At noon, the sun gradually got bigger, and Zhao grinned and boiled hot water in the firewood room, humming a little song while adding firewood, so happy!

A long wooden stool was placed next to the small ditch in the courtyard, but after half an hour, Su Qing came out with a long knife that was shining. Behind him, a bleating sheep.

"Yo, brother, why didn't my sister-in-law come to help?" Zhao pretended not to know, but in fact, his heart was like a mirror, sister-in-law at this moment, maybe hiding in a small corner crying.

"She went back to the room to rest when she was sleepy," Su Qing scratched her head, suddenly remembered her daughter-in-law's disappointed look, and hurriedly coiled the rope leading the sheep on the stake, "I'll kill the sheep again later." ”

Seeing him leave in a hurry, the Zhao family couldn't help but sneer a few times, he was going to be slaughtered sooner or later, and he was not in a hurry for this moment. Thinking like this, she tightened the rope again, and did not forget to spit on the sheep before leaving.

Let's see how you steal mushrooms in the future, this brute!

The shallow sun sprinkled on the desk through the wooden window, and the whole room was bright, Xie Wanjun huddled in the corner of the kang with her knees folded, and the cold gradually soaked into the limbs.

Although the sun was shining, she was cold.

"Wanjun," a familiar inquiry sounded outside the door, "I rested so early, but I wasn't feeling well?" Su Qing rubbed his hands into the room, and his eyes fell on the small body on the kang from time to time.

He knew that she wouldn't listen to what he said now, but no matter what, he couldn't just watch her sad alone.

"You go out, I want to be alone." Xie Wanjun didn't want to see him, so she simply pulled the coarse cloth quilt over and covered it, and now, she finally couldn't see the person's face.

She had seen it as early as when she was in the old lady's house that he wanted to slaughter the sheep. If the daughter-in-law is gone, you can marry again, where can you cry if the mother is gone?

She doesn't value the sheep too much, she just can't cross the hurdle in her heart.

"Don't be angry, I'll go up the mountain tomorrow to find you another sheep, exactly the same as this one!" Su Qing didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to pat his chest and say firmly.

I knew that this sheep was so worry-free, and I really shouldn't have brought it home that day, but now it's okay, my daughter-in-law is unhappy, and I feel very uncomfortable.

There was a lot of good words, and the people in it didn't move, and they didn't even make a sound.

"Otherwise, I'll go and tell my mother, we won't kill this sheep, I'll sell the sheep when I come back, let's work hard together, and we can always buy other good things for my mother to make up for her body." Su Qing was still talking to herself, her hand stroking the bulging quilt in front of her back and forth, not feeling that there was anything wrong with her acting like this.

Xie Wanjun's heart was hot, and tears kept pouring out like the tide of the embankment, but he didn't expect this seemingly stupid man to please his daughter-in-law like this.

Although the words are not good, they are extremely emotional.

She lifted the quilt violently and threw herself into Su Qing's arms, "Suffocate me!" After finishing speaking, he vigorously tapped his man's wide back.

Su Qing was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses, lifted her sleeve to wipe away the tears on her face, and pretended to blame while wiping: "Look if you are stupid, of course it is boring to cover it with a quilt." ”

The two hugged each other on the kang, as if the unpleasantness just now had disappeared.

After coaxing her, Su Qing stood up and wanted to go out the door.

"When I slaughtered the sheep, I couldn't hear the screams." Xie Wanjun snorted, the tip of her red nose showing her delicate face more and more.

Su Qing looked at it for a while before replying: "Who said that I was going to slaughter sheep, I went to tell my mother that I wouldn't slaughter it, and it was a big deal to go up the mountain to catch it in the future." ”

He spoke very lightly, as if catching a sheep was not a big deal.

Xie Wanjun originally thought that what he said just now was a joke, but now that he heard his tone so persistent and firm, he suddenly felt that his words did not seem to be false.

Whether it's true or not, sheep still have to be slaughtered.

"You don't want to go, don't be unhappy with your mother for a sheep," she got up and got off the kang, and pulled him to the table with embroidered shoes, "The stewed mutton soup is for my mother to drink, her old man is happy, and our juniors are naturally better." ”

Now, if you regret it again, won't you have a reputation for being unfilial?

"But after slaughtering the sheep, you are not happy again." Su Qing said slowly, and suddenly felt that it was not easy to be a man, in addition to taking care of his father and mother, he also had to take care of his wife.

Most men in the world are so worried!

Xie Wanjun shook his head and looked at his unpredictable expression, guessing in his heart that he was also in trouble, and this matter should be put on hold in modern times, and it was no different from the question of "who to save first when my mother-in-law and wife fell into the river".

"Okay, compared to my mother, how dare I be unhappy." She sat back on the kang with her hands folded, and the tears on her little face were almost dry.

This time, she let Zhao go, and it was not impossible.

Su Qing grinned, "Thank you for your understanding, I will definitely rely on you more as a husband in the future, and I won't let you be wronged!" With that, he ran out of the house like a happy child.

