Spring scenery in the fields

"Four. There are four people in the family. One for each of us. But you can't tell my mother."

"Why doesn't Aunt Lan let you buy it?"

Shen Suya nodded: "Yes, my family is saving up the betrothal gifts for my eldest brother. I will use my own hidden pocket money to buy it. When I buy it back, my mother will have nothing to say."

She has saved a lot of pocket money from making lace over the years.

Ji Wenhe understood: "Okay, I won't tell your mother."

These days it’s not easy for every family, and it’s already very good to eat meat once a year.

He watched her go down the mountain, turned back into the house, and said from the outside: "Yuanshan, are you awake?"

"Wake up sister-in-law, come in."

He was leaning against the head of the bed, weaving a bracelet with hemp rope in his hand.

"Didn't I tell you to have a good rest? Why did you take it out again?"

At noon, he asked Shen Wenshan to bring him a hemp rope, but she saw it and took it back.

Shen Yuanshan's hands kept moving: "Sister-in-law, my body hurts, my hands are fine, I just sit there and feel bored."

There were already several woven in the basket beside the bed.

"Sister-in-law, they took away the other bracelets. Will they sell them at the market or give them away?"

"It's possible." Ji Wenhe picked up the basket on the ground and put the twine in it. "An Guo hasn't come yet. I don't know how he is doing."

He said he went to Zhangjia Village to inquire today, but it was almost evening and no one had returned.

Speak of the devil, here comes Zhao Anguo's voice rang out outside the house.

"Wenshan, are sister-in-law and brother Rongshan at home?"

Shen Wenshan replied, "My elder brother has gone into the mountains, and my sister-in-law is in the house."

Ji Wenhe came to the door: "An Guo, come in quickly, I was just talking about you."

Zhao Anguo followed her into the house and before they could ask, he said, "Yuanshan, how many bracelets have you sold in Zhangjia Village?"

"Two. The village head's family bought two daisy bracelets. No other family bought any."

"That's it."

"What's going on? Tell me quickly." Ji Wenhe asked.

Shen Yuanshan also urged: "An Guo, tell me quickly."

Shen Anguo cleared his throat and said, "I saw two aunts wearing the daisy bracelets you mentioned, and a widow and two girls wearing other styles."

"I asked them where they bought it, and they said it was given to them by the three people you met."

"The two aunts didn't tell the truth. They said they bought them from you. I guess two of the three are their sons."

He knew his son had done something bad and helped to cover it up for them.

"It must be them." Shen Yuanshan clenched his fists in anger and looked at Ji Wenhe who was looking down in thought, "Sister-in-law, it must be them."

"After they beat me up, they ran away. When I came out of the sack, they had taken away many of the bracelets. I am sure they searched carefully and didn't leave any behind."

Only two bracelets were sold in Zhangjia Village. They were beaten the night before, and the next day several people were seen wearing bracelets.

"Well, ninety-nine percent of the time it's them. Wait for your eldest brother to come back, catch them and interrogate them. Once you're sure, let your eldest brother avenge you."

They must confess with their own mouths. If they don’t tell the truth, they will be beaten. If they confess, they will be beaten to death.

Ji Wenhe thanked Zhao Anguo: "Anguo, thank you for your trouble."

"Don't be polite, sister-in-law. Yuanshan is my friend. I would help you even if you didn't ask."

He stood up.

"Sister-in-law, Yuanshan, I'm going back first. I'll come to see you another day."

"Well, Anguo, thank you."

"What's the thank you thing between us?"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

After seeing Zhao Anguo off, Ji Wenhe came to the kitchen and said, "Wenshan, your elder brother usually stays in the mountains for a few days."

"Two or three days. The longest time was three days. Don't worry, sister-in-law. Big brother is very capable."

His elder brother doesn't often go into the mountains because it's too dangerous.

After dinner in the evening, Ji Wenhe poured water for the two brothers to soak their feet after they had washed up.

In the past, Shen Rongshan would mix the water for her, take it away, and pour it out. She was used to it.

Now that I'm alone, I kind of miss him being at home.

Habits are terrible things.

I can't let him do everything for me in the future. It's not good to rely too much on one person.

Early in the morning, after Ji Wenhe finished cooking in the kitchen, when he went to the yard to wash his hands, he heard voices of "Ouch, ouch" and "Be gentle, be gentle" coming from inside the house.

It was Shen Wenshan who was rubbing the bruises on Shen Yuanshan, trying to rub them away.

"Yuanshan, Wenshan, are you okay? You can eat now."

"Okay, I'll be right there." Shen Wenshan replied.

inside the house.

"Okay, get dressed and get out of bed to eat."

Shen Yuanshan gritted his teeth and picked up his clothes to put them on: "It hurts so much."

I have never been beaten like this since I was a child, and there is not a single good spot on my body.

Ji Wenhe saw him coming out: "Why aren't you lying on the bed? I was just about to bring you the meal."

Shen Wenshan took the bowl from her hand and said, "Sister-in-law is fine. He didn't break any bones. Why does he need someone to serve him all the time?"

"You should ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine for you so that you can get better quickly."

Shen Yuanshan sat at the table and said, "What a waste of money. I will be fine in a few days. The doctor also said there is no need to prescribe medicine."

A grown man should just bear with it and it will pass.

Ji Wenhe brought the netted wild vegetable cake to the table: "This doctor is quite good. He doesn't blindly prescribe medicine just to make money."

Shen Wenshan nodded: "Yes, he doesn't charge for taking the pulse, he only charges for prescribing medicine. Sometimes if the person is too poor, he will treat them for free."

If you have a headache or fever, you can go to him, but if you are seriously ill, you have to go to town.

"Oh, sister-in-law, Wenshan said you should fence off the wasteland. After dinner, we will go to the west hilltop to cut branches. You stay at home and look after the chicks."

"I'll go, you stay home and watch. Your eldest brother and I have been to the western hilltop before."

Ji Wenhe looked up at him.

"If the villagers saw you limping out, they would definitely ask you questions."

"The villagers love gossip. If you don't find out something, it will annoy people to death."

She also didn't want this matter to spread and become a topic of conversation among the villagers. Some rumors became more and more outrageous as they spread.

Spread a rumor and break a leg.

Shen Wenshan agreed: "Well, Yuanshan, listen to your sister-in-law. I will go with my sister-in-law. It's not far from the foot of the mountain."

"Okay, don't go into the mountains."

He was at home weaving bracelets while watching over the chicks.

Ji Wenhe first went to Lan Qiuhua's house to take back the chicks, borrowed a machete, and the two of them worked together to chop them efficiently.

three days later.

Shen Wenshan chopped some wild vegetables in the yard, scattered them on the ground for them to eat, then stood up and clapped his hands.

"Yuanshan, I'm going to build a fence with my sister-in-law. After half an hour, you can scatter some more for them so they don't starve."

"I understand. Go ahead."

During the day he tended the chicks while the two of them cut branches.

at the foot of the mountain.

Ji Wenhe took the shovel and thrust it into the soil, stepped on it to the bottom, and then shook it back and forth until there was enough space for a branch to fit into the gap.

The soil in the wasteland was very hard. She had been working since noon and had only dug a few meters.