Mr. Chen stood up shakily with the help of the stick, but he could not walk very well.

Seeing that he was struggling, Meng Xiaoman suggested, "How about you tell me which family you are from, and I will go back to the village to help you call someone."

Most of the people who go up this mountain are from the same village.

"No." As soon as Meng Xiaoman finished speaking, Mr. Chen denied it, "There is no one in my family, so it's useless for you to shout."

It turned out that he was a lonely old man. No wonder he was so old. He came to the mountain alone in the cold weather. He probably had a hard life. He came to collect some firewood and some wild vegetables and fruits.

"You're so injured that you can't walk alone, and I, a woman, can't carry you. How about you wait here while I go find someone in the village to help?"

"There's no need to look for it. I don't want the villagers to know. You can leave. I can go down by myself." Mr. Chen refused. "Thank you for saving me today. From now on, just pretend you've never seen me before."

After that, he asked her name again and said that if there was a chance in the future, he would definitely repay her.

"We'll wait until you get back safely to repay us. It's getting dark now, and it's even more unsafe in the mountains at night. Since you don't want to call for help, let's walk slowly." Meng Xiaoman held his other hand. said the arm.

Anyway, we can't leave an injured old man in the mountains, just treat it as a good deed.

Meng Xiaoman put the firewood in a hidden bush and waited to come to get it tomorrow. Carrying the basket on his back and supporting Mr. Chen, the two of them walked slowly down the mountain.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and Meng Xiaoman hadn't returned home yet, Xiao Xiangdong couldn't sit still and went to find Xiao Xiangshang, and together they went up the mountain to look for someone.

Meng Xiaoman and Chen Lao were still walking down the mountainside at a fast pace.

"Girl, you have helped me here. I can walk the rest of the way slowly by myself. You should go home quickly. The family should be worried." Mr. Chen found that the girl had already gone down the mountain. , I looked at it several times.

"It's okay. I'm mainly afraid that my husband will be worried and come to the mountain to look for me and take a sidetrack, so I'll take a look to see if anyone is going up the mountain." When she went up the mountain, she told Xiao Xiangdong that she would come back before cooking and cook wild vegetables in the evening. Eat pimple soup.

It's past dinner time and she hasn't replied yet, so he will most likely go up the mountain to look for her.

"You got married so young?"

"Yes."

However, he clearly saw that she still had the figure and appearance of a girl. Mr. Chen was a little confused. He had been practicing medicine for many years and he also had some experience in judging people. The girl in front of me has not lost her virginity. Could it be that there is something wrong with the person she married?

Such a kind-hearted girl cannot waste her youth on a useless man, so Mr. Chen tentatively said:

"How long have you been married? The relationship between the couple seems to be quite good."

"We've only been married for about three months, and the relationship is okay." Meng Xiaoman replied, thinking that this was an ordinary greeting from an old man to a young man, and didn't think much about it.

When Mr. Chen heard what she said, he thought that this girl was either too naive or had been deceived. But he couldn't ask clearly, so he had to test and ask: "Is he good to you?".

Meng Xiaoman recalled the time when she and Xiao Xiangdong met, and said: "He was very kind to me. He is a good person.".

The anxious Xiao Xiangdong didn't know that he had been issued the good guy card.

He and Xiao Shang went up, holding torches and shouting as they walked.

On the way, I met Qi Hengyuan who was also looking for someone.

"Here, I'm here."

Meng Xiaoman heard it and responded loudly.

Xiao Xiangdong rushed to Meng Xiaoman's side and saw another person, who should be the person Qi Hengyuan was looking for. He hurriedly asked Xiao Xiangshang to call Qi Hengyuan who was looking for someone on the other road.

"Grandpa Chen, this is my husband." Meng Xiaoman took the initiative to introduce. Along the way, Mr. Chen asked her about her husband frequently.

Only then did Mr. Chen see clearly that there was something wrong with Xiao Xiangdong's legs. No wonder she had never consummated the marriage.

Xiao Xiangdong saw the people around Meng Xiaoman and understood why she hadn't come down from the mountain so late.

After they got down the mountain and Qi Hengyuan carried Mr. Chen on his back to the breeding place, Meng Xiaoman understood why Mr. Chen wouldn't let her call people in the village to help.

Being so close to the people in the bullpen and looking so young, couldn't the young man just now be the male protagonist Qi Hengyuan in the original novel?

After returning home, Meng Xiaoman took out the wild vegetables and started making wild vegetable pimple soup. Make ground dumplings of uniform size. After they are cooked thoroughly, crack two raw eggs into fine pieces. Add the washed and chopped wild shepherd's purse to the pot and blanch until cooked. When taking it out of the pot, sprinkle a handful of wild shepherd's purse. Chopped green onion, add a few drops of sesame oil, it tastes fresh and fragrant.

In addition to wild vegetable pimple soup, Meng Xiaoman also heated corn pancakes.

Since the corn harvest in the space, Meng Xiaoman has replaced the cornmeal at home with the cornmeal in the space, which tastes better.

Although the family has some savings, it is not enough to eat fine food every day. What the two of them ate the most was cornmeal. Occasionally mix in some white flour.

Sorghum noodles are eaten alone, but Meng Xiaoman always mixes them with white flour to steam steamed buns.

As for the divided sweet potatoes and potatoes, one is used to cook porridge and the other is used to stir-fry. Rarely used as a staple food.

While eating, Meng Xiaoman cut another salted duck egg, and each of them took half of it to go with the rice.

This salted duck egg was bought at the market last time. According to the seller, it was made from wild duck eggs found in the reed swamps, which are very nutritious.

Probably because it had been marinated for a long time, the yellow inside had become oily, and Meng Xiaoman ate it very well.

Seeing that she liked salted egg yolk, Xiao Xiangdong put half of his egg yolk in her bowl, "Don't tell anyone about your rescue on the mountain. People there are more sensitive now. But don't be afraid. They are also He’s not a bad person, it’s just that the current situation is unclear and it’s hard to communicate openly.”

Meng Xiaoman nodded, "I know."

"I also told Shang Shang about this and asked him to keep it a secret."

Meng Xiaoman saw that he gave the egg yolk to her, so she reciprocated and gave him the salted egg white in her hand, but Xiao Xiangdong didn't ask for it, "You can eat it, I have enough."

Meng Xiaoman stopped being polite, took back her hand, and started eating by herself, "I understand."

After eating and about to go to bed, Qi Hengyuan suddenly came and called Xiao Xiangdong to go out and talk alone.

Xiao Xiangdong came back with a chill, but the expression on his face was very relaxed.

"What did he say to you?"

"Tell me thank you for what happened today, and ask us to help keep it secret. By the way, this is his thank you gift." Xiao Xiangdong put the things on the table.

It's a stack of banknotes and tickets.

Meng Xiaoman counted a hundred yuan, and there were more than a dozen tickets. In addition to food stamps, meat stamps, and cloth stamps, there were also soap stamps, cigarette stamps, and alcohol stamps.

As expected of the male protagonist, he is indeed very wealthy.

"That's not good. I didn't save people just for money."

"Of course you are not, we all know that. But we have to accept this money ticket. Only in this way will they feel relieved and at ease. This Qi Hengyuan is not an ordinary person. He has been a soldier like me. When he came to this place, he was also affected by the situation. Forced. Just because he was able to come up with these money tickets at once when he was decentralized also proves that even though he was defeated, he still has the means and ability to make a comeback. For such a person, let's just continue to thank him. Don't , he will think too much."

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