I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 229

Ever since the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xiuju's leg injury recurred, and there was also the mess caused by Qian Rushan. Zhou Chenyu's wallet had not been filled with money for a long, long time.

Although Baoyu made a lot of money by selling two white foxes a while ago, which was enough for their family's expenses for a year or two, but they only had access to it, and there was always a time when they were left with nothing.

Besides, this winter has only passed halfway, so she is just idle when she stays at home. She goes out to earn some money and has a surplus of food in her hands, so she can live her life without panic.

Suddenly having something to do, Zhou Chenyu was walking home, feeling windy as he walked.

"I'm back!"

Zhou Chenyu opened the door of his house, and Huang Dou came up to meet him in advance. Baoyu was washing the yard with water from the well, and late autumn was cleaning up the remaining duck blood on the ground.

"Sister, are you back?" Baoyu shouted, stopped what he was doing, pounded his sore waist, and took the opportunity to be lazy for a while.

Zhou Wanqiu smiled and did not expose him.

Because when she went out today, Li Xiuju said that she would kill a few ducks and bake them, and there might be a lot of duck gizzards and duck intestines left, so Zhou Chenyu didn't buy food, but just bought some pastries that were not available at home, and rewarded two of them when she came back. younger siblings.

Zhou Chenyu stepped over the wet spot and walked over, "Late Qiu, here, try the plum blossom cake I bought for you."

Zhou Wanqiu took it with a smile, "Thank you, sister."

"I want it too, I want it too." Baoyu's butt stuck up and she took the first bite of plum blossom cake given to her by Late Autumn.

Zhou Chenyu looked at the empty yard and saw no sign of Li Xiuju, so he asked: "Hey, why are you the only ones at home? Where did the old lady go?"

Baoyu held the plum blossom cake in her mouth and said vaguely: "Sister, mother went to the stream."

Wan Qiu explained again, "Sister, I felt that handling the ducks at home was not clean, so I carried the bucket to the stream and went there for a while."

Zhou Chenyu had eaten and drank outside all day, and felt very sorry, "Then I'll go find her."

Zhou Chenyu took the soybeans out, crossed the village road, walked down the gravel slope, passed through the bare vegetable garden, heard the sound of gurgling water coming from far and near, and finally saw Li Xiuju's thin and hunched back.

In winter, the plants on both sides of the creek and on the other side have withered, leaving dry weeds growing in the fields.

Several children gathered around the haystack on the other side, threw the sweet potatoes stolen from home into the haystack, lit the fire, and waited anxiously for the sweet potatoes to be cooked.

The smoke from the other side drifted here along with the cold wind. Li Xiuju looked at the raging fire on the other side and yelled:
"You guys go back to play. Remember to put out all the fires before you leave. Don't set the mountain on fire. Otherwise, your parents will not let you go."

"Auntie, we know!" Several children were so guilty that they didn't dare to raise their heads, whispering among themselves.

Zhou Chenyu listened to Li Xiuju's curses, walked down quickly, and sat next to her. Seeing her hands that were red and swollen from the cold water, he said dullly:
"Old lady, the well water at home is no warmer than the stream water here. Why do you come here? Why don't you just clean it at home?"

After Zhou Chenyu finished speaking, he stretched out a finger to explore the stream. The stream water here was much colder than the water from the well at home. When his fingers were put in, they were soaked in water. The ice water penetrated her skin like a knife, making her shiver with coldness. Get down.When Li Xiuju saw her suddenly appearing, she was stunned for a moment. After she was frightened, she lowered her head and started working on her work.

She cut open the duck's belly, grabbed the big lump of yellow fat, and murmured: "Look at how fat these ducks are? If you really have to do it at home, there will be oil everywhere. I still prefer it here." Just clean it and flush it away with running water, so we can clean it again to make it clean."

There are four ducks in the basket that have been strung with bamboo strips. A bamboo strip is passed through the duck's neck, and then tied into a ring so that it can be hooked to the bamboo pole of the kitchen chimney, and then tied with two straight bamboo strips. If you put a cross in the duck's belly, you can open the belly better and accept the baptism of smoke.

Zhou Chenyu saw that the roots of the green vegetables next to him were still hanging with mud, so he took them over and washed them.

"Hey, are your hands... okay?"

Li Xiuju looked at her hands warily, Zhou Chenyu looked at her palms that were red with cold, and confidently opened his sleeves, revealing his uninjured arms, and retorted:
"The injury on my hand has healed, so don't be surprised. If you don't let me do any work, if this continues, I will be ruined. How can I be so delicate?"

Li Xiuju looked at the girl's ungrateful look and curled her lips in a depressed manner. Suddenly, she laughed again at the instructions given a few days ago and asked hurriedly:
"Have you done all the things Mom told you this morning?"

What did you tell me this morning?
Zhou Chenyu grabbed Qing Cai's hand and soaked it in the water. From the moment she left the house, she never thought about accomplishing this.

She paused for a short while, then quickly started pretending to be busy again, raising her eyebrows and saying:
"I told you! Didn't I tell you? The Qian Rushan incident involved many old cases. Yang Xi and the people under him were so busy that they didn't even have time to eat. How could he have time to come to our house? eat?"

Li Xiuju stared at Zhou Chenyu's face, "Did you really say that?"

Zhou Chenyu blinked and dodged, "Uh, I said it."

Li Xiuju sighed softly and looked at her angrily, "Mom, I knew you wouldn't invite him. If I had known this, I would have gone out in person today. You girl, you are making me happy in vain."

Zhou Chenyu laughed heartily, "Oh, those chattering women in the village are chattering away. When they see a man coming out of our house, they will definitely come to ask questions again. I don't want to be their after-dinner chatter. Where’s the joke?”

"What does this mean? That child Yang Xi saved you and is your savior. If it is for nothing else, it is reasonable for us to treat your savior to a meal."

Li Xiuju made a dull look on her face, "In the final analysis, you still don't want to. You treated Tong Sheng like this last time, and I'll do it this time too. If you fool me, an old lady, like this again, I'm going to be angry."

Zhou Chenyu secretly looked at Li Xiuju's expression, gave in, and teased her, "Why are they the same? They are different."

Li Xiuju looked over, and Zhou Chenyu smiled reluctantly, speaking duplicity:
"Chen Tongsheng is my eldest brother, and Yang Xi. I can't recognize him as my eldest brother. If I really recognize him as eldest brother, wouldn't it be chaos?"

Li Xiuju looked at Zhou Chenyu's rare shyness, which was very different from before.

She chuckled, stretched out her hand, and poked Zhou Chenyu's forehead hard, "With all your wasted time, when will Mom get to see you get married?"

Zhou Chenyu dodged away, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I've got it in mind."

(End of this chapter)