"Hahaha, this young man is sensible. My dear granddaughter has found a good husband..." The old man was coaxed to smile from ear to ear, revealing his dark red gums.
When Dai Yuxiao heard the title "Good Husband", he couldn't help but blush, lowered his head uneasily, and glanced at Mu Lengrui with an angry look. Instead, this man winked at her provocatively, feeling quite proud.
"My dear granddaughter, grandma made delicious food for you. I have been waiting for you to come back. Hurry up and eat it in the house, otherwise it won't taste good when it gets cold..." The old man tremblingly dragged Dai Yuxiao into the house.
There was an aluminum basin on the floor, filled with bamboo rice dumplings. The aroma of glutinous rice filled the whole room.
"Ah, it smells so good!" Dai Yuxiao picked up one. The rice dumplings in the bamboo tube looked round and round. He knew clearly that the rice dumplings were inside the bamboo tube. He looked left and right, but he didn't know how to get the rice dumplings out.
"Hehehe, my dear granddaughter must have never eaten this. This is something that poor families like to eat. Children from rich families may not be able to eat it..." The old man smiled, picked up a rice dumpling, and pointed it with a pointed top.
Use a sharp iron pestle to press the bottom of the bamboo tube, and tap it lightly with a small hammer on the side. The bamboo tube will split in half, revealing the snow-white and waxy rice dumplings inside.
Dai Yuxiao took it, opened his mouth and bit into it. The aroma of glutinous rice mixed with the fragrance of bamboo tube, sticky but not greasy, really delicious.
The old man handed a small bowl filled with sugar and said with a smile: "It will taste better if you dip it in sugar..."
Dai Yuxiao tentatively dipped some sugar in it and took another bite. It was refreshing and sweet. While eating one, she took the other one prepared by the old man with her other hand.
Mu Lengrui couldn't help but frowned as he watched her eating her food from left to right. How could this woman be so greedy? How could she look like a wealthy lady? She looked like a country girl.
"Hey, pay attention to your image, look at your appearance! You don't look like a wealthy lady!" Mu Lengrui muttered dissatisfied, looking coldly at the glutinous rice particles stuck to the corners of her lips.
Dai Yuxiao hooked the tip of her red tongue, and the rice grains from the corner of her lips were hooked into her little mouth. She smacked her lips and tasted it, with an expression of enjoyment: "It's really delicious. Do you want to try one?"
She handed the other one to Mu Lengrui, pursed her red lips, and looked expectantly.
The slight hook she used with the tip of her tongue just now had already knocked Mu Lengrui out of his mind. He frowned and his heart was filled with excitement. If the old man hadn't been present, he would have kissed her directly and occupied such a playful and delicate lips.
And this little woman's eyes with pursed lips and expectant eyes are so adorable. This little woman is really a monster. Her simple eyes and movements reveal a fatal evil nature.
She held up the rice dumpling for a long time before Mu Lengrui came to his senses. He took the bamboo skewer passed through the rice dumpling with his big hand, dipped it in sugar, and took a bite. It tasted really good.
"Grandma, does it take a long time to make rice dumplings like this?" Dai Yuxiao remembered that glutinous rice was difficult to cook, and in this small wooden house, it must have been cooked with firewood on the most primitive stove, which must have taken a lot of time.
"Not long, not long, only four or five hours..." The old man waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that making the rice dumplings was just a trivial matter.
"Four or five hours? Then grandma, didn't you stay up in the middle of the night?" Dai Yuxiao remembered that it was just dawn when she and Mu Lengrui went out. It was about five hours ago. It seems that the old man got up to make breakfast just after they left.
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"My old woman, the older I get, the less I sleep. It's not a problem, it's not a problem..." The old woman's eyes narrowed with confusion. She saw that the two young men loved eating the bamboo rice dumplings she made. Naturally, she was very happy. No matter how hard it was, it was worth it.
