farmer's little girl

Chapter 82
Just like that, following the large group of disaster victims without any destination, it took another month for Han Jin and his family to arrive in Wannian County.

By this time, there were not many victims, some died on the road, and some were scattered to other places.However, the imperial government's decree on the resettlement of the victims was delayed, and this group of victims was settled in several villages under the jurisdiction of Wannian County.

However, there are policies and there are countermeasures. It is absolutely impossible for the local people to accept these disaster victims into the village. You must know that the villagers are very xenophobic.But the decree from above had to be obeyed, so they made a compromise and settled these people outside each village, and each family was given some wasteland and half-month rations per head, and then they didn't care about it.

Han Jin's family was arranged in Hanjiazhuang, along with three other disaster victims.

In the beginning, life was extremely difficult. They lacked food and clothing, and had nothing. They even had to build their own houses.If there are strong men in the family, they can make do with some adobe and build an adobe house.If there is no strong man in the family, they can only use thatch to build a house for a while.

Han Jin's strength is not small, but it's a pity that he can't make adobe, and he can't build a house, so he can only learn from other victims to build a house with thatch.

A family of three, in a state of distress, finally has a place to live temporarily.

In the days that followed, all Han Jin's family thought about was how to survive the winter.All the silver and jewelry they brought before going out were lost on the road, and the rest were used up by buying high-priced food along the way.And the timing of their fleeing from famine and coming here was very unfortunate, it was precisely the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.Although a few acres of wasteland were allocated, there was no way to grow food now, and the rations distributed were only enough for one month.

In particular, the people in Hanjiazhuang did not accept this group of victims. They were not allowed to enter the village at all on weekdays. These victims even had to go to the river several miles away to fetch water.At first, I thought that there was a safe place to live, but when the facts were in front of my eyes, I realized that things were not as simple as imagined.

The weather is getting colder every day. Unlike the hometown of Han Jin and his family, it is cold in winter but not to the point where dripping water freezes.In particular, there was no bedding, so they could only be covered with wheat straw and covered with their own clothes. The wind blew in from the thin walls, making people feel cold from the bones.

The reality once again showed its ferocious minions in front of these disaster victims. What they are most anxious to consider now is not whether there is enough food, but how not to freeze to death before the food runs out.

At this moment, Han Laoshuan appeared. No one knew how he fell in love with Mrs. Zhuang. He invited a matchmaker to propose marriage to Mrs. Zhuang.

The matchmaker gave Han Laoshuan a lot of hype. The uncle was the patriarch of the Han family, and the cousin was Lizheng of the Han family village (high enough status), and the family had dozens of acres of fertile land (rich), but there was a lack of a woman.He also said that Zhuang's family are immigrants and newcomers. If they want to get along with the local villagers, the most direct and easiest way is to marry a local villager.

No matter what status is not bad, the family has land and money, so I don't mention it. For today's Zhuang family, it is precisely the last point that is the most important.If there is no accident, their family will take root here in the future. Hanjiazhuang is a village with the same surname, and this kind of village is the most xenophobic.In the future, sons and daughters will grow up, if they are kept isolated like this, how can they say they marry themselves?It's still so cold, the life at home is almost unbearable.

The matchmaker also seemed to see that Mrs. Zhuang was a little moved, and said while the iron was hot, she said that Han Laoshuan really liked Mrs. Zhuang and asked her to ask for any conditions.Of course, the matchmaker did not hide the situation of Han Laoshuan's family from Mrs. Zhuang.The woman died of dystocia, leaving behind a baby daughter who was still in the swaddle, and two sons on top, both of whom were half-grown.

That is to say, the Zhuang family will be a stepmother when she marries, and she will be the stepmother of three children.

Zhuang fell silent, the matchmaker asked her to think about it, and said she would come back in three days.

When the matchmaker came back three days later, Mrs. Zhuang agreed to the marriage with only one request, that is, to marry with her two children.

The matchmaker seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and she didn't hesitate, but readily agreed.He also said that Han Laoshuan had considered Zhuang's situation long ago, and even if Zhuang didn't mention it, he would take the initiative to bring it up.

So far, this Han Laoshuan is indeed a good person. Zhuang's heart was still a little hesitant, but he became firm again.

