Chapter 3 Bracelet ()

It was already noon, and the sun was hanging high in the sky. But since the well had been dug deep, there was no way to see things at the bottom of the well, and it was illuminated by an oil lamp brought down the well. Zhang Xiaohua's face could not see any decision in the swaying light. He thought for a moment, and he raised his hoe to dig in one direction. "Dang, dang..." kept ringing, and changed several directions, and the same was true. What should I do? It seems that I was at the end of my life.

Zhang Xiaohua wanted to give up a little, so she would go up first and wait for a while to expand the wellhead and then take a look. However, her mother had not brought the food yet, so why didn't she dig it from below first? As she thought about it, Zhang Xiaohua didn't stop, and then found a direction from the front, waist-deep place, and dug it over. While digging, she suddenly heard a "bang" sound. Xiaohua couldn't help but be shocked. It was another stone? But then another hoe, and there was no sound. Zhang Xiaohua was surprised, but she didn't think much about it. Maybe it was a small stone, as long as it was not a big stone. After digging about a step further, Zhang Xiaohua tried to dig down again, hoping to not hear an annoying sound, but he did not feel much comforted. There was also the stone below one step in this direction.

Just as Zhang Xiaohua was about to take a break and change directions, Zhang Xiaolong's voice came from above, "Xiaohua, come up and have dinner, my mother has brought the meal." Zhang Xiaohua was pulled up from the well by her elder brother. Looking at Zhang Xiaohua's face, Zhang Xiaolong didn't ask any more questions, but just brought him food and watched him finish eating voraciously. Then he comforted and said, "It's okay, Xiaohua, this place is not good. Can we change to other places? The hillside is so big, there must be a place to dig wells."

After dinner, Zhang Xiaohua's face became much better and seemed to be no longer gloomy. When she watched the person who dug the well went down the well, she smiled and said to Zhang Xiaolong: "I understand, brother, I'll go up to the field and take a look, and come over later." Zhang Xiaolong patted Zhang Xiaohua's shoulder, said nothing, and walked away with the empty bamboo basket.

Zhang Xiaohua carried his hoe up the hillside and came to his own well-decorated field. He put the hoe aside and sat on the ground. He looked at the unwaterable land, wondering if he would take water from the river in the future. When his eyes fell on the hoe, he found a piece of mud on the hoe, which was probably what he brought when he was digging underground. Zhang Xiaohua rubbed his feet on the hoe, but it didn't rub it off. He took the hoe and cleaned the mud with his hands. He found that the hoe was actually covered with this round thing, which was still stuck tightly. Zhang Xiaohua tilted his head and thought about it. It was probably when he was digging underground just now that the "bang" sounded like the hoe dug into this circle.

It was moving. No wonder there was no sound anymore. It turned out that it was put on the hoe. Zhang Xiaohua wanted to pull the ring off the hoe, and pried the branches, and tapped it gently. It was impossible to make up for it. If you kowtow hard on the stone, you might be able to get it down, but it is difficult to guarantee that it would not be broken. You can't take this thing down to dig the soil with you, and Zhang Xiaohua was a little helpless. Finally, Zhang Xiaohua made up his mind and used half of his strength to raise the hoe and knock on the stone. There was a "bang" sound, and the ring was not broken, nor did it come down from the hoe. Zhang Xiaohua also tried his best and kowtowed several times. Finally, he got it down. The inexplicable ring was not broken either, and it seemed to be very strong.

Zhang Xiaohua picked up the ring and wiped the soil on it with her clothes. Only then did she see clearly that it should be a bracelet, which was two fingers wide, black, without patterns, flat, and made of it. Zhang Xiaohua was about to look carefully when she heard Zhang Xiaolong's joyful voice down the slope; "Xiaohua, come, come quickly, there is hope." Zhang Xiaohua jumped happily when she heard this bracelet he picked up again, and she held it in her arms, picked up the hoe and slipped down the hillside. She didn't notice the light feeling when she was holding the bracelet just now.

