Which of the people who were exiled here was not skinny, dirty, and even dying when they first came here? But the Zhao family is not...
Zhao Liya looked at the words and knew that her words had an effect, and her tone became more confident: "We have no grievances, so why do you have to cause trouble, right? Now that we are here, we just want to stay in peace and quiet.
, waiting for news, if someone causes trouble, huh, we are not pushovers! When the time comes, we would rather fight to the death than give in. If anyone wants to give it a try, then give it a try!"
Leader Hu waved his fist in demonstration: "Yes! Don't think we are easy to bully! We are not afraid of you."
The little gangsters are so angry and aggrieved. They just want to take advantage and gain some benefits. Is that the case? Is that the case!
"Please three of you, we won't give it away!"
How dare the little gangsters ask them to give it away? They rolled and crawled away in despair.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Liya said: "I don't know if we can scare them. Let's use the soldiers to block the water and cover up the soil. No matter what, we must gain a firm foothold here and live well."
"Well, let's just be more careful in the future."
"Yes! Come on, let's clean the house quickly."
"good!"
Just take it one step at a time. If you can't avoid it, you have to face it head on. There will always be a way.
Of course everyone in the house heard such a big commotion outside. When Zhao Lixiang and Zhao Lin saw the two of them coming in, they rushed up: "Brother and sister have beaten all the bad guys away? Brother and sister are so powerful!"
If their parents hadn't held them back and covered their ears, they would have run out to watch the fun.
Several adults laughed and said, "Well, my brothers and sisters will protect you. We are not afraid of bad people."
Zhao Xiang and Deng looked at their daughter and adopted son with a somewhat complicated look.
This girl has not loved music, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, preferring to practice martial arts. I thought she was just joking and wanted to exercise, so I let her do it. Unexpectedly...
I don't know whether to sigh or be happy.
The house still needs to be cleaned up, Zhao Liya said: "My brother and I will go to a nearby house to borrow some cleaning tools. We can't do it with just our hands."
Zhao Xiang and Deng nodded and said yes, and they went out.
About 200 meters to the right of their house, there was a house surrounded by a yellow mud wall and a fenced vegetable garden in the middle. It was difficult to see the situation clearly, so the two decided to go and take a look first.
After knocking on the courtyard door, a woman in her late forties, with a round waist and thick arms, held the door with both hands and looked at them carefully: "Who are you?"
"Hello, Auntie," Zhao Liya said with a smile, "We are new here, and we plan to stay temporarily in the house on the left of your house. Can Auntie lend us brooms, shovels, hatchets, and dustpans for cleaning?
"
The woman made a "huh" sound and became a little interested. Her shrewd eyes were shining. She looked at them a few more times and said: "Newcomers. Hey, there are new people in our village! Are you from here?"
Where did it come from? What was the crime?"
Zhao Liya, Hu Ling: "..."
Although Zhao Liya didn't think that these things couldn't be said, she was still a little caught off guard by being asked so straightforwardly.
When the woman saw this, she sneered and said disapprovingly: "What do you have to worry about when you get to this place? It's not shameful to say it! Now that it's like this, there's nothing to be ashamed of. I think you're a pretty good girl, okay, I'll lend it to you.
We will still be neighbors from now on!”
Zhao Liya was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Thank you, Auntie!"
The woman looked at the two of them without any trace, "Wait!"
She said and closed the door and went back to get her things.
Widow Qu quickly brought the things over and said with a smile: "You can just call me Aunt Qu. I will not lend it to you for free. In this way, you two will have to work for our family for a few days."
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling looked at each other and nodded in agreement: "I should. I'm busy these days. Can I wait a few days?"
"OK!"
With the tools at their disposal, the whole family went to work and started cleaning the inside and outside of the house. Even the two little guys, Zhao Lixiang and Zhao Lin, helped pull weeds.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling used shovels and hoes to eradicate all kinds of lush and wild weeds in the yard. The yard was not small, and they were sweating under the blazing red sun. They were exhausted.
The edges of the grass leaves are sharp, and if you don't pay attention, you will make a scratch on the back of your hand. After cleaning it, there are countless red marks on the back of your hand and wrist. When the sun shines, sweat drips, and it hurts.
After clearing the weeds, the yard looks much neater and more pleasing to the eye, which is worth it.
There is a lychee tree growing in this courtyard, with a lot of green fruits hanging on it, and a plum tree. It looks leafy, but there are no fruits. Instead, there is a pumpkin vine climbing up and bearing two fruits.
A pumpkin weighing about five or six kilograms was hanging in the air. It looked green and cute, which made Zhao Lixiang and Zhao Lin look at it with curiosity for a long time.
Zhao Liya saved the pumpkin vine when she was clearing weeds. It can still grow and maybe produce a few more melons.
There were also a few green beans that were climbing and entangled in the weeds. Zhao Liya also carefully untied their vines and kept them. Then she went back to get sticks for them to climb on so that the green beans could be used as vegetables.
The four adults worked together to lift the fallen fence, drive the stakes down again, and twist the long dogtail grass into ropes to secure it in place.
This fence is just like that. Many of the branches used as a fence are infested with insects, or are withered and brittle, and will break when you break them. It is a temporary measure at the moment and must be replaced.
Zhao Liya wiped the sweat running down her cheeks and exhaled. There was still much to do.
Time passed very quickly when I was working, and when I looked up, the sunset was already shining brightly in the western sky, and the golden crow was gradually sinking.
Zhao Lixiang ran over and gently tugged on Zhao Liya's skirt. The little girl said softly, "Sister, I'm thirsty and I want to drink water."
"Drink water..." Zhao Liya licked her parched lips. She didn't feel that before, as soon as the little girl said it, she immediately felt that her throat was smoking.
Looking at the little girl's parched lips again, she couldn't help but feel pity. The little girl must have been so thirsty that she couldn't bear it before she told her. She gently stroked her slender and tender shoulders: "Just wait.
Ah, sister will go find water for you."
Zhao Lixiang smiled sweetly and nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
Not bothering the two masters, Zhao Liya had no choice but to go to Widow Qu's house again.
She felt that Widow Qu was a very cheerful person and was her nearest neighbor, so it was necessary to establish a good relationship with her. She wanted to ask her about the situation in the village later. This chapter has been completed!