The house is too simple, and everything in the house can be seen at a glance. The total is divided into two rooms, Shen Shu and they are in the living room, there is a door on the left hand side of the door, and a grass curtain is hung to block the view, and it should be the bedroom inside. The kitchen is outside, and it is a separate straw shed.

She originally thought that there were elders in Yue Donghai, so she brought ginseng and a few supplements over, but so far she didn't see anyone else in the family, and she didn't hear Yue Donghai mention it, Shen Shu guessed that he was probably alone, because this place is not like modern times, the elders may not live with their children, or they may go out to travel, and the elderly here will basically not leave home.

Thinking of this, Shen Shu hesitated for a moment, but didn't mention it at all. If she's wrong, that's fine.

And because of Shen Shu's arrival, Yue Donghai, who was very happy, only after the joy passed, did he realize the basic way of hospitality - please eat. He went out with the fleet for more than half a month, but there was still rice at home, but there was no food, speaking of which, the most important thing for the Yue family was fish, but he knew that Shen Shu couldn't eat fish.

Yue Donghai felt bitter in his heart, wondering if he was going to go to Sister-in-law Lan's house next door to borrow some, but after thinking about it, he couldn't just borrow the dishes, he couldn't cook......

The old patriarch looked at his sad face, and easily guessed why he was distressed, and he wanted to laugh for a while, stretched out his hand and stroked his beard, and then said to Shen Shu, "Miss Shen, he is a big man in the East China Sea, and he doesn't pay much attention to food and clothing on weekdays, but now he has just returned from the sea, and there is nothing to eat at home, if you don't mind, it is better to go to my house." It's getting late, and there's a storm coming, and you're afraid you won't be able to leave the island tonight, so you'll have to stay on the island for the night. ”

When Shen Shu heard this, she subconsciously glanced outside the house, the sky was dark and dark clouds were surging, and it really seemed to be breeding a storm. She nodded to the old patriarch, thanked him again, and then went to his house with the old man.

The old patriarch's house was in the east of the village, and like the rest of the families on the island, it was a simple thatched house. From a distance, I saw an old man sitting at the door, wearing a patched dress, with silver hair, and his face was full of traces left by the wind and frost of the years.

"Old man, you're back, and Donghai is also here, who is this?"

"This is Miss Shen, I came to see the child in Donghai, he didn't even have a vegetable there, so I invited someone over. The old patriarch explained.

Hearing this, the old grandmother glanced at Shen Shu carefully, and then squinted her eyes and smiled, "It's rare for someone to come to this island, I haven't seen outsiders for many years, what a handsome girl!" After she finished speaking, she paused, and continued, "Come, Miss Shen, go and sit in the house, and I'll go cook." ”

Shen Shu followed the old man into the door, and after sitting down at the table, the old patriarch also turned around and went to the kitchen, and after a while, a pot of boiling water was boiled, and a few bowls of tea were brewed in a coarse porcelain bowl.

After taking a sip, Yue Donghai got up and went to the kitchen.

When the old man saw him, he asked, "What's wrong with the East China Sea?"

Yue Donghai replied, "Miss Shen, she can't eat fish, and she has to trouble your old man to cook two other dishes, she doesn't pick, she can do anything." ”

"Well, I wanted to make a good fish soup. The old man's tone was a little lost, "I know, there are just a few dishes at home, and they will be made in a while, you can go out." ”

"Then I'm sorry for you. "Echi-Tokaido.

The old man laughed and drove him out.

Yue Donghai turned around and walked to the door, and saw Shen Shu coming towards him, and after being slightly stunned, he asked, "Miss Shen, why are you here?"

Shen Shu smiled, "I'll see if there's anything I can help with." "It stands to reason that entertaining guests is the hostess's business, and Shen Shu's relationship with others is not particularly good, so she shouldn't interfere casually at this time. It's just that the old grandmother is an elderly person, and it is Shen Shu who came to disturb others, she hesitated for a moment, but decided to come over to help, and she could help wash the vegetables if she didn't know how to cook.

When Yue Donghai heard this, he was silent for a moment, didn't say anything more, and turned sideways to let her pass.

Shen Shu said again, "But I want to trouble you to help me accompany Brother Jing'er." ”

Yue Donghai nodded in response.

After Shen Shu thanked him, she walked past him into the kitchen.

The old man was squatting on the ground with his waist bent over to wash vegetables, and Shen Shu hurriedly walked over and said, "Grandma Zhang, I'll come." ”

The old man shook his head when he heard this, "Where is there a reason to let the guests do it." ”

Shen Shu smiled, "It's obvious that I'm bothering." Just let me do it, I don't know how to cook, so I can do this. ”

The person who came couldn't resist Shen Shu, so she could only let her take over, and she got up to brush the pot and cook, chatting with Shen Shu while she was busy, "How did Miss Shen know Donghai?"

Shen Shu didn't hide it, "The carriage I was riding with Brother Jing was frightened and went crazy, pulling the carriage and almost falling off the cliff, but fortunately he saved us. ”

The old man was a little surprised, "This kid went out quietly before, and he didn't say where he went, but he didn't expect to save people so coincidentally." ”

The two of them chatted while busy with the things at hand, and it didn't take long for a table to be prepared. Coarse rice porridge, a few simple stir-fried side dishes. The people here are not so particular, there is no rule that men and women have different banquets, and several people sit together and eat. After that, Shen Shu helped the old man clean up the table, she was going to wash the dishes, but the old man said that she wouldn't let anything, she could only give up.

