Hard work

Chapter 1 Crossing
The sky gradually brightened.

She walked all the way to the ancient well at the head of the village by stepping on the ice flakes that had accumulated on the ground last night.Her pointy, thin face was flushed red from the cold, and her head was covered with thick cotton clothes under a thin underskirt, and her entire body stood out disproportionately.

Originally, in this winter, we had to wait until the sun rose before we could draw water, and the ground water would be warmed up, so we could pour it into buckets.But in this day, she has to carry water, cook, wash clothes, all kinds of work are waiting for her to do, there is no time to postpone this matter.

This is the second day after she traveled here.She just rested overnight, not long, and then she went to work in the fields.

Everyone in the village gets up early.The genius was confused, and the surrounding people had already started to emit the smoke of breakfast.She recalled that the stove at home was still cold, so she hurriedly fetched half a bucket of water, and trotted all the way to the house.

Along the way, someone greeted her kindly.

"Lanhua, come out to work so soon."

She agreed vaguely, and then hurried home.She didn't recognize those people either.

Now, in this life, her name is Lan Hua'er.There is an older brother and a younger brother in the family.She is both a younger sister and an older sister, she is the only girl in the family, and she has to work alone inside and out.What should I do if I don't get out of bed anymore, I can't always eat cold food at home in the cold weather.

Even after a day and a night, Lan Hua'er still felt confused.All she knew was that there were only three siblings left in the family, and the elder brother was outside helping others with heavy farm work to earn money, and he didn't see anyone all year round.The younger brother was still young, so he just watched at home with her.

She has been thinking for the past two days, is the name Lanhua too delicate, so that such a small body froze to death in the room, allowing her to sneak in.She changed her hand to carry the bucket, took out her red fingertips from the cold, put them in front of her mouth, took a deep breath, and stomped her feet in a daze.

Where is this?

Before transmigrating, she was just like an ordinary person, living a nine-to-five life.She didn't expect that she would just travel through time, and came to an unknown place, an unknown dynasty, without even the slightest memory of the original owner.

Fortunately, it's almost Chinese New Year, and Lanhua's elder brother has been outside to help people with work, so he won't go home easily.It's been the second day since she traveled here, and she hasn't seen that big brother yet.When the big brother comes home, will she not recognize him?Will not.Their house is so dilapidated that no one usually comes in.When a man opens the door, he must be the eldest brother.

Lan Hua'er must have liked her elder brother and younger brother very much, so she still covered her younger brother with the only quilt in the house after falling into the water in the cold weather.I couldn't take a bite of the hot food, so I stuffed it all to my younger brother. In the end, I couldn't catch my breath, so I just went there.

But she is different.she thinks.She didn't even know what the big brother named Gaihua looked like.

The younger brother is well-behaved and smart.She is young and doesn't speak well, but she is very quiet and doesn't make a fuss at all.

When she woke up, the first thing she saw was the little brother's crying cat face, wrinkled, full of snot and tears, frowning uneasily.

It was only slightly bright then.

His whole body sank in a panic.She tried her best to stand up, staring blankly at the dilapidated scenery around her.

It's a small shed made of wood and thatch—it's hard for her to call this thatched shed a house.A short earthen kang, sleeping beside it was a little doll who seemed to be only about two years old.There is a table and three chairs in the room, and there are no other household items.

It took her a long time to convince herself that she had crossed over.

The younger brother who woke up looked at her with surprise on his face, but she only felt dizzy.

Only later did she know that there was a small stove at the back of the shed, and there was nothing in the pot.

She took her younger brother and rummaged around, only to find half a handful of brown rice in a dilapidated small wooden barrel.

That's all there is to this home.

And her only memory of this world is limited to the moment of dying.She remembered that this little body was called Lan Hua'er, who fell into the water for some reason, couldn't hold on after returning home, and was still thinking about her elder brother Gaihua and younger brother Goudanzi when she was dying.I was also thinking that the food at home was exhausted, and I had to get up early tomorrow to cook brown rice porridge for Goudanzi.

Goudanzi stumbled behind her, staring blankly at her.

Lan Hua quickly showed a smiling face, and struggled to carry Goudan back to the kang.

"My sister will cook porridge for you."

she says.

At that time, she had too many thoughts to sort out, and she sat in the kitchen for almost a whole day.She straightened out her whole thinking, except for the inexplicable closeness she felt from Goudan.

If she wanted to be nice to this doll, she had to be nice to him, very good.

——This is Lan Huaer's thoughts.She couldn't resist and could only accept it silently.

Today she has settled down and can start working.

If you don't work, you will starve to death.

She tightened the jacket on her body, and hurriedly walked again, almost sweating, before finally returning to the dilapidated "home".Seeing the crumbling fence and Goudanzi sitting obediently in the house, she slowly exhaled and greeted Goudanzi with a smile.

Goudanzi smiled shyly at her with his fingers in his mouth.

Lan Hua'er put the bucket at the back of the house, lit firewood, mixed warm water for Goudanzi to wipe his face clean, and then started cleaning and making breakfast.

It's breakfast, but it's just a small handful of brown rice porridge, with more water than rice, so I'm not really hungry at all.From the time she crossed over yesterday to now, she doesn't feel full in her stomach at all.But just like that, Goudanzi still looked at his bowl of brown rice porridge eagerly.

Orchid sighed.

She wasn't originally called Lan Hua'er, and she didn't live in this era.But she couldn't go back after all.

So those are no longer important.

Lan Hua'er's body, she looks like she is only four or five years old?So thin that only a handful of bones remain.I haven't seen their faces clearly, but they are all so thin, so it's definitely not easy to see.Just such a small child is already supporting half of the family.

She didn't know how Lan Hua'er worked at home and what she did.She can only pick and choose.Anyway, there is only Goudanzi around now, and no one will see anything.

There wasn't even a decent broom in the shed.She wrung out the towel and planned to wipe the kang, tables, chairs and stove.Fortunately, there is enough firewood at home, it must have been prepared by Lan Huaer's elder brother.There was a pile of firewood next to the stove, which made it hard for her to imagine how long it would last.

That's good, at least you don't have to panic about firewood.She cheers herself up.

"Lanhua, Lanhua!"

A woman's cry came from outside the door.

"Hey."

She quickly agreed, put down the cloth towel in her hand, and hurried out.

(End of this chapter)