Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

  There is a reason why Zhao Ning wants to call Father Qu Uncle Qu. He is very old, at least on the surface, he seems to be in his fifties, older than his father.

  It was past noon when Father Qu and his mother-in-law came back from the village chief's house, and there was only a little gruel they left in the morning in the kitchen, so he called his son across the yard, "Xiaobao, come and eat."

Xiaobao pushed open the window, and said in a milky voice, "Dad, I've eaten it." He was a little embarrassed. They had eaten all the pancakes and meat. Originally, he wanted to save some for his father and mother, but The wife did not allow them to stay, and watched them eat them all.

  Father Qu looked back at the gruel in the pot. He didn't feel any less, so he frowned slightly, "Where did you eat it?"

   "My wife invited me to eat."

   The frown on Father Qu's face stretched out, and he said with a smile: "That's good, that's good."

   She turned around and her mother-in-law divided the gruel in the pot. Mother Qu didn't think of her four daughters, and Qu Dazhu didn't even ask.

  The two went back to the house after eating the gruel. The winter rain outside was cold and the house was more comfortable.

   Father Qu hugged his son and asked, "What did Mrs. ask you to eat at noon?"

   Xiaobao said with saliva: "I ate a pancake, and there was a lot of meat in it, Dad, shall we do the same in the future?"

  Father Qu rubbed his head lovingly and said, "That's white noodles and meat. How can we have those things in our house? But we are lucky, and we can get a noble person to sleep over, so that's why we have this good luck and have an occasional meal."

   And Father Qu knew that only Xiaobao could have this kind of good luck, because he was young, and he was more likely to be sympathetic and pitiful. He was very satisfied and grateful for Li Baolu's generosity.

  Mother Qu suddenly raised her head to look at her daughter who was sitting on the kang insoles and asked with a frown, "Did you eat your wife's food too?"

  Zhao Di nodded.

Mother Qu twisted her arm and scolded: "You are unfamiliar with money-losing goods, and you are so big in vain. If you have good things to fill your stomach, we are exhausted to support you, you don't know how to think about it. Parents, feel sorry for us..."

   After **** the eldest, she went to screw the second and third, until she beat up all four daughters and let out all her anger.

Father Qu sat on the side as if he hadn't seen him. Seeing that his four sisters were beaten, Xiaobao rushed over to stop his mother. Father Qu hugged him tightly and waited for Mother Qu to squeeze everyone before he said, "Okay. Now, what a big thing, the wife gave it to them, don't they dare not eat it?"

   "Can't you leave some for your parents if you just eat? I think they don't care!"

  Zhaodi and Laidi only dared to lower their heads and cry, but Pandi gritted her teeth, and the tears in her eyes were unwilling to fall. The wife said that if you want to be your own master, you must first have a strong heart!

She looked straight in the direction of the main room, thinking that her life might be like Sister Hua'er next door, she would get married when she was fifteen or sixteen years old, and continue to live like this in another place, and the children she gave birth would also be Just like their family, even if she won't abuse her daughter like her parents, her in-law's family and her husband may not be the same as her.

If life at home goes on, the daughter she gives birth may grow up like her and get married. If it doesn't work or her in-laws are more aggressive, I'm afraid that her daughter will be drowned in the toilet when she is born. Not even seeing each other.

   Didn't two baby girls drown in the village last year?

  Pan Di clenched her fists slowly, looking at the direction of the main room more eagerly.

   And Li Baolu, who has a keen hearing, also darkened her face. She sat cross-legged on the kang and remained silent.

  Gu Jingyun played chess with himself for a while. Seeing her so dull, he swept the chessboard and sat beside her, shook her hand and said, "If you don't have the heart to take them away."

  Li Baolu shook her head, "Life is your own, and you have to walk the road yourself."

   That's what Li Baolu said, after the lunch break, Li Baolu still called the five children, gave them a pen and paper, and smiled: "I have nothing to do, let me teach you to write some simple characters."

   The eyes of the five children were all sparkling. Li Baolu first taught them to recognize their own names, because they had many names, so it took a long time to recognize these three words.

  Li Baolu taught them to count when they saw that they knew each other.

In modern times, children of three or four years old can count to one hundred, and the smarter ones can add and subtract within ten. However, in this era, people's wisdom is not open, let alone children of thirteen or fourteen years old, they are three or four. It is rare for a ten-year-old to count to a hundred without a single mistake.

   Because they rarely need these.

  The small markets here are still mostly barter. Most of the things they need money to buy are salt, and the rest can be obtained through item exchange.

   As long as one family can count, it is enough.

   So when Li Baolu taught them to count, even the eldest Zhao Di was sweating profusely, because she would always be confused by counting.

   It was Pan Di, who quickly counted from one to one hundred, her fingers consciously stroked one after another on the table, and Li Baolu couldn't help but stare at her secretly.

  Xiaobao's performance is also good, but it is still inferior to Pandi.

