Blessed little peasant girl

Chapter 26

The five of them had a heart, and they took a long way back home. They didn't meet anyone else on the way, but after returning home, the cured rabbit meat in the basin was also cold.

But it doesn't matter, take two pots of meat home, pick out a few pieces to make soup for the mother, put the rest in a basket, put it in the well in the shade, and save it for the pregnant woman to breastfeed.

Mrs. Jin's elder sister was sitting on the meadow, drinking soup and wiping away her tears. She looked at the skinny baby who was swaddled next to her, with a blue face, and her tears couldn't stop flowing out.

"Xizi, let Zhuzi go to my younger sister's house tomorrow to accompany Meiyu, and take good care of her."

The middle-aged man sat on the side, nodded silently, looked at his wife and then at his children. After eating, he took the bowl and went out. He thought about it when he went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Man, he opened the lid of the pot, took a spoonful of warm water, poured it into a bowl, and shook it.

Unable to restrain himself from swallowing, the middle-aged man drank the water in the bowl.

After drinking a bowl of water, the deeply wrinkled face relieved a little, filled another spoonful of water, swirled it, and drank it for a while, then put down the spoon, covered the pot, turned around and finished brushing.

When he came out after washing the dishes, he tightened his belt and went to the main room. The whole family was there, no one spoke, and they were all sitting in the main room, fiddling with straw, straw mats for weaving straw mats, and chickens for weaving chicken coops. He also joined in without saying a word, holding the straw, and fiddled with it with his hands very nimbly. After a while, a solid chicken coop took shape.

If the lights are not in the dark, the whole family can also slander and work. After a long while, the middle-aged man named Zhao Xi said sullenly.

"His mother said, let Zhuzi go to Jin's house tomorrow to play with Jin Meiyu and take care of her."

Zhao Zhuzi is already nine years old this year, he is thin and petite, and a little stiff, no one said anything, after a while, he himself answered.

Then all that was left was the sound of straw turning.

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Zhao Xiaohua didn't come back all night, and Mrs. Jin was still a little apprehensive during dinner, until Jin Mangu told his mother that grandma would stay at her mother's house for a few more days, and she was relieved.

Although, after Zhao Xiaohua came back, she could still see that there was less bacon hanging in the kitchen, but it was a day if she could push it. For her own sister, she was fighting hard.

Except for Mrs. Jin, everyone in the Jin family slept well.

When she woke up the next day, Mrs. Jin took Jin Mancang to the field as usual, but it was not the fields of the Jin family, but the fields of the Zhao family.

The Jin family moved quickly, and there was no more work in the fields, but her natal family still had a lot of work to do, and there were no elders in the family, so Mrs. Jin secretly planned to help.

Of course, before leaving, she also took all the children away.

The three one-year-old baby babies can't be done without adults watching them. Fortunately, the girl from her natal family can take care of them at home, which can kill two birds with one stone.

When Jin Meiyu woke up, Mrs. Jin had already taken her away, and she was not there even if she was full of oil and meat. She should have gone to the barren fields.

The five members of the Zhao family came early, carrying a lot of things to work in the chicken coop. As soon as they went out, Jin Meiyu saw one sitting under the eaves, holding a straw woven pillar.

Jin Meiyu had never seen him before, so she asked.

"Who are you? Why are you at my house?"

Zhao Zhuzi stopped what he was doing and looked at Jin Meiyu in a daze. He was not good at words, but he didn't speak for a while, and Jin Meiyu asked again.

"Whose family do you belong to?"

"The Zhao family." Isn't this nonsense, the whole village, except for the Jin family, is all people with the surname Zhao.

But Zhao Zhuzi didn't think there was anything wrong, Jin Meiyu nodded without asking.

"Then what's your name?"

"Pillar."

In this village, there are not twenty but fifteen names called Zhuzi, such as Zhuzi, Shuanzi, and Huzi, all of which have a high rate of duplication.

Jin Meiyu also didn't think there was anything wrong with the name, she even nodded and talked to Zhuzi seriously.

"I see, you will call me sister-in-law in the future."

Zhu Zi nodded and called honestly.

"Sister."

Jin Meiyu was happy, and walked over to see what he was busy with.

"What are you doing?"

"Come on, chicken coop."

Last night, their family made a lot of chicken coops in the dark, and brought them here today, but after setting them up, they found that there were not enough chicken coops!

The Zhao family thought it was because they had made less weaves, and the adults continued to build chicken coops, and the pillars were arranged in front to continue weaving chicken coops.

