selling chili peppers in chronology

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"There are a lot of snakes and ants on the mountain. When you come back down, you can touch a stick in your hand, and you can startle the snakes by cutting grass."

Facing Du Xingwei's talk of experience, Chen Chen first thanked him earnestly, and in order to maintain his image, he retorted bluntly, "Just now I was carrying a bundle of firewood, and I didn't think of this for a while."

Du Xingwei swept the basket on the ground, and looked at the bundle of firewood on the ground that was not too big for him. Seeing that Chen Chen's lips were pale from the shock of the accident just now, he didn't say anything irritating, just Said: "Just remember next time."

Chen Chen smiled wryly and said, "If you don't remember, then you're really big-hearted."

Du Xingwei frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

Chen Chen asked again: "Did you also go up the mountain to cut firewood?"

"No." Du Xingwei said, "I want to find some wild game."

Chen Chen was surprised, "You can still hunt?"

Du Xingwei replied: "Let's try our luck."

Chen Chen knew that this was Du Xingwei's modesty. He hadn't even seen him just now. From such a long distance, he stabbed the dagger firmly into Zhuyeqing's seven inches with a single throw of his hand. The accuracy of the head can be seen in his hand. The kung fu is good, and maybe he has practiced it specially.

"You're too modest." Chen Chen said with a smile, "As far as your skill just now is concerned, no kung fu master can compare to it."

Du Xingwei's face remained unchanged, "No, I'm far behind."

Chen Chen sincerely said, "It seems very strong to me."

It's like a master of the rivers and lakes in Huashan Lunjian, every move is the top of the list.

The two stood on the spot and chatted casually, and when Chen Chen felt that his legs were no longer weak, he said: "Then I won't bother you, I'll go back first, you can go find game too."

"Okay." Du Xingwei saw Chen Chen going to hold the firewood upright before carrying the basket, and said, "I'll help you, you carry the basket first."

Chen Chen thought it was good, "Then I will trouble you."

"Anything."

If someone helps you, then you only need to stand up with the basket on your back and carry the firewood, which will be much easier.

After carrying the firewood, Chen Chen said: "I'm leaving, you pay attention to safety."

Du Xingwei: "Be careful too."

Although the young man is not short in stature, his frame is obviously small. In addition, the village is poor, and the nutrition in terms of food and drink cannot keep up, so his body looks a bit thin and thin after being stretched. The two bundles seem to him to be easy The firewood was on the boy's shoulders, as if it was going to bend his waist.

Du Xingwei recalled the shocking face when he fell to the ground, and his brows could not help but wrinkle, which made the already cold facial features look a bit fierce, but what he was thinking in his heart was that it was not impossible to send someone to the foot of the mountain just now.

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On the way home carrying firewood, Chen Chen met several villagers in the village. They should have heard about the fact that he returned to the village with oil and big sacks yesterday, so they inevitably asked him curiously, and asked him where those things came from. Come here, ask him if he has any way to make money, how much he sent to his grandma, uncle and second uncle's house, etc.

In fact, they don't have any bad intentions, but usually there is too little entertainment, so it is inevitable to gossip when they hear a little trouble, trying to have a lively pastime.

It's a pity that they were unlucky, Chen Chen walked such a long distance with firewood in the face of the sun, and was frightened again, so he didn't have the mood to answer questions with them nonsense, and left with a few perfunctory words.

There is a tripod standing on the open space in the front yard of the house, and a patched quilt is hung on the horizontal bar.

There was a noise in the house, Chen Chen put the firewood away, packed his back basket and chopping knife, and went to scoop water into the water tank to wash his face.

Chen Bei, who came out with a quilt in his arms, heard the movement and came over to take a look, "Brother, are you back?"

"I'm back." Chen Chen asked, "Why do you think of drying the quilt?"

Chen Bei walked into the yard with the quilt in his arms, "Dad bought a bed from the carpenter uncle just now. When I was making the bed, I remembered that the quilt at home has not been dried for a long time. There are still several hours before the sun sets. , I went to hug it out."

Chen Chen was surprised, "The bed has already been delivered?"

