When they reached the bottom of the mountain, it was already dark, and everyone from house to house said hello to each other and dragged their heavy bodies back to their homes.

After Helan followed the Wu family to the house, she sat on the stool tired and didn't want to get up, and the others were the same, the most tired were Wu Qingzhu and Wu's father.

Because the two of them had to carry people on their backs when they went down the mountain, Grandpa Wu's legs and feet were not good, and he walked for a while at first, because the road was slippery and almost fell, Father Wu bent down and picked up his father, but fortunately, Grandpa Wu was slightly thin and his weight was still within the bearable range.

Wu Qingzhu is carrying Qingmei, since the last time the two of them fell, it has only been a week now, Qingmei's sprain is slightly serious, and the road down the mountain is not easy to walk, so he can only be tired of his brother.

Although the two of them carried people on their backs, they didn't hold anything in their hands, so it seemed that they were really tired.

Several times Helan stretched out his hand to take some, but Wu Qingzhu dragged it tightly and didn't give it, only letting Helan walk in front of him, and reminding Helan to pay attention to walking from time to time.

Wu Qingzhu was really frightened when she looked at her little daughter-in-law's unsteady walking, the person in front of her was carrying a flat burden, and she almost hit Helan several times from time to time.

The road is not easy to walk, and it is not strong to hit, in this case, I am embarrassed to tell others, so I can only pay more attention to myself.

Helan walked while letting Qingmei help herself, the road was still a little steeper, and when Wu Qingzhu walked down, Qingmei always thought that she was going to go forward.

Putting it down again, a few people were uncles on the chairs, but Wu's mother began to be busy, first looking at the house to see if there was anything missing, and then took out the brazier, lit the fire, and then set up the stove to boil water.

He also laid the floor in the house, spread the straw on the ground, found a few straw mats to put on the ground, and laid the quilt to prevent insects from scattering a circle of grass and wood ashes.

"There's nothing to clean up at home, it's a mess, let's make do with sleeping here for one night tonight, and then go back to the house to sleep after it's cleaned up tomorrow." Mother Wu was talking to a few people while cleaning up.

Helan looked at Wu's mother, who was busy, and was embarrassed to sit, so she rested, feeling a little stronger, so she quickly got up and helped Wu's mother clean up the bed.

"Mother, don't be busy, sit down and rest, it's a very tiring day." Qingmei saw his mother's non-stop work, and felt embarrassed to persuade her mother to take a break.

"I'm not busy, waiting for you to get up and help me, can't I work? Then we'll have no place to sleep. Mother Wu didn't help the girl, and persuaded herself not to be busy, and said in a tone that she wanted to step forward and slap her.

At this time, Wu Qingzhu didn't wait for Wu's mother's instructions to get up and go to the well in the yard, and fetched a bucket of water into the house.

Looking at the boiling water, he poured it out and divided it, so that the family could drink hot water to warm up first.

"There are still a few cakes in the baggage, Brother Quan, you take them out and divide them, let's make do with them tonight and eat some first." Mother Wu saw that Wu Qingzhu was already busy with work, so she instructed her second son.

After the water was poured out, Wu Qingzhu put the pot on the shelf again, and then Grandpa Wu also opened his mouth: "Brother Zhu, what are you doing with the pot?" ”

Wu Qingzhu was busy with his work, and replied to his grandfather's words: "Boil some water, our shoes are wet when we go down the mountain today, and if we don't soak our feet at night, we may freeze in a few days, and the hot water can also relieve fatigue, which is good for the body." ”

"Well, it's better to be thoughtful, just sit down and rest when you're done."

"That's it."

After they were all busy, the family gathered around the stove to eat boiled water cakes, and there was an extra plate of pickled radishes next to it, which was made by Wu's mother years ago. When I went up the mountain, I had already eaten all the food I had brought with me, and I didn't take it with me.

"I'm finally back, and sure enough, it's not as comfortable as at home." Father Wu held the cake in his hand, chewed the freshly stuffed radish strips in his mouth, and put the freshly taken out tobacco next to him, which was really comfortable and satisfying.

In this way, the family is also very satisfied, compared to the situation on the mountain that can only block the wind, the life of the family with a stove, hot water and steamed buns is much better.

After everything was cleaned up, the group of people was content to lie on the floor that was finally not very hard.

At that time, when I went up the mountain, I couldn't take two pairs of quilts, so when I was on the mountain, I squeezed three people to sleep together, and now it's much better at home, and when I sleep again tonight, two people cover two pairs of quilts.

Only Wu Qingzhu is a pair of quilts for another person, but fortunately, his pair of quilts is big enough to be folded in half and wrapped around his body.

"Brother Zhu, if it's cold, go to your grandfather's place and squeeze it." Although she has been like this for many days in the mountains, Wu's mother is still worried about her eldest son's health.

"It's okay, I'm pretty comfortable wrapped up alone." Compared with the other two people sleeping together to keep warm, he himself is more comfortable.

Wu Qingzhu folded the quilt seriously while talking, and then rolled it up and drilled inside, although it was a little cooler when he just entered the quilt, and it was just warm.

After a while, the sound of breathing was heard everywhere, no words, sleep, dawn!

