Ling'er sat on the top of the slope for nearly an hour, seeing the moon slanting westward little by little, her eyelids began to fight, and the cold wind on the mountain blew her shivering, looking around, there was silence everywhere, I really don't know where to go?

She thought about it, Daddy should have fallen asleep by now, right? By the way, my two old houses have made a firewood room, which is full of firewood, and my father and mother usually rarely go in except for moving some firewood, so why don't you go to the firewood pile to make a nest? Ling'er thought it was a good idea, so she stood up and patted her clothes, picked up a stick to use as a crutch and a weapon, and slowly walked down the slope.

When she returned to her yard, she was surprised to find that the lights in the hall and kitchen were still on! On the kitchen window, the old lady's rickety figure swayed, and there was an occasional stir-fry sound inside, and the tempting aroma of oil and coriander wafted in the wind, causing her to swallow her saliva!

My father and mother are usually the most frugal, and they must finish their meals before dark every day, and then go to bed early, in order to save the lamp oil money for that day; And their meals every night are generally very light, not during the New Year's holidays, it is rare to smell such a strong oil fragrance! It's really strange, could it be that my father and mother didn't eat in the afternoon, they were very hungry, and they wanted to improve their food?

This is very good, it means that my father and mother are in a good mood now, don't worry about this! At the same time, Ling'er was also a little disappointed, could it be that what Daddy said was true? As long as they leave, the Yan family will not embarrass them, and they can live in peace? Wouldn't he be a burden to them?

Ling'er squatted under the corner of the courtyard and struggled for a long time, and finally slapped herself twice. Really, where do you get so much caution? If a person as kind as his father and mother really wanted to treat himself as a burden, he would not have picked himself up in the first place, let alone taken himself around to seek medical treatment, spent all the money in the family, and fell ill!

She circled the yard twice, and made sure that her father was drinking in the hall, and that the old lady was stir-frying in the kitchen, so she lightly touched it, sneaked under the kitchen window, and peeked in from the crack in the wall.

I saw the old lady skillfully wielding the spatula to stir-fry, and from time to time she had to run to the stove to add firewood, and the oil fragrance of the pot was getting stronger and stronger. It's actually my favorite old pickle fried bacon, that piece of bacon has been thinking about me for two or three months, and my mother has been reluctant to eat it, but I didn't expect it to be fried in the middle of the night!

Ling'er swallowed her saliva and looked at the bowl. Wait, what is the old lady doing? I saw her put the vegetable bowl on the stove, found a stool to cushion it, and lay on the crooked cupboard, groping for something on the top of the cabinet with one hand?

After a while, the old lady finally found an oily paper bag, patted the dust on it, returned to the stove, and opened the paper bag layer by layer until the innermost handful of powdery things were revealed!

The old lady looked at the pile of powder and was stunned for a long time, then sighed and muttered in a low voice: "Alas! The old man and I just left, and Ling'er will be left alone in the future! God, for the sake of our incense offerings to you every year, please bless my family Ling'er to grow up safely, find a good family in the future, and live a safe and stable life! ”

The old lady folded her hands, knelt on the spot, and bowed to the sky reverently! Ling'er wondered in her heart: Daddy is leaving? Where to go? Aren't they all here and ready for a good meal?

After kneeling down, the old lady stood up with great effort on the stove, straightened her clothes, patted the dust, and then picked up the bag of powder and poured it into the bowl tremblingly. Ling'er looked at the old lady's clumsy movements, and her heart was even more suspicious, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she jumped up suddenly: "Mother! ”

The old lady was startled, her hand shook, and the powder was poured into the bowl! Ling'er turned to the door and rushed in: "Mother, what are you doing?" ”

The old lady looked at her in surprise: "Spirit... Ling'er, you... You're not gone yet? ”

She rushed up and snatched the vegetable bowl: "Daddy said that he wanted his mother to make dry food for Ling'er to make oil cakes, and Ling'er was hungry as soon as she left the village, so she came back to get oil cakes!" Mother, since you fried bacon, I have long wanted to eat it, and this pickle bacon will be used as dry food for Ling'er! ”

"No, Ling'er, bring it quickly, that's your father's appetizer!"

Ling'er dodged sideways: "My mother will fry my father again, I like to eat my mother's fried pickles and bacon the most, just give me this!" Mother, Ling'er is leaving, are you still reluctant to have a dish? ”

"No, Ling'er, it's not like that! Give it to me! Ling'er grabbed the bacon and stuffed it into her mouth while avoiding it. The old lady was in a hurry, rushed up and slapped off the piece of meat in her hand, and a big bowl full of pickles and bacon was sprinkled on the ground!

Ling'er looked up at the old lady with blurred tears in her eyes, the old lady opened her mouth to explain but didn't know where to start, she pinched her sleeves to help Ling'er wipe her tears: "Ling'er doesn't cry, this... This pickle bacon is not fried well, can my mother do it for you again? ”

Ling'er sniffed: "Mother, Ling'er is reluctant to let you and her father, Ling'er won't leave, okay?" ”

The old lady felt a pain in her heart, and hugged her into her arms, "My good Ling'er, my mother can't bear you!" The mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried, and the father who came to the door on crutches was also full of tears.

