Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 87
A big family, except for Zhixiang and Wenhan, this is considered complete.Chen looked at the grandson and daughter in front of her, she couldn't close her mouth with joy, and kept smiling there.Needless to say, the old man was just as happy, happily chatting with his sons there.

Seeing the situation, Mrs. Xue hurried into the house to cook, it was almost noon, these people couldn't just be happy and not eat, could they?When Mrs. Zhu saw her sister-in-law entering the house to cook, she followed her into the house to help.Fortunately, there were still a few side dishes in the field at this time, and the two sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law had been busy for a while, and they finished all the meals.

"Mother, let's eat first, there's nothing to do anyway, let's talk slowly after dinner." Mrs. Xue said after finishing the meal.

"Okay, let's eat first. After lunch, let's make zongzi together. If I had known you would come back, I would make more rice." The old lady muttered.

The table was placed outside, and everyone sat around the table, eating and chatting. "Huixin, when you came to the mountain, didn't you go to see the old house of Tao's family in Qingnian?" Mrs. Chen remembered this and hurriedly asked.

"I went, Qingnian bought some things and took them over, but didn't enter the door, and gave them to Qingyu directly." Huixin replied.It has been more than a year and a half, and the relationship between Qingnian and the old house has not been good.When Hui Xin gave birth to Jing Hui, she went to the old house to announce the happy event, but no one went to the old house.After Xisan, Full Moon, and Hundred Days, no one came over from the old house.Qingnian was quite annoyed, but even so, Qingnian did not lose his etiquette.Every holiday or something, I would buy some things and send them over, and I didn’t go into the hospital, and whoever opened the door just handed things in.It's not that they are not filial in celebrating the New Year, it's that the old house has no attitude at all, what should people do?
"Hey, the old man and the old lady of the Tao family are really good. Now that we have talked about it, we just need to get along with each other in the future. How can we get to the point where we don't communicate? Qingnian did the right thing, let's send things over there , it means that you have not forgotten your parents, whether they accept it or not is their business. There is nothing wrong with Qingnian in the whole matter, why do you treat him like this? Qingnian is the most innocent person." The old lady listened Regarding the situation of the Tao family, I couldn't help but say a few words.

"I don't want those things anymore, and we don't have anything to do to them, so we can do whatever we like. I just want to look at Jing Hui well and love Jing Hui well." Hui Xin hugged Jing Hui and was Feed him something.

Over there, Jinghan and the others are looking at Jinghe and Wenxing gnawing birds. The birds they caught are all roasted, and each one exudes a tempting fragrance.Jinghan and the others have eaten it a lot these days, and they are not so greedy. Jinghe and Wenxing have never eaten it. Now, it is delicious.Although Wenxuan and Wenchang were not at home often, they used to eat wild game in the mountains, so each took one and gnawed there, and left the rest to Wenxing brothers and sisters.

"Jinghe, slow down, watch out for your bones." Jinghan urged.This Jinghe has always eaten by herself, but the appearance of eating is very good, and she will not fall to the ground at all.Wenxing is still older than Jinghe, but he eats a lot and falls to the ground. "Wen Xing, you have to eat more slowly, look at you, the ones that fall on the ground can feed a chicken." Jing Han teased.

Wen Xing felt a little embarrassed after hearing Jing Han's words, so he gnawed slowly, careful not to drop things on the ground.

After lunch, Mrs. Chen asked the children to go to sleep, and then Mrs. Chen led Mrs. Xue and their sisters-in-law to make zongzi.Jinghan and the others woke up very early in the morning just to look at those tussah silkworms.After eating now, I really felt sleepy, so everyone went back to the house to sleep.Tussah silkworms usually only come out to look for food in the morning, and when the sun is too poisonous, they all hide under the leaves, so there is generally no need to look at them in the afternoon.

When the children woke up, Mrs. Chen and the others had already wrapped all the zongzi and put them in a big basin.

Taking advantage of the fine weather, Mrs. Chen went into the house and found silk threads of five colors, and made them into multicolored threads, then smoothed them out and hung them outside.This multicolored thread is a custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is used to tie children's necks and ankles.This thing needs to be prepared in advance. Put it outside on the night of the fourth day of the fourth day to let the dew hit it, and then tie it on the children on the morning of the fifth day.This colorful thread is naturally a kind of spiritual sustenance for people, hoping that children can suppress evil and avoid poison, and live a long life.

After dinner in the evening, Mrs. Chen put the zongzi in the pot and filled it with water.Press a stone slab on top of the zongzi to prevent the zongzi from floating up, so that they can be cooked quickly.Heat the fire under the pot, and wait until the pot is boiled for two quarters of an hour, then you can slowly stop the fire.The zongzi is simmered in the pot overnight, and the next morning, you can eat delicious zongzi.

