A few days after the old Chen gave birth, the first frost came down, and the crops outside the village had already dropped their heads heavily, waiting for the joy of picking the harvest from the people who had worked hard for more than half a year.
Yue Dafu carried a hoe and led Yue Changlu along the ridge. The father and son had just returned from the field. Yue Dafu's wrinkled face was full of joy: "This year has been a good year, the rice is almost ripe, and we will start harvesting tomorrow!" Now almost all the family members have been taken out by the Yue Wentao brothers, which means a good harvest. If he could sell more money, Yue Dafu would naturally be happy.
Yue Changlu followed his father, half a step slower, with a hint of joy on his face that had been through the wind and frost for many years: "I will go to work in the town after I have received the food, and I can save some money for the winter if I think about it."
Yue Dafu glanced at his son who was still a little gloomy, although there was a smile on his face, and sighed in his heart, thinking that the second child's family had only seven granddaughters, he couldn't help shaking his head.
The father and son just returned home, and Xiao Chen just happened to have cooked the meal. Since the family lost 100 taels of silver, the old Chen began to search even more: the rice was originally brown rice, but now it has been replaced with watery coarse grains Porridge, there is no meat or fishy smell in the dish, a small bowl of pickles and a few pots of fried vegetables that seem to have no appetite.
But the old Chen family didn't dare to starve Yue Dafu. Just after Yue Dafu washed his hands and put it on the table, a bowl of thick coarse grain porridge was placed in front of him. Then Yue Changlu, Yue Wenwei of Changfang, and Old Chen himself all got half the bowl of thick porridge. As for the little Chen family and Yue Youting from the long room, they can still get some dry goods, but the seven granddaughters of the second room almost have a bowl of porridge water for each person.
Yue Youjin felt that she was fine, but several younger sisters were still so young. If they were hungry, what would happen in the future? But looking at the smug expression on Old Chen's face, Yue Youjin knew that she was waiting for her to find trouble and then taught herself a good lesson! He immediately changed his mind, holding a bowl of smashed porridge and water, feeding Xiao Jiu one bite at a time, and then constantly extending his chopsticks into the vegetable bowl on the table.
When Young Jin picked up the third chopstick dish, Old Chen stretched out his hand with an ugly face and took the chopsticks and hit Young Jin on the back of his hand with a hard "snap": "The money-losing goods of the starving ghost reincarnated, just eat and don't cook. , I'm not afraid of killing you!"
Old Chen's sudden accusation not only frightened Yue Youyin, Youzhu and Youbao, but also frightened Xiaojiu, who was holding Youjin in his arms, to cry. Xiao Jiu's cry was not loud, but it also attracted the attention of the next table Yue Dafu: "I work hard outside every day, and I can't stop for a while when I get home! How do you manage your home?"
Although he was blaming Old Chen in his words, his dissatisfied eyes glared at Yue Youjin.
Yue Changlu is very sensitive to everything at home, especially when it comes to the money-losing goods, so Yue Dafu just finished his rebuke, and before Young Jin could respond, he stood up and slapped the back of his head with a slap. : "A money loser who knows how to cry and cry all day long!"
Young Jin was blindfolded by his actions, and only felt a burning pain in the back of his head, and he swayed several times before he fell down. Young Yin, who was sitting next to Young Jin, also noticed something was wrong with her sister, and hurriedly supported her: "Third sister!"
Several younger sisters looked at Young Jin in panic, for fear that Young Jin would have an accident. Youjin came back to her senses, stretched out a hand and patted Youyin to reassure her, then lowered her head to admit her mistake: "Xiaojiu cried because she was suddenly scared, so I'll take it away." Jiu got up and left the dining table, and glanced coldly at Yue Changlu.
Yue Changlu was frightened by her poisonous glance, but she felt a little nervous in her heart, but she soon recovered, a loser who didn't even grow his hair, how dare he do anything? Thinking like this, he sat back and continued to eat.
You Jin returned to the west wing with Xiao Jiu, who was sobbing in a low voice. When Su Shi, who was half lying on the kang, saw it, she forced herself to sit up: "What's the matter? Why are you still crying?"
The left hand held Xiao Jiu's fleshless buttocks, and the right hand gently patted her back to coax her. Seeing Su Shiwen, she just shook her head gently. After Xiao Jiu fell asleep crying, Xiao Jin only She put it on the kang where the sisters slept outside on weekdays, then lifted the door curtain that had been washed white and entered Su's room, and briefly told her what had just happened.
