Chapter 177 Something Happened
Speaking of gardenias, the vegetation in Xiaohe Village is better, and there are more growing on the surrounding mountains.
However, this time in the countryside is the busy farming season, and no one has time to go up the mountain to get these wild vegetables.
Early summer is the busiest time for spring plowing. Each village must plow the paddy fields, pull out the early-raised seedlings, and then gather the strength of the whole village to transplant the early rice in the village before May Day. Plug them all in.
Jiejia Village.
During the spring plowing season, almost no one in the countryside would go out to attend the fair or visit relatives. Everyone is busy with spring plowing.
Seeing that no one came to buy anything at the canteen during this period, Jie Mu asked Lin Mei to go to work with her, taking advantage of the spring plowing to earn an extra work point.
"Mom, it's time to plant rice seedlings now. I have a big belly and can't my waist break even if I bend over for hours?" Lin Mei declined politely.
She heard that Lin Shu went to the provincial capital. Not only did his family live in a villa, but they also had a nanny to serve him three meals a day.
They are cousins. They all come from the same background, and no one is nobler than the other. Why is it that Lin Shu has to be served three meals a day when she is pregnant and has to go to the fields to plant rice?
"You are so noble. Do you think any young daughter-in-law in our village would marry without working in the fields?" Jie's mother became furious when she saw that her daughter-in-law dared to reject her face to face.
"Not to mention anything else, Lin Zi's wife in front of our house, from the day she got married, she goes to work with Lin Zi or her mother-in-law every day to earn work points. Now she is older than you in pregnancy, she Why don't you go to the fields and plant rice as usual? ”
“How can she compare with me!”
Lin Mei rolled her eyes in her heart. In front of the house lived the Xie Lin family. The daughter-in-law’s family was poor, and the new daughter-in-law was diligent as soon as she got married. They work in the fields with their parents-in-law and husband.
As she is used to it, everyone in her husband's family treats her as a man.
The little daughter-in-law not only had to work in the fields to earn work points, but also had to do housework after work, such as cooking, washing, feeding pigs and sweeping the floor. She was like an iron lady.
If she was allowed to live like that, she would rather go back to her parents' family and be an old girl than get married.
"Why can't she compete with you?" Jie's mother asked back.
Looking at my daughter-in-law who has been married for almost a year and still has thin skin and tender flesh, I feel unhappy.
“Are you nobler than her, or do you have a bigger face than her? What kind of virtue is it to not urinate and look after yourself? I won’t work after marrying you, and you still want our whole family to support you?
When I first got married, I was still working in the fields when the baby was about to be born. My third child was born in the fields. I came back to clean up the baby, rested for half a day, and went out to work again the next day. "
"Mom, times are different, how can we compare now with the past. Besides, my mood is not good, so I really can't work hard. "Lin Mei was so worried when she thought about the feeling of bending down to plant rice seedlings that her lumbar vertebrae were about to burst.
"Don't make excuses, your face is not as big as your butt, just go and plant rice seedlings for me this afternoon. "
Jie's mother gave the order directly, and Lin Mei, a new daughter-in-law, couldn't resist.
"Daughter-in-law Chunlei, you have been pregnant for several months, why are you still coming out to plant rice? Haven't you been guarding the store at home? ”
As soon as I stood on the field ridge in the afternoon, many women asked with concern.
We are all women living in the same village. Although it is not a big deal for women to work while pregnant, Lin Mei has not been out in the field a few times since she got married.
Later, when my family opened a small shop, I even ran the shop directly. They could still talk to each other every time they went there to buy things.
“Everyone is busy with spring plowing these days, and no one from other villages comes to buy anything. My mother-in-law asked me to plant rice in the paddy field, saying that I wanted to earn work points.” Lin Mei stood on the ridge of the field and saw the water in the water. A black thing swam out of the water.
You don’t have to think twice to know that it is a leech.
The thought of the possibility of the leeches in the field getting on her legs made her scalp tingle just thinking about it.
“Tsk, your mother-in-law’s abacus is really loud!”
“Can you not be loud? If more people work, they will earn more. It’s just that you haven’t done much work in the fields. Can your body bear it when you suddenly have to bend over to plant rice?"
"I see, no matter how many work points you earn, your health is still important. When work starts later, if you feel tired, just go ashore and rest."
Some of the women gathered around complained. , some people care about her, and some even help her with advice.
It is said that three cobblers are equal to Zhuge Liang, and that is really what happened.
As soon as the rice planting started in the afternoon, with the sun above her head and the muddy water on her face, Lin Mei felt that her waist was about to break after only about ten meters.
"Meizi, are you okay? Just hold on and finish the insertion. Then you can sit on the ridge and rest for a while."
The girl next to her is called Xie Chunmei, just because of the They both have the character '梅', so they get along quite well.
