back to the field

It took Tang Sixian about 10 minutes to walk from the village head to the village tail.

There are many rivers and lakes in the village, and the fields and houses are scattered. The most densely populated area is only [-] or [-] households. The rest of the households are distributed in a star shape around the earth temple in the village. of.

The house she lives in is at the end of the village. There are only two or three families on the left and right, and they are also separated by a half-acre grove of mixed bamboo and wood.

A path more than one meter wide was split in the middle of the grove, and at the end of the path was a fork, extending to the river to the left, and to the right were three earthen houses surrounded by a calf-high fence.

The environment is quiet, but if it weren't for the snakes and insects that often appeared in the small woods, Tang Sixian felt that she would be willing to live here for the rest of her life.

A person walked out of the room, with a simple bun, wrapped in blue and white patterned cloth, wearing a rough linen coat, and a pair of old red cloth shoes that had faded.But even so, the simple attire could not conceal her beautiful appearance, but looked pure and pleasant.

"Tang—" Tang Sixian said, and when he met the woman's eyes, he called out very awkwardly, "Sister."

The woman is the older sister of "Tang Sixian" who she is occupying now, and her name is Tang Qingman, but most people don't call her by her name directly, but call her "Mrs. Tang" or "Sister Tang".

Tang Qingman threw some clothes into the wooden basin, picked up the wooden basin and was about to go out. When he saw her come back, he asked, "Have you figured out the way?"

Tang Sixian nodded and said, "Do you want to do the laundry? But it's hot now!"

Tang Qingman's eyes dodged a little, and he said: "At this time, there are fewer talents by the river."

Tang Sixian felt that the little girl was quite introverted, but after saving her, she didn't look like this when she was interrogated by the government.

She asked: "Shall I go with you? I want to wash all the bedding, pillows and mats."

It is said to be a quilt, but it is actually a quilt cover sewn together with two layers of cloth, the mat is a straw mat, and the pillow is a square wooden sleeper polished by wood, which is full of dust because no one has used it for a long time.

Tang Qingman didn't object, so Tang Sixian followed her to the river with a bunch of things in his arms.

There are really no people on the riverside at this moment. It might be better to say that there are few people coming to the river here because there are only three households living around.The other two families came to do the laundry early in the morning, so there was no need for Tang Qingman to deliberately avoid them, and the chance of them encountering them was not high.

After Tang Qingman put the wooden basin down, he walked under an acacia tree and picked some acacia, peeled off the thick skin, took out the nuts inside, and then beat it out with a mallet.

Tang Sixian followed her movements and picked some. Seeing that she would foam up the juice after rubbing it vigorously on the clothes, she thought to herself that she really underestimated the wisdom of the ancients.

Tang Qingman found that she was looking at him all the time, and after a little thought, he understood: "Have you never used acacia?"

"No."

"Then you must have been a lady who didn't need to do rough work before."

Tang Sixian paused for a moment, thinking: Before...

What kind of lady is she? She can't match her ten fingers if she doesn't touch Yang Chunshui.It's just that there is a pair of loving and loving parents who made her a little princess before she was eight years old.

And after the age of eight, because his father was killed by drug dealers, his mother was greatly stimulated, and she left her after being depressed for several years. A happy family broke up like this.

She was adopted by her uncle's family and lived a life of being dependent on others. Naturally, she took care of her own life, washing clothes and doing housework, and her life was no different from that of ordinary people.Until recently, she also followed her father's old path.

I don't know whether it is good luck or misfortune for her. She was chased by drug dealers and fell into the Nu River. After waking up, she appeared in the river in ancient Shezhou and was rescued on the river bank.

It was Tang Qingman who rescued her.

According to Tang Qingman, she jumped out of the water suddenly, then struggled and was about to sink, Tang Qingman quickly fished her ashore, otherwise she would definitely drown even though she was familiar with water.

And she actually doesn't have any memories, just because after falling into the Nu River, she was sucked into the water by the turbulent current.At that time, she felt that she was going to die, but the will to survive made her struggle to surface.

She vaguely saw a figure standing on the shore, but she was afraid that it was the group of drug dealers, so she didn't call for help.

Then she sank into the water again exhausted, and when she woke up, blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters were everywhere she looked, and there were no traces of the group of drug dealers.

The appearance of Tang Qingman made her vigilant, and she felt that something was wrong with her traditional attire, which did not belong to a minority.

It was only later that I learned that the river where she was rescued was not only separated from the Nu River by more than 2000 kilometers, but also spanned a time and space and ten centuries!

The sound of Tang Qingman slapping the clothes made Tang Si envious. She didn't have a mallet, so she had to scrub the quilt cover manually.

The turbid clouds in the sky have not dissipated, but the temperature has not dropped by half.

After a while, Tang Sixian's clothes were wet, sweat seeped from her forehead, slid across a long and thin scar, ran down her cheek, chin to chin, and then dripped down.

Tang Qingman glanced at her, then quickly looked away, and asked, "Have you figured out the way?"

This is the second time she asked this question, and Tang Sixian still replied with a good temper: "Well, I have walked all the roads, and there are still some small roads that I haven't walked. I think the future will be long, and there will be opportunities to go. By the way, I still study Let's see what work we can find."

