Chapter 2 First Encounter
After resting in bed for another two days, I felt that my health was almost good, so I got out of bed.?? �
?Originally, Zhang asked her to rest more, but Li Lan felt that she had been well after lying for so many days. It would be of no benefit to her health after resting. She still had to move more, so she insisted on getting up. Zhang couldn't twist, and seeing that her daughter's spirit was indeed much better, she followed her.
During the day, Jin Dazhong and Jingsheng still went to work in the city. These days, Peach Blossoms spent most of their savings at home due to illness. He had to work harder to make money. Although he had just finished the farming and had some harvests in his family, he was not enough for the family to eat and use after paying the tax. Moreover, the Chinese New Year will be in a few months, and there are still many things to buy and cannot be stopped for a moment. Li Hua and Zhang embroidered flowers at home. Li Lan watched Zhang's embroidering needles and threads on the embroidered handkerchief, and a mandarin duck soon appeared vividly. She had to sigh at the agility of her hands. It seemed that Li Hua had also obtained the true teachings of Zhang, and the embroidery was also very exquisite. Mingsheng ran out to play.
It was almost noon that Mingsheng came back from outside, and his mother made some simple rice and took pickles to deal with it. Originally, Zhang wanted to cook an egg for Taohua, but Li Lan said nothing. The chicken at home had been sold for money to treat her illness, and she said that she could not eat the remaining eggs.
In the afternoon, when Zhang and Li Huaxiu were tired, Li Lan took out the red bean cake and shared it with it. After all, it would be broken if it was stored for a long time. At this time, there was no preservative or something, so she left a few more pieces for her father, brother and Mingsheng who ran out to play.
Li Lan sat in the yard, from her initial enthusiasm to her boredom, and her eyes turned from embroidery to the yard.
Three dilapidated houses, two to the east.
There is a main house, connected to the inner room, lived by Jin Dazhong and Zhang, and the other one is Jingsheng and Mingsheng's. Li Lan and Li Hua live in the east wing, next to the kitchen. There is a passage between the kitchen and the main house, and a backyard is the turn. There is a vegetable field in the backyard, which is well-managed by Zhang, with several ridges of radish and cabbage, as well as some spinach and green peppers, and green cucumbers are tied on the cucumber shelf.
The front yard is made of low-stacked loess mud, surrounding a large yard, making the house look more broken. There was originally a chicken coop, but now there were only a nest without chickens. A simple clothes drying rack made of bamboo poles. A well is near the kitchen. There is also an irregular stone with a flat surface placed in the yard to serve as a table and facilitate drying things. It was brought up by Jin Dazhong and Jingsheng from Qingshui River. At this time, Zhang and Li Hua sat here to embroider things. Li Lan looked at his own courtyard blankly. He instantly felt that the future was bright. It seemed that he had a great responsibility to live a good life.
When the sun sets in the west, Jin Dazhong and Jingsheng entered the house and brought Mingsheng, who was playing wildly at the entrance of the village, back.
Zhang happened to prepare the meal, and peach blossoms and peach blossoms helped to arrange the dishes and chopsticks. The dining tables of the merchants were basically placed in the main house, with tables in all directions and several homemade stools, which were used as dining tables on weekdays and were also here when we were entertaining guests.
Sitting at the dining table, Li Lan carefully looked at the two men in the family this time. On the first day, he didn't see them because he was too panicked. In the next two days, they went out early and returned late but didn't see them.
Jin Dazhong is tall in this village, about 1.8 meters tall, and his face is firm. Although he has eroded some traces by time, it can still be seen that he should have been a handsome and handsome boy when he was young, and he is very compatible with Zhang. Li Lan thought silently in his heart.
When he saw Li Lan looking at her, he smiled gently and said, "Eat quickly, it will be cold soon." After that, he picked up the black-dough steamed bun and started to eat it. After a busy day, he only ate a little shriveled pancake at noon. He was really hungry.
