When the sky was slightly bright, Ah Bei had already arrived in the town. When he carried a bamboo basket on his back to the Huichun Hall, where he often dug medicinal herbs from the mountains and sold them, the door of the Huichun Hall had not yet opened.

There were few pedestrians on the road, most of the shops on the roadside had not yet opened, and occasionally the second child of a few restaurants yawned and removed the doors and windows, and the small merchants and vendors who sold breakfast set up their stalls, set up their tables and started to light a fire.

Bei sat on the steps on the side of the door of the Rejuvenation Hall, and the bamboo basket was removed from his back and set aside. Diagonally opposite the Huichun Hall, there is a stall that sells chicken soup and rice noodles in the morning, and there are two pots on the side of the road, one pot is boiling rice noodles, and the other pot is covered with a lid, every time the stall owner lifts the lid and stirs the soup inside, Ah Bei can smell the rich aroma of chicken soup.

Tomorrow I will go to Wushan, bring Abba's bamboo fork, and beat a few hares and wild birds to make soup for Abba. Ah Bei lowered his head and thought in his heart, and someone behind him shouted to him:

"Huh? This isn't Song Bei, why are you sitting here? ”

Ah Bei turned his head and immediately stood up after seeing the person coming.

Assi took Abba's changed clothes and went to Lishui to wash. There were very few people washing clothes by the stream in the early morning, and Ah Ping from the village had just arrived when she went.

"Assi!" Ah Ping beckoned to her, and moved to her side with her half-washed clothes: "I haven't seen you recently, is your father's illness better?" ”

"It's still like that." Assi didn't want to talk to her too much, so he lowered his head and did a quick laundry. The stream was a little cold, and Assi sprinkled frost and soil, took a garvel and began to beat his clothes.

"Assi, you're really going to marry that stupid ...... Third Young Master Xu? Ah Ping was ignorant and unconscious of Ah Xi's indifference to her, put down her clothes and turned around directly, looking like a good sister chatting about her heart.

Assi glanced up at her, silent.

"Axi, I heard that the third young master Xu used to be very smart, he was literate at the age of two, read poetry at the age of three, and was admitted to school at the age of thirteen. Ah Ping looked at Ah Xi's face as she spoke, her expression was faint, as if she hadn't listened to her words.

"Axi, I also heard that the third young master Xu is very good-looking, but he is drooling all the time. Oh, but it doesn't matter, the Xu family has so much money, and they live in Chuanping County, after you get married, you will be the third young grandmother, how noble, eat and drink spicy and wear silk and satin. I haven't been to Kaupaira since I'm so old. Ah Ping sighed, "I really envy you, which is like my mother, the kiss I told me was Brother Guo." Although Brother Guo is very good, Aunt Guo is so fierce......"

Ah Ping was still talking to herself, but Ah Xi's eyes couldn't help but be hot.

The honest face in memory would show white teeth when he grinned, and he helped her carry water, help her plow, and help her bundle straw. At that time, the family rented two plots of land, which was a little far away, and Abba went to the east first, and then came to her side after finishing his work. Sometimes Abba came late and Grandma didn't deliver the food in time, so she had to go hungry. Brother Guo, who was on the ground, ran to her side, took the fried vegetables made by Aunt Guo, and shared them with her, he always went to drink water after taking a small bite, and went to drink water after taking a bite, leaving most of the cakes and vegetables for her to eat. He always said that he would eat when he went home and eat again at home, but later learned that Aunt Guo cooked so many meals, and he didn't have one more bite, and he was always hungry at night in order to make himself full and eat well. At that time, Assi felt that marrying Brother Guo was a smooth thing.

The relationship between the two little Wuchai was originally acquiesced by the two families, but after the aunt fell ill, when the family was slowly short of food and clothing, Aunt Guo came ruthlessly to draw the salary from the bottom of the kettle, and directly exchanged Geng posts with the Luo family, and when she met her in the village, she smiled and said: "Your brother Guo said that you have a daughter-in-law, you will have less contact in the future, otherwise your sister-in-law will be unhappy." I know you're a good person, don't forget to have a glass of wine on your wedding day. ”

That day, Assi hid at home and cried for a long time, and after Grandma found out, she touched her hair and said a long sentence, many of which she has forgotten now, only one sentence she still remembers, Grandma said: "If you like it, you have to fight, and if you don't fight for you, you can separate." We Asi deserve better. ”

Ah Ping saw that Ah Xi was still indifferent after saying so much, so she stretched out her hand and pulled Ah Xi's arm: "In the past, the two of us had everything to say, but now you are unhappy, tell me about it, and you will be happy when you talk about it." ”

Ah Xi leaned slightly and pulled his arm out of Ah Ping's hand.

"Assi."

Ah Xi turned around and saw Lu Lan shouting behind her: "Have you washed your clothes?" I don't have enough frost to wash clothes, can I borrow your use? ”

Ah Xi couldn't find an excuse to leave Ah Ping, she hurriedly said, "It's almost ready, I'll bring it to you after washing." ”

Ah Ping snorted unhappily: "I don't even have frost and soil, and I don't know what clothes to wash." ”

Lu Lan smiled slightly: "I forgot to bring frost soil to wash clothes, did you only bring an open mouth to wash clothes?" ”

Ah Ping stood up violently with a transparent face, and just opened her mouth to scold the past, Lu Lan said a sentence lightly and immediately made her stop drowning: "I saw your future mother-in-law a while ago, and I guess I also want to wash clothes, it's almost time now, why don't we tell her, you don't want to be her daughter-in-law, you want to be the daughter-in-law of the Xu family?" ”

Ah Ping was angry, and she was worried that this word would really reach her mother-in-law's ears, so she picked up her clothes and left angrily.

"Lu Lan, thank you." Assi knew that Lu Lan was here to help her out of the siege.

Lishui Village is built on the mountainside, divided into two parts, the one near the top of the mountain is called Shangcun, and the one near the foot of the mountain is called Xiacun. She and Ah Ping live in the lower village, grew up together, since she was a child, Ah Ping likes to compare with herself, compare food and clothing, she has always let her when she is a little sister, but since she knew that Brother Guo likes herself, Ah Ping's nose is not a nose and her eyes are not eyes, and what she said to her in her heart told others in a blink of an eye. Now that she is engaged to Brother Guo, she can't help but come to show off. And Lu Lan's family, like Brother Guo's family, both live in the upper village, they just know each other, and they can't even talk about being friends, and her sudden help today made Axi feel a little embarrassed.

"You're welcome. I really don't have enough frost soil, you just pour a little bit in my hand, you don't have to take it over. Lu Lan smiled slightly and stretched out her hand. She is not tall and a little chubby, but she speaks sharply and is very straightforward. Assi smiled gratefully and moved the place: "Come and wash, the water is clear here." ”

"Song Xi Song Xi!" Someone behind her shouted to her again, and the voice of panic made Axi's heart skip a beat.

She and Lu Lan both turned around and saw that it was Lu Feng from the village.

"Cousin, you speak slowly, and you were caught by the dog in a panic?" When Lu Lan saw that it was her cousin, she frowned and asked.

"Oh, don't make a mess, go aside." Lu Feng waved his hand, and urged Axi again: "Hurry up and stop washing clothes, go home, something happened to your family." ”

Without waiting for him to finish his words, Assi pulled out his feet and ran home.