When Shumin returned home exhausted, an uninvited guest came to the house.

"Oh, Hui'er Niang, why did you go into the mountain, it's almost winter, it's not safe on this mountain!" Uncle Niang saw Shumin carrying the basket on her back and waved at her.

"Uncle, why are you here?" Shu Min was a little surprised, and hurriedly quickened his pace.

"I've been here for a while, you just moved out, and the Zhang family doesn't look like they're going to share your things, so I saw that you didn't have anything, so I brought you some food. I also brought some oil and salt. Uncle Niang helped Shumin remove the basket and pointed to a basket of vegetables and radishes in the courtyard and said.

"Thank you, auntie. Shumin was very moved, this aunt is just a relative of the Zhang family, and she only walks around occasionally on weekdays, but she didn't expect her to be so caring, and she will send what she knows what she lacks. You must repay her well in the future.

"Look at what you said, it's not easy for a woman to live, we are relatives, so if we can help, we can help us. "Uncle Niang probably forgot that she and the Zhang family are related.

"I went into the mountains and found some food, and you can bring some home for Yun'er and them to taste later" Shumin opened the basket and picked up a handful of hawthorn and a little soft walnut for the uncle, and the aunt refused vigorously, but she couldn't resist Shumin, so she had to accept it in the end.

"You eat these vegetables first, and I'll send some over after eating, our farmer's green vegetables and radishes are never lacking, and there are still a lot of them in the field." When the aunt was leaving, she pulled Shumin, "You live alone, and the courtyard door must be locked." Although we don't have bad people here, we have to pay attention to ourselves, don't let people be targeted, and shout loudly if there is anything, and the village can hear it. ”

After telling me for a while, the aunt left unsatisfied.

This aunt is so kind-hearted, Shumin thought.

With Bo Niang's dishes and seasonings such as oil and salt, it can be regarded as temporarily alleviating the problem of eating. But the food is so small, sooner or later there will not be enough to eat, and it seems that it is urgent to find the gypsum.

For dinner, Shumin cooked sweet potato porridge with a plate of green vegetables, and ate it alone. The old hen in the backyard was very angry, and laid an egg, which Shumin put on the stove when he was boiling the porridge, and it was now roasted. She promised Hui'er to make food for her at night, but now the conditions are limited, so she can only give an egg to comfort her first.

But after waiting for a long time, Hui'er didn't show up, Shumin was a little worried, so he took the egg and locked the door and walked towards Zhang's house.

Zhang's house is very lively at night, and the autumn flowers will enter the door in two days, and the neighbors on the left and right are called to help. In the courtyard, the men gather in pairs to discuss the customs and precautions when getting married, while the women prepare some pastries, snacks, and so on. The children chased and played.

Shumin was embarrassed to enter the door, and when she looked at a child by the door, she asked her to help call Hui'er. The little girl ran in for a long time before she came out and said, "Hui'er is no longer inside, and no one inside has seen her." ”

Where would she be if she wasn't at home? It's so late, she has nowhere else to go. Shumin was not at ease, so he had to go in and find it by himself.

As soon as she entered, a sharp voice rang out:

"Yo, who should I be, I always forget Zhang's family when I leave, it's shameless!" This is Aunt Niu's voice, she is the best friend of Zhang Li on weekdays. When he saw Shumin at this time, he immediately sarcastically mocked her.

When she said this, several voices immediately laughed. Shumin only treated the dog as a bark, ignored them, and just searched for Hui'er's figure.

"Where did Hui'er go?" Shumin asked when he saw Zhang Li who was chattering on the side.

"Where the money-losing goods go, I can take care of them. I'm busy all day, and I don't come to help, I must be hiding somewhere to be lazy," Zhang Li said angrily.

"It's just that a child of that age should have done some housework a long time ago. My Hong'er is the same age as her, and she can do anything if she adds fire to the kitchen and washes the dishes," another woman in a gray dress and a blue apron immediately answered.

"Oh, old woman, you are really, how can a girl be so spoiled, if it were me, I would have to teach her a good lesson, I was lazy at a young age, how would I say a good mother-in-law in the future" Another old woman said.

Shu Min saw that they insinuated one after another that Hui'er was not, but no one said to look for it. Seeing that it was dark and Hui'er's whereabouts were still unknown, Shumin had to look for it by herself.

I searched for most of the village but didn't find it, and I asked a few children who played well with Hui'er on weekdays and said that they hadn't seen her, and Shumin really started to get anxious.

"Hui'er, where are you?"

"Hui'er, my mother boiled eggs for you, come out quickly. ”

Shumin shouted over and over again, and many kind-hearted people in the village heard that Hui'er was lost, so they hurriedly shouted with Shumin to find it. But Hui'er seemed to have evaporated from the world, and she didn't have a clue at all.

Shumin had already found the end of the village from the head of the village, from the east to the west, and finally she sat weakly under the big locust tree, tears streaming down her face.

"Hui'er Niang, don't worry, the child may be playing somewhere and falling asleep. Let's find it again!" someone in the village reassured

yes, maybe somewhere you fell asleep, didn't you accidentally fall asleep on the mountain, it must be. Shumin seemed to grasp some hope, and shouted louder, "Hui'er, go home"

"Hui'er, where are you?"

