Mei Xiaotong also picked up some interesting things in the county to talk about, and there were laughter and laughter all the way, even the golden pot, the awkwardness in his heart in the past few days has disappeared.

Out of Yangjia Village, not long after walking, Wang Yongping suddenly whispered: "Hey, whose girl is this, running into the mountains so early?" Isn't this a joke? ”

Listening to Wang Yongping's words, Mei Xiaotong and Jin Hu both looked ahead.

Not far away, I saw a thin figure, carrying a huge basket, walking slowly on the mountain road, walking a few steps, then stopped to take a breath, looking pitiful.

The golden pot babbled, revealing a look of surprise: "It's her"

Mei Xiaotong listened to what this meant, the golden pot actually knew?

"Do you know that little girl?"

Jin Hu sighed: "Didn't I go to Yangjia Village yesterday to inquire about wild tea?" These are the four girls of that family. After the family gave birth to five daughters, they had a son, who was provided for like a living treasure. The three daughters of their family were the ones who were married to Yingzigou, and it was she who went back to her parents' house and brought this wild tea back, which was treated as rotten leaves by her mother's family. ”

"This fourth girl, it is said that since he was able to exchange mountain goods for snacks, the youngest son forced this to be a sister, and after finishing the family's affairs, he went to the mountains to pick mountain goods for him to exchange snacks! Yesterday, this girl is really capable, and on such a day, I don't know how to dig two fresh bamboo shoots in the mountains. Why are you going up the mountain again today? He said with a sympathetic look in his eyes.

When Mei Xiaotong heard this, she looked at the thin figure again, and she only felt uncomfortable.

Hurriedly said to Wang Yongping: "Fourth brother, go to the front and take that little girl for a ride, look at her like that, it's strange that people can't bear it!" ”

Wang Yongping readily agreed, and as soon as he pulled the reins of his hand, the carriage slowly stopped beside the little girl.

The little girl suddenly saw the carriage stop beside her, and hurriedly took a few steps back, shrinking to the side.

Jin Kettle hurriedly said, "Where are you going?" Shall we give you a ride? ”

The little girl's frightened eyes barely relaxed when she saw the golden pot.

Hearing the words of the golden pot, he hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, and said softly: "Thank you, I'll go by myself!" ”

Jin Ju didn't expect this girl to refuse, so he was stunned and looked back at Mei Xiaotong.

Mei Xiaotong also poked her head out: "Little sister, come up, let's go to Yingzigou, where are you going?" It's a convenient thing, and it doesn't cost anything! Otherwise, at your speed, I'm afraid that you won't be able to enter the mountain when it's dark. ”

When the little girl saw Mei Xiaotong, she showed a little surprise, listened to Mei Xiaotong's words, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Thank you for this girl!" I'm also going to Yingzigou! ”

Mei Xiaotong clapped her hands: "That's a coincidence!" Come on! ”

As he spoke, he held out his hand to the little girl.

The little girl hurriedly wiped her hands on her clothes before she trembled and stretched out her hand.

Mei Xiaotong held the little girl's hand, and the hands were rough and full of scars, hands

The wrist is also washed so that it can almost be broken.

I can't imagine how this girl could have walked so far with such a big basket on her back.

With a light effort, he took the little girl into the carriage.

Then she took off the basket and set it aside, and sat down on a bench wrapped in cotton cushions.

The little girl was very restrained, and she did not dare to sit on it, and the fabric of the cushions on the stool was better than the one on her body, and she was really afraid of getting dirty.

Mei Xiaotong pulled the little girl to sit down, seeing that her lips were dry and white, she hurriedly handed over a bamboo tube: "Drink!" ”

The little girl's mouth was really dry, she pursed her lips, took the bamboo tube, opened the stopper, and drank all the water in the bamboo tube in one go.

When she found that the bamboo tube in her hand was empty, the little girl showed an embarrassed and embarrassed expression, holding the bamboo tube, I don't know whether to return it to Mei Xiaotong or keep it in her hand.

"Right...... Sorry! I, I know there's a spring in front of me, wait, when it's time, I'll give you a tube! The little girl bit her lip and whispered.

"It's okay, we have enough water! Are you still thirsty? Mei Xiaotong waved her hand and softened her face, for fear of frightening this little girl.

