peasant girl allure

Chapter 5 Going up the mountain to find something to eat

When Xiao'er was out of space, she wanted to take a walk outside. After coming here for a few days, she lay in bed every day to recover from her injuries, and listened to Mrs. Zhuang and Mrs. Li making noises in the yard outside about three meals a day and those chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle. Quite boring.Knowing that Mrs. Liu doesn't have to work because of her confinement, she still has to mock her every day, which is really speechless.Later, it was the fourth aunt Lu who took over her mother's work to stop, and let people live a clean life for two days.She remembered Lu Shi's kindness.

As soon as Xiao'er walked out of the room, she saw Mrs. Li sitting in the yard eating melon seeds, and wanted to go out immediately after saying hello.Who would have thought that when Li saw Xiao'er coming out, she spat out the melon seed shells in her mouth: "Where is Xiao'er going? The pigs haven't been fed this morning, you go feed them first."

Damn grandma, Xiao'er couldn't help being rude, she hadn't even settled with her for her plan to sell the original owner and her daughter for killing the original owner, and when she saw the old lady, didn't she just put her tail between her legs and roll as far as she could , dare to move forward, it is really a birthday boy who hangs his neck and thinks his life is too long.

"Second aunt, where is the second cousin? I have something to ask her."

Hearing Shen Xiaoer ask Shen Beier, Mrs. Li couldn't help being a little panicked: "Your second cousin is not at home, I suddenly remembered that Zhier's clothes were torn, I have to mend it." After speaking, he ran back to the room.

"Second aunt, the second cousin came back and told her that my head still hurts! Remember to feed the pigs."After Xiao'er finished speaking, she ran to the kitchen to bring a bowl of water to Mrs. Liu, and told her that she wanted to go out for a walk in the village.

When Mrs. Li returned to her room, she couldn't help poohing: "I'll sell you to the Hu Mansion in a few days, and see how arrogant you are"!
"Mother, drink some water." Xiao'er deliberately replaced this bowl of water with stream water in the space. Drinking more can help Liu's body recover faster.

Liu took a sip of the water and noticed the difference: "Why does the water feel different today from the past?".

"Is there? I feel the same!" Xiao'er said nonchalantly, "I know I must have poured it for my mother, so my mother feels special after drinking it."

"You kid is still putting gold on your face!" Liu shook her head, then lowered her head and took another sip, but she couldn't find any difference, probably feeling wrong.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu didn't ask any more questions, Xiao'er was also relieved.She gently held the little girl's little hand to play with. The child was too thin, because Mrs. Liu couldn't eat enough all day long, so she didn't have any milk, so the little girl didn't grow any meat for ten days after she was born, and she woke up hungry every night. Several times, crying croaking.

"Little sister, don't worry, my sister will find something to eat and come back, you won't have to be hungry soon."Xiao'er turned her head and said to Liu Shi: "Mother, I want to go out for a walk. I've been in the house every day these days, and I'm almost moldy."

"No, the injury on your head is not healed, what if you bump into it when you go out."She felt heartbroken when she thought of her daughter being carried back with her head covered in blood.

At this time, the door was opened, and Shen Jingrui and Shen Jinghao walked in. They deliberately lowered their voices for fear of waking up the younger sister: "Mother, my brother and I went up the mountain to pick wild fruits to eat."

"Okay, be careful, don't come back too late".

Isn't this drowsy and someone sent a pillow!Xiao'er immediately tugged on Liu Shi's sleeve and begged, "Mother, I'm going too! Brother, take me! My head doesn't hurt anymore, really, you see, I'm alive and kicking now!"

"No." Liu still disagreed.

Xiao'er had no choice but to remove the gauze from her head and show it to Mrs. Liu: "Mother, look, I'm all healed, and I don't feel any pain at all."

Mrs. Liu looked at it and found that it was really good, and felt very strange: "It wasn't healed the day before yesterday, why is there only a shallow scar left after two days?"

"Mother, didn't the doctor say that adding an extra dose of medicine would make it better faster? Maybe that medicine has an effect." Fortunately, the last time the doctor came to change the medicine, he said that he picked the medicine that was missing on the mountain, and now he added it. , get better soon.

Mrs. Liu couldn't think of the reason, so she thought it was right. Now that it was done, she couldn't always keep the child at home. It's always good to go out for a breath of air, so she agreed, but she couldn't do this, she couldn't do that, and she said a lot of words , the three siblings obediently complied before letting go.

Xiao'er's village is called Lianxi Village, surrounded by mountains. There are four villages nearby. The other three are Luohe Village, Luoshan Village and Yuanwu Village.Most of the people in the other three villages fled here and took root here. After several generations of development, the number of people is also very spectacular.