Dai Yuxiao and Mu Lengrui chatted and laughed with the old man and ate several meals in succession, except for the grimacing Shen Mengyuan, who was put aside, which was very inconsistent with the harmonious atmosphere.
Dai Yuxiao was eating, and seemed to think of something: "Grandma, why don't we go down the mountain today? It's still early today, and the sun is so bright, what if it's cloudy and rains tomorrow?"
"My dear granddaughter is right, my old lady will tidy up, and we will go down the mountain in a while..." The old man stood up tremblingly and walked towards her hut with little feet.
"Mom, Mom, why are you in such a hurry? I still have a lot of things to pack. I won't be back after I leave..." Shen Mengyuan, who was silent at first, heard that they were about to set off and immediately protested. .
"Yuan'er, what else do you need to pack? Are you not as open-minded as my old lady?" The old man was surprised.
"Yes, the injury on your arm can only be treated in a small town. Don't you feel uncomfortable dragging a broken arm?" Dai Yuxiao glanced at his broken arm and was equally puzzled.
"My arm is not in the way. I won't die. There are a lot of snakes on the mountain at this time. We'd better start tomorrow..." Shen Mengyuan held his injured arm and was sweating profusely in pain, but he gritted his teeth and said it was okay. .
As soon as he heard that there were many snakes, Dai Yuxiao shut his mouth and said nothing. Everything about this mountain was good, but there were too many venomous snakes, so they had to be careful. Being bitten by a snake was a very scary thing. It makes sense to say that if a snake bites you, you will be afraid of well ropes for three years.
Mu Lengrui stared at Shen Mengyuan coldly, making him feel a chill in his heart and back. He held the injured arm and walked out of the cabin with his head lowered, escaping from Mu Lengrui's cold sight.
"Have you eaten? If you have eaten, my old lady will take you out for a walk..." Although the old man's steps were not steady, he was full of energy and looked radiant.
"Grandma, you don't have any crutches, is it not convenient for you to walk?" Dai Yuxiao was a little worried.
"It's okay. My old lady has legs and feet. It's no problem if she doesn't have crutches." The old man said, already waddling towards the outside of the cabin.
Despite her limp feet, she was not slow. Dai Yuxiao followed a few steps before catching up with this energetic old man.
The old man left the hut and walked around to the back of the hut. Dai Yuxiao and Mu Lengrui followed him. They didn't know what was going on behind the hut.
"My dear granddaughter, look, these are all vegetables grown by my old woman!" The old man's toothless mouth moved, and he walked back and forth in front of the vegetable field with his withered little hands on his back in a showy manner.
It was the first time for Dai Yuxiao and Mu Lengrui to see the green vegetable field. Fresh cucumber top flowers hung on the vines with thorns, and the red tomatoes shone in the sun, giving off a unique fragrance from the vegetable field. Drill into the nostrils to whet your appetite.
"Grandma, did you grow these vegetables?" Dai Yuxiao's eyes widened in surprise. It was so colorful, but it was all grown by grandma alone. How long would it take to produce such rich fruits?
"Yeah, my old lady doesn't have much to do on weekdays, so she just asks Yuan'er to bring vegetables back from the mountains. She grows these vegetables without much effort, hehehehe... Do you like it? If you like it, pick a few. Try them, they are absolutely pure natural green vegetables, they are good for beauty and beauty!" The old woman entered the vegetable field tremblingly.
Dai Yuxiao also wanted to go to the ground, but in such a lush vegetable field, he didn't know if there were any poisonous snakes hidden. He hesitated for a while and did not dare to move. He opened his eyes wide and searched for suspicious movements everywhere in the green vegetable field.
"My dear granddaughter, what's wrong? You don't like the vegetables grown by the old woman?" The old man's eyes were a little disappointed.
"Grandma, in this geography, are there poisonous snakes?" Dai Yuxiao asked a little embarrassed.
