It was dark early in winter, and it was already dark at the end of the Shen period. The cold wind swished down the crack in the window lattice and into the inner room, where the charcoal basin had just been lit, and it was still shivering.

"Xiaohe, there is Korean paper at home, it is better to paste the window to save air leakage."

Mo Daya lit the oil lamp and found a large roll of Korean paper. After Xu Yan left, she stayed in that room, she didn't feel the cold wind at all at night, it was very warm, and after careful observation, she found that the window was sealed, leaving only a small window for ventilation.

"This method is good, I didn't think of it!"

Mo Xiaohe hurriedly put down the sewing basket, found the scissors, cut the Korean paper into a finger-wide and slender strip, and took the paste made of noodles, and pasted the window cracks with Mo Daya.

Dawu border city is close to Dayue, it is relatively southern, it is not much cold in winter, sometimes there will be one or two light snow, not so much cold, it is better to use the adjective wet and cool, wet makes people always feel in the boundless cold.

The houses in the town are brick houses, in the mountains, Gu Zheng made a special fire pit according to Mo Xiaohe's requirements, buried a flue in the ground, and when it was cold, the floor was warm, while the houses in Sweet Water Village had thick straw roofs, and the mud houses did not block the wind, so they had to suffer a little in winter.

"I have changed the gauze tent with thick cloth to make curtains, and when I enter the wax moon, the weather is even colder."

It's done, Mo Xiaohe sighed, it's not as good as home, especially for the Chinese New Year, I can't go home, in Tianshui Village, a place where I am not familiar with life, it is very bad, I just hope that the upper head can open up the net and leave some rest time for my husband.

"In the past, my father also went to serve in the Yamen organization, and he came back in a month, and I have never heard of it for such a long time."

Mo Daya swept the remaining scraps of paper into the dustpan, Gu Zheng was not there during the day, she wanted to stay with her cousin as a companion, anyway, she was also alone, and she couldn't go back to home. Every night when she struggles to fall asleep in bed, she thinks about the future, and helplessly finds that she has no goal and no way out, so she can only live like this day by day.

"Cousin, Yingluo gave me a lot of nourishing pills, some of which are suitable for the case, and those tonic medicines will be stopped to prevent deficiency from being replenished."

Mo Xiaohe looked up at his cousin, she has been recuperating well these days, and she is younger, the women in the village work in the fields all the year round, and they are not as good as the little lady with fine skin and tender meat, and they will always be older than their actual age.

Mo Daya is not yet twenty, and the days will be long in the future, and she will live alone at a young age, what can she expect in the future? It's better to go back and look for the person with good character, and it doesn't hurt if the conditions are poor, it's a big deal to find a son-in-law.

"Xiaohe, it's as simple as you think, for example, Feng Dachun came from Dayue and has no fixed residence, but he doesn't want to be a son-in-law for others."

Men are inferior to women, men have self-esteem, and those who are willing to be sons-in-law are either for wealth or sex, she just doesn't have it, and after experiencing Li Er, she has no confidence in men, but seeing that Gu Zheng is single-minded to Mo Xiaohe, she thinks that there is still a good man who loves his daughter-in-law, and a glimmer of hope ignites in her heart, but she is afraid that she will be disappointed again, so she is very conflicted.

"What kind of family can I find for a woman like me who has been married and had a miscarriage?"

Mo Daya frowned, not to mention that now, she is an abandoned woman and was taken out by the Li family.

"That old Qianpo and Li Er are fighters in the midst of strange things, and they will have to be imprisoned soon, how can you live with beasts?"

Especially Li Er, every time he mentions it, Mo Xiaohe has to hold back his nausea, that pervert has a heart for her, she is really shameless, and she doesn't look at her virtue!

Mo Xiaohe persuaded a few words, staring at the candle flame in a daze, and after a while, the oil lamp became darker and darker, and she took a closer look, and there was not much lamp oil in it, so she added lamp oil.

It was completely dark, and there was still no movement at the courtyard gate, Mo Xiaohe began to feel anxious, her husband knew that she came back from the city today, and it was impossible not to go home, could it be that she didn't live over, and those servants left behind?

The big bone broth in the iron pot was always kept warm on the stove, and the smell of meat wafted in the yard, Mo Xiaohe was hungry, scooped two bowls of soup, and shared it with her cousin Mo Daya, she took out the beef jerky sent by Yingluo, and mixed a plate of crunchy cucumbers.

"Xiaohe, did your brother-in-law say you'll come back today?"

Mo Daya was hungry and ate a pumpkin steamed bun, which was soft and sweet, even if there were no vegetables, she could eat one or two.

"Yes, we made an appointment, I will stay in the city for one more day, and he is not at ease."

