After crossing, start from the courtyard

Chapter 154 Chapter 145 A Sensible Little Girl

"The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and the wind is like a demon wind. Cover it up a little more, so you don't catch a cold."

In the darkness, a gentle voice echoed in Xiao Ling's ears. She shrank her body and got closer to He Yu. She also stretched her hand to He Yu's waist and buried her head in his arm.

"Ah."

The murmur of happiness echoed in the dark night, and He Yu hugged Xiao Ling contentedly.

"Tomorrow morning, let's go to the mountain to pick mushrooms! When the time comes, call Erzhu brother together, and go to Mei San's mother's house to cook a chicken in the morning."

"The freshly picked mushrooms must be delicious, right?"

"Xiao Yu, don't you really want to stew chicken at Brother Er Zhu's house?"

Xiaoling asked He Yu tentatively, but unexpectedly, it was exactly what she thought.

"I don't want to. Our stewed chicken is for Mei Sanniang, not for Erzhu's mother. You see, it's just a night of sleep today, and it costs so much money. You don't care if you say she is not heartless." Pass."

He Yu's voice was a little softer, Er Zhu and his room were not far away, and he was afraid of hearing it, so he lowered his voice a little, so that he could only hear it between him and Xiao Ling.

"Cover the quilt so you don't catch a cold."

In the night, the wind intensifies, making the eucalyptus branches creak sullenly in the dark.

Inadvertently, He Yu could still hear the sound of some dead branches falling on the wetland. Those tall trees had long since dried up, but they had been standing upright, and now some were blown down by the strong wind.

The wind was howling, the woods were rustling, the river was roaring, and all this was mixed into a clamor.

"Why is the wind so strong tonight?"

He Yu didn't know either, maybe the heavens were angry and yelled at the world.

"Go to bed early."

The whispers gradually disappeared, and the two of them slept soundly in the dark night. When the first rays of sunlight hit the room in the morning, He Yu had already woken up. In order not to disturb Xiao Ling's sleep, he crept up from the bed, and He knocked on Xu Erzhu's door.

Xu Erzhu usually wakes up early, and when he heard the sound, he went to open the door immediately. He rubbed his eyes, blinked, and looked at the person in front of him, "Xiao Yu, what's the matter?"

"Didn't you agree to go to the mountain to pick mushrooms last night? I wonder if you want to go with me, brother pig? There are so many people! We have a lot of people here. I guess Xiaoling and I will pick mushrooms. Not enough mushrooms, not enough chicken stew!"

Xu Erzhu immediately looked at He Yu with wide eyes, "Are you really going? The road on this mountain is slippery! But I only have a pair of bucket shoes here."

At this moment, Xu Erzhu suddenly remembered that although his family only had one pair, Mei Sanniang still had another pair. Sanniang's men often went to work in the fields before, so there must be one at home.

"I have a pair here, and Sanniang has another pair!"

Xu Erzhu looked outside, it was just dawn, I have to say that He Yu got up really early, the cock crowed, and he got up not long after.

"Xiaoyu, wait for me, I'll put on some clothes, and I'll follow you to Sanniang's house to get bucket shoes."

Xu Erzhu took a random piece of clothing, put it on, and followed He Yu to Mei Sanniang's house.

"Xiaoyu, do all of you people in the city get up so early? I used to hear people from the older generation say that people in the city are lazy in one word, and they are unexpectedly lazy."

"Am I lazy?" He Yu asked back.

"Of course I'm not saying you're lazy, but that's what everyone says about me. That's what people of the older generation say. They say that people in the city don't need to do those farm jobs, like we have to get up early. Before dawn, we have to weed and plant.”

"For a few acres of land like ours, you can work for a day or two without rest."

"It's like planting cabbage. Let's turn over all the soil. Think about how many acres of land, we have to renovate the soil one by one. After everything is done, we still need to dig a small hole and bury the seeds in it. Bury it in, don’t just ignore it! We still need to water and fertilize regularly.”

"Don't say, it's all the same, but nothing is easy. Just digging the soil, the waist, the shoulders, it's exhausting! It won't be worth it if I exhaust my body, so I did another job. , My mother is doing all the big and small things at home, she, the old man, can grow as much as she can, and we can just grow what we can fill our stomachs."

"If there is too much, let's take it to the town and sell it for a few dollars!"

"Like when I was a child, my mother loved me. You don't know that every time we sell out the vegetables, my mother has to buy me a candied haws right away!"

As he said that, Xu Erzhu took out a few candies and handed them to He Yu. The candies were soft and sticky when pinched.

