Heiwa settled in a village called Jiangjunzhai in Weibei to survive for a family surnamed Guo. The general village is located in a river called the general slope, a horse flat river can not see the end, all flat watered ground. People say that when they go down the general slope, the land is surnamed Guo. The Guo family is a wealthy man, and the family owns more land than the entire village of Bailu Village, with three major troughs tied to mules and horses, and more than a dozen foals and calves. The children and grandchildren of the Guo family are all working outside, some are in politics, some are in the army, and some are in business, and there is no one in the family who manages the crops. The amount of land is leased to tenant farmers in the village and in the neighbouring villages, and the agreed rent is collected in the summer and autumn of each year. It is only the land that the tenants can not rent enough to cultivate the land that they hire long-term laborers to cultivate, and there is less than 100 acres of land left, which is not so useful for so many animals, and those livestock eat forage all year round, and in some cases, they hardly even have a turn to serve in a year. Caidong Guo Laohan especially likes mules and horses, breeds small foals, the good ones are left to raise, and the bad ones are sold, and the high mules and horses at the head of the trough are all the results of strict screening and elimination of the inferior and the superior, all of them are like the six horses of Zhaoling. Guo Laohan is a martial artist of the Qing Dynasty, he can use a few fists and feet, and he can also make a gun and a stick, and often at the time when the sunset will be painted with gold in the evening, he rode a horse and galloped on the official road in the countryside, even if he was over the age of six, he was still happy to do it. The old man is very bold, he doesn't pick the small sections of the long-term worker, the work is done by you, the meal is eaten by you, and it is rare to hear him staring at the long-term worker's jiri and muttering long-winded.

When Heiwa came, the Guo family already had two long-term workers, a middle-aged man in his forties surnamed Li, who had been working in the Guo family for nearly ten years, and was regarded as a long-term foreman. The other is a young man in his twenties surnamed Wang, who has not yet married a wife, does not speak much, and smiles when he sees everyone, very gentle. Heiwa is the youngest, and very clever, fast feet and fast hands, often instructed by the chief foreman to do a lot of housework, sweeping the courtyard, digging thatched toilets, wringing water and carrying water, drying soil and collecting soil, pulling cattle and drinking horses. After a little time, Guo Juren's two women also liked this honest and diligent young man, and they were very relieved to instruct him to go to the nearby general town to buy vegetables, cut meat, or grab medicine. Guo Juren himself also likes Heiwa, and one evening he was going out to walk the horse, so he took the reins of the saddle that Heiwa had prepared, and suddenly asked: "Heiwa, can you ride a horse?" Heiwa said, "I have ridden a pig, but I have never ridden a horse. Guo Juren laughed happily when he heard this: "Do you want to ride a horse?" Heiwa said, "Yes!" Guo Juren said, "Go and put that saddle on the red horse, and you try to ride it for a walk." Heiwa rode on a red horse and walked with Guo Juren on the official road, but she didn't feel a trace of fear. Guo Juren raised the reins while shouting the key to guiding Heiwa to control the horse; Two horses galloped on the official road in the country.

At night, the three long-term workers all slept on the big kang in the horse, and as soon as they slipped into the bed, they began to talk about women. At this time, the taciturn Changgong Wang was in the towns and villages of the relevant central region, and the hired workers, shop assistants, and workers were called Xianggong, and Wang Xiang was a daily verbal title. became active: "Boss, it's time to say 'four fragrances' tonight." Li Xiangyang, the foreman, laughed smugly, pretending to be serious and said: "Don't say it, don't say it, what should you do if you teach Lu Xiangjiao blindly?" I haven't seen anything yet!" Wang Xiang talked about what Li Xiang said last night or the night before like an endorsement: "Li Xiang, I said the 'four hards', do you think it's right? The carpenter's adze, the blacksmith's anvil, the young man's diamond. There are also 'four soft', the girl's waist cotton bag, and the fire crystal persimmon pig urine. Isn't that right?" Li Xiang was teased at this time: "'Four fragrances' - listen, the head stubble alfalfa and the vinegar are drenched, and the girl's tongue is the meat of the cured juice." Does it smell good? They all can incense people to death!" Wang Xiang laughed almost choked, and repeated the recitation. Heiwa didn't notice it, and even inexplicable: "The first stubble is fragrant in alfalfa, the second drench vinegar is also fragrant, and I have tasted the bacon once, it is really fragrant." What does the girl's tongue smell like? Saliva is not disgusting to death!" Li Xiang said to Wang Xiang, who was laughing out loud: "Heiwa is a melon egg!" We need to enlighten him. Hey, black baby! You will marry a daughter-in-law in the future, you smack your daughter-in-law's tongue, you will taste it, and you will understand that the most fragrant thing is not cured meat......" The chief foreman Li Xiang pretended to have a belly of sour stories about male thieves and prostitutes, some of which were hidden and subtle, and some of them were naked and undisguised. Some of the black babies couldn't understand, and some of them were hot when they heard it. The foreman Li Xiangxu asked matter-of-factly: "Heiwa, you see that our master's family is more than sixty and about to run to seventy, what is your face?" Red Hall; What's the body? Hard; Talking is like ringing a bell, and walking is windy. Why do you think people are so strong? If you guess, I'll give you all of my salary for one year; If you can't guess, you will be punished for taking the urine bucket every night and getting up early every day to empty the urine bucket. Heiwa said the reasons why the master's family eats white rice and fine noodles, delicacies from the mountains and seas, chickens, ducks, pigs and mutton, and walking horses without doing heavy work. Li Xiang stiffened his face and continued to say that it was not right. Wang Xianghan was not good enough, and couldn't help but open his mouth to reveal the mystery first, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he laughed so hard that he couldn't speak: "Guo Juren eat, eat, eat pickled dates!" Heiwa said disapprehantly: "What's so good about soaking dates? Soju ginseng is the only way to raise people!" Wang Xiang smiled wickedly: "Soaking jujube is more nourishing than ginseng wine." Listen to what Uncle Li said about how to soak dates-" The chief foreman whispered that Guo Juren did not marry the woman in the second room to sleep and have a baby, but to make dates for him. Every night, three dried dates were stuffed into the woman's place, soaked overnight, and the next morning they were taken out and washed, and given to Guo Juren to eat on an empty stomach. Guo Juren has eaten her pickled dates since she started, and she has rejuvenated herself in the past two years. Heiwa felt very uncomfortable when she heard it, and she couldn't tell what it was, so she was so choked that her chest was swollen. Wang Xiang suddenly reached out and grabbed his lower body, and reported to Li Xiang with a grin: "Uncle Li, Uncle Li, Heiwa's cow cow is like a bamboo shoot!" Heiwa was ashamed all of a sudden.

