After being away from home for seven days, he reopened the dilapidated courtyard door and looked at the messy courtyard, and sighed lightly.

Now the yard is empty......

A funeral, because three people died in a row, the battle of the funeral was a bit big, and for seven days in a row, people ran to the ancestral hall of the Hua family to watch.

Hua Tingjing helped her a lot, from the first day of the coffin to the funeral, she has been following, busy before and after.

said that he couldn't help her from money, so he made more efforts in the next place, and if he could help, he would help.

The coffin bearers and the mourners were all found by Hua Tingjing. At first, those people were all selling flowers to respect face, and they came reluctantly, thinking that the adults of the Hua family were all dead, and they would not be able to come up with a few dollars.

When he spent it, he originally had nearly thirty taels of silver on his body, so naturally he would not let people work in vain, and the money was not less, and it was distributed in turn, and thirty taels of silver was not much use.

As for what Li Shucui said, after a funeral, all the family funds were wiped out, and there was no such thing as a non-existent thing......

Although she didn't count it, the silver should have only cost less than ten taels, and if it was this amount, it would not be a small amount if it was exchanged for ordinary people.

Hua Shi pondered, stepped on the thick snow in the courtyard, and walked in.

The snow in the yard, which had not been cleared for several days, was covered with a thick layer of ......

Hua Xiao trotted into the house, pushed open the door, tilted his head, looked above the beam, ran out again, and whispered to Hua Shi: "Two days ago, the roof of the house we slept in was crushed by snow again......"

There was only a small hole in the original collapse, and there was no time to remedy it in the past few days, and the snow accumulated more and more, crushing a large area.

When she looked up, she could see the gray sky, the bamboo in the bamboo forest behind the house, and the shadows swaying.

Hanatoki followed and walked in and looked up.

The place where the roof is broken is exactly opposite the position of the kang bed, and the bedding and mat on the kang bed are stained with a lot of broken snow.

There was also a pool of snow on the ground, and I didn't have time to sweep it away......

Hua Shi pondered for a moment, and then said, "I'll take a look at my father's house, clean up, and you can sleep in his house for a few days." ”

As she spoke, she walked towards the hall and pushed open the door that was hidden on the other side.

In addition to a kang bed, there are two high bookshelves, which are full of all kinds of hand-copied books, and in front of the windowsill, there is an old desk and chair.

On the desk of the book, there was still a yellowed piece of paper, which was messily smeared with black ink, and the few large characters that were originally written on it were obscured by the scribbled strokes, so that people could not read clearly.

The ink and brush tips of the ink table are air-dried, and the stubble is glued together, and there is a row of pens on the pen stand, large and small brush heads, and there are more than a dozen of them. However, many of the hairs on the brush head have been worn to a few roots, and it can be seen that the people who use it often use it instead.

"Wow...... Lots of books! ”

Hua Li, who came in close behind him, glared and sighed.

It was the first time he had stepped into this strange house.

On weekdays, Hua Ciyuan never let them enter his house, and in the past, except for Li and Hua Shi, no one was allowed to enter.

Hua Shi has been here a few times, just sat in front of the desk, holding a book of poetry, and pretended to read it a few times, all in order to perfunctory Li Shi, who was staring at her at the beginning.

Hua Li walked in cautiously and looked left and right curiously: "What kind of books are these?" ”

He walked over to the bookshelf, tilted his head, looked at the neatly arranged books, and blinked.

Hua Shi's eyes also followed, she had seen Hua Ciyuan's handwriting, and recognized that many of the titles on it were mostly repetitive, and on a row of shelves, only one was the original book, and the rest were all books copied by Hua Ciyuan.

She thought that Hua Ciyuan did have some talent in him, and he did have a lot of work in reading, and after reviewing the content of the book for ten years, it was not surprising that he could be admitted to the Juren.

As for why, he has not been able to pass the exam for more than 30 years, and even the name of a talent was obtained half a year ago, which may be inseparable from the Li family......

And once that boundary was broken, Hua Ciyuan seemed to have found self-confidence all of a sudden, and he raised his eyebrows, but it's a pity......

When he spent his time, he came back to his senses and looked at the kang bed that was obviously a little smaller on the side.

This is obviously a double kang, and if four people sleep, some can't sleep......

"Xiaoxiao, you come and sleep with me at night, and the remaining three will sleep here first."

Hua Shi said, walked to the kang bed, folded the big red futon, and put it on the side.

This bed of bedding should be when the wife is far away, looking for the embroidery lady to embroider, both sides are embroidered with two big happy words, there are some red, green, green flowers and plants next to it, the corners of the fabric are a little worn, there are traces of sewing in many places, and it has been covered for many years.

When I spend it, I am going to tidy up all these things, wash and use them if I can use them, and move them all outside and throw them away if I don't need them.

She turned around and asked Hua Xiao and Hua Li to bring the futons in her house and spread them out.

