He Laosan didn't come back to eat at noon, and the meal for the two of them was easy to cook. I wanted to steam rice, but there was only half a bowl of rice in the rice jar, and Mu Zhen was not reluctant.

I peeled a few potatoes, grabbed two handfuls of bud grits, and made a meal of bud grain batter to eat. There wasn't much food at home, so I had to eat like this.

In fact, corn grits are very delicious for cooking, healthy and nutritious. It's just that the Song family gave it to Chen, and they all have worms, and Mu Zhen can't make it delicious.

After stir-frying a sauerkraut and meat foam, the two of them will settle lunch on the spot, and then take the small buns and carry the dirty clothes they found in the morning to the river to wash.

The river was still a little cold for the past two days, so there were not many women who went down to the river to wash clothes. When Mu Zhen came, there was only one person by the river.

After all, she was not familiar with this place, Mu Zhen just felt that this person looked familiar, but she couldn't name it, so she had to nod her head, which was regarded as a greeting. Who knew that the woman saw that Mu Zhen was coming, and her clothes were not washed, she glared at Mu Zhen hatefully, got up and left.

Mu Zhen was stared at inexplicably, but she just thought it was the trouble caused by the deity before, so she didn't care.

At this time, there was no laundry detergent or laundry detergent, and the poor people washed their clothes with small ash for a while, that is, plant ash, and then hammered with a mallet, or some washed with honey locusts.

There are no honey locusts at home, Mu Zhen was afraid that Xiao Ash would burn out her clothes, so she packed some in a bamboo tube and sprinkled them while washing, so that it was easy to permeate the water.

In fact, there are better laundry washers, but they are more expensive, they are all used by rich people, and they are a kind of black, like soap. Like the fragrant pancreas used to wash hair and face, the deity has been used, so Mu Zhen also knows a little.

The clothes were washed, and as soon as I walked to the entrance of the village on my back, I saw He Laosan.

"I'll wash these clothes there, why are you tired again." As he spoke, he took the basket on Mu Zhen's back.

"Just these few clothes, not tired. Are you hungry? I'll cook for you. "It feels good that someone is in pain, Mu Zhen smiled and handed the shoulder basket to Xianggong.

"I didn't make it, I ate it. Geumsan went uphill to chop firewood at noon, and we met, so I helped him carry a bundle of firewood and came back, and ate it in his house by the way. ”

The daughter-in-law cares about herself, and He Laosan is meticulous.

"It's still noon, and it's a bit sunny. I'll send the things to Aunt Xu, and you can bring your bags back and sleep for a while. "After getting along for a long time, Mu Zhen seems to have been used to these common words for a long time.

"No, it's not too hot at noon these two days. I'll go with you all the way to deliver something, and then I'll go up the mountain and get some firewood and come back. ”

Well, Mu Zhen forgot that this person doesn't have a habit of taking a lunch break. Although I feel sorry for him that he has to work, this is also something that cannot be helped.

In the past two days, there was less food on the mountain, and the weather was gradually warmer, and there were more wild things coming out for activities.

In addition to one pheasant for the Geumsan family, there are three pheasants and two hares. I picked one of the largest pheasants and rabbits and sent them to Aunt Xu, and kept the rest for myself.

After He Laosan finished drying his clothes, he carried the basket on his back, put the pheasants and rabbits inside, and then let Yiqing squat in the basket.

He Lao is three years tall, even if he meets someone on the road, he can't reach the basket on his back. With the addition of small buns squatting inside, others will not look through them casually.

When you meet people along the way, everyone will ask: "Third child, what are you going to do with a shoulder basket?" ”

He Laosan sent it away with a sentence, "Go to Dr. Xu's house to borrow some food". The three of them walked all the way to Dr. Xu's house, but no one found anything inside.

But everyone looked at the two people who used to be like enemies, and they walked together amicably. There is also the third daughter-in-law who has eyes above the top, and when she sees everyone, she shouts uncle and aunt with a smile, which makes everyone feel novel.

In the first two days, I heard the daughter-in-law of Jinshan say that the third daughter-in-law has changed a lot, and now I have seen it with my own eyes, and everyone really believes it.

