The lights in the mountains are dotted, and there are more than a dozen thatched huts, scattered in the forest.

Woohoo!

A few dog barks, and the night wind is not alarmed.

In the northernmost dilapidated house in the village, the horse lamp is hung on the wall, the lamp shadow is mottled, the old man Liu is holding a scimitar, holding a paper cigarette with half a piece of soot in his mouth, he is drawing a bamboo basket under the lamp, the thin and calloused hands are not afraid of the sharp bamboo strips, although the movement is slow, but very skillful.

My wife is yesterday's yellow flower, wrinkles crawling all over the eyebrows, a bundle of long black cloth strips tied on the top of her head, holding a wooden shovel, the wood burned into charcoal is very strong, a black round pot is boiling with sesame sugar with melon seeds, sesame seeds and peanuts, and the aroma of maltose is full of fragrance.

His bare-armed son, Liu Da Niu, was tinkering with a radio from the last century, a thick layer of dust, a thick slap on the radio, and his thumb repeatedly rubbing the FM wheel.

A black, sloppy-eared earth dog lay on the seven-inch threshold, barking out the door.

The cigarette in the old man's mouth burned to his beard, he sprayed the cigarette butt through the crack in the door like spit, looked down at the mismade sliver, kicked on the buttocks of the earth dog, the earth dog ran to the door with a whin, and the old man turned around and threw a scimitar at the son who was as burly as a calf.

"Don't knock! Lao Tzu will throw you into the mountains! Believe it or not, it's useless!!"

Liu Daniu turned around and smiled, picked up the scimitar and threw it to the old man, and continued to tinker with the radio.

"It's broken, it was bad a few days ago. ”

"Baby, what's it like if there's a power outage? It's just right for you, a coward, you have that spirit, make a few more baskets to sell money in the town, and marry a daughter-in-law to go home." The old woman rolled the maltose in the pot, and for a while she was on her mind, and the shovel knocked on the pot, "You are all thirty years old, and the six babies in the village can help Grandpa cut bamboo." ”

"Abba and Grandma, what do you know? I'm going to marry Xiaocui. Da Niu threw the radio on the wooden table, rubbed his thick hands, "Tomorrow I will go to Wushan Town to pray to God, bring her to Oolong, cure Xiaocui, and I will marry her." ”

"You cowardly baby!" the old man couldn't listen to it, and flew at his son with a scimitar, "Xiaocui Xiaocui, the girl who was spread out on the bed one day, how did ......you give birth to a baby? Alas...... This dead dog, can't stop barking, isn't it a, and I'm about to catch this coward. ”

"I don't care, even if I go to see her, I will marry Xiaocui, I can take care of her for the rest of my life. Liu Da Niu stubbornly shook his hand and walked out of the door, "Abba, I'll go cut some bamboo again, and let Wu take me." ”

"You dead baby!" Old Man Liu stomped his foot angrily.

At this time, there was a neighing of Liu Da Niu outside the door, and his strong body like a calf rolled into the house at once, "Abba and Mom, here you are!"

"Scared your father to death? Where did you come from!! The money that your father and I collected were all pressed under the oolong stone. Old man Liu got up to close the door, but he heard a sound of footsteps outside the door, he was stunned, and his body trembled a little, "Wife...... Come and help me...... The wall is gone, I am not leaving. ”

"Death, you have no ambition, I won't accept you, and I will live for a few years. The old woman took the shovel and walked majestically out of the door, "Where did you come from, you are scared...... Huh? Are you humans or ghosts?"

"Grandma, let go of your shovel, I'm Peach Blossom!!"

"Bang Bang!"

The shovel fell at the door, and the dog barked even more wildly.

Chen Fan, who was standing at the door, looked at the family and looked at the peach blossoms, this is the family she knows?

"Peach blossom, girl, is that you?"

The happy voice of his wife sounded outside the door, Liu Daniu picked up the marquee on the wall, and after seeing Chen Fan and Peach Blossom clearly, the scimitar he was holding was released.

Old Man Liu's hand was still shaking, but he quickly slapped his son on the back of the head.

"Coward, what are you doing in a daze, the guests are coming, and you are standing as a door god?"

"Peach Blossom Girl, young man, come in, big cow, go and turn on the lights again. The old woman looked enthusiastic, and when she entered the door, she slammed the old man Liu, "His father, the girl is here, and there is room for the big cow." ”

"What's the leeway? You look at the intimate appearance of other girls and men, at first glance, they are husband and wife, cowards, no more. The old man looked at the peach blossoms, and glared at Chen Fan fiercely, looking annoyed.

Chen Fan was inexplicable for a while, but Peach Blossom blushed.

"Grandma, this is my master...... Chen Fan. ”

"Alas, what master, isn't it your husband when you get married, what are you ashamed of?" The old woman stepped on the instep of the old man's feet, "Are you stupid? Peach Blossom is also a miracle doctor, can heal Xiaocui, do you think this coward can marry a fairy like Peach Blossom?

"Don't you make it clear?" Old man Liu looked suddenly enlightened, seeing Chen Fan's eyes become kind, and picked up the bamboo strips in the house, "Come into the house and sit, baby, what are you doing in a daze, wipe the bench, Grandma, take out the sugar you boiled and entertain the guests." ”

"That's it, two, come in and sit, the house is very messy, don't dislike our kennel. As the old woman spoke, she took out two large pieces of sesame candy from the sieve, and also took out a bowl of bee candy, and sent it directly to Chen Fan and Peach Blossom.

There is a kind of enthusiasm called being at a loss.

Now Chen Fan feels like this, his heart seems to be pulled to the days when he once lived in the dilapidated house in the countryside, and the people in the village are always so enthusiastic and simple.

The walls are a little dark, the benches are a little gray, it's okay, the sugar is sweet and the house is warm.

Peach Blossom and the elderly grandma are familiar with each other, and soon start the topic, the honest Liu Da Niu is a little aggrieved, and his anger is sprinkled on the dilapidated radio, "Grandma, the sugar is what I want to send to the saint tomorrow, and I want her to treat Xiaocui." ”

"Get out of the way, Grandma will boil another pot in a while, go and pick up some firewood, it's an eyesore here." The old woman yelled at her honest son, rubbed her hands, and smiled apologetically at Chen Fan and Peach Blossom.

Liu Da Niu shook his arm, but he went out to collect dry firewood very obediently.

Old man Liu was also rubbing his hands, he was not used to being idle, he wanted to continue to weave bamboo baskets, but there were guests coming, the house was small, he was a little embarrassed, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and took out his hand, only one was left, which looked very embarrassing.

"Uncle, I have this, I'll draw it to you. ”

Chen Fan remembered that he had a bag of Lanzhou, which was scavenged from Shen Yu, it was not a good cigarette, the cigarette was handed to the old man Liu, but the old man Liu's eyes lit up, and the calloused hand rubbed the cigarette a few times, before he used tongs to take the fiery red charcoal from the brazier.

Smack.

The lighter in Chen Fan's hand burst out of the flames and sent it to Old Man Liu.

He was stunned for a moment, held the flame in both hands, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and the room instantly filled with smoke.

A cigarette made Old Man Liu open the conversation.

"Where's the guy, where did you come from?"

Chen Fan pointed to the north side of the house, "I'm lost, I just came out of the forest." ”

"What?"

Old man Liu's eyes widened, and even the grandmother who was throwing sweet potatoes and potatoes into the brazier looked at Peach Blossom with a look of disbelief, she trusted Peach Blossom more.

(End of chapter)