"It's here." Chen Bei said, "It's already fixed. It's in our house. Uncle Carpenter and the others just left."

Chen Chen asked, "Where's Dad?"

Chen Bei: "Go to the ground."

Chen Chen knew that Chen Jianye was a standard peasant man, and he couldn't stop even if he was asked to rest, so he didn't say anything.

Chen Bei set up the quilt, and then asked, "Brother, I heard from Dad that you asked him to buy that bed."

"It's me." Chen Chen said: "After Aunt Liu passed the door, Zhou Ping'an will definitely sleep in the same room with the two of us, and now we can't sleep in that bed."

Chen Beidao: "I really can't sleep."

It’s just that they didn’t plan to buy a bed. The plan was to build a small bed out of wooden planks to make do with it for a few days, and then Zhou Ping’an would sleep on a canopy bed when Chen Chen went to college or went to the county to repeat his studies. Many families in the village made do with this If you pass, you can't invite gossip.

But unexpectedly, I bought a bed...

Of course, Chen Bei was afraid of poking his brother's wound in the college entrance examination, so he held back and didn't say anything.

Chen Chen didn't know this. He was focusing on his left elbow at the moment. He didn't notice it before, but now he felt pain after washing his face. He opened his sleeve and saw that there was a large area of ​​elbow on his arm. It was black and blue, and blood beads oozed from the wrist, as if it had been pulled out by a sharp object.

Chen Chen frowned and thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out when he made it like this.

"Brother, are you injured?" Chen Bei suddenly exclaimed from the side.

"It's okay." Chen Chen said.

"It's so green, brother, you still say it's okay." Chen Bei turned and ran into the house, "I'll get the medicine."

Chen Chen asked: "What kind of medicine?"

"That's it." Chen Bei came out quickly, "The health office prescribed it when I fell, and it said it can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. The bruise on your arm is similar to the one on my body at that time, so it must also work."

Chen Chen remembered that at the beginning of the year, Chen Bei's ankle slipped and fell out of place, and he had several bruises on his body, and he was still lying on the bed for several days. The medicine prescribed by the health department was aimed at those bruises.

After confirming that the medicine was for bruises, Chen Chen didn't refuse, but asked, "Are you strong enough?"

"It's definitely enough." Chen Bei said, "I have great strength."

"Then rub it for me."

"it is good."

Chen Bei said that he is really strong because he is strong, and Chen Chen is sweating in pain, but he also understands that this kind of black and blue must be rubbed away, otherwise it will not be better and more uncomfortable in the future, and he does not want to be younger than himself. Howling in front of his younger brother was embarrassing, otherwise his majesty would be lost, so he could only bear it.

After finally kneading it almost, Chen Chen only felt that he had lost consciousness of the pain.

Chen Bei asked, "Brother, how did you do this?"

Chen Chen wanted to hiss, "I didn't pay attention."

Chen Bei let out an ah.

In order to divert his attention, Chen Chen told him about the danger when he met Zhuyeqing.

Chen Bei's expression changed greatly.

Chen Chen comforted him, "It's okay, Du Xingwei showed up in time, I wasn't bitten."

Chen Bei was very scared, "Fortunately, there is Du Xingwei, otherwise..."

Chen Bei didn't dare to say anything.

Chen Chen did not shy away, "He saved my life."

Chen Bei also grew up listening to Du Xingwei's name of evil god. When he was young, his family members had to work in the fields to earn work points, so in order to make them stay at home obediently, the parents even threatened them with Du Xingwei, saying Du Xingwei can beat disobedient children, but it is very fierce. In addition to the scars on the corners of Du Xingwei's eyes and his own cold face that doesn't like to smile, Chen Bei is actually a little unconsciously afraid of Du Xingwei. It's the kind of detour.

But now that he heard that it was Du Xingwei who saved his brother, he immediately felt grateful to Du Xingwei, and felt that Du Xingwei was not so scary anymore.

"Then we have to thank him well."

"of course."

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Chen Chen: To be honest, I do appreciate Du Xingwei a little bit, but it's not to the extent that I agree with him...?Scratching head.jpg.