Ma Zhanquan shouted in his mouth: "Who is it?" He opened the courtyard door.

In the blur, I saw a man lying on the ground, and a horse next to him. He hurriedly called out to his nephew Sherba, and took the man to the house.

Ma Zhanquan's mother-in-law, Bao Suzhen, saw that she was brought in. He shouted in panic: "What's going on? What's going on? Why do you just bring back a person? ”

Ma Zhanquan glared at her, and said angrily, "What are you talking about?" Why don't you get a bowl of hot water? ”

Shuzhen was put on the kang corner, and Ma Zhanquan took the oil lamp and was stunned.

Bao Suzhen, Ri hurriedly brought a bowl of hot water over. glanced at the people on the kang, and suddenly exclaimed, "Oops! It's still a girl. ”

As he spoke, he went up and touched and pinched, and kept shouting: "Look at the baby burned, it must have been drenched in the rain at noon, and the shirts inside were wet." I don't know whose baby it is, it's really a bad obstacle. ”

Ma Zhanquan listened to her chatter, so he waved his hand at her irritably, and said, "Okay, okay, don't stop chattering."

Come and boil some ginger peel and artemisia water, remember to put two shallots, and sweat the baby. ”

Bao Suzhen saw that she was about to leave, but was stopped by Ma Zhanquan and scolded: "You mother-in-law, your brain is filled with paste, do you press two quilts for the baby first?" ”

Bao Suzhen, just like waking up from a dream, climbed onto the kang, pulled over the two quilts, and covered Shuzhen.

Shuzhen drank a few sips of hot water, as if she had some vitality. But his eyes were still closed, and his teeth were clucking.

Ma Zhanquan looked at Shuzhen with concern for a while, sighed lightly, and said to Sherba, who had been at the door: "Don't make a noise about it first, unload the saddle, and send the horse to the backyard to feed." ”

Shuzhen, drank a large bowl of ginger peel and artemisia water, covered the quilt and sweated. I slept until the second half of the night, and I felt much lighter. She glanced around the room and saw the oil lamp on the kang head, lit by a bean-sized flame, and a pair of old men sleeping in the kang.

She vaguely remembered that she had rolled off her horse at the gate of the courtyard. He was poured a lot of hot soup with a strong bitter and spicy taste. Smelling the unique smell of the Hui people, Shuzhen felt like home.

I couldn't help but think of my sisters, and of those soldiers who died in the wilderness in a daze. Of course, what she thinks about the most is her brother Xiangzi.

A burst of helpless melancholy made her heart begin to be impetuous. She sighed softly and rolled over with difficulty. Hearing the movement, Bao Suzhen was stunned, raised her neck and looked at it.

turned on the oil lamp, leaned over to Shuzhen's side, and whispered, "Do you think it's better?" ”

Shuzhen turned her face and said with a gentle smile: "It's a lot, thanks to my aunt for saving me." ”

Bao Suzhen smiled happily and said, "It's good." Oops, when I carried you in the door, my body was so hot that it scared me so much that I couldn't even fight. ”

Shuzhen's heart was hot, and her eyes looked at her warmly, "Let Auntie worry about it." ”

Looking at Shuzhen's well-behaved and lovely appearance, Bao Suzhen seemed to have a daughter, and the wrinkles on her face were woven into flowers. She leaned towards Shuzhen lovingly, put her hand into the quilt and touched it, and said with a pleased smile: "There is a lot of sweat, don't move, just let the sweat fall." ”

The two of them muttered and muttered for a while, and the rooster crowed three times.

Ma Zhanquan turned over, glanced at the kang, put on his clothes, and went out silently. He is going to the small temple to be "Nai Mazi". It's this time every day, and the thunder can't move.

Listening to his wife go out, Bao Suzhen also quietly got off the kang. She went to the outhouse to wash, took an old mattress and spread it on the ground, and began the first service of the day.

