"Oh my god, that's too heavy." Du Chenxi hugged the wooden basin and tried to straighten up the bent waist.

What the hell is this bucket?

"I'll take it." Song Jiamu covered his face and couldn't look at it.

"No, no, no!" Du Chenxi hurriedly protected the wooden basin, "You are still so young, you always hold such a heavy thing, but you will not grow tall, you can lead the way." After speaking, Du Chenxi pointed to the road outside with his chin.

Song Jiamu saw that she was so persistent, so he had to give up, but he didn't go to the front, but followed her uneasily.

I hadn't walked a few steps before I ran into Aunt Niu next door and just went out.

"Big girl!" Aunt Niu waved enthusiastically from afar.

Du Chenxi couldn't beckon with a wooden basin in his hand, so he had to quickly walk two steps faster to Aunt Niu, and shouted with a smile in his mouth, "Aunt Niu, good morning!" ”

As soon as she arrived at Aunt Niu, Aunt Niu looked at the clothes in the wooden basin in her hand and asked, "Big sister, are you going to the river to wash clothes?" ”

"yes." Du Chenxi nodded.

"Ouch, you girl, you're really diligent enough!" Aunt Niu smiled happily and began to praise Du Chenxi, "The Song family really married a good daughter-in-law this time, even if she is beautiful, she is so diligent and capable." ”

"No, no, where is Aunt Niu."

Even if Du Chenxi was praised and was very happy, she waved her hand again and again.

After a few more words with Aunt Niu, Aunt Niu was finally willing to let her go.

Walking on the country road, the warm breeze blows, and all you see is a patch of green, even the air is filled with the fragrance of unknown flowers, and the roadside is full of wild flowers, which is colorful and pleasant to see.

Du Chenxi took a deep breath, feeling relaxed and happy, the more she lived here, the more she felt that this country life was not bad, and she was so leisurely all day long, there was nothing to worry about.

She looked to the side, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the cute little brother who was also full of spring breeze and in a good mood.

Well?

Du Chenxi felt strange, isn't this cute little brother of rural life already used to it? Why do you seem happier than her?

"Little brother, what are you laughing at?" Du Chenxi couldn't help but ask.

Song Jiamu turned his face, his face was bright, and his eight big white teeth were exposed with a smile.

Du Chenxi was stunned by this smile, this was simply the happiest smile she had ever seen the cute little brother.

"It's been a long time since our family has been so proud, and of course I'm happy." Brother Meng replied.

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

"Sister-in-law, our family is poor, you know."

Du Chenxi nodded, of course she knew this, from the first day she entered this house, she knew that this family was desperately poor, but what happened?

Song Jiamu cleared his throat and continued, "Because of this, and the fact that the family had two sisters-in-law who ran away from poverty before, the people in the village always looked at us with sympathetic eyes. He paused and continued, "I don't like that kind of look, that kind of look makes me feel like I'm pitiful, but we have the eldest brother and the second brother in our family, and it's not pitiful at all. ”

Du Chenxi couldn't help lowering her eyes after hearing this, she didn't seem to be so happy, she didn't know that Little Brother Meng, and even the entire Song family used to be like this in the eyes of outsiders.

She couldn't help but reach out and touch the soft top of her cute little brother's hair.

Sure enough, don't look at the child as small, in fact, he understands everything, and his heart is like a mirror.

Song Jiamu saw that Du Chenxi was not smiling, and realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, thinking that his gaffe made his sister-in-law angry, and quickly explained, "Sister-in-law, I said it wrong, the two before were not sisters-in-law at all, and they left after only a few days of coming to the house." ”

He was afraid that Du Chenxi would not believe it, so he added, "But sister-in-law, don't worry, the eldest brother is the only one in his heart now!" ”

"I know ......"

Listening to the words of the cute little brother, Du Chenxi couldn't help but think of Song Jiashu holding her last night, holding her and refusing to let go, it was so sticky, it was like a piece of kraft candy, and she couldn't tear it off.

Thinking about it, the place he had touched last night burned again.

"Sister-in-law, your face is so red, are you okay?"

Song Jiamu saw that Du Chenxi had stopped, and he also stopped, and when he looked up, he saw that his sister-in-law's face was as red as a monkey's buttocks, he had gone up the mountain with his eldest brother before, and he had seen a monkey once or twice, and it was really the same as his sister-in-law's face now.

"Ah...... I'm fine! It's okay! Du Chenxi was summoned back to her soul, she quickly shook her head and continued to walk forward.

