"Miss Zhu said that in the southwest direction, there is a mud pond, there is jade lotus root in the pond, and there is taro outside the pond."

Shen Kai stopped putting firewood and pondered the question: "We haven't been to that place yet." ”

"How far is it?"

In the process of replying, Shen Kai looked at Xi Quan, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help laughing.

Hearing the laughter, Xi Quan stopped thinking and turned his eyes to look at Shen Kai: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Me!" Shen Kai shrugged his shoulders, picked up the firewood and threw it into the fire, and stared at Xi Quan:

"Laugh at you, you always drill the horns, the crops here are very different from what we know, and we can't compare with them."

"Just that sweet potato, I heard Miss Zhu's nephew say yesterday, it's called yam? And Miss Zhu thought it was taro, you take care of the old people in Flower Village who have experience in growing crops, and you don't know what it's called. ”

Shen Kai propped his chin and sighed long: "Alas~"

He tilted his head, looked at Xi Quan, and smiled: "Big cousin, you are quite attentive to Miss Zhu's words?" ”

"Really?" Xi Quan didn't look at him, turned his face to look outside the door, and the snow was flying.

Xi Quan thought about it and asked Shen Kai: "Are you eavesdropping on them?" ”

Shen Kai leaned over to Xi Quan's side and blinked slightly: "How can it be called eavesdropping?" Many have heard it! ”

"I wish the girl came from that place, it took fifteen or sixteen days, you can take the time to go and see with me."

As soon as Xi Quan's words were finished, he saw Shen Kai frowning and looking at him in surprise.

Shen Kai stretched out his index finger, pointed at himself suspiciously, and asked Xi Quan: "You let me test the poison again?" ”

Xi Quan looked at him quietly, and then bowed his head: "Aren't the hairy potatoes and all kinds of bamboo shoots that you let everyone dig after you try them?" ”

-

Zhu Yanqu walked to the door of the bamboo house and removed the wind fence.

As soon as I opened it, I saw three little ones hugging each other tightly, and a pair of big eyes looked straight at each other.

"Auntie, you're back!" Zhu Xingguo hurriedly pulled out and put the animal skin on Gu Huayue and Zhou Dongsheng.

Walking to Zhu Yanqu's side with his calves, he had come to the crack of the bamboo house to see, and it was snowing heavily.

"Hmm." Zhu Yanqu stretched out his hand to dust off the snowflakes on his body, and looked at Zhu Xingguo standing beside him with a distressed expression.

"Auntie, the potatoes are cooked."

Zhu Xingguo whispered, tilting his head to look at Zhu Yanqu.

"You weren't there just now, Uncle Jiang is here."

"What is he here for?" Zhu Yanqu stopped dusting the snow and went to see the hairy potatoes in the ding.

Scoop it out with a fence and set it aside to warm it.

"He just stood for a while, and then he left."

Zhu Yanqu listened to nothing and nodded with a smile.

went to see Gu Huayue and Zhou Dongsheng wrapped in animal skins, the two of them were blushing and their eyes were bright.

She peeled the potatoes, put them in a bowl, and handed them to them:

"Eat, it's snowing now, and you can't go outside often, so stay at home."

"Okay." Gu Huayue stretched out her thin little hand, took the bamboo bowl, and smiled: "Brother Dong and I are obedient at home." ”

Zhou Dongsheng was shy, took the bamboo bowl, and smiled slightly: "Thank you, aunt!" ”

Zhu Yanqu also peeled it for Zhu Xingguo and handed it to him, he stood there with the bowl and didn't move.

"Xingguo, do you have something on your mind?" When Zhu Yanqu asked, he went to look outside.

The snow stopped, and everything was white.

Zhu Xingguo's mind was heavy, and he saw Zhu Yanqu turn around.

He sat down on the edge of the fire, and walked over to her and stood.

"Auntie, if you weren't there, would it be safe for us to be home alone?"

"Don't worry, even if my aunt goes out, she will come back quickly and won't stay outside for too long."

"Okay." Zhu Xingguo pursed his lips, a pair of watery eyes, the corners of his eyes were raised, and he bowed his head obediently.

Sitting with my younger siblings and eating warm and soft potatoes.

-

Zhu Yanqu used the firelight to make clothes and pants for the children with the animal skins given by Jiang Ping.

Although the stitches are crude, you can also keep warm when wearing a jacket or a thin coat.

As I was packing up the rest of the scraps, I heard the sound of snow stepping outside.

"Zhu girl, I'm Qiaoxin, are you there?"

A gentle voice sounded in the cold wind.

Zhu Yanqu removed the windshield fence and looked at Yan Qiaoxin, who was wearing a cloak outside: "Why are you here?" ”

"Today may be the last market before the snow stops, if you need anything, I'll take you there."

Zhu Yanqu glanced back at the bamboo house, thought for a while, and looked at Yan Qiaoxin who was standing in the wind and snow.

Now it's the bartering stage, and if it's food, there's nothing to get your hands on.

Open a rosewood box pressed under the clothes, and take out the three or four pairs of silver earrings inside.

walked to Yan Qiaoxin's side and asked in a low voice, "Is it okay to use jewelry?" ”

Yan Qiaoxin had doubts in his eyes, "When you come, can you bring jewelry?" ”

Zhu Yanqu thought about what she said, thought about it, and bowed his head:

"I took it with me before I fled, thinking that I could pawn the money on the way."

Yan Qiaoxin's face was worried, "On this cold day, if you don't change some things, you won't be able to get through, so that you can only say one or two pieces of jewelry when you arrive, so as not to make people suspicious......"

Before she finished speaking, Yan Qiaoxin stopped talking, thinking that when the uncle went back and said that when she saw Zhu Yanqu, the weapon she was holding could kill four wolves.

"But," she said, "I've seen some women barter for ornaments. ”

Zhu Yanqu sensed the meaning of her words, clenched the earrings in his palm, and asked carefully, "Is it really okay?" ”

"It's fine." Yan Qiaoxin breathed a sigh of relief, with a warm smile in his eyes, and walked to Zhu Yanqu's side.

"As long as you can get back what you need, it's better than anything else."

Zhu Yanqu asked about the time required to go back and forth, and explained to the three children.

And Yan Qiaoxin embarked on the road to exchange.

Zhu Yanqu and Yan Qiaoxin walked side by side, and found that she looked over from time to time with some questions.

But he didn't ask, and went his own way.

Yan Qiaoxin asked softly: "Miss Zhu, what do you want to change first?" ”

Zhu Yanqu smiled lightly, "Except for the small three-legged pottery ding, I don't know what to change." ”

Yan Qiaoxin looked back at Zhu Yanqu, pursed her lips and smiled, "Then let's go and take a look first." ”

-

"This is the commercial street, and there is a big gap between it and where our farmers live."

Zhu Yanqu looked at the place where Yan Qiaoxin pointed out to her, and the bamboo houses were arranged in a neat and orderly manner.

And under the eaves of each house, there is a bamboo tube with engraved words.

Pottery, cloth, department stores, charcoal......

Zhu Yanqu looked forward to the words of the palm of his hand, "At present, these four are open?" ”

"Well, the rest of the shops were closed before the snow. The road on the side is reserved for farmers to set up stalls. ”

Yan Qiaoxin said, first walked in front of Zhu Yanqu, and hung a bamboo house engraved with the word Taozhuang under the eaves.