Reborn Scholar

Chapter 20

Lunch is still dumplings, followed by four side dishes.

Peanuts, cold pig ears, garlic fungus, fried pork with green peppers.

Farmers at this time generally do not use vegetables for their meals, or at most stir-fry a vegetable.These four dishes look very shabby in later generations, but at this time, they are already very good.In particular, there are meat dumplings.

Mother and aunt helped serve the dishes, and Miss Qin Qin Xin also rushed to the kitchen to help.

Grandma pushed Qin Xin to sit down, but Qin Xin refused, "I don't even let me do the cooking, and I don't get tired from serving the dishes, so it's fine."

Although grandma gave in with her lips, her expression was joyful.

Meng Shi watched this girl Qin Xin all the time.

At this time, the family situation of my grandmother's family was very good.

The only red brick building in the village, with a large yard and beautiful Longmen.

There are two grapes planted beside Longmen, and the luxuriant branches and leaves cover the whole Longmen.

Entering from Longmen, a straight green brick road is paved all the way to the main room. On both sides of the green brick road, there are small gardens surrounded by neatly trimmed evergreens.A tall pine tree is planted symmetrically in the small gardens on both sides.Near the door, two golden osmanthus trees were planted, which were also divided symmetrically on both sides.

At every corner of the garden surrounded by evergreens, a large rose tree is planted, pink, white, yellow, bright red, water red...

In the garden on the left, in addition to pine trees and golden osmanthus, there are also two cherry trees. There are many persimmon trees in the countryside, but cherry trees are rare.

In the garden on the right, there are no cherry trees, but there are two gardenia trees, a peach tree and a tall orange tree. At this time, the orange trees are already hanging on the branches, and the yellow oranges are very attractive. people.

Go forward from the blue brick road, walk through the gardens on both sides, and next to the gardens are the stairs of the building, which are open-air and in the yard.The handrail at the stairway is also made of cement, and there is a platform where two pots of manjusawa are placed.Of course, Meng Shi didn't know the name until later.In the past, my grandmother told it that mother and child should not meet each other, because when this flower blooms, it has no leaves, and when it has leaves, it has no flowers.Meng Shi called it Lantern Flower at the time, because she thought the flower had several layers, like a lantern, but she didn't expect this flower to have such a high-end and elegant name, Manzhu Shahua, Bianhua...

Entering from Longmen, in addition to a straight road leading to the main house, there are two green brick roads on the left and right, and the left one leads to the old house.The old house is a roof house with blue tiles, and the walls are made of adobe.There is also an old Longmen on the side of the old house, and two smaller blue-tiled rooms, which are the kitchens.In front of the door of the old hall, there is a big pomegranate tree, which is also covered with big pomegranates at this time.Side by side with the pomegranate tree is a big pepper tree, at least ten years old.

To the left of the pomegranate tree is the wall.There are tall Chinese toon trees planted beside the wall. The Chinese toon is not edible at the moment, but the green leaves are good for shade.

Behind the old hall is a large open space, on which a plum tree was planted. In Mengshi, plums were called Huizi here, so it was also called Huizi tree.Then there are five or six pear trees.

Because the open space behind the old hall is actually connected with the open space in front of the new building, so some evergreens were planted here to separate them.

Behind here, also on the left side of the new building, is a pigsty. Next to the pigsty is a toilet and a tall walnut tree.

Because Meng Shi's mother was pregnant with her younger brother when she was less than one year old, she has always lived with her grandmother.It was not until she finished the second grade of elementary school and the family built a house in the town that she was going to go to school in the town, so she stopped living at her grandmother's house.

Over the years, she has become familiar with this yard to the extreme, and it also carries all her childhood dreams and imaginations about the future.

Until... Grandma died, and no one took care of this yard, it was completely deserted.

Later, the pine tree was cut down, and the evergreen was cut down, and later, the sweet-scented osmanthus tree was cut down, and the rose flowers were also cut down...

Then, except for one orange tree, almost all the other flowers and trees in the yard were gone.

……

Now, the courtyard and the red brick building fully showed that the family here is good, and the uncle is also good-looking, so grandma wanted to choose a good one for him.

Meng Shi observed Qin Xin. After the girl came in, she admired everything in the yard. She looked around the small garden, the orange tree full of golden oranges, and she didn't forget to pay attention to the rare cherry tree here. .

