Sure enough, it rained soon after, and at first it was dripping, but soon it became a downpour! Everyone's oil-paper umbrellas and coats were completely useless, so they had to drive the horses in a panic and hide in the depression of the cliff! It rained heavily all day, and after dark, there was no sign of abating! The crowd took off their clothes and huddled under the cliff, and Heini managed to pick up some branches and finally lit a bonfire! The dancing flames of the bonfire are gradually burning more and more! The rain outside the cliff is continuous, and a piece of water vapor is steaming! The middle-aged man commanded the two young men to unload all the sacks on the pack horses and move them to the bottom of the cliff to avoid the rain, so as to prevent the salt from getting wet by the rain!

The pack horses snorted and neighed anxiously, and gathered tightly together! Lao Qian and I were also drenched, shivering with cold, and when we saw Hei Ni raising a bonfire, we all gathered around! When Hei Ni saw my embarrassed image, she couldn't help but giggle, and then she handed me a towel and gestured to me, "Wipe your face!" ”。

I took her towel and wiped my face, and found that Hei Ni's eyes had been staring at me, and I was embarrassed by her look, so I turned my face away and pretended to look away! Old Qian suddenly came over and whispered to me, "Sir, what do you think of Hei Ni?" ”。

I glared at him fiercely and said, "What's that?" ”。

Old Qian sneered: "Hei Ni seems to have taken a fancy to you, you have to be careful!" ”。

I scolded him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? She gave me a towel and fell in love with me? ”。

Lao Qian swore and said: "This has nothing to do with the towel, do you see the way she looks at you......?" ”。

I pretended to glance up casually, and I saw Hei Ni's big watery eyes, looking at me with affection! Our eyes met in the air, and she seemed to be burned, and suddenly threw down the stick that was stirring the fire, and hurried in the direction of the horses!

The middle-aged man shouted to her, "It's raining heavily outside, where are you going?" ”。

Hei Ni replied without looking back, "I'll go see the horses!" ”。

The middle-aged man said kindly and appreciatively: "This child, since he was a child, has liked horses, just like a boy, there is really nothing to do with her!" ”。

A young man sitting next to him smiled and said, "Dad, when the spring begins next year and the mare gives birth to a foal, let's sell a few horses and marry my sister!" ”。

The middle-aged man stretched his face and said unhappily, "What? Dislike your sister? ”。

The young man was startled and quickly explained, "Dad, what did you say? How could I dislike my own sister? Didn't you say that the other day, the lame carpenter in the village asked someone to come and propose? I think the lame carpenter is pretty good......! ”。

The middle-aged man waved his hand to interrupt his son's words and said, "You can't say it, then you have to nod your head!" ”。

Another young man also followed and said, "The eldest brother is right, although the lame carpenter is a little older, it hurts people?" There are also some roots at home, don't worry about food and clothing, and become a mother directly after the door, what do you say is bad? ”。

Lao Qian listened to their grandfather's words, and quietly stabbed me and said, "Sir, did you hear?" She's about to get married, if you fancy her, you can't hesitate! ”。 I pushed the old money, but he giggled!

The middle-aged man's face showed anger, and he snorted coldly and said, "You don't care about Hei Ni's affairs, everything is up to her to make her own ......!" ”。

The two elder brothers were unwilling, and they wanted to fight with their father, but when the father couldn't help but burst into flames: "I'm not dead yet...... Are you in a hurry? ”。 Immediately afterwards, the middle-aged man coughed violently! Hei Ni heard her father's cough, and hurriedly ran over to support the middle-aged man, and while beating him on the back, she asked, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" ”。

The middle-aged man finished coughing, gasped, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I can't die!" ”。

Hei Ni couldn't help crying: "Dad, what are you talking about?" Sit down and take a break! ”。

Old Qian tugged at the placket of my shirt and whispered to me, "Do you see it?" Hei Ni's two brothers are going to kick her out! ”。

I nodded lightly and said, "Look! ”。

Old Qian said again: "I see that Hei Ni strange poor ......! ”。

I nodded slightly.

Old Qian said to me again, "Is my husband married?" ”。 I said not yet! Old Qian smiled and said, "Then why didn't you marry Hei Ni?" I can assure you, she's willing! ”。

I asked Lao Qian, then why don't you marry her? Lao Qian smiled dryly: "I want to too!" But if people don't want to, what can I do? ”。 Then he tried his best to encourage me to say: "Don't look at Hei Ni's long black, it's all sunburned, as long as you use fragrant pancreas, "squeak and crunch" to wash her, and then let her enjoy a year and a half of happiness, to ensure that she looks better than the women in your city...... The loins of the women of your city, tsk...... It's like a hornet's waist, and it breaks when it breaks, you see our women in the mountains, that ass is ass, waist is waist, how can it be like you city people? ”。

