Chapter 218: Back to the village
In the end, Wu Mian still brought Li Jicai back to Chagouzi Village.
They climbed the two mountains, walked for more than eight days, and only quietly returned to the mountain village on the evening of the eighth day.
This time, Wu Mian did not enter the village with great fanfare as usual. Accept the envious gaze of all the people in the village.
Because every time Wu Mian came back, he either brought a lot of fresh things or brought back a lot of money, which was the envy of the people in the village, because Chagouzi Village was too poor.
What looks like an ordinary thing on the outside, but when you return to the mountain village, you almost become a treasure.
Many of the young men in the village rarely come back after leaving the mountain villages. On the one hand, it is disgusted that Chagouzi Village is too poor, and the key point is not enough, so it is better to make small two-end tea and pour water in a restaurant in the city. On the other hand, they are used to living in the city, so they are not used to it, and then they return to the mountain villages to continue to be poor, and there is no way out for generations of poverty, and there is no hope.
Wu Mian was the best man in the village, because not only did he mingle outside, but he also remembered that he had not forgotten his roots.
Wu Mian's wife has been sick for many years, and every time Wu Mian proposed to take her outside for treatment, but Wu Mian's mother refused, because she was so old, it was inconvenient to walk, and she couldn't walk, so she simply relied on the medicine prescribed by the doctor to continue her life.
Every time Wu Mian came back, he didn't have to carry a letter. If the people in the village saw it, they would rush directly to his house and take his wife out.
Wu Mian will put all the things he brought back in a large open space in the middle of the village where the village chief holds his daily meetings, and then greet the attention of the villagers.
The elders in the village all praised Wu Mian for being sensible.
In fact, this is also to repay the villagers for taking care of his wife when he was away.
In the past, Wu Mian felt that his and his mother's faces were very bright.
But this time, it's gone.
They can come back in a bright and glamorous way, but this time they are so embarrassed because of a woman.
Shame on you.
Every time he thought of this, Wu Mian gritted his teeth for a while, and treated Li Jicai even more roughly, especially when he saw her heartless smiling face, he felt even more crazy.
Wouldn't she be afraid? But don't forget, he's the one who stole her out.
Wu Mian's home was still a mud house that was stormy and leaky before Wu Mian went out. Later, Wu Mian stole outside, got some money, and renovated the house as soon as he went back.
Now his home is not a mud house, and the best beams are selected by him and the villagers when they go up the mountain.
On the day of the start of construction, almost all the villagers came out to help. Laying stones, picking wood, all sorts. Later, Wu Mian also gave a lot of money to each villager who helped.
The villagers also believed that Wu Mian was really rich, he was generous and generous, not at all like the broken settlement in the past, and suddenly soared, in the eyes of all the villagers.
Because Wu Mian has such an achievement, it has triggered more young people to go out. But the village supports young people to go out, because the poor family can't open the pot, and if you can make so much money by wandering outside for a few days, why not go?
A sturdy wooden house was built, three rooms were built, a young man's house was built next to it, and a little bit of a yard was opened up, and a fence was enclosed around the perimeter, and a small place was encircled to raise chickens and ducks.
Wu Mian's family also raised a big wolf dog, which was met in the market once when Wu Mian went out, and he looked very handsome, so he bought it easily, and after buying it, he came back and kept it at home.
Now looking at the tall and very sturdy one, Wu Mian, when he came back, he came back by moonlight, and the big wolf dog was guarding the place at the door of the fence under the moonlight.
The ears drooped silently, and the eyes were closed, but when it heard someone's movement.
He got up from the ground with a "poof", and then he screamed twice.
Wu Mian hurriedly put his finger on his mouth and made a shushing motion. Then he called the dog's name softly: "Fugui".
Obviously, Fugui realized that this was his master, and instead of calling, he rushed over and circled around Wu Mian, spinning excitedly. The tail swept around excitedly behind him.
I couldn't pounce on Wu Mian's body, Wu Mian patted his head and his back vigorously to calm down the excited dog.
Then he turned his head to Li Jicai, who walked up slowly behind him, and said, "It doesn't bite." Immediately, Wu Mian opened the fence and walked into the courtyard.
The reason why Li Jicai walked slowly was not because she was afraid of this dog named Fugui, but because she remembered that she once had such a loyal partner.
The people in the house were also vigilant, and they heard Fugui calling. I was a little worried, so I just walked out and had a look.
She is an old lady at home, and some valuable things are still afraid of being remembered by thieves. After all, Wu Mian bought him a lot of good things and put them at home.
It is indeed quite good to raise a big wolf dog Fugui to guard the house. It's just that so far, there have been no thieves entering the door.
