Climbing up the moss-covered steps, Hua Jin smelled a sour and spicy smell. She turned her head and looked around. She saw a cloth sign hanging on the door of a shop with the words "Langya Potato" written on it.

The wolf tooth potato can be regarded as one of the special snacks in Shu, but as a native of Shu, Hua Jin has only eaten it once. This memory is too long ago, and she vaguely remembered that she ate slowly and carefully, even the juice at the bottom of the disposable plastic bowl was reluctant to waste.

"Sister, come and try the authentic wolf tooth potatoes." The owner of the shop is a slightly fat older sister. Seeing Hua Jin looking into his shop, he greeted warmly, "Eight yuan for a big bowl, I guarantee you will still want to eat it. ."

Pei Yan squinted at the dilapidated and cramped storefront and said nothing, Hua Jin stepped forward: "Two bowls, don't make it too spicy."

"It turns out that you are foreigners." The owner listened to Hua Jin speaking in Mandarin, and skillfully poured the cut potato strips into the frying pan, "Did you come here for our honeymoon? We have a lot of old wines in the cellar here, if anyone in the family likes it Drink and buy some express delivery."

Honeymoon?

Hua Jin frowned, who? She and Pei Yan?

"I didn't expect you people from other places to come to buy the dragon and phoenix red umbrellas. Now the younger generation has a car when they get married. This kind of dragon and phoenix red umbrellas are basically useless." The owner and sister turned the potatoes and said, "The whole thing is. The old Chen family has the most authentic umbrella craftsmanship in Tiaojie, but the price is not cheap."

Hua Jin had to explain with a smile: "You misunderstood, we are just friends."

The owner eldest sister quickly apologized when she heard the words, and then explained the reason for her misunderstanding embarrassingly: "In the past, when newlyweds got married, sometimes there would be rainy days, but it was unlucky to wear umbrellas of other colors, so if the family conditions were good, they would get married in advance. Prepare two big red dragon and phoenix umbrellas in front, which means the dragon and the phoenix become immortals, and the red cloud covers the top."

Umbrella homophonic "scatter", some people will be more taboo about these in order to get a good luck on their wedding day.

After listening to the owner's explanation, Hua Jin couldn't help laughing. She suspected that the uncle who sold the umbrella just now also misunderstood her relationship with Pei Yan.

When the wolf tooth potatoes were ready, Hua Jin distributed a bowl to Pei Yan: "I asked the boss to cut down on the spicy food, you can taste a little bit."

The potatoes are sour, spicy and fragrant, and the taste is not bad, but Hua Jin found that it was not as delicious as remembered. Maybe some things that were not satisfied in the past, even if you get a lot later, it is difficult to get back to the original state of mind.

She turned her head to look at Pei Yan, and saw that he was blushing from his face to his neck, and even his eyes were glowing with water, and she was shocked: "What's wrong with you?"

"Spicy." Pei Yan threw the unfinished potatoes into the trash can, "Is this what you mean by less spicy?"

Hua Jin: "..."

Less spicy is its biggest compromise, and the non-spicy wolf tooth potatoes will be expelled from their ancestral home.

The other party's lips were as red as blood, and his eyes were full of tears, as if he had been greatly wronged. Hua Jin looked soft-hearted, and went to the store next door to buy a bottle of water for him: "Drinking some water will make you feel better."

Pei Yan drank half the bottle in one breath: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Hua Jin silently added in her heart: Serve the beauty.

The two of them held a red oil-paper umbrella in each hand, remembering the words of the owner of the potato shop selling wolf teeth, they searched for a nearby express delivery station with their mobile phones and sent the umbrella out.

Pei Yan didn't know why he wanted to keep this thing. After hearing what Hua Jin said, "Everyone has come, I can't go back empty-handed", and he really sent the umbrella back.

The rain had stopped, and the cool breeze was blowing, Hua Jin saw that Pei Yan's lips were still red: "I thought Mr. Pei was from Shu province, so he should be able to eat spicy food."

"As early as the last century, my great-grandfather moved out of here." Pei Yan's tone sounded a little lazy, and the hotness just now seemed to suck most of his energy, "Why do I feel that you know better than me? The culture of Shu province? Did you learn Shu embroidery and even fall in love with Shu province?"

"I was originally from Shu Province. I have lived in Shu Province for more than ten years. I must know the living habits and dialects here better than you." There was a slope in front of me, and Hua Jin walked very slowly, "I haven't come back for seven or eight years. Shu has changed a lot."

"Seven or eight years?" Pei Yan glanced at the dazzling face, "You have never been back. The place you live is very remote and the transportation is inconvenient?"

"Yeah." Hua Jin smiled casually, "My hometown is in a very remote small town. Eight years ago, the traffic was really bad, and I don't know how it is now."

Pei Yan walked forward in silence for a while, and suddenly said, "If you want to go back and have a look, you can accompany you when my ancestor worship is over."

"Thank you." Hua Jin smiled a little, "But no need."

"Really not?" Pei Yan looked at Hua Jin, wanting to confirm whether she politely refused or if she really didn't.

"Well." Hua Jin nodded with a smile, "It's really not necessary."