Mo Xiaohe lit the lamp in the courtyard, and went back to the stove to fill a bowl of big bones for Mo Daya, "Cousin, you are weak and can't starve, you eat first." ”

"No, no, I just ate a lot of snacks you brought back, and I ate pumpkin steamed buns, and I'm not hungry at all."

Mo Daya waved her hand again and again, in the last half a year, she lived a comfortable life, before the old goddess carefully served her, there were eggs and meat every three or five days, after arriving in Sweet Water Village, my cousin's food was better, yesterday she was alone, stewed half a chicken sent by Niu Dazhuang.

"It's dark, how do you work? At this time, my brother-in-law should be back, right? ”

Mo Daya took off her apron and washed her hands with warm water, "Why don't I accompany you to have a look!" ”

"Yes."

If she was alone, Mo Xiaohe was still a little scared, she was afraid that Li Er would suddenly come out of a corner, if she had her cousin as a companion, she would be more at ease, she hadn't seen anyone for more than a day, Mo Xiaohe couldn't think about it, she didn't see Gu Zheng, she always felt that something was missing.

"Bang ......"

In the quiet of the night, the sound of knocking on the door seemed a little hurried.

"Cousin, my husband is back!"

The courtyard door of the house was inserted inside, Mo Xiaohe hurriedly handed the lantern to Mo Daya, and ran over to open the door in a hurry, but the moment she opened the door, she was stunned.

Niu Dazhuang stood at the door, his clothes were in tatters, there were faint traces of blood between his cuffs, his eyes were red and he wiped a handful of ashes on his face with his hands, and after seeing Mo Xiaohe, his voice was choked, "Sister-in-law, ......"

This title is a bit strange, Mo Xiaohe is young, but since Gu Zheng was called, she also tried her best to adapt to it, and the moment she saw Niu Dazhuang, her heart suddenly became cold.

"What's wrong? Go into the house and talk slowly. ”

The two looked at each other, no one spoke, and when Mo Daya saw this, she asked, "Is it that my brother-in-law won't come back tonight, so please send a letter?" ”

Mo Daya and Niu Dazhuang were two or three meters away, it was dark, she couldn't see the blood on his body, and thought she was just here to deliver a letter, "Or you wait a while, I'll go and steam the meat buns on ......."

"No...... No. ”

Niu Dazhuang reacted, waved his hand, stumbled, and squeezed out a few words for a long time, "The quarry mountain has collapsed, many people are buried underneath, and Brother Gu is gone." "What?"

Mo Xiaohe screamed, her body shook and shook, and she almost fainted, but Mo Daya in the distance was fast-eyed, took three steps and made two steps, and stepped forward to hold Mo Xiaohe's arm.

"I don't care at all, I said that I would find someone after dawn tomorrow morning, and more than 20 people were buried, and we could only carry the stones by hand, how good is this!"

Niu Dazhuang's fingers were already bloody and blurred, he squatted down, grabbed his hair with his hands, sad and anxious, leaving aside Gu Zheng is his life-saving benefactor, he and these people are connected to their fate, the quarry mountain is already dangerous, there have been several accidents before, and they have been pressed down, this time it is more than 20 lives!

If you can hurry up and rescue, stop the bleeding, and bandage, you can still have some hope, if you wait until tomorrow morning, even if you survive, you will still boil people to death!

Mo Xiaohe's brain was blank, for a long time, two words appeared in his mind, collapse, quarry mountain collapse, husband's life and death are uncertain, and the yamen actually had to wait for dawn to rescue, they are sleeping, and those people may have a breath and struggle in despair......

There is no moon tonight, the mountain road of Quarry Mountain is rugged, the black lights are blind, they can't see anything, they can only carry stones in the dark, some people are injured because of this, but it has no effect, Niu Dazhuang came down the mountain to deliver the letter, and also wanted to see if he could borrow some lamp oil and lanterns from Tianshui Village.

"What about my uncle?"

Mo Xiaohe's lips trembled, praying in his heart that Gu Zheng was safe, that person was so strong and full of martial arts, how could he be buried in the rocks? She didn't believe it! He would never leave her.

"Also ......"

Niu Dazhuang wiped two tears, Li Dazhuang was the best for him, because the two people had the same name, the man always said that it was fate, knowing that he ate a lot, and sometimes secretly left him steamed buns......

"Da Zhuang, you go back first, I'll go to the village chief now to help collect more lamp oil."

Mo Xiaohe's eyes were dark, and she forced herself to calm down, the collapse on the quarry mountain could occur at any time, these people were also risking their lives to save people, she couldn't help much, at this time, she must not cry and drag her feet, that would not have any effect.

Sending Niu Dazhuang away, Mo Xiaohe's body was like being drained, he was in a cold sweat, and stood against the pillar for a long time, but Mo Daya didn't speak, and first went to the next door and called the Sun family who was about to sleep, she thought, they are not from Tianshui Village, ask the village chief for help, it is best to have someone from the same village to say Xiang.

