Shanzi's mother's eyes suddenly brightened up, "Daughter, I have food at home."
She knelt down and said, "I'm going to tell you something, if you accept it, you will have food every day from now on. ."
The beggar nodded and looked at Shan Zi's mother hopefully.
Shanzi's mother smiled and said, "Daughter, when this girl's family grows up, she always looks for her husband's family. I have a son at home. He is seventeen years old. He is tall and good-looking. Our family also came here to escape the famine, and we will go back in the future.
"My family has a house, land, and a mule-cart. If you don't mind, how about becoming my son's wife?"
The beggar was stunned for a while, and then he said, "Okay. "
Shanzi's mother was overjoyed and said, "Come on, come home with me." The
beggar stood up. Shanzi's mother originally planned to help her, but the sour smell on her body was so overwhelming that she couldn't do anything.
The beggar weakly followed Shan Zi's mother to a dilapidated courtyard. When he opened the door, there was a wooden cart parked inside.
A mule was tied up in a shabby shed nearby.
Shanzi was getting fodder to feed the mules. When he heard the noise, he turned around and frowned, "Mom, why are you bringing a beggar home?"
Shanzi's mother smiled, "Don't worry."
She walked to the kitchen and got one. The steamed bun with mixed noodles was handed to the beggar. The beggar took the steamed bun and gnawed it out of curiosity.
Shanzi's mother poured a bowl of water for her, "Eat slowly, there's more."
She turned around and called Shanzi, "Bring some firewood and boil a few pots of water. I'll use it."
After Shanzi fed the mule, he took the firewood and went into the stove to boil water. .
The beggar squatted in the yard and ate two steamed buns with mixed noodles and drank a bowl of water.
Shanzi's mother put a bathtub in the kitchen house and asked Shanzi to pour the boiled water into it.
After pouring the water, mixing it with cold water, boiling the soap locust water and setting it aside, Shanzi's mother sent Shanzi away, beckoning the beggar to come in, "My dear, take a bath first, and I'll find some clothes for you."
Shanzi's mother said After closing the kitchen door, I went back to the house and rummaged around for a while, and found a gray coarse cloth skirt that was a little too small for me to wear and a bellyband I wore when I was young.
Holding the clothes, Shanzi's mother called out at the kitchen door, "Daughter, here are the clothes. I'm coming in."
Then she opened the kitchen door.
I saw the beggar sitting in the bathtub. He was completely naked. She was indeed a girl. She had everything she should have, but she was a little thinner.
Shan Zi's mother put away the clothes and said with a smile, "Here, I'll help you wash."
After washing three basins of water, the water poured out was no longer black.
Shan Zi's mother looked at the girl with a smile, and after washing it, she found that not to mention that she was quite delicate, Shan Zi's mother felt that she was no worse than Xing'er, but her skin color was slightly darker than Xing'er's.
She took a comb and gave it to the girl to comb her hair, and asked, "Daughter, what is your name?"
The girl shyly said, "My name is Du Juan."
"Hey, that's a nice name." Shanzi's mother laughed. Yingying said, "Du Juan, my aunt's family is fleeing from famine right now, and there are no relatives here. We won't have a wedding ceremony."
"I'll buy you two clothes tomorrow, and wait for you and Shanzi to say goodbye ." How about just living a down-to-earth life with Shanzi?"
Dujuan had just seen Shanzi, who was indeed tall and upright in appearance. Seeing that she had a mule cart at home, she was already willing and blushed. Face, nod.
After combing Du Juan's hair and putting her to sleep in her room, Shan Zi's mother got up and went out to find out who had a house for rent nearby.
After asking around, Shanzi's mother walked to her son's room and said, "Shanzi, mother wants to discuss something with you."