After a shivering night's sleep, An Ruo touched Xiao Anning's forehead on the second day, and saw that the child was normal, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

An Ruo glanced at the thatched hut that was gradually warming up because of the sunshine, and deeply understood that if he wanted to live here for a long time, he had to find a way to improve the family's life today.

As soon as she went out, An Ruo saw that Granny Mo had already loaded a cart of fresh berries, obviously preparing to continue to sell them in the county.

"Granny Mo, since this berry was not sold yesterday, I think it will not sell well today, instead of running for nothing, let me think of a good way, let's make a jam and sell it?"

"Good girl, I know you feel sorry for our grandchildren, but we can't always rely on you for help. What's more, what is jam? The old woman had never heard of it. ”

"It's because there's no room to make money. If my mother-in-law has to go to the county town today, can you buy some things for me? You know, it's inconvenient for our master and servant to appear in Qin County anymore. ”

Seeing Granny Mo nodding in agreement, An Ruo immediately handed over a piece of silver.

"This, what are you going to buy, the money is too much."

An Ruo saw that Granny Mo looked like she was burned by money, and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law, put it away, I really have a lot of things to buy." First, we need my mother-in-law to help buy some bedding, we are always not good at grabbing Chunhua's bedding to sleep, this child is only afraid that he will not sleep well last night; Second, I need my mother-in-law to help me buy a few more jars of candy and smaller jars, what I said to my mother-in-law that day to make jam is not a whim, my mother's family originally made this, if these fruits can't be sold, you can always find a way out; The third is to hope that my mother-in-law will help find a milk-producing ewe, I was injured in childbirth that day, and the child has no rations, so I have been dealing with the survival of these two days. ”

After listening to An Ruo's words, Granny Mo accepted the money with confidence, and made it clear that if there was any remaining money, she would return it to An Ruo.

An Ruo shook his head and said, "If there is any leftover, why don't my mother-in-law buy some rice and noodles and come back, and say that she will live with a partner, I will be cheeky and take advantage of this not to pay for the accommodation, do you think it?" ”

An Ruo turned a deaf ear to what Granny Mo said that she took advantage of, and Granny Mo had no choice but to keep accounts silently when she saw this, although it was not easy for her to support her granddaughter, she would definitely not take advantage of others casually.

An Ruo took care of the children, Chunhua took care of the vegetables and houses planted at home, Xiao Zhan looked at it, and went to the so-called deep mountains and old forests very consciously, if it wasn't too terrifying to get a wild boar back directly, she really wanted to make a big one directly, so as not to run into the mountains every day to improve the food.

However, Xiao Zhan went and did not come back until noon.

In the end, Chunhua still boiled the remaining rice at home, and cooked a pot of green vegetable porridge with the green vegetables at home.

She saw An Ruo looking out frequently, and said, "Could it be that your maid dislikes the future and has no hope in the future, and runs away by herself?" ”

An Ruo patted An Ning in her arms and said with a smile: "No, when she left the house that day, she could have not followed me, there is no reason to follow me that day, but she ran away today." What's more, our luggage is still in good shape, and we have to take some belongings with us if we want to go, right? ”

Chunhua said "oh", and it happened that a villager with thief eyebrows and rat eyes passed by outside the door, and when he saw An Ruo's face, he asked Chunhua who this was.

"This is my aunt from my mother's house, who came to visit me."

"Oh, Xiao Chunhua, how can an aunt come to visit you, and she is still holding a baby, I'm afraid I can't get by, so I'll come and run! Your family actually cooks vegetable porridge, it is better to give it to my uncle and me, it is better than being deceived. ”

Chunhua, who obviously didn't like to talk very much, snorted coldly: "I want you to take care of it!" I'm willing to eat whatever my aunt wants, but I'll never give you a bite! ”

After Chunhua finished speaking, she also slammed the door shut.

An Ruo looked at the tattered and crumbling door, and if the person on the other side really wanted to come in, I was afraid that it would be useless.

Fortunately, the person who was called Uncle by Chunhua didn't mean to come in, and after spitting and swearing outside, he went to do farm work.

Seeing Chunhua's puffed appearance, An Ruo asked, "Do people often come to trouble you?" ”

Chunhua said awkwardly: "The uncle and uncle in the village are still very good, but the group of people in my uncle's family are like blood-sucking locusts, and they will come to harass us from time to time. But it's not easy for my grandmother to bring me up, so they realize that they can't suck anything if they want to suck blood, it's just a few words, and I'm used to it. ”

After Chunhua finished speaking, she continued to work, and her well-behaved appearance was particularly distressing.

An Ruo sighed softly, and said that the children of poor families are precocious, and who doesn't want their children to be ignorant of the world are forced by the Holy Queen.

After waiting for Xiao Zhan for a long time, An Ruo had no choice but to suppress the worry in her heart and have lunch with Chunhua first, but she didn't expect that Xiao Zhan would not appear until Granny Mo came back.

"Don't get lost in this deep mountain and old forest. I'll look for the old woman, a girl's family, but don't do anything. ”

An Ruo put An Ning in the house, and Lao Chunhua helped take care of it, and came out and said, "I'll go with my mother-in-law." ”

Seeing An Ruo's anxious face, Granny Mo did not refuse, and took An Ruo to Lao Lin's side together.

