On Ma Ling'er's side, Gu Yunqing walked into a room with a bowl of soup and medicine. Seeing that Ma Ling'er was still sleeping, he shouted at Ma Ling'er: "Yo, this girl, why is she still sleeping, it's time to get up." ”

Ma Ling'er reluctantly stretched her waist and shouted: "Oh, can't you let me sleep a little longer, why did you wake me up early in the morning?"

Gu Yunqing responded: "If you don't get up again, the sun is all on your buttocks, how can you get married in the future if you are so lazy?"

Ma Linger still didn't want to get up, and wanted to sleep in bed for a while, so she covered her head with a pillow.

Gu Yunqing: "Ouch, I said Ling'er, you are not too young, why are you still playing with a child's temper, hurry up and drink the medicine." ”

Ma Linger responded: "Aunt God, can't you let me sleep a little longer?"

Gu Yunqing urged again: "Hurry up, you haven't finished your work yesterday, and you have to do it later." ”

Ma Linger replied: "Got it." Because she was angry when she got up, Ma Linger said this sentence and deliberately dragged out the tone very long.

Before leaving, Gu Yunqing also left a sentence: "Hurry up and get up." ”

Ma Linger slowly got up, and after a simple wash, she drank the medicine and changed into the clothes she often wears on weekdays, but this dress is the clothing style of ordinary people during the Republic of China, but Ma Linger doesn't seem to feel anything wrong.

After cleaning up, Ma Linger came to the kitchen, as soon as she entered the door, Gu Yunqing brought a basket of steamed buns to the table, and there were two plates of pickles on the table, plus two bowls of porridge. ”

Gu Yunqing saw Ma Ling'er coming in, and just said in a low voice: "What are you doing there, hurry up and come over for breakfast, there are still many things to do later." ”

Ma Linger didn't say anything, just sat down and started eating, but Ma Linger seemed to remember that someone knocked on the door last night, so she stopped her chopsticks and asked: "By the way, Aunt Gan, did someone knock on the door in the middle of the night last night, why did you come?"

Gu Yunqing explained: "Hey, knock on the door of our store so late, if you don't buy three catties and four taels of yellow paper, who would come so late?"

Speaking of these three catties and four taels, a little older people understand, like when buying things outside, if the store weighs out the three catties and four taels, it is also very unlucky, if it is really weighed out, even if the store says three and a half catties, the buyer will not say anything, if someone names to buy three catties and four taels of yellow paper, it must be someone at home mourning.

Ma Linger then asked, "Who's home?"

Gu Yunqing replied: "Uncle Zhang at the head of the village, so I asked you to quickly fold the gold and silver ingots yesterday." ”

Ma Linger just replied simply.

Gu Yunqing: "Uncle Zhang's son Lao Zhang has already come to book last night, wait a minute, I'll go over and take a look, Uncle Zhang will go up the mountain the day after tomorrow, it is estimated that he will come to pick it up tomorrow morning, you'd better hurry up." ”

After breakfast, Gu Yunqing left directly and went to Lao Zhang's house at the head of the village to see if he could help.

Ma Linger stayed to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and after cleaning up, she began to fold the ingots.

The old Zhang family at the head of the village, because the old man passed away last night, there are still bursts of crying in the house, and as soon as you enter the door, the smell of incense and candles comes to your face.

Because the village is very small, the total number of households is about 20, so for the sake of convenience, if there is a funeral in any family, each family will send an adult to help before going up the mountain, and the whole village will go out together on the day of the funeral. So now there are other people here besides my family, and they are all here to help. In addition, there are some people who need to guard against robbers.

However, in this broad daylight, there are many strong men waiting, and the robbers do not dare to act rashly, so everyone will chat together.

One of them said: "Hey, have you heard that a few days ago, it rained heavily, and a flash flood broke out in Weijia Village, leaving no one alive in the entire Weijia Village. ”

Another continued: "It's miserable. ”

In the robbers' den, a small bandit hurried up the mountain and reported to the robber leader: "Third master, someone from the old Zhang family under the mountain has passed away, and they are going to go out for a funeral the day after tomorrow." ”

The third master leaned back in the chair, as soon as his eyes opened, his right hand began to turn the jade ring on his thumb, and said in a deep voice: "It just so happens that I am also thirsty, I should find a girl to quench my thirst for Uncle Ben." ”

When the little bandit heard the third master say this, he looked at something in his heart, and suddenly thought of something, so he said to the bandit leader: "Third master, I heard that there is a family surnamed Gu at the foot of the mountain, and she has a goddaughter. ”

Hearing this, the third master instantly came to his senses, sat up from the chair, and said, "Is this serious?"

Little bandit: "That's true. ”

The third master said happily: "Okay, you can do this matter quickly, just wait for the day of Lao Zhang's funeral, and let the brothers try it at night." ”

Little Bandit: "Gotcha." ”

At this time, Ma Ling'er has forgotten everything except his name, and it seems that he has been instilled with memories that do not belong to him, just blindly folding ingots in the store, because this place looks poor and remote, and his own family is doing this kind of business, if it is not the fifteenth day of the new year, and the New Year's holiday, there will generally be little business in the store, so Ma Linger will fold ingots with peace of mind.

Maybe because this place is poor, Ma Linger only eats two meals a day, breakfast has been eaten, and lunch and dinner are eaten together, about three o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Linger entered the kitchen, took the only steamed bun, picked it up and started eating. Originally, there would normally be two steamed buns, but today Gu Yunqing went to the Zhang family at the head of the village to help, and he definitely won't come back at noon.

After eating, Ma Linger began to fold again, and as soon as she picked up the piece of paper, a person came to buy a candle.

After paying the money, Ma Linger also glanced at this person casually and said, "The guest officer is so good-looking, which village is it?"

When asked like this, this person was still a little flustered, and in a panic, a sentence came out of his mouth: "Wei, from Weijia Village." ”

Ma Linger replied: "Oh, Weijia Village, it's indeed a bit far, no wonder I haven't seen it much, it just rained yesterday, the mountain road is not easy to walk, and the road is still muddy, you should be careful on the road." ”

The man replied, "Ah, yes, yes. After saying that, he lowered his head and went out.

After seeing that the man was gone, Ma Linger continued to pick up the pieces of paper and began to fold ingots.

In the evening, Gu Yunqing came back from Zhang's house, and saw that Ma Ling'er was still folding ingots, so he casually asked, "How is Ling'er in the store today?"

Ma Linger replied, "There is a man who came to buy candles in the afternoon. ”

Gu Yunqing asked again: "Who?"