Dihao's civilian life

People in Yucheng have a close relationship with the surrounding forests. They not only go to the forests to collect food, but also cut firewood. Their lives are closely related.Early in the morning, Yu Su carried a basket and went out of the west gate, met several acquaintances, some went to chop firewood and pick up branches and leaves, some went to pick wild vegetables and wild mushrooms, and met a team of snake catchers, led by A'er.

Ah'er is Sister He's husband, an expert snake catcher, and he often goes hunting in remote mountains and wild forests with others, and he goes there for several days.Autumn is a good time to eat snake soup when snakes are fat.

"Xiao Su, why are you alone, are you going to pick mushrooms?" A'er was a little surprised when he saw Yu Su.In the past, it was Mother Yu who came out to collect.

"Yes." Yu Su replied vaguely.What he was carrying was not an empty basket, but a steamed cake in the basket.

"Don't run too far." Er warned.

"Okay, you guys also be careful." Yu Su waved.

The snake catching brigade in autumn often passes through Jigu and goes to the foggy valley in the deepest part of the old forest.There is a place where real hunters go, and it is very dangerous. When Yu people go hunting in Fog Valley, they must form a team of at least six or seven people.

In the snake hunting team, there were several familiar faces. They were from the North District, they knew Yu Su, and they all waved to Yu Su.Yu Su watched the team leave, and watched them disappear into the dense forest carrying all kinds of tools.

Since Sihao moved to Yaotun, Yusu has been in and out of Jigu quite frequently.He is already familiar with the road from Shenmu to Bailinzi. When crossing, he walks briskly. Everything around him is familiar and kind, even a small wild flower growing on the ground, and he thinks it is very cute.

Yu Su was in a good mood, he wanted to see Si Hao, he was thinking about it, although the two hadn't seen each other for only two days.

When he came out of the white forest and saw the scenery by the lake, Yu Su's heart was as smooth as a white bird flying over the lake.He walked quickly along the lakeside, and when he saw Si Hao's house, he immediately ran up to the high ground and came to Si Hao's courtyard.

The door of the house was closed, and there was only Dahei in the courtyard.Dahei screamed for joy when he saw Yu Su, and hugged Yu Su's leg tightly.

"Who's there?" A familiar male voice came from the side of the house.

"Ahao, it's me." Yu Su laughed, got rid of Dahei, and walked towards the side of the house.He saw Si Hao not far from the pond, squatting in the grass, not knowing what he was doing.

Yu Su walked towards Si Hao, and saw a large area of ​​kudzu, which was thriving. The weeds on the edge of the kudzu area were artificially eradicated, which was obviously Si Hao's handwriting.

"This is kudzu, it's so big." When Yu Su saw it, she thought of the same thing as Si Hao, showing joy.

"Ready-made food, I'm planning to surround it." Si Hao patted the dirt on his body and stood beside Yu Su.

Not seeing each other for two days, Si Hao's gaze was on Yu Su. Yu Su felt embarrassed and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" Si Hao raised his hand and picked something from Yu Su's hair. Grass.

"There are also on the back." Si Hao told Yu Su to turn around, and he helped Yu Su take pictures.Thinking that he entered Jigu just after dawn, so that he could reach Yaotun so early, the road was full of forests and grasslands, and he came alone.

"I'll take a pat when I go back and it will fall off..." Yu Su whispered, some of the seeds on her body were ghost needle grass seeds. There are so many white forest seeds, and I have to stick them on again on the way back.

Si Hao still removed a straw from Yu Su's collar, and rubbed his fingers along Yu Su's neck.He likes Yu Su's clean and peaceful appearance.

Yu Su blushed slightly, and asked softly, "Ah Hao, have you eaten yet?" Si Hao picked up the bones and said, "Go and eat when the whole thing is finished."

"I brought steamed cakes with red bean filling inside." Yu Su opened the basket and took out a piece of steamed cakes. "My grandmother made this, she asked me to bring it to you."

