In the bluestone slab courtyard, Chen Qifu was collecting his belongings, and Su Qiqi took two steps forward and asked, "Uncle Chen, is Zhou Dashan here?" ”

Chen Qifu raised his head and said, "Xiao Qi is here, the mountain is estimated to be soon, you enter the house and wait." ”

"Huh~ Brother Zhenping, what about them?" She said, looking around.

Chen Qifu replied: "A few people are looking for things in the backyard, and your sister-in-law is preparing to eat on the mountain in the stove room." ”

Liu Shi poured a glass of water and handed it to her: "Xiao Qi, there are many dangers in the deep mountains, you have to follow the mountains and them when you enter the mountains, and you are the youngest among the few people, don't run away." ”

"Well, Aunt Liu, I know."

The Liu family chattered and advised, and Su Qiqi nodded frequently.

At this time, Chen Zhenping and Chen Zhenhua stepped into the hall with a knife and shouted at the Liu family, "Mother, why are you throwing the knife in the grass shed?" Oh, it's all rusty," Zhenhua complained, pointing to the knife.

Liu slapped Zhenhua on the back and said, "If you don't pick up your own things, what are you yelling about?" Can you blame me? ”

Chen Zhenhai followed behind the two elder brothers, and saw that his brother was scolded and made up for the knife: "I told the second brother last time, the knife has to be wiped with oil from time to time, and he said that he didn't need to be lazy to get it." ”

Liu sighed a few times: "I'm too lazy to complain about others like a pig, I pestered your father to buy a knife, and your father spent a lot of effort to get it back for you, and you threw it away after you shook your hands." ”

Chen Zhenhua scratched his head embarrassedly: "Then what to do now, the knife is rusty and dull." ”

"What can I do, grind! While Zhou Dashan didn't come, the two of you brothers will grind it one by one, and it will be done in a while," Liu said with a disgusted shake of the knife.

The two brothers nodded and hurriedly said hello to Su Qiqi, and went out of the yard to sharpen their knives.

Chen Qifu looked at the backs of the two and scolded: "You two are really the old saying, you only sharpen your knives when you are on the end, and you know how to scratch your ears and cheeks when you hit your head, and you don't know who you look like!" ”

Liu pouted and muttered, "Who can you look like!" Turning his head and drizzling, he beckoned to Su Qiqi and said, "A few people, let's go to the stove room to see how the cake is burning." ”

The two entered the stove room, and Xiao Chen was alone around the pot with cakes.

Liu picked up a cake and looked at it, and said angrily: "Didn't you tell this kid to put more oil in you?" Zhenping and they are going to go for several days, and the pancake oil is not easy to spoil, why don't you listen?

Xiao Chen is a new bride, only married into Qingshan Village last winter, the original family is extra poor, used to frugality since childhood, marrying Chen Zhenping Although the standard of living has changed greatly, but the frugal temperament developed by playing small will be difficult to change for a while.

Xiao Chen's face was slightly red, and he stared at the cake and whispered: "I thought that the cake was too oil-intensive, so I brushed a layer of oil in the pot and pasted it, otherwise add some oil?"

Liu said: "Don't put vegetable oil, you hook some lard and pour it down." ”

Su Qiqi looked at Xiao Chen's embarrassed face and said, "The cake is mixed with some lard and fragrant, sister-in-law, you scoop up the lard and pour it down the edge of the pot." ”

Xiao Chen looked at Liu and said, "Cheng, I'll get it, mother, you go into the hall and rest!" ”

Su Qiqi originally wanted to take a hand, but when he saw that Xiao Chen's whole person was cramped and uneasy, he gave up.

Liu Shi rummaged through the cakes in the dustpan and said: "The previous cakes are wrapped up, and let Zhenping and them eat the less oil first." ”

"Okay, I know, mother."

The two of them stepped out of the stove room, and Zhou Dashan's loud and hearty shouting sounded outside the courtyard.

Liu stood under the eaves and shouted: "Dashan, the courtyard gate is not closed, you can come in directly!" Old man, Zhou Dashan is here, do you go and see if Zhenping has sharpened their knives?

Chen Qifu frowned and said, "I'm too lazy to go, I'll come back naturally after grinding." ”

Liu pursed his lips and whispered, "Who is my son like?" Isn't it like you? ”

Zhou Dashan pushed open the courtyard door, he carried a hunting bow on his back, a big bamboo basket on his back, a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a burly figure.

He entered the courtyard in a loud voice and said, "Auntie, what are you still doing in Zhenping?" My mother urged me to be slow, saying that you must be in a hurry, but now it seems that I am not slow! ”

Liu smiled: What can the two lazy people do, the knife is sharpened, and the knife is rusty. ”

Zhou Dashan grinned and said: "The knives are rusty, it's so lazy!" As he spoke, he glanced at Su Qiqi, and his undisguised disgust was evident on his face.

Su Qiqi: Hehe~ I'm too lazy to see the goods of people by their appearance, and labor and management are a person with an inner show.

Zhou Dashan looked her up and down with a scrutinizing gaze, "Tsk~ It's quite bold to be small, how old are you this year?" ”

Su Qiqi: It's so angry......!

She exasperated, "How old were you that tall?? ”

Zhou Dashan nodded: "Yes, I was so tall when I was eight years old." ”

Su Qiqi: Hehe, he's a little knife expert!

Liu Shi shouted lightly: "Why are you still talking so straight, you said that you scared the girl away last time, and I told you again and again with your mother to speak tactfully, why don't you change?" ”

Su Qiqi twitched the corners of his mouth and said, no wonder you are still a single at eighteen or nineteen, if you are not single, it would be strange!

Huh~ No, what do you mean to speak straight?

Liu's invisibly made up for it, which made Su Qiqi want to step on his toes!

Zhou Dashan touched his ears and muttered with embarrassment: "Didn't I say anything in my heart, who knew that girl and her father were so stingy." ”

Liu's finger pointed at him and said, "You... Deadwood! "Shaking his head, he didn't bother to take care of the guy who didn't eat the oil and salt.

When the village chief's house was rubbing to the ground, Zhenping put away all the things and set off.

Xiao Chen was very reluctant to send them out of the yard, Chen Qifu followed them to the foot of the mountain, and kept telling them to pay attention to safety before leaving, and several people nodded frequently.

The four of them entered the woods under Chen Qifu's worried gaze, and crossed the flat ground into the forest.

Zhou Dashan led the way with a machete, he cleaned up the vines and slapped the grass all the way, Su Qiqi walked in the middle, and Chen Zhenping and the two brothers followed.

After Zhou Dashan stepped into the deep mountain, he told the other three to remember not to speak loudly, as it was easy to attract wild beasts.

Su Qiqi hit the grass with a stick, lowered his voice and asked Zhou Dashan for precautions in the field.

Zhou Dashan's usual personality is big and heartless, and when he stepped into the deep mountains, his whole person changed gorgeously, and he looked cautious and steady.

The four of them walked slowly in the forest ....

Zhou Dashan pointed to the dense forest and said: "I'm afraid we have to speed up, rush through this forest before Shen Shi, (three o'clock in the afternoon) after Shen Shi The light in the forest becomes dim, I can't figure out the way, not to say, it is not conducive to us to guard against poisonous insects." ”

Su Qiqi replied: "Okay, let's move faster." ”

In the forest, thousands of trees are verdant and ancient trees are towering, the branches are luxuriant, and the rotten trees are horizontal! The rotting leaves on the ground are thick and the soil is wet, and the feet creak on the rotten leaves.....