Chapter 25: The Man in Black
The villagers' voices interrupted their gaze.
Ye Hao smiled at him, and she was noncommittal about the other party's words that she and Xie Yunshu had a good relationship.
Although the two of them know very well in their hearts that they are just a cooperative relationship with each other, just a masked couple.
But in front of outsiders, you still have to show affection appropriately.
"Then we'll go back first, you're busy."
After saying hello, Ye Hao followed Xie Yunshu back, and after not carrying the weight of the giant rabbit in her arms, she was much more relaxed.
The villager waved his hand, picked up his tools, and walked towards his original destination.
As soon as she returned to the yard, Ye Hao laboriously took down the bamboo basket behind her and put it at the kitchen door.
And Xie Yunshu followed behind her, silently carrying the rabbit.
"This, let's put it in the yard first, I guess I shouldn't live long."
Looking at the giant rabbit, Ye Hao asked Xie Yunshu to pile it up in the yard as well, planning to change his clothes first.
She had been messed up by the water stains and blood stains on the rabbit before, and she was sweating even more because of the heat and fatigue of the journey.
She couldn't stand that.
So he boiled hot water himself, carried a large wooden bucket, and bathed in the back room.
Zhao Yi, who was originally practicing writing in the outhouse, was also in the bath because she was taking a bath. Ran to the yard.
When Ye Hao changed into new clothes and walked out cleanly, she saw Zhao Yi squatting in front of the rabbit, carefully observing.
Children are born with a love for this cute and soft animal, and Ye Hao is not surprised by this.
"What's wrong? Xiaoyi, do you like this rabbit? β
Zhao Yi, who heard the voice, turned his head, looked at her and hesitated, nodded and shook his head.
In the small eyes, there is a tangled look, which is too obvious.
Ye Hao thought that he was distressed about the rabbit and wanted to stay and raise it but didn't dare to say it, so he took the initiative to reassure him:
"It's okay! If you want to keep it, we'll keep it! β
It's just a rabbit, and she is not so reluctant, after all, now that she is rich in her hands, she is not short of meat to eat.
Since saving Zhao Yi from the traffickers, Ye Hao has found that perhaps because of the stimulation of such a tragic experience, the other party's desire to express itself is very weak.
It's okay to face her, and occasionally you can say a few words, but if there are outsiders present, it's completely like an autistic child's timid appearance.
This is not very good, so Ye Hao is very willing to enlighten the other party.
However, the words that Zhao Yi blurted out shocked her very much.
"Isn't this rabbit for food? Why do you need to keep it? β
There was a big doubt in his small eyes, and he seemed to be very puzzled why Ye Hao wanted to say that he had a rabbit.
And Ye Hao, the smile on her face had froze at this time, and she couldn't adapt to the other party's straightforward words.
Sure enough, children in this era cannot be substituted by modern children.
It's also that she thinks too naΓ―vely, in the current dynasty, ten years old is already considered a labor force, how can there be time for them to be innocent?
Especially in the poor villages, teenage girls have become biological children, and there is no childhood at all.
"Yes, I was originally going to eat it, if you don't want to raise us, you can stew it at night."
Saying that, Ye Hao hurriedly took a look around, and after finding Xie Yunshu's figure, she grabbed the life-saving straw and hurriedly changed the topic.
"Do you know how to handle rabbits?"
Hearing her question, Xie Yunshu nodded without hesitation, and walked over directly without the other party's instructions.
The process of dealing with it was a bit bloody, although Zhao Yi was not as innocent as a modern child at all, but Ye Hao still didn't let him see such a scene, and called people to the house to continue practicing calligraphy.
As for herself, she went into the kitchen, ready to clean up the fungus and mushrooms she picked today.
I am afraid that the fungus and mushrooms in a bamboo basket add up to twenty or thirty catties, so much, the family is estimated to be unable to eat them all for the time being.
Ye Hao thought about drying some of the fungus and mushrooms for easy storage.
also set aside an extra part for Aunt Huang to try, and the mushroom soup she sent over last time was well received by the other party.
Today, the rabbit is estimated to be more than ten catties when it is cleaned up, and she also plans to send a little bit to the other party.
These days, Ye Hao's family has been taken care of a lot by Aunt Huang, whether it is setting up a stall in the county seat or some odd things, the other party is sparing no effort to help.
Of course, the whole village is very warm and friendly to their family, but there are not many things, and it is impossible to share them from every household.
Xie Yunshu's movements were very quick, Ye Hao had just washed half of the fungus, and the other party walked in with a rabbit with only a piece of flesh left in Baihuahua.
Ye Hao let him put it on the board, and the fat rabbit almost covered the entire board.
"You go and tutor Xiao Yi's homework first, and you don't need your help for the rest."
Hearing this, Xie Yunshu just nodded lightly and walked into the house without saying a word.
When he was just about to turn around, the corner of his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of Ye Hao's ankles exposed from the hem of his skirt, and his eyes froze.
In his sharp vision, a pair of very small wounds were very obvious on the snow-white skin.
His movements stopped, and after raising his eyes to look at Ye Hao, who was still washing the fungus, he returned to his normal appearance and continued his movements.
Ye Hao, who lowered her head and continued to struggle with the fungus, didn't notice this at all, maybe because of the fact that the wound on her foot didn't hurt anymore after taking a bath, so she ignored it.