Therefore, after Zhuang and Han Jin talked about this matter, they aroused their opposition. Zhuang, a woman who had never had any opinions, did not waver.She put the facts aside, and told her painstaking efforts, and the matter has been settled since then.

When this incident got out, the villagers in Hanjiazhuang talked a lot, saying that Han Laoshuan was fascinated by the woman from the outside family.

There are eight generations of villagers in the Han family village, and every family is connected. Everyone came to persuade Han Laoshuan, saying that in his situation, it is possible to marry a big girl with yellow flowers. Why is there such a widow? A widow with a half-grown child.

In fact, the main thing is that the Han Jin sister and brother are not biological at all, and they are half-grown, so they can't raise relatives at all.

But Han Laoshuan didn't waver, and insisted on marrying the Zhuang family under pressure.

Mrs. Zhuang also knew about these things, and was very moved. After entering the door, she found that Han Laoshuan's family was not as rich as the matchmaker said. Although the family had dozens of acres of land, most of it was sloping and sandy land. , She didn't feel alienated, but chose to forgive.

As Han Laoshuan's most powerful relatives, Han Patriarch and Han Lizheng, seeing that they couldn't dissuade them, they proposed to change the surnames of Han Jin's siblings when they met relatives on the second day after Zhuang's entry.

It stands to reason that this request is not too high, but it seems very impersonal, especially the filial piety period of the Han Jin siblings has not yet passed.

However, the situation cannot be controlled by others, Zhuang can only agree.

Since then, the two brothers Han Jin abandoned their previous surname and changed their surname to Han.

The door of the room was pushed open, and Mrs. Zhuang walked in with a bowl.

"Jin'er, mother cooked you a bowl of noodles with a poached egg nestled in it, you can eat some more." Zhuang said, with obvious flattery on his face.

Han Jin looked at the bowl on the table, a bowl of scallion noodles, dotted with a few vegetable leaves.It looked very delicious, but he didn't have the desire to eat it, firstly because he had eaten it before, and secondly because of Zhuang's words.

There is a poached egg nestled underneath.That's right, in this family, if he and his eldest sister wanted to eat something, they never dared to eat it clearly, they could only do it secretly.

And over the years, his mother has gotten used to doing everything for them secretly, and she has completely forgotten that her son and daughter are no longer the weak siblings they were back then.

He immediately wanted to sneer with a cold face, but when he looked up, he saw the anxiety in his mother's eyes.For some reason, he swallowed the words, but his face still didn't ease down.

"I ate it, I ate it at the eldest sister's house before I came back."

Zhuang groaned, looked down at the bowl in his hand, and his face was obviously depressed.

"Since you've eaten it, forget it."

Mrs. Zhuang thought that her son was still unwilling to forgive herself, and felt an inexplicable sadness in her heart. She wiped the corners of her eyes while carrying the bowl, and was about to take it out, when the bowl was suddenly snatched away.

"Since you've already done it, don't waste it."

He picked up the chopsticks from the bowl and devoured the noodles.Mrs. Zhuang showed a smile, and said repeatedly to let him eat slowly, so as not to choke.

After eating the noodles, Han Jin put down the bowl and glanced at Mrs. Zhuang, "I have something to tell you. I'm getting married. In two days, I plan to let my sister go to the woman's house to propose marriage."

Zhuang was stunned for a moment, followed by ecstasy, but followed by an inexplicable sadness.

Let Lamei go to propose marriage, so she doesn't need to come forward?

Although she thought so in her heart, she still forced herself to smile and said, "Which family is it from? Would it be rude to let Lamei go? Otherwise, I'll go with your father?"

The arc of Han Jin's mouth is drawn down, Dad?Is that person your father?It wasn't before, and it won't be in the future!

"Forget it, I don't want you to be caught in the middle, you are married for a long time, and you still think that man is a kind person?" An inexplicable irritability came to his mind, and Han Jin said impatiently: "Forget it, You can think whatever you want, I don't need you to come forward for my marriage, I just let my sister go."

"But……"

"It's nothing! I want to sleep for a while, you go out."

As soon as Zhuang went out of the house with the bowl in his hand, he bumped into Han Laoshuan who was coming back from the field.

She forced herself to laugh, said something and came back.

