Chapter 3

After planting pepper, Wang Guiying found pig grass in the field again.

Every household can raise chickens and pigs by dividing the field. The family also raises a pig. Naturally, there is no food for the pig. They can only cut pig grass outside. Sometimes they add a little sweet potato vine and rice bran to feed the pig.

By the end of the year, you can save some money by selling pigs.

Guo Xiang asked Wang Guiying which are pig grass, carefully identified the pig grass in the basket, immediately wrote it down and helped find it. Wang Guiying was very satisfied with her diligence.

I found pig grass and came home. I helped chop it up and put it in a basket. Then I'll cook it in a pot for the pigs.

At noon, it suddenly rained heavily. Wang Guiying picked up an oil paper umbrella. "Xiangxiang, look after the house. I'll send an umbrella to Guo'er. She can't come back in such a heavy rain."

Guo Xiang looked at the pouring rain outside and thought about the mud on the road. Now he didn't know what to become.

"Mom, I'd better go. You're at home and I'll pick up the fruit." Guo Xiang stood up. Wang Guiying was not young. It rained so hard. What if she fell? Old people don't fall.

"That's OK!" Wang Guiying was very happy to see her daughter-in-law taking the initiative. She handed Guo Xiang the oil paper umbrella in her hand. When she saw her feet wearing cloth shoes, she must step on a foot of mud later.

"Wait, put on your rain shoes and go. The road is rotten!" Wang Guiying said, taking out her rain shoes from the sundry room where the farm tools were put and handing them to Guo Xiang, "put them on!"

"Thank you, mother!" Guo Xiang nodded. In fact, she didn't care. Although she had a good family in her previous life, she wasn't a hypocritical person. Just come back and wash.

However, since it is the kindness of the elderly, it is natural to appreciate it.

Put on your rainshoes and walk to Gu Guo'er's school with an umbrella.

All the way to pick up their children's parents, walking and stepping all the way, the road became worse and worse. Some people walk with their heels off the ground, so that their trousers are covered with mud marks.

When he got to the school, because of the heavy rain, the child didn't wait at the school gate. Guo Xiang followed other parents into the school and found that he had forgotten to ask Gu Guoer what grade he was in.

Hesitating, I saw Gu Guoer standing under the eaves in front of the classroom, watching the rain helplessly.

"Guo'er, will your family give you an umbrella later?" Asked a little fat man beside Gu Guoer.

"I don't know!" Gu Guo'er replied angrily that she was so busy. There was only one fool at home. She didn't give her a good face in the morning. It's strange that she would send her an umbrella.

"Then when my mother comes, let's go together!" The little fat man said again.

Gu Guoer is noncommittal. There's really no way but to do so.

I was thinking of a familiar face in front of me, "fruit!" Guo Xiang waved to Gu Guoer and shouted.

Gu Guoer opened her mouth in surprise. She didn't expect Guo Xiang to pick herself up.

"Guo Er, who is this? How beautiful! " The little fat man curiously stabbed Gu Guoer with his elbow.

"She is..." Gu Guoer pursed her lips and reluctantly said that she was her sister-in-law.

"Isn't she your sister-in-law? Isn't your sister-in-law a fool? " The little fat man's eyes widened. He also knows that Gu Guo'er's brother has just married his daughter-in-law. Who else can there be if it's not her sister-in-law?

"You are a fool, your whole family is a fool!" Gu Guoer was unhappy. A fool can only say it by himself. Why should others call his sister-in-law a fool?

Guo Xiang "puffed" and smiled. The bear child still knows how to protect herself. Of course, she may not protect herself, but her family. She can barely be regarded as her family now.

Suddenly feel a little warm in my heart.

"Hello, little classmate. I'm Guo er's sister-in-law. My name is Guo Xiang!" Guo Xiang waved to the little fat man.

"Oh, oh, good sister-in-law..." the little fat man blushed. No one has ever taken the initiative to say hello to him. Guo er's sister-in-law is really special.

"Who's your sister-in-law?" Gu Guoer glared at the little fat man.

"I, that..." the little fat man was stunned and didn't know what to say.

"Let's go!" Gu Guoer got under Guo Xiang's umbrella, pulled her clothes awkwardly, waved to the little fat man and walked into the rain.

But he was still angry. He didn't want to be so close to Guo Xiang and kept a distance from her. Guo Xiang smiled and didn't care about her. He moved his umbrella to her side, and half of his shoulders were wet.

After walking out of the school gate, Gu Guoer suddenly stopped and looked at the front in a daze.

Guo Xiang noticed that Gu Guoer was wearing a brand-new pair of sneakers. It seemed that Gu Zhennan brought them back to her a few days ago. There is a big puddle in front. It is full of mud. If you walk past, small white shoes will become small black shoes.

"I'll carry you!" Guo Xiang said.

"No." Gu Guoer turned awkwardly, "I took off my shoes and went barefoot."

"The rain is so heavy and the temperature has dropped. What if you catch a cold later?" Guo Xiang went to Gu Guoer, "even if you don't consider yourself, you should also consider your mother. If you are ill, your mother will take care of you and your home. You should make your mother tired and sick?"

Gu Guo'er bit his lips. "Then you won't help your mother?"

"I... can't do anything now. I can't learn well for a while." Guo Xiang's face was a little hot. "I'll learn in the future. Don't be awkward now. What are you afraid of? I'm your sister-in-law. If your brother is not at home, I should take care of you!"

Gu Guo'er's heart moved and looked up at his sister-in-law.

Since my father died, the family has been supported by my mother. My eldest brother has not been at home for many years, and my second brother is studying in the county. She always feels that there is something missing at home. Now she suddenly understands that there is a lack of a pillar to be the head of the family, and now my sister-in-law acts like a head of the family.

"Come up!" When Guo Xiang saw Gu Guoer's heart, he squatted down while the iron was hot. "You take an umbrella and hold it tight. I'm strong and won't fall you!"

Gu Guoer hesitated for a moment, took the umbrella and climbed onto Guo Xiang's back. She was very tall, about 1.7 meters, which was rare in the countryside. Some men were not as tall as her.

Her shoulders were strong and her arms were strong. Gu Guoer suddenly felt very safe.

Maybe it's good to have a sister-in-law.

After walking through the rotten mud road, Gu Guoer said nothing. Guo Xiang slipped off her back and struggled. Guo Xiang held her hand tightly and looked at the way she was pursing her mouth and bulging her cheeks. It was funny in her heart.

In her previous life, she was the youngest at home. She had a brother and a sister. Now it feels good to have a sister.

But it's a headache to think of his marriage with Gu Zhennan. It's hard to maintain a marriage without feelings, isn't it?

Although people in this age rarely divorce, how many are really happy? I haven't made do with it all my life.

But Guo Xiang didn't want to make do.

You can make do with food and clothes, but marriage can't make do with it. It's going to take a lifetime. I feel tired when I think about it.

She is an unmarried person. She lived 35 years in her previous life and didn't get married. She didn't think of it in this life.

What's more, if she wants a child, she has to live in the same room. She can't imagine how she can do it without emotion? She doesn't want to be just a fertility tool.