Chapter 22: Acquaintance
Some people you just see for the first time, but you have a taste of déjà vu, and you always feel familiar but can't say it.
Zhang Xiaojie took the brightly feathered pheasant from the young man in Tsing Yi, carefully put it in the back basket behind her and said, "Thank you, you?" ”
"Sun Cheng" The young man in Tsing Yi smiled slightly when he saw Zhang Xiaojie take the pheasant.
Zhang Xiaojie compared her five short figures, and although the other party had a young face but a long figure, she shouted, "Brother Sun, my name is Zhang Xiaojie, then I will go down the mountain first, see you next time."
"This trail is usually less crowded, and I'm going down the mountain too" Sun Cheng looked at Zhang Xiaojie's slender and thin appearance, picked up the big back basket on the ground and said in a relaxed tone.
Zhang Xiaojie didn't know when she heard Sun Cheng say this, but seeing that Sun Cheng had already packed up and was waiting for him, she couldn't refuse anymore, so she could only say: "Then thank you, Brother Sun, by the way, where does Brother Sun live?" ”
Because the path was narrow, Sun Cheng walked behind Zhang Xiaojie and was on guard, and when he heard the question, he thought about it and said, "It's okay, this fungus is also difficult to collect." ”
Zhang Xiaojie followed the road she came, almost stepping on her own footprints and walking back, seeing that Sun Cheng didn't want to let him return the love of pheasants, and it was not easy to mention this stubble, so he could only change his French tone and say cheerfully, "Brother Sun, just talk about it, you can go to play with Brother Sun in the future!" ”
The little girl turned around to reveal half of her red face, her round apricot eyes bent into a crescent moon, some yellowed hair was braided into pigtails and swayed behind her back, a few strands of naughty hair gently swept across her cheeks, maybe it was a little itchy, pinned behind her ears by a thin little hand, looking at Zhang Xiaojie's innocent and lovely appearance, Sun Cheng only felt a little sweet in his heart, like eating a small sweet fruit.
"Brother Sun?" Zhang Xiaojie saw that Sun Cheng had not answered, and looked back curiously.
"Now I'm living alone, at the foot of this hill, where it used to be a vacant lot." Sun Cheng heard Zhang Xiaojie's puzzled voice, came back to his senses, and said gently.
Zhang Xiaojie thought about it seriously before remembering where Sun Cheng was talking about, the people in the village generally live on the left, one is because the left is respected, and there is a large area of fertile land on the left, and the terrain on the right is narrow, not to mention, there is no field, at most there are only some self-cultivated mountains, not to mention that they can't produce any food, and they are easy to be spoiled by wild things on the mountain, only a few hunters or a few foreign households live on the right side of the place close to the mountain, adding up to less than ten households.
As for what Sun Cheng said, there is indeed a vacant land, because it is closer to the foot of the mountain, and there is only one acre of land around, and there is nothing left to cultivate after building a house.
"Brother Sun lives there, wasn't it an empty space before?" Zhang Xiaojie was a little puzzled, just said that the pheasant was hunted by herself, and now she said that she lived alone, could she have separated so early? Or an orphan or?
"Well, it was just built, sister of the Zhang family, is your father Uncle Dashan?" The more Sun Cheng looked, the more he felt that Zhang Xiaojie's eyebrows and eyes were still a little like Zhang Dashan, a former neighbor who often helped him, but he had only seen Zhang Xiaojie when he was very young, and now that he has grown up, he has not recognized it until now.
"Brother Sun knows my father?"
"Well, my house was built with the help of Uncle Dashan and several other uncles" Sun Cheng saw that Zhang Xiaojie was really the daughter of Uncle Dashan who helped him a lot, and she was also the little sister she teased when she was a child, and she couldn't help but feel warmer in her heart.
Zhang Xiaojie then remembered that a few days when Zhang Dashan returned home to eat and fell asleep, and at that time he had already passed the mango seed, and it turned out that he was so tired to help build a house, thinking that it was someone his father knew, Zhang Xiaojie let down the guard against strangers in his heart.
The road down the mountain is not far away, the road is getting better and better, seeing that it is about to arrive, Zhang Xiaojie pinched the strap of the back basket with one hand and said gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Sun, for sending me down, trouble Brother Sun, and Brother Sun's pheasant." ”
"No thanks, Uncle Dashan didn't ask for anything when he helped me build a house, and I've been doing well for the past two months, but Uncle Dashan just doesn't accept my things," said Sun Cheng and took out six dark brown egg-like eggs from the big back basket and handed them to Zhang Xiaojie.
Zhang Xiaojie hurriedly said, "Brother Sun, I can't ask for it!" I just received your pheasant, and I couldn't help it, and just now Brother Sun also said that Daddy never wanted your things, and now if I want it, Daddy won't scold me to death, no" Zhang Xiaojie took a few steps back.
"It's okay, I'm doing well now, the main thing is that I'm not good at sending things to your house now, and these are just a few wild eggs I picked up, if you don't even want to accept this little thing, I'll be sad, or if Uncle Dashan scolds you, you can say it, and Chengzi won't dare to accept Uncle Dashan's help in the future." Sun Cheng said that, he strode forward, put the wild egg in his hand in Zhang Xiaojie's back basket without Zhang Xiaojie's refusal, and turned to leave.
Zhang Xiaojie looked at Sun Cheng's departing back, and looked at the grass-covered pheasants and wild eggs in the back basket, so she could only thank loudly: "Thank you, Brother Sun." ”
Sun Cheng looked back at Zhang Xiaojie, showed a gentle smile, turned around and left with a basket on his back and a bow and arrow.
Zhang Xiaojie saw that Sun Cheng was gone, looked at the sun, and saw that it was past noon, and also walked in the direction of home with a basket on his back, Zhang Xiaojie was already hungry for the little thing he ate on the mountain.
On the way back, I met Er Ya and San Ya who were playing outside, and as soon as these two little guys saw that their sister was back, they didn't want to be friends and said goodbye, and followed Zhang Xiaojie all the way back on chatter.
Pushing open the false door, Zhang Xiaojie found that there was no one at home, and at this time, her father and mother should still be taking care of those dealers in the field.
"Sister, Sister, show me what you have picked?" As soon as she entered the door, Sanya couldn't wait to pick up Zhang Xiaojie's back basket and said.
Seeing that Erya also looked eager to see, Zhang Xiaojie sighed, "Alas, I went up the mountain late today, and I didn't pick any mushrooms, only some herbs." ”
The two and three looked at each other, and when they saw that Sister A seemed to be about to cry, they immediately comforted sensibly: "It's okay, Sister A's rabbit soup made yesterday is also delicious!" ”
Sanya thought of the deliciousness of the rabbit broth, swallowed her saliva, and continued: "Sister, don't worry, Sanya won't dislike you!" Sister will continue to make rabbit broth today. ”
Zhang Xiaojie saw that the two children were so sensible, and she didn't continue to tease the two children, walked to the eaves and put down the back basket on her back and beckoned the two children to come over, "Er Ya Sanya, come and see what Sister brought you back!" ”
As soon as Erya saw the smile on Zhang Xiaojie's face, she knew that she must have been amusing herself just now, so she pulled Sanya and passed.
Looking at the various mushrooms and birds with bright feathers and even eggs sorted out by Zhang Xiaojie, she happily walked around, and felt that Sister A was really getting more and more powerful as Sanya said.