Spilled Water
Spilled Water
“We became an inseparable team. We attacked life wholeheartedly, determined that together we could cope with anything. Mother didn’t say it, but I knew that she was driven by a need to prove Uncle wrong, while the memory of my father kept us going when our spirits flagged.
We would work from the moment day broke until the dense dark of night. No challenge was too overwhelming for us. We set to work straightaway on Father’s terraces, making up for the weeks of neglect with the most painstakin...g weeding and watering.
We were rewarded when the rows of wilted pakchoi and cabbage revived and flourished in the warm sunshine.
We gave Li-hu the job of feeding the hens and ducks and collecting their eggs. He loved it, especially chasing them away from where they were sitting in case there was an egg hidden underneath them. We giggled at his shrieks of laughter while we tidied the house and prepared our lunch.
On washing days, while Mother went down to the river, I walked into the village with Li-hu, pushing him in his cart, to do the shopping.MoreLess
We would work from the moment day broke until the dense dark of night. No challenge was too overwhelming for us. We set to work straightaway on Father’s terraces, making up for the weeks of neglect with the most painstakin...g weeding and watering.
We were rewarded when the rows of wilted pakchoi and cabbage revived and flourished in the warm sunshine.
We gave Li-hu the job of feeding the hens and ducks and collecting their eggs. He loved it, especially chasing them away from where they were sitting in case there was an egg hidden underneath them. We giggled at his shrieks of laughter while we tidied the house and prepared our lunch.
On washing days, while Mother went down to the river, I walked into the village with Li-hu, pushing him in his cart, to do the shopping.MoreLess
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