Chapter 3： Assignments

Chapter 3 Assigning Tasks

Yang Santie woke up when he smelled the burning smell. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the flames in the stove room rising into the sky. His mother was still sitting crookedly outside the stove room. He was so frightened that he jumped up on the spot, "Big brother, second brother, Don't sleep, it's on fire!"

A group of people were called out, and they were all dumbfounded when they saw the raging stove house.

Yang Datou was crying and wanted to find someone for help.

Jiang Ning shouted without even opening his eyes: "Stop! I set the fire."

Yang Datou stiffened, and everyone looked at Jiang Ning in astonishment.

"Auntie, why is this? If you are hungry, just call me to get up. You don't have to light the fire yourself!" Liu Ye was a little helpless, thinking that her mother-in-law accidentally set the stove on fire. It's okay for her mother-in-law to have a bad temper. I'm lazy and greedy. I heard that her natal family didn't farm. She married into Rongshu Village for more than ten years, and now she still doesn't distinguish between grains and grains. She can't even use a large stove. It's just a weird mother to open the door for a weird girl. She's so weird. !

Jiang Ning held his hands with his shriveled belly, slowly opened his eyes, and said feebly: "Keep burning for a while longer, and then go in after the weeds are gone."

Everyone: “??????”

"Auntie, did you set the fire to burn the grass inside?" Yang Erdan stood on tiptoe at the door of the stove house, stretched his neck and looked into the stove house, but could not see anything.

Jiang Ning opened his eyes and looked at him, "What if there are snakes, insects, rats and ants inside?"

The ants she was talking about were not the kind of small ants, but the most common poisonous ants in the wilderness. Not to mention their size, they are extremely agile. If you accidentally step on their holes, densely packed poisonous ants will come out of the nest and be trapped by them. The bite will not kill you, but it will cause redness, swelling, pain and itching for several days, making it extremely uncomfortable.

Yang Erdan suddenly realized, "Aniang! You are still smart!"

Yang Datou, "."

"Auntie, tell me what you want to do next time. I'll go find someone to borrow a **** and use it instead of setting a fire!" Yang Datou frowned, intuitively Jiang Ning set the fire to save money, not because he was afraid of snakes, insects or rats. ant.

How can rural people be so particular?

Jiang Ning was too lazy to talk nonsense to him. The fire burned for a while and was completely burned out when it was almost dawn.

Yang Erdan was the first to get in. The four walls of the house were blackened. He kicked one of the walls with his feet, but unexpectedly it cracked.

He felt bad all over, "Aniang! Come and look, the wall is about to fall!"

A bunch of people came in and quickly retreated. Yang Datou's eyes were red, "Mommy! This house can no longer be inhabited! I'm going to beg grandpa and grandma, let's move back."

“Stop!” Jiang Ning called Yang Datou eagerly, “Come here!”

Yang Datou walked to Jiang Ning weakly and helplessly and squatted down.

Jiang Ning was afraid of being exposed, so he imitated the original owner and pinched his ears, scolding him angrily: "Are you a pig? We finally separated and got two acres of paddy fields and four acres of land, and now we are begging to go back. It won’t be so easy to divide it again in the future! Even if it is divided again, can your grandpa and grandma still give us those fields? "

Yang Datou was unhappy, “But we don’t have a place to live.”

Thinking of the shocking cracked wall just now, Yang Datou couldn't help but feel frightened. Fortunately, his mother-in-law set it on fire, otherwise they would have lived in it in a daze. If the wall fell down and someone happened to be inside, the consequences would be disastrous.

Jiang Ning breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the smoke rising from the village, and whispered: "Let's find a way to find food first. Judging from the weather, it won't rain in the past few days. If not, let's build a straw shed to deal with it for a while, and we'll talk about it later. "

At this moment, Xiaoya shouted excitedly: "Aniang, brother, what do you think this is?"

"What is it?" Yang Sizhuang was the first to run over, and then two children rushed out of the kitchen holding a nest of roasted eggs. "Look! It's wild eggs!"

Jiang Ning's eyes suddenly shone brightly, and he gave his hand to Yang Datou, "Quick, help me go over and take a look!"

A group of children automatically gave way to her. Jiang Ning leaned over and took a closer look, and was happy, "It's really a wild egg! Xiaoya, it's so awesome! I'll reward you with an egg later!"

Liu Ye's face stiffened and she asked weakly: "Mom, why don't you keep the wild eggs and eat them slowly?"

They don’t have much food.

Jiang Ning's head was full of eggs, and his eyes were green with greed. He shook his head without thinking, "Cook it all, let's eat together!"

Liu Ye was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Even if it was luxurious, it couldn't be made like this! It felt like there would be no tomorrow after today. She knew her mother-in-law was unreliable, so she could only look to Yang Datou for help.

Yang Datou had to stop him, "Auntie, let's save half of it for dinner!"

Jiang Ning thought about the situation at home and understood the pressure of Yang Datou as the boss, so he followed his wishes.

Liu Ye was deeply afraid that she would regret it, so she hurriedly went to cook with the wild eggs, half cooking and half hiding, secretly, obviously to guard against Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, just pretending not to notice.

The wild bean soup with wild eggs without any seasoning was just as unpalatable, but at least it was more filling than the meal last night and provided some nutrition.

Jiang Ning had a good meal, and the feeling of panic gradually disappeared. Seeing that Yang Datou was about to leave, she immediately asked: "What are you going to do?"

Yang Datou was helpless, "Mommy, the work in the fields hasn't been done yet. Ye Zi and I have to go to the fields, and Lao Er and the others have to go into the mountains to find food. If you have nothing to do, you can play with Xiaoya, or get some bamboo to build. hayloft.”

He doesn't expect Jiang Ning to work, as long as Jiang Ning doesn't go to the village to flirt with those women and make a fuss.

Jiang Ning's eyes fell on the continuous Qingfeng Mountain behind his home, and he muttered: "I will go into the mountains with Santie Sizhuang, and Erdan will take Xiaoya to chop bamboo."

In my memory, the Yang brothers were all frequent visitors to the mountains. They climbed trees, fished and went to the fields. They were good at everything they did. They knew everything there was in the mountains, but the scope of their activities was limited to the outskirts of Qingfeng Mountain.

The Yang brothers were shocked by Jiang Ning's words.

Yang Santie muttered reluctantly: "Aniang, you'd better follow Sizhuang Xiaoya to chop bamboo, while my second brother and I go into the mountains."

He was really not happy to go with Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning ignored his protest and took a backpack and walked directly towards Qingfeng Mountain.

Yang Datou smiled bitterly and said: "Three irons and four villages, I will leave it to you. Regardless of whether we can find something or not, we must first ensure my safety. After all, we are just mothers like this!"

Although A-Niang is unreliable, with A-Niang around, they are no longer wild children, and they will not be ridiculed by those in the village.

Yang Santie nodded with his head drooped, listlessly.

From the east of the village, it is closer to Qingfeng Mountain. Walk outside the village, climb a few slopes, and cross a few field ridges.

The villagers went out to work early in the summer and met a few people along the way. Jiang Ning felt that he was smiling kindly, but when everyone saw the mother and son, they were like seeing the plague. They either pretended not to see it or saw a ghost. Dodge, for fear of being blackmailed by them.

(End of this chapter)