V1.Chapter 4

Xia Dajun, Xia Xiaolan's father, is a fool who can move his hands and never move his mouth.

Fighting for canals and fields, Xia Da's army is strong and strong, which is a good gun for the old Xia family.

Xia Xiaolan thought that Xia Dajun had no brain and only cared about the big family, regardless of the small family. As expected, he was a big mallet. The three brothers of the Xia family, Xia Dajun, ranked second. They were the only brothers who didn't give birth to a son. Xia Dajun felt that he couldn't lift his head without a son. He often scolded Liu Fen and would do it after drinking wine.

Xia Xiaolan, his own daughter, is also a loser in his eyes.

Don't blame Xia Dajun for having no wild hope of "rare goods to live in". The aesthetics of the times has limitations. Xia Xiaolan is good-looking, but her charming appearance is only liked by young students, but the elders of the younger family don't like Xia Xiaolan's appearance. At first glance, they are restless, and the whole family who marries and stirs up in the door is restless.

On the contrary, Xia Ziyu, Xia Xiaolan's cousin, has an oval face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. She looks dignified. Who doesn't say she is a good girl?

Xia Xiaolan is a straw bag. Xia Ziyu was not very smart when he was a child. After junior high school, he suddenly became enlightened, and his grades are getting better and better. This year, he was really admitted to a university in Beijing - Lao Xia's family raised a Golden Phoenix. Xia Dajun disliked his own daughter, but loved his niece very much.

The young Xia family went to build the river embankment to earn living expenses for Xia Ziyu... Xia Ziyu took more than 500 yuan from the Xia family to the capital. The Xia family was afraid that she would spend a lot in the capital. The whole family worked hard like an old ox to support Xia Ziyu, a college student.

Xia Xiaolan was miserable. She hit the column and didn't even go to the hospital. She asked the barefoot doctor at the health station to wrap the wound casually.

This is really the same surname but different fate.

Thinking of the original owner, Xia always wanted to sigh.

Her cousin with excellent character and learning is very difficult to deal with. Rural people don't know and don't understand. President Xia knows that there is no tuition for going to college in this era. Instead, the state will give every college student a monthly living allowance. This money can solve the problem of personal life... Taking 500 yuan to school in 83 is definitely Bai Fumei's treatment.

Xia Ziyu enjoys the treatment of Bai Fumei, and Xia Xiaolan has no opinion.

But I saw a group of Xia family just now. None of them is as thin as Liu Fen. They can't squeeze two liang of oil and water out of the pot. However, Xia Ziyu's mother is also wearing patch clothes, but her face is very ruddy, and her hands are not as thin as wood and full of small cracks as Liu Fang.

Xia Xiaolan's family is the most severely squeezed.

Xia Dajun is willing to be an old scalper, but Xia Xiaolan is unconvinced for Liu Fen.

"My father is back. Let's see what he chooses, niece or daughter."

Xia Xiaolan hit the pillar. I don't know whether Xia Dajun heard the news. This man will always come back after finishing his work. Xia Xiaolan decided to give the original owner's father a chance.

Liu Fen heard something wrong and was afraid that Xia Xiaolan would confront her father: "of course your father hurts you, your cousin..."

Xia Xiaolan smiled, and Liu Fen lost her confidence when she spoke.

It often hurts nephews more than daughters in rural areas. But Liu Fen has never seen her niece hurt more than her own daughter. Xia Dajun really doesn't like Xiaolan because Liu Fen can't continue to give birth to Xia Xiaolan. Xia Dajun blames his daughter.

The mother and daughter fell into silence.

Xia Xiaolan looked at the broken house, "I'll pick up some firewood."

She wants to observe Dahe village and see where she can get some money. If she doesn't have money in her pocket, she has no confidence. No matter how good the plan is, it can't be implemented.

Dahe village is very poor.

Of course, there were no two poor villages in the country in 83.

Poverty is deeply rooted in the geographical environment and history, and it is also the limitation of the times. It's good to eat from the earth and fill your stomach.

At sunset, several women were washing clothes by the river.

Dahe village, as its name implies, a big river flows through the village. In terms of resources, it is reasonable to say that the fish in the river belong to ownerless things and can be sold for money. The villagers are not afraid to sell fish in the city... Fish are naturally raised, but this river section belongs to the village and is the collective property of the villagers. It is OK to catch a few fish occasionally to relieve their greed, but not to sell them.

Xia Xiaolan has no psychological pressure to secretly catch fish to sell. The only property she and Liu Fen have is that 20 kilograms of sweet potatoes. They are going to starve to death. What's the moral cleanliness habit?

Unfortunately, she doesn't have tools and the skill of catching fish with her bare hands.

The two banks of the river are covered with thick white reeds. In May, Xia Xiaolan might be able to rub some reed leaves and sell them to city people to make zongzi. Now the Dragon Boat Festival is long past. This thing is not urgently needed by the people, and it's impossible to earn some hard money.

Make mats and baskets to sell?

In the memory of the original owner, people in Dahe village can do a lot of this skill. Every household will make straw mats and back baskets during the slack season. In the countryside, they can't sell at a high price. In the city, these things are also lack of competitiveness. These days, people are not interested in folk arts and crafts. What the city people crave is agricultural and livestock products such as meat, eggs and milk.

Xia Xiaolan looked at the river and was distracted. Could she sit in the top executives of large enterprises and starve to death in 83? If she wants to leave the Xia family, she must have the ability to support herself and Liu Fen. Before eating 20 kilograms of sweet potatoes, she needs to get a starting fund.

Not in the country. She has to go to the city to look for opportunities.

The circulation of goods can bring benefits. Rural people have no oil and water. In addition to matches, soap, chemical fertilizer and other industrial products, rural people in 83 can be self-sufficient... Several women along the river pointed out to Xia Xiaolan.

Xia Xiaolan thought about making a living and picked up the dry branches by the river. She didn't have time to talk to those gossipers. She didn't want to waste her energy arguing with others, so she took a few more steps to the reed beach next to the cowshed. These smelly villagers were unwilling to come.

Xia Xiaolan went a few steps deeper and two wild ducks flew out of the reeds.

It was flapping wings and quacking, as if it was leading Xia Xiaolan to chase them. Xia Xiaolan's eyes lit up. How could she be cheated by two wild ducks? This is a diversion!

Sure enough, she searched carefully among the reeds and found a very hidden duck nest.

In the nest made of soft grass, green shell duck eggs are squeezed into a pile. President Xia, who has signed hundreds of millions of contracts, giggled at a nest of wild duck eggs and picked them up one by one. They were all fresh eggs without half hatching.

There are 12 in all!

It's true that she can live in 83 years by relying on the reeds on the beach. Resisting the impulse to continue sweeping the reed field, she took 12 wild duck eggs and went back to the old house with a pile of dry firewood.

"Mom, shall we bake sweet potatoes?"

When you are full, you have the strength to work.