big sister headed home

Chapter 7

A good night's sleep' The next morning' Dou Hua is thinking about planting vegetables' Get up early' Dou Qing and Dou Cui got up from the bed too' Only the two younger ones are still sleeping, siblings The three sisters tacitly walked out of the house lightly, and no one told the two little ones that they had the same thoughts in their hearts and wanted to let them sleep for a while more. "Children, you need to get enough sleep" to grow fast.

Dou Qing came back from the yard with firewood. Dou Cui lit the fire to cook porridge. Dou Hua carried a bucket to fetch water from the village's drinking river. 'Two buckets of water at a time' went back and forth four times before filling her own water tank.

Speaking of which, this is the first time she has fetched water after recovering from her injuries. Dou Qing went there before, and Dou Qing is only 13 years old now. She is thin and thin. Although she is a boy, she does not have much strength. I can carry half a bucket of water. If I want to fill the water tank, I need to go back and forth seven or eight times, and I have to walk and rest. Every time I fetch water, my shoulders are red, and I am tired. I need to rest well. It will take a while to slow down.

Now that Dou Hua's wound has fully healed, naturally she can no longer let her brother do such heavy work, so she picks up the bucket and ignores Dou Qing's persuasion, and goes to fetch water by herself, which she has done before.

Dou Hua has great strength, even stronger than ordinary men. Carrying water is really not a problem for her, but when she carried water for the first time, she didn't have much experience, she did have strength, but Carrying a bucket full of water, the balance is difficult to grasp, and it is inevitable to sway from left to right when walking, and a lot of water is spilled along the way.

However, soon Dou Hua also grasped the pattern, the second time was much better, and the third and fourth time did not let the water spill out.

After picking up the water, Dou Hua took another hoe and began to dig up the soil in the yard where vegetables had been planted before, thinking about planting the rapeseed today.

When she got up in the morning, she found that the sky was gray, with large black clouds, gloomy, and the air was extraordinarily humid, which was a sign of rain.

At this time, the rapeseed is planted, just in time for the spring rain, and saves watering.It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil. If there is a spring rain now, the crops in the field will have a bumper harvest this year.

Seeing Dou Hua digging the soil, Dou Qing also came to help. The siblings had been busy all morning, and only sorted out a vegetable patch in the yard, and the rest had to wait for breakfast to continue working.

At this time, Dou Lin and Dou Hong had crawled out of the bed, and Dou Cui took them to wash their faces and hands.The porridge in the pot has been cooked. It is thick porridge with wild vegetables and grains. With the leftover meat and vegetables from last night, the whole family can eat a delicious meal.

After dinner, Dou Lin led Dou Hong to say that they were going outside to weed grass to feed the rabbits. Dou Hua gave them a bamboo basket and two small knives for weeding grass, and told them not to run far away, stay away from the river, and not to enter the water. If you meet someone you don't know, don't eat it, and I told you a lot.

Most of the children in the village are free-range. Children aged five, six, seven and eight are just at the age of running around. It is impossible to keep them at home. Most of them run around and play outside.

Although Dou Hua knew that it was fine for the children to play outside, she was still a little worried.When it came to the end, Dou Lin was still a little impatient, and yelled, they go out to play like this every day, isn't it still a good time, Dou Hua took a meal, didn't say anything, let them play.

Dou Hua and Dou Qing continued to organize the vegetable field, and Dou Cui also came to help after cleaning the pots and bowls.The three brothers and sisters also worked quickly. In less than half a day, the two vegetable fields were sorted out, the land was turned over, and the dried vegetable seedlings and roots were all picked out.

Dou Hua took out a few packets of rapeseed from the kitchen cabinet that she had saved last year. There were green onions, peppers, eggplants, beans, leeks, rapeseed, and spinach. There were not too many seeds, so she divided them up. Region one on one.

Among them, loofah seeds and lentil seeds are planted at the foot of the wall outside the wall. These are vine vegetables. When the time comes, branches will be inserted to climb up the wall. Dou Hua’s previous home is also planted in the same way. Loofah and lentils are all Lively and spicy varieties, just sprinkle a few seeds under the corner of the wall, and they can grow into a large piece in summer. They also bear fruit later, and they can usually be eaten in early autumn.

