As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Gu Changsheng took a wooden plate and packed dirty clothes to the river to wash. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info met his neighbor Tian Xiang on the road and greeted him, "Uncle Xiang is early!" ”

"Morning!" Tian Xiang stopped and put down the two bundles of firewood on his shoulders. Seeing that Gu Changsheng was dressed thinly, he said with concern, "Why don't you add a few more clothes in the cold morning." ”

She waved her hand and said with a smile, "After working for a long time, it will naturally be warm." ”

Tian Xiang shook his head, he couldn't guess what the kid was thinking without thinking. It must be to save money and catch medicine for her father-in-law, but rather grieve herself to be cold, "Come to Uncle Xiang's house for dinner tonight, Bao'er has a few old clothes, and it will be wasted if you don't wear them in the cabinet." I'll ask her mother to change it for you. ”

"That's embarrassing." Uncle Xiang's family background is not good, and the children in the family have a lot of burdens, but she still invites her to his house to eat at the end of three days, no matter how thick-skinned she is, it is not good to take advantage of Uncle Xiang all the time.

"Isn't it just a meal, what's there to worry about." He watched this child grow up since he was a child, and he was kind-hearted, but he didn't know how to cherish himself, and he was too thrifty. "Uncle Xiang can't afford to invite you to eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, just some coarse tea and light rice, it's good if you don't dislike it."

"How so?" If it weren't for Uncle Xiang's help over the years, she and her stepfather would have starved to death by starving for two meals a day.

Tian Xiang picked up the burden and said, "I still have to send firewood, so I won't say much, remember to come over at night." ”

"Okay." Gu Changsheng watched Tian Xiang go away, thinking about whether he should send a gift at night. Disturbing Uncle Xiang's family all day long, it is really not good to go empty-handed every time. It's just that she can't even afford to eat, where is the extra spare money to give gifts. "It's really hard to do without money these days."

She was an outcast, and she was thrown at the gate of the Hades Temple not long after she was born. That day was a snowy winter, and the snowflakes were like goose feathers flying wildly, covering the world and the world, if it wasn't for her father-in-law who found out earlier, she would have frozen to death, and there would not have been these sixteen years of hard but contented days.

When she was picked up, there were no other clues in her swaddling clothes except for a Gu character embroidered, and her father-in-law said that he was destined to have no children and no daughters in this life. Although he saved her, it was only because there was a fate between them, so he didn't force her to follow his surname and let her take her surname.

This small village is not rich, because the land is too barren, even if the wind and rain are good, there may not be a good harvest, everyone is worried about three meals and clothing, and always from dawn when they open their eyes, they start to worry about the rice in the pot is enough to eat for a few days. There is no silver at all, add sesame oil, buy incense, and honor Lord Yama.

Therefore, the existence of this Yama temple is a strange thing, and when I asked who built it and when I built it, but there was no way to investigate, and when I asked the old people in the village, I only said that this temple was already there when they were young.

"Everything has a purpose for its existence." The father-in-law said this concisely, and she listened to it obediently. Even if no one came to burn incense and worship God, she still cleaned up every day and wiped the statue of Lord Yama.

When she came to the river, she saw that Tian Xiang's daughter Tian Bao was also there, holding a wooden stick in her hand and pounding her dirty clothes vigorously, Changsheng shouted, "Tian Bao." ”

Over the years, relying on Uncle Xiang's relief, she has frequently traveled to the Tian family and has become friends with his daughter, and she has grown up together since she was a child, and Tian Bao is willing to share her with delicious food and clothing.

Tian Bao smelled the thick medicine on her body, and guessed that she had come over to decoct medicine for her stepfather again. Because of his young age, there is no taboo in speaking, "Uncle Yan is not getting better?" ”

Changsheng's father-in-law has been sick for a long time, always coughing, no matter how much medicine he has drunk, he still has a sallow and withered face, and his hands are as thin as the firewood that her father chopped. The neighbors are saying that the man can't pass this hurdle, and they also say that Changsheng is pitiful, and without his parents, even his father-in-law will be gone.

Gu Changsheng got angry, "Don't talk nonsense, my father-in-law is just getting better slowly." A few more pairs of medicine will definitely be fine. ”

Changsheng has always had a good temper, and Tian Bao realized that she had such a relative left, and she was more nervous about her stepfather's body than anyone else. Secretly scolded himself for saying the wrong thing, put down the wooden stick, leaned to Changsheng's side, and said with a flattering smile, "I'm sorry, I also hope that Uncle Yan can live a long life." My dad used to scold me for not being able to speak, so don't be angry. ”

Tian Bao looks like a symbol, with bright eyes and bright teeth, he is a recognized beauty in the village, but he is even more delicate in order to apologize, Gu Changsheng smiled.

Tian Bao clapped his hands and said, "Since you laughed, you can't be angry with me anymore." ”

Gu Changsheng took out his dirty clothes to wash, "How can I be so stingy, by the way, I just met Uncle Xiang, and he asked me to come to your house for dinner at night." ”

"At night—" Tian Bao dragged his tail note, his face hesitant.

"Do you have something to do at night?"

