Madam, go home and farm

Chapter 62
After buying the seasonings, Hong Haoan was in a state of excitement all the time. When he returned home, he didn't even think about eating lunch. He was absorbed in holding the book, chanting the names and dosages of various medicinal materials in his mouth.

Puhuang couldn't help but shook his head, didn't say much, decided to go to the mountain in the afternoon, and the things that will be used tomorrow night are almost bought today, and he went to the mountain in the afternoon to pick some grapefruit leaves and come back, and he still needs to fork a few fish , sent out as a gift.

Except for Erye Hong, Uncle Hong, Mrs. Xu, Lizheng, Uncle Wu and others who have helped me all have to give gifts, but the weight and value of the gifts are distributed according to their closeness.

Pulling Hong Haoan's attention back, Puhuang discussed with him how much each household should prepare so that she could be prepared, such as how many fish to bring back, do you need pheasants, how much meat do you want to buy tomorrow, etc.?
This ceremony is different from the previous ones, it cannot be casual, some things must be prepared.For mid-autumn festival gifts, a grapefruit leaf and a pair of red-painted boiled eggs must be placed in the basket. As for the others, it depends on how the gift giver prepares.

It can only be said that the customs are very strange. According to Hong Haoan, not all villages have the same customs, even if they are adjacent to each other, they also have their own taboos. In order to make Puhuang understand better, Hong Haoan also cited several examples.

According to the agreement with Hong Hao'an, pheasants and hares will not be given away. Each New Year's gift will loose a three-layer meat of about two catties, plus two fish, a three or four taels of dried longan, and a grapefruit. Now, Puhuang was relieved that there was no need to send mooncakes, she only bought a few.

Entering the valley, Puhuang scooped water to irrigate the vegetable field, turned over the manure pond evenly, added a lot of weeds, and then went to look at the pomelo tree. Picked and folded a lot of pomelo leaves.

When Puhuang returned home with the ferns, he saw Hong Haoan stuffing ferns into the stove while playing with his waist. He looked at the time, and it was a little early for cooking at this time, "Sister, are you hungry?" As for Mr. Hong Hao'an, she was already very good at calling her. She didn't have any thoughts. She found that in ancient times, calling her own man's name was only done in private and with a good relationship. Therefore, Puhuang also adapted to it. for a long time.

"There's no more boiling water, I'm afraid you're thirsty." Hong Haoan shook his head, straightened up, his hands were stained with a lot of plant ash, he clapped his hands, "It will be opened later."

"It's okay, I'm not thirsty. By the way, when I passed the gate of Dad and theirs just now, a carriage came. Is there a guest in Mid-Autumn Festival?" Pu Huang asked curiously. Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion, and they usually don't go out. visiting relatives and friends.

"Carriage?" Hong Haoan frowned, "Could it be the third brother, but he works in a restaurant, and Zhong Qiu usually doesn't have time."

"It's hard to say, hey, don't worry, I'll go wash the basket, you can peel a grapefruit, I brought back a lot, enough." She found that Hong Haoan's taste was similar to hers.

There are four baskets in the house, which are about the same size. Pu Huang took the cooking chopsticks made of bamboo tubes and went to the river to clean them several times, and there were many people doing the same thing.Pu Huang usually doesn't often communicate with these young daughter-in-laws, and at this time he also pricked up his ears to listen to how they prepare for the ceremony.

But after hearing the content, they were talking about how to keep her mother-in-law from minding the annual gift to her natal family. Pu Huang felt a little embarrassed. Her so-called natal family was far away and separated. It's really cool to get out of the house and live a life without being shackled by others.

But then, their topic turned to Mrs. Wu, and one of the young daughters-in-law stabbed the other and said, "Hey, did you see the members of Hong's family, who got off the carriage, their face is so pale, and the clothes they are wearing are so pale. Better than us, like a rich lady." The tone was very envious.

"No matter what, she's not Miss Qianjin, she's just a hen that can't lay eggs." Another little daughter-in-law sneered.

"I heard people say that Hong's third daughter-in-law wants Hong's third wife to marry him, but the second aunt objected. Didn't they rarely come back during the Chinese New Year?" Another person continued to break the news.

"What, true or false, tell me..."

Listening to the gossip of the two young daughters-in-law, Puhuang gave a pause, and the youngest of the Hong family came back. Since she came here, she has never seen the third and third daughter-in-law of the Hong family, but the last time she went to sell wild boars , she overheard the conversation between Mrs. Wu and Mr. Hong, and didn't pay attention to his appearance.But this is not the key point, as Hong Haoan said, Mid-Autumn Festival is when the restaurant is busy, why did Hong Haocheng come back suddenly?
After quickly washing the basket, Puhuang went back without knowing that the two young daughters-in-law just now turned the topic to her, but even if they heard it, so what, she didn't care.

