Yuanyang Village, this is a beautiful small village quietly placed in the green mountains and green waters, far away from Neijing. The mountain stream spring rings, like a ring bell ringing, trickling streams, cutting bamboos through the forest. Most of the villagers' houses are built along the stream, the ink-colored horse-head walls are scattered, the bluestone alleys, and the crescent moon bridge are chatting and laughing.

After leaving the pawnshop, Wu Lingmo and I finally went back to Wugu, took the banana leaf qin and the rest of the Dongzhu, and came to this village.

There is only one small grocery store at the head of the village, although the shop is small, but the goods on the three rows of wooden shelves against the wall are neat and orderly, and the proprietress is a young woman in her 30s, looking clean and neat.

"Boss, come to half a stone of rice!" a man shouted to the proprietress in the store before he arrived at the door of the store.

"Okay!" the proprietress replied with a smile, turning around and opening the curtain on the back door of the store, dragging a bag of rice out of the back room with difficulty.

At this time, the man had already arrived at the store, leaned against the counter, and joked to the proprietress: "Boss, help me send it to my house." ”

The proprietress also smiled: "Brother Li is strong and strong, let me, a woman, carry the rice and send it, and don't let others see the joke." ”

The man also laughed, did not continue the topic, and continued to ask: "The proprietress has marinated beef today?"

"Yes, yes, it's still hot, do you want Brother Li to cut two catties and go back?"

"There is only one widower, more than two catties, cut one catty, and then a jar of soju. ”

"Okay. With that, the proprietress turned around and went to the inner room, carrying a small jar of wine and a piece of oily paper.

The man took out 2 taels of silver and handed it to the proprietress and said, "As usual, say it when the silver is not enough." ”

The proprietress didn't take it directly, and her face was slightly ashamed: "Brother Li, I still have more than 500 yuan left over from the last time." ”

"Isn't it almost the same when I buy it this time? Saying that, the man stepped forward to stuff the silver taels into the proprietress hand, but the proprietress shrank her hand and took a few steps back, blushing and said, "Brother Li, just put it on the counter." ”

The man realized that the proprietress was worried about "whether men and women give or receive kisses", and he was also slightly embarrassed, so he put the silver taels on the counter, and stuffed the beef oil paper package into the placket by the way.

The proprietress took the silver taels, and saw that the man was squatting to carry the rice bag on his shoulder, so she went over to help hold a handful, and then hung the wine jar on the man's wrist.

The man grinned at her, "Gone." ”

"Hmm. The proprietress snorted softly, her face still red.

I just heard them talking about beef, and my mouth was greedy, and as soon as the man left, I pulled Wu Lingmo forward: "Boss, cut me two catties of beef." ”

"Yes, guest officer. Not long after, she came out of the inner room and handed me the wrapped beef oil paper package, and looked at me and Wu Lingmo again, slightly surprised.

I don't wonder her expression, Wu Lingmo's appearance and temperament like a fairy wind and bones, and with a mysterious woman wearing a hat like me, it is not surprising to teach people to be strange.

I gave her a tael of silver and asked, "Boss, is there a tooth woman in this village?"

She shook her head and returned more than 800 yuan to me, but I didn't answer, she asked in surprise: "The two guest officers are face to face, I don't know what to do with Ya Po?"

I smiled and said, "My husband and I swam here, and when we saw the pleasant scenery, we wanted to live for a while, and I wanted to find a woman to ask if there were any empty houses in the village to rent or sell." ”

She smiled, "Then you don't have to look for Yapo, I know." As he spoke, he handed over the copper coin.

I pushed back: "Can the lady take us over and have a look?"

"Is ......it okay by evening?" she said, grimacing.

I took out another tael of silver and handed it over, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that I won't have a place to stay when it's late, can the proprietress take us a day off?"

