Early the next morning, Niu Lixin woke up and found Mrs. Miao sitting asleep, he carefully moved his only piece of quilt to her, and this action still woke up Mrs. Miao, she opened her eyes and moved back sensitively. Niu Lixin said: "I have wronged you, our family is on this condition, I will go out more time these days to get some animal fur, so that you can have meat to eat and clothing." ”

After he said that, he got up and went out, Mrs. Miao fed the child for a while and then fell asleep, she didn't worry about letting the child be at home alone, and she was not familiar with the environment, so she didn't dare to go out. Mei Yaoming said: "The child can sleep a little longer, since you can collect medicine, there are more varieties of grass on the mountain in front of the house and behind the house, you can see if you can find something that can treat my leg injury in the place where the snow is not completely covered." Mrs. Miao had to go down, her body was already weak, plus the snow, the road was unfamiliar, she fell several times, and there were many abrasions on her hands, but it really made her find some pain-relieving and sterilizing herbs.

As long as Niu Lixin is willing, it is not difficult for him to wipe out the beast, looking at the skin and meat in the room, facing such blood for the first time, Mrs. Miao has been sick to her stomach several times, but in order to survive, she still asked Niu Lixin to decompose, and she started to make food. Mei Yaoming's legs really feel much better because of the effect of herbs, and it may also have a psychological effect, a young woman, a wonderful meal of food in the snow, so that the two of them really want to drink a few glasses, but there is no wine at home. Mei Yaoming said: "Lixin, you haven't beaten so much meat for many years, I really touched Mrs. Miao's light." He ate the meat made by Mrs. Miao, and watched her busy, if only the family were a family, he meditated in his heart.

Niu Lixin said: "I won't do this before, you just ask not to waste, just enough to eat, I look at them cute, I don't want to harm them and their lives." Today is different, Mrs. Miao has to feed the child, she can't let her eat badly, I only have to take the butcher's knife, Dad, don't always embarrass Mrs. Miao like this, she braves the snow to find medicine in you, she and I are not suitable, people are from a big family, I am like this, I feel unworthy. ”

Mrs. Miao looked at Niu Lixin, the kind of face that only experienced Cangsang and did not match her actual age, she said: "It's not because of what you said, I'm a person with children, and I don't deserve you." In the future, if there is a suitable one, I will definitely help you Zhang Luo, let's live a good life first, and maintain my uncle's illness well. As she spoke, she washed the dishes, and the dirt on several of them was too thick, so she melted them in advance with snow water, and boiled them for a while before washing them off.

Of course, all this did not escape Mei Yaoming's eyes, he knew that persuasion might backfire, this kind of scene with a woman in charge of housework made him not want to lose it again, he pretended not to look at her, and helped her tease the child who didn't understand anything for a while.

The peaceful life made Niu Lixin look much younger than before, and he also knew that he had added some clothes for his family, and Mrs. Miao would clean up, and the whole person looked much more energetic than when Mrs. Miao came at the beginning. When the Chinese New Year was approaching, Mrs. Miao and her son had their own hut, not far from Niu Lixin's house, a newly built wooden house, Mrs. Miao sewed and cooked, and Niu Lixin hunted for money to buy grain.

The wine is not afraid of deep alleys, Mrs. Miao has not gone out many times, only occasionally goes up the mountain to collect medicine, walks not far, and has hardly met anyone else, but even so, it still attracts attention. A landlord surnamed Lu in a nearby mountain village heard the news, he took a few families to Niu Lixin's house, Mei Yaoming was at home alone, Niu Lixin went out, Lu Caizhu said: "Old Niu, we have been neighbors for many years, your family can't farm, and we don't have any contacts, what?" I heard that a woman was kidnapped from other places, but I am an outsider of this place, and the public security is handed over to me by the county order, and there is a new person in your family, why don't you report it to me? ”

Mei Yaoming owed his body on the kang and said: "Lu Yuanwai, since I am inconvenient, I have not been able to visit, the child is just sensible, no, it's almost the New Year, I asked him to prepare a few skins for you are almost dry, and I am about to give them to you." As he spoke, he gestured to the dried skins.

The rich man Lu said: "The skin is a trivial matter, I have no merit and it is not easy to collect, but the newcomer to your family wants to bring it to me to register, originally I asked the housekeeper to come, the housekeeper said that you are not in good health, and it was not easy to talk before, so I came in person." This is not a trivial matter, don't have a case in your body, if you take in the guilty person casually, we will sit together. As he spoke, he wanted to go to Mrs. Miao's hut, Mei Yaoming hurriedly said: "Lu Yuanwai, when Niu Lixin comes back, I will ask him to take someone to your house to register, not a person with a case, it is a pair of orphans and widows, and their home is in a neighboring county, so they can be found." ”

