Qinglian smiled and said, "Ah, Dad has already gotten up to make poached eggs for us, aunt, hurry up and eat, eat and leave early." ”

He Dahong and He Qinglian were snoring and eating poached eggs, and He Hongshan watched them with doting smiles on their faces. He said to his sister, "Go to the market and buy elm bark and fine gauze, and I will make the incense shelf at noon today, and in the afternoon I will go to the sawmill to get some sawdust, and then sift it through a sieve." ”

He Dahong smiled and said to his niece: "My second brother looks very aggressive, but in fact, he is so careful, I have been pampered by my brother since I was a child. ”

Qinglian took a sip of brown sugar water and said, "My father is a friend of women. ”

"Poof" He Dahong laughed.

He Hongshan scolded his daughter with a smile, and suddenly remembered his ex-wife, and his heart hurt again: Yes, he, a man who was praised by relatives, neighbors, sisters, and daughters, is not warm Wang Xiuli's heart.

Suddenly, his sister asked him: "Second brother, don't feed the thatch roots that our family is drying to livestock, I can use them." ”

Thatch is everywhere, and in the winter the farmers dig out its roots and dry them, chop them up and mix them in the grass to feed the animals, so as to increase the taste of the forage, and the animals are willing to eat it.

He Hongshan listened and asked, "What do you want it for?" ”

He Dahong said: "You just keep it." ”

He nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, he smacked his lips and said to Qinglian: "By the way, I have to go to see your second aunt in a while, we sent the person, and we have to be responsible." Also, we all gave her her her own rations, and this is one more person, so I have to increase the rations, and I will have to grind the noodles in a while, and then send her a bag. ”

Qinglian winked at her aunt and said, "Look, my father has thought of this, so I don't have to worry about it." ”

He Dahong pursed his lips and smiled.

"Qinglian! Qinglian! Meiling ran with a shout.

Qinglian felt a sigh in her heart: Her father is a demon again?

"Meiling, don't worry, speak slowly, I'll help you." She put down the bowl and took Meiling's hand to comfort her.

Meiling gasped and shook her head, blushing and said, "Qinglian, no, my family's garlic is all out." ”

Qinglian exclaimed: "Ah, so good! ”

"Uh-huh, you go and see, go!" Meiling couldn't help but say that she would run away with her.

Meiling carefully lifted the thick cloth curtain of the greenhouse, and the two of them got in. Qinglian looked at the layer of tender yellow on the ground and was also excited, she said: "Meiling, it's really good, the whole bud rate is 100%!" It means that you manage well, wait, you can sell it for money after the New Year! ”

The two little girls chattered happily for a while, Qinglian suddenly remembered the matter at home, and said anxiously: "Ah, no, I have to go to the market with my aunt today, and we will talk again in the evening." ”

Meiling grabbed her hand violently and whispered, "Qinglian, my father knelt down with my mother to apologize last night." ”

Qinglian exclaimed. Come to think of it, I haven't heard him cry for the past two days.

Since he was cleaned up by Mei Lingniang that night, one eye has slowly become blind, and he has been lying in the house crying and complaining, which actually apologized to his daughter-in-law.

Qinglian said solemnly: "You have to find out if he is truly repentant, don't be fooled by him." ”

Meiling said confidently: "I know, you hurry up to the market, and when you come back, I'll go to you and talk about it in detail." ”

Qinglian and her aunt rode a bicycle and braved the cold wind of the early morning to the morning market, and saw that the vendors selling elm bark had already placed the elm bark they had brought on the ground. It's cold, and they're all so frozen that they're shrinking their heads and tails. There are already buyers looking at the elm bark of one by one, and those who fancy one are bargaining.

Qinglian didn't understand, so she had to follow her aunt and watch them one by one.

Gu seemed very experienced, first picked up a piece of dried elm bark to see, then folded it with his hand, and then tore a little bit and chewed it in his mouth, and finally Gu took a fancy to a person's elm bark, so she asked the price seriously.

The elm bark seller was a young man in a military uniform, with a straight posture and a sunny face, as if he was not afraid of the cold at all. When his aunt asked him what price the elm bark was selling, he didn't let you offer a price like other hawkers sleekly, but said heartily: "Two cents and five pounds." ”

He Dahong was very satisfied with the price, but out of habit, she still said: "Can it be cheaper?" ”

The man simply said, "It can't be cheap, it's sold for my uncle, and I can't be the master." ”

He Dahong heard the "oh", and said simply: "Then I want it, let's call it." ”

After weighing eighty catties, Qinglian handed over the 20 yuan, he took it and muttered with a smile: "I can buy a few boxes of medicine for my aunt again......"