Si Hao and Yu's mother only met once, but she made him a steamed cake, which was surprising and flattering.Steamed cake is the best cereal food for common people in Yucheng, with a precious sweetness, delicate and soft taste.

After going to the pond to wash his hands, Si Hao took the steamed cake and sat on the grass to eat.Since leaving Renyi, Si Hao hadn't eaten steamed cakes again, and this piece in his hand was quite delicious and nostalgic.The life of rich clothes and fine food in Renyi is gone.

Si Hao, who was eating steamed cakes, looked at Yu Su who was sitting beside him smiling. In front of him was a lush farmland, and beside him was a vast woodland. He felt the autumn wind blowing his clothes and hair. He felt that this day was far better than In the palace city of Renyi.

"It's delicious, Su, thank you mother for me." Si Hao was grateful after eating the steamed cake.

He lost his parents since he was a child. Fortunately, there are people around him who take care of him, but no one treats him like a mother.

"Yeah." Yu Su smiled all over his face. He was very happy that Si Hao liked it, and he also thought that the steamed cake made by his mother was the best.

Si Hao didn't take much rest, he got up to work, and his kudzu still needed weeding.Yu Su rolled up his sleeves to help, and the two of them worked together in Gedi. This feeling was very unique and joyful, and Yu Su smiled with crooked eyebrows.

The wild kudzu was dense, and the weeds were not to be outdone, and they grew luxuriantly. Si Hao pushed aside a bush and saw a coiled snake with thick arms and a color like a dead leaf. "Ahao? What's the matter?" Yu Su noticed that Si Hao stopped suddenly, "Don't come over, there's a snake." Si Hao stretched out his arms to stop Yu Su.Yu Su obediently did not move. He saw Si Hao picked up a wooden stick, moved the grass, and joked: "If you are so lazy, if you don't leave, I will stew you in snake soup."

Seeing his relaxed appearance, Yu Su leaned closer to see that it was a common snake. It seemed that he had not grown up in size. This kind of snake was not poisonous and didn't like to bite. It was rather lazy.Yu Su stood beside Si Hao, watching the snake slowly leave under Si Hao's chasing.He thought it was quite fat enough to be stewed in a pot.

Si Hao watched the snake leave leisurely, and didn't intend to kill it, probably because it was non-poisonous and relatively docile.

After driving away the snakes, the two cleared away all the weeds in Getian and raised water for irrigation.Originally, one person's work was done by two people, and it was quickly completed.

Leaving Ge Di and returning to the house, Si Hao lit the fire and prepared breakfast.He has a lot of labor, and a piece of steamed cake is just a stomach pad.Si Hao was cooking leek and clam soup by the fire pond, while Yu Su was looking around in the house.

He just didn't come here for two days, and he found that there were too many things in the house, and the food was neatly placed on a wooden shelf next to the firepit.There are many mushrooms, kudzu root, chestnuts, and a few poultry eggs.He had already eaten the two eggs that he brought to Si Hao earlier, and the eggs on them were birds' eggs, which were very small.There are few poultry eggs in autumn, and I don't know where he picked them up.The food is not only these, in the basket hanging on the main beam in the house, there is a basket of big mussels and shrimps.

He is neither hungry nor cold, and there is a lot of firewood piled in the corner of the house.This was when he had injured an arm. When his injured arm recovered, his life in Yaotun would be no worse than that of Yucheng.

"Su, come and have some soup."

When the food was cooked, Si Hao served a bowl of leek and clam soup, Yu Su took the bowl, sat down next to Si Hao, and drank the hot soup.Si Hao poured a bowl for himself, drank it slowly, and looked up at Yu Su from time to time.The mist of the hot soup obscured Yu Su's eyebrows, but he could still see a smile on his eyebrows.Even if he didn't say anything, Si Hao knew that he was happy to be with her.

