The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 1 Inexplicable time travel

Chu Ying put on all the clothes she could find, hid in a corner and shivered, looking at the thatched cottage that was leaking everywhere.

Touching the sackcloth on this body's head, she shouted angrily: "Why don't you knock me to death with a little more force? Get my old lady to such a place where chickens don't lay eggs and birds don't shit, ah..." Chu Ying's small fist Once smashed, another hole was broken in the broken wooden board behind, and the cold wind blew inside.

Chu Ying was on the verge of crying. She woke up from the pain in the morning and saw this scene that she couldn't adapt to. She was originally on a survey mission in the primeval forest, but she just slipped and fell into the mountains. For some reason, she ended up in this wretched place.

Thinking of the idiot who ran out like crazy in the morning and asked people when he met, it was really not easy. He took out the gnocchi that was slowly warming up on his chest, and when the rain stopped, he would thank Brother Wang next door. If he went out and fainted without him carrying it back, maybe he would be arrested by the villagers as a lunatic.

After Chu Ying finished biting the gnocchi that was only half the size of a palm, she got up and checked again to see if there was anything to eat in the dilapidated house.Looking at the mud, there is only a fire piled up with stones, and a clay pot, and there is a little bit of flour in the pot.

There were only one or two logs beside a pile of gray stones, and it was even more impossible to find logs when it was raining heavily outside the house. Chu Ying swallowed, and wrapped her clothes tighter.

Chu Ying moved to another corner, curled up, thinking about roast chicken and rice in her dream.With the cold wind and her stomach growling, Chu Ying woke up several times, and when she woke up again, the sky was still gray, but the rain had stopped, so Chu Ying jumped up happily.

Although Big Brother Wang is a neighbor, it is still 5 or 6 basketball courts away. Chu Ying decided to repair the dilapidated roof first, so as not to suffer again when it rains.I touched my stomach that was no longer moving, and tried to think about the lake I saw yesterday. When I found it, it was already dawn.

Chu Ying looked at the patches of reeds, cattails and some plants she didn't know, and felt a little warmth in her heart.I picked the ears of cattails by the lake and put them in my mouth. I was too eager to eat, and I also ate the cattails that had turned into fluff a few times, and exhaled a few times.Just like a dandelion with floating seeds.

Chu Ying rolled up her short sleeves, grabbed the stems of the cattails and pulled them out. She fell down several times and got muddy on her buttocks, and many of them still had roots.Chu Ying first carried a large handful of cattails to the slightly dry ground, peeled off the stems of the cattails layer by layer, and bit the white part inside, which was a little sweet, which was a precious carbohydrate.

When the pain in her stomach subsided, Chu Ying continued to harvest the cattails with difficulty, until she had piled up into a hill and she couldn't lift it with her little arms and legs. Then she stopped, wiped the sweat from her face, and found a strong log Tie up the cattails, use the sticks as poles, and carry them home slowly.

When it was already high in the house, Chu Ying sat in the pile of cattails, peeled the stems of the cattails, took off the edible parts and roots and put them together, and ate some while peeling, so that after peeling for a long time, there was only a small pile .After the completion of the work, spread the leaves of the cattails and take advantage of some sunshine to dry them first.

Chu Ying looked at a large area of ​​bushes behind the house. When she got closer, she found that they were all thorns, and they were perennial. The thorns on the thorns were all old and old. She wanted to collect materials locally, but she had to go far away to collect firewood.

It was easy to think, but Chu Ying didn't have a knife, so she could only pick up thin firewood, or use brute force to break off some thick branches. Looking at the huge pile of firewood in front of her and the cracks in her hands, she just wanted to look up to the sky Shout out, let God drop a knife.

Chu Ying rubbed her aching hands, thinking that there might be some rocks by the lake, and hitting them might be used as a knife.But going back and putting firewood back and forth wasted time, so I had to twist the grass into a rope and carry the firewood on my back.

