Four Foods in the Mountains

When Sister Lan ran back to the river, Cen Ning and Brother Zhu were shocked.

How so fast?

Sister Lan ran up to them, handed the clothes in her hand to Cen Ning, breathless and whispered: "Yes, dry, clean, you, block it."

Before Cen Ning could thank her, Sister Lan stepped aside again and lowered her head.

Brother Zhu unfolded his clothes and tied them around Cen Ning's waist: "Although it doesn't look good, as long as it can block it."

Cen Ning nodded, took two steps forward and said to Sister Lan, "Sister Lan, thank you very much."

Sister Lan raised her head in a daze, met Cen Ning's smiling eyes, her face flushed, she waved her hands and said, "No, no thanks."

Her second brother's husband is really good-looking, and even better when he smiles, Sister Lan secretly thought.

Seeing that Sister Lan's head was covered with beads of sweat, Cen Ning said softly, "Wipe off your sweat, you have worked hard on Sister Lan."

Sister Lan was a little embarrassed, and quickly raised her sleeve to wipe it.

Cen Ning was startled, and just about to take out his handkerchief to Sister Lan, a voice suddenly came from the woods: "Sister Lan, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

Three pairs of eyes looked at the past at the same time, and the person who came was Lu Yunrui.

Lu Yunrui was at home wondering what Sister Lan was doing with the clothes. Anyway, he was in a hurry, so he simply followed to see, but he didn't expect to see Cen Ning.

Sister Lan was startled when she heard Lu Yunrui's voice, she quickly shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I'm going home."

How could Lu Yunrui have the heart to talk to her, Cen Ning was wearing sister Lan's clothes around his waist, and his trousers were covered with mud, it was obvious what happened.

Normally, Lu Yunrui could still pretend to be gentle, but just after he read the script, he remembered the words in the script about smooth skin, fat skin, shoulders cut to the waist, and plain skin, so he couldn't help but move agitated, his eyes went straight to Cen Ning glanced under the clothes tied around his waist.

On the other hand, he bowed his hands in a pretentious way: "So it's Brother Zhu and... Brother Ning. When I saw Sister Lan's flustered behavior, I thought something had happened. Of course, the elder brother should come and take a look to rest assured."

Brother Zhu rolled his eyes and muttered, "Pretending to be."

Cen Ning didn't make a sound, but secretly pressed down his clothes with his hands. Lu Yunrui's eyes were the same as that day, making him feel uncomfortable and even offended.

Sister Lan pursed her lips, unnaturally took two steps forward to block Cen Ning, and said to Lu Yunrui, "Brother, it's nothing, I, let's go home, you still have to read."

Cen Ning was covered, Lu Yunrui looked at Sister Lan and his eyes darkened, but the cruelty was fleeting, he smiled and took another step forward: "Could it be that I twisted my foot while fishing, but I can help place?"

"No." Cen Ning said coldly, "Thank you for your kindness, we are going home too, it is inconvenient for us to go together, please go first."

I didn't expect Cen Ning to look obedient but be so reticent. He wanted to watch some shy pies to satisfy his greed but bumped into an ice ball, and Lu Yunrui choked.

She was reluctant to leave, and wanted to open her mouth to pester her for a while longer.

Brother Zhu suddenly shouted in surprise: "Brother Chuanzi!"

Lu Yunrui turned his head, and sure enough, he saw his brother walking out of the forest.

Lu Yunchuan was tall and worked hard all year round. When he came to Lu Yunrui's side, Lu Yunrui only felt an invisible sense of oppression.

Obviously he was wearing a long robe, and Lu Yunchuan was wearing coarse linen with mud splashed on the hem, but he seemed to be a head shorter than him.

"Second brother." Lu Yunrui smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled.

Lu Yunchuan ignored him, walked past him towards Cen Ning and Brother Zhu.

"Why are you here?" Cen Ning said pleasantly, the solid ice just now turned into Wang Chunshui.

Lu Yunchuan said in a low voice: "I didn't see you when I went home. Aunt Qian said that you and Brother Zhu have been fishing in the river for a while, so come over to have a look."

Seeing the clothes tied around Cen Ning's waist and the mud on his trousers, Lu Yunchuan asked nervously, "Did you fall?"

"Yeah, but it's okay." Glancing at Lu Yunrui, Cen Ning whispered again, "I want to go home."

Lu Yunchuan held his hand and squeezed it reassuringly, then turned his head and said with a stern face: "Boy Rui, Cen Ning is my husband, Brother Zhu has already engaged, you, an unmarried man, stay with them It's inappropriate, remember to avoid it next time you meet, this is etiquette."

