The camp is built on a mountain. To southerners, the so-called mountain is not a mountain but a big earth bag, but hilly areas are still called mountains.

The altitude is about one to two hundred meters, which is higher than the mountain in my hometown.

Su Yian said: "Don't wait for you to have a day off. You don't know how many things are waiting for you on this day of rest. You may not have time to chop it, and the firewood you just chopped can't be used. I think it's better to buy it from a fellow villager."

Yeah."

Chu’s mother’s flesh hurts. It costs money to buy grain and meat. There are no vegetables, so why does it cost money to burn firewood?

"Forget it, when my feet get better, I'll pick it up from the side."

Su Yian and Chu Wensong both stopped him.

"Mom, you are tired every day. Don't worry about the firewood. It won't cost you much."

"There are wolves howling at night. The trees are tall and the grass is deep. Mom, please don't go there."

As her son and daughter-in-law sang and drank, Chu's mother gave up. After all, it was not spending her money... This was just an angry talk. She also felt sorry for her son's money. It would be great if she could save it for her grandchildren.

At noon the next day, a dark-faced man in his thirties came to deliver firewood. He said that it was sent by Battalion Commander Chu. He carried two large bundles on a pole. One bundle was dry and could be burned now;

One bundle was wet and looked like it had just been cut.

When Su Yian went to get the money, the black-faced man said: "I don't want the money. Battalion Commander Chu also saved my father. He would have given up ten bundles of firewood, let alone two bundles of firewood."

Praising her son, Chu's mother asked Yourong Yan, "What's wrong with your father?"

"My father suffered from asthma two years ago. The snow was so deep that it reached his thighs and he couldn't get out at all. The village chief made a call to the army. It was Battalion Commander Chu and a few soldiers who just shoveled a way out and carried my father out.

Already."

A man doesn't want money, so how could Su Yian be so content with it? He asked Chu's mother to fill it with two kilograms of bean sprouts. This was done independently by Su Yian's guidance and by Chu's mother. The appearance was not bad.

The middle-aged man gave in and accepted it.

"Being a soldier is also very hard. You have to do everything."

"The relationship between the military and civilians is not an empty talk."

Chu's mother prepared the ingredients for lunch, and she still had a little time to go to the vegetable garden to clean vegetables.

Su Yian looked at the bright sun and said, "It's too hot. It's okay to go clean when it's almost dark."

Chu's mother was a little proud, "Don't you understand? Clean seedlings are best under the bright sun. You can tell whether they are strong or not at a glance. In the morning and evening, the weak seedlings have slowed down and you can't tell them apart.

"

Well, Su Yian said that she really didn't understand. At home, her parents took care of the vegetable garden, and she only picked and ate vegetables.

The baby cabbage seedlings are actually very small, with only three or four petals. They need to be cleaned several times as they grow from small to large.

Not long after, Chu's mother came back and made a large handful. Knowing that Su Yian loved this, she brought it all back to her.

I want to make some cold dishes tonight.

Chu's mother went to cook kidney beans again, which were brought by the man who brought firewood just now.

Soon, Chu Wensong came back with a small pot of steamed buns and flower rolls. Chu's mother didn't have time to steam the steamed buns, she only cooked.

"Did someone send firewood?"

"Well, a big brother said that his father was ill last year. You and the soldiers saved him by shoveling the snow and brought firewood. It was free of charge. I asked my mother to pack some bean sprouts."

"That's Feng Sishui. He's a very down-to-earth person. His family has eight people and five bachelors. There's nothing we can do about it. The family is too poor."

Chu's mother brought the dishes over and interjected: "If you want a nice person, introduce Pomegranate to him. Pomegranate's kid is quite pitiful."

"There's nothing wrong with his character. During the Chinese New Year, he even gave him a bag of skinned peanuts. There wasn't enough oil in the first place, so he didn't want to squeeze the oil and give it to us. Of course, we didn't take advantage of him. The canteen gave him a pound of vegetable oil."

Su Yian smiled and said: "If Pomegranate doesn't mind being poor, Mom, you can be a successful matchmaker."

"Then I'll help you."

When Shiliu came over in the afternoon, Chu's mother actually told her.

They are all people who have been here before, and there is nothing to worry about in Pomegranate. As long as she looks good and doesn't mind that she is a second marriage, she knows how to live and loves others. It doesn't matter if she is poor. She has also come from hard times and is not afraid of hardship.

Extraordinarily smooth.

In the afternoon, Feng Sishui came again, in the name of delivering firewood. In fact, it was Chu Wensong who called him here and asked Chen Shiliu to see him, so that he would take a fancy to him and make the next move.

The first impression was good. Feng Sishui was a bit dark, but he was tall and tall. Although his clothes were torn, he was not untidy.

The most important thing is that a bachelor behaves like a bachelor. He doesn't go into the house or look around. He just sits in the yard with a ladle of cold water and doesn't even drink hot water.

Chu's mother, a conscientious matchmaker, went to Su Yi'an's house to ask Shiliu what her impression of Feng Sishui was.

Feng Sishui's every move fell into Chen Shiliu's eyes. So far, she was satisfied, but she couldn't give up. Marrying is not only about marrying this man, but also his family. Who knows if that family is weird or not?

ah?

Eight people, three married people, together there must be more than 20 people of all ages, including men, women, and children, right? What Chen Shiliu is most afraid of is the relationship between sisters-in-law.

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing. I want to go to his home and visit him. Auntie, let's go to his home when we are free someday."

"That's okay. Only when you understand it can you rest assured."

Chen Shiliu left first on the pretext that the cafeteria was busy, while Chu's mother chatted with Feng Sishui outside.

"Sishui, did you see that woman just now?"

Feng Sishui glanced at Shiliu when he was handing her water. How could he dare to look at a strange woman randomly? He is a bachelor, so he should pay more attention to his words and deeds.

He is single, not sexy.

"The girl's name is Chen Shiliu. She is from Lunan. The man is also a soldier. He dumped her. If you have a good impression of her, what do you think about me being the matchmaker?"

For Feng Sishui, this was pie in the sky and hit him directly on the head, so of course he agreed.

After making an appointment, Chu's mother accompanied Chen Shiliu to Feng's house to take a look.

I'm preparing cold dishes tonight.

Choose a clean dish, wash it, scald it with hot water, pour some oil into the pot, heat the oil and cabbage, add the seasonings and stir evenly, and it's ready to serve.

Chu's mother was afraid that her daughter-in-law wouldn't like to eat it if she wasn't good at it, so she took a pair of chopsticks and took a little taste.

It was okay, but the salt was not enough, so Chu's mother twisted it a little more from the salt shaker.

After stirring again, Chu's mother added a little more and tasted it. This time it was almost done.

After putting it on the table, Su Yian thought that Chu Wensong would be back soon, so he ate it first without complaining.

Each person had a small bowl of fried kidney beans with meat. As soon as Chu's mother sat down, she spit out a mouthful of rice. This was still lunch, not dinner yet.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

Su Yian was more worried about the hot weather, fearing that Chu's mother would suffer from heatstroke.

"My stomach hurts and my head hurts..."

Chu Wensong carried Chu's mother on his back and left. Before leaving, he said, "Don't eat, I'm afraid the food will be unclean."
Chapter completed!