Chatting with the old man all the way, I knew that the old man's surname was Li, and the name of this village was called Lao Shan'er, Liu Man'er looked at it, this village is between two mountains, and it is really a mountain col, and the name is just right.

However, after a general understanding of the situation in this village, Liu Man'er felt that she was lucky, at least the traffic in Dawan Village was quite convenient, and it was only three miles to the town, and it was only twenty miles to the county seat.

However, it took most of the day for the inhabitants of this great mountain to climb over these two mountains, and every time they went to the market, they would get up before dawn and go to the market, and it was almost noon.

Many times, they often don't go out in the village, and everyone exchanges some necessities for life.

There are no fields in this mountain, but a few plots of land have been cultivated on the mountain, and some crops such as sorghum and corn are planted, and some fruit trees are planted in every household.

If you ignore the lack of food and clothing, it can be regarded as a paradise, most of the people in this village live in harmony, and the self-sufficient life is quite enviable.

However, the sadness in this is not enough for outsiders, and only those who have really experienced it will understand the difficulties.

The paradise that Liu Man'er wants is not like this, after all, she is not willing to wronged herself, she must be well fed and clothed, and be happy every day, not bitter.

But one day, she will create her own paradise, but it is not bad to buy a good hill, pick it up, and occupy the mountain as the king.

While thinking about this, I entered the village with this Uncle Li, when I just looked at it on the mountain, this village didn't seem to be big, but when I walked in, I found that it was still quite big, and there were dozens of families.

Uncle Li is a hospitable person, along the way, he has already chatted with Ye Yuan, and seeing that it was dusk, he warmly invited Ye Yuan to live at his house.

Ye Yuan thought about it, it was indeed not early this day, if he lived in the mountains, jackals, tigers and leopards, snakes, insects, rats and ants, etc., were indeed unsafe, so he gladly accepted Uncle Li's invitation, and stayed at Uncle Li's house with Liu Man'er today.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Uncle Li shouted, "Old woman, there is a guest." ”

"Who's coming?" With the voice remembering, a somewhat old woman walked out of the door, she opened the door of the courtyard, saw Ye Yuan and the two, her face was a little surprised, and then said enthusiastically: "What a handsome offspring, come in." ”

Seeing that Ye Yuan was carrying firewood on his back, she led Ye Yuan to the house.

As soon as I entered the village, Liu Man'er found that the courtyards of the people in this village were different from other places, all the bottom were made of stones, and the houses were the same, the top was made of mud, but the bottom was full of stones.

Liu Man'er didn't know why, and when the woman beckoned the two of them to sit down, she asked with some curiosity, "Auntie, I saw that your houses here are all made of stones, and it must take a lot of effort." ”

"I can't help it." The woman sighed as she spoke, "There are wild beasts in the deep mountains and old forests, and when spring comes, some beasts will come to the village in search of food, and if this house is not strong, it will be troublesome if these beasts break in." ”

"Oh, I see." Liu Man'er nodded, thinking that this was the same.

But she is sympathetic to the people who live in the mountains, which can't even sleep well every day, and she inexplicably thought of the Xianglin sister-in-law written by the great writer Lu Xun in the previous life, saying that her son was also eaten by wolves at that time, in the past she still felt a little exaggerated, but now it seems that this mountain is really dangerous.

In contrast, his dilapidated house is not bad, at least safe, and there are no large beasts on the mountain behind him, let alone rushing down the mountain.

Suddenly, Liu Man'er remembered something again, why didn't she see the son and daughter-in-law in this woman's house? Judging by the woman's age, she is sixty or seventy years old, and she should have children and grandchildren.

Liu Man'er thought of a somewhat terrifying possibility, so she didn't ask any more.

But Ye Yuan was a little eyeless and asked, "Why don't you see Ling Lang and Ling Sun?" ”

"Oh, my son and daughter-in-law and their family have moved out to live, and we are left with two old bones, unwilling to move the land." The woman replied with a smile, and there was a gleam of pride on her face when she spoke of her son.

When Liu Man'er heard her say this, she was relieved, God knows, she just wondered if their child was taken away by the beasts on the mountain, but fortunately she didn't say it, otherwise it would be a curse, it is really a sin and a sin.

"Yes, both of us are old bones, I don't know when we will let go, if we die outside, there will be no place to bury it." This Uncle Li talks about life and death, but he is very frank, too, people here generally pay attention to a fallen leaf to return to the roots, and if you die outside, it is indeed an unlucky thing.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, I just heard that this girl said that she likes to eat loquats, let's go, I'll take you to pick them." Uncle Li stood up as he spoke.

