Propping up the raft upstream, the leper handed the penny to Erni, and he cast the net with his heart.

Every time the net is dragged up, there will be all kinds of fish jumping around.

The cuckoos rushed to catch them, and then threw them in the bucket, "plopping" and "banging" and jumping wildly, accompanied by suppressed laughter, shaking the raft, and the water surface rippled in circles, breaking the faint light.

"The little ones are all gone."

"That's not a small one. It's rare for this fish to grow up. ”

"Oops, Huang Spicy Ding! I like this braised the most. ”

……

After picking it up, the leper cast the net again.

When the cuckoo waited, he sat and gossiped.

On the surface of the river under the stars, the rafts floated quietly, and their voices involuntarily lowered their voices, as if they were afraid of disturbing everything that slumbered in the night.

People are idle, the night is quiet, the body swings leisurely with the water, looking up at the starry sky, gradually the eyes are foggy, and the words spit out become murmuring...... But soon the leper dragged up the net again, and they rushed to catch the fish, and there was another burst of laughter.

While he was having fun, the leper suddenly said, "Don't make noise! Listen over there—"

After speaking, he held the penny and listened quietly.

Cuckoo and the others also pricked up their ears.

So I heard the sound of banging on the door from the mountain of Lailu, shouting, "Cuckoo, cuckoo!" ”

The voice was nervous and panicked, and it was very scary to listen to it in the quiet night.

The cuckoo was excited, and hurriedly stood up and promised over there, "I'm here!" ”

The sound echoed in the distance, echoing on the side of the mountain.

Guixiang said in a low voice: "It's Uncle and Aunt Datou." ”

Cuckoo nodded, wondering what they were doing at such a late hour.

The leper does not need to be commanded by the cuckoo, nor does he cast his net. Hold on hard, and the raft will soar downstream like an arrow.

Soon. And they drifted to the door of the leper's house.

The leper brought the raft to the shore, and the cuckoo jumped ashore in greeting. Three steps and two steps to run home.

Before he reached the door, the cuckoo asked, "Auntie, why are you here?" ”

Lin Datou hurriedly reprimanded: "It's not good to stay at home at night, where did you go?" So worry-free! If we don't come, we don't know what you're doing. ”

Guixiang said: "We went down to the river to fish with Leper and Erni. ”

Lin Datou said angrily: "What kind of fish do you catch at night?" What should you do if it's so cold in the river? ”

When the cuckoo came closer, he didn't care to argue with him, and asked the eldest aunt why he came so late, and if something was wrong.

The eldest daughter-in-law saw her. Relieved, he said, "We'll accompany you." ”

The cuckoo was surprised: "Accompany me? ”

Lin Datou said impatiently: "Go in and say, go in and say." ”

The cuckoo hurriedly opened the courtyard door, and a few people entered.

There was another sound of a young dog barking in the yard.

The eldest daughter-in-law explained to Du Juan in a low voice as she walked: "You had a fight with the Wang family during the day, and the mother-in-law suffered a loss, and he has a lot of family, so we don't feel at ease and want to sleep with you." Xia Sheng and Qiu Sheng didn't come well, so I came with his father. ”

The cuckoo was stunned. Stood still stupid and asked, "Do they dare to harm me?" ”

Lin Datou said: "Why don't you dare? If you quarrel and have a grudge, who cares so much! ”

As he spoke, he placed two small reed-knit brooms under his armpits under the porch.

"I've made you two little brooms. Your bamboo broom sweeps the floor and brushes loudly, noisy to death, and fortunately it is easy to dust; This is good. This is light, and the sweeping is clean, too. ”

The cuckoo hurriedly said gratefully, "Thank you, Uncle Big Head." ”

This person is more attentive than ordinary daughters-in-law. Family men are typical.

Guixiang had already opened the door, and went in again to light the oil lamp in the stone carved lampstand in the corner. Lin Datou and his family came in with the cuckoo and sat down to talk.

