"You Jin came back up the mountain again? You're not afraid of crushing your stature with such a heavy bamboo basket."
With a bamboo basket full of pig grass on her back, when she heard someone call her, Yue Youjin, who was still walking with her head down, raised her head and smiled to greet the woman by the road: "Aunt Wu."
Looking at her thin body, the middle-aged woman in her early thirties who was called the fifth aunt flashed a trace of reluctance in her eyes, and said distressedly: "Your grandma sent you out to work again?"
Yue Youjin was very used to the pity and sympathy in the eyes of the villagers, and nodded with a smile: "Grandma said that the pig grass at home is gone, and this year's hope is all on a few pigs, so I have to take good care of them. Only then will I have the money to give birth to a little brother for my mother."
"Yes, your auntie's stomach looks different this time. If you can have a son, you sisters will have a better life..." Thinking of the messy days in the Yue family, Aunt Wu sighed slightly in her heart. Sigh, they are all poor people!
"Aunt Wu, I won't tell you. When I came out, Grandma said that the pigs in the house are about to open the door of the pigsty, so I have to go back quickly." Seeing what she wanted to say, Yue Youjin hurriedly interrupted her. After speaking, he carried a heavy bamboo basket and walked towards the front house.
Thinking that the old Chen family was more cruel to these granddaughters, Aunt Wu no longer stopped her, looked at the thin figure with a bamboo basket on her back, and sighed. This is an eleven-year-old girl. At the age of six or seven, the hearts of the family members are really ruthless this month!
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Turning from the main road of the village into the intersection where Yue's house is located, there are several households away from the gate of the Yue's house, and Yue Youjin saw several villagers standing outside the gate of their own courtyard, openly inquiring about the situation inside. In the yard, Yue Youjin heard a sharp female voice for eleven years: "But a few losers, still want to be called Langzhong? Still want rice porridge?"
Accompanied by the high-pitched female voice, there was also a thin cry of a little girl, and then a voice somewhat like a mother duck sounded, clearly comforting and actually fanning the flames: "Brother and sister, please hurry up and stop the children from crying, if this makes us The luck of the family is gone, so... "
Hearing her say this, the owner of the shrill female voice became even more furious: "All day long, besides eating, I cry, and cry again to see if I don't kill you money-losers!" As soon as the voice fell, there was a furious whiplash. the sound of.
Several little girls were beaten so badly that they could only bite their cracked lips, daring not to make any more noise.
Hearing the movement at home, Yue Youjin hurried through the crowd and pushed open the courtyard door with a gap: "Nah, I'm back!"
Old Chen, who was fighting hard, was interrupted and stared at him with sharp eyes that were very displeased, but when he saw the villagers crowding outside and looking in, he was even more displeased, and motioned for Xiao Chen to close the courtyard door.
Yue Youjin took advantage of the old Chen's ignorance, and hurriedly walked to the little girls who were shrunk into a ball by the old Chen's beating, and their clothes were all covered in gray, and falsely reprimanded: "You guys, my sister just went out. Did you make the milk angry again after a while? Go back to the room and kneel for me!" Carrying the crowd behind his back, he made a few glances at the second sister Yue Youyin while everyone was not looking.
Yue Youyin naturally received her sister's wink, and hurriedly dragged her two younger sisters back to the west wing, leaving Yue Youjin alone to face the old Chen.
Seeing that the money-losing goods had all run away, Mrs. Chen transferred all his displeasure to Yue Youjin: "Why did it take you so long to come back to mow the hogweed? Where did you go?" The bamboo whip she was holding seemed to greet Yue Youjin at any time as long as she made a mistake.
Yue Youjin hurriedly walked to the old Chen's side with a smile and supported her: "The hogweed has been less on the mountain recently, so I have walked a little further, A-mai, please go back and rest, and I will go and feed the pigs. "
Looking at her tattered and worn clothes with a lot of mud marks, and then looking at her half-new and clean fine cotton clothes, she pushed people away: "Go, go, don't be an eyesore, go and put them away. The pigs are fed, and the pigs are about to burst the door of the pigsty, if the pigs run away, just wait for me!" After speaking, Xiao Chen and the others, who were watching the fun, returned to the front door angrily. house.