Lin Mei threw away the seedlings in her hands, held her waist with both hands, straightened up with difficulty, exhaled, and smiled at her: "Okay, you don't have to wait for me, go catch up with others first. .”
Xie Chunmei nodded, bent down and inserted the seedlings very quickly, and also helped Lin Mei insert two seedlings.
With help, Lin Mei only needs to plant six seedlings from the original eight seedlings. The workload is reduced and she can reach the finish line faster.
There is something good about collective labor. When doing something, more people are more powerful. If there are many people in a field, they will plant the seedlings all the way. When they reach the end, all the seedlings in the field will be planted.
After planting one field, move on to the next field.
When walking ashore, the pain caused by bending down can basically be eliminated or relieved.
Jie Mu felt relieved when she saw that Lin Mei's speed had not slowed down much.
Lin Mei followed the female comrades all the way to the three hills of the field, and once again walked on the ridge of the field. Xie Chunmei supported her, rubbed her lower back with one hand, and asked with concern: "Does this feel better? ?”
“Much better, thank you Chunmei.” Lin Mei smiled gratefully at her.
"Hi! You are so tired after just planting some rice seedlings. Meizi, have you never planted rice seedlings in your parents' house before?" Someone nearby who couldn't stand Lin Mei's orders to Chunmei asked sarcastically.
Lin Mei smiled weakly, and the smile was a little bitter: "Sister-in-law, I have planted rice seedlings in my parents' family, but I am pregnant now, and my waist gets tired easily."
"You look so delicate. I thought some rich lady would arrive. It turns out you can do farm work." Your waist will only be sore.”
“We are all born into poor families, and no one can compare with us. Who's so delicate? You little girl, don't rush around behind her. Have you completed your task today? Aren't you tired of bending over to work?"
This sister-in-law glanced at me. When Jie Jie Chunmei bent down to rub Lin Mei's waist, she felt suffocated and felt a little sorry for this kind little girl's small waist.
Xie Chunmei giggled: "It's not too tiring, we are much more relaxed than pregnant women."
The sister-in-law silently cursed the two of them as idiots, then turned around and left from the other field ridge.
A few male villagers came again carrying rice seedlings. The women had almost rested on the ridge of the field, and everyone moved to another field.
"Mei Zi, let's go too." Xie Chunmei walked in front.
Lin Mei raised her head and glanced at the piles of seedlings picked from a distance, then followed closely behind.
Looking from a distance, you can see a group of villagers carrying rice seedlings entering the paddy fields. The villagers on each field ridge gathered near several hills of sparkling paddy fields. This is also a grand event that can only be seen through collective labor. It will be difficult to see such lively scenes in the future when production is divided into households.
When they arrived at the paddy fields where rice seedlings had not been transplanted, the villagers slowed down, and the paddy fields were being distributed in front of them.
At this time, Mrs. Song who was following Lin Mei suddenly reminded her: "Daughter-in-law Chunlei, there is a leech attached to your calf sucking blood!"
I believe there are not many of them. The little girl is not afraid of leeches.
Lin Mei is no exception. Although she was born in a rural area, she has been accustomed to farm work since she was a child. That doesn't mean she isn't afraid of disgusting molluscs like leeches. Especially when I think of it touching my body and sucking blood, my heart palpitates.
Lin Mei was shocked when she heard this and let out a low voice.
There happened to be muddy water on the field ridge and it was slippery. I panicked and my feet slipped. I lost my balance and fell down from the field ridge.
Xie Chunmei, who was walking in front of her, heard her cry and turned around to see a horrified scene. She instinctively stretched out her hand to pull, but was not pulled back. Instead, she was pulled down by Lin Mei. Fell down the field ridge.
“Ah!”
This time it was a scream!
Mrs. Song witnessed the two of them falling into the field below one after the other, and her heart was so frightened that it jumped to 180.
On a field edge nearly one meter high, a pregnant woman fell down, followed by Xie Chunmei, who wanted to hold her, and she also fell down.
One after another, like a stack of Arhats.
Lin Mei at the bottom, one can imagine how dangerous the situation is.
Under her body, Lin Mei screamed in pain, and Xie Chunmei was so frightened that her hands and feet became weak, and she hurriedly tried to get up from her body.
The villagers standing on the ridge of the fields, even those who were closer, hurriedly jumped into the paddy field to save others.
Xie Chunmei was pulled up by several aunts with brute force, but the red muddy water under Lin Mei's body frightened her so much that she lost her voice and her mind went blank.
The sister-in-law from the same village just now poked her hard on the forehead and dragged her away quickly.
After dragging the person a little further away from the crowd, she threw away her arm, "What do you mean this is?"
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I. I It wasn't intentional, I wanted to hold her." Xie Chunmei was really frightened this time.
She could feel her big belly bulging out when she fell on Lin Mei.