The mountain people are very honest in every family, and when each family returns to its own family, they never say that they are jealous of which family let the second child do anything bad.
"Who?" It was too late, the old lady's eyes were a little bad, and she reluctantly shouted at his mother.
If someone answers, it means that it is an acquaintance, and if no one answers, she will go to Fugui, why is Fugui not called? Of course, it is possible that acquaintances came, but very few people came at night.
"Mother, it's me, I'm no one else." Wu Mian said softly.
"What! Who are you? Wu Mian and his wife didn't react a little.
"Dogs." Wu Mian was a little helpless, so he had to report his nickname. The year Wu Mian was born was too poor. The two children born to his old lady are gone. Only he survived.
The village also pays attention to the name, and the lower it gets, the more lowly it gets, the more it can survive.
Afterwards, Wu Mian really survived, and grew up all the way, I don't know if it has anything to do with whether this name is cheap or not?
"Alas! Dogs! How did you get back! You're scared to death on this big night! Wu Mian and her mother recognized that it was her own son, and walked over trembling excitedly.
Wu Mian hurriedly went up to help.
Li Jicai watched this scene from the side with some surprise, people call dogs' names, and dogs call people's names.
It's simply toxic.
At this moment, Wu Mian was immersed in the joy of reuniting with her mother, and she didn't care about what Li Jicai next to her was thinking, anyway, she was limping when she was walking now, and she couldn't run far.
Wu Mian was also very tired, but he gritted his teeth and persevered, pretending to be very relaxed. But in fact, he couldn't hold on anymore, and he was not far from collapse.
His body was like lead, and his clothes were muddy and tattered. I haven't washed it for many days, my body is dirty and smelly, and how many lice have grown in my hair to suck blood.
"Dog, why did you come back so late?" His wife was very surprised, every time Wu Mian came back in the past, it was broad daylight, and once upon a time, a sudden return at night like this scared her.
"Mother, this time there was an urgent matter, and I didn't have time to say hello to you, so I came back." Wu Mian's face froze, and then said with a smile.
Wu Mian and his wife nodded plausibly, feeling a little strange. Finally, he turned his gaze to Li Jicai, who was standing behind Wu Mian.
Wu Mian saw his mother's movements, and also turned his head. It's just that when she looked at Xiao Li Jicai, there was some warning in her eyes, signaling her not to talk nonsense.
Li Jicai didn't expect Wu Mian to take her back to his home. Maybe it's too bold, isn't he afraid that he will be found out?
It's a girl?! Wu Mian and his wife saw that Wu Mian brought back a woman, and she was immediately excited and overjoyed.
It's not her daughter-in-law!
Wu Mian and his wife originally wanted to do it again
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About Li Jicai, but I think it doesn't look like I'm outside in the middle of the night, so let's go into the house and say go.
"Dog, it's cold outside, let's go into the house and say, look at you dirty, the old lady will give you water and bathe." Yes! ”
"Hey!" Wu Mian responded obediently, then turned around and walked a few steps back, pulled Li Jicai's arm, and pulled him into the room.
This is the depths of the mountains, and it is not easy to get out of the mountains and into the mountains. Outsiders can't easily get in, even if the people in the village go out, they won't release Li Jicai's news, the news here is very closed, don't worry about who will track it down.
So we are also very confident that we will bring Li Jicai back, and if he takes it to other places, he can't be sure that he can sell Li Jicai.
The plan to bring it back to the village this time was originally to facilitate the villagers to marry a bachelor from a family with a daughter-in-law.
And then we're taking the opportunity to collect some money, even if it's hard money for this ticket.
After Wu Mian and his wife opened the door and let Li Jicai and Wu Mian in, he did not enter the house, but rushed to the kitchen to boil hot water.
When she saw Li Jicai and Wu Mian's embarrassed descriptions, she must have to freshen up well, and after they have freshened up, she will have time to slowly and carefully interrogate them and ask them what the relationship between the two of them is.
She looked at this girl who looked very handsome, looked very obedient, and her hands were a little rough, she looked like a worker, but she looked like she had some scars on her neck?
But this doesn't hinder her, if she can be allowed to hug her grandson earlier, Wu Mian next to her doesn't worry too much.
It's just that the sudden return of this big night with a girl will inevitably make Wu Mian and his wife guess the origin of this woman, whether she eloped with her son and came back, and you have to ask carefully when you look back, if you are born, you must not ask for it.
Wu Mian and his wife were afraid that Wu Mian would be impulsive and not know what was wrong and do something wrong.
If that's the case, she, the mother, is in a hurry to stop him. She didn't think her son was a person who would do anything bad. After all, Wu Mian still makes her very proud on weekdays.