Lu Yunrui was annoyed when he saw Cen Ning's change of face towards him and Lu Yunchuan, but now he was even more annoyed when he was ridiculed by a farmer from Lu Yunchuan for his lack of manners.

Losing face, he couldn't even keep up his superficial appearance, and turned his head to Sister Lan and said harshly: "Sister Lan, see if you dare to run around next time and even tarnish my reputation, why don't you come back soon!" Home."

Sister Lan was shocked: "Yes, I, I dare not."

"What are you doing with such a cowardly look in front of others? Who bullied you at home?!"

"No, no."

Lu Yunrui waved his sleeves and left with a livid face, and Sister Lan hurriedly followed behind him.

"Sister Lan, wait." Cen Ning picked up the fish bucket beside him, intending to give the fish he found to Sister Lan.

Before Sister Lan waved her hand, Lu Yunchuan stopped him first and said, "No need."

After returning home, Lu Yunchuan closed the courtyard door and pulled the clothes around Cen Ning's waist: "Where did you fall? Does it hurt?"

The clothes were lifted, revealing Cen Ning's thighs covered in mud.

Cen Ning bit her lip: "The bottom of my foot slipped, my butt fell, and my clothes were torn."

Cen Ning's lower body was covered in mud. Lu Yunchuan said, "Go into the house and take off your clothes. There is boiling water in the kitchen. I'll wash it and then I'll see...the wound."

"...Mmm." Cen Ning lowered his head and went into the room to take off his clothes.

Lu Yunchuan mixed the water and brought the basin into the room. Cen Ning stood naked, seeing Lu Yunchuan coming in, he couldn't help blocking it with his hands.

"You stand in, and I'll wipe it for you." Lu Yunchuan rolled up his sleeves and squatted beside the tub, holding a cloth towel in his hand.

"I'll just wipe it myself." This is too embarrassing, Cen Ning thought.

"You can't see the back, come on, the water is going to be cold." Lu Yunchuan said seriously.

Seeing Lu Yunchuan's expression, he knew that he couldn't hold him back, so Cen Ning had no choice but to walk over and stand in the tub, not daring to move.

Lu Yunchuan took a cloth towel dampened with water and wiped the mud on his legs. After wiping his legs clean, he looked closely at the place where Cen Ning fell.

Cen Ning didn't cry when he fell, but now he was about to cry, his voice was stained with embarrassment: "It's not hurt, don't look at it."

"The skin is worn out, it's probably going to be swollen." Lu Yunchuan wiped it with a cloth towel and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore," Cen Ning said.

I'm just ashamed, so I don't have the mind to take care of the wound.

Lu Yunchuan took a dry cloth to wipe off the water droplets on Cen Ning's body, and hugged Cen Ning to the bed: "Lie down, I'll wipe your feet."

Cen Ning obediently leaned over, his fingers clenched the back of the cushion into a ball.

Lu Yunchuan went out to pour water, and when he entered the house again, he had a medicine jar in his hand.

The ointment in the village is all herbal powder bought from the old doctor in the village. When you need to use it, mix it with some water to make a paste and apply it directly to the wound, just tie it up with gauze.

Cen Ning lay on the bed and let Lu Yunchuan apply the ointment on him. The ointment was cold, and he couldn't help shivering slightly when it was applied to the wound.

Lu Yunchuan pressed down with his big palm, and said in a low voice, "Don't move, it will be fine soon."

So Cen Ning didn't move, and buried his flushed face into the pillow, the back of the pad under his palm was almost scratched by him.

After applying the medicine, Cen Ning let out a long and trembling breath.

Lu Yunchuan handed the clean clothes to Cen Ning, looked at the wet eyes at the end of his eyes, and deliberately teased him: "So delicate?"

Cen Ning hurriedly said: "It's not because of the delicate wound, it's clearly..."

Knowing what it was, Cen Ning stopped talking, glared at Lu Yunchuan with a blushing face, put on his clothes and ran to the yard.

Lu Yunchuan followed behind shaking his head and laughing.

After pouring husband a cup of tea and a handful of dried fruit, Lu Yunchuan hoisted the well water to wash his clothes.

Sitting at the stone table, Cen Ning took a sip of hot tea, watched Lu Yunchuan change the water several times before scrubbing off the mud from his clothes, and was annoyed that Xianggong teased him just now and felt that Xianggong was too kind to him.

