That must be the most embarrassed city girl Zhao Yu had ever seen.
From a distance, the girl's hair was wet, her trouser legs were covered in mud, and her body was covered in mud and water, probably because she had fallen. Her lips were chapped from the sun, and her face looked very ugly.
The burly men around him laughed.
"The boxes are so magnificent, why is the young lady like this?"
Du Tian pursed her lips, held back her laughter, and felt relieved.
Chen Xiaoli walked for three hours on the mountain road and fell down. She was so desperate that she lost her temper. After finally entering the village, everyone looked at her like a monkey, which made her angry and embarrassed.
The second girl from the village chief's family bit her finger and asked her, "Are you Miss Ji?"
Chen Xiaoli waved her away: "Get away, I'm not." Ji Daining, the spoiled and troublesome girl, was asking Zhang Yongfeng to change her shoes in the back.
After hearing her say no, Erniu shrugged her shoulders, stretched her neck and continued to look back eagerly.
Soon, she saw the eldest lady that her father and brother had been talking about for two days.
Erniu opened her eyes wide and opened her mouth.
The girl was wearing a princess-colored skirt with seaweed-like curls hanging down. The skirt was calf-length. I don’t know what her shoes were made of, but they were translucent and decorated with scallops. The soles of her shoes were actually solidified into the shape of blue lake water.
The girl had small and delicate feet, with cherry pink toes. Seeing so many people looking at her, she tilted her head, blinked and smiled.
Erniu blushed and hid behind her brother.
She whispered, "Brother, she is so beautiful."
Erniu'er's brother Li Zhuang's neck was all red. He thought the female stars on TV were pretty enough, but he didn't expect there would be someone better than her.
Daning supported her chin and sat on the chair as usual.
This time, it was no longer the villagers who carried the chair, but my grandfather's bodyguards.
She is the delicate Ji Daining. No matter how many times she has to do this, she will not let herself suffer in this dilapidated little village without cement roads.
Zhang Yongfeng is giving candies to the children in the village.
Dai Ning seemed to have sensed something, raised her eyes and looked towards the field, where she saw several pairs of astonished eyes.
She saw Ji Tian, who was dressed like a village girl, and Zhao Yu, who was 18 years old. Dai Ning had the urge to take out her phone and take a picture of their miserable appearance, but fortunately she remembered what she was doing there, so she looked at Ji Tian for a few seconds and then set her sights on Zhao Yu.
"What are they called?" she asked the village chief.
The village chief squinted his eyes and said, "The girl is Tianniu'er from Widow Du's family, and the boy is Gouwa from Old Zhao's family. His full name is..."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhuang hurriedly said, "Dad, Zhao Yu."
"Oh yes, Zhao Yu."
puff!
Tianniuer! Gou Wa! Gou Wa
Although they were well prepared and the people in the mountains thought it was easier to live with a humble name, Dai Ning still didn't expect that Zhao Yu, who would be able to make everything happen a few years later, would be so down-to-earth this year.
Dai Ning burst into laughter in her heart, and resisted the urge to look at "Gou Wa" again, and directed Zhang Yongfeng and others to move things for her.
Zhao Yu straightened up in the field, and realized belatedly that this was the eldest lady who was the talk of the town.
The girl was beautiful and delicate. She only looked at him from a distance and then looked away.
Zhao Yu looked at her beautiful dress, then lowered his eyes to look at his calves which were covered in wet mud.
His stomach growled twice, urging him to do so. Zhao Yu withdrew his gaze and continued working.
Du Tian, standing by the ridge of the field, quietly clenched her skirt with her hands. For some reason, she felt uncomfortable.
Dai Ning had long known that conditions in the remote mountainous areas were poor, but she didn't expect them to be so bad.
After visiting the "best" house in the village, her little face was wrinkled and she didn't look happy at all.
The village chief of Xinghua Village is Li Aiguo. His family owns the only two-story bungalow in the village, which was built years ago for his eldest son Li Zhuang to get married in the future.
The "good" house that the country people were reluctant to live in, in Dai Ning's opinion, had no redeeming features at all, and was not even as good as the bathroom in the Ji family's villa.
Even though a blanket was laid on the cement floor and the curtains and bed were changed, Daning moved her nose and said in disgust, "What a smell! It stinks."
Zhang Yongfeng said helplessly: "Miss, rural people raise pigs..."
Daning pushed open the window and saw several big pigs and dozens of piglets rubbing against each other in the fence in the backyard of the village chief's house.
