Pan'er sat in front of the stove, I don't know if the fire was too hot, or for some other reason, she felt that she was roasted so hot, the sweat on her body flowed out, and there seemed to be a fire burning in her body.

The clear sound of water outside gradually stopped, Pan'er finally breathed a sigh of relief, poured the hot water into the wooden basin, stood at the kitchen door with the basin and looked at it, and found that there was no Chu Liang in the yard except for a large water trace, as if the figure she saw before was just a dream, not real.

After bringing hot water back to his house, Pan'er dripped some of the spiritual spring in the water, then threw the muslin cloth into the water, took off his clothes one by one, and after the cotton cloth was wet, Pan'er quickly wiped his body, wiped the sweat stains on his body, and then put on a loose coarse cloth robe, opened the door of the house, and wanted to pour out the water.

When Pan'er poured the water, she didn't find that the window sash of the West House was pushed open most of it at some point, and at this moment her sideburns were half wet, and her disheveled appearance was completely taken into Chu Liang's eyes, because she was only wearing an outer robe, although she did not expose her skin and flesh, but there was no empty clothes inside, and after the material of the outer robe was stained with water, it was tightly glued to her body, outlining the woman's slender figure.

Chu Liang looked at this scene, sat motionless at the head of the bed, and only felt that this woman was really defenseless, it was okay that he was here today, if other men also lived in this West House, would she still dress up like this?

Thinking of this, the man's face became gloomy little by little.

After Pan'er finished pouring the water, she carefully closed the door so that there was no gap.

She didn't realize that she had been peeked at, after all, she was still wearing clothes, nothing was revealed, and there was nothing to see.

The soybean paste needs to be exposed to the sun for three months, and now it has only been dried for a few days, and the salty and umami flavor of the sauce has not yet been pickled, and it is not delicious to eat, but the water quality of Shiqiao Village is good, and there is the help of Lingquan, and the taste of the food is also good.

I used to make a couple of silver by selling pickled cucumbers in Rongfu Building, and in the past few days, the Lin family has made other side dishes, pickled mushrooms and pickled bamboo shoots.

The bamboo shoots used by Lin are not fresh, but the bamboo shoots that were dried last year, which were dried by an old woman in the village, all of which are high-quality bamboo shoots, cut into long strips of one finger thickness with a knife, pour the old soup into the porcelain jar, add the ingredients and put it on the pot and boil it over low heat, stew for three hours, the taste of the old soup has all penetrated into the bamboo shoots, plus it is added by Pan'er a few drops of spring water, it tastes very delicious, and faintly with a fragrance, whether it is stewed soup or stir-fried, it is a rare good thing, Add a little and it's delicious.

Put the pickles in the jar, Pan'er plans to take these things directly to Nianhe Town, she has sold pickles in Rongfu Building once before, although this time may not be able to enter the building, but selling outside should also be able to have some business, the money earned does not have to be too much, as long as it is enough for the mother and daughter to chew.

If she had the opportunity to go to Nianhe Town before, Pan'er would definitely be beautiful and happy, but now she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

If she goes to the town, only the Lin family and the two surnamed Chu are left at home, once something happens......

The more she thought about Pan'er, the paler her face became, reliving her life, the Lin family was her most important person, and the Lin family couldn't do anything anyway.

With this thought firmly in his heart, Pan'er pulled Lin's sleeve, shouted vigorously, begged in a low voice, begged for a while, and Lin finally relented, and was ready to go to the town with Pan'er, and take a stroll by the way.

Lin is beautiful, Pan'er is very ugly, in order not to attract the attention of others, both of them put on hats, although there are not many women with hats on the street these years, but they are not unique, she and Lin even so, will not arouse the suspicion of others.

The mother and daughter both have to go out, and they must explain to Chu Liang no matter what.

Walking into the West House, no matter how much Pan'er disliked Chu Liang in her heart, she had to squeeze out a smile on her face, she stood in front of the man, and said with a shy face: "Master Chu, my mother and I are going to the town, I guess I can come back before dark, do you have anything to carry?" ”

Although Chu Liang is a military general, he has seen a lot of hypocritical ministers in Beijing, and he has dealt with those old foxes all the year round, what is the mind of a village woman like Pan'er, where can he hide it from Chu Liang?

Although the woman had a smile on her face, the deep disgust in her eyes could not be hidden, and there was a fear or two mixed in it. It's okay to say that you are frightened, after all, as long as you move your fingers, you can take the lives of this mother and daughter, which will indeed make this woman afraid, but where does disgust begin? Obviously, when this woman came to deliver water yesterday, she was not like this.

Chu Liang couldn't figure out the woman's mind for a while, and he was a little irritable for no reason, he waved his hand at Pan'er, her face became distorted, and the little girl who looked horrified was frightened, and she didn't dare to gasp, she lowered her head and took small steps, and trotted away from the West House.

