The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 138

After the spring plowing was over, it became warmer day by day. In the past seven or eight years of the Great Xia Dynasty, there were either natural disasters or melees. It was enough for everyone to seek peace.

But the past few years of the new emperor's ascension to the throne have been getting better and better every year, and those forgotten festivals have been revealed again.

This year, on March [-]rd, the Shangsi Festival in the capital is obviously much more lively. Many daughters of common people go to the waterside to have a banquet together or go to the countryside for spring outings.

It is said that Shangsi Festival is Girls' Day. Women will take their daughters and drive to the river in a car to wet and wash their skirts with water. The usual ritual restraints on women are broken on this day.

Cuihua, who has no daughter, had to play with her nieces today.

Xiaocao, Xiaohua, and Nannan were taken by Cuihua and went out for an outing with a big basket full of food.

Xiao Liu wanted to rush the way, and opened his eyes wide: "Mom, let's go out and play together!"

Doudou is like a learning parrot: "Auntie, Doudou is going too!"

Little Shitou blinked his eyes, pretending to be cute, his eyes full of longing.

"This can't be done. Everyone has said that March [-]rd is a girl's holiday. Aren't you guys men? Then there's no way to play together!"

The little Doudings are very conflicted, they don't want to be girls, but they want to go out to play, mother brought a lot of delicious food, unhappy.

The girls don't care about this, my aunt said, this is their special holiday, and they are going out to play.

Looking at the three flower buds in light yellow, light green, and light pink dresses, Cuihua is triumphant, who has more daughters than her family, hehe.

The carriage slowly drove out of the capital, and they were going to have a picnic by the largest Biluo Lake outside the city today, and the three birds that had come out of the cage were chirping.

"Auntie, I brought a flute, and I'll show you how to play it later!" Xiaocao learned to play the flute for several years, and finally she was able to play the flute well.

"Okay, aunt has a lucky ear today!"

"Auntie, Auntie, I can recite poems!" Not to be outdone, Xiaohua competed to show that she was much more generous than when she was just sent here.

"Aunt Cui, I didn't bring my piano!" Nannan was so anxious, she also wanted to perform.

"It's okay, it's okay. Auntie can go back home and listen to my daughter playing the piano. Aunt Xia has praised her several times, saying that she is very talented in playing the piano."

Only then did the little girl become happy, and the three of them began to discuss what tunes to play and what poems to accompany them, giggling non-stop.

In the beautiful spring, my aunts and nephews came to the edge of Biluo Lake. Not only they came, but there are estimated to be thousands of people who came here to play today.

Those who arrive early can occupy a better position, spread out leather or cloth blankets, and groups of people sit around, sometimes laughing, and sometimes there is the sound of musical instruments.

Cuihua found a flat grassland and an umbrella-shaped tree to cover her head, and spread a layer of hairless rabbit fur blanket, and then put the big basket she brought in the middle.

The three little girls looked at the big basket, and their saliva almost came out. They hadn't eaten something made by their aunt for a long time.

Cuihua found it funny, "You didn't eat breakfast today? Are you hungry?"

The little heads nodded in unison: "I'm so happy, I just ate a little for breakfast, aunt, let's eat a little first."

Cuihua laughed, "Okay, anyway, I eat it early and late, so you can try it and see how it tastes!"

"Aunt Cui, what kind of cake is this green one?"

"This is called Qingtuan. It's made with wine and rice noodles. Auntie is stuffed with red bean paste and salted egg yolk meat floss. Try it!"

"Wow, Nuo Nuo, good time!"

"The bean paste is so sweet, soft and not greasy!"

"Why does this egg taste different from tea eggs?"

"This is boiled with shepherd's purse. Haven't you heard of it? On March [-]rd, shepherd's purse is the best medicine. Boiled eggs with shepherd's purse are good for your health."

"Then I want to eat two shepherd's purse eggs!" "Me too!"

"Auntie, is this a small cake too? Why do they look different?"

"Yeah, this one is called Fatty Snow. The outer skin is also made of wine rice noodles, and the inside is the butter you have eaten. Auntie also put some peach meat. It is delicious."

"Ang Woo, it's really delicious in the world! Auntie, you can eat it too! Let's take it ourselves!"

Cuihua kept taking out food from the basket like a magic trick, and the exclamation of the little girls spread all the way to the grassland closest to them.

A six or seven-year-old girl pouted, "Mom, I don't want to eat this, I want to eat that!"

She pointed to Cuihua and the others, and after listening to the words of those young ladies, she knew that the food they brought was more delicious.

"Zhu'er, what did mother tell you before she went out? If you still make a fuss when you come out to play, mother will not take you out to play next year!"

"Mom, I didn't make a fuss, I don't want it for nothing, can't we buy it with money?"

"Then go yourself and ask if they sell it!"

"Hmph, don't think I dare not!"

The chubby little girl, provoked by her mother, ran to Cuihua angrily.

But after all, it was someone she didn't know. She groaned for a long time, her face flushed, and she asked in a low voice: "Auntie, can Zhu Er buy some of this!"

The little girl pointed at Fatty Xue and swallowed, she thought this should be the most delicious, she had never seen it before.

Cuihua felt that the little girl's apple face was blushing, and replied with a smile: "Auntie doesn't sell it, but Pearl is so cute, so Auntie will give you two!"

The fat girl jumped up happily and shouted: "Thank you, Auntie! Auntie, you are so kind!"

