Chapter 16 Cutting Grass
"Wang Wang Wang."
"Gu Gu Gu."
There were barking dogs in the village.
There were old frogs croaking.
It was not noisy, but rather made people feel a little quiet.
The mountain village was very dark at night.
There were occasional sparks, but they were also faint and flickering.
The lights in the village seemed not as bright as the fireflies in front of them.
There were no street lights at this time.
Ordinary families would not keep candles lit, which was a waste.
Fortunately, the sky after the rain was very clean, and the clouds were washed away by the heavy rain.
The moon hung obediently in the sky.
Not so round, but close to round.
It was the first time that Jiang Mianmian stayed outside the yard at night.
In fact, her yard did not have a high wall, but a small low wall, surrounding it. There was a gap in one place, so it was easy to climb in.
Now the tree is planted right in front of the corner of the wall where the gap is, giving a feeling of filling the wall.
Under the big tree.
A Niang brought another stone pier.
Several pony poles were placed around the stone pier.
There were also bamboo chairs.
Brother Jiang Feng was lying on the bamboo chair.
Jiang Yu poured water for everyone.
They drank warm water without straw.
Dinner was bitter enough, so plain water was fine.
The cup was also made of bamboo tubes, very natural.
Dad also sat on the pony pole to drink water.
A Niang held her.
Except for her brother, everyone sat on the pony pole, and Dad seemed to be particularly tall and beautiful.
Especially when the night wind blew up the ends of Dad's long hair, he looked even better.
Jiang Mianmian looked at her father, then stared at the village curiously. With the help of the moonlight, she could still vaguely see some houses.
The village looks like a basin. In the center there is a large group of houses, with several buildings connected together.
The other houses are sparse and dotted.
Some are just small huts. I don't know if they are used for living or built temporarily.
Her house is located on a higher level. There are houses not far away, but they are not connected together.
There are several houses concentrated there, while her house is separate.
Planting a tree at the door seems to free up some land, occupying a larger area, and there is an inexplicable feeling of pleasure.
The midsummer night is warm even after the rain.
Under the big tree, there are occasional flying insects and mosquitoes.
Jiang Yu diligently lit a handful of wormwood powder. There was a faint smell of wormwood in the air. There were still mosquitoes, but they didn't seem to bite.
The eldest brother Jiang Feng was not idle even when he was lying down. He was peeling the skin of the small red fruit.
Just now, my father had asked people to put the fruit in the pot and cook it.
Now everyone was peeling the skin by hand around the stone pillar.
"This is so bitter, what can we cook with it?" Jiang Feng asked while peeling the skin.
"I told you not to go out and fool around, come and help me, but you refused. This is the red crow fruit. The fruit looks like the mouth of a red-billed crow. The skin is bitter, and the seeds can be used as medicine. It mainly treats spleen deficiency and stagnation. The flesh is sweet and can promote diuresis and relieve stranguria." My father spoke slowly while working.
It was the first time that Jiang Mianmian felt that her father seemed to be really educated.
This is something related to traditional Chinese medicine, she doesn't quite understand it.
In ancient times, there were fewer channels to acquire knowledge, so it was not easy to know all this just by looking at a fruit.
But the one who is most efficient at work is A-niang.
While A-niang can peel five fruits while A-dad can peel one.
Sister Jiang Yu can also peel three.
Big brother didn't peel them seriously, but he could still peel two.
Jiang Mianmian... couldn't handle even one.
She had a fruit in her hand, and she was afraid of dropping it, so she held it tightly and waved her arms.
As a result, she held it too tightly, and it broke with a "snap" sound.
The juice splashed.
She couldn't resist her curiosity, so she put her hand close to her mouth and licked it.
"Ahhhh!"
A loud cry rang out.
How could it be sweet? It was so bitter. It was not just bitter, but a mixture of all kinds of flavors. It was so bitter that her liver, stomach, and feet hurt...
Seeing her sister like this, Jiang Yu, whose face was bitter all night, finally couldn't help laughing.
Laughing out loud.
Others couldn't help laughing too.
...
Time passes, the wind blows the grass.
The wormwood ashes were also blown away.
