Chapter 76: Back again

A fierce dog barking sounded, Li Qinghe opened his eyes, and the fifth sister beside him also woke up, "What's wrong?"
Li Qinghe got up and got up, and the fifth sister was busy getting dressed, "Sister-in-law, is there a thief? Don't go, let me see."
The two opened the door together. There was no one in the yard under the moonlight. The rhubarb at the door howled at the outside. Li Qinghe saw it, and it was faint. Her pond was outside the courtyard wall, and the rhubarb was also fed in the yard. Feeling tempted by her fish, she picked up the pole, the fifth sister hid in a hurry, and gave her a firewood, "This is relatively light."
When you opened the door, you saw the figure at the pond. Hearing the sound of the door opening, the figure ran away, and Rhubarb ran out to catch up.
Li Qinghe didn't chase. She is pregnant now and can't run too fast. Let alone not stealing, she won't chase if things are really stolen. Nothing is as important as your body.
When I walked to the pond, there was nothing but a pool of water trails, but an extra fishing net was soaked in the water. There were a dozen fish in it. It shouldn't have time to drag it.
She put away the fishing nets. The fifth sister over there had already walked around the pond. Nothing else, Li Qinghe put away the fishing nets and turned around to enter the door.
Neither of them fell asleep in the middle of the night. I got up early the next morning to cook and eat. After the meal, Wu Mei hurried back, and soon she brought Zhou Mu over.
Mother Zhou looked worried, "Did you get a thief last night?"
Seeing her worries, Li Qinghe felt warm in her heart and smiled, "It's okay, when the rhubarb called, they ran away."
"How can this be all right? Your stomach..." Zhou's mother turned twice, "Tonight you go back to your hometown to sleep, I'll show you here."
Li Qinghe didn't want to go back to Zhou's house to sleep, and said, "I recognize the bed and can't sleep after changing the bed."
Mother Zhou was dumb, "I will come over that night too."
This is ok, so many houses anyway.
After this day, Zhou’s mother and Wumei both lived here at night. The water in the pond was much less than in previous years. During the day, Zhou’s mother looked at the pond and sighed, "Yesterday I heard the boss say that the town Of the several wells, only one still has water, and the others are all dry."
"Our village is still considered good. There is still water to drink. I heard that in other counties, let alone laundry, there is no water to drink. This year is particularly dry. The price of beans and tofu have also risen. If you don't eat it, you can't sell it now. I told him not to go tomorrow."
Living in Wangcun, I don’t know what’s going on outside, but I didn’t expect it to be so serious.
This time, Zhou Chengkang went back and forth as before. It took five days to go back and forth. After hearing that he had been robbed on the first night at home, he became cautious, sent away Zhou Mu and others, and took her into his arms. Not going. If something happens to you, I..."
Li Qinghe didn't think he would have an accident, and smiled, "With rhubarb, the courtyard wall is so high, they can't get in."
"In the future, I won't be separated from you again." Zhou Chengkang said earnestly, "Next year I will sell fish. Either I will bring you with my child, or the fish... will not be sold or raised."
Li Qinghe remembered something, "How is the fish selling?" Now everything is increasing in price, and fish should also increase in price.
"Forty wen per catty." Zhou Chengkang sighed slightly, "We didn't go to the town to see. The uncle who sold fish in the town has long stopped selling it. It's not easy to sell here. The water in the pond over there is dry. Many fish are not raised, and the price increase is inevitable. Even forty wen per catty, there are not many fish in the market in the county."
Is it so difficult?
"Also, when I came back just now, I ran into Wanwan and them on the road and asked me to give them a ride. It was said that there was no water in the town and I wanted to come back to live." He said, only to remember that he was full of fishy smell. , Went into the kitchen to boil water and plan to wash.
He carried the bucket to the source, and said, "On the other side of the county seat, there are two wells on the same street. You have to queue for water, and you have to get up in the middle of the night."
Li Qinghe leaned on his waist and followed him all the way.
"You bought the land well at the beginning." Zhou Chengkang fetched water and watched the water continuously popping up from the ground. He joked, "I have taken advantage of you, or else I have to fetch water to eat."
The well in Zhou’s yard was dry, and Li Fu’s was basically out of water. They had to line up at the entrance of the village to pick it up. The village was okay. The village chief looked at it, and it didn’t get messy for a while.
This year’s drought has become like this. In fact, many people don’t have much food in their homes. Now it is the time when there is no harvest. In previous years, they can still look forward to the harvest in the fields. The most said thing is: wait for the autumn harvest.