"Don't dislike my candy, it's been a long time in my bag! The main reason is that I didn't want to eat it after those people changed it for me. I wanted to keep it for my mother. My mother likes to eat sweets. I Put this candy in your bag, sit on the train for a few days, put it in the bag and warm it, the sugar will melt as soon as it hits the heat!"

"Looking back, this candy is already out of shape!"

He Yu nodded and took the candy from Xu Erzhu. He gently tore off the wrapping paper and was about to throw it away, but Xu Erzhu was frightened and stopped him quickly.

"My big brother, you can't throw this thing away. You can exchange it for sugar when you save it. It's worth a penny no matter what."

Xu Erzhu pulled the candy wrapper in He Yu's hand and said to him, "Don't you think this Tangzi is pretty? During the Chinese New Year, we often stick it on the wall or put it in a book as a mark."

"I have a big box of them all in my house! There are all kinds of candy wrappers! And every time, when I got on the train to exchange candies with those city people, they took out a lot of candy, I've never seen it before, but once I tasted it, it was really delicious, and I couldn't help but imagine how nice it would be if I lived in the city."

He Yu saw Xu Erzhu's envious eyes, engraved in his eyes and engraved in his heart.

"When you have money in the future, don't you just buy any candy you want?" He Yu said with a smile as he walked.

"Candy is such an extravagant thing. I may not be able to eat candy for a week and a half. Every time I exchange it with them, I am reluctant to eat it. It makes it a pity that it melts away."

He Yu patted Xu Erzhu's shoulder lightly, "Don't worry, you will have the opportunity to eat all kinds of candies in the future!"

"If you like to eat, I can make it for you myself, but you need to prepare the materials yourself. I only provide the craftsmanship, not the materials."

After hearing this, Xu Erzhu smiled naively, "That's doable, and I'll follow suit when the time comes! By the way, Xiao Yu, don't take what my mother said last night to heart!"

I don't know if Xu Erzhu felt guilty or was protecting his mother, but I just hope Xiao Yu doesn't care about it.

"My mother is that kind of person, duplicity, don't look at her as a shrew, in fact, she is soft in her heart!"

"I was chatting with my mother yesterday, and I talked about you, so I told her, if it weren't for you two, I would be penniless now, and I don't know where I am!"

"As soon as she heard me say that, she said, let you stay for lunch at noon, and kill a chicken to eat."

"Brother Erzhu, the matter is over, we don't need to mention it!"

He Yu looked into the distance, only a few steps away to the door of Mei Sanniang's house, saw a familiar face, but looked a little strange.

Perhaps it was because he had only been here once, so he was a little strange.

The door lock of Mei Sanniang's house was broken by the hurricane last night, and the door was even more crumbling.

If a big man pushes violently, the wooden door will be as weak as a woman.

"Sanniang, Xue'er."

Mei Xue heard Uncle Er Zhu's voice early in the morning, and ran out quickly, only to see Uncle Er Zhu and Uncle Yu carrying a basket.

"Uncle Yu, Uncle Erzhu."

"This little girl is quite polite and knows how to call people."

"Uncle Er Zhu, what are you doing with the basket?"

Mei Xue looked at the two uncles with baskets in their hands, "Are you going to work?"

He Yu squatted down and asked Mei Xue, "Xue Er, do you have bucket shoes at home? The kind I have on my feet!"

Mei Xue looked at He Yu's feet. She had seen these orange bucket shoes before, so she nodded quickly, "I saw my dad wearing them before, and these are waterproof!"

"I know where!"

He Yu and Xu Erzhu looked at each other, then they turned their eyes to Mei Xue, and said kindly, "Xueer, your Uncle Erzhu and I are going up to the mountain to pick mushrooms. It just rained heavily last night. There must be a lot of mushrooms popping up!"

"Then I'm going too!"

"This..." He Yu glanced at Xu Erzhu, wondering if he should let the little girl go.

"Uncle Yu, Xue'er won't run around, so I will help you pick mushrooms together. If you don't know what mushrooms are edible, Uncle Yu can teach me, and Uncle Erzhu can also teach me. Xue'er is very smart, and she will soon eat mushrooms." I will learn to understand that Xueer will not cause trouble for everyone."

Mei Xue's voice became weaker and weaker, and she was very confident, because she was afraid that the two uncles would not let her help.

"Xue'er just wants to take the two uncles to pick mushrooms together, because Uncle Yu said yesterday that he wants to pick mushrooms for mother's stewed chicken, and I also want to stew chicken for my mother's chicken. Although I don't know how to stew chicken, I can Help pick mushrooms."

I don't know where the little girl's courage is, but when she thinks of being able to help her mother, she feels very happy.