I was just about to thank Lao Qian for his kindness, when he pointed out to me, "Do you see her ass?" As the saying goes, it's good to have a baby with a big butt! You're going to marry her! ”。 The old money bar smacked his mouth, as if he was very envious and said, "Then you are blessed!" ”。

The middle-aged man saw that Lao Qian and I had been muttering on the side, so he hugged his fist at the two of us and said, "Two, I'm sorry, let you laugh!" ”。

Lao Qian smiled: "It's okay, brother, don't be angry, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read!" ”。

The middle-aged man sighed, nodded, and said, "That's right, hey!" Let's not talk about that! I don't know what business trip the two of you have to go to Chaling? ”。

So I told the middle-aged man that I was going to Zhengjia Village to investigate the drought! It happened that Hei Ni came over with a bowl of hot water, and when she heard me say that she was going to look for the dry fish, she said excitedly that she knew her there, and their family lived in Zhengjia Village!

I said this is too coincidental, since you live in Zhengjia Village, then you must have seen the drought? Hei Ni looked at the middle-aged man and said to me: "Don't hide it, sir, although we live in Zhengjia Village, we were not at home on the day we caught the drought, so we didn't see the drought!" ”。

I then asked Hei Ni, "What do the people in your village say?" ”。 Hei Ni told me what she had heard! I heard what she said not to be different from what Zheng Nanpo wrote in the letter, and I couldn't help but excitedly say: "Is there really a drought in this world?" ”。

The middle-aged man said: "It's strange to say, since the drought was burned, this rain has hardly stopped, and it looks like it will become a disaster again!" ”。

Hei Ni also nodded and sighed, "Yes, this year's crops in the field will be harvested again!" ”。

At this moment, there was a flash of lightning in the sky, illuminating the surrounding snow! Then there was a rumbling thunder that rolled over our heads, shaking the cliff walls and causing the gravel to fall! Everyone was so frightened that they let out an "ah"!

I felt a warm little hand in the darkness grab my arm, and I looked back to see Heinie's eyes shining with tenderness in the darkness! The hand quickly withdrew and her eyes flickered a few times, and I heard Hei Ni whisper to me, "Ah, I'm sorry! ”。

My heart was beating violently, and I couldn't calm down for a long time. I thought to myself, "What a good girl! ”。

After the thunder passed, the wind blew outside again, and the wind was like an invisible hand, tearing the rain curtain like silk threads to pieces, and the heavy rain swept into the bottom of the cliff, forcing us to lean closer to each other! I stood behind Hei Ni, and we snuggled up to each other, both to shelter from the rain and to comfort each other! I felt the softness on her body and smelled her unique body fragrance! It was a special smell, neither the scent of rouge nor the smell of gouache, but a smell unique to a girl who was just beginning to fall in love!

At some point, the rain wet my shoes and socks, as well as Hei Ni's trouser legs, and none of us moved, and I don't know how long it took, but the rain outside gradually subsided, and the wind stopped! Lao Qian took a few steps outside, put his hand into the rain and tried it, and said happily: "The rain is light, the rain is light!" ”。 Then he smiled slyly at me and said, "Come out, sir, how spacious it is!" ”。 My face turned red all of a sudden, and I hurriedly pushed Hei Ni away and walked out! At this time, the dark clouds in the sky have begun to dissipate, and the stars in the clouds are blinking their bright eyes!

Old Qian pulled me aside, lowered his voice and said to me, "Be careful, the girls in the mountains are not the same as the girls in your city......!" ”。 Not far away, there was the sound of horses tossing their hooves, and the shouts of Hei Ni coaxing the horses!

We waited until dawn to get back on the road! Without saying a word all the way, we finally arrived at Chaling before dark! We parted with the pack team in Chaling, Hei Ni said goodbye to me with red eyes, she told me that her family lives in the village of Zhengjia Village, and asked me to go to Zhengjia Village to find her! I waved goodbye to her, and an inexplicable melancholy surged in my heart, I don't know if I can see her again in this life!

The caravan faded away, and the bell rang away, like a white cloud floating in the sky, leaving no trace in the sky! Lao Qian and I stood where we were, watching the pack team go away and disappear! Lao Qian tugged at the placket of my shirt and said to me, "It's okay to go, you are not all the way, and you will not be able to walk together after all!" ”。

When he saw that I was silent, he sighed again and said, "It's getting dark, and it's time for us to go to the host!" ”。

I followed Lao Qian and walked into the city in despair, and I don't know how long I was in the city, and suddenly I heard Lao Qian shouting: "It's here!" ”。 When I looked up, I saw that we were standing in front of a shop with two lanterns hanging under the eaves of the shop, and the ground was bright! On the lintel of the store hangs a signboard with several large characters in gold lacquer: "Spring and Autumn Fang".

I looked at the three big words on the signboard, and then I remembered the purpose of my trip!