Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 4282 Missed
While laying out the cradle, Yang Ruoqing suddenly remembered what happened to her own children when they were young.

A faint feeling suddenly welled up in my heart.

"When the children were young, I hoped that they would grow up quickly. Suddenly, they were almost ten years old. I suddenly felt that they were growing up too fast, and sometimes I wanted to hold them in my arms like when I was a child." Kissing and hugging are not as convenient as when I was a child, hehe..."

Yang Ruoqing said to herself while spreading the cradle.

Xiaohuan raised her head, smiled softly at Yang Ruoqing and said, "I understand your feelings."

"A lot of times when the two sons fell asleep, they would sleep beside me, one on the left and the other on the right." Xiaohuan continued.

"I couldn't help but raised my hand to touch the forehead of the eldest child, and kissed the small face of the second child, thinking that since they are still young, they don't want much and don't need to spend money, Zhou and I Wang hurry up and earn money quickly, when they grow up, they need to study, to get married, to get a bride price, to do business, to have capital..."

"The two of us hurry up to make money, make money..."

"Many times I don't have time to take care of the children, so I leave the children to my mother-in-law."

"When I went to work on the chicken farm every morning, the child hadn't woken up, and when I came back from work, the child was already asleep."

"My mother-in-law took the child to the chicken farm to find me, and she was in a hurry to breastfeed the child. In a blink of an eye, the eldest was five or six years old and no longer needed to breastfeed. When the second child was breastfeeding, I Trying hard to remember how the boss was breastfeeding, but I can't remember anything..."

Xiaohuan's words also resonated with Yang Ruoqing.

"Isn't it? It was the same at that time. Every day I got up early in the morning and took the herb-collecting team to drill into the mountains. When it was dark, the work was over. There were a lot of mosquitoes on the pond. My mother-in-law and aunt each held one and waited there." ..."

This scene was deeply engraved in Yang Ruoqing's heart for a lifetime.

Especially during the seven years when Chen'er disappeared, she often dreamed of this scene in her dreams, and when she woke up, her pillow was wet.

There is a kind of guilt in this world, called missing...

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Yang Ruoqing stood up and patted the cradle beside her, "The cradle is ready, is the little one asleep?"

Xiaohuan said: "I fell asleep a long time ago, we fell asleep when we were talking earlier."

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Then put it in the cradle quickly, and ask his grandma to come over and watch later."

Xiaohuan glanced at the room, and said: "You don't need to look at it, just let him sleep alone, at worst, I'll come over to take a look after a while, my mother-in-law...it's not convenient."

It's not inconvenient, the main reason is that Xiaohuan is worried that her mother-in-law will casually rummage through the things in this room, because her mother-in-law often secretly rummages through the things in her and Zhou Wang's rooms...

Yang Ruoqing said: "It's okay if no one is around to watch, if a child falls asleep and spits up milk, it's okay if there are no adults around."

It's not that this kind of thing never happened in the village before. After feeding the baby, the adults put the baby in the cradle, the quilts were tied tightly on both sides, and then the adults locked the door and went out to do farm work.

The child spits up milk halfway through sleep, and the milk may block the mouth and nose because of lying flat.

Children who died due to such small negligence were common in this ancient countryside.

"Just stay here with me, that's fine." Yang Ruoqing said again.

Xiaohuan showed a bit of distress on his face, and said: "After all, this is the dormitory of you and Tang Yazi. It's not convenient for me, a cousin, to come here. If Tang Yazi comes back to change clothes..."

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "You, you're really thoughtful, don't worry, I'll just go to the front yard and say hello to him later."

After a while, Yang Ruoqing returned to the dormitory in the backyard.

"I was going to help my aunt cook, but Aunt Da'e rushed to help, so I was sent out by them. The men were talking in the main room in the front yard, so let's talk in the dormitory."

Yang Ruoqing entered the dormitory and talked to Xiaohuan.

"The eldest son followed the baby to my mother's house next door. There are many children there. The children of my brother and cousin's family are all playing there. They are all boys. Duo'er is watching from the side, so we don't have to worry."

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, Xiaohuan smiled reassuringly, buried her head and continued to do the work in hand.

Yang Ruoqing was surprised when she saw it, "Hey, isn't this the half-made sole of the shoe? What are you doing? Help me make the sole of the shoe?"

Xiao Huan said without raising her head: "I'm idle, I'm idle. I saw your sewing dustpan lying there, so I took it and made it. It's just a good way to pass the time."

Yang Ruoqing laughed, and jokingly said: "You, too, are born to be restless. How nice it is for this New Year's day, knocking on melon seeds and chatting with Erlang's legs up!"

Xiaohuan pursed her lips, smiled and shook her head: "It's not tiring to wear the soles of shoes. I like doing these jobs. It makes me sit all the time, and I feel flustered."

"It's like when I used to be in the Xiangyang Prince's Mansion in the capital. At that time, my mother told me to talk less and do more. The habit of many years can't be changed."

Yang Ruoqing sat at the side, and also picked up the other sole, playing while listening to Xiaohuan's story about the past.

"Xiaohuan, how many years have passed since you left the Xiangyang Palace in the capital and came to Zhoujia Village with Zhou Xia?" Yang Ruoqing asked suddenly.

Without even thinking about it, Xiaohuan blurted out: "11 years and two months."

Yang Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, "In the past 11 years, have you written letters with your parents and brother-in-law who are far away in the capital? Do they know about your situation here?"

Xiaohuan nodded: "After I married Zhou Wang, when I gave birth to my eldest son, I entrusted the coachman who sent us out to send a message to the capital."

"I told them about my situation and told them not to worry about me. If Zhou Wang and I have the ability in the future, we will take our children to visit them in the capital."

"My parents also sent me two letters. In the first letter, my father also said that next time my elder brother goes to work, he may have to go through Changhuaizhou. At that time, Zhou Wang and I will take our children to Changhuaizhou in advance." Huaizhou and so on, see the relatives of the flesh and blood."

"But the second letter came right after. When I received that letter, I knew that I would never see my parents, brother-in-law, and brother-in-law's children again in this life." Huan said sadly.

"Why is that? Did something happen over there?" Yang Ruoqing hurriedly asked.

Xiaohuan said: "A year ago, the Eighth Miss of Xiangyang Prince's Mansion married away from Shaanxi. Before my sister-in-law married my brother, she was the maid in Eighth Miss's house. My mother was Eighth Miss's wet nurse."

"Miss Eight is married far away. The masters of the Xiangyang Prince's Mansion were worried that she would be young and married far away. They were afraid that she would not be able to stand firm without the help of capable people there, and would not be able to hold down the servants below, so they took my parents and brother My sister-in-law and her family have all been married as dowry, and the whole family went to Shaanxi with Miss Eight."

(End of this chapter)