In fact, Xiaofang has been following Liu Qingshan because she is a little afraid.

After all, she is a little girl, and it is okay to do some work in the mountains near the village alone, but she really doesn't dare to let her go deep into the mountains to dig bamboo shoots alone.

Even if she dug the five-fingered peach before, she also followed the aunts and aunts in the village.

Do you think, a girl like a flower like her, even if she was lucky enough to avoid the beasts in the mountains, but what if there is a pervert in the mountains?

Grandma always said, Xiaofang, don't go too deep into the mountains alone, just near the village.

After all, the deep mountains will not only appear some people from their own village, but also occasionally encounter some hunters from other villages.

Especially after my grandmother heard from her neighbor that an old man in his sixties from another village had molested more than a dozen female dolls in their village, the youngest of whom was only five or six years old, she was even more worried.

She always said that people now have become bad, and they are bad to the bone.

With her constantly blowing the wind in her ears, Xiaofang will also be scared in her heart. When a person walks in the mountains, especially in a deeper mountain, it always feels as if someone is following behind.

Also, there are really many wild beasts in the mountains. Especially in the old forest, there are always a lot of strange animals.

"I'm not bored, don't follow me, okay?" Liu Qingshan said in a firm tone, "Let's go our separate ways, don't follow me again." ”

"I don't. ”

"Oh, why are you so annoying?" Liu Qingshan was a little angry, "You are a big girl, you follow me all day long, and you are not afraid of being gossiped about." ”

"Who would be so boring. Xiao Fang still followed Liu Qingshan closely, "Anyway, I'm going to follow you, where you go to dig, I'll dig there, and I'll dig whatever you dig." ”

Liu Qingshan really convinced her, stood still, turned around, and said very seriously: "Chen Xiaofang, I'm not joking with you, you, now, immediately, immediately, immediately, go ahead, go by yourself, go wherever you like, but, just don't follow me." ”

Seeing that Liu Qingshan was so serious, Xiao Fang knew that it would not work to be a scoundrel anymore, so she said: "Why are you like this, you know that it is very dangerous for me to go to the mountains alone as a girl, why can't you let me follow you, besides, I have brought lunch today, I will not rob you of your food again." ”

"Oh, don't be verbose, you go yours. The reason why Liu Qingshan is so opposed to Xiao Fang following him is mainly because he is afraid that the people in the village will gossip and have an impact on Xiao Fang's reputation.

It's nothing that he's a big man, but Xiaofang is different, Xiaofang is a girl.

Moreover, Xiaofang's reputation when she was a child was not good. At that time, when her adoptive parents died unexpectedly, many women in the village said that Xiao Fang killed them, and their children were not allowed to play with Xiao Fang.

It is also because of this that Xiaofang always followed his ass when he was a child. Because, he doesn't dislike Xiaofang.

But it's different now. Now Xiaofang has relied on her own efforts to save her reputation, and she is still slim, but she can't let her reputation be damaged anymore.

"Let's go. Seeing that Chen Xiaofang was still standing and not leaving, Liu Qingshan deliberately pretended to be very impatient and said, "Oh, you go quickly, you go first, this time I won't block your way, you go ahead, and when you have walked for half an hour, I will go again." ”

Xiao Fang saw that Liu Qingshan really wanted to drive herself away, no matter how thick-skinned she was, she was embarrassed to stay.

She walked forward, inexplicably, a little lonely in her back.

I don't know why, it seems like I'm back to my childhood in a trance.

When she was a child, other children chased her like this.

Every time she wanted to go over and play with other children, they chased her away and didn't want to play with her.

Although she knew that Liu Qingshan didn't mean this, she inexplicably remembered what happened when she was a child.

She was a little depressed, and her eyes were wet.

Liu Qingshan watched her back shrink gradually, almost obscured by the green shadow in the distance. Suddenly, I couldn't bear it, so I shouted: "Hey, Chen Xiaofang, you really go." ”

Chen Xiaofang paused for a moment and didn't speak, just mumbled.

Listening to the voice, he felt that something was wrong, Liu Qingshan stepped forward quickly and walked around to Chen Xiaofang.

Chen Xiaofang hurriedly turned her back and turned her back to Liu Qingshan.

