"Two or three!" Zhou Shishi looked at him and smiled, "I have an income of one hundred and ten yuan a month." However, we have to pay for electricity and rent, and we have to buy grain, oil, and salt from the dealers, and we can't save a few dollars in a month. ”

Zhou Dashu said enviously: "No matter what, I live in the city." It's better to be tired than if we are in the mountains, so we don't have to worry about two heavy rains, burying the house, and even burying people. ”

Zhou Shishi smiled: "No way, we were born to be mountain people." No matter how bad it is, it's our home, and our fields are there. ”

Zhou Dashu didn't think so, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Brother Shi, to be honest, I also want to leave Shishanling to find work in the city, but my family doesn't have relatives like yours." If you go out, can you take me with you? ”

Only a few people from Shishanling have been to Dongshi, and most of them have traveled farthest to the commune. Although Zhou Dashu is the grandson of the captain, he is almost twenty years old and has never been to Dongshi once.

So this trip to send dried mushrooms out of the mountain, Captain Zhou asked him to follow Zhou Shishi, thinking about a long experience, and getting to know the Lin family, to see if he can find a way out outside in the future?

Zhou Shishi shook his head: "I don't know, it depends on what my mother thinks." If I go out, I'll go to you. ”

He remembered that his mother said that he would go to Dongshi to find the way, and if he wanted to open a certificate, he had to find his grandfather, and he was afraid that he would have to bring Zhou Dashu when the time came.

Zhou Dashu patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, remember to come to me if you want to leave." ”

"Don't worry!" Zhou Shishi nodded and said, "You go to sleep first, and then come back to change me." ”

"Hmm!" Zhou Dashu lay down on the edge of the fire.

Early the next morning, the group continued to rush to Shilian, and only went down the mountain to Shilian at noon, and when they arrived at the door of Lin Changyou's house, they found that the courtyard door had been locked.

Zhou Shishi looked back at Wu Shuqun: "Mom, cousin, they have already left." ”

"I've got the key." Wu Shuqun said and took out the key to open the courtyard door, "I'll boil some water to wash up, feed the mules, and hurry across the river to catch the afternoon bus." ”

"Good!" Zhou Shishi and Zhou Dashu should get down, take off the sacks from the packer, remove the packer, and lead the mule to the backyard to feed.

Wu Shuqun and Xu Hongju went to the stove room, and saw that there was still firewood in front of the stove, and the water in the water tank was still clean, so they felt that Lin Lan and they had been gone for two days.

After boiling water and washing, they changed their mud-stained clothes and pants, bathed the three children, changed into the clothes brought by the captain, made some batter and ate the cakes, and continued on their way.

After crossing the river and fostering the mules, I went to the bus stop just in time for the last bus. By the time they arrived at the East Market, it was four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhou Dashu carried a sack on his back, bent down and looked up at the buildings in the city, the flat road, and the bicycles coming and going, and the young man with curly hair, wearing a flower shirt and bell bottoms he met on the road, his demeanor was no different from that when Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden.

Xu Hongju carried his sleeping little son on his back, and took Xiaoyu to look at everything in the city with his mouth half open. Xiao Yu held her hand tightly, for fear that she would be lost.

Wu Shuqun held his eldest grandson, and when he saw the speeding car, his mouth was open and his saliva of surprise flowed out, and he took out a handkerchief and wiped it for him.

"Red soldier, when you get to your aunt's house later, sit obediently and don't move, don't run around, there are kidnappers outside who specialize in abducting children."

"Oh!" Zhou Hongjun glanced up at her, "Milk, where is the second uncle?" ”

Wu Shuqun smiled: "I'll see it later." ”

When a few people arrived at the restaurant of Wu Shufen's house in the east of the city, Wu Shufen looked at the eldest sister who had not seen her for more than ten days, as if she was ten years old, and hurriedly took her hand: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

Wu Shuqun's tears slipped suddenly, and she choked up and said: "There have been several heavy rains in a row, and the mountain torrent has washed away the mountain and buried the house, fortunately everyone is in the baking room, otherwise it will ......."

Wu Shufen was shocked at first, and finally rejoiced when she heard it: "It's okay, it's okay, fortunately, God has eyes, and the family is safe." ”

Zhang Xiuqing and Zhao Xiaohui also felt lucky, there were more than 20 households, not to mention hundreds of people, if it was three watches in the middle of the night, wouldn't they all be ......

Wu Shuqun wiped her tears and nodded: "The people are still there, and there is nothing else." ”

Xu Hongju hugged the child and wiped her tears.

Wu Shufen saw her crying sadly, and also cried, and after a while, she took her hand and comforted: "It's good to be here, it's good to be here." Let's figure out a way to get through this hurdle first. ”

After Lin Changyou sighed, he said to Zhang Xiuqing and the others, "Go get some food for your aunt and cousin to eat." ”

Zhang Xiuqing nodded and walked towards the backyard kitchen with Zhao Xiaohui.

Zhou Shishi pointed to the dried mushrooms in the sack and said to Lin Changyou: "Uncle, this is what our team picked up these days, the captain asks you to help buy some food, cotton, cloth, and things for the stove and hoes......"

Zhou Dashu added: "Uncle Lin, my grandfather said that the money from selling mushrooms to buy those things is definitely not enough, please help put them on." Everyone is still picking up mushrooms, picking peppercorns and ingredients, and I will send them out to you when the time comes! ”

Lin Changyou nodded without hesitation: "Okay, you go to the next door with me to cross the scales, and I will count the money for you." If you want to buy something, you have to go to Xiaolan and Xiangyang, who know the vendors who sell rice, grain, cotton, and blacksmiths. ”

Zhou Dashu saluted gratefully: "Thank you, Uncle Lin, thank you, thank you." ”

He never dreamed that the East Market would be so big, and if they came, he wouldn't even know where to sell things, let alone buy things.

Zhang Xiuqing and Zhao Xiaohui set up the meal, and Wu Shuqun and his party sat down to eat.

Lin Changyou rode to the pastry shop and told Lin Lan what happened to Wu Shuqun, and when they heard that they were okay, a few people breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiaohui thought that the house was buried, and her mother and sister-in-law must not have a penny on them, so she said to Lin Lan: "Cousin, I'll go over and take a look and send them some money." ”

Lin Lan nodded: "Go ahead!" Take the money and take the bus to the other side. ”

"I have money in my pocket." Qiaohui took off her apron and handed it to Tong Xinglan and walked towards the bus stop.

Lin Lan said to Lin Changyou: "Dad, I'll go find Li Wu and Hou Gui and ask them to help prepare some food and salt." ”

"Xiaolan." Lin Changyou stopped her, "I still have to buy cotton, fabrics, and things for the morning." I think you should just ask them to help buy some homespun cloth. ”

"Homespun?" After hearing this, Lin Lan thought of Li Aihong from the garment factory, "I went to the garment factory to see if they had any labor cloth to handle, which was much stronger than homespun cloth." ”

After hearing this, Lin Changyou said: "It's okay for you to go and have a look, of course it's better to have labor cloth." Also, they brought two sacks and two baskets of dried mushrooms, and even if we didn't make a penny, we would still be a big difference in the money to help them sell those mushrooms. ”