take a wife to support the family

Chapter 49

The girl sighed, and Lily came to her senses, and quickly adjusted her mentality: "It's just a rain leak. When the rain stops, I'll fix the roof."

After hearing this, Lamei was a little relieved, but she thought too much, and when she thought about the people, money, and things needed to repair the roof, she was worried again.

Lily was worried, for fear that the hut would leak everywhere, if it rained heavily outside and lightly rained in the house, the house she had worked so hard to clean up would be flooded.

Fortunately, the weather was beautiful, and it gradually cleared up after another day, and there were no more leaks in the house. She and Lamei were struggling, and at least they waited for the sunny day.

It rained for five or six days in a row, and people were moldy in the house.As soon as the sun cleared, Heizi and Heihu couldn't wait to rush out to have fun, especially Heihu was covered in mud, and Lily had to fetch water to bathe it.

Lily quickly took the opportunity to take a look at the vegetable field, and found that although the rain was heavy, the vegetable field was not washed away, and the vegetable seedlings were growing well, so she was relieved.

The land in the yard was slowly drying in the sun, and it didn't feel too damp. Lily asked Lamei to move the quilt, mattress, and mats to the yard to dry. Cotton and straw are easy to absorb moisture. These days, she always feels sleepy. It's not safe.

The chicken coop should also be opened to allow the chickens, which have been drenched in water for many days, to come out and breathe.The chickens spread their wings, let the wind and sun take away the moisture accumulated between the feathers, and slowly wake up.

A corner of the yard was originally a dry toilet without a roof. Two wooden planks were placed on top of it, and the wind leaked from all sides.When I went to the toilet in winter, I couldn't keep any heat, and Lily was still looking forward to summer.

When the weather warmed up, she realized that a place with dry toilets would be better than winter.Dry toilets have no smell when the weather is cold, but it doesn't matter when it's warm.

It rained for a few more days, and the manure was soaked in the rain, and some of it flowed into the yard with the rain, and a pool of dirty yellow water accumulated.

Fortunately, this is a dry toilet, and her family is small, so there is not much fertilizer in it. Although it smells a bit, it is not too bad.As long as there is no head wind blowing the smell into the house, it can endure for a few months.

The dry toilet is close to the house, and the weather gets warmer, and there will be more flies.Lily felt goosebumps all over her body when she thought of the buzzing flies everywhere, as if a bomb had been thrown inside, and the scene of flies taking off.

So dirty.

After going smoothly for so long, Lily almost thought that life was so simple, that she could live comfortably casually.This rain shattered her luck, and only then did she realize that there were still many problems in her life.

Before she can enjoy herself, she still has to do a lot of things to make herself comfortable and maintain the most basic standard of living.

Lamei is ignorant, and doesn't quite understand why the elder sister has become so particular, but these days, the elder sister has always done the right things, and every decision makes her life better.

She developed a kind of blind trust in Lily: as long as what the eldest sister said was right.

The eldest sister must be particular, there must be a reason for the eldest sister, she listens to the elder sister's words and does things accordingly, there will always be no mistakes.

Under the influence of this kind of thinking, Lamei was led by Lily to shovel the soil soaked in manure in the yard and spread it in the vegetable field. The work was very tiring, but she didn't complain at all.

After a day's work, people just want to rest quickly, but Lily asked her to wash her face and bath with fragrant soap, and wash her clothes with gray water and acacia, and she obediently went to wash.

Carpenter Li has been here twice, and feels that not only the eldest daughter is poor and fastidious, but even the third girl has learned things that country people should not learn.

He said Lily, and Lily dared to retort: ​​"Father, do you want Sanniu to marry into our village in the future, or can she marry into the town and enjoy life?"

The land in Liushan Village is barren, and every household's life is not satisfactory, which is far worse than that in the town.Not to mention anything else, just buy some needles and threads, you can buy them when you go out in the town. If you are in the mountains, unless you meet a peddler like Wang Xiaofu, you have to walk dozens of miles to the town to buy them.

The girls in the village say that marrying into the town is a blessing.At the beginning, Mrs. Zhu married Baihe to Song Haonian, and said that she was sending her to enjoy the blessings. It was not until the marriage that Carpenter Li knew that Song Haonian's family had been emptied by Mrs. Zhu, and there was nothing in the family. Not to enjoy the blessings, but to suffer.

Fortunately, this child knows how to live, and he seems to be getting better gradually. In fact, Carpenter Li felt that what Li He said was right, but after many years of habit, he felt that country people had to be more simple to be decent.

As a father, he of course hopes that all his daughters will marry into a good family and enjoy the blessings. Lily took the opportunity to say, "The people in the town are very particular, unlike our mountains, which are a little dirty, and they all dislike it. Our third girl wants to marry Good, why don't you pack it up quickly?"

Qingliu Town is next to the Baishui River, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and the girls are very watery.Lamei has already lost a little in appearance. If she doesn't deliberately dress up a little bit, she will be disgusted to death.

"Father, if you don't believe me, go and see Xiaofeng, why doesn't Sister Caifeng make her look good?" Li Caifeng's family is a well-off family in Liushan Village, and everyone imitates her family.

When mentioning her home, Carpenter Li Bamboo remained silent, smoked a cigarette, and said slowly, "It's up to you."