The pillar is sitting here, and seven or eight chicken coops have been weaved. It is very solid and not easy to break. Jin Meiyu picked it up and looked at it, and then blessed her heart.

"Are you from sister-in-law's eldest sister's family?"

Zhu Zi nodded, so that's fine.

Oh, they are relatives!

Jin Meiyu put down the chicken coop, clapped her hands, and asked him.

"Have you eaten? What are you eating? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat more?"

Zhu Zi's black lips moved, but he didn't speak.

Seeing how thin he was, Jin Meiyu knew he must be hungry.

"It's okay, I invite you to eat eggs!"

As he said that, he wanted to go to the backyard. The pillar saw it, thought about it, and finally put down the semi-finished product in his hand and followed.

From far away, Jin Meiyu heard the clucking sound of chickens crowing, and when she got to the backyard, she saw a big basket full of eggs.

I don't know where the basket was dug out from, it was a bit damaged, but it was hooked up, and the inside was carefully padded with straw, filled with a basket full of eggs.

There were definitely more than thirty eggs, but Jin Meiyu didn't notice anything wrong, happily picked up two eggs from the basket, held one in each hand, and stuffed them into the arms of Zhu Zhu who was following her.

"Here, please eat eggs!"

As he said that, he went to get it from the basket again, and finally took a total of five eggs to the pillar.

The Zhao family in the backyard were all watching this scene, Zhu Zi was a little at a loss, and they were also a little at a loss.

Fortunately, Jin Meiyu was stable, and after giving the eggs, she came to see the chicken pens.

There are obviously more chickens in the chicken coop, and Jin Meiyu can tell at a glance.

"Oh, why are there still pheasants?"

Yes, there were several pheasants in the chicken coop at some point, both male and female, and they were lying in the nest very comfortably at the moment, not afraid of people.

Zhao Xi wanted to say something, but Jin Meiyu preempted, pointing to the basket of eggs, and said to them.

"You guys count some eggs and go back, count 25, I will give you the reward today, can you continue to eat cured rabbits tonight?"

Zhao Xi's throat couldn't help rolling, and finally he spoke with difficulty.

"Can the rabbit be given to me directly? We don't need the eggs."

The wax rabbits made will go bad after a long time, and there are so many wax rabbits, which is enough to lower their wages and material costs.

Jin Meiyu thought for a while, then nodded.

"I can give you cured rabbits, then boil eggs for you to eat."

After finishing speaking, as soon as she greeted the chickens in the chicken pen, those chickens all ran out thumping, directly interrupting what they were about to say.

Jin Meiyu was so happy that she greeted the chicken and was about to go to Jin Mangu and the others, but when she got to the basket, Jin Meiyu hesitated for a moment, and then said to Zhuzi who was still standing there, carrying eggs around.

"Can you boil all the eggs? Let's hang out after a minute!"

Zhu Zi looked at Zhao Xi subconsciously, Zhao Xi wanted to shake his head, but the churning hunger in his stomach made him freeze there.

Seeing that Zhao Xi didn't respond, Zhu Zi nodded and went to pick up the big basket.

Thirty or so eggs were not light, and the basket was tattered. When Zhao Xi picked it up, the basket looked like it was about to break.

A young man couldn't hold back, dropped the straw in his hand, and hurried over to help them lift the basket.

Jin Meiyu had gone several steps away, and when she turned her head she saw them still standing there, greeting them.

"Come on, hurry up."

Zhu Zhu was about to leave with the handle of the basket, but the young man who was holding it behind hesitated for a moment and followed.

When Jin Meiyu said to cook everything, she meant to cook everything.

Even if the silent Zhao family struggled, they still washed the eggs and put them in the pot under Jin Meiyu's repeated urging.

The young man watched the eggs go into the pot, swallowed, thought for a while, and went back to work.

Only the pillars were left with the eggs around, sitting there to light the fire.

Jin Meiyu stood at the door of the kitchen and looked in. Seeing that he was still carrying eggs, she asked.

"Why are you still carrying eggs around?"

Zhu Zi was silent for a while before speaking.

"I want to feed my parents."

"Are your parents sister-in-law's sister?" Zhu Zi shook his head and said.

"That's sister-in-law."

Jin Meiyu nodded half-understood, then asked.

"Then why don't you cook it? It tastes better when it's cooked."

Zhuzi looked at Jin Meiyu, and was persuaded in this way. He stood up, opened the lid of the pot with great effort, and then carefully tried to put the eggs in, but was stopped by Jin Meiyu.

"Oh, wait, have you washed?"

No.

