Plain girl fairy

Chapter 1
Qi country!

Years of severe drought, thieves and thieves have risen, and the people are in dire straits!

Mo Xue squatted on the ground, holding a small hoe with a broken handle in both hands, and digging vigorously on a desolate hill. The iron hoe was not sharp, and it took her a long time to dig out a white and tender thing. The thing is nothing else, but the root of a kind of thatch called Dongmao here.Seeing the grass roots on the ground, Mo Xue showed a smile on her face, and carefully picked it up and put it into the broken back basket beside her.

It was midsummer, and the sun was scorching hot. Mo Xue raised her hand and wiped her sweat with her patched sleeves. Looking at the shadow on the ground gradually shrunk into a ball, and then at the ragged basket beside her, she sighed inwardly. .Today, there are fewer and fewer grass roots. She searched for a day today and only found this spot. She stuck out her tongue and licked her chapped lips, and she carried the broken back basket and headed home.

"Father, mother, I'm back!" Pushing open the fence door, she saw her parents who were weaving willow baskets. There was a severe drought, but the crops died of thirst, and there was still water for people and animals to drink.

"Sister, sister, you're back!" Approaching the backyard, her three-year-old brother, Mo Liulanglangdangdang, ran towards her and threw himself into her arms.She touched his younger brother's withered and yellow hair, and sighed, the three-year-old child looked like a one or two-year-old.

She took her brother's hand and led him to the front yard. When she saw her mother, Mo Liu let go of Mo Xue's hand without hesitation, and ran towards her. Seeing this scene, Mo Xue shook her head, He picked up the basket on the ground and walked towards the backyard.Vigorously shaking the creaking water wheel, she finally filled a bucket of water from the well and found a basin. She carefully washed the grass roots and put them in a rough pottery bowl.

It's time to eat, and Mo Xue started to cook. The ingredients were prepared by her mother early in the morning. A small bowl of broken rice that can cover the bottom of the bowl, plus a few handfuls of sweet potato leaves is the meal for the family of four at noon today. food.While boiling the water, she fetched water to wash the sweet potato leaves. The water boiled quickly. After thinking for a while, she grabbed a handful from the bowl of broken rice and put it in a small bowl. Pour the remaining broken rice into the pot, and half a quarter of an hour later, a pot of green vegetables is ready.

"Father, mother, little brother, it's time to eat." She brought the vegetable lumps and the grass roots she dug up today to a dilapidated wooden table in the main room, and began to set the dishes.

The only good food on the table was a small bowl of rice soup, which she specially made out of the small handful of broken rice for her little brother Mo Liu.Her parents entered the house, saw the food on the table and were silent, they just sat down and drank the pimple soup silently in front of them, she took the little brother in her mother's arms and started to feed him rice soup.

"Sister, you drink." When feeding Mo Liu the second mouthful, Mo Liu turned his head and said so.

"Sister doesn't drink, little brother is good, little brother drinks." Mo Xue patted his head and brought the spoon to his mouth.

"Sister, I'm not a child anymore." Mo Liu raised his head, and his big black eyes on Cai Se's face were particularly aura, "Sister drinks, but younger brother only drinks." Mo Liu said, jumping off the ink Xue's knees, only staring at her stubbornly with those energetic eyes.

Seeing that the siblings are so sensible and loving each other, Mo Xue's mother's eyes turned red, and her father also looked away.

"Xue'er, drink it!" After a long time, Mo Xue's mother said with red eyes.

"Why?" Mo Xue asked in confusion: "I don't want it, my brother needs it more than I do." She stretched out her hand and rubbed Mo Liu's little head. She was five years older than her younger brother. It was almost brought to the present by her own hand. Her feelings for her little brother are extraordinary. She would rather suffer more herself than let him suffer.

"Boy, you know, there is no food at home. You know it when you hang out every day. Even the mountains and fields in the village have been hollowed out. It must have taken a lot of effort for you to find these grass roots today." !" Mo Xue's father looked at Mo Xue and suddenly uttered such a sentence.

"Father, I know, don't drive me away, I can't eat anything, and I can still dig grass roots outside!" Hearing what his father said, Mo Xue suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. Not long ago, the village had already left. There are a group of people, and Mo Xue is still young, so she only knows that they are out to find food.Years of severe drought, the small village of Mojia Village really can't support so many people. She heard from others that adults go out to find work, most of the children who are not grown up go out to be beggars, and girls are He was sold to Goulan Courtyard.Although she didn't know what Goulanyuan was for, she knew from people's words and eyes that it must be a very bad place!
She put down the bowl and chopsticks and walked to her father, pulled his father's clothes and said, "Father, you didn't mean that, did you? You just sighed casually, right?" Mo Xue's father stopped talking when he heard what Mo Xue said , just lowered his head and stopped looking at her.Mo Xue's mother turned her head away, looking at Mo Xue's longing eyes, Mo Xue walked up to her mother: "Mother, tell me, Daddy doesn't mean that, right?"

