two ears pricked up

Huo Zheng bought a jar of ointment from his neighbors that night with scraps of money for Baixi to apply on his own. The ointment was used by the villagers to relieve itching. It was cool and comfortable when applied to the skin, and it relieved the redness and itchiness of Baixi's skin from being rubbed by kudzu clothes. symptoms.

From that night on, Huo Zheng maintained a distance from Bai Xi intentionally or unintentionally, and did not look into his eyes when he was talking. There was Huo Qianjun's stele in the hall, and Bai Xi would see Huo Zheng contemplating on the stele for a long time every day before dawn. , as if he was confessing something, and he didn't answer when asked. Compared with the past, he worked harder and harder, sweating profusely from exhaustion every day.

One night, Bai Xi pestered Huo Zheng to talk to no avail, and when she lost her mind and returned to the room, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

There was scorching heat behind the ears, as if something was struggling desperately from inside.Enduring the pain, he looked around in front of the bronze mirror, and was surprised to find that his ears had begun to produce white fluff. The fluff was thin and soft, and the exposed ear flesh was pink and tender. A small part of the middle protruded out, and the pain stopped when the two soft and tender ears were exposed.

Bai Xi was stunned, and was terrified of himself in the mirror, who was neither human nor demon. Only when he was in the form of a bunny would his ears grow like this.He has clearly transformed into a human form, but why did his ears show up again?

He wandered around the house in a panic, and finally fell asleep on the head of the bed with a pair of bunny ears.

The weather is really hot, and the dew is still there at dawn, and the continuous sound of cicadas can be heard from the tree branches in the yard, the chickens are crowing in the morning, and the villagers from house to house get up to cook and herd cattle one after another.

Huo Zheng cleaned up the yard, and Bai Xi closed his clothes. He hid behind the door and carefully touched his ears. After confirming that he was back to normal, he walked into the yard sleepily. Huo Zheng squatted at the mouth of the well with his back facing him, cleaning things.

He barely cheered up and walked behind the other party.

"clank."

Huo Zheng pushed the wooden basin on the side, which was filled with warm water.Every day he would warm some water for Bai Xi to wash, women's bodies are not stronger than men's, and his sister-in-law's body is weak and weak, it's always good to pay more attention.

Huo Zheng didn't speak for several days, Bai Xi was not only not annoyed, but also got used to the other party's taciturn reaction.

After washing, Huo Zheng put the cleaned millet into the pot, set fire to cook the rice, and after finishing all this, he packed the remaining rice in another small wooden jar. frown.

Rice is not something ordinary people can afford to eat three meals a day. Rice is not easy to survive, and the price of buying and selling is quite high. The same type of rice can be divided into coarse yellow rice and thin white rice. Only some wealthy families can afford the fine and expensive fine rice , and ordinary people will cook a meal of fragrant and soft rice to celebrate during the New Year and festivals. The food usually used to fill their stomachs is mostly noodle cakes and bean soup.

Bai Xi was weak, so Huo Zhengyue went to the city and found a rice store to buy some polished rice and clothes. Huo Zheng asked his sister-in-law to eat delicious and soft rice every meal, but he himself never touched the rice, only ate Fill up with some rough grain.

The polished rice he bought had bottomed out. Before that, Huo Zheng bought a lot of things for women's household for Bai Xi. After a long time, he didn't find a job when he returned to Changyue Village. There is not much left, and if this continues, his sister-in-law will not be able to eat rice in a few days.

Bai's thin body is tender and tender, so he should live a good life, and he can't cope with rough food like a big man who is used to hard work.

Life is still worth living.

Huo Zheng thought about his future life, but Bai Xi didn't know that life was miserable.

He changed into the summer clothes that Huo Zheng bought for him not long ago. Although it was handmade by Ge, the workmanship was much finer. Itchy redness.

In his free time, Huo Zheng would pick out some bamboo and wood carvings for hairpins, and there were quite a few carving patterns.

During this period of time, Bai Xi learned not to wear hairpins. Today, he specially chose a wooden hairpin engraved with a butterfly shape to wear, fiddled with the mouth of the well a few times, ran to Huo Zheng, smiled, and asked: "Zhengzheng, I Does it look good in this?"

Huo Zheng glanced away and didn't look at it, and said in a deep voice, "As long as sister-in-law likes it."

Whether he is beautiful or not, he should not tell his sister-in-law, it is a taboo.

Huo Zheng said again: "Chenshi, I will go to the mountain to pay homage to elder brother, sister-in-law, you..."

Bai Xi hurriedly answered, "I'll go with you."

Bai Xi is afraid of many things, but what he fears most is loneliness.Especially after getting acquainted with Huo Zheng, he felt uneasy even after being away from him.

He followed into the stove house, and Huo Zheng wanted more firewood, so he picked up the firewood piled in the corner and handed it over, his eyes full of longing, and he said softly, "Zhengzheng, take me out."

Huo Zheng had no choice but to respond, "The smoke is thick here, sister-in-law, you go out first."

"Oh!"

Walking outside the door, Bai Xi suddenly laughed, he tugged at the dress on his body, it took him a lot of genius to learn how to change it by himself, every time he couldn't wear it well and asked Huo Zheng to teach him, Huo Zheng would always put on a straight face Bring the sixth lady next door over.

The dress was given to him by Huo Zheng, and he wore it, but Bai Xi didn't really like such clothes in his heart.

