Early the next morning, Chu Nanzhi cooked a pot of porridge just like yesterday. After breakfast, he went to the market to buy some vegetables and came back.
There were a lot of wild mushrooms to pick in the mountains this season, so she wanted to pick some mushrooms while it was still early and eat them with vegetables.
Maybe you're lucky and can find some game.
The family didn't have much money, and they had to take care of Lin Jinxiao's illness, so they had to plan their days more carefully.
She thought that if one day Lin Jinxiao would no longer reject her, she would prepare to examine this guy's wounds and see if she could come up with some good ways to treat him.
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The back mountain is huge and surrounded by jungle and shrubs, with no end in sight.
It is precisely this hot and humid environment that creates many treasures in the mountains, including many varieties of mushrooms.
However, she only picked things she knew.
After walking around in the forest, I picked most of the baskets in a short time.
Chu Nanzhi carried the mushrooms on his back and walked on the forest path with great satisfaction. He thought to himself: If he could hunt another hare, pheasant or something else, he would have gained a lot.
Just when she had this idea, she suddenly raised her head and saw a gray hare emerging from the dense forest.
The hare ran very fast, as if it had been frightened, and ran forward like crazy.
Suddenly, the hare bumped into a tall tree not far away and fainted immediately.
Chu Nanzhi looked surprised: What kind of operation is this?
She slowly moved closer, walked up to the rabbit and touched it, but found that it was no longer breathing.
"Poor Tutu, I can't let you die in vain."
Chu Nanzhi sighed, picked up the hare and hurriedly walked out of the forest.
When we arrived at the entrance of the village, a familiar cry could be heard faintly.
Chu Nanzhi listened carefully for a while. She was deeply impressed by the cry. It belonged to Sibaolin Ruijia.
She hurried towards the direction where the crying came from.
Far away, I saw Si Bao crying profusely surrounded by several children.
While she was crying, she was smearing mud on her face and clothes, making her whole body dirty.
Chu Nanzhi is a bit confused about this operation.
She walked to the group of children in confusion. Seeing that it was Sibao Niang, the children were a little scared and explained: "Can you believe me when I say we didn't bully her?"
The child who spoke, Chu Nanzhi remembered, was the son of Zhao Erlang, a blacksmith at the entrance of the village.
"I"
Believe it or not?
Looking at Si Bao who was crying like pear blossoms with raindrops, she was a little embarrassed.
At this moment, Zhao Erlang ran over in a hurry. Without saying a word, he beat his son when he saw him. While beating him, he scolded him: "Xiao Erlang, the labor and management told you not to bully other people's children in the village. You
It’s itchy again, right?”
Zhao Erlang's son is the second eldest son in the family. He has an older sister above him. Everyone calls him Xiao Erlang. He is the biggest among the children in the village. He usually likes to bully the weak. He is always scolded, and the scolding is very unpleasant.
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Moreover, because of the children's fights, some people complained to Mr. Li Zheng, which made Zhao Erlang very headache.
The children in the village all know that the quadruplets cannot be protected by their mother, so they like to bully the four of them the most.
Xiaoerlang explained to his father with a frustrated look on his face: "Dad, we didn't beat her, she cried on her own."
Zhao Erlang looked at Si Bao's dirty face and mud all over, and grinned angrily: "You bastard, you still said you didn't bully Si Bao. Look at her mud."
Xiaoerlang argued bitterly: "She applied it herself."
When Si Bao heard this, he cried even more sadly.
Chu Nanzhi finally knew why this little guy smeared mud on himself.
Zhao Erlang stared angrily and cursed: "You beast, you treat your father as a fool. Why is Sibao smearing mud on herself?"
Xiaoerlang had a grimace on his face and said unyieldingly, "She just wiped it herself. If you don't believe me, ask them."
All the children nodded innocently.