Meng Shi nodded secretly. Although she didn't have the ability to discern the pearl, basically there would be no big deviations. They were all from small rural households. How could she be so thoughtful? If she really pretended that she would even see her If you don't come out, there's nothing to say.

There was appreciation and love in Qin Xin's eyes, but there was no jealousy and greed to keep it for himself.

To be honest, Meng Shi had seen many people who came to his grandmother's house, and none of them were jealous when they came here for the first time.Many came and pinched a rose flower and said a few sour words.

When cherries, grapes, plums, peaches, pears, pomegranates and walnuts are ripe, the children around are always led by adults to beg for some fruit to eat.

Meng Shi also saw a lot of people who came to do damage. They picked a few cherries, but they always broke off the whole branches...

It was precisely because he had seen a lot that Meng Shi was very satisfied after observing Qin Xin carefully.

From the moment she entered the door, she looked at the yard with admiration and envy in her eyes, without jealousy or greed.

Of course, if she really concealed it so well, she would have nothing to say.

During the meal, Qin Xin pulled Meng Shi to sit next to her, and Meng Shi also agreed with a smile.

At this time, the bowls are relatively large, and each person has a big bowl of dumplings.

Meng Shi's bowl was big, but there were not many dumplings in it. We all knew that she didn't eat much, so they didn't fill her with many.

Qin Xin's is indeed a big bowl.

Seeing Qin Xin's troubled expression, Meng Shi guessed that she probably couldn't finish eating.

But when I'm a guest outside, I'm too embarrassed to have leftovers, and I'm too embarrassed to say anything... Honest people are like this.

Seeing that Qin Xin was in trouble, Meng Shi smiled and said, "I only served this few for me. I want to eat some more. Auntie, give me some."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the room laughed. Qin Xin's face was flushed, and she was almost ashamed.

Mom glared at Meng Shi, "Stinky girl, what do you know? Don't talk nonsense."

Qin Xin's aunt next to her smiled and said, "It seems that the little girl likes our Xinxin, and they say children have the sharpest eyes. I think this is really a destined marriage."

Everyone else laughed too.

Meng Shi saw that the uncle's face was also a little red, and he lowered his head to eat without making a sound.

Meng Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Xin had already brought over five or six dumplings. Meng Shi's bowls were piled high, while her bowls were leveled. It was obvious that she was also relieved.

Mom quickly said, "You want so much to eat? I won't hit you if there are leftovers later. Xinxin is not enough. Come and let me fill you up. There is still more in the pot."

Meng Shi made a grimace and said nothing.

Qin Xin hurriedly took her bowl, "No big sister, I have enough to eat, I have a small appetite, I can't finish all of this."

……

Meng Shi really couldn't finish eating these, there were five dumplings left, and he couldn't eat any more, so he ran to his uncle, "Uncle, help me eat, I can't finish it, and my mother has to make it again I."

As she spoke, she directly put the dumplings into the uncle's bowl.

The uncle blushed and glared at her, but said nothing.

Meng Shi couldn't help snickering.

After dinner, Qin Xinfei helped her mother and auntie clean up the dishes, and when she got to the kitchen, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to wash the dishes.

Mom quickly said, "Let's put it down, don't touch your hands, there are so many people."

Qin Xin blushed, but refused.

"Mom, there's no water in the tank." Meng Shi said.

At that time, there was no running water in the house, and they were all self-pressurized wells. Every household had a large tank or bucket in the kitchen, with a gourd scoop inside.

"Won't you press some if there is no water?"

"I can't lift it."

"I'll go, I'll go." Qin Xin couldn't help but carry a plastic bucket to pressurize the water.

After Qin Xin left, my uncle came in.

Meng Shi approached the uncle and tugged at his clothes, "Uncle, what do you think?"

Uncle's face flushed again, and people with fair skin blushed especially beautifully. He glared at Meng Shi and said nothing.

Mom slapped Meng Shi across the face, "There are so many things going on at the little girl's house."

This age is not open enough, and it is indeed inappropriate for the little girl Meng Shi to ask this question in her mother's opinion.

Meng Shi was not annoyed, and ran out with a smile.

Come to think of it, this matter should have been almost done.

However, if everything goes as you want, it is not called life...

(End of this chapter)