take a wife to support the family

Chapter 2 The Death of Li Da Niu

Then Song Haonian is already 24 years old, and he doesn't work in agriculture. He doesn't know what he's been busy with for many years, but he has saved a lot of money.The old people in the town would frown when they mentioned him, lest he would do something shady outside.

Hearing from the matchmaker that Mrs. Zhu agreed to the marriage, Song Haonian weighed about ten catties of good meat, two jars of good wine, half a bolt of red cloth, and three pennies of money in the town, and delivered them neatly in two days. Lee's.

Over there, Mrs. Zhu promised Li Baihe to Song Haonian, changed the marriage certificate, looked back at the good things sent by the future son-in-law, and felt that she was a bit at a loss.

Seeing Song Haonian's generous hands and feet, she made things difficult for her in every possible way. Today she said "the family can't open the pot" and asked Song Haonian to send a stone of rice. , just refused to let go of marrying a daughter.

The matchmaker is a sensible person, knowing that Mrs. Zhu is mean and greedy for money, he also regrets that he has secured such a matchmaking match, so he quietly told Song Haonian the truth.Such a mother-in-law would be innumerable troubles, if she really couldn't bear it, she might just call off the marriage and find a new one later.

Song Haonian is also a bachelor, firstly, he didn't withdraw from his marriage, secondly, he didn't call on the door, so he simply gave all the money left in his hand as a dowry gift. After calculating the total sum of fifty taels of silver, he married his wife.

The big girl Li Baihe is only 17 years old. She has never been out of the village a few times since she grew up. She was very timid, but now she was sold to someone by her mother. , I was scared to death on the first night of the wedding.

——Erniu came back from Mr. Liu's house to give her sister a wedding, and analyzed it thoroughly for her, "My mother offended the man so badly, that man will not talk about it now, and I will torture you when you pass the door." .”

Fortunately, Song Haonian saw that she was really scared, so he didn't touch her much, but he slept with her in his arms for two or three days, and then went out to find a job again.

Lily dug out this paragraph from her memory, she couldn't laugh or cry, in her opinion, Song Haonian didn't say anything to Yuan, it was probably because she was so skinny.

However, Yuanshen didn't understand anything, thought that sleeping in the same bed with a man would be consummation, and he didn't dare to have the idea of ​​running back home.

If you ask her to tell her, even if this girl runs home, she will probably be sold by her mother again, and the Song family may not be good—if she is sold back to Zhu's natal family, a few brothers marry a wife, and they will be born. The children don't know whose species it is, and if they walk two hundred miles away, it's still a place with big mountains, which is called "every day should not work", and the land is not working.

Lily just thought about it, and continued to look at the big girl's memory.

The five taels of silver was said to be a betrothal gift, but in fact it was the money to buy a daughter-in-law. Song Haonian's family was emptied, and it stands to reason that the Li family should accompany him to give some things so that the newlyweds can live.

But the Li family left it to Mrs. Zhu to decide, and only sent the half red cloth in the dowry as it was, not to mention the decent dowry, even the bedding on the wedding bed, and only a set of old ones, which is the one Lily is sleeping on now. That's it.

Carpenter Li couldn't stand it anymore, so he secretly gave Er Niu some money and asked her to find someone in the town to make a new quilt, which was considered decent.However, she didn't have the red quilt that every bride should have, and she didn't dare to think about having it.

In Da Niu's memory, Song Haonian was tall and burly, a full two heads taller than Da Niu, and her waist was so thick that it could hold two of her.

This man has a dark face all day long, and he doesn't like to talk. In front of him, the big girl is like a mouse that has seen a cat, wishing to shrink into the hole.It's just that there is no place for her to shrink in this desolate family, so she curled up tightly when she saw him, making her look extremely ugly.

Her trembling look is really not on the stage, Song Haonian has no interest in watching, only came back once in the middle, and then ran out again.

This time back in the middle was the reason for the original body's death this time.

The quilt with torn cotton wool was damp and hard, pressing on her body like a piece of ice, but Lily’s body was as cold as a dead person, and she had no strength to move, and from her memory, she found that the family’s firewood had long been used up, The big girl usually goes to the nearby fields to collect firewood and burn it every day. There is no extra heating measures at home, so she can only sigh and continue to turn to her original memory to divert her attention.

After half a year of marriage, Song Haonian only came back once on August [-]th.The eldest girl was afraid of returning home, but she was still happy when she saw him bring back a few chicks and a little piglet. She shrank her head and endured for a few days. When he left, she happily raised the chickens and piglets. Here comes the little pig.

You must know that piggies also need money. In the past, Li's family was poor and couldn't afford piggies. Every time Li Xiaofeng in the village complained about beating the pigs at home, Li Baihe envied her very much.

Killing pigweed is tiring, but that means that by the end of the year, the family will be able to kill a big pig and eat the meat for a whole year!

This time he had his own piglet, so Li Baihe took good care of it. Every time the pigweed was finely chopped and washed, it was cooked before being fed.

To put it bluntly, including herself, the most valuable thing in this family is also this piglet. What she eats for herself is not necessarily more careful than feeding the piglet.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, many grass leaves have fallen, and it is difficult to find fresh grass leaves nearby. Lily has to go farther to kill hogweed.

Unexpectedly, when I went home this day, the fence was broken, chicken feathers were flying all over the yard, and Piggy was also stolen.This time it was a bolt from the blue, and the eldest girl was so anxious that she searched the town like crazy.

But Qingliu Town is not a small village like Liushan Village. There are many people coming and going in the town, and many foreigners pass by every day. Who knows where the rogues stole the pigs?

Big girl thinks about the five taels of silver, if it is exchanged for copper coins, it is enough to make her such a big person, she is like being sold to Song Haonian, he should treat her whatever he wants.Even if he killed himself, no one would stand up for her.

But at this time, Song Haonian's sister pointed at the big girl's nose and spat on her face, scolded her for being a prodigal, and used her brother's things to subsidize her mother's family.Seeing that the only good thing in the house was the new quilt, she said, "My mother's leg hurts, I'll take it and cover her for two days", and went home with the new quilt in her arms.

Da Niu regarded the house like this, thought of Song Haonian's black face, and was afraid that he would kill her when he came back. She was anxious and afraid, and when she had nowhere to go, her mind went blank and she simply jumped into the river.

It was winter, and the water level in the river was not high, so Da Niu was rescued quickly, but the water was too cold, Da Niu was weak, and she had little breath left.

Enthusiastic people in the town came to take care of her for a while every day and gave her a mouthful of hot food, but how could a comatose person eat?
No matter how enthusiastic a person is, he still has his own family to take care of, and there is no reason to abandon his family for her sake.Seeing that she is dragging along in a good way, that person is determined to go home and take care of her.

Today, the big girl Li Baihe died for a while, and when she opened her eyes again, she was no longer the original person.

(End of this chapter)