Chapter 3: Temptation
The thoughts of the Luo family, Chen Xiuyan didn't know, she went up the mountain to a safe and hidden place, and then she flashed into the space, changed her clothes in the space, and after leaving the space, she lit a fire to bake the wet clothes, and it took almost an hour to dry, and Chen Xiuyan didn't forget to stain the clothes with mud after changing them.
Walking around the periphery of the mountain for nearly an hour, it was obviously a strange place, but seeing the clusters of houses under the mountain, Chen Xiuyan's heart rose a sense of familiarity, it was the hometown in the memory of this body.
Just a few steps away, Chen Xiuyan saw a familiar figure in her memory not far ahead, carrying a basket in her hand, a woman with firewood on her back was walking slowly down the mountain, she was wearing a thin jacket of oblique apricot coarse cloth, and the lower body was a brown skirt, with patches on the dress, but not much, the face turned around was a little round, but the body was not very fat, this was the original second sister-in-law He Shi.
"Little sister?" He Shi instinctively looked back when he heard the sound of walking, but what he saw was Chen Xiuyan who should have been in the county seat, and his words were full of disbelief, and after seeing the traces on Chen Xiuyan's clothes, he strode towards him, "Little sister, why are you here?" What's going on? Fell? ”
The look in his eyes was worried, and a pair of rough hands didn't dare to touch Chen Xiuyan's clothes with scruples, but no matter what, he really cared about himself.
It's been a long time since I've seen such a pure person, and Chen Xiuyan has a good impression of this second sister-in-law she met for the first time.
After all, in my memory, the original person's attitude towards this second sister-in-law was not very good, and it was difficult for this person to be pure and kind.
"My clothes were dirty, and I came back halfway through." Chen Xiuyan explained.
He was surprised by Chen Xiuyan's explanation, instead of being so verbose as before, impatient with his own questioning, throwing his dirty clothes in front of him to wash, and then rolling his eyes and ignoring himself.
"Then, then go home, and the second sister-in-law will wash your clothes." He said a little uncomfortably.
"Okay." Chen Xiuyan didn't want to give people the feeling that she had changed a lot, so she responded in one bite, "Wash it clean, this body was just made." ”
He Shi breathed a sigh of relief, it was a familiar little sister, and then grinned, "Okay, I'll wash it carefully." ”
After walking for a quarter of an hour, I arrived at the door of the house, and at this time all the children were staying at home, the eldest nephew was in the yard with three small ones, cutting pigweed, feeding the chickens, and there was a just walker, pushing a chair and swaying blindly.
"Mother (second aunt), sister-in-law." The four children saw the two of them calling obediently, and the soft voice made Chen Xiuyan feel a little soft in her heart, no matter what time it is, children are the most cute.
"Little sister, I'll bring your bathtub in first?"
Chen Xiuyan has loved cleanliness since she was a child, and her father-in-law is a carpenter, so Chen Xiuyan's basins, foot basins, and bathtubs are all available.
"Hmm." Chen Xiuyan nodded naturally, and her eyes looked at this home.
The blue brick house, the character structure, the main house is three, the east and west wings are also three, and there are two adobe houses, one for the kitchen and the other for firewood.
The front yard is not big, paved with bluestone slabs, and the backyard is a vegetable field, thatched houses, as well as pigsty and chicken coops in my memory.
Just from the mountain all the way down, the village is mostly adobe houses, blue brick houses are rare mansions, and the original family can live, thanks to the cheap father Chen Dazhong is a well-known carpenter in several nearby villages, whose family married the daughter used to make a dowry of the wooden box, cabinet are entrusted to him, even the county often has work.
Chen Xiuyan's two elder brothers also followed Chen Dazhong as carpenters, and their skills are almost able to become teachers, and there is also an older sister, who is eight years older than the original and married early.
Chen Xiuyan entered the room on the far right of the main room according to her memory, which was the room where the original person lived alone.
Open the door, there is a kang in the corner of the wall, two boxes and a kang table are placed on the kang, there is a large cabinet in the house, there is a washing shelf next to the wardrobe, there is a wooden basin and a cloth towel, there is a square table and four stools in front of the kang, because Chen Dazhong is a carpenter, there is no shortage of these furniture at home.
Chen Xiuyan opened the wooden box on the left side of the kang, took out a clean belly pocket, middle coat, and middle pants from it, and then selected a dress that she looked at pleasing to the eye and prepared.
He came in with a bathtub on his back, and then poured hot water all over the place, waited for the bathtub to be six or seven full, smiled and asked Chen Xiuyan to take a bath, and explained that he would come to help pour the bath water later.
Chen Xiuyan closed the doors and windows, took off her clothes, and sat in the hot bathtub, not to mention that she really enjoyed it, she didn't know how long she hadn't taken a bath, even if there was space, but it was a life-saving existence, and she wouldn't waste time using it to soak herself in the bath.
Stretched out her hand and unconsciously touched the peach blossom red mark on her chest, feeling a little emotional, I didn't expect her to be able to get out of the end of the world, lie down, soak the whole person in the bathtub, hold her breath for a while before she surfaced, showing a smile, it's good to be able to live a normal life.
When He came to pour water, he found that Chen Xiuyan had washed her hair, and was busy using a clean cloth towel to help twist her hair, watching Chen Xiuyan lying on the kang with loose clothes, revealing a lot of fair skin, and supporting her head outside the kang, she took the quilt and covered Chen Xiuyan's body, "Although it's March, it's still cold." ”
Chen Xiuyan didn't make a sound, but the slightly open placket was closed in the quilt, and He couldn't see the peach blossom red mark of the jade pendant, and there was no birthmark of this shape on the chest of the original body, it seemed that only he could see it, so it was good.
The hair was almost dry, He went out, Chen Xiuyan put on a pillow, and began to sleep peacefully, this sleep was dark, extraordinarily heavy, extraordinarily fragrant, and then opened his eyes, through the window, he could find that it was already dark outside.
"Old man, go and invite the third uncle to come, Xiuyan hasn't woken up yet, everyone was sweating when I went to see it just now, don't catch a cold." The original mother-in-law, Liu, instructed loudly in the courtyard, "Second brother, go and see if the porridge in the crockpot is still hot, and how many times has the egg custard been hot?" Maybe it's fishy, you steam Xiuyan another bowl, it turns out that Lin Yun eats, he has to study, the hardest. ”
Inside the house, Chen Xiuyan began to sort out the information of the original family.
The eldest brother Chen Muzhu and the sister-in-law Ning, the two gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Chen family, eight-year-old Chen Linyun this year, and a five-year-old daughter Chen Yucui.
The second brother Chen Mujiao, the second sister-in-law He, has a four-year-old daughter Chen Yubi and a two-year-old son Chen Lincai.
The population is simple, but there is a lot to do.
"Mother, I've been embroidering for a day, let the second brother and sister go and invite the third uncle, since the egg custard in the pot is for Lin Yun, then I'll bring it."
"Milk, I'll go and ask Uncle Sanzeng." Chen Linyun took the initiative to take over the task.
"You kid, how do you go on a big night, let your father go." Ning looked at his eldest son a little helplessly, glared at Chen Muzhu, and Chen Muzhu obediently went to invite.