Wankou Village is a small remote village located in Qinghe County, from Wankou Village to the county by ox cart, not only through the town where they are located, but also through a town to get to the county seat.

After the Chinese New Year, the snow did not fall again, and the weather was cloudy for more than ten days, and it was not sunny until two days ago.

Although it is comfortable to be exposed to the sun when the sun comes out, the snow melts and the road becomes muddy.

Originally, it took about half a day to travel from Wankou Village to the county by ox cart, but now this situation will take more than half a day.

Early in the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Ru Niang's voice sounded at the door of An's house.

Yesterday afternoon, her uncle's cousin, sister-in-law, came to her house with her cousin, so that they could go to the county together today.

At this time, Ru Niang was standing in front, behind her was Ru Niang's cousin and cousin, and Brother Lin was standing next to Ru Niang's cousin, his future eldest brother, and his eyes couldn't stop looking here.

How could Ru Niang's cousin not notice the burning gaze of the person behind her, but her cheeks were red now, and she really didn't dare to turn around to look at him.

On the fourth day of the new year, my aunt went back to her parents' house, and told her about today's events, my aunt understood her and asked her to get acquainted with Brother Lin in advance.

I heard my cousin say it all night last night, and she originally knew that Brother Lin's family was in good condition, and her sister was married, and she was married to the only teacher in the village.

My aunt had already told her this, and she originally thought that such a good condition was that she was willing to be good even if she didn't look good, and she could guard her aunt, as long as he was good to her.

But as soon as she saw Brother Lin this morning, she was really embarrassed when she saw that he was handsome and not like the descendants in the village who were stupid, but who knew that he was actually peeking at herself, she was really ashamed and annoyed.

"It's coming, it's coming. ”

There was a voice of talking in the yard, Lin Yanniang was wearing cotton clothes, wrapped in another set of winter clothes of An Jinyun, and walked out of the yard with An Jinyun's support.

As soon as Xiao Zheng (Ru Niang's cousin, written so in advance for the sake of a good name) raised his eyes, he saw a person who seemed to have walked out of the painting.

is different from the complexion of an ordinary peasant woman, and the appearance of being protected by the men around her is very enviable, but when I think about it, a person like her really deserves someone to protect her.

Xiao Zheng looked at Lin Yanniang, Lin Yanniang also looked at her, and when she saw her girl's outfit, she knew that she was her future brother-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law. ”

Lin Yanniang greeted Chen and Xiao Zheng with a smile, she was wrapped too thickly, but her neck was so short.

Looking at Lin Yanniang's dress and movements, Ru Niang sneered and laughed.

"Cousin, you are so thickly wrapped, it will definitely not be cold later. ”

Everyone can hear the joke in Ru Niang's words, Lin Yanniang was just about to fight back, when she heard An Jinyun protect her, "Your cousin, this is a special situation. ”

As soon as An Jinyun's words fell, Ru Niang could only hum and roll her eyes at An Jinyun, Lin Yanniang said with a smile, "I was originally afraid of cold. ”

"This body is to pay more attention, the ox cart has just been matted with grass, and today my aunt also specially hugged the old quilt, you will definitely be warm when you sit later. ”

Ru Niang's cousin-in-law Chen made peace, and as soon as she said this, Lin Yanniang also looked at the ox cart of Ru Niang's uncle's house.

The oxcart was indeed a newly laid straw, and the old quilt was not as old as she imagined.

"Aunt Tang is careful, we will all sit in this car later. ”

After Lin Yanniang finished speaking, she looked at Brother Lin on the side of the ox cart, and asked his brother to look at the girl vigorously, knowing that he was satisfied.

"Let's go, it's not too early. ”

Lin Yanniang spoke at An Jinyun, and An Jinyun nodded and helped Lin Yanniang to walk towards the ox cart.

Although the Zheng family's ox cart is big, but so many people feel panicked at once, An Jinyun said to the village chief's family a few days ago that he would borrow his ox cart for use today.

Li Boyuan learned that An Jinyun and they were going to the county to see the lanterns, so he naturally followed.

Yun Qiang was sitting on the ox cart of Li Boyuan's house with two packages at this time, and Brother Lin was also on this ox cart, and when the two ox carts arrived at the head of the village, he saw the Dezi brothers and sisters guarding here.

As soon as An Jinyun saw Dezi, he just nodded slightly and said hello, he is now protecting Lin Yanniang wholeheartedly, if it weren't for Yan Niang saying that buying a carriage was too eye-catching, he really wanted to buy a carriage.

Look at his family's Yan Niang, her face is red.

"Brother Dezi, wait long enough!"

Brother Lin opened his mouth to greet Dezi, Dezi smiled and helped his sister into the ox cart first, and then took the reins in Brother Lin's hand, "Go and sit in the back, I'll catch the car." ”

It's cold to catch the car, rush to the front, and sit in the back to avoid the wind, everyone understands.

Brother Lin was a little reluctant to do the back, on the one hand, Xiao Zheng was watching, and on the other hand, he invited the Dezi brothers and sisters to see the lanterns, how could they be frozen.

"I'll come, let's do it again. ”

Yun Qiang stuffed the package into Brother Lin's arms, took the reins and sat in front, Dezi saw this situation, and immediately turned to Ru Niang's cousin and said, "Brother Zheng, I will change with you later." ”

Except for An Jinyun who wanted to protect Lin Yanniang, several other men said that they would change to drive the ox cart, so that they could rest.

