Chen Wanbai has been busy all day, and the rapeseed and vegetable fields have been planted, which makes her feel particularly happy. She stood on the edge of the vegetable field and looked up at the sky. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the field, giving the fruits of her labor a golden glow. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, feeling filled with a sense of accomplishment.
When she got home, Ms. Liu had just finished sewing a piece of clothing. When she saw Chen Wanbai coming in, she said with a smile: "Go wash it and try to see if this dress fits."
Chen Wanbai nodded, walked to the faucet, and washed his face and hands with tap water. The cool mountain spring water took away the fatigue of the day and made her feel refreshed. When she returned to the house, Mrs. Liu was already waiting for her with newly sewn clothes.
Chen Wanbai took the clothes and looked at them carefully. He found that it was a piece of finely made cotton clothes with fine stitching and simple style.
She put on the new clothes. Mrs. Liu looked at them carefully and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, they fit very well. You kid, you should have a few decent clothes since you are busy outside every day." "
Chen Wanbai smiled and said, "Thank you, mother, this dress is really nice. I like it very much."
"What do you want to eat tonight?" Mrs. Liu put down her sewing basket and prepared it. Go and make evening meal.
"Let's eat noodles tonight. The big bone soup I made yesterday is still there, which is just right for cooking noodles." Chen Wanbai thought of the pot of big bone soup, there was still a lot left.
"Okay, then go roll the noodles." Mrs. Liu agreed with a smile, walked into the kitchen and started to get busy.
After a while, the sound of slicing noodles and grunting came from the kitchen. Ms. Liu skillfully cut bundles of thin noodles and put them into the boiling bone soup. After a while, a pot of fragrant bone soup noodles was ready.
Chen Wanbai just finished taking a shower, and when she came out, Mrs. Liu brought her a bowl of noodles. The mother and daughter held bowls and sat around the table, slurping away the noodles. As they ate, they chatted about their next plans.
After finishing the evening meal, Chen Wanbai sat in the yard and looked up at the stars in the night sky. Her thoughts gradually drifted back to her childhood. On summer nights at that time, they would move their bamboo beds to the yard to enjoy the cool air, and sometimes they would sleep in the yard.
She thought in her heart: She must make a bamboo bed next year!
"Xiao Bai, you've been tired for a long day, go to bed early." Mrs. Liu finished washing the dishes, came out of the kitchen, wiped her hands, and said to Chen Wanbai.
"Hey, let's go to bed now." Chen Wanbai got up in response, put the stool back in the kitchen, and went to the room.
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A few days later.
It was just dawn, a light morning mist shrouded the mountains, and the air was filled with the fresh aroma of earth and vegetation. The morning sun shines through the mist on the mountains, giving everything a soft golden light.
Chen Wanbai ran around for a while and came back to rinse briefly. I put my backpack on my back, picked up my equipment, and headed into the mountains.
She was going to check the trap to see if there was any harvest.
Arriving at the foot of the mountain, she took a deep breath of fresh morning air and looked around. The wild chrysanthemums on the roadside were in full bloom, and the flowers were swaying in the morning light, which was particularly beautiful.
These wild chrysanthemums have been blooming for almost two months, and now it should be the last bloom. She decided to go back and pick some and go home to dry them for later use.
Wild chrysanthemums are not only beautiful to look at, but also have many uses. It can be used as medicine and has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Drying it and making tea can also relieve headaches and red and swollen eyes.
(Note: The information comes from Baidu Encyclopedia.)
Less than a quarter of an hour after Chen Wanbai walked up the mountain, a figure suddenly jumped out in front of her. It turned out to be Chen Wanling.
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"Sister Sanya, why are you here?" Chen Wanbai calmed down and asked.
"Xiaobai, I came here specifically to find you." Chen Wanling replied.
"Why don't you take the path? It's not easy to walk in the mountains." Chen Wanbai was a little confused. Most of the roads in the mountains had to be walked by people, and many places were blocked.
"I...I didn't dare to walk on the small road, for fear of being seen..." Chen Wanling said softly.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Chen Wanbai saw Chen Wanling crying and hesitating, as if he had something to hide, but he didn't know how to speak. So she took the initiative to ask.
"Xiao Bai... I just want to ask, how much money did we get from selling the mushrooms before?" Chen Wanling thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and asked.
"There are quite a few. I've packed them up for you. Are you in a hurry? I'll take you home to get them." Chen Wanbai guessed that something had happened to her, so he didn't say how much money it was. .
"Thank you very much. Is it convenient for you now? We are a little urgent." Chen Wanling was very happy and said quickly.
"It's convenient. I'm just here for a walk in the mountains. It's okay. Let's go home together." Chen Wanbai said, turning around and walking towards home.
Chen Wanling hurriedly followed.
On the way home, Chen Wanbai already knew the whole story based on Chen Wanling's few words.
It turned out that Chen Zhizhi had already climbed up to Wang Libao. When Mrs. Zhu saw this, she felt very embarrassed and became very arrogant at home. Some of them even started to ignore Mrs. Zhou.
She behaves like the master of the house at home. She does not do any work at home, and imitates the behavior of the mistress of the wealthy family that she heard from outside.
There are only a few people in the family, and the big house occupies most of them, and Mrs. Zhu will definitely not let the people in the big house work as maids and servants. Even if she wanted to, she wouldn't dare to control Old Man Chen and Old Mrs. Zhou. Therefore, only the people in the second room became the ones she could manipulate at will.
Mrs. Ding is now six or seven months pregnant and has a big belly, but Mrs. Zhu did not let her go, and instead asked her to do more work.
No, in the past few days, due to overwork, she fell again yesterday and suffered severe stomach pain. Zhu cursed and said that she was pretending on purpose, just to avoid being lazy.
Mrs. Zhou held Chen Zhizhi in her arms for the sake of her family's wealth, but she did not dare to treat Zhu as usual. As a result, Mrs. Zhu became more and more arrogant and domineering. Mrs. Zhou was a lot angry with Mrs. Zhu, so she naturally wanted to vent her anger, and the punching bag must be everyone in the second room.
Therefore, Mrs. Zhou also scolded Mrs. Ding along with Mr. Zhu, and even beat Ms. Ding.
That night, Mrs. Ding saw blood. Sisters Chen Wanrong and Chen Wanling desperately begged Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhu to ask a doctor to take a look at Ding.
Unsurprisingly, this is impossible.
But fortunately, Ding only saw redness and the bleeding was not serious. By the beginning of Yinshi, Ding's stomach pain was gone.
But sisters Chen Wanrong and Chen Wanling were still very worried, so they discussed it before dawn. Chen Wanrong took care of Ding and worked at home, while Chen Wanling went out to find Chen Wanbai.
Chen Wanbai sighed in his heart, probably in this era, many women are like this.
She thought of Chen Yuanxiu again. She had not avenged her last revenge and had not had time to go to Yaojiang Town. She did not know if Chen Yuanxiu's gambling debts had been paid off.