Hua Ning drove for a month until she arrived at a small village. Hua Ning stopped here, this place has a good scenery, surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is a good place to escape from the world. Hua Ning spent ten days in this village to build a small house out of stones, and lived alone. She sold the horse in a nearby city, and regretted it after walking a short distance, and she was reluctant to give it back, so she asked for it back.

She spent some time building a stable and keeping the horse in her keeping.

After Hua Ning settled here, she went to the town to buy some pastries and came back, because there was only one family around, so she planned to give them some.

Hua Ning came to the next room and knocked on the door. In a few moments, a woman came out and opened the door, and when she saw that it was a child, she said, "Is there anything wrong with the girl?" ”

Hurriedly handed over the pastries in his hand, Hua Ning said: "My name is Hua Ning, I came here two days ago, and today the house has just been built, and I plan to live here for a long time in the future, so I want to send some things over, and I hope that my aunt can accept it." ”

Aunt Jiang naturally knew that the next door had been clanging in the past few days, and when she saw that she was building a house, it turned out to be a girl, "Just call me Aunt Jiang." What about the girl's father-in-law? Why come over alone, call your father-in-law, come over for a light meal together, so familiar with each other. ”

Hua Ning smiled: "I haven't met yet." ”

Aunt Jiang was slightly stunned and said, "But who was the one I looked at building a house a few days ago?" ”

"It's me, I built this house myself." Hua Ning scratched her head, a little embarrassed.

Aunt Jiang was taken aback, this little girl looked very thoughtful, but her body was quite weak, where did she do such heavy work. But seeing that the girl did not look like a liar, she asked, "You built the house alone?" You, how can it be. ”

Hua Ning bent her arm and said, "Yes, I don't have anything else, it's just that I have a lot of strength, Aunt Jiang smiled." ”

Aunt Jiang was suspicious, so she stopped asking, pulled the person into the house, and said, "Okay, since you're here, let's have a meal and go back." ”

Naturally, it was not just to invite her to dinner, Aunt Jiang had a wishful thinking, and she also had a son named Jiang Chen in addition to her. In order to keep her son from hearing things outside the window and only reading sage books, Aunt Jiang took care of the food and drink expenses of the two people in the family.

This child is older, she is also old, and it is really a little difficult, besides, in a few months, Jiang Chen will go to Beijing to take the exam. It's a big expense along the way.

Aunt Jiang looked at Hua Ning, since she has such strength and talent, besides, she saw it yesterday, there is a horse outside Hua Ning's house, and she must have some money. If Jiang Chen can marry this girl, it will be a really good thing. With such a hard-working person at home, she will definitely be able to relax a lot.

Hua Ning can't cook herself, and she is about to vomit after eating fruit these days. It's a good thing to eat at Aunt Jiang's place. Aunt Jiang pulled Hua Ning to the back room, where an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy was sitting at the end, Aunt Jiang said, "How old is the girl?" ”

Hua Ning said: "In a few days, I will be eighteen years old." ”

Aunt Jiang said with a smile: "My son Jiang Chen, he is just nineteen years old this year, you two are the same age, there should be a common topic, you talk, I will cook." ”

After saying that, he withdrew and closed the door for the two of them. Jiang Chen glanced up at her, only thinking that it was a gentle and lovely girl, but he didn't feel anything, so he lowered his head and continued to read.

Hua Ning was a little embarrassed, so she asked casually, "What kind of book is Gongzi Jiang reading?" ”

Jiang Chen didn't even raise his head and said, "Book of Songs." ”

Hua Ning didn't know how to read, and she had never read a book, so she couldn't help but lean over and stand behind him to take a sneak look. Jiang Chen was taken aback by her without noticing, and said, "Why did you come here suddenly, do you know that men and women are on guard, and they don't want to be so close to me." ”

Hua Ning took a few steps back and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. ”

Jiang Chen waved his hand and said, "I know what you think, if you want to get close to me, don't think about it again, I don't like you like this." ”

Hearing this, Hua Ning was a little surprised, why did he think like this, the two of them only met for the first time today. Although there were doubts in her heart, it was inconvenient to ask more, so Hua Ning sat back and stopped talking.

It wasn't until Aunt Jiang came in and called the two to eat that the two got up and went out together.

Aunt Jiang had already set up the food on a small square table, moved out three small benches, pulled Hua Ning to sit down, and said, "It's all wild vegetables or something, I don't know if it suits your taste." ”

Hua Ning smiled: "I like it very much." ”

After a meal, the mother and son of the Jiang family were stunned, this girl looked so thin, she could eat some. The food on this table was enough for five people, and Hua Ning ate three servings for one person.

Hua Ning burped a full time before she felt a little rude, and smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I haven't eaten such a delicious meal for a long time, and I ate a little too much without holding back for a while." ”

Aunt Jiang felt that this girl was a true temperament, and she liked it even more, and said: "If you like to eat and come back next time, we will eat with our mother and son on weekdays. ”

Hua Ning smiled and thanked her, and after eating, Hua Ning planned to go back to sleep, and she had to get up early tomorrow morning to go to a certain livelihood in the town, so she took her leave.

