Day 2.

A tall man dressed in coarse linen clothes, under which was the powerful body of Kong Wu, with strong facial features and strong features, walked in from the entrance of the village with a bow and arrow, and walked along the path in the direction of his house.

At this time, he was stopped by an aunt who was standing at the gate of the courtyard and called out to him by a slender woman in an earthy yellow coarse bro skirt.

She was just looking at why Su Yi's girl hadn't come home yet, and she wanted to take a look at the gate of the courtyard, not wanting her to see the man who had just returned from hunting in her sight, and when the man got closer and closer, she spoke again: "Brother Qi, how many copper plates are those hares you are carrying in your hands." ”

She has a hearty voice, speaks very crisply, and has a smile on her face.

The tall man saw that it was Su Yiniang calling him, stopped, and said, "What do you want from this hare sister-in-law?" ”

Although the man called Su Yi Niang's sister-in-law, he was actually more than ten years younger than Su Yi Niang and her father, and only 7 years older than her daughter Su Yi.

"Then what is it, the prey you worked so hard to hunt in the mountains, so let's give you copper plates or grain in exchange?"

Su Yiniang knew that Qi Heng had no land in Qingshui Village, and in the past two years, he had come to Qingshui Village to live by hunting, and every time he hunted prey, he would take it to the town to sell it for some money.

There are often villagers in Qingshui Village who exchange food with him, and she can't let him suffer, not to mention that the two families still have that relationship, and she can't let him suffer.

Qi Heng thought about it, he understood Su Yiniang's character, glanced at the Li family's courtyard, and said, "That sister-in-law can give some food casually." ”

"Okay, you wait, I'll go fill it for you. ”

Su Yiniang smiled, hurriedly turned around and went into the courtyard to go to the stove room, took a small sack and filled it with some food for her own food, packed it quickly, and hurriedly walked out of the stove room, out of the yard, stood at the door of the yard, and handed it to Qi Heng: "Give, Brother Qi." ”

Qi Heng had already taken off the other pheasant that was hung up with hemp rope and tied around his waist, and placed it at the gate of the Li family courtyard with a hare in his hand.

He saw what Su Yiniang handed over, stretched out his hand to take it, and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law, this pheasant is for you to eat." ”

"Then Nacheng, Brother Qi, you are always so good, so let's do it, you are not at home these days, you must have a cold pot and cold stove when you just came back to the house, you will come to your sister-in-law's house for dinner at noon today, it just so happens that I got this pheasant out, you come and try my craftsmanship." ”

Su Yiniang spoke.

Qi Heng glanced at the Li family's courtyard again, nodded, and then said a few casual words to Su Yiniang, and then said goodbye and left his house.

Not far from the Li family's courtyard, Qi Heng had his back to him, and there was a girl.

The girl had just picked a handful of fresh vegetables from the vegetable field and went home, she originally wanted to go around Qi Heng's house to put away her clothes, but when she thought of the vegetables in her hand, it was not very convenient, and her mother was still waiting for her to take the vegetables home and cook at noon.

From a distance, she saw a tall man talking to her mother at the door of her house, and the man had his back to her, not seeing him.

When she saw the man, her face burned a little, and her heart was anxious and happy, but when she thought of the clothes still hanging in his backyard, she became a little shy.

The woman's heart beat faster, and when she thought of the obviously cleaned yard, she felt a little apprehensive, expectant and nervous.

She was anxious and ashamed, lowered her head, bit her lower lip, and then secretly raised her head to look at the door of her house, but what about people?

Where else is there a figure?

The door of the Li family's courtyard has long been gone, she pouted a little playfully, she stomped her foot with the green vegetables again, angry and hateful, blaming herself for not being angry.

Didn't she already decide to show her heart? Didn't she even tell her grandfather? What are you afraid of? What are you so shy about?

She stamped her foot and sighed before heading to her house.

It's already autumn, and Qi Heng doesn't have much prey this time.

This time there was some accident in the mountain, he ran into a wolf pack on the first night of entering the mountain, was caught in the waist and was injured, almost lost his life, fortunately escaped, he found some herbs in the mountain to stop the bleeding, and waited until dawn, with memory to find a living water spring, washed the wound and found some herbs to hold the wound again, then went to the cave where the prey was stored yesterday during the day to take the prey and his own storage baggage, there were some dry food and clean clothes, took out clean clothes to change, picked up the prey and bows and arrows and went home.

As soon as autumn passes, it will be winter.

Soon after the winter arrives in this Qingshui Village, it will snow heavily, and the heavy snow will cover the mountains, which will be extremely cold, and it will be more wet and cold than the side plugs.