Tang Qingman listened attentively.

"Although Zhenqian Village is large, it is densely covered with water networks, a lot of cultivated land, and many lakes. However, our money is only enough to rent the farmhouse and solve the problem of food and clothing for a month, but we have no money to buy fields. Planted. So we either help people farm the land, or catch some fish to sell.”

Tang Qingman nodded in agreement, but her eyes fell on the mulberry trees planted by the paddy field not far away, and said: "With our strength, if we want to help people plant land, we may be disgusted, but we can also go to pick silkworms."

As soon as she finished speaking, Tang Sixian's body froze, and goosebumps appeared on her arms.

"I'd better go fishing! I've inquired about it. Although the village is densely covered with water nets, not every household knows how to fish. After the fishermen who make a living by fishing catch a small part of the fish, they will sell it to the villagers. Some of them will be sold in the county seat tomorrow morning. They can probably earn sixty or seventy Wen a day."

At the beginning, they chose to settle in Zhenqian Village, not only because it was closer to the Tang family, but also because it was closer to the county seat. If they really couldn't gain a foothold in the village, they could go to the county seat to make a living.

Considering that Tang Sixian had drowned before, Tang Qingman was afraid that she would have a psychological shadow, so he asked, "But fishing has the danger of falling into the water, and will you cast a net?"

Tang Sixian rubbed his arms, thinking that she doesn't know how to cast a net, but she has plenty of ways to catch a lot of fish.

"I don't know how to learn, I am such a smart person, I can learn whatever I want."

Tang Qingman was at a loss for words, she looked suspiciously for a while, and then turned away.

Although Tang Sixian called her "sister", she was actually not Tang Sixian's elder sister - she didn't even have any blood relationship with Tang Sixian.

Tang Sixian's origin is unknown, but because the other party's name is similar to her brother "Tang Sixian" and there is a scar similar to her brother's on the right corner of his forehead, she let him walk as her brother in a moment of softness.

Tang Qingman was not unwilling, after all, she was the one who asked the other party to do so.

Tang Sixian refused to reveal her background, and she didn't have a household allowance, so she just needed an identity, and in order to fulfill her father's last wish, she also needed a "brother".

She especially remembered that the person pointed to her face and asked, "Do you think I look like a 17-year-old?"

Tang Qingman didn't know where his courage came from, so he raised his hand and pinched her face, saying, "Sixian looks older, but you only look seventeen or eighteen."

Then the man grinned: "Come on, I like to hear that. Although I don't want to call a girl younger than me my sister, but in order to repay your life-saving grace, I will promise you!"

"But the voice..."

Tang Si enviously said: "Oh, don't worry about this, I have learned false voice, although it hurts my vocal cords a bit, but I will play the role of your brother well."

Thinking of her own brother, Tang Qingman's nose turned sore, she quickly looked away, and wiped her eyes as if to cover up.

Tang Sixian was washing her quilt cover intently, but she didn't notice anything strange about the person beside her.

The two of them headed back after washing their clothes and blankets. On the way, they met two naked and wet children who were about to put on their clothes. Tang Qingman subconsciously hid behind Tang Sixian.

The two children made faces at them and said, "What are you doing back here? The Tang family doesn't want you!"

Downs enviously remembered that when they first came here, these two troublemakers threw dirt and dung at her house.

She is stingy and holds grudges, so she threw the dung back on the spot, and now she wants to impress them, so she yelled loudly when she passed by the neighbor's house: "Liao Sanlang, your two sons went to the river again Already!"

After a while, a majestic figure rushed out of a nearby room, holding a fire stick in his hand, and rushed towards the two children.They turned around and ran away in fright, not forgetting to justify: "We didn't, he lied!"

Crying sounds soon sounded from the forest, Tang Sixian raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, and turned to help Tang Qingman hang up the clothes.

Tang Qingman didn't know how to feel about her behavior. After thinking about it, he said, "It's not good to complain."

"I did this for their benefit. I ran into the river every three days because I knew how to swim at a young age. You must know that 'good swimmers die from drowning'. Liao Sanlang should know about this, and it was right to teach them a lesson. "Tang Sixian is confident and confident.

Tang Qingman didn't refute, as if acquiescing that what she said made sense.

After drying the clothes, Tang Sixian rubbed his "guck" stomach, then picked up the small net bag and went to the river to catch fish.People who are used to three meals a day come here, but the situation forces them to only eat two meals a day, but every meal is porridge, how can this be full?

One meal in the morning, the second meal will not be eaten until the sun goes down, she was hungry just now.

When she returned to the river, she found a more open place, looked around and saw that there was no one around, and then put her hand into the water.

The surface of the river with occasional bubbles and waves suddenly became lively, and countless big and small fish rushed towards her fingers. Even if she withdrew her hand, these fish had no intention of leaving.

Tang Sixian took the net bag and fished it out. Except for the small fish that could get out of the net bag, there were several big fish with the length of the forearm that could not escape, and she put them into the net bag.

The author has something to say: Unexpectedly, Tang Sansui Si Xian was wearing it!

Tang Sansui: I look seven years younger all of a sudden, I am very happy.

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