When they walked to Lao Lin's side, it was so dark that they couldn't see their five fingers, if it weren't for Granny Mo's prediction, she brought flint and lit torches, not to mention finding someone, I was afraid that they would fall into the ravine.

The night was pitch black, and the trees on this side of the old forest were even thicker, and the cries of birds and beasts were often heard, adding a bit of horror.

An Ruo clenched the torch in his hand, strengthened his courage, and followed Granny Mo into the old forest.

An Ruo left and called Xiao Zhan's name, and as soon as he added two sounds, Xiao Zhan appeared in front of the two of them with a man hanging his head and falling on Xiao Zhan.

"Miss, I'm here, don't scream, and put out the torch quickly."

An Ruo was stunned for a moment, then saw that the man was Fang Ce, and immediately realized that the pursuers were nearby, regardless of Granny Mo's reaction, and immediately extinguished all the torches.

"W-who is this?"

Granny Mo's voice sounded in the dark, and An Ruo wanted to explain, but she didn't know where to start.

I said yesterday that it was the concubine of the Fang family who ran away, can't I have another husband today, could it be that the young master of the Fang family abandoned the family for love, was forced away by his wife, and came to look for himself?

Just when An Ruo was worried, Xiao Zhan spoke out in time to relieve the siege.

"Today, Xiao Zhan was hunting, and he didn't do his best to provoke the wild boar, if it wasn't for this big brother of Orion to save him, I am afraid that Xiao Zhan would die in this old forest. It's just that in order to save me, this big brother Orion was hit by a wild boar many times and was seriously injured. Granny Mo, let's hurry up and bring people back! ”

"Then why put out the torch?"

"Oh, Xiao Zhan is afraid that wild boar will chase after him. Let's not say more, let's go first. ”

Granny Mo will be skeptical, saying that these wild animals should not be afraid of fire? How can you be attracted to the flames?

However, Xiao Zhan urged, and Granny Mo didn't think much about it, relying on her years of experience in entering the mountain, she took the three of them back in the dark.

Chunhua obviously didn't expect that there would be one more person in her family, and she was about to lament that she would be hungry again in the future, when Xiao Zhan handed over the two pheasants she had been carrying in her hand.

"Chunhua, I'm tired of you helping to stew, this big brother was seriously injured in order to save me, so he always has to give people better food."

Chunhua snorted and immediately went to the kitchen, as for who that person was, as long as she didn't eat her own food, it didn't matter.

An Ruo and Xiao Zhan moved Fang Ce to the bed, only to find that Fang Ce had been stabbed several times, if it wasn't for Xiao Zhan's emergency hemostasis, I was afraid that he would have died of bleeding long ago, but even so, blood oozed from the bandage at this time.

An Ruo gritted his teeth, but in the end he turned out the mall, bought a hemostatic pill and fed it, looked at the few gold coins he had left, and lamented that he really had no chance to become rich.

"Xiao Zhan, clean up the traces on the way you came, don't let the Imperial Forest Army touch here. By the way, where did Granny Mo go? ”

"Help find the barefoot doctor in the village."

An Ruo nodded, looking at Fang Ce lying on the couch and smiling bitterly.

This is really fate, he sent cinnabar to save his life that day, and now Xiao Zhan went hunting and saved his life.

When the barefoot doctor came, he carefully looked at Fang Ce's wound and frowned. It doesn't look like it was injured by a wild boar, but like a knife wound.

The barefoot doctor glanced at An Ruo, who was staring at him, did not speak, left the gold sore powder, and after prescribing the medicine, he said bluntly: "With the medicine, it will cost a total of one or two silver, do you have the money to pay?" ”

An Ruo gave money without saying a word, proving that he was a patient who could afford to be sick.

"Wait a while, any of you will go back with me to take the medicine, three meals a day, if you are stable for these three days, take good care of it." The barefoot doctor said, "It's strange, there are so many wounds, and none of them bleed, otherwise they would have died." ”

An Ruo didn't say much, just when Xiao Zhan came back, he was sure that all the traces had been removed by Xiao Zhan, so he asked Xiao Zhan to follow the barefoot doctor to get the medicine.

Granny Mo came in with chicken soup at this time and said, "There are only two rooms in my house, and there is this stranger, I'm afraid that you won't be able to live well, why don't you squeeze in with our ancestors and grandchildren?" ”

An Ruo shook his head and said with a smile: "It's Xiao Zhan's life-saving benefactor, even if the fever is far away in the middle of the night, we won't be able to find it, and our master and servant won't sleep tonight." By the way, just now I saw that my mother-in-law's cart of berries is still not good, if my mother-in-law believes me, she will not sell it tomorrow, how about making jam with me? ”

Granny Mo nodded and sighed: "That's the only way, speaking of which, it's our ancestors and grandchildren who took advantage of you." ”

An Ruo smiled and said no more, this kind of mutual help really can't say who takes advantage of whom, just like Fang Ce and her at this time.