But this year, the reduction in grain production is inevitable. Fortunately, there are sweet potatoes in the ground. Although the seedlings are half dead, the sweet potatoes in the ground grow up day by day.
Li Qinghe was walking in the yard. Zhou Chengkang washed it out. It was full of water vapor. He suggested, "Should we also use brick walls to enclose the pond outside?"
Now the people outside are about to fight because the water in the small river enters the paddy field. At this time, the action is too big to surround the pond, but to remind people that there is water here, Li Qinghe thought for a while and said, "After a while."
The two of them were cooking together and talking for a while. When someone knocked on the door outside, Li Qinghe thought it was Zhou's mother. They have come to pick up water these days. They are far away, but there is no need to queue at the entrance of the village.
Opening the door, I saw a very surprising person, who was actually the village chief.
Li Qinghe asked him to enter the door sideways, "San Ye, why are you here?"
The village head entered the yard, turned his back, looked around the yard, and focused on the water at the source. "There are too many people in line for the water at the entrance of the village, do you have many here?"
There must be a lot of them, and they all flowed down the original ditch to the side of the river, but they haven't flowed yet, they have been led to the fields.
After a pause, he continued, "This is a natural disaster. It's so hot now. When the autumn passes, it will definitely rain. It will be fine at that time. If it is two months at most, can you..." He stretched his finger Looking at the ditch under the courtyard wall, "The place lets the villagers come to fetch water."
Li Qinghe looked at each other, "Yes."
The water at the source has become two strands, the larger one flows into the pond, and the smaller one is for their own use. But if someone picks it up, the paddy field will probably be gone, but it's not their business. People have no water to drink, so who can care about the land?
The village head was able to speak correctly and left happily. The two also locked the door and went to see Li Fu. Every time they went to the county seat, they would bring him something back. This time, Li Qinghe was pregnant and was busy making clothes and swaddling clothes for the child. He didn't have time at all, so he took it back and made it for Qian.
The house of Li's house is lively right now. Li Qinghe opened the door by himself and heard a dispute before entering the house, "You are forcing them to die!"
It was Qian's crying voice.
Li Fu's voice immediately followed, "Why did I force them to die? They both come back to live now, that is forcing me to die!"
Then, in a blink of an eye, I saw the two people at the door. Zhou Chengkang was holding a piece of cloth in his hand and supporting Li Qinghe with his other hand.
"Look, my two daughters, what did you bring with you after so long?" Li Fu looked disappointed, "There is no water in the town, and I did not let you come back, but I have no food to eat. Do you have more money on the second month?"
Zhao Wanwan and Hu Yanxi stood in the room with a big baggage on the side. It's nothing more than no outsider. Li Fu said and said, but now there are two more people, and both of them are at a loss, especially It was Hu Yanxi, squeezing his clothes uncomfortably, and hanging his head without saying anything to leave.
When Zhao Wanwan saw him, she only felt that he was so wronged, tears came down, "Father, what can I do?"
Li Fu raised his hand to stop her, "I just ask you one question, do you have any extra money?"
The two of them were silent, and Li Fu was even more annoyed, "Let's go, this is to make it clear to come back to take advantage of me. Wanwan, you know how I have treated you all these years, and you are forced to do this, you... You take it for granted."
The underlying meaning of this is that none of the daughters and relatives is so right and confident to ask him for subsidies.
Hu Yanxi said at this time, "Father, don't be angry, we will give this money."
"Those are your entanglements for next year." Zhao Wanwan looked worried, "What about next year?"
"People are going to starve to death and they are still entangled." Li Qinghe entered the door and said unceremoniously, "Why don't you go find your father? See if he is willing to support the two of you."
This is not polite at all, and for so many years, few people in this family will mention Zhao Tianfu, as if he is a taboo, especially when Wanwan has been in this family for so many years, no one will deliberately say the words "daddy".
Zhao Wanwan's face suddenly paled, "Sister, you...I only have one dad, and this is my home." She said, tears have fallen, "It turns out that I am in this home and I am always different."
"That's not conscience." Li Qinghe entered the door, "Last year..."
Hu Yanxi interrupted her, "We give money!" Looking at Li Fu earnestly, "You are my father-in-law, and you will be there for the rest of your life. I will remember your help to me all my life."
He took out a dime and put it on the table, "These are two months' worth of meals. As for later, I will think of ways."
In front of everyone, Li Fu collected the money, "It's not that I insist on embarrassing you, but if you don't collect the money, you embarrass me."
The author has something to say: See you tomorrow afternoon.