Xianggong farming

Chapter 35

It was just dawn, and when Wang opened the door, a figure stood at the front door of the yard, which almost made her cry out in fright.

"Dalang, why did you come here so early? Is there something wrong?" Wang immediately asked after seeing the person clearly.

"No, nothing, Auntie. I sent prey to the town yesterday. The second aunt said that you have been picking jujubes to make cakes at home these days. The cakes I ate were really delicious, so I wanted to send some jujubes to you. Go back and feed the children sometime." Seeing that Mrs. Wang was frightened by him, Qi Dalang quickly explained.

"Ah? So early to send jujube, child, did you not sleep last night?" Wang's eyes almost dropped when he saw the jujube in a big ox cart.

"No, no, Auntie, I picked this up yesterday. I wanted to send it here earlier so that you can make it earlier. I came here earlier."

Seeing that this son-in-law is loyal and values ​​her own family, Mrs. Wang is very relieved.So he quickly said: "Come in, come in, look at the fog on your head, come and wipe it off."

Ji Xinmei was the first to wake up. After hearing Wang's words, she immediately got out of bed and pushed Ji Xinmiao: "Big sister, big sister, big brother-in-law is here."

Sleeping late at night, Ji Xinmiao was dreaming at this time. Hearing Ji Xinmei's words, his mind was not sober, and he asked vaguely: "Big sister, are you dreaming? What's so good about him that you can still dream about it?" he."

After hearing Ji Xinmiao's words, Ji Xinmei pushed her hard, dumbfounded: "Eldest sister, who is dreaming? Are you still dreaming? It is really the eldest brother-in-law who is here. Get up quickly, mother is talking to him."

"No! Meier, tell him to come later, I'm not awake yet." Ji Xinmiao is really tired these days because of lack of sleep.

Ji Xinmei kicked her feet: "Forget it, you go to sleep, I'll go out first. If mother asks, I'll tell you that you are lying in bed."

Ji Xinmiao didn't wake up, but Ji Xinmin was woken up. She rolled over and got out of bed as soon as she grunted: "Second sister, where is the eldest brother-in-law?"

Looking at the big bright eyes of the little girl, she knew what she was thinking. Ji Xinmei gave her a mouthful: "I'm talking to my mother in the hall. The eldest sister is not excited, what are you excited about?"

The two sisters muttered in the room and finally drove away Ji Xinmiao's drowsiness: "What are you talking about? Are you excited or not?"

Ji Xinmei was eye-opening now: "Sister, what I've been telling you for so long, are you still dreaming?"

Ji Xinmiao frowned: "What did you say to me? Didn't you say you were dreaming?"

Ji Xinmiao's godlike image finally collapsed in Ji Xinmei's heart: "Sister! Who is dreaming? You are still dreaming. I told you that the eldest brother-in-law is here, so you can say that I dreamed of him. You are not sleepy Bar?"

Big brother-in-law?Qi Dalang?
"Huh? What did he come to our house so early?"

Seeing her expression, Ji Xinmei said unhappily: "I heard that my mother said that she sent a large cart of jujube to our family early in the morning. What do you think he is here for? He worked so hard to deliver to our family so early in the morning. Come on, if you don’t feel sorry for him, don’t say anything, and return this expression! Big brother-in-law is really worthless!”

Ji Xinmiao finally blushed: "Stinky girl, this little thing sold you? It seems that he really knows how to sell people's hearts."

If this man is interested in this marriage, is he really interested in himself?
After Ji Xinmiao got dressed and combed her hair and went out, she was still thinking about it.At this time, Qi Dalang had already unloaded all his things and moved them into the living room. He also washed his hands and face to wipe off the fog on his head. Ji Kunping accompanied him to talk in the yard.

In the kitchen, Ji Xinmiao asked Wang: "Mother, why did he come to our house so early? Didn't it mean that it's not good to come to the woman's house before getting married?"

Wang said with a smile: "He came to the village so early because he was afraid that others would talk nonsense, and he arrived at the door before dawn. In fact, there are not so many people in the countryside. There are many prospective son-in-laws and daughter-in-laws. He came to help the female farmer before he entered the house. This child also has a heart. He went to your second aunt's house in the town. He heard that we were picking these jujubes, so he remembered it in his heart. He said it was when he was hunting in the mountains. I found a few good sour jujube trees. I went into the mountain twice yesterday and picked them back. This child is really caring, Miaoer. A woman can marry a man who is caring for you in her lifetime. Good tire."

"Mother, he's trying to please you. He doesn't care about me anymore? I won't tell you anymore, I'll go to Xise." When Wang saw Ji Xinmiao, she found that her little heart was beating fast. , His face also turned red.

Seeing that her daughter was shy, Wang said lovingly, "Go ahead, dinner will be served right away."

On the sixth day of August, the jujube matter was finally over.

There are two flavors of sweet potato and pumpkin. In order to avoid the resurgence of sour dates and affect the taste, Ji Xinmiao asked his second uncle to bring ten large altars from the boss in the city, and wrapped a large bag with straw paper left over from cooking on the stove. Charcoal, placed in a jar.

The second uncle didn't quite understand: "Miao'er, why did you put charcoal at the bottom of the jar?"

Ji Xinmiao thought that the second uncle was kind and clever, and his family was in the dry goods business, so he told him, "Second uncle, this charcoal can prevent moisture. This year, we made a lot of jujube cakes and sent them to the city. To sell it, it needs to be stored for a month or two. But this thing is easy to get damp, and it will become moldy when it gets damp, so put some charcoal and it will be fine.”

