Looking down from above, you can clearly see that it is a hermitage-shaped thatched thatched cottage with a triangular top and water skimming on both sides. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The appearance looks square, although it is still regular, but the construction is very rough.

Huajiao was full of questions, but looking at Qin Lianbao, who didn't say a word and hurried down the mountain with them, he didn't say a word in the end.

Holding the hand of the fragrant leaves firmly down the mountain, after the eyes were parallel, the pepper found that the grass house in front of him was very small.

And it's quite short.

Even the highest part of the roof does not look as high as Qin Lianbao, and the depth is not more than half a zhang, and the width is not more than one zhang.

The area is only five or six square meters.

It is as if you have made a stake out of a tree with a branch, and then used a rattan to tie the branches of the tree horizontally and vertically together horizontally and vertically, and finally covered the roof with thatch.

So simple that Sichuan Pepper has never seen such a grass hut in his life.

Not to mention the houses of ordinary people, even the thatched huts used by farmers in Chongtang countryside to take care of crops and watermelons and drive wild boars are more elaborate than this grass hut.

At the very least, people will use branches or crop straw to weave the roof of the hut and the surrounding area closely, or directly build an earthen wall, and the roof will also be plastered with mud with grass tendons.

And such a grass house, Sichuan pepper does not know whether it can have the minimum shelter function, and whether it can play the role of shelter from the wind and rain.

What's more, it's still built under such a tree.

Sichuan pepper looked up at the sky, the tall chestnut trees shaded the sun, there seemed to be wind agitation, the branches and leaves trembled, and a few small chestnut buds were blown off the branches and smashed on the roof of the grass house.

There was a muffled sound of chestnut buds piercing through the roof and smashing to the ground, but no movement was heard.

But Huajiao knew that this grass hut was most likely inhabited by someone.

I didn't see any windows, but I saw a doorway opening on the south side that didn't even look like there was a door.

Sichuan Jiao only glanced at it, and the house was black, and it was impossible to see if anyone was at home.

But there was a fire in the small open space in front of the hut, and it was known that it had been forcibly extinguished not long ago.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Hua Jiao's mind, and he couldn't help but look back at it again.

I saw a series of shallow footprints in the clearing.

Hua Jiao bit his lip, didn't say a word, and hurriedly followed Qin Lianbao down the mountain.

Traveling all the way, until the foot of the mountain, hearing the laughter of the little boys not far away, Qin Lianbao slowed down, and only then did he take a breath of pepper that had been gritting his teeth and holding the fragrant leaves.

Ding Xiang couldn't wait to whisper: "Third uncle, why are there still people living in this mountain?" Are you here to collect medicine? ”

There are many kinds of medicinal materials on Lotus Mountain, there are often people who pick herbs in and out, Lilac has seen them in the mountains with bamboo poles, climbing rocks, pulling rattans back and forth between the steep slopes and cutting peaks, picking herbs and selling them to the medicine clinic on Chongtang.

Qin Lianbao's slightly frowning brows gradually relaxed, and when he heard Ding Xiang ask, he nodded: "Maybe!" ”

I don't want to talk to Lilac more.

Lilac didn't think much about it, but just muttered to Fennel: "At this time, the herbs that can be picked after the beginning of spring are out of season, and the summer ones are not fully ripe, and there are not many herbs that can be picked, so why did they go into the mountains?" ”

Fennel shook her head, but in the end she subconsciously felt that something was wrong, let alone dare to say more.

But Sichuan pepper subconsciously did feel that it was unlikely to be a medicine picker.

My mind was full of the grass house fire and the string of footprints, and I suddenly heard the voices of the four cousins shouting "third uncle, third uncle" and greeting them.

Huajiao looked up, only to find that the little boys had taken off their clothes and went into the water to catch fish, crying and laughing.

The fourth and fifth cousins had already waded into the water and untied the fish basket tied to the shore to show them.

Qin Lianbao put down the back basket, glanced at the heavy fish basket, patted the heads of the two of them, and walked towards Master Chen, who was still fishing.

Lilac and bay leaf had already run over, and the two poked their heads into the fish basket and saw that it was full of fish and shrimp of all colors, large and small, and it was already half a basket.

Lilac pursed her lips, but didn't even say anything.

Xiangye exclaimed: "There are so many fish!" ”

Fennel didn't go to see the fish with the peppercorns, but just looked at the two people in front of him who were only wearing sinus pants and frowned, pointed to the goosebumps on the legs of the two and asked, "This day will go into the water, are you cold?" ”

The fourth cousin was busy saying that it was not cold, and the fifth cousin smiled hesitantly: "It was a little cold when I first entered the water, but now that the weather is hot and the water is warm, it will not be cold." ”

The fourth cousin laughed along, and flicked the cheek of the pepper on the side: "Little thing, there are Ang Gong and Crazy Aunt you like to eat, and I will ask the second sister to stew soup for you later." ”

Hua Jiao couldn't stop nodding and wiped the water on his face, but his eyes fell on Qin Lianbao, who was talking to Master Chen.

A smoke ran over and snuggled up to Qin Lianbao's side.

Qin Lianbao hugged the peppercorns, helped her brush the bangs that flew up, and continued: "...... The hill had always been uninhabited, but I saw that the hut did not look like it was newly built, and it was not very old. There are also some yams and yam beans planted around, and there is also firewood, which does not look like a medicine picker. ”

Hua Jiao raised his head and looked at Qin Lianbao with round eyes.

He didn't seem to notice what he said.

Especially yam and yam beans.

Master Chen frowned, glanced at the mountainside, lowered his voice and said, "Could it be a shantyman?" ”

Qin Lianbao didn't shake his head or nodded: "But I see that there seems to be only one family around here......"

Master Chen thought about it for a while, and then said, "Since people put out the fire and hid their traces, they just don't want to be found and disturbed, so let's just don't know!" ”

Qin Lian Leopard's head, it was precisely for this reason that he immediately brought the little girls down the mountain.

Hua Jiao also understood this truth, and knew that people were afraid that they were deliberately avoiding them, so he followed Qin Lianbao down the mountain without saying a word.

But though the man has come down, his heart is still on the mountain.

I thought of the smoke and fire, the half-bald cherry trees, the humble grass huts, the fires that had not been extinguished for a long time, and the strings of small footprints.

Yes, small footprints.

Although Sichuan pepper has not yet pinched the needle, the cloves and bay leaves make socks at home, and the size of the family has been remembered.

As soon as I looked at it, I knew that the owner of the footprints was estimated to be about the same age as the seventh cousin.

But the seventh cousin is only seven years old this year.

How can a seven or eight-year-old boy or a little girl live in this mountain!

And the shanty people that Master Chen is talking about......

It seems to be a homeless homeless person. (To be continued.) )