Song Jiamu glanced at Du Chenxi strangely, scratching his head suspiciously, he felt that his sister-in-law was very wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong.

After hesitating for a while, he trotted up and hurried to catch up with his sister-in-law.

Song Jiamu walked beside Du Chenxi, he peeked at Du Chenxi from time to time, in fact, he still had a doubt in his heart, he wanted to confirm again whether his sister-in-law would leave, although he had asked this question before, but as time went by, the more he saw his sister-in-law's goodness, the more uneasy he became.

"Sister-in-law......" As soon as Song Jiamu uttered a faint syllable, he hurriedly swallowed the words back into his stomach.

No, he can't ask, it seems too much to ask, and it won't be good if it hurts his sister-in-law's heart.

He lowered his head, his hands hung on his sides, his fingers kept pulling at the sleeves of his clothes, he felt that his sister-in-law should not leave, he was actually not sure, but he had a faint premonition.

Du Chenxi was curious about everything in this mountain, which was very new to her, so she had been looking around and enjoying the surrounding scenery, and she didn't notice the entanglement in her heart just now.

Walked to the end of this trail, crossed a small dirt slope that was not high, and arrived at the stream, although the road was a little far, but fortunately it was not difficult to walk, so even if Du Chenxi carried a wooden basin to the river, it was not tired.

It is a crystal clear river, not wide, but long enough, winding all the way down from the mountain, with no source in sight in the upper reaches and no end in sight in the downstream, twisting and turning, hidden among the grass.

At this time, there were already many women from the village who also came out to wash clothes on the shore, and to Du Chenxi's surprise, she walked all the way down the river, and there were people greeting her all the way.

"Daughter-in-law of the Song family, good morning!"

"Big girl, it's early!"

……

Du Chenxi was stunned, although she didn't know any of these people, but out of politeness, she still waved and greeted everyone.

"Big sister, you come here, I'll make room for you and wash together."

There were even some who greeted her directly and greeted her to stand next to her and wash together.

Du Chenxi smiled dryly and waved his hand repeatedly, "No need, no need, I'll continue to see if there are any vacancies." ”

After saying that, hurry up and take the cute little brother to slip away, the people here are too enthusiastic, they are even more familiar than her, she can't resist it.

Finding a vacant seat a little farther away from people, Du Chenxi hurriedly turned around and asked Brother Meng, "Who are they?" Why are you so enthusiastic? ”

As a result, as soon as I turned around, I saw that the cute little brother had a proud expression again.

"Little brother?" Seeing the cute little brother smiling stupidly, Du Chenxi waved his hand in front of him.

"Basically, it's from our village, and some neighboring villages will also come here to wash ......"

He didn't finish the rest of the words, this sister-in-law didn't know that since she scolded He Guixiang to flee in a hurry yesterday, she had become famous in the village, and her deeds had even spread to the neighboring villages, and everyone applauded unanimously.

"Oh, that's it." Du Chenxi nodded, and continued to lower his head to focus on the clothes under his hands.

There was also a slender wooden stick in the tub that had been brought with it, slightly thicker at the top and a place to hold it at the bottom.

What is this thing for?

She instinctively used it to wash clothes, but she couldn't use it, Du Chenxi was in trouble.

Seeing that his sister-in-law's eyes had been staring at the wooden basin, Song Jiamu instantly understood, he took two steps forward, picked up the wooden stick and took it out, and told Du Chenxi, "This is a mallet, will you use it?" ”

Du Chenxi shook his head.

In modern times, she has always used the washing machine to wash clothes, and she has not washed them by hand, how can she know how to use this thing?

Song Jiamu sighed and pushed her away, "Then let me wash it." ”

"Hey, don't!" Du Chenxi hurriedly stopped the cute little brother, "Today I said that I would wash it, I will do what I say, besides, you demonstrate it to me, I won't be able to!" Otherwise, even if you wash it this time, if you don't teach me, I still won't. ”

Song Jiamu tilted his head, thought about it, and felt that it made sense, so he demonstrated it to Du Chenxi, and kept stopping to explain to her halfway.

"Will it be?" After the demonstration, Song Jiamu asked.

"Yes, I will." Isn't that simple? It's just a constant beating of clothes with a mallet.

Du Chenxi quickly rolled up his sleeves and was eager to try, this thing felt so funny.

Ten minutes later, Du Chenxi's hands were so sore that he looked at his mallets with a sad expression.

She was wrong, she shouldn't have underestimated this mallet, and she kept banging on her clothes, and her hands were so tired that she couldn't lift them, which was too much effort.