Grandma Jiang was holding firewood and preparing to light the stove to cook. When she saw Jiang Suisui coming over, she waved her hand and said, "You don't have to work. Just go back to sleep. I've made breakfast and warmed it up in the pot for you. Remember to wake up and eat it. Don't fall asleep and forget again."

Jiang Suisui walked forward and also carried a bundle of firewood: "Grandma, I'll help you light the fire."

Jiang Suinsui sat down in front of the stove and added firewood.

It was her first time to come into contact with this kind of rural stove, so it was quite rare.

Jiang Suinshun added more firewood vigorously, and soon the flames could no longer be seen.

Grandma Jiang came over and took a look: "Hey, how come you can't even light a fire?"

She pulled out a few sticks from the pile, leaving some gaps, and added some flammable weeds, and soon the fire was burning brightly.

Jiang Suunshun was embarrassed. It turned out that making fire was not that easy.

She followed Grandma Jiang's example and slowly added more firewood to keep the flames burning.

But at this time of year, late summer and early autumn, the weather was still very hot. She stayed by the stove for a while, surrounded by the smoke and fire, and soon she was sweating profusely.

When there was no need to add more fuel to the fire, Jiang Suisui wiped the sweat off his face and quickly ran out to breathe some fresh air.

Grandma Jiang laughed at her: "I told you not to, but you insisted on sitting here by the fire in this hot weather."

"Grandma, I'm going out for a walk." Jiang Suisui shouted.

"Are you going out before you eat?" asked Grandma Jiang.

"I'm just going to go out for a walk. Please save some food for me and I'll come back to eat."

After saying that, Jiang Suinsui ran out of the yard in a flash.

It was still dark at this time, the sky was grayish-blue, and the village was still quiet. Occasionally one or two villagers would walk by carrying a hoe on their shoulders.

Jiang Suisui wanted to go for a morning jog while there were few people around.

Eat less and exercise more to lose weight.

She started out by walking briskly, then gradually quickened her pace and began to jog.

Jiang Suisui ran from the front door to the ridge of the field, and then ran back from the ridge. Soon he was out of breath.

The Jiang family's house is backed by a mountain. Jiang Suinsui turned and walked up the mountain.

She didn't know how long she had been walking. Fortunately, the mountain was not high and it seemed to reach the top in no time.

Jiang Suinsui randomly picked a cleaner spot on the grass and sat down, breathing slowly.

Suddenly, a rustling sound gradually came from behind. Jiang Suishun turned her head and saw Song Weizheng walking out from the depths of the forest carrying firewood.

In the dim light of the morning sun, he seemed to come from the light.

Jiang Suinsui was stunned.

Song Wei Zheng got up early in the morning and went up the mountain. He chopped a few bundles of firewood and put them on his back to go down the mountain and go home. Unexpectedly, he ran into Jiang Suisui here.

Jiang Suishun's face was flushed because she had been running and climbing the mountain, and she looked at him blankly.

Why is it her again? Song Weizheng feels that he has run into her more often recently than before.

Jiang Suinsui’s thoughts before were too obvious, and it’s not that he couldn’t see them, but he just didn’t have any ideas.

With the situation in his family being this kind, everyone is trying to avoid him. He can barely even support himself, so how can he have the heart to think about getting married?

On the day she fell into the water, he originally wanted Jiang Suinsui to grab the bamboo pole and come up, but she suddenly opened the bamboo pole and sank into the water.

Song Wei Zheng had no choice. He couldn't just watch someone get into trouble in front of him, so he had to jump into the water to save her.

Grandma Jiang asked him to take responsibility, so he should just get married. It’s like this all life anyway, when you get old, you get married, have kids.

What's more, Jiang Suishun looks like a child at first glance. Maybe she will come to her senses after a while and look down on him.

only......

Song Wei Zheng recalled the discussions among his neighbors, saying that Jiang Suinsui fell into the water and was drowned.

He looked at Jiang Suunshun's somewhat dazed eyes and couldn't help but feel nervous. Could she really be stupid?

Otherwise, why would someone come up the mountain so early in the morning?

Song Weizheng thought of this, frowned, walked forward, and said to Jiang Suisui: "Get up, I'll take you back."

Jiang Suinsui was stunned: "Ah? No need, I'll just take a break and go back by myself later."

Song Weizheng was worried and stood in front of her without moving: "I'm going down the mountain now, you come back with me."

Jiang Suisui: “?”

Why is Song Wei Zheng suddenly so enthusiastic?

Is this the change that happens after getting engaged?

Jiang Suishun obeyed his command in a daze, stood up, and followed Song Weizheng down the mountain.

As the saying goes, it is easier to go up the mountain than to go down.

Jiang Suinsui didn't feel anything when she climbed up, but when she went down the mountain, she found that the road was so winding, the slope was so shaky, and the gravel was so slippery.

She opened her arms slightly, looked carefully at the road beneath her feet, and walked down stumblingly on tiptoe.

Suddenly, she slipped and fell on her butt, kicking Song Weizheng who was in front of her.

"Ouch!" she exclaimed.

Song Wei Zheng turned around speechlessly, only to see Jiang Suishun looking at his palm with a frown on her face.

She stretched out her hands to show him: "The skin is scratched."

Song Wei Zheng looked down and saw that his skin was indeed slightly broken, but fortunately, there was no bleeding.

Song Weizheng, a pure country boy, didn't take it seriously at all: "It's OK as long as your legs are not injured. Get up and get down the mountain quickly. The sun is already high."