He suffered some losses in the winter of the first year, if it weren't for the Li family's sending this and that, he might have frozen to death.

Qi Heng sighed, he didn't expect that he, a big man, would not be frozen like that in the northern side, but in the village of Jiangnan Town.

He comforted himself, probably because Qingshui Village is at the foot of the mountain, and there is another river in the village~

In short, after the first winter, he had the impression that the winter days here were not easy, and it was cold thoroughly, so he had to prepare something for the winter.

At this time, he walked into his courtyard with his bow and arrows on his back, but his brow furrowed.

Today, is this a little different?

He took a few steps to put all the prey on the side of the well in the courtyard, walked a few more steps, walked to the front of the stove room, pushed open the door of the stove room, and the inside of the stove room was also clean, which was obviously different from before he left home, and his brows wrinkled again.

Who's coming?

Did Soi come to clean up for herself?

The first thing he thought of was Su Yi, but it wasn't right, Su Yi usually cleaned up when she was at home.

But who is that?

On weekdays, his shabby house doesn't have anything of value, and he doesn't care.

In addition, the villagers of Qingshui are simple, and there is basically no such thing as stealing chickens and dogs, and because of this, he didn't buy a lock at all, and he just covered the door when he went out.

Can today?

He hesitated and walked into the stove room, then he looked back at the adjoining rooms, and found that both rooms were also cleaned.

He frowned, puzzled.

There were doubts in his heart, but he thought about it for a while, then thought of the injury on his waist, and he was going to Li's house for dinner for a while.

Forget it, take a shower first.

He returned to the middle room, there was a boxy table in the middle of this room, equipped with four stools, which he usually used to eat, he took off the bow and arrow he was carrying and hung it on the nails nailed to the wall, and went back to the rightmost room, there was a clay kang on the back wall of this room, the clay kang was covered with a mat, and a thin quilt was stacked, and there was a half-old cabinet next to the clay kang, he opened the cabinet and prepared to take out a set of clean clothes, and found that the clothes inside were also neatly folded, he frowned, and when he saw the folded clothes clearly, the doubts on his face were gone, not only were they gone, but he also smiled。

This smile, like the morning sun suddenly rising in the cold winter, is very warm.

He stretched out his hand and took out a set of clothes with some care, and with a smile on his face, he went to the stove to take a handkerchief, took a wooden basin, went to the well, and took a bath.

When he had finished taking a bath, he went back to his room, changed his clothes, and found a spare white cotton cloth to bandage his wounds, and then took out a bottle of gold sore medicine, untied his clothes, and bandaged his wounds.

When he went to the backyard to dry the laundry, he looked at the clean clothes floating and he remembered that before he went out, the clothes were not washed, and now~

He stood under the hemp rope in the backyard, thought of Su Yi, and smiled again.

He thought of the clothes in the cabinet and the clean yard, and muttered, "This stupid girl~"

With a smile on his face, he dried his wet clothes, put away the dry clothes on the twine, and then turned back to the room where he had slept on a regular basis.

Then he put the clothes in the cupboard.

His cabinet has four layers, the first layer he puts his own clothes, the second layer he puts winter quilts, the third layer he puts some precious medicinal materials that he stepped on in the mountains, and the fourth layer he puts some of his own commonly used medicines. Luckily, this cabinet is big enough to fit so many things.

He smelled that there was no more blood on his body, and then he went out with confidence and walked to Li's house.

The weather was wonderful, and he was happy to see Su Yi along the way.

Before walking into Li's house, he also smelled the smell of his body, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he called his sister-in-law at the door.

Su Yiniang heard his voice in the stove room, and hurriedly answered, and asked him to go and drink some wine and eat with his brother and uncle first.

Qi Heng answered, walked in, thanked Su Yiniang, and glanced at the stove room again.

In the small courtyard of the Li family, there are three main rooms, two on the left, two on the right, the middle of the three main rooms is the hall house, one of the two rooms on both sides is where Li's father and Li mother live, one is the nephew of the Li family, and there are two rooms on the left, one is Suyi's, one is her second brother's, and two rooms on the right, one is the stove room, and the other is a miscellaneous house.

A well was drilled in the middle of the courtyard, and two trees were hit by the front gate of the courtyard.

At this time, Qi Heng glanced at the stove room and saw that he didn't see Su Yi, so he had to go to the Li family's hall with some sophistication.

Seeing that he had finally come, Brother Li in the hall said with a smile, "Little brother, come and have two drinks." ”

Qi Heng smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, Brother Li." ”

The old man Chen, who was called Uncle Chen, nodded, he looked at him kindly, he thought about it all night last night, and it was a little difficult to accept at first, but then he thought that if his granddaughter could really marry him, it would indeed be good, not only good, maybe it was the best of both worlds, and it became a real family.

