When the pears are green

When Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou came out of the bamboo forest, Song Yue and the others were concentrating on cutting bamboo. The children were talking and laughing, all their attention was focused on these bamboo poles, and they didn't even notice Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou approaching.

Song Li stood behind Song Yue and cleared her throat loudly. Song Yue then realized that her sister had come over. She pointed to the longest and straightest bamboo pole and said, "Sister, this is for you."

Song Li picked up the bamboo pole, looked at it and said, "Thank you, Yueyue. But we don't have many bamboo poles now, and we still need to send Ruyi home. Xiaoxing, I'll send you home first, and when I come back, we'll set off."

Seeing that they all nodded, Song Li asked Ruyi, Jiang Qingye and Jiang Qingzhou to pick bamboo poles. Ruyi and Jiang Qingye happily picked the ones they liked, but Jiang Qingzhou said he didn't need one. Song Li glanced at him, then casually took one from the remaining bamboo poles and handed it to Jiang Qingye. Seeing that his brother didn't object anymore, Jiang Qingye happily took it.

Song Li held the water pitcher in her arms, holding the bowl and knife in her hands, and asked Song Xing to take the remaining bamboo poles. She told Song Yue to carry the cut bamboo branches to her own vegetable garden, spread them on the ground to dry, and then take them home to burn for firewood.

On the way back, Song Li told Song Xing not to tell anyone else that he had met Jiang Qingzhou and the others.

When they got home, Song Li saw that her parents were not in the yard, so she smiled and said to Song Xing, "Your second sister is so lucky. I'll go put the things back in the kitchen, and you put the bamboo pole in the shade."

After putting away the things, Song Li took Song Xing to the main hall to find Zhang. Zhang gave Song Li a few more instructions and asked her to go and come back quickly.

Song Li had no idea how long it would take to walk more than ten miles. She was afraid that she didn't have enough time, so she jogged all the way to the bamboo forest.

Jiang Qingzhou looked at Song Li, who was sweating and panting, and said, "Xiao Li, take a rest before leaving!" Song Li waved her hand and said, "No, let's go. I'm afraid we don't have enough time."

Song Li breathed a sigh of relief. She asked Jiang Qingzhou to take Jiang Qingye to go first, and the three girls followed. Song Li was afraid that it would be difficult to explain if she ran into acquaintances in the village, so the two sides agreed to meet under the big tung tree at the entrance of the village. Watching their backs gradually going away, Song Li hurriedly took the two girls to the big tung tree.

It was a very sturdy tung tree, and Song Li felt that she might not be able to hug the trunk of the tree even if she opened her arms. They saw the tung tree from a distance, and there were two small figures under the tree.

As they got closer, the silhouette under the tung tree became clearer and clearer. The Jiang brothers also saw them. Jiang Qingye waved to them excitedly, and Jiang Qingzhou asked them to rest under the tree for a while before setting off.

Psychologically, Song Li felt that she couldn't walk more than ten miles. But everyone talked and laughed along the way, and except for being a little thirsty, the ten miles were not too difficult to walk.

When Song Li and the others passed the intersection of Jiangjia Village, Ruyi said, "Brother Dahu, you guys go back first, we will be there soon." Jiang Qingzhou told them to be careful and left with his brother.

When they were almost at Zhangjiagou, Song Li asked Ruyi: "Ruyi, if you don't go home for lunch, won't your aunt look for you?" Song Li calculated in her mind that Ruyi and the others should have arrived in the morning.

Ruyi said: "Brother Dahu asked Erhu to come to our house to find me. He said that he wanted me to go to their house to help them make clothes. Lunch must be at their house. Let's just say we met on the road." Song Li and Song Yue nodded after hearing this.

Jiang was very surprised to see the three of them coming back together. Song Li smiled and said, "Jinzi, Yueyue wanted to learn some handkerchief embroidery techniques from Sister Ruyi, so we came here. We didn't expect that we would meet Sister Ruyi on the way."

Ruyi also said quickly: "Yes, mother. My cousin and his friends sent me to the village entrance and I asked them to go back. Who knew that I would meet Sister Xiaoli and Xiaoyue before I even entered the house. If I had known it was such a coincidence, I should have asked my cousin to send me home and I could have met my cousin."

