RPAGF Chapter 39 Sleeping in a Separate Room from Parents
Chapter 39 Sleeping in a Separate Room from Parents
Although she has lived two lives, she is only six years old now and her life has not even begun. How can she give up her life and become a lonely ghost on the mountain?
Since God has given her a chance to be reborn, she must not only live well, but also rely on her own hands to make a living in this fictional and unknown dynasty!
Upon hearing her daughter speak, Liu immediately stepped out of her husband's arms.
The child felt quite embarrassed watching.
She knelt down and carefully examined her daughter from head to toe. She saw that her daughter's clothes were torn in several places, and she looked like a beggar. She was both heartbroken and angry.
"Tang'er, I know you've been smart since you were little, and you always have a lot of good ideas in your head. But you can't do dangerous things like this in the future, even if you make money. Do you understand?"
“We’ve separated our family and now have our own land. Your father and I will work hard to make sure you and Yu’er have enough to eat. You’re still young, so leave the money-making to your parents. Don’t worry about anything else.”
She's not really only six years old. Her family is so poor, how can she not think about anything?
She never mentioned making money before because she didn't want to earn money for her cold-hearted master, didn't want to be a stepmother to her mean-spirited stepmother, and didn't want to support those leeches that only eat and do nothing.
She smiled and said, "Okay, I'll do whatever you say, Mother. But since we've already dug up the turmeric, we still have to plant it, don't you think?"
The worry and tension on Liu's face disappeared. She reached out and patted her eldest daughter's head, smiling as she said, "You little rascal, how come you're so smart? If your parents were as clever as you from a young age, we wouldn't have had to suffer so much humiliation from your stepmother at home."
"Your parents aren't unintelligent; they're just honest and hardworking, used to enduring hardship without complaint. It's just that your grandparents are too biased and don't care whether you and your father live or die."
Mentioning this, Liu couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart again.
"Sigh, it's better to separate the family!"
Liu took out the newly made clothes and, without even washing them, had her eldest daughter put them on first.
"Tang'er, the clothes you're wearing are so torn they can't be patched anymore. We have some cloth now, so I'll make you an apricot-colored one tomorrow so you can wear them alternately. I'll keep this torn one for now and see if it can be used for something else."
"Okay, I'll listen to Mother!"
Seeing her older sister had changed into new clothes, Xiaoyu couldn't wait to wash them clean and begged her mother to put them on as well.
After breakfast, Liu went out to cut pig feed with a bamboo basket on her back, Xiaoyu carried a bowl of chicken feed to feed the chickens, and Shen Xiaotang and her father put turmeric in the yard to sunbathe and remove moisture.
There's no open space right now, so we can't plant anything yet. Letting it dry in the sun will prevent it from sprouting too quickly.
Half an hour later, Liu returned with a full bamboo basket of pig feed, took out half of it and threw it into the pigpen.
She used to have four pigs at home, which ate a lot, and she had to cut two baskets of pig feed every day just to have enough to eat.
There's only one pig now, and a basket of pig feed lasts a day with some left over. She also shreds some and throws it into the chicken coop so the chickens can eat it too, saving on chicken feed.
Shen Xiaotang recalled her father embracing her mother, and her mother's embarrassed and shy expression.
She used to live with her grandparents, several people sharing one house. Her parents worked on the farm day and night and had no time for sex. But now that life is easier, she and her sister can't let their parents down.
Moreover, she also wanted her own room. Her younger sister was still small, well-behaved, and obedient, and she liked living with her sister.
So she went to her father, who was making a wooden tub, and shared her idea.
"Dad, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."
Shen Qingchuan put down his work and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Do I need to discuss it with Dad?"
"Dad, we have our own home now, and we have enough rooms. I'd like to have a room with Xiaoyu by ourselves. Can you make us a new bed?"
Shen Qingchuan was slightly taken aback. His daughter wanted to sleep in a separate room from him and his wife?
"Tang'er, is it because your father snores at night?" He doesn't usually snore, but he does when he's exhausted during the harvest season, when he has to deliver eggs and tofu to the town, walking twenty or thirty miles round trip, and then working a full day in the fields.
My two daughters are at the age where they are growing taller, and I can't let my snoring disturb their rest.
Seeing that her father had misunderstood, Shen Xiaotang immediately said, "No, Dad, don't think nonsense. I just feel that I'm all grown up and should sleep in separate rooms from Mom and Dad. I'll let Xiaoyu share a room with me so we can both be warmer together."
"Alright, tomorrow morning, I'll sneak off to the woods to the west to cut some wood and bamboo, and then I can make you a new bed."
Father agreed!
Shen Xiaotang felt a surge of emotion. From childhood to adulthood, whenever she and her sister asked for something, their father had never refused if he could do it.
In such a backward ancient time, in a poor village, to meet parents who did not favor sons over daughters was truly a great blessing in life. How much good fortune must one have accumulated to meet such a good family?
She was no longer a lonely orphan; her previous life seemed like a dream that never existed.
The next day, before dawn, Shen Qingchuan and his wife went out. An hour later, the couple returned home carrying wood and pulling bamboo.
Shen Xiaotang got up and went out after hearing the door open.
Looking at the pile of wood and bamboo in the yard, Shen Xiaotang felt a surge of emotion.
Because of her small request, her father and mother went to cut wood and bamboo before dawn and returned. Early in the morning, a gentle breeze was blowing, and both of them were covered in sweat.
"Dad, Mom, please sit down and rest, have some water, I'll go cook."
Shen Xiaotang turned around and went into the kitchen, quickly and efficiently preparing a breakfast.
In just two days, Shen Qingchuan made a bed for his two daughters and also made two small cabinets, one for each of them.
They used the remaining wood to make a table and chairs and placed them in their new room.
Shen Qingchuan had learned carpentry in town, and the things he made, whether beds, cabinets, tables, or chairs, were all polished very smoothly, with neat edges and corners.
When Xiaoyu saw that she had a new bed and a new cabinet, she jumped up with joy. Just as she was about to shout, her older sister covered her mouth.
"Shh, Xiaoyu, you mustn't tell anyone when Dad makes things for us these days. If others find out that Dad's ribs aren't broken, we'll have to go back to live with Grandpa, Step-Grandma, and Uncle. Do you want to go back?"
Xiaoyu was so frightened that her face changed instantly. She was nervous and scared, and she shook her head like a rattle drum.
"No, no...no, I don't want to go back and live with my stepmother. She'll beat and scold me. I'm scared."
It's good to be scared. Children are easy to frighten. It's just that her younger sister was so frightened by her stepmother that she has been stuttering ever since she could speak, and she can't be easily frightened.
She immediately reassured her, "Xiaoyu, don't be afraid. As long as we don't shout and let others hear, and don't talk about it to outsiders, we won't have to go back to live with our stepmother and step-grandmother. Do you understand?"
Xiaoyu nodded obediently, "Okay, I... won't shout, I won't... talk nonsense."
The beds were made, and the new room was simply furnished. Liu laid out a set of bedding for them, and the sisters moved in to sleep that night.
Two and a half months later.
Shen Qingchuan's "injured ribs" have finally healed, and he can get out of bed and work again!
It hasn't rained for three months, and now the crops in the fields are in terrible condition due to drought, leaving the villagers extremely anxious.