Sitting next to Kim Dazhong was Taohua's elder brother Kim Kyung-sung. He was already thirteen years old and was considered a little adult. With his father going to work in the city, although he worked hard, he could share more of his family. He didn't feel it was hard. Kim Kyung-sung's appearance was completely a smaller version of Kim Dazhong. His young face was full of vitality, but he looked extremely serious because he didn't have a smile. If he had a smile, it would be very good, right? Taohua thought.
Jingsheng asked when he saw Taohua, "Have you been better these two days?"
"I'm all right, don't worry, brother." Li Lan said in a low voice. It seemed that Taohua was always careful when she saw this brother on weekdays and was very afraid of him. Maybe it was because Jing Sheng was too serious.
The second sister Li Hua held Li Lan the fried vegetables on the dinner table, and also instructed him, "You are just sick, so you should eat more."
Jin Lihua is only four years older than Taohua. Although her complexion is also very beautiful, she is still beautiful, with big eyes and watery, gentle and gentle, and she can't imagine her stingy appearance. She really can't be seen, Li Lan muttered in her heart.
"No need, let my father and elder brother eat it. They should eat more when they are tired." Li Lan said. She knew that there was only a plate of pickled radish on the dinner table as vegetables, and the vegetables they planted were washed and dried, so that they could be eaten in winter, and occasionally they would be sold in the city. Moreover, the vegetables were boiled in water and eaten, so they would not be able to stir-fry them in oil like today. The vegetables were fried today just to nourish her body. This treatment was rare in this dynasty where men were superior to women, and this perception finally gave Li Lan a little comfort.
Needless to say, Mingsheng is at the age of growing up, and even pickled corn porridge is delicious.
The days that followed, Li Lan was taciturn and silently felt the warmth brought to her by this home. Nearly a week passed. Finally, Li Lan had no choice but to accept the fact of time travel. From the initial panic to the current helplessness and calmness, the key was that she could not calm down. When Li Lan passed by jumping through the river without courage, daring to hit the wall, and having no courage to cut her veins, she finally realized that she was almost hopeless and had to stay at peace. After all, life is priceless. No matter what arrangement the Creator gave, at least she was still alive, and she went from twenty-four years old to eight years old!
Well, after a week of turmoil, Li Lan looked at herself seriously from the water surface of the water tank. Her face was dry and yellow, like dry grass, just like a wild grass on the roadside. She didn't look like a carefree, lively and cute little girl. But thinking about almost everyone in the family was full of vegetables, she felt relieved and took good care of her in the future. But eating pickles every day can drink porridge that can be looked at as a mirror, probably won't get fat, and it's all because of the poor family. It can be seen that Zhang loved her so much that she made white rice porridge for peach blossoms that day.
"Sister Three, what are you thinking?" Mingchuan stared at the peach blossoms squatting on the ground and drawing circles.
"Oh, I was wondering why my family disappeared early in the morning?" Li Lan said, Oh, no, it will be golden peach blossoms in the future, and she will no longer be the modern free Li Lan.
"I know, my father went to work in the city, my mother went to Aunt Zhao's house to do embroidery work, and my sister also went to help. The eldest brother was called by Erlang, and I don't know what he was doing." Mingsheng said angrily.
"Ah, why didn't you call me?" Taohua asked. Taohua was a little ashamed. It seemed that her habit of sleeping in would have to be changed in the future
"I saw that you were sleeping well, so I didn't call you." Mingsheng said, "Actually, I wanted to see what Erlang called my elder brother, but I still wanted to spend time with my sister at home."
"Then I'll accompany you to find your elder brother, okay?"
"Okay." Mingsheng nodded, then he held Taohua's hand excitedly and said, "Let's go find the eldest brother, Erlang must have asked him to slap in the fish."