Dark clouds obscured the sky, so much so that it was already dark in the evening. The lamp was lit in the house, and the faint light of the lamp, not as bright as the light from which the lightning tore through the sky in the sky, shone in from outside the house in an instant, illuminated a snow-white light, and soon returned to darkness.

Gradually, there was another thunderclap.

The old man left Shen Shu and Cui Yijing to stay overnight, so he went to the house to clean up the guest room first. After a while, the old patriarch also entered, and only Shen Shu and the other three were left in the hall.

Yue Donghai asked about her residence, "I wonder if Miss Shen has settled down?"

Shen Shu shook her head when she heard this, "It was originally going to be decided, but I didn't want to have a little accident, and now I haven't found a new place yet." ”

After a few more gossip, there was nothing more to say. After a moment of silence, Yue Donghai talked to Cui Yijing, who could only simply reply to him a few words at a time, and finally simply took out the toy made by Shen Shu for him from the small bag he carried, put it on the table, and then pushed it in front of Yue Donghai, and said to him, "Play." ”

Yue Donghai was stunned.

Shen Shu wanted to laugh a little.

After a while, the old patriarch and his wife came out and took Shen Shu and Cui Yijing to the house. Yue Donghai also took his leave.

The ancients did not have any entertainment, and they all fell asleep not long after dark, especially the working people, and they rested from sunrise to sunset, not only because of fatigue, but also because it cost money to light the lamp.

After Shen Shu coaxed Cui Yijing to sleep first, she also went back to sleep next door.

On the other side, the old patriarch and his wife were lying on the bed talking.

"Old man, you said that Donghai called her Miss Shen, but the child she brought with her called her mother, did she get married?" asked the grandmother.

"What do you ask about this, whether people are married or not, they won't look at Donghai, you and I think Donghai is a good child, but no matter how good it is, it is not worthy of other girls, I see that the girl should be born in a big family, although I don't know why it is not as strict as other people's families, and live alone with a child, but who let Donghai be our Yue family, but if there is a little way, who will be willing to marry our Yue family......"

"Alas......"

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Early the next morning, Shen Shu woke up early, his long hair was scattered and combed with his fingers, then he pulled it up with a hairpin, and simply washed his face and rinsed his mouth with a handkerchief dipped in water, even if it was cleaned up. Soon after, the old patriarch and his wife also woke up, and Cui Yijing came again.

Shen Shu helped Cui Yijing wash his face, and after cutting off the water and letting him spit it out a few mouthfuls, the old man had already prepared early.

The white porridge with pickles made Shen Shu a little nostalgic.

After eating breakfast, Shen Shu proposed to the two old men that they wanted to take Cui Yijing to go out for a walk, it was difficult to get to the beach, and the time was still early, so it was better to take the opportunity to take a stroll, and it would be regarded as a tour.

The old patriarch called a few children in the village and asked them to take Shen Shu and Cui Yijing around.

I probably haven't seen outsiders for a long time, and there were only a few children who led the way, but when I walked from the east end of the village to the west end, the team grew several times, and all the children of all sizes came, including the two children of Sister-in-law Lan's family, who entertained Shen Shu yesterday.

Shen Shu counted it, and there were more than two of them.

When there are many people, it is always easy to attract attention, this group of children has increased Shen Shu's exposure, and when they leave the village, almost every household knows that there are two guests on the island.

Because these children are bathed in the sun all year round, they are tanned one by one, but their eyes are very bright, and they are full of vitality when they run against the wind.

Cui Yijing was originally a somewhat quiet child, always obediently playing with the toys given to him by Shen Shu whenever he was called, and he would smile when he called him. At this time, it seemed that he was influenced by this group of children, and he also ran with them, and after running for a while, he would stop and look back at Shen Shu, waiting for her to follow.

This group of children took Shen Shu and Cui Yijing to the beach, took off their shoes one by one and stepped on the delicate sea sand, and the sea water hit the beach wave after wave, erasing the footprints on it one by one, and leaving all kinds of shells, conches, small fish and shrimp when they retreated.

Cui Yijing saw such a scene for the first time, it was very novel, he took a step to pick one up, and when he couldn't hold it in his hand, he learned to roll up his clothes and roll up his clothes, and finally he couldn't put it down, so he came to Shen Shu with his pocket, spread it out all of a sudden, and said to her, "Mother, give!"

A fine layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, and his eyes were full of joy.

Shen Shu looked at him stunned, and then asked him, "Is Brother Jing happy?"

Cui Yijing nodded, "Happy!"

Shen Shu asked again, "Then do you like it here, do you like to play with them?" she said, gesturing to the other children on the beach.

Hearing this, Cui Yijing looked back, and then nodded harder, "I like it!"

Shen Shu laughed, "I know, Brother Jing'er go play." After she finished speaking, she casually picked up a shell and held it in her hand, and then Cui Yijing turned around and ran to the other children with the remaining shells and conchs.