If you want to go to the town to sell pickles, the mother and daughter don't have to dress too well, just clean and tidy, Pan'er also trimmed her slightly longer nails a little, then held the pickle jar in her arms, and followed Lin slowly to the entrance of the village.

Before, Lin's sick seedling look, people who saw her thought that she didn't have a few years to live, but I didn't expect that now she can not only get out of bed and walk around, but even make some pickles and sell them in the town for money, with this craft, what's so difficult to feed a Pan'er?

There are people in the village who want to go to work in Nianhe Town, although it takes more than half a day to get to Nianhe Town by donkey cart, but there are donkey carts every day and the price is fair, and it only takes ten copper plates to go to a trip.

Although Pan'er's mother and daughter have a lot of silver now, they are all Chu Liang's money, and they can't spend it at will, and they can save some money and flow for a long time, so that the mother and daughter are sitting on the donkey cart, and the sun is very hot and full of sunshine, and the two of them have hats on their heads, stuffy and hot, and their faces are covered with sweat.

But Pan'er knew that her face was scary, and she didn't want to take off her hat casually, in addition to her and Lin's on the donkey cart, there was also a mother and daughter, if the three-year-old girl was scared, how could she feel good in her heart?

Along the way, he endured the heat to the capital, and when he got off the donkey cart, Lin hurriedly lifted Pan'er's hat, and saw that the little girl's face was flushed, and her cheeks were full of beads of sweat, as if she had been fished out of the water.

This appearance made Lin's heart feel distressed, and hurriedly took Pan'er to the big willow tree at the entrance of the town, wiped Pan'er's sweat with his cuffs, and said distressedly: "Take off your hat when it's hot, what are you doing so much?" What should I do if I get heat stroke? ”

Pan'er didn't think about it so much at the time, but now that no one took off her hat, she felt a lot cooler, and when there were pedestrians passing by, Pan'er quickly put the hat back on.

Because of this scar on her face, Pan'er has a very low self-esteem in her heart, even if the scar is nourished by the spring water, the scar gets better little by little, but as long as it does not disappear completely, the boulder hanging in Pan'er's heart will never fall.

Seeing that she had eased up, Lin didn't say anything more, and walked to Nianhe Town with Pan'er.

After the Lin family moved to Shiqiao Village, he had come to Nianhe Town once or twice, and he was not familiar with the town, but fortunately, Pan'er had begged here in his previous life, and walked the whole town, and soon brought the Lin family to the door of Rongfu Building.

Pan'er is the second time to come back, plus she is holding a pickle jar in her hand, this appearance even the second child of Rongfu Building remembers, as soon as he saw Pan'er, his eyes instantly lit up, the previous shopkeeper explained, if you see this little girl with a hat and selling pickles again, you must be invited into Rongfu Building.

"Girl, are you selling pickles?" The smile on Xiao Er's face was very flattering, very different from the first time he looked down on people.

Pan'er nodded, she didn't go in directly, she knew that the shopkeeper of Rongfu Building was a businessman, and she couldn't afford to make a profit, she sold something in his hall last time, and it was said that she had offended the shopkeeper, and now she sent Xiao Er to pick it up, and she didn't know what the idea was.

The mother and daughter glanced at each other, and Lin raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Is there something wrong with the little brother looking for us?" ”

Xiao Er smiled: "What am I looking for you for?" It's our shopkeeper who wants to buy pickles. ”

Rongfu Lou will also sell some side dishes, its price is high in the whole Nianhe Town, but the taste of pickles is just like that, although it can be called delicious, but it is far less than Pan'er, this kind of pickled vegetables with spring water.

Boss Liu, who had bought pickles before, was a frequent visitor to Rongfu Building, and his jar of pickled cucumbers was divided into food, and now it was about to bottom, every time he came to Rongfu Building to drink, he would pull the shopkeeper to ask carefully, wanting to know if the little girl was here.

Unexpectedly, waiting for thousands of waits, waiting for the eyes to wear, Pan'er still didn't come, even if Boss Liu ate less every time, the head of the family used it together, and from time to time there were friends who came to the door to fight the autumn breeze, although there were a lot of pickles in a jar, they were finally eaten.

He came to Rongfu Building listlessly this day, and wanted to try his luck, so he saw two women in coarse cloth clothes standing at the door of Rongfu Building, one of whom was still holding a pickle jar in his arms, which was what Boss Liu was thinking about!

Boss Liu came to his senses all of a sudden, almost walking like flying, and rushed directly to Pan'er's mother and daughter, squeezing out a self-righteous smile, in fact, this smile was a little hideous, which scared Pan'er.

"Little girl, are you here to sell pickles?"