Spring scenery in the fields

"No, let's keep looking."

She should be grateful to have met them, instead of being the kind of person who thinks she is the boss and that women do all the housework, such as washing clothes and cooking, like a nanny.

If that happens, she might use extreme means to leave.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Ji Wenhe came back to his senses and looked at Shen Rongshan who appeared behind him.

"Brother Shen, didn't you go to the mountains?"

"Just about to go."

When I was walking up the mountain, I saw her, standing there alone. She looked very bad. I was worried that she was not feeling well, so I came down to ask her.

Quickly adjusting his mood, Ji Wenhe smiled and shook his head: "I'm fine, Brother Shen, you can go now."

Shen Rongshan looked at her for a few breaths and said, "Well, if you feel unwell, go back early."

"Okay, be careful."

He turned his back, raised his hands, and went straight up the mountain.

"Oh, what a coincidence, where's your eldest brother? He didn't come with you."

Ji Wenhe turned around and looked at the person who came: "Aunt Lan, you just came out to dig wild vegetables."

"I have already dug a basket full and just dumped it out at home. I came here to take a look. I didn't expect there would be so many people here."

At daybreak, Lan Qiuhua got up, without even eating, and went out with a basket and a sickle.

Behind her followed a little girl of about thirteen or fourteen, with two pigtails. She looked well-behaved, had a dimple when she smiled, and her features looked very much like Lan Qiuhua.

"Xiaoya, this is your eldest brother Rongshan's wife. Call her sister-in-law."

Shen Suya looked at her curiously for a few times and called out timidly, "Sister-in-law."

Ji Wenhe responded with a smile: "Hey, hello Xiaoya, you are pretty and have a nice name."

She lowered her head in embarrassment, her little face flushed.

"My daughter, Shen Suya, was named by the scholar. It sounds better than the one her father gave her. I wanted to call her Shen Erya at first."

Lan Qiuhua touched her head with a smile, which made her angry.

"Mom, your hands are covered in mud. I just washed my hair yesterday."

"You unlucky child, I'm your mother, and you still despise me for coming."

Ji Wenhe looked at her and saw that there was no anger on her face, but rather a look of doting.

"Go ahead and look for wild vegetables."

Shen Suya nodded and walked into the wasteland with a sickle.

"By the way, where's Rongshan? He didn't come with you."

"He went to the mountains and should be here soon."

Lan Qiuhua nodded and took her to the wasteland.

Ji Wenhe glanced to the side and saw Shen Yuanshan and the others were not far away, digging wild vegetables. He saw them but did not call them.

"Are you used to living in the village?"

"I'm fine. I haven't recovered yet. Brother Shen asked me to stay at home for a while and not go down the mountain to walk around the village."

She didn't want to go down the mountain unless it was necessary. She didn't know anyone and couldn't call out their names, and she was afraid of being stopped and questioned.

"There's nothing interesting to see in the village. There's just a bunch of old ladies talking about this family and that family, and they don't know how to control their words."

Lan Qiuhua pulled aside the weeds, looked inside carefully, and continued.

"When the villagers are free, they like to get together and chat. If you don't like to listen, don't come down the mountain. That idiot has been away from the village for almost half a month. He had a very bad relationship with your uncle before."

Ji Wenhe had heard them talk about the reason: "Yes, I know, thank you Aunt Lan for telling me."

"Harm, what are you thanking for? But you don't have to be afraid of them. They just like to talk, but they won't do anything to harm you."

Growing up in the village, everyone knows her.

At this time, Shen Suya called them from the wasteland in the distance: "Mother, sister-in-law, come here."

"Come on, come on, there are more over there." Lan Qiuhua pulled her.

Ji Wenhe followed over and looked at the wild vegetables found in the field, frowning. It was not purslane, but a bit like garlic sprouts.

"Our Xiaoya is amazing. She found so many wild garlics."

Shen Suya squatted down and said happily, "Mom, hurry up and dig. I'll look for it again."

"Sure, go ahead."

Lan Qiuhua was digging the soil with a sickle. When she saw the people standing next to her, she looked up in confusion and asked, "Why aren't you digging?"

"Aunt Lan, this is what you found."

She saw that whoever discovered a large piece of land owned it, and no one else could come forward to dig.

"Don't be so polite to me. We can't eat all the wild garlic. Hurry up and dig it."

Ji Wenhe hesitated for a moment, squatted down, and then he remembered that he had no tools to dig.

"Aunt Lan, I'll go call Yuanshan over. He has a sickle."

Lan Qiuhua nodded: "Hey, go quickly."

He trotted over to the two brothers and saw someone not far away. He whispered, "There's a lot of wild garlic over there in the wasteland. Let's go look for it over there."

They both dug a lot of wild vegetables into their baskets and their hands were covered in mud.

"Sister-in-law, don't go to the wasteland. The grass is tall and there are little bugs in it. The dew hasn't dried yet, so don't get your clothes wet."

Shen Wenshan took the empty basket from her hand and handed her a basket full of wild vegetables.

"Sister-in-law, wait for us outside. Big brother will be back soon."

The eldest brother said that she didn’t have any extra clothes and would have nothing to change into if they got wet, unlike them who could wear each other’s clothes.

Ji Wenhe looked down at his trouser legs. A large area of ​​them was wet by dew when he entered the wasteland just now.

The original owner only brought a set of clothes when she came out. There was no spare clothes for women in the house, so she washed her underwear on a good day and put it on after it dried at night.

Lan Qiuhua watched the two brothers come in and looked at the people standing outside: "Why doesn't your sister-in-law come in? There are so many people, so it will be quick to find her."

Shen Wenshan took over the conversation: "My eldest brother said that my sister-in-law didn't bring any extra clothes when she came, and she got them wet and had no clothes to change into."

Only then did she remember that when she entered the village, she was only holding a small bag in her hands.

"Yuanshan, there are a lot of wild garlic in the wasteland, hurry up and look, others have come in too."

The two nodded and dug the soil hard.

Ji Wenhe squatted down. She felt that standing was too conspicuous and would easily attract other people's attention.

I looked around, picked up a stone, tried it in the soil, and found that it could be used to dig wild vegetables.

You are not allowed to enter the wasteland, but you can go to the foot of the mountain. It is not a good idea to just wait there.

She knew purslane, wild garlic, and dandelions, and she dug up several of them.

"Why are your trouser legs wet?"

Ji Wenhe was startled by the sudden voice and turned his head to look: "Brother Shen, can you make some noise next time you show up?"

Her tone sounded a little aggrieved, but she didn't even notice it.

Shen Rongshan nodded, took the stone from her hand, and dug the soil: "Well, why are your trouser legs wet?"

"We just walked into the wasteland. It's not very wet and will dry up soon."

Cotton absorbs water, so if it is soaked with a lot of water, it will not dry out completely and will leave water marks.

"Brother Shen, is the trap ready?"

"Okay, let's go check it out in two days. We may not be able to catch any prey."

Afraid that she would be happy for nothing, I added a sentence at the end.

Ji Wenhe frowned and squatted in front of him: "It doesn't matter, we can catch it eventually."

He is tall and looks very oppressive even when he squats down.