Chapter 5 Go up the mountain to find food
When Xiao'er got out of the space, she wanted to go outside, came for a few days, lay on the bed every day to recuperate, and listened to the Zhuang and Li families in the courtyard outside every day for three meals a day and those chickens, ducks, pigs and cows noisy, quite bored. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info knowing that Liu didn't have to work because of confinement, and he had to mock and ridicule every day, which really made people speechless. Later, it was the fourth aunt Lu who took over her mother's work before stopping, and let people live two days of clean life. Lu's kindness, she wrote down.
As soon as Xiao'er walked out of the door, she saw that Li was sitting in the yard munching melon seeds, and after saying hello, she wanted to go out directly. Who knew that when Li saw Xiao'er come out, he spit out the melon seed shell in his mouth: "Where is Xiao'er going? ”
Grandma is a mother, Xiao'er can't help but be rude, she hasn't calculated with her that she plans to sell the original owner and her daughter to kill the original owner's account, seeing that the old lady is not holding her tail and rolling as far as she wants, she dares to move forward, it is really a birthday boy hanging his neck, and he is afraid of a long life.
"Second aunt, where is the second cousin? I have something to look for her. ”
When Li heard Shen Xiao'er ask about Shen Bei'er, he couldn't help but panic a little: "Your second cousin is not at home, I suddenly remembered that Zhi'er had a broken hook on his clothes, and I had to go to make up for it." With that, he ran back to his room.
"Second aunt, second cousin came back and told her that my head still hurts! After Xiao'er finished speaking, she ran to the kitchen to bring a bowl of water to Liu, and by the way, she told her that she wanted to go out for a walk in the village.
Li Shi returned to the room and couldn't help but snort: "Wait a few days to sell you to Hu Mansion, see how arrogant you are"!
"Mother, drink some water. "This bowl of water is Xiao'er deliberately replaced with stream water in the space, drink more, so that Liu's body can recover faster.
Liu took the water and took a sip and drank the difference: "How does this water feel different from the past?"
"Yes, I think it's the same!" Xiao'er said casually, "I know that I must have poured it for my mother, so my mother feels special when she drinks it." ”
"You kid still put gold on your face!" Liu shook his head, lowered his head and took a sip again, but he couldn't make any difference, probably he felt wrong.
Xiao'er was also relieved to see that Liu didn't ask any more questions. She gently pulled her little sister's little hand to play, this child is too thin, because Liu can't eat all day long, resulting in no milk, so the little sister was born for ten days without seeing any meat, every night I woke up hungry several times, crying and croaking.
"Little sister, don't worry, my sister will go find something to eat and come back, you won't have to go hungry soon." Xiao'er turned her head to Liu and said, "Mother, I want to go out for a walk, I've been in the house every day for the past few days, and I'm about to get moldy." ”
"No, the wound on your head is not complete, what if you go out and bump into it." When she thought of her daughter being carried back with her head covered in blood, she felt heartache.
At this time, the door was opened, and Shen Jingrui and Shen Jinghao walked in, afraid of waking up the little sister, so they deliberately lowered their voices: "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 a sleepy person who sent a pillow! Xiao'er immediately pulled Liu's sleeve and begged: "Mother, I'm going too! Brother take me! My head doesn't hurt anymore, really, you see I'm alive now!"
"No, I can't. Liu still disagreed.
Xiao'er had no choice but to remove the gauze on her head and show it to Liu: "Mother, look, I'm all right, and it doesn't hurt at all."
Liu Shi took a look at it and found that it was really good, and felt very strange: "This day before yesterday is not complete, why is there only a shallow scar left after two days?"
"Mother, didn't the doctor say that adding more medicine can get better faster? "Fortunately, the doctor came to change the medicine last time, and said that he picked up a medicine in the mountains that he was missing, and now he can add it, so it can get better quickly.
Liu couldn't think of the reason, so he thought that it was, since it was good, he couldn't always keep the child at home, and it was always good to go out to breathe, so he agreed, but he couldn't do this, not that, and said a lot of advice, and the three sisters and brothers all obediently responded before letting go.
Xiao'er's village is called Lianxi Village, surrounded by mountains, there are four villages nearby, the other three are called Luohe Village, Luoshan Village and Yuanwu Village, Yuanwu Village is a big village, and the people who live in it are all Yuan clansmen. Most of the people from the other three villages have fled here and settled here, and the number of people who have developed over the generations is also very impressive.
