"Cherry, it just rained, and Akiyama and I are going up the mountain to pick mushrooms. If you're lucky, you'll even meet one or two hares that come out to summon your spirits. If you pick the mushrooms, we will divide them equally, if you catch the rabbit, it will be yours, will you go? The sunset was slanting in the west, Miao Runsheng was facing the red sunset, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, revealing a mouthful of neat teeth, and he smiled with a little ulterior motives.

Miao Runsheng and Miao Qiushan are thirteen years old and twelve years old this year, two peasant teenagers, and they are quick to do their work. And he is only ten years old, he is still a female doll, a tender traverser, how can he pick up mushrooms faster than the two of them?

He said that not only should the mushrooms be divided equally, but if he caught the hare, he would have to belong to himself?

This kid is clearly abducting himself.

Cherry blinked with a pair of big watery eyes, and asked innocently, "If you catch a rabbit, will you give it to me?" ”

"Where is the time when Brother Runsheng's words don't work? If you catch a rabbit, I'll give it to you, if you don't catch it, let's divide the mushrooms we picked equally, and Sister Carambola can make you a pot of fresh mushroom soup at night, right? "How to listen to that soft and warm voice, how to coax.

"Go, why don't you go?" She crossed due to a fire, and in order to treat her injuries at home, she is almost unable to open the pot now. There's nothing better than a rabbit meal in the evening.

"Shall we go, then?" Miao Runsheng bent his lips slightly, revealing a good-looking and warm smile: "Qiu Shan is waiting for us at his door." ”

"Okay." Cherry turned around and took a bamboo basket, said hello to the second sister Mi Tao, who was sweeping the floor outside the courtyard, and followed Miao Runsheng to the east of the small Miao Bridge.

The river that flows through Xiaomiao Village is called Nanxiang River, and there is only this small bridge that can cross the river in the entire Xiaomiao Village. Fortunately, the small bridge is not far from her house, and it is convenient to cross the river back and forth.

Miao Qiushan's home and Cherry's house are diagonally opposite the door, but on the other side of the river, only a few steps away from the small bridge. The two crossed the small bridge, and Miao Qiushan was already waiting there with a small bamboo basket in one hand and a pigweed fork in the other.

"Cherry, Brother Qiushan will go up the mountain to catch a hare for you to eat today." From afar, I saw Akiyama waving the hogweed fork in his hand vigorously. That posture, Kong Wu is powerful, how does it look like a twelve-year-old boy?

"That's right, the wild things I caught, all of them are mine" There are five sisters in her family, and there is not enough to eat.

"Okay, it's all for you." Akiyama looked up at Luoxia: "Let's go quickly, it will be dark in a while." ”

"Let's go! ~~" Cherry raised the small bamboo basket and galloped ahead.

"Hehe, when you look at the cherries, you're all smiling." Runsheng shook his head lightly with a smile.

"I'm going to have to catch her alive today. This girl's face is yellow, and she hasn't been oily for a long time. Akiyama replied angrily.

Although I traveled through the countryside, although this poor family was about to be unable to open the pot, fortunately, this small village was still rich in resources. Not only is there a Nanxiang River running through the small village, bringing sufficient water resources, fish and shrimp to Xiaomiao Village all year round, but there is also a small low mountain in the south of the village. Although the mountain is not high, the trees and grass on the mountain are luxuriant. Every time after the rain, go up the mountain patiently and look for two trips, and you will gain something. There are also some half-grown gluttonous children who like to run to the mountains to dig birds' eggs and catch mountain snakes to eat.

In the autumn mountains, the chances of finding food are greatly increased. The rain lasted for two days and two nights, and it just stopped this morning. Now is a good time to pick mushrooms. And it was evening, and it was the time when the little pheasants and hares came out to feed.

As soon as the three of them went up the mountain, Miao Qiushan took the pigweed fork and went to the grass to look for a hare. Miao Runsheng took cherries and found mushrooms tree by tree.

Runsheng's hands were slender and flexible, and his eyesight was good, and after a while, his small basket was full. He also took a small bamboo basket from Akiyama and put it up.

Before dark, Akiyama didn't find a single wild thing, and the whole person was depressed. However, Runsheng picked up two small baskets full of mushrooms, and Cherry only picked up a small half basket.

Runsheng filled the small basket of cherries, divided the rest with Akiyama, and the three of them went down the mountain together.

Akiyama didn't hit the wild thing, he felt uncomfortable, he didn't ask for the mushroom basket handed by Runsheng, he turned his hand and stuffed it to the cherry, and ran forward, throwing down the words: "Sakura, give you this mushroom." I'll go to your house tomorrow to pick up the basket! ”

"Hey~~Hey~Brother Akiyama~" Cherry watched Akiyama run away, a little crying and laughing. I'm sorry about this kid.

"He just said that he must catch a living creature for you, and now he is empty-handed, how can he have the face to go back with us?" Runsheng seemed to have become accustomed to it, and patted the top of his cherry hair with a smile: "That's just right, I'm afraid that your small basket of mushrooms won't be enough to eat when you go home." ”

"How can you. Our sisters had less to eat. Cherry looked at the mushrooms in the basket, thinking that if she couldn't eat it tonight, she would be able to have another meal tomorrow. Recently, the family has been eating less and less, and she is half full at all times, and she was hungry before she went up the mountain, and now her eyes are almost green.