When Zhang Xiaohua ran to the bottom of the slope, she saw the smiles on Zhang Xiaolong and Zhang Xiaohu's face, and Zhang Cai's slightly bitter face. After Zhang Xiaolong said that, she realized that the bottom of the well was not a layer of stone, and the stone was not too big. As long as the well was expanded, the stone could be made out, but the length of this expansion was at least three steps. When the well was large, the amount of digging would be larger. Of course, it would take longer to get a lot of money to give others. Fortunately, there was no need to choose a place again, open the well again, and do not have to carry water to water the ground, which was a good result. Seeing the happy appearance of the three children, only Zhang Cai was secretly worried in his heart, hoping that such stones would not appear again in the future. If there were so many times, this well would probably not need to be dug again.

The afternoon work was simple. The well diggers remeasured the wellhead according to the size of the stone, and planned how to expand and dig the soil again. After such a small wave, everyone started to work orderly again.

When he returned home in the evening, after dinner and before going to bed, Zhang Xiaohua didn't even think about the bracelet in her arms. She fell out when she took off her clothes, and then she remembered that, however, she was so tired for a day and was so sleepy that he didn't think much about it. He stuffed it under the pillow and fell asleep.

On this night, everything in the Zhang family was still the same as before. The oil lamp was extinguished early, and the wind blew the fence door and shaking continuously. The dead grass on the yellow mud wall was also blown up and waved weakly. Only under the moonlight in the sky, it shone through the window on the worn table and the bedding. Everyone fell asleep. In the quiet night, there were only snoring one after another.

The only difference is Zhang Xiaohua. No, it should be Zhang Xiaohua's dream! His dream is no longer the pork belly of the past, but the flashing of all directions! It is like a breath, the light of the radiance, flashing and moving.

The next morning, when the first ray of sunlight from the rising sun shone on Zhang Xiaohua's face, Zhang Xiaohua opened her eyes. She looked around in confusion and found no flickering things. Only then did she realize that all flickering was a dream. She shook her head mockingly and prepared to continue sleeping. However, at this time, he realized that listening to the snoring of his two brothers, he seemed to be unable to sleep. He was so energetic that he had to get up and dress.

When Zhang Xiaohua walked to the yard, she saw her mother cooking on the stove in the yard, so she went to the well in the corner to fetch water to wash her face. Guo Sufei was very surprised to see Zhang Xiaohua coming out and said, "Xiaohua, why are you getting up so early? I was tired yesterday, so I slept for a little longer today, and I have to work for a while."

Zhang Xiaohua said while fetching water: "I won't sleep anymore, mom, I'm not sleepy anymore. Moreover, you see, I've rested. Now I'm full of strength. I can crush the stone with a hoe." As he said that, he put down the basin and made a hoe-to-the-ground action.

Guo Sufei smiled and said, "Okay, Xiaohua is good, she has grown up and is like your father's pillar of the family."

Zhang Xiaohua blushed and said, "Mom, I'm so old, don't call me good, it sounds so ugly."

While talking, Zhang Cai came back from outside, holding a handful of vegetables in his hand, and asked, "Who has grown up? Why did Xiaohua get up so early? She won't sleep for a while." Then he handed the vegetables in his hand to Zhang Xiaohua's mother, saying, "Some of the grass in the vegetable garden has grown, and I have time to pull it out. I've been doing something about Jingbianjing these days, so don't plant our vegetables in the wasteland."

Guo Sufei took Qingcai and said, "Isn't this your son? I got up so early this first time today, and I will be a good job in my future."

Guo Sufei then cooked the whole family's meal, and Zhang Cai also entered the house. After washing his face, Zhang Xiaohua walked out of the yard with nothing to do.

Although it was still early and winter was almost coming, farmers couldn't rest. There were already many people walking around in the village. Some people drove ducks and geese to the river, some people drew some grass from the river to feed chickens and pigs, and some people had already carried hoes and prepared to go to the ground. Zhang Xiaohua walked on the village path and felt that today was different from the past, and she couldn't say that there was any difference. She just felt that she was full of energy and had endless strength, or that everything in her body contained strength. But he didn't think too much, just thought she had a good sleep yesterday. When Zhang Xiaohua walked back home, everyone had already started to eat. He also hurriedly finished eating and followed his father and brother to dig a well.

