The first peasant daughter of the green garden

Chapter 9 The Joy of Harvesting

Li Mingde was lying on the bed, looking out of the window with his eyes open, but he was worried in his heart, "Let's watch it later, usually watch more, don't let her get into trouble."

Mrs. Lin nodded, "Tomorrow, I will send that lottery to the temple and burn it. It's a matter of my mind."

Li Caiwei only felt dazed and had a severe headache. She opened her eyes and slept on the bamboo bed in the yard with a quilt covering her body.

Seeing her daughter woke up, Mrs. Lin put down what she was doing and went over immediately, "Mother made some porridge for you, would you like some?"

Li Caiwei shook her head, "Mom, I had a nightmare last night."

Lin frowned. Last night, she heard her daughter keep calling her eldest daughter Caixiang's name. She must have dreamed of her eldest daughter.

Li Caiwei thought of the situation in her dream last night, and couldn't help but threw herself into Lin's arms.

"It's okay, mother is here."

After drinking porridge and taking medicine, Li Caiwei fell asleep again in a daze. Lin was afraid that her daughter would not be able to find her when she woke up, so she asked her son Li Caibin to watch her.I hurried to the temple in the opposite village.

Lin asked for a lottery, and it was a lottery.When Lin saw the word "big fierce", she was taken aback, and immediately showed the fortune teller the sign.

Lin returned home anxiously, saw Li Caiwei playing in the yard, and hoped that everything would be fine. In order not to worry her husband, Lin decided to keep this secret to herself, and only hoped that these five years could be passed safely.

Five years later, things finally didn't go their way.

The life of the family did not improve because of living in a new house, but it was difficult to gain a foothold in the village because of various rumors.Li Mingde went to Chifeng Mountain to collect medicine two years ago, but his leg was bitten off by wild wolves, and he couldn't do heavy work in the fields.A year ago, Lin had a sudden stroke and lost the ability to take care of herself.The heavy burden of housework at home fell on Li Caiwei.

Li Caiwei drove the ducks in the field back home, while busy picking vegetables in the vegetable garden.Since her father and mother got sick, there have been many rumors in the village that she is a broom star.

"Brother, go get some water back." Li Caiwei stood at the door of the house and called to Li Caibin who was grazing cattle in the field.

"I'm busy right now, I'll go back and pick later." Li Caibin said impatiently.

Li Caiwei sighed, the older Li Caibin became, the more disobedient he became.When he came back, I was afraid that he would not be able to cook dinner, so he carried a bucket to the ancient well in the village to dive.

From a distance, I saw the women in the village filling the well mouth, and from a distance, I heard my aunt Long's saying at the well mouth, "Look at the broom star, it's really bad luck, let's go quickly, don't take advantage of the bad luck." .”

Li Caiwei pretended not to hear, and carried water by the water.Two years ago, my father was not sick, so he would never let her carry water.But now, she has to take care of the family.

It is hot in summer, and there are often men taking a bath next to the mouth of the well. Seeing that the old women just left, a few young men came immediately.

Seeing Li Caiwei carrying water, everyone immediately became enthusiastic.

One of them is Li Dahai, the grandson of Mr. Li's family, who is about the same age as Li Caibin. He often picks up trouble in the village because of his family's money.But Li Caiwei is becoming more and more beautiful now, especially her slender figure, which has attracted the covetousness of many men, especially Li Dahai, who has been coveting Li Caiwei's beauty for a long time.

"Caiwei, do you want me to help you?" Li Dahai finally approached Li Caiwei under the instigation of his companion.

Li Caiwei politely refused: "Thank you, I can do it myself."

Li Dahai oh for a moment, looked at Li Caiwei's bulging chest, thought about it countless times at night, under the urging of primitive power, he summoned up his courage, and said again, "It's okay, you are a girl. How can you do such heavy work, if there is heavy work in the future, I will help you."

Li Caiwei still shook her head politely, "I can do it myself, I don't need your help."

The friends next to me became impatient, "Aren't you just a broom star, you killed your sister, and your parents are disabled, it's all caused by your broom star. Dahai, my mother said, don't get close to it. She, otherwise she will be infected with bad luck."

Li Caiwei bit her lip, and she was used to people in the village saying that about her.How many times did she want to resist, but when she thought of her parents, she endured it.So he sped up the movement in his hand and quickly brought up a bucket of water.But accidentally, the wooden bucket hit the cliff of the ancient well, and all the water in the bucket fell, and there was another burst of laughter.

Li Caiwei's face flushed with anxiety, so she had to put the bucket back, but she accidentally fell into the ancient well with the bucket rope.

As a result, those men stood beside him and booed. Li Caiwei saw that the water could not be filled, so she had to go back with two buckets.

"Stop laughing!" Li Dahai frightened his accomplice, and comforted him: "Caiwei, I'll help you."

Li Caiwei wanted to cook at night, but without water, she couldn't do it.I had no choice but to agree.

Seeing that she finally agreed, Li Dahai borrowed a thick rope from a neighbor's house, and asked his companion to pull one end, and jumped into the ancient well by himself along the wall of the well.

Li Caiwei returned home with water and started cooking.

After about an hour, the food was cooked, and Li Caibin came back from herding the cattle.

Li Caiwei added a bowl of rice to Li Caibin, "Brother, there is not enough firewood at home, you can go to the mountain to collect some firewood tomorrow and come back."

Li Caibin sat down to eat without saying a word, and after a while he said: "Got it!" He squatted under the eaves with his rice bowl and ate.

Li Caiwei was stunned for a moment, and didn't say anything more.I used a large plate, filled two bowls of rice, filled each rice bowl with vegetables, and sent it to the parents' room.

Li Mingde can do it by himself, but Lin can't eat by himself.

Li Caiwei helped Lin up and leaned on her body, and fed her mouthfuls.

"Father, I think Mother's condition is better. I want to go to the county town tomorrow to get some medicine for her. By the way, I will ask the doctor if there is any medicine to cure your leg."

"Girl, the family has no spare money for medical treatment, and all the money has been spent on our two elders in the past few years. Father wants to ask you to find a wife for your brother. Your mother and I only have this one wish. .”

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to brother's affairs."

Li Mingde sighed, and helped his wife who had suffered a stroke to lie down, "Caiwei, it's okay, you can go eat, I will take care of your mother."

Li Caiwei just sat down to eat, with the last order of vegetable soup, ate half a bowl of rice, and put the rest of the food in the pot for tomorrow.

At night, she took out a cloth bag from the closet, poured out all the money, and found that there was not much left.

Father hoped that elder brother would marry a wife as soon as possible, but in this situation, no woman would want to marry.

(End of this chapter)