Han Laoshuan nodded, glanced at her, put the hoe against the corner of the wall, took off his shoes, and knocked the mud on them.After wearing this one, he knocked on the other one, casually saying: "Jinzi is back?"

Zhuang's face froze for a moment. As soon as her son came back, Han Laoshuan got the news so quickly, so it goes without saying that her good stepson became the ear god again.

She nodded as if nothing had happened, and said, "I just came back and fell asleep in the room."

Han Laoshuan walked towards the main room, and said, "You are such a big boy, you will sleep in the room during the daytime, and you should make a joke if you tell him." Still in a casual manner, he seemed to be talking casually, But Zhuang knows that he said this specifically for her.

"The child just came back from outside, and he is probably tired."

Han Laoshuan came to the main room and sat cross-legged on the kang. He took out a pipe and a fire bag, "What did he do, so tired? Every time he left the house, he didn't come back for several months. Fortunately, people in the village We all know that although he is not my own, I have always treated him the same way as Dashan and the others, if someone who does not know him would think that it is me, the father, who treats his stepson harshly."

Zhuang fell silent and did not speak.

Han Laoshuan glanced at her, but he was no longer aggressive, but lit the dry pipe and smoked it one mouthful at a time.Soon the smoke spread, swirled in the air, and circled around the beams of the house.In the lingering smoke, a little spark is on or off.

Zhuang covered his nose with his sleeve, and quickly put it down again.

She cleared her throat and said, "Jin'er is getting married." After speaking, she glanced at Han Laoshuan.

Han Laoshuan's eyelids were half closed, he seemed to be asleep, but he didn't seem to be asleep.

After a while, he hummed, "Which family's girl?"

Zhuang paused, "He didn't tell me, it seems that Lamei knew him."

Han Laoshuan raised his eyelids, with a strange expression on his face, "He's not too young, and his reputation is so bad, which family's girl would marry him, isn't it a shabby household?"

Zhuang was short of breath for a while, took a deep breath, and swallowed the words in his throat.

"This kid is also a big idea. When I told him to tell him the daughter of the fourth family, he was still unwilling. The fourth family only has such a daughter, except that the girl is a bit fat, so there is no way she is not worthy of him..."

Han Laoshuan was still rambling on, but Zhuang's thoughts had drifted to nowhere.

Is it just fat?It's almost as fat as a pig, but Han's fourth family has only one daughter. The couple looked like babies since they were young, and they fed them so hard that they were as fat as a pig at a young age.It is said to be married, but many years ago, the fourth Han's family made it clear that they would marry their daughter in the future, and told her son to the daughter of the fourth Han, because they wanted her son to marry, so that the incense of the old Zhou family would be broken.

Not to mention that Han Jin was unwilling, Zhuang was even more unwilling. Although she was forced to marry Han Laoshuan out of reality, she never forgot the man in front of her.To this day, she still remembers the scene of the man's deathbed.

"...You have to live, live well with your two children..."

Now she is alive, and has lived for more than ten years, but why does she feel that it is better to die.If not, if not...

Mrs. Zhuang took a deep breath, and interrupted: "You must have not forgotten what you promised me back then, right?"

Han Laoshuan was talking vigorously when he was suddenly interrupted, and because of this, there was a funny look of astonishment on his face.Perhaps he was already astonished, astonished that Zhuang Shi dared to mention this.

For so many years, Han Laoshuan has always felt that he has trained the Zhuang family well.Take your husband as the sky, abide by women's morals, treat yourself considerately, and treat your children carefully and thoughtfully.He thought that this situation would continue until he died, but he didn't expect that the always timid rabbit would also show its minions.

He said impatiently: "What promises you? Why do you interrupt me when I say something?"

In the past, Zhuang would tactfully stop talking.But now it's not like before, she already feels very sorry for her son, and now that his son is getting married, she can't show up as a mother, and she can't even do anything for her son, what face does she have to let Jin'er call herself a mother.

In fact, she has long since lost this qualification, but she still deceives herself and refuses to face all this.

The aggrieved, angry, and disgusted over the years finally burst out at this moment.Mrs. Zhuang looked at Han Laoshuan and said, "When Lamei got married back then, you had already broken your promise. Jin'er is a man. If he didn't have a house and land to live with, how would he gain a foothold in front of his wife and children in the future?"