   When making dinner, Li Baolu couldn't help taking her by her side, "How old are you this year?"

  Pan Di resisted the urge to bow her head, looked up at Li Baolu and said, "I am nine years old this year, and I will be ten years old after the new year."

   Li Baolu patted her head pitifully, she was nine years old, but she was only a little older than Xiaobao, only six or seven years old.

   "Madam," Pandi asked after holding back, "Have all the people in the city bought girls to serve you? What do girls usually do?"

   "Girls are only used by rich people. They have to do everything. Usually, they have to do whatever the master tells them to do." Li Baolu asked softly, "Do you want to be a girl?"

  Pandi was silent for a while and then shook her head, "I don't want to be a girl, they have to listen to others, but I have no craftsmanship, so I can't support myself."

  Li Baolu heard her hesitation and confusion, she sighed slightly, she couldn't bear it, and whispered: "There is no craft to learn."

Pandi almost burst into tears. She mentioned to her parents that she wanted to be an apprentice in the city to help cooks. When she grew up, she could even help others in the kitchen. Every year, I have to give the master two pieces of bacon, and I have to do it for five or six years.

In their opinion, daughters are all money losers. They will get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, become an apprentice at the age of eight, and when they are fourteen, they will be able to get married with two years' wages. No matter how much money she earns, Cheap outsiders, it is better to stay at home to take care of the children, do housework, and work in the fields when they are older.

   Therefore, no matter how she pleaded, she would not agree. How could she learn the craft in such a situation at home?

She is dazed and fearful about the future. Sometimes she thinks that life is very hard. At that time, she imagined that she would be like the eldest sister and the second sister. If she can think about nothing and do nothing, she just needs to listen to her parents' arrangement and get married when she grows up. .

   But after thinking about it, she felt terrified. She came to this world for a long time, but she was confused and dazed. When she was about to die, what else would she have left except a bunch of children?

  Who can still remember her, what is there to remember about her?

Looking at his wife who is kind but firmly watching her, Hope Di confided to her the unformed fear and confusion in her mind, hoping that she can give herself an answer, whether she is better like this, or like her sisters Will you be happy then?

Li Baolu opened her mouth wide and said after a while, "I don't know, there may be thousands of people in this question and no one can give you a unified answer. There are thousands of people in the world with thousands of temperaments, and everyone's choices are also different. All are different, I think the best choice is to follow the heart, even if it will be painful, at least the heart will not regret it.”

   She paused and said, "If it were me, I would be willing to die awake, rather than live in a daze."

  Pandi's eyes shone brightly, "Madam!"

She gritted her teeth, knelt in front of her and said, "Madam, take me away, I will repay you in the future, even if I repay it with my life, I am willing to repay it with my life, I think, I want to live a little more meaningful, at least, at least I I want to see what the county is like, how other people live, so that even if I die, I won't come to this world in vain."

   "Are you willing to leave your house?"

  Pandi suppressed the tears in her eyes, nodded and said, "Will be willing!"

   "Okay, I'll take you with me when I go."

  Pandi gratefully kowtowed to Li Baolu, got up and wiped her tears before continuing to help her wash and cut vegetables.

  Li Baolu didn't say how to take her away, and she didn't ask.

   When Li Baolu and Pandi returned to the main room with their meals, Gu Jingyun was explaining to Xiaobao with the "Three Character Classic". In fact, it was telling a story. Xiaobao's eyes were bright when he heard it, and Zhao Ning and Shunxin on the side were dumbfounded.

"Three Character Classic" is the book of their enlightenment. They are already familiar with it, including the allusions in it, but when Gu Jingyun interprets it again, the two adults can't help but listen to it, let alone Xiaobao. If it weren't for Gu Jingyun's valuable status, He was just afraid of pestering him to continue talking.

  Gu Jingyun put the book aside, and said to the siblings who were about to leave, "Let's stay and eat together."

Out of the corner of Pan Di's eyes, she saw her mother watching her, her body trembled and she didn't dare to respond, she pulled her brother and bent over and said, "Thank you, Young Master and Madam, but our family is cooking dinner, so we don't eat."

   After saying that, he pulled his brother out quickly, but Gu Jingyun didn't stop him.

   Mother Qu frowned as they walked over, "What did your noble say to you just now?"

  Pandi paused and said, "Young master said that your younger brother is good at reading, so let your younger brother go to him tomorrow when he is free, and he will teach his younger brother to read."

   Mother Qu's eyes lit up, and she immediately pulled her son and asked, "Xiaobao, is what your third sister said true? Did your noble person really teach you to read and write?"

   Xiaobao nodded.

  Mu clapped her hands and almost flew up with joy, "I knew it, I knew my little treasure was the smartest."

  Pandi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Xiaobao secretly grabbed the third sister's hand and gave her a big smile.

  Pan Di also pursed her lips and smiled, and the sister and brother kept silent tacitly.