"Look, what is this?" As she spoke, Bai Minglan stretched out her other hand, revealing the boiled egg she was holding in her hand, "Grandma's eggs for you!" Bai Mingxuan took the bowl and eggs, and when she heard "grandma", her eyes were red again-your grandma is still there, but my grandma is already ......

"What's wrong? Does it still hurt? Bai Minglan looked at her with worry in her eyes.

"No... It doesn't hurt that much...... I want to wash my face......" Bai Mingxuan sniffed, put the porridge and eggs on the table beside her, and lowered her head and whispered.

"Sister, I'll take you to wash your face!" Bai Mingwei jumped over, took Bai Mingxuan's hand and walked out.

Bai Mingxuan walked out with her, walked into the courtyard, and looked around.

The warm sunlight shone down, adding a bit of warmth to people and illuminating the yard clearly. The whole house is a mud tile structure, and the courtyard is fenced off like a patio, with a kitchen and utility room on both sides, and a hall and rooms on the other two sides.

In the middle of the courtyard was a water tank, presumably used to catch rainwater, and a large tank of water was placed near the eaves, as tall as half an adult's body, and covered with a straw mat. Behind the water tank is a vertical wooden basin, next to which is firewood, all piled under the eaves and tied in bundles with rattan. In some corners, there is no sunlight due to the perennial humidity, and thick moss grows, while in other places a few weeds grow and gently sway in the wind.

The chicken coop is on the other side, surrounded by bamboo strips, a few hens are "cooing" and calling, and there are some sundries piled up in the corner, there are a lot of things in the yard but they are very tidy, it is not difficult to see the hostess's exquisiteness and neatness.

"Sister, come, wash your face." Bai Mingwei took out the wooden basin, scooped a scoop of water with a water scoop made of a large bamboo tube, and lifted it with both hands with great difficulty, trying to pour the water into the wooden basin.

Seeing this, Bai Mingxuan hurriedly walked to her side, helped pour water, scooped two scoops of water and wanted to continue scooping water, Bai Mingwei hurriedly stopped and said, "Enough is enough, can't waste water!" "Also, there is no well, so it is inconvenient to draw water, and the water in the tank really needs to be spared.

The water in late autumn has become cold, and even if it is a sunny day, the sun will not be able to heat the water. The face towel is shared by several sisters, and it has broken a few small holes, and I don't know how long it has been used.

After washing her face, Bai Mingxuan scooped up some water to rinse her mouth, toothbrushing and tooth powder is something used by the rich, and farmers can't afford it, so they can wash their mouths with water at most in the morning.

After washing, Bai Mingxuan went back to the room, picked up breakfast, and ate it by dividing it by two. The porridge is boiled with beans and brown rice, and a lot of water is put in order to save food, and the taste is really not very good, but the local eggs of this farmer are fragrant, which reminds Bai Mingxuan of her grandmother's native eggs, which seem to have been specially cooked for her.

After breakfast, I looked up and saw that Bai Minglan was sitting by the door, doing embroidery work with light, Bai Mingwei had already gone out to play with her friends.

There is no clock, and I don't know what time it is, Bai Mingxuan asked the time, Bai Minglan put down the embroidery work in her hand, looked up at the sky outside, and said: "It's probably almost noon, Daddy and Auntie They went to the field early in the morning to work hard, and Grandma and Auntie should come back to cook dinner later." How's your body? Do you want to lie down a little longer? ”

Just lost her grandmother, and such an incredible thing happened, Bai Mingxuan's heart was in a mess, she was not interested in anything, she didn't know what to do, her head was still a little painful, and she was drowsy, so she went to bed to rest.

I didn't find out when I got up in the morning, this bed was a dry straw and thin quilt directly laid on the hardwood board, the quilt was cold and hard, Bai Mingxuan closed her eyes and didn't fall asleep for a long time, her mind was a mess, a mess, and full of all kinds of thoughts.

Did grandma really pass away? Could it be a lie? But Uncle Wang couldn't be more honest, and he would never lie to himself about such a thing.

Young widowed father, middle-aged widowed, old age widowed, grandma did not have a good day, finally pulled herself up, seeing that a good day was coming, but died unexpectedly, grandma is really immersed in coptis water in this life, it is too bitter! I'm gone, and I don't know if Uncle Wang will bury his grandmother well?

Judging from the situation in the past two days, I really crossed over, crossed into this ancient farmer Bai family, and I don't know if the modern self is dead or occupied by someone?

Alas, I wanted to study hard for more than ten years, and finally jumped out of the farm, but I didn't expect that now I have returned to the countryside, or a more backward ancient countryside!

It was useless to think too much, and with her eyes closed, Bai Mingxuan combed through the memories she received yesterday.

The Bai family is a foreign family in Taohua Village, and the Tao family lives in Taohua Village, and the Bai family, like other foreign surname families, fled to escape the war and settled here decades ago.

Decades ago, when the previous dynasty was destroyed, disasters were frequent, wars broke out, and countless people left their places of residence to escape the war and embarked on the road of fleeing, and the Bai family of Daddy Bai's father was the same. But there were too many accidents on the way to escape, and in the end, only Daddy Bai's father and uncle survived, and finally settled in Peach Blossom Village.

These are the stories I've listened to Daddy Bai tell since I can remember.

Decades have passed, Daddy Bai's father and uncle have married and had children in Peach Blossom Village, and they have multiplied.

Daddy Bai's father has a son and a daughter, after the daughter married, Daddy Bai inherited the family business, and had two sons and two daughters with his wife, the eldest daughter married a farmer in a neighboring village, the younger daughter married to a businessman in the town, and the two sons Bai Da and Bai Er followed Daddy Bai to farm.

Bai Da has three daughters and one son, the eldest daughter Bai Minglan is 12 years old, the son Bai Mingcheng is 10 years old, the second daughter Bai Mingxuan is 8 years old, and the youngest daughter Bai Mingwei is 5 years old. Bai Er has a son and a daughter, daughter Bai Minghui is 11 years old, and son Bai Mingxin is 5 years old. Uncle Bai has only one daughter, and he slowly broke off contact after marrying far away.

Therefore, except for the in-laws, the Bai family has no other relatives, but fortunately, most of the villagers in Taohua Village are simple and kind, and there are many people with foreign surnames, so the Bai family has not been excluded and persecuted.

Thinking about it, I fell asleep before I knew it.

When Bai Mingxuan woke up, it was already the sun sinking, and it was time for dinner.

In order to save food, in ancient times, the countryside had two meals a day, and only breakfast and dinner a day. Breakfast is later than modern mornings, and dinner is earlier than modern dinners, so that you can save food and eat well.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I heard Bai Mingxuan's mother's voice sounding outside the door: "Your sister woke up today, go and take a look!" ”

"Got it, A-Niang." A teenager replied, his voice a little impatient.

Bai Mingxuan got up and half-leaned on the head of the bed, turned his head to look out the door.

I saw a young man walk in, his clothes were clean and tidy, they were the clothes with the least patches Bai Mingxuan had ever seen here, and he was contaminated with a little bookish smell, so he didn't look like the son of a peasant family.

He walked in slowly, step by step, with a gentle demeanor, but there was a faint impatience in his eyes.

This should be the eldest grandson of the Bai family, the only son of Bai Da - Bai Mingcheng.