Bai Qianning got up and opened the door, and said with a dark face: "First of all, don't call me the third daughter-in-law, I have a name and a surname, my name is Bai Qianning, it's okay to call Bai Girl if it's troublesome, in addition, bring me a basin of hot water, I want to wash my face." ”

But ...... "Aren't you my third daughter-in-law?" Liu Cuiping, who was following behind, swallowed the second half of the sentence with a bitter face, lest the little aunt and grandmother be angry again, so she agreed with a sigh, and sent the water to her.

Bai Qianning gave herself and the little girl a brief wash, and then led her out of the door and said, "Let's go, go up the mountain." ”

"Hey! Ay! Zhao Tiezhu hurriedly responded, put the bamboo basket with the chisel and sickle behind him, and ran forward to open the courtyard door for Bai Qianning.

The snow that had fallen two days ago was melting, and it was bitterly cold, and the mountain roads were slippery. Bai Qianning was afraid that the little girl would fall, so she led her all the way, picked up a stick from the side of the road, and asked Zhao Tiezhu to sharpen her and use it as a crutch in her hand.

Bai Qianning was observing the terrain along the way, this mountain road is difficult to walk, and it may be dangerous to really run, and you must find a place with a hidden hiding place and a fork in the road.

The three of them climbed for a while, and Zhao Tiezhu saw that Bai Qianning didn't mean to look for herbs at all, so he couldn't help but ask, "Bai, white girl, what does this herb look like?" You tell me and I'll look for it. ”

"What's the hurry, can't the herbs that can cure diseases be all over the mountain, right? You have to go to a high place, a dense part of the forest. Now I'm a little hungry, let's get something to eat first. ”

Bai Qianning is now fearless, and after speaking, she took the little girl and went to the forest next to her, Zhao Tiezhu didn't worry that she was going to find something to eat by herself, and then followed, and her eyes didn't dare to leave Bai Qianning's figure for a moment.

After jumping in the forest for a while, slightly widening the distance of three or five meters, Bai Qianning suddenly pointed to a tree and said, "Loquat, there is something to eat!" ”

Then let go of the little girl's hand, touched her head and motioned for her to wait below, and quickly climbed up the tree.

The snow on the tree melted, the trunk was cold and slippery, and Bai Qianning didn't dare to climb too high, so he turned his back and pounded twice before jumping down again. The outer skirt was half-pinned in the belt, and when I opened it, I saw more than a dozen large yellow loquat lying inside.

At this time, Zhao Laosan finally caught up, he saw Bai Qianning climbing the tree, but he didn't know how there could be fruit on the tree in such a cold winter and the ghost weather, and he had never seen this kind of fruit.

"White girl, what is this?"

"Oh! It's called loquat, and it's edible. Bai Qianning replied casually, and generously handed three to Zhao Tiezhu.

Zhao Tiezhu looked at this thing and didn't dare to enter it, and waited for Bai Qianning to take a peeled skin and hand it to the little girl, and eat it himself, so he peeled the skin and stuffed it in his mouth.

Sweet! Fragrant and sweet! Zhao Tiezhu pursed his lips and only felt that he had never eaten such a delicious fruit, when the festival was good before, someone in the village planted pears in the yard, and he could occasionally mix one or two to eat, but it was very sour and astringent in his mouth, and the taste could not be compared with this fruit at all.

The people in the village were rude, and three loquat was not enough for Zhao Tiezhu to stuff his teeth. Smacking his lips, Zhao Tiezhu began to look at the tree, thinking that he would climb up and pick some points, and if there were any leftovers, he could bring a few to the third child. But the strange thing was that when he saw the tree that Bai Qianning had climbed just now, the branches were bare, and even the leaves had fallen, let alone the fruits, and he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

"This ......"