Chapter 17
"I don't! You expect to sell me to the second brother to pay off the debt? I don't want it."

"Say it again, I won't hit you!" Mom said, swinging her arms.

I ran out quickly, how could I let her hit me?

After Liu Ye finished her meal, she went home to raise her baby. The second brother looked unhappy when he thought of going to the ground, but he had no choice but to go to the ground.

The elder brother carried all the tools of the family by himself and walked in the front, and I was side by side with the elder brother.

The second brother and mother whispered together after walking.When I met the villagers, my mother greeted them enthusiastically, for fear that I would not know that my second brother had also followed me to the land.

Passing by Du Cheng's field, I saw that the confiscated corn field was full of weeds, and the soil was hard and knotted. It was completely over.

The eldest brother said: "Their family has been miserable this year. If they want to raise them well, they must dig deep. Their family members can't do this job."

The second brother muttered in a low voice: "Look at what happened, I don't even know how to meet Du Cheng."

I sneered and said, "Second brother, are you here again? If you can't stand it, go and work for others! It costs five yuan a day."

Mom hurriedly said: "Okay! Isn't this matter turned over and not mentioned? We don't need to worry about other people's affairs."

I walked a few steps quickly, caught up with my elder brother and said, "Brother, today I want to go to the town to sell that noodle cake and salted duck eggs, and I want to continue to sell fruit. You can tell me and my mother later, I want to go to town early superior."

"It's easy, let me think about it." The elder brother smiled.

When we got to the field, we saw that Lin Cailian was digging the ground to plant winter wheat.

When the elder brother saw her, his face was happy, but because he knew that his mother and second elder brother were behind, he didn't show it.In order to avoid my mother, Lin Cailian hurried to the place farthest from us.

"Okay, let's work quickly." Mom came over and brought the tools, and picked out the lightest hoe for the second brother and handed it to him.

The eldest brother said: "Mom, there is just one more person today, let's divide the work to be done into two halves. Qiaoer and I have something to do and we need to leave early, you can share a little more with me. After finishing, we will go back , save the foreign workers over there."

Mom hurriedly said, "Why are you going?"

The eldest brother smiled and said, "I'm not going to dig a well? I'm going to the city to discuss going out with someone. Qiao'er will be a bridesmaid tomorrow. Go back early and have a rest, otherwise she won't look good if she gets too tanned."

The second brother said anxiously: "Aren't you kidding me? Why are you on my first day..."

The eldest brother said: "Today is just digging the soil, not technical work, and I'm not tired at all. Let's settle this matter. I will do two-thirds with Qiaoer, and you and Mom will do one-third."

Mom thought about it, and probably felt that the second brother would not suffer, so she agreed.

The eldest brother walked into the field and scratched out two pieces with a shovel. My eldest brother and I went to the left, and my mother and second brother worked on the right.We're a whole lot bigger than theirs.The second brother was not happy with this, so he drew another piece for me.

"This piece is too hard, my feet are so tired, Qiaoer, you should do it."

I didn't bother to argue with him, so my elder brother and I started to hoe and dig the soil quickly. Although our arms still hurt, we still gritted our teeth and persisted because we thought that after finishing the work, we would be able to freely control my time.

My eldest brother and I have been working for a long time, but when I looked back, only my mother was working there, and my second brother was squatting there, not knowing what he was doing.

I shouted loudly: "You are not working yet, are you being lazy?"

The second brother said annoyedly: "I can't tie my shoelaces! Just do your own thing and leave me alone, okay?"

"I'm just worried that if you don't do anything, you'll just put on a show when you come here. Mom will still suffer by herself. If you have a little manliness, hurry up and work!"

Mother poked the hoe hard on the ground, and turned around and shouted: "Are you working or overseeing? Leave us alone, I am happy to do as much as I want."

"Okay, it's fine if you like it." I lowered my head and continued to work.

My eldest brother and I are going very fast, so we will finish soon.

The second elder brother sometimes said he needed to go to the toilet, sometimes said he needed to drink water, and sometimes complained that his legs hurt. Mom took care of him while working.It's harder than working alone.

My eldest brother and I finished shoveling the last piece, and went to the ridge together.

The eldest brother said: "You guys do it first, Qiaoer and I will leave first."

The second brother shouted anxiously: "You did it on purpose! You knew I was coming, so you did it separately!"

I smiled and said, "You should have done it. Could it be that you just talked about it and never thought of working?"

"Why must the family's land be divided so clearly? I think you are selfish!"

"Who knows who is selfish! If you still say that, next time we will directly share it equally. Why do we do most of the work and still scold me in the end?" I sneered.

