Chapter 1

Weijiacun, an imposing house, Xia Xi is squatting in front of the door, holding a finger thick branch, teaching the boy beside him to write.

"Kiel, you see, it's your name to say" Kiel. "

Qi'er is also holding a branch in her little hand. According to the woman professor's instructions, she writes one by one. After writing, she raises her small face and smiles at the woman. "Mother, Qi'er will, Qi'er will write her own name."

Cold winter weather, even if there is a slight warm sun, Qi Er's small face and nose is also red, but the smile on his face, it seems to melt the cold weather, let the world warm up in a moment.

Xia Xi reaches out her left hand and sticks it pitifully on Qi Er's left cheek. She warms Qi Er's small face with the temperature of her palm, and then changes to the right, "Qi Er is frozen, isn't it? You write a few more times, and we'll go back to the house. "

"Well!"

Qi'er nodded heavily and lowered her head to write seriously.

Xia Xi looks at it with a gentle look.

"Xia Shi, you are shameless!"

A high and sharp cry came from the courtyard separated by a wall.

Qi'er shivered with fright. The stick in her hand fell to the ground again. Looking back, she was full of panic. "Mother, grandma is coming. You should hide in the room!"

Xia Xi also changed his face. Before he could get up, a figure came from the moon gate connecting the two courtyards. Without a few strides, he came to the mother and son and pointed to her and scolded, "Xia Shi, you are shameless. What's the date today? Your mother's family hasn't sent money yet?"

"Granny..."

Although Xia Xi is not as frightened as Qi'er, her body trembles slightly. After she gets up in a hurry, she says anxiously, "my parents are out. The three Liang silver of this month will be sent later."

The woman quit, pointed to her nose and scolded, "if it's too late, this month will be over. I tell you, you'll send a message to your mother's family right away. If you don't send the money, you and this bastard will wait to drink."

Xia Xi holds the child in her arms and covers his ears tightly. She doesn't want the child to hear the woman's words. She prays, "my parents have been paying us three Liang silver every month for five years. This time, it's really something. It's delayed. My mother-in-law will wait patiently for a few days, and they'll send it."

"I hear you fart!"

The woman's spittle star son sprayed on Xia Xi's face, start to push their mother and son, "hurry to go out with me to find someone to take a message, tomorrow see no silver, you two people don't want to have food."

Xia Xi's body is pushed unsteadily. She falls back and falls to the ground. The back of her head knocks on the threshold and Qi'er climbs on her body.

"You're a loser. You're a cheap thing. If it wasn't for your mother's monthly money, my righteous son would marry you. Would you dare to give me any more excuses?"

The woman spat, scolded for a while, but did not see Xia Xi up, shortness of breath, on the foot kick, "also dare to play dead for me, quickly roll up!"

"Don't beat my mother!"

Qi'er's small body is pressed on Xia Xi's body and tightly protects her.

The woman is more angry, even hand with feet on a piece, first a few hard kick in Qi Er body, see he doesn't move, and start to wring, "dare with me horizontal, against you."

Qi'er protects Xia Xi and doesn't say a word.

Xia Xi didn't respond.

The woman didn't feel right. In the past, if she had beaten this bastard, Xia Xi would have quit. She would have tried her best to protect her. Today, she didn't say a word. She released her hand and kicked Xia Xi's leg. "Don't play dead for me, get up quickly."

Xia Xi didn't move, her eyes closed tightly.

After a pause, the woman kicked her hard and raised her voice, "Xia Shi, roll up for me!"

Xia Xi still doesn't move.

The woman's mind came up with a bad idea. She stretched out her hand, bent down and put it under her nose. After a while, she found a faint breath. Her face changed a little. Although Xia was unbearable, their money tree must not die.

Steady under the mind, the woman pointed to Qi'er, the tone is fierce, "get your damned mother into the house, today's thing don't say out, otherwise you two don't want to have food to eat later."

With that, the woman did not look at Xia Xi, and went back to her yard in a panic.

Qi'er endured the pain and squatted beside Xia Xi, shaking her body, "Niang, wake up, Niang, wake up."

Xia Xi closed her eyes and didn't move.

Qi'er bends down and uses her whole body's strength to help Xia Xi up, but the others are too small. They have no strength at all and can't help her up. They are so anxious that they sweat on their forehead.

Xia Xi's head gently just put down, went back to the room to take a quilt, spread next to Xia Xi, and then painstakingly turned her to the top, this just saw Xia Xi's back of the head swollen from a big knot in one's heart, eyes immediately red, stretched out his hand to touch, and dare not move, tears Bata Bata down.

While crying, she tugs at the quilt with all her strength and slowly pulls Xia Xi into the door. Qi'er sits on the ground tired and takes a few breaths. After that, she quickly gets up and runs to the house. She takes a quilt and puts it on her side. She carefully turns it over and covers the quilt just now. Then she trots outside and comes in with the only half bundle of dry firewood left in the hospital, Skillfully lit the fire, raised the fire, set up a wooden shelf on the fire, and hung a broken jar with some water on it.

After all this, Qi'er goes back to Xia Xi and guards her until the dry wood is almost burnt out, and Xia Xi hasn't woken up yet.

Qi'er was frightened and shook Xia Xi again. The cry in her voice was more serious. "Niang, wake up, Niang, wake up..."

Xia Xi still closed her eyes and didn't move.

Look at Xia Xi, and then look at the burning fire. Qi'er hesitates for a moment, stands up, goes out quickly, picks up a straw rope in the corner, trots through the moon gate, and runs outside to pick up firewood.

……

Xia Xi was awakened by the cold.

I opened my eyes and saw the green tile roof. I didn't come back for a moment.

After closing her eyes, the scene before her death clearly appeared in front of her eyes. She was sure that she was really dead, but what was going on in front of her eyes? So real, real, just like she was still alive.

Is?

Xia Xi suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.

There was a sharp pain in the back of her head. She couldn't help but hissing. In front of her eyes, she was dark and soft. She fell back to bed. Dizziness hit, closed his eyes again, slow for a long time before opening again. Piantou, just about to look at the situation in the house

Shua, Shua, Shua

There was a strange sound outside the door.

Xia Xi immediately tightened her body, and her whole body was full of the spirit of killing.

A small figure appeared in the door, back to her, is struggling to drag a bundle of firewood into the house, did not notice that Xia Xi has awakened.

Xia Xi frowned and said, "you..."

A word out, was his broken Gong voice scared.

Qi'er suddenly stops her action. She can't believe it. She looks back quickly. She wakes up with a light of surprise in her eyes. She throws away the rope in her hand and runs towards her quickly. "Niang, are you awake?"

Hum

There is a sound in Xia Xi's brain.

Mother? Who? She?