I heard that I was going to take his family, Lu Yuanwai did not enter Mrs. Miao's house, after Lu Yuanwai left, Mrs. Miao went to Mei Yaoming's room, Mei Yaoming said: "If you can't marry Niu Lixin, it's better to leave here quickly, Lu Yuanwai must have heard the wind just now, he asked you to register at his house, and you don't have a man, after you go, he may not let you come back." You don't know this Lu Yuan, he is familiar with every official, as long as there is a good woman nearby, he will always find a way, first force your family to have no food, and then let you take the initiative to hand over someone. After playing enough, he sent people to the official family to be an old mother, the mountain village is getting smaller and smaller, the man is not unable to marry a wife, there is no woman to find, all let him be harmed, if I hadn't been injured in the leg, I would have eliminated the harm for the people a long time ago. ”

Mrs. Miao asked in a low voice: "Even if you marry Niu Lixin, isn't it the same?" Can it be avoided? Mei Yaoming said: "If you marry Niu Lixin, it will be different, if you have a man, you have an identity, besides, he doesn't dare to provoke our family Lixin, if he is really annoyed, I believe he will not endure it." ”

Mrs. Miao told Mei Yaoming that she could panic and call it Niu Lixin's woman, Mei Yaoming disagreed, I think my son is definitely going to get married, it's just a matter of time, if Mrs. Miao is delayed, it won't work. Mei Yaoming asked her to go back and think about it, if there is no good way, it is better to hide.

When the rich man arrived at the house, the old housekeeper asked, "How?" I've seen it from afar, and she's a good woman, right? Why didn't you bring it back? I heard that she doesn't want to marry Niu Lixin, what is the use of having strength, it's not you, you want to be powerful, you want money. ”

The rich man Lu asked him to arrange to clean up a house, he didn't see anyone, but he saw the place where the woman lived, it was too small. After coming, if there is really as good-looking as the old housekeeper said, she will stay, and she is not a big girl, and she is not there for a mouthful of food, just give her food.

After Niu Lixin heard about it when he arrived home, he found Mrs. Miao and said, "Don't be afraid of them, I'll accompany you, with me, they don't dare to do anything." Mei Yaoming said: "The people don't fight with the officials, you can't fight them, you can send them there, but you can't come hard, you can tell them that Mrs. Miao is your insider, avoid this time first." You're not too young, personal things have to be earlier, my body is not as good as a day, if something happens to you again, I'm in a hurry to die. ”

Niu Lixin has always been obedient, he nodded and helped his father fill a bowl of food, and Mrs. Miao's cooking made him feel like a restaurant every day. He told his father that he had sold a few furs today in exchange for some wine, and that he was now straining them outside. Mei Yaoming heard that there was wine, so he had to drink a few sips, Niu Lixin didn't drink it himself, and the wine strainer at home was not good, it was too coarse, so he let his father drink a few sips. When Mrs. Miao saw the turbid wine, she told them that she could use multiple layers of yarn to make a net, and she could drink refreshing wine in the future.

After the meal, the child fell asleep, Niu Lixin took Mrs. Miao to prepare to register, Mrs. Miao wanted to hold the child over, she was worried that in case of an accident, their mother and son could also be together. Mei Yaoming said: "You don't have to bring the child, so that you can come over in a shorter time and tell them that the child should be fed." Niu Lixin, I told you, no matter what happens, at least you have to come back safely, if you have anything, I will wait at home to die. He looked at Mrs. Miao and sighed.

When he arrived at Lu Yuanwai's house, he just entered the living room, Lu Yuanwai came in, he looked at Mrs. Miao, he really looked at him stupidly, his plain eyebrows were tightly locked in peace, his thin waist was thinly decorated with fur, and his two light jade legs supported the slightly undulating front chest due to walking, his pink face was flawless, and he was like a peach blossom against the delicate bun. The posture of having given birth to a son is not cultivated, but just to that station, even a man who is not lustful will think infinitely.

Lu Yuanwai swallowed his saliva, sat down and asked, "You are the mother and daughter who have just arrived at Niu's house?" Why didn't the child come? Mrs. Miao said, "Yes, master, the child is asleep, and I have to go back immediately, otherwise he will cry when he wakes up and can't find me." ”

Lu Yuanwai said: "The family has a family law, the village has a village rules, you take a baby to run to our Zhuangzi, I, the outsider, is responsible for the above, I can't let you go back if you don't find out, I will immediately let people bring your child here, you can only leave after I find out in my place." Niu Lixin, you have to prepare some rations for the two of them, I don't care about food. ”

Niu Lixin said: "The master may not know that she is already my woman, not a refugee and nameless person." If you don't feel at ease, I can accompany the master's people to her mother's house, so that the master doesn't have to worry about it. The rich man asked, "When did you get married?" Who makes the matchmaker? How did I not know? Your father didn't say it yesterday, getting married is not as simple as you say. Do you really say that you, a wild boy, want to eat such good meat? Be careful that I send you to the official and kidnap a good woman. Go back honestly, let my people bring the child, if you don't comply, I will hand you over to the government together, which one will take care of your father on the hospital bed? He glanced at the tender Mrs. Miao again, and looked even more touching because of her sadness and helplessness.