An orphan girl from a farming family: Everyday farming in the mountains during natural disasters

Xia Qingyue, who was about to have her period, was feeling depressed and unhappy.

She was woken up twice by the heat last night. She got up early in the morning, washed the straw mat, hung it on a bamboo pole to dry, and laid it out tonight.

I boiled two poached eggs in brown sugar water for breakfast, hoping that my period won’t be so uncomfortable later.

In her previous life, she was a person who only felt pain on the first day of her period, and was fine for the next few days. Sometimes she would feel pain on the fourth or fifth day, but would be fine after the blood clots were discharged.

I don’t know what happened to the original owner’s body.

In the morning, she dug up camellias, purple, yellow and white wild flowers, took them back and planted them all by the pond.

When she comes back later in the afternoon, she will go pick some camellia flowers to make pure water and facial cream for skin care.

In the afternoon, she went to the reed marsh to catch chickens and ducks. She had a dark warning and hid when she saw people.

However, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.

She had just caught a wild duck. Heihei had his back to her and was making a low growling sound from his mouth.

Turning her head, she saw several figures walking towards her behind the reeds.

She immediately clenched the sickle in her hand with a cold look in her eyes.

“Heihei!”

“It’s really dark!”

Two young men came out from behind the reeds, followed by three more people.

"Sister Qingyue, it's really you!"

A young boy was very happy and smiled with his big white teeth showing.

When Heihei saw them, although he stopped growling in warning, his eyes were still fixed on them and his upper body was tense.

Xia Qingyue was surprised for a moment, then greeted them with a smile, "Brother Weisheng, Brother Weikang, what a coincidence, it's you!"

"Qingyue." Chen Yuzhen walked out from behind the Li brothers. When she saw Xia Qingyue, her eyes were full of surprise.

Following Chen Yuzhen came Li Benfu and a slim woman.

After seeing the man's face clearly, Xia Qingyue's expression froze and she looked at him.

Why is she here and staying with the Li family?

"Sister Qingyue, let me introduce you. This is Xiaozhu." Li Weisheng introduced happily.

The woman was none other than Tan Xiaozhu, whom Xia Qingyue had met when she first went down the mountain.

She felt something strange deep down, but everything seemed calm on the surface.

She was dressed as a man that time and she was dressed as a woman today. She was not afraid of being recognized and she nodded and greeted Tan Xiaozhu gracefully.

Tan Xiaozhu also smiled and greeted Xia Qingyue in a friendly manner, speaking softly:

"So you are Sister Qingyue. I've heard Brother Weisheng talk about you before. He said you are hardworking and intelligent, and you cook delicious meals. Today I finally saw it with my own eyes. The strange thing is that this is the first time we meet, but I think he is right.

Moreover, meeting you gave me a very close feeling. "

Xia Qingyue: ???

She looked at Li Weisheng calmly, with coldness in her eyes. "Are you, silly boy, saying something nonsense again?"

It would have been better if she hadn't looked. When she looked, she found that Li Weisheng was smiling foolishly at Tan Xiaozhu, with a suspicious blush on his dark cheeks.

Moreover, Li Weisheng said: "Xiao Zhu, maybe it's because you are of similar age and temperament that you think of each other when you see each other. You are both very good people."

Tan Xiaozhu's eyes sparkled, "No, Brother Weisheng, I can only do some small things, unlike you, who can hunt, catch fish, cook and wash clothes. You are the best and most wonderful person!"

Li Weisheng's mouth widened wider and wider, and he raised his hand to scratch his head embarrassedly.

Xia Qingyue narrowed her eyes slightly. Why did she smell a strong scent of tea?

"Okay, it's rare for us to meet Qingyue, so let's talk about some serious matters." Chen Yuzhen walked up to Xia Qingyue and asked her with concern whether she was doing well recently.

Xia Qingyue answered them one by one.

Li Benfu talked about the capture of men during the war outside, "Since then, more and more people have come to the mountain, all from surrounding villages."

Xia Qingyue noticed that Li Benfu and his wife had lost a lot of weight, with dark circles under their eyes and the fatigue that inadvertently revealed between their brows showed that they seemed to have encountered something sad.

"Uncle, aunt, how about you guys? Are you all right after moving to the mountains?"

Helplessness flashed in Li Benfu and Li Weikang's eyes, as if they had a lot to say but didn't know how to say it.

Chen Yuzhen said coldly: "It's like this, not long after we moved to the mountain, the Zhu family followed us and threatened to live with us.

After the incident of arresting the men, the villagers went up the mountain. The Zhu family members ran around every day without being careful, and were followed to the cave by the villagers who were traveling together.

Now, more than 60 of us live in the cave."

"Ah, auntie, which Zhu family are you talking about?" Xia Qingyue asked knowingly.

"It's your uncle and his family." Li Benfu frowned and nodded.

Xia Qingyue looked shocked and dumbfounded, "Ah, then can so many of you live here?"

I secretly cursed in my heart: The Zhu family is really a bunch of shit, they bring trouble to everyone wherever they go!

"There is definitely not enough room to live here, but the villagers thought that since we are all from the same village, we can help each other, so they spontaneously found some wood and built a few wooden houses to squeeze in."

As soon as Chen Yuzhen finished speaking, Tan Xiaozhu spoke gently:

"Sister Qingyue, we have a lot of people there, so it's safe enough. Someone came to steal two nights ago, but we all worked together to catch him.

I heard from Brother Weisheng that your family also lives in the mountains, and there are only three of you. It would be dangerous if you met those people. Why don't you move in and live with us?"

Xia Qingyue smiled slightly: "Thank you, Sister Xiaozhu, for your kindness, but I am still a child after all, and this matter still has to be decided by my parents."

"That's right. Then you should explain it clearly to them when you go back today." Tan Xiaozhu smiled brightly, looking at Xia Qingyue, but her eyes were glancing at the basket behind her.

The ducks caught in the basket quacked.

"Come on, Qingyue, let's go over there and talk." Chen Yuzhen pointed to the other side.

The two walked over.

"Qingyue, it's very chaotic outside now. Try not to go out alone in the future. Those people can do anything!" Chen Yuzhen's eyes were sincere and her tone was serious.

"Aunt, I know. I won't do it again." She glanced at Tan Xiaozhu, who was talking with the brothers Li Weisheng and Li Weikang with a smile behind her.

"Then Tan Xiaozhu is not from our village, how did she get together with you?"

"Xiao Zhu, we met her on the mountain when we went out to look for wild vegetables that day. She was a little girl squatting in the bushes crying, looking so pitiful.

After chatting, I learned that her family wanted to sell her to a wealthy family in town as a maid for money, so she had no choice but to run away to the mountains and hide.

"We felt sorry for her, so we took her back. The girl was very diligent and sensible. She was eager to do everything, such as washing clothes, cooking, and looking for wild vegetables. She was afraid that we would chase her away, so she was very cautious in everything. It was pitiful."

The words were the same as when I met her.

However, Xia Qingyue felt a chill down her spine, as she learned a thought-provoking question from what Chen Yuzhen said.

She asked, "Auntie, when did you meet Xiao Zhu?"

Chen Yuzhen thought about it carefully and said, "About ten days ago."

Xia Qingyue's heart sank, and her eyes were filled with coldness.