The female medical concubine of the peasant

Chapter 13 Mother and Daughter Conversation II

The two mothers were talking, and it was getting dark. Wei Xiao'e went out and inserted the firewood door, and supported it with wood, and then added two handfuls of firewood to the kang, and the two mothers lay down and talked.

In order to save lamp oil, they go to bed after dark.

But probably because the two mothers were chatting speculatively today, seeing that Yuan Shi was still interested in chatting, Wei Xiao'e thought about it and said what he had been thinking about for the past few days.

"Mother," Wei Xiao'e said, "It's going to be winter soon, and I want to tell the other side, let's start a new stove, or we won't be able to eat when the weather gets cold." Of course, except In addition to this reason, Wei Xiao'e felt that if the food was cooked for herself, it would definitely taste better than the ones made in the old courtyard.

As for calling the old house directly, Wei Xiao'e felt that those people had no human touch at all, so he didn't bother to call them that.

"I'm afraid you say that, after the other side agrees, it will definitely give us less." Yuan Shi also followed Wei Xiao'e's words and called the old courtyard that side.But she said a little worried.

It is estimated that the mother and daughter must be troublesome over there. According to Mrs. Tian's temper, she will definitely take the opportunity to deduct her rations. "Don't be afraid," Wei Xiao'e walked around these few days when he was free.She saw that there were many trees on the other side of the mountain behind the village, and there was a small river winding around below.

Because there are wolves there, and the people here are not good at hunting, so not many people go there.But this also means that if there are any resources there, they have not been discovered by people.

And that small river, Wei Xiao'e saw fish in it.If she doesn't take the food sent by God like this, it will be a waste of money.

Especially now that Yuan's body is weak, it is exactly what he needs to eat fish soup.

Anyway, the food in the old courtyard is rough and unpalatable, so it's better for them to start a new cooking stove and do whatever they want.

Thinking about it carefully, the owner has never eaten fish in his memory, which means that at least the people in the old courtyard have never touched the fish in the small river.Mrs. Tian, ​​who wished that the dirt could be turned into food supplies, let go of the fish in the small river, which means that the people here are not used to eating fish, or they don’t know how to cook fish. Then their mother and daughter will be lucky. .

At that time, we will share the stove with the old courtyard and cook for ourselves. If Wei Xiao'e catches fish, he can justifiably take it home and eat it for himself.

Wei Xiao'e wanted to be happy, but she didn't want to be poured cold water by Yuan's pocket.

"Little Goose, Mother knows that you think this way for Mother's sake." Yuan Shi sighed lightly and said, "But I tell you, no matter what you think about in the future, you are not allowed to go near the river or go to the back mountain."

"Why?" Wei Xiao'e was depressed, she just had to rely on those two places!

"There is no reason," Yuan's tone became severe, and he said, "If you don't go, you don't go!"

Probably also aware of her blunt speech, Yuan Shi sighed softly and said: "The back mountain is too dark, your father also said that people in the village generally don't go there."

As she spoke, she told Wei Xiao'e that Wei Dashan once said that one of the two older sisters above him died and was left there after a brother died.There is also Yuan Shi, when Wei Xiao'e was three years old, she also gave birth to a son, but died within two months of living, and was also thrown on the back mountain.There are also people in the village, if the child does not survive, they will be thrown in the back mountain.

Furthermore, the cemetery of Wei Village is also on the other side of the back mountain.Although there is some distance from the place where the children were thrown away, one side is the cemetery of the old dead and the other is the place where the children were thrown away. The village feels bad luck, and generally they don't go to the back mountain.

After hearing this, Wei Xiao'e suddenly understood.Because Wei Village is a small village, most families will go to other villages to invite a doctor or midwife to deliver the baby unless the situation is particularly dangerous at the beginning.Usually, family members or neighbors deliver the baby.As a result, more children are born and die.And on the back mountain, probably every family in the village has thrown dead children, so there is a feeling of unwillingness to approach there.

Wei Xiao'e didn't care at all, and she was not from this village.

"Mother," thinking about it, Wei Xiao'e asked, "Is that because grandpa, grandma, and grandma are all buried in the back mountain?"

"That's right," Yuan thought to herself that she had just told Wei Xiao'e that that was the site of Wei Village's cemetery, didn't this child understand?He also said, "They all slept there."

"That's right. If I go to the back mountain, my grandpa and grandma will always be there to take care of me. But they don't. Grandma loves my mother the most. She will always take care of her daughter for her mother's sake." Bar?"

Probably because Yuan Shi didn't speak for a while when Wei Xiao'e talked about her mother.After a while, she slowly said: "You have so many reasons. But no matter what, you are not allowed to go to the back mountain."

Not wanting to waste her tongue, Wei Xiao'e simply pulled the pillow closer to Yuan Shi and said, "Mother, my daughter is a person who almost died once, so she is not afraid of anything. Besides, if we are afraid of everything, we will not be able to survive. "

That’s right, what difficulty is more terrifying than death!

As she said that, Wei Xiao'e continued to retreat, and continued: "Okay, mother, I will not go into the back mountain." It would be strange not to go in, but she will try her best to pay attention to safety, and will never let Yuan Shi don't worry anymore.

Listening to Wei Xiao'e's words, Yuan's eyes filled with tears in the darkness.She tried her best to suppress her discomfort, and after waiting for a while, she felt that her voice would not have the sound of crying before she said: "Don't go there, after a few days, mother will go with you." The more sensible this daughter is, , the more she worried about what accident would happen.

"It's okay, mother, don't worry, your daughter is not stupid." Wei Xiao'e patted Yuan's arm reassuringly, and said, "I'm just getting some dry firewood next to the village."

As he spoke, he swore a few more oaths, coaxing Yuan Shi not to worry.

After saying a few more words, Wei Xiao'e suddenly asked, "Mom, what do you do with the fish you've eaten?"

"Steamed fish, stewed fish, stewed fish cubes," Yuan Shi said, suddenly reacted, and said: "Little Goose, you promise mother that you are not allowed to go to the small river."

"Mother, I jumped on a fish when I saw it on the river bank that day." Wei Xiao'e took Yuan Shi's hand and said coquettishly, "Then if I see a fish jumping out again, can I pick it up?" She doesn't care, as long as Yuan Shi eats fish, she will go to the small river to catch fish.

However, although Yuan Shi never said where her ancestral home is, she is obviously more knowledgeable than the people here. If she hadn't stopped the conversation suddenly just now, she might be able to tell more fish's ways.

Yuan Shi was probably moved by what Wei Xiao'e said just now, she hesitated for a moment, and then said: "If you really see a fish jumping up by the river, you can pick it up, but you are not allowed to go to the place where there is water in the river."

As she spoke, she told Wei Xiao'e what Wei Dashan had told her.

One is that some people in the village used to go down the river to fish, but they were dragged by the drowned ghosts in the river to act as substitutes.The other is that someone caught fish in the river, and ended up being stuck to death by a fishbone while eating the fish.

After hearing this, Wei Xiao'e finally understood the reason why people in this village did not catch fish in the small river.Some people accidentally drowned in the river, and because they didn't know how to eat fish, they were stuck to death by fishbone, so people in the village stopped letting their children near the river because of fear.

She is not afraid of these!

　No food, no clothes, no pain from grandparents, no father around.

　　Let's see how a ten-year-old girl takes care of her confinement mother and her skinny little brother who looks like a kitten.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)