Si Hao raised his left hand to touch Yu Su's face, and Yu Su turned his face slightly to one side, feeling the warmth and touch of his hand.Yu Suwen said: "Hands will gradually get better." When pulling weeds, he noticed that Si Hao's left hand was still unable to exert strength, but he also felt that it was gradually recovering, but it was hard to notice it for a while.

"You don't have to worry about me." Si Hao said softly.

Yu Su looked here and there in the house, he focused on the food, and Si Hao knew his worry.Si Hao didn't think he would go hungry, he could take care of food and clothing, and the only thing he worried about was safety.Yaotun is very secluded here, and there is no danger or disadvantage for the time being.

"Ah Hao, it may take three days before I can come again." Yu Su said sadly.

"In a few days, Mr. Yu is going to marry his daughter, and everyone is very busy. My father supervises the construction of the wall, and I have to deliver food to my father, and help my sister-in-law's house harvest..."

When Yu Su spoke, Si Hao listened quietly, and when Yu Su finished speaking, he said: "It's nothing, I will stay here, and I will stay here. You come, and I will be here." This sentence, although Plain but profound, "When I settle down, I will also visit you."

When he first came to Yudi, his identity as Yao Tun was not secure. After living in Yao Tun for a long time and having a foundation, he could approach Yucheng.

Hearing Si Hao's words, Yu Su's brows and eyes relaxed, and his mood improved a lot.

At noon, Yu Su helped Si Hao change the medicine, but found that there was not much medicine powder left.Si Hao said that Yao Ying will come in a few days, so don't worry.Ren Yi's relatives and friends were very worried about Si Hao's injury and coming to live in Yudi, so Si Hao and Ji Hua made an appointment at that time to send a message back after coming to Yaotun.It is convenient for Yaoying to enter and leave Yaotun, so it would be best for him to be in charge of sending messages.

After Yu Su bandaged his wound, Si Hao pulled up his clothes by himself, and Yu Su helped him tie the belt.Every time at this time, Yu Su likes to give Si Hao a hug, so the two hug each other quietly.The forest was quiet, the purple lake was silent, and it seemed as if there were only the two of them in the world.

The two hugged and let go.

Yu Su seemed in a hurry, he had to leave at noon, and his time was limited.He collected Si Hao's dirty clothes and took them to the pond for washing. He hung the clothes to dry on the bamboo poles in the courtyard.These were clothes he mended twice with his own hands. When he flattened the clothes to dry, he remembered that his mother said that Si Hao had no wife, so no one would mend his clothes, and his face blushed slightly.

After drying the clothes, Yu Su went back to the house and bid farewell to Si Hao, who handed him the basket he had brought.Yu Su took it, the basket was heavy, and inside was a basket of large mussels and fresh shrimps. "There are many in the lake, I will go to the Internet in the afternoon." Si Hao said.

Yu Su nodded and said sadly, "Hao, I have to go."

"Go." Si Hao said calmly.

The gift in the basket was heavy, and Yu Su's heart was also heavy when he carried it.He bowed his head and walked out the door, not paying attention to the eyes of the people behind him who kept looking at him.He approached the door, but before he stepped over the threshold, the door was suddenly pushed shut by Si Hao's elbow, and immediately after, Yu Suren was already in Si Hao's arms, with his back against the wooden door.

A firm hug, much stronger than when Yu Su hugged him.

The two rubbed their ears together, Si Hao kissed Yu Su, and the two kissed behind the door.Da Hei, who was happy to run ahead, was barking outside the door for some unknown reason, wondering why he shut it outside.

After a long time, the wooden door opened, Yu Su came out, followed by Si Hao, and Da Hei happily followed.Still two people and one dog, went to Shenmu, Si Hao sent Yu Su home.

Throughout the autumn, Yu Su's memory of Bai Linzi's farewell was particularly deep, and they kept parting here.Si Hao stopped here, and after one more step, he was in the Shenmu area, where there were people from Yucheng from time to time.

