Hu's month is not big, and Guo Mianmian is more willing to accompany his mother at home and help with family affairs than accompanying his father to find a house in the town.

Taking advantage of today's good sun, Guo Mianmian helped her mother to walk around the village, and listened to the eldest mother who gave birth to many children in the village said that it was good for the children in her belly to walk more.

The women in the village are all diligent, taking advantage of today's good weather, they all wash by the pond and work in groups of threes and twos. Whose chicken laid an extra egg in the morning, whose mother-in-law scolded her daughter-in-law last night, these true or false gossip are good condiments for work, with these gossip, no matter how hard the work seems to be a little lighter.

When several women saw Guo Mianmian helping Hu Shi down, they all smiled and said: "Mianmian is really sensible, and she knows how to protect her mother at such a point." ”

"It's not, it's still the blessing of the Guo family to give birth to such a lovely daughter of Xueyu, and I don't know which kid will be cheaper in the future." Others joked at Hu.

Hearing this, Hu Shi rubbed Guo Mianmian's head with a smile, and said, "I used to think that I was a big demon king of the mixed world, but now I have really grown up. ”

After helping Hu sit under the big banyan tree by the pond, Guo Mianmian took the wooden basin and went to the waterside alone to wash clothes.

In the past, because of her playfulness, she accidentally fell off the slide and left a scar on her face, and the scar was always there until she died. With a flawed face, Guo Mianmian is afraid that people outside will laugh, let alone washing clothes outside, and she rarely even goes out of the door, like this praise, she has almost never heard it in her previous life.

Touching her face, Guo Mianmian's fingers touched the texture of the soft elastic bullet, as if she noticed something, she quietly looked down at the reflection on the water.

In the water, the girl's long black hair was coiled behind her head, a pair of eyes were watery, dazzling spots of light jumped around her, and her snow-white skin was even more broken by the sun.

Is it true that you don't have a scar?

Guo Mianmian looked at the reflection in the water, and couldn't help but open his mouth in shock, as if he couldn't believe it, and didn't take his eyes off for a long time.

"Plop-" A sound of falling water sounded on the surface of the river, which brought back Guo Mianmian's thoughts.

She looked up to the side, and saw a woman who had fallen into the river with a pestle.

The clothes pestle floated to Guo Mianmian's hand, she hurriedly rolled up her sleeves and bent down to reach out and scoop it up.

It's almost winter, even if there is sun, it is rare to warm the water, and when her fingers touch the biting cold river, she can't help but shiver.

He handed the woman the pestle in his hand.

The woman looked a little cringe, took the thing, glanced at Guo Mianmian cautiously, and turned around and left quickly without even saying a word of thanks.

Guo Mianmian frowned, and when she saw the woman's face, she remembered who she was.

"Mianmian, don't pay attention to her," the person next to him glanced in the direction where the woman left, and whispered: "That's the widow Cui in the village, who killed two husbands in a row, and has never remarried until now, she is an ominous person, you stay away from her in the future, be careful that she passes on bad luck to you." ”

Guo Mianmian didn't speak, only nodded slightly, and then withdrew his gaze.

She didn't feel the woman ominous, but sympathized with her. Everyone in the world knows that people are terrible, her widow is unemployed, and she has no son by her side, and she is even more cautious in her life, for fear of taking the wrong step. In the same village, it's okay to be cared for every day, and occasionally I am bullied.

……

Guo Mianmian finished washing his clothes, held a wooden basin in his hand, and followed Hu Shi back along the same road.

There are not many people at the foot of the mountain, and the closest to the Guo family is Aunt Li's family. Aunt Li has a pungent temperament, and she likes to be sour and jealous, her eyes are angry and beautiful, and she always talks with a gun and a stick, and the Guo family generally avoids her.

For some reason, there were a lot of people in front of Aunt Li's house, and there were quarrels from time to time. Guo Mianmian followed the voice and looked behind her, as if Aunt Li had quarreled with someone.

"If you don't learn well at a young age, you can learn some things like stealing chickens and dogs!" Aunt Li spoke, dragging a boy who was about the same age as Guo Mianmian at the moment.

The boy is Zhang Sheng, the second son of the Zhang family, the village is not big, and every family recognizes it, Xu is Aunt Li is angry again, and the strength in her hand has become bigger, and Zhang Sheng's wrist is already red.

Hu Shiyuan didn't care about the neighbors' affairs, but she looked at Zhang Shengtong's red wrist, and she couldn't bear it in her heart, so she stepped forward and persuaded softly: "Isn't this the child of the Zhang family, why are you here if you don't go home for dinner?" Aunt Li, don't worry, why don't you talk about anything slowly, see that the child's hands are red. ”

Hearing this, Aunt Li turned to look at her, but she didn't pay attention to her, and after giving her a blank look, she turned her head and grabbed Zhang Sheng's collar again: "Little rabbit cub, you honestly said that you stole my egg!" ”

When Zhang Sheng heard her ask, he was immediately ashamed and anxious, and retorted again and again: "No, I really didn't steal!" ”

"None? And where did you get that egg? Aunt Li spoke, and her tone was much higher than that of Fang Cai: "Everyone came to comment, I went to the street to buy vegetables at that time, and when I came back, I heard this little cub boasting that he had picked up a wild bird egg, and he picked it up as soon as my family lost the egg, do you think it is a coincidence?" ”

Aunt Li is already a spicy person, and she can stir up three points if she is unreasonable on weekdays, but now she has consciously caught the evidence, and she is even more confident. She shouted loudly, and after saying this, she attracted a lot of people, including the eldest brother of the Zhang family who heard the rumor.

