than others, you should also find a way to fight back. If the gap is too big, seeking external help is the most effective way. Brothers fight together, and fathers and sons fight together. Sometimes relatives are not available, and friends can also play this role."
Dahua nodded with a happy look on her face: "Aunt Xu's two brothers are usually very nice to us, we can ask them for help."
The two girls did what they said, turned around and walked out hand in hand. Gu Yan grabbed him and said, "How can you go empty-handed when you need help from others? That would be too insincere."
Taking the candy she gave, the two girls jumped out of the house. She cannot always follow her child's world. Girls are naturally physically superior to boys, and it will take time to narrow the gap. When the children recover in the future, she can teach Dahua, who likes to fight, martial arts. Now she can find some brothers to protect her two daughters, so that the children will dare to fight back with support instead of just enduring.
Mrs. Xu and the original owner were from the same village. Her three sons were all very upright, and the eldest and second son were about the same age as Da Niu and Er Niu. However, he has many cousins, and if Da Niu and Er Niu really want to protect their two daughters, they will be in trouble.
Having not slept last night, she wanted to go to bed early today, but when she saw the tattered mat that pricked her skin, she couldn't bear it and rolled it up and went out. There is no such thing in the space, so it is better to trade with people at night so as not to be conspicuous.
She threw the rotten mat into the west ravine and carried the basket to Old Man Li’s house in the south. Old man Li’s family has the craft of weaving mats and baskets passed down from generation to generation. If anyone needs anything, they can come to his house to trade.
A few pounds of corn kernels were successfully exchanged for a new kang mat. During famine years, food was the most valuable. She tied the mat with a straw rope and returned carrying it the same way she had come.
As soon as he entered the door, he ran into Han Laoer. Both of them were obviously surprised when they saw each other. When Gu Yan remembered that this was her original man, the intimate scene flashed in her mind, and she felt so embarrassed that she wanted to die. And ever since Han Lao Er was beaten by her that day, he had developed a conditioned fear of her.
Hiding the sack in his hand behind his back, Han Lao Er took a step back and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Gu Yan didn't even bother to say anything. He picked up his mat and walked past him to go down the stairs. In the main room, the old lady stumbled out.
"Stop him, stop him! He took the sweet potatoes from our home. How could I give birth to such a traitor?..."
When Han Laoer saw his mother chasing him, he ran away with the thing on his back. As for Gu Yan, of course it was impossible for him to stop him. This thing can't enter the stomachs of the three of us, mother and daughter, so I don't care about your shit. You have spoiled your son and made him lawless, so you will have to bear the consequences yourself.
The old lady had bound feet, so of course she couldn’t catch up with her tall and strong son. The two brothers who heard the noise ran up the stairs three steps at a time, passed Gu Yan and chased after Han Lao Er in front. This is life-saving food. Do you want us to starve to death by gambling with it?
Not wanting to pay attention to them, Gu Yan went back to the house. After laying out the new kang mat, she carefully dealt with the fine thorns on it.
"This is mine, why don't you let me take it?"
"Bullshit, you don't even go to work in the company, you used to rely on your wife's share of the meal, and now you take advantage of the public pot meal. You haven't even been to our private plot, how come these sweet potatoes are yours?"
"The private plot belongs to the whole family, so of course I have a share. There are four of us in our family, and the little I have is not enough at all."
"You have no shame. You neither planted nor harvested. Not to mention weeding, fertilizing and taking care of the land. How can crops grow out of thin air?"
"I don't care. Anyway, I have a share of the family. I can use it however I want."
The three Han brothers quarreled fiercely, and the old lady and the wives of the eldest and third brothers also joined the fight. Nowadays, Han Lao Er actually wants to gamble with food, so of course everyone is unanimous in condemning him.
The family quarreled for most of the night, and it was certainly impossible for Han Laoer to break through the siege and take the sweet potatoes. Amidst everyone's scolding, this shameless man went back to his room, covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep. The drama has finally come to an end.
The two young ladies outside the door took the opportunity to come back. Gu Yan closed the door, looked at the torn window paper, went up to the kang and hung the blackout curtain, and pressed the two corners to the windowsill with something so that the cold wind could not get in.
"My dad was kicked by my eldest uncle, and when he wanted to fight back, he was kicked down by my third uncle. My grandmother went up and slapped him several times. My grandfather also came out and stood at the door with a walking stick, looking like he was going to eat someone."
As Dahua was talking, she was about to go to bed, but Gu Yan reached out and grabbed her. "Wait, wash your hands, face and feet before you can get on the kang."
Xiaohua stepped down obediently: "Mom, you actually changed the mat."