There are some big rocks by the lake, Chu Ying smashed several of them but they were not very hard, she lay down on the ground tired, thinking about the big steamed buns and pickles in the army, touched her belly, she could only bite the bullet and pick up rocks to hit .

But there was a small stabbing pain in her hand, and with a flick of her hand, a water snake fell to the ground. Chu Ying picked up the stone and smashed it violently. Seeing the dead but still moving little water snake, it moved towards the bitten water snake on her hand. The two little red dots sucked.

Chu Ying picked up a relatively sharp piece of stone that had been smashed open, and decapitated the water snake, which was only as thick as her little finger, and squeezed out its internal organs.It is quite easy to use small stones. The stones hit each other with a crisp sound, which is harder and more solid than the stones smashed before.

Chu Ying picked up the small stones together, and smashed the big ones again, some of them had sharp cuts, and one of them seemed to be able to make an axe, so it would be much more convenient to chop wood next time.

There was no way to take away so many stones, so Chu Ying had to sit down and twist cattail leaves into ropes and weave them into small baskets.Looking at the bubbles coming up in the water, there must be fish in the water, but I threw a few reeds down and couldn't see the bottom, thinking that the water is still quite deep.Without knowing the original owner's physical condition and water quality, Chu Ying didn't dare to fish rashly.

After the basket was finished, Chu Ying picked up the stone and the little snake, carried the firewood and went home with difficulty.When passing by other people's house, the smoke was already rising, Chu Ying was in front of the door, took a few deep breaths, and continued walking when she was full.

"Chu Ying, I thought you were going out to mess around again. You picked up this firewood yourself?" On the opposite side, a strong and handsome man walked towards him with a pole in his hand.

"Yes, Brother Wang, why don't you fill your stomach first, thank you yesterday." Chu Ying nodded and smiled.

"Let me help you. You are weak and sick and you can move these here." Before Chu Ying could say no, the things on her shoulders had already been taken away by Brother Wang.

"You don't need me." Brother Wang walked three steps at a time, and Chu Ying could only follow behind, touching her sore calf.

"The day after tomorrow will be your mother's first seven days. When the time comes, come to our field to pick some vegetables, so that you can offer them. Forget that you don't know how to cook. When the time comes, my mother will prepare them, and I will send them to you."

Chu Ying was a little surprised when she heard that, she thought the original owner was an orphan, but now it seems that she still has a mother, but she left first.

"Okay, thank you." Brother Wang looked at Chu Ying's silent way of bowing her head, knowing that she was sad again. At that time, she woke up from illness and looked at her mother's tombstone, and bumped into it while crying.

"Chu Ying, you sold your 10 acres of wasteland earlier, or you will have to pay taxes at the end of the year." Chu Ying couldn't even walk when she heard this.

"Brother Wang, how much tax do I have to pay per acre of wasteland? Mother didn't tell me where the land is." Chu Ying felt that she was facing a big problem.

"As far as the 10 mu of land around your house is concerned, your house was previously owned by landowners. Your poor land costs 1 cent per mu. If you don't sell it, you will have to pay 1 tael of silver at the end of the year." Brother Wang looked at Chu Ying Cattail leaves spread out to dry in front of the house.

"Is the house leaking again? I'll help you." Brother Wang put down the firewood, rolled up his trouser legs, jumped up and looked at the house.

"Is that the only one? Is there any leak?" He picked up the cattail leaf and threw it on the house, with smooth and skillful movements.

"There is another side." Sitting on the cattail leaves, Chu Ying looked at the weeds around the house and the bushes behind her, her heart ached, and she didn't even have the heart to fill her stomach.

Wang Naiyuan repaired the roof and saw that Chu Ying was thinking about something and left by herself. Looking at Chu Ying's small back, she felt full of pity in her heart. The child who was only 8 years old suddenly lost her parents and had to pay taxes, so I should hurry to do it Do some coolie to earn some money to help her.

Chu Ying was like a puppet that had been disconnected, lying powerlessly on the ground, staring blankly at the blue sky, then at the house, closing her eyes and not thinking about anything.

(End of this chapter)