She pushed back the money and said with a smile: "I didn't mean that, a day off, these are more than enough." As she spoke, she put the 800 wen in her sleeve pocket, and said, "The two of you will wait at the door for a while, and I will take the two of you when I close the door of the store." ”

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"There are two houses for sale in the village. The proprietress led us around and chatted. It turned out that her surname was Zhang, her husband's surname was Liao, she was also from a foreign country, she had no children under her knees, her husband had been gone for many years, and the villagers here remembered that she was young and widowed, so the village chief came forward to help her set up a grocery store.

The first place I went, I felt dark and damp, and I retreated as soon as I entered the door, and suddenly a burst of water splashed over, but fortunately, Wu Lingmo quickly dragged me aside, but Liao Zhang's was half wet.

She was a little annoyed, and was about to complain, but the person who splashed the water on the other side hurriedly stepped forward to apologize: "Boss, why are you here? Look at my blind and rough hands, I can't help it, I can't help it, you go back and change your clothes quickly, so as not to catch a cold." ”

I listened to the man's hoarse voice and remembered that it was the man who had been at the grocery store just now.

"Pay attention next time. Seeing that it was Brother Li, Liao Zhang was embarrassed to complain, turned to me and apologized: "Sister Lu, Brother Ling, why don't you and your wife take a break at Brother Li's house, and I will go back to change my clothes?"

"Sister Liao, go quickly, or you really get cold. "Actually, when I heard her call Sister Lu, Brother Ling, I felt very weak in my heart, and I don't know how many rounds older than her if I and Wu Lingmo's age were really converted.

After Brother Li watched Liao Zhang's leave, he beckoned me and Wu Lingmo to enter the house to rest. When he learned that Liao Zhang's family had brought us here to find a house, he suddenly patted his thigh and said with a smile: "It just so happened that when I entered the city today, my brother asked me to help him put his house here." The two of you can go and see, the house is good, bright and open, and has a separate compound. ”

As soon as I heard about the bright and open courtyard, my heart was overjoyed, and I couldn't wait for him to take me to see it, but he said that he had to tell Liao Zhang first, so that she wouldn't run back and forth.

I nudged Wu Lingmo and said with a smile: "Look, this person looks rough, but he is considerate of Sister Liao." ”

Wu Lingmo looked at me with tenderness: "Lady, I will also be considerate to you." ”

Wu Lingmo said this suddenly, but it made me a little unaccustomed, and I smiled: "Xianggong has been very good to me. ”

Brother Li's real name is Li Cheng, he is a carpenter, and he often goes into the city to help some big families do some carpentry. The house he took us to was at the foot of the mountain not far away, it was really a unique compound, with good light transmission, and most of the furniture in the house was there. On the side of the house is a bamboo forest, and there is a small open space behind the house with a small well. There are three bedrooms, two of which are not completely partitioned and hung by a curtain in the middle, the other is more spacious and connected to the thatched house and the utility house, and the kitchen is not separated separately and is open next to the courtyard door with thatched eaves.

I liked it right away, and asked directly: "Brother Li, how many silver taels does your brother need for this house." ”

"200 taels. Li Cheng is a sincere person, and he said, "If the two of you are too expensive, I will take the two of you to meet my brother in the unknown day and make him cheaper." ”

I listened to 200 taels, and I already felt that it was worth it, and the main thing was that I was too lazy to run around anymore, but outside, I still had to give face to my own man, I asked Wu Lingmo: "Xianggong, what do you think?"

"It's good if the lady likes it. As he spoke, he directly took out 200 taels of silver tickets and handed them to Li Cheng.

After chatting again, Li Cheng said goodbye and wanted to leave, and I pulled Wu Lingmo with him, Li Cheng heard that Wu Lingmo and I were going to Liao Zhang's to buy bedding, towels, firewood, rice, oil and salt, so he happily volunteered to help.

Wu Lingmo was afraid that I would be tired, so he asked me to rest at home, and he just went with Li Cheng.

Not long after, Liao Zhang also brought several women to help me clean up the house, which made me feel moved by their kindness and simplicity.