Sure enough, the second uncle's eyes lit up: "Really? Is this charcoal still useful?"

Ji Xinmiao nodded: "As long as the second uncle has used it, you will believe it."

"A good idea, Miao'er, this method is very useful to the second uncle, and you have helped my uncle and me a lot! Thank you for telling me?"

Ji Xinmiao smiled: "Second uncle, you have not helped the family a little, uncle, please don't say thank you."

The family was putting up jars, and suddenly many people came in noisy from the yard.

As soon as Mr. Ji came out of the gate, an aunt rushed up and asked: "Uncle Ming and Qing, I heard that your sour jujube cake is sold at a high price. I also have some at home. Can you help me to sell it?"

Mr. Ji frowned: "Wangzi's daughter-in-law, who told you that my sour jujube cake was sold at a high price? Why didn't I know about this?"

Wangzi's daughter-in-law curled her lips when she heard this: "Uncle Ming and Qing, I didn't talk nonsense about this matter. You know whether you have sold it for a good price. However, we are all members of the same clan, so don't forget to procrastinate when there are good things. Relatives?"

"Yeah, big brother Mingqing, Mingzheng can treat you like a brother. Anyway, your family also sells jujube cakes. Can you bring some of ours?" Uncle Ji Mingzheng's daughter-in-law.

"Sisters and sisters, my old man doesn't know where you found out about it. The wild jujube cakes in my house are mostly used for weddings, and they don't have the good price you said. Which one do you listen to? Tell her to come and talk to me." Mr. Ji took a puff of welding smoke, and knocked the chimney on the threshold with a "dong dong".

Wangzi's daughter-in-law glanced at the carriage in the yard and shouted: "Uncle Ming and Qing, this is the carriage that came to your house to pack jujube cakes, right? Oh my god, they all used the carriage to load the goods, and they said they didn't sell for a good price. It's all Family relatives in a village, do you need to be so defensive? Anyway, the boss doesn’t think sour jujube cakes are too much, uncle, you can’t just be a good person once? You have helped the villagers, and everyone is grateful to you.”

Several women looked at the carriage and chattered together: "This must be true. Uncle Ming and Qing, don't be so stingy. You don't have to pay for the money. Isn't it too much to guard against the clansmen?"

"Go and call the patriarch over to have a look. It's really disappointing that Uncle Ji's family has a good way to hide their secrets." A woman said a series of words excitedly.

Grandma Ji couldn't bear it any longer in the house, she came out and said to Ji Dahu's wife who said this: "Dahu's family, you have to rely on your conscience when you say this. Our family has a way to hide it and it's not too much." Right? Just because our family made a few extra loads of sour jujube cakes, if we don’t tell you about it, we will sue the patriarch? That’s fine, don’t talk about the carriage today. This carriage belongs to my second son-in-law. He has something to do at home. Just based on what you said, if you have a good way, you can’t hide your secrets and go to the patriarch. That’s good, Dahu’s daughter-in-law. Since the clan has good methods, you have to pass them on to everyone, so your Dahu is not learning. Have you learned the craft of making tofu? How about teaching it to the people in the village?"

Dahu's daughter-in-law blushed when she heard that: "How can it be? My family's Dahu's craftsmanship is inherited from the ancestors, how can it be passed on to outsiders?"

"Outsiders? Are you saying that all the clansmen in the village are outsiders? Since your family's craftsmanship cannot be known to outsiders, why do you have to tell everyone in the village about my family's way of earning money? Do you think my men are too honest? Didn't you want to call the patriarch? Go, daughter-in-law, my old lady is waiting here." Grandma Ji's face was as dark as ink.

Grandma Ji's words made all the women in the courtyard change their faces.

Seeing that Grandma Ji's tone is very tough, she also feels that this big tiger's daughter-in-law is stupid, that good things can't be done, only bad things can happen.Ji Mingzheng's wife really wanted to sell the sour jujube cake in her hand, so she flattered her and said, "Second aunt, we don't mean that. I just heard that your sour jujube cake has a good market. No, we also made some , just want to follow you to earn a few big money in exchange for some oil and salt? Don't listen to the nonsense of Dahu's family, we are here to ask you for help, not to make a grievance."

Wangzi's daughter-in-law immediately said good things when she heard it: "Yes, yes, Second Aunt, everyone really wants to ask for your help, and I really have no other selfish intentions."

It's from the folks in the village, and their family is going to have a wedding soon, so it's meaningless to really offend the villagers.So Grandma Ji looked at the few people in the yard with a straight face: "Since you said you want to help, it's not impossible. I just want to ask, where did you hear about this. I don't want to help There is a gap in my heart."

As soon as Grandma Ji finished speaking, the faces of the people in the yard were troubled. Dahu's daughter-in-law also made a lot of jujube cakes and was about to sell them to make some new clothes for the children, so she looked at Wangzi's wife: "Sister-in-law, You can tell Second Aunt about it, otherwise our jujube cake won’t be sold. I went to the market yesterday and sold it for a long time but didn’t sell two catties.”

Everyone looked at Wangzi's daughter-in-law. She was in a dilemma for a while, and after struggling for a long time, she said slowly, "Second Aunt, I heard about it from Fuzi and his mother."

When Grandma Ji heard this, she felt furious, and she gritted her teeth and looked at her younger son: "This is the good wife you want to marry!"

(End of this chapter)