"Okay." Pei Yan nodded, "Go back to my hometown early tomorrow morning."

He didn't ask Hua Jin why he didn't want to go back, he didn't ask about everything about Hua Jin's hometown, and he never even mentioned it again.

Pei Yan's hometown is in a small county under the jurisdiction of Jiangjiu City. After the two returned to the village, they were warmly received by the villagers. Hua Jin saw that Pei Yan took out a lot of books, medicinal materials and toys from the trunk of the car and gave them to the elderly and children in the village. When he went to offer incense, Hua Jin didn't go with him, but stayed in the village and asked some elderly grandmothers about things decades ago.

Who knew that these grandmothers didn't want to talk about embroidery decades ago, but just wanted to know when Hua Jin and Pei Yan got married. Even though Hua Jin tried his best to explain that he had nothing to do with Pei Yan, and they just happened to be together, these old grandmothers still showed a smile of "We are from the past, we understand".

In this smile, Hua Jin had no choice but to give up explaining. Anyway, the people here only know Pei Yan and don't know her. This kind of misunderstanding should be handled by Pei Yan herself.

The people in the village kept complimenting how good the Pei family was, which way they donated how much money, and which processing factory in the county was invested by the Pei family.

"Although Pei Yan's parents died early, his grandfather and mother-in-law are reasonable people, and he will definitely not be wronged by marrying such a family." The old lady who spoke was gray and looked a little thin, but she was in good spirits. "Sister, don't you think so?"

What else can Hua Jin say, of course, she can only say yes with a smile. In the end, tried best to turn the words to the martyr who died for the country.

"It was really difficult in those years." Recalling that year, some older grandmothers still have impressions, but there are very few memories of embroidery. All they can remember is the hunger and panic of war.

Hua Jin also took this opportunity to see the dowry of an old grandmother, because the time was too long, the white pillow surface had turned yellow, the embroidered mandarin ducks playing in the water were very stiff, and the stitches were rough, like something made by ordinary embroiderers. But the grandmother was very proud, because there were not many brides who could use embroidery as dowry.

When Pei Yan came back from the ancestor worship, he saw Hua Jin and several old ladies sitting around in the yard. The small table in front of her was full of melon seeds candies, and her posture was very comfortable. Looking down at the mud on his feet again, his mood was inexplicably complicated. As he got closer, he could still hear several old ladies teaching Hua Jin how to make men more obedient.

It is said that the women in Shu and Chongqing are very good at cleaning up men. When heard it today, it really lived up to their reputation. Pei Yan felt that as a man, it seemed that he should not step into the absolute realm of women at this moment.

Fortunately, the village chief who accompanied him to the ancestral tomb bravely stood up, interrupted the on-site teaching of the old ladies, and greeted Pei Yan to sit down and rest.

A good-looking young man, always liked by old ladies. As soon as Pei Yan sat down, the old ladies greeted him, caring from head to toe. Young Master Pei, who was so majestic outside and made countless people shy away, was unable to resist the concern of the old ladies, and finally escaped the 360-degree warm care of the old ladies on the pretext of taking Hua Jin to look around.

There are many late-planted rapeseed flowers in full bloom on the mountain, with a large golden area and a very strong aroma. Hua Jin looked at the mud on the soles of the shoes and sighed: "Mr. Pei, it doesn't count if you have mud on your feet. Would it be difficult for you to bring me here?"

Seeing that Hua Jin was having a hard time walking with small leather shoes on her feet, Pei Yan turned around and walked back: "Go back."

"Don't worry." Hua Jin stopped him, "The cauliflower is so beautiful, take a picture for me."

Pei Yan looked at her with a sullen face: "I'm sorry, I haven't had many girlfriends, so it's not good to take pictures."

"It's okay, I don't dislike it." Hua Jin held her face with both hands, "Quick, just shoot like this to show my face is small."

In the end, Pei Yan took out his expensive mobile phone and took more than a dozen photos of Hua Jin before taking him back.

At noon meal, the village chief greeted Hua Jin to sit down: "This..." He turned to look at Pei Yan, and he was busy for a long time. He still didn't know the name of this beautiful girl.

Pei Yan looked up at Hua Jin, waiting for her to introduce herself.

"Hello, my name is Hua Jin, you can just call me Xiao Hua." Hua Jin said with a smile, "I'm sorry to disturb you today."

"Don't disturb, don't disturb." The village chief smiled honestly, "We are very grateful for everything the Pei family has done for the village. Today, you can sit here, we are too happy, why bother. You have a good name, Fanhua. It's very lucky to hear it."

"According to your auspicious words." Hua Jin smiled lightly. As for whether there will be luck in the future, who knows.

When leaving the village, Hua Jin and Pei Yan collected a lot of souvenirs, and even the back seats were full.

"The people in your hometown are so warm."

"It's normal for them to be enthusiastic about me, why are they so enthusiastic about you?" The country road was not spacious, and Pei Yan drove the car very slowly.

"Maybe they think I'm your girlfriend?" Hua Jin sighed, "Unfortunately, my reputation as a beautiful single girl for many years has been ruined."

Pei Yan: "..."

If such a misunderstanding occurs, whose reputation will suffer more?