Liu Qingshan was even more strange, so he reached out to break Xiaofang's shoulder.

When he saw Xiao Fang's cheeks, he was startled.

Why is this girl crying!

"You!" Liu Qingshan looked at Chen Xiaofang, whose face was full of tears, and didn't know what to say for a while.

It's so decent, why do you cry? I'm just telling her not to follow me.

"What are you doing? Liu Qingshan pretended to be disgusted and said, "Oh, you are such a big person, why are you still crying? I didn't scold you, I didn't beat you, I just asked you not to follow me." ”

Chen Xiaofang raised her slightly red eyes, but she still had a stubborn expression: "Liu Qingshan, I didn't cry because you drove me away." ”

"Then why are you crying? ”

"Me. Xiao Fang suddenly lowered her eyes, lowered her head slightly, and her voice was weak, "I, I just remember that when I was a child, others drove me away like this, so I felt a little uncomfortable." ”

Liu Qingshan was shocked, and then remembered what happened to Xiaofang when he was a child.

At that time, her adoptive parents had just passed away, which was the most uncomfortable and painful time for her, but at that moment, someone was teaching her children in private, saying that Xiaofang was a mourning star, and asked her children not to play with Xiaofang.

The children were open-mouthed, passing on ten, ten to hundreds, and in the end, few children in the village were willing to play with her.

Even if some parents have not said such things, under the guidance of other children, most children will still treat Xiaofang as a devil.

It was as if after playing with Xiao Fang, Xiao Fang would eat their flesh and drink their blood.

The attitude of driving Xiaofang away just now is indeed very similar to the group of bear children back then.

He said embarrassedly: "Xiaofang, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that just now, I just thought, you are a big girl, if the people in the village see you follow me into the mountains every day to dig bamboo shoots, it will not be good for your reputation." ”

Xiao Fang rubbed her eyes and nodded: "Mmmm, I know, I know that you are not a bad person, so I will always follow you, in fact, I, I followed you because I was afraid." ”

"Scared?" Liu Qingshan was a little confused by the second monk, "Lang Lang Qiankun, what are you afraid of?"

"Afraid of beasts, afraid of ......" Xiao Fang looked at Liu Qingshan, who had a pure face, and was really unwilling to tell the perverted story, which defiled his ears, so he said, "I'm afraid of ghosts." ”

"Hahaha. Liu Qingshan laughed a few times, "Chen Xiaofang, are you stupid, where are there ghosts in this broad daylight." ”

"Anyway, I'm afraid, it's your business if you're not afraid, I'm afraid of me, what are you laughing at. Xiao Fang wiped her eyes, hit Liu Qingshan's arm hard, and walked past him.

After she took a few steps, Liu Qingshan said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'm really irritable, even if I obey you, okay, you can follow me." ”

Chen Xiaofang was overjoyed, and looked back at Liu Qingshan in surprise.

Seeing that she was so unproductive, Liu Qingshan said: "However, I can't be your bodyguard for free, in the future, when you go into the mountain to dig bamboo shoots, you must bring two lunches into the mountain." ”

"Why do you want to bring two?"

"Oh, are you really stupid or fake? I'll be a free and unpaid bodyguard for you, so you can't take care of the meal. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Fang hurriedly smiled and said, "It's not too much, in the future, as long as you go into the mountains to dig bamboo shoots, I will prepare a lunch for you." ”

"That's pretty much it. Liu Qingshan raised his chin, "Hmm-"

"What do you mean?"

"Let me go, you ass behind you. ”

"You're just a fart, you're my bodyguard, you said it yourself. ”

"Hey, kicked your nose in the face, didn't you?"

......

In fact, walking in the mountains, it is indeed not so lonely to have multiple companions around you.

Although the two people often quarrel and often don't like each other, it is actually quite good to have someone to talk to in this vast and quiet mountain forest.

The vastness of the mountains and forests is not only because of its vast area, but also because sometimes, when people stand in the dense forest, when they look around, everywhere they can see, they are all verdant, as if they are in the deep green sea.

Although the feeling is very wonderful, even a little leisurely and illusory, if there is an extra person talking next to it, it will add a sense of reality to this wonder and leisure, and make people feel more comfortable.

