Stop-and-go, talking, laughing, fighting, the two walked south along the road they came, and it was more than ten days, and finally there was a village that looked very scattered and not big on the wilderness that had not been populated for a long time, Xiao Cong and Hongxiang walked into it, smelling the simple atmosphere that they had not seen for a long time, and finally found some taste of the world.

Walking along the dirt road, you can look at the dilapidated houses and all kinds of thoughtful things on both sides of the road, such as stone mills tied to donkeys and horses, simple carts with two feet and one wheel, two wheels and one board cart, a fence full of vegetables and fruits and vines more than one person high, and all kinds of farm tools leaning on the fence...... Xiao Cong looked delighted, Hongxiang looked even more pleased, although he was a beggar before, but compared to the Zhuang family here, he was half a city person, so the first time he saw these strange things, his eyes were dizzying, his little head was swinging around, and his eyes didn't know where to look.

Unlike the village next to the Sunset Mountains, the inhabitants of this area obviously make a living from farming, probably because of the distance from Rinbara, so although it is cold in winter, it is sunny but not too hot in summer, so it is good for both farming and crop growth, and farming is better than hunting.

The two of them walked and looked, there was no one on the potholed dirt road, Xiao Cong thought about the village woman Hongyu he met when he first arrived in the Sunset Mountains, and hoped that the people here could also invite him to sit at home like the village woman Hongyu, not for food, but to feel the unique taste of home in ordinary people, of course, it would be better if he could eat some food and drink tea.

It's a pity that they came at a bad time, it was the afternoon, and most of the people in the busy farming season took a nap at home, in order to replenish their spirits, and do more things when the sun was tilted.

When he was about to walk to the entrance of the village, the penultimate house suddenly poked out of the head of a light gourd with a pigtail on the scoop, a look of excess energy and eccentric look, it turned out to be a naughty boy, looking at the layout of his house, it is indeed more regular than other houses, and it is taller, at least the tiled house located in the main house is much better than other thatched mud embryos.

Xiao Cong and Hongxiang are dressed in this dress, compared with the people in the village, they are outsiders at a glance, the naughty boy looks at it of course curious, and he doesn't recognize life, he jumped out of the house, walked to Xiao Cong's side, tilted his head with his little hand behind his back and grinned, and said in a very immature childish voice:

"My brother is dressed so well, is he from outside?"

Xiao Cong smiled and bowed, and Hongxiang beside him covered his mouth and sneered, as if he had seen something very interesting.

The naughty boy looked displeased, pouted and said:

"You laugh a lot, and you cover your mouth, a big man laughs generously if he wants to laugh, what's the matter with covering his mouth, it's not as good as our girl here!"

Hearing this, Hongxiang put down his hand, snorted lightly, and argued with his neck:

"What do you know, smile without leaking teeth, this is etiquette......"

Xiao Cong heard that something was going to happen, so he quickly raised his hand to cover Hongxiang's mouth, and didn't let him finish his words

If you don't slander the countrymen who are ignorant and uncivilized, this is a bit too rude and hurtful.

While covering Hongxiang's mouth, he smiled apologetically:

"My little brother is shy by nature, not deeply involved in the world, but his mind is pure, and he may like it when he first sees him, so he laughs, and please don't misunderstand. ”

Children in the countryside are generally not like children in the city who have so many crooked intestines since they were young, and when they heard Xiao Cong's explanation, the displeasure on their faces disappeared in an instant, and they put on an old-fashioned look, shaking their heads and saying:

"You say this nicely, and you deserve to be the eldest brother. ”

Hongxiang looked at the naïve and naïve but pretending to be old-fashioned, feeling angry and funny, thinking of talking more and losing Xiao Cong's face, he could only roll his eyes at the naughty boy.

Xiao Cong laughed apologetically a few times, and hit the railway while it was hot:

"The two of us have been walking for half a day on the way here, can you please make it convenient for the little brother to let us rest in your house?"

The naughty boy raised his face, looked at Xiao Cong suspiciously, then pursed his lips and smiled, and said:

"I see you two don't want to be bad guys, come with me. ”

After saying that, he jumped and walked back. Xiao Cong turned his face to Hongxiang, smiled slightly, and raised his chin in the direction where the naughty boy left, Hongxiang saw it and rolled his eyes again, but Xiao Cong's request he never had a reason to refuse, and then raised his legs and followed Xiao Cong to follow the naughty boy.

Entering the courtyard, only to see the scenery that can not be seen through the high fence of one person before, there are a lot of things in the yard, but according to its kind, there are only a few, the most of them are on the wooden shelves on both sides of the stone path on the morning sun obliquely placed one by one tightly arranged dustpans, one side of the dustpan is drying tea leaves, the other side of the dustpan is drying peppers, the faint tea fragrance is mixed with the unique spice and fragrance of peppers, and there is a different kind of enjoyment when it smells.

Xiao Cong couldn't help but take a deep breath, the naughty boy seemed to feel something, turned around and grinned:

"How about it, it tastes good, the climate here is cold and humid in winter, pepper and tea are indispensable, pepper can dispel cold, tea can be poisonous, those rich families in the city purchase pepper powder from us, and wipe it on the wall of the bedroom after going back, the room temperature is positive, and we will not get sick in winter, but we are the countrymen who grow peppers and grind peppers, but we are not so blessed." ”

As he spoke, his immature little face showed a little gloom.