The following few days it became stable. The well surface expanded, and the stone was dug up from the bottom of the well by them. The well was getting deeper and deeper. When it was dug out, it looked quite flat and cold to the touch. Zhang Xiaohua called his two brothers to get it under the tree on the field, and prepared for summer as a bed for resting during work. And the bracelet was still behind Zhang Xiaohua and placed under the bedding of the pillow. It was forgotten completely, but his dream had already been replaced by shining pork belly, but he didn't realize it.

It was a few more days before, and there was still no water in the well. At this time, Zhang Cai was a little worried. It was about to start winter and the soil layer was about to freeze. Although the bottom of the well would not freeze, it was no longer so smooth to do the work. That night, the family had already gathered together to do farm work. Zhang Cai frowned and discussed with Guo Sufei that there would be no water at the bottom of the well after a few days. He probably would have stopped and waited for the spring to talk. At this time, Guo Sufei said:

"Children's father, do you know that Mr. Wu's house in the neighboring village has also built a piece of land on the hillside to the south?"

Zhang Cai said: "I don't know, but I heard that the south slope is also digging wells."

Guo Sufei said: "It's the well that was harvested by Mr. Wu's house. Like us, it is also used to water the fields. Today I went to the river to pull weeds and feed chickens, and I met Guo Quan's house at the entrance of the village. Didn't her sister-in-law marry Mr. Wu's brother? What do you think she told me?"

"What did you say? Could it be that the well has already flowed out of water?" Zhang Cai asked in surprise. "Didn't they drive later than us? The water was flowing out of water so soon?"

"You just think about something more evil than water coming out!" Guo Sufei said angrily.

"Hey, what is that?" Not only was Zhang Cai attracted, but the curiosity of the three brothers of the Zhang family was also aroused.

"They dug a well and dug a small broken box!" Guo Sufei continued, "When the box was dug out of the well, it was broken by a hoe, revealing the things inside. Although it was covered with soil, it could also see the pearl agate inside clearly! You said, why didn't we have such good luck? It was earlier than they did, and we made a broken stone as big as a bed."

Just as the family sighed about Mr. Wu's family's fortune, Zhang Xiaohua remembered what he had dug out of the well. He said excitedly, "Dad, mom, I have also dug out the treasure from the well." With the urging and eager eyes of his family, he took out the forgotten bracelet from under the bedding.

Zhang Cai took it and took it under the oil lamp to watch it carefully. He saw that it was a black, flat thing made of unknown materials. Instead of calling a bracelet, it was better to call the iron ring. He couldn't tell it, so he handed it to Guo Sufei. Guo Sufei took it, weighed it first, rubbed it with his fingers for a while, and said, "It's so light, it's not made of jade, and it doesn't have any patterns. It's probably not a jewelry. It's like a child's thing, Xiaohua, please play with it." Zhang Xiaohua took it without the mood and handed it to his two brothers, as if it was his fault that he didn't dig out the pearl agate.

The bracelet was turned around in the hands of the two brothers and handed it to Zhang Xiaohua. It seemed that no one was interested in this ugly thing, so Xiaohua had to put it in her arms again.

Guo Sufei continued: "Oh, if it is really a good jewelry, you can consider staying it. When the spring comes to match your elder brother, it will be used as a betrothal gift."

This time, the family's emotions were ignited again. After the spring began, Zhang Xiaolong was twenty years old and it was time to find a girl to settle down. The family started to get along with Zhang Xiaolong based on their own impression. When the oil lamp went out, the whole family was still unsatisfied, but for tomorrow's well digging and farm work, they had to go to bed.

Before going to bed, Zhang Xiaohua took out the bracelet in her arms and was about to put it under the bedding again, but another thought, Mr. Wu dug out the treasure from the ground, and I am also a treasure, and I have to save it well. But where to put it? He thought about it and put the bracelet on his wrist. It was really coincidental that it was fit to fit his wrist. Waving his arm, the bracelet would not slide up and down. Zhang Xiaohua was secretly happy. This was simply tailor-made for him.
Chapter completed!