When Mo Xue's mother heard this, she hugged her and cried, "Baby, your father is also doing it for your own good. God damn it, there has been a severe drought for three years. After a while in our village, Even the grass roots have been dug up, what will you eat then? You can only starve to death like you tied up the second egg in your uncle's house! Ya, Cuihua and the others go together, maybe there is still a way out, and you will come back when the disaster year is over, son!"

"Xue'er, Xue'er!" Someone shouted outside the door.

"It's Brother Yan and they're here, come in and sit down!" Mo Xue's mother wiped her tears with her sleeves and replied to the door, then turned her head and continued to ask Mo Xue: "Xue'er, you When you go out, be more careful and listen to your brother Yan and the others. Brother Yan’s ancestors produced a scholar, and your name was given to you by brother Yan’s grandfather. Hey, why do I say these things? It's useless to hate your mother. It can't protect you. After giving birth to you, it didn't let you live a good life, but only made you suffer. Parents are also very reluctant to part with you, you have to be good outside. "

Seeing Brother Yan and the others coming in, Mo Xue's mother let go of Mo Xue, found a broken bag, poured the grass roots on the table into the bag, and also found a pottery bowl, and handed them to Mo Xue together, "At home There is nothing left, just take these out and you will be an adult in the future, always remember to dress up as a boy and avoid bad guys, don’t let them abduct you!"

"Brother Yan, Daniu, Tie Dan, Da Ya, Cui Hua!" Mo Xue's mother took Mo Yan's hand and looked at them with burning eyes: "After you go out, you will be a family, and you have to take care of each other. Xue'er is still young, so I ask you to take care of her. Brother Yan, you are the biggest, the smartest on weekdays, and you can know a few words. After you go out, you will be the big brother, so take good care of your younger brothers and sisters!"

"Mother, I will." Mo Yan nodded and replied, and several other people also nodded to express that they would take good care of Mo Xue, unite as one, and love each other.

Mo Xue knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, and she could not be discussed. She wiped away the tears on her face, and did not speak again.What my father said was right, this small village can no longer support them. Today she went to dig the grass roots and found that most of the grass roots had been sunburned to death.She looked at Mo Liu, at least after she left, her little brother would have one more bite to eat.

Mo Liu stared blankly at the people who appeared, and when he saw the sister who stopped crying, he also stopped crying. After all, he was still young, so he didn't know what happened. He only saw his mother and sister crying, so he followed began to cry.He was still dumbfounded until Mo Xue grabbed a large handful of grass roots from his ripped pocket and stuffed them into his hands.Mo Xue patted his head and said, "Little brother, you have to take good care of yourself, you know? I don't know when sister will be back." After speaking, she turned and left with Mo Yan and the others.

"Sister!" A shout came from behind, and then Mo Liu came over crying and hugged her leg, "Sister, don't go, sister!"

Mo Xue's mother came over and grabbed Mo Liu, "Liu Er, good boy, your sister just went out to find something to eat, she will be back soon!"

"Really?" Mo Liu still hugged Mo Xue's leg and did not let go, only looked up at Mo Xue, with crystal tears in his eyes, it really made people feel distressed.

"Of course." Mo Xue bent down, touched Mo Liu's head, looked into Mo Liu's eyes and replied, but said in her heart: "Little brother, don't blame my sister for lying to you."

"Then sister, go, remember to come back early!" Mo Liu finally let go of Mo Xue's leg, watching Mo Xue leave.

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Walking out of the village, Daniel looked at the leader Mo Yan and asked, "Brother Yan, where are we going?"

"Why don't we go to the town first and see when the time comes." At this moment, Mo Yan is just a little boy of eleven or twelve, not as mature and experienced as he will be later.

A group of children nodded and said yes, so everyone set off towards the town. Mo Xue was tired all morning today, and she was kicked out by her parents without even having lunch, so now she is really tired and hungry.

Mo Yan next to her noticed her embarrassment, took out a small bran cake from the broken bag, and handed it to her.Mo Xue glanced at him, his eyes were black and bright, without any emotion of ridicule, she took it after thanking her, but ignored the roughness of the bran cake and swallowed it in two or three bites.

How can a child from a poor family dislike the roughness of bran cake?Even in a year of severe drought like this, this kind of bran cake is a great food, at least it can fill the stomach, like Mo Xue's broken rice porridge, after drinking it, you will be hungry after a while.

Seeing her devouring, Mo Yan didn't laugh at her at all, but told her to slow down, then took out the tin pot and handed her the water.Among the six people, only Mo Yan had a tin pot to hold water, and the others only had a broken bowl except for the tattered clothes they were wearing.

Speaking of Mo Yan, although their ancestor was a scholar, but this ancestor, I don’t know how many generations have passed. As for naming Mo Xue and the others, that is even simpler. Mo Yan’s ancestor left a book, and then As long as someone has a child and wants to name it, they should bring something with them, or invite Moyan and his parents to have a light meal, and then they can go to this book written by the ancestors of the Mo family. What is your name.

(End of this chapter)