Chapter 10: The Dilemma

Looking at the wound on his hand that was pressed with the artemisia leaf that Xu Sanlang had found that was said to stop the bleeding, Cheng Xi let out a long sigh.

"At such a young age, why do you sigh?"

The sudden sound on the side of the mountain behind startled Cheng Xi, turned his head and glared at the person behind him sadly, and found a gray-haired old lady with a small picket in her hand, a small basket on her back, looking at herself with a smile on her head.

This is the only little old lady who has seen a kind face and a kind smile after Cheng Xi came here, this rare kind smile made Cheng Xi very kind, so he couldn't help but respond with a little coquettish tone, "Oh, you scared me, I was thinking about things and worrying." ”

The old lady replied, "Also, in this situation, your young age is enough for you to be distressed, what's wrong with this hand?" While speaking, the old lady had already come over and sat down on the stone beside Cheng Xi, put down the small hoe in her hand, and reached over to pull Cheng Xi's injured hand.

Cheng Xi didn't know the old lady either, but the old lady seemed to know herself, and Cheng Xi couldn't retract her hand, so she had to let the old lady hold her hand and look at the wound on her hand in embarrassment.

"This artemisia can stop bleeding, but remember to wash it well when you go back, and then find artemisia to put it on, so as not to swell, you know?"

Cheng Xi said "um" softly, but the old lady turned her gaze to Cheng Xi's head, "Does your head still hurt?" Maybe remember? ”

The topic suddenly shifted to the injury on his head, Cheng Xi was slightly stunned, and then shook his head in embarrassment.

The old lady said to Xu Sanlang, who was busy in the field, "Zihao, come here." ”

When Xu Sanlang heard the voice here, he walked over quickly, and when he saw the old lady beside Cheng Xi, he asked very respectfully, "Grandma Huang, why are you here?" ”

The old lady replied, "Digging medicine and passing by here, I saw the girl sitting here sighing and came over to take a look, she hasn't changed the medicine for the injury on her head, right?" You can go to my house later to get some medicine, and change her medicine in the evening. ”

Xu Sanlang looked at the old lady with some embarrassment, but he didn't speak.

The old lady guessed what Xu Saburo wanted to say, and continued, "You don't need to tell your milk, just come by yourself, don't worry, it's all the herbs I dug myself, and I won't charge you for the medicine." ”

Xu Saburo said embarrassedly, "This is not good." ”

The old lady frowned slightly and said, "Miss Xi is also your daughter-in-law now, how can you ignore the injury on her head?" If you're embarrassed, help me dig up the medicine next time, I'll go first. ”

The old lady stood up, and didn't forget to touch Cheng Xi's head and comforted, "Xi girl, if you want to open up, there is no hurdle that you can't overcome, this day is falling and your man is still on top, Zihao is a good one, but it is much stronger than the previous Xu Erlang, I will go first, if the injury on this head hurts, go to the Huang family to find me." ”

Cheng Xi looked at the back of the old lady leaving, and said with an ignorant expression, "Who is this old lady, it feels pretty good." ”

Xu Sanlang reprimanded with a dark face, "Don't call the elder and the old lady casually, if you don't know, you can ask me, that person is the mother of Huang Lang in the village, and everyone calls her Granny Huang." Then he went to work in the fields.

Cheng Xi stuck out her tongue at Xu Sanlang's back, she didn't know who it was, of course she could only call the old lady, but she didn't expect this stupid big man to be quite exquisite.

Xu Sanlang was busy until it was getting late, Cheng Xi was a little anxious waiting on the side of the road, seeing that it was about to get dark, seeing Xu Saburo coming out of the valley field, taking advantage of the fact that there was still a trace of fish white in the sky, she walked quickly on the way back, she didn't want to walk this overgrown road in the dark.

Seeing two black shadows in front of the thatched house from a distance, Cheng Xi was frightened and had goosebumps, and quickly hid behind Xu Sanlang, and at the same time reached out and grabbed Xu Sanlang's arm tightly.

"That's your brother." Xu Sanlang said as he wrenched his arm from Cheng Xi's grasp.

Cheng Xi blushed slightly in embarrassment, glad that he couldn't see anything at night, and coughed in response, "Yes, brother, they said to send me something at night." With that, he quickened his pace and went to the thatched hut.

"Second brother, fourth brother, have you waited for a long time?" Cheng Xi greeted the two brothers with a smile in the past, looked at the hand-rolled wooden cart on the side, and didn't know that they thought they were going to move, right? Pots and pans, quilts and pillows.

Cheng Chen replied with a smile, "We just arrived." ”

Xu Sanlang followed Cheng Xi over, nodded slightly to the two, and then went into the house by himself, Cheng Cai originally saw Cheng Xi, and still had a doting smile on his face, but when he saw Xu Sanlang enter the house like this, his face instantly darkened, "What kind of attitude do you have?" ”

Cheng Xi had seen the fiery temper of his fourth brother before, for fear that he would rush over and wave his fist, so he hurriedly grabbed his hand and said, "He has always been like that, fourth brother, don't worry about him, let's move things in first." ”

Xu Sanlang didn't seem to hear Cheng Cai's words at all, went into the house and lit the pine oil lamp with a fire breaker, and then came out and began to help move things into the house, Cheng Cai looked at Xu Sanlang, snorted coldly, and said sarcastically, "It's positive to move things." ”

Xu Sanlang's hand moved slightly, put down the things in his hand, and said, "I'll go to the front yard to get food." With that, he turned around and went out and left quickly.

