Chapter 39: Rokuro Returns
At the beginning, the dowry sent by Yang Liulang was three animals and three animals, 100 sugar and 100 meters, a wedding dress, and eight taels of silver.
With such a rich dowry, I am afraid that it can be ranked first in Xiaoqing Village.
The son of the Li Zheng family in Qinglu Village married a daughter-in-law, and he only took out five taels of silver, and the conditions in Qinglu Village were much better than those in Xiaoqing Village!
What's more, before getting married, Yang Liulang knew that she was not the woman on the marriage book, but she was still willing to give such a rich dowry, He Mai thought of this, and her heart couldn't help but feel hot, she owed Yang Liulang too much.
When it was almost time for dinner, Shancao got up to say goodbye and left the Qin family's courtyard.
Shancao and Qin had dinner together, and then went back.
Yang Liulang's courtyard was not far from the Qin family, but in the silent night, the small courtyard in the darkness seemed particularly secluded. The trees on both sides danced in the breeze, sprinkling a small silhouette.
When he was about to arrive at the courtyard gate, Xiao Hei's humming and chirping voice came, and the empty feeling in He Mai's heart went a lot, and he hurriedly entered the courtyard gate and released it to the little guy.
Xiao Hei didn't see his master for a day, and he rolled at Hemai's feet happily, provoking Hemai to scold it and tell it to be honest.
Went into the stove room and boiled the water, Hemai went to the kang after washing, Xiao Hei seemed to see that there was no Yang Liulang at home, playing a scoundrel at the door and humming, screaming very miserably, Hemai could only put it in, training it to let it lie down honestly on the side of the kang.
When Xiao Hei's snoring sounded, everything in the room seemed to fall asleep with it, and He Mai listened, but he didn't sleep.
I don't know what Yang Liulang is doing in the mountains at this time? The environment on the mountain is so dangerous, I'm afraid you can't sleep easily, right?
This day and night don't fit his eyes, can he eat?
He Maixin sighed, thinking that when Yang Liulang went up the mountain to hunt before, he didn't have anyone to take care of him when he returned home, how lonely should he be in the face of the cold stove?
Ming'er has to come back early so that Yang Liulang can have a hot meal as soon as he enters the house.
Thinking like this, she forced herself to fall asleep quickly, after Ming'er went to Qin's place, she had to come back early.
Unconsciously, she has become the person in the mouth of the Qin family, the person who is worried about Yang Liulang under the mountain.
Early the next morning, He Mai went to Qin's place to deliver breakfast, and got up and went back before he sat down until noon.
Qin could see that she was thinking about Yang Liulang in her heart, and she didn't stay long, just told her to go back, and Ming'er would bring Liulang over for dinner early in the morning.
When I got home, He Mai fidgeted on the stove all day, and I don't know when Rokuro will come back. If it's late, Rokuro won't be able to eat ready-made food when he comes back, and he will have to be hungry for a while.
Hemai simply saved this meal at noon, but packed up all the ingredients and put them aside, as long as Liulang came back, it would be good to fry it in the pot.
She hoped that Yang Liulang would come back soon, but the more she thought about it, the slower the time passed.
From the beginning of the day to the evening, it was still quiet on the path on the hillside, and there was not half a figure in sight.
Didn't you say you'd be back in a day and a half? Why haven't you come back? Isn't it entangled by wild beasts?
He Mai didn't sit or stand, but she didn't want Yang Liulang to be able to control her emotions like this in just a few days.
Turned over some cornmeal for Xiao Hei to soak in hot water, Xiao Hei ate sweet, full of food and rolled around at the feet of Hemai, smelling and smelling west, but Hemai was worried, lighting the lamp in the stove room to wipe the table and mopping the floor, but the ears were paying attention to the movement outside the courtyard.
The first person to hear the sound outside the door was still Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei's little ears flickered, and he rushed out of the door with a bumpy run, and his round little body was like a ball.
He Mai also heard the sound outside the courtyard, put down the basket and hurried out.
Outside the courtyard, the tall Yang Liulang carried a deer-like prey on his shoulders and a few hares hanging from his waist, and hurriedly walked into the house.
"You're back!" The big stone that was uneasy in Hemai's heart finally let go and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, I'm back." Yang Liulang replied softly.
Yang Liulang's face could not be seen clearly in the darkness of the night, and from his footsteps, it seemed that he was still in good spirits, but there was still a lot of tiredness in his tone.
Yang Liulang unloaded the prey outside the stove room, and He Mai hurriedly took the bits and pieces tied to him.
The three rabbits were all dead, and a pheasant was piled aside.
When the prey like a deer on his back was unloaded, He Mai tried his strength, and couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly, this deer is one or two hundred catties to say the least!
"This is not a deer," Yang Liulang wiped the sweat from his forehead, as if he saw Hemai's misunderstanding, "The deer is not so easy to catch in the mountains, this is a roe deer, and the meat is also delicious." ”
"It turned out to be a roe deer," He Mai suddenly said, then looked at Yang Liulang's face in the dark, "Are you tired?" Come inside and rest, we'll have dinner soon." ”
"Okay," Yang Liulang nodded and entered the house.
A small oil lamp had just been lit in the room, and hot water and tea were already on the table, as well as wet cloths to wipe sweat.
Yang Liulang held the bowl of hot water and sipped it slowly.
After two days of exhaustion and hunger and thirst disappeared after returning to the small courtyard, the man was running around and toiling, in the end, the most soothing thing to fatigue was not a bowl of hot rice and hot soup at home?
And what can soothe the tiredness more than these is the gentle and soft smiling face of the woman.
Through the window, Yang Liulang looked at the busy figure in the stove room, and the corners of his lips curled up with satisfaction.
He thought, "It's good to have more wheat at home."
When dinner was served, He Mai didn't have time to eat, so he hurriedly went to boil hot water again, preparing to let Yang Liulang take a hot bath for a while.
Yang Liulang held her hand, "Don't be busy, I'll do those things for a while." Sit down. ”
He hadn't seen He Mai for two days, and he was very worried about it. Seeing this smiling face, he didn't want to watch her busy, it was already good to sit down and have a meal and talk.
He Mai sat down according to his words, and Yang Liulang let go.
The two picked up the rice bowl, He Mai scooped up the hot porridge, and pushed it in front of Yang Liulang.
"First drink a bowl of porridge to warm your stomach," He Mai said softly, "This porridge has sweet potatoes and soybeans in it, which is very good for the stomach." ”
"Well," Yang Liulang took a sip, remembered one more thing, and asked, "Isn't there no rice at home?" ”
"Grandma brought it to me." He Mai said softly, "Does it taste okay?" ”
Yang Liulang nodded, "The porridge you cooked is a must, so it's naturally good." ”
"You told me that you would only go for a day and a half and come back, and when you came back so late today, did you have some trouble in the mountains?" He Mai asked.
But she waited all day to worry about him, and she didn't want to talk to Yang Liulang.
Yang Liulang shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not a trouble, but a good thing." ”
"A good thing?" He Mai was puzzled.