Pampered Tian's Wife: The Little Weaver Girl in the Farmhouse

Chapter 41 Dragon Boat Festival

Qiaoyun went back to Qi's house and got up before dawn to cook every morning. After the meal was ready, she ate first without caring about the others, and then went to the other side of the woods of Qi's house.The silkworms have already climbed the tree, so we must go to the forest to watch them earlier, otherwise, the early birds will eat all the silkworms.

Every day, Xiaoshitou came to the forest to wait. Qiaoyun drove the birds away, and taught Xiaoshitou how to defend himself.Little Shitou can endure hardships, Qiaoyun asked him to squat, and the little guy squatted for an hour without even moving.

Seeing Xiao Shitou's persistence, Qiao Yun was also very happy, and made up her mind to teach Xiao Shitou everything she had learned.

The two were practicing kung fu on the mountain while driving away birds and beasts, and Qiao Yun taught Xiao Shishi how to knock down those birds with stones.Little Shitou just started learning, and his hands might not be good enough, but Qiaoyun has already practiced his skills very well. He shot down ten or eight birds in one morning, just like playing.

The birds were big or small, Qiaoyun didn't dislike them, so she and Xiao Shitou packed up and ate them with fire.The two of them had bird meat to eat every day, and from time to time, Qiaoyun would catch two fish or something, so Xiaoshitou had meat to eat every morning, and he could learn skills, so Xiaoshitou loved to come to Qiaoyun more and more.

In a blink of an eye, it will be three or four days before Qiaoyun returns home, just in time for the Dragon Boat Festival.For rural people, the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are big festivals, and they must be celebrated according to the occasion.Of course, the Dragon Boat Festival is indispensable to eat zongzi. People in Qijia Village usually use oak leaves to wrap them. Few people buy zongzi leaves.

Of course, the leaves of the oak trees in this season have not grown so big, and they are usually harvested and dried in the shade last year, so they can be used this year.Glutinous rice or rhubarb rice is used to make zongzi. Of course, Mrs. Liu is reluctant to buy glutinous rice. It happens that there is rhubarb rice at home, so she makes zongzi made of rhubarb rice.

The food for the festival is the only one that Qiaoyun does not need to do. This matter is all prepared by Liu himself.Of course, when Mrs. Liu was working, she must be swearing at others.On the afternoon of the fourth day, Mrs. Liu led Xiumei and Xiuyan to make rice dumplings in the yard, scolding Qiaoyun while making dumplings.

Qiaoyun was weaving in the house, and the loom was making a lot of noise.For the sake of her own hearing, Qiao Yun always stuffed cotton balls in her ears, so Qiao Yun couldn't hear Liu's swearing at all.

After the dumplings are wrapped, they are cooked in the pot at night, and they are simmered for one night, and they are just right for eating the next morning.With zongzi to eat, Qiaoyun didn't have to get up early to cook for the first time. Of course, she still had to go up the mountain to see the silkworms.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, you should go to the river to wash your face before dawn.So early in the morning, Qi Tiankui called the children up and asked Xiumei and the others to pick mugwort and put it on the gate.

Xiumei Xiuyan got up in a daze, and then went to the river to wash her face, and then picked a lot of mugwort and put them on both sides of the gate.At this time, Mrs. Liu also took all the zongzi and eggs out of the pot, and the family sat around the table and prepared to eat.

There are delicious ones, so of course Mrs. Liu has to separate them.Mrs. Liu didn't need to say that, of course, he was reluctant to give Qiaoyun food, so he wanted to spend Qiaoyun.It was Qi Tiankui who spoke, and asked Mrs. Liu to give Qiaoyun rice dumplings and eggs, so that Qiaoyun could go up the mountain quickly after eating.

Since the two had a quarrel last time, Mrs. Liu didn't dare to refute what Qi Tiankui said.So, Liu's nose is not a nose face is not a face, and gave Qiaoyun a rice dumpling and an egg. "Eat it, glutton reincarnated, if you don't eat it, you will die of hunger, eat it quickly and go to work."

Qiaoyun naturally knew that if Qi Tiankui hadn't said something today, she wouldn't even be able to eat this zongzi, so she didn't say anything, just opened the zongzi and ate it.Zongzi wrapped in oak leaves looks not small, but there are many leaves and less rice inside, so a zongzi is really useless.

But Qiaoyun didn't want any more, just took the egg and put it in her arms, "Father, mother, I'm going to the mountain." After saying that, she stood up and left.

Waiting for Qiaoyun to leave the door, Qi Tiankui said, "Why are you so stingy? What can you do if you just give her an extra rice dumpling? She goes up to the mountain to herd silkworms every day, and she weaves at home. Anyway, it also made her full. If you are like this, who in our village doesn't laugh at us? They say we are cruel and heartless."

Qi Tiankui was also a little dissatisfied. The key point was that many people in the village would sneer at him when they saw him.

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she went crazy again, "You said it lightly, our family has made a total of twenty rice dumplings, and if you give her one more, others will have nothing to eat. If you say that, what are you doing?" Why don’t you give her your share? Don’t be a good boy here. If you feel sorry for her, then don’t eat it. I don’t know what life is like at home every day? It’s good to have her to eat. .”

Qi Tiankui was blocked by Mrs. Liu, he had nothing to say, he was talking about Mrs. Liu, and he was just talking about it. If he really gave his share to Qiaoyun, he would not be willing. "I still have to go to work in the fields, what if I can't eat enough?" Qi Tiankui muttered in a low voice, and then he ate all the rice dumplings and eggs in front of him.

Seeing Qi Tiankui like that, Mrs. Liu couldn't help snorting a few times.She knew that when it came to food, no one would give up a bite, so there was nothing she could do, that damn girl Qiaoyun didn't have anything to eat, she deserved it.

Everyone in the Qi family had breakfast, and those who should go to work in the fields went to work, and no one mentioned the matter of zongzi.And Qiaoyun came to the mountain in a hurry, and saw that the little stone had already started squatting. "Little Shitou, stop for a moment, I've brought you something to eat." Qiaoyun took out an egg from her bosom and handed it to Xiaoshitou.

Xiao Shitou shook his head, "Aunt Qiao, I ate this morning. Look, I brought you an egg." While speaking, Xiao Shitou also took out an egg and brought it to Qiaoyun.

The two looked at the eggs that the other took out, and they both understood that they were reluctant to eat them and left them for each other.Qiaoyun and Xiaoshitou looked at each other and smiled, "Fine, let's not give way to anyone, and eat our own. I will catch another bird later, and we will roast the bird meat to eat."

Xiao Shitou thought for a while and nodded, "Then I'll eat yours, you can eat mine." Although they are all the same eggs, the meaning behind them is different.

"Okay." Qiaoyun didn't object, so the two exchanged eggs, and then ate them.

"Aunt Qiao, why are you being so nice to me?" Xiao Shitou asked while eating.

Qiaoyun stopped what she was doing, tilted her head and thought for a while, "It's okay, we are in the same situation, helping you is the same as helping me."

(End of this chapter)