pastoral fragrance

Chapter 84 Little Pearl
After lunch that day, Qiulin was feeding the little fox in his arms, when he suddenly heard a chirping sound outside the house, and without thinking, he knew who was coming.

"Qiu Lin Qiuyue, you guys don't have anything to eat, let's go pick up acorns in the woods!" Hearing his voice before seeing her, this crisp and sweet language is too familiar, who is it if it's not Mei Xiang?

Qiuyue had just washed the dishes, took off her apron and came out rubbing her hands. "You guys are really punctual, we just put down the dishes."

Mei Xiang came over cheerfully, "Haha, isn't this just right? Don't dawdle, let's go quickly." Mei Xiang also carried a small hoe in her hand, which was used to dig traps.

The first is to dig a pit that is not too big or too small, but enough for a rabbit to stumble into it and not get up.Then cover it with dense dead leaves to cover the pit.Needless to say, this trap is easy to dig, but it can really catch rabbits.The last time I promised to catch a rabbit, I asked Han to cook soybean and rabbit soup.Mei Xiang was so greedy that she ran to Qiulin's house every day, and then everyone went to the forest to pick up acorns.

But she is a drunkard who doesn't want to drink, she mainly goes to dig traps in the woods.

Qiulin Qiuyue packed up and came out with a basket on her back. "You're urging the soul, isn't it here?" Qiuyue said carelessly, and when she walked out of the yard, the yard was really lively, not only Xu Liu'er and the others, but also two girls, all of them in the village.They are called Xiaozhen and Xiaozhu.These two babies are in their teens.Qiulin recognized them at a glance, they were the two daughters of Uncle Shen Qing's family.

Their family can be regarded as a wealthy family in Luoshui Village, how can they compare with these girls?Qiulin asked: "Sister Xiaozhen and Sister Xiaozhu, why are you here?" In fact, she was a little suspicious of knowingly asking, but she couldn't help it, so she directly said that it would be bad if they offended the two of them.

Xiaozhen seemed more easy-going than Xiaozhu, she squinted her eyes and replied: "Recently, you have been running into the woods, digging grass roots, picking up acorns, and catching rabbits. Bring it on."

Xiao Zhu seemed a little more arrogant, "Sister, what are you doing with all the talking to her, we need her permission to go to the forest, don't we?"

Play?Qiulin was a little confused.That's right, for these two daughters from rich families who have no worries about food and drink, isn't it just fun for them to run into the woods all day long, dig grass roots, pick up acorns and catch rabbits?

"Sister Xiaozhen and Xiaozhu, we are not here to play. The roots of the medicine are exchanged for money, and the acorns are fed to the pigs. Where are we going to play? You usually stay at home, but don't I know that this forest is also full of dangers. If you are not careful, you may get scratched by those thorny vines, and there are fallen leaves everywhere on the ground, but it is easy to hide snakes and insects. There is also the mountain night in the forest. Mosquitoes and flower mosquitoes, where they bite, there is a big bag, and you who are thin-skinned and tender-skinned may all be carrying red envelopes when you come back!" Qiu Lindong persuaded with affection and reason.

Bringing these two ladies who went to play together, wouldn't this slow down their overall speed?
Xiaozhen and Xiaozhu were all terrified, they didn't want to turn into a pig's head with bruises all over their faces.

Xiaozhu looked suspiciously at Qiulin's little face, and looked him up and down.No, I didn't see where she was bitten into a bag, this girl must be lying to her!Xiao Zhu pouted angrily, "You are lying, your faces are not all good, you look like you were bitten by mosquitoes. Huh, I see that you clearly don't want me to go with my sister! If you don't let me go, I will go Go!" Xiaozhu muttered arrogantly.This damn girl must be teasing her, thinking that she will be afraid and surrender, don't even think about it!
Mei Xiang said in a low voice: "Qiu Lin is right, but there are many mosquitoes in the woods. Didn't you see that we all tightened our trouser legs?" There are several advantages to wearing trouser legs. There are piles of mosquito bites, and the second is to prevent the skin and flesh from being bitten by snakes and insects. These things in the woods are very powerful, so what if we don’t guard against them?The third is to prevent the skin from being scratched by thorns or something. "There are a lot of worms and snakes, haven't you heard of it before, there are tigers in this forest. If you want to play, there is no need to go to the forest. It is really not safe there." Mei Xiang didn't want to leave These two dragged along and took them, not to mention their slow walk along the way.If the two girls were stung by bees and bitten by snakes in the woods, would the old lady of the Xu family let them go easily?
Why did she take two laggards with her?Isn't this enough to hold on!
Xiao Zhu trembled again in fright, bit her lip, and stopped talking.

Xiaozhen held her sister's hand tightly, and said with a light smile: "We are ignorant, so there are so many dangers in this forest, so my sister and I should not join in the fun, and you should be more careful .”

Now hearing that there are snakes and tigers in the forest, Xiaozhen and Xiaozhu both dared to go, they shook their heads one after another, and then left the courtyard of Qiulin's house with their companions.

Looking at the two who had gone far away, Qiulin asked slowly, "Why do these two daughters want to go to the forest on a whim?"