Originally. The Lin family heard that Huaihua's father and mother had gone back to accept the family law, and then thought that Huang Que'er and the cuckoo had a big fight in the afternoon, for fear that the Wang family would not accept it and secretly retaliate. The Huang family is next to the Lin family, and there are adults in the family, of course they are not afraid; The cuckoo lived alone on the side of the mountain, and it was not close to the leper's house and the Li family, so Lin Datou was very uneasy, so he and his daughter-in-law came in person.

The cuckoo still didn't believe it when he heard it, and he always felt that the croppers were arguing very fiercely, but he would not be vicious and do the murderous and arsonous deeds.

Lin Datou glared at her and said, "What do you little people know!" In previous years, the Lin family and the Wang family also quarreled, and the quarrel was red-eyed, and a son of the Wang family ran to your grandfather's house in the dark night, strangled the dog, killed the cow and the donkey, and killed the pig, making the yard full of blood, and at the end he set a fire to the firewood......"

Guixiang hurriedly said: "I heard my father say this. ”

The cuckoo opened his mouth wide and said, "Why didn't you tell me?" ”

Guixiang said: "How many years have it been, who remembered to say that." ”

Lin Datou and his daughter-in-law turned out some old sayings and said, who made an enmity with whom, and whose two families were originally old relatives and later turned against each other, and who had two families who originally had enmity, but the children of the two families got married...... The short stories in the parents are dozens or hundreds of years, rich and colorful, and there are no duplicates.

Lin Datou spoke with emotion, and cooperated with the gestures to enhance the effect, like talking about a drum book.

Cuckoo and Guixiang listened intently with wide eyes, and asked questions from time to time.

A few people talked and laughed for a while; I sighed again and summed it up, which was very tasteful. The cuckoo also brought tea and food, and everyone chatted their teeth while eating.

Lin Datou and his family both felt: It's better to be a girl. Behold, when they came to the cuckoo, they had much to say, and they were happy; It's not like at home, facing a few bastard boys, except for being angry, you can't finish your heart.

After late at night, when they were tired, everyone boiled water and washed and slept.

The cuckoo arranged for the two to rest in the study.

In addition to the beauty couch that Lin Chun moved in the study, a new Arhat bed was added for the two of them to sleep on.

After a night of silence, the two of them got up early the next morning and crossed the river to return to the village.

Before leaving, he said that he would come again tonight.

The cuckoo looked across the river and frowned.

After breakfast, Erni and her family called the cuckoo to chop wood.

Surrounded by mountains, the people of Quanshui Village certainly do not lack firewood.

But they don't usually collect firewood near the village, but go long distances to the woods to cut firewood. The so-called large firewood is an arm-thick branch or a whole pine tree, which is resistant to burning. And it can be smothered when burned. With charcoal, it is good to burn the stove in winter. It's also good to have a fire.

The cuckoo also wanted to stock up on more firewood for the winter, so he followed with an axe.

A busy day. Came back in the evening.

In the evening, Lin Datou and his family really came again.

In the days that followed, the cuckoo either collected firewood or went hunting in the mountains, and then went to the mountains to fish, living a standard fishing and hunting life. Occasionally, I would take a day off at home, and I would be busy cleaning up the vegetable patch, or marinating some meat, sausages, and making cured vegetables.

In the meantime, Lin Chun came to write a few times.

In the letter, he said that although he did not see the master. But he knew from his friend that he had gone north on an errand. I was originally scheduled to come back in a month, but there may have been a delay on the way, so I told my wife and Du Juan not to worry.

Only then did the cuckoo let go of his heart.

She found that his letters to himself were very disorganized: sometimes they were trivialities, sometimes they were whole things, sometimes they were anecdotes, and what happened and remembered every day was written down at once, and accumulated day by day. Then send it back.

In the evening, the cuckoo would sit under the eaves of the attic and read the letters.

After reading it, she will also write him back.

Holding the sketchpad, lying on the railing to write.

Not to mention the hard work of collecting firewood, hunting and fishing. Instead, she vividly described the different beautiful scenery she saw under the porch every day, and the happy time of drifting and fishing on a raft, and how the vegetables in the vegetable field grew. Then there is the sound of the flute echoing on the south slope and the quiet mood of blowing the flute......

