When the moon rose above the willow branches, Xiao Mu walked in from outside.
When he entered, he looked at the table first.
Seeing that the wooden hairpin had been put away, she knew that Ye Luoxin had seen it.
Ye Luoxin was already a little sleepy after taking a bath, but Xiao Mu didn't come back, and she didn't want to sleep first, so she took a copy of "Zuo Zhuan" from the bedside and sat beside the bed to read.
When she heard the door knock, she immediately put down her book and stood up.
"I'm just taking a look." She explained in a low voice.
"You can read it if you want, but you can actually read?" Xiao Mu was surprised.
At first, the matchmaker boasted that Ye Qingqing had attended school for two years and was therefore more knowledgeable and knowledgeable than ordinary girls from peasant families. Unexpectedly, the Zou family treated Ye Luoxin so poorly that she would let her go to school.
Ye Luoxin said hurriedly: "Actually, I don't know much about it. My father and mother taught me some when I was a child. I haven't read it for so many years, and I have almost forgotten it."
She wasn't lying. The original owner's father and mother did teach her how to read when she was a child.
I heard that Ye Luoxin was only seven years old when her parents passed away.
The parents of the seven-year-old child have already begun to enlighten her, and they probably intend to train her to be a lady.
It's just a pity that fate plays tricks on people...
Xiao Mu sighed in his heart, and looked at Ye Luoxin with a gentler look: "Just tell me what books you want to read. There are many books at Lao San's place. If there is something you don't understand, you can ask Lao San teach you."
After listening to Xiao Mu's words, Ye Luoxin nodded slightly in agreement. She was considered semi-illiterate now and had to study hard when she had time.
…
Farmers live very frugally.
On weekdays, try not to light a lamp if you can.
Seeing that Ye Luoxin was a little sleepy, Xiao Mu asked her to go to bed and rest while he turned off the lights and took a shower in the dark.
The moon is huge today.
When Xiao Mu came out of the shower, the moonlight happened to shine on the bed through the window lattice.
The stream of light was like snow, and the profile of Ye Luoxin's face was as crystal clear as white snow.
Xiao Mu discovered during the day that Ye Luoxin's skin was very white.
If the cheeks and neck are so white, then the body...
Thinking of this, Xiao Mu's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.
He lay next to Ye Luoxin, smelling the vague fragrance emanating from her body, and felt a little restless.
She is in poor health, and besides, I don't like her yet, so I can't...
Suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Xiao Mu said to the people next to him: "I'm going to the mountains tomorrow, and I'll probably be back in less than half a month. If you've finished your medicine, remember to tell your mother and ask her to take you back again." Go to the medical clinic and have a look."
Ye Luoxin was not surprised when she heard that Xiao Mu was leaving.
She knew that Xiao Mu made a living by running in the mountains, and he probably spent more than half a year in the mountains.
"Logically speaking, I should accompany you back home before leaving." Xiao Mu continued, "But your relationship with the Ye family..."
"It doesn't matter anymore." Ye Luoxin turned over and faced Xiao Mu to answer, "Didn't they sell me?"
"Okay!" Xiao Mu emphasized his tone, "Then this will be your home from now on."
"Yes." Ye Luoxin nodded, her eyes bright.
That night, Xiao Mu didn't sleep very well. He got up when the white color of fish belly just appeared in the east.
Xu Zhengxiang had already baked twenty cakes last night, and packed two bamboo tubes with pickles, all of which were packed together with Xiao Mu's commonly used tools.
The food in the morning was flatbread rolled with fish sauce. In addition, Xu Zhengxiang took out an egg from the gourd, knocked it into a bowl, put a little brown sugar, scooped out boiling water and washed it down, making another bowl. Fragrant and sweet egg water.
This kind of treatment can only be enjoyed occasionally by Xiao Mu and Xiao Jing.
"Mom, I'll just do it by myself. You go back and take a nap." Xiao Mu picked up the cake and squatted in front of the stove, eating as he said.
"The cliffs are steep, so be careful on the road. Don't force yourself where you can't climb. Be alert when you sleep at night. You can't make all the money in one go..."
Running in the mountains is more profitable than farming, but it is also more dangerous.
There were not many people in Qingshan Village who knew herbal medicine, and even fewer people were able to run mountains. Xiao Mu also got this opportunity after rescuing a herbal collector when he was a child.
Xu Zhengxiang was worried. Every time Xiao Mu left, she would mutter these words.
"I know, mother."
Xiao Mu had finished his last sip of egg water and started to pack his things.
Just as he was about to leave, Ye Luoxin also got up.
"Now that you're up, go see your man off." Xu Zhengxiang said.
Ye Luoxin saw that Xiao Mu was carrying a bamboo basket on his back, a cloth bag on his body, a straw hat on his head, and a smooth wooden stick in his hand.
"Be careful on the road." Ye Luoxin escorted Xiao Mu to the door.
"Yeah." Xiao Mu replied.
"I'll wait for you to come back at home." Ye Luoxin whispered.
Although the voice was not loud, Xiao Mu heard it very clearly.
"Yes!" This reply was louder and more firm than before.
"Go back and close the door." He ordered.
After saying that, Xiao Mu got on the road without looking back.
Although it was a road he had walked many times, he felt that today's road was particularly smooth and he felt more comfortable.
Ye Luoxin stood at the door until Xiao Mu disappeared before turning back and walking towards the kitchen.
Xu Zhengxiang said to her: "You don't need to go to the fields today. You can feed the chickens and pigs after dinner, and then take out yesterday's herbs and dry them in the sun."
"I know, Mom, after I finish this, I'll cut a basket of pigweed." Ye Luoxin took the initiative to take the job for herself.
Xu Zhengxiang was very happy after hearing this and said: "Okay, you can do it yourself and don't get tired."
"I understand, mother!" Ye Luoxin responded.
…
On the way to the field, Xu Zhengxiang said to Xiao Changhe: "The second brother's family is very sensible. I got up and gave it away this morning."
"The second child has a very poisonous eye. There should be no mistake about the person he likes. This child is just a little weak. If it had been three years ago, he would have been able to recover quickly. Now, eh..." Xiao Changhe sighed.
Three years ago, Xiao Mu dug up a Polygonum multiflorum on his first trip to the mountains and sold it for more than 50 taels of silver. The Xiao family used the money to build a house and marry the boss Xiao Song.
I thought there were more opportunities like this, but three years later, Xiao Mu never dug up anything so valuable again.
"Then just keep it up slowly. What else can you do?" Xu Zhengxiang kicked a stone on the road. "Now that we are burdened by foreign debt, I can't bear to give my third son the eggs at home. I will sell more if I can make more money."
"Isn't there a market in town the day after tomorrow?" Xiao Changhe suddenly asked after hearing this.
"Go to the market and see if there are suitable chicks and buy two more. Our two chickens can't lay many eggs in total."
"I would like to raise more, but none of the five last year survived, costing me forty cents in vain."
"Last year is different from this year, so I have to keep it, right?" Xiao Changhe made the decision.
