Chapter 3 The House in the Village

Are there so few varieties of chrysanthemums?

We have crimson, red, pink, yellow, blue, beige, white, red dots, green, colorful chrysanthemums, you name it. Why aren't there even red chrysanthemums here?

It's really a little thing that can go wrong.

Zhao Lan's embroidery technique is also wrong. The ancient embroidery method Zhao Lan would. The embroidery of this leaf and the flower is obviously different, and it seems that it is a lie.

"That's it! The white ones are not as good as the red ones. ”

"Well, mother, do you think it's good-looking?" I really brag to myself, but don't blow the cowhide.

"What's pretty? Show me. ”

Zhao Ju, who hadn't seen anyone for a long time, ran in with a wicker in his hand. There were still a few beads of sweat on the red little face.

It's really a sound before anyone comes.

Zhao Qiu, who was having a good time in the yard, heard Zhao Ju's words, ran to Zhao Ju, and followed Zhao Ju forward.

"It's your sister's embroidered flowers that look good." Zhao Shen turned his head and glared at Zhao Ju who ran to him and said, "Didn't you let you be at home, why did you run out to play again and leave your sister at home alone." ”

"Sister said it's okay, let me go out to play, I just went out. Isn't it, sister? ”

"Besides, my sister doesn't like to go out to play."

"Sister, when will the embroidery look good? You lied to me, show me what is embroidered? ”

Zhao Ju's little mouth talked a lot, snatched the handkerchief from Zhao Lan's hand. It's really okay for anyone to take her.

"Wow! What a beautiful flower. ”

Zhao Ju let out an exclamation.

Zhao Qiu also shouted: "Beautiful, beautiful!" ”

"You kid was shocked. Your sister embroiders beautifully, I can still lie to you. If you have time, you can also learn a little at home, and you can't sew a button. Zhao Shen glared at Zhao Ju and said.

As if she hadn't heard it, Zhao Ju looked at the veil and continued: "Sister, it's really beautiful." Sister, give me this veil. ”

"Okay, here you go."

Zhao Lan was praised by Zhao Ju and her face turned red.

"I knew I wanted it from your sister, bring it first, and I'll take a look." Zhao Shen stretched out his hand to Zhao Ju and said.

"Hey, I didn't teach you how to embroider."

"Ahh I seem to have seen Bill embroidered like this somewhere, and I thought about it just now, thinking that I would use it for myself anyway, and I wouldn't worry if the embroidery was broken, so I just learned to embroider it. ”

Zhao Lan could only make up nonsense casually. I can't sit still.

"It's nice to embroider casually like this, sister, next time you embroider casually, maybe it's better than this."

After listening to Zhao Ju's words, Zhao Qiu on the side nodded straight. Zhao Lan could only wipe her forehead, which was not sweating, and smirked.

"What are you talking nonsense, how can you embroider casually. However, this veil is indeed very beautifully embroidered. ”

Zhao Shen picked it up and looked at it, and the embroidery method seemed to be much simpler. No wonder the embroidery is so fast.

"If you don't embroider another one, I'll bring it over to the shopkeeper to see if it can be seen."

Zhao Shen hesitated and handed over a white handkerchief.

"I must look at it, I like such a beautiful veil."

"You are everywhere, learn embroidery from your sister in the afternoon."

"I don't want it, I'll go up the mountain with Chunhong and them."

"What mountain, accompany your sister in the afternoon, look at Zhao Qiu, I'll go to the field to see, has the grass grown."

"Why do you have to accompany me, sister is not fine in the morning, right, sister."

Zhao Ju said unhappily to Zhao Lan.

"Well, mother, I don't want my sister to accompany me."

Zhao Lan said with sincerity on her face. Actually, Zhao Lan really wanted to say, what's the use of accompanying this little girl. It's useless to accompany whoever wants to die. I've only been here for a few days and I don't want to die.

"Then you stay with your sister for a while, and then go out to play, and see if your sister has anything for you to do from time to time. Don't go up the mountain. ”

Zhao Shen looked at Zhao Lan with a flattering smile on her face and lowered her requirements.

"Okay!"

Zhao Ju reluctantly agreed to Zhao Shen.

"This handkerchief, you embroider according to the one in front, and embroider it a little more neatly, you see that this leaf can be staggered, and this side is not rounded......

Zhao Shen took the handkerchief and pointed at this Zhao Lan.

Zhao Lan took the handkerchief, thinking that if the handkerchief she embroidered could be sold in ancient times, it would be worth looking forward to.

"You embroider slowly, try not to break the embroidery." After telling Zhao Lan, Zhao Shen picked up the unfinished handkerchief just now and continued to embroider.

In the afternoon, after eating, Zhao Lan didn't embroider anymore, and kept thinking about what Zhao Ju said about going up the mountain.

I always thought that children were not allowed to go up the mountain without adults. In modern times, look at how closely children watch! It's really inseparable. Here is ancient times, which is different from modern times. Come to think of it, the ancestors who lived here were familiar with the mountain for generations, so they didn't have to worry about getting lost and the dangers they encountered.

Since the child can go up the mountain alone, Zhao Lan wants to go to the mountain to have a look. In the past, in addition to tourism, I have been to some developed mountains such as Huangshan, Taishan, and Lushan. I haven't been to the undeveloped mountains before, and I'm afraid of danger, and I don't know if the mountains here are full of treasures as described in the book.