After watching the old Chen and others leave, Yue Youjin breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly went to the pigsty with pig grass on his back.
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The surname of Cuifeng Village is Yue. There are about 70 or 80 families in the village. Although the Yue family can't compare to the top ones in the village, they are not too poor. In those days, the old man of the Yue family, Yue Dafu, followed the merchants outside for many years and saved a lot of property, so he returned to Cuifeng Village to buy more than 30 acres of fertile land, and also built a large and spacious blue brick house. Cuifeng Village is considered to be a respectable family.
Yue Dafu married the youngest daughter of the village head of Chenjia Village, Chen, and gave birth to three sons and a daughter. She had a very smooth life. Now that she is old in the village, she can be regarded as a decent family in the village. What obsessions are nothing more than two things: First, the eldest grandson of the imperial examination, the old man has worked hard all his life, and he has seen many people's love and affection. And the eldest grandson was very intelligent since he was a child, and Mr. Yue placed all his hopes on him.
The second is that the second son's family has never been able to give birth to a son. The old family has four sons and one daughter, and the third family also has two sons and one daughter. Only the second son's family has seven daughters in a row, and he can't give birth to a son. Now that the Su family is pregnant with another one, the old man Yue is also looking forward to giving birth to a baby to pass on the incense to the second family.
It has been 15 years since the second family was married, but they gave birth to seven daughters in a row. Therefore, Yue Changlu and his wife have a very low status in the family. Yue Changlu can't even lift her head because she has no son, so she beats his wife and children at every turn. Exhale. Although Su's family was willing to protect her daughters, she had no choice but to have no one in her family, and she was unable to protect herself. She just hoped that the fat boy in her belly would make her and her seven daughters a better life.
Young Ting from the big room is the eldest, You He from the third room is the second, and then there are the seven daughters of gold and silver jewelry and Lingluo silk from the second room. Therefore, although Young Jin is the eldest daughter of the second room, she is also the third.
When Yue Youjin returned to the west wing after feeding the pigs, the twins, the seventh sister Youling and the eighth sister Youluo, were already crying and fell asleep, while the fourth sister Youyin hugged the two-year-old Ninth sister Yousu. As he coaxed and wiped away tears, he must have been beaten a little bit by the old Chen shi just now.
Seeing the eldest sister came back, You Yin hurriedly stood up with Jiumei in her arms: "Eldest sister, Jiumei has a fever, and Grandma refuses to call Langzhong, how can this be good?"
As soon as she heard that Jiumei had a fever, You Jin hurriedly took Jiumei from Youyin's arms and saw that Xiao Jiu, whose face was already burnt and blushed, was still conscious
"Eldest sister, if you keep burning like this, will Xiao Jiu..." Yue Youyin remembered that her eyes were wide and she looked at the eldest sister at a loss, pinning all her hopes on her.
"Where's your parents?" You Jin probed Xiao Jiu's forehead and guessed that he had already had a high fever. Xiao Jiu was only two years old. Going on like this would only confuse the child, and he would have to become a fool if he didn't die!
"Father said early this morning that I would go to Liutun Town to find a job. My mother was on the kang and had a stomachache. Five sisters and six sisters were guarding inside." Young Yin cried so much that her voice was hoarse.
Looking through the paper-pasted window with many holes, he found that there was no one else in the courtyard. Young Jin gritted his teeth, and put Xiao Jiu back into Young Yin's hands to hold him: "Wait a minute." After speaking, he returned to On the edge of the kang where he and a few younger sisters were sleeping, he dug around the corner of the wall for a while, and finally took out a dozen copper plates.
Carefully put the money in his arms, and then watched her take out the copper plate from the kang cave and took Xiaojiu in his stunned arms: "I'll take Xiaojiu to Dr. Ma's house, you are guarding at home, If the milk is looking for me, you can just find an excuse to block it." After saying that, regardless of Young Yin's reaction, he quietly slipped out with Xiao Jiu in his arms. Doctor Ma lives in a villager at the foot of Cuifeng Village. Usually, everyone who has a headache or a fever will go to him for treatment.
