Chapter 6

"That's Yuxiao! Oh, forget it. Forget it. Let's see if the soup is good. Do you have any salt Shen Qing found that many concepts were not consistent with the ancients. Not only in ancient times, but also in modern times, there are still many foolish and filial people. They insist on their ideas and principles, and it is the fault of others to deny them.

The Stone got up and left, and came back with a small jar. "Sister, we only have a little salt. Aunt Lin sent it to us a few days ago.

Shen Qing took the pot, almost can not see the color of the small pot, there is only a thin layer of coarse salt. I wanted to pour all the salt into the pot, and then I thought: fresh fish don't need too much salt, so it's delicious. Let's leave some salt. Who knows what will happen tomorrow.

Put a little coarse salt into the pot, and handed the rest to the stone. "The soup is almost there. Bring me the bowl." The stone smelled the delicious fish soup nearby and couldn't stay for a long time. Sister a command, back into the house, took out two bowls, one is still half a bowl of water, one and half a bowl of black porridge. It turned out that there were only two bowls at home.

Shen Qing looked at the half bowl of black porridge, "don't keep this, pour it."

"It's a pity. Although it's a little cold, you won't feel it if you drink it with fish soup." Stone is also reluctant to give up that little porridge, which he specially left for his sister, and he has never been willing to drink.

"This soup is enough for us. Don't forget that. Let's throw it away." Shen Qing didn't want to take another look, and felt that the black porridge would spoil her appetite.

Although the stone is a little reluctant, but still obediently listen to my sister's words. Pour the water in a bowl into the black porridge, shake the bowl again, and the black porridge becomes thinner immediately. Stone went to the gate, and looked at the bowl of porridge, still some reluctant, but still a cruel, all fell outside the door.

Shen Qing pulled out two pairs of chopsticks from behind the earthen stove. These chopsticks were no better than the sticks she picked up on the ground. She really doubted whether they were chopsticks. Make do with it first.

Sheng good soup, stone squatting on the ground, can't wait to drink first.

"Sister, this soup is delicious!" Finish saying, regardless of the hot close to the bowl and drink a mouthful.

"Don't drink soup all the time. Eat the fish in it. Be careful not to stab your mouth." Shen Qing was also holding a bowl. She wanted to learn to squat on a stone, but the posture was really awkward. She looked around, but there was no place to sit. She went to the woodpile and leaned on it to enjoy the first meal of the new life and new world.

"If you don't eat the fish, just drink the soup. Save the fish and cook the soup tomorrow." The stone gently pulled the fish in the bowl with his chopsticks. He could see it clearly. When the fish was forked up, it looked very big, but there was not much cooked. Apart from the head and tail, he and his sister were only two pieces each. My sister has just recovered from a serious illness. She should eat more tonic and drink soup by herself. The meat can be saved until tomorrow.

"Don't worry about it. My sister promises to let you eat meat and drink soup every day, and you will never be hungry again." Shen Qing suddenly felt sad. Eight year old children should enjoy a happy and carefree childhood, but the children in front of them are living so hard. Now that I am his sister, let everything change.

Stone listened to, slightly a Zheng, seem to doubt elder sister is not in deceive oneself.

"As you can see from my sister's fishing just now, we will not drink enough of this kind of fish soup in the future. We will only get tired of it." Shen Qing sees stone's mind and comforts him.

Yes, there are plenty of fish in the river. In the future, I can help my sister fish together. Will I worry that I can't eat fish?

Stone figured it out, picked up chopsticks and put fish in his mouth.

"Be careful! You can't eat any delicious food after you pierce your mouth. " Shen Qing looks at the stone, sad and funny. He is also hungry cruel, no longer speak, self-care to eat fish.

After filling my stomach, all the troubles seem to be less annoying. It's not so unpleasant to look at this strange thing.

It's very cold in the hut, and I dare not light a fire in it. Fortunately, after drinking the hot fish soup, my body was still warm. Living in a house like this is better than living in a cave on the mountain. At least you can get warm.

The brothers and sisters lay on their own grass nests and tightened their thin quilts.

"Stone, how did your parents die?" Shen Qing can't sleep for a while now, so she thinks of the topic before dinner.

"My father had a cold last winter, but he didn't get well. He dragged himself to the school ten miles away to give lectures. This time, it's more than two hours. Finally, on a snowy night, he fainted in the snow. Finally, Uncle Wang Shuan, who was still working in the town, found his father and carried him back. But not long after he came back, his father died. The mother was heartbroken and thought that it was all caused by the fact that yenai didn't treat dad. Grandma said that her mother was unfilial. She could only read and write at ordinary times. No married daughter-in-law could do housework. In the winter of March and September, she asked her mother to wash the whole family's clothes in the river, saying that it was good for her to exercise her mother. Our mother came from a scholar's family. Our grandfather died early, and there was no uncle to support us. My mother is a weak woman, and she has never suffered before. When dad was there, grandma didn't dare to bully her for the sake of a lot of money he brought every month. But as soon as dad left, Grandma could bully her. She said that there were three girls at home, and all the big and small jobs in the family were done by my mother. Finally, my mother couldn't afford to get sick. Three months later, my mother also left. " Stone said, then no voice, I do not know is immersed in this powerless hate, or has fallen asleep.The chill of late autumn seems to come very quickly. Especially at night, the chill can reach the bone through the thatched cottage. It's just the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. In a month or two, we have to freeze to death under the wild ridge.

As soon as it was light, Shen Qing got up. I don't know if she went to bed early yesterday. Now she is not sleepy, or she can't sleep because of the cold. Shen Qing has the habit of doing morning exercises. After getting up, he took a piece of cloth from the nest and went out of the house. He ran around and washed his face by the river.

All the way along the river, slowly running east. Shen Qing found that the mountain is to the north of her home. There is an earth slope in front of her home. When she goes down the slope, it is Qingxi river. East, along the river into the village. Her house is at the west end of the village, or in other words, her house is at the west end outside the village, because her thatched cottage is out of the village, and there are no neighbors, only one family, and it is quiet.

Qingxi river has been winding down. Shen Qing calculated the distance, estimated that there are two kilometers into the village. As soon as I entered the village, I saw an old man with a jacket squatting in front of his house smoking a dry tobacco bag. Seeing that Shen Qing ran over, the old man stood up slowly, knocked the cigarette pole on the back upper of his shoes, and asked, "girl Qing, are you well? Why is it just so hot? What's the matter? "