Along the way, Mu Zhongjun and Lin's facial expressions were very nervous, and Ah Zhu didn't dare to speak. Mu Fushu was awkwardly carried on his back by Mu Zhongjun, he was not used to such intimate contact with men, but fortunately he had no strange smell, and remembered that this was "Daddy", so he finally chose to stay in peace.

The group of four soon arrived at a small market, and Mu Zhongjun was familiar with the road to the post station, and chartered a carriage to go to Mengyang County at a price of 300 yuan. Mu Fushu wondered hard about where Mengyang was. Two words "Pengzhou" suddenly appeared in my mind. Pengzhou belongs to Jiannan Province, Sichuan, Sichuan has been the "land of abundance" since ancient times, and the climate is still very suitable for the growth of crops. As for the "Phoenix Mountain" that Lin said, she has no impression, and it seems that it should not be a big place.

It is said that it is a carriage, but it is actually a very simple big wooden box, only one door, no windows, only two small holes in the left and right boxes, or lattice, you must squint when looking out, the inside is not only cramped but also strange.

Ah Zhu had already fallen asleep, and before leaving, the Lin family bought a lot of dry food, and he had to bring his own food on the way, and he had to spend the night in the car tonight. Although he was in a hurry when he went out, the Lin family brought all his belongings, just some clothes, a bag of books, a sewing basket, and some other miscellaneous things such as kettles and dishes, which in Mu Fushu's opinion, could not fit a suitcase.

Because the carriage was very bumpy, Ah Zhu was woken up not long after, and took a thing that Lin bought similar to a nest and gnawed happily, Mu Fushu choked when he saw it. Lin gave her one, and said a little embarrassed: "A-Niang forgot to fill the water, you eat first, and then go to fetch water when you get to the water." ”

Mu Fushu took the yellow nest head, even if he was already hungry, he really didn't have the courage to try. Ah Zhu had already finished gnawing one, and was staring at her curiously: "Why doesn't Sister eat it?" This one is delicious! ”

Mu Fushu took a bite helplessly, well, compared to yesterday's bowl of porridge and dinner, this can be called normal food. After chewing for a long time before swallowing his saliva, Mu Fushu deeply felt that the cereals he ate before were copycats, and they were fine grains at all.

Mu Zhongjun did not sit in the car, but sat outside with the coachman. Lin handed him two nest heads. Mu Fushu noticed that the head of the nest was not big, and the pigs had to eat two, was it enough for Mu Zhongjun to eat two? Shouldn't it be enough, right? After looking at Lin again, she didn't eat any of them, and she wanted to tear a handful of sympathy: Why is it so unbearable to look at this day? Especially if he is also one of the parties.

Seeing that Mu Fushu still had half of the nest left in his hand, Lin couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Auntie, why don't you eat it?" ”

"I'm full." Mu Fushu handed her the nest head: "You can eat." ”

Lin touched her forehead worriedly: "Auntie hasn't eaten seriously for two days, isn't it still well?" As he spoke, he was about to remove the cloth around her head.

Mu Fu hurriedly stopped her. Wouldn't she be horrified when she saw that the wound was almost healed?

Lin couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Mu Fushu dodging away. Mu Fushu hurriedly lay down and closed his eyes: "I'm tired and want to sleep." ”

"Sleep." Lin still felt that she must have a painful wound, but the poor lady was so badly injured that she didn't have to drink the medicine. I decided that when I arrived in Mengyang, I must find a doctor to take a good look.

The road was bumpy, and Mu Fushu's bones hurt all over his body. Seeing this, the Lin family hugged her in his arms, so that it could be relieved. Mu Fushu was powerless to think about the embarrassment of a thirty-year-old adult being held in his arms, as long as she was comfortable, she would be held by Mu Zhongjun.

The first night was spent in the suburbs, and Mu Fushu was not given the opportunity to see the ancient inn at all. Mu Zhongjun was actually a good hunter, and after going out for a while, he hunted two pheasants and came back after touching more than a dozen mountain eggs. In my memory, there were no mountains near the village, so Mu Zhongjun usually didn't have the opportunity to show his hunting talents.

Lin took the pheasant, and was a little embarrassed: "If you don't bring a cauldron, you can't boil water." ”

Mu Fushu was already hungry. In the car, Lin kept staring at her, and there was no chance to sneak things out of the space to eat. In the afternoon, I ate a nest, but it was not enough for the carnivore Mu Fushu. The eldest lady is so thin, she looks nutritious**, and she urgently needs meat supplements.

The Lin family was embarrassed, and Mu Zhongjun couldn't help it, he didn't know anything about how to cook. The coachman was only watching from the side, and the man at this time was even a pawn of the peddler and a cook from afar.

