Chapter 23 Afternoon
Liu Qian hid in the cottage with a red face, and there was a hint of sweetness and anger in her heart. The sweetness was that her thoughts were guessed by others, and I guess her lover knew it. The anger was that she had only been home for a few days, and just talking like this would be too despised by herself.
Although Liu Qian had a fever on her face and a little annoyed in her heart, she was also a little confused. After several days of contact, this grandmother was a very sensible person. She would never embarrass herself in person in person. However, it is not necessarily the case. The old man is old and he is inevitably confused. He can understand, but how can he let himself go out to see them now?
The same was true for everyone outside. Looking at Mimi's smiling grandmother, Zhang Xiaolong was speechless. There was no way, and he was not suitable for entering at this time. Guo Sufei thought for a while, twisted Zhang Xiaohua's ear with her hand and said, "It's all you make a fuss. Go, go and call Liu Qian out."
Zhang Xiaohua rubbed her ears and scratched her head, muttering, "What's the matter with me?"
Guo Sufei smiled and pushed him, saying, "If you hadn't told your grandmother about your elder brother and Liu Qian, how could your grandmother know?"
Zhang Xiaohua said, "So you know." After that, she had to get up and walk into the house, thinking about what to do while walking.
Liu Qian was having a fever in the room. Seeing Zhang Xiaohua coming in, Zhang Xiaohua happily ran to Liu Qian, took Liu Qian's hand and said, "Sister Liu, stay at home, go with me to see my farmland and the well we dug."
Liu Qian said: "Okay, I've heard your elder brother say that you have opened the land you have already opened. I've always wanted to go and see it. Let's go today."
After saying that, Liu Qian took Zhang Xiaohua's hand and walked out of the hut.
Zhang Xiaohua followed Liu Qian and shouted as soon as she left the room: "Dad, I'll take Sister Liu to see the land on my hillside. I'll be back in a while."
Guo Sufei said: "Then you go and go back early and come back early, hurry up and come back for dinner. Xiaohua protects your sister."
Zhang Xiaohua said with a smile: "No problem, mom."
Liu Qian walked up to Guo Sufei and whispered: "Auntie, then I'm out."
Guo Sufei smiled and said, "Go and come back soon."
So Liu Qian and Zhang Xiaohua walked out of the Zhang family courtyard.
Walking on the road in Guozhuang, familiar villagers come to say hello from time to time. The village is not big, and everyone knows what a sesame thing is. What's more, the Zhang family, who has always been low-key, suddenly has a beautiful girl. Zhang Cai told the neighbor who went to Baligou with Zhang Xiaohua, and did not tell Liu Qian about it. He just said that the children of relatives came to live for a while and took care of the sick and injured family. Of course, Zhang Cai was sick, and Xiaolong and Xiaohu were naughty and injured. Although they had passed the naughty season, it was common for people in the mountains to get injured, and everyone was not suspicious of anything else.
No wonder Zhang Cai was careful. The lesson from the village next door was an example, so it would be better not to be too ostentatious.
Although it is a reasonable explanation to say that it is a relative, it seems very interesting to the villagers. A girl who is more beautiful than all the Huaji girls in the village comes to serve Zhang Xiaolong. Everything can only explain a secret that everyone knows. But no one says it. Looking at Liu Qian, the expression of greeting Liu Qian is "ambiguous". Originally, Liu Qian came out to escape the embarrassment, but in the end, the small roads in the village are more embarrassing.
Fortunately, the road was not too long, so I soon arrived at the small bridge. Liu Qian liked the stream very much. She liked the flowing water of the stream and flowed farther and farther away without worry. She asked Zhang Xiaohua: "Xiaohua, did you see the small river in our village when you went to our Baligou?"
Zhang Xiaohua scratched her head and said, "I didn't pay attention. At that time, I was thinking about how to find your home, but I didn't have the heart to see anything else."
Liu Qian smiled and said, "The river in Baligou is much larger than yours, and there is more land by the river. Even our family has divided the land between the river, which is not big or small. Unfortunately, no one in our family has cultivated it and rented it to others."
Zhang Xiaohua said: "It's a pity. If our family has this land again, we won't have to open up land on the slope."
While speaking, I crossed the bridge and a winding path leading to the slope. It was not a real road. As the saying goes, there were many people walking, and this road appeared on the smooth ground on the slope. Liu Qian walked lightly on this road. The style was very similar to a beating note. Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help but praise: "Sister Liu, you walk so beautifully."
Liu Qian smiled slightly and replied: "You little devil, why don't you leave quickly."
In winter, the hillsides were filled with rare warmth. The two of them walked along the way, but they didn't feel cold or bleak, and they actually had the smell of spring. The newly opened farmland on the hillside was lying there alone. His owner hadn't seen it for a long time, but it was still the same.
Liu Qian looked at it and said in surprise: "Xiaohua, is this what you bloomed by yourself? It's a big piece of land."