Yu Su left Bai Linzi alone, and saw the women and children picking mushrooms in the afternoon, he carried a basket, and greeted people he knew.Everyone thought that he also came to pick mushrooms, and praised him for being good.When the boys grow up to a certain age, they refuse to participate in the collection, because the food collection is mainly done by women and children.

Only Sister He noticed that Yu Su's basket was very heavy, and asked him in a low voice, "Xiao Su, where are you going?" Yu Su said, "To see a friend." A young man.That man gave Sister He a special feeling, Sister He didn't think he was a person who lived in the forest.

But Sister He didn't ask any more questions. Yu Su is a quiet child who doesn't like to cause trouble, which is reassuring.

When Yu Su came home in the afternoon, Mother Yu saw that he brought back big clams and shrimps, so she knew they were from Zihu.While cooking, she said, "Tell him not to give so much next time, you child, you can take back as much as you want." Yu Su lowered his head and smiled, and stuffed firewood into the firepit, "Ah Hao said it was for Ah Mother's thanks." Mother Yu scooped up the boiled prawns in the pot, poured them into a pottery basin filled with cold water, and said, "If he likes to eat it, next time I make noodle cakes, I will save another piece for him." Yu Su Xiaoyu said, "Thank you, Mom."

"Put the big clams in the water and boil the soup." Mother Yu glanced at her smiling son, then lowered her head to peel off the shrimp shells.She thinks it's not good for her son to run away all the time, and she doesn't know where to put her thoughts because she hasn't seen a girl he is particularly interested in.

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At dusk, Si Hao was pulling the fishing net and carrying the basket, and was about to leave Zihu, when suddenly he heard a child's mournful cry, the sound was nearby.Si Hao put down his things and followed the sound, and saw a five or six-year-old girl fell into the ditch, covered in mud, crying miserably.

"Child, what's wrong with you?" Si Hao asked her.

"The knee hurts." The girl let go of her hand covering her knee, showing the wound.Her knee was scratched and the skin was broken, and she bled a lot, and the girl's palm was bloody.

"Where does the family live? What are the names of the parents?" Si Hao wanted to send her back, it was going to be dark, and even if she was not injured, it would not be safe for a little girl to be in the wild.

"...Woooo..." The girl cried to herself.

Si Hao raised his eyebrows, he was afraid that the child would cry, and felt disturbed.

"In Yucheng?" Si Hao asked patiently.

The girl shook her head, and suddenly cried even more aggrieved, shouting: "Aunt..."

Si Hao knelt down helplessly, picked up the girl, and comforted her: "Don't cry, don't cry, where is your home, you use your fingers."

The girl pointed her finger in the direction of Yaotun, it would be easy to live in Yaotun.These mountain people are too casual, such a small child is allowed to run outside.

Si Hao sent the girl to Yaotun. The location of the girl's finger was the family behind Si Hao's house.Si Hao let the child wipe away his tears on him, frowned to comfort her, and sent her to a neighbor's house.

Before I got close, I heard an old woman shouting: "Xi'er~" The voice kept shouting, but I didn't hear any nervousness. I think this girl often played outside and forgot to go home.

"Mother!"

The girl cried loudly, and quickly called Yao who was deaf.

Si Hao put down the girl, but Yao Yu grabbed her and cursed: "Where are you going to play? I told you not to run far away. The eldest mother never stopped talking." The girl threw herself into her grandmother's arms and cried out her hurt. Pitiful.Yao Yu stopped scolding, inspected the injury on her knee, and shouted into the room: "Old man, Xi'er was injured by a fall, go get some medicine!"

A thin old man came out of the house, saw Si Hao, and asked, "Are you taking her back?" Si Hao nodded. He was planning to leave at first, but he hesitated because he was worried that the girl would be beaten and scolded.