Mu Fushu couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Lin in the car: "Don't pluck the hair, smear it with salt after disemboweling it, wrap it with leaves and coat it with mud and roast it directly." ”

Lin felt that this was a good way, and couldn't help but praise the eldest lady for her intelligence. Over there, Mu Zhongjun had already taken a knife and was about to disembowel. Mu Fushu shrank into the car, the autumn night was already cold, and she couldn't help but sneeze twice, which caused Lin to worry again.

Ah Pig was covered with the broken bed and shrunk in the corner of the car, sleeping soundly. Mu Fushu couldn't help but sigh that the child really slept well, and fell asleep as soon as the car stopped. I felt a little guilty that the Lin family only cared about hugging her, but Ah Zhu really turned it up all day. Lin also said that the boy was solid and fine. Mu Fushu squinted and looked outside, the three of them were busy making a fire and roasting chicken, and they wouldn't get in the car for the time being, so they were busy taking a pot of strawberries from the space out to eat. She loves fruit and eats it every day, but this is the first time she has eaten it for more than two days here. While eating, she carefully paid attention to the movement outside, and finished eating before Lin called her.

Lin woke up Ah Zhu and stuffed two hard-boiled wild eggs for him and Mu Fushu. Ah Zhu said excitedly: "Chicken! Lin smiled and helped Ah Zhu peel the eggshell, Ah Zhu took a bite, took another bite, and there was still a little left, he stuffed it into Lin's mouth: "Ah Niang also eats." Lin shook his head: "A-Niang eats, you eat." ”

Mu Fushu peeled an egg and ate it slowly, hmm. Although the wild eggs were small, they tasted good, and they were better than the special eggs she had eaten before. After eating an egg, Ah Zhu and Lin were pushing and shoving, and she couldn't help but say: "Ah Niang, you can eat one too, Ah Dad will also eat, Ah Zhu and I will point at you." ”

Lin's eyes turned red. The eldest lady would not have said this before, but it seems that this incident really scared her. Lin wiped his eyes and nodded: "Auntie and Daddy both eat, and when they are full, they will protect their aunt." ”

Ah Zhu finally stuffed the remaining egg into Lin's mouth, and the other took it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, and said to Mu Fushu: "Sister Ah is injured, Sister eat." ”

Mu Fushu picked up the one in his hand and showed it to him: "Sister still has it, you eat." ”

"Sister eat, Sister give me something delicious, and I will give Sister something delicious." Ah Zhu looked at Mu Fushu with a sincere face. Mu Fushu was a little anxious, for fear that he would say something he shouldn't say, but Ah Zhu didn't say anything after saying this, and only looked at her with an egg.

Seeing that the two of them were in a daze, Lin Shi hurriedly said to Ah Zhu: "Sister Ah has it, Ah Zhu eats it, there is still delicious chicken after eating." ”

"Chicken?" Ah Zhu's saliva couldn't help dripping, and Lin quickly wiped it off with his hand. Mu Fushu put the eggs away and jumped out of the car, causing Lin to exclaim.

Mu Zhongjun was burning a charred ball of mud. Mu Fushu slowly walked to the fire and squatted down to roast the fire. Lin led Ah Zhu and approached and asked Ah Zhu to come to roast the fire. Ah Zhu grinned and stretched his hand close to the fire and quickly retracted it, and made a great appearance to Mu Fushu that he was not afraid of the fire, Mu Fushu cooperated with him to make a frightened and admired look, and the two had a lot of fun.

Mu Zhongjun and the Lin family leaned together and chattered. The Lin family was worried that they would not have enough money to spend. There is no one in her house anymore, and the house under Phoenix Mountain doesn't know if it's still there, even if it's been more than ten years, I don't know if I can't live there. Seeing that winter is coming, their family's winter clothes have not yet been settled, and everything costs money, how can they live this day.

Mu Zhongjun is better than her, Phoenix Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, as long as there are mountains, there will be prey, and when the time comes, it will be enough to hunt more wild things to sell. Seeing that he was confident, Lin put half of his heart at ease. Since leaving the Mu family, she feels that half of the stone pressed on her heart has gone, and most of the depression in the Mu family has gone.

Mu Fushu paid attention to the movement here while playing with Ah Zhu, and listened to the words of the two couples. After getting along for the past two days, she felt that the couple was very "treasured" and very tendoned. Both of them are kind and scheming, otherwise they wouldn't be so ruthless as bullied. Fortunately, Mu Zhongjun was not so stupid and filial as to live and die with his father and mother, and when he was alive and dead, he knew to flee with his wife and children first.