At the end of the village, there is a small road leading to the foot of the mountain. On both sides of the road are endless rice fields. Almost half of these fields belong to Landlord Yuan’s family. Most of the villagers rent and plant the fields of Landlord Yuan’s family.Most of those who have their own fields only have one or two mu, and the output is not enough for the whole family.Enclosing land in ancient times was common, so the poor could only rent and plant.

Autumn is a unique representative of golden yellow. The sun is golden, the fields are golden, and the fallen leaves are golden. The golden color that can be seen everywhere brings people not only the warmth of the soul, but also the joy of fruitful fruits.The word "harvest" is the goal, hope and pursuit of generations of people here.

The entire golden rice field, under the breeze, wave after wave and the villagers holding the rice ears shining in their eyes, these are quite touching for Xiaoer, but the two boys beside him don't feel it, Jing Hao Pulling Xiao'er happily ran towards the foot of the mountain.

"Sister, hurry up, Qiangzi and the others also said that they will go up the mountain to pick wild fruits today. We will be late, and there will be no more. We will be hungry at noon. Let's go faster, pick more and go back to my mother to eat. In the evening, sister Stop crying."

"Isn't there something to eat at noon? Why are you hungry?" Xiao'er was pulled back to her senses.

After the words fell, both of them looked at her strangely: "Xiao'er, you forgot, today is the market day, grandpa took father, second uncle, and fourth uncle to the shop in the town to help. The men are not at home, and they will leave at noon." dinner time."

"Oh, I forgot." Xiao'er searched the original owner's memory, and there was such a thing.I really can't talk faster than my brain in the future.

In fact, the Shen family can be considered a well-to-do family. They have 20 mu of high-quality farmland, 5 mu of middle-grade farmland, 10 mu of dry land, and 10 mu of sandy land.Enough to feed and clothe a family and have a surplus.There is also a grocery store in town.Although this is the case, all the money earned is first used for the eldest son and grandson to study and obtain fame.In this dynasty, paper was as expensive as oil, not to mention pens, inks, inkstones, books, and the tuition fees paid to the husband, so the rest of the family could only come half full and half hungry.When the man is not at home, the women at home don't even cook, so there is no end to it.

While admiring the idyllic scenery, Xiaoer echoed Jing Hao's childish words, and soon reached the foot of the mountain.The end of the village is only three or four miles away from the foot of the mountain, and it took about a quarter of an hour to arrive.At the foot of the mountain, I met Shen Zixuan, Xiaoer's savior.Shen Zixuan heard that they went to the mountains to pick wild fruits, and wanted to go together.He was tired from reading and was a little bored at home, so he went out for a walk, thinking it would be nice to go up the mountain with the three of them to pick wild fruits.

The three of them walked up the mountain along the familiar path, and Jing Hao took Xiaoer to the place where he found the wild fruit the day before yesterday: "Sister, I saw a place the day before yesterday, and the wild fruit was about to ripen, and it was just right to pick it today, and the fruit there is better than other places." Everything is going to be big, let's hurry up."

Jing Hao took Xiao'er to the place where he found the wild fruit before, but all the ripe fruits on the tree had been picked, leaving only the green and small ones.Seeing this situation, Jing Hao wanted to cry. He had hoped that the wild fruits here would be picked back today for his mother and sister to eat, but now there is nothing left.

Xiao'er saw that Jing Hao's eyes were red, and she looked like she was about to cry, so she comforted her and said, "The mountain is so big, there must be a lot of wild fruits, let's look around, maybe Hao'er will find a bigger one later. Better fruit."

"Yes, brother knows that there is another place where there is a piece of yellow pickled fruit, I will take you to pick it."

"My son, brother Xuan, will pick out bird eggs for you later. Bird eggs are much more delicious than wild fruits. Let's continue walking inside now."

Jing Hao also knew that there was nothing he could do if the wild fruit was picked, and it was useless to cry, and such things often happened. There were many fruits in the mountains, so he just had to look for them again, and moved forward happily.

A few people didn't talk any more, and carefully looked around to see if they found anything.

The sun shines through the layers of branches and leaves, forming bunches of light, which look illusory and ethereal from a distance; the ground is full of sparkling spots of different shapes and sizes; the leaves pass through the light and spin around The pace of her feet fluttered down gently, making everything in front of her eyes lively and beautiful.

In this quiet and mysterious atmosphere, accompanied by the characteristic rustling sound of feet stepping on fallen leaves and the occasional animal call or two, the three moved forward cautiously and slowly.

"I seem to hear the crowing of a pheasant." Shen Zixuan put his finger on his lips and hissed.

(End of this chapter)