A new day.
The eldest brother with a diaper on his head actually had to go out, and he went out very early, carrying the bag and leaving before dawn.
Dad also went out to work before dawn. The
father and son left together.
Early in the morning, sister Jiang Yu stood under a big tree with her sister on her back, watching her brother and father leave.
She stood there for a long time.
Jiang Mianmian, with her head on her sister's shoulder, also watched for a long time.
The figures of her brother and father gradually became smaller and disappeared.
My sister didn't go back to the house yet.
She didn't know whether her elder sister was reluctant to leave her father and elder brother, or the bag of clothes and embroidered shoes.
The morning breeze was a bit strong.
It made her elder sister's hair messy.
It made Jiang Mianmian's face itchy.
So she peed boldly.
Jiang Yu felt a burst of wet heat on her back and hurried to the house.
"Mom, mom..."
Jiang Mianmian pooped a healthy poop.
She drank some milk.
A-niang was going to put her in her wooden basin.
But just as she put her down, Jiang Mianmian saw a big ant peeking its head out from under the basin, and its head got even bigger...
Wuwu┭┮﹏┭┮She
grabbed A-niang's clothes with all her strength.
A-niang let go completely, and she actually grabbed A-niang's clothes and hung on her, refusing to get out of the basin.
Who knows, the pet she raised scared herself to death...
Qin Luoxia had no choice but to think that because she left home yesterday, Nannan would stick to her more today, so she simply carried her on her back.
She wanted to go deeper into the mountains today to see if she could hunt something.
Ah Feng's forehead was bleeding so much, and Xiao Yu's ankle was rubbed so hard, but she refused to say anything.
If she hadn't gotten up at night to check on the young lady and covered her with a quilt, she wouldn't have noticed that a piece of flesh had been rubbed off.
The embroidered shoes were small to begin with, and they were made specifically according to Jiang Wan's small feet. They had a mold, and it would definitely not work if she forced them to wear them.
You can replenish what you eat, and flesh and blood must be replenished with flesh and blood.
Qin Luoxia waited until her husband and Ah Feng went out before she dug out a spearhead from under the bed.
It was rusty and hadn't been used for a long time.
She put the spearhead on the stone slab in the yard to grind it.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
"Hohoho..."
The iron and stone collided, making a sound.
Ah Niang always worked with a sense of power and rhythm.
Even the spear sharpening, the rhythm is so good that Jiang Mianmian on her back felt a little sleepy. She
was a little curious about what her mother's family did.
The rusty spear head was quickly polished in Qin Luoxia's hands, emitting a faint glow.
Jiang Yu squatted in front of her mother, helping and adding some water from time to time.
She knew that her mother wanted to go hunting without telling her father.
Her brother Jiang Feng would be scolded by his father when he went hunting, because his father thought it was dangerous.
"Mom, can I go into the mountains with you?"
"No, you stay at home to take care of the baby." Qin Luoxia refused. "
It's dangerous in the mountains. If something happens, I can't take care of it."
The little girl of this age is still a little rebellious. The more her mother forbade her, the more Jiang Yu wanted to go.
Jiang Mianmian looked at her sister, still puffing her face and mumbling.
Then, A-niang said, "Girls think small feet are beautiful. You have big feet after working with me. If you go hiking, your soles will not only be big but also thick. It will be difficult for you to look at others in the future."
Jiang Yu shrank her feet.
She said unconvincedly, "But didn't A-niang marry A-da?"
But she never mentioned going to the mountain again.
Jiang Mianmian felt that A-niang was really amazing. She looked rough and strong, but she was very good at grasping the key points when she spoke.
Qin Luoxia sharpened the spearhead and put it into the frame, preparing to put the spear and the spearhead together when she went into the mountains.
Jiang Mianmian drank milk in A-niang's arms again, and then reluctantly changed to A-jie's arms.
Watching A-niang button up, put the frame on her back neatly, and go out with the spear stick in her hand.
As soon as she went out, A Niang met some villagers and greeted each other.
"Are you going to work, Sister Luoxia?"
A Niang waved the stick in her hand and said,
"I have nothing to do, so I went to cut some grass."
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