happy life rebirth

Chapter 10

Xia Xiaohong and Jiang Meiying's mother and daughter were eating alone, Xia Xiaohong vaguely seemed to hear someone calling her name outside.

"Mom, did you hear someone calling me just now?" Xia Xiaohong frowned and asked uncertainly.

Jiang Meiying was taken aback: "Is there? Mother didn't hear it."

"Xia Xia." At this time, a clear call came in from outside the gate of Xia Xiaohong's house: "Are you in the house?"

"That?" Jiang Meiying put down her job and walked out.

"Manniang, it's me; is your Xia Xia at home?" A crisp girl called Jiang Meiying sweetly.

Manniang is a kind of address for aunts in Hewanli Village, and aunts are called Niangniang; as for uncle?The children here are called Manman, and the uncle is called Ya Laozi.

Jiang Meiying laughed when she saw it. The person who came was the daughter of Yang Laizi who lived across from Xia Xiaohong's house. Because Yang Laizi grew up with a lily head, people in Hewanli Village liked to call him Yang Laizi; as time passed, people in the village forgot After naming the other party, he just called him Yang Laizi.

Yang Laizi is a butcher who kills pigs in Hewanli Village, and he has a rather violent temper; but Xia Xiaohong's family has a good relationship with their family, especially Xia Xiaohong... She has a very good relationship with Yang Laizi's family name, Yang Ximei, and her nickname, Manman. In the words of later generations - the two are best friends.

Although the Yang family and the Xia family are opposite to each other, they are not the kind of door-to-door facing each other in the old streets; they are facing each other across a row of fields, and when they call each other, they open their voices. One can hear it.

Jiang Meiying liked the girl Yang Ximei very much, and said with a smile: "Sister Man, you are here to find Xia Xia from our family, right? Wait a minute, Man Niang will call Xia Xia out for you."

Just as Jiang Meiying wanted to turn her head to ask Xia Xiaohong to come out, she turned around and saw Xia Xiaohong standing behind her with a bowl of soup soaked in crispy rice.

"Xia Xia, why is your child walking so silently; you're going to be full of girls and come to you soon." Jiang Meiying said angrily.

"Sister Man, what do you want from me?" Xia Xiaohong said vaguely with a big mouthful of crispy rice in her mouth.

The girl Xia Xiaohong in front of me named Yang Ximei still has some memories. Standing in the courtyard of her house, she is about the same height as herself; the girl with a round face is wearing a fine floral shirt, and her lower body is a pair of yellow knee-length skirts. Really good long skirt; a pair of plastic red sandals under the feet, this dress is extremely rustic in later generations; it is very fashionable in this era, in short, almost all bright colors are favored by little girls.

Uh... In fact, Xia Xiaohong and Yang Ximei are the same person, and they are dressed in the same way; Xia Xiaohong is also wearing a pair of pink plastic sandals under her feet, and there are a few cheap ornaments made of beads on the upper; The shoes under Yang Ximei's feet are even more flamboyant.

The smile froze on Xia Xiaohong's face, her embarrassing face was flushed; depressed!What kind of eyes are these?What level of appreciation?

Yang Ximei was holding a small basket in her hand, and she asked shyly, "Xia Xia, what are you going to do this afternoon? If you have nothing to do... come pick stinky oranges with me!"

"Picking stinky oranges?" Xia Xiaohong was distracted for a moment, and the dusty memory in her mind was opened again.

Sour mandarins are also called stinky mandarins. Although they are rich in water, their juices are particularly sour; therefore, although they have the effect of cooling the fire and moistening the throat and lungs, they are mostly wild and replanted in the mountains, and there are no artificially cultivated varieties; they can be found almost everywhere in Hewanli Village. I can see one or two sour orange trees growing in the corner of the farmhouse, but the owner usually spends little effort in cultivating them and leaves them to fend for themselves.

Because Hewanli Village is the seat of a township government, there is not only a small cooperative; it also has a township health center, a credit union (later the rural Xinhe); A food station, a food station, but this food station is simply a place where pigs are collectively fed in the countryside; it has been abandoned for several years.

In addition to these... There is also a grain depot, an agricultural technology station, a post office and a forestry agency... The most surprising thing is that there is a small hotel and a popsicle factory in this small village. Xia Xiaohong didn't understand why her village had everything?Except that the scale is not as big as the town, it is almost like a town.

It was not until many years later that Xia Xiaohong accidentally learned from the old people in the village that this Hewanli village was really a small wharf in the past; People from all walks of life will gather together; in Hewanli Village to conduct transactions, whether it is to deliver food or save money; even if they are sick and hospitalized or send letters... Ordinary people will run to Hewanli Village.

Xia Xiaohong remembers that when she was young, she would often meet people and run around the village in order to pick up stinky mandarin buds and dry them for sale; After the buds are dried, they can be sold for money; and they are not cheap, in the era when you can eat a bowl of rice tofu for ten cents; someone will pay fifty cents a catty for the dried stinky orange buds acquisition.

Later, Xia Xiaohong entered the city, and later the Internet became popular... An accidental surfing, let her see information about stinky oranges; at this time, she suddenly realized that the dried stinky orange buds can also be used as medicine.

As soon as Yang Ximei mentioned that she was invited to pick stinky oranges, Xia Xiaohong's first thought was to sell them for money; she quickly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes... Sister Man, wait for me; I'll go get them." basket."

Before I really figured out a good way to make money, it would be good to have shrimp without fish; Xia Xiaohong didn't even eat lunch at the moment, and ran into the kitchen to put the rice bowl in her hand: "Mum Mom, I won't eat anymore; I went to pick stinky oranges with my sister Man."

"Why are you in a hurry, go after dinner first." Jiang Meiying frowned disapprovingly.

"Mum, I... that I'm full." Taking advantage of Jiang Meiying's inattention, Xia Xiaohong picked up the small basket hanging on the wall; quickly slipped away from her: "Mum, I'm going first " Xia Xiaohong who ran to the courtyard yelled at Jiang Meiying.

This child... Jiang Meiying shook her head helplessly and replied loudly: "Xia Xia, Sister Man, you two, be careful, girls, don't climb trees; come back early—do you understand?"

"I know!" Xia Xiaohong's voice came faintly after a while, and it seemed that she should have gone far away.

This is the first time Xia Xiaohong has stepped out of the house after her rebirth. Xia's house is located on the only street in Hewanli Village; this is a very old street, uh... at least in Xia Xiaohong's mind it has always been like this.

This is a small street covered with bluestone slabs, starting from the pier by the small river to the side of the connecting road; the total length is only a hundred meters before, and it is really a small street that cannot be smaller.

At this moment, Xia Xiaohong is stepping on the bluestone rocky road that has long since ceased to exist in her dream, not to mention how comfortable she is; at this moment, her heart really feels very satisfied, what things in the world can be better than starting from scratch in life How about more happiness?
(End of this chapter)