Qinglian glanced at him more because of these words. It was found that there was an oval scar on the center of his eyebrows, somewhat like Yang Jian's third eye. Qinglian smiled.

"What are you laughing at?"

Qinglian was asked coldly.

She looked up and saw that his dark eyes were staring at her. She was embarrassed for a moment, so she looked away and said, "I didn't laugh at you." ”

"Then who are you laughing at?" He asked with a serious face.

Qinglian chuckled again.

At this time, Gu had already started to hug the elm bark to the fish scale list she brought, and called Qinglian to ask her to help, so she squatted down and hurriedly helped Gu get the elm bark.

The young man was actually very diligent, and in three clicks and two clicks, he gave the elm bark on his fish scale list to the fish scale list of Qinglian's family. He Dahong couldn't help but praise: "The young man is so good, thank you." ”

He smiled and said, "You're welcome." ”

Eighty pounds of elm bark, tying it to the back seat of the bicycle is also a technical job, but this work is difficult He Dahong.

She tied the fish scale sheet and was about to carry it to the back seat of the car, but the young man carried it on her back first.

He Dahong couldn't help but say, "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you so much, young man." ”

The young man smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you buy my elm bark, and I'll give it away." ”

As he spoke, he had put the elm bark on the back seat of the bicycle, picked up the rope of the cart, and tied it up skillfully. Clapping his hand and saying, "Okay, no mistake." ”

He Dahong patted it with his hand, and the bundle was sturdy, and he was very satisfied. I jokingly said to him: "Young man, you are such a good boy, where are you from?" What's your name? I'll tell you a daughter-in-law, hehehe. ”

That young man was so thick-skinned, he actually asked seriously: "Sister, are you talking about it?" ”

He Dahong smiled and said that it was a matter of words.

The young man said, "I am from Cui Zhuang, and my name is Cui Huawei." ”

When Qinglian heard this, she subconsciously asked, "Do you know Cui Fengxia?" ”

He looked at Qinglian and asked, "Do you know my cousin?" ”

Qinglian asked with some surprise: "Cui Fengxia is your cousin?" ”

Cui Huawei said: "Yes, his father is my second uncle, and today this elm bark is sold for her family." ”

Qinglian said with a smile: "Cui Fengxia and I are classmates, and we had a good relationship when we were in school. ”

He Dahong really laughed: "Ouch, there are no outsiders when you don't speak." ”

Cui Huawei asked them at this time: "Eldest sister, little sister, which village are you from?" ”

Qinglian replied: "Not far, we are from Wang Xiangzhai, we are a neighboring village, my name is He Qinglian." This is my aunt. ”

Cui Huawei listened and apologized to He Dahong repeatedly. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I should call you aunt."

He Dahong was happy to hear it. But Cui Huawei bargained. "Aunt, I call you aunt, you must tell me about your daughter-in-law."

He Dahong laughed again, and Qinglian also pursed her lips and smiled.

He Dahong asked him seriously: "What are you?" How old is it? ”

Cui Huawei said: "I am 23 this year and have just returned from the army. ”

He Dahong looked at him with admiration and said, "Okay, okay, I'll keep an eye on you, it's just that I can't find a girl worthy of you when I look at you like a good young man." ”

Cui Huawei said half-truthfully: "Aunt, you are so good at complimenting people, I am embarrassed, but I like it very much when I listen to it." ”

Qinglian and He Dahong were both amused.

He said: "But the older generation says that your Wang Xiangzhai's daughter is beautiful, so you can tell me about your Wang Xiangzhai." ”

This is a sentence that praised the two daughters of Wang Xiangzhai.

Qinglian smiled silently. He Dahong said beautifully: "Okay, okay, just wait for my good news hahaha." ”

Qinglian smiled and said politely: "That Hua viagra, we still have to rush to the market to buy other things, so we will leave first." You go back and talk to Feng Xia so that she can play with me free. ”

Cui Huawei said coolly: "Okay, aunt and sister, you go slowly, I'll go shopping." ”

After separating from him, He Dahong praised Cui Huawei vigorously, and Qinglian echoed and smiled.

They sent their bikes to the viewing office and went to the market to buy fine gauze.