"Little lady of the Gu family, this auspicious person has his own natural appearance, he will be safe and sound, without further ado, let's hurry up!"

Since the Sun family knew Mo Xiaohe's identity, she was in awe, and she always wanted to do something to atone for her sins, and now that the opportunity to perform has come, she didn't say a word, she caught two hens from home, the village chief was greedy, and it would definitely be no fun to come to the door empty-handed.

"Auntie, you don't need to come out with things, I have them."

Mo Xiaohe held back her tears, closed the courtyard door, and knocked on the courtyard door of the village chief's house accompanied by Mo Daya and Sun.

The village chief had a mustache and was drinking, getting some lamp oil and lanterns, which was not a big deal, it was just a sentence to him, and the other party also indicated that he would give silver, and they had nothing to lose.

There are many people and there is great power, he is wondering about this situation, whether to take the villagers to the rescue and get a good reputation, considering that there is still danger, he retreats again.

"Village chief, my husband is buried underneath, I want to use the money to buy all the things that can be lit in the village, as well as muslin, wound medicine, and spirits, in case there are people who come up to be treated, so that they can be disinfected in time to stop the bleeding."

The people of Sweetwater Village are not very particular, every household has no gauze, and the muslin should be able to find out the stock of one or two horses, followed by the medicinal powder, Yingluo gave the small bottle of medicinal powder, she has to leave it for her husband and uncle.

"Little lady Gu, lamp oil or something, if you have it at home, you will definitely be able to send it over, I have already asked my son to notify him door to door, if the money is not money, human life is at stake!"

The village chief was cunning, obviously a dead man asking for money, but his words were not leaky, so that people listened to the ironing and couldn't find anything wrong, he patted the table and comforted, "The little lady doesn't have to be anxious, we can help, and we will help." ”

"Village chief, I know that there are dangers in the mountains, and carrying stones is also manual work, so it's best to wear gloves to protect your fingers."

Mo Xiaohe took out her money bag, in addition to the broken silver, there was also a silver ticket of one hundred taels, she handed it to the village chief, "This silver should be regarded as wages, you can help and ask, see if anyone is willing to help save people, as long as I find my husband, there will be a lot of thanks." ”

As long as he can save people, Mo Xiaohe is willing to give as much money as he wants, and in this situation, if there is no money, risky things, if they are not relatives, fools will go, or come to something most practical, and the wealth is moving.

One hundred taels, right? The village chief rubbed his eyes, recognized the number, and then coughed lightly. Most of the people in the village are illiterate, and many of them have never seen a silver ticket, so if he hadn't seen a little knowledge, he would have been embarrassed today.

"Cheng, don't worry, little lady Gu, I'll work harder, move my old arms and legs, let's go!"

The village chief asked his daughter-in-law to prepare lamp oil, and even the red lanterns bought in advance for the Chinese New Year were moved out of the family's grocery room.

It had already taken the fastest speed to reach the Quarry Mountain, and it had taken an hour, and there was no moon in the night, and the sky was dark, with only a few dim stars as embellishments.

The men went to help move the rocks, and the women who came with them were organized by the Sun clan to collect firewood and boil hot water for emergencies.

"Xiaohe, your strength is small, and it's also an obstacle to follow along, just wait for the news."

It was too cold at night, many women couldn't stand it, so they ran back to get their jackets, Mo Daya and Sun's tossed around, took linoleum cloth and blankets and spread them on the ground, as well as thick quilts, jackets, and Sun's help brought bacon and rice to cook porridge.

In the middle of the night, those people had to replenish their physical strength, only in this way could they have the strength to find someone, I have to say, Sun thought very thoughtfully.

Underneath the site of the collapse, a deep pit has been formed, the mountain wall is steep, and there are torches, lanterns, oil lamps, whatever can be illuminated, all of them are used, and the strength of the villagers is enough to support the night.

"Someone is still alive, save one!"

In the crowd, I don't know who shouted, it immediately boiled, Mo Xiaohe was also a little excited, even if she was not a husband, she was happy, which showed that there was a glimmer of hope, and her efforts were not in vain, not useless.

Bed boards were prepared, and people were carried to the tent that had already been set up next to the fire, and the barefoot doctor of the village waited in it, and the spirits, sharp knives, medicine to stop the bleeding, and cotton cloths to be bandaged were all prepared.

"Sister-in-law, your uncle has been rescued!"

Niu Dazhuang walked with the wind, suddenly tripped, got up from the ground, and turned around excitedly, "There is a gap in the stone below, fortunately I didn't hit my head and broke my leg, it's not a big injury, just rest for a while!" ”

This is good news and the motivation for those people to save people, and maybe more people are down there, waiting for rescue.

"Thank you so much."

