While cooking, the loudspeaker in the village began to broadcast again, "Vegetable seedlings and seeds from the supply and marketing cooperative have arrived. Chinese cabbage, peppers, eggplants, potatoes, and kidney beans are welcome to buy."
After packing everything, he took the money given by Li Fu and Li Xinghe went out with a pole. Firstly, Li Fu was too lazy to follow. Secondly, Li Fu knew the price and counted the seedlings one by one when he came back. Naturally, he was not afraid of his daughter hiding the money.
There were many people from the supply and marketing cooperative, and they all gathered around to pick the strongest seedlings first.
Li Xinghe squeezed into the crowd and squatted down to choose the variety Li Fu requested.
"Hey, isn't this a girl from the Li family? Your father beat you half to death and you left the house so quickly?"
Tsk tsk tsk...
"The little girl is really awesome. She has the nerve to go out so quickly. She is really brave and she is not afraid of running into the old men."
"Mom! What are you talking about? Stop talking!" The daughter who was following the woman who was chewing her tongue tugged at the corner of her mother's clothes.
"What did I say wrong? Then why don't you look for someone else? Just her? Isn't it her own problem?"
The men and women in the supply and marketing cooperative all looked sideways, their eyes wandering over Li Xinghe's body playfully.
Li Xinghe didn't need to raise her head to feel the dagger-like gazes of these people. She felt like her body was being hurt.
My thoughts have once again fallen into endless trouble. Is this my fault? This is not my fault. Why do everyone do this?
She had no intention of quarreling with the humans in front of her, she just speeded up the selection with her hands, took a sufficient amount of cabbage, green onions, peppers, potatoes, etc., and quickly counted the money and left.
There were plenty of vegetable seedlings and some seeds on both sides of the pole. She left the place where people were killing each other as if fleeing.
She didn't know how the matter was spread, she only knew that she was the only bad person in this matter now.
'Little bitch', 'little vixen', she seems to be patrolling the streets with labels attached to her body. People she meets on the street will look at her a few times, and even point at her, tilt their heads and say something to the people next to them.
.
She became the enemy of the entire village. Men thought she was too vicious and aggressive, and women thought she was slutty and sexually attracted to men too early. This was a 'just' crusade, and they seemed afraid not to participate.
This crusade against her will cause others to exclude her.
Li Xinghe fled to his home, closed the low fence gate with earthen walls, and blocked out the flashes of swords and swords.
Stay calm and don't really get hurt.
Li Fu came out of the house after hearing the sound. Without looking at his daughter, he carefully inspected the things he bought. Then he nodded with satisfaction, "I planted them all today." Then he looked back and said, "Let's go."
The father and son went out. No need to ask where they were going, they must have gone out to play cards.
She and her mother were the only ones left at home. She enjoyed this safe environment with peace of mind and silently began to plant the vegetables she had just bought in the yard.
Pick out only one seedling of each vegetable and plant it in the space. If Li Fu cannot see the seeds, you can sow a few more seeds in the space.
There are new varieties in the space, and home-cooked vegetables are beginning to grow in the space. I can finally eat without worrying.
I started to prepare ridges in the yard and prepared to plant vegetables. Although the weather was not hot, the heavy physical work of digging soil still made me sweat after swinging the hoe a few times.
The wound on my shoulder also started to feel pain.
Before the second ridge of vegetable seedlings was picked, Li Fu and Li Chengquan came back angrily. Li Fu, who was walking with a wind, came to Li Xinghe, raised his foot and kicked her down, "You loser! You give me the money!"
I'm so embarrassed, how can I go play cards! Now everyone knows that our Li family has a vicious little fox! Bah! Why didn't you starve to death? You are really a loser! Let me see how you can get married in the future.
Get out! Why don’t you find a tree and hang yourself?”
After scolding Li Fu, he kicked him a few times. After venting his anger, he went back to the house to sleep.
Li Xinghe sat in the dirt ridge, put his mind into the space, and looked at the chickens, ducks and plants he raised in the space for a while. Then he regained his energy and continued to do the work Li Fu asked.
It had been a long time since the vegetables were planted. She rubbed her stiff legs that were numb from squatting, stood up slowly, and put away the farm tools. She looked up and saw her mother standing at the door of the small barn holding the door and watching.
I don't know how long she has been watching.
Li Xinghe walked back and said, "Why are you standing here?" He helped his mother into the warehouse and followed her in. She washed her hands and patted the dirt on her body when she was kicked down. Her clothes were too dirty and she could only rely on her clothes.
Sit and rest by the firewood pile.
Wang Fang didn't say anything, just sat on the kang and looked at her daughter.
"Mom, I'll take you away. I can promise you won't starve. Will you come with me?"
It was very quiet in the warehouse, with only one or two crisp sounds of dry firewood being crushed.
The silence lasted for a while.
"Walk."
Li Xinghe raised his head in surprise. Wang Fang looked at her firmly and said again, "Let's go."
"Mom, have you really made up your mind?" By leaving, my mother gave up not only her family and her father, but also her two biological sons.
Wang Fang understood what her daughter meant, "I only have you as my daughter." She knew how her sons treated her and Xinghe, and even the motherly nature as strong as a mountain would be smoothed away by disappointment.
"Okay, Mom, trust me, I will let you live a good life."
Wang Fang looked at the woman leaning on the firewood pile. Her daughter usually loved to be clean. Even the shabby clothes must be clean. But her daughter was covered in dirt at the moment, and her face was covered with dirt.
The ash was washed out by sweat, like a tattered doll that was thrown into the garbage dump. "Xinghe, it doesn't matter if I starve in the future, it doesn't matter if I can't live a good life. It won't be worse than now."
Difficult."
Li Xinghe quickly lowered his head and played with the firewood stick in his hand to hide the tears that were about to burst into his eyes.
"Then what should we prepare before we leave? Are we going to look for some money while your dad and the others are away?"
Li Xinghe held back his tears. At this moment when he really wanted to leave completely, he didn't expect that his mother, who had always been weak, would still think of getting his father's money.
She was very relieved to realize that her mother was not completely kind and weak.
"No, he cares about money very much. If we want to leave, just leave. Don't poke his weak spots. It's better for us."
Wang Fang heard it, felt it was right, and nodded lightly.
"Then where are we going and how do we get the fare?"
"I'll be responsible for this, mom, don't worry."
"Okay." Wang Fang has always believed in her daughter unconditionally.
After the two women finished their discussion, they both became extremely relaxed instantly. After finishing his rest, Li Xinghe stood up and went out to cook.
At night, Wang Fang looked at the scars on Li Xinghe's body.
"It's great. I made a great decision. We won't have to be beaten in the future, Xinghe. No one will hit you, and no one will hit me."
Li Xinghe smiled lightly, put on his clothes, and lay down next to his mother.
Mother and daughter spent their last night in this 'home'.