The sixth round// Taidali is on the way to quench his thirst // The peak of Huolang Peak is close to Bi Zhancai

Saying that the four of them were having breakfast, and after the meal, each used a small silk to wipe the greasy, Sunset beckoned a waiter to come over and said, "Hello, please help settle the amount of silver taels needed?"

And the attendant told them that they had paid the money. After that, they went back to the house to prepare, and agreed to gather outside the lobby for half an hour.

Sunset asked Xiao Er to come to the room last night to check, and Xiao Er asked a woman to bring the clothes that had been washed last night to the guest room, and checked them, but found no damaged utensils, so she led the two to the counter to settle the bill.

The shopkeeper counted and said, "The two of them have a total of one or two or six pieces of silver, and here is four pieces of broken silver for change." ”

Sunset took the four coins and handed them to the second child, "Here the two coins are for you, and the other two coins are for my sister who helped me with the laundry, please pass them on to her." Xiao Er promised to thank him repeatedly, and then helped to lead the horse.

Fang Yang and Jin Yu led the horse in one hand, a gray cotton flat bag in the other, a hat on their heads, breeches on their feet, and brocade clothes, and walked to the agreed place on time.

Seeing that Sunset and Yilan were already waiting in front of the lobby, he said, "Let you two wait for a long time!"

Sunset politely said, "We haven't been here for long, too. Saying that, the four of them kicked Ma Xicheng.

Since it was 200 miles away, it would take another day to arrive, and the horses were only allowed to gallop at a speed of 15 to 20 kilometers. There are lakes and mountains on the road, and you can enjoy them all the way.

As I walked, I didn't realize that I had traveled seventy or eighty miles, and I occasionally saw a row of wooden houses and tiled houses on the right side of the road. There is a small orchard behind the house, there is a pond behind the garden, there is a well along the pond, the water is murmuring, and the water in the pond is crystal clear.

They all shouted "Stop" so that the horses could take a nap with some water. So they led their horses down the steps and walked towards the edge of the pool. A few stompy children playing in the water by the well watched in amazement as the horses drank.

As the two older children approached, the two women in raccoon clothes at the well told the children not to go near the horses, lest they be injured by the horses' hooves.

After drinking the water, the four men led the horses back to the side of the road and tied them to some willow trees. Then he went to the well, took off his hat, and put water on his face, and washed away the sweat stains on his face.

Fang Yang was so thirsty that he drank a few handfuls of cool well water. Seeing that neither Sunset nor Yilan had drunk the water from the well, Jinyu did not dare to act rashly, even though she was thirsty, she remained silent.

She looked up and saw that there were bayberry, peach and plum trees planted in the garden behind the house, and at first glance, the peach and plum were ripe, so she squatted down and asked a woman in Zhenghuanyi: "May I ask my sister-in-law, how many miles do you have to walk from Xiguan Town?"

The sister-in-law looked up and replied, "There are still twenty-three miles." Jinyu thanked you.

Jinyu expected that Illan and Sunset must also be thirsty, but it was just inconvenient for Daoming. Seeing that the plums in the garden were ripe, it would be pleasant if he could buy some to quench his thirst, so he asked again: "Sister-in-law, who owns the plums in this garden?"

The sister-in-law stopped what she was doing, pointed with her finger and said, "It's the eldest lady in the front room, you can just ask." Jinyu thanked her again.

When Yi Lan heard that he was going to buy plums, he got up and said, "Sister, let's go and ask together." ”

The two came to the front of the house, and saw a short aunt who was drying chili peppers in the front lawn of the house with a bamboo belly plate and asked, "Auntie, is the heir at home?"

The aunt first looked at the two of them with a strange look, and then said, "I am the eldest mother, I wonder if the two girls have something to find me?"

The two of them walked nearly two steps, and Jin Yu said: "We are passing through this place, because we are too thirsty all the way, and because our stomach is not too good, we dare not drink the raw water in the well." When I was at the well just now, I saw that the plums in the back garden were ripe, and I don't know if the heir will sell them or not. ”

Seeing that they had an extraordinary temperament, spoke politely, and had a good impression, and believed that they could give a good price, she replied: "It's not a problem to sell, it's just that I'm short, and the men and children in the family have gone to work in the fields, why don't you pick them yourself?"

This remark was exactly what Yi Lan meant, and he hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, auntie, let's pick it ourselves!"

The chili peppers dried by the eldest lady were white chili peppers that were boiled in water first and then taken out to dry, and she said, "Can you wait for me? Taking advantage of the sun, I will spread out these chili peppers and then take you to pick them." ”

Yi Lan really wanted to do this job, and said, "No problem, auntie, let's help you! ”

The eldest lady hurriedly said: "The two of you must not use your hands to pick up the chili peppers, it will be very spicy, so I will go into the house and get two pairs of chopsticks." ”

Then the two of them helped Aunt Hei spread out the chili peppers, and while working, Yi Lan asked, "Aunt Hei, is this sun-dried chili pepper reserved for winter?"

Seeing that they were all the best of the world, and that they also understood the life of the peasants, she said, "Yes, we will put it in the altar and keep it for the ingredients in the winter." After that, the eldest lady took them through the inner room and made a bamboo basket.

Walking to the back garden, I saw a bayberry tree, the fruit period has passed, a peach tree, the fruit is still green, two plum trees, the fruit is yellow and crystalline.

Yi Lan and Jin Yu are both more than one meter tall, and then stretch out their hands and tiptoe, they are two meters and three meters tall. Then properly drag the branch down, except for the near tip can not be picked, the rest of the ripe, large, enough to pick five or six catties to stop.

Then the eldest lady led them to the hall and invited them to sit down. Jinyu took out a five-dollar piece of silver from her pocket and asked if the eldest lady was enough.

The eldest lady replied with a smile: "It's too much, I don't even have so much money to find it!"

Although Jinyu was not very rich, she said: "You can find it, we will take this blue seed to the well to wash it first, and then send it to you, is it okay?"

The eldest lady said happily: "Yes, do you want to find you a small burlap bag to put it?"

Jin Yu shook her hand and said, "Thank you! No need, we have a flat bag, we will wash it for a while, eat some, and there will not be much left, so there is no need to put another bag." So the two said goodbye to the eldest lady and went to the well to wash the plums.

Sunset and Fang Yang first stood by the well and saw that the two had not returned for a long time, thinking that the business must have been negotiated. Later, when I saw the two of them picking plums in the garden, I thought about the sour taste of plums, and my saliva swirled in my mouth.

And Sunset couldn't help but think of the story of "Wangmei quenches thirst" in Chinese.

Just thinking about it, he suddenly saw the two of them coming back with a bamboo and blue plum, Fang Yang stepped forward and greeted him with a smile: "I knew that my junior sister was an expert in business, and she really lived up to expectations!"

Jin Yu only smiled and didn't answer, and washed in the pond with Yi Lan first, and then splashed some water in the well with her hands, and it looked very clean. Jinyu first gave a few children by the well, and then a few to Huanyi's two sisters-in-law, and the four of them opened their mouths to eat.

The taste is sweet and sour, and he smiled while eating the afterglow: "It's rare that this plum quenches your thirst in time!"

Yi Lan reminded: "This plum, don't eat too much at once, your stomach will be upset, everyone should stop in moderation!"

Fang Yang joked while eating: "Don't worry, we men will definitely save some food and leave more for the two ladies to quench their thirst on the road." ”