It's just that, just like Liu Qingshan was worried before, in such a closed small mountain village, the mountain people don't have any daily entertainment activities, and when they are free, they will only gather together to gossip about things in the village.

When a flower-like girl and a man of the same age frequently appear in the same forest at the same time, gossip naturally comes.

"Have you noticed? Recently, I often see Xiao Fang staying with Qingshan in the mountains. ”

"yes, I've seen it twice, too. ”

"Are they on target?"

"How is it possible? Xiaofang is an only daughter, Qingshan is an only son, there is no possibility for two people. I think it's just young people playing. ”

"Also, young people nowadays are not conservative, unlike us back then, when we had to blush when we said something to others. ”

"Not necessarily, maybe, they just work together. ”

"Oh, how can it be so simple? I see, the two of them can't tell that. ”

"Which one?"

"That's it. ”

"I think it's not far from ten. Lonely men and widows stay together every day, something must have happened. ”

"When the time comes, the belly will be big, and there will be a good show to watch. ”

Grandma Xiaofang squatted under the fence of the vegetable garden, listening to a few women passing by talking about Xiaofang, and her heart trembled.

Xiaofang has been digging bamboo shoots with Qingshan lately? Isn't it just helping to sell bamboo shoots? Why are you still digging bamboo shoots together?

Why didn't this girl tell her?

Grandma frowned, her face as gray as ash.

When the others had gone away, she came out of the garden, closed the fence door, and hurried home.

It was another sunset, and the orange sun had already hidden half of its body into the mountains to the west.

Xiao Fang carried a hoe and walked home happily.

The afterglow of the setting sun stretched her shapely, healthy figure long, long, one moment on the pavement, the other on the wall.

She has been digging bamboo shoots with Liu Qingshan for almost a week, and these days, her daily income is guaranteed to be about 500 yuan on average.

So, after a week, she saved almost 4,000 yuan.

Today is another fruitful day, because as time has passed, the bamboo shoots have grown slightly taller, which is not only easier to find, but also easier to dig.

In this way, although the price of bamboo shoots is declining, the daily income is not much different because more and more bamboo shoots are dug up every day.

For example, today, she dug up more than 70 catties of bamboo shoots, even if the price of tomorrow's bamboo shoots is only 8 yuan a catty, it will be more than 500 yuan.

As soon as she pushed open the courtyard door and walked into the courtyard, Xiaofang threw away her hoe and ran to the house happily, wanting to tell her grandmother the good news.

But I didn't want to, as soon as I walked into the hall, I felt that the atmosphere was wrong. Grandma sat in a chair and looked at her with a serious face.

She immediately stopped her cheerful footsteps and looked at her grandmother with some puzzlement: "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

Grandma rarely had such an expression, even if she quarreled with the people in the village in the past because of the scourge of livestock and poultry on the crops in the field, she was only angry for a while, and as soon as she turned around, she forgot that she would definitely not sit in the hall with a straight face and watch her come back like now.

"Xiao Fang. Grandma still looked at her with a grim face and asked, "Is there something you haven't told me?"

"Huh?" Xiao Fang was stunned, shook her head and said, "No, grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"No?" Grandma's brow tightened, "is there really nothing to tell me?"

Xiao Fang still shook her head.

Grandma looked at Xiao Fang, who was dirty and even had a lot of mud leaves on her hair, and sighed: "Alas, Xiaofang, grandma is old and old, and many things may not turn around, but I still hope you can understand that no matter what I say or do, I hope you can be well." ”

"Hmm. Xiao Fang was a little confused.

Okay, how did grandma say these words?

Grandma beckoned to her and motioned for her to sit down next to her.

Xiao Fang walked over and sat down on a stool next to her grandmother.

Grandma stretched out her hand to pluck the leaves from her hair, and said: "Xiaofang, you are not young, you will be twenty next year, you see that there are a few girls in the village, who are about the same age as you, and they have children, grandma, I don't dare to expect you to be a mother early, while supporting the family, and raising a baby, this is too hard, but grandma still hopes that you can find a partner as soon as possible, so that the burden of the family will not all fall on you, don't you say?"