On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, Wen Cheng took his brothers and sisters to the river to wash their faces. There are no mountains that are too high, so they didn't go climbing to watch the sunrise.When I got home, the zongzi was out of the pot, and of course there were eggs, which had been simmering in the pot for a long time.

"That's all for this morning. Zongzi and eggs are enough." Chen said, and brought the big pot of eggs to the table.Of course, there are not only eggs, but also a lot of goose eggs.Xu's family hatched [-] goslings this year, plus last year's, there are now nearly [-] geese in the yard, so Xue doesn't feel bad about eating goose eggs or something.

Everyone ate eggs and zongzi together, but the goose eggs were not eaten, but stayed. "Second Sister, let's touch the egg. This goose egg has a thick skin, so it should be even stronger." Wenxuan said.As a child, his first thought was to play.

"You play first, Jingwan and I have to go to work. At this time, the tussah silkworms are preparing to eat the leaves of the oak tree. You must go and have a look." Jinghan doesn't have that time to play with them, so she leads Jing Wan went out.

As soon as Wen Xuan heard that he was going to see tussah silkworms, he hurried out to follow.Wenchang and Wenxuan had always been together, and he also wanted to see how the tussah silkworms were growing, so he followed closely and ran out.We came to the forest in the north.

I saw insects crawling densely on several oak trees in the forest. These insects were small and black in body.They're all there eating leaves.The trees that Jinghan chose were not too tall, less than two meters, and Jinghan is now more than 1.4 meters tall, so she can easily reach the branches on the trees.Jinghan held a pair of large scissors and cut some branches down. These branches are the kind with the densest tussah silkworms.Carrying the branches, I walked to the oak tree not far away that had no tussah silkworms, and then put the branches on the tree, and saw those little silkworms slowly climbed to the tree.

Jinghan kept cutting some branches, and moved the silkworms to many trees.In the growth process of the tussah silkworm, the most important thing is to move the silkworm. If it is not timely, the silkworm will not be able to survive without food.When all the crops were removed, it was already the beginning of time, and everyone hurried back to the venue.

Just as Jinghan entered the venue, she heard the voices of many people talking inside.When they went in and took a look, it turned out that the eldest brother had returned.Wen Han sat on the edge of the Kang with excitement and joy on his face.

"Brother, you're back. My grandma misses you every day." Jinghan saw her elder brother, and immediately jumped to Wenhan's side. "Brother, how did you do in the exam?"

Wen Han looked at Jing Han and found that his sister had turned dark, "Jing Han, what are you busy with? Look at you, you are all tanned." Wen Han said with some distress. "My brother did very well in the exam. I, Zixuan, and Pengcheng all passed the government exam. Now we can be regarded as children." Wen Han said the good news.

Jinghan looked at her elder brother, a 15-year-old boy, who had grown up to be handsome, tall and tall, and had completely inherited the advantages of the Xu family.My brother has grown up, and has become a handsome and gentle young man, Jinghan thought proudly.Jing Han was not too surprised that Wen Han was able to pass the government examination. Although Wen Han was delayed on the mountain for a year, he did not give up his studies during this year. some topics.Wenhan also worked very hard when he went to study in the town. If he still failed the exam, then he really didn't know how to pass the exam.

"Brother, will you still take the college exam in autumn?" Jing Han asked softly.

Wen Han nodded, "Well, there is a college exam this year. I want to try it. Whether I can pass the exam or not, it is an experience after all. Even if I don't pass the exam, I can accumulate some experience. I'm still young. Wait until next time." Wen Han's eyes were calm and firm, just like his mood at the moment.

"Okay, we're all back. Let's have a good celebration today. Let's make some good dishes tonight. Let's have a drink." The old man's alcohol addiction came up again, so he yelled and celebrated.

Of course, everyone has no objection to this. "Okay, today is the holiday, so we should cook something delicious. There is meat and fish at home, kill a chicken later, let's have a good meal tonight." Chen said. "Meilin, isn't there a hen at home that doesn't like to lay eggs? Kill it, and let's satisfy our hunger."

One sentence from Mrs. Chen sentenced the chicken to death.In the evening, everyone had a lively reunion dinner together.The food on the table was very rich, and the children ate all of them, and their stomachs were round after eating.

The old man was very happy today, so he drank a little too much, "Well, Wenhan is a good guy, much better than his fifth uncle. Come on, boss, you have raised a good son, let's have a toast .” The old man had another drink with Zhixin.

When Chen looked at it, he knew that the old man was a little too much. He was happy today, and it was not easy to spoil his interest.So Mrs. Chen pretended she didn't see it, and turned to talk to the daughter-in-law next to her.

Fortunately, the old man still understood that after drinking that cup, he stopped drinking. "I'm old, no, I can't drink too much. I won't drink, you guys drink more, I'll eat." The old man picked up his rice bowl and ate.

(End of this chapter)