Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 2 Koyushi

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Ke Hanxue's father has four brothers, her father Ke Shuisheng is the eldest, and there are second uncle Ke Xisheng, third uncle Ke Fusheng, and fourth uncle Ke Baosheng.

Ke Hanxue's great-grandfather was an old Juren. When he was alive, the Ke family in Shuihe Village could be regarded as a respectable, upper-middle-level family.

But after the death of great-grandfather, the Ke family gradually declined.

Influenced by his great-grandfather, Ke Hanxue's grandfather also read books for half his life, but he failed in every scientific examination.

After the great-grandfather passed away, the frustrated grandfather sealed up all the slips and vowed not to let his children and grandchildren suffer from the scientific examination.So much so that later, Ke Hanxue's parents didn't even recognize half of the characters.

But even so, the situation of the Ke family has not improved.

Just two years ago, third uncle Ke Fusheng fell ill again, and spent all of the family's savings, but failed to keep him in the end, leaving third aunt Ke Jiangshi and two daughters to go away.

Because of the poor family background, my younger uncle Ke Bao was still unmarried when he was nearly [-] years old. Ke Hanxue's mother has been suffering from serious and minor illnesses in recent years, and the money in the family has flowed out like this.

Speaking of Ke Hanxue’s mother, Ke Zhong’s illness, it’s all because of the root cause of the disease, which was caused by not doing a good job in confinement. In addition, she was overworked and had no money for medical treatment, so the minor illness became a serious illness. The poorer the poorer, the sicker she was. The more sick you are, the poorer you are. Under this vicious circle, it is difficult to get well.

Because of this, Ke Zhong fell ill again, and his father, Ke Shuisheng, had to borrow money from everywhere to help his wife hire a doctor.

For some reason, Ke Shuisheng borrowed the money from Yuanwai Zhang in the town.

Without literacy, Ke Shuisheng was tricked into signing his daughter's prostitution contract. If the Ke family didn't pay back the money on time, the 13-year-old Ke Hanxue would be sent to Zhang's family as a child bride.

After the Dongchuang incident, of course Ke Hanxue refused to follow him. Let's not talk about Zhang Yuanwai's stupid son with incomplete intelligence. Let's talk about this Zhang Yuanwai. As we all know, he is a dishonest old woman. Nine concubines, that's not counting, and they are messing with women everywhere, hooking up with women from good families.

When Ke Hanxue thought of the perverted and squinting eyes he looked at her, as well as the sarcastic words of his second aunt, and the helpless expressions of his grandma and parents, he threw himself into the river and committed suicide in a fit of anger.

Thinking that she would continue to live here with the hat of "seeking short-sightedness" in the future, Ke Hanxue turned black again. She is a good young man who is working hard and loving life, okay?

"Xue'er, is your body still not recovering?" Ke Hanchun saw his sister standing in a daze outside the mulberry garden, with a worried expression on his face.

"Sister, I'm fine!" Ke Hanxue smiled back at her.

"It's fine, you're in good shape, just stay here, don't go into the mulberry garden and get wet with dew." Ke Hanchun ordered and entered the mulberry garden again.

"Sister, I know."

Ke Hanxue raised her eyes, looking at the endless mulberry garden, she couldn't help but want to scream up to the sky, God, what does this mean?
First, she doesn't know how to raise silkworms, and second, she doesn't know how to spin silk, so why make her dress like a mulberry girl?
In this place where everyone grows mulberry and raises silkworms, how can she, an outsider, lead her family to get rid of the halo of "poor households"?

While Ke Hanxue was worrying about her future livelihood, Ke Weiguang, her second uncle's eldest son, ran towards Ke Hanxue yelling.

"Sister Xue'er, it's bad, my aunt passed out again!"

Ke Hanxue's heart skipped a beat, and in the blink of an eye, she saw that her sister had dropped the bamboo basket containing mulberry leaves and ran towards home.

Ke Hanxue froze for a moment, pulled Ke Weiguang up and chased after her.

The courtyard door of Ke's house was wide open, and Ke Hanxue could see her mother being put on the ground from a distance, and her father holding her head and pinching her fiercely.

"Mother, wake up!" Ke Hanchun knelt beside Ke Zhongshi and cried helplessly.

"What are you doing here in a daze, hurry up and invite Dr. Hao!" Ke Mengshi yelled at Ke Hanchun, and Ke Hanchun realized it, and ran out of the yard like a gust of wind.

Just as Ke Hanxue ran into the yard, a sharp and dissatisfied voice came from the door of a silkworm house: "Mother, it's not the first time that sister-in-law has fainted. It will be fine after two days of rest. What's the fuss? Our family It's not that you don't know this condition. The ten taels of silver owed to Zhang Yuanwai have not been repaid. Two days ago, Xue girl had a fever and asked the doctor to prepend a few hundred yuan. ?”

This bitter and mean woman is none other than Ke Hanxue's second aunt, Ke Yushi.

Ke Yushi has always looked down on Ke Zhongshi and the widow Ke Jiangshi who have big feet because they have small feet and are very self-serving.In addition, the second uncle works in the town to help the big boss, and earns a few hundred yuan a month, so it is natural to speak confidently at home.

"Mother, how can you say that?" Ke Weiguang scolded his mother lightly.

"What do children talk so much?" Ke Yushi glared at his eldest son with hatred.

Ke Weiguang pursed his lips, and didn't dare to say any more, but looked at the eldest aunt on the ground with worried eyes.

"Mother, are you awake?" Ke Shuisheng looked at Ke Zhongshi who had woken up in surprise, and didn't take Ke Yushi's sarcastic words to heart. After all, his mother is still there, please don't ask the doctor to return It's not Ke Yushi's turn to call the shots.

The head of the family, Ke Meng, who was about to speak, saw Ke Zhong woke up, and said to his eldest son, "Shuisheng, let your wife come into the house first."

"Yes, mother."

"Mother, let's go into the house." Ke Shuisheng carefully supported Ke Zhongshi to stand up. Ke Hanxue naturally followed his parents into the house, but when he turned around, he glanced at Ke Yu lightly. Shi.

The eldest family went back to the room, and Ke Mengshi told Ke's third daughter-in-law: "Ke Jiangshi, it's getting late, go cook."

"Yes, mother."

After leaving Ke Jiangshi, Ke Mengshi sighed, and said to Ke Yushi who was still leaning against the door of the silkworm house with a calm face: "Ke Yushi, it is not her wish that the eldest daughter-in-law is not in good health. Isn't there no way? As a family, please be more considerate!"

"Mother, what are you talking about? If I hadn't been considerate of my eldest brother and sister-in-law, would I have asked Xisheng to post his salary to the family every month? Look at the medicine jar of my sister-in-law, and the family of the third sibling... This family is a Bottomless pit, when will it be filled, mother, you have to give me an explanation, right? Our girl He is about to get married, and Xisheng and I want to leave some money for her to buy a dowry, and we Brother Jiaguang, it’s time to ask for a wife in a few years. Everything will cost money, how can we have so much money to keep posting to this family! Mother, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, this bowl You have to level the water!" As soon as Ke Yushi opened his mouth, his dissatisfaction poured out like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

(End of this chapter)