Chapter 22: The Beginning of Doubts
After the autumn harvest season, some of the men in the village went out to work for a short time to subsidize the family, and Da Yang had been hunting for a living, Xu was because he and Ah Jin almost went back to the mountains last time, he decided to put the job of hunting for a living first, and he wanted to go to the city to see if there was any profitable work.
But looking at his younger brother Xiao Yang beside him, he was worried again, what should Xiao Yang do when he left.
"Big brother, what are you thinking?"
Xiao Yang crawled on the table with big letters, and inadvertently looked up to see Da Yang staring at him.
"It's okay, big brother wants to go to the city to see if there are any lucrative jobs, but I'm leaving, what can you do."
Hearing this, Xiao Yang put down the pen and ink in his hand, "You can send me to Sister Qiange's house!" Her cooking is delicious, and I like to eat at her house. ”
"This ......"
Da Yang didn't want to trouble Mu Qiange for everything, but apart from her in this village, he really couldn't find anyone who could safely entrust Xiao Yang.
"Oops! Big brother, don't hesitate, I won't go anywhere except Sister Qiange's house. ”
Early the next morning, Da Yang took Xiao Yang to Mu Qiange's house, but it was still early, and the courtyard door of her house was still tightly closed.
"Sister Qiange ......"
Mu Qiange heard that someone outside the courtyard called herself, she thought that Liu Cuihua, who was still not giving up, had come to her house to look for Ah Jin again, so she turned over and ignored it.
Xiao Yang, who was standing outside the courtyard gate, couldn't wait for Mu Qiange to come and open the door for a long time, and couldn't help but look at Da Yang beside him with some frustration.
"Sister Qiange doesn't welcome me to her house?"
"No, maybe Qiange didn't hear it, you're shouting twice to try."
Da Yang squatted down and patted Xiao Yang's shoulder, his tone full of encouragement.
This time, Xiao Yang plucked up the courage and shouted twice, "Sister Qiange......"
Hearing that the person looking for him hadn't left yet, Mu Qiange had no choice but to get dressed, open the door and walk to the gate of the courtyard.
"Brother Yang, Brother Yang, do you have something to do so early?"
Mu Liangyue gathered her clothes and opened the door to Da Yang and Xiao Yang with a smile.
Da Yang looked at Mu Qiange, and a somewhat unnatural look flashed on his face.
He touched Xiao Yang's head, and still said: "Qiange, you know that hunting is not a long-term thing, besides, because I went up the mountain with Ah Jin last time to hunt and earn some money, now many people in the village have gone to the mountain with red eyes." Hunting doesn't work, and for the sake of living, I'm going to go to the city to see if there's anything to do, but Xiao Yang .......... ”
Hearing this, Mu Qiange had already guessed the purpose of Da Yang's visit, "Brother Da Yang, don't worry!" I'll take care of Yang. ”
"Qiange, then Xiao Yang will trouble you to take care of it, and when I come back from the city, I will give you double the reward."
"Brother Yang, are you going to go?"
"In the city." Da Yang's face flushed slightly, "I heard that there is a big family in the city looking for a short-term job, so I want to try it." ”
Da Yang is a person who eats by strength, he is not afraid of hardship or tiredness, as long as there is work, he will do it.
Mu Qiange also received a lot of favors from Da Yang, and now that Da Yang needs her help, it is impossible for her to stand idly by, and Xiao Yang is very well-behaved and very likable. As for receiving his reward, she said that she would not ask for anything, if she accepted Da Yang's silver, then she would become something.
"Brother Yang, Xiao Yang is at my house, you can rest assured! I will take care of him, and with Ah Jin here, he can also have more time to teach Xiao Yang. ”
Hearing this, Da Yang had a heartfelt smile on his face: "Qiange, Xiao Yang is here, what else can't I worry about, it's just trouble you." ”
Da Yang really felt embarrassed, Mu Qiange was still an unmarried girl, so he asked her to take care of the child, which was somewhat embarrassing for her. But apart from her, he really couldn't find a reliable place for Xiao Yang.
