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After the cuckoo was milked, everyone dispersed, and the Huang family returned to calm.

Through this incident, the cuckoo thought that he should not toss for the time being, save his efforts in vain, or eat honestly first, and feed this little body to a big one.

I don't know what Lin Datou's grandmother said to him that day, he was more attentive to Du Juan, and when he met people, he said that Du Juan was his daughter-in-law.

Huang Laoshi and his family were very grateful because the people in the village said that the little girl could not be raised, and the Lin family was not taboo at all, so they were very grateful and acquiesced to this statement. Besides, the two sides did say that if there is no accident, this family will definitely be formed.

As a result, the two families became closer than usual.

The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May is also the day of the full moon of the cuckoo. On the second day of the new year, before dawn, Lin Datou and Huang Laoshi went into the mountains to hunt. Also going with him was Lin Datou's cousin Lin Dameng, who was an old hunter.

There are no tall trees or dense shrubs within a radius of two or three miles from Quanshui Village, and they are all barren grassy slopes. This is the result of long-term logging. First, the villagers cut down all the animals in order to get firewood and grass nearby, and then to prevent wild beasts from going out of the mountains to harm the fields, crops, and people and animals, so that they had nowhere to live.

Therefore, if you want to hunt, it is best to go to the mountains, deep in the wooded old forests, in order to hunt a lot of game.

The men went into the mountains to hunt, and the women were busy at home, tidying up the yards and preparing the utensils for the men, for the wheat would be harvested in a few days. In their spare time, everyone gathers together, doing all kinds of work in their hands, and talking at the same time.

In such small talk, the cuckoo always listened with his ears pricked up, so as to understand some of the situation in Quanshui Village, as well as some things in this time and space. Although it's not much, it's not as black as it used to be.

There are nearly 100 households in Quanshui Village, and there are many miscellaneous surnames, among which the Lin family is a large family, and Li Zheng is also surnamed Lin. The ancestors of these people all fled from the mountains and hid in during the war more than 100 years ago. Later, when I got used to it, I was reluctant to go out.

In addition to Quanshui Village, there is also a Lishugou Village in the mountains near here, and there are three mountains to the west. Like Quanshui Village, it was formed by refugees from outside the mountain, and it has a history of more than 100 years.

The mountains are rich in products, and as long as you are not lazy, you will definitely not go hungry, but if you want to be rich and prosperous like outside the mountains, you can't. Because the mountain road is difficult to travel, the access is inconvenient, and the logistics are not smooth, many things outside the mountain cannot be transported in, and it takes a lot of effort to transport the products in the mountain out.

While there are all kinds of inconveniences, there are also many benefits.

For example, the emperor is far away, and he is less bullied by the evil officials of the government, and he lives a leisurely life.

In the middle of September every year, the village is gathering the taxes - they are all mountain goods, and it is impossible to transport grain, so call a few men, drive the donkeys out of the mountain, and sell them to buy grain and pay the field tax.

It's not that the yamen officials have a good conscience, but it's too hard to deal with these mountain people, and they all know that the mountain roads are difficult to travel, and things are not lucky; If they are in a hurry, they will hide in the mountains, and who will have time to come in and arrest them? If you catch it, you get into trouble.

Of course, it doesn't mean that there is nothing to do, Li Zheng still has to put some furs and herbs and other things to the heads of the six chambers of the yamen every year, so that they can be safe.

There are few fields in the mountains and a lot of land. More land is also relative to the field, and it is still less than outside the mountain. Like the cuckoo's house, there are eight acres of paddy fields and four acres of land, and two acres of land were later opened up in the barren mountains.

One season of rice is planted in the field, two crops are planted in the field, and after the winter wheat is harvested, corn, yams, soybeans, peanuts and other miscellaneous grains are planted.

In this small village deep in the mountains, people live leisurely. Except for a few big-hearted people who envy the prosperity and wealth outside the mountains and want to go out, most people are content with the status quo. There are even people like Feng Changshun who covet the stability of this life and marry their daughters into the mountains.

In the early summer afternoon, the wind is clear outside, and from time to time there are crisp birdsongs, of different lengths; In the yard, the old chickens and chicks were cooing and chirping, and there was a puppy barking, which was newly caught by the honest father; Listen closely, and the sound of children's laughter can be heard in the fields in the distance.

