The businesswoman of the poor family is reborn

Chapter 4 The Dilemma of No Money

"Cook some porridge first, and mother will borrow rice from the neighbor later." The moment Mu Chunhua turned around, he happened to see Mo Xiaoqian staring blankly at the rice bag, and said sadly.

It's the autumn harvest season, and the old rice is replaced by new rice. How can there be no food in the family?Doubt appeared in Mo Xiaoqian's eyes, and then her nose turned sore.

How could she have forgotten that her father, Mo Jiangqiang, went out to work for the family's livelihood, was fascinated by Huahua World, and wanted to make a lot of money. After being deceived and failed repeatedly, he would come back and sell the rice at home.

During the autumn harvest, how can a woman with a sick or weak child harvest food without a man's home?No rice, normal.

Living in a big city, getting used to the induction cooker and microwave oven, it is not without difficulty to re-burn firewood for cooking.

The thin match was placed in the hole dug out of the earthen wall, and the damp matchstick was scratched against the black sulfur on the matchbox for a long time, and no spark could be rubbed against it.

Mo Xiaoqian's hair was covered with black threads, and she took the matchbox and matchsticks and put them in the sun for half an hour before she could barely start a fire.

Before he had time to wipe the sweat off his forehead, he turned around and went to collect firewood in the woods behind the house.

Wherever there are people, there are conflicts and disputes, and small villages are no exception.Chang Cuiyu has three sons and one daughter, Mo Xiaoqian's father is the second child.Originally living together, the two daughters-in-law didn't get along well due to Chang Cuiyu's talkative provocation. The separation was a natural result.

It’s just that when the family was separated, the eldest son was given the most things, and the youngest son was given the best things, but the second child’s family only got very few and bad things—the tilt of the balance was really outrageous, but, better than nothing.

In other words, Mo Xiaoqian's family of four were actually kicked out by Chang Cuiyu's tricks.Mu Chunhua is a well-educated and strong woman. When she got ruthless, she forced Mo Jiangqiang to build the current house, but the village has a lot of people and land resources are tight, so this house is located at the edge of the chestnut forest that is slightly higher. , Every time I go out to do errands, I am exhausted up and down.

The only advantage is that you don't have to be angry. Sometimes the pressure in your heart can bend your shoulders more than the physical labor.

Mo Jiangqiang was cowardly and did not dare to argue with his parents. Hearing that factories in Guangdong were opening up one after another and recruiting a large number of workers, he paid a fortune and went south with a few young men from the village.It's just that when he left, he earned less and spent more, and rarely sent it home for use. However, the family lacked a major labor force, and Mu Chunhua lived a very hard life.

Women are inherently weaker than men in strength. There are men in other families, and they go to the mountains early to chop bundles of firewood and put them away for the winter.The main force of Mo Xiaoqian's family went out, Mo Yu was still young and often fell ill, and Mu Chunhua couldn't leave with his two children, so where would he have time to accumulate firewood?Fortunately, the house was built next to the forest. In autumn and winter, the fir and fruit trees shed their withered and yellow branches and leaves, and they could barely survive the winter with a dustpan to pick them up.

It's just that these small things are not resistant to fire, so they have to be kept in front of the stove, otherwise the rice will not be cooked when the fire is cut off.Also, the ashes of this branch and leaf are more frivolous than those of Dachai, and if you are not careful, they will float all over the kitchen.

Mo Xiaoqian finally cooked the porridge. She picked some young sweet potato seedlings in the small yard, washed them and put them in a basket. After thinking about them, she went to find Mu Chunhua, and Mu Chunhua went to borrow rice. Haven't come back yet.

"Look, that Mo Jiangqiang family is here to borrow rice again!"

"Boom!" Before he could say anything, accompanied by a disdainful snort, the neighbor's door had been slammed shut before his eyes.Mu Chunhua stood still in a daze, clenched his fists, his eyes flashed with injury, but he could only turn around and leave silently.

"Mom, don't be sad, we will pass through eventually!" Looking at the closed door, Mo Xiaoqian gritted her teeth, feeling more and more uncomfortable in her heart.

After going through a lifetime, I have understood too many things. Human nature is like this, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, bullying the weak and fearing the strong.If you ask for help, you will naturally suffer from the cold eyes of others.

I swear secretly that this kind of life won't be too long. Sooner or later, I will trample all those who despise us under my feet!Mother, I will not let you continue to be bullied like this!
It's just... Now that she relies on Mu Chunhua for everything, what capital does she have to say such a thing? .

"Well, it will pass." I didn't expect my daughter to see it all. Embarrassment flashed in Mu Chunhua's eyes, and he said comfortingly, "Tomorrow is the day to go to the market. Sell the chestnuts in our forest and you can eat them." It's white rice."

"Well, Mom, I've already cooked the porridge, and I can eat some sweet potato seedlings." Mo Xiaoqian was no longer that innocent and ignorant girl. There is no salt in the house."

"I just bought a pack the day before yesterday, why did it disappear? Have you looked for it carefully?" Mu Chunhua was surprised.

Mo Xiaoqian nodded, she almost turned the small kitchen upside down.

"Your grandma!" Mu Chunhua sighed, rummaged in his pocket and found some dimes, "Go and buy a bag."

The corner of Mo Xiaoqian's mouth twitched fiercely, and she said why Chang Yucui came to visit their family on a whim, and she was thinking about their family's things.

As for?Just a bag of salt.

Mo Jiangqiang went out to work, but sometimes he had to exchange the pitiful things from the sellers for the fare.Not to mention giving Chang Yucui pocket money, even his own wife and children didn't have much use for him.

But Chang Yucui stubbornly believes that if she goes out to work, she must be rich. It is unfilial if her son is not used by her.Who cares about the plight of the daughter-in-law's family.

Salt is back.It may be because of being too hungry, but the sweet potato seedlings, which have no meaty taste, turned out to be extremely delicious.

Because she was going to the market tomorrow, Mo Xiaoqian went to the woods to pick up overripe chestnuts that fell on the ground after eating.There are thorn buds all over the body, and some chestnuts did not fall out completely, and they had to be pried open with a sharp tool to take out the black chestnuts.Looking at the flat or full fruit is very pleasing to the eye.

Mo Xiaoqian has always liked chestnuts, whether they are eaten raw or cooked.But looking at the things in the small bag that weighed only four or five catties, she could only swallow her saliva. She is only 15 years old now, and she has to go to school after the National Day, and everything needs money.

At home, it seems that this is the only thing that can be exchanged for money.

Although there is a chestnut grove behind the house, except for the two chestnut trees separated by grandpa that can be used, the rest belong to other people's homes and have nothing to do with her.Be a good person, and don't want to take advantage of others.

Seeing that there were too few chestnuts, Mu Chunhua had no choice but to climb the tree and shake down most of the chestnuts that hadn't fallen from the tree.In this way, there are about fifty catties.

Next, Mu Chunhua has other things to be busy with. Mo Xiaoqian took a sickle to pry the chestnuts and pried them until after ten o'clock in the evening. go to bed.

(End of this chapter)