Happy peasant girl

Chapter 255 Making Waterwheels (3)
"Back to the girl, my home is in Lishui Bay, more than 30 miles away from Linjia Village." Speaking of her home, Ding Xiaoru's eyes could not hide the longing.

"It's so far away, how did you know that there were female apprentices here? You still have a lot of people in your family?" Lin Qingxi asked.

"Going back to the girl, my aunt is a female worker in Nayuan. She ran to my house and brought me here on purpose. I also have parents, two older brothers and a younger brother at home." When talking about her family, Ding Xiaoru's voice was a little queasy. Choked up.

"You miss them very much, don't you? Being so far away from home, your parents must miss you too." Both she and Ding Xiaoru are the only girl in the family, and Lin Qingxi thinks that Ding Xiaoru's family must love her very much.

"My parents disagreed at first. They said that I was so young and I had to go to a place dozens of miles away. They were very worried. However, my aunt said that Nayuan has food and shelter, and girls can learn sewing. It's easy to find, if you stay at home, you will only... have to wait for death." Ding Xiaoru said sadly.

"Waiting to die? Why?" Lin Qingxi asked in puzzlement.

"Returning to the girl, Lishui Bay is very poor. The land there is often flooded, and everything that is planted is drowned. The villagers have to grow wheat on the nearby hillside, but very few crops can survive. Everyone often Many people starved to death a few years ago because of lack of food, and now there are fewer and fewer people living in Lishui Bay. After my grandpa and grandma got sick, in order to save food for the family, they ... hanged themselves to death." A tear fell from the corner of Ding Xiaoru's eye.

"How could this happen!" Lin Qingxi stood up abruptly.

To what extent was life forced to make Ding Xiaoru's grandparents choose to end their own lives in order to save food?Although she has already explained the methods of raising food and growing purple sweet potatoes, there are still many poor places in Chu State that she can't imagine.

Calm down and think about it, even in the modern age of advanced technology and rapid agricultural development, aren't there many places that are very poor?
However, why did she still feel uncomfortable in her heart? She also survived the hard days. From the beginning to the end, she believed that if a person wants to succeed and live a good life, he must rely on himself.

But, along the way, she wasn't on her own.

When she was Lin Xin'an, she had a master who taught her crafts, a good helper like Ma Ling, and Lin Ran and Lin Xiang. Although Lin Xiang betrayed him in the end, at the beginning, they worked together worked hard.

Even in this life, she also has the help of her family members, Jasmine and Bai Hua who follow loyally, Wei Xuan, Jing Xiu and Xin Moyang who help her silently, and many, many people help her directly or indirectly.

What about her?Does she really want to help others?Think about it, there are.In Shanli Village, she did not bring any purpose to help the villagers, and in Fu'an County, she also did not have any purpose to help Xiangxu and Tongsheng.

Although Grandma Sun's death may have been indirectly caused by her appearance and help, but if she hadn't appeared, Grandma Sun, Xiao Lizi, and many villagers would have died.

Also, if Xiangxu and Tongsheng hadn't met her, not only would they both have died, Xiangxu and Xin Moyang would never have met their mother and child, and Motian would not have had the chance to meet his daughter and beloved. man of.

It turns out that her appearance and influence will not only have a bad side, but also a good side.Just like Master Kongchen said, when she can't tell whether what she is doing is right or wrong, let her feet walk towards the bright side.

But in fact, she has said the bright side unintentionally. She thought it was just a lie to deceive the world, but she never thought that one day she would follow what she said.

"Girl, girl, are you... all right?" Ding Xiaoru didn't expect that what he said would scare Lin Qingxi.

She saw that since Lin Qingxi heard about her grandpa and grandma hanged herself, her whole person has become a little bad.

"I'm fine! Xiao Ru, what do your family expect to live now?" Lin Qingxi restrained her emotions, sat down again and asked.

"My father and two elder brothers are doing carpentry for others in the town, and my mother is farming at home. Although the family has no surplus food, they can barely survive." Ding Xiaoru said.

"How much money can they earn a month?" Lin Qingxi asked again.

"My father and two older brothers can earn [-] Wen a month. During the Chinese New Year, the girl gave me a reward of [-] Wen. After I took it home, my parents were very happy, and they were reluctant to eat dim sum. I ate with my brothers and sisters."

Ding Xiaoru recalled the day when she returned home from Nayuan, her family knew that not only did she not suffer, but that she was able to eat enough every day, and that she was given snacks and rewards as an apprentice, they all shed tears of joy.

Feeling sorry for the parents of the world, Lin Qingxi also smiled when he saw the smiling expression on Ding Xiaoru's face.She was thinking, is the smile on Ding Xiaoru's face partly due to her influence?

"Xiao Ru, you go back first, put the bucket here, and I'll have someone help Nayuan carry water later." Lin Qingxi's mood is better now.

"Girl, no need, I can lift. Don't look at me as skinny, I've been running every day for the past few months, and I've grown stronger." Ding Xiaoru stood up and showed Lin Qingxi her small arms.

"There are so many people in Nayuan, and it's very slow for you to carry water like this. Maybe, before the water reaches the back kitchen of Nayuan, Nayuan will be full of stomach rumbling sounds. Go ahead and leave the water to me. , This is an order!" Lin Qingxi said with a smile.

"Then... that's fine!" After all, Lin Qingxi was the owner of the garden, so Ding Xiaoru had no choice but to turn around and go back.

Lin Qingxi got up and patted the dirt and weeds on her body, then returned to Xiyuan with a bucket in her hand. Seeing her appearing with a bucket in her hand, Mu Jin asked her what she was doing strangely.

"I'm going out for a walk, Mujin, you find someone to fill up the water for the back kitchen in Nayuan, and by the way, go to my ancestral house to see if my sixth brother is there, and ask him to come to Xiyuan to find me." Linqingxi put the bucket Put it in the yard of Xiyuan.

"Understood, girl, I'll do it right away!" Mu Jin planned to find someone to help Nayuan fetch water.

"Wait a minute, Mujin!" Lin Qingxi suddenly stopped Mujin who turned around.

"Girl, what else can I order?" Mu Jin hurriedly asked.

Lin Qingxi shook her head and said, "I don't have anything else to ask you to do. I just have a question to ask you. If you didn't come to Jiacun, but stayed in the capital and became the aunt of a rich family, would you regret it now?"

Mu Jin didn't know why Lin Qingxi asked her such a question suddenly, but she still said truthfully: "Girl, don't say it's an aunt, even if it's the main room of a rich family, Mu Jin is not uncommon. Mu Jin likes life now, which is why Mu Jin The life I want. Although I don’t know why the girl asked such a question, Mu Jin can tell the girl honestly that the back house of a rich family is a woman’s grave, and Mu Jin knew it a long time ago, so Mu Jin would not be so stupid to seek death.”

(End of this chapter)