Chapter 6: The First Night of the Little Broken House
Coming out of Wang's house, Hua Muxi only brought a quilt and Wang Laosan's short knife "fangs".
The drizzle was flying, the cold wind was cold, and the flowers were shivering, but the bottom of my heart was relaxed, and I finally got out of this home.
After tossing for most of the day, it was dark, her stomach was growling, and Hua Muxi, who was physically and mentally exhausted, found a corner in the abandoned house that could still shelter from the wind and rain, found some hay and branches and barely burned a fire, the fire was bright, and the body was warm.
Outside the house, there was a deep mountain forest as far as the eye could see, and she always felt a white shadow scurrying around the hut.
At this time, Aunt Liu came over with cotton clothes and gave some sweet potatoes.
"You're too honest, there's nothing at home, there's so little left over from dinner, you can eat something to fill your stomach."
Hua Muxi took the bowl, and the potatoes in the bowl were cut into pieces, boiled with white rice and water until soft, and became potato porridge. She took a sip, the temperature was just right, and she didn't put any seasoning, only the starch of the potatoes and the sweetness of the rice.
A big bowl of potato porridge went down, and there was something in the stomach, and Hua Muxi finally felt better.
"Thank you, sister-in-law Liu." Hua Muxi returned the bowl to Sister-in-law Liu.
"Thank you, it's just a bowl of potato porridge." Sister-in-law Liu put aside the dishes and chopsticks, and put on the cotton clothes for Hua Muxi, "It's a cold day, don't freeze." ”
It's easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow, no matter what, she keeps this kindness in her heart.
Hua Muxi put three large sweet potatoes under the fire, and when the fire was extinguished, the sweet potatoes were ripe. He said: "Sister-in-law Liu, you call me Hua Muxi, Hua Muxi is my name." ”
Sister-in-law Liu responded with a smile, "I've always heard them call you He Ye, and I also call you that, it turns out that your name is Hua Muxi, and your name is weird and good." ”
Hua Muxi smiled, and didn't explain, He Ye was gone, it was he Hua Muxi who was alive, and it was more comfortable to call her own name.
Sister-in-law Liu said again: "What are you going to do? This Wang family doesn't give you anything, do you want to go back to your mother's house? ”
Hua Muxi shook her head, "I was too young to remember the way back when I was abducted." I'll live here in the future, and be a neighbor with Sister-in-law Liu, is it feasible? ”
Sister-in-law Liu didn't think much about it, and immediately responded, "Okay, that's great, we used to have one family at the end of the village, but now with you, I can be a companion!" ”
"Thanks to you, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to stay here alone." Hua Muxi smiled embarrassedly, "The bamboo forest over there is rustled by the wind, and I always feel like there is a white person." ”
"No one! Don't scare yourself, on this cold day, how can anyone not nest at home. My mother-in-law is still waiting for me to go back to cook, so I won't stay with you. ”
"Hey!" Hua Muxi responded.
Seeing off Aunt Zhang, Hua Muxi looked around at the cabin. There is only one room in this abandoned house, and if you repair the roof and block the broken wall with wooden boards, you will be able to live in it.
Hua Muxi took the roasted sweet potatoes out of the fire and put them on the cold stone slab on the side. Slightly cooled by the cold wind, and then tear off the roasted black skin on the outside of the sweet potato, the golden sweet potato inside immediately exudes heat, and the sweet taste is tangy.
Hua Muxi ate it in small bites, and the sweet and soft taste made her smile and squint with satisfaction: "It's delicious." ”
After eating the sweet potato, Hua Muxi wiped her hands, added firewood, and lay down in the quilt of the broken kang and fell asleep deeply.
The cold wind blew by, and the flickering fire light reflected on her face, revealing a faint warmth. A white-haired wolf leisurely stepped into the dilapidated house. The golden brown eyes looked at the flowers who were sleeping comfortably.
It's still the familiar thin little face, but it's stuck to the soot due to the misprogress of the fire.
The white wolf approached Hua Muxi's defenseless neck, sniffed, and said in his heart: The smell has not changed, but it just feels that people are different......