I put the basket upside down in front of the door, and now I can't get the sun, but if the wind blows, it will be almost the same tomorrow.In the room, Hong Haoan was already peeling the wax gourd, and put the peeled pomelo peel on the side. He heard Puhuang say that this can be used for making tea or eating, so he specially kept it.

"Why don't you eat the grapefruit after peeling it?" Puhuang said, peeling off half of it, and stuffed it into Hong Hao'an's mouth without thinking, "Just now I heard that the third brother and the third younger sibling really came back, look Come to the old house to do something again."

"It has nothing to do with us, my lady, don't worry." Hong Hao'an raised his head and smiled, chewing on the grapefruit, feeling that it was sweeter than the ones he ate before.

"That's right, I'm going to dissect the fish and fry the fish tonight." Pu Huang nodded, even if something happened to Mr. Hong, it has nothing to do with his family. Well, tomorrow at noon, I'm going to have a reunion at the old house I have to go early to help with the meal, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat anything good, so I'll reward myself today, anyway, I caught a few more fish.

The next day, Puhuang put away the baskets placed outside the house. There were four baskets in total, and they were to be given to five households for festival gifts. Put the red-painted hard-boiled eggs aside and weigh them in your hands. Each basket weighs nearly ten catties, and the grapefruit is not light.

After breakfast, Puhuang carried a basket and crossed the river with Hong Haoan to send New Year's gifts. Most of the people he met along the way had changed into better clothes, and many of them carried coarse cloths like Puhuang in their hands. baskets, they will nod and say hello when they come across them.

If you say that you don't feel much at home, but when you go out, Puhuang hastened to the atmosphere of the festival, which is indescribable, which makes her a little excited who has always been indifferent.

Uncle Hong only had Uncle Hong and Mrs. Zhang at home, and Mrs. Guan and Mrs. Su went back to their natal family to give gifts. Therefore, Puhuang and the others didn't stay long, and they changed after a few gossips.After delivering the gift, the two of them walked back slowly with an empty basket in hand. The sun had not risen for a long time at this time, and it was not very hot. It was estimated that it was only about a quarter of an hour.

The vacated basket was just used as a ceremony to go to the second master of the Hong family. Pu Huang didn't want to go, so she let Hong Haoan go, and she planned to wait until it was almost time for cooking.

Because the Wu family has no married daughter, and only Hong Haoan's family is separated, she waited for Puhuang to give her a boxing gift early in the morning, and kept standing at the door looking out. After going to the other side of the river, I muttered and cursed, remembering to walk back and forth.

She didn't buy anything during the Mid-Autumn Festival this time, she just waited for Puhuang to bring her a gift, so that she could take it back to her natal family as a gift.

Although Puhuang didn't follow Hong Haoan, her mental power was always paying attention to the situation there. After months of training, her mental power had grown again. Although she still couldn't reach level four, her detection range also increased.

Listening to Mrs. Wu scolding Hong Haoan for being stingy, she gave away such a small piece of meat, and the speed was procrastinating. Anyway, she was not satisfied at all. Regarding this, Puhuang couldn't help curling her lips. Last time she bought that big The pork leg itself paid part of the money, which of course had to be deducted from the ceremony.

After delivering the gift, Hong Hao'an didn't go back immediately. He was left behind by Hong Haocheng, the third son of Hong, who said he had something to tell him, so Pu Huang didn't continue to inquire about this point, anyway, Hong Hao'an would tell her later.

Lunch is considered a reunion dinner, so it should be very rich, but Wu's stingy, the dry rice he gave must not be enough for everyone, and it would be shameful to make porridge. Several women crowded in the kitchen, and they didn't know what to do. In addition, except for the vegetables grown by the family, there was no meat, and all the gifts from Puhuang were taken back to her natal family by Wu.

In the end, Mrs. Lu, who just came back, couldn't take it anymore, so she took the money and asked Mrs. Chen to go to a few small shops in the village to buy tofu and fish, and only then did she deal with the lunch meal.Even so, everyone still had a very unpleasant meal at noon. Mrs. Wu was all disgusted and picky, scolding the three daughters-in-law inside and outside the words.

Pu Huang never expected to have a full meal at Wu's side, so she only ate a little and put down the bowl, and Lu's was the same, but Wu and Xia were picky while eating, it was really duplicity.

The second master of the Hong family didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, his face was always sullen, and he didn't know what happened. Pu Huang was keenly aware that an unknown family storm was about to happen again.

　Eyes suddenly itchy and swollen, it may be infected, I pressed some acupoints, and I plan to go to bed, the update will probably be very late tomorrow...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)