The yard of Dou’s family is not small, and the left and right vegetable plots add up to three-thirds of the land. These rapeseeds are just right for planting. It is estimated that Dou’s mother prepared to plant them this year, but it is a pity that she is no longer here.

Dou Hua looked at the planted vegetable field and felt happy, as if she saw that the vegetable field would be full of fruits in a short time. The only pity was that there were no tomato and cucumber seeds in these seeds. For these two vegetables, Dou Hua I like it very much. These two dishes can be fried or eaten raw, and they have high nutritional value.

In the memory of the original owner, there seemed to be no concept of these two kinds of vegetables. Dou Hua guessed that these two kinds of vegetables were not available in this place, but she didn't know if they were available in other places. She wanted to pay attention to these vegetables in the future.

After finishing the work on the vegetable field, it was already noon, and the sky was still gloomy, with no signs of clearing up. It seemed that the spring rain was bound to fall.

Dou Qing carried the firewood that had been dried in the yard into the firewood shed one after another, and piled it inside to prevent it from getting wet when it rained, and it would not be easy to burn.

Dou Hua and Dou Cui washed their hands and prepared lunch. They finished eating pancakes yesterday, and today they will make another pot.

At the gate, two small heads, one big and one small, poked their heads out from the gate, watching the movement in the yard.

The smaller one tugged at the larger sleeve and whispered, "Second brother, why don't we just go home?"

"Shh, keep your voice down, be careful to let the eldest sister hear me, of course you can't go in directly, it would be terrible for the eldest sister to see me like this." Dou Lin retracted his head, pulled his younger sister Dou Hong aside,
"Little sister, you have to remember what the second elder brother taught you just now. When the elder sister asks me how the injury on my face came about, you can just say that I accidentally fell. Others fight, you know, don’t let it slip, if you agree, I’ll give you my piece of malt candy.” Dou Lin asked again worriedly.

"Second brother, why don't you let me tell you, I told elder sister, elder sister will definitely avenge you, those boys can't beat elder sister at all, they scolded us first, it is reasonable for us to beat them, they bully you because of their numbers We, if you hadn't protected me, wouldn't have endured so many injuries." Dou Hong said, her eyes were a little red, thinking of the scene where her second brother was protecting her, she felt very uncomfortable.

Although the temptation of maltose was great, she didn't want to see her second brother being beaten, and she didn't dare to tell her eldest sister, "Second brother's nose was broken just now, and he bled a lot, it must be very painful."

"What do you know, little girl? I don't remember the last time my eldest sister fought with my uncle's family. At that time, my eldest sister had her head broken and she had to lie down for so many days before she recovered. How could I ask my eldest sister to fight for me again? Little sister, Don't worry, I didn't get beaten for nothing today, when I grow up and grow up to be as tall as my eldest sister, I will definitely beat those boys all over the place looking for their teeth, and even Bei can't find them." Dou Lin was very proud He patted his chest and said, it's a pity that with a small face covered in bruises in several places, it lacks a trace of convincing force.

Dou Hong frowned, pouted, looked up and down her second brother's small body, then thought about her tall elder sister, and muttered, "Second brother, it won't take long."

"Little girl, what do you know, I will grow up soon, you just wait and watch." Dou Lin felt ashamed for a while when the younger sister exposed the truth, and his little face was stained red.

"Okay, second brother, I don't say anything, but how do you get in like this?" Dou Hong whispered, not only was his second brother beaten, his clothes were torn in several places, and there was a lot of dirt on it. It looks like it was a fall, no one would believe it.

"I want to think about this, um, yes, you sneak in and bring me a piece of clothing, I'll change this ragged clothing and hide it first." Dou Lin suggested.

The two little ones squatted under the corner of the wall and murmured, never thinking of the other side of the wall. Their big brother who cleaned the rabbit circle heard these words clearly.

Dou Qing was a little angry when he heard about the fight, and then he heard that the two younger ones didn't want the eldest sister to know, and felt distressed, so he couldn't help clenching his fists and smashed them against the dirt wall. He was angry that he was useless and couldn't protect the eldest sister. , cannot protect younger siblings.