More and more people are joining the search team, and the whole village is looking for Hui'er.

Could it be that she ran to the mountains? When Shumin sent Hui'er home, she told her that she was going to the mountain, would she go to the mountains to find herself?

Shumin hurriedly ran to the peak ridge, and as soon as he went to the peak ridge, he met Chunquan who came back from hunting. He looks like he's getting a lot of things.

"Hey, where are you going?" Chunquan called out to her

"I'm looking for Hui'er, she's probably in the mountains. Shu Min said with tears in his eyes

Chunquan didn't understand how a good child could be in the mountains. Shumin then briefly talked about finding Hui'er. Before he finished speaking, he was met with a roll of the eye

"How high is this mountain, where can a child go up! Go back, maybe she has already gone home." Chunquan scolded in his heart: What a brainless woman!

Shu Min thought about it, so he planned to go to Zhang's house again.

She was depressed and hurriedly ran to the Zhang family, so Zi Chunquan frowned.

"It's so good that it's about the Zhang family, I'd better go and have a look" He followed behind Shumin, not close or far. It was already very dark, there was no moon, the road was a little difficult to walk, Shumin almost fell several times and stumbled into the village.

"What a stupid woman!" Chunquan thought to himself, his sister went to catch frogs with him at night, and walked steadily in the fields and streams, compared to his sister, she was really far behind!

People outside are still looking for people everywhere, but the Zhang family seems to have not heard any movement, and they are still busy handling the marriage.

When Shumin stepped into Zhang's house again, everyone looked at her like a joke. "She did it on purpose," I guess everyone thinks so.

Zhengyuan sighed and came over to pull her out.

"I know you're feeling uncomfortable, but the elders are here today, don't make trouble!" Zhengyuan said in a low voice.

Shumin shook off his hand and looked at him disappointedly.

"I'm feeling uncomfortable, but it's not because of you. Hui'er is gone, everyone is looking for her, what are you doing! Isn't he your daughter?"

"Isn't he playing outside?"

"Playing outside?I searched the whole village but couldn't find it, where do you say she is playing?!" Shumin pushed Zhengyuan hatefully, venting the resentment in his heart. I promised to take good care of my daughter yesterday, and today is what it looks like.

"I'm going to go into the house to look for it, don't stop any of you!" Shu Min said and walked to the back room, and Zhang Li immediately came to stop her

"You broom star, let's rush out, you're embarrassed to get inside, I tell you, there's no place for you in the Zhang family today, hurry up and get out of me!"

"You and I are rare, I'm going to go in and find Hui'er" several times, Shumin's anger was squeezed.

"You broom star, Hui'er is the granddaughter of my Zhang family, it doesn't matter to you whether she is dead or alive, get out. Don't think about pouring dirty water on our Zhang family, our Zhang family's granddaughter Zhang family will find it herself. "Zhang Li is unrelenting.

"Okay, then I'll be here, waiting for you to find it! If I can't see Hui'er, I won't go home today!" "To deal with shrews, you have to use shrews, and to deal with scoundrels is to be more scoundrels than him. Shumin sat on the ground with his butt and kept wiping his tears with his cuffs. Seeing that the neighbors and elders were there, he felt embarrassed and wanted to pull her up, but Shumin waved his hand to prevent him from touching it.

At this time, Chunquan walked in, and when he saw a room full of people, he pretended to be surprised and said, "Everyone is here?"

"Yes, yes, Chunquan, why are you here?" Zhang Li saw that his future in-laws were coming, and his face turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and he greeted him with a smile.

"I hunted some game, add some vegetables to your family" Chun Quan picked up another robe he hunted today and threw it in the yard. The roe deer is very fat, more than 30 pounds. Zhang Li's eyes narrowed with laughter.

"What a shame!" she said as she lifted the roe deer. The rest of the people praised her for getting married, under normal circumstances, the woman put the woman's wine, the man put the man's, Chunquan not only hunted a lot of game for his sister to set wine, but also took care of the man, it can be seen that it is not an ordinary sister. The man's family is really blessed.

Zhang Li listened to everyone's praise, and the corners of his mouth were about to crack to his ears.

"By the way, when I came over, I heard that the people in the village were looking for Hui'er, is Hui'er missing?" Chunquan asked deliberately curiously.

"No, I don't know where that girl is! I don't go home so late, I really don't know who taught her. Zhang Li said while looking at Shumin. Shumin glared at her fiercely.

"If the child doesn't come home so late, will he be hiding somewhere? Chunquan kindly reminded.

"The young lady is in the little black room. At this time, Youlu came back from playing outside, and when he saw everyone talking about Hui'er, he suddenly remembered that Hui'er was locked in a small black room by her grandmother in the morning.

"What little black room?" Zhengyuan heard Youlu talking about the little black room, and asked suspiciously.

At this time, Shumin had already jumped up, and rushed into the hall before everyone could react. Downstairs in the hall there was a small dark room for miscellaneous items, and there were no windows, no light, and not even air

Shumin opened the door of the small black room, and there was a small person half-lying in the door, already unconscious.