There is also a charcoal basin in this house, so you can burn some charcoal at night and warm up before sleeping.

Hua Xiao and Hua Li obviously eased their emotions a lot, followed behind Hua Shi's buttocks, watched with blank eyes, and did whatever they wanted, very obedient.

I picked up the kang bed, and the things next to the house didn't touch it for a while.

Outside the open courtyard gate, there was a sudden sound of footsteps.

"Huh? Big girl? You're back, aren't you? I'll send you back! ”

Second Aunt Hua's familiar voice sounded in the courtyard.

The three walked out.

Little Flower Shadow was pulled by Aunt Hua and stood in the yard.

"Okay, thank you, second aunt."

Hua Shi stepped forward to greet him, and stretched out his hand to pull Hua Ying over.

Aunt Hua waved her hand and said with a greeting: "No thanks, I was just in my yard, and I heard movement here, and I knew that you were back, hey, don't be too sad, life still has to go on." ”

Xu felt that the atmosphere was a little low, and Aunt Hua smiled and comforted her, and then left.

Flowers send people out of the door.

Aunt Hua is the neighbor next door, close to each other, and the neighbors have lived outside the neighborhood for decades, but they rarely come to the door to chat.

Li had a strong temperament and was uncertain before his death, and he never liked to deal with his neighbors, and he was even willing to talk to his neighbors on weekdays, let alone have any friendship.

In the past seven days, taking care of the vigilance, Xiaoying had no one to take with him, and he couldn't bring it to the ancestral hall from time to time, so he found the second aunt Hua next door.

There is no friendship, at first the second aunt and the family were not happy to take it, and then the flower said to take care of it for a day and give five cents, only then did he nod and agree, and he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and he could take five cents for nothing, who would not be happy with the silver.

When the flowers were gone, they walked back to the yard, and the little flower shadow who had just entered the door stepped forward, raised her hand and tugged at the corner of her clothes, and shouted in a low voice: "... Hungry. ”

At this time, Hua Xiao and Hua Li would cook meals at home, take him home to eat, and then send them to the ancestral hall for her and Hua Yu.

Two meals a day, a few days, it is all solved in this way.

Hua Shi estimated the time and said, "I'll do it now, you go over there and sit and wait." ”

There is still some flour in her house, and the rice should be gone, but in the past few days, she has not been so saving, a few mouths, and a few catties of rice, which are not enough to eat.

Hanatoki pulled out a bag of flour from the house and walked towards the kitchen.

Hua Xiao on the side chased her back and glanced twice, her small expression seemed to hesitate, and she chased after her.

"You're here to help?" Hua Shi turned his head, looked at the little girl standing at the kitchen door, and asked.

Hua Xiao nodded.

When she was young, she sat in front of the stove and burned wood to make a fire.

After a while, Hua Li also led Xiaohuaying, came over, shrunk outside the door frame, and looked inside......

When the flower was kneading, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, and it was Hua Yu who came back.

The boy looked at the empty courtyard, heard a sound in the direction of the small kitchen, turned his steps towards the hall, froze in place, and turned his head towards the source of the sound.

"Second brother, you're back."

Hua Li saw that the person walked to the eaves and stood still, and then shouted.

"Hmm." Hua Yu responded in a low voice.

Hearing the response, Hua Li's heart suddenly eased up, and found that the second brother had been looking in the direction of the kitchen, and explained in a somewhat lofty tone: "We are making noodles, and we will be in the pot in a while." ”

Although he has eaten the noodles kneaded by himself several times, although the taste is light and tasteless, the elastic texture, with the hot soup, he can still eat two large bowls......

It wasn't until the noodle soup was about to come out of the pot that Hua Shi found that Hua Yu had come back from outside the house at some point, and at this time, she was standing quietly under the eaves, facing the direction of the small kitchen, and her dark eyes seemed to be looking at her.

The eyes are facing each other.

The thoughts that had finally faded when I spent time were enlivened again.

To be honest, she didn't think about how to face Hua Yu herself......

In particular, she recalled in a trance, Hua Yu actually revealed her plan to her exactly as if she was not worried that she would say it at all......

"You two go and move the wooden table in the courtyard to the hall."

Hua Shi whispered to Hua Xiao and Hua Li, turned it back, and took the bowl to fill the noodles by himself.

It seems that Fang Cai's distant glance is an illusion.

At dinner, the five people sitting together, burying their heads, eating the noodle soup in the bowl, no one looked at anyone, and no one had any intention of speaking.

The atmosphere was eerily silent......

Hua Xiao and Hua Li, who were sluggish, realized that something was wrong, buried their heads, and didn't dare to say anything.

Until the end of dinner, no one said a word.

After cleaning up, Hua Shi led the three of them, wiped their faces, washed their feet, and took Hua Xiao back to his house.