"Cherry, you wait a minute. I have something to ask you. Miao Runsheng looked up and saw that Qiushan was gone, so he stopped, pulled the cherry to the side of the road, and whispered

"What's the matter?" God mysterious

"Let me ask you, Sister Carambola sold your family's two acres of fertile land for the fire you suffered. But do you know how much it was sold? Runsheng looked serious, faintly worried: "As far as I estimate, your land plus the unharvested autumn grain in the field will cost as little as thirty taels of silver." Except for the money for your treatment, there are only a dozen or twenty taels left here, but I look at the current situation, why does your family seem to be running out of food? ”

"Shi Ma ?!!" As if stung by a bee, Cherry glared and roared. Damn, that land is worth thirty taels? Could it be that the third aunt was called to the pit? "Brother Runsheng, what you said is true? ”

"Shhhh Be quiet! Miao Runsheng looked left and right: "Nature is true." Wherever you go up, it's this market price. I don't know how much Sister Carambola received, I'm worried that she will be cheated. The third aunt of your family, you don't know it. ”

Miao Runsheng looked at Cherry's expression of gritting teeth, and his voice became lower and lower: "Cherry...... Sister Carambola should not ...... It's really called your third aunt, right? ”

"It's not a pit!" Cherry stomp. The two acres of fertile land plus the grain in the field, the third aunt only gave a total of ten taels of silver. In order to treat his injuries, the money has already been spent, and the family is about to be unable to open the pot. I just crossed over, and I don't know the market, if it weren't for Runsheng said, I wouldn't know it.

"Cherry, don't worry. Why don't you go home first and ask what's going on? Miao Runsheng's voice was warm and soft, gently soothing the fire that jumped in Cherry's eyes.

"Yes, you have to ask!" Such a big loss, and the sisters are not idiots, how could they be willing to be fooled when they knew about it? "Brother Runsheng, let's hurry home and go back and ask." ”

"Hey, let's go." Runsheng took the heavy bamboo basket in Cherry's hand, and the two walked home with the last Yuxia.

To the east, I crossed the Xiaomiao Bridge, and to the west, I turned the yard of the cherry family

The yard is dilapidated.

The fence outside the courtyard was barricaded with dead branches and corn stalks, and it was low, low and wobbly. The house is adobe, in disrepair, and the walls have long since begun to fall into slag. The roof was covered with a thick layer of weeds, now yellow, and was making its final dance to the sun. There were a few big cracks in the door, and the wind was blowing in the autumn down. The windows are tied directly with corn stalks, which cannot block the wind at all in winter.

Inside the house is the structure of the east house, the west room and the hall house, and there are only two beds in total.

I heard that when my father and mother were there, the five sisters were crammed into the same bed. Now, the eldest sister asked the second sister to take herself and her fifth sister Walnut to live in the east house with a stove, and she and the third sister lived in the west house. It's a good time now, but if it's winter, I don't know how cold it will be.

But I can't take care of this dilapidated house now. Now there is a possibility that the family will run out of food at any time. She has to find a way to make money as soon as possible, otherwise, the sisters will have a hard time this winter. But now, if you can get the twenty taels of silver back to the third aunt's pit, it will be enough to repair the house and let the sisters spend a long time.

Thinking like this, Cherry's steps were a little hurried

"You slow down. I'll talk about it when I go home and ask clearly. I'll turn off the lights later tonight, and come to me if there's something. Miao Runsheng's voice was worried

"yes, I see. I've got to go to the hospital, so you can go home as well. Cherry waved her hand and stepped into her yard.

Miao Runsheng's home is close to her house, on the west side of her house, and on the east side lives her aunt's family

Runsheng stood at the gate of the courtyard and waited for Cherry to enter the house before moving forward to his yard.

The courtyard was very quiet, and there was a murmur of talking in the house.

There are guests

Cherry raised her eyebrows strangely, she has been here for more than ten days, except for the uncle's family, there has never been a second person, it is almost dark today, there are guests coming to the door?

Far away, smell a strong fragrance. When I walked to the door of the house, I saw the people inside: under the heavy makeup, I couldn't see the specific appearance. His face was as white as rice paper, his mouth was blood-red, and there was a trademark black mole on his brow. Before winter, he had already put on a red jacket and green pants, and held a red silk cloth with a shiny oil in his hand.

I saw her old hand dishonestly rubbing the tender hand of her eldest sister star fruit, waving her red silk cloth with the other hand, grinning with a blood-red mouth, and laughing: "Star fruit, you can rest assured." When you enter such a house, please wait for the blessings~~" Speaking of this, the red silk cloth in mid-air folded, pointing to Mi Tao standing under the hall and himself who had just entered the door: "You guys, let's have fun too." With the blessing of star fruit, you don't have to starve. This person can be interesting, and you have to thank your third aunt when you look back, but she asked someone to ask for it. ”

Third aunt? Cherry froze. Looking closely at the people in the room, star fruit is sitting on the edge of the kang with her head slightly down. The second sister Mi Tao stood under the hall with a calm face, and the green tendons were faintly visible on her forehead. The third sister cotton peach and the fifth sister walnut disappeared.

As soon as the matchmaker said this, Mi Tao couldn't help it: "Enjoy happiness? You're really kidding, you don't know it? The Li family in Dazhao Village, the family is poor and white. His son, not to mention being short and fat, has a very bad temperament, and no matter how poor the girl in the family is, he doesn't want to be with him, you are bullying us far away, I don't know if it? ”