Chapter 113 The Lazy Girl in the Historical Fiction 1
The weather was hot, and the cicadas outside kept chirping incessantly, which was very annoying. The summer of 1960 was exceptionally hot.
Shanghe Village is a village located on the upper reaches of the Daliang River. The village has a population of about 180 people, with many able-bodied men and a considerable amount of farmland. Although it is not wealthy, it is considered to be in the middle to upper range among the surrounding villages.
Luo Dashan was smoking a pipe in the yard. He had grown two tobacco plants himself, dried the leaves, and rolled them into thin shreds. Taking a satisfying puff was a wonderful enjoyment for this farmer.
His dark, wrinkled face relaxed, but when he saw his wife, Wang Meifeng, come out of the main room carrying a plate of untouched food, his brows furrowed again.
"You haven't eaten again? What are we going to do?"
Before his wife could answer, Luo Dashan said with annoyance, "Wang Meifeng is holding a plate with a white steamed bun that isn't very white, it's a bit yellowish, and a bowl of scrambled eggs with green peppers. The tender yellow eggs with green peppers look very appetizing."
Such dishes were considered the best food in the countryside in 1960. Some poor families couldn't afford to eat white flour even once a year, let alone eggs. They would usually save the eggs and sell them at the supply and marketing cooperative, then use the proceeds to buy matches, soap, and toothbrushes, saving a lot of money throughout the year.
How could anyone eat steamed white buns with scrambled eggs like Wang Meifeng? Only the wealthy Luo family could afford such extravagance.
Wang Meifeng gave birth to three sons and two daughters for the Luo family. Luo Dashan also had four younger brothers and one younger sister. At that time, there was no family planning policy, and it was normal for a family to have dozens of members.
The eldest son and daughter of the Luo family are already married. Luo Aiguo and Luo Xiaohong are married. Luo Aiguo is skilled and works as a cook in the state-run restaurant in town. He lives a good life. The cook profession is extremely popular now. First of all, the cook will not go hungry, and secondly, he can make some money. In these days when meat is rarely seen, I wonder how many people envy Luo Aiguo's job.
The second and third sons of the Luo family are both still unmarried. The third son is still young, so it's time to put the second son on the agenda. Right now, the two of them have just returned from working in the fields. On such a hot day, everyone should take a one-hour break at noon, otherwise, it would be a waste to suffer from heatstroke.
Old Man Luo is the village chief of Shanghe Village. He is a very respected person. He read a few books in his early years and is literate. He is a rare cultured person in the village, which is why he became the village chief. Everyone in the village respects him. His wife, Wang Meifeng, is also a straightforward person and is well-liked in the village.
But at this moment, Village Chief Luo and his wife stared at the plate of steamed buns and eggs in their hands with a troubled expression, their faces scrunched up in a bitter smile.
This is all because of their pampered youngest daughter, Luo Shu.
Wang Meifeng conceived her youngest daughter when she was thirty years old. In those days, she was definitely considered an elderly mother. Women at that time firmly believed in the great man's bold words, "Women hold up half the sky." When Wang Meifeng was eight months pregnant, she was still planting rice in the fields.
As a result, she started bleeding. Her youngest daughter was born at eight months, so small that she could be held in one hand. Everyone thought that this premature baby wouldn't survive, but with careful care, she has grown up safely to the age of thirteen. Everyone says that the Luo family knows how to raise children.
According to Luo Dashan, this youngest daughter was a page of the Queen Mother of the West who descended to earth, unlike any child they could raise in their rural village.
The child was frail from a young age, unable to lift heavy loads or lift heavy objects. While other children went out to gather wild vegetables, his daughter would lie in bed for half a day. While other children went to herd cattle, his daughter wouldn't even be allowed to feed the chickens. Even the most pampered young ladies were raised in this way.
She was in poor health and had a poor appetite. She could not eat much since she was a child. The stewed free-range chicken and the white flour that they had worked so hard to get were always provided to Luo Shu from childhood to adulthood. Luo Aiguo felt sorry for his sister and sometimes bought some novelties to nourish her body. Even rare items like malted milk powder were consumed by Luo Shu, who drank one or two buckets of them.
That's how she was raised. Luo Shu spent all her time resting at home. To put it simply, the villagers rarely saw Luo Shu, not even once a year. She never went out.
Luo Dashan tapped his pipe, glanced at the steamed buns, and said, "These steamed buns were made yesterday, so my little girl definitely won't eat them. Why don't you call Aihua and Aimin to eat them later? Sigh, doesn't she like to eat cold things in the hot weather? Later, put a melon in the well, and we'll have a couple of bites for dinner."
Wang Meifeng nodded and put the steamed buns on the table. Her two sons were sleeping on the bench, snoring loudly. She would wait for them to wake up before eating. Luo Aiguo could drive a tractor, but he had been busy planting rice seedlings in the fields recently and didn't need the tractor for the time being, so he went to the fields with them.
Luo Aimin wanted him to learn carpentry, so that with a skill, he wouldn't have to worry about making money in the future. This shows that Luo's parents were quite farsighted.
They lived in a row of four brick houses. There were a few other households in the village with mud-brick houses. This big brick and tile house was very enviable. It was built by Grandpa Luo. Luo Aiguo and his wife lived in the town. His wife was a nurse. They had their own rooms in the town. Luo Aihua and Luo Aimin had one room, Luo Dashan and Wang Meifeng had one room, Grandma Luo had one room, and there was also a kitchen. Luo Shu's room was built later next to it. It was a small brick room with a hall in front.
Her room was completely invisible from the outside; it was backed by a mountain, and vegetables were planted around the house—that's how it is in the countryside.
Wang Meifeng, still feeling uneasy, secretly peeked at her daughter in the room again. The beautiful girl, with her fair skin and delicate bones, lay on the cool mat, her black hair flowing down, her lips red and teeth white, her eyebrows like distant mountains, her peach blossom eyes closed, her eyelashes like butterfly wings gently drooping down, so beautiful that it took one's breath away, afraid of disturbing the fairy in her dream.
This is why the Luo family doesn't take their daughter out. Their daughter is too beautiful, like a fairy. If they take her out, some scoundrel might take a liking to her, and they'd have nowhere to cry.
Luo Shu was taking a nap. In her half-awake state, she noticed the door open and saw her mother's familiar gaze. Without opening her eyes, she continued sleeping. After a while, she felt the door close gently.
Summer is too hot. As a premature baby, she suffers terribly from the summer heat. At this time of year, she misses the air conditioning and ice cream of the past. Now she has none of those things and can only eat pork once a year. It's a stark contrast.
This world is the story of a reborn female protagonist and a young educated youth who fall in love, eventually leaving their small mountain village and living a happy and fulfilling life together.
The female lead is Luo Hongmei, the daughter of Luo Dashan's younger brother and Luo Shu's cousin. In her previous life, this cousin was with a smooth-talking hoodlum from a neighboring village and suffered a miserable life. After discovering that she had been reborn, she set her sights on Xu Yanhui, an educated youth who was about to come to Shanghe Village. In her previous life, she saw this educated youth who used to live in a cowshed appear on TV and become a high-ranking official whom she could never meet in her life.
Now that she's been reborn, she's determined to hold onto him tightly.
Luo Shu wasn't interested in this. Her personality in this world was extremely lazy, and she couldn't muster any enthusiasm for anything. Now that she was thirteen, she didn't want to go to school or go out. All she wanted to do all day was lie in bed and sleep, and occasionally daydream. In short, she was lazy.
She's just an insignificant supporting character, so it's okay for her to be a little lazy.
The stunning beauty on the bed turned over and fell into a deep sleep again.
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