Xiao Cong smiled and said:

"Everyone has everyone's blessings, too dependent on foreign things is not necessarily a good thing, eat hard, to get people, as long as you are not afraid of difficulties, from now on to practice a strong body, in the future do not need pepper powder to wipe the bedroom, you can also live very well, the taste of the world is Qinghuan, those who live in luxury, life may not be happier than you. ”

The naughty boy smiled again when he heard this, his two small eyes were bent into crescents, and the two rows of teeth with openings looked very cute, and he continued to pretend to be a little adult:

"That makes sense, but what does that mean...... It was once difficult for the sea to be water. ”

Xiao Cong listened to this sentence as if he felt that he didn't feel like he was on the side, and he felt it for a while

The urchin was even more lovely, and just as he was thinking, several people had already stepped into the main shedding house, and as soon as he entered the door, the naughty boy cried out loudly:

"Dad, mother, a guest is here. ”

A shirtless and sloppy man and a slightly sturdy woman wearing a short-sleeved linen shirt walked out of the inner room on the left, one with a rough face and a yellow flower from yesterday, all of them were premature and decrepit after being worn away by suffering, Xiao Cong couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw it, it was really not easy for this family family to save some family business.

The man is in front, the woman is behind, walking a few steps forward, grinning and greeting,

"Come, Childe, please. ”

Although this man has a rough face, he looks simple when he laughs, and when he sees Xiao Cong dressed like this, he is still neither humble nor arrogant, and he should also be a person who has seen a little of the world.

The placement of furniture and utensils in the main house is similar to that of ordinary villagers, a table, a few stools, a cabinet and an incense case that I don't know which god is used to worship, the incense burner on the incense case is full of incense ash, I think it should be a pious daily worship, there is no door on the cabinet, covered with linen, there is a large teapot with a rough style on the table, there is a stack of celadon bowls stacked on the side of the teapot, the woman will open the celadon bowls one by one, pour the herbal tea in the teapot into it, Xiao Cong followed the man one after another and sat down on the bench in front of the table, the urchin moved a small one and probably sat next to the man obediently, Hongxiang sat next to Xiao CongThe woman filled the celadon bowls one by one, then distributed them to the people at the table, grinned and went out.

Men talk about things, women have to avoid after serving, this is the recognized rule in the Xuanzhen world, whether it is a large family or a small family, these red tape of male superiority and inferiority of women is more insurmountable in small households than in large households, as for the wealthy family has maids to serve, it is another matter.

As soon as the woman left the main house, the shirtless rough man greeted:

"Childe came from afar, there is a loss of welcome, I hope to forgive me, come, drink tea to quench your thirst, your own tea, Seiko, good drink. ”

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and made a gesture of please.

Xiao Cong smiled kindly, picked up the bowl and took a sip, and exclaimed:

"Good tea, the tea brewed from this farmer's source is different, and it really has a different taste. ”

When the man heard this, he laughed a few times,

"Childe thinks it's delicious, and when I look back, I let Childe pack a few packs of cheap bags for Childe to hold, a small gift is not a tribute, and I hope Childe will accept it with a smile. ”

Xiao Cong picked up the bowl and took another sip, and asked casually:

"Listening to the eldest brother's conversation, it's not like an ordinary banker. ”

When the man heard this, he smiled and said:

"Don't hide it from my son, in addition to growing tea peppers and other agricultural chores at home, I am also the assistant in this village, and I always have to go to the city once or twice after spring and autumn, and transport tea and peppers to the city for the villagers, how much can I make a little difference, no way, life is sad, I will inevitably deal with those Sven people in the city to make a living, and it will not be long before I learn a little. ”

Xiao Cong teased in a somewhat humorous tone:

"Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black

？”

The man scratched his head, the two looked at each other and laughed, and the atmosphere was a lot more relaxed and easy-going in a moment.

After chatting for a while, Xiao Cong got up and said goodbye, the man tried his best to stay, Xiao Cong thanked him politely, and when he was entangled, the naughty boy went and returned, and handed over a few paper bags in his hand to the man, the man took the paper bag, and stuffed it into Xiao Cong's arms without saying anything, Xiao Cong shirked again and again, but this man was really enthusiastic, so he had to accept it before saying goodbye.

The man led the naughty boy to send Xiao Cong and the two out of the fence, stood in front of the firewood and watched the two go away, and walked out of the village, Xiao Cong raised his head and sighed inexplicably, looked at a few paper bags containing tea leaves in his hand, and threw them into Mi Kei.

This trip wasted a lot of his precious time, because there was no kind of warm feeling from the family that he wanted, how could he not know the man's little abacus, but he was too lazy to say that he was too lazy to pay attention to it, but he saw a little bit of the situation in this vast world.

"That's it, how can there be so many people in this world who are as simple as Sister Hongyu, I am fortunate to have it, and it is not a misfortune to have it, I can't get it this time, isn't there a next time, hehe. ”

(End of this chapter) I want to talk about "Magic Book for Respect" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~