Nongwomen's Spring

Chapter 30
When Dazhu's daughter-in-law heard Zhang Qian's words, she refused to take it desperately, "How can this be possible? You will have a new house wine tomorrow. If we take a few back, there will be not enough meat tomorrow."

"I can't ask for it either, I'll save it until tomorrow." Liu Li replied belatedly.

Seeing the two of them thinking of themselves so much, Zhang Qian was moved. She stepped forward, took out four pheasants from the pile of prey, and stuffed them with two, "Don't worry about me, my family Now that there is one person and one snake who can hunt, there is no need to worry about the prey."

Dazhu's daughter-in-law, who was still trying to evade, heard Zhang Qian's words behind her, thought for a while, and felt that Zhang Qian's words were quite reasonable. Let's not say that Liu Jun is a hunting expert in the entire Liujia Village, just take it. To understand it, he is a holy snake, and it will bring blessings, let alone worry about it.

So, Dazhu's wife blushed and accepted it. Seeing that Dazhu's daughter-in-law had accepted it, Liu Li who was on the side accepted it too, and said what Dazhu's wife said, "Thank you."

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was still bright, and the new house at the entrance of the village had already started to be lively.

"Sister, I came here to help you. Don't worry, they are all honest people and won't play tricks." Dazhu's daughter-in-law led a few daughter-in-laws in and introduced them to Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian stopped what she was doing and turned her head to take a look. The four women were all in their 20s. Although the four were women from the village, Zhang Qian could feel the four from their clothes. They are all clean, because their clothes are very clean.

"Four sisters-in-law, I will trouble you later. Dazhu sister-in-law must have told you about my affairs here. Life is not hard. I just help me with washing vegetables, lighting fires and other tasks. One day 35 copper coins, okay?" Zhang Qian looked at the four of them explaining.

After hearing this, the four women showed excited smiles on their faces. Once Zhang Qian finished speaking, the four of them nodded vigorously and replied in unison, "Okay, okay."

Thirty-five copper coins a day is considered a high wage. Like their husbands, who went to the town to do coolies and worked hard, they could only earn 35 copper coins a day, while they could earn 35 copper coins just by washing vegetables and burning fire. A copper coin, a good deed like this, if they don't do it, they will be struck by thunder.

After negotiating the price, Zhang Qian learned that the four of them had no objection to the price. Next, she began to arrange work for the four of them.Two wash vegetables, one chops vegetables, and one makes a fire. In this way, the kitchen of the new house officially became lively.

In the yard, Liu Jun, as the head of the family, was of course there to welcome the villagers who came to this house as guests.

At this time, Liu Jun was wearing a piece of cloth that Zhang Qian went to the town to help him tear a few days ago, with a happy smile on his face.

"Hey, brother Liu Jun, I can't tell, you're actually wearing new clothes. It's not bad, it looks good." Today, Liu Jun will hear these words almost every time he invites someone into the room.

Every time Liu Jun heard this sentence, the grin on his face deepened. After laughing for a while, he couldn't help turning his head to look at the kitchen, his eyes full of affection.

The old Liu's side was quiet and deserted, and on the side of the big house, everyone in the Liu family was sitting there, except for the youngest son who was studying in the town.

"Father, what are you talking about? The third brother's banquet is about to open. If we don't go, we won't be able to get a good seat." Liu Erlang looked impatiently at Liu who was sitting on the main seat. asked the old man.

Old man Liu took a sharp puff of the shredded tobacco in the tobacco rod in his hand, and wisps of smoke drifted over the big room.

"Don't worry about this old man, let's go, let's go there now to have a banquet, why don't we go, today is a big day for my son to enter the new house, of course I, as a mother, will go." At this time, Liu He rubbed Standing up from the chair, he said these words with a ferocious face.

As if she was not eating her son's banquet, but going to eat Qiu's banquet, she clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.

When the others heard Liu He's words, their faces immediately showed joy. As long as they had Liu He's words, they would not be afraid, so they stood up one after another, and followed Liu He out of the Liu family's big house .

Behind them, old man Liu shouted at them angrily, "You bastards, come back to me, come back to me."

It's just that at this time, these people only want to eat in their hearts, so how could they hear old man Liu calling them from behind.

At the same time, at the gate of the village where Liujia Village entered the village, five men and women also came towards the village.

Zhang Qian, who was busy in the kitchen, didn't know that two groups of people were coming to her to make trouble.

In the kitchen, there was a loud sound of oil being spilled into the pot, and the aroma of vegetables wafted into the pot. At this moment, there were six women crowded in the kitchen, and all six pairs of eyes were looking towards Zhang Qian without blinking. Look over here.

"It's amazing." From time to time, this exclamation voice will be heard in the kitchen.

Dazhu's daughter-in-law and Liu Lishi, who were standing closer to Zhang Qian, heard the praise of the four women behind them, and the corners of their mouths smiled brightly, as if the four of them were praising the two of them.

But compared to Zhang Qian who was standing next to the stove, she seemed a little calmer, waving her tiny arms with sweat profusely on her face.

Here, she knows better than anyone else that the reason why the food she cooks is so delicious is that she has done a little cheating, that is, she has added clear water from the grass garden to the water for the dishes. .

As long as she tells the water what it tastes like when she uses it, it will change when it is boiled later.

After working all morning, Zhang Qian finally finished the dishes for the four tables. Zhang Qian looked at the meals in the kitchen with a sense of accomplishment on her face.

"The next work will be troublesome to the sisters-in-law. I am covered in sweat. I will go in and change into clean clothes before I come out to help." Zhang Qian said to the six of them with a smile.

The six wives agreed repeatedly, and under the strong guidance of Dazhu's wife, the five wives brought out the dishes from the kitchen neatly.

In the yard of the new house, except for the villagers who went out to work in the village, everyone who stayed in the village came here to eat the banquet when Zhang Qian and Liu Jun moved into the new house.

"It's so fragrant. I've never smelled such a fragrance when I grow up." A young man's exclamation suddenly came from the yard.

Following this exclamation, some people came out to joke, "Er Gouzi, you have grown up so much, and you only went to town a few times, how could you smell such delicious food?"

Er Gouzi, who was being teased, blushed, rubbed the back of his head and smiled at everyone, and then saw that the woman in front of him was about to bring food to them, so he sat down quickly, picked up his chopsticks, and prepared to eat.

(End of this chapter)