Lily smiled and asked him again: "How are you doing recently? How is mother? What is Qingsong doing at home?"

Lamei was silent in front of her. Hearing that the elder sister had persuaded her father, she admired her even more in her heart.

Carpenter Li said: "The family is busy, your mother told Sanniu to go back."

Lamei was startled, and her first reaction was to resist: she didn't want to go home, and she didn't want to live a life of being beaten and scolded by her mother every day and not having enough to eat.

Lily was also taken aback: "San Niu has done a good job with me, and I'm busy too, what did Mother tell her to go back to do? Qingsong has grown up too, so let him learn to do some work."

Carpenter Li had no idea where Sanniu was going. Zhu Shi said he agreed to go home, and Lily said he agreed to stay, and took a few more puffs of cigarettes before saying: "Then you go and tell your mother."

Lily immediately understood that Mrs. Zhu wanted to ask her for money again.

There is such a mother, she feels troublesome even when she is clever, and she can't help being annoyed: "Mother, what are you doing? A girl is a worthless grass, so she doesn't treat her as a person?"

For more than ten years and nearly 20 years, Carpenter Li saw the big girl losing his temper for the first time.Even when her mother sold her for a price, she had never been so angry.

Carpenter Li Bamboo was startled by his daughter, so he stopped eating the tobacco, stood up and said to her, "What are you talking about!"

Those who knew said that Lily was blaming her mother, but those who didn't know thought that he was also a father who abused her daughter.

Lily really hated Carpenter Li a little bit. If her father was a good one, her mother would not sell her daughter.But if it weren't for this soft and gentle father, they would not have received so much love since they were young.

He is weak and has no claims, but he is sincerely good to his daughter and son.Lily hates him for not being able to protect her daughter, but also appreciates his love for her, that is not fake.

"If mother wants to force me to death, tell her to do it herself! Anyway, I am the meat that fell out of her stomach, and she can do whatever she wants, and I can't say anything else."

Lily just felt blocked, and sat by the table crying, the teardrops fell like broken threads.It was also because she had accumulated too many troubles in the past few days, and she felt frustrated, so she just took the opportunity to vent it.

Carpenter Li was so anxious that he rubbed his hands on the spot, not knowing what to say.As soon as Lily cried, Lamei also cried: "I don't believe that the work at home is so heavy that I have to go back! Mom doesn't feel sorry for me, and she is also upset when she sees me. Why should I go back?"

If Lamei were to choose, she would rather live with her eldest sister, even if it was a little bit more difficult and tiring, her eldest sister would still treat her as a human being.With mother, she is not as good as Heizi.

The two sisters each thought about their own grievances, hugged their heads and cried, and let out a loud voice of grief.Carpenter Li Bamboo was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, he sighed, and finally had to say: "It's up to you, I don't care."

Lily choked and said: "Father doesn't care about us, mother wants to kill and cut, just let her come! Isn't the world raising daughters just to feed them? Now that we are grown up, mother should keep us alive!" cut!"

Her tone was not kind, and although she was crying, she was full of anger. Carpenter Li is not a rigid person, and now he was restrained by his daughter, and sat there dumbfounded.

The two sisters cried for a while, and Lily was tired of crying, so she slowly put away her tears, coaxed Lamei to stop crying, and sneered at Carpenter Li: "Father, I know what mother means, but I am a married girl. Thinking about my husband's family, I can help my mother's family later."

The girl finally stopped crying, and Carpenter Li couldn't care less about other things, so he nodded hurriedly, afraid that she would burst into tears if she disagreed with her.

"Sanniu is here to help me. She has nothing of her own, so she's not as good as me." Of course, Carpenter Li was aware of Lamei's situation, so he continued to nod.

"I'm not at home in New Year's Eve. I'm afraid of going to bed alone at night. With Sanniu by my side, my family is more popular. Dad, it's raining these days, and the house is leaking. I'm so worried that my intestines will break. If Sanniu is not here , you just let me face the rain all alone?"

Lily told Carpenter Li about her difficulties, and Carpenter Li became more and more distressed when he heard it. He never mentioned the matter of Lamei going home, and only said: "I will tell your mother when I go home, and let San Niu stay with you."

Only then did Lily's anger turn into joy, and she didn't want to fall out with her natal family, but Mrs. Zhu went too far, challenging her bottom line again and again, and she had to make two small fights to let Mrs. Zhu know how powerful she is.

After receiving the guarantee from Carpenter Li Bamboo, Lily said a few more good words, and gave Carpenter Li Bamboo a pack of newly bought dry tobacco, packed some sausages, eggs, and white rice, and asked Carpenter Li Bamboo to take it home to Zhu Shi.

Carpenter Li saw that although his daughter was angry, she was still thinking about her parents, and felt comforted for a while.

The eldest daughter of his family is only married, and she is becoming more and more capable every day. She should go home and talk to the old woman, and she can't always treat her like she used to when I was at home.

Even Lamei, following her elder sister, had a smile on her face, and she became more lively. He looked very good.At worst, he should do more of the housework and ask Qingsong to take up the burden. He can handle it anyway, so he won't ask Sanniu to go home.

(End of this chapter)