In the past two days, Shen Yunyan and Mrs. Xu also came to find Chu Jianniang and asked about collecting firewood and charcoal together.

Chu Jianniang wanted to push it, but it was useless to think that the silkworms at home appeared, and there was not much work in the way, so she was idle at home, so she should go. took advantage of the situation and brought Li Yaer together, and they were all still the same people from last year.

So they chose a good day, and after a while, they went to the mountains to find it. The first place to start is also in the back mountain of Longshan Village.

Facing the golden sunshine, the women carried the baskets on their backs, and the men pulled the carts and went to the mountains. There is the fragrance of wild cinnamon on the side of the road, and the breeze is dark and dark, sometimes light and sometimes strong, teaching people to be refreshing and sweet.

After going up to the mountain, the yellow leaves are all over the forest, the sun is dappled, and the scenery is cool and refreshing. Chu Jianniang stepped on the crunchy dry branches, hummed a small tune in her mouth, and took Shen Yunyan and Li Ya'er beside her, and they also hummed and sang. The whole forest reverberated with laughter, and the atmosphere was not relaxed and cheerful.

But there were already firewood collectors in the mountains ahead of them, and many of the thick branches and dry firewood in the forest had been cleared. So a few of them went deep into the forest.

In addition to picking up dry firewood, several people have picked up a lot of wild vegetables and wild fruits, and they are all good species of medicinal materials with high medicinal use, if this is handled well, it can also be sold for money.

At the end of the day, several people gained quite a lot.

Cen Amu's car couldn't fit anymore, but fortunately, this year, Shen's father pulled a car, and Mrs. Xu also called her old man to pull a car, a total of three cars. These three cars came down, not to mention ten loads.

On the way back, the faces of several people were full of you looking at me and laughing, I looked at you and laughing, gossiping in their mouths, and their faces were full of joy and excitement.

However, when she was about to finish descending the mountain, on a road near Qingshuigou, Chu Jianniang stepped on a small broken stone under her feet, twisted her foot without warning, and slid down the thorny slope next to her, and almost fell into the ditch.

There was an exclamation, and for a moment the words of laughter were cut off.

Shen Yunyan, Xu Pozi and the others saw Chu Jianniang's body slipping down, and before they could react, they were all frightened, and they all shouted in unison, "Jiao Niang!" "Hurriedly chased down.

Li Ya'er reacted the fastest, and hurriedly helped Chu Jiaoniang, "Sister Jiaoniang, are you okay?" ”

Shen Yunyan and Mrs. Xu came over later, followed by Cen Amu, Old Man Xu, Father Shen and others also hurriedly pulled the car to a gentle place and put it down, and came over to ask about the situation: Is there anything wrong, is there any injury?

Chu Jianniang sat on the ground for a moment, and the pain suddenly eased all over her body, and Pan Qianxiu's eyebrows were twisted extremely uncomfortable. Only then did I find that the skin of the elbows and palms had been scratched by thorns, and the bright red blood stains were revealed, which made people feel unbearable pain when they looked at it.

When Shen Yunyan saw her appearance, she frowned, feeling pain for her: "You are ...... How scary. It's all right! Did you hurt your bones? ”

"Yes, it should be fine." Chu Jianniang got up with the strength given by Shen Yunyan and Li Ya'er, moved her wrist and elbow, and twisted her feet, "I didn't hurt my bones, it's okay." ”

"It's going to be okay! It's all broken and bleeding! Mrs. Xu complained while worrying, helped her dust off her clothes, and said, "This road is not difficult to walk, why are you so careless?" I almost fell in! ”

Chu Jianniang also somehow said that the foot was broken, and she joked: "It may be that I haven't wrestled for a long time, and I should fall once." ”

Xu Pozi gave a slanted eye: "You can see it, you can still have this reason." ”

Chu Jianniang smiled refreshingly: "Then what's not?" ”

"Okay, okay, don't delay, go back and bandage the wound." Old man Xu interjected.

Shen Yunyan looked at her wounds, and then rejoiced: "Fortunately, I didn't hurt my face, if this is broken, your man will come back, and we won't be able to explain it." ”

In a word, it made Chu Jianniang laugh again.

After tidying up, Chu Jianniang's basket of wild vegetables was so much that she couldn't ask for it, and the basket was also broken, so she simply threw it away. Then he went down the mountain with the help of several people.

The charcoal was pulled by Shen Yunyan and Mrs. Xu to Cen 's house, and Li Ya'er helped Chu Jianniang to go home first.

When they arrived home, Old Man Wei and Liu were also startled when they saw her so embarrassed.

The second elder came over with a frightened face, and Zhou looked at her up and down for a while, and also asked for warmth, not very worried and caring: What is going on!

Chu Jianniang's face and posture were relaxed, and she said that she was fine, but she accidentally fell when she was collecting firewood. There is no worry at all.

Old man Wei scolded her for being careless!

Liu also echoed and asked her to hurry to bandage. But at the end, Liu said the same thing as Shen Yunyan, he was afraid that she would be seriously injured, and Wei Xuan would blame her when he came back.

Chu Jiaoniang Yan smiled, and felt that such a worry and care made her feel happy.

After that, with the help of Liu, Chu Jianniang took off her shirt and went to Xie Shengshou's house to do bandaging treatment.