Zhao Erlang was so angry that he vomited blood: "You bunch of unreasonable little bastards, what kind of men are you? If you dare to go out and do evil with this little beast of mine in the future, I will not spare you."
After that, he ignored Chu Nanzhi and took Xiao Erlang back home, kicking him.
Chu Nanzhi wanted to explain to him, but this rude man was completely treating her as nothing, so she had to give up.
Waiting for all the children to disperse, she picked up Little Si Bao and wiped the mud from her face, feeling distressed and angry:
"Be honest. Do you think all adults will believe your lies?"
But Xiao Sibao muttered: "It depends on luck. My father said that my brother and sister and I were born with a hard life, so we will receive more blessings from God."
Chu Nanzhi was speechless.
Anyway, this little guy used all his luck on this.
Sure enough, children still have to be raised by their mothers.
If it weren't for his mother's support, this little guy wouldn't be like this.
After thinking about it, she looked at Si Bao again and asked with a serious face: "What if I have bad luck?"
Little Si Bao snorted disdainfully: "How can you keep your feet wet when you often walk by the river? Anyway, there will be times when a blind cat encounters a dead mouse. It is better than being bullied all the time."
Chu Nanzhi felt sour in her heart. She couldn't help but grabbed Si Bao and hugged her regardless of how dirty she was. "With me here, no one will dare to bully you again. You have to be honest."
Good boy, you can’t deceive people like this anymore.”
She knew clearly that Tiejiang Zhao was afraid that she would go to Li Zheng's house to complain again.
When Si Bao's hands touched the furry thing in her arms, he immediately broke free and his little eyes rolled: "Where did the rabbit come from?"
"I picked it up in the mountains."
Chu Nanzhi tilted her basket and said, "Look, there are so many mushrooms. If you promise me, I will go home and cook rabbit meat for you."
"real?"
"Um."
Xiao Sibao was a little embarrassed, but looking at the fat rabbit in her hand, she finally pursed her lips and nodded.
Chu Nanzhi felt happy and took Xiao Sibao home.
When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw my second child, Lin Ruixi, sitting at the door crying. Lin Jinxiao and the other two little guys were nowhere to be seen.
"What happened today?"
Chu Nanzhi looked puzzled.
As soon as he reached Erbao, he saw Lin Jinxiao walking out with difficulty on crutches and holding something in his hand.
Taking a closer look, that thing was exactly the cloth bag she used to wrap the money given by Magistrate Hu.
She walked up to Lin Jinxiao in surprise, grabbed the bag, and asked loudly: "Where is the money?"
Lin Jinxiao replied helplessly: "I heard that Erbao said that he was robbed by my Erlang."
Lin Jinhong?
His half-brother?
That's a scoundrel.
Chu Nanzhi suddenly felt something was wrong and looked into the room again: "Where are the Dabao and the Three Treasures?"
"I went to chase Erlang. I had severe pain in my legs last night and stayed up all night. I just fell asleep a little deeper. When I woke up, I heard Erbao crying."
Lin Jinxiao's eyes moved, but he stopped talking.
Suppressing the anger and sadness in my heart, I finally had to endure it and said tactfully: "How about forget it, I'm afraid it will be quite difficult for Erlang's family this year."
After all, his legs and feet are not good now, and he is also aware of Lin Erlang's mischievous temperament. I am afraid that the whole family together can't fight him now, but he doesn't want to show weakness in front of this woman, so he can only sigh helplessly in his heart.
"To put it lightly."
Chu Nanzhi glanced at him angrily. She didn't know what this guy was thinking. With the money he earned, he was acting like a bodhisattva: "You are optimistic about the second and fourth treasures. I'll go and take a look."
She quickly put down her backpack and hare, and hurriedly chased in the direction of Lin Jinhong's house.
After chasing him for a mile, I saw Dabao. Sambo was holding a man's thigh and refused to let go.
The man was so anxious that he punched and kicked the children, but the two little guys seemed to have taken root in him and could not get rid of them.