Chapter 85 Countryside
Farm dishes cooked in earthen stoves have a unique taste, especially the rice crispy rice specially made by Grandma Yan, which is fragrant and crispy, and is coated with the spicy and salty fermented bean curd made at home using grain and wine. Absolutely amazing!
After a lively lunch, Uncle Yan, who did not forget about business, once again asked the reason.
After the whole family listened to Luo Shuangshuang’s narration from beginning to end, Grandma Yan was so scared that she clenched her hand and her eyes turned red for a long time without letting go.
Suning was both grateful and overjoyed for saving her.
Just thinking about the fact that everyone around them was being taken away by traffickers, thinking that this was the case, and there were even people who came forward to dissuade and help the traffickers, how scared and desperate must Luo Shuangshuang be in that situation?
It was just a little bit close. The Yan Luo family’s only female doll was dragged away on the street and trafficked!
"Thank you, Mrs. Xiao Ning, you are such a good baby. Thanks to you, otherwise... I would be gone again!"
"Grandma, don't cry, I am Isn’t it okay?”
Seeing the old man burst into tears, Luo Shuangshuang broke away from her hand in distress, hugged her waist tightly, and shook her gently from time to time.
"Xiao Ning, thank you for saving Youyou. This is really a life-saving grace."
Yan Xi's eyes turned red, and his face showed hatred for the human traffickers who dared to be so bold and kidnapped people in broad daylight. , and I am extremely grateful to Suning, the only one who stood up and stopped him immediately when he noticed something was wrong.
What would have happened if she didn't tell his sister? His mother...
Rubbing her hands together, Yan Xi stood up and was about to go out. He also picked up two people who were gnashing their teeth. Abusing the trafficker's son.
They arrived suddenly at noon, so they must prepare a sumptuous meal in the evening!
"This..."
"Why are you going, uncle?"
"You two don't mind."
Wiping her eyes, Mrs. Yan smiled and shook her head. She shook her head, wondering if the son she had raised by herself knew what he was thinking.
Looking at each other with her daughter-in-law, Qian Hongmei immediately understood and stood up, "Again, Xiaoning, you two can take a walk after you have rested. I will go to work first."
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As he spoke, the man had already walked out of the house, took a sack in the room and went out.
Looking at each other with Luo Shuang, I don’t know why the couple suddenly skipped their lunch break and went out in the bright sun.
"Grandma hasn't gone to work yet, aunt?"
"I guess I haven't finished the work in the morning, so I'm rushing to finish it so I can get off work early in the afternoon."
Is that so?
Luo Shuangshuang, who knew nothing about farm work, nodded blankly, "Then I'll go help my aunt later!"
"Don't do anything to help. If you still have the energy, come with me. Take Xiao Ning to play by the river. There are a lot of small crabs in the river. Don’t you like them the most? I’ll fry them for you when I catch them.”
“Okay”
Thinking of the result of that help, Luo Shuangshuang smiled sheepishly and decisively accepted her grandmother's suggestion.
Furthermore, the crispy fried crabs...
"How about Ning Baogai?"
Seeing her eyes full of eagerness and a greedy expression on her face, what else could Suning do, her friend could only pamper her, "Okay."
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Yan Xi, who was about to take the two gangsters up the mountain after leaving the door, stopped and turned around when he heard a familiar cry from behind.
"Hongmei, what are you doing?"
Looking down and seeing the sack in her hand, thinking of the rice vat at home that was about to bottom out, I immediately understood that she was going back to her in-law's house to borrow some food.
The family has insufficient labor force, and the two boys are at an age when they have a big appetite.
Although there are subsidies from my sister from time to time, it is because she is a daughter who respects my mother. How can the two of them move?
Fortunately, most of the in-laws' family members are laborers, and they are honest and kind-hearted... Thinking of the constant support from his father-in-law and mother-in-law, the expression on Yan Xi's face is a little ugly.
It’s not that he has never thought of other ways besides working in the fields, but...
"Brother Xizi, don't think too much. The autumn harvest is almost here. When the new grain comes, we will return it to my parents."
"Red plums..."
"The children are all Still watching!”
It’s been more than ten years since the two of them didn’t know what he wanted to say, but as a man, he might not understand a woman’s thoughts.
Her mother-in-law treats her like her own daughter, her sister-in-law never causes trouble to other families and only treats her with closeness and respect. Her husband is considerate and considerate, and her two sons are sensible and filial.
No matter how hard and tiring it is to marry him and come to the Yan family, she is happy and willing.
