Beautiful days are always short-lived. When Shui Jianguo packed his luggage, brought dry food, went to the city to study, and said goodbye to his sister, the little girl burst into tears.
This made the eldest brother's eyes red, and he said reluctantly: "Bingyue, eldest brother is going to study, but it's not like he won't come back. As long as he has time, he will come back to see you."
Liu Xuemei said disapprovingly: "This is the most critical year for you. Don't affect your future for your sister. What does she, a baby, know?"
When Shui Bingyue heard her mother's words, she stopped crying and looked pitiful whether she wanted to cry or not. It hurts even more.
Shui Jianguo nuzzled his sister's little face with the tip of his nose and kissed her forehead: "Don't cry, good baby. My brother likes you the most. No one is more important than you."
Then he returned his sister to his mother, and Shui Shangqing drove a donkey cart to take his eldest son to school. After all, the road is really far.
After two days in a row, she sent away her three older brothers. They all went to school far away and needed accommodation.
Fortunately, their dry food will be plentiful and good this year. But it's not as soft as freshly cooked rice. It was really difficult for children to study in the past.
Xiao Qi originally planned to go around and let Shen Yajuan hold him for a long talk, but he restrained himself a lot.
This is what she said at the time: "You are the only one of the seven brothers who doesn't like to study. Why is that?"
"I want to be a great hero. I don't need much knowledge."
"Who told you that you don't need to study to be a great hero? Many of our powerful leaders and generals are very educated, and some of them have drunk foreign ink.
Just because you know more, you are more powerful. Force is the lowest form of competition. "
"But, I don't understand, how can I learn well?" Xiaoqi was actually worried, but at any time, the teacher must take better care of the students.
Shen Yajuan said confidently: "I can teach you. In this way, you can supplement the basics in mathematics and recite Chinese. As long as you are obedient and willing to work hard, I can guarantee that you can understand it in the future."
"Okay, I'll just try my best. I don't want others to mention us. I'm the worst."
When Liu Xuemei heard Shen Yajuan's words, she felt that this girl was quite smart. I don’t know how I ended up in this situation. Maybe it’s because I don’t have the heart to guard against others, maybe I’m not experienced enough in the world.
The key is that from then on, as long as Xiaoqi was asked to recite, he liked to read it in his sister's ear, and read it many times before trying to recite it.
Shui Bingyue thought she would memorize it after hearing it twice. So the sound of her brother reading and endorsing became her lullaby.
She felt that if the primary school textbooks were not changed, she could go directly to the third grade. Of course, she was still a little baby and couldn't speak, so it was impossible to let her go to school.
Half a month later, the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother all came back. This time Shui Shangqing gave his three sons enough food stamps and money, hoping that they would have hot meals.
But the boss refused: "Dad, you don't understand the situation in our school. I have always been eating solid food. If one day I suddenly eat in the cafeteria, I will be investigated and studied.
To be on the safe side, continue to eat solid food. After all, after coming here for so many years, there can't be any mistakes.
After hearing what the eldest brother said, the second and third eldest brother didn’t plan to accept the money or tickets. Because there are quite a lot of people in their school.
Shui Shangqing thought about the current situation. If they didn't have anything to develop here, the educated youth who went to the countryside would be put here.
Because of the spring thaw, my family has already started hiring people to build a house. Shen Yajuan's origins are unknown and she dare not appear in front of others. I followed the old lady to live with my second son.
Because there were so many people invited, and they were all from the countryside, the house was built quickly, with five brick houses.
The house in the front yard was built by Shui Shangqing with his military service funds. The one at the back must not be worse than the one at the front.
A short man asked with a smile: "Where did Mr. Shui Village get rich? Are you willing to build five brick houses at once?"
"Hey, everyone knows that my wife wants a daughter. She gave birth to seven sons at once and only one daughter. Seeing that each of them is approaching the age of marrying a wife, we can't keep the children crowded together.
We rely on the mountains to feed ourselves, and the water to feed us. Whether the harvest is good or bad depends on God’s will. I was lucky enough to gain something this winter, so I must take care of important things.
We couldn't afford so much money at once, so we often borrowed money from our eldest and second uncles. We will fight famine for several years. But at least the kids have a place to live. "
Shui Shangqing talked a lot himself. Everyone stopped guessing. After all, it was because Shui Shangqing was honest that everyone chose him as the village chief.
Every year when everyone goes hunting together, he takes the lead. Basically, someone from every family has been rescued by him.
The life-saving grace is so great that it would be too unconscionable to think of something that could not be gained because of jealousy.
Because everyone is willing to work hard, Liu Xuemei is not stingy, and the food she cooks is at least full of meat, although not much, but there is some.
Shui Bingyue, who had been an obedient little baby for a long time, lured a three-hundred-pound wild boar down the mountain the day before the house was built.
In full view of the public, he first crashed into a tree, then ran towards Shui's house, where he hit the door. His skull was fractured and he bled to death from his seven orifices.
Then, the new house was built and everyone ate pig meat together. It saves Shui Shangqing money to buy it.
Everyone is guessing that the Shui family must have done too many good things and things are going well. After all, there were families who suddenly became wealthy and moved away from here before.
The women sat eating vegetables with Liu Xuemei, and then looked at Shui Bingyue in surprise.
"Sister, your little girl looks just like a little fairy. She is really cute."
"Sister-in-law Fengying, please don't praise her like this. A child can't stand such a big compliment."
"Sister-in-law Xuemei, it's really rare for such a young child to not be afraid of strangers. Can I hug her?" a young woman asked expectantly.
"Of course." He carefully placed his daughter in the woman's arms.
The young woman's mother-in-law was not happy. After all, this woman's name was Cui Yueliang, and she had not given birth to a boy and a half girl even after being married for a year.
Even if you want to hold a baby, you should find someone who gives birth to a boy to hold the little boy. No matter how good-looking a little girl is, she will lose money!
Shui Bingyue felt the old lady's malice and wanted to return to her mother's arms, but was not willing to let Cui Yue hold her.
"Ah, ah, ah." Chao Niang stretched out her chubby hand for a hug.
Liu Xuemei understood very well what her daughter wanted to express and quickly took her daughter back.
After all the helpers left, Shui Shangqing took his son at home to clean the house and return tables, chairs and benches.
Shui Bingyue was nursing quietly in her mother's arms. She wanted to grow up quickly. It was so painful to see the days when I couldn’t eat meat.
