wife and husband

Chapter 13

Shanzao chatted with Aunt Shoucheng and Yingzi for a while, and when the sun was shining at noon, Uncle Shoucheng came back with Ershuan and Chu Yunfeng talking and laughing.

Aunt Shoucheng hurriedly put on her shoes and went out, took the bamboo basket in Ershuan's hand, Aunt Shoucheng looked at it, "It's all over, his father, are you full? There is still a steamed bun in the pot if you are not full." .”

Yingzi followed and poured water for them, Shanzao came out and called Uncle Shoucheng, Ershuan was a dark-skinned young man, about 21 years old, when he saw Shanzao, he yelled loudly for sister-in-law, Shanzao took a peek Chu Yunfeng glanced, and his face blushed again.

"I'm full, the food is good."

Uncle Shou Cheng took the water brought by his daughter and drank it in big gulps. After a while, he said to Chu Yunfeng, "Orion, how much food do you want in exchange?"

Chu Yunfeng said, "Just some noodles and rice, let's exchange some, and the rest I want to exchange for some money, and I need to buy some groceries." He brought his back basket in.

Uncle Shoucheng looked at it and nodded, "It's still the old rule. Since you are at Uncle's house, Uncle will pick first."

Shanzao didn't understand what the so-called old rules were, so he could only watch quietly from the sidelines.Aunt Shoucheng had already turned around and entered the house.

Chu Yunfeng took out some wild animals from his back basket and put them on the ground. Uncle Shoucheng squatted down to pick them one by one, and finally picked out a fat hare and a pheasant, and Aunt Shoucheng had already packed a bag of stick noodles and a bag of rice.

"The price of rice is now expensive, so it is a little less than before. Orion, take a look, is it suitable?" Aunt Shoucheng said with a smile. Chu Yunfeng probably glanced at it. He knows that the price of grain is expensive now. People can still have food because they don't have to pay the government. In the days of war and chaos, the government can't take care of such a small village of ten families in the mountains.

"Okay, that's it." Chu Yunfeng didn't say much, he didn't care much about these things, the best wild animals in the basket were first picked up by Uncle Shou Cheng, but this is the old rule, Orion goes down the mountain to change things, at whose house Rest, whoever can choose first.

Chu Yunfeng put the rice bag and flour bag beside him, and then put the remaining wild things into the back basket. Shanzao stepped forward to tie the mouth of the rice bag and the flour bag tightly, but Chu Yunfeng stopped him.

"Wait a minute."

Shanzao was still confused, "What are you waiting for?"

Chu Yunfeng pointed to the small chair next to him, "Sit first."

Aunt Shoucheng also smiled and said, "Orion's daughter-in-law doesn't know the rules in our village. Today you and Orion came to my house. After a while, whoever wants something will come by themselves."

Just as I was talking, I heard a woman's voice from outside the yard, "Sister-in-law Shoucheng, I heard that Orion is coming, are you at your house?"

"Here we come," Aunt Shoucheng winked at Shanzao with a smile that you can see, and then went out to open the courtyard door, "It's Yong Guiniang, come in quickly, Orion and his wife are sitting at home." It's on."

Shanzao looked out, and the person who came was also an older woman, not tall, wearing an indigo cloth dress with black trousers underneath, she held Aunt Shoucheng's hand, with a surprised expression on her face, "Orion Married a wife? When did it happen?"

Aunt Shoucheng pointed to the room, and smiled meaningfully, "I have been in the room for more than ten days, and Orion is well hidden."

Shanzao hurriedly retracted her head, turned her head to look slightly, and found that Chu Yunfeng was looking at her, and her face suddenly felt burning. Yingzi looked at the two of them for a long time, and suddenly covered her mouth and burst out laughing.This smile made Shanzao smile even more embarrassedly. Chu Yunfeng lowered his head and rummaged through the prey in the basket, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

As soon as Yong Guiniang entered the room, she kept staring at Shanzao, even when Uncle Shoucheng's family greeted her, she dealt with it absent-mindedly. Seeing Shanzao's head drooping lower and lower, her ears and neck turned red, Shoucheng Aunt quickly pushed Yong Guiniang, "Don't look at it, I'm embarrassed to look at the new wife."

Only then did Yong Guiniang come to her senses, she agreed a few times indiscriminately, and began to complain to Chu Yunfeng, "I said Orion, you don't treat us as a family too much, we are all from the same village, and you don't say anything when you marry a wife. My aunt can't afford you, and you even hid your new daughter-in-law, it's really boring."

Chu Yunfeng chuckled and didn't answer.

Everyone knew Chu Yunfeng's temperament, so they didn't care about it. Yonggui Niang looked at Shanzao carefully, and praised, "Little daughter-in-law is quite white, but she is too thin to give birth. Orion, you are much better!" Make up for your daughter-in-law, look at this little meat, how can you have a baby in the future."

Shanzao was so embarrassed that she wished she could rush out the door now, and didn't know what to say for a moment, so Aunt Shoucheng came out to smooth things over, "Okay, okay, Yonggui Niang, are you here to buy things or to see the little lady?" , Hurry up and stop your mouth, and see what Orion has what you want."

Yong Guiniang squatted down and rummaged through the wild animals in the basket, her mouth was not idle, "Sister-in-law Shoucheng, you can tell me to do whatever you want, but you can't just tell me to shut up. I didn’t say anything that shouldn’t be said. It’s Orion’s fault. You said that if he had notified us earlier, I wouldn’t have found out today. I said Orion, you didn’t treat your aunt as your aunt. There is something, but I told you all..."

She babbled on, Chu Yunfeng listened quietly, Aunt Shoucheng interrupted from time to time, Yingzi quietly pulled Shanzao aside, and whispered in her ear.