It's not that she didn't notice that the atmosphere was wrong, especially Hua Yu's eyes from time to time, if there was a seemingly nonexistent gaze, she didn't mean to negotiate with him at all, and she could see that Hua Yu's mind was a little lively......

Hua Xiao glanced at her with some concern, and her worried look was written all over her little face.

"Go to sleep." Hua Shi came back to his senses, patted her on the shoulder, and motioned for her to lie down on the kang first, while he squatted down, stuffed several handfuls of coal under the kang, and lit it with a wooden stick and a fire breaker.

After some tossing, the sky was already dark.

The room was so quiet that I could even hear my own breathing.

The white fox and the black cat and the little white dog were not in the house, and she had told the three of them earlier that they would not be back for a few days.

It is estimated that she has not come back in the past few days, and these three have not come back on time as before, and they should come back later......

Hua Shi thought about it, Heyi got into the quilt, and Hua Xiao, who was lying inside, was probably a little unaccustomed, and turned her head to look at her from time to time.

Hua Xiao was indeed a little unaccustomed, the constant warmth under the kang, and the tightly covered quilt, listening to the slow breathing sound beside her, made her unconsciously heartbeat and cheeks hot.

She couldn't tell what it was like, but she didn't hate it......

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The sun rises in the east mountains, and the warm and clear sun rays pass through the thick clouds and scatter on the snowy world......

Mountains, forests, houses...... In the morning dew, it forms a beautiful scenery.

When Hua Xiaotian was hazy and bright, he woke up from the warm quilt, opened his eyes, looked at the unfamiliar house furnishings, and was dazed for a moment, and then realized that he came back to his senses in a trance.

By the way, she slept with Hanatoki last night and almost forgot about it......

When I turned my head again, I saw that Hua Shi was buried in the quilt, and the sound of gentle breathing came from the quilt.

Hua Xiao exhaled lightly, turned over and sat up, carefully dressed and put on her shoes, gently pushed open the door, and walked out.

Waiting for the sound of the door closing, the white fox, who had been hiding outside the back door of the house, arched the straw curtain with his head and looked in the direction of the kang bed.

"Chirp ......?"

A low fox cry was heard.

"Meow ......"

"Wang!"

Immediately afterwards, the black cat led the little white dog, and followed closely behind, arching into the room.

The white fox walked in the narrow house, sniffed his nose left and right, and raised his head a little angrily: "Chirp ......"

'It's good that I'm here, otherwise we'd all be exposed!' ’

The black cat barked twice disdainfully: "Meow meow ......"

'You're exposed, we're not.' ’

Among the three of them, only Bai Shiyi is unsightly, and it is also it that is told every time he spends time, who makes it a fox, and it is unsightly.

It and Xiaobai can see people, and this statement is not exposed.

"Wow ......?"

The little white dog walked in at last, tilting his head and watching curiously at the appearance of the black cat and the white fox bickering.

I don't know if it's the youngest, and its spiritual sense is also slow, although it can barely understand the words of Hanashi, but it can't understand the words of another cat and a fox most of the time.

However, when they came back last night, the three of them obviously smelled an unfamiliar smell, which was obviously not the smell of Hua Shi.

They remembered what Hanatoki had told them to be in front of anyone other than her without her permission.

After discovering that there was a second person in the house, the three of them resolutely retreated outside the house, and lay in the snow all night, waiting until the person left, and then returned.

No way, what if they are exposed and don't want them when they are spent......

"What are you three muttering there early in the morning?"

The sound of Hua Shi just waking up came from above the three heads.

She rubbed her eyes and found that Hua Xiao had already gotten up and gone out, and then she heard a cat, a fox and a dog, sitting around the ground, you called a sentence, I called a sentence, as if they were discussing something.

"Chirp ......!"

As soon as the white fox heard the sound of the flower, he immediately jumped over, jumped onto the kang, lay on her whole body, and screamed twice excitedly.

Hua Shi rubbed their hair one by one before getting off the bed.

She didn't understand the white fox's call to invite merit, nor did she understand the black cat's complaint.

As for her daring to take Hua Xiao back to the house, she was naturally not afraid that she would find out about the existence of the white fox.

She could see that Hua Xiao and Hua Li had trusted and relied on her, in other words, they had trusted her.

Even if the two of them knew about the existence of the white fox, they would not say it, and even if they did, it is estimated that few people would believe it.

Before, the most important thing was to guard against the Li family, and I didn't want the Li family to know. What's more, she didn't want to have a head-on conflict with the Li family before. The matter of raising a fox in the mountains, Li knew about it, and it was not beneficial to her at all, so it was better to hide it than to hide it on the principle that more things are better than less things.

"Knock knock."

There was two knocks on the door.

"It's time to eat, the second brother cooked porridge, let me call you up."

Hua Xiao's voice came from outside the door.

Hua Shi came back to his senses, his expression was stunned, and he was a little puzzled.

Hua Yu cooked porridge and called her to get up and eat...?

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