Author: Mu Shenghua

Jiang Miao took a step back, looked up at him, and said hurriedly: "Cheng Huai, please wait for me, I can wash up quickly."

Yu Ying smiled and shouted: "Miao girl, don't be in a hurry, eat before going out."

Jiang Miao was relieved.

Cheng Huai turned around and found a small hoe, which Yu Ying usually used for weeding.

There was a crackling sound in the kitchen. After a while, Yu Ying brought out two bowls of porridge and placed them on a long bench to cool. Then she went to put the baked pancakes and a kettle filled with water into a cloth bag.

He came over and said: "The porridge will be ready to drink after it cools down. The pancakes are put in the bag for you. There is no extra water bottle. You can drink it together when the time comes."

Cheng Huai took the bag and nodded.

"Miao Ya's injury hasn't healed yet. You should bring her back early to drink medicine and don't really let her work." Yu Ying warned.

Don't rush to work now. You must heal your injuries first, so as not to cause any disease in the future, which will be worth the loss.

"Okay." Cheng Huai had no intention of actually letting Jiang Miao work, but she just agreed if she wanted to.

Jiang Miao finished washing up quickly, came over and drank porridge with Cheng Huai, and the two of them went out carrying the cloth bags.

"Cheng Huai, go up the mountain!" Aunt Zhang was shaking the porridge bowl in the village, looking around.

"Hey, this is Girl Jiang. Why are you going up the mountain with your family before your injury is healed?"

It sounds like Jiang Miao was forced to go up the mountain.

Jiang Miao had some impression of her. Whenever something happened in this village, Aunt Zhang could let the whole village know with just one mouthful.

She said: "Aunt Zhang, my injury is almost healed and I can't stay idle in the house, so I asked Cheng Huai to take me up the mountain to have a look."

Aunt Zhang took a sip of porridge and pointed in the direction with her chopsticks, "There's nothing interesting to see on the mountain. It's just mud and trees. If you want to see it, you must go to the town to see it. I saw your aunt and her daughter this morning."

I went to town and said that someone from my mother’s family was here and wanted to buy cakes.”

Jiang Miao smiled and answered in an evasive manner: "Then I will definitely go to the town to see it in the future."

After saying that, he took the initiative to hold Cheng Huai's sleeve and walked forward.

Aunt Zhang curled her lips, feeling that Jiang Miao was not very smart and did not understand the meaning of her words at all.

Her eldest aunt used her wedding money to buy cakes for her parents' family, but she was not angry at all.

On the way, Cheng Huai quietly moved his arm and tried to shake off Jiang Miao's hand. He was not used to someone holding him like this, and it felt weird.

Jiang Miao didn't notice this. She just felt that he was walking fast and her short legs could not keep up. "Cheng Huai, how long does it take to get up the mountain?"

"Front."

Seeing that her breathing was quickening, Cheng Huai slowed down his pace and lowered his arms without moving.

Seeing an uphill road ahead, Jiang Miao took a long breath. Lushui Village was surrounded by mountains on both sides, but there was only one road up the mountain. The other places were either steep slopes or trees, making it difficult to get up.

Fortunately, the uphill road was relatively flat and not far away. Jiang Miao held her breath and climbed up by herself. Of course, she kept holding Cheng Huai's arm.

When he came to his senses, he realized that Cheng Huai's face was tense.

Jiang Miao quickly let go of her hand, looked at the surrounding trees, shifted her attention and asked, "Which piece of land is ours?"

Handing the kettle to her, Cheng Huai picked up the hoe and walked not far away. Jiang Miao quickly followed. There were two ridges of soil in total, but they were much longer than the vegetable garden at home. The terrain was very flat, and only half a ridge was left without a hoe.

New green sprouts sprouted from the hoeed ground. Jiang Miao didn't recognize them, so she pointed at the green sprouts and asked, "What kind of vegetable is this?"

"Soybeans." Cheng Huai answered while bending down to hoe the soil.

Jiang Miao nodded, picked up the small hoe on the side, and squatted on another ridge to weed.

Based on her experience last time, she stood up and walked around after squatting for a while, taking a kettle to drink water for Cheng Huai who was immersed in work.

He didn't seem to know how tired he was, and he hadn't stopped since he picked up the hoe. If she hadn't taken the initiative to hand him the water, he might not have even remembered to take a sip.

After hoeing the grass here, Jiang Miao felt a little tired. She stood up and walked over, "Let's take a rest, drink some water and eat a pancake."

When the hoeing was almost done, Cheng Huai stopped and looked at her, nodded slightly, and went to get the green vegetable cake in the cloth bag and handed it to her.

When Jiang Miao saw the cake, she felt hungry. She took it with a bright smile, took the cake, tore it in half, and handed the larger one to Cheng Huai.

"Can we go down the mountain after hoeing this land?" He didn't know much about growing vegetables and ginger seedlings, so he could only ask for advice humbly.

Cheng Huai took out the soybeans wrapped in wet cloth from the bag, which had been soaked in water to germinate.

Jiang Miao suddenly realized that she had to order beans this morning, so she was probably still busy.

After the two finished eating the cake, Jiang Miao divided a third of the soybean seeds and ordered the beans carefully according to Cheng Huai's steps.

After doing this, Cheng Huai carried two wooden buckets to carry water from the river at the foot of the mountain. Jiang Miao followed him and recognized that this was the river where he fell into the water last time.

As a reflex, she didn't dare to get too close.

People in the village said that she committed suicide by jumping into the river because of her bad reputation. In fact, that was not the case. In her memory, she was pushed from behind.

As for who that person was, she didn't see it at all.

"gone."

Cheng Huai fetched water and saw her in a daze. He couldn't help but frown. She didn't want to jump into the river anymore, right?

Jiang Miao quickly regained her composure and followed him, grabbing him out of habit, otherwise it would be difficult to climb up.

This little strength was nothing to Cheng Huai. He carried the water up the mountain calmly, and then filled the water with Jiang Miao.

When leaving, Cheng Huai called her: "Go pick dates."

Jiang Miao's eyes lit up. She was so busy that she forgot about this. She didn't expect that he would always remember it in her heart.

The jujube tree grows on the edge of a steep slope, with a circle of unknown trees surrounding it. This may be the reason why the jujube trees have not been stripped bare by the villagers.

"Too high."

She looked up and saw that all the dates below had been picked. If they were knocked with something, they would easily fall down the cliff.

Even for a man as tall as Cheng Huai, it would be difficult to pick them.

Jiang Miao turned her head, glanced at Cheng Huai's height, and thought slightly, "You can pick me up, we are tall enough together."

She was focused on picking dates, but Cheng Huai's heart was beating a little fast, he pursed his lips and let out a low hum.

The man bent down, tightly wrapped his hands around her legs, then easily hugged her and stood up.

Jiang Miao suddenly felt that her field of vision had become wider and the dates were closer. She quickly reached out to pick the dates. When her hands were full, she lowered her head and looked down.

"There is a bag to put it in, and I can't hold it in my hands."

The man held her up honestly and honestly, feeling full of security. When he heard her speak, he handed her a piece of cloth, as if he had already prepared it.

Jiang Miao quickly put the dates in, picked some more, and tasted one herself. It was sweeter than yesterday.

She couldn't help but take one and share it with him, "Try it, it's really sweet."
Chapter completed!