Along the way, she was also a little embarrassed, and the consequences of her prank were a little strict, and after thinking about it, this was not a real plague, no one would die, and there would be no consequences of slaughtering the village. Thinking about it like this, I was relieved, at least their family escaped from the sea of suffering. This couple is not patriarchal, and they are even tighter about her than they are about pigs. And they look very simple, and it is convenient for them to use the space to do something in the future. This can be seen from the fact that she taught them how to roast chicken, and they did it without questioning it.

After a conversation, the roast chicken was cooked. Mu Zhongjun knocked open the two mud balls, and a smell of meat mixed with a not very good smell wafted out. Mu Fushu knew that this was the taste of chicken feathers, and the author of the novel who wrote the method called Hua Ji must not have tried it himself, and the taste of not plucking the feathers was too strong.

Because the chicken has been roasted, the hair is very light and it is brushed off. Lin pulled down two chicken legs, one for Mu Fushu and one for Ah Zhu. Ah Zhu blew and ate in small bites, shaking his head and saying that it was delicious. Mu Fushu approached the chicken leg and smelled it, but there was no strange smell, but there was a meaty aroma. She took a bite, and the chicken was very fragrant and tender, with a hint of sweetness, probably less salt, and no saltiness.

One chicken leg was eaten quickly, and Lin handed over the other at the right time, and Mu Fushu took it and finished eating. Give it to her again, she shook her head and said she couldn't eat it. How long has it been since you had chicken thighs? Mu Fushu chuckled.

She has always been very delicate about eating, especially when the ingenuity of modern people is used in chemistry to produce various kinds of food, she has always only eaten special offerings, so that many things can not be eaten in the mouth. She has always followed the principle of "a lot of money and health", which was not hit by her sister's illness and her parents' car accident?

In fact, she always knew that she was mentally ill, and her psychiatrist said that she didn't understand love but wanted to be loved, and then liked to use money to buy feelings. She has always disagreed with this, but she has to admit that she did it. The Foundation helps those in need, and their gratitude for her makes her feel like she has a lot, but she knows that it's not love, it's just gratitude.

After eating, Lin poured out the water from the clay pot to boil eggs, washed the hands and faces of Mu Fushu and Ah Zhu, and then took them to the car to sleep, and the coachman and Mu Zhongjun slept by the fire.

Lin was also tired for a day, and soon fell asleep, and the sound of Ah Zhu's small snoring and Lin's breathing came and went. Mu Fushu felt that he was going to have lice on his body, and he still took a bath during the day yesterday, and he didn't clean himself for a day and a night, which was simply devastating. endured until midnight, and saw that they were already in a deep sleep, so they hurried into the space.

I first went to the courtyard to drink two cups of well water, and then went to the bathroom to take a bath. The bathroom of the courtyard is equipped with a log bath barrel, there is no shower, and the flush toilet is also antique, which retains the architectural characteristics of the courtyard. After taking a shower and putting on dry clean clothes and pants, Mu Fushu sadly found that he was actually starting to get used to not wearing **, at least he didn't think about it today. Wrap your head and go to sleep.

When Mu Fushu woke up the next day, she was already on the road, and this bump did not wake her up, which shows how strong the human survival adaptability is. Mu Fushu, such a pampered person, actually adapted to the carriage that had been in the midst of a four-magnitude earthquake in just one day, and she was deeply moved by herself.

The sun has risen high. Ah Zhu saw that Sister Ah woke up before he spoke, babbling about where he had just passed, what he saw, and eating a boiled chicken, and telling her to eat it quickly, leaving her a lot.

Mu Fushu didn't wash his face and rinse his mouth, so he really couldn't eat. But I didn't eat in the space last night, and now I'm really hungry, so I can only peel open the eggshell and eat two. Looking at the six eggs left, she knew that neither the Lin family nor Mu Zhongjun had eaten them yesterday, and they were all left for their siblings.

Seeing that Sister Ah had finished eating, Ah Zhu counted the eggs with his little hands: "One, two, three, four, five, six, and six." ”

Mu Fushu threw away the strange feelings in his heart, and said to Ah Zhu: "Then Ah Zhu and my sister each share the same amount, how many can they share?" ”

Ah Zhu was stunned, and calculated carefully, the more he calculated, the more unclear he became, and the tip of his nose was sweating. Lin put down the things he was compiling, raised his eyes to look at Ah Zhu, and said with a smile: "Ah Zhu, don't worry, take them one by one." ”

Ah Zhu nodded, first took one to Mu Fushu, and then took one to himself, and so on three times, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and cheered: "Three per person!" ”

Mu Fushu pursed his lips and smiled, glanced at the Lin family, and decided to try the Lin family's heart tolerance and bearing ability, and beckoned to Ah Zhu: "Ah Zhu come, my sister will teach you the formula." ”

"What's the mantra?" Ah Zhu obediently sat next to Mu Fushu, and Mu Fushu saw that Lin lowered his head and was busy with the work in his hands, and said softly: "Count the mantra, Ah Zhu followed Sister to read." One gets one, two two gets four, two three gets six......"

