Happy peasant girl

Chapter 2
Lin Qingxi, who was lying on the bed, was a little embarrassed. She knew from her sixth brother's mouth that both sister-in-laws were short of milk. The bran was bought with money from the second sister-in-law's natal family, but the mother-in-law Mu went to I begged my daughter-in-law to give me a bowl of bran porridge.

Except for a little aunt in the orphanage, she has never been cared for and loved so meticulously. Even just for this hard-won maternal love, Lin Qingxi plans to live a good life in the old Lin's house and accept The fact that God let her be reborn in Lao Lin's house.

"Mother, my headache has been gone for a long time, but I still can't remember anything." Lin Qingxi sat up with her little arms propped up, and Mu quickly put the broken bowl with the chip on the cracked bed. on the head table.

"Mother's silly girl, if you can't remember it, don't remember it. Anyway, you can recognize your family now. Later, let your fifth brother go to Grandpa Lin's house at the east end of the village to grab some herbs. Let's take a few more doses and everything will be fine." It's gone!" Grandpa Lin is the only old man in Linjia Village who knows how to do medicine. Usually, anyone in the village who has a headache will always go to him.

Lin Qingxi couldn't bear the thought of the dark and bitter Chinese medicine juice. She had never found it so embarrassing to take medicine when she was sick, but she still obediently met Mu's concerned eyes. Said: "Well, mother, Xi girl knows!"

"Mother, is little sister awake?" Wu's asking voice came from outside the door.

"Wake up! You are still working in this house today, I have to go to Caojia Village to work! I will make lunch when I come back!" Mu asked Lin Qingxi to finish the last few mouthfuls of bran porridge in the bowl , helped Lin Qingxi to lie down, then turned around and went out with the bowl in hand.

Although it was only a few days, Lin Qingxi had almost figured out the family, especially when she was in the latrine, she took a quick look at her yard.

The courtyard of the old Lin’s house is as big as half a football field. Three hoes, two sickles and a big broom are stacked against the west wall. On the east side of the courtyard is a sycamore tree with the thickness of a child’s waist. It looks very old. Next to the plane tree is a jujube tree.

Because it was winter, both trees were bare, looking a bit bleak and desolate.There is less than one meter of firewood at the bottom of the south wall, which is the old Lin's winter storage.

There are six houses with earthen walls and thatched roofs in the family. Linyuanshan and Mrs. Ye live in the main house in the middle. The first room on the east side is the room where Lin Zhongguo, Mrs. Mu and Linqingxi live, and the second one is the family of Brother Linqingxi. The first room on the west side is her second brother's family, the second room is where the remaining four brothers live, and the last room is the old Lin's kitchen.

Apart from humans and rats, it is difficult to see a third type of living animal in Lao Lin's house, especially poultry such as chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep.Lin Qingxi learned from her sixth brother Lin Qingmu that only the landlord's old family can afford to raise livestock such as pigs, sheep and cattle.

There are now fifteen people in Lao Lin's family. In these famine years, from the grandfather Linyuan Mountain to the two sisters-in-law who just gave birth, they are busy with two meals a day every day.There is no way, the rice vat has already bottomed out, and there is no food in the ground.

Now there are only three idlers in the family, Linqingxi whose head was broken by someone, and two emaciated little buns - Linnianyu and Linnianshui who were more than a month old.

Lin Qingxi's eldest brother, Lin Qingyun, and second brother, Lin Qinghai, are twins who are already 19 years old, and they both work in the town's blacksmith shop.

Two years ago, the lively and innocent Lin Qinghai met Wu Ying, the daughter of the policeman Wu in the town. On the same day, Lin Qingyun ran into Qin Zhener's family who were in distress outside a restaurant. Even if they got married smoothly, they injected long-lost joy into the miserable life of the old Lin family.

The third brother of Linqingxi, Lin Qingfei, is 15 years old this year. He works as a waiter in a small restaurant in the town. Although he doesn't have much money, he can occasionally bring home a delicious meal for the family.

Lin Qinghao is Lin Qingxi's fourth elder brother. Although he is only 13 years old this year, he has been doing part-time jobs with his father Lin Zhongguo.

Lin Qinghe and Lin Qingmu are the fifth and sixth brothers of Linqingxi. They are also a pair of twins. Although they are only ten years old, they are already Linyuan Mountain's right-hand man working in the fields, especially during the busy farming season. Quite busy.

Ye Shi and Mu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have not been idle in winter. There is a small landlord in Caojia Village who wants to recruit female workers to work.Although it is not particularly good for women to show their heads in front of the public in this era, but the farmers are so particular about it, and the most important thing is to fill their stomachs, so they went to Caojia Village together.

The rest of the family, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Wu, put their children beside Linqingxi's bed, and chatted with Linqingxi while rushing to embroidery work, and hugged and coaxed the children when they cried.

Qin's temperament is gentle, Wu's temper is hot, they married into Lao Lin's family on the same day, maybe it's because their husbands are twins, but the sister-in-law relationship has always been good, and they have never quarreled.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, how much does it cost to embroider a purse?" This family is so poor that it is almost impossible to get rid of it. Although most of the family members earn money outside, even eating is a problem, which shows that money is not easy to earn.

Lin Qingxi touched the thin and yellow faces of Lin Nianyu and Lin Nianshui beside the bed, and felt a throbbing pain in her heart. If this continued, she was really worried that the older one would not starve to death, but the younger one would starve to death first.

"Little sister, the second sister-in-law told you that the purse of a female celebrity like the second sister-in-law is one penny, while the purse of a female celebrity like the elder sister-in-law is only three pennies, remember?" After not remembering, Wu Shi treated her like Xiao Nian Shui, and her usual loud voice was restrained a lot.

Facing Wu's whisper, Lin Qingxi hid the black line on his forehead, smiled and nodded, expressing that he understood.Calculated, her two lifetimes combined would be as young as Da Qin's and Wu's, and now she can only be an ignorant child for the time being.

As the saying goes: "It rains all night when the house leaks, and the wind blows when the boat is late." Linqingxi was lamenting that the old Lin's family was too poor, but Ye's and Mu's were suddenly given up by the small landlords of Caojia Village. He was fired, and Lin Zhongguo, who went out to work part-time, encountered an accident and was hurriedly carried back home.

When Lin Zhongguo was carried into the gate of the courtyard, Qin and Wu heard the noisy voices outside, quickly put down the round flower frame in their hands, and hurried out, while Lin Qingxi stayed behind to take care of the two Swaddled baby.

Today, Linzhongguo suffered an innocent disaster. Originally, he and his son Lin Qinghao went to the town to buy some bran and black noodles after receiving this month's salary. In the middle, not only did he get punched many times on his body, but also his leg was broken, and the bran and black noodles he bought were also taken away by someone.

Lin Qinghao was also beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face. If Lin Zhongguo hadn't protected him, Lin Qinghao would have broken his leg instead of Lin Zhongguo.

(End of this chapter)