The next morning, the spring was cold.

A thin boy carried water and walked leisurely along the village path, and from time to time a wooden bucket shook a little water. His body looked thin, beads of sweat oozing from his white forehead, but his gaze was tenacious.

After these times, he slowly integrated into this place and became a good teenager who worked hard for food, clothing, shelter and transportation.

Nothing happened last night, apparently because he was overly weak-hearted. Jiubo's family are all sensible people, and they don't seem to really blame him, let alone burn down his house.

But from this incident, he found that the poor people of this age are indeed sad.

The dowry that the woman asked for was actually just a load of grain, but the Jiu Bo family couldn't take it, and finally retreated to this way of fighting crickets, which was not only witty, but also a little sad.

If it is placed in modern times, this condition can be said to be the best maiden family in the country, but in this era, it has become a huge resistance, and some people even say that Liu Laosan is not kind.

Although the hut was dilapidated, the front door was clean, and smoke rose from the roof.

Rushing......

Lin Haoran carried the water directly into the kitchen, poured it into the water tank, scooped it up with a wooden spoon, and poured it on the two potted plants in front of the door, which bore green fruits.

Some time ago, the Jiang Mansion was busy with the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Jiang family, so he tidied up their back flower yard and put some potted plants in the corner of the back door, and he moved back the two pots of peppers.

Many people don't know that chili peppers are actually exotic! Native to South America, it was introduced to China as a flower at the end of the 16th century, when it was originally called "pepper".

During this period, chili peppers were introduced as a rare exotic flower, owned only by princes and ministers, and planted in their back gardens.

It's just that as a flower and plant, it is obviously not very competitive, and its small white flowers are not outstanding. From the fact that Jiangfu casually left it outside the house, it can be seen that its status is not high, at least lower than that of peonies, plum blossoms and other flowers.

But the charm of chili peppers has never been in the flowers, but in their edible value. From the later generations of "not afraid of spicy, not afraid of spicy, afraid of not spicy", chili sauce sells well all over the country, you can know its charm, but also contains huge economic value.

"Brother, the porridge is ready!" The tiger girl walked out with her little short legs and said sweetly.

Lin Haoran looked up and saw that although the tiger girl's clothes were shabby, her face was very clean, and her complexion was also fair and delicate, which was rare for children in the mountains, and secretly praised her in her heart.

The mutton I brought back last night hasn't been eaten yet, so Hu Niu made a pot of mutton porridge for breakfast today, and added some salt and shiitake mushrooms to the porridge, which looked very sweet.

"Brother, Uncle wants me to tell you, those mountain people are not good people, let you be careful!" While eating porridge, Hu Niu said seriously.

It is impossible to completely hide the matter, it is not that the tiger girl said that she leaked her mouth, but that the old patriarch knows everything about this area. After learning that Lin Haoran had hunted a wild boar and a goat, he guessed the origin of the wild boar and goat.

After understanding for a while, Lin Haoran knew that this was not the old patriarch who had red eyes, and this close uncle was indeed a kind reminder, and reached out to touch the head of the tiger girl and said comfortingly: "You don't have to worry, my brother is measured." ”

Tiger Niu nodded heavily, she found that after her brother hung himself and woke up, he had indeed gotten a lot better. Not only do I love to discuss with her, but I also care about her feelings, like now, I know that she is actually a little worried.

There was no sun today, but there was no wind either, which was a good day.

With a happy mood, the tiger girl went out and headed towards the old patriarch's house.

It's just that she doesn't like to walk straight over, but chooses to go around to the barn and then from the barn to the old patriarch's house.

When she walked to the edge of the barn, but no one was playing, the two sisters of mouse and cicada were pinching clay figures, they pinched clay figurines are the best, but unfortunately they can only look at them and can't eat them.

The tiger girl was about to leave, but an inexplicable fire suddenly burst into her chest, but she saw that the dog had stepped on the clay figure placed on the ground by the mouse, and immediately rushed up with three steps and two steps, and pushed the dog to the ground.

The dog was pushed down suddenly, turned his head and was about to have a seizure, but when he saw that it was an angry tiger girl, he immediately got up and ran away: "Tiger girl, you wait, I'll let Brother Shi teach you a lesson!" ”

"Let him come! I'm afraid she won't make it! The tiger girl crossed her waist and snorted coldly at the distant dog, and then said to the mouse crying on the ground: "Mouse, don't cry, I have already taught him a lesson!" ”

When the mouse heard this, he stopped crying and thanked him crisply.

The tiger girl has already turned around and left, waving her fleshy little hand, leaving no merit and fame!

In this village, she didn't want to be bullied at first and resisted, and later she fought for grievances. As the gentleman who went to Jiangcun to tell the story said, the hero should "draw a knife to help when the road is uneven".

The old patriarch's house is on the edge of the barnyard, it is a soil embryo house, because the family of the second tiger brother went to the county seat on an errand, so only the uncle and the aunt were left at home.

When she arrived at her uncle's house, where she was feeding the chickens, she saw her come in and asked if her brother had gone up the mountain to chop wood. She nodded, knowing that the eldest mother was actually worried that her brother would stay at home and study again, and the family would become a meal without a meal.

