Ge Changlin scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "I heard Xiaoshan say, I haven't been at home for the past two days, Xiaoshan has eaten several meals at your house, this kid is too wild, a little uncontrollable, I won't let him go in the future." ”

Xiangling understood what Ge Changlin meant, Ge Changlin found that there was someone behind him who wanted to spread the gossip between him and the Jiang family, for the sake of the Jiang family's reputation, he would try to stay away from the Jiang family, but he didn't expect Xiaoshan, the kid, to be greedy, and he couldn't wait to eat at Xiangling's house, and he didn't take his father in his eyes at all.

Xiangling smiled, she didn't know how to deal with this matter.

She has that feeling of being lost, and the Jiang family also likes Ge Changlin a little bit.

Xiangling's education is that as long as the man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, there is no destruction of public order and good customs, and there is no violation of the moral bottom line, the two of them can form a new family;

However, now in this era, it is not so easy for a widow to remarry, she must get the nod and consent of her in-laws, and all remarriage without the consent of her in-laws is adultery, and there is only one consequence, either she is drowned by spittle, or she is drowned in a pond thrown into the river.

Ge Changlin's simple head melon never thought that Xiangling was more "long-term" than he thought, and even thought of the "future" between him and the Jiang family.

The man scratched his head straightforwardly and said: "We joined forces with more than a dozen old hunters from other villages to enter the mountain, originally wanted to fight a tiger and get some tiger bones for Xia Ge'er to mend bones, but unfortunately, there was no harvest after two or three days in the mountain, but fortunately I got a badger, and when the killing is over, I will let Xiaoshan bring you a piece of meat back." ”

Xiangling hurriedly waved her hand and refused: "Don't, Uncle Changlin, the hill is getting bigger and bigger day by day, you might as well sell it to save some money." ”

Ge Changlin rubbed his hands awkwardly and said: "The badger is small, there is a lot of meat, and there are few people who love to eat, so it can't be sold for much, and the next time I go into the mountains, I will definitely be able to hunt tigers, and tiger bones are the most replenishing bones......"

Ge Changlin is a person with a tendon in his brain, he only chattered a few words, and he had already mentioned tiger bones twice, Xiangling hurriedly interrupted Ge Changlin and said: "Uncle Changlin, don't take this risk, my grandmother's family came and gave my mother a lot of money, didn't you see it?" My family even eats white flour meat pies. Moreover, I have made an appointment with Foot Force Zhang to help my family bring back a few big bones every other day, as long as my brother is willing to drink, it is no problem to drink pork bone soup every day. ”

Ge Changlin scratched his head in disdain, and he was still a little uncomfortable with this kind of role change.

Before he went into the mountains to hunt, he took it as his responsibility to take care of Chu Shicai's widow, cared about Jiang's mother and son, and pitied Jiang's mother and son, so curing Chu Xia's leg has also become one of his goals;

Just learned that the life of the Jiang family and son suddenly became better, better than the Ge family, but instead it became the Jiang mother and daughter who in turn cared for Xiaoshan, pitied Xiaoshan, and cared about his safety.

This kind of transformation made him a little confused, a little at a loss, and a little frustration that heroes were useless.

After saying goodbye to the incense, Ge Changlin returned home disappointed.

...

When he got home, the Jiang family had already returned from Lizheng's house, and with an excited face, he pressed Xiangling on the kang, took out two keys from his arms, stuffed them in Xiangling's palm, and said happily: "The Wang family has been entrusting Lizheng to help sell the house, and the keys have been thrown away." Chu Lizheng gave me a solid bottom, the house is at least thirteen taels of silver, and five acres of land are also sold together, and the harvest of the five-acre area this season is at least thirty-two taels, and it is split and bought, and the reserve price is seven taels of silver per acre. ”

The normal price of medium land is five taels of silver, but there is still more than half a month to harvest in the autumn, and the harvest is almost sold for nearly one and a half to two taels of silver.

The price has already made a lot of concessions, and Xiangling immediately said: "Mother, let's buy it." ”

Jiang smiled and glanced at his daughter and said, "Let's go and see the house first!" Lao Wang's family has not lived for almost half a year, so it is estimated that he has to pick up and pick up. ”

It is said that people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and they hold the key to their future house in their hands, how can Xiangling resist not looking at the house?

The mother hastily ate the pie, just at dusk, the sky was not ink, Xiangling excitedly pulled the Jiang family to see the house.

...

When I arrived at the gate of Lao Wang's courtyard, I used the key to unlock the door, and found that the door lock was "snapping" on the side, and the door was open.

Xiangling didn't think much about it, thinking that it might be because the Wang family didn't live in it for more than half a year, so the lock was broken, after all, the old Wang family had nothing left except for the house and land, and the thieves wouldn't come.

Entered the courtyard and looked at the overall environment of the Wang family.

Although the house is also an adobe house, because the living conditions of the Wang family are relatively good, it is much better kept than other people's adobe houses, and it is also very spacious, with four and a half rooms, and the house is also closed, unlike where Xiangling lives now, not only crowded, but also cracked, looking crumbling.

There are gardens in front of the house and behind the house, and after the Wang family moved away, no one took care of it, and the grass grew wantonly, and in some places it was taller than people.

Because there are seeds from last year left in the soil, they sprouted and grew in the spring, and as far as the eye can see, there are still a few nest melons and a few eggplant seedlings, all of which can be eaten.

On the side of the bluestone wall adjacent to Chu Zhuang, it may be because the shelf has not been removed in winter, and the gourd seedlings that cover half of the wall have been climbed, and several green gourds have been verticalized, which is very gratifying.

What makes Xiangling even happier is that an adult's waist-thick, fourteen or fifteen-meter-high elm tree is planted in the yard, and the elm tree has lush branches and leaves, which is estimated to be more than 100 years old, and the whole family can enjoy the cool under the tree in the future.

Xiangling almost instinctively thought of something, that is, to use the elm tree to make a swing and let Xiao Xianglian play, she wanted to give Xiao Xianglian a happy childhood.

At this time, next to the thick trunk of the tree, there stood a brand new wooden ladder, faintly smelling of fresh wood.

Lao Wang's family moved away before the beginning of spring, even if the ladder is erected, it has to be a Chen ladder, how can it be a new wooden ladder?

Moreover, why does the smell of beef jerky come from the elm tree?

Following the aroma of meat, Xiangling has been extending her gaze to the dense canopy of the elm tree, she doesn't know if she doesn't see it, and she was startled when she saw it, there was a person lying on her stomach in the canopy!

This man was thirteen or fourteen years old, just stuck between a thick branch and two relatively thin branches, like a simple bed, I don't know if it was because he was too tired, or too comfortable, he fell asleep on his stomach like this!! In his arms, an oily paper bag loomed, and the heavy smell of jerky was fragrant.

Xiangling sniffed it carefully, and was almost sure that this was beef jerky, not pork jerky, and not mutton jerky.

Xiangling suddenly remembered the dead cow she saw on the side of the mountain road a few days ago, and heard Chu Lizheng say that a lot of cultivated cattle had been lost in nearby villages recently, and this person sneakily climbed to the tree, lying on his stomach in the direction of Chu Zhuang, wouldn't it be a thief who came to pick some in advance, and wanted to make a nest of cattle in Chu Zhuang into beef jerky?

The more Xiangling thought about it, the more she felt that this possibility was extremely high.

Xiangling tiptoed to the bottom of the tree, put down the ladder to climb the tree, the tree down to the trunk is four or five meters high, if this thief has no martial arts, he can't climb down with his bare hands, Xiangling just came to catch the turtle in the urn.