Chapter 8: To the village of Chory
Because the two of them got up late in the morning, they didn't feel good when they were in the city, but they suffered a lot of sins when they got on the road.
In ancient times, there was no planning for road construction, and the shade and grass were mostly at the foot of the mountain, but to walk along the foot of the mountain, I didn't know when to go, Hua Banxia had to endure the strong sun, and rushed to Qiaoli Village with Hua Qingqing.
"Qingqing, eat some candied fruit and moisten your mouth", Hua Banxia handed Hua Qingqing the candied fruit she had just bought at the bazaar, and the ones she bought were all sour, and she wouldn't feel dry after eating.
Hua Qingqing didn't dare to take it, "Sister, isn't this for my brothers?" ”
Hua Banxia smiled lightly, "Who said it was bought for them, this is what we eat idle on the way", those stinky boys don't know what virtues they have, and now they want her to leave good things for them, thinking too much!
"Oh, take it quickly, by the way, I also carry this pork, I'll get us a straw hat to cover it", Hua Banxia stuffed the candied fruit bag and pork to Hua Qingqing, and went to the side of the road to pick some grass and stir it up.
Hua Banxia lived in the countryside with his grandparents when he was a child, went out to herd cattle in the summer, and his friends were made of straw into a ring and put on his head, but later, after his grandparents left, he began to wander, and then later, he inexplicably entered the intelligence bureau and began to be cultivated.
"Okay, put it on, the sun is getting bigger", Hua Banxia pressed the grass ring on Hua Qingqing's head and put it on herself, "Well, it's much cooler."
"Sister is so good-looking", Hua Qingqing looked at Hua Banxia and said enviously, and touched the straw hat on her head, she liked it very much.
"Of course, it's just as good as Qingqing opens", Hua Banxia is not welcome, why should you shirk it, accept it generously, there is nothing wrong with narcissism, I was originally sold to Qinglou because I looked Peugeot.
"Don't look at it, let's go, otherwise the pork will stink before it arrives", Hua Banxia snatched the pork from Hua Qingqing's hand, leaving only the candied fruit in her hand and letting her eat it as a snack.
Twenty miles away, not to go to a small half of the summer to be tired, no, to be precise, it is annoying, for an underground worker, this road is really nothing, but this is meaningless, just to reach the destination, have to be wronged by their behavior is really nonsense, to put it aside, take a taxi for half an hour.
"Qingqing, let's take a break and drink some water", Hua Banxia saw that there was a big tree in front of him, just right to rest for a while.
"Qingqing, isn't there an ox cart or a carriage on this road?" Hua Banxia looked at the yellow mud in front of her that was smoky by the sun, and she couldn't see her head in sight, and she really didn't have the courage to step out again.
"I don't know", Hua Qingqing shook her head, she didn't have much chance to go out, and she followed Qiao San back during the New Year, without extra money, and she didn't take a car.
Hua Banxia was desperate, but just when she was desperate, an ox cart like a savior passed by, Hua Banxia immediately killed it, and asked for a ride with a dead face, and finally took the car to Qiaoli Village for fifty yuan.
Halfway through, Hua Banxia also took advantage of the convenience of the coachman to feed the old cow some spring water in the space, sat on the car, and watched the old cow on this hot day, being beaten by the heat, and couldn't bear it.
There is a stream in the space, which is ordinary spiritual water, but it is already a panacea for the animals and plants outside, and there is a * spring, which is specially set aside for drinking in Banxia, which can cure diseases and detoxify and strengthen the body.
After drinking the spiritual water, Lao Niu really came to the strength, and he was half faster when he pulled up the car, and it was just after noon when he arrived in Qiaoli Village in Banxia.
According to Hua Qingqing's memory, the two walked to a thatched house near the mountain behind the village, after all, close to the foot of the mountain, the temperature was lower than that at the head of the village, and the crisp and pleasant cicada chirp heralded midsummer, bringing a living rural atmosphere.
"Uncle and uncle, eldest brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother and fifth brother, Qingqing is here!" Hua Qingqing saw the familiar courtyard gate and shouted happily inside.
Hua Banxia smiled silently, after all, her memory didn't have much impression of this place, so she let Hua Qingqing come by herself.
When the people in the house heard it, they greeted them in the house early, "Is Qingqing coming?" After speaking, two women came out of the house, presumably the eldest aunt and the second aunt in Hua Qingqing's mouth.
"The eldest aunt and the second uncle, it's Qingqing who is here, and my sister is also here", Hua Qingqing happily threw herself into the woman's arms, grabbed the corner of the woman's clothes and wanted to hug her.
"What? Banxia is also coming? Another woman, who didn't hold Qingqing, looked out of the courtyard, and stepped forward enthusiastically when she saw Hua Banxia.
"Why don't you come in when Banxia comes, it's hot outside", the woman pulled Hua Banxia under the big banyan tree in the yard to make Hua Banxia cool, "Banxia hasn't come back for many years, let the eldest aunt take a look."
It turned out that the woman who was pulling Hua Banxia was Qiao Da's daughter-in-law Chen Jiahua, and it was Qiao Er's daughter-in-law Tian Fuzhen who was holding Hua Qingqing, "What, your father didn't come back together?" ”
"Auntie, my father didn't come back, my sister and I came out of Hua's house", Hua Qingqing put her arms around Tian Fuzhen's neck and looked at Chen Jiahua sadly.
"What's going on? By the way, Banxia, you weren't sold by the flower family... So why are you back? Chen Jiahua felt that something was wrong, when Hua Banxia was sold, the Qiao family also went to ask for someone, but unfortunately there was no money and could not beat the guards of Hua Manlou, most of the men of the Qiao family were injured, and they wanted to think of a way to do it better, but now Hua Banxia is back.
"It's a long story, uncle, are they at home?" Hua Banxia has a good impression of these two aunts, I don't know how the others are, wait for them to come together and then tell me the purpose of their coming.
"They all went to the back mountain, only your eldest brother lay down on the bed", Chen Jiahua pointed to the house excitedly, and said to Tian Fuzhen, "Brother and sister, you cook more at home, I will go to the back mountain and ask Qiao Da and them to go home early for dinner."
After Chen Jiahua finished speaking, he went outside, Tian Fuzhen hugged Hua Qingqing and greeted, "Banxia, come into the house and drink some water, I'll go to the kitchen to cook for you."
Hua Banxia picked up the three catties of pork in his hand, "Second uncle, we didn't buy anything here, so we brought some pork, take it and fry it, otherwise it will be bad."
"There is more", Hua Qingqing remembered the candied fruit in her arms, took it out and said to Tian Fuzhen as if showing off, "My sister also bought candied fruit, Qingqing was not willing to eat it, and waited for my brother to come back and give it to my brother."
Tian Fuzhen saw that the pork in Hua Banxia's hand had already blamed them for spending money indiscriminately, as well as the candied fruit, and couldn't help but reproach a few words, "You two little dolls, come here, buy things, and treat your uncle's family as an outsider!" ”