Early the next morning, Hua Jiao opened her eyes and looked around sleepily, it was still this simple cubicle, and the only hope in her heart was shattered, she was still in Pei's house, and there was no change because of the night.

There was no stove, no kang, and the wooden bed was cold to the touch.

She didn't want to move, she couldn't imagine how the original owner had spent five cold and summer in this cramped cubicle, it was so cold......

Huajiao quickly put on his clothes, folded the patched quilt, cleaned up the house a little, took a black porcelain cup from the windowsill, took the mud basin under the root of the wall, lifted the curtain and walked out, Pei Ying was still asleep, heard footsteps, and asked in a daze: "Huajiao, is the rice ready?" You bring it to me, I'll eat it on the kang, and I won't go to the main house. ”

Hua Jiao ignored her, pushed the door and walked out.

Do you think you are who, Miss?

Pei Run and Pei Chunshan had already gotten up, the father and son moved the firewood in the firewood room and put it at the root of the south wall, and discussed that they had to quickly clean up the firewood room to make a kang and stove, Pei Chunshan squatted on the ground, took a branch and gestured on the ground: "Just build a shed at the root of the south wall, it is convenient to put firewood and hoes and shovels or something, let's first put the kang and the stove up, and then brush the wall well, anyway, there is not much work in the field, the second and third are back, and the spring of next year will not delay planting." ”

There is strength in numbers.

As long as everyone is of one mind, life will definitely get better and better.

Pei Run nodded and said with a smile: "I listen to my father." ”

Pei Man pushed the door and showed his head, and saw that the pepper was washing in the yard, Xu felt embarrassed, and shrank back in a hurry, the pepper pretended not to see him, if Pei Man dared to do anything to her again, she would fight with him, Wang sneered when he saw this, scooped a ticket of hot water from the pot and gave it to the pepper, and deliberately said loudly: "The third daughter-in-law, on such a cold day, you need to use hot water to wash your face and rinse, be careful of freezing." ”

Hua Jiao understood, and responded very cooperatively: "I know my mother." ”

The toothbrush is made of willow branches, the tooth powder is slightly more advanced, the green salt is used, the teeth are brushed with warm water, and the face is washed, and the pepper feels that the whole person is refreshed...... The stove room was warmer than hers.

Liu Shi lifted the corner of the door curtain and looked out, snorted coldly, turned around and went into the back room to dress and wipe the faces of the two children, isn't it that the third child is coming back, what's the big deal, if the mother-in-law dares to favor the third child and the peppercorn, she won't agree!

Breakfast was about the same as dinner.

The only difference is that the porridge is a little thicker.

Last night, the candlelight was dim, and the pepper didn't see what the porridge was made of, but she felt that the entrance was okay, and the taste was a little salty, and now she saw that it was mixed with some pickled wild amaranth, which was black and barely satisfying.

And the porridge is not boiled with rice, but with a kind of oil noodles and wild amaranth boiled together, the cooked oil noodles are fragrant, and then with salty taste, it stands to reason that the taste should be okay, but I don't know why, I always feel a little astringent on the tip of the tongue when I eat it.

During the meal, Mrs. Yuan hummed and said that she was uncomfortable, saying that her head hurt a little, Pei Chunshan told her to lie down and sleep after eating, and Liu took the opportunity to say: "Milk, last night the seventh master said to let his second uncle make up for it, why don't I take two eggs to him, let him cook it himself, and by the way, burn the kang too!" ”

Except for the pepper house, everyone else slept on the kang.

If there is a kang, there will be a stove for the warm kang, and in winter, they will boil some water in their houses to warm the kang by the way.

"I'll just get him some egg soup later." Old Mrs. Yuan touched the key on her waist and said with emotion, "That is, his sister-in-law asked him for a favor, that thing that doesn't know the depth!" ”

Wang sneered.

The dead old woman knew that she was scolding Huai, no matter how good she was to Pei Man, the white-eyed wolf would not be grateful to her.

Sichuan pepper bows its head to eat.

Pei Ying and Pei An didn't get up, and the Wang family gave them hot in the pot.

