What a strong smell of vinegar

Author: Riding an ant to the market

What a strong smell of vinegar

The small valley where Liu Hongdong built the pig breeding base is not far from Aju and their huts.

It's just that the mountains are high, the forests are dense, the trails are deep, and the valleys are full of stubble.

If someone who can't find the road comes, he may get sidetracked on this short journey of less than 3 miles and accidentally turn into another small canyon.

After wandering for a while, Han Xiaokang returned to the hut.

Today I went out to help my cousin Liu Hongdong build pig pens and defensive walls. Zhou Min and A Ju who stayed at home were not idle either.

Although the place where we live is very simple at present, everything has its own priorities.

Improving the living environment can be put back a bit, but production and construction must be pushed forward as soon as possible.

In order to live here for a long time, Zhou Min and A Ju are working day and night.

The division of labor between the two of them is very clear: during the day, Aju washes and cooks in the hut, and uses the old hen that Aunt Wang "honored" Han Xiaokang to hatch chicks.

Aju regarded this simple thatched hut as if he had bought a new house in the city, and would use a small hammer to smash every inch of land in the house flat.

Zhou Min, on the other hand, was in the yard under the scorching sun, hoeing the entire land in the yard.

She is planning to grow some food and vegetables in the yard, striving to become self-sufficient as soon as possible.

At night, Aju and Zhou Min's work would be reversed, with Aju working in the yard, while Zhou Min stayed in the hut and helped clean up the house.

As the old saying goes, a woman's home is a woman's home.

Only with a woman can we have a real home.

This simple thatched hut, including the yard that was originally overgrown with grass, now has two women working there day and night.

It didn't take much time,

It gives people a brand new feeling:

On the thatched roof, smoke curled up.

In the yard, a petite girl squatted on the ground and carefully picked through grass roots and stones in the soil.

On the rack next to it, there were clothes hanging to dry, although they were shabby but extremely clean.

1 puppy and 2 wolf cubs, playing and quarreling in the yard.

The little ducks quack, quack, sometimes jump into the creek to look for food, and sometimes they climb up from the creek in a row, flap their short fleshy wings, and run quickly towards Zhou Min's feet.

They are looking for earthworms to eat.

The aroma of chicken and rice in the house spread through the sparse bamboo fence and spread throughout the yard.

Ah Ju is in a good mood and will hum two songs from time to time:

[Young sister, I live in Wujiazhai Village, separated by mountains, water and rocks.

Magpies were chirping on the trees, and butterflies were falling on the flower bed.

Yaomei from the mountains is so good and well-behaved, her sweet dimples are cute.]

Aju's singing voice is crisp and clear, and every line of her singing reveals a cheerful and joyful mood.

The emotion in the song was too rich to fit in the simple thatched hut, and the joyful mood permeated the entire yard.

This made Zhou Min carefully pick the grass roots in the ground and joke at the same time, "Hey, sister Aju, look at the sparrows in the yard, fluttering, they are all keeping time for you!"

"Giggle, I'm so happy, I just want to sing." Aju's laughter came from the room, "Sister Zhou Min, you don't know, I have never been so happy in my whole life!

In the past, when I felt sad, I would sneak behind the village. There was a small grotto there. I loved to hide in it and whisper to the wild flowers in the grotto."

Zhou Min basically has some purpose in speaking and doing things.

Hearing what A Ju said, Zhou Min asked, "Why are you talking to the wild flowers? Don't you still have a good friend like Wu Xiaoshuang in the village? Why don't you go and play with her?"

Ah Ju in the room responded while busy working, "Sister Xiaoshuang? She is indeed very capable and knows a lot.

Sister Xiaoshuang sees many things very accurately. But the problem is, she is very busy during the day, and Sister Xiaoshuang has to rest at night, so how can I have much time to talk to her?"

"Wu Xiaoshuang is so beautiful. There are many people chasing her in the village, right?"

Zhou Min asked casually, "Can you tell me what kind of person she is?"

There was a moment of silence in the room. It was obvious that Ah Ju was thinking about how to answer Zhou Min's question better.

At this moment, the courtyard door rang.

It turned out that it was Han Xiaokang who came back, "Ah Ju, don't be too busy cooking and eating! I have peaches here. You will be full after you eat one."

Zhou Min raised his head and said, "Ah, what a big peach. Hey, Xiaokang, why is there a monkey following you? Is it greedy for the peach on your hand?"

Han Xiaokang turned his head and glanced at the little macaque who was still following him, "No, it was the little macaque that brought me this peach."

"so good?"

Zhou Min was surprised, "Is this monkey so spiritual?"

Han Xiaokang smiled and said, "Ah Ju, she brought it to me as an apology. Get a basin of water so that I can help you wash the peaches!"

Aju, who puffed up his sleeves and exposed a bright wrist, wiped his hands and appeared at the door, "Hey, Brother Xiaokang, is that little monkey here again?"

"Woo——"

Erhu apparently also saw the little macaque. He roared low in his throat and pounced on the little macaque in the yard, warning the monkey not to climb onto the roof.

And the two little wolves, perhaps out of their instinct, or perhaps out of order to please the two tigers, also roared at the little monkey!

Unexpectedly, this move actually drove the little macaque onto the thatched roof.

I saw it grinning toward the yard, and from time to time, it would pretend to grab something on the roof with its front claws, pretending to pick up something and throw it down.

It seems,

In the future, this monkey will probably have to fight with wolves and dogs.

"Two tigers are good and don't bite."

Aju called out softly, "I like this little monkey, please don't bite it."

Erhu said "uh" in his nose, as if he was agreeing, but also seemed to be jealous.

Today the little monkey came back and there were big peaches to eat. Ah Ju looked very happy and said, "Brother Xiaokang, you are tired. Go inside and rest. I will wash the peaches and peel them for you."

With that said, Aju stretched out her hand and pulled Han Xiaokang into the house.

Now Aju is very happy, very happy.

But Zhou Min, who was busy in the yard, stopped slightly at this moment: it seems that only Aju and Han Xiaokang know the origin of this little monkey.

This is equivalent to having a common secret between them, and doesn't he become an outsider without knowing anything about it?

yard,

Erhu was jealous that the little monkey had gained Aju's favor; and Zhou Min also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

So the small courtyard, which was originally filled with the fragrance of the earth and a happy atmosphere, now has a hint of sourness.

Especially the voice that came from the house, which revealed the incomparable sweetness, made the smell of acetic acid in the yard even stronger: "Here, this peach doesn't need to be peeled with a knife. Look, just tear off the skin."

, and it fell. Yeah, the juice is leaking. Open your mouth and catch it. Don’t waste it.”

"Well, there's too much juice in this peach. I can't hold it in my mouth. Uh-huh. Eat it, Xiao, Brother Xiaokang, the peach is so big."

"Eat it quickly. This kind of peach has a high sugar content and is more delicious than buying fruit candies at the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Hey, call sister Zhou Min in and let her eat some too!"

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Min felt sour in his heart: Ask me to eat something?

Aju’s family’s saying is “come and eat some peaches”, but when it comes to him, it becomes “come and eat some too”.

"Ouch!"

In the yard, Zhou Min suddenly let out a cry of pain.

Only then did the honey/peach smell in the room disappear a lot.

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