In July, it was so hot that it felt like being roasted on a fire.

It had been raining all day and all night, and the air was filled with humidity, heat, and stickiness. The mountain forest behind my home looked like a deep forest of mist, with clouds and mist rising as far as the eye could see.

Mao Xiaosui came out of the hut and heard someone talking on the road below the village.

She glanced over there and saw several people going to Li Yongqing's house with umbrellas.

In the room, Li Yunshan was lying on the bed without moving. She patted the rainwater on her body and asked casually, "Why are there people visiting the house today?"

The slopes in the village are not too steep, but can be slippery when it rains.

It's strange that we still visit each other today.

"Whose family?" Li Yunshan asked casually.

"I just went to the hut at Fourth Master's house. When I came out, I heard loud noises and looked at him."

"Li Yunxia."

"what?"

"I heard before that my second uncle and the others found Li Yunxia's in-laws, and the appointment seems to be within the next few days."

Mao Xiaosui met Li Yunxia, ​​but she didn't speak much. She kept her head down all day, and she was dark and thin. She didn't even see clearly what she looked like, but she felt like a very honest person.

She just said casually, not intending to ask further questions at the moment, and picked up the half-sewn clothes on the stool again and started working.

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In the village, when a man marries his wife, he has to prepare a banquet, but when he marries a girl, it is not so particular.

Mao Xiaosui still remembers that she was hired at the end of June and picked up in early July wearing a red hijab.

Zhang Hongxia looked quite happy and was cheerful all day long.

Mao Mingzhu sneered, "The family she found for Li Yunxia is not a good one."

"Why? Li Yunxia was born by herself, right?"

"It's true that she gave birth to her. The average person has ten taels of silver, but I heard that this one is one tael more."

"Is that family poor? Or something?"

"Not only is he poor, the man's parents are sick and need to take medicine every day. The family has six acres of land and two younger brothers. If Li Yunxia gets married, he may not even be able to eat."

"It's not far away, just a little behind Maojia Village."

"By the way." She asked, "You haven't gone home yet, have you?"

She didn't say anything, thinking that I was sick, wouldn't it be nice if I went back to look for her?

She only stayed in Mao's house for a few days after crossing over. The original owner drowned her. After crossing over, she was first beaten and had to eat only a bowl of porridge every day. The reason was that the family was poor and she became someone else's.

Probably because he was afraid that she would seek death again, he kept her tied up in the house all day. Thinking of those days made her scalp numb.

Mao Mingzhu obviously didn't realize it, but said excitedly, "I'm going back in a few days, will you come with me? How about you go back and talk to Li Yunshan?"

"No." She shook her head hastily, "He's too fierce, I don't dare."

Mao Mingzhu was amused. "To be honest, when you were first brought back, we wondered if you were going to be beaten to death by him. These days have passed and we haven't seen him touch you."

"Although this Li Yunshan is a bit fierce..." Mao Mingzhu's voice was much softer. "If you want to live a good life, give him a son as soon as possible. Men value this. Even if something happens in the future, he will do it for the sake of the child." I won’t sell you out.”

Mao Xiaosui disagreed. Even if he wanted to sell it in the future, he would not be able to sell it when he was old. It would be nothing more than hard labor.

With this in mind, she still said, "I know, I won't go back, you can go back by yourself."

"Okay." Mao Mingzhu didn't force her and said, "According to your seniority, you actually have to call me aunt."

"Auntie." She called easily.

Mao Mingzhu laughed, threw the dug wild vegetables into the basket, raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his head, and said, "It's getting late, go back quickly, or you'll kill me."

Mao Xiaosui responded and got up, walked to the river and washed his face. After cooling down, he walked back with the basket on his back.

The grounds in the village have been used by people in the past few days. Li Yunshan was busy delivering firewood in the morning, and he should be back by now.

She asked, "What are you eating for lunch?"

"What else can we eat? Make porridge with wild vegetables. Now that we don't go to the fields, we can't bear to put in two more handfuls of millet."

Mao Xiaosui didn't say anything. After getting acquainted with the villagers, it seemed that the food they ate was indeed good.

At least the porridge is cooked very thickly every day and I can eat enough.

"I also cook porridge," she said.

Mao Mingzhu disagreed, "Isn't this the only thing the people in the village can eat at this time."

She smiled and said nothing.

There was a car at the door of the house, but Li Yunshan was nowhere to be seen.

She opened the door and pulled the car inside.

Boil water in the pot first, select, wash and chop the dandelions in the basket. After the water boils, scoop out two bowls of millet noodles and scald them into floccules. Then pour the chopped wild vegetables in and knead them. After kneading, put them in the steamer. Steam.

There were a lot of vegetables in the backyard. She picked a pot and fried it, and she also took some mushrooms that were dried in the yard.

Cut the mushrooms into pieces and fry them in a pot, add water, bring to a boil and beat an egg. Finally, add some chopped green onions and salt to taste.

After steaming the wowotou, Li Yunshan also came back, holding a basket in his hand, dripping with water, and you could still see fish flapping in it.

She touched the egg today, and it was inevitable that she would feel guilty.

Li Yunshan went into the kitchen to get a knife and didn't say anything when he saw it.

She followed him out and watched him kill fish skillfully, so she asked, "Have you gone to catch fish? There are so many."

Li Yunshan said "Yeah" and said, "If you want to eat it at night, you can cook it. If you don't want to eat it, you can dry it."

"Eat it." Her voice became softer. "I'll go catch it in the river tomorrow."

Li Yunshan didn't say anything. After processing the fish, he hung it up with straw ropes.

Just as Mao Xiaosui was about to feed the offal to the chickens, Li Yunshan stopped her.

I cut the internal organs a few times, put them on the knife and went to the backyard.

Mao Xiaosui went to serve rice, a basket and a half of steamed buns, a plate of fried vegetables, and a half basin of soup.

Li Yunshan ate quickly and there was still a lot of cornbread left.

Before he left, he said, "There is a basin. You can put it in and put a stick through it in a small basket and hang it on the water tank. This will prevent it from breaking easily."

She nodded in agreement, and after washing the pot, she went back and found that the shoes he was wearing were torn in front of the toes.

Li Yunshan was already asleep at this moment. She gently took the sewing basket from the top of the cabinet and went to the back with her shoes.

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