The crops in the field grew fast, and the weeds were not far behind. Quiet time will come to weed, loosen the soil. During this period, she went back to the mountain twice, but there was no big harvest, only some small game, and she did not sell it, so she kept it for her own food. Quiet is working in her hands, thinking about things, now that the land has been planted, and she has saved more than a hundred taels of silver in her hands, it is time to put the matter of building a house on the agenda.

That night, the four siblings were already asleep. Quiet suddenly opened her eyes and sat up suddenly, for some reason her heart was beating so fast that it seemed to jump out of her throat. She got dressed, put on her shoes, and walked around the front and back of the house, but found nothing unusual. The sky was overcast. quietly went back to the house, and walked around the stove room again, but did not find anything unusual, so he went into the house and folded his clothes and lay on the kang. Lying quietly on the kang, her eyes closed at any time, but she didn't sleep, her perception has always been more sensitive, her heart is so uneasy tonight, something bad must have happened. A slight clicking sound reached his ears, and he opened his eyes to listen carefully for the click, accompanied by the sound of something falling to the ground. He quickly went down to the stove room, the wall of the stove room was slowly falling, the dirt wall was also tilted badly, it was quiet, and when he wanted to take the wooden pole, a whole wall collapsed, and the sound woke up, and several children who were still asleep, the fourth sister was even more frightened and cried:

"Big sister, where are you? I'm scared."

Quiet hurriedly went into the house to light the oil lamp, climbed on the kang, the fourth sister held it in her arms, and coaxed softly: "Fourth sister, don't be afraid, the eldest sister is here, it's okay." ”

The third brother Jiaming is a boy in the end, although he was also shocked, but he didn't cry, and was leaning on the arms of the second sister at this time. An An's face was full of worry, and he held his brother and patted it gently. "Eldest sister, did the stove collapse?"

Quiet saw her younger brothers and sisters panicked and frightened, and she felt very uncomfortable. But she can't show sadness and weakness on her face, because she is the heaven in the hearts of her younger siblings, and she has to protect them, and he must be strong so that his younger siblings can have hope in life.

Hearing the second sister's words, he looked at her worried eyes again, and said quietly in a relaxed tone: "Yes, his wall has pressed the firewood underneath, and the rest is fine, don't worry, it's dawn, clean up the stove and the stove can still be used, and there will be no delay in making breakfast, and even if the house collapses, I can build it again, don't forget, we have money now." ”

In the dark night, it was quiet and quiet, and at this time I was a little glad to think, fortunately it was the wall of the stove room. If it was in the bedroom, several of them would be crushed underneath, and even if they didn't die, they would have to be injured. During the day, I still wanted to put building a house on the agenda, but at night the stove collapsed, and now it is imminent to build a house.

Xiao Jiayue was frightened, and fell asleep in her quiet arms at this time. The little hand grabbed the hem of her shirt tightly, made a slight snoring sound, quietly pulled the quilt up, and closed her eyes.

It was not yet dawn, and the room was dark, and I came to the stove room quietly after not sleeping all night rubbing my sour eyes. Without the shield of the wall, the cold wind of the early morning rushed to his face, he not only shivered, looked at the dirt all over the ground, and couldn't help sighing, a whole wall collapsed, the beams were broken in half, without the support of the beams, the thatch on the roof fell to the ground, making the house even more messy. Quietly rolled up his sleeves and began to clean, and the east gradually became white and quiet, and finally cleared the thatch and soil of the stove.

At this time, the three little ones also got up and stayed at home to cook, quietly went back to the house to change their clothes, took the silver, and hurried down the hill, through the muddy village road, to Huaihua's house.

"Auntie, what are you feeding the chickens?" Jing Jing saw Aunt Bolt standing in the yard feeding the chickens, so she went straight into the yard.

"It's Jing girl here, why is it so early? But what's the matter? As he spoke, he lifted the last handful of chicken food in his hand on the ground and walked towards the house with silence.