Zhang Xiaohua raised her little head and said proudly: "Yes, Sister Liu, I did it all, and my elder brother and second brother were also busy."
Liu Qian praised him: "You are really not simple, you are awesome child."
Then she naturally saw the huge bed-like stone under the big tree and asked in surprise: "Such stones are rare, very neat, and they are so big, and they are rare on the mountainsides."
Zhang Xiaohua asked Liu Qian: "Sister Liu, guess where did this stone come from?"
Liu Qian smiled and said, "Where can I guess this? It was not dug out when you opened the land, right? You still carried it from the river?"
Liu Qian walked to the big stone, sat down, holding the stone with her hands, and then she realized that the stone was not as gentle as she imagined. If it weren't for the ugly color exposed by the stone, she might have thought it was a large piece of jade. She thought to herself: "It's strange."
Zhang Xiaohua didn't pay attention to the details of the stone. When she got it, she was as tired as a dead dog and was sweating. Who knows whether it was warm? Besides, she kept throwing it wherever she didn't seem to pay attention. Even if she sat on it, she just thought it was because of the sun.
Zhang Xiaohua smiled and said, "Since my sister can't guess, I'll show you something."
Then, he led Liu Qian down the hillside and walked to the well at the foot of the slope. Liu Qian looked at the huge wellhead and laughed silently. It seemed that the stone was dug from here. I have never seen anyone's well drilled such a big bore.
Zhang Xiaohua said: "Sister, that stone was dug out of this well. It took a lot of effort at that time, and the well was almost dug."
Then, he used the tools beside the well to drill some water from the well, handed it to Liu Qian, and said, "Sister, try it, the water is really delicious, sweeter than the water in the river."
Liu Qian took it, took a sip, raised her eyebrows, Xiaohua said right, the water is really sweet, much better than the sweet spring water I picked from the hillside before. If it is used to make tea, my father will definitely like it. When he thinks of this, he laughs secretly. If his father knows, he will definitely stay at the Zhang family and never leave. He makes fresh spring water every day to make tea. In the worst case, he will have to get a few buckets of them home.
Liu Qian asked again: "Does the spring water here taste so good?"
Zhang Xiaohua shook her head and said, "No, the spring water on the mountain is not so sweet."
Liu Qian said: "Is it because of the problem of digging a well from the bottom of the mountain?"
Zhang Xiaohua shook her head again and said, "The village next door has also dug a well on the south slope. I don't know if it's good or not, but no one cares about this."
Liu Qian said strangely: "Why?"
Zhang Xiaohua told him about what happened to Mr. Wu’s house in the neighboring village, and Liu Qian also looked sad when she heard it.
After a while, Liu Qian looked at the setting sun that had already set on the hillside and said, "Xiaohua, please make some water and we will go back to make tea tonight."
Zhang Xiaohua said happily: "Is it the one I drank at your house? It doesn't taste very bitter? I have tasted the one from Lao Guo's house at the east end of the village. It's too bitter."
Liu Qian said: "I haven't seen the tea you drank, but it should be. I brought a little of it this time and haven't taken it out. I've tried it today."
Zhang Xiaohua was full of energy and drew a bucket of water from the well, followed Liu Qian up the hillside, and then walked home.
While walking, Liu Qian asked, "Xiaohua, you said, why did Mr. Wu from your neighboring village have such good luck turn into a bad thing?"
Zhang Xiaohua thought for a while and said, "I got a good thing and was found out by the bad guys. I'll be holding it in no way."
Liu Qian said to Zhang Xiaohua seriously: "Yes, Xiaohua, you must remember that every man is innocent and is guilty of possessing a treasure."
Zhang Xiaohua said in confusion: "Sister, what does this mean?"
Liu Qian said: "The meaning of this sentence is that a person lives well. If he has beautiful jade in his arms and good things, he will bring disaster. Xiaohua, you are still young and may not understand. In fact, the most difficult thing in the world is human nature. It is difficult for you to guarantee that anyone can see your beautiful jade without being jealous. Mr. Wu's mistake is that although he dug out his treasure, he is known to others and jealous people will rob him. If no one sees it when he dug out, others will not know that he has treasure, so naturally they will not rob him."
Then, Liu Qian joked: "In the future, if Xiaohua has any strange treasures, she must keep the secrets and don't let people know. Only in this way can she be your own treasure."
Zhang Xiaohua smiled and said, "I know, sister, if I have a baby in the future, I won't tell you if I'll tell you if I'm okay?"
Liu Qian said: "No, you told me this secret thing, and I thought it would be okay if I knew it. But I might have told another person inadvertently. I also think it doesn't matter to tell one person. If another person thinks so, do you think, will many people know it?"
Zhang Xiaohua nodded and said, "Well, my sister is right, and you will know it if you pass on humans and people."
Zhang Xiaohua said again: "Sister, what if the one who dug up the treasure was Daxia Wen? Wouldn't it be fine?"
Liu Qian said: "The situation will be different again."
Chapter completed!