Mo Xiaohe didn't cry just now, when she heard that her uncle was safe, half of the big stone in her heart fell, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, nodded vigorously, but she was silently chanting in her heart, "Husband, husband, where are you?" ”

Li Dazhuang broke a leg and suffered a skin injury, and the barefoot doctor helped to pick up the bones, and tied his legs with a board, and after treating the wounds, he let Mo Xiaohe go in to visit.

"Xiaohe, I'm fine, I'm fine."

Li Dazhuang took a sip of tea, and now he was full of happiness for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, just a little bit, he was going to report to Lord Yama, he still had so many wishes unfulfilled, and he didn't see his children getting married, so he had to leave a breath.

"Woo, uncle, husband, he ......"

Seeing his relatives, Mo Xiaohe cried bitterly, the later the rescue time, the smaller the hope, it has already passed several hours, fortunately, Gu Zheng has wound medicine on his body, otherwise the blood will run dry.

The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became, Mo Xiaohe was in a cold sweat on her head, her body kept shaking, even if she was wearing a cotton jacket, she still felt chills all over her body.

"What's wrong with Gu boy?"

Li Dazhuang was confused for a while, and didn't understand what Mo Xiaohe meant.

"The husband hasn't been found yet, I don't have a settled heart, uncle, quarrying is too dangerous, now I'll see if I can intercede with the yamen and let you go back to recuperate."

If you break your leg, you can't do anything at all, and it's a work injury, at least the yamen has to be responsible for treating the injury, right? There are more than 20 people buried under the mountain, and they didn't rescue at the first time, if it weren't for the help of the villagers, the uncle's life would not have been saved.

"But Gu Boy is not down there."

Li Dazhuang was injured, his body was almost like falling apart, his reaction was slow, and it took him a long time to understand, he slowly raised his arm and waved his hand, "Look at my memory, next morning, there are two people who look like family members come here to find someone, Da Wu's words are blunt, it seems to be someone from Dayue." ”

It was noon, the rest of the people were resting, after Gu Zheng went out, he came back with a solemn expression, he found Li Dazhuang and asked him to help bring a letter, if he can't go home tonight, he will definitely be able to go back tomorrow morning, so that the lady Mo Xiaohe doesn't have to worry.

Li Dazhuang nodded and agreed, thinking about going to go after work, who expected that the quarry mountain would collapse, and he was smashed in the stone, but fortunately, when he fell, there was a gap in the middle of the stone, and he hid in the gap, which was regarded as picking up a life.

"Da Yue?"

Mo Xiaohe wiped her tears, opened her mouth in surprise, and thought in her heart, could it be from the Gu family? In this way, she will be relieved, Gu Zheng can solve all problems, as long as she is not pressed in a stone, it is really a false alarm, when she learned the news, her heart seemed to stop beating.

"I'm delaying."

Li Dazhuang's wrist, his stomach screamed twice, he worked all day, he didn't eat at night, and he was injured, he was very afraid below, this would be saved, his stomach growled, and he began to protest.

"Uncle, you wait, there are big bones squatting at home, as well as meat, pumpkin steamed buns, I will use a small jar to fill it for you."

There is only rice porridge made of bacon on the mountain, which is not full, and it is easy to go to the toilet after drinking, and now the uncle has broken his leg and is inconvenient to move, Mo Xiaohe asked the barefoot doctor to help take care of it, and she told her cousin Mo Daya the good news that Gu Zheng was not on the mountain.

"I knew that my brother-in-law was safe and sound, but it was really scary to death when I made such a fuss."

Although Gu Zheng is not there, there are still more than 20 people buried under the mountain, since they are good people, they can't give up halfway, Mo Daya continues to stay on the mountain to help, and Mo Xiaohe finds Sun's companion and goes down the mountain to go home to get things.

"Little lady Gu, you are a bodhisattva, good people have good rewards!"

Sun didn't flatter, she said it sincerely, she didn't expect Mo Xiaohe to take out so much silver money and come out without blinking her eyes, if she was herself, she would definitely be distressed to death.

"That's nothing, nothing is life-threatening."

Mo Xiaohe thought, even if her husband and uncle are not among them, she is willing to do her part, saving people is like fighting fires, and human lives are a major matter, which really can't be delayed, but she hates those who make a fortune, just like the village chief, who has always wanted to take the opportunity to make a lot of money.

"Even if it's that money, most of it will probably go into the village chief's pocket."

Sun shook her head, her man and son went to move stones, in order to save people and money, she was unwilling to think that at least half of it would fall into the pocket of the village chief. The village chief moved his mouth, and the people of the village did everything that worked hard.

"Since the money has been taken out, I won't want to go back, and the village will distribute it by itself."

The villagers feel dissatisfied, they can go to the village chief to reason, Mo Xiaohe, she doesn't want to be criticized for giving out the money, and how to distribute it has nothing to do with her.

This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!