There are many mountains and little land, and due to climate restrictions, there are not many crops that can be planted. coincided with the double robbery, Grandma Shen and Shen Fei were very busy every day, harvesting, plowing the fields, planting seedlings, and racing against time.

Zhou Jiyou can't help much with the past, although she is not pampered, but she can't do rough work.

Seeing them stepping into the mountain terraces, Shen Fei acted as an old cow pulling the plow in front, and Grandma Shen pushed the cart behind, squeezing and moving forward, she felt a little blocked in her heart, but she couldn't say why.

The sun was shining, it was so hot that it was sweating, Grandma Shen and Shen Fei were very tightly wrapped, and only a pair of eyes were exposed all over their bodies.

Shen Fei was troublesome and unwilling to be fully armed, but Grandma Shen insisted on asking and didn't want her grandson to turn into black charcoal.

The more you cover, the hotter your body gets.

Zhou Jiyou stood on the ridge with an umbrella, his body was sticky enough, and when he saw them like they had just been salvaged from the water, his mood was instantly wet.

In the next few days, she stayed at home and didn't go out, and Grandma Shen was reluctant for her to go out to get sunburned, telling her not to run around, latching the door, and not saying anything else.

Shen Fei glanced at her, the young man was silent, and he couldn't say anything.

Zhou Jiyou was bored, no TV, no computer, but she brought a handheld game console. Tired of playing, she took out a sketch folder from the box, sandwiched the sketch paper on it, sat at the head of the bed, propped up one knee, and drew it by hand.

When Grandma Shen and Shen Fei came back, they quietly took back their suitcases.

The Shen family occasionally came to visit the door, and those villagers would always glance at her face, as if she had an extra nose than others.

Most of them came over when Grandma Shen was at home, and as soon as Zhou Jiyou closed the door of the inner room, they couldn't see her.

One afternoon, as she was dealing with the shadows on her face, she raised her eyes slightly and caught a glimpse of a woman, a square-shaped, chubby, staring straight at her through the gray screen.

Zhou Jiyou looked at her, almost frightened, his eyes widened slightly, and he didn't speak.

When the woman saw that she was discovered, she rolled her eyes and smiled: "Little girl, the door is plugged in, you open the door." ”

Zhou Jiyou didn't understand it, his eyes were vigilant, and he ignored her.

The woman was smart, thought about it herself, and switched to broken Mandarin: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm the second daughter-in-law of Grandma Shen, and the two of them are busy in the field, so they asked me to come over and get something." ”

Zhou Jiyou was unmoved, still silent.

The woman was not very happy, and raised her voice: "Don't sit still, you go and open the door." ”

Zhou Jiyou's expression was still faint, but he finally spoke: "What do they need, you tell me, and I'll send it." ”

She didn't trust her, and the woman saw it. She's not very old, but she's a goblin.

"You are a distinguished guest of the old Shen family, how can you send it. Open the door and let me in. ”

Zhou Jiyou let out a soft "oh", lowered his head and continued to sweep the shadows, "If you don't say it, forget it." ”

The woman had a bad temper, and suddenly became angry, snorted from her nostrils, and hugged her arms and mocked: "I put up with your mother, you are quite a city child." Isn't your family rich, that's how rich people raise their children? ”

She changed back to the dialect, and Zhou Jiyou could hear it half and a half, but seeing that her face was extremely stinky, she could guess that it was not a good word.

Now, he won't open the door for her.

"Eh, how much money did your family give to the old woman?" The woman calmed down and asked suddenly.

Zhou Jiyou didn't raise his head.

She switched back to Mandarin, which had a strong dialect flavor, and repeated: "Let me ask you, how much money did your family give to Grandma Shen?" ”

Zhou Jiyou took the charcoal hand, which was also what she wanted to know.

When Shen Fei massaged her head, she almost asked, but he interrupted her and swallowed it back.

She didn't speak, the woman couldn't help but scold again, she lowered her head to paint and never paid attention, and the other party finally left in anger.

In the evening, Grandma Shen and Shen Fei returned home one after the other, Zhou Jiyou pulled out the bolt to open the door, Grandma Shen walked into the house sweating, and in the yard behind her, Shen Fei was washing her face and feet with well water.

Zhou Jiyou followed behind Grandma Shen and said, "Grandma, there is a person who claims to be your daughter-in-law who has come in the afternoon. ”

Grandma Shen pulled down a face towel from the drying strip under the eaves, stopped for a moment to wipe her sweat, turned her head and asked her, "What is she doing here?" ”

The words are short, Zhou Jiyou can understand.

"She said, you asked her to help come back and get something."

Judging from Grandma Shen's reaction, this reason for coming to the door should not be there.