Jiang Sui Sui: “…”

Straight man!

She stood up with her hands folded, looking aggrieved, and felt a little scared as she looked at the distance she had only walked halfway.

"Um...can I hold your hand and walk with you? Please walk slowly." she asked.

Seeing her timid look, Song Weizheng said helplessly: "Wait for me here."

After saying this, he turned around, quickened his pace and went down the mountain by himself.

Jiang Suinsui stretched her neck to watch his departing back, feeling a little curious.

She squatted down and sat on a stone, waiting for Song Weizheng to come back.

After a while, Song Weizheng came up with big strides.

Jiang Suinsui stood up quickly: "You're back!"

Song Wei Zheng nodded and stretched out his hand in front of her.

Jiang Suinsui: “?” She didn’t understand what he was going to do.

"Hold her." Seeing that Jiang Suunshun didn't respond, Song Wei Zheng thought she was being stupid again, so he simply reached out and held her.

Jiang Sui Sui: “!!!”

Jiang Suinsui's hand was suddenly wrapped by a large and warm palm. She felt as if she had received an electric shock and subconsciously wanted to pull her hand back.

But Song Weizheng held her tightly, and she didn't move.

"Stop making trouble and follow me." Song Wei Zheng turned around and said this, then slowly walked down the mountain leading his silly wife.

Jiang Sui Sui: Actually, she just wanted to pull the corner of her clothes or something...

However, this is the first time in my life that someone other than my father and brother holds my hand...

Why am I still a little shy and a little excited?

Jiang Suinsui thought it might be because the sun was out and the weather was getting hot. Soon her palms began to sweat.

Well...it could also be Song Weizhen’s sweat.

As Song Wei Zheng led her downstairs, he turned back from time to time to check on Jiang Suunshun's condition. He felt relieved when he saw that she looked well-behaved and not feeling unwell.

Finally reaching the foot of the mountain, Song Weizheng let go of her hand, picked up the firewood he had thrown on the ground and put it neatly on his back, and said to Jiang Suisui: "Do you know how to get the rest of the way? Can you go home by yourself?"

Although a little confused, Jiang Suinsui answered subconsciously: "I know, I can..."

Song Weizheng nodded: "Okay, I'm leaving now. You should go back quickly and don't let your grandma worry."

Jiang Suinsui watched him leave, and inexplicably felt as if she was being taken care of like a child.

She kicked the pebbles at her feet and returned home with mixed feelings.

Grandma Jiang hadn't left the house yet, she was waiting for her at home: "Sui Sui, what took you so long to come back? Where did you go to play so early in the morning?"

"Grandma," Jiang Suinsui said seriously, "I'm going to exercise."

"What? Exercise?" Grandma Jiang didn't understand.

Jiang Suisui explained to her: "Just go out for a run, climb some mountains, and exercise."

Grandma Jiang looked confused: "Why are you doing this?"

Rural people work all day long, and the workload is very heavy. It was the first time that Grandma Jiang heard of someone going out of their way to run or climb mountains for exercise.

Jiang Sui Sui: "Grandma, I feel like I'm too weak. Aren't we all called on to keep fit?"

Grandma Jiang smiled and said, "Is our little girl finally not lazy anymore?"

Jiang Suinshun was helpless: "Grandma!"

She is not the lazy one.

Grandma Jiang: "If you want to keep fit, you can do some work with me. Forget about working in the fields. You can't stand it. Help me pick up some firewood and some pig grass."

"That's right, you are a grown-up girl now. You will get married in a few years. You have to learn how to cook. From now on, you just watch me cook, okay?" Grandma Jiang instructed.

Jiang Suishun was stunned. She didn't expect that just because she wanted to keep fit, she would find herself so many things to do.

But it's really unacceptable to live in the countryside without doing some work, so let's just go with the flow! Jiang Suisui thought optimistically.

·

Soon it was September, the busy farming season. Villagers began to harvest crops and schools were closed for children to go home and help.

That day, Song Yuxue got up immediately after hearing the roosters crow. However, when she opened the door and looked out, the water tank was already full, wild vegetable porridge and two mixed noodles were warming on the stove, and the corner of the yard was filled with chopped firewood.

Song Yuxue walked to her brother's door and knocked tentatively. The door was pushed open with just a light touch. She looked down and saw that the bolt on the door was broken and not locked. She looked up again and saw that the bed was made neatly, and it seemed that the person had gotten up long ago.

Song Yuxue watched for a while, then turned around to scoop some water to wash up, then went to the kitchen to drink half a bowl of porridge, added some firewood to keep it warm, and finally went back to the house to take a look, then gently closed the door and went out with the basket.

On the other hand, Jiang Miaomiao had been looking for an opportunity to get close to Song Yuxue, but who knew that Song Yuxue, who was eight years old at the time, had been sent to elementary school by Song Weizheng and was not seen all day.

Dayan Village and other brigades jointly opened a primary school, with two educated youths as teachers. The school was not far from the village but not too close either. Song Yuxue often had to wait until everyone got off work before she came back from school. There were so many people there at that time, and it was not easy for her to go to Song Weizheng's house alone to get close to him.

Jiang Miaomiao gritted her teeth, speechless. What's the point of studying for a girl? If she goes to school, she can't go to work. If she can't earn work points, she will have to rely on Song Weizheng for support. There is also a mother at home who has to spend money on medicine and medical treatment all day long. No wonder life is so poor??