Song Li reached out and took the bowl. There was half a bowl of yellow corn paste in the bowl. She took a sip and felt her throat a little bit. Only then did she realize that there was some buckwheat noodles in the corn paste.

The aunt looked at Song Li and saw that she was behaving politely, and she was a little curious, "Girl, where are you from?" Although the girl's face was hurt, her temperament did not look like a villager, but a bit like the previous one. Those young ladies from the city who came to the countryside in recent years.

Song Li looked confused, and for a moment she shook her head.She didn't know either, her mind was blank now.

Seeing that Song Li remained silent, the aunt asked, "Girl, are you unable to speak?" She had not spoken since she saw her.

Song Li stopped drinking the corn mush. She moved her mouth and wanted to speak, but she could only make a "babble" sound. She frowned and shook her head.It seems that I really can't speak.

"What a poor child." The aunt looked at Song Li with sympathy. Seeing that Song Li had finished eating the corn paste, she reached out to take the bowl, squatted down by the stream, washed the bowl, and placed it in the wooden basin she had just brought. Next to him, he took out the clothes in the tub and started washing them.

"Girl, do you know where your home is?" The aunt put soap on her clothes and beat them with the wooden stick she brought.

Song Li shook his head blankly.

The aunt sighed helplessly and thought for a moment, "Otherwise, you can stay at my house first. I'm alone anyway."

Song Li nodded.She has nowhere to go now.

After the aunt finished washing the clothes, Song Li reached out to take the wooden basin from the aunt's hand.

"No, I can carry it, just hold the bowl." The aunt put the bowl into Song Li's hand and led Song Li towards her home, "My husband's family name is Su, and everyone calls me Aunt Su."

Song Li nodded to express his understanding.

Aunt Su smiled and said, "Do you know how to read?" I heard that there are many girls in the city who are illiterate.

Song Li frowned, thought for a moment, and shook her head.She didn't know if she could read or not.

"It doesn't matter if you are illiterate. From now on, you can follow me in farming and raising chickens." Aunt Su said with a smile.Now with the reform and opening up, life is getting better. She grows some land and raises a few chickens. When the chickens lay eggs, she can take them to the market and sell the eggs.Although eggs can't be sold for much, a pound of meat is still fine.As for the vegetables and rice, they are all grown at home.

Several villagers were chatting under the locust tree. They were a little curious when they saw Aunt Su walking over with Song Li.

"Aunt Su, who is this person?"

"She doesn't look like someone from our village." Aunt Su stopped and looked at several villagers sitting under the locust tree. "This is a distant relative of mine. Something happened to her family, so she came to seek refuge with me. ”

"That's good too. You just have a companion."

"That's right. I'm going back to dry the clothes first. I'll talk to you when I'm done." Aunt Su carried the wooden basin and took Song Li to her home.The reason why she took Song Li in was because she felt pity for her, and because she was alone and had always been lonely.

When Aunt Su and Song Li walked away, several people under the tree began to talk about them.

"Have you seen the face of Aunt Su's relative? That face is really scary."

"No, if I were Aunt Su, I would definitely not take her in, otherwise I would be scared to death when I saw that face in the middle of the night."

"It's true that Aunt Su lives such a tight life and she even takes in relatives."

"She will regret it later."

Aunt Su pushed open the courtyard door, and what she saw was a dilapidated thatched house with walls made of mud. There were holes in several places on the wall, and the holes were stuffed with sacks.

There is a chicken shed made of bamboo under the eaves. Six or seven chickens are wandering leisurely in front of the chicken shed, pecking at bugs on the ground with their beaks from time to time.

Aunt Su put the wooden basin on the chair at the door and led Song Li into the house. She pushed open the door of one of the rooms, "Girl, this is my son's room. He has never been back home since he left five years ago. You Let’s live here first.”

Speaking of her son, Aunt Su's eyes filled with tears.For so many years, she had been looking forward to her son's return all the time, but there was no news from her son, and the hope in her heart gradually disappeared.

Song Li nodded and looked at the room. The furnishings in the room were very simple, with only a wooden bed.

"I'll get you a quilt." Aunt Su walked into her room opposite.Her son has not come back these years, but she has always kept his quilt. As long as the weather is good, she will take it to the yard to dry, for fear that her son will suddenly come back without a quilt to cover it.

Soon Aunt Su helped Song Li spread the quilt on the bed, "I'll go out to dry the clothes. You can rest in the room for a while. After I finish drying the clothes, I will take you to the village health center to prepare some medicine. Don’t be careless when it comes to injuries.”

Aunt Su glanced at the injury on Song Li's face and sighed heartbrokenly.If a girl's family is hurt, how can she get married in the future?
In her opinion, a woman who does not marry will suffer for the rest of her life.Just like her, after her husband died, she was often bullied by the villagers.A woman who has no support has a really hard life.


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