We didn't intend to bother people for too long, although we had already seen that this family was not a bad person, but we were in a hurry to take the father and daughter back to the castle, how could we let the family kill pigs with great fanfare.

Everyone has the same heart, and Uncle Zhang was just about to go out when he was pulled by Sunshine and Zhang Xiaomei, thanked him repeatedly, and did not let him go.

I also sincerely thanked this aunt: "Auntie, we have received your heart, but the family is worried about it, we must hurry back, and it is not easy to raise pigs, in this last era, it is necessary to save rations, we have a lot of people, it is inconvenient to disturb, don't prepare meals for us, pick up the flowers and flowers, we have to go back." ”

Uncle Zhang and his daughter-in-law didn't wait to answer, and Old Man Zhang was anxious: "Why are you children?" Why don't you think the old man can't afford a meal at home? Return? Look at the blackening outside! Don't say that there are dead people everywhere in the mountains now, even if they don't, you can't run around in the mountains in the dark at night, you know how many mountains are separated from your valley? Three! You can't go back in the middle of the night! What nonsense! Listen to my old man, stay in my house for a night, let Chunmei make you a haode, you just have to eat and rest! Let Shanzi send you back to the valley early tomorrow morning, and that's it! ”

Old man Zhang spoke, and it was inconvenient for us young people to forcibly refuse, and besides, what the old man said was also right, we were ambushed by zombies in the daytime, and if we encountered a group of corpses at night, it was possible to confess all of them.

Although we know that our family will be worried, we still have a clear grasp of which is more important, and we can't risk ourselves.

Thinking about it this way, we won't insist, but I still don't agree with Uncle Zhang to kill pigs, it's not a relative, we are really embarrassed to accept this warm hospitality.

Old Man Zhang spoke again: "This girl, you look like a scholar, and you remember that you will not be punished for nothing, so you refuse to let my family invite you to eat pork, right?" To tell you the truth, we haven't eaten pork in our own family for a long time, why? Our family plus the great-granddaughter is a total of eight people, a pig can not be eaten by a mouthful, the meat in this summer is still easy to spoil, originally our family has a big refrigerator, and then the electricity is cut off, the refrigerator has become a furnishing, so my family kills pigs and waits for winter killing, and the meat that can't be eaten can be saved.

From winter to now half a year, last year's pork was eaten up in the spring, in addition to killing a few chickens, ducks and geese, we are reluctant to kill pigs, a few days ago my little grandson has been saying that he wants to eat ribs, just you children are here, not afraid that pork can not be eaten and wasted, so take advantage of the killing pig, let's put it this way, kill this pig, not all for you, girl, still stop it? ”

I have to say that although this old man Zhang is in the mountains, he can talk about the truth, and every sentence is reasonable, so we can't refuse again, so we have no choice but to let Uncle Zhang go out to kill pigs.

Uncle Zhang went out to check the outside of the yard first, and made sure that there were no zombies nearby, so he returned to the second floor and called his eldest son Zhang Yun and second son Zhang Chi, who were two simple young men, both in their early twenties.

The three men went to the yard to kill the pigs, Aunt Chunmei, who was Uncle Zhang's daughter-in-law, let us sit, and after a while, they led two people down from the second floor.

These two people are not outsiders, it is Hua Kai's father and Hua Kai, Hua Kai was overjoyed to see us, jumped up and threw himself beside me, and tears came out before he could speak.

"Sister Duo, I thought my father and I were going to confess to this mountain!" Blossom grinned and tears bloomed.