These words, when read, seem to float in front of your eyes.

Running up like the wind. Lying at her feet, she quietly looked ahead.

In the yard below, two little black dogs barked. It's like you're never tired.

Rufeng was probably annoyed by hearing this, and rushed down and roared in shock.

The little black dog looked up at each other, and immediately wagged his tail and ran into the house.

After a while, they also climbed upstairs, their fat bodies squeezing around the cuckoo's feet.

Rufeng saw that not only did not deter the two little meat balls, but provoked them to his side, he was very angry, and roared at them, very fierce.

The little black dog looked at the big cat inexplicably, as if to ask, "What nerves are you experiencing?" "They grew up like the wind, and when they saw that they never hurt the cats, dogs, and chickens in this yard, the instinctive fear faded.

The cuckoo looked at the puppy's ignorant and innocent, angry and impatient appearance, leaned back with a smile, and immediately wrote this scene into the letter.

Guixiang came over and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

……

The days flow in this quiet life.

There was no movement on the Wang family's side, as if the matter of the last time was frozen.

Du Juan persuaded her twice, and Lin Datou and his family no longer came to accompany her.

It's almost the New Year, and Guixiang was also called back by her mother.

She was unwilling, and still came to stay for one night every other day.

Seeing that it was close to the wax moon, the cuckoo called Huang Xiaobao and Huang Li, and followed Lin Dameng and Qiusheng and others into the mountains to hunt, one was to prepare for the marriage of Huang Queer, and the other was to prepare New Year's goods for the New Year. Huang Laoshi and Huang Lao Er also followed.

After entering the mountain a few times, it was the tenth day of the lunar month, and the Huang family and the Lin family were busy. But Huang Que'er is about to get married, but she is pampered and not allowed to work. She took advantage of the time to come and talk to the cuckoo, and stayed on the side of the mountain for two days.

It was gloomy and cold outside, and the sisters carried the fire bucket out of the storeroom behind the kitchen and placed it in a bright place at the door of the hall, and the cuckoo brought two more chairs and placed them beside the fire barrel.

The edge of the seat of the chair is not straight, but curved, leaning against the round barrel of fire, which coincides with the curved edge of the barrel.

Huang Que'er praised: "This chair is cleverly made, and it is just right for this bucket." ”

After speaking, he took off his shoes, raised his legs and stepped into the fire bucket, and the person sat on the chair and leaned back, which was comfortable and convenient, and he couldn't help but praise a few words.

Du Juan smiled: "Lin Chun likes to use his brains in doing things. If the original is good, he will retain the merits; If he thinks it's flashy, he'll improve it as he wants. When doing it, it is always simple and practical, and then consider the aesthetics. ”

Huang Que'er heard her praise Chunsheng like this, and quietly lowered her head and smiled.

My sister can slowly turn her mind to Lin Chun, which is what she is most willing to see.

At that moment, the two sisters sat in the bucket, talking and doing needlework.

The cuckoo helped the yellow finch sew a small fur vest and wore it inside.

While taking the soles of her shoes, Huang Que'er told her that Zhan Shisha would go to Lishugou in the New Year, and raise her next to her uncle and grandmother, and said that Zhan Shisha helped her embroider a wedding dress and so on.

The cuckoo listened quietly, thinking that sooner or later he would have to take this step.

In fact, she can't be like nothing.

However, it is far away, and the pain seems to be far away, faint, faint......

In the evening, the two sisters carried three or four buckets of water upstairs with small wooden barrels, took a hot bath, and leaned on the bed to talk.

If the wind came back from a walk around the mountain, and was just about to make a tiger leap into the yard, he suddenly noticed something, listened attentively for a while, and then ran to the back mountain like the wind. It stopped in front of a chestnut tree and raised its head to roar at the tree.

Lin Chun jumped down from the tree lightly and said, "Just the tip of your ears!" ”

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It's the last day of double pink, ask for pink...... (To be continued......)