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Yang Tao followed Pei Yifan for about two or three miles, and finally saw the legendary small mountain village. It was really small, Pei Yifan took her from the entrance of the village all the way to the south end, with only a few dozen households in total, and the gap between the rich and the poor seemed quite large, with red walls and green tiles of deep mansions, as well as precarious small thatched cottages.
At this time, there were not many people on the road. It was estimated that all the men were working in the fields and the women should be at home preparing dinner. Occasionally, they would meet one or two old ladies, and Pei Yifan would very politely greet them and ask if they had ever seen Yang Tao before. They all said no, and also took the opportunity to praise how handsome Yang Tao looked.
After being praised, Yang Tao would smile sweetly at people and finally put a nervous heart back in her stomach. She originally looked decent enough to meet the audience's expectations, not wanting to wear an ugly wig on her head, although judging people by their appearance was indeed somewhat superficial.
Walking to the southernmost part of the village, Yang Tao was already drenched in sweat, it seemed that this small body was indeed a bit delicate.
Yang Tao saw a small independent courtyard, not a stone or earth wall, but a fence made of many uneven wooden bars and sticks. The gate was also made of various wooden sticks tied together. Pei Yifan walked over, took down the cloth strip that connected the wooden door and the wooden fence, and opened the door.
Yang Tao followed Pei Yifan into the courtyard, although Pei Yifan had already told her with some embarrassment that his family was very poor, but Yang Tao still didn't expect that this small courtyard would be like this. It's similar to the "Spider House" that Kimi drew in the Beijing station of "Where Dad Goes" in the 21st century, although it looks a bit cleaner than that one, but it's really too simple.
The small earthen house to the north of the courtyard is only slightly better than the thatched hut seen on the road, although it doesn't look like it's about to collapse at any moment, but it still looks very weak. The windows are not entirely for show, and the window paper is still relatively intact, but they look shaky, and I estimate that if the wind picks up a bit, not only will the window paper come down, but the window frames might also come crashing down. The door is okay, at least it looks sturdier than the windows and the house, and it's currently half-closed.
In the yard, apart from this south-facing small house, there is another small shed on the opposite side of the southernmost part. There is no door, and the wall is made of earth bricks, with some firewood piled outside. Inside, a not very large stove can be vaguely seen, which should be a kitchen for cooking.
Next to the west wall was a small earthen building that seemed to have only half a roof, but it had a door. Yang Tao guessed for half a day and still couldn't guess what it was.
When Yang Tao's gaze fell on the two tightly sealed large vats in the yard, he was about to guess what was inside when he was already being led by Pei Yifan, pushing open the door of the small house on the north side of what should be considered the main room.
"Cough, cough... Wa Wa, are you back? Cough, cough, cough..." Yang Tao had just entered the house and hadn't even had time to adjust to the dimness inside when he heard an elderly but kindly voice.
"Yes, grandma, it's me." Pei Yifan spoke in a low voice. Yang Tao noticed that this child always spoke so softly, as if he was afraid of scaring someone. "I just went out and originally wanted to find our lost hen, but I didn't find it. Dahei is not here, I don't dare climb trees, there are no bird eggs, and I didn't find anything edible..." Pei Yifan's voice became lower and lower as he led Yang Tao into the inner room.
Wow! Yang Tao only now realized that the basket Pei Yifan had been tightly guarding all along was actually empty. She had just seen some wild plants like Plantago by the small stream, but this little boy didn't even recognize them, it seems his survival skills need to be improved!
"Cough, cough... Peiwa, from now on, never go out alone again, be careful not to run into that Xia family kid again! Cough, cough... Grandma will get up and cook for you." Grandma said, slowly getting up from bed, seeing Yang Tao, Grandma was taken aback. "Peiwa, who is this child..."
"Grandma, my name is Yang Tao." Seeing Pei Yifan lower his head, apparently feeling that bringing another mouth to eat at home was somewhat inconvenient, he hastily added. "But except for my name, I don't remember anything else, and I've also forgotten where my home is..."
"Oh...oh......cough...cough..." Grandma responded, starting to cough again.
Pei Yifan hastily stepped forward to pat his grandmother's back.
Yang Tao looked around and saw that the house was divided into two rooms, east and west.
To the west was a very small inner room, to the south was a bed, apart from this bed, there were only places for her and Pei Yifan to stand, to the north there was still some space, with only two large wooden chests placed side by side, nothing else.
The room outside is slightly more spacious, with a small bed in the southeast corner, probably belonging to Pei Yifan. In addition, there is a low table and a dozen or so short stools inside the house, which are easy to understand at a glance.
Yang Tao soon found the kettle under the old-looking table in the outer room, and from the table picked up the only bowl without a crack, poured a bowl of water, and handed it to Grandma.
"Grandma, drink some water." Yang Tao handed a glass of water to Grandma.
"Alright, alright, good kids." Grandma took the water and drank two mouthfuls. Seeing that there was no place to put it down, she handed the bowl back to Yang Tao. "Girlie, you go drink some water too. Wait, Grandma will go cook for you now."
"Grandma, what's for dinner? I'll do it!" Yang Tao handed the bowl back and saw the old grandma walking out with a tremble, seemingly not very agile in her legs. Her originally pale face had turned slightly red due to the continuous coughing, and she was panting heavily, saying busily.
"Yang Tao, can you cook?" Pei Yifan looked at Yang Tao with some surprise.
"Ah-ha!" Yang Tao said with a pleased smile, thinking to herself that she could say her cooking was actually quite delicious. It's just that in that household, heroes had no use for their skills, and it was only occasionally that she would show off her hand, while at other times, it was always mom who cooked.
Thinking of her mother, Yang Tao's face darkened, and she didn't know how her parents were doing, whether they could accept the heavy blow of her not being there.
"Silly little thing... Ah-choo! ...the girls in the village, how many of them can't even cook? The men have to go work in the fields, and the women have to take care of the chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs... Ah-choo, ah-choo! Grandmother wasn't surprised at all. Although this little girl looked delicate and tender, her hair was a mess, she wore coarse cloth clothes, and her body was covered in dirt. She probably wasn't from a wealthy family."
"Exactly! Exactly!" Yang Tao saw that her grandmother didn't seem suspicious of her at all and nodded repeatedly. "Grandma, whatever you say I'll do."
"You've just arrived home and can't find anything, it's still grandma who does it, you watch from the side, cough, wait until you're familiar with it slowly, then do it. Cough..."
After hearing Grandma's words, Yang Tao understood that this meant Grandma had already agreed to let her stay at home.
Yang Tao's heart was excited! Although this family looks poor, with only a sickly old grandmother and a young boy who seems to be useless, but as long as people work hard, things will get better slowly.
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