The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 46 Song Dalang Brings the Girl Back
Hearing the shouts outside the courtyard, both Wen Bao and Song Dalang frowned slightly. The snow is so heavy, why are people still going out now?
"Song Dalang, Dalang!"

The people outside the courtyard called again, after hearing the voice outside the courtyard clearly, Song Dalang took a look at Wen Bao and went out to open the door.

As for Wen Bao, just after Song Dalang looked at him, he guessed who the people outside the courtyard were, maybe Song Dalang really knew.

Standing at the entrance of his cave, Wen Bao looked out, and saw that Song Dalang seemed to be standing at the gate of the courtyard talking to someone, but he couldn't see who it was, so Wen Bao could only wait for Song Dalang to come back.

After a while, Song Dalang finally turned around and walked towards the cave, and Wen Bao also looked at Song Dalang immediately.

"what happened?"

Song Dalang's expression is not good at the moment, his brows are deeply frowned, it seems that the person who came to Song Dalang just now said something serious.

Song Dalang walked into the cave and said, "Daughter-in-law, I'm going to the next village."

Wen Bao didn't expect Song Dalang to make such a decision when he went out for a trip. She looked at Song Dalang and wanted to say something, but in the end she could only say: "When will you come back?"

The snow is so heavy, Song Dalang actually wants to go out now, Wen Bao looks worried when he thinks of the heavy snow outside.

"It won't take long to pick someone up."

After Song Dalang said that, Wen Bao naturally wouldn't say anything more, but before Song Dalang left the door, he still left a word.

"I'll come back and explain to you."

With Song Dalang's words, Wen Bao also heaved a sigh of relief, but Song Dalang was not at home, so no one would take care of the wild goat.

Wen Bao originally thought that Song Dalang would come back at least at night, but he didn't expect that he not only came back before noon, but also brought back a child.

"This is?"

Wen Bao looked at the little girl next to Song Dalang, and tried to tell himself not to think about it.

Even this little girl has the same eyes as Song Dalang.

"Meihua, this is your sister-in-law."

Song Dalang pointed to Wen Bao and introduced him to the little girl. At the same time, he also told Wen Bao the identity of the little girl.

Wen Bao felt a headache when he heard Song Dalang pointing at the little girl and telling her that he was his sister-in-law. When did Song Dalang have a younger sister?
Just when Wen Bao was puzzled, Song Dalang spoke up on his own initiative.

"You also know that my mother remarried after my father died. This is the daughter of my mother's remarriage. She is twelve years old."

Wen Bao did not expect that the little girl in front of him would be Song Dalang's half-sister, and the little girl in front of him who looked only ten years old was actually a 12-year-old girl.

Wen Bao sized up his sister-in-law before going to boil water for her to take a bath.

When Wen Bao got busy, Song Dalang looked at the younger sister whom he met for the second time.

"Your sister-in-law is kind. Since you have come to my house, forget about the past."

After Song Dalang finished speaking, Mei Hua nodded obediently, looked down at her chilblained feet, and quietly raised her head to look at Wen Bao who was busy boiling water at the moment.

Wen Bao was very surprised that Song Dalang brought back such a younger sister suddenly, but she didn't ask any further questions in front of Mei Hua. After boiling water for her to scrub, she took out a set of her own underwear for Mei Hua to change into.

"Plum Blossom changed her clothes and went to lie down on the bed, and you won't come down until I change into a cotton coat for you."

After Wen Bao opened his mouth, only Mei Hua nodded cautiously to answer Wen Bao.

Waiting for Meihua to wear Wen Bao's clothes and sit on the bed wrapped in a quilt, Wen Bao walked to the cave entrance with Meihua's dirty clothes.

"what happened?"

Just now when Meihua was scrubbing her body, Wen Bao blocked the screen, and Song Dalang sat at the entrance of the cave with the wild goat, his back turned to handle the wild goat.

After hearing Wen Bao's question, Song Dalang cut up the wild goats in his hand, wrapped them in kraft paper piece by piece, buried them in the snow and frozen them.

"Didn't my mother remarry? It's not far from here. I've always heard about her. The man had a son. She remarried and gave birth to a son and two daughters. Meihua is the youngest, and there is an older sister It is called lotus.

In order to marry the former man's son, she exchanged the lotus flower and died within two years. "

Song Dalang's tone was very calm, Wen Bao thought about the scars on Meihua's body just now, so he pursed his lips and did not speak.

Now Wen Bao is really curious about what kind of person Song Dalang's mother-in-law is.

Although her daughters were all going to marry, both the lotus and the plum blossoms were her own, so she was willing to let the lotus go to exchange marriages for her stepson.

There are many scars on Meihua's body, some are new and some are old. It can be seen that there are so many scars due to being beaten all year round, and Meihua's eyes are timid. How could she find Song Dalang here?
Wen Bao is full of doubts now, but fortunately Song Dalang also knows Wen Bao's doubts, and after handing Wen Bao a large piece of lamb leg that Wen Bao asked for, he continued to speak.

"In the first half of the year, when Plum Blossom changed marriages, I happened to go hunting in the mountains. I saw her take Plum Blossom to the man's house to identify her. After I recognized her, I asked about it and found out about these things."

Song Dalang originally didn't want to tell Wen Bao about these things, but he didn't expect Meihua to find them.

"Plum Blossom's family was crushed to death by heavy snow last night. She was locked in the woodshed and she was fine. The rest of the family who lived in the mud hut died."

After hearing Song Dalang's words, Wen Bao really didn't know what to say.

Her nominal mother-in-law must be patriarchal, she could easily sacrifice her daughter for her son, and thinking of the old and new scars on Mei Hua's body, Wen Bao can be sure that Mei Hua's life in the past few months has not been good.