"Brother Yang, when have you decided to leave?"
The admiration in Da Yang's eyes was fully revealed, he didn't want to hide it at this time, and his voice was slightly hoarse, "Let's go now." ”
Mu Qiange noticed the package on his shoulder, and she nodded: "Brother Yang, don't worry!" ”
"Xiao Yang came to my sister's side." Mu Qiange took Xiao Yang to his side, and then urged Da Yang to enter the city earlier, so as not to miss the trip.
Da Yang thanked Mu Qiange several times before turning his head and leaving.
Seeing Da Yang leave, Mu Qiange led Xiao Yang into the courtyard before turning around and closing the courtyard door.
Xu was Mu Qiange and Da Yang's words that woke Ah Jin up, and he strolled to Mu Qiange's side without even bunching his hair.
"Brother Jin, morning."
Xiao Yang saw Ah Jin standing in front of him, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello to Ah Jin.
"Xiao Yang came really early."
Ah Jin reached out and touched Xiao Yang's head, but his inquiring eyes fell on Mu Qiange.
Mu Qiange glanced at it and saw Ah Jin's long black hair pouring down. It's very strange that ordinary young men have a hair cloak that inevitably has a bit of a taste of madness, but he is so elegant that he is not scattered at all, which makes people feel that the handsome men in the world should be like him with their hair scattered, so they can be called beautiful men.
Ah Jin saw that Mu Qiange was a nymphomaniac again, her charming thin lips were slightly hooked, and then she smiled evilly.
Ah Jindi's laughter woke Mu Qiange up, and an embarrassed look flashed on her face.
"What a demon to die for!"
Mu Qiange muttered, then turned around and went into the kitchen.
Ah Jin resounded a series of seductive laughter behind her, causing Mu Qiange to get goosebumps.
Mu Qiange entered the kitchen, but she had never taken care of children, and she didn't know what children liked to eat, or what they ate was good for children's health, so she thought about it and decided to stew white rice, make potato stewed meat or egg custard, these dishes should be very nutritious.
She brushed the pot and added water, then made a fire, simmered the white rice with her hands and feet, and began to prepare the dishes that would be eaten later.
She took out a piece of marinated pork from the jar and peeled two more potatoes to make a potato stew.
Seeing that she would cook meat dishes, Mu Qiange felt that Xiao Yang was a child and should be more nutritious with meat and vegetables, so she turned around and went out of the kitchen to pick some cabbage in the yard, preparing to make a cabbage soup.
Mu Qiange looked at the two dishes and one soup he had made, and he still couldn't help but feel a pity, it would be more perfect if there was fish. Eating fish is good for children to grow their bodies, but they don't know how to catch fish, so it seems that they will have to buy it next time they go to the city.
After making breakfast, Mu Qiange brought the food to the table in the yard, she felt that the air was fresh in the morning, and it was better to eat in the yard.
"Ah Jin, Xiao Yang, it's time to eat."
Hearing Mu Qiange's voice, Ah Jin tied up his hair, finished grooming, and led Xiao Yang to the table.
"This morning it's finally no longer porridge with mustard, it seems that it's really different!"
Ah Jin looked at the two dishes and one soup on the table, and couldn't help sighing.
When Xiao Yang didn't come, Mu Qiange didn't care so much about making breakfast, and it was usually white rice porridge in the morning, but he had never seen meat again.
"I haven't taken care of a child, and I don't know what a child eats to be good for his health. Besides, Xiao Yang is growing his body, so he must eat something good. ”
Da Yang entrusted Xiao Yang to herself, she trusted her, how could she let Xiao Yang suffer with her.
Xiao Yang looked at the food on the dinner table, although he wanted to eat it very much, but without Qiange's instructions, he still sat on the stool in a regular manner, but the eager eyes betrayed him.
