Li Ziyu thought about it for a long time, but she didn't think about it, so she simply didn't want to. Thinking that it would take a lot of firewood to repair the house, I planned to chop some firewood. After Xiaoshan found out, he said to go together, Li Ziyu thought that it was just to chop firewood in the shallow mountain, and it was not dangerous, so he agreed.

The sisters and brothers instructed Xiaowen to take good care of the house and take care of the younger siblings. I was afraid that Xiaohua would not lock the door, so I only asked Xiaowen to insert the door from the inside. They are not guarding against the villagers, but mainly because they are close to the mountain for fear of wild beasts intruding. No wild beast has ever come down from the mountain, but we must take precautions against it.

The siblings followed the trail behind the house up the mountain, and although the trail was covered with snow and ice, the siblings walked up the thick snow. The cotton shoes on their feet had already leaked into the snow, and they were cold and cold, and their feet were freezing and painful, but the sisters and brothers were all walking unconsciously. Li Ziyu carried a large bamboo basket with a few hemp ropes in the basket, still holding the axe. Xiaoshan carried a small bamboo basket and took a sickle. At the foot of the mountain, Li Ziyu chopped two wooden sticks with an axe, and the sister and brother each held one on crutches to prevent them from falling.

After the first stop of the wind and snow, the whole mountain forest is covered with snow, the low trees have turned into crystal tree hangings, and the tall tree trunks are connected to the branches like a fluffy snow house, and the surrounding area is filled with a clear atmosphere. Take a breath and exhale it again, and the exhaled breath will turn into ice cubes, hanging on your hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes, and your eyes will be blurred for a while, and you can only see clearly by rubbing your hands.

The siblings picked up the dry branches near the shallow mountain and soon cut a large pile of firewood. Li Ziyu packed a small bundle for Xiaoshan, about twenty catties. Tell him to go back early, she wants to go inside and have a look. Who knew that Xiaoshan said that he would not go back, but he had to follow. Li Ziyu saw that he was resolute, and after thinking about it, he agreed. It's good for him to see and understand, she can't always protect them, and she has more experience and more knowledge.

They left the firewood in its place, and when they came back, they carried it home, and the brothers and sisters went into the mountains.

Following the road he had walked last time, Li Ziyu took the hill to the swamp. She pointed to the large reeds and said earnestly, "See? Looks beautiful, right? If you go in, you'll die. It's a swamp inside, remember here, don't go inside. ”

Xiaoshan asked suspiciously, "What is a swamp?" ”

"The swamp is the mud that has no bottom inside, and as long as a man or a beast enters it, it will lose its roof for a while, and the more it struggles, the faster it sinks. So, stay away from here. ”

Xiaoshan carefully remembered the surroundings and left here with his sister.

As they walked, the siblings observed that the woods were covered with snow and ice, and occasionally there were grass spires that sprouted out of the woods and stood in the snow with snow caps. Not to mention pheasants and hares, not even the shadow of a bird.

Li Ziyu discerned the direction and walked to the right with the hill. After a while, I came to the open field where I had been last time. I don't know if it's Li Ziyu's illusion, she feels that the snow here doesn't seem to be big. The snow on this ground is thin, and it seems to be warmer here than outside. Li Ziyu decided to wait a while, so she took the hill and hid behind the big locust tree last time. It was really lucky, just after dodging, two hungry pheasants came into view. Li Ziyu quietly took the sickle in Xiaoshan's hand, aimed at the two pheasants, and threw the axe and sickle in his hand at the same time, and the two pheasants fell to the ground with a flutter.

Xiaoshan's eyes were straight, and he ran out with a cheer. Picking up two pheasants, he smiled happily and looked at his sister adoringly.

Li Ziyu smiled slightly, and threw the two pheasants into the bamboo basket: "Okay, let's go back, just get a harvest." So the siblings turned and walked back, and as soon as they came down the hill, they saw a gray rabbit peeking out from behind a tree. Li Ziyu raised and fell with an axe, and the handle of the axe was accurately thrown on the rabbit's head, and the rabbit fell in response.

