Farmhouse Green Plum

Daya remembered that Li's breakfast was not yet heated up, so she hurriedly called to Xiaoxiang, "I'll go home first and come find you later!"

"it is good!"

When they got home, Li was already eating. Yang heated up the food for her, which made Daya feel much more at ease.

If she starved Li because of helping Xiaoxiang, she might be accused of being unfilial in the future.

Seeing her come back, Li asked, "Did you borrow the dry firewood?"

Daya nodded and briefly explained what had happened. Li couldn't help but sigh at the kindness of the Xu couple.

After she finished her meal, Daya washed the pots and dishes and then rushed to Zhao's house. Lai Di and Zhao Xiaocui were also there, eating with Xiaoxiang in the kitchen.

Daya asked hurriedly: "How is it?"

"My mother said I'm much warmer now, but I still have a headache and feel sore and weak." Xiaoxiang moved aside to make room for Daya. "By the way, what's wrong with you? Your eyes were red before. Did you cry?"

"Daya is crying?" Lai Di was surprised and asked Daya, "Did your grandma hit you?"

Zhao Xiaocui was also surprised. Daya was recognized by everyone in the village as being sensible. What did she do wrong?

Daya let out a long breath and told everything that happened in the morning. After she finished, she felt that the anger that had been stuck in her heart had dissipated a lot.

"How dare you expose your Second Aunt's partiality!" Xiaoxiang was shocked. "Aren't you afraid that your Second Aunt and her family will stop supporting you?"

As friends who grew up together, they all know very well that before Xiaohua was sold, Daya’s biggest fear was being kicked out of the house. After Xiaohua was sold, she had one more fear.

Of course, it's not just her. All the girls in the village are afraid of being sold by their families.

Daya was stunned. It was not until this moment that she realized that her behavior in the morning was very different from before. In the past, even if she knew it clearly, she would not dare to expose it.

But today, she didn't think about the possible consequence of being kicked out of the house. She was just sad about Li's abnormal partiality and felt wronged that she was forced to admit her mistake.

She pursed her lips and said after a while: "I don't know why, but I'm not so scared anymore."

If she thought about it carefully, even if she was kicked out of the house, it wouldn't be too bad. She could collect herbs to earn money to support herself. Now she had nearly a hundred copper coins and rice cost more than 500 copper coins per stone. Even if she ate white rice for every meal, this money would be enough for her to eat for several months!

And she will continue to make money, and the future will definitely get better and better!

Lai Di and the others quickly thought of this and couldn't help but smile. Zhao Xiaocui, who hadn't sold any herbs yet, became even more enthusiastic and kept lamenting that the weather was not good.

If it weren't for the heavy snow, they would already be on their way to Qingshui County. Soon, she would be able to get the money and be as confident as Daya!

The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. She wished she could set off right now in the snow and wind!

As someone could come in at any time, they didn't dare to talk about making money and started talking about other things.

Xiaoxiang said with emotion: "I saw your grandmother scolding Ma Chun'er and Aunt Liu San for you two days ago. I envied you very much."

She glanced out the window, and when she saw that no one was around, she lowered her voice and continued, "If I were scolded, my mother and the others wouldn't scold me back. They would just scold me for being a troublemaker."

Daya was depressed: "I don't know what my grandma and the others think. Their kindness to me is like a wet cotton coat in the coldest days of winter. It's cold if I don't wear it, but it's uncomfortable if I wear it.

Sometimes, I wish they were like Lai Di’s parents, completely heartless and not giving me any expectations.”

Lai Di chuckled, "It's really hard to completely give up hope. My parents treated me like that. If I hadn't handed that thing over to them, they would have treated me better."

"Oh, it's too difficult to be a girl." Xiaoxiang sighed, "If there is a next life, I want to be reborn as a boy."

"You might as well pray to be reborn into a rich family. Whether you are a boy or a girl, you will be very happy. One time I went to the county, and I saw a rich daughter going out. The scene was so grand! A bunch of servants were busy around her..." As she spoke, Lai Di gestured.

While chatting, Xiaoxiang finished her meal and took a few people to visit her mother, and then the girls dispersed.

Although it is impossible to do work outside in such weather, there is still a lot of work to do at home, so we can't just chat and play all the time.

Daya returned home and cleaned the house inside and out, and then followed Li and Yang to make straw sandals.

The days are short in winter, and by the end of the afternoon, it is already dark.

In order to save lamp oil, every household had dinner early, got into bed and prepared to go to sleep.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the northeast of the village, with crying and cursing breaking the silence.

Daya turned over and sat up, picked up her coat and put it on, got out of bed and walked to the window to listen carefully.

Xiaoxiang's home was just in the northeast of the village. She prayed silently, hoping that the cursing and crying did not come from Xiaoxiang's home, but she was soon disappointed.

Although the curse was faint, it could still be distinguished that it was from Xiaoxiang's father Zhao Hu.

Daya turned her head and said to Li who also sat up, "Grandma, it's Xiaoxiang's family. It seems something happened."

Li frowned, thinking of the seriously ill Xiao Xiangniang, and said, "Ask your second uncle and second aunt to go over and take a look. If they can help, please help them."

After a pause, he continued, "Bring Yuanwa over here with me, and don't go and cause any trouble."

Daya initially thought that she was worried that Xiaoxiangniang would pass her illness to Song Yuan, but after hearing what she heard, she realized that she was worried that Xiaoxiangniang had passed away.

Daya's heart skipped a beat. If Xiaoxiang's mother died, her father would definitely remarry, and Xiaoxiang's life would then become even more difficult.

She hurried out. Uncle Song and Yang were already looking around in the yard. Daya hurriedly told them what Li had said, and prepared to go into the house to take Song Yuan to Li.

Uncle Song stopped her, took out a lock and locked the gate directly.

The three of them quickly arrived at Xiaoxiang's house, and the yard was full of villagers.

"How is Zhang?" Uncle Song asked hurriedly about Xiaoxiang's condition.

Hunter Tian, who lived in the northeast of the village, had a complicated expression on his face. "He probably won't die for a while."

Daya was trying hard to find Xiaoxiang, and she couldn't help but be delighted when she heard this: "Then she should be able to hold on until she is sent to the county. I'll go back and lead the cow!"

As she spoke, she became puzzled. It was obvious that many people had been in the yard for a while, but no one had come to her house to borrow a cow.

Yang grabbed her and glared at her: "Don't interrupt me, little kid."

"Send it to the county?" Hunter Tian looked at Xiaoxiang's parents' bedroom with disdain. "This morning, Xiaogang and his sister said they would ask Uncle Huang to take a look, but Zhao Hu, that bastard, was stingy with the money and refused to agree."

As he was speaking, Aunt Meihua's angry scolding could be heard from inside the house: "If you don't use the money now, when will you use it? Are you going to take it into the coffin? If the person is really dead, can you marry a wife with this money?"

Daya squeezed into the room and saw Xiaoxiang crying beside her mother's bed. Lai Di, who was beside her, had red eyes and looked like she wanted to comfort her but didn't know how to start.

Xiaoxiang's father Zhao Hu sat in front of a table with a wide crack, stiffening his neck and saying, "How can she be saved in this state? Sending her to the hospital is just throwing money down the drain."