Ah Jin glanced at Xiao Yang sitting opposite, turned his head and said to Mu Qiange, "The children are hungry, so they don't give them a meal." ”
Hearing this, Mu Qiange secretly scolded himself for being careless, so he gave Xiao Yang and Ah Jin a bowl of white rice each.
Mu Qiange put a few pieces of meat in Xiao Yang's bowl and spooned a few spoonfuls of egg custard.
"Eat!"
Seeing Xiao Yang staring at the white rice in his bowl and the meat in the bowl, but he didn't move his chopsticks for a long time, Mu Qiange thought that he didn't like to eat these things, and couldn't help but be a little nervous.
"Is it that Sister Qiange is not to your liking?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yang shook his head, "No, I am reluctant to eat, I have never eaten such a good meal at home." ”
Mu Qiange glanced at Xiao Yang's thin body, and the corners of his eyes were very sour, it seemed that Da Yang would not take care of the child.
Ah Jin's heart moved, "You and your eldest brother Yang's parents died early, and he has been taking care of you, didn't he get you some delicious food?" ”
Xiao Yang licked his lips and shook his head at Ah Jin: "That's my parents, not Brother Yang, he also adopted me when he saw me pitiful." ”
"Are you saying that you and your brother Yang are not brothers."
The color in Ah Jin's eyes was unpredictable, and it was his momentum that scared Xiao Yang.
Xiao Yang's eyes suddenly became misty, and his hand holding chopsticks trembled slightly.
Seeing this, Mu Qiange glared at Ah Jin fiercely, "As far as you talk a lot, you see that you scared Xiao Yang, it doesn't matter if he and Da Yang are brothers?" ”
Ah Jin was not angry, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, the corners of his mouth hooked, kept picking vegetables for Xiao Yang, and apologized to Xiao Yang in a soft voice.
"Xiao Yang, eat quickly, I'll make you sweet cakes in the afternoon."
Mu Qiange saw that Xiao Yang was frightened by Ah Jin, and felt guilty, so he sandwiched two pieces of meat for Xiao Yang.
Xu is child himself likes sweets, Xiao Yang nodded, then picked up the bowl in front of him, and devoured it.
Mu Qiange was afraid that Xiao Yang would choke, so he kept patting Xiao Yang's back with his hand.
This meal was the fullest meal Xiao Yang ate, and just listening to him burping non-stop made you know how much he ate.
Mu Qiange was worried that Xiao Yang would accumulate food if he ate too much, so he went into the kitchen and brought a cup of hot water.
Seeing this, Ah Jin curled the corners of his mouth: "I haven't seen you so concerned during my injury." ”
Mu Qiange felt funny in his heart, does this Ah Jin still eat children's vinegar. Her eyebrows were raised, and her tone was full of teasing, "You are all adults, Xiao Yang is still a child, you need someone to take care of you, if you want to drink water, go to the kitchen yourself." ”
A Jin's eyes flashed with a dangerous light, and his face gradually became cold, "Don't forget, I am your gold master, if you want to go back to Beijing, treat me well, if you snub me like this, if I am unhappy, I will break the contract." ”
Thinking that he did have a request for Ah Jin, and that it was just a glass of water now, Mu Qiange handed the water to Xiao Yang, then stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
It's really strange, he doesn't know why, seeing Mu Qiange taking care of Xiao Yang so carefully, he just feels uncomfortable, it's not that he doesn't like Xiao Yang, it's just that he doesn't know why he wants to worry about a child.
Maybe it's because Mu Qiange has put all his eyes and thoughts on Xiao Yang, but he is no longer the same as before!
The more Ah Jin thought about it, the more depressed he became, he frowned, stood up, and his tone was full of unhappiness: "I'm back in the room." ”
Mu Qiange, who came out with the water, glared at Ah Jin fiercely, and then took the water in his hand to feed the chickens and ducks.
At noon, she took Xiao Yang to the house for him to take a lunch break, and she watered the vegetables in the yard and went to the field to pull weeds.