Zhou Jiyou pursed his lips and said, "I was afraid that she was a liar, so she didn't open the door." ”

After all, there was no apology on his face.

There was a sound of footsteps approaching, she followed the voice, Shen Fei's hair and face were covered with water droplets, and he stood under the eaves steps with wet plastic sandals, looking at her silently.

Intuition told her that the expressions of both grandparents and grandchildren were a little subtle.

There was a certain speculation in her mind, an irritating speculation.

After being speechless for a long time, Grandma Shen sighed deeply, and Shen Fei still had a paralyzed face, his short-sleeved vest was already soaked, and the viscous sweat was mixed with the cool well water.

"Feifei, you light the fire in the pot, boil the pot water, and then steam the rice, and wait for me to come back and cook the vegetables." The towel was thrown back to dry, Grandma Shen instructed Shen Fei, hurriedly walked out of the yard, went down to the slope, and went to the village along the mountain road, and the slightly hunchbacked figure quickly disappeared.

Zhou Jiyou looked at Shen Fei, Shen Fei glanced at her briefly, turned around the tile shed, and sat on the small bench next to the earthen stove.

He used a blackened firewood stick to sweep the ashes from the stove to both sides, grabbed a handful of hay piled up against the wall, bundled it into a strand, and lit it and stuffed it.

Zhou Jiyou walked in, sparks came out of the stove, and Shen Fei slowly joined the small branches he picked up, tilted his head, and looked at her silently.

The young man's eyes were black, his face was quiet, and his hair was shining with sparkling droplets.

Zhou Jiyou stood up to him and said, "I know she's not a liar. ”

Shen Fei was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and continued to make a fire, without speaking.

The scarlet tongue of fire licked the walls of the stove, and the flames in the stove gradually rejoiced.

Zhou Jiyou squatted down on the spot, and the jumping fire was reflected in his pupils: "But I just don't want to open the door for her, what should I do." ”

What to do.

The voice is soft and slow, faint and lingering, loose and fearless.

Therefore, if you want to blame, blame, don't keep a straight face, there are only three of them, who will show them?

Zhou Jiyou has affection in her heart, she feels that because she is an outsider and a guest, they can't bear to accuse her. Grandma Shen is probably looking for her daughter-in-law at this time.

In the cramped tile shed, Shen Fei sat next to her, both of them looked into the stove, and between their breaths, there was the smell of burning plants and trees, and the faint smell of sweat emanating from his body.

She heard him sigh softly, and then whispered, "You're right not to open the door." ”

Zhou Jiyou: "......"

With her hands on her knees, she stared at his slightly drooping side face, unclear: "Are you serious?" ”

The boy turned his face, his eyes dark and clean, with a hint of confusion, as if he did not understand the purpose of her question.

A steady stream of heat rose from the stove, the water stains on his face had been dried, and a drop of sweat appeared on the bridge of his tall nose.

Zhou Jiyou looked into his dark eyes and said, "Don't you think I'm rude?" ”

Shen Fei was stunned for a second: "You think you are rude?" ”

Zhou Jiyou took a deep breath almost inaudibly, and his eyes directly conveyed dissatisfaction, saying, "I'm asking you." ”

The fire crackled from time to time as it burned.

Shen Fei lowered his eyes slightly, looked at his mud-stained trouser legs, and said vaguely: "It depends on the situation." ”

He has always had no superfluous expressions on his facial features, coupled with his unenthusiastic tone, Zhou Jiyou couldn't tell what he really thought, so he took the opportunity to ask: "What about the situation in the afternoon?" ”

Shen Fei raised her eyes to look at her, she turned her face sideways, just with her back to the light, her porcelain white and delicate face was covered with a layer of dark color, but her eyes were very bright, pure amber, like a cat named Mi Mi that he had raised before. If you look closely, her hair color is not pure black, with a touch of gold, as if it has been dyed and sunburned.

After a moment of silence, he looked at her and commented: "You did the right thing. ”

It's not perfunctory, it's not coaxing, he speaks with a serious and focused expression, and Zhou Jiyou can see it clearly in the twilight that spills in from the mouth of the tile shed.

She has eyes and a sharper mind than her peers.

She liked the feeling of being trusted and affirmed, even though she knew she was being rude.

Grandma Shen's second daughter-in-law never came after that.

After the double robbery, she followed the Shen family's ancestors and grandchildren to the town's farmers' market to sell vegetables. Eggs, potatoes, corn, cowpeas, loofahs, and ...... that are hoarded at home. Take as much as you can and sell it to vegetable vendors.

She was about to leave in five days, her phone was long dead, and she decided to go to town with them, with another purpose.