The old man has a saying: Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the sea to eat the sea. What is worth on this mountain?

There should be stones on the mountain, and Zhao Lan thought that it would be good if the road was paved with stones. The house is full of mud, and it is inconvenient to walk when it rains. There must be a lot of stones on the mountain, and if you move a little bit every day, it is estimated that the road will be paved soon. Yugong still moves mountains, I can't move mountains and can't pave a path.

Since I've come here, I can't go back, I have to find something to do, embroidery, embroidery, and occasionally embroidery, but I can't go to ancient times to be an embroiderer. After thinking about it, I looked up and saw the bag of seeds, and suddenly I wanted to make a beautiful garden. In the past, I saw a beautiful yard posted by others on the Internet, and the yard was full of all kinds of flowers. From spring to winter, you can see a different scenery in each season, and it's envious to think about it. Now, the Zhao family has such a large area. There is a small yard in front, a big yard in the back, and a small mound behind the yard (although it is not Zhao Lan's family, it does not prevent Zhao Lan's imagination!). If you plan it to grow different plants, flowers, it's a small park.

Zhao Lan thought of this beautiful scene and was excited. It seems that a park has been seen in front of me.

Because of her excitement, Zhao Lan started to tidy up the yard a little in the afternoon, and made a rough plan, thinking that she had to see if there were flowers on the mountain and what flowers they were. The bag is almost full of grass flowers. In addition to flowers, a beautiful yard must also have trees, climbing plants, and ground covers. The height is staggered, and there are many patterns to look good and durable.

Zhao Lan, who had been excited for an afternoon and evening, was woken up by Zhao Ju in a daze the next morning.

After breakfast, Zhao Ju unexpectedly asked Zhao Shen to go up the mountain.

Why Zhao Lan could guess it, it was because she didn't go yesterday! Children don't just love to remember this one thing.

Zhao Shen glanced at Zhao Lan and was about to object.

Zhao Lan spoke first: "Mother, I also want to go up the mountain to see, I don't want to stay at home all the time." You let me go with my sister. ”

Zhao Shen saw the farm tools placed in the corner of the wall, thinking about going to the field yesterday, the grass in the field, and looking at the two little faces full of anticipation, in the end, Zhao Shen still nodded and agreed, and instructed: "Just go to the big rock, don't go up again." Don't take the trail either. ”

Zhao Lan and Zhao Ju did not agree.

Zhao Lan didn't know what to bring up the mountain, so she wanted to find a small shovel and basket. After looking for a long time, I didn't see a small shovel, but there was a big one, but with such a long handle, Zhao Lan still gave up taking it. It's just too big. Zhao Ju, this girl, was so anxious to go up the mountain that she couldn't wait to leave now. Urging and urging. In the end, Zhao Lan could only take a slightly larger basket and a small sickle. The small scythe can also dig into the soil, but it is not so easy to dig up without a shovel, after all, the scythe is used to cut things.

"Sister, what are you doing with the basket, the pigweed is ready."

If you want to ask me to fight pigweed, I won't fight yet, I don't know what your sister looks like pigweed. Still playing pigweed? Zhao Lan replied in her heart.

"Let's see, I'll just bring some back then." Zhao Lan dealt with Zhao Ju at the top to prevent her from chattering.

Zhao Lan followed Zhao Ju out of the courtyard.

Zhao Lan, who has never been discharged from the hospital, found that her family's conditions are good. Zhao Lan's family in front of him has been built for a long time, and some of the wall tiles are weathered. A thatched hut was built outside the tiled house as a kitchen, and there were no earthen walls, only a fence around the yard. There was a dog at home that barked at Zhao Lan.

"What's it called, go back," an old grandmother walked out of the house, looking at Zhao Ju and Zhao Lan who came over with a few patches on her wrinkled face and wearing clothes, "It turned out to be Lan'er and Ju'er!" Hanging out? ”

"Yes, Grandma Liu." Zhao Ju shouted sweetly. Zhao Lan tugged at the corners of her mouth, smiled at Grandma Liu, and walked forward.

I only heard Grandma Liu behind me muttering, "When did this Lan'er and Ju'er come out to play together?" Odd. ”

It seems that Zhao Lan doesn't like to talk, but also doesn't like to come out to play! No wonder there are no children playing with Zhao Lan these days. Could it be that Zhao Lan is an otaku?

Then the house in front of it, the house is even worse, the three-room house is built of mud, the house is very low, two meters high, and the taller people are estimated to bend down to enter. The yard was also fenced around.

Zhao Lan looked up. There are about seven or eight rows of houses in the village, and there seem to be quite a few households. However, these houses are uneven, most of them are three-room tiled houses, but some of them are made of earth on top of the stones; Some earthen walls are only covered with thatch, and I don't know if the roof will be blown away when the wind is stronger; Some of the walls are badly weathered, and there are many small holes, how can you survive this in winter! Others seem to be about to fall apart, and I'm really afraid that it will fall down and hit people. But that's just one or two of them.

The most eye-catching thing is that there is a family at the entrance of the village and one or several at the east end of the village, a blue brick house at the entrance of the village, which is much higher than the surrounding people, the one or several at the east end of the village, Zhao Lan really can't figure out the situation, it is really a house connected to the house, the area is as big as a few families, looking from a distance, the high brick house, the eaves are high and upturned, the wall is high and magnificent, and you can't see how it is inside.

Whose house is this?