It was also a strenuous task to bend over to wash so many fungus and mushrooms, and it took her nearly half an hour to wash them all.
It was almost afternoon after washing, and she thought that it was still early, so she packed up some fungus, chopped up a quarter of a rabbit by the way, and took a clean basket to put it.
Taking a piece of cloth and covering the remaining rabbit meat on the board, she informed Xie Yunshu and went out with the basket.
This way is to go straight to Aunt Huang's house, the sun on the horizon is still very hot, fortunately, the road is not too far, and it will arrive after a while.
When I entered the house, Aunt Huang was the only one at home.
Ye Hao handed the basket in her hand to the other party and said with a smile:
"Aunt Huang, I went up to the back mountain today to pick some fungus and caught another rabbit. We can't eat a family of three, so I'll bring you some to try. β
Aunt Huang, who took the basket, was shocked, and her eyes became unusual when she looked at Ye Hao.
The back mountain is a very taboo place for them, after all, someone lost their lives there.
At the beginning, she purely wanted to remind the other party kindly, but she didn't expect the other party to be so daring and daring to go deep into the back mountain.
When Ye Hao sent mushroom soup to Aunt Huang before, she didn't say that she went to the back mountain to pick it, which caused the other party to think that she bought it.
After seeing the huge piece of rabbit meat in the basket, she was even more surprised, this piece of meat is estimated to be at least four or five catties.
Not to mention such a rare item as rabbit meat, which is the most common pork, such a large piece also costs a lot of money.
"This ..... It's too precious for me to ask for it! β
Aunt Huang didn't have time to look at the fungus below, and directly stuffed the basket back again.
After this period of contact, she knew that Ye Hao was very generous, and she would give away expensive things.
But such a fat piece of rabbit meat, even if it is Aunt Huang, she doesn't dare to accept it from the bottom of her heart.
"Take it! That's not much, but there's a lot more in my house! You've helped us a lot these days, and you can afford to be a thank you. β
Ye Hao refused to take the basket back at all, making it clear that she had to send it out.
Seeing that her attitude was so resolute, Aunt Huang pushed a few more handfuls before accepting it.
The things were collected, but she didn't forget to remind the other party that she still didn't go to the back mountain, the horror caused by the beast attack was too deep for the villagers to come.
Regarding this question, Ye Hao's attitude was obviously perfunctory, and she was still thinking about the fungus and mushrooms that were not picked back in the mountains and forests.
Even if their family can't eat it, it's an income to sell it!
Subsequently, Aunt Huang mentioned the serious matter, which made her take her seriously.
"I asked Huang Chuan about the green bricks. He said that the brick kiln in the county town costs 5 cents per brick, and brings its own workers to build the house, but the bricklayers and workers have to find another one. He will help you ask about the specific situation in the past two days, and will reply to you when there is news. β
Mentioning this matter, Ye Hao nodded, knowing that the matter of building a house was in a hurry.
After all, it is a big deal, and you still have to do a good job in order to spend money and hire people to start the construction with confidence.
In this matter, Huang Chuan is more reliable, Ye Hao believes in him very much, and he doesn't plan to work blindly.
"Okay, then I'll wait for good news."
After chatting a few words, Ye Hao got up and said goodbye.
The sun is sinking in the west, and she has to go back to make dinner, and the family is still waiting for her.
Aunt Huang didn't keep her this time, because she herself had to be busy cooking for her son and daughter-in-law who were about to come back.
Ye Hao walked on the way home, thinking about the next plan a little absentmindedly.
If you don't exchange something from the system that can drive the development of the villagers, there seems to be nothing you can do at this stage.
If she wants to earn money to support her family, it must be no problem, even if there is no system, she can do it with her modern knowledge.
However, to cure Xie Yunshu's leg injury at the moment, it is necessary to use the medicine provided by the system.
At the beginning, those people were also ordered to poison him, and almost broke one of his legs, but fortunately, Ye Hao later exchanged some ointments from the system one after another to stabilize his condition.
But he hurt his muscles and bones, with the current level of traditional Chinese medicine, it must not be cured, and the only way to go is the system.
It's really hard work!
Thinking like this, Ye Hao suddenly saw a black shadow in front of her eyes, and fell straight in front of her.
"Bang!"
A puff of dust kicked up, and the black shadow swayed for a while, but finally came into close contact with the earth.
Seeing a person fall in front of him, Ye Hao was stunned.
She looked around, there was no one on the road, and the villagers were still busy in the fields.
Ye Hao had to get closer, and then she saw that the black shadow seemed to be a person.
The man was on the ground head-on, his head slightly sideways, but some messy hair obscured his face.
Only the two hands that were exposed, covered with scars, and the blood stains had dried up.
Seeing that the other party's whole person was exuding a smell of blood, obviously seriously injured, Ye Hao showed a tangled look on his face.
Who is this man?
Appearing here in this way, it is obvious that he is not from the village.
Ye Hao raised her vigilance, but the other party was like this, and she couldn't answer her questions.
She wanted to leave, but if she didn't save herself, she really couldn't do it as an adult who grew up under socialism.
"Forget it! Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter! β
Silently gritted her teeth, Ye Hao finally surrendered to her compassion and walked over to help people up.