"Please ask for leave for me and the squad leader this afternoon. I'll go and come back quickly before dinner."
"Hey, I remember. Let's tell my parents about the autumn harvest. After finishing my work, I went over to see the two of them." Seeing his daughter-in-law walking away, Yan Xi rubbed his face and caught a glimpse of his son making secret moves behind him. He immediately lost his momentary vulnerability and turned back to his father's majesty, "What's the fuss about? , come on, follow me to the mountain!”
“Yeah, I can finally go up the mountain to catch rabbits again~”
"You little bastard, do you want to howl so loudly that everyone in the team will know? Shut up!"
"Oh."
Yan Wu is two years younger than Yan Wen, but he is taller. He ran faster than his peers and almost caught up with his brother.
Hearing his father's fierce words, he shrugged, his words were honest but he was not afraid in his heart. When he turned around, he continued to give his brother a look.
Frustrated by the fuss, Yan Wen had no choice but to take out his share of toffee from his trouser pocket, and gave him two more, before completely coaxing him into confusion.
The father and son skillfully found the bows and arrows that had been hidden in the abandoned thatched house at the foot of the mountain, put them on their backs and quickly entered the mountain.
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The three people who stayed at home had a conversation. Seeing that the old woman was in low spirits, Luo Shuangshuang persuaded her to go to bed and lie down for a lunch break. There was no need to worry about them being bored.
I woke up too early in the morning and worked all morning. Mrs. Yan, who was really tired, returned to the room after giving some instructions to the two of them.
After regaining her energy, Luo Shuangshuang brought a small bamboo basket and pulled her out of the door.
At this time, the already shady back mountain and the trickling stream brought a rare coolness.
I washed my face with clear stream water, and my skin that had been reddened by the sun suddenly felt so comfortable, as if all the pores had been opened.
"Ning Baogai, look at that!"
Drying the water stains on his hands, Suning said and looked in the direction of her fingers.
I saw not far away, hidden behind two hills, a peak that reached straight into the sky and was filled with white mist halfway up the mountain.
"That's the treasure mountain I told you."
Luo Shuangshuang turned back to her with a smile and raised her chin, "Do you want to go treasure hunting?"
< br>“Can your feet still climb the mountain?”
“Well...I can do it at the bottom of the mountain!”
I heard that there are no ferocious beasts like tigers in the mountains here, but wolves There are definitely a lot of wild boars, pythons and so on.
Just the two of them, who can't fight or run away, are they sent to the door to fill the gap between their teeth?
If she were alone, she would be able to dodge into space in time to save her life when encountering a dangerous situation...
"Stop making trouble, it wouldn't be called treasure hunting if we went up the mountain."
< br>"Huh? If it's not called treasure hunting, what is it called?"
Luo Shuangshuang rolled his eyes and suddenly understood what she meant, and swallowed the truth in a dumbfounded voice: It's not treasure hunting, it's death seeking.
The long tusks of the big wild boar that was so hungry that it ran down the mountain a few years ago suddenly came to mind, and I was trembling.
"Then ask my uncle later tonight to see when he will be free to take us up the mountain. Don't you still want fresh wild ginseng?"
Her uncle is hunting in winter. It is said that the captain of the team, with the bow and arrow that can pierce the Yang with a hundred steps, is still inherited from his grandfather.
With him, we just go to the foot of Baoshan Mountain and don’t go into the mountains, so it should be fine... right?
“It’s not a hurry, I don’t need it now.”
"Don't worry, my uncle's hunting skill is this, passed down from his ancestors!"
"Okay, okay, let's ask your uncle what he wants. If he agrees, we will go to the foot of the mountain. If he doesn't agree, that's fine. It’s okay.”
Suning, who had already made plans in her heart, didn’t say much and nodded in agreement.
After completely cooling down, the two began to turn over rocks one by one by the stream to catch crabs.
Maybe this one has been searched several times by the children every day. After searching for a long time, no crabs were found.
It wasn't until he came to the small mountain col, and there were no signs of stirring on both sides of the stream, that he finally caught the crab that Luo Shuangshuang wanted to eat.
In the mountains, forests and streams, there were bursts of laughter like silver bells, accompanied by an occasional exclamation.
The man who had just finished carrying a basket of firewood and was about to take a shortcut home stopped in his tracks. After hesitating for a while, he followed his heart and came to the stream.
As expected, I saw that very familiar figure, and a silly smile instantly appeared on my face.
"Double!"
"Big orange?"
(End of this chapter)