"What's the hurry, let the family drink a bowl of water before leaving."

The old woman quickly stood up and walked to the stove.

The kitchen and living room of Uncle Li's house are together, both are located in the hall, and there is no separate separation, it may be that in this mountain, the house must be strong, and it is indeed troublesome to build another kitchen.

Before, Liu Man'er's mother's house was also the kitchen and living room together, and so was the old woman, but although they were set together, they were distinct, and this small room was cleaned up by the old woman in an orderly manner.

Liu Man'er saw the woman open the cupboard and take out two more eggs, she hurriedly refused: "Don't bother too much, let's go pick loquats." ”

She knows that in this country, eggs are a precious thing, and it is a great thing to be able to cook a bowl of egg soup for you.

"It's okay, it's okay." The old woman took the eggs, walked to the stove with a smile, and said, "Isn't it just two eggs, both of which are made by my own chickens." ”

"We're already bothered." Liu Man'er hurriedly said.

"It's okay, girl, don't be polite to me." The woman said with a smile on her face, "In our mountain, it is rare to have guests, and it is my honor that you two are willing to live in my house, as long as you don't dislike the poor family and take good care of the old woman." ”

"How so." Liu Man'er hurriedly said.

To tell the truth, she is really not used to the enthusiasm of this countryman, you said that if this is in the future life, it will be difficult for you to knock on the family to beg for water, but here, these people dare to bring strangers home on the side of the road, and they are so warmly entertained.

"Yes, don't be polite to us." Uncle Li also said on the side, "Our two old people usually don't come at home, and our son and grandson are not around, you are here, we are happy, wife, don't you say?" ”

"yes, yes." The old woman nodded again and again, and then lit a fire on the side to make sugar water eggs for Liu Man'er and the others.

Well, the people here are really simple, although they are poor, but they can still make people feel stable and happy.

Ye Yuan was also a little embarrassed, so he took out two rabbits from the back basket: "This rabbit I just hunted on the mountain, and it happened to be fresh, so I gave it to the two old people for a tooth sacrifice." ”

"How embarrassing is this, this rabbit is very ghostly, it's not easy to fight one, you just give us one, it's just to be used to make snacks tonight!" Uncle Li didn't want Ye Yuan's things.

Liu Man'er saw it and said, "Please don't refuse, Uncle Li, our Ye Yuan's archery is amazing, you see, we also caught a nest of rabbits, but we kept them at home, and when they give birth to rabbits in the future, we can often eat rabbit meat." ”

Uncle Li expressed some disbelief, "What about the three holes of this cunning rabbit, can you find their nest?" ”

"It's just a matter of luck." Liu Man'er said, then let the few blades of grass on the back basket be removed, and show the rabbit inside to Uncle Li and the old woman.

"Yo, it's really a little rabbit, it's really good to survive this time." The old woman was a little surprised when she saw it, and she saw the dead rabbits under the basket, and there were many of them, so she asked, "You must be very good at archery, right?" ”

"So-so." Ye Yuan said modestly.

"It's not so bad, some of the old hunters I've seen can't match you anyway." The woman said, "No wonder the two of you dare to climb over the mountain to this mountain, it seems that they have some ability. ”

"No, it's all luck, but my family has good ears, so I was able to hit these rabbits." Ye Yuan has not forgotten Liu Man'er's contributions.

"I see." The old woman said, the sugar water egg was cooked, she took it out, and then put a spoonful of sugar in a bowl, and then brought it tremblingly, "Drink it while it's hot." ”

"Uh......" Liu Man'er glanced at Ye Yuan.

She used to have a very thick skin, but now she has suddenly become a little thin, so she and Ye Yuan are eating sugar water and eggs at someone's house, and the two old people are watching from the sidelines, she really can't do it.

"Old man, eat too." Liu Man'er pushed her bowl over, "I'm not hungry, just keep my stomach and eat loquats." ”

"Well, this is what you do, girl." The old woman pushed back again.

Liu Man'er really didn't like to push this kind of thing around here with others, so she looked at Ye Yuan, and Ye Yuan pushed Liu Man'er's bowl in front of the old woman, and then pushed his own bowl in front of Liu Man'er:

"Uncle Li, aunt, you can eat separately, I'll eat a bowl with my family, don't refuse us again, otherwise we will be embarrassed to live here tonight."

Seeing Ye Yuan's firm words, the two old men glanced at each other and did not speak again.

Seeing them like this, Liu Man'er breathed a sigh of relief, unceremoniously picked up the spoon in front of her and began to drink the soup.