The needle-like snow immediately becomes much softer when it meets the bright sun. The shiny body swept through the wind, and there were soft waves of light.

Shuzhen squatted on the donkey cart, like a clay statue, and let the donkey slowly move forward according to her temperament. Circumventing a shallow slope, the green, dark and emerald green pines and cypresses gradually appeared in front of me, and they sparsely spread along the sunshade.

Just as Shuzhen stared at a hare not far away, there was a faint wheezing sound behind the car.

Sookjin looked back in amazement and saw that it was the young man from yesterday. With white mist spraying out of his mouth, he hurriedly approached the donkey cart and said, "Where is the eldest sister going?" ”

Shuzhen hesitated for a moment, and said casually: "Do you want to go to Ma Liang?" ”

The man's face was filled with joy and he said, "It just so happens that I'm also going to lack horses, can you give me a ride?" ”

Shuzhen glanced at him suspiciously, and said in a lukewarm voice: "The slope is big and the donkey is small, you have to walk down the hard slope, otherwise the donkey can't stand it." ”

The man was full of promises, and sat down in the car as soon as his body grinded. Speechless, he sighed lightly and said, "This ghost weather is really cold." ”

Shuzhen didn't move, and said unhurriedly: "It's not a local, right?" ”

The man was slightly stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "My hometown is Gansu." ”

Shuzhen said angrily: "It's a cold day, no longer kicking around the house, what are you doing in this barren mountain and wilderness." ”

The man was stunned for a moment, coughed dryly, and said, "Hey! There was a famine in my hometown, and life was not easy, so I went here to vote for a relative. He is the surname Guo of the leather workshop, has the eldest sister heard of it? ”

Shuzhen shook her head lightly and muttered slowly, "I don't know, I'm also a relative." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the man suspiciously, and muttered unhurriedly: "Isn't there land for land reform, why is there still a famine?" ”

The man was slightly stunned, as if he was a little cramped, and said: "The land is there, but most of the hometown is dry land, and you have to rely on the sky for food." It rained in the spring, and everyone was so happy that even the rations were seeded. Man said that there was a good harvest this year, and the days could be brighter. ”

The man said, peeking at the sleepy Shuzhen, and wanted to close his mouth. As soon as I changed my body, I heard Shuzhen muttering dreamily: "Later? ”

The man hurriedly turned around, and said with a slightly flustered expression: "Don't mention it, since that rain, God hasn't shaken a little rain star." Everyone watched as the sun shone high every day, and the ground was smoking. The waist-high buns have changed their color. The wild vegetables on the ridge by the canal have all been eaten, and there is not even elm bark left. As he spoke, the man looked grieved and distressed.

Shuzhen sighed weakly and muttered to herself: "I've heard of eating wild vegetables, how can you eat elm bark hard and stubborn, it's really a bad obstacle." ”

The man sighed lightly, smiled at Shuzhen and said, "At first glance, the eldest sister is a blessed person, don't you know that the elm bark is divided into two layers, inside and outside." Don't look at the outer skin is thick and hard, but the inner layer is white and tender. Boiled in a pot sticky, mixed with wild vegetables, like potato flour. ”

Seeing that the man looked proud and excited, Shuzhen smiled faintly and said, "Is it delicious?" ”

The man pursed his lips and said in a wry voice, "What is delicious, it is bitter to death." I was so hungry that I had no choice but to hold my breath and swallow it. ”

Shuzhen accosted him without a word, and said secretly in her heart: It seems that this kid has really eaten wild vegetables and been hungry. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to speak so carefully. So, he sighed lightly and said casually: "Oh, it's really hard for you, it's wild vegetables and tree bark, and it makes people feel uncomfortable when they hear it." ”

The man responded as if he was a little lost, and then asked curiously: "What a big deal is this cold day, why is the eldest sister still suffering from this crime." ”

Shuzhen listened, sighed and said: "My daughter's life is hard, and the spring is dead, and this is more than half a year, and my mother-in-law still doesn't let my daughter go home." I'm really not at ease, let's see if I can take the baby back for the New Year. ”

The man nodded contemplatively, then looked at Shuzhen suspiciously and said, "Why did the eldest sister marry her daughter to such a mountain?" ”

Shuzhen was slightly stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile and a long sigh: "This baby has a hard life, and he has a cough with a small cold and fever, and I have asked for medical advice everywhere but it has no effect." Seeing that he can get married, but everyone thinks that the baby is coughing, and I am afraid that no one will propose it because of tuberculosis. ”

As he spoke, he sighed lightly and tucked the leather jacket on his body. With a sad face: "Su Ma Liang has a Ladazi (distant) relative, and his son has polio when he is young, and he walks on one leg. In his twenties, he didn't say anything about his last daughter-in-law. The two families are combined, no one dislikes anyone, just make do with it. But who knew that the short-lived ghost said that he was planning to renovate the house on a hot day, so he went to the back mountain with a few village children to make rafters. Before he could do anything, he rolled off the top of the pine depression and fell to his death with one foot in the air. As she spoke, Shuzhen showed a look of dissatisfaction and regret.

The man wanted to say something, but was driven off the donkey cart by a slow slope in front of him. The lack of horses is named after the continuous slow slope of a section of more than five miles.

Up to the top of the slope, an oasis surrounded by barren mountains will leave you stunned. Surrounded by pines and cypresses, farmland is vague, and houses are scattered. Against the backdrop of the snow, it looks like a beautiful oil painting of the countryside.

When she arrived at the village, Shuzhen said that the donkey had been walking for most of the day, and she wanted the donkey to eat grass. When the man heard this, he walked forward with a thousand thanks.

Sook-jin settled the donkey, and under the cover of trees and houses, secretly followed the man. After three turns and two grinds, I came to a spacious courtyard. An unbearable stench tells Shuzhen that this is the leather factory.

Watching the man enter the hospital, Shuzhen quietly returned to the donkey cart. The village is small, but it seems to be quite wealthy. As soon as you enter the village, there are two noodle restaurants and a small shop. Shuzhen ate a bowl of noodles, inquired about the residence, and walked away as if nothing had happened.

As soon as it was dark, Shuzhen packed up and sneaked out.

The night in the mountains is unusually deep. Even the stars in the sky look far away. The slightest cold wind swept by, making Shuzhen shudder.

She quietly touched the wall of the compound, reached out and took out a pebble and threw it into the yard. Immediately, a dog barked softly and walked towards it.

Shuzhen smiled knowingly, and gently threw a piece of meat prepared in advance into the courtyard.

After waiting for about a bag of cigarettes, Shuzhen threw a stone again, but the courtyard was quiet, and only the rustle of leaves could be heard in the wind.

So, Shuzhen used her kung fu, twisted her body, and climbed the wall.

The courtyard was still as quiet as death, only the lights of the main house were unusually bright.

Shuzhen carefully observed the surroundings and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so she floated down the wall and sneaked under the window of the main house, listening to the fact that there seemed to be a lot of people inside.

So, he gently poked open the window paper, glanced in with one eye, and saw that the young man was also there, so he listened to the conversation inside.

Unexpectedly, this hearing involved a human life.