I don't know if he has anyone in his heart, or if he has Su Yi's girl, he can't be strong.

But what if he has no one else in his heart?

He thought about it, if he secretly matched him with Su Yi's girl, maybe he would find out what Su Yi was doing?

This person is really fickle, and yesterday he said that he couldn't force others to accept it just because Su Yi was his granddaughter, but after a night, he thought about secretly matchmaking.

Old man Chen smiled and beckoned to him, asked him to sit next to him, and said, "Hey Heng boy, tell your uncle, why did you come back so early when you entered the mountain this time?"

Qi Heng sat beside his grandfather, shook his head and said: "I didn't encounter any danger, it's just that it's too hot in the mountains, I'm afraid that I will suffer from heat stroke after staying for a long time, and the prey won't be stored for long, so I think it's better to go down the mountain early, and I can come back early to deal with the prey." ”

Grandfather pushed the empty wooden bowl and chopsticks that had been prepared on the side to Qi Heng and said, "Then have you dealt with your prey?" I heard Su Yiniang say that I just saw you come back not long ago, and in this big autumn, the prey may go bad if you are left for a while. ”

"The prey hasn't been processed yet. ”

Qi Heng replied.

"Then ask Su Yatou to help you. ”

"How can this be done, uncle, how can you trouble Su girl~"

Qi Heng was a little embarrassed.

"Why can't it be, just let her go. ”

"Yes, it's okay, let the girl go and help. ”

Su Yi's father should be in harmony.

Qi Heng didn't speak again, his grandfather looked at him, and a smile rose on the corner of his mouth: "Come on, Brother Qi will eat some food first~"

Qi Heng ate some vegetables, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

In the stove room of the Li family, Su Yi was burning the fire, and Su Yi Niang was stir-frying, and said while stir-frying: "Add some more firewood to burn bigger, and I will fry the vegetables in a while." ”

"Okay. ”

Su Yi glanced at her mother, smiled, lowered her head to get firewood, and added it again.

Then Su Yiniang quickly took out the cooked dishes on a plate, brought them into the hall, put the dishes on the table, and beckoned Qi Heng to eat more dishes.

Then he turned around and went out of the hall, entered the stove room, washed the pot with water, heated the pot, put the oil, stir-fried the green vegetables, stir-fried until it was almost cooked, put salt and other seasonings, stir-fried a few times, took the pot and put it on the plate, took it to the hall, and put it on the table.

When she got out of the hall, she hurriedly went to the side room to call Ah Shui out for dinner, Li Shui is Su Yi's younger brother, 9 years old this year, 7 years younger than Su Yi, and now she is studying in the private school in the village.

Ah Shui heard his mother calling him, thought of eating, hurriedly put down the book in his hand, jumped off the stool, and quickly went out of the room two or three times, and entered the stove room again, ready to eat dinner.

Su Yi, who was serving rice, saw his younger brother come in, handed the rice in his hand to Li Shui, and said, "Here, wait a minute, don't leave yet, and then take a bowl of rice to my mother." ”

Ah Shui nodded and took two pairs of chopsticks from the cupboard on one side.

At this time, Su Yiniang had already entered the stove room, and when she heard Su Yi's words, she said, "I'll get it myself, and you go to eat first." ”

Ah Shui nodded, gave a pair of chopsticks in his hand to his mother, then took the rice, picked a few mouthfuls with the chopsticks in his hand and put them into the corner of his mouth, and walked towards the hall while eating.

Su Yi heard her mother say that, turned around and went to fill a bowl of rice, handed it to her mother who had approached her, Su Yi took the bowl and took a pair of chopsticks from her son and left first.

When she left, she didn't forget to say, "You also hurry up and eat, there is rabbit meat today." ”

Su Yi answered, and saw that her mother was gone.

Su Yi took out a wooden bowl from the cupboard to hold a bowl of rice for herself, took chopsticks, and went out of the stove room.

Su Yi looked at the hall, only felt that the distance from the stove room to the hall room today made people a little nervous and shy, she took a few deep breaths before taking the dishes and chopsticks into the hall.

Su Yiniang saw that her daughter had finally come in, and hurriedly beckoned: "Su girl come and sit with her mother." ”

There was still a seat left next to her for Soe to sit on.

