Chapter 6 The heart is cold and the face is cold
Zhang was taken aback, and sat down on the stone floor by the pool.
doesn't care whether her Nizi lives or dies, crying and crying out for grievances.
Yesterday, the red beans fell into the Linglong Pond, and the people in the village were panicked by the red rice running back.
Today, I heard Da Cuizi and Juanzi babbling in a different voice, but I have experience.
A few strong laborers, some of them carried the fishing nets that were fished for red beans yesterday, and some of them carried the long bamboo poles that were thrown aside yesterday.
Listening to Zhang's crying from afar, everyone was a little frightened,
Ran to the edge of the pond to take a look, these two Nizi ...... Why is it all drenched on the shore?
I was greatly relieved, but I didn't understand what was going on?
Shaodong, the leather shop that jumped into the water yesterday and fished out red beans, was young and strong, with long legs, and ran faster than everyone.
But looking at the clothes on his body, they are dry and open, not like he has saved people in the water.
The funny thing is that this person jumped into the pool yesterday and didn't have time to take off the red beans. Under the clothes of the young east.
At the moment, he is busy taking off his robe, I don't know what else he wants to do?
The next moment, everyone was embarrassed to see it.
Mi Shaodong actually used the robe he took off to wrap the wet red beans at once.
But the red bean Nan Nizi was still full of resistance, and she took a few steps back without appreciation.
Helplessly, Mi Shaodong's body was tall and strong, and he tightly clamped the red bean with both hands, and he didn't allow her small body to break free at all.
In the chaos, Aunt Chen's eyes were sharp, and she saw Zhang's mouth bleeding when she saw her hair unkempt and her mouth open to cry.
Surprised: "Ouch, Second Sister-in-law An, why did you make it like this again?" β
The upright carpenter Wang saw at a glance that the red rice lying on the stone slab was still panting.
shouted: "An Lao'er's family, you Nizi is still angry, why don't you quickly pour out the water in her cavity to save her life, what are you crying about?" β
As he spoke, he ran to Redmi, bent down and grabbed Redmi's feet, and lifted them upside down.
The water in Hongmi's stomach suddenly gushed out of her mouth and nostrils.
Zhang just slapped his hands on the ground and cried loudly.
"Ah...... My dear mother, I can't live anymore...... It's all red beans, and this broom star is harmful to my mother......"
I was embarrassed to say that she broke her lips and broke her front teeth because she went to beat the red beans and stumbled on the stone slab.
Juanzi is a child's heart, and he saw that Mi Shaodong, whom he admired, was protecting red beans.
envy in her heart, and relying on her father and mother to be there.
actually rapped loudly: "Second Aunt An, why is it the red bean that harms you?" β
"Just now, it was obviously Sister Hongmi beating red beans, and she accidentally made it too fierce...... They both crashed into the pool together. β
Before the words fell, Da Cuizi immediately defended Hongmi: "It's all the blame for Hongdou, and Sister Hongmi is on Shuipeng." β
It's good that Da Cuizi doesn't stand up for Red Rice, and Juanzi suddenly thought of her just leaving behind her own red rice.
couldn't help but be angry: "I really watched it, the red beans didn't have any water on Sister Hongmi, that is, Sister Hongmi wanted to beat red beans." β
Aunt Chen shouted to stop her unforgiving Xiaoni.
The two Nizi were arguing, and everyone had already understood.
Knowing that the An family has always bullied An Xiucai's father and daughter, it is customary for them to be blinded by the ashes today.
So they said to the mud together: "Forget it, it's good that there are no deaths...... It's a cold day. β
Another humanitarian: "This Linglong Pond has been a little weird recently, so it's good that the little girls in the family have nothing to do." β
In a word, everyone's backs were full of hair.
I immediately remembered the fierce and terrible appearance when I suddenly fell into evil and beat up Zhang Butcher after the red beans were scooped up yesterday.
Look at the red beans that were guarded by Mi Shaodong's hen like cubs, and wrapped tightly in a robe, no one dared to come over and ask how the red beans were?
Hongsheng and a few other little dolls had short legs, and they grabbed the back of everyone's buttocks, and finally ran to the edge of Linglong Pond.
But it didn't work for anything, he could only bite his fingers, suck his nose, and watch blankly.
A few strong men helped Carpenter Wang, grabbed Hongmi's feet together, and carried the water upside down.
After tossing for a long time, Red Rice began to hum and chirp.
At this moment, Hongdou really wanted to come forward and quarrel with Zhang's for a few words.
Helplessly, he was always wrapped in his wide robe, and refused to let go of his hand.