"No need! No more! I'm drunk! Thank you, girl! The little girl waved her hand hurriedly.

Then he held the bamboo tube in his arms and shrunk in the corner, eager to form a ball.

Mei Xiaotong looked at the little girl's withered yellow hair and pitiful thin body bones, and couldn't help asking, "Then are you hungry?" ”

As he spoke, he asked the golden pot to take out the food and give it to the little girl.

The little girl was so flustered that she stood up all of a sudden, "Don't! I'm not hungry! You eat! ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the little girl's stomach rumbling.

The little girl's face turned red suddenly, and she wanted to go to the ground.

Looking at the little girl's appearance, the golden pot couldn't help but soften his heart, and hurriedly opened all the food he brought with him and put it in front of the little girl: "We have a lot of food, you don't have to be embarrassed, eat!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of the cake that Liu Xiaoqiao had given him in the morning, and gave it to the little girl.

The little girl was so hungry that as soon as the package was opened, the smell of food immediately spread in the carriage, and she couldn't help but secrete saliva.

But she still tried to look away, not daring to look more, for fear that she couldn't help but pounce on it and eat it.

Mei Xiaotong saw this little girl, her face turned blue with hunger, looking at so much food, she could still bear it, she was really better than adults, but in addition to sympathy, she had a little more appreciation.

also persuaded: "Yes, you can eat with confidence!" If you look at so much, just the three of us, we will definitely not be able to finish eating, this weather is hot, and if we can't finish eating, it will be bad, and it will be a waste."

The little girl hesitated and looked back, there were indeed a lot of fragrant egg cakes, as well as boiled eggs and white flour pancakes, which were only available to their father and younger brother for the New Year

Good food to eat.

Only next to the pile of delicious food, there are two gray sorghum breads, coarse grains, and probably the people who make the cakes are not good, and the cakes are still pasty in some places, and some places are still half-baked.

After thinking about it, the little girl was really hungry, she hadn't eaten for a few days, and yesterday she finally gave some fried fruit to the big brother who received the goods, she wanted to keep it and go back to eat with her sister, but she didn't expect to be smelled by her brother when she went home, and she grabbed it.

also complained to his father and mother, and was whipped a few times by his mother with a broom, and punished her for not being allowed to eat.

She was so hungry that she had to secretly pour a scoop of cold water to barely suppress the hunger, and in the morning she was sent by her mother to the third sister to ask for mountain goods to sell home.

After walking this way, she is really about to lose it.

Holding back his shame, he reached out and took the two sorghum breads: "I'll just eat this!" Thank you! After speaking, he hugged the sorghum bread, turned sideways, and devoured it.

The taste of pure sorghum flour cakes is rough, and the sorghum noodles should be combined with white flour to make cakes or steamed buns with two noodles, which is good.

But for the little girl, this is already a supreme delicacy.

In the past, I could only eat some food at home, but it was rare to have such a real food.

I took a few big bites, didn't chew twice, and swallowed down, choking all at once, rolling my eyes.

Mei Xiaotong hurriedly handed over the water and helped pat her back twice.

The little girl just grabbed her neck and swallowed it.

I choked on tears, and I was reluctant to let go.

After relieving herself, the little girl slowed down, and gnawed two pancakes into her stomach like a mouse.

Mei Xiaotong could see that the little girl's flat belly was bulging at the moment.

Seeing that the golden pot was about to be handed food to the little girl, Mei Xiaotong hurriedly stopped: "I can't eat it anymore!" ”

Jin Kettle looked at Mei Xiaotong puzzled, and when the little girl heard it, she hurriedly waved her hand: "I'm full, don't want it!" ”

Mei Xiaotong explained: "You have been hungry for a long time, you can't eat more!" Originally, you should have drunk porridge for a few days to recuperate before you could eat these pasta. Don't jump, don't jump if you eat now! ”

Seeing Mei Xiaotong's serious expression, the little girl nodded hurriedly and sat on the bench obediently.

The golden pot suddenly realized: "Auntie, I know." I've heard that people who are hungry can't eat and drink too much, otherwise their stomachs will be bloated, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, the little girl's face turned pale with fright, and she looked at Mei Xiaotong in horror while holding her stomach.