At the beginning of the unitary hour, Chu Jianniang came back, and she saw a thick white smoke floating in the chimney of her home, reflecting on the sky covered with fish scales, drawing a swimming dragon form.

After looking at it, the corners of Chu Jianniang's mouth once again flashed with a shallow and warm smile. Some things are self-evident.

Liu's is not without eyesight, her daughter-in-law's palms and arms are all injured, can she still make her unable to cook? When returning to Liu's work, Liu's did not slack off. During the meal, seeing that Chu Jianniang's hands were inconvenient, Liu Shi did not remind anyone, and after eating two bites, he put vegetables in her bowl.

Looking at the atmosphere in this house, the transformation of the Liu family, Chu Jiaoniang is like an old mother-in-law, and she is very relieved! said in his mouth: Thank you, mother.

At night, Chu Jianniang planned to freshen up, but looking at the wrapped hands, they couldn't enter the water, and it was not easy for people to help, so they had to simply wipe them and lay down on the bed.

I fell asleep very quickly today, maybe I was tired, and I fell asleep in a moment's time, but ...... Dreams aren't so good.

In the sun-dappled jungle, the crunchy dry branches "creak" when stepping on them. In just an instant, she was surrounded by thorns, and the thorns with jagged teeth approached her little by little, constantly making rumbling sounds, which were extremely terrifying.

The sunlight above her head gradually dimmed, cloudy like a puddle of silt covering the top of the firmament, pressing down on her layer by layer, making people breathless.

Suddenly, there was a person beside him, sometimes it was Wei Xuan, sometimes he couldn't see his face clearly, but the person who only knew took her hand and made her feel painful.

"Wei Lang, you let go of me......" Chu Jianniang struggled.

"Wei Lang, let me go...... It hurts ......."

After a few babblings, Chu Jianniang woke up from the nightmare. Covered in sweat, my heart was uneasy. The injured hand was also so painful that she couldn't stop shaking, but the other hand was actually touching the empty bed beside her in a trance, and she was still thinking about why Wei Xuan wasn't there......

glanced at her as if she was in a different world, and after Chu Jianniang was completely sober, she remembered that Wei Xuan was not by her side.

The white moonlight shines through the window, illuminating the dark and dreary room, quiet, cold, lonely, and lonely...... Restlessness and fear......

Chu Jianniang couldn't sleep, put on a coat and got up, pushed half of the window, and looked at the moon head-on.

After all, Wei Xuan hadn't written from him for more than two months, Chu Jianniang couldn't help but worry, wondering what was wrong with him? Is he okay? Why haven't you written yet? Isn't it......

Once something has formed a habit, and suddenly one day, this habit is broken, and it is easy to make people think about it. Chu Jianniang's habit of receiving Wei Xuan's letters has never stopped, this is the first time. So, she was uneasy.

For most of the night, Chu Jianniang sat in front of the window, and there was nothing else in the center of her brain except Wei Xuan. It was the sleepiness that struck after that, and when he returned to the bed, he thought about him between tossing and turning.

When she got up in the morning, Chu Jianniang opened the mirror to the window, and then looked at the person in the mirror, because she had been sleepless all night, her eye sockets were sunken a little obviously, but she had no intention of retouching and tidying up.

Overnight, she lost the cheerfulness of yesterday.

During the meal, Liu and Old Man Wei both saw that there was a problem, and they both asked Chu Jianniang.

Chu Jianniang couldn't say that she was worried about Wei Xuan, for fear that the second elder would think too much about her, so she only said that her wound hurt tightly, and she was not in the mood to eat. After drinking two mouthfuls of porridge, I went back to my room.

But for three days in a row, I couldn't settle down and close my eyes to rest, nor could I eat a complete meal. The further she went, the more panicked Chu Jiaoniang's heart became, and even the number of nightmares began to increase.

Early in the morning, without waiting for breakfast, Chu Jianniang went to the county yamen to find Fu Zhuoyi, wanting to ask Wei Xuan if there was any news to hand it to her.

In the back hall of the county ya, Fu Zhuoyi was chatting with Yuan Shihai and Han Fuzi, and when she heard Chu Jiaoniang coming, Fu Zhuoyi roughly guessed the purpose of her coming, and her face was a little panicked.

As early as half a month ago, Fu Zhuoyi learned about Wei Xuan's news, and she had been worrying in her heart, thinking about whether to tell the Wei family about this matter? What they talked about with Yuan Shihai and them today was exactly what Wei Xuan was talking about.

The woman in the autumn-colored collared skirt waited at the door in a hurry, and Fu Zhuoyi came out of the county office, only to see that her face was pale and dry, her eyes were deep and dim, and she was a lot haggard; Seeing that both hands were still bandaged, I was scared and nervous.

"Sister-in-law, what are you...... What's wrong? ”

Seeing Fu Zhuoyi come out, Chu Jianniang raised a shallow smile that she didn't care much about: "I'm fine, I came to ask you, Wei Lang hasn't written back for two months, did he give you a message to come back?" ”

Chu Jianniang's words were light, but the anxiety in her heart had already floated in her eyes.

The expected words made Fu Zhuoyi's speech slightly stiff, and it was quite difficult to open, and he paused for a while before saying, "...... Sister-in-law, you ...... You came early in the morning, and I saw that your face was bad, so let's go and sit inside and rest for a while. ”

Chu Jianniang stood for a while, but somehow, the smile on her face was uncomfortable, "...... Are you hiding something from me? ”