"Sister-in-law, Yonggui's mother is a famous loudspeaker in the village. She loves to talk, but she's not mean, she just has a broken mouth."

Shanzao nodded gratefully to Yingzi, and said softly, "Well, it's okay."

Yingzi looked enviously at Shanzao, then at Chu Yunfeng, and suddenly felt relieved. She was still young, just like a flower, and Chu Yunfeng was old. Although he was capable, he didn't say much all day long. She can't bear the temperament of a sentence.

"Sister-in-law, Brother Orion is so bored, you can bear it." The more Yingzi thought about it, the more she felt relieved, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Chu Yunfeng was not suitable for her. The little girl quickly changed her mind and began to wonder what happened to Shanzao and Chu Yunfeng got along.

Shanzao looked at Chu Yunfeng shyly, "We... are still, okay."

Yingzi smiled knowingly, "You're shy if you don't tell me!"

While the two of them were muttering to each other, Yong Guiniang had already picked out wild animals and was about to leave, "I'll bring you food later."

Chu Yunfeng nodded, turned his head to look at Shanzao, and said to Yongguiniang, "Auntie, do you have any shoes at home?"

Yong Guiniang was taken aback, "Shoes? What shoes?"

Chu Yunfeng pointed to the straw sandals on Shanzao's feet, "Cloth shoes, wear them for her."

Yong Guiniang looked at Shanzao's feet, then came over and compared Shanzao's feet with her own, and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, I will bring you a few pairs later."

"There is no need to take the food." Chu Yunfeng said hastily.

Yong Guiniang said as she walked out, "One yard is worth one yard. I'll go home first and see how much food is left."

As soon as she left, Aunt Shoucheng explained to Shanzao, "Yonggui Niang is very good at mending, and she often makes shoes and socks to sell in the city."

After a while, there were more and more people in Uncle Shoucheng's family. A small part came to buy wild animals, and a large part came to see Orion's new wife. Deal well.

When Yong Guiniang came back, she didn't bring food, but directly wrapped three pairs of shoes, and she took out a pair and handed it to Shanzao, "Try it on and see if it fits?"

Shanzao took off the straw sandals in the back room of Uncle Shoucheng's house, put on the cloth shoes and tried them on, they were just right and fit well, she thanked Yong Guiniang happily, "Thank you, auntie."

Yonggui Niang took out a pair of socks and said with a smile, "Thank you, thank you, three pairs are just the right size. You can wear this pair directly, and take the remaining two pairs back. I see how many people are here today. I guess you will have enough food for me." It's almost enough, just give me some money later."

Shanzao had put on his shoes and was walking back and forth. Hearing this, he hurriedly said, "No need for Auntie, these three pairs of shoes are almost enough. How can I ask for your money."

Yong Guiniang waved her hand, "You can't say that, we have to be conscientious when we change things. Orion is a good person, and he doesn't care about more or less, and Auntie can't lose you. If you want me to say that Orion is not kind, he put You hid it tightly..."

As soon as Yong Guiniang opened her mouth, she couldn't stop talking, and Aunt Shoucheng winked at Shanzao funnyly, Shanzao felt warm in her heart, and sincerely thanked Yongguiniang and Aunt Shoucheng.

Yong Guiniang still insisted on paying, but in the end Chu Yunfeng couldn't push it, and took half of the money from her, and Yong Guiniang left rambling.

Since the villagers came back from the field at noon, within an hour or so, the wild animals that Chu Yunfeng brought down the mountain were all gone. In exchange for a large bag of flour, half a bag of rice, and thirty or fifty copper coins.

These are exchanged by each household. Shanzao found out that life in this village is really good. Although the land is small and there are few people, everyone is very simple, just like those people in her previous village. It's becoming more and more integrated into life here.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the peddler wandered into the village carrying a burden. As soon as he entered the village, he attracted everyone's attention. Chu Yunfeng also took her to bid farewell to Uncle Shoucheng's family. go home.

The peddler in the mountains didn’t bring many things. A small jar of maltose was specially for the children. One penny could be wrapped around a big root. After the children bought it, they started a competition to see who could wrap it best.There are also some odds and ends of needlework, hair flowers, face powder, rouge and other household items for women, and some handkerchiefs tied or embroidered by women who are handy.

Chu Yunfeng watched from the side, and asked Shanzao to pick by himself, and Yingzi followed, pulling Shanzao excitedly to pick and choose. She is a young girl who loves beauty and likes everything she looks at, especially face powder. I can't bear to let go.Her brother Ershuan shook his head as he watched from the side, pretending he couldn't see how Ren Yingzi gave him winks.

Incense powder is the most expensive item in the peddler's pick. A box of incense powder costs nearly ten copper coins, and rouge is also expensive. Although the price can be negotiated, generally not many people buy it.

Shanzao picked out some needlework and a hair rope, Chu Yunfeng looked at the powder, and asked her in a low voice, "Do you want this powder and rouge?"

The shopkeeper was very shrewd, and hurriedly said, "Brother, buy a box of face powder for your daughter-in-law, rub it on the kang at night, you are like holding a fairy, you can't bear to let go of the fragrance. This rouge is also very good , look at how good the color is, I guarantee that your daughter-in-law is so beautiful, you wish you could hide it on the kang every day."

What he said was very ambiguous, Shanzao listened ignorantly, but Chu Yunfeng understood it, he glanced at the peddler, and the peddler shouldn't stare coldly, just smiled embarrassingly, and stopped talking about these jokes.

Shanzao shook his head, "That's all I need."

She pointed to the needle, thread and hair rope in her hand, Chu Yunfeng paid the money, put the pannier on her back, and said softly, "Then let's go, let's go home."

Shanzao put away the needle, thread and hair rope, smiled slightly, "Okay, go home."

(End of this chapter)