Mei Xiaotong glared at the golden pot and comforted: "It's okay, you don't eat much!" Don't move, I'll find you some hawthorn to eat later. ”

As he spoke, he rummaged through the purse he brought with him for a while, found a few dried and sliced hawthorn slices and handed them to the little girl: "Chew them slowly and then swallow them." ”

At the same time, he told Wang Yongping to drive more steadily and not to be too bumpy.

Little girl feeling

The circles under my eyes were red, I didn't know what to say, and I was worried about my stomach, and my face was entangled.

Mei Xiaotong saw that the little girl was nervous, so she simply pulled the little girl to chat.

As soon as she heard that Mei Xiaotong was the famous Wang girl in Qilidun next door, the dyed cloth was the one that all the ladies in the palace liked, and the little girl's eyes suddenly lit up.

The deeds of this girl from the Wang family are well known to everyone in the nearby townships.

Although the girls would pretend to sneer at her with disdain, saying that Mei Xiaotong was just a shit luck and sour words such as green smoke on the ancestral grave.

But calm down, which one is a girl, isn't she envious and admired?

even secretly took Mei Xiaotong as his role model?

Not to mention anything else, Mei Xiaotong is a female streamer, who can bring back the Wang family from the brink of family ruin and wife separation, and live such a prosperous life, not to mention women, even men rarely do it.

Everyone wants to marry such a daughter-in-law!

Anyone wants to be such a woman!

If you have money in your hands, you have confidence, look at her now, several brothers and sisters-in-law in the family are respectful, who dares to slack off?

The little girl's heart was completely dissipated at this moment.

and Mei Xiaotong asked and answered.

Mei Xiaotong didn't take a while to figure it out, this little girl's name is Yang Zaizhao.

Why is it called that? Because their family first gave birth to five daughters, the eldest daughter is called Yang Pandi, the second is called Yang and other brothers, the third is called Yang Zhaodi, the fourth is called Yang Zaizhao, and the fifth is called Yang Youzhao.

As soon as you hear the name, you can tell how this pair of parents miss their son.

When Yang Zaizhao was three years old, her father and mother finally got their wish.

gave birth to a son, called Yang Zubao, the treasure of the ancestors!

Yang Zaizhao thought that his younger brother was born, and the good days of their sisters had come, and the Yang family finally had a future.

Unexpectedly, this is the beginning of hard days.

My father and mother have only had such a baby son for many years, but he is afraid of melting in his mouth, and he is afraid of flying in his hand.

It hurts to the bone.

A few firstborn girls can't add up to a single hair of their baby son.

Yang Zaizhao's mother-in-law, over the years, in order to give birth to a son, she frequently gave birth to a child, and her body had already collapsed, and she couldn't work or get off the ground.

The family relies on Yang Zaizhao's father alone, where can he raise eight mouths?

Fortunately, several daughters are older, especially the eldest daughters, teenage girls, and the housework at home belongs to their sisters, cooking, washing clothes, taking care of children, and taking care of sick mothers.

It's well organized, and it's not a worry at all.

Such a diligent and capable girl, in the eyes of outsiders, when Yang Pandi reached the age where he could say kiss, the matchmaker who came to the door really broke through the threshold of the Yang family.

The dowry is also compared to giving, but it makes the Yang family's father and mother see a way to get rich.

They promised Yang Pandi to the family with the most dowry gifts

, the son of the family is a half-fool, and the family wants to marry a capable daughter-in-law and come back, and when the old one goes in the future, he can still take care of their stupid son.

Yang Pandi was originally also a flower in the village, handsome, diligent hands and feet, the person in the dream of many later generations, but he married such a half-fool.

On the day of marriage, Yang Pandi was dragged out of the house crying.

Next is Yang and other younger brothers, the eldest went out, and the second child came up, she tried her best to please her father and mother, and wanted them to let her go, not to mention finding a good family for herself, almost enough.

But Yang and other younger brothers no matter how much they please their father and younger brother, they can't match the position of their younger brother in their father's heart, in order to accumulate enough money for Yang Zubao to marry a daughter-in-law, Yang and other places were also sold to a widower to be a stepmother.

Yang Zhaodi is the most ordinary-looking of the three sisters, but she is considered to be the normal marriage among the three sisters, because she went up the mountain to pick mountain goods and fell into a trap, fortunately she met the hunter of Yingzigou, rescued her, and spent the night in the mountains.