Seeing her sister sneaking out of the house like a thief, Yue Youyin came back to her senses. When did the elder sister hide so many copper coins in the kang cave? But she didn't dare to think too much about it, as she walked around the room like a frightened bird, for fear that the old Chen family or others would come to her door.
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Besides, Yue Youjin slipped out of the house and trotted all the way to the outside of Doctor Ma's courtyard with Xiao Jiu. The one who came to answer the door was Mrs. Lin, the wife of Doctor Ma. When Lin opened the door, she saw Young Jin, who was out of breath, and saw Xiao Jiu, who was holding her in her arms, blushing strangely, and hurriedly put the person in: "Old man, come out!"
The gray-haired doctor Ma paced out of the main room: "What are you doing, your old lady looks like a panicky wind?"
"Grandpa Ma, please save my Ninth sister! Somehow, the fever has started!" Young Jin, who was holding Xiaojiu, was so anxious that her eyes were red, and she knelt down in front of Doctor Ma with a thud.
Lin Shi was taken aback by her action, and hurriedly helped him up: "You child, what are you doing?"
As soon as Doctor Ma heard that the child had a high fever, he hurriedly concentrated his breath, took Xiao Jiu's pulse, and then picked up some herbs for You Jin: "Go to the kitchen, boil these medicines in three bowls of water into a bowl, give them to She poured it down, maybe it would be better."
Young Jin didn't even care to thank him, so he followed Lin to the kitchen of the Ma family with the herbs to boil the medicine.
The jars for all kinds of medicines in the Ma's kitchen are naturally complete, and Young Jin quickly came back with the medicines. He came back with a bowl full of dark concoction.
While Young Jin was going to boil the medicine, Doctor Ma gave Xiao Jiu an injection. Although the fever did not subside, Xiao Jiu could be regarded as awake.
"Xiao Jiu, you will get better after drinking the medicine." You Jin coaxed Xiao Jiu to drink a large bowl of medicine. Although Xiao Jiu was young, because of the situation at home, she didn't cry or make trouble. After drinking the medicine, she snuggled into Young Jin's arms and fell asleep after a while.
About half an hour later, Doctor Ma took Xiao Jiu's pulse again, and he was relieved: "Drink a few more medicines, and it will be better in a few days."
Youjin looked at Dr. Ma and his wife gratefully: "Grandpa Ma, Grandma Ma, thank you for saving Xiao Jiuyi's life. I don't have any money..." He took out the only thirteen copper plates from his arms. , "I'll pay the money first, and I'll pay it back to you when I've saved enough money in the future..." After saying this, Young Jin felt a little hot on his cheeks. In his past and present life, he still owes other people's medical bills. First time.
Doctor Ma looked at the copper coin that was stained with a little soot, sighed slightly and pushed the copper plate back to Young Jin: "I will prescribe three more medicines for you, take it back and boil it for Xiao Jiu to drink every day, and slowly raise a few more. Today, maybe it will get better. Take this money back, and give it to me when you have more money in your hand in the future."
Doctor Ma is a little embarrassed to call Young Jin like this: "How can this be possible? Doctor Ma saved my sister's life. Although a dozen copper coins are not many, we should pay."
Seeing her insistence, Doctor Ma took five of the coins: "It's not easy for you mother and daughter to have some money on your side, so I'll take five more, and I lent you the rest of the bento. Let's take you quickly. Go to the girl's house."
Seeing that it was getting dark outside, Mr. Chen must be looking for him after a while, so he respectfully knelt in front of Doctor Ma with Xiaojiu and thanked him for saving his life, and then took the gift from Doctor Ma. Three sticks of medicine went home.
After sending away the Young Jin sisters, Lin returned to the room and gave Doctor Ma a white look: "You are kind, how come you still received Young Jin's money, don't you know what life their mother and daughter lived?"
Doctor Ma sighed: "You Jin has a strong temperament. If I don't accept a penny, she will definitely feel uneasy in her heart, and accepting five penny is also for her peace of mind. They are all poor children!"
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