Early the next morning, Heiwa got up and carried a long-handled broom to clean the courtyard as usual, and saw Guo Juren's little woman carrying a porcelain basin to pour urine and come back, and entered the wing room, and the sound of washing her face came from the window. Heiwa didn't dare to look up, when he finished sweeping the front yard and got up and was about to walk out of the yard, he couldn't help but glance at the window with the open sash, the little woman was combing her hair in front of the window, and the black oily hair was tucked from her shoulders to her chest, like a shining black satin. When the little woman held the wooden comb from the top of her head, the wide sleeves of her dress were rolled upside down to the shoulder blades, revealing her pink and white arms. Heiwa felt that her chest was choked, but don't drop the soaked dates, and hurriedly turned around and was about to leave. The woman spoke in the window: "Deer Xiang, sweep the ground and water the bucket of water on that magnolia tree." The trees are dry. Heiwa put down her broom and picked up the wooden bucket, went to the well platform of the courtyard, wrung a bucket of water and poured it under the magnolia tree, and poured the roses in the middle of the courtyard. He felt honored that the little woman had assigned him the work, and that he wanted to water any tree or flower, but there was no more. He carried the empty bucket and admired the magnolia tree with great interest, the flowers had long since gone, and the dark green oblate leaves were dripping with dewdrops; The roses are budding. He wrenched another load of water in the kitchen urn, and left a little reluctantly. Back at the gate of the horse where the long-term workers lived, the long-term foremen Li Xiang and Wang Xiang were already carrying plows and pulling livestock to go down to the field to plant cotton. Li Xiang scolded and asked: "Heiwa, you have been sweeping the floor and sweeping the floor on the day of the broken donkey?" Wang Xiangfu said a little: "I probably want to ask for a pickled date...... Heiwa couldn't help blushing, as if she had really begged for pickled dates, and hurriedly explained that she swept the yard and wrenched water to water the flowers and delayed the hour. Li Xiang said: "It doesn't take so much time to pour people. ”

After harvesting the wheat and entering Futian, Guo Juren and his eldest woman moved from the hall into the cave in the backyard to stay. At the twilight of the day, Guo Juren practiced his fists and feet in the courtyard for a while, then washed his face and drank tea, and then went back to the cave to sleep for an hour, and then he lay down or sat and smoked and drank tea, until the summer heat subsided in the evening, and then went out to walk the horse with great interest.

The big woman kept watch over the old man day and night, cooled him, lit a cigarette for him, made tea for him, talked to him, and slept with him. The three meals were prepared by the little woman, served into the cave on a fuchsia walnut lacquer plate, and the urinal was carried in the evening and the urine was poured in the morning, all of which were the little woman's homework, and the little woman had no legitimate reason to go into the cool cave. The eldest wife set strict laws and disciplines for the people, and every Monday (the first day of the new year, the eleventh, and the twenty-first) they went into the little woman's room to have a leisurely time, and they had to return to the cave (usually in the hall) after the event. Guo Juren is in good health, full of energy, often feels not very satisfied, after finishing the matter, he waits to think about it again, and the voice of the big woman who cares and sincerely sounds outside the window of the wing: "You don't want to die, wow?"

Since Guo Juren and the big woman moved into the cave to escape the heat, the courtyard in front of them has become cold and lonely, and Heiwa feels comfortable when she goes to sweep the courtyard and wring water. At the same time, he noticed that the voice of the little woman who had assigned him what to do was sweet, the expression on her face was lively, and the air in the front yard was clear. The three long-term workers squatted in the shade of the magnolia tree to eat, and the little woman sat on a small stool in the kitchen opposite, and when she heard the sound of chopsticks scraping the bottom of the bowl, she came out, and went back with a tray to hold the bowl, and then filled it with rice and brought it out with a tray of rice. This rule is to avoid the possibility of finger contact between men and women when handing over dishes and chopsticks. All the luck and misfortune of Heiwa and this little woman started with the exception of discarding the wooden plate when delivering food.