Even though she died tragically in her previous life, Daning had never seen a live pig in real life.
They are the "treasures" of the village chief's family. Daining is in the wind, and the smell wafting over is more unbearable than poisonous snakes and beasts.
Her cat-like eyes widened and she was speechless for a long time.
Uncle Qian wanted to laugh a little, and he said, "Miss, you shouldn't have come to a place like this. The village chief's family has the best conditions. If you regret it, let's go back."
"No, I won't go back." Dai Ning closed the window. "I'll ask later to see which family doesn't raise pigs."
Uncle Qian couldn't do anything about this little witch, he nodded and said, "Are you hungry, Miss? I'll go get someone to cook."
"Go quickly, go quickly." Dai Ning fell on the bed she brought with her, covered her ears with a pillow, and felt like she had lost all desire to live.
Outside, pigs were squealing miserably.
She must change her house!
During lunch, everyone who passed by Li Aiguo looked around.
"Village Chief, what are you eating? It smells so good."
Li Aiguo was holding a bowl of dried sweet potato rice, sitting on the doorstep and looking inside. The aroma was so tempting that Li Aiguo sipped his saliva and said, "Miss Ji and the others were having dinner. I didn't know."
In the eyes of the Li family, Miss Ji's demeanor was such that it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was like an emperor traveling.
She brought a housekeeper, two cooks, four bodyguards, and initially eight porters, but now the porters have left. The cooks in the city cook really delicious food! I don't know what delicious food the young lady eats, Li Aiguo thought, and then looked at the dry rice in the bowl, which was tasteless.
Erniu was so greedy that she kept looking around, but she was too brave to go over.
Zhang Yongfeng came out and said, "Children, come and eat together."
Erniu looked back at her mother, who waved her hands and said, "Forget it. Erniu is immature. What if she offends Miss Ji..."
Zhang Yongfeng showed his big white teeth: "It's okay, Miss has something to ask."
Li Erniu followed Zhang Yongfeng in and sat at the table. Her eyes were immediately attracted by the dishes on the table. Little Li Erniu couldn't take her eyes away at all. Her family didn't have so many dishes during the Chinese New Year!
Not to mention the dozen or so meat dishes and fruit plates in the distance, the dish in front of the little girl is called Osmanthus Egg. It is golden in color and has a sweet and sticky aroma. It is made by stir-frying eggs, starch, sugar and water.
Dai Ning said, "Don't look at it, eat it!"
Li Erniu couldn't bear it any longer and put one in her mouth with chopsticks. Her mouth was swollen and her expression was very strange, and then it turned into surprise.
Daning was amused by what she saw.
She waited until the little girl had almost finished eating, and then asked her, "Little sister, which family in your village doesn't raise pigs?"
Uncle Qian didn't expect that the eldest lady was still thinking about this matter, and he was quite amused.
Li Erniu's eyes were blank for a moment, not understanding why the eldest lady asked such a question. She said, "Everyone raises pigs."
After a pause, she seemed to remember something.
"Gou Gege's family doesn't raise pigs. They sold the pigs two years ago to pay for his father's medical treatment. Now the pig pen is empty. Ping Gege has to go to school, so there's no one in his family to cut grass for the pigs."
Dai Ning propped up her chin and thought it sounded familiar: "Your dog brother's name is..."
Li Erniu, with rice grains on the corners of her mouth, said vaguely, "My brother's name is Zhao Yu."
Daning: …
She looked at the people in the room and thought that if she didn't monitor the male and female protagonists, she wouldn't know if they made any progress. After all, she was here to ruin someone's marriage, so it was better to keep an eye on them.
In order to stay away from the pigs in the village, Dai Ning reluctantly said, "Uncle Qian, I want to live at Zhao's house."
Uncle Qian has a headache.
Zhao Yu put down the sickle, washed the mud off the soles of his feet in the yard, and then walked into the house.
In the main room, six-year-old girl Zhao Anan was setting the table.
Although she is six years old, she is thin and small, like a little monkey, and not at all round and tender as a little girl. She is the one who feeds the chickens at home.
Zhao Yu touched his sister's head and said, "An An, have Dad and Mom eaten?"
Zhao Anan said: "Big brother, you are back. We are waiting for you. Second brother is feeding our parents."
Although she is small, she is very sensible.
"Big brother, please sit down. I'll go call the second brother."
Zhao Yu said, "I'll go."
