Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 14
The next morning, when Li Kongzhu finally found the two acres of peach grove that Zhao Junyi mentioned.

I saw that the small peach fruit that was full of trees fell and most of them rotted on the ground.In late autumn, the frost and wind are rustling, most of the leaves are buried in the mud, and the few hanging from the branches are particularly bleak in the autumn morning mist.

Li Kongzhu reached out to pick a peach, and wiped off the white hair on it.Try to put it in your mouth and take a bite.

The mouth is sour, and there is no pulp.It can bite the nucleus with a little force, which is really useless.I can't help but spit out the turbid air. With these two acres of stuff, is it possible to fill my stomach for the winter?

She looked around and saw that there were several acres of peach groves next to her.I can't help but feel a little strange. It is said that in ancient times there was land that could grow food, but no matter what, it would not be allowed to go to waste.Could it be a land issue?
Wandering around and looking around, I saw that apart from the hillside, there are peach forests at the foot of the mountain to the south of Beishan.I twisted a piece of soil with my hands and studied it for a long time, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong with the soil.Can't help but sigh secretly, it seems that one must have professional knowledge to be popular.

Stand up and look around the North Mountain.As far as the eye can see, the endless wide and continuous mountains, the leaves of the dense forests, the green and yellow are intertwined and mixed in the thick fog of late autumn, just like a fairy mirror.

Li Kongzhu stood on the spot and thought for a while.In the end, he raised his steps and tried to walk slowly towards the forest in the north...

Zhao Junyi came back from fetching water from the well with a limp, and saw the woman who pestered him early in the morning to ask about the landscape, it had been nearly an hour since she left the house, and she hadn't come back yet.Can't help but wonder if she ran away again.

Thinking back to the scene of her carrying a burden yesterday, such a woman who doesn't love herself, why did she say such things at that time?
The sound of a child playing and fighting came from the wall of the next courtyard, reminding him of the confession money he said yesterday.His eyes darkened for a moment, he went into the house, took out the last remaining string of money from the blue purse that day, and walked out.

He went directly to the courtyard next door, found Zhao Jinsheng, and handed over the bunch of money to him.

Zhao Jinsheng didn't dare to pick it up, so he groaned there for a long time.It was Mrs. Zheng who felt that something was wrong, and came out to see it, and rushed to pick it up without saying a word.

Her man glared at her, but she didn't care, she just grinned and asked, "Sir, why are you still at home now, and didn't accompany your wife back home? Where did the money come from? Is there any money?" ?”

"You broken-mouthed woman, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute."

Zhao Jinsheng felt a little embarrassed, so he couldn't help but drink to her.Mrs. Zheng, on the other hand, has a shrunken mouth that can't keep holding on to the money. How can an ugly and lame cripple have the ability to make money?The money might have been secretly given by the old couple.In the final analysis, it is still the old Zhao's money.

Zhao Junyi said goodbye to the couple without answering the words, and when he turned to leave the hospital, he happened to meet Mrs. Zhang who was returning from washing clothes in Qingshuihe.

When he saw him, he glanced back and saw Zheng Shi hurriedly stuffing something into his cuff, so he guessed a bit.

Looking at Zhao Junyi with a smile on his face, he said, "Third brother, you two didn't come home. Just now when I was doing laundry by the river, I saw a figure running up the Beishan Mountain. It looks like my siblings." They look alike. What is she doing on Beishan early in the morning?"

"What? You went up the mountain?" Mrs. Zheng was excited to hear it, and with a loud voice, she said in a voice that could be heard inside and outside the courtyard: "I heard that two days before we got married, there was still arguing about prostitution, no Maybe he ran away!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhao Jinsheng growled lowly, yelling so early in the morning, thinking that there is not enough gossip at home!
"What am I talking about, I don't know which villages are next to each other. If you want me to say that you shouldn't be talking about your relatives at the beginning. Now it's all right. It's only been two days since I entered the door, and it disappeared. It was a waste of two taels of silver. Said, two days’ worth of rice was wasted.”

"Shut up!" Seeing her talking more and more outrageous.Zhao Jinsheng couldn't help but get angry with a black face.In the blink of an eye, seeing that Zhao Junyi was still indifferent, he couldn't help being very embarrassed, "Third brother, don't listen to your sister-in-law's nonsense..."

"Since the recognition money has been delivered, sister-in-law will remember to share it with Miao'er of the second sister-in-law's family." After Zhao Junyi said, he lifted his foot and left the courtyard by mistakenly following Mrs. Zhang.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zheng snorted angrily.The third son is such a badass, he dares to think her speech is ugly, and wants to play with her.

"Sister-in-law, the third child has given away the money for confession!"

Mrs. Zhang smiled gently, and Mrs. Zheng's fat round face immediately pulled down a little bit, and reluctantly hummed through her nose, "It's a gift of some money. After I finish my work, call Miao Miao." Come here, I'll give it to her when I share it!." Then, he turned around and went to find the poultry in the chicken coop to beat and scold, pointing and cursing.

Zhao Junyi returned to his home, sat on the bed, closed his eyes and adjusted his breath for nearly an hour, feeling that his chest had recovered a lot.Only then did he open his eyes and look out the small window by the wall of the broken table.

I don't know when the sun has risen high, and the morning fog has long since disappeared.And the woman hasn't come back yet.

Frowning, thinking about what Mrs. Zhang said just now, she went to Beishan.

North Hill?In my memory, there is an endless stretch of deep mountains and jungles, where high mountains and steep mountains are mixed with ancient trees that block out the sky and the sun.If there is no hunter who is familiar with the terrain to lead the way, if you go too deep, you may encounter fierce beasts.

"That woman!" Zhao Junyifeng frowned, he didn't know what to think, after a while, he finally got up and walked out...

(End of this chapter)