This fist hit the wall with a muffled "bang", which frightened the two little ones on the other side of the wall. They looked at each other with the message "discovered" in their eyes.

Dou Hong opened her mouth and said silently, "Second brother, we have been discovered, what should we do?"

Dou Lin was also very flustered, although he was smart, he was still young, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he shook his head at Dou Hong.

The two hesitantly heard the footsteps on the other side of the wall walking away, and walked back after a while, and when they looked up, they saw the dark face of the eldest brother.

"Put it on." Dou Qing threw the clothes in his hand to Dou Lin, turned his head and went back.

Dou Lin and Dou Lin looked at each other, the eldest brother must have acquiesced, and even helped them take out their clothes.

Dou Qing didn't want his younger brother to be bullied for nothing, but he also understood that their family is now a child, and without the support of an adult, they are always far behind other children. What happened to them left too much shadow on them. Dou Qing was afraid that it would happen again, and she didn't want the elder sister to be in danger again. If the elder sister collapsed, the family would really fall apart, so this time I helped the two younger ones. Let's hide it together, but he also remembers this grudge, so that his brothers and sisters will not be bullied in vain.

Dou Qing and the two little ones thought they could pass the test by hiding it, but they didn't know that they were in the house and Dou Cui.

It turned out that when Dou Hua and Dou Cui were cooking, Dou Hua remembered that the two little ones hadn't come back yet, so she asked, "Tui'er, brother and sister, haven't they come back yet?"

Dou Cui shook her head, "No, I guess I'm still playing outside."

"It's time for dinner, and I haven't come back yet. I'm really playing wild. I'll cook the meal, Tweety, you go and find them." Dou Hua just said this, thinking why the two little ones haven't come back yet. When she came back, there were two small voices talking next to her ears. At first she thought she had an auditory hallucination, because she saw that there were no two small shadows in the yard.

But the voice could still be heard vaguely. Dou Hua felt that something was wrong, so she tried to concentrate and try hard to listen. She didn't expect that she could hear it more clearly this way, so Dou Lin and Dou Hua She heard everything Hong said, and in the end she could even hear Dou Qing's footsteps when he went out to deliver clothes.

Dou Hua is very conflicted now. She is surprised that she has such extraordinary hearing power, and angry that several children lie together, but she feels distressed for how sensible they are. These little ones are for her own sake, even if she is hurt endure.

"Sister, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with your body? Your face is ugly."

Dou Cui originally wanted to listen to the elder sister's words and find the two younger ones, but now seeing the elder sister's face change, she thought that he was not feeling well.

Dou Hua shook her head, took a deep breath, calmed down slowly, and said, "Tweety, I'm fine, you can make lunch, I'll go out for a while."

Although Dou Cui had questions, she didn't ask any questions, and continued to cook obediently.

Dou Hua washed her hands, wiped them casually, left the house, and walked out of the yard. Dou Qing was still making firewood in the yard. When she saw Dou Hua walking out of the yard, she couldn't help feeling a little flustered. Still outside, could not help shouting,
"Sister, where are you going?"

Dou Hua turned her head to look at Dou Qing, a sensible younger brother, sighed in her heart, and said, "Lin'er and the others have been bullied, so let's forget about it."

"Big sister, you know." Dou Qing said in surprise.

"Well, let's go, come with me to see who bullied our Lin'er, I can't bear this loss, elder sister will vent your anger on you." Dou Hua originally had a loud voice, and what she said at this time was not only heard by Dou Cui in the kitchen , the two little ones who were changing clothes outside the courtyard also heard it.

"Sister, don't go, it's my fault, I shouldn't have fought with them, don't go, your head injury is fine." Dou Lin ran in from outside the courtyard, hugged Dou Hua's thigh, hinder her progress.

Seeing the bruises on Dou Lin's face, Dou Hua felt distressed for a while, and her anger burst out even more suddenly. Although she had only been with these brothers and sisters for more than a month, they were kind to her, and she was so kind to her. The family affection she felt was not lacking at all. She had long regarded these children as her closest people in her heart, and they were beaten before they could have enough food and clothing. This is not bad,

"Lin'er, tell Eldest Sister, who beat you, Eldest Sister will avenge you."

(End of this chapter)