"I heard you in the house, and I thought I had misheard, but it was you. How did you come down the slope so early in the morning? Huaihua was very happy to see Quiet, and held Quiet's hand affectionately.

Quietly sat down next to the acacia flower by the kang, and then turned to Aunt Bolt and said, "Auntie, it has been raining all the time, and the wall of my house collapsed last night, and the roof collapsed in half. Two more rains, I'm afraid the whole house will fall. I want to build the house as soon as possible, and I don't have to worry about it all the time. ”

"Alas, the old house has been uninhabited for many years, and if you hadn't repaired it later, I'm afraid it would have collapsed long ago. It's okay to build one, if the money in hand is not enough, my aunt has it, you can spend it first. ”

Quietly smiled gratefully, "Auntie, the money in my hand is enough for the time being." It's just this house or something, I don't understand, and I have to trouble Uncle Bolt. ”

"I don't understand this building a house or something, you talk to Huaihua in the house first, I'll go to the field to call your uncle back, you still have to tell him about building a house." With that, he pushed open the door and walked out

Quietly looked at Huaihua who was sitting on the edge of the kang and asked her with a smile: "Huaihua, why haven't you been to my house these days?" ”

"Well, I've had something to do these days, so I didn't go." Huaihua lowered her head more and more as she spoke, her face a little red.

Huaihua's temperament has always been very aggressive, but now such a shy appearance makes the quiet a little strange. So I couldn't help asking, "I'm just casually asking why are you still shy?" But what is there hiding from me? Why, don't you think of me as a good friend now? Don't tell me anything, do you? ”

Huaihua heard Quiet say this, shook her head nervously, and looked at Quiet with a serious face, "How is it possible?" You're my best friend. It is... It's just that this matter is still undecided, I don't know what to say? ”

Now he was quiet, and he was even more curious, "What's the matter?" Makes it so hard for you. ”

Huaihua bit her lip, thought about it, and finally said, "My mother is going to marry me." Do you remember when you parted? Didn't I go to my mother's house with my mother? That past is to see each other. At that time, it was said that when the land was planted, the people would come to hire. ”

"Really? That's really congratulations, the person my aunt chose for you must not be wrong. Are the conditions of that family good? Are you satisfied with that young man? Does your future mother-in-law look like a good deal? "It's really T Acacia is happy, ancient times are not better than modern times, sixteen years old is a good age to say kiss. If you really have to wait until you are in your twenties, you will be an old girl who can't get married.

Huaihua is not shy at this time, hearing so many questions from Jingjing, she knew that Jingjing cared about her, and she also said to her seriously: "That family's surname is Sun, and it is in the front yard of my old mother's house." The population is quite simple, Sun Changping has an older sister who is already married, and he has a younger brother under him, and he is almost at the age of saying goodbye. His mother seems to be quite easy to get along with, but his father looks more serious. Sun Changping looks very good, he is a down-to-earth and capable person. ”

Hearing Huaihua say this, Jing Jing knew that she was satisfied. "You can't be wrong, there's an aunt to check for you. Besides, that family lives in the front yard of your grandmother's house, and your grandmother will never lie to you. When you get married, you will definitely not be wrong in the future. ”

Hearing Jing Jing say this, Huaihua smiled and nodded: "My mother also said the same thing to me." He also said that when I got married, with my grandmother by my side, their family would not dare to treat me badly. ”

Quietly looked at the girl who was smiling in the past, talking about her family affairs, with shyness and yearning between her eyebrows and eyes, and a faint sweetness at the corners of her mouth. Quiet is a little envious. I didn't have a boyfriend in my last life, and I don't know what love is. It's been a good life, and I've been running around to support my family. In this era when men can have three wives and four concubines, Jing Jing never thought of marrying herself. She always thought that when her younger siblings got married, she would find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live alone. Every day, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court, and the clouds roll up in the sky. I have no regrets about living this life so leisurely.