wife and husband

Chapter 9

The next day when Chu Yunfeng got up, Shanzao woke up too.She looked at the sky outside in a daze, rubbed her eyes and asked Chu Yunfeng, "Are you going down the mountain now?"

Chu Yunfeng was folding his leather jacket with his back to her, turned around when he heard the words, saw her rubbing her eyes in a daze, and said in a softer voice, "No busy, I'll go out and dig some wild vegetables, and come back with some water."

When she heard that she was going to dig wild vegetables in the mountains, Shanzao's eyes widened, "I want to go too!" She sat up excitedly.

Chu Yunfeng looked at her legs, frowned and said, "Your legs aren't healed yet, just rest at home."

Shanzao pouted dissatisfiedly, "My legs have recovered a long time ago, and I'm suffocated to death these days, so I'm going."

Chu Yunfeng still persuaded, "It's cool in the morning, and there's a lot of fog in the mountains. You're in better shape, so don't go, so as not to catch the cold. Besides, the mountain road is slippery, and it's no joke to hurt your legs and feet."

Shanzao is determined to go out, and she is really bored after staying in the room for the past few days, "I just want to go."

After she finished speaking, she ignored Chu Yunfeng, put on her shoes and got out of bed, and went out to scoop water to wash her face.Chu Yunfeng sighed, lowered his head and put away the straw mat.

When he went out of the house, the jujube had been washed in cold water, Chu Yunfeng sighed again, why is this girl so stubborn?Seeing that she was wearing thin clothes, Chu Yunfeng went back to the room and took one of his thick clothes for her.

"It's cold, wear it."

Shanzao dipped a wooden comb in water, combed his hair neatly, and put it on directly without hesitation when he saw the clothes that Chu Yunfeng handed over.Chu Yunfeng shook his head helplessly, after grooming and tidying up, he confirmed once again that Shanzao was determined to go with him, and then opened the door with a bucket.

"Let's go."

Da Mao was already wagging its tail in excitement, and as soon as Chu Yunfeng opened the door, it spread its paws and jumped out, ran a long way and then came back, extremely happy.

Seeing that Chu Yunfeng compromised, Shanzao was also happy. After Chu Yunfeng went out, she turned around and locked the yard. The yard was not locked to prevent theft, but because of fear that wild animals would enter and ruin the yard.

Taking care of Shanzao, Chu Yunfeng walked very slowly, and the bucket on his shoulder kept dangling. Shanzao was carrying Chu Yunfeng's usual pannier, and there was a small knife in the pannier. A crystal clear drop of water, Shanzao said excitedly, "I should take a kettle to catch some water, what is it called... what kind of water..." She tilted her head, unable to think of that word for a while.

"Rootless water." Chu Yunfeng answered lightly.

Shanzao said with a smile, "Yes, it is rootless water. My father mentioned it before, saying that some medicines use this kind of water to be effective."

Chu Yunfeng was a little surprised, "Your father knows medicine?"

Shanzao kicked the weeds on the side of the road with his feet, "Understood, my father is a barefoot doctor in our village, and anyone in the surrounding villages will come to my father to see if they are sick. My brother is also very good. He is only 19 years old and can cure ordinary headaches and brain fever." It's..."

As he spoke, Shanzao thought of his dead family members, with a smile on his face.

Chu Yunfeng hurriedly changed the topic, "Stop kicking, some grass will cut your feet."

Shanzao withdrew his feet, took a deep breath, and asked pretending to be nonchalant, "How long will it take to get to the place where the water is fetched?"

Chu Yunfeng looked into the distance, "It's not far, we'll be there soon."

They walked along a small path for a while, and Chu Yunfeng led her to turn a few steps, and saw a clear stream meandering down, beside a protruding boulder, and under the boulder was a small stream. The small pool may be because of the big rock blocking it. The water in the pool looks very clean. Da Mao was the first to rush to the big rock, barking, jumped off the big rock again, and circled around Chu Yunfeng and Shan Zao , and ran to the vicinity of the boulder, sniffing east and west.

Chu Yunfeng put the bucket on the boulder, and then said to Shanzao, "Go dig and order food first, and come to fetch water later."

Shanzao nodded, Chu Yunfeng whistled, Da Mao barked, and went into the woods.Shanzao stretched his neck and looked at the direction where Da Mao was going, and asked suspiciously, "Why did you let Da Mao go?"

"Let it wander around by itself. It's been stuck at home for a few days, so it's probably bored." Chu Yunfeng jumped off the boulder, "Let's go." He said to Shanzao.

Shanzao followed Chu Yunfeng, walking unhurriedly, observing the surroundings while walking.

"Hey, there are Fuguo dishes here." Shanzao jumped excitedly to a patch of green plants, put down his back basket, took out a knife and started cutting.

Chu Yunfeng hurriedly followed, and looked at Shanzao reproachfully, "This thing can't run, why are you so anxious, it will hurt your feet soon."

Shanzao was busy cutting vegetables, so he didn't care to talk to him, so he hummed a few times casually, and his subordinates didn't stop, and cut a lot of Fuguo vegetables in a short while.

Only then did Chu Yunfeng look at this so-called "rich country dish", the heart-shaped leaves are also very green.

"Is this edible?" In Chu Yunfeng's eyes, this is a down-to-earth weed. He often saw it when he went to the mountains, and he never thought of eating it.

Cut a handful of jujubes and put them in the basket, and looked at Chu Yunfeng with eyes that you don't understand, "Of course you can eat this, the tip and leaves of this vegetable can be eaten, I often eat it at home."

Chu Yunfeng nodded. He knew only those kinds of wild vegetables, and those were the ones he ate all year round. Anyway, he could eat the jujube if he said it could be eaten.

