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Chapter 12

It gets dark early in winter, and the food is eaten first.

After five o'clock, the chimneys of every house in the village were already smoking.

When Zhao Wenduo stepped over the threshold, the ground outside the house was filled with steam.There was a voice in the misty air: "Hey, the third girl is back, didn't you kill a rabbit after chopping firewood today?"

The mean face of the woman from the Jiang family in the lower room appeared in front of her eyes, with a half-smile and a bit of sarcasm, she wiped her head to lift the steaming pot cover, raised her neck and shouted into the room: "Old son, come out!" Serve the meal, let’s have braised pork tonight—” He took a few pairs of chopsticks and walked into the room, muttering: “It’s delicious, oily, and juices come out when you bite—”

Li Cuizhen's figure loomed in the hot air, sitting on the bench with a big belly was inconvenient, her legs were spread out, and she was holding a wooden stick to hook the fire in the stove pit.Glancing at the room, she rolled her eyes: "What are you showing off? Isn't it just a few pieces of meat? Who hasn't eaten Zedi yet? Look at her, she's so frightened, her hair has fallen all over the floor."

The two families have never been at odds with each other, and it's not a day or two that they don't like each other.This is not to the point of punching and punching, but at most it is a sarcasm at the corner of the mouth, a verbal dispute between whoever has the upper hand and who bows his head, on the surface it still maintains hello, hello, hello everyone.But which one doesn't understand, the relatives who live across the door are not like relatives, and they always make things difficult for themselves.

As for the indistinguishable relationship between the two families, I don't know where to put it. The Jiang family is a generation taller than the Zhao family. The other members are easy to talk about, just Li Cuizhen and Wang Ping They are all women who are in charge of the family, and there is not a few years difference in age, but they are of two generations.Both of them have strong personalities, and if the tip of the needle is aimed at Maimang, they can get into a fight even for the slightest thing.If you don't make it clear in the open, you will be more serious in the dark.

Yesterday Zhao Wenduo beat a rabbit, stewed a small pot of radish and rabbit meat, and cried the youngest son of the Jiang family.Wang Ping felt very ashamed. Her family had always been the one who dominated Zhao's family and let them gain the upper hand for no reason, which was absolutely not allowed.

During the day, I deliberately cut a catty of meat, and just for the thick meat flavor, I put more seasoning and made it braised in soy sauce.Rabbit is delicious, can it taste like braised pork?

Li Cuizhen belongs to Wang Ping. You can see her little tongue when you open your mouth. You know who it is, so you just want to wink at her?But even if he knew the opponent's small movements, he couldn't call out confidently.

The condition of the Jiang family is indeed better than that of the Zhao family. There are three workers among the six members, all of whom are official national workers. Including other welfare benefits, although Wang Ping and the third daughter are temporary workers, they are not far away from becoming regular workers. The youngest son in the whole family does not earn money.

And these are not the main ones. What Li Cuizhen cares most about is that the children of Jiang's family just happened to make up two "good" sons. Not being able to give birth to a son has always been her heart disease, and she always feels inferior.This is also a big reason for her bad temper, which catches fire easily.Even the slightest mention of 'son' might make her pissed off.

Zhao Wenduo looked at Li Cuizhen's suffocated expression in his receding white breath, licked his lips, and said 'hmm' in a neutral way: "Yes, I hit another one."

The belated answer corresponds to Wang Ping's sarcasm-filled question just now.

Li Cuizhen tilted her head back and was stunned for a second, then came to her senses and slapped her hands together: "Oh, I am the third child, I am really good at it." He raised his eyebrows, and raised his voice intentionally: "My third child has killed a rabbit again, look at this good luck, it's really enviable."

Good luck is true, but who is jealous?You know it even if you don’t say it.

The person who had the upper hand just now was blocked at the door by this sentence.Wang Ping gritted her teeth angrily at Li Cuizhen, glared at Zhao Wenduo, walked quickly to the front of the pot, turned her head and left.She also forgot to put a cold cloth on it for a while, and the freshly steamed plate was so hot that she shook her hand and almost threw the plate out, and rushed back into the room with a loud 'ow--'.

"Haha——" Li Cuizhen patted her thigh and laughed straight away, making no secret of being pleased by her embarrassed appearance.He even looked at Zhao Wenduo with interest in his eyes: "Duoer, hurry up and warm up in the house, the meal will be ready soon." He got up and hummed twice as he lifted the lid of the pot.