After a while, Ling'er controlled her emotions a little, listened to a few squeaks under her feet, and looked down to see that a half-big mouse fell to the ground, twitching on all fours, foaming at the mouth, and half a piece of bacon was still hanging from the corner of her mouth!

Ling'er was shocked, "Mother, what did you put in the bowl just now?" ”

The old lady was also shocked to see the dead rats on the ground, and after a while, her face returned to normal, she wiped her face, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, there are too many stinky rats at home recently, and a lot of rice grain and oil cans have been stolen and eaten. Ling'er, come, help my mother watch the fire, my mother will make oil cakes for you, ah! ”

The old lady is not a person who can lie, looking at her expression and movements, Ling'er knew in her heart, she lowered her head and sat in front of the stove door for a while, and suddenly looked up and said: "Mother, I have thought about it, if you and your father really want to drive me away, I will definitely do it, but you must promise me a condition, otherwise I will not leave even if I am killed!" ”

The old lady who was kneading her dough stopped to look at her, saw her straight face, thought about it, sighed and said: "Ling'er, my father and mother don't want to drive you away, but want you to hide and avoid this unwarranted disaster!" ”

"I know, mother! I will hide, and I will hide well, and I will definitely not let the Yan family find it! But mother, you and your father must be well, I sneak back to see you in the middle of the night every day, okay? ”

The old lady paused: "Then how can it be done?" There are people you know all around, where can you hide? If you come back, you will be bumped into by the Yan family...... No, no, Ling'er, you still listen to your father's words, set off with the cake later, and go in the direction of the county seat, and from then on stay incognito, and you are not allowed to come back for three or five years! ”

"Mother! Didn't Dad say that Yan Erniang and her eldest sister's father-in-law were the county officials of the county government? It's going to be easy for them to find me, as long as it's not safe where there are people, instead of wandering around those unfamiliar towns, it's better to find a place nearby where no one goes to hide, you just have to tell the public that I went to the town to buy things and never came back! That way, I'll have the opportunity to come back to see you from time to time! ”

The old lady pondered for a moment: "But where is there a place near where no one goes?" Except for the surrounding villages and fields, how can it be so easy to hide a big living person? ”

"Yes, mother, isn't the vast mountain in the west open? The mountain is so big, some of the woodcutters in the mountains have lived for most of their lives and have never met, just when I went to the vast mountains to go around, by the way to help my father find a thousand years of ginseng, do you say okay, mother? ”

The old lady naturally looked in the direction of the vast mountain, thought for a while and shook her head and said: "No, no, the vast mountain is full of old bears and big cats that eat people, and less than half of the people who enter the mountain every year can come out, even if the old hunters dare not go in and out alone, aren't you going to the sheep into the tiger's mouth?" No, no, it's better for you to pack up your things and go to the county seat! ”

"Mother, it is instinct for the beast to eat people, only relying on its strength and minions, how can any human be cunning and changeable? Instead of dealing with a living person who knows people and faces but doesn't know their hearts, it's better to defeat a few beasts! Mother, you forgot, I was blessed by the mountain god, and the mountain god gave me strength, and I will definitely not let the beasts in the mountains hurt me! ”

The old lady began to hesitate, as if she had been tempted, and Ling'er continued to make persistent efforts: "Mother, don't you want Ling'er to come back to see you from time to time?" We're close, and we can find a way to spread the news if there's anything! You also said that as long as I am not here, the Yan family will not do anything to you, even if they want to embarrass them, the old village chief will not sit idly by!

Mother, you should respond, anyway, I will definitely not go far! I have to guard you and watch you and your father do well, so that I can feel at ease! If you have three long and two short, it is not interesting for Ling'er to live alone! ”

"Silly boy, what nonsense? Daddy is getting older, and sooner or later she will be in the ground! You have to take care of yourself! ”

"I know, mother, but you have to promise me that you must be well while I am away from home! Or I won't leave! ”

"This... Your dad is there......"

"Mother, Daddy doesn't know that I'm not leaving, so you just hide it from him and say that I'm going away, isn't it? Don't tell him if I come back secretly in the future, maybe in a few days we will find a way to deal with the Yan family, and then we won't have to hide! ”

"This ......" The old lady hesitated for a while, and finally reluctantly agreed, and the figure that had been standing outside the kitchen did not make a sound, and quietly returned to the hall before the mother and daughter went out.

At the end of the day, the moon gradually set, the east began to shine slightly, Ling'er went out with two big burdens, which were full of clothes and dry food prepared by the old lady for herself.

She didn't avoid anyone, but specially chose the most lively alley in the village to walk around, greeted the villagers who got up early with a smile, and said loudly that the old lady let her go to the town to sell things and buy some items back.

The villagers were overjoyed when they saw her, their faces were weird, and they even muttered in a low voice: "Could it be that this girl really doesn't know if the Yan family is powerful?" Sure enough, it's a child who hasn't grown up! Tsk, I don't know how the Yan family will retaliate against them?

This family is really unlucky, the old and the young, they were targeted by the Yan family in just a few days, and they have to stay away from them in the future! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )