In the baggage, in addition to a large iron pot, there was also a large lump of white things, and the surprised Sheng Zijun took a small point with his fingers, which was slimy. After opening his fingertips, he found that there were other things mixed in it, like straw and chaff foam, and the doubts in his heart suddenly became even more difficult to solve.

"What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd? This thing, it feels weird. ”

The stone urn was almost repaired with small stones, Zhu Xishi put his hands together to keep warm, slowly walked ashore in the shallow water, and replied to Sheng Zijun unhurriedly.

"It's a glued rice dumpling that I made myself."

"Glue?!"

"Isn't that weird?" Zhu Xishi, whose lips were white from the snow water, smiled faintly at Sheng Zijun, and his face turned pale: "I borrowed some glutinous rice from Aunt Niu and steamed it, mixed it with straw, chaff crushed and an appropriate amount of lime powder, and made this dumpling that filled the gaps." ”

Listening to Zhu Xishi's explanation of the practice and use of this dumpling, the surprise on Sheng Zijun's face increased at this time, but he didn't expect this Zhu Xishi to be very careful, and he did everything without leaking! However, praise is praise, but Sheng Zijun still maintains a cautious attitude towards this rice dumpling.

"Are you sure it can seal the cracks in this stone urn? The stone urn is soaked in the water and washed, and in the long run, even the stone will be washed away, not to mention your rice ball. ”

"If it doesn't work out, we'll see the effect in a moment. Besides, this thing is only temporarily sealed, and I don't plan to keep it from breaking for 10,000 years. ”

When the two were comparing the truth, they picked up the iron pillar that came back from the firewood at this moment, and called Zhu Xishi on the other side of the rocky beach: "Miss Zhu, the firewood has been picked up, do you want to make a fire now?" ”

"Well, I'm sorry for you, Brother Tiezhu."

"It's a trivial matter, Miss Zhu is too polite."

Tie Zhu smiled innocently, moved a few rocks and quickly set up a temporary stove, stacked the firewood in an orderly manner, grabbed a handful of dead leaves for starting the fire, and then felt out the fire fold and began to make a fire.

In a few moments, a light cloud of smoke rose from the bottom of the silent valley and rushed to the narrow ceiling overhead. Tidying up his disheveled clothes, Zhu Xishi also stepped forward to sit beside the warm fire to warm his stiff limbs.

"After soaking in snow water for so long, it must have been frozen, so it's not too late to eat some dry food to warm your stomach."

At this time, Uncle Niu, who was also nestled by the fire, took out the steamed buns he brought from his baggage; pinched the steamed buns that had been cold for a long time, as hard as a stone, and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

"It's no better in the mountains than at home, everything is hot, so everyone makes do with it."

Put the steamed bun on the side of the stove built by the mountain stone, Uncle Niu untied another gourd from his waist, opened the mouth of the gourd and sent it to the mouth, after the full sip of wine, Uncle Niu suddenly showed a satisfied joy on his face.

"Would you like to have some wine to ward off the cold?!"

As soon as he heard that the gourd was filled with wine, Sheng Zijun waved his hand again and again: "Uncle Niu, Zijun has never touched wine, and I understand your kindness." ”

Just as Sheng Zijun was shirking, Zhu Xishi took the wine gourd in Uncle Niu's hand coldly, and took a big sip without frowning.

"Miss Zhu, slow down! This grain is rough and spicy. ”

However, in the blink of an eye, Uncle Niu's previous worries were gradually dispelled, and his expression was replaced by a sense of admiration from the heart.

"I didn't expect Miss Zhu to be a good drinker, she is really a heroine among women."

Not long after the vigorous grain wine was swallowed, Zhu Xishi felt that the blood in his whole body was circulating, and his body was also warm. He neatly wiped the wine from his lips and handed the wine gourd to the iron pillar beside him.

"Thank you, Uncle Niu. After drinking your wine, the cold drove away a lot, and my body was much refreshed. ”

"But I'm overthinking. It is rare to see that my daughter's family has such a good amount of wine as Miss Zhu, and such a strong wine is in a hurry, but her face is not red or spicy. ”

Loosening his surviving body, Zhu Xishi also casually talked to Uncle Niu: "I'm used to it." I heard my mother say that when I was a baby when I was a child, my grandfather liked to hug me every time he drank, and dipped some wine in chopsticks to suck me, saying that the daughter raised in this way was proud and informal. ”

"The rules of your family are really peculiar, there are actually milk children who eat and drink!"

A pair of thick eyebrows are raised like two sickles, and they shrug between Sheng Zijun's eyebrows, and it seems that he has a hard time understanding a family with such a background.

"By the way, Miss Zhu has been coming to our Lotus Village for a while, and I don't know where you are from?"

Uncle Niu was quick to look at it, and quickly diverted the topic and turned over the provocative words. Zhu Xishi didn't seem to have any intention of thinking more about Sheng Zijun, and continued to talk to Uncle Niu.

"The little woman is from Taiyuan."

Uncle Niu nodded a little understandingly. Taiyuan, to say the least, is three or four hundred miles away from Ande Town, how could she come here alone and be so seriously injured? ! I didn't think about it for a while, and I asked Zhu Xishi again.

"You're alone, how can you come all the way to Andertown. Visiting family?! ”

The abrupt words of others suddenly made Zhu Xishi fall into a deep silence, and a trace of sadness gradually flashed between her drooping eyes, which hit the hidden scar in her heart.

Why did she come to Endtown? Now that I think about it, it seems that I have forgotten it completely. didn't want to delve into these past things, his cold eyes and bitter smile replied lightly to Uncle Niu's words.

"It's not a family visit. I'm the only one left in the house, and I can't remember anything else. ”

If you can't understand it anymore, as long as you have a little brain, you know that Zhu Xishi doesn't want to talk about her past with others, so why bother to hold on to other people's scars? The original conjecture and Zhu Xishi's indifferent attitude at this time confirmed that their previous assumption should be inseparable.

"Forget it. Oh, when the steamed buns are hot, let's eat some quickly, and hurry up to make a stone urn and go out of the mountain. The weather may change later. ”

Uncle Niu quickly distributed the hot steamed bun to the people present, and he didn't know what the steamed bun tasted like at this time

With the mountain spring water, Zhu Xishi consumed a steamed bun and began to work on the rest of the things. Put the large iron pot brought in advance on the stone stove, add some snow water, and put the rice dumplings into the pot to heat up.

As usual when kneading dough by himself, Zhu Xi patiently kneaded the rice dumplings while adding water to the pot from time to time, and constantly reminded Tiezhu to pay attention to the fire.

"Uncle Niu, Doctor Sheng, you go to the shallows to get some fine sand and gravel, be quick."

Zhu Xishi, who had a stern expression, immediately instructed the two of them, and Sheng Zijun and Uncle Niu didn't talk much, and hurriedly followed Zhu Xishi's words.