Chapter 9 A few pink apricots come into the wall
The backyard sits from north to south, and from east to west are stables, houses for carriages, cattle and sheepfolds, pigsties and chicken pens, as well as houses for special hay and thatched toilets in the corners.
There is a tall honey locust tree in the northeast corner of the wall, and a back door is opened on the west side of the honey locust tree, and out of the back door is the peach orchard of the Dong family.
Under the honey locust tree is the kennel, which is covered with stones, and Huzi is lying in the kennel, and when he sees Xue'er, he barks twice, and runs quickly to Xue'er's side and wagged his tail.
Next to the kennel is a firewood room, which is full of firewood and pine needles for starting the fire, and Cher estimates that the firewood stacked in it will be no problem for two years.
Although Dong Changhe is not at home, he is not ambiguous about the things that should be done at home. As a man, he's pretty good enough for that.
These firewoods were sent to his family by Dong Changhe's subordinates, and a few truckloads would be sent back before the arrival of winter every year.
Unlike other farms, where firewood needs to be cut down by themselves, Yun only needs to go to the mountains to collect some pine needles for fire.
On the south side of the firewood house, there are two begonia trees, and it is not yet the season for the begonia to bloom.
On the west wall, there are dried gourd vines and loofah vines, and there are yellow gourds that were not picked last year.
The apricot trees outside the wall have bloomed, some branches stretch into the wall, the pink apricot blossoms are in full bloom, people are a red apricot out of the wall, and her family is a few pink apricots into the wall.
The breeze blows, and the pink petals flutter and fall, which is very poetic......
In the middle of the backyard are several shelves for drying things.
There were two big white goats in the sheepfold with a little lamb, and the little lamb was fine, and he was not hungry when he had milk to eat, but the two big goats bleated with hunger when they saw her.
Cher walked into the sheepfold, untied the rope, and pulled out the two sheep, and the little lamb followed him out of the sheepfold.
Send Huzi to stay and take care of the house.
Locking the door and locking the door, Cher led the two sheep and drove a flock of geese and ducks towards the Tanshui River.
Because the Dong family lived in a remote area, they didn't meet anyone on the road, and they walked to the river smoothly.
Leaving a flock of geese and ducks by the river, Cher led the two sheep across the wooden bridge to the wasteland on the opposite bank.
Although it is a wasteland, the grass and trees here are not very deep, there are some locust trees and oak trees growing sporadically on it, and then to the west is the foot of the high Jiupan Mountain, where the most suitable is to herd sheep and cattle.
Fortunately, the folk customs of Dongjia Village are relatively simple, and most of the people have no preference for stealing, as long as the sheep is tied to the tree and the rope is long, people do not have to stay here to stare.
Found a place with lush vegetation and tied the two sheep, Xue'er squatted down again and touched the little lamb's head, and the little one rubbed Xue'er's hand and bleated twice.
Leaving the sheep behind, Cher walked back the way she came.
The water of the Tanshui River is not very deep this season, but the water is crystal clear, and schools of fish swim happily in it, occasionally being chased by ducks, and they are also nimble to run.
Shrimp and crabs are often seen in the river, and when boys touch fish, they also catch turtles.
Although the ducks catch them all day long and eat them, their numbers never decrease.
The weeping willows on the shore sway in the wind, like the long hair of the daughter's family, fluttering and fascinating.
In the summer, the water will become wider and deeper, and the average adult will dare to wade into the water, and don't think about it if you are a little bit like her.
The wooden bridge at the foot was built by Dong Changhe, mainly because the wasteland at the foot of the mountain has been bought by him, but he has not had time to open up the wasteland.
There is a mountain pool on the Jiupan Mountain behind Dong's house, the water of the mountain pool is very deep, and it covers an area of hundreds of acres, and the mountain pool water flows down the mountain to have the Tanshui River under the mountain, and the name of the Tanshui River is also derived from this.
In front of the Dong family's house, but also in front of the back village of Dongjia Village, there is also a big river, which not only divides Dongjia Village into two, so Dongjia Village is divided into the back village and the front village.
It also divides Changhai County into two and runs through the entire central part of Changhai County. Ordinary rivers flow from west to east, but it is a special river that is named Huitou River because it flows into the sea from east to west.
To the south of Dongjia Village is an official road, which was built by the salt works in the west of Wanghai Town, and finally passed through Changhai County to Tiezhou.
Along the official road to the west, the horse-drawn carriage travels for about an hour to Wanghai Town, which is famous for buying all kinds of seafood, and then the horse-drawn carriage travels for three hours to the west is the salt farm of the official family.
Wanghai Town was named after the location of the Wanghai Post Station where it was originally just an official family, and later developed into a small town because of seafood.
Walk east along the official road of Dongjia Village, drive for two hours with a carriage, the famous Shuijiazhuang in the north, and Changhai County in the south of the official road.
Changhai County is most famous for seafood and mountain goods, and many of the dry goods produced here are shipped to Tiezhou and Tokyo City in the north.
In the southwest of Dongjia Village, through the official road is Wanghai Village, Wanghai Village is built by the sea, and to the west of Wanghai Village is Liushu Village, both of which are by the sea, and the villagers make a living by farming and fishing.
Much of the seafood in Wanghai is provided by fishermen from these two villages.
The husband of the original owner's aunt, the son of the Wu family, is from Wanghai Village, and he is also a fisherman who makes a living from fishing.
Therefore, every time Dong Xueer goes to her aunt's house, her favorite thing is to follow her aunt to the beach to catch the sea and pick up some seafood to take home.
Xue'er didn't stay idle when she got home, usually at this time Xue'er would take some clothes to the Tanshui River to wash, and today the clothes on her body should also be changed, the original owner was beaten, and she was covered in mud and blood.
In my memory, Dong Xue'er didn't have many clothes, and Yun was a woman who was quite good at living.
Dong Xue'er has never worn new clothes since she was a child, and all her clothes were picked up by the Yun family and taken home for Dong Xue'er to wear.
Or the Yun family will change some of the clothes that she and her husband don't want to change to a size suitable for Dong Xue'er to wear, so that it will be, even if it is the New Year, the Yun family will not make new clothes for her to wear.
In Yun's opinion, children grow up fast, and there is no need to wear new clothes every year.
When she got home, Xue'er went to the kitchen stove and still had warm water, so she simply took a bath for herself, and some of the bruises and purple marks on her body were just left by the beating, and some were old injuries from the past, which were miserable to look at.
It's hard for Cher to imagine how a mother can be so heavy on her child. The Yun clan is really wonderful.
After changing into clean clothes, he picked up the dirty clothes that Yun had changed and put them in a wooden basin, brought honey locust powder and a mallet, and planned to go to wash his clothes.