"Yes. Mom has washed the bedding and mats, so we have to take good care of them and wash them clean before going to bed at night."
"Okay, it's clean and comfortable."
I poured a large basin of warm water, washed the two children one by one, and applied Dabao skin care cream on them. This has been happening every night for the past two days. Their wrinkled faces have become much smoother, and the wrinkles and broken skin on their hands have also improved a lot. If you continue like this, your child's skin will be restored to its smooth and white color in a few days.
Dahua washed her feet and wanted to pour water, but her shoes were soaked with dirt from the ground, so her feet would be dirty again if she put them on.
Seeing the child's embarrassment, Gu Yan took out a pair of small slippers from the space and gave them to her. "Wear these first after washing your feet." These slippers are made of linen. Flip-flops don't use much cloth, so others won't pay much attention when they see them.
The child jumped for joy when he got the new shoes. Although the front and back of the shoes are exposed and they don't keep warm at all, he can put them on after washing his feet so they don't get dirty.
There was a large mat on the kang that was more than two meters long, just enough to cover the entire kang. It was what Gu Yan had just found in the space. No one spreads it out at night, so it is rolled up and put away during the day. It is more convenient than the two mattresses we used last night.
“It’s so warm!”
“So soft!”
The two children exclaimed in admiration and rolled around on the high-density sponge mat. The torn pillow was also repaired, and the moldy bran inside was replaced with buckwheat husks. Gu Yan had spent a long time searching for this thing in the home textile warehouse.
The high-density sponge is not very soft, but the two children are excited about its comfortable feeling. Coupled with the quilt that was transformed last night, it makes me want to cry with happiness.
The bedding was complete last night, but the high-end feel made the two children know that it did not belong to them. It’s different tonight. The quilt is just a little bigger, but it is still made up of patches. It belongs to them and will not disappear for various reasons.
"Go to sleep, you two must be tired after picking sweet potatoes all day."
"Well, you should go to sleep too, Mom. You didn't sleep last night, so you need to get some rest today."
Gu Yan smiled and crawled into bed, looking at the dark walls and the cold stove beside him, silently counting the things that still needed to be prepared.
Winter is coming soon, and she will have two more children to raise. Coal, chimney, and wall plastering, all of these have to be done well.
This is a coal-producing area, so there is no shortage of this stuff. Coal is divided into two types: fragrant coal and smelly coal. Fragrant coal is anthracite, which has high heat resistance and low toxicity. Using incense coal saves the trouble of using a chimney. After all, this thing is made of iron and can only be purchased with an industrial coupon.
But she didn't dare to do that. People can leave the door of the building open to dry out cigarettes during the day, and at night, after a simmering fire, lift the door curtain and walk out to clear the smoke. But her house had no entrance at all, and she had two newborn babies, so all the heat in the house escaped, and the only way to keep warm was to squat by the fire. And this is not very safe either. Every year people die from coal smoke poisoning.
She made the same preparations one by one, just like the monkeys and lions in the animal world, taking on the responsibility of raising the cubs alone.
The quilt was warm, and soon the mother and her two daughters fell into a deep sleep. I had a dreamless night until dawn, and just as I woke up, the bell for the team to go to work rang throughout the village. Everyone started to leave their comfortable beds and get up to go to work early.
Seeing that it was not yet six o'clock, Gu Yan couldn't help but sigh at how hard life was these days. I get up before six in the morning and get off work after dark, which is almost seven o'clock. Apart from eating, they have to work for more than ten hours a day.
After coming back from work in the morning, the two daughters excitedly told her that Da Niu and Er Niu had been beaten.
"He blocked our way and wanted to take revenge, but was beaten down by the fat brother and the fat brother." The two children were very happy. It was the first time they were protected by outsiders. It felt good to have someone to back them up. No wonder everyone likes to have brothers and sisters.
"Mom, I will protect my little brother and won't let him be bullied."
"And me, I protect my brother too."
Touching the top of the child's head, she encouraged her: "Okay, you two are definitely good sisters. But you must not only protect your younger brother, but also your younger sister!" The old lady always said that boys are the roots and girls are just money-losing goods, which polluted the children.
"Well, mom gave birth to a little sister."
"I like little sister, too."
Children are so innocent, and their pure eyes show no difference between boys and girls. If the adults didn't call them brother and sister every day, they wouldn't care whether it was a brother or a sister in their mother's belly. Anyway, no matter what the baby's gender is, she is their biological sister from the same mother.
The next day, Gu Yan felt very anxious early in the morning. Looking at this bare house with not even a water jar, she simply asked for leave from the team leader and prepared to go to the commune again. Her belly was growing bigger and bigger, and she couldn't feel at ease until she was prepared.
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