Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 163 Meeting the Old Fisherman Again
"Interesting?" The old man was startled, then laughed dumbly, nodded and said: "Girl, this is the first time someone says that about my old man!"

"I'm serious," Yao Cunhui said with half envy and half emotion, "Your family must be very warm and peaceful, no—haha, your family must be very kind and good people."

Hearing this, the old man stared at her deeply, and said with a smile: "I don't think you are dressed like a child from a poor family. At a young age, you are from a girl's family. If you don't embroider and read in the boudoir, why do you run outside all day? So many emotions? Little girl, contentment is always happy, girls are too strong and easy to go astray!"

"I don't want to either," Yao Cunhui somehow touched his heart, his heart suddenly felt a little sour, and his eyes were wet.

She hurriedly lowered her head and blinked away the tears in her eyes, and said softly: "My mother has passed away. The current mother was originally my father's concubine, and I have a young brother..."

"Another poor child!" The old man glanced at her sympathetically, and then said with a smile: "Since you are out to relax, don't think about those troublesome things! My old man should go back, is there still time to take me up the mountain today?"

"Okay!" Yao Cunhui smiled, and put away the inexplicable sadness just now.

"My surname is Yao, and my name is Yao Cunhui. You can call me Xiaohui!" Yao Cunhui took the initiative to carry the keg for the old man.

Xiao Xing and Xiao Li, who were standing far under the tree, hurried over, smiling and picked up the water bag, fishing rod and other things for the old man.It seems that after the last time, they became acquainted with this old man a lot.

"Yao Cunhui, hehe, Xiaohui's name is good!" The old man smiled, letting their master and servant carry things for him, and walked all the way up the mountain.

Gradually going up, there are still rocky paths, and the trees on both sides of the road gradually turn into pine trees, with green needles and gray trunks. Each tree has its own posture and shape, which is unforgettable.

Next to the road under the tree, there are dense roadside chrysanthemums, which grow wildly and randomly.Thumb-sized flowers, light purple-blue petals, goose-yellow stamens, dotted with stars, all the way up the mountain, adding a vivid color to the greenery everywhere.

When he came to a relatively flat corner, Yao Cunhui loved the mountain scenery, so he smiled and said: "Old man, I'm a little tired, can I stop and rest for a while?"

The old man chuckled and said, "Of course! Then let's rest! The little girl's family, when you are tired, just say, being too strong is not a good thing!"

Yao Cunhui smiled, panting slightly, looking at the far and near scenery.

After a while, I came to a peak on the top of the mountain. Through the fruit forest in front of me, I can faintly see the bamboo fence hut behind.

"That's my old man's house!" The old man pointed and smiled, calling Yao Cunhui to move forward.

The three of Yao Cunhui followed behind the old man and walked through the fruit forest.

This piece of fruit forest is not big, but it is rich in varieties. There are two or three trees of each of peaches, plums, apricots, pears, persimmons, dates, pomegranates, loquats, etc., large and small are mixed and planted. At this time in late autumn, the branches are full of trees There are half-red persimmons and red dates.

Nearby, a clucking old hen was looking for food with a dozen and a half fist-sized chicks. Not far away, seven or eight adult chickens were either chasing or planing for food, looking leisurely.

Passing through the fruit forest, the eyes suddenly brightened. On a relatively large open space, a bamboo fence covered with mountain vines surrounded a small courtyard. In the courtyard, there were several wooden houses with gray tiles connected together.

Entering the yard, the gray tile wooden house is fully displayed in front of your eyes.Perhaps to prevent moisture, mosquitoes, venomous snakes and other things, the house was built in the air, about [-] centimeters from the ground, connected by wooden stairs, with a corridor more than two meters wide, and the house is behind the corridor.

The whole house is made up of wooden boards. Perhaps it took a long time to build, and the wooden boards present an old brown-yellow-gray color after being exposed to wind and rain.But it looks clean.The room is also bright and clean.

If Yao Cunhui pays close attention at this time, he will find that the material of these wooden boards is unusually thick, and the boards are pieced together tightly without leaving any gaps.

"Old man, you are back!" An old woman wearing a tea-brown dark pattern narrow-sleeved gown came out of the wooden house with a smile. The silver and blue scarf wrapped in a bun.

"Hehe, do you still remember the little girl I told you about last time? I met you again today!" The old man laughed.

"Hello, mother-in-law!" Yao Cunhui bowed to the old woman.

"Okay!" The old woman smiled, looking relaxed and easy-going, "We haven't had any guests here for a long time, girl, come in and sit down, let's have lunch here!"

"Okay! Thank you, mother-in-law!" Yao Cunhui smiled and said, "Just call me Xiaohui!"

Entering the house, the tables and chairs are all made of bamboo and wood, very simple and simple craftsmanship, not even extra patterns and carvings, except for the half-old teapot and tea bowl on the table, and the clay pottery with a bouquet of wild flowers in front of the window sill Flower Zun, there is no extra decoration.