Wash the eggs and put them in the pot. Now it's done. More than 30 eggs are cooked in one pot.

No one has ever done a half pot of eggs.

The cooked eggs were taken out, and the pillar counted them, and when they counted thirty, thirty eggs, the hand holding the egg bowl couldn't help shaking a little.

Jin Meiyu saw that he stared at the basin without any response, and asked after a long while.

"What are you looking at? Is it clean?"

Zhu Zi shook his head quickly, and then fished out the remaining eggs.

Thirty eggs were removed, and there were six left in the pot, all of which were fished out and placed in a large bowl, with their heads protruding high.

Jin Meiyu thought for a while, then went to find the small satchel again, and stood at the kitchen door to greet Zhuzi.

"Put it here, put it here, put the rest of the eggs here!"

Zhu Zi took the small satchel in the past, looked through it, and then couldn't help saying.

"This is going to break."

Zhuzi pointed out to Jin Meiyu that the strap of the small satchel was indeed a little torn, and it looked weak.

But Jin Meiyu only had this small satchel, and Zhuzi said that this was going to break, so she was a little at a loss.

"Then what should I do?"

Zhu Zi thought for a while and said.

"Let me make one up for you."

Jin Meiyu nodded without thinking.

"Okay."

The two children made a happy decision, and Jin Meiyu sat obediently on the small bench in the front yard, watching the chickens flopping about in the yard, waiting for Zhuzi to come back and weave a new bag for her.

And Zhu Zi, holding a large basin of eggs, went to the back.

There were more than 30 hot eggs, and as soon as they were brought over, they attracted all the attention of the five people in the backyard.

Even though Zhuzi is nine years old, he is thin and small, and his palms are very big and powerful.

Seeing him come over with such a big basin, especially with the eggs that were sticking out and emitting heat, the hearts of the five were trembling.

He hurriedly dropped his work, came over to take the basin in his hand, and put it on the ground safely, and then the six members of the Zhao family just squatted there, looking at the big basin of eggs.

After a while, Zhu Zi spoke first.

"Sister-in-law said, this is your meal."

Maybe it was a bit silly to be shocked by these eggs, but Zhao Xi didn't correct the name of the pillar, but swallowed, and it took a long time before he said it.

"This should be brought back."

The remaining four youths did not speak, but their eyes were fixed on the eggs.

Zhu Zi looked at Zhao Xi, then at the four young men, thought for a while, and then said.

"Eat, eat at least two, you still have to work, and try to get the chicken rings done today."

Zhu Zi's words gave everyone a reason. One of the youths took the lead in reaching for an egg. This was like a signal. The other youths also reached out, and they all ate it. The middle-aged man didn't hold back either. Taking one from the basin, feeling the temperature on the egg, the middle-aged man endured it and said.

"Just eat two, and take the rest home."

Seeing that everyone else nodded, the middle-aged man cracked open the egg restrainedly, and then slowly dropped the eggshell.

Zhu Zi watched them all eat, so he said.

"There are thirty here, and five are mine. Go back and give them to my parents. My sister's bag is broken. I'll go and make her a new one."

In this way, the five eggs are like wages for the pillar.

Now four eggs cost one penny, five eggs cost about two pennies, and the market price of a finely woven mat is two pennies, so the Zhao family thinks the wages are too high.

So, when Zhu Zi was about to leave, Zhao Xi couldn't help but give instructions.

"Be careful and make it up."

Zhu Zi nodded, and then went back to the front.

In the front yard, chickens were running around, and Jin Meiyu was sitting there watching. Before he walked over, Jin Meiyu told him.

"I'm hungry, you take out my breakfast, it should be on the table in the main room, go and have a look."

Turning the foot of the pillar, I went to the main room, and there was indeed a bowl on the table.

He went over to touch it, and the bowl was still warm outside. He thought about it, but instead of taking it, he went to talk to Jin Meiyu.

"Go inside and eat, the chickens are flying outside."

Jin Meiyu thought for a while, yes, and then dropped the big cock she was touching, and was going to go into the house to eat.

"Have you eaten? Do you want to eat together? I can't finish eating alone."

The Jin family prepared food for Jin Meiyu, and they were used to making more. Usually, she could feed Mangu and the others if she couldn't finish eating. Today, Mangu and the others were gone, so Jin Meiyu greeted Zhuzi by the way.

Zhuzi was a little embarrassed and hesitated, Jin Meiyu stood at the door of the main room, looked back to see that he hadn't come, she smiled and waved.

"Come on, come in, don't be shy."

(End of this chapter)