My name is Li Qing, I am 23 years old and I live with my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law has a strong personality, and I have been afraid of her since I was a child.
Early in the morning, my mother-in-law knocked on my door and said loudly"Li Qing, get up quickly!Go to the mountains and pick 200 catties of fresh chestnuts!"
I got up from the bed in a daze, rubbed my sleepy eyes and asked"Chestnut picking?Why did you suddenly ask me to pick chestnuts?"
The mother-in-law said impatiently"Don't ask so much why!I'll pick it for me if you ask it!When the chestnut season comes, I will take the chestnuts to the city to give them away, otherwise people will look down on me. Hurry up and get up!"
The mother-in-law immediately glared angrily and said:"You kid, why are you so disobedient!I'll let you go, and you're still making irresponsible remarks!Hurry up and give it to me, if you can't pick 200 pounds of chestnuts today, don't think about eating at night!"
I had no choice but to come down:"Yes, mother-in-law, I'll go. Rest assured, I will try my best to pick 200 pounds of chestnuts. "
The mother-in-law snorted and went back to her room. I let out a long breath, and the resentment and bitterness that lay in my heart spread again.
My mother-in-law has always been very strict with me, and she wants me to do everything she wants. I was reluctant in my heart, but I lacked the care of my parents since I was a child, so I could only rely on my mother-in-law to live, so I could only choose to swallow my anger and obey my mother-in-law's arrangement.
I was very irritated at the thought of having to go to the mountains alone to pick so many chestnuts. It's already cold outside, and there are a lot of beasts in the mountains, so how dangerous it is for a girl to go alone. And to pick 200 pounds, it takes a whole day.
At this time, the mother-in-law's voice came from the room"Li Qing, why don't you go yet?If you don't go, it's too late!"
I sighed, resigned myself to my fate, put on my coat and gloves, put on my small back, and prepared to go out to pick chestnuts.
My mother-in-law escorted me to the door and repeated:"Remember, you have to pick 200 pounds of chestnuts today!Otherwise, don't even think about coming home!"
I nodded and walked out of the house quickly. The cold wind poured into my collar, and I wrapped my coat tightly and walked towards the place where there were the most chestnuts on the mountain.
I have been playing with this mountain since I was a child, and I am quite familiar with the distribution of chestnuts on the mountain. There is a large area of chestnut trees near the highest peak, where the chestnuts are the largest and fullest. If you want to pick 200 pounds of chestnuts quickly, you can only go there.
After half an hour of climbing, I finally came to the chestnut forest. The chestnut trees here are dense, and the surroundings are quiet, and only the rustling of leaves can be heard in the wind.
I found a chestnut tree that grew lower and had a lot of chestnuts and started picking chestnuts. These chestnuts are all very large and plump, pick one and put it in your mouth, the chestnut kernel inside is sweet and delicious.
I climbed up the branches, plucked the chestnuts one by one and put them in my backpack. But there are too many chestnuts, I picked and picked, and the backpack only filled ten or twenty pounds. If you want to pick 200 pounds, when do you have to pick it!
Before I knew it, I had been picking chestnuts for more than an hour, and I was only forty or fifty pounds in my backpack. My hands were red from the cold, and the branches under my feet hurt. It was getting dark, the wind was blowing, and there was a chill in the air.
I sat under the tree, shivering. It was getting late, and I had to figure out something as soon as possible.
At this time, it occurred to me that there were some young men doing rough work in the village under the mountain, and maybe I could recruit them to help me pick chestnuts together, and I paid for them to pick 200 catties before dark.
This thought made my eyes shine. I quickly picked up my bag and walked out of the chestnut forest and walked towards the village below. When I arrived at the village, I quickly found a few young men with great strength and said, "I will pay you to help me pick chestnuts on the mountain, as long as I can pick 200 catties, I will give 100 yuan per person." ”
When a few young men heard that there was money to be made, they readily agreed. We found a big basket again and went up the hill again to pick chestnuts. This time, there was a lot of strength in the crowd, and a lot of chestnuts were quickly harvested. I kept encouraging them: "Come on, hurry up, 200 pounds will be finished in no time." ”
Finally, before it was completely dark, we picked a total of 210 pounds of chestnuts. The boys carried their baskets down the hill and went home first, and I was alone with a heavy backpack full of chestnuts and made my way home with difficulty.
By this time, it was already completely dark, and the mountain road was difficult to walk. The cold wind poured down my neck, and I couldn't walk an inch, and the chestnuts on my back hurt my back.
Just as I was about to get home, my mother-in-law's figure suddenly appeared in front of me, she crossed her hands on her hips and glared at me fiercely: "You useless child, why did you come back now?".Have you picked the chestnuts?”
My mother-in-law snatched my backpack, poured out the chestnuts and counted them, checked them again, and said angrily: "You girl, you are obviously looking for someone to help you pick chestnuts!".I'll let you pick it yourself, you secretly invite someone, you're deceiving me!”
My mother-in-law interrupted me harshly: "There is no difficulty to understand!You must obey my words unconditionally!Seeing you like this, you are not allowed to go out in the future, give me a good reflection at home!”
I felt a grievance in my heart, my nose was sore, and I couldn't help but shed tears. I gritted my teeth and said with red eyes: "Mother-in-law, I have worked very hard, and I have frozen my hands when picking these chestnuts, why have you never understood my hard work?"”
My mother-in-law seemed surprised that I would suddenly erupt, stunned for a moment, and then said sternly: "What is hard or not, you have to do what I say, there is no other choice!".”
I took a deep breath, mustered up all my courage, looked my mother-in-law in the eye, and said loudly, "No, mother-in-law, I am also an independent person, and I have the right to choose my own life!".I respect you, but I am also responsible for my own life!From now on, I will be brave enough to speak up for my thoughts, and please respect my choice!”