Listening to Xiao Juanzi defend her again, goodbye Hongmi Niang and the two of them have suffered enough losses today, and they are happy to continue to pretend to be naΓ―ve.
Everyone carried red rice and helped Zhang's family, and the dolls jumped and followed, rushing back to the village.
When Aunt Chen was leaving, she looked back at Mi Shaodong and Hongdou.
Hongdou smiled at her and said softly: "Aunt Chen, I'm fine, thank you Sister Juanzi." β
Hongdou's tone simply frightened Aunt Chen, she changed her face, pulled up Juanzi and left.
Juanzi hurriedly said: "Mother, my vegetable basket ......"
"Don't ......"
Don't wait for everyone to go away.
The red beans were swept away.
Mi Houjun was unsteady in one step, and he took several steps back, almost not falling back.
Red Bean tore off the robe wrapped around him, threw it on the ground, and went straight to the slate to wash the soaked clothes.
Mi Houjun was not surprised, nor was he angry.
Pick up the robe and walk to the slate.
grinned: "Angry? β
Red Bean kept his face calm and scrubbed his clothes vigorously on the stone slab.
Mi Houjun looked at her hands that were slowly turning red, and said distressedly: "Don't wash it, it's wet all over, how can it be good if it's frozen?" β
As he spoke, he put the robe in his hand on the red bean.
Hongdou blocked it with a mallet, but he didn't even shiver.
The tone was extremely cold: "Mi Shaodong, please take care of my affairs in the future." β
Mi Houjun looked at her with a smile: "I just like to meddle in things, but I can't see people bullying me...... Person. β
The tongue punched a roll, and at the end there was a word 'you', and it was easy to become a 'person'.
Hongdou frowned and sneered: "Don't worry about it, no one can bully me." β
Mi Houjun deliberately teased her: "Afraid of gossip? β
Hongdou glared at him, raised the mallet in his hand and slammed up his clothes, and the water splashed Mi Houjun's face.
"Azuki Bean ......"
Wang's crying voice interrupted the beating of the red beans.
Hongdou hurriedly dropped the mallet and went to support the Wang family, who was holding up his big belly and stumbling.
complained distressedly: "Sister Wang, why are you here again?" β
Wang looked at the red bean, and tears came down.
A hand grabbing the red bean: "I'm scared to death, I saw that I only carried the red Minaniko back to the village...... I thought it was ...... I thought it was ......"
Red Bean pulled out a hand and wiped her tears for her.
smiled: "Don't cry, you see I'm not good." β
Mi Houjun interjected: "Sister Wang, don't worry, with me, Hongdou will be fine." β
Hongdou glanced at Mi Houjun and saw that he winked at her, completely skinless and faceless.
I didn't bother to answer him.
Wang let go of Hongdou's hand and blessed Mihoujun.
"Thank you Shaodong......"
As soon as these words were spoken, Mi Houjun said with a haha: "There is still something in my shop, and those hunters should be in a hurry." β
He put the robe in his hand on his body, arched his hand to Wang and Hongdou, opened his two long legs, and walked away.
Hongdou smiled: "What does Sister Wang thank him?" β
Wang looked at the red beans: "Silly Nizi, he also jumped into this pool of water yesterday and fished you up." β
Hongdou was silent for a moment before he said slowly: "I'm ...... today." It came up on its own. β
Wang's eyes were still choking back to tears, and his eyes were suddenly a little frightened: "Hongdou, you ......"
Hongdou naughtily touched Wang's belly, and his tone changed to brisk.
"Sister Wang, don't worry, I haven't changed, I'm still the red bean I used to bean."
"Don't take their word for it, I'm neither evil nor possessed by any dragon god."
She turned around abruptly and took a deep breath of the sweet mountain breeze mixed with grass, trees, rocks, and mud on the edge of the Linglong Pool.
Open your arms and face Linglong Mountain.
Shouted loudly, "I, long, big, la...... Iβliveβunderstandβla......"
"Hahahaha......"
Immediately, the valley in the distance was filled with a rumbling echo.
"I-Grow-Big-......"
"I-Live-Understand-La......"
"Hahahaha......"
"Hahahaha......"
After all the red beans were roasted and the wet shoes on her feet were dry, her father ran back sweating profusely.
Seeing that the red beans were really good, a frightened white face gradually returned to the appearance of a thin and yellow skin.
Although An Xiucai went far today, he didn't write a single word, and he didn't earn half a penny.
Because I remembered the red beans, I had to return early.
Unexpectedly, if you are afraid, you will have something.
When I entered the village, I met Carpenter Wang and Chen Laomo.
