At dinner time, Lin Hui served the cooked wild vegetable porridge. Wen Xi looked at the few scattered grains of rice in the bowl and the wild vegetables floating on it, and kept mumbling in his heart.
When other people traveled through time, they were either princesses or everyone's ladies, but I was unlucky and became a little peasant girl through time travel, and an extremely poor peasant girl.
I didn't do anything evil in my previous life, so why did I arrange such a fate for myself.
The most comforting thing is that the family is at least in harmony, which is a blessing among misfortunes.
"Wow! Rice! Mom, we haven't eaten rice in almost a year!" Wen Tao said in surprise, holding the bowl.
What? Is this it or haven’t eaten it for a year?
Alas, fate plays tricks on people!
Wenxi held the bowl and took a sip. It was as unpalatable as expected, but now that he couldn't even eat, he didn't want to pick anything. He quickly filled his stomach and tried to find a way to go to the back mountain.
Before I had eaten half of my meal, I heard voices in the yard.
"Come, come, sir, look, this is it."
He entered the house while talking.
"Hui'er, brother-in-law, come quickly. This is Zhang Yuanwai, a well-known philanthropist in our town." Lin Qiang crossed his hands in his sleeves and used his sleeves to wipe the runny nose from time to time. He said to Lin Hui with a sinister expression on his face: "Why don't you invite Mr. Zhang to sit down?"
The person who came was none other than Lin Hui's biological brother, Lin Qiang, her biological uncle.
In the memory of the original owner, my mother's mother's family was originally from the town. Although it was not a wealthy family, it had no worries about food and clothing. However, my uncle was fond of gambling and lost all the family property in a few years. His maternal grandfather Grandma was angry to death.
The house in the town was also seized, so he took his mother to the village and saw that his father's family had given him some betrothal gifts, so he married his mother over.
After my mother got married, she was frequently raided by her uncle, and any money she had was taken away.
My mother cried many times at home because of this.
Fortunately, my father's family has a good temper, otherwise my mother's life would have been miserable.
If you marry into someone else's family, you don't know how you will be treated.
Thinking of this, Wen Xi looked at his uncle with more and more cold eyes.
Zhang Yuanwai frowned and waved his hand: "No need, let's get down to business."
Apparently Zhang Yuanwai disliked the shabby home.
"Yes, yes." Lin Qiang smiled flatteringly.
He turned to Lin Hui and said: "Isn't your old man and old lady dying? Instead of borrowing money everywhere, it's better to find a way to get rid of it once and for all."
After that, he wiped his nose with his sleeve and pointed to Wen Tao who was sitting on the kang: "Zhang Yuanwai's son is 6 years old this year. I want to find a reading companion, so I thought of Xiao Tao."
Companion reading? To put it nicely, he is the young master's servant, but to put it more informally, he is a servant and a bitch.
Also reading with you, do you think you are choosing a book boy for the prince?
Seeing Lin Qiang trying to wipe his nose again and spitting everywhere, Wen Xi frowned. There was something wrong with this man's actions...
"Brother, our baby is still so young, how can we send it to work for others!" Although Wen Kang didn't like to see his uncle, he still went back.
"Why are you working? You want to sell it to Zhang Yuanwai's family. Zhang Yuanwai said that he can give you five taels of silver!" Lin Qiang said loudly: "You are just a boy, and he is still worth some money. If he is the one who loses money, how can he still give you five taels of silver?" I wonder how much it can be sold for." He pointed at Wen Xi next to him and said contemptuously.
When the two of them heard that they were going to sell their son! How does this work? You can't sell the child at all!
"No." Wen Xi didn't even think about it and protected his younger brother behind him.
"You little girl, you are a loser, how can you speak here?" Lin Qiang said and was about to hit someone.
Wen Kang grabbed his arm and said, "Brother, this is my baby. If I want to hit him, it won't be your turn."
Lin Qiang stopped angrily.
"Uncle, needless to say about selling dolls, my family doesn't sell them." Wen Kang's voice was very low, but Wen Xi could hear that his father's attitude was very decisive.
I couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in my heart.
"Lin Qiang, what's going on? Didn't you agree to get money to get someone?" Zhang Yuanwai was obviously a little angry and felt like he was being fooled.
"Commissioner, please calm down, my sister and brother-in-law are not smart, let me talk about it again."
"Huh, two days, forget it if it doesn't work! Get out of here!" After saying that, he walked away, saying as he walked, how unlucky he was.
Lin Qiang looked at the large family in the house, completely losing his flattering look, and said sternly: "What's going on with you two? Five taels of silver! That's five taels of silver!"
Wen Tao finally understood what was going on and couldn't help but burst into tears: "Dad, father, mother, don't sell me, don't sell me..."
Wen Xi quickly touched his head and said softly: "Don't worry, Daddy won't do it."
Lin Hui also hugged her son and said, "Mother, I will never betray you."
Lin Qiang pointed at Lin Hui and said, "You said your family needed money for medical treatment. Now that I have found such a good deal for you, why don't you do it!"
Wen Kang and Lin Hui didn't say anything. Wen Xi looked at his uncle and said bluntly: "It's such a good deal, why don't you sell your son?"
Lin Qiang relied on Lin Hui's betrothal gift to reluctantly marry a daughter-in-law and gave birth to a son, who was usually very precious.
Lin Qiang pointed at her nose and cursed: "How do you have the right to speak?"
Seeing that his uncle's attitude was getting worse and worse, Wen Kang couldn't help feeling disgusted and said, "We still have to eat, so I won't send my uncle away."
The intention of driving people away is already very obvious.
Lin Qiang wiped his nose hard with his sleeve and left cursing.
The group of people continued to eat, and Wen Xi's wild vegetable porridge, which he thought was unpalatable just now, now felt extremely delicious.
Maybe it’s because I have parents who love their children!
After dinner, Wen Kang went to make medicine for the two old people. The medicine the family had bought with all their savings was about to run out and could not last for two days. Not only did the two old people's health not improve, but it went from bad to worse.
This made Wen Kang, who was already worried, even more anxious.
While Wen Xi was helping Lin Hui put away the dishes, he came to her side and said that he wanted to go to the back mountain to dig wild vegetables tomorrow.
When Lin Hui heard this, she immediately dropped her work and became anxious.
"Xi'er, listen to mother, don't go! You almost lost your life when you fell down this time, mother doesn't dare to let you go again."
"Mom, my daughter has grown up. I was not careful last time. This time I stopped climbing and dug at the foot of the mountain." Wen Xi pulled Lin Hui's coarse sleeves and shook them: "Mom, I will definitely I’ll be careful.”
Lin Hui knew that her daughter wanted to lighten the burden on the family and prevent the family from going hungry. She had to take care of the young and the old at home. Wen Kang worked for others in the village and earned enough money to buy medicine. not enough.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves, looked at her twelve-year-old daughter, and said softly: "Okay, don't go up the mountain, it's at the foot of the mountain, don't go too far."
With her daughter's assurance, she felt free to let her dig wild vegetables.
