Splendid pastoral, the doctor girl is a little sweet

Chapter 41
While thinking about this, he suddenly saw Mrs. Zhu walking in.Gu Yingying hurried to the stove, scooped hot water for Mrs. Zhu and put it into a bucket, and asked Mrs. Zhu to wash first.

But Mrs. Zhu said, "I'm here to bring my mother bath water."

"I'll boil water for my parents tonight, don't worry about it. Remember to take out the cakes for my second brother later." Gu Yingying deliberately reminded Zhu Shi.

It's not easy to tell Zhu Shi directly that the second brother eats with the folks at night, and he doesn't eat much food, so he must be a little hungry.Those pastries can help the second brother to supplement some nutrition after eating.

Zhu's face blushed slightly, and she lowered her head and let out a "huh".

After Mrs. Zhu walked out of the stove with a bucket of water, Gu Yingying came in with water again, poured it into the pot, and added firewood to boil the water.

I found some leftover vegetables after dinner, mixed them with flour, made two cakes, and baked them in the stove.

After burning for a while, Gu Yingying smelled a little fragrance, and estimated that the water in the pot was about to boil.

"Squeak."

The door of the kitchen was gently pushed open.

Gu Yingying raised her eyes and saw that it was the Qin family who came.

"Mother, it's almost ready. Wait a little longer, and I'll carry it over for you." Gu Yingying took the tongs and took out the baked cake from the stove.

The smell of meat instantly permeated the kitchen.

Gu Yingying really wanted to take a bite to reward herself.But I held back.While talking to my mother, I put the baked Baba into the dinner plate and handed it to my mother with both hands.

"The baby has just been baked, it's delicious, let you and dad have a taste."

In fact, the stuffing used for these two cakes is just a little sauerkraut and diced bacon, plus some leeks and garlic.Since there is no flour at home, these two cakes are still made with a little corn flour.

As for the cornmeal, Aunt Xu sent it this morning.

"These days, you and your second sister-in-law have been tired. Tonight you took a bath earlier, and you will still get up at Yinshi tomorrow, and you and your father will go to Lao Lizheng's house to help. It was your Aunt Xu who just came to look for her. I told you that folks like to eat your stir-fried dishes, and my family is no exception."

Qin took out two taels of silver from her sleeve pocket, gave it to Gu Yingying, and said, "This is the old lady, I asked Aunt Xu to bring it to you, and buy you some tea."

Gu Yingying shook her head again and again, "Mom, we often get help from others on weekdays. I feel very honored to have the opportunity to help others. What more money do you want?"

"Just keep it." Qin's kindly advised Gu Yingying:

"It's not that I don't know. The old man of the Xu family is well-educated. In these years, has he ever treated anyone badly? What's more, you are still a junior."

Gu Yingying had no choice but to accept it, feeling very sorry.Just discuss with the Qin family, and tomorrow I will bring some meat to Lao Lizheng and the others.

"Don't bring it." Qin hurriedly dissuaded, "When the old man was having dinner, he told the villagers to go to his house, and anyone who brought something would not be allowed to go."

"But they all..." Gu Yingying didn't want the old man to pay too much.

Qin interrupted Gu Yingying's words:

"Lao Lizheng also said that our family is different. One is to provide free production tools for the villagers to use, and the other is that our family ... is indeed short of food."

Gu Yingying also felt uncomfortable when she heard about the lack of food.

Although the Luo family returned some new rice, this amount of rice was not enough for a few days.

After thinking about it, he suggested to Qin: "How about, when we can leave the village and enter the prefecture city, I will earn some silver to buy some millet and come back."

After hearing this, Mrs. Qin sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to tell the truth to Gu Yingying, "I have heard from your Aunt Xu that the grain shops in Fucheng have no new rice to collect this year, and at most they can only sell some rice. For the people in Fucheng..."

With this in mind, is it still difficult for the villagers who have cultivated the land to go to Fucheng to buy some rice?
Gu Yingying cursed in her heart: Then the damn magistrate, will you let us live? !

The next day.

Gu Yingying rushed to Xu Tai's house before dawn.

The Xu family's courtyard is quite spacious, and the gate of the courtyard is a quarter wider than the gate of the Gu family's courtyard.

The light of the lanterns hanging on the eaves illuminates the plaque hanging on the gate, and the inscription "Xu Mansion" on it is vigorous and powerful.

Gu Yingying knew that this was a plaque bestowed by Emperor Taizu.The two big characters on it were also written by Emperor Taizu himself.

Perhaps it was because of this reason that the villagers would feel a bit dignified every time they approached the gate of the Xu family.

She is not a pure ancient, and she can feel a bit of majesty when she gets close.

An elegant and dignified woman with black hair and black coarse clothes, who looked at most 40 years old, approached Gu Yingying, reached out to hold her hand, and pulled her into the main room.

From the fruit plate placed on the tea table, I grabbed a handful of roasted peanuts, and poured a cup of hot tea for Gu Yingying with a teapot, and said to her with a smile:

"Ying'er, you and Xinlan will have to work hard today to help us cook. If you need food, rice, oil, salt, and even vegetables, let Xinlan find it for you. Don't waste anything, let the folks have enough to eat. "

Gu Yingying replied with a smile: "Okay, Granny Xu, don't worry."

Perhaps the original owner was a little afraid of this woman before, so when she faced this woman, she felt a little flustered for no reason, but quickly regained her composure.

Knowing that this woman is Xu Tai's wife, Fan Shi, she is an admirable elder.

But she couldn't remember how to address this woman.Anyway, I knew that Xu Xinlan had to call this woman "Uncle", so she couldn't go too far wrong if she called her "Grandma Xu".

Fan narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Good boy, Ying'er has really become good."

Gu Yingying was a little happy to be praised by Fan Shi so much.Anyway, in my memory, it was rare to hear this woman praise her.

Following behind Fan, she walked out of the main room and came to the stove room. Gu Yingying saw Xu Xinlan sitting at the wooden table picking vegetables.

I was just about to tell Sister Xinlan that Aunt Xiu's son gave her a treasure, such an expensive gift, how can she repay the favor?But we met this morning, just in time to chat with Sister Xinlan for a while.

As if he knew what she was thinking, Fan only brought her in, moved her a small chair by the table, turned around and left the stove.

In this room, there are only her and sister Xinlan, so it's very convenient to say whatever you want.

Lao Li Zheng's house is different from Gu's house, the stove house is still far away from the main house.Even if you are happy to play a few haha ​​here, as long as it is not too loud, you don't have to worry about how far it will spread.

Gu Yingying sat on the chair and began to peel the garlic. Just as she was about to talk about it, she heard sister Xinlan's soft words.

"Heh, sister Yingying, is the thermos that your second brother brought home yesterday still working?"

Gu Yingying looked at Xu Xinlan happily, and said:
"Then there is no need to ask? It must be easy to use. Otherwise, after dinner, we are all packed, and you go back with me to drink some ginger tea. I put some ginger tea in the bottle this morning, you After drinking some later, you will know how good that thing is."

(End of this chapter)