后娘使喚她洗衣做飯喂豬砍柴，稍不順心就拿掃帚把子打她，打完還不許哭，說“哭喪著臉給誰看”。婉芹不哭，她學會了忍著。疼的時候咬著嘴唇，咬出血了用袖子擦掉，擦不掉就等天黑了一個人躲到牛欄里，抱著那只老水牛，把臉埋在它臟兮兮的毛里，讓眼淚一滴一滴落在干草上。老水牛不躲，也不叫，就那么站著，任她抱著，眼睛里滿滿的憐惜。婉芹被后娘欺負只能抱著老水牛哭出來。

村里人都知道她命苦，可沒人管她。窮鄉僻壤的，自家日子都過不明白，誰有閑心管別人家的丫頭。只有常常在槐樹下等人的陳大同不一樣。他是村里最俊的小伙子，個子高，肩膀寬，笑起來如雨后的第一縷陽光干凈，沉穩。，走路帶風，十里八村的姑娘都想著他。可他不看別人，只看婉芹。

婉芹在河邊洗衣裳，他就在磨鐮刀。婉芹上山砍柴，他就繞遠路從山那頭過來，幫她捆柴火。婉芹低著頭不看他，他就蹲在一邊，把磨好的鐮刀插在腰后，漫不經心地說起今年的收成，說起山后面那片荒地被人承包了種果樹了。婉芹不接話，他也不急。他就在旁邊坐著，看天，看云，看遠處炊煙一縷一縷從村里升起來。婉芹有時候偷偷看他一眼，正好撞上他的目光，像撞上個火炭，趕緊縮回自己的殼里去。陳大同喜歡婉芹，她做什么他就在。

有一回后娘打婉芹打得狠了，婉芹手臂上全是青紫，隔著袖口都能透出來。她坐在田埂上，把袖口往下拽了又拽，怎么也遮不全。陳大同來了，被他看見了，婉芹低著頭，鼻子一酸，沒哭出來。“誰打的？”他問。她不吭聲。“你后娘？”她還是不吭聲。陳大同沒再問了。他把鐮刀放下，在她旁邊坐下。兩個人就這么坐著，中間隔著一捆沒捆完的柴火。坐了很久，久到太陽從頭頂滑到西山頭，天邊的云被燒成了橘紅色，一層一層地鋪開，像是誰把一盆炭火倒在了天上。

“以后我護著你。”他說，聲音不大。婉芹沒應他。她把自己的手縮進那件外衫的袖子里，指頭在過長的袖口里輕輕蜷著，像怕冷的小鳥收攏了翅膀。陳大同脫下自己的外套披在她身上，那衣服有干草和陽光的味道，暖暖的。他看到婉芹的傷，很心疼。

村里有個老巫婆，姓劉，人人都叫她劉婆。她年輕時男人出去打工就沒回來過，也不知道是死是活。她一個人拉扯大了一個閨女，閨女腦子不太好，三十好幾了還不會做飯，只會坐在門口納鞋底。劉婆心里急，總想著給她閨女找個好婆家。她看上了陳大同。陳大同是村里最有出息的年輕人，會種地，會木工，還會認幾個字，十里八村找不到第二個。劉婆盤算著，把閨女嫁給他，后半輩子就有了著落。劉婆想把她的女兒嫁給陳大同。

可她很快就發現了陳大同的眼睛，總是粘在婉芹身上。婉芹去挑水，他在井邊等。婉芹去趕集，他推著板車“順路”。婉芹在自留地里澆菜，他扛著鋤頭繞過來，說是看看地里結黃瓜了沒，眼睛卻一眼都不往地里看。劉婆看在眼里，恨在心上，吐出來的唾沫星子都帶了毒。她開始在村里散話，專門挑人多的地方說。在井臺邊說，在老槐樹下說，在碾盤邊說——說婉芹命硬，克死了親娘，現在又來克陳大同。愛嚼舌根的劉婆到處說婉芹壞話。

說婉芹不檢點，還沒出嫁就往小伙子跟前湊，不要臉。說陳家要是娶了這種女人，祖墳都要冒黑煙。這些話像生了翅膀，一夜之間飛遍了全村。婉芹走在路上，那些婆娘媳婦的目光就像錐子一樣扎在她http://m.nyamtn.com/mnews/00416.shtml
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陳大同知道了劉婆的話，氣得渾身發抖。他就去找劉婆理論，被她閨女攔在門口——那傻女人咧著嘴沖他笑，嘴里反復念叨“大同哥你來了，大同哥你來了”，劉婆從屋里出來，叉著腰說，“你相中婉芹有什么用？她沒了名聲是她自找的。你要是聰明，離她遠點，別把自己搭進去。”陳大同憤怒的吼她：“你別倚老賣老，為你閨女行善積德吧”，罵完他轉身就去了婉芹家。劉婆女兒沖來找她娘理論的陳大同笑。

婉芹正蹲在院子里洗衣服，手泡在涼水里，凍得通紅。他走過去，把她的手從水里撈出來，握在手心里，冰得像攥了兩根從河里剛撈上來的冰凌子。“你以后別聽那些閑話。”婉芹沒說話，她把手抽了回去，繼續搓衣裳。他也不走，就在旁邊蹲著，看她的手在搓衣板上一下一下地搓。兩個人都沒說話，大鐵鍋里蒸著紅薯，咕嘟咕嘟冒泡，揭開的鍋蓋斜搭在灶沿上，白白的熱氣薰著墻上貼著的“小心燈火”幾個字若隱若現。