Sure enough, the eldest lady said to the uncle who came out of it: "This kid is finally sensible, what's the point of studying, look at Zhu Tongsheng in Xiahe Village, how solid the family used to be, what is it like now!" ”

Hu Niu saw that the uncle glared at the eldest mother, counted her as a woman, and then asked her if her brother really didn't participate in the county exam, she nodded honestly. She saw that the uncle's eyes seemed to be a little disappointed, and turned around and went to dry the herbs.

She frowned, but didn't think anything was wrong, and now her family was fine. After saying hello, she went into the house and took the rope, then went to the cowshed and led the ox out.

Herding cattle, that's what she does every day.

She used to be a little tired of it, but since her brother went up the mountain to chop wood, she has become very looking forward to it.

Out of the village, the fields are full of figures, all tending to their own rice fields, some irrigating, some fertilizing, and some pulling weeds and catching those pesky insects.

She headed across the river towards the big grass dam, where there was a large green meadow that was ideal for herding cattle.

When she was driving the cattle to the stone bridge, she saw several women washing clothes by the river chattering about their daily routines, among which the stone lady was the loudest and could be heard from afar. I just heard them say that my brother deliberately trampled on the black cricket yesterday, and her face turned black when she brushed it.

She didn't like Shi's mother, and few people in the village liked her. Relying on her mother to be a rich family, she seems to be superior in the village, and she is sneering at everyone.

"Tiger girl, I heard that your brother made money selling wild boars, and I didn't see him buy you a two-foot cloth to make a dress, you see how your clothes are torn, hehe!" But the mother-in-law of the stone saw her, and made fun of the rags she was wearing.

Hum!

The tiger girl turned her face to the side, and her little nose snorted coldly, showing a little pride.

She knew that Shi Niang's mind was to deliberately make a fuss about her torn clothes, firstly to show the superiority of her family, and secondly, to provoke her relationship with her brother, thinking that her brother would be reluctant to buy her cloth to make new clothes.

"Ouch, this kid is still unhappy, doesn't Auntie care that you don't have good clothes to wear!" Stone's mother buried her for a while, and then accused the woman next to her: "This nerd is really good, he makes money, and he doesn't want to add a new dress to his sister." ”

"My brother said he'll buy it for me in a few days, huh......" Tiger Niu immediately shook her head and made a grimace at her with her tongue out.

When the other women saw this, they all held back a smile, and they were very relieved when they looked at the stone lady with a blue face.

In fact, they don't like this long-tongued woman, this woman likes to point fingers at everyone, not whose children should buy clothes, or whose daughter-in-law should have hairpins, but how can a poor family live in such an all-encompassing way?

The tiger girl not only fought back with confidence, but also walked with confidence.

As soon as she crossed the bridge, she couldn't help but reach out and grab the corners of her clothes, there were two hard bumps on the corners of her clothes, and there was a secret hidden here. This is the silver tael that her brother sewed for her, saying that she kept this money as a family foundation to prevent trouble.

When she thought of her brother's love for her and handed over so many silver taels to her, her heart warmed. What's wrong with this broken outfit, what if there are many patches, whose clothes can hide so much money?

And her brother has made it clear to her that she has to sell prey to make money in the past two days, and when she is done, he will take her to the town to buy cloth to make new clothes, and buy her a pair of new shoes.

Thinking about her brother's kindness to her, she was in a good mood all morning, the only regret is that the cover placed here did not catch the prey.

At noon, she went to Crouching Tiger Mountain to look for her brother, but after waiting at the bottom of the mountain for a while, she didn't see anyone. As a result, Ah Cai, who was chopping wood, told her enviously that her brother took Ah Niu to Jiangfu again.

Some small loss, but some joy!

The tiger girl ate fragrant rice balls, then filled the mountain spring water in a bamboo tube, checked the sets and caught a turtle dove, and had meat to eat for dinner, which made her very happy.

In the afternoon, she went to the wooden bridge to graze cattle, which was the only way back from Jiangcun, and wanted to share the joy of catching turtledoves with her brother. Since the cow is already full, it only needs to be tethered in one place.

The stone came over, and the dog pointed at her and shouted, "Brother Shi, it's the tiger girl who beat me!" ”

"It's the clay man you stepped on the bad mouse!" Hu Niu was not afraid at all, and looked up at him.

The stone showed his strong arm and said hatefully: "I don't care, today I just want to beat you well!" My mother said, your brother is a second nerd, so our family doesn't have to be afraid of your family! ”

Just after finishing speaking, the stone one looked behind her with some surprise, and his eyes were a little uncertain.

"Brother!"

Hu Niu looked back and saw that her brother happened to come back from Jiangcun, and her heart suddenly warmed.

But his brother, still with a straight face, went around her and walked towards the stone, but he saw him pull the stone up, and his palm fell heavily on the stone's buttocks, and he screamed.

"If you dare to touch my sister's cold hair, I won't recognize your father next time!" Her brother threw the stone on the ground and gave another warning, which made her feel even happier and more dependent.

"Tiger girl, see what I brought today?"

"Pheasant, so big, where did it come from?"

"Anyway, I'll let you eat big chicken legs today!"

"Hmm!"

……

Hu Niu looked back and saw the envious eyes of the stone and the dog, and immediately snorted proudly, and followed her brother home with the cow, she felt that this was the best brother in the world.