Fatty Xue was packed in a wooden box. Cuihua took a small wooden box and put two of them in for her. The fatty Xue, the size of an adult's fist, was crowded into the box.

The fat girl thanked her again, and then went back with the small wooden box.

The woman didn't expect that her foodie daughter actually dared to ask for food from strangers, her face flushed with embarrassment, and she exchanged the colorful wine and rice they brought with emerald green flowers.

There are still many people in Cuihua's group who pay attention to Cuihua. Seeing this scene, many of them came to exchange food.

Cuihua chose some that were different from theirs, and exchanged seven or eight kinds at once. The little girls thought it would be good to eat by exchanging, and they could taste more food.

It may be that Cuihua and the others are not luxuriously dressed, or it may be that she is easier to talk to when she looks at her.

There are always some people who are short-sighted, and now an old woman dressed as a housekeeper came and said arrogantly to Cuihua:
"I wonder if this lady can sell some food to my master? My master is a relative of the Minister of Rites."

"We don't sell our food, and now we have almost exchanged it. There is not much left, and there is nothing to sell."

Cuihua was not impressed by the woman's attitude, so she refused decisively.

The mother-in-law frowned, displeased: "Madam, how about we buy it at a high price?"

"It's not good if you don't sell it!"

"You, you don't know what to do, daughter-in-law, I just want to exchange some money with you after watching you work so hard to cook these meals. With so many daughters in your family, can you earn more money, isn't it better than eating by yourself?"

"Which dog eye do you see that my family is short of this little money? I haven't seen anyone who buys and sells by force! Don't say that you represent the meaning of your minister of rites. It's not you, the majestic official of the court. able to represent!"

"This lady is quite eloquent, which family are you from? You are not too soft-spoken!" A woman in her early twenties came slowly, dressed in luxurious clothes, blue and white porcelain gourd earrings.

"This is really strange. Someone wants to force me to sell food, and I express my displeasure. Why do I need to report my identity for such a simple matter? Is it for the convenience of this lady?"

"Joke, with your family's rough food from the mountains, is it worth forcing?" The woman's face was already scowling, and this tricky daughter-in-law was quite sharp-tongued.

Cuihua spread her hands: "Then what are you doing? Isn't it forced?"

Hearing the loud voices of these people, the surrounding spectators were all quiet, but their ears were pricked up, just as they were about to hear the quarrel, another noble lady came.

"Mrs. Zhongqin is very interested. Why do you have time to go out for an outing today?" It was the wife of a general who had met in Cuihua, Duke of Wei's mansion.

"Mrs. Han, long time no see! Isn't it March [-]rd? The little nieces in the family have learned the rules too hard recently, take them out and relax! Why are you here?"

Cuihua greeted General Han's wife, and the face of the master and servant on the opposite side turned pale. She never expected that such an ordinary-looking daughter-in-law, who was nothing more than a bit of beauty, was actually a second-rank wife.

Moreover, they are not deaf, Mrs. Zhongqin's name is familiar to everyone in the capital!
Wanting to apologize, she muttered for a long time, but couldn't speak, Cuihua ignored the pair of master and servant, and was dragged aside by Madam Han to chat.

Mrs. Han glanced at the two with a half-smile, and asked, "What's going on?"

Cuihua spread her hands: "Who told me that the food I made is so delicious, people want to buy it, but because they have exchanged with several girls, why don't they refuse, and insist on my name."

Mrs. Han smiled, "Oh, my lord doesn't care about villains. This one is the daughter of a sister-in-law of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. She came to Beijing from Jiangnan years ago. It's normal not to recognize you, and neither are you at the Spring Banquet." Positive!"

Well, it's her fault, she didn't brush her face enough, and she wasn't widely known.

Seeing that Cuihua ignored them, the master and servant left in silence.

These episodes did not affect Cuihua's mood at all, but the little girls stared: Gu Gu (Aunt Cui) is so powerful, she scolded people away with just a few words!
Mrs. Han left after chatting for a while, and Cuihua finished her snacks with her, and the three little girls gave Cuihua a high-level poetry recitation and flute performance.

There are many manors in Xungui's family, and most of the boudoir daughters can play in their own resorts, which is still a paradise for ordinary people.

Cuihua was also afraid that the little girls would be fascinated by wealth, so she brought them to this place where ordinary people play, so there really were not so many acquaintances who came to snore.

She simply followed suit. The homemade paper kite was several times as long as others. Others were swallows and butterflies. Theirs was a black centipede.

It's a centipede with a long body, and I drew a lot of feet wearing shoes, which Uncle Zhongqin made by himself.

Seeing the different paper kites among the group of paper kites after flying into the sky, the little girls were overjoyed. Although their uncle's craftsmanship is very good, this centipede is still too ugly.

It wasn't until the end of the day that everyone reluctantly went home.

"Auntie, let's play again next year, March [-]rd is really interesting!"

"Aunt Cui, my daughter is so happy today! There is March [-] every year!"

"Okay, you study hard every day, my aunt promises to take you out to play for a day every year in the future!"

"Wow, aunt, you are the best aunt in the world!"

After returning home, the younger ones also returned to the main courtyard after class, listening to the older sisters happily sharing with them what they had learned about going out today, and even released paper kites.

Xiaoliu expressed displeasure: "Mother, is there a man's day?"

"This, this does not seem to exist!"

Four little bean dices: Papa (uncle/uncle), we also celebrate Men's Day!

(End of this chapter)