After hearing this, Song Li pretended to be shy and rubbed her clothes helplessly, saying softly: "Jin Zi, please stop letting Sister Ruyi tell you."

Jiang also knocked two chestnuts on Ruyi's forehead. She smiled and took Song Li and Song Yue's hands and said, "I haven't seen Xiaoli for a long time. Let's talk alone. Xiaoyue and Ruyi go and learn. Xiaoyue is clever and will definitely learn it quickly." After that, Jiang kept Song Li and let Song Yue and Ruyi go out.

Jiang first asked Song Li about her recent situation briefly, and then said, "Xiao Li, I heard from your father that you fell into the water before and forgot everything."

Song Li nodded and said, "Yes, sister. When I woke up, I couldn't even remember who I was. Now I can't remember what happened in the past. If I think too much, I will have a headache."

Jiang took her hand and said, "My poor child, who the hell did this?" After saying that, Jiang's eyes turned red.

Song Li hurriedly comforted her, "Auntie, I just forgot about the past. I didn't lose my life. Don't be sad. I heard from my parents that it was related to a woman named Wang Juan in our village. Yueyue said that my parents had already taken revenge on me. They smashed Wang Juan's house and beat her up."

After hearing this, Jiang released Song Li's hand, took out a handkerchief, wiped her eyes and said, "That's good. We can't let our daughter be bullied for nothing."

Jiang then talked about some things about Jiang Qingzhou. It turned out that Jiang was Jiang Qingzhou's aunt. Jiang was the cousin of Jiang Qingzhou's father. She watched Jiang Qingzhou's father grow up. Jiang Qingzhou's father was very loved by the elders. Any delicious food would be left for him, and Jiang Qingzhou's father would always give Jiang a portion. So after Jiang Qingzhou's parents passed away, she took good care of Jiang Qingzhou.

Just as Jiang was recalling the past, Song Li looked at the sky outside and interrupted Jiang.

Song Li smiled and said, "Jin Zi, it's getting late. Yueyue and I should go back." Jiang also stood up and looked outside and said, "It's time to go back. It's all my fault for talking too much. Let's go find Xiaoyue!" Song Li hurriedly said, "Okay, Jin Zi, it's also my fault for being so absorbed in listening that I forgot the time."

After hearing this, Jiang smiled and praised Song Li as a good child with a sweet mouth. She also said that it would be great if Ruyi and Xia Lin could be like her.

Song Li and Jiang found Song Yue in Ruyi's room. She and Ruyi were learning to embroider handkerchiefs, and there was a young woman watching with a child in her arms.

Jiang walked over and quickly held the child in her arms and said, "Grandma's baby, let me hold you. Xiaoli, this is your sister-in-law Xia Lin." Song Li hurriedly greeted her cousin-in-law Xia Lin.

It turned out that she was the Xia Lin that Jiang had mentioned. Xia Lin was a little thin and her face was a little dark. She always lowered her head and dared not look at people.

Xia Lin also smiled and nodded to Song Li. Jiang looked at Xia Lin and said, "Xia Lin is good in every way, but he is a bit of a taciturn person. He can't say a word even if you ask him three questions."

Song Li hurriedly said on behalf of Xia Lin, "Sister-in-law, as long as your sister-in-law is filial to you and your uncle, considerate to Brother Jixiang, and loving to Ruyi, Ping'an, and Xiaoyou, that's enough. Sometimes talking too much is not a good thing. Many conflicts are caused by gossipers."

Jiang didn't say anything after hearing this. Xia Lin looked at Song Li gratefully, and Song Li also smiled at her.

While teasing the cute Xiaoyou, Song Li said to Song Yue, "Yueyue, we have to go back. We'll come back to learn from Ruyi when we have a chance."

Song Yue quickly stopped what she was doing and said to Ruyi, "Ruyi, I'll come again when I have a chance." Ruyi smiled and said she was welcome anytime.

After saying goodbye, Song Li, Song Yue and Jiang Shi hurried back. When they just walked out of Zhanggou Village, they saw Jiang Qingzhou standing on the side of the road.