I wiped away her tears in distress, but scolded her in my mouth: "Are you dead when the flowers bloom?" Uncle Hua wants to enter the mountain, you don't say stop it, and you are messing around with it! Do you know what your mom is anxious about? I'm so! ”

As soon as Hua Kai's father saw me scolding Hua Kai, the old man hurriedly came over and explained: "Duo Duo, don't blame Hua Kai, I insisted on going up the mountain, Hua Kai couldn't stop it, I was afraid that I was not safe, so I followed out." It's all my fault! I really didn't expect so many zombies to come up on the mountain. ”

I sighed: "Uncle Hua, it's okay if you're okay, Aunt Hua is in a hurry at home, you can't be so stubborn in the future." ”

Hua Kai's father blushed and nodded again and again.

was chatting, two young women came down from the second floor, one of them held a cute little girl, about two years old, white and tender, not to mention cute, and handsome about the same size.

Aunt Chunmei pointed to the little girl and said, "This is my granddaughter Juanjuan, this is my eldest daughter-in-law Xiuxiu." This is my little daughter-in-law, Swallow. ”

These two young daughters-in-law do not apply powder, but they have their own charm, Xiuxiu people are as their name suggests, fair skin, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and swallows have big eyes and a straight nose, rich lips, although the complexion is slightly dark, but it is difficult to hide a wild beauty.

Xiuxiu smiled at me slightly and said hello, Yanzi's temper was obviously more lively, and she said crisply: "Big brothers and sisters don't be polite when they come to my house, people in the mountains, don't talk so much, everyone is more comfortable." ”

I secretly calculated in my heart that Mr. Zhang said that there are eight people in the family, one of him, one of Uncle Zhang, one of Aunt Chunmei, two Zhang Yun and Zhang Chi, two Xiuxiu and Yanzi, and one Juanjuan, just eight people, then, there is no old lady in this family, it may be that she has died.

Although I was curious, it was always inconvenient to ask, so we went over to tease the lovely Juanjuan, and chatted with the gentle Xiuxiu and the spicy swallow.

Aunt Chunmei Zhang Luo went to make dinner, Yanzi went to help, and only Xiuxiu was left in the living room holding Juanjuan and Old Man Zhang to accompany us to talk.

Old man Zhang was a little sleepy, and he said to Xiuxiu: "Daughter-in-law Sun, you take these children to the backyard for a walk, you don't have to accompany me in this house, I will go up to the house to take a nap, and then call me when I eat." ”

I remember that Mr. Zhang said that his legs and feet were not very good, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help him, but he smiled and pushed my hand away, pulled a crutch from the side of the chair, slowly stood up, walked a few steps and said: "Although I can't climb the mountain with my legs and feet, it's no problem to walk a few steps. ”

After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, he went back to a room on the first floor to rest.

Xiuxiu hugged Juanjuan and smiled at me: "Sister Duo, grandpa doesn't like to climb upstairs, he lives downstairs by himself, he is also bold, he is not afraid of anything." ”

I looked at Mr. Zhang's room with admiration: "Mr. Zhang is mighty!" Surely he was a hero when he was younger, right? ”

Xiuxiu said in surprise: "Hey, Sister Duo, how can you see the drop?" When Grandpa was young, he was the best hunter in the mountains in this area, and he even caught wild boars! ”

Now it's my turn to be amazed: "Didn't hunting before?" Old man Zhang is so bold! ”

Xiuxiu grinned: "Yes, this mountain area was indeed forbidden to hunt before, but grandpa lived in the mountains and hunted all his life, and those patrols didn't take him, but grandpa only hunted some roe deer and wild boars or something, and never touched black bears, especially those with cubs." ”

Xiuxiu looked at us and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the backyard to have a look, the backyard is much more fun than the front yard." ”

We were really curious about the people in the mountains, so we got up and followed Xiuxiu towards the backyard.

Turning around the second floor, we all exclaimed: "What a compound!" ”

The backyard is much larger than the frontyard and is also surrounded by a sturdy stone wall, which is larger than a football field.

It is said to be a yard, but in fact, it is more appropriate to call it a garden, and the whole backyard is a big green garden.

There is grain on the left side of the backyard, a vegetable patch on the right, and a few fruit trees, so there is really no shortage of anything!

