Early the next morning, after seeing off the two people in the house, Ding Changhe took the rare opportunity to go to the medicine field with An Ran.
"There are so few, and the land is so shabby, I thought all the land in Xiaxi Village was for you to grow medicinal materials."
An Ran shook his head and smiled after hearing Ding Changhe's dissatisfied words.
"That fertile land can only grow food, and it was rented out before I came here. At first, I went to the mountains to collect medicinal materials in exchange for money, and then I slowly developed it myself." ?.?????. ???
The medicine field has expanded a bit compared to the beginning, and Anron has planted all the land close to usable areas.
Some soybeans and other things were planted on the edge of the medicine field. The soybeans were used by Mrs. Ding to make sauce, and other miscellaneous things were planted to provide shade and lock in moisture.
Most of the medicinal materials should not be exposed to the sun. An Ran planted some things in the ground just to block the sun and prevent it from being so intense.
An Ran and Sister Chen planted Sanlong medicinal seeds and gave some precautions to Sister Chen. An Ran and Ding Changhe went to the mountain.
The game that Ding Changhe brought back last time was pickled safely and sent some to Old Dingtou.
Ding Changhe held the bow and arrow, and An Ran carried the medicine basket on his back. With Ding Changhe here this time, An Ran walked for a while into the mountains.
"We have never been here before. Wild animals often appear here, so we often collect medicinal herbs or wild vegetables in that area or below."
"You've also eaten wild vegetables."
"I don't eat less. Sometimes the weather is bad and I don't have anything to eat, so I can only eat it with wild vegetables."
Ding Changhe glanced at An Ran, "Was Little Shitou born at that time?"
"I didn't know I was pregnant with Xiao Shitou until after the Chinese New Year. It wasn't very early at that time, so I could only dig wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain."
"Don't you have land?"
"But you took away the rent a long time ago. I didn't have any income in the first year, and I still had a baby in my belly. I took Little Shitou out when he was a few months old. I worked and let him play on the side. He was more than two years old. He followed me up the mountain.”
An Ran looked into the mountains while walking.
"There were several times when I wanted to take him to the deep mountains. If he could catch food, he could have a few full meals. If he couldn't catch it, he would let the prey eat us up, so that he could stay and suffer."
Ding Changhe's face looked very ugly.
An Ran said softly: "When I saw Little Shitou smiling and calling me mother, and asking me to take a bite first when he picked up a wild fruit, he smiled so beautifully, and I couldn't help but feel cruel."
No wonder the boy looked unhappy when he saw him eating several meals here.
An Ran took a few steps forward, squatted down in front of a patch of weeds, and gently gathered a few medicinal plants with a small shovel.
"Sit here and rest for a while."
Ding Changhe held An Ran's backpack and sat on a stone.
An Ran sat next to him and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Ding Changhe looked at An Ran's plain face, without any makeup, so clean, so transparent, with a light luster.
"An Ran, I won't hide it from you today. Back then, I was in a dilemma before marrying you. If I made a mistake back then, the Ding family would never have a way out."
Ding Changhe looked into the distance, as if he saw himself at that time, exhausted and exhausted.
"I can't offend the loyal prince and the prince, but I am the third prince's arm. At that time, I could only marry a woman outside their influence. No matter who it was, it was not specifically targeting you."
Then he turned to look at An Ran, "My grandfather once praised Grandpa An as an upright person, and said that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were also kind people. The children raised by such people can't do anything wrong. I also thought, since my grandfather has made a decision for me , as long as you can take care of the housework and give birth to children, it will be fine. I have never thought of disowning this family."
An Ran twitched her lips, "How did I hear that you wanted to marry Aunt Han before this?"
Ding Changhe actually smiled when he saw An Ran's expression.
"Aunt Han has grown up by her mother's side. When the incident happened suddenly and I was in a state of panic, she was right in front of me. I felt at ease as one of my own, so I wanted to marry her immediately."
Ding Changhe smiled mockingly, "But she fell ill the next day, so she coaxed her mother into sending her home for fear of causing trouble to the government."
"But she still got in."
"I didn't have any idea at that time. It was my mother who wanted her to come in. Anyway, it's not worth falling out with my mother because I have one more person to eat with."
Ding Changhe had a sad look on his face.
"Just after my grandfather was buried, I helped the third prince in secret. In the following years, I traveled to various places to fight and earn this little military honor. In those years, my father and I were cautious, afraid of making mistakes."
An Ran bows his head, you are in a dilemma, but you have made me suffer for so many years.
Ding Changhe saw An Ran lowering his eyes and looking at the ground, wondering what he was thinking.
He reached out and took An Ran's hand over, "I have been operating in the frontier for many years, and the third prince was afraid that I would become big, so he asked me to come back. It's good, I can take care of my family now, but my head gets bigger every time I go home." .”
An Ran smiled, "So you would rather come to me to be angry."
"At least your quietness allows me to have a solid sleep and my ears can be quiet."
At this moment, he heard the ground shaking, and Ding Changhe hurriedly pulled An Ran to his feet.
When the cry came, Ding Changhe said, "It's a wild boar, hide behind the tree and don't move."
Ding Changhe lowered his body and hurried forward.
An Ran wanted him to come back, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Ding Changhe had already run far away.
There was a burst of chaotic sounds from the front, accompanied by the screams of wild beasts, which went from tragic to gradually quiet.
After a while, Ding Changhe came out, followed by a man in black dragging Ye