Mei Xiang pouted and said: "Isn't that right, I happened to meet two of them when I went out today, so I must pester my sister and me to take them to the woods. The two of them are just here to play, we have a serious There is something to do." Fortunately, the two of them were dumped at this moment, otherwise it would be rare for these two young ladies to be abandoned.

It's Qiulin girl who has a solution.

"Okay, let's go to the woods quickly." Qiuyue dragged Qiulin out and walked out. It was getting colder day by day. If the weather was good, I would run a few more times to pick up some acorns and pile them in the woods. Inside the warehouse.When the weather gets colder, who wants to run there.

Now everyone stopped dawdling and went out of the yard with their baskets on their backs.This acorn can be eaten not only by wild boars, but also by domestic pigs.But it is much more troublesome than feeding wild boars.The hard shell of the acorn must be cracked open, and then soaked in water for ten days.The acorn has an unpalatable bitter taste, and if the bitter taste is not removed, pigs will not eat it.

After everyone knew that the acorn pig could also eat, they all went to the woods to collect acorns.When picking up acorns, you have to call out your friends, otherwise, in this gloomy forest, some people are really a little scared.

Qiuyue had just left the yard and turned up the field, but suddenly heard someone calling her from behind. "Cousin Qiuyue..."

The children turned around, and the thin little girl with a basket on her back in front of her was Qiu Feng, the daughter of the fourth uncle's family. How could she be here?

"Cousin, why are you here?" After all, the fourth uncle is not as annoying as the uncle and third uncle's family, and Qiuyue is still polite to Qiufeng.

Qiu Feng has a simple and honest face, a little baby fat face, and a chubby figure.She looked at the people on Tian Kan's side uneasily, squeezed her small hands secretly, and she was sweating a lot.Under Qiuyue's unwavering gaze, she felt a little guilty and wanted to back down, and ran away when she thought about it.But she tried her best to restrain herself, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "I'll go with you to the woods first... to pick acorns."

Qiu Feng is very timid, and he dare not say a few words to others on weekdays. He is a typical introvert.On weekdays, I am alone at home, and I seldom have contact with the villagers.In fact, she also really wanted to go to the river with Qiulin and the others to wash clothes, fish and shrimp in baskets, and dig grass roots and pick acorns in the forest, but mother would not allow her to go.She could only sit in the yard depressed, watching Qiulin and the others go to work happily every day, the envy in her heart was self-evident.

Now I don't know why my mother figured it out, let her follow Qiulin and the others to pick acorns in the forest.She was naturally happy, but seeing so many people now, it was as if a big stone had been crushed on her heart.His face was as red as a ripe apple.

Mei Xiang looked at the timid Qiu Feng, without any sympathy in her heart.Filled with righteous indignation, he cursed: "Don't even think about it! It's not enough for your family to harm Qiulin's family, and now you are thinking of harming others! There are really relatives like you in the world who are black-hearted and take advantage of the fire! Hmph, don't get close to us, We don't know you well!"

Qiu Feng was trembling with fright at Mei Xiang's nameless anger, she had never been scolded by anyone in such a big way.Qiu Feng trembled heavily all over his body, his heart was in a mess like an icicle had been smashed.As soon as the tip of the nose became sour, the water in the eyes fell out of nowhere and could not be wiped dry.Looking at the groups of girls not far away, Qiu Feng's face became even redder.As soon as he pouted his legs, he ran back, and the suppressed crying came bit by bit.

Seeing Qiu Feng crying miserably, Qiulin secretly pulled La Meixiang's sleeve. Why did Meixiang speak so aggressively? Even if his family was at fault, he shouldn't be angry with a little girl.

Qiuyue was stunned, but she didn't expect Mei Xiang to speak so straightforwardly.Seeing Qiu Feng running home crying, a pity flashed in his heart.But it was exactly what Mei Xiang said.This family is not a good person, it is best to ignore it, so as not to have anything to do with his family, and in the end it will be a disadvantage for the family.

Seeing Qiu Feng running back heartbroken, Mei Xiang was also a little touched. Did she go too far?Qiu Feng is just a doll, so to say she is a bit too much.Mei Xiang came back to her senses, seeing that everyone was just looking at the girl who ran away with indifferent expressions, so she felt relieved. "This kind of person deserves to be scolded! Really, her parents have done such a thing, and they still want to go to the woods with us. Isn't this looking for scolding?"

He Xiang looked at her sister worriedly, a little helpless.Mei Xiang speaks directly, and her temperament of not holding back her words is really easy to offend people.If what she said just now falls on Xu Lao Si, he will definitely quarrel with their family.He Xiang sighed secretly, she had to talk to Mei Xiang about it some other time.

There is no need for an outsider like her to talk about other people's housework.

"Okay, okay, let's go, it will be really late if we don't." Liu Huaihua pushed He Xiang who was in a daze, and then dragged Xu Liuer to the forest.The field is very narrow, only one person can pass through, and the two of them are a bit crowded side by side, so Liu Huaihua had to walk in front, dragging the lotus.

(End of this chapter)