He squatted by the door and counted the worms, and when he had counted enough, he ran to the well to play with the water.

Huo Zheng took the cooked rice porridge to the pot, he went out and saw Bai Xi dozing off on the stone table, and when he approached, Bai Xi woke up with his eyes open.He squinted his eyes sleepily and called out to Huo Zheng, his soft voice had a bit of coquettish emotion in it, wishful coquettish, no one answered him, so he resigned to his fate and followed him into the house.

Bai Xi stared closely at Huo Zheng's broad and strong back, seeing his steady steps, Huo Zheng stopped, and he bumped his head against the other's shoulder with an ouch.

Huo Zheng looked back at him expressionlessly, Bai Xi sat back on the stool obediently, and grinned.After laughing, she wrinkled her nose and hesitated, "Zhengzheng, I have something to ask you."

Huo Zheng's expression remained unchanged, "Sister-in-law, please speak."

"Why are the clothes I wear different from yours? I don't feel comfortable wearing clothes, can I not wear them..."

In Bai Xi's current knowledge, he understands that not only animals are divided into male and female, but people are also divided into male and female, but he still doesn't understand the difference between men and women in terms of clothing. He will wear whatever Huo Zheng gives him. , Occasionally feel awkward in my heart, just pass away in a daze.

Huo Zheng asked him, "But the clothes are uncomfortable to wear?"

Bai Xi shook her head, "It doesn't itch."

Huo Zheng thought to himself, thinking that Bai Xi didn't like the style of the dress.That's right, his sister-in-law was born in the Bai family. The Bai family is rich and has better food and clothing than ordinary people. Marrying into the Huo family really made him feel wronged.

He pondered and said, "I'll buy some more clothes for you when I get to the city in a few days."

Bai listened carefully to what he said, and agreed again and again, while Huo Zheng was already thinking about what he could buy with the remaining money, and at the same time he had to find another way to earn money.

After breakfast, Bai Xi and Huo Zheng went out to the mountain.

The two of them seldom go out these days. Huo Zheng went out to do errands a few times. He acted neatly and returned home quickly, so he rarely showed himself in front of the villagers. This time he went up the mountain and met many villagers on the way, most of them were outside. As a man busy with work, most villagers are curious about unfamiliar faces, especially Bai Xi. All the villagers who passed by stared straight at their eyes, and the eyeballs almost didn't come out of their sockets.

After Bai Xi and Huo Zheng arrived at the cemetery on the mountain, the men working in the village began to gather during their breaks, whispering to each other about who the little lady they saw in the morning was.They had never seen such a beautiful little lady in the village, and if they saw it, they would never forget it.

After the word was passed from door to door, it was only after the sixth wife learned that it was Miss Bai who married the boss of the Huo family a few days ago. When they heard that she was married, they all regretted, but they remembered that boss Huo died on the day of their marriage. , patting her thighs excitedly, ho, the little lady is a widow!

This year, among the ten widows, there are said to be nine out of the chastity memorial archway. When they meet a fierce man, the black lamp blind ham is turned on, and another spring is ushered in one after another. Beautiful and tender, how can I stand loneliness after a long time.

None of the single men in the village were excited. Single women were already popular, let alone beautiful ones. Even if they were married, they couldn't stop thinking of these men.

Huo Zheng burned incense in front of Huo Qianjun's grave, Bai Xi had nothing to say to Huo Qianjun, because he didn't know each other at all, Huo Zheng was bored, and would not say what he wanted to say in front of Huo Qianjun's grave in front of Bai Xi Export, his words, can only be said in the heart.

There was a moment of silence in front of the grave, and the two men walked down the mountain near noon. At this time, the sun was shining, and the villagers did not go out to work. After lunch, some people sat outside the door under the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool and eat melons.

Some words came to the ears of the two, to the effect that it was a pity for Miss Bai to become a widow at such a young age. After some rumors in the morning, more villagers were enjoying the coolness under the trees outside today, and almost all of them were single. The man of the Huo family, just to be able to take a look at the beautiful little widow of the Huo family.

Bai Xi followed behind Huo Zheng, the eyes gathered on him from all directions made him a little timid, Huo Zheng also noticed, those naked and undisguised eyes.

Huo Zheng's face was as dark as ink. Although he had no experience with children, as a man, he was born with intuition in certain matters, and he felt displeased.

These people who gathered under the tree in the name of enjoying the cool air were clearly coveting his sister-in-law!

Back at Huo's house, when Huo Zheng closed the door with great strength, Bai Xi was so frightened that he almost jumped up, walked to him anxiously, and asked, "Zhengzheng, why are you upset?"

"Sister-in-law." Huo Zheng said seriously, "Don't take those gossip on the road just now to your heart."

Bai Xi nodded, he had faintly heard some of what others said on the road, but he couldn't figure out the sophistication of the world, what he couldn't understand was nothing to him, but Huo Zheng seemed to care.

Taking advantage of Huo Zheng's inattention, Bai Xi quietly reached out to hook his clothes and gently pulled, "Zhengzheng, don't be angry."

Huo Zheng was speechless for a moment, his sister-in-law was innocent and shouldn't be disturbed by those obscene words.

Huo Zheng didn't intend to explain the meaning of those words to Bai Xi, being a fool also has the joy of being a fool, since he is determined to take good care of his sister-in-law for his elder brother, he must protect him well.