The weather was a bit gloomy on the day Mayberry's family moved. Fortunately, the sun had been shining brightly in the past few days, and their house had already been dried out. Now was the best time to move back.
Her dad was still talking about how after the spring rain, the cucumber seedlings their family had received from the system could be planted in the vegetable field.
When the weather cleared up after the rain, he would repair the fence in the yard and put beans and winter melon on the corners, and everything was ready.
Mei Youqian couldn't wait to clear the way ahead, carrying the largest amount of luggage. Along the way, he discussed with his wife, who was holding some small items, what to do after moving home.
Naturally, Mei Bei followed at the end, holding the mule cub in her hand and holding Fat Tiger in her arms. Suddenly, she felt that she was the only one in their family who really took care of the family.
"I'll go to the town again tomorrow. I heard from the third son that it's time to start raising seedlings. Didn't he buy a piece of land earlier and plan to plant some soybeans and mung beans? He reminded me that we should do something about it. I've finished tying up the fence in our vegetable patch. Do you want to order some beans too?
I made an appointment with him to go to the town before dawn tomorrow morning. There will be a market tomorrow and there will probably be a lot of people selling things. Then I will buy some things and bring them to my house. By the way, are the duck eggs at home finished? Should I buy more eggs? "
"Well, buy some and see if there are any chicks or ducks for sale. If you raise some eggs, you won't have to buy eggs from others every day.
Yesterday, the boy at Widow Chen's house in the village had been suffering from internal heat for the past few days and needed to use some wild vegetables and duck eggs to make soup. So I took the last two duck eggs and exchanged them for three eggs. Hey, their little hen has just opened a nest, and the eggs are very small..."
Mei Youqian and Wei Meili kept talking while walking in front.
Mayberry also remembered about the old hen. The chicken was still squatting in the system. She would have to talk to her parents about it later.
When the time came, she took advantage of her father's excuse to buy something, and then she called it "Minglu"~
Mei Mei could see clearly. These days, every time Mei You saw the mule kid's expression, it was hard to explain.
The clear path of the system is really quite dark.
"Berry baby, Berry baby?"
Mei Mei was distracted and heard her father calling her. She looked up at her father and heard Mei Youqian ask: "Will you go to town with me tomorrow?"
"go."
Meiberry is still very interested in going shopping.
From the beginning of Jinshui Village to the end of the village, even if they walked slowly and leisurely, it took their family a quarter of an hour to complete the walk.
When she returned to the home that belonged to her family of three, even standing in the yard, Mayberry felt relieved.
Finally back!
Mei Mei put down Fat Tiger and entered the main room. At this time, the weeds that had grown on the ground in the room were also pulled out and the ground was leveled again.
Although there is no furniture in the house at the moment, there will definitely be some in the future.
Next door to the main room is the bedroom, one bedroom, and a large kang that "traverses the north and south", which looks very comfortable.
There are also small tables and partitions made of bamboo on the floor, which are clearly the handiwork of my father.
Although the house is not big and the whole family sleeps together, the small partition is a unique way to create a private space for Mayberry.
The windows were also repaired by her father. Considering that the earthen house was low and the room was not bright, her father enlarged the windows on the front and rear walls a lot.
A few days ago, due to the need for exposure to the sun and ventilation, the window was open at the moment, and the wind was blowing back and forth. Mei Qian could think that this house would never be hot in the summer.
But this window has a shortcoming. There is no screen. If you want to ventilate it in summer, mosquitoes will never escape.
I still have to think of a way to get some mesh to make some kind of inner window.
Realizing this, Meiberry hurried out, planning to talk to her father about this. Unexpectedly, as soon as she went out, she found that her parents were not at home!
"Where are the people?"
Mayberry stood in the yard and could see the entire house at a glance, including no one in the yard.
Apart from herself, there were only Mule Zai and Fat Tiger in the whole family.
Fat Tiger and Mule Zai heard Mayberry's voice and each called out.
"Huh? You just came back and went out?"