"The plum blossoms are here at our house, will there be nothing wrong?"

Wen Bao blanched the mutton that Song Dalang had chopped into chunks, put it into a large earthenware pot to cook the mutton soup, and then took out the earthenware pot to prepare noodles.

"It's okay. The person who sent the plum blossoms has known me for many years. I told him to tell the public that the plum blossoms were also buried in the house by the heavy snow, and they were buried in the pit with that family."

Wen Bao really didn't expect Song Dalang to turn his head so quickly, after careful questioning, Wen Bao finally felt relieved.

This year's snow is too heavy. There are only about [-] households in the village next to Songjia Village. This time, more than one family has an accident. Every family is busy clearing the snow. Meihua, a person who has no sense of presence, has disappeared. They haven't noticed yet. .

As for Meihua's future life, Wen Bao knew from Song Dalang's expression that Song Dalang, who longed for family affection, probably wanted to raise this younger sister.

"Plum Blossom, get up and eat."

Wen Bao took a new set of cotton clothes and put them on for Mei Hua. After arousing Mei Hua, Song Dalang said, "Go and help your sister-in-law serve the bowl."

Song Dalang was rude to Mei Hua, and Wen Bao originally wanted to talk about him, but seeing Mei Hua's uneasy expression relax after Song Dalang spoke, then he understood Song Dalang's meaning.

"Meihua, after dinner, you go to sleep."

Wen Bao heard from Song Dalang that Meihua wanted to run away after she found the house collapsed by the snow last night. If she hadn't met someone who knew Song Dalang, she didn't know where she ran.

Mei Hua took a bowl of mutton soup and drank it in small sips, without even looking at the white flour cake in Wen Bao's hand.

"Why doesn't plum blossom eat pancakes?"

Wen Bao handed a piece of white flour cake to Mei Hua, but Mei Hua raised her head and whispered, "I'm not hungry."

Meihua looked at the expression of swallowing the white noodle cake, and Wen Bao knew that she didn't dare to eat it, so he broke off half a piece of cake and stuffed it to Meihua, then said: "It happens that I can't finish one piece, we each have half."

The cake was stuffed into her hand, and Mei Hua just froze for a moment, then stuffed the cake into her mouth and took a bite.

"Really delicious."

Meihua doesn't look good, she can only be regarded as an ordinary appearance, and she is too thin now, so she doesn't look good.

But because of her resemblance to Song Dalang, Wen Bao didn't feel so much against her.

Wen Bao only found out later that this was the first time Meihua had eaten white noodles in 12 years.

Wen Bao and Song Dalang felt a little out of place because there were more people in the family, and Mei Hua was cautious in everything she did because she was new to the family.

After a good rest on the first day, Meihua started rushing to do the work at home on the second day. Wen Bao originally wanted to stop it, but Song Dalang asked Wen Bao to share some work with Meihua.

Wen Bao loves to eat, and Song Dalang also dotes on her. He eats meat every day. A few days before the Chinese New Year, when the heavy snow stopped, Aunt Wei and Yanzi who came to Song Dalang's house saw plum blossoms and recognized them immediately.

"Is this Da Lang's sister?"

Song Dalang and Meihua have the same eyebrows and eyes, they both look like Song Dalang's mother, after raising her for a while, Meihua's face has some flesh, but the more she looks, the more she looks like Song Dalang.

After Wen Bao handed over a new acupuncture method to Yanzi, he looked up at Aunt Wei, "It's my younger sister, her name is Meihua, and she's twelve this year."

Wen Bao only said so much and didn't mention anything else. After finishing speaking, he continued: "I don't know when the snow will melt."

Hearing that Wen Bao wanted to change the subject, Aunt Wei also understood that Wen Bao didn't want to talk about plum blossoms, so she followed Wen Bao's lead and started talking about the heavy snow.

No one expected that the heavy snow would stop falling today, and the next two days would be sunny, and the snow would start to melt during the day, and the snow would freeze to ice at night.

It is said that the snow is not cold and the snow is cold. Because of the snow these two days, Wen Bao really feels that it is getting colder every day.

"Continue to drink stewed mutton soup tomorrow, it's too cold."

In the evening, Wen Bao took a look at Song Dalang who was holding a plank and laying a floor on the floor, and felt distressed. It is such a cold day, don't freeze it.

Song Dalang didn't know that his wife was caring for him, but after hearing Wen Bao's words, he still responded, "Okay, I'll thaw the meat when I get up tomorrow morning."

Hearing Song Dalang's words, Wen Bao pursed his lips and smiled, and Mei Hua huddled in the big bed, listening to the conversation between Song Dalang and Wen Bao, also snickering.

The next morning, when Wen Bao got up, she saw a piece of mutton that had been thawed. She quickly boiled the mutton and prepared to stew it for today.

Meihua has been here for a while, and she has gotten used to the days when Wen Bao cooks meat every day, and eats three meals a day.

Seeing that Wen Bao was about to make soup, she began to help Wen Bao.

Before noon, the cave at Song Dalang's house was filled with the tantalizing aroma of mutton soup. Wen Bao took out the noodles from the pot, put the chopped mutton on it, and poured the boiling hot mutton soup on it.

"Go outside and see why your brother hasn't come back yet."

After Wen Baosheng met, seeing that Song Dalang, who was sweeping snow outside, hadn't come back, he asked Mei Hua to call for someone.

After hearing Wen Bao's words, Mei Hua walked out of the cave to call for someone, but the next moment, Wen Bao heard angry shouts from outside the cave.

"Damn girl, I finally found you!"

(End of this chapter)