Zhao Wenduo, who helped win back the city, decided to hide his merits and fame, and walked into the house without saying anything more.

Zhao Wenlan and Zhao Wenying rushed to the house, the dinner table had just been cleared, and the family had dinner while it was warm.Although it is still the third-best pickle and corn pancake porridge, but with the good news of "hitting another rabbit", it was delicious.

"My third sister is really amazing. Last time, a rabbit was hunted on the mountain. If I go up the mountain every day, I can eat rabbit meat every day." Zhao Wennan said with a look of longing, smacking his mouth.

"It's just a beautiful thing. Can the rabbit stand still and wait for someone to catch it? It's luck to catch two of the living creatures running all over the mountain." Zhao Wenlan pursed her lips delicately, her thin white fingers He poked the little girl's head against Lengmao's head.My stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and I feel relaxed all over.

Zhao Wenduo answered: "It's not that difficult. Throw a stone in the past, and the rabbit will fall." The expressionless face was so flat that people really believed that what she said was the truth. Hitting a rabbit is a serious matter. Simple thing.

"That's what it's called. It's not difficult, it's not difficult. I, the three girls, didn't expect to have this ability." Li Cuizhen laughed, and her good mood has lasted until now.

"The old man is a leopard, the third one is like me." Zhao Mingyu sat cross-legged on the kang, muttering a sentence unhurriedly.

"..." Several pairs of eyes looked over.

Li Cuizhen said: "You can pull it down. The third child doesn't talk much, but he can rush up at critical moments. Apart from your illness, you are crooked. How do you look like it?"

"If you're sick, you'll be sick. I'll give you a good word." Zhao Mingyu was neither angry nor angry when he was told, and compared words in a leisurely manner.

Women are strong and men are weak, and the two are accustomed to a dialogue mode, which does not attract the interest of a few girls.

"Old man, how much firewood did you cut today? Is it still in the mountain field yesterday?" Zhao Wenying said the first sentence after returning home, and she was also the first to ask about firewood instead of rabbits.

Zhao Wenduo nodded and said: "Well, it's still there, not far away. I fished out two of the 22 bundles of firewood, and the remaining [-] bundles are easy to find next to the Guo family's. When I have time I'll get it back again."

Zhao Wenduo knew that Zhao Wenying's purpose of asking this question was to transport the firewood back. The most capable and troubled person in this family was the boss, but she was thinking about how to find a reason to go up the mountain again. I just pretended to be confused, thinking that I would finish it.

Just as Zhao Wenying opened her mouth to say that she was not going to go, Zhao Wenlan took a step forward and said, "The third child is really good. How old is he? He cut more than 20 bundles of firewood in one day, which is not much worse than an adult."

Zhao Wenlan's body is weak, and she didn't have much energy when she was young. Her younger sister is obviously younger than her, but she does a better job than her. Being a sister is somewhat ashamed.

"According to her age, it is true that there is a lot of chopping. If it is a child from another family, ten bundles or eight bundles will be enough." Li Cuizhen nodded, and then said: "But these alone are not enough to burn, and we have to find a way Cut some more, at least this year will pass.”

"Mom, why don't I ask for a day off?" Zhao Wenying said.

Li Cuizhen did not veto it as before, but hesitated for a while, and looked at Zhao Wenduo.

Of the girls in the Zhao family, Zhao Wenduo, the third child, is neither young nor young, and his position is rather awkward. He can get little attention from his parents, and he can neither earn food nor money at a young age. Feidan can't share the burden. The difficulties at home, but going to school requires money and things, which makes her the least valued one in the Zhao family.

To put it bluntly, if it was a time of war and chaos, if this big family had to give up one person, it goes without saying that this person would definitely be Zhao Wenduo.

When it comes to the status of several girls in Li Cuizhen's mind, there is no doubt that she also designated the last one.

It's just such a girl, but when the face of the whole family was trampled under their feet, she forcibly saved face with a sickle.Think about it, she is only 11 years old, and she spent a whole day chopping firewood on the mountain alone, frightened by cold and hunger, and didn't say a word, isn't it for this family?
There are many girls of the same age in the village, but which one can do these things?
Thinking of this, Li Cuizhen hesitated, and the things that could be decided by opening her mouth in the past became less certain.

Maybe let the boss and the second ask for a day off and go to the mountains, which means food and money for a day, just saving money.

(End of this chapter)