Xianggong came from the mountains

Chapter 37
Xia Qinghe was touched by what Xiao Chu had done for her, and she did not thank her for her great kindness. She planned to treat Xiao Chu better and repay Xiao Chu in the future.

It was too late for such a fuss, she sighed and said: "I wanted to dig kudzu root in the forest, but now I don't have enough time. I dug one up the other day and we will eat jelly tonight. Xiao Chang, come over and I'll give it to you." Clean up the wound."

She looked at Zhu Xiaochang's face with a bit of distress, and seeing the bloodstains was very scary.

Zhu Xiaochang grinned and followed Xia Qinghe to the main room.

Xiao Chu felt that what Xia Qinghe said was right, the reason why these people entered the courtyard so easily was because the courtyard door didn't even have a lock, and if there was a lock, those people would not have easily entered, the walls of Zhu's house are still very strong, If it is locked, people outside can climb over the wall if they want to come in.

Xia Qinghe called water to clean Zhu Xiaochang's wound, wiped off all the blood on his face and said, "This wound will probably heal soon, remember to protect yourself next time you hit someone."

Zhu Xiaochang grinned, feeling that Xia Qinghe's action of cleaning his wound just now was gentle, just like his mother.

His eyes dimmed: "When my mother was here, no one in the village dared to bully our family."

Although Mrs. Han is hateful, she did a good job in some aspects. There must be a reason for using her own toughness to protect her family.

Xia Qinghe sighed a long time, thinking of Mrs. Han whom she met before, life is impermanent, who knew that a person would just disappear like that.

Xiao Chu shook the door and came over: "Qing He, look for it and see if there is a lock or something."

If only he could have fixed the door today.

Xia Qinghe had turned the Zhu family upside down a long time ago, and really couldn't find anything like a lock.

Shaking his head, he said: "No, I also wanted to lock the door before. Anyone can enter the yard, but I searched around and couldn't find it. I will go to the town to sell a lock in the next market. If not, I will buy two locks. At that time, the door of the main room had to be locked.

Xiao Chu agreed very much, Xia Qinghe felt that it was time to get kudzu root, otherwise he would not be able to eat it at night.

She looked at Xiao Chu sheepishly: "You probably have to wait a while before you can eat. I have to smash the kudzu root and filter it, and I have to stir the jelly. It's very slow to make."

Xiao Chu didn't mind: "Don't worry, I'm not hungry after eating sweet potatoes, I'll go to the woods to see if there is any prey, if there is, we can feast tonight."

As soon as Xiao Chu left, Xia Qinghe took out the kudzu root, went to the stone mill for a while, took a big stick and began to hammer it.

The kudzu root was broken little by little in Xia Qinghe's hands, and then turned into fibers one by one.

Zhu Xiaochang's hand didn't hurt much anymore, he looked at Xia Qinghe's movements incomprehensibly and said, "Qinghe, what are you doing, is this really edible?"

He still didn't believe that the kudzu root that Xia Qinghe made was edible, mainly because he thought it was not tasty.

Xia Qinghe became more gentle with Zhu Xiaochang, saying that a friend in adversity is a friend. Although Zhu Xiaochang's head is sometimes a bit dull, he is definitely a good person with a pure heart, and he is much better than Zhu Dashi's family.

"Of course it can be eaten. Don't rob me when I make it at night. Let me tell you, this tastes very good. I'll start making it right away and you just watch."

She found a big white cloth in the cabinet of Mrs. Han's house, wrapped the kudzu root in it, and then kneaded and squeezed it in the water.

Not to mention that a basin of clear water became cloudy in a short while, and she washed it repeatedly until the starch could no longer be washed away, then stopped and put the water aside quietly to wait for the water to settle.

She couldn't be idle either, she went to the cellar to pick up half a basket of sweet potatoes, and planned to wash and cut the sweet potatoes, if it was possible tonight, I would ask Xiao Chu to help her grind the grinder, and try her best to filter out the starch of the sweet potatoes in the spare time .

She also wants to pick more herbs and sell them so that she can make more money to eat.

And after having the broken silver, she obviously felt that she had the confidence, even if something happened, at least she didn't have to run away hungry.

The water was icy cold, and her hands turned red after washing a few sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes had to be washed clean, otherwise the powder had mud in it and she couldn't eat it.

Zhu Xiaochang came back after picking up a handful of shallots, and saw Xia Qinghe was washing sweet potatoes with his hands, and his hands were still red, so he hurried to the firewood room to get a strange thing made of bamboo roots.

"Qinghe, who said that you need to wash sweet potatoes with your hands, you use this to move back and forth inside the sweet potatoes, look at me like this." Zhu Xiaochang directly rushed down a few times holding the pole, not to mention the dirty ones around. The sweet potato has become a lot of white.

She was pleasantly surprised: "This is really easy to use."

Zhu Xiaochang was very upset, he smiled and handed the things in his hand to Xia Qinghe: "That's right, my family used to wash sweet potatoes with this, you just wash it back and forth for a while and it will be clean."

After solving this trouble, Xia Qinghe was very happy in his heart, and began to wash the sweet potatoes with peace of mind.

Xiao Chu came back, with a rabbit hanging on his waist, and directly picked a bundle of fresh firewood into the yard.

Xia Qinghe thought it was firewood, so she just glanced at it and continued cutting the sweet potatoes. She cut the sweet potatoes into thin cubes and planned to grind them out later.

Zhu Xiaochang was very excited when he saw that there was rabbit meat to eat, but he just yelled "Ah" as soon as he walked in.

He pointed to the two bundles of firewood that Xiao Chu had brought back in surprise and said, "How can you stab them back after cutting so many?"

Xia Qinghe stood up in confusion, seeing that Xiao Chu really picked up two bundles of thorns and came back, he didn't understand, this thing can't be burned either.

Xiao Chu was very proud, his handsome face was full of smiles, he looked much better when he smiled than his usual cold look: "Of course they got it on the wall, or spread it in the corner, those people won't let it go Well, I thought, they will definitely think of other crooked ideas, when we lock the gate of the courtyard, maybe they want to fall off the wall, the corner of the courtyard is full of these thorns I see How did they get in?"

This is a good way, Xia Qinghe laughed cheerfully, this is good, if they hurry up and tie them into hedgehogs, let's see if they dare to be arrogant.

The more Zhu Xiaochang thought about it, the more excited he became, and he ran out under the eaves with a hatchet.

"Where are you going?" Xia Qinghe asked helplessly.

Zhu Xiaochang just smiled at Xia Qinghe and ran away.

This thorn is not easy to handle, she glanced at Xiao Chu's hand, but saw that there were many bloodstains on Xiao Chu's hand, which must have been got there when the thorn was used.

She said gratefully: "It's really hard work for you."

Xiao Chu didn't owe her anything, compared to her, he still owed Xiao Chu a little more, Xiao Chu helped her like this, which made her feel offended.

I feel that the more I owe the favor, the more I feel.

(End of this chapter)