"Okay, I'll let you go, but you can only follow behind the two of us, and you can't run around!"

"Okay!" Mei Xue smiled happily as if she had eaten candy, and her whole body became much more active.

"But first, let me tell you that if you encounter any danger, you must yell out loudly, so that your second uncle and I can hear you, understand?"

"understand!"

"Understood, why don't you hurry up and get me bucket shoes, if you don't get them, will you make me a barefoot fairy?"

Mei Xue chuckled, showing two small canine teeth, and responded mischievously, "Uncle Yu, I'll get it for you right now."

Mei Xue ran into the house quickly, and quickly took out a bucket shoe, but just as Mei Xue was about to hand it to He Yu, there was a sudden creak behind the door.

The three of them all looked towards the back of the door, and behind the door, a figure appeared, with a pair of muddy hands clinging to the door, and behind the door, he laughed.

"San Niang, you got up so early? Why don't you go to sleep for a while?"

Mei Sanniang didn't seem to hear Xu Erzhu's words, she just kept smiling, pointing to the basket and saying, "Mushrooms are delicious, pick mushrooms."

"Mother, are you going too?" Mei Xue looked at the smirking mother suspiciously.

But Mei Sanniang could only say those few words, "Mushrooms, pick mushrooms."

"Brother Erzhu, it seems that Sanniang also wants to go mushroom picking with us!"

He Yu's words made Mei Sanniang say even more excitedly, "Mushrooms, pick mushrooms." She slapped her thighs as she spoke, looking at He Yu and Xu Erzhu excitedly.

"Mushrooms, pick mushrooms."

"No, no, what if Sanniang falls to the ground and breaks her head again? There is something wrong with her. If she falls, what if she becomes a vegetable?" Xu Erzhu quickly refused.

But this Mei Sanniang seemed to understand Xu Erzhu and He Yu's conversation. He was happy to hear He Yu said that he would take her to pick mushrooms together, but when he heard Xu Erzhu said that she was not allowed to pick mushrooms, he was angry and scratched. He stared at Xu Erzhu with his eyes wide open.

Seeing that Xu Erzhu refused to let Mei Sanniang pick mushrooms, Mei Sanniang was fussy and angry, and even patted Xu Erzhu's chest with her hand, scratching non-stop.

He Yu hurriedly asked Xueer to hold Mei Sanniang, and comforted Mei Sanniang, "Sanniang, don't worry, I will definitely take you there, don't worry about him."

When Mei Sanniang heard this, she felt much more at ease and didn't make trouble, so she just stood there quietly, watching He Yu with a bewildered expression.

He Yu took Xu Erzhu aside at this moment, and before he could speak, Xu Erzhu complained, "How can you let Sanniang pick mushrooms? The road on this mountain is slippery, and there are potholes everywhere, what if you hit your head? "

"Brother Erzhu, listen to me, Mei Sanniang is such a big person, she goes to the entrance of the village every day, and nothing happens. Besides, don't we two go up to the mountain to pick mushrooms? And it's mainly Xueer, Xue'er follows, you can look at Mei Sanniang, there are many poisonous mushrooms on this mountain, if you eat the wrong one, you should know the seriousness."

When Xu Erzhu heard this, he felt that what He Yu said was also reasonable. If Xueer was allowed to look at her mother, Xueer would not have much time to pick mushrooms, which would reduce the chance of accidents.

"Xiaoyu, you have a good idea! Skills can prevent Sanniang from running around, and Xue'er can stop picking mushrooms, and just sit by the side and watch over her mother!"

So Xu Erzhu agreed loudly, "Sanniang, you can come with us, Xue'er, you have to take good care of your mother."

"Pick mushrooms! Mushrooms!"

Mei Sanniang clapped her hands happily, and Mei Xue was also very happy, she held her mother's hand, she hadn't seen her mother smile for a long time, the long-lost smile made Mei Xue a lot happier.

In the past, the whole family laughed together and didn't know when it was. When her father was there, she could see her mother's smile on the table, and she could see her kind grandma constantly serving her vegetables.

Illuminated by candlelight, the family showed happy smiles, which is very memorable.

Now that she can see her mother laughing again, Mei Xue is more firm in her heart. She is determined to make her mother better, earn a lot of money, and treat her illnesses, because she has heard other people say that her father’s family has been a family member for generations. She is a doctor and has treated insane people. If she can earn a lot of money to find her father, maybe her mother will be saved.

"Let's go to pick mushrooms~"

Mei Xue held her mother's hand and jumped up and down, humming the serenade her mother used to lull her to sleep.

(End of this chapter)