Cheng Chen watched Xu Sanlang be angry with Cheng Cai's words, and scolded, "Can't you say a few words, that's Xi'er's father-in-law." ”

Cheng Cai pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "Just like him." ”

Cheng Chen's face was slightly angry, "Your mouth is really ......"

Seeing that the two seemed to be arguing, Cheng Xi hurriedly changed the topic, and just happened to have something to ask them, so he interrupted Cheng Chen and asked, "Second brother, fourth brother, where do we have a restaurant or restaurant here?" ”

Cheng Cai thought that Cheng Xi was hungry, so he answered, "Where are there any restaurants and restaurants in our village, and I also brought a bite of the pot, and I brought you the cake in the morning, take it out and I'll heat it up for you." ”

Cheng Xi didn't plan to tell the afternoon thing, if this fourth brother knew the truth, he estimated that he would go to the Xu family to make trouble again, and then he would have to live in peace, "No, I want to ask where there is a restaurant or restaurant, I want to find some work to do, you know, I can't do farm work." ”

The two of them frowned in disapproval of Cheng Xi's words, and Cheng Chen opened his mouth and said, "You are an older girl, the restaurant will not accept it." ”

Cheng Xi could probably guess the reason why the two disagreed, and estimated that she felt that girls couldn't show up, so she said, "I'm married, where is I still a little girl, and I can also pretend to be a tomboy." ”

Cheng Cai glanced at Cheng Xi from top to bottom, and said unceremoniously, "You are pretending to be a tomboy that is a little white face, and you don't look like the material for running a hall to work, which restaurant will accept you?" ”

Cheng Xi rolled her eyes speechlessly, she felt that she should find an opportunity to ask Xu Sanlang about this matter, these two brothers probably can't count on it.

This penniless person can't eat enough, but she can't do this kind of work, so she can only find some way to earn money to support herself, and the only thing she can do is the cooking skills passed down from her ancestors in her previous life.

The three of them moved quite quickly, and in less than half an hour, the miscellaneous things were packed up, and Cheng Cai remembered again that Cheng Xi hadn't eaten since he came back from the field, so he said, "What about the cake, I'll give you hot food." ”

Cheng Xi touched his nose, "I'm done eating." ”

Cheng Cai looked at Cheng Xi in surprise, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, thinking that he was afraid that he would be hungry these days, and his eyes were even more distressed when he looked at Cheng Xi.

Cheng Chen heard Cheng Xi's words, but it was different from what Cheng Cai thought, he didn't think that Cheng Xi could eat so much in a day, he estimated that he was sharing food with Xu Sanlang, but in his heart he felt that Xu Sanlang would not live, and he didn't know how to save some food if he had food, and he ate it all at once.

Thinking that Xu Sanlang didn't come back after he went out, Cheng Cai frowned and said, "Did Xu Sanlang go to the Xu family's mansion for dinner?" He doesn't take you with him to dinner? ”

Cheng Xi hurriedly responded, "He brought it back directly to eat, I don't want to see the Xu family, he went alone." ”

"It won't take that long."

Cheng Xi looked at the fourth brother with a disgusted look, sighed in his heart, and changed the topic, "I want to boil some hot water, fourth brother, you can help me move the pot out." ”

Cheng Chen helped to light the stove, Cheng Cai helped to clean the iron pot and mix it with water, Cheng Xi couldn't intervene on the side, and seeing that it was not early, Cheng Xi said, "Second brother, fourth brother, you go back first, it's not early." ”

It's really not early, but Cheng Chen is not worried that Cheng Xi is at home alone, so he stood up from the stove and said, "This Xu Sanlang has been gone for so long, why hasn't he come back?" I'll go to Xu's house to have a look. After speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but he happened to see a dark shadow in the distance, so he stopped, "Just finished saying and came back." ”

Just waiting for Xu Sanlang to come over, Cheng Chen and Cheng Cai both frowned, and in Xu Sanlang's hand, there was nothing except an oiled paper bag.

Cheng Cai was the first to speak, pointing to the oiled paper bag in Xu Sanlang's hand and said, "That's all you need to eat?" What about my sister's? ”

Xu Saburo lowered his head and said as he walked into the house, "This is her medicine." ”

Unexpectedly, Xu Sanlang was worried about the injury on his sister's head and went to get the medicine, Cheng Cai's face was slightly better, and his tone was not so rushed, "I thought you went to the Xu family's house to get food, put the medicine and hurry up, my sister is still hungry." ”

Xu Sanlang, who entered the house, paused, and entered the house directly without answering.

Cheng Xi guessed a rough idea, and estimated that it wasn't that Xu Sanlang didn't go, I'm afraid that he didn't want anything when he went, although she was angry with the old lady Xu, she still held back, she didn't want the impulsive fourth brother to rush to the Xu family to fight again.