He came back along the path on the right last night. Su Wan had a good memory and could still find the way back last night based on his memory.
The Su family's yard is in the innermost part of the village, built at the foot of a mountain. There are no neighbors around. In front of the house is a large vegetable field. It was originally uncultivated, but was later reclaimed by the villagers for growing vegetables. I don’t know which piece of land belongs to their family.
There is a large field ridge above the vegetable field. Cross the field ridge and come to the opposite side. The houses here begin to become denser and stand side by side. They are almost all the same yards as the Su family, but some are larger, some are smaller, and there are very few. A few blue brick houses.
At this time, most people have already gone to work in the fields. There are only some groups of children in the village playing and chasing each other. Everyone over eight years old has gone to work. The most common thing is that There are chickens crowing and dogs barking, cicadas chirping on the poplar trees on the roadside, and in the distance are the endless green mountains, tall or short, green and lush.
This is the most primitive pastoral scenery, fresh air, and the fragrance of earth.
Once here, there were many winding paths crisscrossing each other. Su Wan couldn't find the direction. She still overestimated herself.
A seven or eight-year-old sheep-herding boy came forward. He was driving seven or eight sheep to the mountain. He was holding a sheep-herding whip made of straw in his hand.
The sheep screamed as they walked, pulling little brown sugar pearls along the way.
Su Wan stopped him and was about to ask for directions:
"Little boy, where is the well in our village?"
It was the first time for the boy herding sheep to see such a fair-skinned young lady. Her smile was so pretty, and her voice when talking to him was soft, which made his ears a little red.
He lowered his head, not daring to look at her, and then pointed in a direction:
"Go straight on this road from here and you'll be there just around the corner!"
"Thank you!"
After getting the answer, Su Wan continued to hold her water jar and left. The young man looked at her back from behind and thought to himself, when did the village have such a beautiful sister? How come he never knew?
There is a big tree next to the well. Its leafy trunk just blocks the well below. There is gurgling spring water gushing out from the cracks in the rocks. The people in the village have opened a square puddle here. They all come here to get water to drink. Everyone cherishes this spring water and never throws garbage in it.
If you want to wash clothes and vegetables, there is a river not far away.
There were several old people sitting under the tree enjoying the shade. Everyone at home had gone to work. The old people gathered here to gossip. Su Wan walked over uncomfortably. Facing the eyes of everyone, someone was already whispering and giving instructions. .
"Did you see that this is the biological daughter of the old Su family? She has been the daughter of Gu Yuanwai for more than ten years!"
"Then Su Yue is now a young lady in the Gu family?"
"No, she is her own child. Mrs. Gu rushed to Su's house to pick her up that day. She looked down on their family, saying that they were poor and sour. Now she can't call her Su Yue, but Miss Gu. Got it!"
"You still look down on rural people even if you have some bad money. However, the Su family is already poor. To give birth to so many sons and send them all to school, don't you think this is asking for trouble? People try hard to give birth to no sons. , Su Yang's family is good, one will be the same throughout life, either drought will cause drought or waterlogging will cause death. When she first married into the old Su family, she was so skinny that she didn't look like someone who could have a son. Look at the result. look!"
The words of these old ladies are very bitter, but it is true that Mother Su gave birth to five sons and is a legend in the village. There are many who cannot give birth to sons, which is called envy!
When Su Wan came closer, everyone stretched their necks to look at her, and Su Wan raised his smile in embarrassment.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this little girl looks much better than Su Yue. I said at that time that Su Yong didn't look like her biological child. Her nose, eyes and eyebrows didn't look like the Su family. Look, I was right. Come on, this one looks real at first sight!"
"That's right, the Su family doesn't know what kind of virtue they have. Each of the babies born is more handsome than the other. The key is that these children in their family are hard-working. Oh, let's not mention that her surname is Gu now, what else is she called Su Yue? "
They were whispering there without avoiding Su Wan at all. Su Wan put the water jar into the corner of the small pit. There was a deep pit above it. This was a shallow pit, which just covered the jar body and only exposed the top. Kouzi, the water is very cool and it feels very comfortable to put your hands in the water.
At this time, someone took the initiative to chat:
"Girl, are you the biological daughter of Su Qingshan's family who just returned?"
"Yes, grandma!" Su Wan turned to look at the old woman who came over and squatted next to her. She had a gossipy look on her face.
"Oh, this little one is so handsome. Who girl in this village has such good looks like you? She smiles as if she has eaten honey. The babies raised by rich families are so delicate. Look at these tender hands. It’s so lovable!”
She took Su Wan's hand and looked at it and touched it. There were countless wrinkles on her face.
Su Wan took his hand out of hers, still smiling awkwardly.
"What's your name?"
At this time, several more aunts gathered around, surrounding Su Wan, and she was trapped in the center of the gossip.
"Su Wan!"
"It sounds really nice, Su Wan. Your family is so good at naming. It sounds much nicer than the flowers and grass names in our village!" The aunt nodded with a smile and savored it carefully.
"If the family is literate, of course they can choose names!"
"Girl of the Su family, what do you have in this can? Did you bring it here to suppress it?"
Everyone's attention turned to the small jar Su Wan brought.
"My brothers have gone to work. The weather is hot. Let's give them some herbal tea to drink!" Su Wan answered honestly.
"You are such a considerate girl. You are much more diligent than that lazy girl Su Yue. You already care about your brothers as soon as you come back. Su Qingshan is so lucky!"
Several aunts and grandmothers took turns praising her, and they praised her as much as possible. There were also some old men sitting under the tree. They didn't like gossip, but they still grinned.
Su Wan stood up and left quickly:
"Grandparents, I'm going back first!"
She squeezed out of the crowd and walked home quickly. Those eyes followed her until she disappeared, and then they began to find a place to whisper.
"Do you think that Gu Yue is a conscientious person? Now he has become a phoenix by flying on a branch. Do you know how to support your adoptive father and mother?"
"I guess so. I'm afraid the old Su family's good days are coming. If the Gu family just leaks out, it will be enough for their family to have food and drink for a lifetime. Besides, Su Wan has been in love with Mrs. Gu for more than ten years, so we can't You didn’t bring her anything back, right?”
"I don't know for sure. When I went to watch the fun that day, Mrs. Gu looked down on the Su family in both words and deeds. She said that they could not get benefits from their Gu family by relying on their relationship with her daughter. No one could say anything. I don't owe anyone, so don't interact with me in the future, for fear of getting into trouble with their poor relatives. And look at Su Wan's dress, does it look like she came back with money? I'm afraid she didn't get kicked out by Mrs. Gu!" An aunt hit the nail on the head. pointed out these details.
The others listened and kept smacking their tongues, secretly scolding Mrs. Gu for being hard-hearted, stingy and mean.