When Bao Suzhen finished praying and walked through the door with a mattress, she saw Shuzhen also praying on the kang. This discovery surprised Bao Suzhen. I didn't expect the girl on the kang to be a Muslim.

She saw that Shuzhen had finished the prayer, and hurriedly entered the house happily and said, "The emotional girl is also a Muslim?" ”

Shuzhen first froze slightly, and then nodded noncommittally.

As if she had a treasure, Bao Suzhen said to herself: "Hu Da, may Allah bless her, I have a person to talk to." ”

Look at Shuzhen's handsome appearance, and her capable and slender body. Bao Suzhen couldn't hide her love and affection.

Shuzhen stacked the quilt and got off the kang to help make breakfast. So, while the mother and son were cooking on the fire, their mouths kept chattering. Seeing that Bao Suzhen wanted to ask her about her details, Shuzhen told her the story she had made up a long time ago.

While filling the stove with firewood, she said unhurriedly: "My family is in Zhangye, Gansu, and just two days after getting married, the man asked Ma Zhongying to arrest the soldiers. The mother-in-law was already sick, and she was in a hurry, so she didn't recover again. sent away his mother-in-law, and there was no one at home, so he thought about finding a man and told him about his mother-in-law. I inquired all the way to the ancient city and found out that my man died in Fuyuan. I wanted to say it in front of his grave, but I didn't expect it to rain heavily yesterday. ”

After a pause, Bao Suzhen continued: "Then there is no one in your family, what are you going to do in the future?" ”

Shuzhen made a sad look, sighed lightly, and said, "I don't know how the days will pass." One step, one step. ”

Bao Suzhen, busy with a distressed and concerned look, said, "Then where is it?" A girl's house, how can you go without a serious place? Sort it off! I don't think you'll run around anymore. I regard this place as my home, and I am worried about my daughter. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Sook-jin with eager and expectant eyes.

Shuzhen's hand to fill the firewood was slightly sluggish. Slowly raised his head and looked at Bao Suzhen with grateful eyes. Some hesitantly, he said, "Will it cause you trouble?" ”

Bao Suzhen, who didn't care about it, said: "What's the trouble, isn't it just to add a pair of chopsticks and open your mouth." Over the years, there has been no one to talk to me, which is really a gift from Hu Da. ”

The two were talking happily, and Ma Zhanquan was already standing in the courtyard at some point. Bao Suzhen saw him, went out with a smile, dragged Ma Zhanquan's arm, and walked to the back room.

Her eyebrows fluttered, and she learned Shuzhen's situation, and said with joy on her face: "It's Hu Da who gave it to me." ”

Unexpectedly, Ma Zhanquan snorted coldly and said, "Look at your frivolous appearance, I look at that girl, it's not so simple." Look at the horse she rides, it is not an ordinary animal. ”

Bao Suzhen looked dissatisfied and said: "No matter what she is, as long as people are willing to stay in our house, I will treat her like a daughter." ”

Ma Zhanquan glared at her with a cold face, and muttered, "Why don't you women talk about your women's family, with long hair and short knowledge." If she is Ma Zhongying's person, what can she do? I heard that there are female babies in the team. People from the county shouted several times to prevent the horse bandits from being hidden. It's good for you, it's a baby and hug it in your arms. If there is a mess, you and I will have to go to the fence (cell). ”

When Bao Suzhen heard this, she gasped in fright. After being stunned for a long time, he made a pitiful look and muttered: "Hu Da, what can you do here, what can you do here." ”

Seeing that Bao Suzhen looked like he was out of his mind, Ma Zhanquan sighed lightly and said, "Don't alarm her first, wait until I probe the tone of County Magistrate Liu." ”

When Bao Suzhen heard this, she anxiously grabbed Ma Zhanquan's arm, looked crying, and said, "You won't arrest her, will you?" ”

Ma Zhanquan sighed lightly and said, "I won't say anything, I just want to probe and come back to make plans." ”