As soon as Yingniang got on the ox cart, she naturally sat around Lin Yanniang with Ru Niang, and the three of them chattered and talked, among them, Ru Niang said the most.

Every time Ru Niang said a word, Li Boyuan had to look in her direction, and every time she said a word, Li Boyuan had to look over.

If you do this for a long time, someone will naturally find out.

The people who found it were all smiling and silent, only the parties didn't know, Chen and Xiao Zheng glanced at each other, this matter, I have to talk to my aunt when I go back.

An hour later, Dezi and Cousin Ru Niang each drove an ox cart and walked side by side to chat, both pragmatic men, naturally talking about the spring crops.

Brother Lin thought that the woman sitting behind his sister would be his daughter-in-law soon, and his heart was pounding like playing a drum.

An Jinyun protected Lin Yanniang wholeheartedly, occasionally said a few words to others, and when he got out of town, the more he went to the county seat, the more people on the road.

Approaching noon, the sky was getting hotter, and the weather was terrifyingly cold when the snow melted, but Lin Yanniang was protected in the middle of a group of people, and there was nothing to do.

It was close to noon, and the group had not yet arrived at the county seat, but Yun Qiang and Brother Lin both felt that they should stop and rest for a while.

After thinking about it, they hurried for less than a quarter of an hour before they found a good place to rest.

They were now parked at the edge of a pine forest, which was partially blocking out the wind.

After the ox cart stopped, An Jinyun first escorted Lin Yanniang to make it convenient, and then sent her to the ox cart before he went into the pine forest again.

When she returned to the ox cart, Lin Yanniang didn't take long to wait for Ru Niang and others, who were also convenient to go.

Wiping her hands with the snow on the pine tree, Lin Yanniang watched Ru Niang turn out a clay pot from under her uncle's ox cart, and then turned out two bamboo tubes from the clay pot.

"You've got a lot of stuff here. ”

Ru Niang looked at Yan Niang and smiled, she was not embarrassed at all, and said directly, "There is clean water in the bamboo tube, and I also brought firewood, it is cold, boil some hot water to drink." ”

As he spoke, he saw Xiao Zheng take out a bag of more than 30 eggs from his personal baggage.

"It's cooked in the morning, and it's good to warm it up later. ”

Xiao Zheng's voice was gentle, not like Ru Niang's big grinning temperament, but he did things neatly, got off the ox cart with firewood, found a place where there was no snow and was dry, and lit a fire.

Seeing that Ru Niang and Xiao Zheng were so thoughtful, Lin Yanniang said to Yun Qiang, "Cousin, take out the rice balls I made in the morning, and bury them in the soil later, light a fire on them, and they will be hot and delicious." ”

"Cousin, you still make rice balls?"

Ru Niang held the firewood hand for a meal, she ate the rice ball made by Lin Yanniang once, which was covered with pieces of salted meat, not to mention how fragrant.

Seeing Ru Niang's greedy expression, Lin Yanniang smiled and said, "Yes, but I don't bring much." ”

She counted people, prepared two rice balls by herself, and only made twenty in total, looking at Ru Niang's covetous expression, I was really afraid that she had eaten too much.

Who knew that Ru Niang didn't seem to care about the meaning of Lin Yanniang's words at all, and said directly, "It's okay." ”

When An Jinyun came back, the water had already been boiled, and Yun Qiang was digging a pit to bury rice balls.

The rice balls are made with white rice, breaded with boiled bacon and refreshing side dishes, and the outside is first coated with cabbage leaves, and then brown paper.

"After eating, let's rest for a quarter of an hour, and we will be able to enter the county seat in about an hour. ”

Hearing An Jinyun's words, everyone nodded, the water brought by Ru Niang, the eggs brought by Xiao Zheng, the rice balls brought by Yan Niang, and the pickle cakes brought by Ying Niang were a little redundant.

But the spicy snow mushroom, the outside is a cake made of cornmeal and black flour, although it doesn't look delicious, but Yunqiang still ate two in one go.

After eating, I didn't forget to say that it was delicious.

Except for Lin Yanniang and An Jinyun, only Brother Lin and Ru Niang knew that Yun Qiang's meal was larger than the average person.

After Yun Qiang ate three eggs, two rice balls, and two more cakes, and reached out to touch the last piece of cake again, Lin Yanniang finally spoke, "Yun Qiang can eat more than ordinary people. ”

As soon as Lin Yanniang opened his mouth, Yun Qiang realized that everyone was looking at him, and his hand stretched out to the cake was a little hesitant.

The cake was spicy and delicious, and the more he ate it, the more he wanted to eat it.

Looking at Yun Qiang, who didn't dare to eat because of his words, Lin Yanniang said, "Eat, it's not enough to go to the county and ask your cousin to buy it for you." ”

If you don't know, you must think that Lin Yanniang's words are deliberately belittling Yunqiang, but here are all people who are familiar with Lin Yanniang, and the only three people who are not familiar with it also know that Lin Yanniang is not such a person because of Ru Niang's story.

"No, I'll be full right away. ”

Poured a cup of hot water with a bamboo tube to drink, Yun Qiang calmly picked up the last piece of cake, and just as he was about to put the cake into his mouth, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Yingniang in front of him.

He seems to have forgotten that this bread was not made by his wife!