Look at the blood flowing out from under her body. It’s really, really scary.
What to do?
What to do?
Why didn’t she fall to the left, but to the right? If you fall to the left, you will fall directly into the paddy field, and there is a one-meter-high soil slope on the right.
The sister-in-law from the same village was also upset. She saw in the distance that everyone was struggling to carry Lin Mei ashore, and her strong mother-in-law was crying and crying. She had a headache and waved: "Hurry back and find your mother now." , tell her what’s going on here and let her be prepared.”
As for what will happen in the end, she doesn’t know.
Like Xie Chunmei, Mrs. Song was also frightened and hid home. When she saw Lin Mei being carried up to the field, with blood dripping from her body, she was so frightened that her hands and feet became weak and she could barely hold on. Hidden back home.
The captain of the Jiejia production team heard that something had happened while planting rice. After learning about the situation, he quickly asked someone to drive the bullock cart and prepare to send the person to the rural health center.
Jie's mother usually plays the role of mother-in-law in front of Lin Mei, but once something happens to Lin Mei, she will be paralyzed.
She had no choice but to let the village chief command her. The village chief told her to go home and get the money and the quilt.
The village chief was worried that she would be frightened and was a little worried, so he sent the village's women's director to accompany her back to pack some things Lin Mei needed.
After driving for nearly two hours, the ox cart arrived at the township health center. Predictably, the child was not saved.
Xie Chunlei got the news and rushed to the health center in a hurry. What he saw was his mother who was even more shocked than him.
Sitting on the ground with disheveled hair, when she saw him, she slapped herself in the face with self-blame: "Son, my mother can't help you, I couldn't help you keep your first child! Uh-huh, I am the sinner of the Jie family!”
Xie Chunlei had originally heard someone say that he was bleeding, so he was mentally prepared, but at this moment when he heard Jie's mother's words, his heart really sank into the abyss.
"Mom, how are the plums?"
The mother felt like she was struck by lightning. Unexpectedly, her son's first concern was his daughter-in-law, not her.
She raised her head stiffly and wiped the tears on her face: "It should be fine."
"I'll go check on her."
Jie Chunlei's face tightened, and he walked hurriedly to the operating room, leaving Jie's mother alone.
"Chunlei, you are here."
The women's director waiting at the door of the operating room breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xie Chunlei coming, feeling that she no longer had to worry.
"Sister-in-law, how is my wife's condition?"
"The situation is very dangerous. We don't know the specific situation yet. The doctor hasn't come out yet." The women's director said truthfully.
Judging from her experience of giving birth, 99% of the babies in Lin Mei's belly could not be saved.
Now she is even more worried about the situation of the adults. She has lost so much blood and doesn’t know if she can survive it.
Li Xiu from the Xiaohe production team next door learned that something had happened to her daughter. She didn't bother to notify Lin Dahe and hurried to the countryside alone.
When she hurriedly rushed to the township hospital, Lin Mei had already been pushed out of the operating room and placed in the ward.
Looking at her daughter lying on the hospital bed, her face pale and lifeless, she was so heartbroken that she almost couldn't breathe.
"Mom!"
Xie Chunlei looked up and saw Li Xiu's shaky figure, and quickly stepped forward to help her sit down, "When I arrived, the child could no longer be saved"
Li Xiu drove more than 20 miles in a hurry, and she was out of breath. When she came in again, she saw her daughter looking like a broken doll, and she almost couldn't breathe.
After finally sitting down and recovering, her first sentence was to ask Xie Chunlei: "Where are you today?"
Xie Chunlei blamed himself: "I was at work today, if Knowing that something would happen to Meizi today, I asked for leave and refused to come to work.”
"You're at work." Li Xiu repeated through gritted teeth, suddenly stood up, and with a roar, rushed towards Jie's mother who was sitting on the bed opposite.
"If you are at work, then the only one who bullies my daughter is you, a damn old woman!"
"My daughter usually takes good care of the store at home, why did you suddenly do it today? Why are you going to plant rice seedlings? Your family is so short of work points that you are forced to be pregnant for five months. Is it more important for a pregnant woman to earn work points or grandchildren?”
“It seems like you, an old devout woman, can’t tell which is more important. Now I’m going to teach you which one is more important!”
As he spoke, Li Xiu pulled up Jie Mu's hair and forced her face to look up.
"Why are you so crazy!" Jie's mother was not someone to be trifled with. From the moment she was initially confused, she immediately reached out to scratch Li Xiu's face.
Li Xiutou tilted his head back as much as possible to prevent her from catching him. He raised his hand and slapped her down.
The sound of "pop" was too crisp.
"Ouch, it hurts me so much!" Jie's mother retracted her hand to cover her burning cheek, and looked at Li Xiu with burning eyes, "I will fight with you!"
"If you fight with me, I'll call you to death first!"
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