After eating and cleaning up, Wang went to the house and called Pei Ying: "Get up quickly, get up and eat some food, go to the back mountain with your third sister-in-law to pick up some firewood and come back, there are many things to do at home!" ”

"Mother, I'll sleep a little longer!" Pei Ying refused to get up, covered her head and said, "Let the peppercorns go first, and I'll go in a while." ”

Angry, Wang went over and lifted her quilt: "You hurry up, be careful of your milk and your father scolding you." ”

Pei Ying reluctantly got up.

Huajiao didn't want to wait for her, and didn't want to be with her, so he picked up the bamboo basket and went out.

Pei Ying was so angry that she stomped her feet: "Mother, you see that the pepper is not waiting for me!" ”

"You're so slow to death, why is she waiting for you?" Wang scolded, "You are not allowed to call her peppercorns in the future, she is your third sister-in-law!" ”

Pei Ying wanted to say something, but when she saw Pei Chunshan's stern gaze at her, she simply shut her mouth knowingly, Huajiao, you wait for me, I want you to look good!

The weather was sunny and the sun was still shining.

Huajiao carried a bamboo basket on his back, and slowly went up the hillside not far away along the path behind the house, only then did he see the whole picture of this village, the geographical location of this village is very remote, the east is by the sea, the south is the land in the village, and then to the south you can vaguely see other villages, the west is also a piece of land, the end of the land is another village, the north side of the mountain, is the mountain where the pepper is now standing, this mountain is not very high, there are several mountain roads from the foot of the mountain all the way to the top of the mountain, there should be someone to go over the mountain to the town at the other end of the mountain in order to get short.

In my memory, on the other side of the mountain is the town of Wutong.

There are about more than 100 families living in the village, the houses are seven high and eight low, and they are not flat, the Pei family lives in the last row at the back of the village, and there are two families living in this row, the Pei family lives in the east, the yard is more spacious than others, and the house next door to the west is relatively low, and it looks like a small courtyard of the Pei family.

In the previous life, Sichuan pepper grew up in the countryside, and when I was in school, I also participated in field development activities, and I didn't feel unfamiliar with such an environment, but I felt that although it was remote, it was also close to the mountains and rivers, as long as you paid attention to the observation, there must be business opportunities.

There are a lot of dry branches scattered on the hillside, and the pepper quickly picked up most of the basket, she couldn't move her back, so she simply put the bamboo basket on the hillside, and continued to walk in with a sickle.

There are many pine trees halfway up the mountain.

The mountain wind blows, the pine waves are gusting, and there is a faint rosin fragrance in all directions.

Generally, where there are pine trees, there will be matsutake mushrooms.

It's just that it's winter, and it's past the peak season for matsutake mushroom picking.

But there are a lot of dead grass under the pine tree, can play the role of wind and heat preservation, if you are lucky, maybe you can meet a few, sure enough, the pepper picked up the grass, and happily found a few matsutake mushrooms scattered scattered, smallly, just showed the head, walked a few steps, and found a handful, large and small about a dozen, pepper simply picked these matsutake mushrooms, strung them with weeds, found an inconspicuous pine tree to hang up, and planned to wait for the sun to dry and then come and take away.

Looking at the waist-high dead grass in front of her, thinking of her hard bed board, she simply took out a sickle and cut a large piece of dry grass, hugged it to the hillside and sat down, ready to weave a straw mat bed for herself, do it herself, have enough food and clothing, it is very necessary to drop!

"Sichuan pepper, you, are you okay?" A voice rang in his ears.

Hua Jiao was startled, and hurriedly raised her head to follow the prestige, recognizing that it was the little brother next door, Su Xian, she paused, and continued to weave the straw mat: "It's okay, why are you here?" Scared me. ”

Su Xian's maternal grandfather's house and Hua Jiao turned out to be neighbors.

Su Xian used to live in his grandfather's house for a while when he was a child, and played with Huajiao, although he was not a childhood sweetheart, he was also an old acquaintance, and later Su Xian went to study in the town, so he rarely met with Huajiao.

It wasn't until the peppercorns were sold to Su Xian's next door Pei's house that the two met again.

It's just that the old people see each other, things are different from people, and Huajiao has become the daughter-in-law of the Pei family......

"Huajiao, I know you're not doing well in the Pei family......" Su Xian bit his lip and plucked up his courage to say, "I've also secretly accumulated some silver over the years, you, you come with me, let's go to a place where no one knows ......"

Sichuan pepper: "......"

This little brother is going to elope with her?