Inside the kitchen.

The mud-brick walls, blackened by smoke, carry a strong breath of life.

After looking around, Shu Nuan skillfully began to prepare today's lunch.

After the two dogs followed, they leaned over to her legs and sniffed, humming and reluctant to leave.

Seeing this, Wu Huihong said with some amusement: "When you come back, these two dogs didn't bark at you." ”

Shu Nuan lowered her eyes and glanced at the two who had already started to fight with each other, and shook her head with a chuckle: "These two haven't seen me for so long, and it's quite rare to remember me." ”

When she left, the two little ones were still chubby, but now they are in the form of adults.

Wu Huihong smiled at her words, and asked softly: "Nuan Nuan, is the business in the store okay?" Are the two people your master helped you find reliable? ”

Shu Nuan knew that the other party was concerned about her current situation, so she replied very naturally: "The master's vision will naturally not be a problem, those two people have already begun to work officially in my place." ”

"Okay, I'm going to help......"

Wu Huihong said this and sighed leisurely.

For the fact that I couldn't help, I obviously remembered it very much.

Seeing this, Shu Nuan could only explain: "Grandma, I can earn money now, and you can rest at home with peace of mind." ”

"Did I start enjoying the happiness early?"

Wu Huihong said, with an uncontrollable smile on her face.

"I just want to make my grandmother happy......"

"Okay, well, we have grown up."

"I've grown up a long time ago, I'm not a kid anymore."

The laughter coming from the kitchen made Shu Zheming, who was sitting upright on the stool, glance over there curiously, and finally couldn't control the curiosity in his heart, got up and trotted into the kitchen.

At the lunch table, the three of them naturally exchanged ideas again.

When I'm outside, I want to go home and have a look, but when I come back, I don't know what to do.

After the meal, after watching the two people next to him go into the house for a nap, Shu Nuan hesitated slightly, took a gift he brought back, and set off in the direction of the master's house.

She knew that the master had never had the habit of taking a nap, and now that the sun was shining, the other party must be at home.

After climbing a hillside, she came to the master's house.

It is a simple courtyard with high adobe walls that block the view of outsiders. Through the two-meter-high fence gate, you can vaguely see the empty courtyard.

"Master, I've come to see you."

Shu Nuan shouted into the house, and gently stood on tiptoe to look into the house.

Because the master doesn't like the act of others entering the house directly, even if she comes over, she waits outside the door for the master to open the door for her.

After waiting for a few seconds and not getting a response from the house, she had to shout again: "Master, I'm Nuan Nuan, are you at home?" ”

Just when Shu Nuan couldn't help but stretch out her hand to push the door, the voice from behind her made her stop pushing the door.

"Nuan Nuan, I'm back from vacation today. Your master is not at home today and has gone out to help. ”

Shu Nuan turned her head to look behind her, only to see a thin woman in a gray apron looking at her with a smile.

"Aunt Osmanthus, do you know where my master has gone?"

The one in front of him happened to be the master's neighbor, and the two families were very close, only more than ten meters apart, so naturally they could hear any movement clearly.

"Your master went to a family in Heba Village to take charge of the family, the distance is quite far, and he may not be able to come back until tomorrow."

"Oh, that's right."

Shu Nuan bowed slightly, and a flash of thought flashed in his eyes.

It's summer, and although there are few people holding banquets, it's not impossible. And if you can come here and ask someone for help, you should have notified you in advance.

"Forget it, I won't see anyone today, only next time."

She sighed slightly in her heart, smiled and nodded to Aunt Osmanthus: "Aunt Osmanthus, then you are busy first, I will send things in and go home." ”

Although she regretted that she didn't see the master today, she was relieved to know that the master was fine.

The fence door was unlocked, and she raised her right hand and gently pushed the gate open.

After looking around the courtyard environment, she walked straight to the front of the main house, looked at the closed large wooden door and sighed softly, and then directly reached out and pushed the door.

In the case of the door lock, the door is naturally not opened.

Her arm reached through the crack in the door that had been opened a little, and she felt behind it, and a bunch of keys appeared in her hand.

"It seems that the master is still the same."

In the past, when the master was not at home, and she wanted to come over to pick up something or deliver something, she would directly reach out and take the key to open the door. And where the key is hidden, only the two of them know.

However, after such a long time, the master still retains this habit, which makes Shu Nuan happy from the bottom of his heart.

"Squeak......

The old wooden door made a soft sound, and the originally dim hall was suddenly illuminated by the sunlight outside.

Shu Nuan didn't sit here for too long, and after putting the gift he prepared on the table, he turned around and went out of the house to close the door, put back the key, and did it in one go.

When Shu Nuan walked out of the master's courtyard gate, he looked up and saw Aunt Osmanthus drying clothes in his yard.

After seeing her, the other party greeted her warmly: "Nuan Nuan, the sun is shining here, come to my aunt's house and sit for a while before going back." ”

"No, I'll go back first."

"What's the hurry? Sit for a while, and maybe your master will come back. ”

Shu Nuan, who had already turned around and was about to leave, finally stayed under the other party's enthusiastic attitude.

In fact, when the two meet, they just chatter as usual, and for people who have not left this mountain col all year round, they are particularly curious about the situation outside the mountain.

When the sun in the sky was not so hot, Master Wu still did not come back, and Shu Nuan said goodbye and left Aunt Osmanthus's house after looking at the current time.

But when she left, she harvested a large bag of dried sweet potatoes given to her by the other party, and in the words of the other party, she said that there was nothing at home, and she brought some dried sweet potatoes back as snacks.

This made Shu Nuan, who had not prepared any gifts, somewhat embarrassed, so he had to secretly remember in his heart that he must bring a gift back to the other party next time.

…………

"Hoo ......"

Walking on the mountain, the summer mountain wind blew her long ponytail back and forth.

Shu Nuan looked at the wildflower-covered mountains and closed his eyes relaxedly.

She felt as if she hadn't looked closely at the place where she had been nurtured for a long time, but as she looked at the towering mountains, a heavy weight crossed her heart.

"When will we be able to make this place rich?"

For so many years, she has seen young people leave the mountains to work, leaving the elderly and children behind.

People who have the conditions have fled from this place without the slightest nostalgia. And among the people who left, she was also included.

The mountain village, which was originally quite lively, has also become depressed and lifeless with the decline of population.

Originally, the abundant mountains were supposed to be everyone's wealth, but I don't know when it began, and it became an obstacle to everyone's ability to live a good life.