Xiaoshan was directly dumbfounded, ran over and picked up the rabbit, looked at it strangely, and there was no wound on the rabbit's body, but the rabbit was really dead.

Li Ziyu took the rabbit and put it in the bamboo basket, and continued to walk out of the forest calmly.

Xiaoshan followed behind, and kept saying, "Sister, you are too powerful!" Teach me, I will learn. ”

"Okay, let's talk about it when we go back."

The siblings returned to the place where the firewood was piled up, carried a large bundle and a small bundle of firewood respectively, and went straight down the mountain. When I got home, I found Xiaohua sitting quietly on the kang, holding the soles of her shoes, and she had accepted two of them. Xiaowen, Xiao Wu, Xiao Hu, and Xiao Lan all sat quietly on the side.

Li Ziyu and Xiaoshan put down the bamboo basket and said apologetically: "Xiaohua, I thought you weren't coming"

Xiaohua interrupted her: "Okay, it's just a matter of saying this." I know you're busy, not like me, you don't have anything. I just see that you are too tired and want to help you. ”

Li Ziyu smiled gratefully, everything was silent.

Xiaohua suddenly slapped her head and shouted: "Look at me, I almost forgot about the serious matter, my grandfather said, the day after tomorrow to repair your house, everyone has found it, let me tell you." ”

Li Ziyu laughed in surprise: "Great! Thank you grandpa for me. ”

Li Ziyu piled the firewood aside, washed his hands, and the two of them also went to the kang. Li Ziyu also picked up the soles of her shoes and asked Xiaohua for a few words from time to time. By the time it got dark, the four soles had been finished.

Li Ziyu couldn't express the gratitude in her heart, and thanked Xiaohua again and again: "Xiaohua, thank you very much!" If I had done it myself, I wouldn't have been able to finish it in a few days. ”

Xiaohua glared at her embarrassedly; "What's polite with me? I'm embarrassed to praise it. Okay, I'm here, you can cook. ”

Li Ziyu sent Xiaohua to the door, watched her walk down the hill, her back in the ice and snow, and silently remembered this friendship in her heart.

Because the last meal was mixed bread, Li Ziyu made sorghum paste for dinner. After eating, the family washed and slept early.

At the beginning of the next day, Li Ziyu carried a bamboo basket containing pheasants and hares on his back and went to the county seat with Xiaowen. I couldn't make it last time because of the snow, so I took him with me this time. The road was icy and snowy, but Xiaowen, who was carrying a small bamboo basket, was always grinning happily. In the middle of the hour, the sister and brother entered the county seat.

As the snow stopped, the shops on both sides of the street began to come alive, and the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased. Xiaowen's eyes were not enough to see when he entered the city for the first time, he was originally a quiet child, but now his face was full of excitement, and everything was fresh. From time to time, he said: "Sister, look over there, there are sugar gourds sellers." Hey, there's a pancake seller and a sticky cake seller over there."

Li Ziyu listened with a smile, and went to the Riri Red Restaurant along Huating Street.

At the door of the restaurant, Xiao Er Peanut is still ushering in the send-off, and the enthusiastic voice makes people feel at home. Seeing Li Ziyu, Peanut greeted him warmly: "Little girl, you're here." Our shopkeeper's eyes are blue, please come inside. ”

Li Ziyu nodded secretly. From the body of Xiao Er Peanut, it is enough to see the good business vision of the boss behind the restaurant. Although she doesn't know how to do business, she is a customer, and she is a lowly customer at the bottom of society in the eyes of the rich. Facing his tattered self, there was no discrimination in Xiao Er's eyes, only sympathy. It shows that the boss behind the restaurant is a very positive person in character.

At this time, in a luxurious private room on the third floor of the restaurant, a teenage man, no, should be called a boy. The boy sat elegantly and calmly on the stool, with his black and dense hair draped over his shoulders, wearing a purple robe embroidered with green lines, his facial features were well-defined, his bronzed skin, and a pair of deep eyes inadvertently revealed the essence of the essence, which should not be underestimated. Wu Fan, the shopkeeper of the restaurant, stood aside respectfully, and he didn't dare to come out.