Doctor Xu's house was built with a wall, and Aunt Xu saw He Laosan coming in with a shoulder basket on his back, and said, "The third child is here, come, come into the house and drink saliva." ”

Mu Zhen took the little bun down from behind, followed him into the door, and said, "Auntie, don't pour water, we are not thirsty." ”

After entering the hall, Mu Zhen handed the things to Aunt Xu and said, "Auntie, we are here to repay your favor today." The third child hunted a few wild animals, and you took the stew and drank some soup. ”

Aunt Xu thought that Mu Zhen was talking about sending medicine and leaving money back, "Alas, I said that you are a girl, that money is for the third child, a little bit of the aunt's heart, how can you be so bad?" I can't take this meat, you quickly take it back and give it to the three children to eat. ”

Mu Zhen handed the meat to He Laosan, asked him to put the meat in the stove house, pulled Aunt Xu by herself, and said the words that scared the Song family as they were.

"Auntie, I'm just here to talk to you, so as not to get any nonsense about broken mouths in the future. Uncle was already angry for me that day, and this bit of meat should be regarded as a snack for the uncle. ”

Aunt Xu saw that Mu Zhen was sincere, so she no longer refused. "You girl, be careful what you do. Your uncle has been out for a long time, blind and arrogant, and it will be fine after a while. Besides, what your mother-in-law is like, don't you say that we all know. If you don't take this meat back, then carry some potatoes from me. I didn't have much to cook in the past two days, so I relied on this. ”

"Auntie, this can't be helped, so I sent you something, and I asked for it from you, what kind of name is it, we still have artichokes in the house."

Aunt Xu didn't care how Mu Zhen excused herself, and called the medicine boy Ah Niu, "Go to that bag and fill your third brother with forty or fifty catties of artichokes." ”

He said to Mu Zhen again: "I don't know what you have in the house, the artichoke is either soft or not, or how long the sprouts grow, so how can you eat it?" Your uncle doesn't eat much at home all day, no, he went to see someone else today, and it is estimated that he will have to come back in the evening. Ah Niu and I can't eat better. ”

I really can't get rid of it, and the husband and wife can only continue. He Laosan wanted to go up the mountain to chop wood, so he left first with his things on his back, and Mu Zhen and Xiao Baozi were left behind.

"Zhenniang, I think you are also a good person, the old three are honest and capable, you can live well with him, you see that you are not strange now."

"I used to be confused, but now I've walked through the ghost gate, and I know." occupied the body of the deity, so she had to clean up this mess for her.

"Alas, you are also a miserable baby, and you have suffered this great sin."

For these, Mu Zhen is just smiling now, if she hadn't suffered this crime, how could she have crossed into such a good husband and such a sensible son? Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, whether it is gain or loss, who can say clearly.

The two chatted about homely things, and Aunt Xu cut and dried those herbs. Mu Zhen looked at the many herbs on the medicine shelf, which she knew, and she had a plan in her heart.

"Auntie, did you pick the herbs that the uncle needs every time, or did you go to the town to buy them?"

"When he is old, how dare he go up the mountain often, most of them are bought, and our family also grows some of them ourselves."

After thinking about it, Mu Zhen continued to ask: "Then what herbs do we have more on this mountain?" ”

Mu Zhen never thought of going to the house to change her attitude towards them, and it was a matter of time before they separated. When the time comes, it will be really divided, and it will definitely be yourself who suffers. You have to think about the way out.

Hearing Mu Zhen ask, Aunt Xu understood in her heart what Mu Zhen wanted to do, "If you can get this money, you can dig some and buy it, if you can't get this money, don't ask for that hardship." ”

"If a person has no foresight, he will have near-term worries. I'm just going to ask first, maybe I'll have to rely on this one day to eat. "If it were someone else, Mu Zhen might not let others know her plans, but Aunt Xu is different, from the very beginning, the couple has been helping themselves, and besides, they don't look down on this money.

"It's good that you know it in your heart, your uncle wants this, and he has a lot to deal with those pharmacists in the town, so he won't let you suffer a loss."

With Aunt Xu's words, Mu Zhen was relieved. Seeing that the sun was in the west, and there was still a hat to be done, he got up and went back.