Chapter 4 The Poor Household's Steproom

The small courtyard the size of a palm has a large wall that is more than one person high, and Cui'er looks through the gap in the courtyard gate at this lonely courtyard sitting on the mountainside, and the three low adobe houses inside. The leaky window paper trembled with the wind, and the yellow-haired little girl with a snot dragging her nose was stunned at the door......

Cui'er frowned slightly, although she was mentally prepared, but the scene in front of her made her heart sour for no reason, this is where she wants to live for a period of time in the future?

In modern times, although Cui'er is not a strong woman with a golden collar, she also has a stable and high-paying job, and her parents have spoiled her since she was a child, although Cui'er has never had children and is rejected by her husband and mother-in-law, but she has hardly suffered anything in life.

In Cui'er's memory, let alone this low adobe house, even the days of living in a brick bungalow are very few, only when her mother was in poor health in elementary school, Cui'er lived in a bungalow when she lived in the countryside with her grandfather.

Cui'er's gaze shifted from the dilapidated adobe house in front of her to the little yellow-haired girl sitting on the small bench at the door. The yellow-haired little girl who looked like she was five or six years old also seemed to have discovered Cui'er, she sniffed, and then bit her nails and looked at herself in a daze.

The setting sun shone through the tall door panel in the small courtyard, and Cui'er felt that she was trembling all over, and she was a little frightened by the low and dilapidated house in front of her, and the gray and desolate feeling that the courtyard carried. Cui'er's heart was surging with countless thoughts for a while, and she couldn't figure out whether she should continue to stay here under the pretended name or run away.

Cui'er was a little flustered and wanted to look back in the direction she came, so she couldn't wait to run away from the dilapidated courtyard immediately. In just a moment, before Cui'er could figure it out, her body had already made a decision for her, turn her head, raise her legs, and run!

When Cui'er actually turned back, her heart suddenly cooled...... Where is the place she came from before, Cui'er has long been unable to distinguish the direction, and even if she can distinguish clearly, what can she do? In that direction, there are only mountains with no end in sight, and wild beasts that can emerge from nowhere.

Seeing that the sun was already setting in the west, there was only a winding dirt path in front of Cui'er, stretching into the mountains in the distance.

Cui'er didn't care about how beautiful the mountains were, nor did she care about the artistic conception of the winding paths, but only looked at the bleak sunset, the back of the mountain was still a mountain, and the layers seemed to have no end. There is no end to the mountain, and it is simply wishful thinking that I want to get out of this mountain with the current situation.

There was a howl of an unknown animal in the distance, long and desolate, Cui'er heard this sound, and couldn't help but feel excited, only to feel that the hairs on her body stood up, this is a wolf howl, right? Or some other beast!

Cui'er's heart was like a drum, and she rushed a few steps towards the courtyard, came to the thick door panel, and saw that there was a latch on the door panel, Cui'er didn't want to put her hand into the door, pulled the latch open, opened the door, entered the courtyard, and closed the door.

Cui'er's movements were completed in one go, she leaned against the door panel and gasped fiercely, her wildly beating heart was relaxed, she no longer dared to think about how she could get out of this mountain as a weak woman.

"It's still the most important thing to live...... Cui'er patted her chest lightly, turned her head and plugged in the latch, the fear in her heart was a little smaller, with this person's high courtyard wall, this thick door panel, and an adobe house, it should be able to withstand most of the beasts.

"Gollum ......" I don't know if it's because of the relaxation in my heart, Cui'er's stomach suddenly gurgling, she laughed at herself, this body is really easy to feed, no matter what happens, she is still hungry.

Looking back at the endless mountain, the sunset was about to fall into the mountain, Cui'er sighed, no matter what his conditions were, survival is still the most important, and he still has to create a new life, so let's avoid the limelight in this courtyard first.

When Cui'er rushed into the yard like a gust of wind, the yellow-haired girl who was standing at the door was also startled by Cui'er, her small body was excited, and she went into the house like a little rabbit.

"Ahem, ahem...... Big girl, what's wrong with you? Is someone coming? Suddenly there was a heart-rending cough in the room, and then a man's voice rang out.

"Daddy......" The yellow-haired little girl who was called a big girl ran into the house on her feet, as if she had said something to the man, but the distance was far away, and Cui'er could only hear her call her father, and she couldn't hear other sounds clearly.

Cui'er looked at the closed door, which was also made of extremely thick wood, and thought that it should be able to withstand the attack of wild beasts. But...... Cui'er thought of the little girl named Da Niu, who was timid and had infinite vigilance and hostile eyes, couldn't help but tighten the clothes on her body, pinched the two and a half steamed buns in the baggage, gritted her teeth and turned around to leave the courtyard.

Whew!

A clear wolf howl in the distance came into Cui'er's ears, and successfully stopped Cui'er's footsteps, no, she is a powerless woman, how can she go out in this mountain forest full of wild beasts?

"It's just a child, you can't back down because of the child's hostility, right?" Cui'er said a little gloomily, she has no children and longs for children, so a hostility from a child may be nothing to others, but for Cui'er, it is a very lethal weapon.

Cui'er looked up at the tall courtyard wall in front of her, although it was rammed, it was very strong, she hesitated again and again, and her desire to survive still overtook the others.

Cui'er took a deep breath, tightly grasped the small burden in her hand, and reached out to open the wooden door that was closed by the little girl.

After the wooden door creaked open, what caught Cui'er's eye was a stove, the stove was very large, with a large and a small pot side by side, and there were dishes and basins on the side of the pot, and there was some messy firewood on the side of the stove, although it was a kitchen, there was no heat.

There is a door next to the stove, and there is movement in the door, Cui'er knows that the man who speaks inside is Cui Niang's buyer, and the girl called the big girl should be the oil bottle in Cui Niang's mouth.

Cui'er sighed, although the impostor is not glorious at all, but if you want to survive in this deep mountain, you have to stay in this house, no matter what difficulties lie ahead, you have to break through. But...... Cui'er didn't put all her hopes on the people in this room, she took the burden off her waist, and saw a broken basket at the door, so she stuffed the bag under the basket, looked out and couldn't see it, and then stood up again.

Cui'er took a few deep breaths before she mustered up the courage to enter the room, Rao Cui'er was mentally prepared, but she was still startled by the scene in front of her.

The small room was very dim, and the little afterglow of the setting sun fell on the corner of the wall, shining on a bearded man, leaving a heavy silhouette. There was a little boy lying beside the man, lying there silently, hiding the yellow-haired girl just now behind him, looking at him timidly.