Mu Fushu taught Ah Zhu to read it three times, but Lin still didn't respond, and kept his head down. Mu Fushu clearly knew that there was no ninety-nine multiplication table in this era, could it be that the Emperor Yang of Sui who crossed over had already popularized it? Lin is literate, if she hadn't heard this multiplication formula, she would have asked out loud, but she didn't, so it was already in this era. Thinking of this, she felt a little conflicted, relieved and a little lost.

Ah Zhu has a good memory, and he can stumble after three times. Mu Fushu praised him, and Ah Zhu's back became more energetic. After the things in Lin's hand were knitted, they were put into the sewing basket, and they looked at Mu Fushu with a complicated expression: "Auntie has a really good memory, do you still remember what happened before she was three years old?" ”

Before the age of three? Mu Fushu thought hard about what happened before this eldest lady was three years old, but it didn't seem to be in her memory.

The Lin family was silent, and Mu Fushu didn't speak. The atmosphere in the carriage became tense for a while, and the sound of Ah Zhu's endorsement became smaller and smaller, and finally it was inaudible.

Mu Fushu stretched out his hand and took out the thing that Lin had just knitted, which was a Chinese knot style thing, which was called "knotted ribbon" at this time, that is, Luozi, another common manual work for ancient women in addition to embroidery. This knot is probably called a "concentric knot", which is a very common palindromic style made of a red rope, and it is not difficult to weave.

Lin saw her pick up the yarn and look at it, and said disapprerovitically: "You have also learned before, but you don't like to weave it if you don't make it well, and you still make embroidery." Last time, Aunt Wu's daughter got married, and the hundred-child account that A-Niang helped embroider was completed on time thanks to your help. ”

This lady can embroider, and she embroiders very well. Mu Fushu's mind once again appeared in the appearance of the eldest lady's embroidery. Looking down at these little hands, there is no round and jade, and there is no small nest on the back of the hand, but the fingers are slender, and there is no child's five short hands at all, fortunately, there are no calluses on the hands, otherwise it will be a tragedy. The eldest lady can embroider, Mu Fushu can't, I don't know if this function is left to her, when to try it secretly.

The sun is gradually moving westward. Mu Fushu discovered another common sense: people here only eat two meals a day, one meal at 90 o'clock in the morning, which is called morning food, and at 4 or 5 o'clock in the evening, it is called feeding, and they don't eat in the middle. Mu Fushu remembered that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty only ate two meals, but he ate a little in the middle. She was not used to eating the food here, and Lin kept watching, hungry, she scratched her heart and liver, and finally got out of the car in the afternoon when the sun was west, and ate a peach when Lin helped Ah Zhu "scrape" her buttocks.

This time, when I was on the road, the car was even more bumpy, and it was almost the rhythm of overturning. Ah Zhu couldn't stand it anymore, shrunk into a ball in fright, and asked Lin with tears in his eyes if the car would overturn. The Lin family is in a thousand heads, where can he still care about answering Ah Zhu's question. Mu Fushu patted Ah Zhu and hugged him to his side.

The carriage finally rushed to the city gate closed and advanced to Mengyang City. After walking for more than half an hour, Mu Zhongjun's somewhat hesitant voice came: "It's here." ”

Lin was the first to get out of the car, and Ah Zhu followed Mu Fushu and was hugged by Mu Zhongjun. The sky was already very dark, and Mu Fushu could only vaguely see that there were continuous mountains in front of him, and the height was only two or three hundred meters. But it was surrounded on three sides, and there was only one exit left when they came. At the foot of the hill are sparsely populated dozens of households, few of which are lit with lights, but many are smoking from their chimneys.

Lin looked around, and finally pointed to the east and said, "Let's go there." ”

The carriage continued to the east, this time it stopped after only a stick of incense, Mu Fushu got out of the car, Lin and Mu Zhongjun were already moving things under the car, and the coachman also came to help.

Mu Fushu pulled Ah Zhu to the front of the house, Rao was prepared and was also hit hard. The house wasn't muddy, but it wasn't much better. The courtyard wall has collapsed a few large openings, and half of the five or six civil engineering structures have collapsed, and the remaining two and a half rooms are barely supporting. The weeds in the yard were taller than her, and Ah Zhu also pouted and whispered: "Ah Zhu don't live in this house, there are snakes in the grass." ”