There was a jingling sound and a humming sound from next door, and he couldn't figure out where their current situation was worthy of Shu Xiaobai's happiness.

However, her optimistic nature is very good, and he feels that the three days he spent with her are the most comfortable days in the three months of returning to the West Village.

Shu Xiaobai picked some wild vegetables, cooked and mashed the sweet potatoes, added wild vegetables to make sweet potato cakes, pork is no longer boiled meat, but cut thin slices, put in the pot and fry directly, she and the calf said okay, let the calf and Aunt Hu bring some vegetable leaves, so that you can eat the vegetable leaf roll meat.

When the sweet potato cake was ready, Shu Xiaobai began to fry the meat, and as the thin slices of meat changed color in the pot, the stove room was filled with a smell of meat.

"Sister, I'm here."

The calf first poked his head in, then smelled the smell of meat, and immediately rushed in, sniffing and saying, "It smells so good." ”

"Don't worry, you can eat fragrant meat in a while." Shu Xiaobai said with a smile.

Mrs. Hu walked in with a handful of vegetables in her dress, and said, "Look at this child's anxiousness." ”

A handful of fresh vegetables should have been picked by Mrs. Hu from the vegetable garden.

Seeing Shu Xiaobai, Aunt Hu was a little embarrassed at first, then saw the meat in the pot, and asked in surprise: "Xiaobai, ...... are you?"

Aunt Hu heard the calf say that Shu Xiaobai asked them to come over to eat meat, she didn't believe it at all, but when she heard that Shu Xiaobai wanted vegetables, she went to the vegetable garden to pick a large handful and followed the calf, but she didn't expect Shu Xiaobai to really fry meat.

"Look, Grandma, there's a lot of meat." The calf cried out in surprise when he found the strip of meat hanging on the windowsill.

Shu Xiaobai got up and greeted Aunt Hu with a smile: "Auntie is here." ”

"Xiaobai, where did you get so much meat?" Mrs. Hu was so shocked.

"I went up to the mountains to hunt yesterday, and I met Uncle Zhu from our village on the mountain, and he caught a wild boar and gave it to me in half." Shu Xiaobai first explained, and then said with a smile: "I originally wanted to send you a piece of meat to the eldest mother, but the sister-in-law didn't let me in, so I had to ask the little cow to ask you to come over for dinner." ”

Aunt Hu suddenly: "In the morning, I heard Xiao Niu Niang chatting with someone outside the door, it turned out that Xiaobai you went to our house, hey, my daughter-in-law ......" said, she sighed.

Shu Xiaobai glanced at Xiao Niu, although Xiao Niu Niang is not good, but after all, it is his mother, and it is not good to count his mother in front of him, so he interrupted Aunt Hu with a smile: "Auntie, the meat will be ready soon, you can help wash the vegetables." ”

"Okay, I'll wash the greens."

Shu Xiaobai fried a large plate full of meat slices, and came to the next room with Aunt Hu and the calf.

When the little cow saw Jiang Erhu sitting on the bed, he took a step back suddenly, and his whole body trembled.

Although Aunt Hu didn't show a look of fear, she stopped moving.

Shu Xiaobai saw it in his eyes, thought for a while, put down the plate, walked over and touched the calf's head and said, "Xiaoniu, did you know Uncle Erhu before?" ”

Xiao Niu glanced at Jiang Erhu timidly and nodded: "I know, Uncle Erhu often played with me before he joined the army." ”

"And who do you think he is?"

Xiao Niu didn't understand why Shu Xiaobai asked this, but replied without thinking: "He is the second tiger uncle." ”

"Yes, you see that even if he wears a mask, you still recognize him as your second tiger uncle, right? However, his face was injured, and in order not to frighten those who did not know him, he had to put on a mask. Shu Xiaobai said softly.

Xiao Niu understood, and when he looked at Jiang Erhu again, he didn't feel scared, and pulled Shu Xiaobai's clothes and asked in a whisper: "Then Uncle Erhu will be very uncomfortable wearing a mask?" ”

Look, this is a child with a good nature, who starts to care about each other once he is not afraid.

"Of course, it will be very uncomfortable, and it will not be convenient to eat, but your second tiger uncle will become even more powerful than before when he wears this mask, you will know if you have nothing to come to him to play with in the future."

Shu Xiaobai said as he squeezed his eyebrows at Jiang Erhu.

It's annoying that this girl actually made up such a thing to coax the calf, and made him look at him to cooperate, and didn't ask for his opinion first, but she also wanted everyone to stop being afraid of him, it was a good intention, and he didn't know whether to blame her or thank her.

"Really?" The little cow took a step forward, walked to the table, and looked at Jiang Erhu: "Uncle Erhu, can you climb to the top of the big willow tree now?" ”

In the past, Jiang Erhu often took him and other children to climb the big willow tree, but no one dared to climb to the top of the willow tree.

Jiang Erhu didn't know what the big willow tree was, and when Jiang Erhu left, he said a lot, but he didn't tell him everything, but seeing Shu Xiaobai glaring at him, he had to think about how to answer.

"Mavericks." Aunt Hu immediately stepped forward and slapped the top of the calf's head: "Your second tiger uncle is not well injured, what kind of big willow tree to climb." She looked at Jiang Erhu again and said apologetically: "Erhu, children are not sensible, don't take it to heart." ”

Shu Xiaobai's words made her feel sorry when she heard it.

