Her Promising Business

That night, Zhou jinglang hardly fell asleep. At dawn, he got up to carry water.

There are three wells in Zhoujia village, one of which is in Lizheng's house and is not allowed to be used by outsiders.

There are two wells left, one in the north and one in the south of the village. Zhou jinglang's family is closest to the well in the north. On weekdays, Zhou jinglang gets up early to carry water.

The news that Zhou jinglang went out to carry water awakened Ji Lianzi. Many years of undercover life made Ji Lianzi very alert to sleep and wake up at all.

Ji Lianzi suddenly sat up and looked at the dilapidated earth wall in front of him.

"Niang, I'll sleep again. I'm so sleepy..." rui'er, who could sleep in Niang's soft and fragrant arms, went to Ji Lianzi's arms and murmured vaguely.

"Don't sleep! Get up and practice Ji Lianzi's roar of a lion shakes down a vast expanse of loess.

The gray and slightly bright sky was a bit depressing. Occasionally, a bird crossed the sky, leaving a few clear calls.

Zhou jinglang was standing by the well pouring water into the bucket when he heard footsteps and voices coming from behind him. He turned his head and saw Ji Lianzi in a coarse cloth jacket jogging with two children, carrying an axe.

"Remember to adjust your breathing and walk with your feet so that you can run at an average speed for a long time."

Zhou jinglang was stunned. He opened his eyes and watched a couple trot by. Rui'er said hello to him, "Dad, let's go to practice with my mother!"

"Where are you going?" Zhou jinglang said, "Why are you still holding the axe?"

"Let's practice in the woods and cut firewood by the way!" Ji Lianzi replied and said to rui'er, "rui'er, don't talk, adjust your breath!"

"Cutting wood?" Zhou jinglang stupidly looked at Ji Lianzi and the two children running away soon.

Ji Lianzi used to never do such heavy work as chopping firewood and carrying water

Ji Lianzi and her two children ran out of the village and ran to the woods along the maturing corn field.

She recalled the way Zhou jinglang had just been pumping water at the well, and she felt a little emotion.

A lame scholar, the package of all the heavy work at home, with his thin shoulder to carry the home, really not easy.

Next month is the autumn harvest. The wheat is ripe. I hope it doesn't rain heavily before harvest.

Zhou jinglang took two half buckets of water and limped home. Because he walked unsteadily, he always fetched half a bucket of water.

His lame left leg was crippled by his grandmother when he was a child.

His mother-in-law was a fool. She was the daughter-in-law that his father bought for ten liang of silver. When he was born, he died of blood collapse.

When he was 14 years old, his grandmother died. Not long after, his father went to the woods to cut firewood and met the wolves, who were killed and eaten.

Aunt said that he killed his mother first, and then his grandmother and father, and swept him out of the house.

The kind-hearted third uncle won him two acres of land, so that he would not starve to death.

He continued to study in the private room left by his father. Later, he learned that people with disabilities could not take part in the scientific examination.

So he sold his house and borrowed some silver. He collected 30 Liang silver and went to Tongcheng to buy Ji Lianzi.

These two small earth houses were lent to him by Uncle San.

He doesn't regret buying Ji Lianzi. Ji Lianzi has good sewing skills and can read. If they live together, they can still live a good life.

But now Ji Lianzi obviously has the ability, and says that she wants to pay off the money to leave, so his heart is heavy.

He poured two half buckets of water into the water tank with a full stomach. When he turned his head, he saw that the pot on the stove was smoking. He went to lift the lid of the pot and saw that it was hot Brown bran porridge.

Is this breakfast for him?

Zhou jinglang was in a mixed mood and ate the rest of the porridge. He cleaned up the pots and bowls, boiled a pot of water, and continued to fetch water with a bucket.

There is a small river in the woods to the east of Zhoujia village. The river is shallow and there are many small fish in the place where the water is slow.

Ji Lianzi takes two children to wash by the river, and then lets radish and rui'er squat and fight with each other. He takes an axe to cut firewood.

Before going out in the morning, they all ate some rice bran porridge to make up their stomachs, which would be active and not too hungry.

Ji Lianzi turned around and tied a big bundle of dry branches. He saw the radish with rui'er's sweating horse step boxing, and said with a smile, "OK, let's have a rest. I'll press the leg and pull the tendon later."

Radish agreed to wipe sweat stand straight, but pistil son snorted on the ground.

"Rui'er, you can't sit down. Get up and walk." Said little laurel.

He followed Ji Lianzi for more than a month and was very familiar with Ji Lianzi's training methods.

"Hoo, but I'm so tired. Hoo, my legs are so soft." Rui'er gasped pitifully.

"Rui'er, can't you sit and stand up for a walk?" Ji Lianzi used to pull up rui'er, "radish and his sister are walking around. I'll go to the river and catch some fish."

"Niang, do you want to fish?" Rui'er pulls Ji Lianzi's clothes and looks up at her and asks.

"Yes, I'll take some small fish and go back to make fish soup. It's delicious to fry." Ji Lianzi wiped the hot sweat on rui'er's face, "radish, you take your sister to walk for a while and then you press your legs."

"Good." Radish took Ruier for a walk by the river.

Ji Lianzi found a quiet corner by the river and saw a group of small goby fish in the water.

This kind of fish is the most common wild species. It is small and stupid.

Ji Lianzi looked at it quietly for a while, then he suddenly took a handful of water and splashed it on the bank.

"Hua", a few goby landed on the bank, skipping.

Ji Lianzi chuckles and squats there to wait.

The group of goby that gathered in the water was scared and ran away, but it was not easy to gather back slowly.

Ji Lianzi repeated this for three times, and there were many goby fish on the shore, enough for the family to eat.

"Niang, many little fish!"

"Auntie! Is this little fish delicious? "

Two children saw Ji Lianzi side a lot of fish in the flutter, but also ignore the pressure on the legs, ran to squat on the side, watching a pile of lively fish suction saliva.

"..." Ji Lianzi didn't care to take care of the food. He squatted to see the small fish in trouble. How could he take them back?

"Auntie, what are you doing?" Radish pushed down Ji Lianzi's path.

Ji Lianzi looked at him, "I'm thinking, how can I take these fish back..."

I should have brought a wooden basin when I came out.

"Use my clothes!" Radish happily took off his coat and put it on the ground.

Ji Lianzi looks at radish's small body. He's only eight years old. Is it OK for people to see him walking half naked?

People in Zhoujia village gradually got up, and every family began to make breakfast. More and more people were drawing water from two wells in the village.

The sky is still overcast, a bit stuffy and wet wind blowing, dark clouds slowly flowing, the sun is covered tightly, a trace of light also can't show.