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 are the fields of the Yuan landlord's family, and most of the villagers rent the land of the Yuan landlord's family. Most of those who have their own fields only have one or two acres, and the output is not enough for a family to eat. In ancient times, enclosure was commonplace, so the poor had to rent farms.
Autumn is a representative of the unique golden yellow, the sun is golden, the fields are golden, the fallen leaves are golden, and the golden yellow that can be seen everywhere brings people not only the warmth of the heart, but also the joy of fruit. The word harvest is the goal, hope and pursuit of generations of people here.
The whole golden rice field, under the breeze, wave after wave and the shining eyes of the villagers holding the rice ears, these are quite touching to Xiao'er, but the two boys next to him didn't feel it, Jing Hao pulled Xiao'er to run to the foot of the mountain happily.
"Sister, hurry up, Qiangzi They also said that they were going up the mountain to pick wild fruits today, and we were late, so there would be no more. I'm going to be hungry at noon. Let's go faster, pick more and go back to my mother to eat, and my sister won't cry at night. ”
"Isn't there food to eat at noon, why are you hungry?" Xiao'er was pulled back to her senses.
When the words fell, both of them looked at her strangely: "Xiao'er, you forgot, today is the market day, grandpa took my father, second uncle, and fourth uncle to help in the shop in the town." The gentlemen are not at home, so they won't have lunch at noon. ”
"Oh, I forgot. Xiao'er searched the memory of the original owner, and there was such a thing. In the future, you really can't talk faster than your brain.
In fact, the Shen family is also a well-off family, with 20 acres of high-quality fields, 5 acres of medium fields, 10 acres of dry land, and 10 acres of sandy land. Enough for a family to have food and clothing and 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 gain fame. In this dynasty, paper was as expensive as oil, not to mention pens, inkstones, books, and tuition fees given to the husband, so the rest of the family could only be half-fed and half-hungry. When the man is not at home, the woman in the family will not even open the meal, and there will be no boundless savings.
While enjoying the idyllic scenery, Xiao'er responded to Jing Hao's children's words, and soon arrived at 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 takes about a quarter of an hour to arrive. At the foot of the mountain, he met Xiao'er's life-saving benefactor, Shen Zixuan. Shen Zixuan heard that they went up the mountain to pick wild fruits, and he also wanted to go together. He was tired of reading and a little bored at home, so he went out for a walk, thinking that it was also good to go up the mountain to pick wild fruits with the three of them.
The three of them went up the mountain along the familiar path, and Jing Hao pulled Xiao'er to the place where he found the wild fruit the day before yesterday: "Sister, I saw a place the day before yesterday, the wild fruit is almost ripe, I picked it just today, the fruit there is bigger than other places, let's hurry up."
Jing Hao dragged Xiao'er to the place where he had found the wild fruits before, but the ripe fruits on the tree were all picked, and only the green and small ones remained. Seeing this situation, Jing Hao wanted to cry, he originally expected the wild fruits here to be picked back today for his mother and sister to eat, but now there is nothing.
Xiao'er saw that Jing Hao's eyes were red, and she looked like she was about to cry, so she hurriedly comforted: "The mountain is so big, there must be a lot of wild fruits, let's look everywhere again, maybe Hao'er will find bigger and better fruits later." ”
"Yes, brother knows that there is another place where there is a piece of yellow bubble fruit, I will take you to pick it."
"Brother Xuan, my son, will dig out bird eggs for you, bird eggs are much more delicious than wild fruits. Let's go inside now."
Jing Hao also knew that there was no way to pick the wild fruits, and it was useless to cry, and such things were common, there were many fruits in the mountains, so just look for them, and then move forward happily after thinking about it.
The few of them didn't talk again, and they carefully watched their surroundings to see if they found anything.
The sunlight shines through the layers of branches and leaves, forming beams of light, which look illusory and ethereal from afar, and the ground is full of sparkling spots of light of different shapes and sizes, and the leaves pass through the light, stepping on the swirling steps, gently falling, making it seem that all this is smart and wonderful in front of you.
In this quiet and mysterious atmosphere, the three of them moved slowly and cautiously, accompanied by the characteristic rustling sound of their feet stepping on fallen leaves and the occasional animal cry or two.
"I seem to hear the pheasant crowing. Shen Zixuan put his finger to his lips and shushed.