The old man didn't say anything more, and left to gather medicine, the old woman began to discipline her granddaughter again, Si Hao turned and left, there were still his nets and fish and shrimp by the lake.

Residents in Yao Tunli were relatively indifferent, without a word of thanks, Si Hao didn't care.

The next day, Si Hao went to wash pottery by the pond, and while looking at his Ge Tian, ​​he found a familiar figure lying next to Ge Tian—the lazy snake appeared again.

The mouse ate the kudzu root, and the snake ate the mouse. Si Hao thought it was fine, so he didn't chase it away.

When Si Hao returned to her yard, she heard the girl's laughter and the barking of the dog, which didn't sound like Dahei.Si Hao went over to look, and it turned out that Xi'er came with a yellow dog, but Da Hei didn't bark.

The child was smeared with medicine on his knees, and after one night, he was alive and kicking again.When she saw Si Hao, she said happily, "I want to give it to you, so I put it in your house." Si Hao looked at the door, and the door was half closed. Si Hao pushed the door and went in, and saw a big fish on the ground. Dry, half body wrapped with withered lotus leaves.

Si Hao was a little surprised, he picked up the dried fish and put it on the wooden cover of the storage pit.

He went out of the house and saw Dahei, Huanggou, and Xi'er having fun, one person and two dogs, going to the woodland behind the house.Judging from the fact that Dahei didn't bark, he had seen Huanggou and Xi'er before.This little girl may often play nearby, but Si Hao didn't notice her.

People in Yaotun live by fishing, and the most valuable thing in the area is fish. It would be inhumane to return a dried fish.

In autumn, many trees by the Zihu Lake have lost their leaves, and the lake view is bleak.

Si Hao walked along the lakeside, continuing his exploration of the lake.After passing Yeluping, he saw a fishing team rowing their canoes neatly and heading south along a Quxi River.

Si Hao stood at Xitou, thinking that they might be from Xiaozitun.He didn't rush to follow, but watched the wooden boat go away.He will definitely need to trade items in the future, such as salt.A decent settlement in Biyaotun must have the circulation of salt and other necessities of life.

Of course, Si Hao didn't intend to use shell coins, he would barter like a real forest man, he learned his lesson.In Jiaoshan back then, a shell coin exposed his identity.

Si Hao turned around, intending to go back, but at the moment of turning around, he saw a gorgeous big boat swinging from the waters in front of him.In the lake, there is a place of sand. The trees on the sand cover the figure of the big boat. When it completely appeared in front of Si Hao, it was already very close to him.Si Hao saw a dozen or so boatmen rowing on the boat. The number of these boatmen was enough for him to deduce the identity of the boat owner.He retreated calmly and hid himself in the grass behind the tree.The big boat walked slowly around the sand, and its owner was undoubtedly watching the lake.

Standing on the boat are two well-dressed girls, looking at the lake, holding hands and chatting cordially.One of the women pointed her finger in Si Hao's direction, talking to her companion.Si Hao naturally didn't think she saw him, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the wisteria forest behind him.The wisteria flowers and leaves are all gone, only the bare vines, criss-crossing and boundless, as if the whole forest has been turned upside down, and the roots of the trees are all in the air. It is very spectacular and shocking.

The big boat went away, and Si Hao came out from behind the tree. He thought he had met Yu Jun's two daughters swimming in the lake.He knew that Lord Yu had two daughters, one was said to be predicted by the great witch to become the imperial concubine, and the other had long been heard of marrying Xicheng.

In Renyi before, Ren Jia once joked that if a daughter-in-law of Yu wants to become an imperial concubine, she must marry Sihao.

Si Hao left the lake leisurely, his heart was as calm as the water of the lake, he didn't feel that the prophecy of Great Witch Yu Fang had anything to do with him.

The author has something to say: Director: Probably a house snake that can be stewed.

Xi'er: I'm the only girl Mr. Hao has hugged.