Aunt Jiang cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Girl, slow down, you have eaten so much, I am afraid that it will be uncomfortable to sleep when you go back, so it is better to walk around the village and eat well." ”

As he spoke, he shouted to the inner room: "Jiang Chen, come out and walk outside with the girl." ”

As soon as Hua Ning was about to refuse, Jiang Chen came out of the house and said coldly, "Let's go." ”

The two of them walked out of the house, and Hua Ning said in a low voice: "I know you don't want to, you don't have to accompany me, I'll just walk around by myself, just go back." ”

Jiang Chen is also a dignified seven-foot man, how could he ask her to be a girl walking around outside at night, if something happens, how can he get by in his heart, "I don't want to, let's go." ”

He said so, and Hua Ning couldn't refuse anymore, so she could only take a walk with him. The two walked to the entrance of the village, and there was a small night market in this small village. But think about it, this place surrounded by mountains on three sides, if there is no night market or something, it will be really boring to death.

The night market was just selling melons, fruits and vegetables, and there was occasionally a candy seller, surrounded by a circle of children. Hua Ning suddenly remembered that when he used to go shopping with Shen Qiankey, he wanted everything he saw, like a child.

Thinking of him, Hua Ning couldn't help but hook the corners of her lips and said, "Does Jiang Gongzi want to eat candy people?" How about I buy it for you? ”

Although Jiang Chen's family is poor, he is a very high-spirited person, and when he heard this, he felt that his self-esteem had been hurt, and he was a little angry and said: "Why do I, a big man, want to eat such a thing as a sugar man, and even if I want to eat it, I can buy it myself, why do you want you to sell it to me by a woman?" ”

Hua Ning didn't expect him to react so much, she just felt nostalgic for the past, so she said this. Why are you angry? Do you want to eat candy? Still don't want the candy man she bought?

Hua Ning was a little confused, and she didn't want to figure it out.

Only then did she realize that it was different, she had wanted to figure out Shen Qiankey's mind before, what he thought, how he could not be angry, she wanted to figure out everything about him. It turns out that she has been different from others from the beginning of the fight, and she may have liked him from a very early age.

It's just a pity, it's a pity that the person in his heart is not her, he uses her as a stand-in. Does that girl have the same strength as her, and will she spoil him like her?

But she hurt him after all, his body, and his heart were broken.

Thinking of this, Hua Ning felt a little sad in her heart, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those words." ”

These words didn't seem to be said to Jiang Chen, but more like they were saying to Shen Xiankey.

After saying that, she felt that her eyes were a little moist, and she thought that she couldn't cry in front of outsiders, and she was really embarrassed, so she ran home.

Jiang Chen was also troubled by his self-esteem for a while, thinking about it carefully, Hua Ning didn't seem to be malicious, just now I vaguely saw that her eyes were a little ruddy, could it be that he said that he was crying? Jiang Chen looked at Hua Ning's back, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

Hua Ning returned to the room, and kept thinking of Shen Xian Key in her mind, thinking about him so much, wanting to see him, but ......

I suddenly felt a burst of regret, if I had endured it at that time, even if it was a stand-in, at least I could be by his side, but now I can't.

I didn't have a good night's sleep, and the next day Hua Ning went to the town, fortunately, there was the horse, although the road was long, but it didn't take much time. Hua Ning looked for a job to make a difference, and naturally at first people were reluctant to accept her as a weak woman, but her jaw dropped by Hua Ning's infinite strength.

In this way, the work of moving goods is paid one day at a time, and whoever does more can make an appointment to do it that day and give priority to hiring. Hua Ning is naturally quite popular, and she can get fifty wen a day, which is a lot of money in a month.

In the past, it was obvious that she also relied on this kind of work for a living, but after staying in the palace for so long, she had long been used to such trivial tasks as combing Shen Xiankey's hair and accompanying him to eat. Now that she has returned to such a life of contribution, she has mixed feelings in her heart.

When the sun went down, the foreman gave Hua Ning fifty wen, and called her to come back tomorrow, Hua Ning agreed again and again, so he bought some hay in the town and brought it back.

Back at the hut, Hua Ning tied the horse into the stable and fed it hay. After feeding the horses, Hua Ning went back to the house, and she didn't have much appetite, so she went straight to the bed. As soon as I closed my eyes, my mind was full of Shen Xiankey, and sure enough, I still had a good job, and I always thought about him as long as I was free.

I don't know if he's still angry, I remember that he said that he has no face to live, and I don't know if he's messing around to hang himself or something. Thinking of this, Hua Ning couldn't help laughing, and then there was a burst of sadness.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and Hua Ning said, "Who?" ”

"It's me, my mother asked me to bring you some food." That voice was extremely clear, it was Jiang Chen.

Hua Ning got up, opened the door for him, and said, "I'm really tired of you, thank you Aunt Jiang for me, I just didn't eat, I'm really hungry at this time." ”

Jiang Chen nodded, Hua Ning thought that he would leave after putting down his things, but who knew that he was still standing aside, Hua Ning said, "Jiang Gongzi, is there anything else?" ”

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to apologize to you for what happened last night." ”

Hua Ning waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, I didn't take it to heart at all." I didn't have any ill will at the time, I just remembered the past, my ...... A friend who likes to ask me to buy him something to eat, and I can't help but ask when I think of him. ”

"Hmm" Jiang Chen said in a low voice: "It's me who overreacted, don't be angry, girl." ”

Hua Ning smiled and said, "It's okay, bring a good relationship with Aunt Jiang for me, and besides, I'll visit tomorrow." ”

Jiang Chen nodded and left.