Chapter 3 Chopping Wood

Shen Lan was a little embarrassed to accept other people's alms in such an embarrassing environment, she just wanted to find a hole to get into at the moment, so she blushed and said unsmoothly: "Three...... Sister-in-law, I'm ...... I've already eaten it at home, yes, I've eaten it, so you can leave me alone. ”

After speaking, he nodded vigorously, as if to affirm himself, and then asked, "Third sister-in-law, do you know where you usually go to cut firewood?" My mother asked me to cut firewood, I forgot the place, I don't know what's going on, I can't remember a lot of things in the past, and my mind is like a mess of paste. ”

Hearing this, Song San's sister-in-law was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Shen Lan with a look, she always felt that this Shen Lan was a little different, but she couldn't see what was different, after all, she had been married to the village for more than a year, and she didn't say how close she was on weekdays, but she didn't recognize the wrong person.

It looks like she is indeed Wenxiang's daughter-in-law, but in the past, she gave her some food, she ate it as if she was not hungry and crazy, where would she refuse, but now she is obviously hungry, and even said that she has already eaten, obviously lying, and then Song San's sister-in-law thought that Shen Lan was a little confused now, looking at her pitiful appearance, and finally only sighed in her heart.

"Lan Niang, don't lie to the third sister-in-law, even if you can bear it yourself, the child in your belly can't bear it, and your third brother and Cheng Fei will come back later, we will eat together and go to the mountains to cut firewood together." In the end, Song San's sister-in-law relented and deliberately ignored the suspicion in her heart.

Shen Lan hesitated slightly, it is true that she is still pregnant with a child, and it is not good for the child if she does not eat it, although because of the bad behavior of the child's grandparents, she is also a little resentful of the child, but after all, the child is conceived on her, even if it comes suddenly and unexpectedly and the time is short, she can't really care about the child, after all, it is a human life.

Anyway, in addition to half of the bloodline of other people, this child also has half of the bloodline of this body, even if she has other plans, she can't be weak, otherwise she is afraid that it will be a corpse and two lives, no matter how she came to this world, before thinking of a way to go back, she had better take care of this child, after all, it seems that the medical conditions here are backward.

Just when Shen Lan was silently hesitating, a thin and tall middle-aged man walked in through the back door, followed by a boy in his teens dressed in a brown short, and the last person who walked in was Song Lian, who had just been sent out.

"Wenxiang's daughter-in-law, here." Third Brother Song glanced at her and said lightly.

"Aunt Six." The boy shouted, and then the father and son went to scoop up water and wash their hands.

Shen Lan said with some embarrassment: "Third brother, Cheng Fei, are back." ”

Third Brother Song nodded silently while washing his hands, and Song Chengfei grinned at her.

"Okay, wash your hands and eat, Wenxiang daughter-in-law, you also go wash your hands, and I'll serve dinner with Lianniang." Song San's sister-in-law said with a big grin, and Song Lian also obediently walked behind her own mother and helped serve the bowl of rice.

Shen Lan's situation was very embarrassing, looking at Song San's posture, she would be a little hypocritical to refuse, so she simply put down the sickle in her hand, decisively washed her hands and then helped Song San's sister-in-law serve food.

The Song family's life is not easy, and the morning meal is also mushy, there are not many vegetables at this time, looking at the dishes in the pot are very similar to the green vegetables that Shen Lan had eaten before, but the vegetable stalks are whiter and thinner and wider than the green vegetables, and I don't know what kind of dish it is.

Each person served a big bowl of vegetable paste, Song Lian went to the cupboard and brought two bowls of black and mushy pickles, Shen Lan knew that one bowl was pickles, and the other was pickled artichoke, the artichoke was crisp and sweet after pickling, and the artichoke must be pickled and eaten, as for how Shen Lan knew this, the reason was naturally because she knew it when she borrowed it from a relative's house when she was a child.

"Okay, let's eat, and when we're done, we'll go to the mountains to cut firewood." Song San's sister-in-law saw that Shen Lan was so restrained that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet, so she was a little funny, but she still spoke.

Third Brother Song didn't say anything, just lowered his head to eat, the two children grinned a little mischievously, looking at the bright smiles of the two children, Shen Lan slowly relaxed, picked up the bowl and drank the vegetable paste in the bowl in small sips, the warm food not only warmed her body, but also warmed her heart.

After eating a bowl, Shen Lan put down the dishes and chopsticks, not because she was full, but because she felt that people were not rich, and it was already a great favor to be able to squeeze out a bowl of food for her, and she should not be greedy.

"Also, I'll give you another bowl." Song San's sister-in-law saw her put down the dishes and chopsticks, and hurriedly persuaded her.

Shen Lan smiled and shook her head, and then said slightly shyly: "I'm full, thank you third sister-in-law and third brother." ”

In addition to gratitude, Shen Lan didn't know what else to say, her situation, obviously Song San's sister-in-law and his wife couldn't be clearer, whatever she said to repay was just a moon in the water, if it made people laugh in vain, it was better to simply thank her, as long as she really had a good day, she would definitely repay the couple for a meal.

"Let's have some more, there's still in the pot." Song San's sister-in-law continued to persuade, and at the same time, she also had a good impression of Shen Lan in her heart, she only felt that this Shen Lan was weak and weak, but she didn't expect that she had grown up today, and she didn't know if Shen Lan was good or bad like this, but she looked like she was much more transparent.

Shen Lan shook her head with a smile, and then sat silently waiting for the Song family to finish eating, and when they put down the dishes and chopsticks, they immediately got up quickly to clean up, and the third sister-in-law of Song saw it and hurriedly opened her mouth to stop: "Hold, hold, let Lianniang wash, you rarely have time to sit and rest for a while, she is a girl's house, she is used to her at this time, and she must not be bullied to death when she arrives at her mother-in-law's house in the future." ”

"Third sister-in-law, you see that I haven't been polite to you, but you are polite to me, and besides, Lianniang doesn't know how to do it, and now I don't enjoy some happiness as a little girl, so when can I enjoy happiness?" Shen Lan quickly put away the dishes and chopsticks, motioned to Song Lian to collect the bowls, and then put the bowl into the pot, took a scoop of water, and began to wash the dishes with a loofah.

Seeing Shen Lanmali washing the dishes, Song San's sister-in-law didn't say anything more, but turned around and followed her husband and two children and said: "I'll go to cut firewood with Wenxiang's daughter-in-law later, and come back early to rest after the grass in the field is removed, Lianniang will be at home to watch the house, and remember to cook dinner when the sun sets." ”

Song Sange nodded honestly, and didn't say much, just took his son to the back room to get a hoe, and Song Lian responded obediently: "I know, mother." ”

After arranging the affairs of the family, Song San's sister-in-law also prepared a straw rope and a sickle, and then led Shen Lan out.

Songjia Village is not a big village, in fact, it is a small village with only a dozen families, Song San's sister-in-law led Shen Lan to the mountain hill in the east of the village, Songjia Village is built on the mountain, the front of the village is a neat paddy field, the back is a hill, the mountain is lush with miscellaneous trees, but in the east far you can see a blue and black mountain, the west and the back are also, but the south is not very clear, you can only see the opposite side of the paddy field in the col is the village.

There were some miscellaneous trees growing on the hill, and some plants such as artemisia, and the hill was actually quite large, and it was connected to several hills to the east until it was out of sight.

Below the hill is a canal several meters wide, and you can see the shallow flow of water at the bottom of the hill, and you don't know the source and end from east to west.

"What are you looking at?" Song San's sister-in-law took Shen Lan up the hill, but she didn't see Shen Lan cutting firewood, but stood there and looked around, as if she had never seen it before.

Shen Lan retracted her thoughts, smiled and said, "It's nothing, just look, where does the road on the opposite side lead?" ”

"That's the road to the county, go west through Qiujiajia, pass through the south and cross the sandbar to the official road, and walk east along the official road for half a day to reach the county." Song San's sister-in-law replied, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Shen Lan's life was hard, and the good people were confused.

Shen Lan didn't expect Song San's sister-in-law to explain so clearly, and secretly wrote down her words in her heart, maybe she would be able to use it when she could, after the previous encounter, it was impossible for her to stay in the Song family and suffer, but at the moment, she was penniless, and her eyes were black, so she didn't dare to leave lightly.

But she can't be bullied honestly like the original owner, and when she gets a little familiar, take a look at the situation, and then definitely leave here, she is not a fool.

"Oh, what kind of county is our county?" Shen Lan lowered her body to cut firewood, although it was not thatch and thorns, but it hurt her hands to cut it directly with her hands, but thinking about it, the original owner did a lot of rough work, and both hands were calloused, which was comparable to gloves, except for being a little uncomfortable and unaccustomed, Shen Lan didn't feel a sting.

Holding the rhizome of the plant in one hand, and holding the sickle in the other, as soon as he cut it with the sickle, the firewood and grass fell to the ground.

"Jixian County, when it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, the county is fun, there are colorful boats, there are also mussel shells and stilts, as well as dragon boat racing, people from ten miles and eight towns are rushing to play." Song San's sister-in-law also lowered her body to cut firewood.

"That's fun." Shen Lan replied, in fact, this kind of traditional festival has slowly disappeared in modern times, not that modern people are just festivals, but there is no atmosphere, and the festival is just equivalent to a holiday and lazy sleep, like the festival activities are completely gone, and there is a chance for Shen Lan to see and see.

"Yes, didn't you go with Wen Xiang and his family last year, and you sold a ruler back, if Wen Xiang was at home, you wouldn't have to be so bitter." Saying that, Song San's sister-in-law mentioned Song Wenxiang again, but she shut up after saying that.

After all, Wen Xiang was pulled into military service, and it was a problem whether he could come back or not, so why mention other people's sadness, but it only increased the sadness.

Shen Lan didn't know anything about Song Wenxiang, but when she heard Song San's sister-in-law say this at the moment, that person shouldn't be bad, and he was willing to sell things to his wife, so he didn't seem to be a bad person, but who knows, he doesn't know his face.

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