"Hey, this is purslane, this is delicious." Shanzao's eyes lit up, and he found another edible wild vegetable.

Chu Yunfeng knelt down, followed suit to pick the purslane, and said calmly, "I know this dish, I have eaten it before."

Shanzao gave him a funny look, "I know you have eaten it, and the wild vegetable pancakes you made yesterday used this dish."

Uh……

Chu Yunfeng was speechless for a while, and picked the purslane obediently. After picking the bunch of purslane, Chu Yunfeng raised his eyes and looked, "There is Houttuynia cordata over there!"

He pointed to the direction of the water pool, and there was indeed a clump of Houttuynia cordata growing right there. He was about to pick it when he heard the jujube whispering, "That's not good, it tastes weird."

Chu Yunfeng stood up and took two steps. Hearing her words, he stopped his steps immediately, turned around and picked up the basket with the jujube on his back, and walked forward while looking for it with his head down.

Shanzao was dazed by his movements, "Hey, hey, Chu Yunfeng."

Chu Yunfeng turned his head, Shanzao pointed to the clump of Houttuynia cordata and said, "Aren't you going to pick that Houttuynia cordata?"

Chu Yunfeng said lightly, "I won't pick it."

What a weird person, Shanzao slandered in her heart, but she was very happy not to eat Houttuynia cordata.

The two continued to walk forward, and Shanzao found some wild vegetables such as plantain, water shield, and fragrant hemp leaves. She was so happy to pick them that she unknowingly put a small basket on her back and wanted to pick them again. Chu Yunfeng hurriedly stopped her.

"These vegetables will not be stored for a long time, so pick them first, and then pick them when they are finished." Chu Yunfeng showed her the basket, and there were indeed quite a lot of wild dates, at least enough for two days, before nodding in satisfaction.

"Then let's look again and see if there are any mushrooms or something like that?"

Chu Yunfeng was helpless, "Don't look for it, and it didn't rain, so the mushrooms that grow may not be edible, these vegetables are good enough."

Under Chu Yunfeng's repeated dissuasion, Shanzao gave up the idea of ​​continuing to look for food.

Chu Yunfeng whistled again, then returned to the pool with the jujube, drew water with a wooden bucket, hung the pole hook on the handle of the wooden bucket, and sat on the boulder to wait for the big hair.

Da Mao hasn't come back yet, Shanzao looks anxiously at the direction where Da Mao left.

"Is nothing wrong with Da Mao?"

There are all kinds of wild beasts in the mountains, and anything can happen, she was thinking wildly, and her heart became more and more worried.

Chu Yunfeng shook his head, "Nothing will happen, it has been running in this mountain since it was a child."

Sure enough, after a while, Da Mao ran back with a grunt, still holding a golden pheasant in its mouth. It ran to Dashi, put the half-dead golden pheasant beside Chu Yunfeng, and rubbed against Chu Yunfeng to act like a spoiled child.

Chu Yunfeng laughed, patted Da Mao's head, and praised, "Da Mao is really good, he caught the chicken again."

Shanzao also touched Da Mao's head happily, "Da Mao is awesome!"

Da Mao turned around excitedly, Chu Yunfeng put the golden pheasant into the basket, Shanzao carried the basket on his back, Chu Yunfeng picked up the pole, and went home slowly.

Back home, Chu Yunfeng poured water into the water tank, then put the lid on, Shanzao put the basket in front of Chu Yunfeng, "You take this chicken and clean it up."

Chu Yunfeng took out the golden pheasant, and Shanzao took out the wild vegetables below, and put them into a wooden basin to wash. Chu Yunfeng, as usual, plucked and washed the chicken, and put it in the cellar.

Shanzao took some flour, looked at the flour in his hand, and then looked at the half bag of flour left on the ground, Shanzao was a little helpless, it was too wasteful for the people in the mountains to eat this flour, Chu Yunfeng really didn't know how to buy things , This fine flour is very expensive. When I was at home, her family only ate it during the New Year and holidays. On weekdays, they ate cornmeal or buckwheat noodles. How could they eat such fine flour.

She didn't know that Chu Yunfeng lived alone, and when there was no war, he always bought a bag of noodles and a bag of rice, and he could eat for a long time when he returned home. He often hunted game to sell, and his life was not very tight.

After taking half a bowl of flour, Shanzao thought about it, scooped some flour back, took it out, poured water, and kneaded vigorously.

When Chu Yunfeng came out, he saw her meeting and confessed.

"I'm going to the village."

Shanzao nodded, knowing that Chu Yunfeng had gone down the mountain to the village to ask for needlework.

He mixed the dough in his hand vigorously, and after reconciling, put a wet sweat towel on the dough, Shanzao found out the broom, cleaned the yard, and cleaned up the house. On the mat in the corner of the room, Shanzao feels a little guilty. Since he came here, he has been occupying Chu Yunfeng's bed. When he wakes up in the morning, he can still see Chu Yunfeng rubbing his shoulders. Presumably the ground is too hard to sleep well. Shanzao feels that he wants to sleep with Chu Yunfeng. Tell me, the bed matter needs to be resolved.

Chu Yunfeng walked very fast, and it didn't take too long to go back and forth. Seeing that he was back, Shan Zao went out to see how the noodles on the stove were, and stretched out his hand to press them. The rolling ball that I made was rolled up.

The noodles are ready, and the wild vegetables are fried with wild dates, mixed with vinegar, and a bowl of noodles with vegetables will be ready.

When the two of them ate, Chu Yunfeng cleaned up the meal as usual, and when the bowls and chopsticks were cleaned up, Shanzao took out the needle and thread that Chu Yunfeng found, and began to prepare to sew clothes for himself.

(End of this chapter)