The cuckoo listened to the past and legends of these mountain villages in the whispers of his mother and Aunt Lin, and fell asleep.

She was lying in an old-fashioned rocking nest (crib) under the eaves, and Lin Chun slept on the other end. The outer layer of the nest is a wooden frame, and inside is a long basket made of bamboo strips, which is very deep, and the bottom is covered with mattresses and small pillows.

The feet at both ends under the shaker are not straight, but in an arc with two ends upturned. Feng sat on the side doing needlework, while talking to the big-headed daughter-in-law, one foot stepped on the rocking leg and gently pushed. The shaker shakes rhythmically from side to side, but does not tip over.

Listen and listen, the cuckoo is a little sleepy and is about to fall asleep.

Suddenly, I heard the topic of Niang and Aunt Lin change again.

Because the two of them guessed when the big-headed uncle and the honest father would come back, they talked about the old saying, saying that many wild beasts ran out of the mountains in the year and harmed the people and animals in the village; What year is there a lot of rain, a flash flood floods the village, and when the water recedes, there are fish everywhere, and I don't know where they came from; What kind of Grandma Li on the side of the mountain has a python at home, and she has raised her family......

Hearing these strange things, the cuckoo was reluctant to sleep again, and carried it hard.

Don't talk about her, even my grandmother.

The old man was cooking in the kitchen, and from time to time he ran out to listen to a half-clawed, because he was worried about the food in the pot, and he had to go back halfway. When he turned his head and came out, he asked the previous question again, and continued the broken topic.

Feng and the eldest daughter-in-law laughed when they saw the old man running in and out.

After laughing for a while, the eldest daughter-in-law chose the bean seeds, stood up and patted the placket, glanced at Lin Chun in the nest, and said to Feng's: "Brother and sister help me look at the baby, I'll go and plant this pound of beans and come." The ground has been turned up. ”

Feng Shi hurriedly said: "You go quickly." Chun'er is afraid that she will not wake up until the sun goes down. As he spoke, he looked into the nest, "oh", and exclaimed, "The flowers are awake?" Haven't slept yet? ”

The eldest daughter-in-law smiled: "I see that her eyes are open and closed for a while, but she refuses to sleep, and she looks very sleepy." I want to see us talking, playful, and hard-carrying. ”

The cuckoo was thought about by her words, admired it to death, and quickly closed her eyes.

Before it was closed, I heard Qiusheng's cry from outside the hospital: "Mother! Mother! ”

The eldest daughter-in-law replied, "I'm here." What the hell are you shouting? ”

Qiusheng said: "Open the door!" I brought the pigweed back, and then I took the shrimp crawler (a bucket made of bamboo strips) to the fish. ”

His mother hurriedly walked out, scolding: "Go play in the water again!" I'm going to kill you! ”

Qiusheng distinguished: "I net fish, not playing." ”

The big-headed daughter-in-law said, "You're not playing?" What's the use of getting the little fish and shrimp back? There is no meat, it is all a pack of thorns, and it costs oil to fry it, so it can only be fed to the cat. ”

Qiusheng was unconvinced: "There are big fish." Jinbao got two big crucian carp. ”

While arguing, the two went into the house.

Du Juan was very puzzled: she often heard Qiu Sheng and Xia Sheng talk about where they went with the children in the village. These children are not cared for, and the adults are not afraid of wild beasts coming down from the mountains, or are they worried that they will fall into the water?

Just when my grandmother came to me and said, "These babies are so naughty, and they are not afraid of falling into the water." ”

Feng replied casually: "That's how I came when I was a child. The babies in the mountains, aren't they going to drill everywhere when they go, and you can still trap them? Besides, there are people from the village working along the river. ”

Grandma said, "Be careful." Didn't you just say that a wolf came down the mountain and dragged away a little baby! ”

Feng Shi paused for a moment before he said softly: "This kind of thing is not common. Besides, the more this is the case, the more the baby must be beaten with a solid skin, and the mountains and water can be reached, otherwise it is easier to have an accident. ”

The cuckoo deeply agreed with his mother's words, and he couldn't give up eating because of choking.