Chen Xuanxuan held a black broken basket and said to them seriously.

"You all lie down, I'm going to go outside to dig wild grass roots."

Seeing that her father-in-law was a little excited and opened his mouth to say something, Chen Xuanxuan interrupted her and said, "Father-in-law, don't worry! I won't go up the mountain! I'll just walk around here..."

Her father-in-law Gu Yu'an nodded and said weakly, "Then you should be careful..."

Hearing this, Chen Xuanxuan nodded gently, "Okay! Father-

in-law, don't worry." Seeing Chen Xuanxuan carrying a basket and preparing to go out, Gu Yanzhang stood up from the stove, "Wife, I have to go with you..."

Chen Xuanxuan waved her hands at him and said, "Where are you going?"

"Don't go, don't go."

"You just rest here for a while, I will be back in two hours."

Gu Yanzhang listened and still looked at her eagerly, "But this road is not safe. There are tigers in the mountains. I have to protect you..."

Chen Xuanxuan listened and couldn't help thinking in her heart, although this man looks a little silly. But he really loves his wife...

However, no matter how much he loves his wife, she can't agree to let him go with him today.

She has to go back to her parents' home quietly now.

She knows it.

The 250 grams of flour and 200 grams of pearl rice in her hand are all good things!

For ancient people, these are fine grains!

They, the farmers, rarely eat this kind of food a few times in 365 days a year.

Like the steamed buns they usually eat. They grind the coarse grains carefully, add water to mix them into a dough, ferment them, and then steam them carefully in a pot.

The steamed buns are all yellow with black. They are not white and plump at all.

When the original owner was young, she ate buns at her mother's house. And the black buns were only eaten once on the first day of the Chinese New Year.

Thinking of the original owner's family, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but tell Gu Yanzhang, "I told you not to follow me. I'll be back soon."

"Before I come back, you must dry the straw we sleep on at night. And wash the hair of these six children."

"By the way, if there is extra warm water, you can wash yourself as well. Especially your body, wash it all for me!"

Gu Yanzhang heard this, and didn't know what good things he was thinking, his whole face suddenly turned red.

He looked at the children embarrassedly, and nodded gently.

"Okay, okay."

"I will do these things well."

Although Gu Yanzhang is a little silly, he is not a mentally retarded idiot who can't understand what people say.

So, Chen Xuanxuan locked the door with confidence and went out directly.

The Gujiagang where they are now is actually on a small hill. There are more than a hundred families living here. The vast majority of them are surnamed Gu.

Among them, there are occasionally dozens of miscellaneous families. They are either surnamed Huang, Zhang, or Li.

In short, the people in the area of ​​Gujiagang migrated here on a large scale hundreds of years ago because of the war in the north.

After Chen Xuanxuan went down a steep slope, she looked directly at the other side of the river.

Gujiagang and Chenjia Village are across the river from each other.

If you take a shortcut between the two villages, it actually only takes more than half an hour.

Chen Xuanxuan quickly walked across the familiar stone bridge. On the way back to her parents' home, she met several acquaintances.

One of these acquaintances was the matchmaker who introduced her to Gujiagang as a daughter-in-law.

The matchmaker's surname was also Gu.

In her early years, she married to Huangtuling, which was dozens of miles away.

That place was very poor.

Compared with Chenjia Village, places like Gujiagang are much poorer.

After the husband of this matchmaker Gu died of illness, she took the daughter she had with her ex-husband and remarried to Chenjia Village.

The man she found later was incompetent and lazy. Matchmaker Gu had no choice but to figure it out herself and become a matchmaker. She lived on the money she received from matchmakers year after year.

It's no wonder that Gu Matchmaker's life is much more comfortable than that of ordinary people.

The whole family depends on her for support, and she has a strong back. When she speaks, she can't help but bring out a hint of her accent.

This morning, when she saw Chen Xuanxuan, who hadn't returned to her parents' home for several years, holding a basket in her hand and preparing to return to her parents' home, her eyes narrowed quickly.

So, she quickly took out a blue handkerchief from her pocket, she first waved at Chen Xuanxuan, then, she ran over with a friendly look on her face, and smiled at Chen Xuanxuan, "Hey, are you the third sister of Chen Decai's family?"

"I almost didn't recognize you after not seeing you for a few years! The third sister of the Decai family, why don't you go back to your parents' home every year? Do you know how much we villagers miss you!..."

Hearing what Gu the matchmaker said, Chen Xuanxuan smiled at her calmly.

"I want to come back too."

"But you know the situation in my husband's family!"

"Auntie Gu, after all, it was you who acted as the matchmaker for me to marry into the Gu family! By the way, what did you say back then?" Before

the matchmaker Gu could speak, Chen Xuanxuan spoke for her.

"I remember what you said at the beginning. You said that the Gu family has fields, land, and houses, especially a lot of fertile land. I heard you say it's a full 10 acres! And you also said that the men in his family are all very strong, and one can be as good as ten other men. You also said that his parents are very young and can continue to work for decades. You also said that he is the only son in their family, and after I get married, I don't have to worry about conflicts with my sisters-in-law. But after I got married, I found that the family was penniless!"

"Auntie Gu, do you know what penniless means?"

When Gu the matchmaker heard this, her expression was a little unnatural.

Although she had developed a thick skin after living in the past few decades, she could say black was white and white was black.

However, seeing Chen Xuanxuan's resentful and old face, she still smiled awkwardly.

"My third sister from a wealthy family, don't worry about what your aunt said in the past. After all, you have been married for so many years..."

"We women still have to look forward. We have to live a down-to-earth life."

Chen Xuanxuan saw the matchmaker Gu in front of her giving her a lesson. She smiled affectionately.

"Yes, we all have to live a down-to-earth life."