An orphan girl from a farming family: Everyday farming in the mountains during natural disasters

Chapter 246 1 Cutting Better

She nodded. "It's a good idea to do this. It's safe and secure."

"Second brother, let me teach you how to make lipstick." Xia Qingyue explained the steps and precautions of making lipstick very clearly, and also took a pen and paper to write down a copy of the production method.

Li Weisheng, who already knew some words, picked up the paper and looked at the production method. His eyes were burning and he was eager to learn. He relayed to her the production method as he understood it.

When she nodded in approval, his grip on the paper tightened, "Sister, I will definitely do it well!"

"I believe you!"

Chen Yuzhen and Chen Youmao, who were in the main room and kept silent so as not to disturb them, said in unison: "We believe you too!"

Li Weikang, who was sitting on the side, was not sure what he was thinking, his eyes fixed on the ground below him. He came to his senses, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said to Li Weisheng with a smile:

"You march forward, and we follow behind."

Li Weisheng was deeply moved and his eyes suddenly turned red.

No one else noticed Li Weikang's abnormality, but Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai who walked into the main room noticed it.

After sitting for a while, Chen Yuzhen, Fang Xiaoyu and Chen Youmao went to the fields to cut cabbages and check the condition of the vegetables to see if they were seriously frozen. Then they went out together.

Li Weisheng went to the kitchen to study how to make lipstick.

The only people left in the main room were Xia Qingyue, Han Zhibai, and two little ones who were curled up in their nest and sleeping.

Han Zhibai and Xia Qingyue sat on the same stool. She looked at Li Weikang who was sitting diagonally opposite her and said, "Brother, you..."

"Sister, I've made up my mind. I'm going to Fenglai Town after the New Year.

Some time ago, she came to my house to look for my sister-in-law, and she said that she had reached an agreement with Lord Peng, and he was willing to assign some people to her to organize and train a group of people to go up the mountain to look for medicine. "

The "she" he was referring to was Qian Yurou.

Xia Qingyue reacted calmly to what he said and looked at him quietly.

"After the New Year, when my father and uncle come back, I want to tell everyone about this."

She had a lot to say, but seeing Li Weikang's determined eyes, and his high spirits when he mentioned that Qian Yurou was going to Fenglai Town, she finally said very seriously: "As Big Brother said, you stride forward, and we are always behind."

Upon hearing this, Li Weikang, a seven-foot-tall man, had red eyes and a tear fell from the corner of his right eye.

In the evening, Chen Yuzhen and Fang Xiaoyu prepared spicy rabbit meat, meat stewed with dried pickles, spicy fried dried fish, and hot pot with chicken soup base, and there were vegetables to be eaten by boiling.

They all felt that the lunch they had outside was not as delicious as the food at home, so the dinner they prepared was a little more sumptuous.

After dinner, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai returned to their own home.

He went to the kitchen to light a fire to get some hot water for washing.

She went to the room and opened the wardrobe. In the large compartment inside were several folded duck down quilts. The Huang family had made them early and handed them over to Chen Yuzhen for safekeeping. Chen Yuzhen brought them here and put them away.

They were all new quilts, and Xia Qingyue was reluctant to leave them in this small spread. She planned to take them all up the mountain tomorrow and spread them at her home in the valley.

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After a night of deep sleep, Xia Qingyue woke up and opened her eyes, her consciousness was hazy, and it took a long time for her to wake up.

Han Zhibai has already gotten up and is no longer in the room. They are going to have brunch this morning and then go up the mountain, but they are afraid that it will snow and make it difficult to go up.

It was still early, and she lay in the warm bed, and fell asleep unknowingly.

When she woke up again, it was bright outside the window and she got up quickly.

There was no one else at home except her. After leaving the house and closing the gate, she looked up at the gloomy sky and had a bad feeling that it would snow again soon.

When I walked to the door of Li's house, I heard a lot of noise coming from inside. It turned out that Li Benfu, Chen Dawei and others had returned.

In the main room, Li Benfu, Chen Dawei, Li Weikang and Li Chen Youmao were all there.

She ran into the main room in surprise, "Uncle, when did you come back?"

Li Benfu was overjoyed when he saw her and stood up. "It's been a while since I came back. Qingyue, come and sit by the fire."

Li Benfu said that they were hauling clay near the village and were returning to Datong Town in the afternoon. He then asked about her and Han Zhibai's life in the mountains.

As they were chatting, Chen Dawei went to the kitchen and brought her a bowl of brown sugar dumplings from the morning.

She was a little hungry as she hadn't had breakfast, so she sat at the table and started eating.

Chen Youmao talked about making earthen bricks for the hosts.

"After the New Year, there were still a dozen households asking for mud bricks. I guess by the second half of next year, fewer people will want mud bricks. We are thinking that we can go to the neighboring town to get some by then."

"By the way, Qingyue, I heard from Sheng'er that you taught him how to make lipstick..."

After not seeing each other for a long time, they all had a lot to talk about, so they sat together by the fire and chatted.

After a long time, before noon, Han Zhibai came out of the kitchen and said that it was time to eat.

So, everyone got to work together, clearing the table, moving the chairs, setting up the dishes and serving the food.

Today, Fang's father and mother also came to eat. Even though Chen Yuzhen and Fang Xiaoyu had invited them many times and asked for extra pairs of chopsticks, Fang's mother still insisted on eating alone at home.

After many times, Chen Yuzhen and Fang Xiaoyu realized that Fang's mother might feel that a person is more comfortable at home, so she no longer invites as many people as before. Even if her original intention is to do good for others, if the other person does not have this intention, forcing her would be like forcing someone to do something against his will.

Everyone had a happy lunch.

After eating, Xia Qingyue wanted to clean up the dishes and wash them, but Li Benfu called her aside. It was obvious that he had something to say to her.

There were only two of them in the main house.

Li Benfu walked to the bedside table and picked up a small cloth bag on it. There was something in the bag, and the bottom was bulging.

"Qingyue, this is the money earned from making bricks. It's your share."

She took it, opened the cloth bag and looked inside. There were probably more than forty or fifty taels of silver.

"so much?"

“There are still some that have not been paid yet, and we probably have to wait until after the New Year.

Seeing that Sheng'er and Kang'er can read, I also want to learn. When the time comes, I want to make an account book so that it will be easier to keep accounts. "

"If you want to learn, just learn. Just like what my aunt said, as long as you are determined to learn, it is never too late!"

Her words inspired Li Benfu and he was greatly encouraged.

At the same time, Xia Qingyue saw that the Li family members had found their own paths to development in different fields, worked hard for them, and made everything better and better. She couldn't help but feel happy and her eyes slowly became moist.

Afraid that it would snow in the afternoon, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai packed up their things and reluctantly said goodbye to the Li family.

Shen Shi.

They walked in the forest formation. Small snowflakes floated in the sky. They fell lightly and landed on the treetops and grass. The light in the forest was not good. It was so dark that they could only see the scenery one or two meters away.

There was still some distance to the valley, and worried that the snow would get heavy, Han Zhibai took Xia Qingyue's hand and asked Xiaobai to speed up and lead the way.

When we returned to the valley, the sky had become completely dark, and snowflakes were falling like goose feathers.

rustling—

In the dark world, besides the whistling wind, there is also the sound of falling snow like broken jade beads.

The two of them, one in front and one behind, ran to the eaves in a panic to hide from the snow.

The mountain mist was carried away by the wind and rushed in all directions like a flood that had been opened. Soon, the white mist wrapped in cold air surrounded them and everything around them from all directions.