The eldest brother of the Zhang family was originally working in the field, and after knowing this, he couldn't even care about the hoe, so he rushed over in a hurry and sweated.

Seeing that his younger brother Zhang Sheng was being held in his hands by Aunt Li like a chick at the moment, the eldest brother of the Zhang family was also a little annoyed, and directly snatched Zhang Sheng into his arms from her hands, and scolded angrily: "Don't spew blood here, and there is no writing on this egg, why do you say it's your family?" ”

When Aunt Li heard this, she sneered and said: "There are only three geese in the village, one family went back to visit relatives, and the other went to the town market every day to sell, only my goose eggs were kept for their own consumption, two days ago I wondered, why the geese at home have not laid eggs recently, it turned out to be stolen by this little thief raised by your family." ”

After the words fell, Aunt Li took out the egg she had just taken from Zhang Sheng from her arms and gestured to the surrounding people: "Everyone, look, is this a goose egg?" ”

After a while, someone in the crowd chimed in: "Yes, it is indeed a goose egg." ”

The eldest brother of the Zhang family listened to the words of the people around him, and his face was a little unbearable, and he asked Zhang Sheng with a cold face: "Little rabbit cub, where did the egg come from?" ”

"I ......" Zhang Sheng hesitated for a long time, but he didn't explain it.

Seeing the situation, the eldest brother of the Zhang family also understood a little in his heart, and said ruthlessly: "If you don't tell the truth, don't enter the house in the future." ”

"I say, I say!" Zhang Sheng was also a little scared when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Two days ago, I heard from others that I picked up a bird in the forest, so I thought about stealing an egg to show off, and then put it back after playing." ”

Aunt Li listened to Zhang Sheng's words on the side, and her face became more and more proud.

didn't want to, but Zhang Sheng changed his words and pointed to the Hu family on the side: "But what I stole was not from Aunt Li's family, it was the eggs of the Guo family next door to Aunt Li." ”

Hearing him mention his own family, the Hu family on the side were stunned, thinking of yesterday's grandmother saying that the chickens in the family laid so big eggs, Guo Mianmian couldn't help frowning slightly, and there was a sense of ominousness in his heart.

Sure enough, the next moment, I heard Aunt Li snort coldly: "Guo family? Okay, it turned out that your family stole my eggs, but I was watching the costume on the side! ”

After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for others to react, so she turned around and went to the backyard of Guo's house.

The yard is not big in the first place, and now that so many people are coming in, it is inevitable that there will be some congestion.

Guo Mianmian helped Hu Shi to squeeze to the front, and heard Aunt Li pointing to the eggs in the chicken coop and scolding: "I said why don't my geese lay eggs recently, they all came here, you Hu Peipei was still pretending to be a good person in front of me just now, I'm bah!" It's good to accumulate virtue for the unborn child, and do these unclean things with a big belly! ”

The onlookers listened to her scolding so ugly, and their faces were not very good-looking, and some wanted to go up to persuade but were afraid of getting dirty, so they still chose to watch the play on the side.

Hu Shi was already weak, and now she is pregnant, and after listening to Aunt Li's insult, her face was already a little pale, and she was so angry that she couldn't say a word.

Guo Mianmian gently patted the back of her hand, signaling her to rest assured, and then stepped forward and said lightly: "Aunt Li, you have to be reasonable, why have you been neighbors for so many years, when did my Guo family do these things of stealing chickens and dogs." ”

"Then tell me, where did this egg come from, could it be that it flew from the sky?" Aunt Li held her chest with both hands, and opened her mouth with a smile on her face.

Hearing this, Guo Mianmian didn't speak, but only glanced at the vicinity of the chicken nest, and saw a lot of goose feathers mixed with the chicken feathers next to the chicken nest.

Raising her eyebrows, she smiled: "Maybe it's true, Aunt Li, you come with me, let's see how this goose egg came to my chicken coop." ”

It was already dusk, and the clouds on the horizon had been dyed red by the setting sun, and even the whole village was gilded with a layer of gold, and the twilight was covered layer by layer.

Guo Mianmian looked up at the sky that was about to darken, beckoned the visitors in the courtyard to enter the firewood room with Aunt Li, and then closed the door openly, leaving only a small gap that could just be seen in the courtyard.

Some villagers didn't understand, so they asked first: "Mian girl, what are you doing for us all to come to the firewood house?" ”

"Don't worry, everyone, just watch." Guo Mianmian replied, his eyes always in the courtyard.

Aunt Li couldn't guess what she was thinking, so she just thought it was a delaying tactic and stood aside with her eyes squinted.

She wants to see what Guo Mianmian can do.