Carpenter Wang glared at him and said, "Xiucai, haven't you been watching your Nizi at home for the past few days, and you are still going out to find a livelihood to die?" β
Juanzi's father Chen Lao Mo said: "Why are you scaring him?" β
said to An Xiucai: "You Nizi fell into the pool again today......
Before he could say a word, he saw An Xiucai's mouth open wide, and his eyes seemed to fall off.
Hurriedly said, "People are fine, and what about your second brother's Nizi Hongmi......"
Seeing that An Xiucai was already busy going, he said loudly: "Why are you panicking, they are all going home." β
Seeing her father like this, Hongdou knew that he must have heard someone say that she had fallen into the Linglong Pool again.
Hurriedly greeted: "Dad, I'm back." β
An Xiucai looked at Nizi's face suspiciously.
Hongdou smiled: "Dad, eat, what are you doing just looking at your Xiaoni's face?" β
As he spoke, he went to lift the lid of the pot.
I saw that in the iron pot, there was a steaming circle of thick burnt batter and thick bread.
In the middle of the pot, there is also half a bowl of pickled and browned pickles.
"Azuki Bean ......"
An Xiucai went out in the morning and ran until the second half of the morning, without even saliva in his stomach.
Fortunately, over the years, he has become accustomed to being hungry and cold.
At this moment, when he suddenly saw this pot of fragrant and good food that he hadn't seen for many years, he couldn't help but feel a little red in his eyes.
Hongdou pretended not to see it, quickly opened the pickle bowl, and put it on the stove.
Dip the remaining water stains in the heart of the pot with a clean rag and pick up a wooden rice spatula.
Use a rice spatula that is barely intact to cut the thick bread into small pieces.
They only have two bowls at home, and they all have a few holes.
Today, one was taken with red beans and served with pickles, and there was only one left.
Hongdou put two or three pieces of thick noodles into the empty bowl, and then brought the pickle bowl, which was already a little cold, to the dining table.
The so-called dinner table was just a makeshift piece of work that she put together with two stools.
In any case, when eating, you still need some sense of ritual to make people feel comfortable.
An Xiucai was already stunned.
"Dad, you've been tired all day, sit down and eat."
Hongdou pressed An Xiucai on the remaining tattered stool, and stuffed a pair of blackened bamboo chopsticks of different lengths and colors into his hand.
But he went to the pot and picked up a piece of thick bread, rolled the pickles, and ate it with his hands.
"Red beans, these eats...... Where did you get it from? β
Hongdou smiled and said, "If you buy it with copper money, where else can you get it?" β
An Xiucai put down the chopsticks in his hand and sighed.
"Nier, Daddy knows you're hungry and wants something good, but yet, then......"
Hongdou deliberately smashed his mouth hard, and said with a whin: "Well, it's so fragrant, it's delicious." β
"Dad, why don't you eat, let's do it again when we're full?"
Lying on the rotten straw and wrapped in the thin broken quilt, Hongdou began to think in his heart.
In front of them, their father and daughter relied on a small amount of money withdrawn from Mi Shaodong, and they could barely eat a few full meals.
But a small amount of money is limited after all.
It's the end of October now, and relying on Xiaoyangchun, I don't feel very cold.
She had carefully rummaged through the rags that her father had piled up in the corner of the house.
But I couldn't find a spare warm clothes or a pair of shoes that could be worn in winter.
There are a few pairs of tattered straw sandals and broken wooden clogs.
I don't know if her father wore it out himself, or if he picked it up from somewhere.
Therefore, once you enter the winter moon, don't say that these rotten straws sleeping under your body can't keep out the cold at all.
Their waddling thatched hut is a difficult situation that cannot be survived.
She couldn't help but secretly admire, I don't know how my father and her have survived all these years?
Hongdou wrapped the quilt corner, and in his mind, he suddenly remembered the three ancestral houses and big tiled houses that the family lived in when he was a child.
After cooking the lunch, Hongdou firmly rejected Mi Shaodong's stay.
She is now in a lawsuit, and she doesn't want to fight with this cheeky city wall at all. Wrap.
Although he seemed to her, he once had the grace to save his life.
Helplessly, today's red beans have become cold, and they are simply cold-hearted and cold-faced.
Red Bean patted the stove soot stained on the ragged coarse cloth skirt as he walked out of the leather shop quickly.
"Dead Nizi, you stop me!"
With a broken drink, Hongdou had to stop immediately.
A man in his fifties, wearing an old jacket.
With an angry face, he was waiting at the door of the leather shop.
Hongdou looked at the man's mean triangular eyes, and reluctantly called out: "Second uncle." β
Ann Young. The second is not like his wife and daughter, who has to raise his hand and slap the red bean at every turn.
His hands were always majestically behind his back.
"Let's go, go and see you Lao Tzu with me!"