He walked into his parents' room. The air smelled of medicine and a musty smell. Under the old quilt, there was a middle-aged couple. The man was lying with his mouth and eyes crooked, and the woman was leaning against the head of the bed weakly.
Poverty and disease make them look old and frail.
A young man was feeding them patiently beside the bed.
Zhao Yu said, "Xiaoping, let me do it."
Zhao Ping is twelve years old this year. Seeing his brother coming back, he was very happy: "Brother, no need, I've finished feeding."
After saying that, he showed the bowl to Zhao Yu, and it was indeed empty.
Zhao's mother asked her eldest son, "Are you tired?"
Zhao Yu curled his lips and said, "Not tired, mother."
Zhao's mother felt very guilty. The whole family, young and old, became Zhao Yu's burden, bending the shoulders of this young man.
She held back her tears and heartache and said, "You and your brother and sister should go have dinner."
Zhao Yu responded, took the bowl beside him, and went out with Zhao Ping.
The three siblings sat at the dinner table.
There were only three bowls of dry rice and a plate of pickled mustard tubers on the table.
During the meal, Zhao Ping suddenly said, "Brother, I heard that someone in the village moved things for the young lady and got 1,800 yuan!"
Zhao Yu paused with his chopsticks and looked up at him.
Zhao Ping said: "I am twelve years old and have strength. I want to try it too."
Zhao Yu shook his head and said calmly: "No."
Zhao Ping's face flushed, but he didn't dare to refute his brother, so he didn't say anything. Zhao Yu glanced at his younger sister and said, "An An, watch your second brother, don't let him go."
Zhao Anan nodded.
After dinner, Zhao Yu went down to the fields again. He had to ensure food for five people by himself. The only thing he could be thankful for was that the harvest was good this year.
Zhao Anan was feeding chickens in the yard.
Zhao Ping looked at his younger sister and walked out.
Zhao Anan said crisply: "Second brother!"
Zhao Ping said: "An An, keep your voice down! Don't let me know, I'm just going to take a look."
He pulled his little sister over and coaxed her, "Do you want me to be less tired?"
Zhao Anan nodded.
"Second brother is going to help the eldest lady move things. Nothing will happen, don't worry. When second brother makes money, eldest brother won't be so tired. He has a bloody wound on his hand. Do you feel sad when you see it?"
Zhao Anan hesitated.
"That's it, you take care of my parents." Zhao Ping ran away.
The gossip spread in the afternoon, and everyone knew that the eldest lady was generous.
Those who didn't go were now regretting their decision very much. When they heard that the eldest lady still had luggage outside the mountain, they all rushed to go.
Dai Ning was standing on the second floor, watching while eating melon seeds.
In the crowd, there was a boy of about eleven or twelve years old. He had thin arms and legs and was short. He was carrying Dai Ning's things and was struggling to move through the crowd.
Daning knew him.
If I remember correctly, he was Zhao Yu's younger brother, Zhao Ping. Zhao Ping was dark and thin now, like a refugee, and was nowhere near as glorious as he would be when he followed Zhao Yu a few years later.
She didn't like the Zhao family, so she didn't feel any pity for them.
The twelve-year-old Zhao Ping walked unsteadily, and Dai Ning felt dizzy. Unexpectedly, the next moment, Zhao Ping fell to the ground.
There was a crackling sound in the box.
Zhao Ping was stunned for a moment, and his face turned pale.
He knew that the heavier the things he moved, the more money he would make. The boy was greedy, but the box was full of porcelain bowls, which would break if he dropped it.
This sudden change left everyone stunned.
The village chief was a little at a loss and looked at Dai Ning, fearing that the eldest lady would get angry.
Uncle Qian frowned and whispered, "Miss, look..." Uncle Qian was soft-hearted, thinking that this was just a child from a poor family. Before he could say anything, the child's face turned pale with fear. The porcelain bowl was not worth much money, so it was better to forget it.
Dai Ning blinked: "Let him pay for it."
She was too pretty, but she spoke like a merciless little witch: "Who made him careless."
She wasn't here to capture Zhao Yu in the first place, so what's wrong with torturing Zhao Yu's family!
"Uncle Qian, please settle the bill. Not a penny less."
Zhao Ping's face was pale, and he was about to cry. He shouldn't have disobeyed his brother and come to move things. Now he didn't make any money, and he got into trouble.
Liu Bo ran out of breath and called to Zhao Yu who was working in the field: "Go over there quickly! Your brother is in trouble!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yu hurriedly walked up the ridge of the field, not even bothering to put on his shoes, and headed towards the village chief's house.