"My dear granddaughter, are you worried about this? Look around the vegetable field..." The old woman resumed her smile. Her dear granddaughter was worried about poisonous snakes, not because she didn't like the vegetables she grew, which made her very happy.
Dai Yuxiao looked around the vegetable field and was surrounded by a special jagged green plant. They saw a lot of such plants along the way. What special function does this plant have? The old man actually planted one around the vegetable field.
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"This kind of grass is the nemesis of venomous snakes. If the vegetable field is fenced, no venomous snakes will be willing to go in and steal my old woman's vegetables, hahahaha..." The old man smiled, quite proud of her clever approach.
As soon as Dai Yuxiao heard that there were no snakes in the field, he stepped into the field and picked two tomatoes. He ran out and washed them by the stream. Then he took a bite and the sweet and sour taste came in.
Between the teeth and cheeks, it is sweet and delicious.
Mu Lengrui knelt down, picked a piece of serrated leaf, held it between his fingers and looked at it carefully. The leaf's fine serrated teeth resembled shark's teeth. After a slight sniff, it smelled like musk.
While the three of them were doing their own thing, Shen Mengyuan's wretched figure peeped around the corner of the cabin for a moment, with a sinister smile on his face. When several people didn't notice him, he hugged his injured arm and disappeared.
"My dear granddaughter, look in that direction...that's the town..." The old lady stood on tiptoe and pointed with her withered fingers into the distance. In the mist, there were buildings looming in that direction.
"Grandma, can you see the town from here? It took us two full days to find this place." Dai Yuxiao jumped around and looked around, looking at the vague buildings, a little unbelievable.
"You are not familiar with the roads in this mountain. It's good if you can find it in two days. Hahahaha. In fact, it takes my old woman three hours to get back to the town from this road. Young people like you can probably get there in two hours...
"The old man pointed to the inconspicuous winding path behind the cabin.
It is said to be a path, but the grass is slightly sparsely trampled by people. Inexperienced people cannot tell it apart without looking carefully. No wonder they did not find this path when they went up the mountain.
For lunch and dinner, the old man picked fresh vegetables from the geographical area and made several delicious side dishes for the two of them to enjoy.
"Grandma, I will take you to live in the city. Can you make delicious food for me every day?" Dai Yuxiao acted coquettishly while eating, her eyes full of innocent expectation.
"My dear granddaughter, I'll make it for you in different ways, so that you don't do the same thing every day..." The old man smiled and scraped the tip of her nose with his dry fingers, showing great affection.
"You are here to take grandma out to enjoy her life, not to serve you! You are so ignorant!" Mu Lengrui looked at Dai Yuxiao with a cold look on his face and said dissatisfiedly. Dai Yuxiao was so embarrassed by these words that his face turned red instantly.
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"It's not in the way, it's not in the way. My dear granddaughter loves to eat the food I cook, so it makes me happy..." The old man's love for Dai Yuxiao was beyond words.
The corners of Dai Yuxiao's eyes moistened. Besides her grandmother, who else could consider serving her food and drink every day as a blessing? After coming down from the mountain, she would treat the old man well and let her spend her old age peacefully. Her mother in heaven would definitely approve of her doing this.
The night is getting darker and darker, and the bright stars dot the dark blue night sky. The moon is half-curved and hangs on the sky, like a handicraft carefully crafted by an ancient master.
Shen Mengyuan showed enthusiasm and enthusiasm, took the initiative to give up the room, found a mat and spread it on the ground outside the cabin.
Dai Yuxiao and Mu Lengrui stayed in Shen Mengyuan's room at night. Originally, the old man wanted them to stay in her room, but the two young people were worried that the old man would not be used to it, so they insisted on staying in Shen Mengyuan's room.
In his sleep, Dai Yuxiao frowned dissatisfiedly. There was a burning smell coming from somewhere, so pungent. Moreover, there seemed to be unknown flames jumping in his consciousness.