Peach blossoms walked on the way to Qingshui River with Mingsheng's hand, looking at this ancient village with great enthusiasm along the way, as if walking into a historical picture. Compared with modern high-rise buildings, the houses are either spacious or small, or thatched huts or blue bricks, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one
Taohua's home is towards the end of the back village. It is very close to Qingshui River. You only need to cross a not-so-steep slope to get there. But Mingchuan said that the elder brother and the others might be at the Qingshui River Bridge, so he pulled Taohua forward. Taohua was about to be seen from afar, and a small flat stone bridge connected the two banks. On the river bank next to the stone bridge, several boys in their teens were pulling fish baskets barefoot.
"Brother!" Mingsheng ran over happily, but Taohua couldn't even hold on. The child still likes to come out to play.
Hearing Mingsheng's screams, the group of boys looked back and waited for the peach blossoms to come over, for the big boy.
"You are just sick, why did you come out?" The eldest boy is Taohua's elder brother. He looked at Taohua with dark eyes and frowned slightly.
Taohua looked at the thirteen-year-old boy in front of her. She had dark skin, straight facial features, thick eyebrows, dark eyes and bright eyes. She just had a serious expression, facing Taohua with a stern face. No wonder Taohua was afraid of him before.
"I want to come out and see if I can help my elder brother." Taohua said in a low voice.
"Huh?" Jing Sheng was a little surprised. In the past, this little girl was always speechless when facing him. Unexpectedly, she would be brave enough to speak this time. She dared to speak. This was also good. So she said softly, "Erlang and I will catch some fish to help you replenish your body. You are just sick, just go and watch it."
At this time, a boy of eight or nine years old ran over and said, "Brother Jingsheng, come here quickly, there are so many fish."
As he said that, he pulled Jingsheng away. After running for a step, he seemed to remember something. He turned around and smiled at Taohua, "Sister Taohua." There was no sign of anything on his dirty face, and he only had a mouthful of white teeth dazzlingly in the sun.
Taohua nodded and watched them run to the place where the fish basket was placed. She knew that the little boy was the third son of Wang Dalangzi's family, not far from Taohua's family. He was only one year younger than him and had no reputation. He usually met Sanlang Sanlang's name. Wang Dalangzi's family has three sons and one daughter. The Wang family's daughter-in-law Liu is a very lazy woman. She doesn't do anything on weekdays, but she is a pretty man. Her parents-in-law can't take him, and the men can't control her. The children are all day long, and they don't say anything dirty, and they don't talk much. Just this Sanlang is better. If it weren't for having three sons in a row, the Wang family would have divorced her long ago. This was what Taohua knew when she was playing outside when she heard the wives in the village knelt on their teeth.
Peach blossoms sat on the stone bridge, and with just stretching their legs down, they could reach the flowing river water below. It was early autumn now. Although the weather was not very cold, the water was a little cold. Peach blossoms shrank upwards and shrank their feet. Then they looked at the child running in front of them. This time, she was not the only girl.
Peach blossoms identified one by one with the people in my memory. The taller, dark-skinned but with a good appearance, was naturally his elder brother. The chubby boy who was placing a fish basket next to his elder brother was Li Ang, the eldest grandson of Li Butuhu's family. The tired person squatted on the ground and gasped was Zhao Bao from Aunt Zhao's family in Qian Village. Saburo wouldn't say anything, but the Si Ya who followed Saburo who was as big as Mingsheng should be the Si Ya who was as big as Mingsheng.
The two little girls that Taohua saw were about eight or nine years old. One of them was wearing a pink cotton dress, and two braids were tilted as they walked, with their little faces blushing and cute. The other was wearing dark blue dress with big eyes. Taohua recognized them as Tang Feifei, the niece of the inner king, and Huang Man, the youngest daughter of Huang Carpenter. Taohua pinched her small, flat and fleshless face and sighed, it was really a Mufabi.
"Peach Blossom?" The sound of the lake being blown by the wind sounded in my ears.
Chapter completed!