Shu Xiaobai was also a little guilty, she only cared about guiding the calf, but she forgot Jiang Erhu's current situation, so she quickly changed the topic and beckoned everyone to eat: "It's okay, it's okay, Tong Yan is unscrupulous, let's eat meat first, the meat will be cold." ”

Let the bench be sat by Aunt Hu and Xiao Niu, Shu Xiaobai sat next to Jiang Erhu to the bed, Aunt Hu looked at Shu Xiaobai and then at Jiang Erhu, and said with relief: "Erhu, you are looking for the right person Xiaobai, I believe Xiaobai will take good care of you in the future." ”

Shu Xiaobai smiled playfully: "Auntie's words are right, I don't dare to say how well I can take care of Brother Erhu, but with my mouthful, he will definitely not be missing." ”

Aunt Hu nodded again and again: "Erhu, you are so fateful, you found a good daughter-in-law by mistake." ”

Jiang Erhu's chest shook, he was not a person who was easily touched, but after listening to the words of Shu Xiaobai and Aunt Hu, that inexplicable warmth churned in his heart again.

After eating, the calf pestered Jiang Erhu and asked questions, pretending not to see Jiang Erhu's eyes asking for help, Shu Xiaobai took Aunt Hu to the wasteland to see the seedlings, explained the matter of substitution to her clearly, and learned about the situation in Xicun by the way.

"Auntie, because of my business, sister-in-law is going to embarrass you." Shu Xiaobai looked at Aunt Hu with some apology and said.

Aunt Hu waved her hand: "Xiaobai, you are a good boy, you did the right thing, if you marry the girl from the Li family, you may suffer from both ends." ”

I didn't expect Aunt Hu to figure out the matter of her substitution, she really read it right, Aunt Hu is a transparent person,

"It's good that the eldest mother can understand, firstly, I am for Sulan, and secondly, I actually want to have a home, so I still have to thank my aunt for having my current life."

"Reasonable child, it's not like your sister-in-law said at all......" Aunt Hu didn't finish her words, but she also believed that Shu Xiaobai understood what she meant.

"As long as I live a good life, I can say whatever she likes, everyone's eyes are bright and they won't be invisible." Shu Xiaobai shrugged and said nonchalantly.

Aunt Hu smiled with relief: "Good boy, it's right that you can think so." ”

After saying it clearly, Shu Xiaobai didn't want to continue the topic, pointed to the seedlings on the ground and said, "Auntie, look at the seedlings I planted, can they all come back to life?" ”

Aunt Hu lowered her head and looked carefully, pointed to the seedlings and said: "Xiaobai, planting sweet potatoes is much easier than other crops, but there is also an indispensable step, that is, watering, you see that these seedlings are wilting, you have to water every day, and they can only grow when they are full." ”

Shu Xiaobai nodded: "Okay, auntie, I wrote it down." ”

Aunt Hu looked at her thin body and sighed slightly: "Erhu can't help you, it's really hard for you, and when the seedlings grow up, they will be pulled out inexplicably, and you will work in vain." ”

"I'm fine, compared to before I have a home now, it's not hard and tired, I think it's good." Shu Xiaobai didn't complain, smiled and said: "Auntie, I just want to find out what is going on, this mystery must be uncovered." ”

Aunt Hu was stunned for a moment and thought for a while: "What you said is also right." ”

Shu Xiaobai suddenly remembered something and asked, "Auntie, the little cow is also seven or eight years old, why hasn't he studied?" ”

Aunt Hu sighed again and said: "How can there be a private school gentleman in our village, only the eldest son of the Zhang family has studied, but he went to the county seat yamen to do things." ”

Shu Xiaobai asked again: "Then if there is a private school gentleman, do you think everyone will let their children go to school?" ”

"Of course you can, who doesn't want to let future generations have a little bit of fun." After Mrs. Hu finished speaking, she lowered her voice again: "Actually, Mr. Zhang has only studied for a few years, and he didn't even get into the show, but he is literate and his father and mother are rich, so he was sent to the yamen on an errand." ”

I didn't expect Aunt Hu to have such an awareness, Shu Xiaobai was immediately impressed by her, if she opened a school, it is estimated that she will be able to receive a lot of students, but ...... It is impossible for the original owner to read and write, so how can she use her skills without making everyone doubt.

Hey, that's a real headache for her.

The sound of scolding children came from the river in the distance, which woke up Aunt Hu.

"Xiaobai, it's time for me to take the calf home, thank you for making the vegetable bun meat today, it's so delicious, I didn't expect you to have delicious food and still think about me, an old woman, in the future, if there is anything embarrassing, you must tell the aunt, and the aunt will find a way to help you."

If Aunt Hu said polite words before, then what she would say was definitely from her heart, a meal made her understand Shu Xiaobai better.

"Okay, then I'll send you."

Seeing off Aunt Hu and the calf, Shu Xiaobai carried a wooden bucket to the river to carry water.

By the river, there are quite a few women washing clothes, and two or three children playing in the water.

Before Shu Xiaobai got closer, he heard the sound of laughter.

In ancient times, women seemed to like to go to the river, washing clothes while chatting with their parents.

Except for Xiao Niu Niang, Shu Xiaobai didn't know anyone, and when she saw that they were chatting happily, she deliberately stayed away from them, but she didn't expect that it was her who was talking about this group of women at this moment.

Someone saw her with sharp eyes and hurriedly poked the little cow girl: "Look, it's coming." ”