The old woman greeted Yao Cunhui's master and servant to sit down with a smile, and wanted to pour tea for her. Xiao Xing hurriedly took it with a smile. The old woman smiled, turned around and brought out a large plate of dates from another room, and said with a smile: "It's nothing As for other treats, these dates are homegrown, taste if they are sweet or not!"

Yao Cunhui just took a sip of tea, ordinary green tea with a faint maple leaf fragrance, thanked her with a smile, and ate two dates, the old woman looked forward to her with a smile on her face, and heard her say "sweet "Be more happy.

"You guys sit here, I'll go to the vegetable garden to pick some beans and lettuce, we'll have it for lunch!" The old woman said and got up.

"Grandma, let me go with you!" Yao Cunhui's eyes lit up.When she used to go back to her hometown in the country, her favorite thing was to go to the vegetable garden with her mother to pick fresh vegetables. It seemed that she hadn't lived this kind of life for a long, long time.

The old lady did not refuse, she nodded with a smile, and led them there with a bamboo basket.

The vegetable garden is just below the small slope where the yard turned left. Only then did Yao Cunhui see a middle-aged woman in gray clothes and trousers planting the ground in the garden. Yao Cunhui nodded in a friendly manner.

The old woman agreed, and said with a smile to Yao Cunhui: "This is my servant, you can call her Mrs. Hua! It's autumn, and we are preparing to plant some radishes on the ground, which is good for stewing meat in winter, and we can also make some pickles , Dry some dried radishes! The dried radishes I made by myself, fried with sesame oil, added garlic, ginger, diced meat, put a little pepper powder, tsk tsk, it is fragrant and crispy, your grandpa will eat more a bowl of rice!"

"Your hands are so skillful!" Everyone laughed.

There was green in front of her eyes, and the unique fragrance of fresh vegetables burst into her nostrils. Hearing the hearty and joyful chatter and laughter of the old woman and Mrs. Hua, Yao Cunhui's heart was warm and soft. At this moment, all the grievances and troubles were gone. She is far away, only the warmth of warmth is left in her heart.

After picking the vegetables for a while, Yao Cunhui asked Xiao Xing and Xiao Li to stay in the vegetable garden to help Mrs. Hua, and carried the basket by herself, and went to the back of the house with the old woman to wash the vegetables.

Turning around the house, she saw the mountain spring brought in by bamboo tubes. A small pool was built with stones near the back of the house. The water the size of a thumb poured into the pool slowly like a silver thread, with gurgling sounds. White water bubbles splashed on the surface of the water, and slowly flowed out at the opening of the pool.

Not far below, there is a small oval-shaped green fish pond. From a distance, dark-backed fish can be seen swimming in it, and some vegetables and grass leaves are floating on the surface of the pond.

Yao Cunhui couldn't help smiling, presumably the fish the old man caught were raised there.

Yao Cunhui rolled up his sleeves and squatted by the pool, washing vegetables while laughing and talking to the old woman about homework. The mountain spring water was clear and cool, transparent, and her slender hands were flipping in the clear water. The cold ironing made her feel comfortable physically and mentally. .

"Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandma!" Suddenly, there was a clear and delicate cry from the little girl from the front yard, the eyes of the old woman lit up, a little tenderness appeared on her face, and she said with a smile: "My little granddaughter is back! " Then he raised his voice and agreed, "Girl, grandma is here!"

"Hey, where did the little girl go crazy again! I'm willing to come back!" At the same time, the old man's voice of promise sounded at the same time.

"Grandma!" The little girl ran towards the pool with a smile, and with a flash of her eyes, a small figure of seven or eight years old appeared in front of Yao Cunhui, wearing a light yellow skirt and wearing two small bags. , each with two thumb-sized light blue chrysanthemums, red lips and white teeth, picturesque eyebrows, a pair of clear and bright eyes, very cute and pleasing.

"Grandma, grandma! Look, the mushrooms I picked! Uncle Dashan also hunted two fat pheasants!" The little girl held a small bamboo basket with a handle in her hand, and offered the mountain mushrooms in the basket to others. The old woman looks.

The old woman praised her repeatedly with a smile and said yes, straightened her messy hair, raised her sleeves and lovingly wiped the sweat from her temples, and said with a smile: "Look at the sweat! "

The little girl had already seen Yao Cunhui who was smiling, and smiled at her with crooked eyebrows, and tugged on the old woman's skirt: "Grandma, who is this sister?"

"This sister, your name is Sister Hui." The old woman glanced at Yao Cunhui and said with a smile.

"Hello, Sister Hui!" The little girl called out with a sweet smile, refusing to recognize her.

Yao Cunhui agreed, and asked with a smile, "Tell my sister, what's your name?"

The little girl smiled and said: "Qianqian," the little tender fingers gestured in the air: "It's Qianqian that's full of losses, and modesty benefits!"

"Ouch, my baby! It's still 'full of losses, modest benefits'!".

Yao Cunhui couldn't help but laugh out loud at the same time.

If Yao Cunhui knew the goods and saw the wooden bracelet on Qianqian's snowy lotus-like wrist, he would know that the bracelet came from Tibet. It is made in a day, and when worn on the body, mosquitoes will not touch it, and snakes and scorpions will not get close.

(End of this chapter)