Xiao Chu prepared a lot of sweet potatoes, put them in a wooden barrel, took out a few skews from it, pulled the coals, and buried the sweet potatoes one by one in it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xia Qinghe's stomach screamed uncontrollably, which was particularly clear in the silent cave.

Xiao Chu looked at Xia Qinghe with strange eyes, sat on the stone on the side and said, "The Zhu family didn't give you food." ”

Xia Qinghe nodded vigorously, thinking of this matter, he didn't know how depressed he was, and said very decadently: "I have eaten three small sweet potatoes since the day before yesterday. ”

She sat on the floor with her hands on her legs and her chin on her knees.

She didn't know, yesterday she had planned to live in the Zhu family, find the right time to make money, and when she made enough money, she could escape from here, but now she was scared, this place was full of dangers, what if she went out and met bad people? What if she was caught by bandits? What would be waiting for her all her life.

She wanted to go home, and there was no time when she wanted to go home more than now, and she missed her warm bedding and all kinds of delicious snacks, but unfortunately, these became extravagant hopes.

Xiao Chu saw that Xia Qinghe was silent and did not speak, his eyes flashed with tears, and he sighed softly and said, "What are you going to do next?"

Xia Qinghe's eyes kept looking at the fire, she seemed to smell the aroma of sweet potatoes, and the next step was ...... She didn't know what to do next, and said honestly: "I don't know, I want to go to my family, but I don't remember where my family is, Zhu Dachang and Mrs. Han died, Zhu Chunhua and Zhu Dongmei were also snatched away by bandits, and there was only one stupid Zhu Xiaochang left, and I don't know what happened to Zhu Xiaochang now." ”

She was still a little worried about Zhu Xiaochang, and if nothing else, she secretly gave her half an egg for Zhu Xiaochang.

Xiao Chu flicked the sweet potatoes in the fire with a stick, added a little more coal, and said: "Many people have died in the village, the young girls have been taken away, and the world outside is not peaceful. ”

Xia Qinghe has thought about these problems, what Xiao Chu said is right, she knows that although it is also dangerous in the village, it is okay! There is still a place for her, the Zhu family only has Zhu Xiaochang now, and it is okay to live temporarily.

But she faces another huge problem, which is safety!

A woman is too easy to encounter danger, let alone such a vulgar mountain village, it can be seen from Zhu Dachang's behavior before, and the words that the Chu family and the Yuan family said, this village is only afraid that there is a shortage of girls.

To stay is to stay in the wolf's den, and to leave, it doesn't seem to be any better.

She looked at Xiao Chu in confusion and said, "How did you find this village? ”

Although there is a weak water river in front of it, but the other three sides are high mountains, such a place can only be called a poor country, Xiao Chu is not an ordinary villager at a glance, how could he find such a place.

Xiao Chu raised his head and glanced at Xia Qinghe, his eyes were a little strange: "I like quieter places, if you believe me, I will stay for the time being, and I will not leave until I earn a little silver." ”

Xia Qinghe bit his lip and swayed a little.

The sweet potatoes became more and more fragrant, Xiao Chu gave the burned sweet potatoes to Xia Qinghe, and took one himself and ate it.

Xia Qinghe is not polite, he picks up the sweet potato and breaks it directly regardless of whether it is hot or not, the unique aroma of sweet potatoes is tangy, which provokes Xia Qinghe's saliva, which is a hundred times more delicious than sweet potatoes boiled in a pig food pot!

She took a bite and closed her eyes very enjoyed, the sweet and soft sweet potatoes in her mouth made people want to stop, and she couldn't help but want to eat a second bite.

It was the first time Xiao Chu had seen a woman's popularity so ugly, gobbling up without the reserve of his daughter's family at all, and he was really stunned by Xia Qinghe's embarrassment.

He hurriedly gave Xia Qinghe all the remaining sweet potatoes in the fire, and took two more and buried them in the fire.

Xia Qinghe was not polite, she was really hungry, and she finally ate a few sweet potatoes on the ground and entered her stomach.

Only then did she notice Xiao Chu's strange gaze, and raised her head to look at Xiao Chu embarrassedly, only to remember that her eating appearance just now was too strong.

She was embarrassed to pick up all the sweet potato skins she had eaten, and they were still in the fire, and the sweet potato skins had been carbonized in many places, and she could still smell a faint aroma when she burned them.

She was a little tired, she felt that her nerves were tense all the time, and she was embarrassed to spread the quilt, after all, it was Xiao Chu's thing, and she couldn't help eating and drinking for nothing, so she hugged her legs and buried her head in her knees to sleep.

Xiao Chu silently walked to the quilt, spread the straw and then spread the quilt, gently pushed Xia Qinghe and said, "You go to sleep first, I'll go out to see if the bandits are gone." ”

Xia Qinghe was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to go to sleep or continue to stay here.

Xiao Chu didn't like Xia Qinghe's mother-in-law a little, and sat back in her original position.

The atmosphere was a little tense, Xia Qinghe hesitated for a long time and finally decided to go to bed first, only when he had enough energy could he think about the future.

She didn't know when Xiao Chu went out, she didn't know how long she had been asleep, and she didn't know if it was black or white outside, she only knew that Xiao Chu was not there when she woke up, and the coals of the fire were about to be extinguished, and the torches were extinguished early.

She remembered that Xiao Chu put the torch aside, and she finally touched the torch to light it, and her heart was a little calmer.

Hungry again, she went to the barrel and fetched two smaller sweet potatoes still in the fire, and went to fetch some water to drink before returning to the same place.

In the distance, she saw a faint firelight, and as the firelight walked in, she could clearly see Xiao Chu walking in front, as well as Zhu Xiaochang behind Xiao Chu.

Zhu Xiaochang was very depressed, walked with his head down, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Xia Qinghe, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face that was gloomy just now, and he ran over and shouted with a smile: "Daughter-in-law, little daughter-in-law, you are here, I am still looking for you everywhere." ”

Xia Qinghe shook off Zhu Xiaochang's hand, frowned, and said, "I'm not your daughter-in-law, don't shout, aren't the bandits gone?"

She doesn't like Zhu Xiaochang to call her daughter-in-law, she is a yellow flower girl, although Zhu Xiaochang didn't do anything, but she always felt that she had suffered a loss, and it was so weird!

Zhu Xiaochang was stunned by Xia Qinghe's attitude, and suddenly cried "wow", this cry was very loud, and it was particularly harsh in the empty cave.

Xiao Chu rushed forward and stretched out his hand to cover Zhu Xiaochang's mouth, and warned coldly: "If you dare to cry again, be careful that I throw you out." ”