The table on which they eat is a boxy ordinary wooden table, matched with four long benches, a total of eight people can be seated, the grandfather sits on the top, one sits, Su Yi's father sits opposite the father-in-law, Ah Shui sits with his father, Qi Heng sits on the left hand side of his grandfather, sitting alone, Su Yiniang sits opposite Qi Heng, Su Yi glanced at his mother, gritted his teeth as if nothing had happened, and sat next to his mother, opposite her right opposite Qi Heng.

She didn't know that as soon as she entered the hall, someone's breathing tightened for three minutes.

The smell of vegetables, rice, and wine wafted in the hall, especially the plate of rabbit meat in the middle of the table.

Su Yiniang saw that her daughter was sitting down, picked up her chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of rabbit meat for her daughter, and said, "Eat more~"

Qi Heng paused with the wine glass in his hand, raised his head and took another sip, but took advantage of his head to secretly glance at Su Yi, and then he took another sip and secretly glanced at Su Yi.

Then he put down his glass and began to eat.

Su Yi, who was opposite him, had a little red in her ears, her heart was a little burning, and she was a little excited and nervous, she took advantage of the vegetables from time to time, pretending to glance at Qi Heng inadvertently.

Then he lowered his head and ate in small bites, his pink red lips were closed one by one, and his beautiful face looked very calm.

Qi Heng pretended to drink again, shook his head, and glanced at her~

"Come on, Brother Qi, you're welcome, eat~"

Old man Chen glanced at the two of them a few times, beckoned Qi Heng to eat vegetables, Su Yi's father also smiled honestly, pointed to a plate of meat and said: "Brother Qi eat more rabbit meat, this thing is clever, I saw one on the mountain for the first two years, and I chased it for a long time and didn't hit it~"

"Just like you, still beating rabbits?"

Su Yiniang glanced at her husband, a little funny and a little disgusted.

"Eat vegetables and eat vegetables~"

Su Yi's father glanced at his daughter-in-law and said with a smile.

Su Yi's father, who worked as a bricklayer in his early years, saved some money, and later got older, bought two horses and made a simple carriage.

Later, in addition to the busy farming, they were basically in a hurry, taking these ten miles and eight townships to the town or relatives, or to the villagers in the county.

In this way, the money earned by the family and the harvest in the field every year is enough for the large and small expenses of his family, plus Su Yiniang is neat and well-organized, and she also saves some silver taels.

The Li family can not only afford to send their children to private schools, but also save some more.

Su Yi took a small bite of his own food, sandwiched the dishes in front of him, and secretly glanced at Qi Heng from time to time.

Shimizu Village does not have as many rules outside, men and women can share the same table, and it is normal for a family to sit and eat together here.

This will make her pretend to be calm on the surface, but she is very nervous and excited in her heart, Su Yi gritted her teeth, knowing that she could live a new life, she thought, she wants to hug her mother, she wants to hug her brother, she wants to be coquettish with her father, and she wants to listen to her grandfather's story~

These are all done, but the only thing I have to see is Qi Heng~

She had thought about it many times, thinking, what would happen if she saw him, but now that she really saw it, she was like a turtle with a shrunken head, she couldn't do anything, she could only eat her food quietly and honestly, and she had to pretend to be Sven Wen and eat one bite at a time.

She picked up the vegetables again, looked up, and secretly looked at Qi Heng, but she didn't think about it, Qi Heng just looked up and drank, and also looked at her, the two looked at each other, and Su Yi quickly dodged it~

This will, my father and grandmother are all here~

The tips of her ears turned red again, and she bit her lower lip again, thinking in her heart, this guy~

It didn't take long to have a meal, the old man Chen was chattering on the table, and Coach Li smiled and answered a few words from time to time, and Su Yiniang made a disgust for her husband from time to time~

Su Yi lowered her head, raised her head again, glanced at Qi Heng quietly, lowered her head again, chewed the food in her mouth, and slowly showed a comfortable smile on her face.

With his relatives, and the man he likes is also there, how happy the moment is, the only unsatisfactory thing is probably that his cousin is not there.

Su Yi's cousin is called Chen He, and he is the child left behind by Su Yi's uncle who died on the battlefield.

Chen He's reading and literacy skills are good, he has been admitted to Xiucai, went to the academy in the county to study with Mr. Haosheng, and is preparing to take the exam, and there are few days when he comes back.

Su Yi lowered her head and quietly listened to everyone's talking, and secretly glanced at Qi Heng from time to time, and the tension and anxiety in her heart slowly dissipated~

She glanced at Qi Heng again, Qi Heng's facial features were tough, and there was an aura on his body that she couldn't say, that momentum Su Yi couldn't say, she thought, maybe it was because he had been on the battlefield, experienced many killings, and seen blood.