Xiuxiu led us to walk slowly along the path of the vegetable field, introducing as she walked: "This is planted with green onions, this is planted with leeks, this is tomatoes, this is cabbage, this is rape, this is cucumber......"

Unconsciously, we walked to the end of the courtyard, through the stone wall, we can't see the scenery outside the wall, Zhang Xiaomei picked up the protruding stones on the wall, and jumped on the wall in a few moments.

We all looked up and asked him what he saw, and he turned back and gave Xiuxiu a thumbs up: "Cow! Your family, what a cow! I'm convinced! ”

Xiuxiu was silent with a small smug smile, and Juanjuan also giggled, although she didn't know what the adults were talking about.

Zhang Xiaomei also sold Guanzi, which was in a hurry for us, so we simply followed him, and climbed to the top of the wall with the help of the stones on the wall.

Wow! We couldn't help but scream, the scene we saw was so shocking!

Outside the stone wall, there is a steep cliff, bottomless, and the cliff wall is like a knife, very frightening.

Xiuxiu's family actually built their home on the edge of a high cliff, which was really shocking enough for us ordinary people in the city.

We poked our heads out and marveled for a long time, zuihou jumped back into the courtyard, and suddenly felt that the courtyard inside and outside the courtyard were like two heavens, except for the relatively large courtyard, it was really as quiet and peaceful as the most ordinary farm courtyard, and I couldn't feel the trembling feeling of facing the abyss outside.

Xiuxiu saw that we were still reminiscing, so she smiled and said: "This is grandpa's masterpiece, when he was planning to settle in the mountains, he found this good place, there are cliffs behind and around it, and then a stone wall is built in front of it, and a gate is installed, even a black bear can't enter." ”

We don't think about black bears, but zombies, if Xiaobo corpses really come, Xiuxiu's family may be safe and sound!

Xiuxiu walked back with us, stood under the cucumber stand, and said to us with a smile: "Who is going to help pick the gherkins?" After a while, the sticky sauce is eaten, it is very refreshing, and the dinner is full of pig-killing dishes, and there are cucumbers that are not afraid of greasy taste. ”

Several teenagers rushed to pick them, and there were ready-made pots on the side of the vegetable patch, and Xiuxiu advised: "The cucumbers are all top flowers with thorns, and they are a little prickly to feed." That's right, that noodle is cabbage and shallots, and I'll pick some back later, these are all pure green and pollution-free, and it tastes beautiful to eat directly with sticky sauce. ”

Xiuxiu is a woman who has lived in the city, and she will joke with us, but she is really right, if the greens here are not green, then there is really no green.

Xiuxiu took a few of us adults to the tomato field, and shouted in surprise: "This small piece of persimmons are all red, brothers and sisters help pick them off, and you can eat them when you get them in front of you and wash them with well water, I'm afraid that today's dinner will be late, let's eat some persimmons first." ”

Liang Qingyan and Xia Xiaohan, the two young girls, happily went into the persimmon field to pick persimmons, and the sun followed closely behind Liang Qingyan, this guy had already fallen in, and his eyes couldn't wait to leave his beloved girl for a moment.

Ai Le Er smiled and said to me: "Sister Duo, go, let's pick a few persimmons together, when I was a child, I lived in my grandmother's house, and there were tomatoes planted in the garden after my grandmother, I was guarding the red half of the persimmons every day to quickly all ripen and turn red, and I picked them off and washed them in the ground for the first time, and I ate them in the ground without washing them, and the taste was really sweet, and I haven't had this feeling for many years since I grew up." ”

I was also immersed in similar memories, in fact, we all lived the kind of material scarcity but total happiness when we were children, and I suddenly realized that although it is the end of the world, human beings are gradually returning to primitive happiness.

It's just that some people refuse to be satisfied with the simple pleasures, and always pull those of us with simple temperaments back into the troubles brought about by complexity.