Chapter 428 Was there a master before?
Fortunately, she was wearing shabby clothes, otherwise she would definitely be noticed. She didn't know why she had such a firm idea in her mind.
The educated youth center of Yong'an Production Team is a mud-brick house with a whole wall of kangs, so that everyone sleeps on the same kang. Xia Chun cannot accept it at all. In addition, she is a person with secrets. If she follows Everyone lives together, so it's easy for her to reveal her secrets.
So Xia Chun went to the brigade captain and asked him if there was any vacant house in the brigade. She wanted to rent a house. When the brigade captain's wife saw Xia Chun, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.
The captain said that the house on the hillside was empty. Five brothers and sisters from that family had passed away a few years ago. If she was not afraid, she could choose a house to live in without paying rent, but if something happened, she would bear it herself.
Xia Chun was very happy after hearing this. It was a haunted house. No one would rob it from her, let alone crowd with her. This would make it easier for her to go to that courtyard to improve her food.
Xia Chun carried the things and left. Aunt Lin touched the captain's arm and said mysteriously, "Old man, do you feel that this Xia Zhiqing looks a lot like Xia Chan? When I just walked in, I thought Is she the grown-up Xia Chan? If Xia Chan were a few years older, she might really look like this!”
It's a pity that he died outside when he was only seventeen years old.
The captain frowned and said, "Xia Zhiqing is from a big city. How can Xia Chan look like her? I think you are old and dim."
Xia Chun carried his luggage and came to the courtyard gate halfway up the mountain. There was no lock on the courtyard door, and there were gaps. You could see a large courtyard and four stone rooms inside.
Xia Chun hesitated for a moment, then plucked up the courage to open the courtyard door, and then went in with his luggage. It might be because no one had lived there for many years, but it was very depressed inside, but fortunately nothing was broken.
By chance, Xia Chun chose Xia Bin's old house, which was the house where the five of them usually lived. Xia Chun put down his luggage, closed his eyes and entered the courtyard. Then he took a bucket of warm water out of the river, and then started After cleaning up the house, many things in the house will no longer be usable. At that time, she will have to find someone to buy furniture for herself, or she will not buy it at all. At worst, she will go to the courtyard to rest at night!
Who allowed himself to suddenly have such a magical thing!
Thinking of this, Xia Chun stopped cleaning up. From now on, she only needs to boil hot water and smoke for show. If she really wants to cook and rest, she can go to the bamboo house. There are so many rooms in the bamboo house. She can rest in any room. .
After that, Xia Chun began to visit these stone houses on the mountainside. The stone houses were very solid and had not deteriorated even if no one had lived in them for several years.
Looking at the old things in the house, Xia Chun seemed to be able to see a warm picture of a family of five living together. She didn't know what happened to their family, and no one was left alive.
After entering the village, she heard the villagers talking, but she didn't hear much, so she didn't understand the ins and outs of the matter. She just felt that their family's life was too hard, and it was not easy to survive in this poverty era. , but they have grown so big with difficulty, but they still...
Xia Chun then went to the house next door to wander around. The house next door was even empty and there was no trace of anyone living there. They must have lived next door.
Several children with different parents and different surnames joined a group to keep each other warm and take care of each other. Unexpectedly, they still...
When Xia Chun turned to leave, he almost tripped. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was a slightly tilted stone. Xia Chun curiously pried the stone open, and then saw a square gap with a small stone inside. Pack something. Xia Chun hesitated and took out the things inside. After saying sorry, he opened the things. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be baby products, including a baby's clothes, a pair of shoes, and a longevity lock made of silver. of.
Xia Chun felt very strange, how could their family have such a thing? It is unlikely that such a thing would appear here.
Xia Chun picked up the longevity lock and looked at it, and unexpectedly saw the word "Xiao" engraved on it. This family has two surnames: Xia and Jin, but there is no one named Xiao. Why is there someone named Xiao here? What about the stuff?
Could it be that one of the five children in this family is from the Xiao family?
But why were the children of the Xiao family left in the countryside?
What happened?
The sky gradually darkened. Xia Chun took these things directly to the bamboo house in the courtyard and kept them. Then she went out and locked the courtyard door, and moved the large water tank behind the courtyard door to block it, because she was afraid of someone. If the second-rate guy got in, it would be bad if the villagers mistakenly thought that she was staying with the second-rate guy.
She just wanted to spend the past two years in peace.
After that, Xia Chun went to the courtyard. She first went outside the wall to pick some lychees, and then ate them. This freshly picked lychee was really delicious.
There are mango, durian, and longan trees nearby, and not far in front of the courtyard are kiwi, August melon, passion fruit... She can recognize them because the fruits are hanging.
There were some that didn't bear fruit, but she didn't recognize them.
After eating some lychees, Xia Chun went to the kitchen to make dinner. Before going to the countryside, her parents gave her money, and she also went to the black market to trade ten large wild boars and exchanged a lot of money, tickets and food, so she There is no shortage of food now.
She has food, vegetables are grown in the yard, and there are wild vegetables outside the yard. As for meat, there is too much. There are a lot of prey here. The prey seems to have been domesticated and will not hurt her. It is quite easy for her to catch it. .
Xia Chun even doubted whether there was an owner here before her, and whether she got such a treasure because of the previous owner's credit.
Xia Chun slept in the courtyard at night. The temperature in this magical place was almost the same as in summer. It wasn't cold at all, and it didn't require a fan. But she didn't feel safe living alone, so she lit a candle. , and then covered himself with a thin spread.
The next morning, Xia Chun got up, had breakfast in the courtyard, and then went out. She wanted to light a fire to show off. There was firewood that had been covered with dust for several years, but there was no water, and there was no well in the yard. She We had to find a water source. It was too far from the village and it was unrealistic to go to the village to fetch water every day.
There is water in the courtyard, but we cannot always use the water in the courtyard. We still have to bring some water back for show.
I don’t know if this family is too poor or something, but there is no pot on the kitchen stove, and there is no pot on the stove connected to the kang. It is very likely that after they died, people from the village came to take everything away. Let's go!
Xia Chun took out the iron pot he bought before going to the countryside from the courtyard, put it on the stove, then lit the fire, boiled water in the iron pot, set up a few rotten firewood, and then took it from the courtyard A few bamboos that were sawed into sections came out and put a few into the stove, and then she went out to look for water.