Then the Yang family said that Yang Zhaodi had no reputation, and forced the hunter to pay a high dowry to marry Yang Zhaodi, an inconspicuous girl who couldn't sell at a high price.

Now Yang Zaizhao is twelve years old, and in the past two years, her father and mother have been looking for her to find someone who is willing to pay for her.

Saying this, Yang Zaizhao took a deep breath and glanced at Mei Xiaotong enviously.

Mrs. Zhang's pampering of this girl, who in the vicinity doesn't know? The one who is a girl is not envious? Which family spoils their sons and treats their daughters as grass!

But the four sons of the Wang family are all grass, and only the girl is the treasure!

Yang Zaizhao can only sigh secretly, this person is just different, it's all fate!

asked Mei Xiaotong at the same time, what are you doing in Yingzigou? Because Yingzigou lives in a cave, it is difficult to walk, and there is rarely contact with outsiders.

If she hadn't been with the third sister before, I'm afraid she would have gotten lost.

Mei Xiaotong didn't hide it, she only said that she bought a little wild tea from her family last time, and it was not bad, and there was a guest who liked it very much, so she planned to go to Yingzigou to see if there was anything else.

Yang thought about it again before saying, "Is that bag of fried leaves?" I remember! Everyone in Yingzigou has this! It is said that they are hunting, and they eat too much meat, and drinking the water boiled from the leaves of this tree can relieve greasy and refreshment! ”

When the golden pot heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Then where can I find this leaf?" ”

Yang Zaizhao shook his head: "I don't know about this, I don't go to my third sister much, but after eating, the third sister asked me to drink this, I can't get used to it, my third brother-in-law said a few words, and I remembered." ”

After speaking, he looked at Mei Xiaotong very apologetically, embarrassed that he didn't know much.

Mei Xiaotong hurriedly comforted: "It's okay!" Let's go to Yingzigou and ask your sister and brother-in-law! ”

With Yang Zaizhao leading the way, the carriage did not take a fork in the road, and soon arrived at the mouth of the ditch of Yingzigou.

From here, there is a narrow mountain road that can only accommodate a maximum of two people on a normal day

Passing in parallel, no more will do.

Naturally, the carriage could not be driven in.

I had no choice but to let Wang Yongping wait at the mouth of the ditch and watch the carriage.

Yang then invited Mei Xiaotong and the golden pot in.

Entering the Eagle Ditch, looking up, the towering cliff like a cloud, revealing a line of cracks in the sky, the cliffs on both sides of the ravine are only a few meters apart at the widest, and the narrowest place is only allowed for one person to pass.

A sheep's intestine trail winds through the ravine.

Walking along the path, slowly getting wider and wider, about the size of a football field, there were some trees and shrubs.

After passing through this open place, the road in front of me narrowed again, and after turning a corner, I walked a little further, and I faintly heard the voices of some people talking.

After walking a few steps, I saw a cave with a large entrance, surrounded by a high and sturdy wooden fence to prevent wild beasts from attacking.

It was daytime, the wooden fence was open, and not far in front of the cave was a small river.

Several women were washing their things by the river, talking something.

When Yang Zaizhao saw one of the women, he couldn't help but say loudly: "Third sister-"

The women all turned their heads and saw Mei Xiaotong and her party, and they all showed surprise.

Several women glanced at each other, and one of them, a young daughter-in-law, walked out, took two steps forward, and took Yang Zaizhao's hand: "Little four, why are you here?" They are? ”

said and looked at Mei Xiaotong and the golden pot vigilantly.

Mei Xiaotong took a half step forward before smiling and said, "Hello sister of the Yang family, I am Mei Xiaotong from Qilidun next door, and I came here today to find you and your family to have business." ”

As soon as Yang Zhaodi heard that it was from the next village, he let go of half of his heart and looked at Mei Xiaotong suspiciously: "We don't know you, what are you looking for us?" ”

Yang Zhao hurriedly said: "Sister! If it weren't for Sister Wang, I would have lost my life a long time ago! ”

Yang Zhaodi and Zai Zhao have always had a good relationship, and when they were children, almost two sisters depended on each other, so they had a deep relationship.

I heard that Mei Xiaotong also saved her sister's life, what do you say?

(End of chapter)