He was struggling with his heart and soul alone, when he heard Lu Yunchuan ask him: "This is Sister Lan's clothes, right?"

Looking at the clothes in Lu Yunchuan's hands, Cen Ning nodded: "I don't know what to do if the clothes are torn. I happened to meet Sister Lan, and she ran back to get them for me."

Thinking of something, Cen Ning asked again: "At the river just now, I...I wanted to give the fish to Sister Lan, why didn't you let me, Mr. Xiang?"

He knew that Lu Yunchuan was by no means a stingy person, and he would not offend a girl like Sister Lan because of Wang Fengyu, so even if he was puzzled at the time, he didn't ask, until now it was only the two of them who asked.

After changing the basin of clean water again, Lu Yunchuan carefully scrubbed the clothes in the basin with fragrant beads. The fragrant beads were as big as Cen Ning's fist, but a small one in his hand: "You let Sister Lan take the fish back, and she will eat it too." not."

"why?"

"Wang Fengyu doesn't like her daughter." Lu Yunchuan said concisely.

To be precise, Lu Yunrui is the only one in Wang Fengyu's eyes.Before the family was separated, Lu Yunlang and Lu Yunchuan were "livestock" who wanted to eat her food in her eyes. In her eyes, Sister Lan was a loser who would marry off for a bride price sooner or later. Only Lu Yunrui was hers. The heart is the most precious meat.

"How did this happen?" Cen Ning frowned, "I want to thank Sister Lan, she ran so fast to give me clothes, and she came back after such a long journey."

Lu Yunchuan didn't respond, twisted his clothes and started talking about something else: "Yesterday I drank fish porridge, let's eat fried fish today."

Seeing that Lu Yunchuan didn't mention Sister Lan again, Cen Ning held the cup and didn't speak. He thought in his heart that when he returned Sister Lan's clothes to her tomorrow, he would give her something to thank her. Mr. Husband...should not be angry with him yes.

After peeking at Lu Yunchuan with big eyes, Cen Ning stood up and went to the kitchen to fry small fish.

The fish felt the size of a palm, and it was just right to fry and eat. Cen Ning divided half of the bucket out to clean the fish scales and internal organs, and the remaining half bucket was for Lu Yunchuan to take to his eldest brother and sister-in-law later.

Clean up the fish, put it in a basin and marinate it with salt, ginger slices and citron peel for a while to remove the fishy smell.

Taking advantage of this time, Cen Ning picked a winter melon from the vegetable garden, washed it, cut it into small pieces with the skin, put it in a pot with miscellaneous grains and rice, and cooked it together. Drinking winter melon porridge on this day can dispel dampness.

Put the marinated fish into the batter made with eggs and flour and mix well. After the pan is hot, put it down and fry it one by one, fry it until it is golden, remove it, and then fry it again in the pan, so that the fried fish is not easy Softer and more fragrant.

Lu Yunchuan took the wet clothes into the kitchen to dry, smelled the smell and said, "It smells so good."

Cen Ning smiled, after being married for such a long time, even though Lu Yunchuan is not picky about food and eats every meal cleanly, he still has a grasp of Lu Yunchuan's taste.

I don't like to eat sweet or mushy food, but I like to eat chewy food. Every meal can be without meat, but can't be without steamed buns and rice. I like to eat fried intestines and fish.

A pot of winter melon porridge, a plate of fried small fish, and Cen Ning stewed a bowl of loofah with eggs.

When the dishes were put on the table, Lu Yunchuan didn't move his chopsticks, went into the kitchen and took an empty bowl, and put some big fish aside.

"What's this for? I'll cook you something else when you're hungry at night. Eat it while it's hot."

"It's okay." Lu Yunchuan put the bowl away and picked a piece of fish for Cen Ning, "Let's eat."

Cen Ning didn't know why, so he picked up chopsticks to eat.

When it got dark, everyone in the village was going to wash and go to bed. Lu Yunchuan put away the dried clothes and folded them, picked up sister Lan's one and said to Cen Ning, "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Cen Ning asked suspiciously.

Lu Yunchuan smiled: "If you don't let Sister Lan eat fish tonight, you're probably going to toss and turn and you won't be able to sleep well."

Cen Ning widened his round eyes.

Lu Yunchuan took out a greased paper bag from his bosom, which contained the few fishes he picked up during dinner.

Cen Ning was overjoyed, his brows were crooked with a smile, and he was led out by Lu Yunchuan.

