Carefully tidy up the things that came down from the mountain, Xia Mei thought that most of these could be dried and kept for later to eat slowly, after all, at present, entering the forest still needs to be considered. Although there are also reasons why Xia Mei's body is weak when she just wakes up, the danger is not a joke.

Xia Mei didn't want to die again.

Xia Mei stood up and rubbed her sore legs, thinking that Tang Bao didn't see a shadow, so she shouldn't know that she had fainted. It's okay, Xia Mei didn't want Tang Bao to worry about herself anymore.

Seeing that the hour was not early, it was noon, Xia Mei made some food quickly, warmed it in the pot, and then put a basket with some fungus and mushrooms, and carried it to the next door.

"Xinghua, Xinghua, are you at home?" , Xia Mei stood in front of the courtyard gate and shouted at the top of her voice.

"Eh, here it is!"

As soon as the words fell, a girl of about twelve or thirteen years old came out of the room, with a blue coarse cotton dress on her upper body, slightly whitened washed, light brown trousers on her lower body, and a smooth black hair tied up with a big braid hanging down softly behind her. When he saw the visitor, his white little face was full of smiles; "Oh, it's Aunt Tang who is here, she's here to pick up Tang Bao, right? Come on in. ”

Xia Mei smiled: "Isn't it early?" Pick up Tang Bao and go back for lunch! Where's your mother? Not at home? ”

Xinghua pressed a bowl of water from the well and brought it to Xia Mei, and said, "My mother went to the field to gather grass, and she is estimated to be back soon." ”

At this time, Tang Bao had already heard the voice and ran out of the house: "Mother, mother, you are back!" ”

The smile on Xia Mei's face softened, "Tang Bao, are you obedient at your sister's house?" ”

Tang Bao leaned on Xia Mei's knees, and said with a serious face: "Yes! Tang Bao is very obedient and has been helping Sister Xinghua to group the ball! ”

Xinghua on the side saw that the love on Xia Mei's face was not fake, and secretly thought that the change that Lai's mother said should be true. Xinghua's heart was also very happy, so she smiled crisply: "Aunt Tang, Brother Tang Bao is obedient!" I made some purse handkerchiefs in the house all morning, thinking that I could exchange them for some copper plates in the town, so I asked Tang Bao to help me clean up some threads, who would have thought that he would really stay in the house with me all morning! ”

Xinghua Xiao had a proud look on her face: "Which child of his age in the village can withstand it, I'm afraid it can't even be compared to one-tenth of our Tang Bao!" ”

Xia Mei was very happy to hear this, squinted her eyes with a smile, and said politely: "How can you be so strict as you say, he is just a little quieter!" ”

While the two were talking, Chen stepped into the courtyard with a hoe on his shoulder.

"Tang family, you're here", Chen put the hoe on the root of the wall and patted the corner of his clothes, "Xinghua, why don't you take your aunt to sit in the house, what are you talking about here?" After speaking, he looked at Xia Mei again: "Tang family, have you had lunch?" Sit down! ”

"No, auntie, I just want to ask for some advice......," Xia Mei's face was slightly red, "Because I was confused before, I owe someone else a big favor, but ...... You also know the situation of my family, auntie, this is a matter of favors......"

Seeing Xia Mei's embarrassment, Chen turned his head to Xinghua and said, "You go first to dry the rice." Xinghua looked at her mother's eyes, and immediately understood that she was afraid that she would hinder Aunt Tang's face here, so she replied, "Eh, I know", and then pulled Tang Bao to turn around and go to the kitchen.

Chen said to Xia Mei at this time: "Alas...... I won't say anything about you, it stands to reason that your life-saving kindness is not too heavy, but the situation of your family, the big guys in this village also know. Tang Gui (Tang Cripple's name) is not in tune, and now he is even dead, leaving you orphans and widows, and life is also difficult. ”

Chen sighed and said, "Don't worry, although the Wu family kid has been out for so many years, he grew up in our village after all, and his character is not the kind of person who takes advantage of the fire to rob." You prepare some meat, beat two catties of wine, and send some eggs, and you're done. After all, he is also a master who "eats enough for one person, and the whole family is not hungry", and he doesn't need too many things. ”

Xia Mei thought weakly in her heart: "What if he saves me again today......

Although he secretly complained in his heart, he smiled on his face: "It's still a good aunt, I can still prepare these things." ”

After receiving Chen's instructions, Xia Mei was very happy, after all, she knew very little about the people in this village. I thought I was going to bleed profusely, but I didn't expect it to be much better than I imagined, and I was happy.

Xia Mei handed over the basket at her feet and said gratefully: "Thanks to my aunt, I still don't have an idea!" Auntie, this is what I just picked up on the mountain, fresh, you go back and let the apricot blossoms make it for you to eat! ”

Chen took the basket and looked at it, "Tang family, what are you doing?" ”

Xia Mei also paused for a moment, and then incredulous: "Auntie, haven't you eaten these things?" ”

Xia Mei asked like this, but Chen was a little inexplicable: "What's the matter, this black thing on the rotten wooden stake is edible?!" And this thing," Chen picked up a mouthful of mushrooms, "isn't this thing poisonous?" ”

After speaking, Chen looked at Xia Mei with wide eyes.

Xia Mei tried hard to suppress the excitement in her heart, and said with a smile: "It's all to blame for not telling my aunt clearly, this black is called fungus, this white is called mushroom, what my aunt said is poisonous, it is just some more conspicuous colors, but this kind of basket is non-toxic", saying this, Xia Mei regretted that she was so reckless to give it to other families to eat, if it was someone else, she would not have to poison herself!

Xia Mei was more cautious in her heart, and said with a sneer: "Auntie, these are all things that my father told me before, and he said that he had eaten outside before."

Seeing that Chen was still a little hesitant, Xia Mei said: "That's it, aunt, I'll take some for you to taste when I'm ready, and then you will know if what I said is true or false." ”

Chen thought: "If these can really be eaten, I can add a dish to the table at home, if not, I won't lose anything", so Chen smiled and agreed: "Okay, I'll wait for this new thing that night."

Xia Mei said goodbye to Chen, carried the basket again, and led Tang Bao home for dinner.

In the evening, Xia Mei really took the cold fungus and fried mushrooms to the next door, that Chen was a little hesitant at first, seeing that Xia Mei had eaten for a quarter of an hour and there was nothing to do, so he tried to eat a chopstick, and was very surprised: the fungus entrance was smooth, sweet and spicy, the mushrooms were fragrant and refreshing, and the taste was extremely delicious. Xinghua is also full of praise, saying that these two dishes are extremely delicious.

Xia Mei was more sure of her thoughts in her heart, and some thoughts also began to take shape.

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