Ren Xiaohang rubbed a purple sand pottery teacup in his left hand, and in the teacup was a freshly brewed Pu'er. The right hand gently tapped on the tabletop, and a momentum of not being angry and arrogant invisibly made the temperature in the room drop by a few degrees.

"Is there anything out of the ordinary?"

"I haven't found it yet." Wu Fan replied respectfully.

"Don't take it lightly! In recent years, the Liao State has made frequent moves, and has secretly infiltrated many spies into our country. Although a lot of them have been unplugged, there are also those that are deeply hidden, especially in this important town, and we must always be vigilant. ”

"Yes!"

"Alright, you go down." Ren Xiaohang waved his right hand.

Wu Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed, and gently exited the room.

Ren Xiaohang sat on the third floor, unconsciously looking down, and saw Li Ziyu and Xiaoshan walking towards the store, and couldn't help but squint his eyes. What attracted him was not the shabby clothes of the two, but the girl's calm and capable temperament. What kind of family can raise such a girl? It seems that the family background is not good, but there is still such a calm bearing, well, a little interesting.

Li Ziyu was walking towards the restaurant, and suddenly felt something strange, and looked up alertly, just as Ren Xiaohang looked down, the two of them looked at each other, and they were stunned by each other.

What Li Ziyu felt was a penetrating gaze, like a cheetah snooping in the dark, which made her feel dangerous. But when I thought about it carefully, my eyes were not evil, so I didn't pay attention to them. Also, what is there to worry about about her now, a person who is struggling on the line of survival, who can be a threat?

Ren Xiaohang felt like an alert hound to Li Ziyu, vigilant and sensitive. Seeing that she entered the restaurant, she looked like she was selling something, maybe Wu Fan knew what the situation was.

As soon as Li Ziyu took Xiaowen into the restaurant, Wu Fan came down from the second floor. When the two met, Wu Fan was pleasantly surprised and said: "Little girl, I'm thinking about it, you're here, what's the good thing this time?" ”

Li Ziyu took Xiaowen to salute Wu Fan and introduced: "Xiaowen, this is Uncle Wu, the shopkeeper of this restaurant. Uncle Wu, this is my third brother. Li Ziyu also knew Wu Fan's name from that contract.

Xiaowen politely shouted, "Uncle Wu! ”

"Oh, good boy. It's such a good boy to come out and help your sister at such a young age. ”

Li Ziyu said a little apologetically: "Uncle Wu, there was nothing good this time, so I shot two pheasants and a hare." You see"

"Yes, yes, this wild thing came at the right time, and my uncle will definitely give you a good price. Let's go to the back."

As soon as Li Ziyu and the others came to the back, Wu Fatzi and Zhao Tou'er, who smelled the wind, ran out of the kitchen and surrounded Li Ziyu in the middle.

"Little girl, what good guy did you take?"

"I'll see, pheasant? Okay, okay, I'm going to have a little pheasant stew with mushrooms today. ”

"You know this dish, mine is the signature dish, steamed ginseng chicken."

"What do you know, I'm the signboard, what, the rabbit belongs to me."

"Why? You're too domineering."

Li Ziyu looked at this fat man and a thin man in amazement, arguing like two children, while Wu Fan next to him seemed to be accustomed to it, and greeted a person named Xiaosi next to him.

Two pheasants, one three catties and two taels, and one three catties and five taels, is considered forty wen and one catty, which is a total of two hundred and sixty-eight wen. The hare is counted as fifty wen a catty, eight catties and four taels, four hundred and twenty wen, a total of six hundred and eighty-eight wen.

Wu Fan put the copper plate in a purse and handed it to Li Ziyu: "No, take it." If you have wild things in the future, remember to send them to Uncle Wu first, and promise to give you a good price. ”

"Uh-huh, thank you, uncle, Xiaoyu wrote it down."

The sister and brother politely said goodbye to Wu Fan and walked out of the restaurant.