The Zhao family in the firewood room heard movement in the courtyard and hurriedly added firewood to the stove.

"Why did the eldest brother come back, this water has been boiled several times!" She put down her fan, got up, and scooped all the water into the large wooden basin.

After all, the woman's family was more timid, and after helping the eldest brother prepare the things for slaughtering the sheep, Zhao hid in his own house and listened to the sound outside.

Su Dong couldn't stand it anymore in the room, so he simply pulled her out as a gesture.

"What are you doing, let go!" Zhao grunted dissatisfied, his mouth curled up enough to drag a few oil bottles.

Seeing this, Su Dong couldn't help but retort: "So happy, it's better to go out and see with your own eyes how the sheep died, it's as you wish!" ”

Zhao didn't give up and quarreled with him.

The sound of slaughtering sheep in the courtyard came into the houses, and the people in the house couldn't bear to listen to it, that is, the time of the two incense sticks, and the courtyard was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Su Qing put down the knife, and when he saw that the sheep was out of breath, he hurriedly washed his hands, and went into the house to call Xie Wanjun.

"What's the matter, so anxious to let me out?" She followed him, and when she reached the courtyard, she gasped, and the thick blood flowed all over the ground.

It's just that this sheep's blood is black!

The couple looked at each other, at a loss for a moment. It stands to reason that sheep blood should be bright red, close to the color of human blood. But this sheep's blood is black, which is really strange.

"Isn't this sheep eating something poisonous?" Xie Wanjun sniffed sharply and found that the smell of blood was no different from that of other animals.

Su Qing didn't know what was going on, so he only nodded suspiciously, "Maybe it'...... That mushroom. ”

The mutton soup was also undrinkable, and at noon today, the Su family was quieter than ever when they were eating, and they all went back to the house quietly to rest after eating.

For a whole day, the smell of blood in the Su family's courtyard could not be dispelled. At night, Su Qing found some mint leaves and spread them on the courtyard, and the smell of blood faded a little.

At night, the wind whistled over the top of the mountain, and the inky sky saw the occasional crow fly by, leaving two cries and nothing else.

Xie Wanjun sat on the kang and meditated hard about what the sheep ate to be poisoned, and the poisoning was not enough, but it was still chronically poisoned, but fortunately, it was discovered early and nothing happened.

Su Qing took the candlestick to the small table on the kang and added a wick before sitting down, "You say, will someone deliberately poison the sheep, but they just want the sheep to die." ”

There were so many small sparks and crackling sounds from the lamp oil, especially in this quiet night.

"It's just a sheep," Xie Wanjun sat cross-legged, "As for it, this sheep didn't eat much when he was alive, and our family was poor, but he wasn't so poor that he didn't even have some leftovers." ”

Besides, the sheep is not bad, and he has never hurt anyone, no matter how much the Su family does not treat this sheep, they should not be poisoned.

"Then there is only one possibility," Su Qing pretended to pat his thigh mysteriously, and then hooked his finger towards Xie Wanjun opposite, "This sheep must have eaten poisonous food!" ”

Hearing this, she couldn't help but chuckle, thinking that this nerd had some constructive suggestions, and that the sheep had eaten something unclean.

The things that the sheep ate every day before were all over her hands, how could it be poisonous, excluding the poison of the food, there was only one possibility - the mushroom was poisonous.

Xie Wanjun told Su Qing everything in his heart, and then got off the kang excitedly, "Are the mushrooms poisonous or not, just pick one and try it, you and I don't have to think about it here, it matters if the mushroom is poisonous earlier!" After speaking, he dragged Su Qing off the kang vigorously, regardless of the fact that it was late at night.

The two crept through the courtyard and stopped at a piece of land next to the firewood house.

Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, Xie Wanjun reached out to pick the nearest mushroom, but as soon as his hand stretched out, he was pulled back by Su Qing.

"I'll come, in case this is really poisonous, don't ask for your hand." He tore off a handkerchief from his waist and put it in the palm of his hand before he dared to pick mushrooms.

The two of them went back to the house lightly, and looked at the ordinary-looking mushroom under the oil lamp.

Before she came to this ghost place, she knew that the more beautiful and colorful the mushroom, the more likely it was to be poisonous, but in ancient times, she didn't know if this made sense.

"Do you have any good way to tell if this mushroom is poisonous or not?" Xie Wanjun tilted his head to look at Su Qing beside him, his eyes were full of desire to learn.

Although the Su family often goes up the mountain to take mushrooms, they don't specifically understand this aspect, and now facing the inquiry of their daughter-in-law, Su Qing can't answer for a while.

"I heard my father and mother say that if there are many bright dots on this mushroom umbrella, it is more likely to be poisonous. He pondered for a moment before answering.

The two of them looked at the mushroom several times, smelled it again, and after confirming that there was nothing out of the ordinary, their mood fell to the bottom.

"Why don't we find some critters to try?" Xie Wanjun proposed.

I can't see anything useful when I sit here and look at the mushroom, so it's better to change the way and let other animals eat the mushroom, which is poisonous or not.