Tian Bao looked around, and only when he saw that there was no one else did he dare to share the secret with her, "I made an appointment with Zhang Quan next door in the evening. ”

Gu Changsheng sighed, and finally knew why she was talking secretly, "Didn't Uncle Xiang disagree with you." ”

She knew that Tian Bao liked Zhang Quan next door to her, and she also corresponded privately for two months, once at night Zhang Quan climbed over the wall and was discovered by Tian Xiang, Tian Xiang picked up his axe and chased him from the head of the village to the end of the village, and finally it was the sister-in-law of the Zhang family who came out to intercede.

Tian Bao said, "I know what my father thinks, in the final analysis, I dislike the Zhang family for not having any family background, and I am afraid that I will marry and suffer hardships, but I am not afraid of hardships, I just want to be with him." ”

Gu Changsheng shook his head, "Uncle Xiang is not that kind of person, if he is disgusted with the poor and loves the rich, how can he allow me to play with you." "The poorest person in this village, if she recognizes the second, who dares to recognize the first.

Tian Bao took her arm and said, "You are different, I don't want to marry you." Changsheng, can you come back to dinner tomorrow night, if you come, my father will definitely not allow me to go out. ”

"Even if I don't go to your house for dinner, where can you go? The village is so big, and someone from the head of the village to the end of the village will always tell your father if they see it. "The last time Uncle Xiang warned against interacting with the Zhang family's kid again, otherwise he would lock her up at home, but she was not afraid.

Tian Bao said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about this, Zhang Quan and I will run into the forest, so that no one will find out." ”

Gu Changsheng stopped, "No." Didn't the people in the village say that the forest would make monsters at night, and some people in the village did not believe it, but they found dead the next day. ”

Tian Bao laughed, "My sister doesn't believe such an old-fashioned story." You still believe it, and I don't know who made it up to coax the child, since you and I were born, the village is not peaceful. ”

"But ......" Gu Changsheng still wanted to persuade her, saying that she was timid or not, and she always felt that since it was passed down from the previous generation, there was always his reason.

Tian Bao said seriously, "No, I only told you if I treated you as my best friend, and I am not allowed to tell others or tell my father, otherwise we will break up." He threw the laundry into the tub and said, "I'll tell my dad that you have something to do tonight and come back tomorrow night." ”

Gu Changsheng sighed, was she dragged into the water, if Uncle Xiang knew that she didn't report it in the future, he wouldn't be angry with her.

She washed her clothes, and when she went back, she met the aunt at the end of the village in the field and stuffed a few sweet potatoes for her. "Not only for you, but also for your father-in-law, not enough to come back tomorrow."

Her stepfather has a handsome face, although he guards a dilapidated temple that leaks rain on all sides, which is not much better than sleeping in the open air, but there are still matchmakers who have come to the door and want to talk about matchmaking. If she hadn't gotten sick later, she would have known that she had given her sweet potatoes with this enthusiasm, and she had only become a ** aunt last year, and she would be the next to find a matchmaker in the village.

Gu Changsheng smiled and thanked him, without Uncle Xiang's meal, there were some wild vegetables left in the kitchen, and with a few sweet potatoes, they could make do with it, anyway, it was a good meal, and it was not a good meal.

When she returned to the temple, she saw her father-in-law sweeping the floor with a broom, hurriedly put down the wooden plate, and ran to grab the broom, "Didn't you say that it was okay, I would do all this work, father-in-law, what you have to do now is to take care of your illness, and wait until you are cured." ”

Yan Wuming's eyesight is not good after he gets sick, and the only person in the village is literate is his father-in-law, and many young people can't stand the poverty in the village and go out to make a living. It's just that even if the words of Douda are put under his nose now, he can't recognize them clearly.

"You are careless, this land will never be cleaned. People's hearts, like the places in this temple, must be carefully swept to be spotless. ”

Gu Changsheng pursed his lips, he really didn't know what to do so carefully in the place where there had been no incense for many years, it would not accumulate dust if it was swept away, as long as it was not dirty and could not live in people. She thought so in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it, in fact, she always felt that her father-in-law's speech was unfathomable, and she couldn't understand nine out of ten sentences, and she didn't understand why her father-in-law didn't leave here when his eyes were still clear.

He was literate, and it was better to go to the city and find any errand than to stay in this temple.

Yan Wuming asked with concern, "Changsheng, did something happen today?" ”

Gu Changsheng originally wanted to mention Tian Bao's matter, but he remembered that Tian Bao had said that if she publicized the matter, she would break off the relationship, "It's okay." ”

Yan Wuming didn't ask any more, "Let's go cook, and change the well water in front of the statue, I can't afford to buy wine to worship, at least the well water offered every day must be clean." ”

"Oh."

There is still half a candle left in the temple, and although Yan Wuming's eyesight is not good, it doesn't matter if he lights it or not. But she can't, if there is no candle flame during the meal, the chopsticks will often be empty.

Yan Wuming said, "You have too many distractions. ”

She is a little distracted, thinking about Tian Bao's affairs all day long, obviously she has a simple mind, and can only focus on one thing, cooking is cooking, and wiping the table is wiping the table. But today is strange, when I cook rice, I will also think of Tian Bao and Zhang Quan going to a tryst, and my mind is chaotic.