"You milk her is just a hard mouth and a soft heart..." Su Shi said such a self-deception but can't even deceive herself, and there was a bitter smile on her dry and yellow face due to perennial malnutrition: "Don't blame me. Your father, if you blame your mother for not giving birth to a son, your sisters suffer..."
"Mother! It's not your fault!" Seeing that the Su family was taking the blame on himself again, You Jin looked at her seriously: "It's not your fault that you can't have a son!" It's because of the man's relationship, but You Jin can't talk to Su Shi about xy issues, and can only try to brainwash her again and again. It's not her fault.
Seeing that the Su family was speechless, Young Jin sighed in her heart, and then asked the Su family's old-fashioned question again: "If we split up, would it be better than now? Or my mother took us away from the Yue family. ? We will never starve to death."
The first time Su Shi heard her daughter say this was the year before. Her daughter was only nine years old at the time, because her mother-in-law wanted to throw the newly born Xiao Jiu on the mountain and she secretly rescued her. Xiao Jiu survived. However, Young Jin, who was beaten all over by the old Chen family, asked himself these words in a dying breath: "Mother, why don't you take me and my sisters away, it would be better than now if you leave the Yue family and die of starvation! "
After that fight, Young Jin seems to have grown a lot overnight, no, it's just that she showed her emotions that were originally restrained and buried in her heart in front of Su, who had already heard such shocking words from the very beginning. The shock and disbelief have become as calm as they are now, and even occasionally, when dreaming back in the middle of the night, I actually think about the feasibility of what my daughter said!
Hearing her daughter say this again today, Mrs Su sighed and said, "You and a few younger sisters are still young, and I have always been in poor health. If I really leave the Yue family, don't talk about getting married in the future, I'm afraid I will live. It’s hard to survive, right?” Su Shi didn’t know that the Yue family was only good-looking on the outside, but the inner bottom was actually rotten, but what could be done? She neither has a family that can support her and Li, nor does she have the skills and courage to raise her daughters, at least in Yue's family, her daughters can grow up and marry.
However, Youjin shook his head: "Mother, I will be twelve years old soon, and my sister will be ten years old. We can support you and your sister, as long as you are willing, even if we eat grass and bark, we can survive. "You Jin has been in this world for almost 12 years. Although his current physical quality is not as good as his previous life, he still has the ability to survive in the wild and his keen perception. There will always be a way to rely on mountains and water. Live.
"Jin'er, do you really think we can live without the Yue family?" Su Shi has lived for nearly 30 years in her life. Although her family was difficult as a teenager, her parents also worked diligently to support her sisters. One, who would have thought that the family suddenly changed overnight, both parents passed away, and the house and land of the family were all divided up by the uncles in the clan, and even myself and my two sisters were both my father’s elder brother and my uncle. They are usually sold as goods and married. That's why Mrs Su was so disliked by Mrs. Chen after she married into the Yue family, because Mrs. Chen felt from the bottom of her heart that Mrs. Su was a servant bought by her family with money.
Su's life is only happy for a few days when her parents are still there. After her parents left, she has been living under the manipulation of others. Now facing this kind of decision that she doesn't know where to go, she doesn't know what to do. , but inexplicably trusts this young and mature eldest daughter.
"Mother, as long as you want to take us away from Yue's house, I must have a way to support my sisters. I not only want to support them, but also save them a dowry so that they can marry beautifully. People, live a happy and prosperous life." You Jin looked at the Su family with sparkling eyes, as long as the Su family can strengthen her belief and leave with her sisters, she will definitely find a way to make the Yue family willingly Reconcile with Su Shi.
Mrs Su sighed: "Even if I wanted to, how could your grandma and your father agree?" Mrs Su is not as optimistic as Young Jin. She has been in Yue's house for more than ten years, and she will continue to cook for a few more years. What's the difference in ten years
When You Jin heard that Mrs. Su was finally relieved, she happily walked to her side and squatted down, gently touched Mrs. Su's already bulging belly, raised her head and squinted her eyes: "Don't worry, mother, I will do something. "
Seeing her so confident and confident, Su Shi couldn't help but have a little expectation in her heart: "Okay, if you can, mother will take you and your sisters to leave Yue's house, and our family will start over elsewhere."