When I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I remembered something, ran back to the house, took something and stuffed it into Sister Lan's clothes.The two came to the side of Lu's house in the dark.

"Pull me up, be careful where you step, don't trip over." Lu Yunchuan reminded in a low voice.

Cen Ning nodded, and at night he and Lu Yunchuan sneaked to other people's houses, but the handshake in the dark made him feel a secret excitement.

There was no one in the courtyard of Lu's house, and the main room was also dark, only the oil lamps were lit in the side room and the kitchen.

There was the sound of washing in the kitchen, knowing that it was someone else who was still busy in the kitchen that night, Lu Yunchuan picked up two small stones and threw them towards the kitchen window.

"Ding." "Ding."

After two beeps, a person came out of the kitchen, it was Sister Lan.

Seeing Lu Yunchuan and Cen Ning, Sister Lan opened her eyes wide, and subconsciously tensed up to look into the side room. Seeing that there was no movement in the side room, she gently slipped out of the courtyard door.

"Second brother? Second, second sister-in-law?" Sister Lan whispered, her eyes still staring in surprise.

"Hush." ​​Lu Yunchuan gestured to Sister Lan, and stuffed the things in his arms to her, "Go back quickly, eat by yourself."

Before Sister Lan could react while holding the object, Lu Yunchuan pulled back his strength and pushed her, then turned around and went home with Cen Ning.

Sister Lan didn't have time to say anything, so she had to sneak back to the yard again.

As soon as she got back to the kitchen, she heard noises from the side room. Sister Lan hid the things in her hand into the stove, and Wang Fengyu came in just as she got up and stood up.

"Why don't you wash the dishes? Are you stealing food?!"

"No mother, I, I have finished washing the dishes and cleaning the stove."

Wang Fengyu looked at Sister Lan suspiciously, opened the cupboard and checked, and felt relieved when she saw half a steamed bun, and said with a straight face: "Go back to the room after washing, and get up early tomorrow to work, how big is it?" The girl is a little lazy, lazy all day long, and even made your brother angry, have you eaten the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard?"

Sister Lan murmured: "I don't dare, Auntie, I will work hard in the future, so as not to make my brother angry."

"That's about the same." Wang Fengyu said and went to the firewood room to relieve his hand.

After tidying up the kitchen and turning off the oil lamps in the side room, Sister Lan quietly went back to the house with her things.

After closing the door and lighting the oil lamp, Sister Lan picked up the top oil paper bag and opened it.

Fried fish? !

Sister Lan swallowed, and hurried to the door to listen for a while, and after making sure that there was no movement outside, she went back to the bed and picked up the oiled paper bag.

She leaned closer and smelled it, her eyes turned red immediately.

Parents at home will not starve her, but they will not allow her to eat well.Every time she eats, she only gnaws her steamed buns and radishes with her head down. She dare not touch the meat on the table, unless her parents and third brother can't eat any more, and the leftovers are not enough for a second meal, so she will let them eat. She takes a few bites.

Today she made her brother angry. Her mother forbade her to have dinner at night. She planned to drink some well water to fill her stomach if she was too hungry to sleep. Who knew that her second brother and second sister-in-law would give her a special treat? For food, it is fried fish with oil.

Sister Lan wiped her tears with her hand, and picked up her clothes again.

This was her best piece of clothing, and it was specially dug out for the second sister-in-law in the afternoon. The second sister-in-law looked fair and clean, and she was afraid that other clothes would make him feel disgusted.

The clothes must have been washed, even if they were hidden in the stove with some stove ashes, they still smell delicious.

Sister Lan unfolded her clothes and was about to put them back in the box, but something floated out of the clothes, and she hurriedly picked them up.

A new veil lay quietly in his palm, and an orchid was embroidered on the veil.

This was specially bought by Cen Ning when he ran back to the house, and he planned to sell it in the town.

The half-grown girls and brothers in the village would carry handkerchiefs with them. Seeing Sister Lan wiping sweat with her sleeves in the afternoon, and hearing Lu Yunchuan say that Wang Fengyu didn't like Sister Lan, Cen Ning guessed that it must be that Wang Fengyu was not willing to give it to Sister Lan. He bought it, and was stingy with cloth and colored thread for Sister Lan to make, so he went back to the house to get a strip, and specially selected the pattern.

In the middle of the night, Yunxi Village was quiet, except for a few dogs barking occasionally, the moon was hanging in the sky, and there was a faint light in Lu's house.

In the house, Sister Lan had fish stuffed in her mouth and a handkerchief in her hand, her cheeks were wet with tears.