"You damn girl, hurry up and come back to work for me!" The second brother wanted to come over and grab me back, but his foot was unsteady, and he almost sat on the ground, but his mother hurriedly pulled me back.

"Are you okay?"

At this time, all the villagers in the surrounding fields laughed over there. It turned out that they had been watching there for a long time.

A woman said: "I'm talking about Li Cai! Is your second son okay? He said he was working. I looked at it all morning and didn't even shovel the ground a few times. If Qiao'er gets married in the future, your land will be destroyed." What should I do?" It was Duan Qiuyue who had been against our family.

She took the opportunity to mock my mother.

"That's not right!" Gao Yue, the daughter-in-law of a carpenter in the village, also said with a smile, "You can't be with him for the rest of your life. Then he won't know how to work, so how will you live?"

"This isn't a city. You can be paid if you don't do anything. Don't we farmers just have to work to eat?"

Everyone satirized the second brother chirping.The second brother's face turned red and white, but he still didn't have any intention of working.

Although I was expressionless, I agreed with what they said in my heart, it was very good.

The eldest brother smiled and said: "It's okay, he can't learn the work in the field, don't worry, aunts, I will definitely make the second brother a good hand."

The second elder brother said angrily: "Who didn't work! I've been in the field all morning. Mom, I'll go over there and get you some persimmons. I can't reason with them!" slipped away.

Duan Qiuyue continued to laugh and said: "Li Cai, look at your second son's fat body drooping now. After thirty, he won't be like Lao Zhu? Auntie is for your own good, you have to let him do more. Live. What's the use of just raising it?"

Lao Zhu is a big fat man in the village. She probably weighs three hundred catties. She even struggles to walk. She even compares her second brother with him. Her mouth is really poisonous.

She never satirized my mother about my divorce, probably because she was afraid that I would tell about her daughter Sun Hong.

Mom is a very face-saving person, and her face turned pale with anger. After thinking about it, she sneered at Duan Qiuyue: "Yeah, my son is not good at all, but thankfully I have a son too, which is different from you. Don't worry, son."

Duan Qiuyue's complexion changed drastically. She only had one daughter, Sun Hong, and she dreamed of having a son. She prayed to God and worshiped Buddha, and took a lot of medicine, but it didn't work. Duan Qiuyue even resorted to tricks of throwing himself up and drinking pesticides, and Sun Hong also begged his father not to let him find another, so he didn't get divorced.

Later he got sick and passed away, so this article will not be mentioned here.

But this matter is known to everyone in the village, and now the mother is mocking her for not being able to give birth to a son, which shows how exciting it is.She immediately pointed at my mother and was speechless.

Seeing that something was wrong, the other women all left.

The eldest brother hurriedly said: "Mom, stop talking!"

"Why, I'm not right? At least I can have two sons." Mom said with a proud smile.

"How about you gave birth to a son? I admit that the eldest is good, but the second child in your family is a waste! Sooner or later, your family will be harmed by him!"

"Who are you calling trash?" Li Cai angrily rushed up to grab her face, but my elder brother and I quickly hugged her waist.

"Mom, don't say a few words! Aunt, don't say anything." I said hastily.

Mom pushed us hard: "Get up, I will beat her!"

"Come up! If I'm afraid of you, I'm not Duan Qiuyue!" She also rolled up her arms and sleeves on top.

The eldest brother said: "Mom, they are all from the village. Don't start a fight just because you say a few bad words. Auntie, don't quarrel with Mom. She is tired from working all day and is not in good health. If What should I do if I get angry?"

Duan Qiuyue was also afraid of offending my elder brother, so she snorted: "I don't care about her anymore, but Li Cai, what I said is true, if you don't believe me, just watch, there is a lazy second child here, Let alone repaying your debts, your family will only get poorer and poorer, and you will never be able to recover!" She said and strode away.

"Stinky bitch, what are you talking about?" My mother was trembling with anger and had nowhere to vent, she turned her head and yelled at me.

"You go too, it's not you, how can your second brother be scolded like this?"

"You can blame me for everything, I provoked you!"

"Why don't you help me fight her?"

The eldest brother smiled and said, "Mom, are you confused? She is not married yet, and she is just messing around here. Do you want Qiao'er not to get married?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you guys go home quickly!" Mom said after a while: "Leave after cooking!"

I agreed to take my eldest brother and left together. My eldest brother's eyes looked in the direction of Lin Cailian from time to time, and he walked very slowly.

I could only go forward by myself, and at this time I heard my mother calling my second brother: "Hurry up and shovel the ground! So many folks are talking about you, can you do it?"

The second brother had no choice but to come back with a sad face.

(End of this chapter)

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