Han Laoshuan's face suddenly pulled down, "Are you asking for a house and land for your son?"

"This is what you promised me at the beginning."

Han Laoshuan smiled strangely, and tapped the cigarette pot in his hand, "Then you go and tell Haizi that the reason his mother gave birth to him was because his father bought it at a huge price. His father agreed. His mother is willing to give birth to him in order to build a house for his brother and buy land."

The last layer of window screen was brutally torn off by Han Laoshuan.

Many times Zhuang would think, why did she think this person was a kind person?Not only is he unkind, he is also shameless.It's a pity that when she understood, it was already too late.

"You are shameless!"

"You know I'm shameless? Aren't you shameless? You're not shameless, you'd marry me with ulterior motives, you're not shameless, you don't live with me, and you turn your elbows out all day long?"

"That's my child. It's a piece of flesh that fell off my body. I feel sorry for my child, so I turned my elbow out? Who came to propose marriage at the time, and said that he would treat my child well? You let the matchmaker When you came to propose marriage, don’t you know what my family’s situation is like? You don’t know my family’s situation, so the timing is so coincidental.” It was only afterward that Mrs. Zhuang knew that Han Laoshuan was drunk and talking while drinking, and that he I just fancy myself, and the reason why I drag it until the weather cools down is because I have ulterior motives.

Zhuang stood up abruptly, staring at the man in front of him with red eyes.

No, he is not a man, he is not even a man!
"I'm too lazy to talk to you. To put it bluntly, you are still thinking about the man in front of you!"

Mrs. Zhuang was about to say something when a child's voice came from the yard.

Han Laoshuan chuckled, "Go ahead and let Xiaohai know what kind of person his mother is."

Zhuang's breath was stuck in his throat, and his body was on the verge of falling.

At this time, the door curtain was knocked open, and a seven or eight-year-old boy rushed in.

He was born white and cute, with big and bright eyes, wearing a small Confucian shirt on him, which made him look good.

As soon as he saw his youngest son, Han Laoshuan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Xiao Hai, you're back. Did the master praise you in school today?"

Han Xiaohai smiled, "Sir, you praised me for memorizing the book." Then, he looked at Mrs. Zhuang with doubts in his eyes, and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Zhuang held her breath and shook her head, "It's nothing, there is sand in my mother's eyes." Her voice seemed to be squeezed out of her throat, and Han Xiaohai immediately said: "Mother, do you have a sore throat? Have a cold?"

Han Laoshuan extinguished the dry pipe in his hand, got off the kang, and walked forward to hold Han Xiaohai's hand.

"Your mother doesn't have a cold. A peddler came to the farm today, and dad bought you a lot of gadgets. Come on, dad will take you to have a look."

The father and son walked out of the hall door hand in hand, Zhuang stared blankly at this scene, a tear trickled down from the corner of his eyes.

When eating in the evening, all members of the Han family were there.

Han Laoshuan has two sons, Han Dashan and Han Dashu, who married Zhao and Chen respectively.Han Dashan and Zhao Shi are pregnant with a son and a daughter. The eldest son Han Dalang is seven years old this year, and the daughter Han Taoer is only four years old this year.Han Dashu and Chen Shi are pregnant with two sons, the eldest son Han Erlang is five years old this year, and the youngest son Han Sanlang is only two years old this year.

There is also Miss Han, the daughter of the dying wife above Han Laoshuan, who is only twelve this year.

The whole family sits at two tables, one for women and one for men.

Because Han Jin was here today, the atmosphere was surprisingly weird. Everyone was engrossed in eating without even saying a word.Only Han Laoshuan seemed a little noisy, and kept picking up vegetables for Han Jin with chopsticks, telling him to eat more one bite at a time, so as not to hurt his mother.

Every time he ate at Han's house, Han Jin felt a stomach ache. After eating two bites in a hurry, he put down his chopsticks and sat there with a cold face.

After eating, the men went back to their houses to rest, and the women cleaned up the mess.

After returning to his own house, Han Jin made up his mind to leave here tomorrow, and when he comes back next time, it has nothing to do with this family.

There was a knock on the door suddenly, Han Jin walked over to open the door, and it was Mrs. Zhuang standing outside the door.

"Jin'er, haven't you slept yet?"

"Just ready to rest."

