After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Went To the Countryside and Was Pinched By a Rough Man and Pa

Chapter 17 Mat

Xia Zhi stood at the door of Diwozi and looked into the distance. A large reed swamp could be seen in the distance.

 Seeing Liu Qianjin standing next to him.

“Liu Zhiyan, you stay at home, Liu Qian and I will go get some firewood and come back.

 You have to light up the fire wall at night, otherwise it will be freezing tonight. "

"If you can clean it up, clean it up in the cave. If you can't, wait until I come back."

Xia Zhi didn't expect Liu Zhiyan, a semi-cripple, to be of much help. Not to mention that this was Miss Jiao, she couldn't help a wounded person even with such an arm hanging.

Liu Zhiyan became anxious upon hearing this.

“Can’t I go with you? I can also collect firewood. I still have one hand that I can use.

 Don't leave me here alone, there are rats here. "

Xia Zhi glanced at the reeds in the distance and answered her quietly.

“This place is full of wilderness and there will be wolves. Are you sure you want to go?

The reed swamp is very dangerous. I asked Liu Qianjin to follow me because he is big and strong. He can fight off two wolves with two sticks. Can you do that?

 Are you going to feed the wolves or the mice? Do the math yourself! "

 She doesn't have time to protect this pretty young lady, and besides, the friendship between the two is not high enough to protect her regardless of her own safety.

Liu Zhiyan wilted immediately when she heard this.

 “And there are wolves?”

As soon as he finished asking this question, a wolf howled from a distance, although it felt far away.

 But this cry definitely made the intellectual young man who was still talking nonsense immediately shut his mouth.

Many people with pale faces got into the dens in the ground. At least the dens could still defend themselves against the wolves.

Xia Zhi said nothing and waved to Liu Qianjin.

 “Go forward, follow me.”

 Liu Qianjin followed Xia Zhi and obviously didn't care about whether the wolf was a wolf or not.

Liu Zhiyan ducked into the den, knowing that there were mice inside, but compared with the wolves, she suddenly wasn't that scared.

Thinking of Xia Zhi and Liu Qianjin risking their lives to find firewood, I couldn't just sit back and watch.

 I had no choice but to roll up my sleeves, hold back my disgust, and start cleaning up the nest.

There were brooms placed behind the door for them to sweep down all the cobwebs on the eaves.

 Swept the walls next to each other again.

By the way, I took a broom and patted the straw on the floor.

 Fortunately, no more mice came out.

 Worried about how to sleep on this straw?

But when she strained her ears and listened, she could no longer hear any movement outside. She looked at the time and saw that two hours had passed, and there was not even a shadow of the two of them.

 Could it be that he really fed the wolves?

At this moment, I heard footsteps coming from outside.

“Liu Zhiyan, open the door for me.”

As soon as he heard Xia Zhi's voice, Liu Zhiyan rushed over quickly. When he opened the door, he saw Xia Zhi walking in with a reed mat in his arms.

 The person following behind him was actually Zhou Zhengan.

Zhou Zhengan was wearing a khaki uniform, and the hat on his head was covered with reed strips.

“Okay, this reed mat has been brought to you. You need to settle down today.

I will send someone soon to ask you to go to the cafeteria to eat. "

Zhou Zhengan didn’t expect that he might not be able to bear the thought of seeing Diwozi when he arrived here during the summer solstice.

He specially took two people to the reed swamp to weave two mats. He arrived three or four hours in advance.

 So when Xia Zhi brought Liu Qian there, they happened to meet Zhou Zhengan.

Hearing that they were collecting firewood, Zhou Zhengan took them to their usual place without saying a word. It's safer here, and a lot of reeds have been cut around.

The winter here is very cold. Even if he doesn't need it today, he will have to use it in the future. He didn't expect that the summer solstice would be too slow to adapt.

He actually dared to take Liu Qianjin alone and ran to the reed swamp.

"Xia Zhi, you are too brave, are you afraid of meeting wolves here?" Zhou Zhengan asked seriously while helping them cut down the dry trees.

“Even if Zhou Zhengan encounters a wolf, we still have to cut firewood and go back.

Even if the fever doesn’t happen tonight, you still have to come tomorrow. Come late or early. "

 The summer solstice moves quickly.

Although he was only holding a woodcutter in his hand, he was actually faster than Zhou Zhengan.

And it’s very neat, cutting down the dead trees in front of you.

 And cut it into a length suitable for carrying on the back.

 Put the hemp rope on the ground and tie her together with the dead branches Zhou Zhengan cut.

Seeing that Xia Zhi was about to carry the firewood on his back, Zhou Zhengan grabbed it.

“You, a woman, look more arrogant than a man.

No wonder you are not afraid of wolves. "

Just watching Xia Zhi dance with the hatchet twice, Zhou Zhengan was sure that Xia Zhi must have practiced it twice.

 Xia Zhi couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhou Zhengan put all three bundles of firewood on his back.

“If Zhou Zhengan were not more ruthless than a wolf, would he be able to survive here?

I made mental preparations before coming here and got to know the situation here, so I practiced a few times in advance. "

Zhou Zhengan sighed. It was the first time he saw a girl who looked a little thin, but she had such tenacious vitality.

 I adapt so quickly wherever I go.

“Let’s go, this mat is made for you, one for you and one for Liu Qianjin.”

 Xia Zhi looked at it with a look of joy on his face and his eyes sparkling, making Zhou Zhengan feel as if he had done something great.

 What he holds in his hand is not a mat, it looks like rice or pork.

“Comrade Zhou Zhengan really wants to thank you. This is something we are really lacking now.

I originally thought I would wait until tomorrow to cut the reeds and weave two mats.

I didn’t expect that you really think about what we think and are anxious about our needs. "

The earth platform is covered with straw, and of course it must be covered with mats, otherwise mice and insects will love to climb up.

 “Can you still weave mats?”

“Of course I can weave it. If I don’t know how to weave it, why should I cut reeds?”

 In the midst of this question and answer, they returned to Diwozi, and the previous scene occurred.

Liu Zhiyan didn’t react at all when she saw the mat Zhou Zhengan brought in.

 “This, what is this for?”

Zhou Zhengan spread the mats for them on the pile of straw and patted them.

“Comrade Xia Zhi, I saw that you didn’t have a quilt, and you finished your meal in a while.

You come with me. I have an extra pair of bedding over there. You can take it. "

Zhou Zhengan was very attentive and could tell at a glance that Xia Zhi only had a small baggage and no bedding at all.

No matter what you do when you go out these days, you have to bring your own luggage.

There is nothing ready to sell, but if you don’t bring any luggage, you will have to freeze.

 Xia Zhi heard this.

 It was only then that she realized that she was only thinking about other things and forgot about the bedding.

But I’m not being pretentious, it’s such a cold day, if you don’t cover yourself with a quilt at night, you can freeze to death.

Anyway, she could give the money to Zhou Zhengan and it would be considered as not taking advantage of Zhou Zhengan.

“Thank you, Zhou Zhengan. I’ll give you the money later.”

Zhou Zhengan originally wanted to say no, but after taking a look at Liu Zhiyan, he swallowed his words.

 If you have anything to say, please wait for a while, he told Xia Zhi himself.

 (End of this chapter)