After learning the whereabouts of her parents from Fat Tiger and Mule Zai, Mei Berry was not in a hurry and sat down on the stone bench in the yard to rest for a while.
After waiting for a long time, she looked at the couple who came back with buckets.
"Dad, have you all gone to fetch water?"
Not every household in the village has a well in their yard. The water most people drink comes from the well under an old ginkgo tree in the center of the village.
"I'm going to fetch water. Your mother just went to say hello to the neighbor at the door and is back."
Hearing that her mother had just gone to chat with a neighbor, Meiberry curiously asked her mother what they had been talking about.
Wei Meili seemed to be talking as soon as she entered the yard just now. When Mei Bei asked, Wei Meili immediately opened her mouth——
"Wait a minute, I'll pour the water into the tank, take me a piece!"
As soon as Mei Youqian heard that the two of them had something to say, he was immediately anxious to listen to it. He poured the water he brought back into the kitchen water tank almost twice as fast.
"De Xing~" After squinting at Mei Youqian's unsteady look, Wei Meili dusted off her coarse cloth skirt and said, "Forget it, let's go inside, boil some water and talk slowly."
Bringing a pot of boiling water to a boil, Wei Meili scooped up the boiling water and poured it over the eggs that had been beaten in the bowl early in the morning. There was also a piece of brown sugar at the bottom of each bowl.
Pour the boiling water down quickly, and soon, three bowls of brown sugar and egg drop soup are ready.
"When I came back today, I saw two men chopping firewood in Aunt Wang's yard. Later, I heard that Aunt Wang said that her two sons were back."
After sharing a bowl of soup with each other, Wei Meili returned to the topic she had discussed with her neighbors before.
When she was boiling water just now, her mother talked a lot about the things she heard outside.
It's basically nothing more than gossip in the village, and occasionally some gossip from the next village.
But her mother put this matter at Aunt Wang's house last, which shows how important it is.
"Her son, I remember Aunt Wang said a few days ago that she wasn't working on the dock? Why are you back now? It's a good time for spring and water transportation to go south and north. Naturally, the dock is busy and there is a lot of work. "
Mei Youqian also remembered that Aunt Wang said that his son had gone to work a few days ago. He had heard Mei Laosan say this before.
In the past, their family would sometimes go to the dock to do part-time work. Aunt Wang's sons often worked there, so it seemed like they had connections.
I heard what Wei Meili said today. Something must have happened if the two of them came back at this time.
"I heard from Aunt Wang that there was a banditry in the upper reaches of the Jinlan River. Not only were many of the ships heading northward a few days ago, they were all robbed. Many of the bodyguards and businessmen who were on board the ships also died and were thrown into the water. Floating down the Jinlan River... bodies were found near several piers along the coast here, causing people to panic!"
"Yeah, those water bandits are killing people and stealing goods!"
Meiberry swallowed the soup. For the first time in her life, such a major criminal case seemed to be so close to them.
"Yes, and this water bandit comes and goes without a trace. I don't know exactly where he was active.
Now it is said that it is upstream outside Lihu Town. So the piers heading north of Lihu Lake have been closed recently. It is said that they are searching along the river! No, Aunt Wang's two sons also came back because there was no work on the dock. "
"Is this such a big fuss?"
Meiberry held the bowl and racked her brains to find out what she had read. This kind of thing would not have been mentioned in the original text, but Meiberry really didn't have much impression!
Thinking of her previous mistake of not reading the novel carefully, Mei Berry wanted to go back and grab her collar and yell, "Look carefully!"
"hiss!"
Suddenly, Mayberry put down the bowl and stood up suddenly.
"What's wrong?" The couple asked quickly after seeing their daughter's startled look.
"Ah, it's okay."
Meiberry came back to her senses and realized that she seemed to be too excited, so she sat down silently and drank the soup.
She just remembered that when the male protagonist and the female protagonist in the original text met for the first time, was it because the male protagonist seemed to have encountered some kind of disaster and was seriously injured and was saved by the female protagonist?
Is this where it is?