In the past, Zhuang would leave on her own accord, but she didn't know what happened today, but she walked into the house on her own initiative.Sitting on the edge of the Kang for a while, she took out a small cloth bag from her sleeve.

"You are going to get married, and mother has nothing to give. Here is a silver bracelet, which was given to me by your father when I got married. When it was so difficult, I was not willing to pawn it. You Give it to your daughter-in-law, and treat it as my mother's heart. And..." She paused, and took out a land deed from her cloth bag, "These acres of land were distributed by the village back then. The wasteland given to us has been tidied up slowly by my mother over the years, but it has been sorted out. It’s just that their father and son have been planting the land in the past few years, and they are also paying taxes. You are going to get married soon, and you will be adults in the future, no matter what No matter what, you still need some land in your hand, and you can’t work in that industry for a lifetime, so it’s better to have some land in your hand to be more secure.”

"As for the house, Mother has no ability to afford it for you. You will live in this house after you get married. After your daughter-in-law gets married, Mother will protect her and will not let her suffer."

The voice gradually fell, Zhuang didn't even dare to lift his head, probably because he felt very ashamed.

At the beginning, she married in thinking that it would be good for the two children, but it turned out that not only was it not good, but it was even worse.Up to now, Mrs. Zhuang doesn't know whether it is right or wrong for her to marry in, but no matter what, life has to go on, for nothing else, she can't leave Xiao Hai here alone.

Han Jin couldn't tell what kind of feeling he felt in his heart. This feeling was very complicated, so complicated that he was bored in his heart.He never wanted to think about all this, maybe he avoided the question subconsciously.

He stretched out his hand to take the cloth bag and the land deed, thought for a while, and said: "I don't plan to live in the Han family after I get married, I plan to build a house elsewhere. If you don't want to stay in the Han family, you can live with me."

Zhuang's expression was very strange, he seemed to want to laugh, but also seemed to want to cry.She tightened her fingers nervously, and said: "You can build a house by yourself, which also shows that you are capable. Don't waste the money you earn, and save it to raise your wife and children. As for mother, I won't live with you. I am quite old, and I am not used to moving places.”

A look of disappointment flashed in Han Jin's eyes, but more of it was a kind of disappointment that almost hated iron.If you are not used to living with him, then you will get used to living with this group of people?I am used to treating others like cows and horses, and being treated like fools by those people!
You can tell Han Jin from the countless facts before that his mother will not listen to people's persuasion, and it is useless for him to say anything. Her heart is not with him, but with her man, her two stepson and her own son.

That being the case, why do you still say such things and do such things?Does it mean that she still has his son in her heart?

It's just that when he was alone, he was naturally important, but with the rest of the Han family, he had to step aside.

"Since you're not used to living here, forget it, I'm going to sleep, you should go back and rest early."

Mrs. Zhuang glanced at her son and nodded.

Early the next morning, Han Jin woke up.

He put on his clothes and went out of the room, then fetched water to wash up, prepared not to even eat breakfast here, and left immediately, and then went to the Lu family to propose marriage.

Just washed up, ready to go back to the house to get things.

A voice suddenly sounded from the side.

"Why are you back?"

Han Xiaohai's face was full of disgust, as if the person in front of him was not his half-brother, but a pile of cow dung on the side of the road.

Since childhood, Han Xiaohai knew that he had an elder brother who was sneaky and useless, and everyone in the village said he was not a good person.Facts have proved that he is indeed not a good person, and even if he is a good person, he would not be a hooligan.Although Han Xiaohai has never seen what a ruffian looks like, but he can read and write after studying, and he knows that ruffians are not good people.

Because of this elder brother, when he was playing outside, he would always be laughed at by other children.Because of this elder brother, the teachers in the school don't like him, and he has to work harder than other children to get a compliment from the teacher occasionally.So how could Han Xiaohai like Han Jin?

Han Jin didn't bother to pay attention to this unreasonable stinky boy. Although this boy looked like his mother, he didn't look like his stepfather at all. Stepfather is the same.

It's just that his stepfather is hypocritical and can cover it up, but this kid can't cover it up when he's young.

Han Jin didn't pay attention to Han Xiaohai, and was about to step away. Han Xiaohai continued behind him and said, "What are you doing back?"

(End of this chapter)