The next day, the family didn't get up early, and even the most diligent mother Wu didn't come out of the bed after waking up, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

From time to time, you can still hear the sound of wood popping out of the stove next to it, and the fire seems to be much smaller.

Helan and Qingmei wrapped themselves in the quilt face to face and said some boring words, or talked about some needlework.

"I don't know if they have lotus flowers and lotus leaves."

"I don't know, but it must be cold outside by the wind coming in through the door."

"Then let's lie down a little longer, you come to my side again, I'm leaking behind me."

……

It is now eight o'clock in the morning, and there are only two people who are still asleep, one is Wu's father, the other is Wu Qingquan, one is snoring, and the other is breathing a little heavily, and you can hear it when you hear it.

After lying down for another half an hour, Wu's mother really couldn't lie down, stretched out her hand and touched the shoes that were not far from the stove, and felt that they were dry, so she fished them out and put them on.

No matter how loud the movement of Wu's mother got up, Wu's father still snored constantly, and it was not affected at all.

After Wu Qingzhu saw that Wu Qingquan woke up, he lay on the quilt to test his knowledge, and the mode of asking and answering never stopped.

And Grandpa Wu interjected from time to time to correct or help answer, in the face of the cultural offensive of the two people, Wu Qingquan said that the pressure was great, and when a question could not be answered, Grandpa Wu couldn't wait to pick up his shoes and pull over.

Confucius said, "Cry out! I look around, quiet, hurtful, I am so suitable! Lu Zhi's suburbs, indecent manners, Zhou Gongqi's decline! The suburbs of Qi are also Yu, and the suburbs of Song are also deed, which is the matter of the Son of Heaven. Therefore, the Son of Heaven sacrifices heaven and earth, and the princes sacrifice Sheji. ”

Grandpa Wu looked at his little grandson's angry beard and shook it: "You were wrong three or four times in just one sentence, compared to your brother, you are really far behind." ”

Listening to his grandfather's lectures over and over again, Wu Qingquan couldn't help but flatten his mouth aggrievedly: "This book is obviously in the Book of Rites, and I started to take the teaching exam before I was familiar with you." ”

"I usually don't memorize it seriously, how can I want to make people solve problems, the most important thing to do is to ask for advice with an open mind, a gentleman must have a gentleman's style, if everything is calculated, what else can I do in the future?"

Grandpa Wu was panting and breathing, and at this time, Father Wu's snoring happened to start the second round, and Grandpa Wu didn't catch his breath and turned his head to look at this son who echoed his tone, and made a "snap".

Not only Wu Qingzhu was blind, but Grandpa Wu himself was also stunned and felt the pain in his hands. I thought about my son's tired appearance when he came back yesterday, and I couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

But I also beat it, and I can't apologize to my son when I am a father.

Grandpa Wu, who couldn't wipe off his face, said awkwardly: "Your son has made mistakes in reciting the book several times, should you listen to the teaching, since you are awake, listen to it together!" ”

Father Wu......

Qingmei and Helan had to get up after a while, Wu's mother first found the ointment at home, and asked Helan to get up and put it on Qingmei.

"You have to hurry up with the medicine on your feet, you are busy every day, and you are the most idle at home."

"I can't help you with other tasks with a stick, how can I be idle all the time." Qingmei pouted and retorted when she heard her mother say that she was useless.

Mother Wu naturally ignored the little girl's thoughts, there were a lot of things at home, and I didn't know if I could finish it today.

The warmth in the house was in stark contrast to the cold outside, but no matter how cold it was, Helan still needed to go out. There were only two people who got up at this time, Helan and Wu's mother.

Qingmei's legs and feet were inconvenient, so Helan continued to stay in the quilt after helping to clean up. As soon as Grandpa Wu and the three of them discussed their studies, they didn't care about anything around them.

The knock on the door outside had been ringing for a while, and she didn't hear it when she was packing up with Wu's mother just now, but Qingmei screamed a few times before she heard it.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw that it was the eldest son of the village chief's family, Helan staggered his body and let in: "It's Brother Tiemu, please come in." ”

Tiemu is a typical peasant man, with a tall body and a straight waist, not very big eyes, and a little stubble, but he also looks energetic.

"I won't go in, my father asked me to come over and say, in another hour, the weather will be warmer and I will go into the city, let Brother Zhu watch the time, wear thicker when you leave, it will be colder when you catch the car."

"Okay, I remember, I'll tell him when I go in."

"Don't forget the time, if you go late, you won't be able to enter the county."

"I remember."

Wu Tiemu saw that Helan promised to be happy for a long time, turned around and hurried home.

"Who's coming?"

When Helan was about to open the curtain, he saw the curtain being lifted from the inside, and the person who came was Wu Qingzhu.

"Brother Tiemu, he said that he would leave in another hour, so you don't have to delay time, you won't be able to enter the city gate if it's too late."

"Why can't you get in? Didn't you hear of this ban? ”

"What do you say, every day the generals at the city gate stipulate that they have the right to enter the city for two hours at noon every day, and they are only allowed to enter and leave at other times."

Helan entered the door and explained the matter, and hurriedly helped Wu's mother clean up the house.