Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 109 Balsam
Shitou and Jinshan both had lanterns in their hands, but when they saw Yu Shi's newly brought back lanterns, they rushed to ask for them. People said it was incense, and they not only gave me the lantern, but also a package of incense!” He said and showed them a paper bag in his hand, which contained the incense.

"Hey, this incense costs sixteen coins!" Ning Qing came back after eating the glutinous rice balls, saw Niang De's incense and said, "There are four coils of incense in a bag, and each is four coins."

Niang pinched it with her hands, "There are two."

Ning Qing just laughed, "Mother, the incense sticks are always rolled together in two, and they are separated when used, so there are four."

The mother opened the paper bag and saw that the two coils of incense were tightly rolled together, "How can I open this, so I'm afraid it won't be broken?" Mosquito repellent only uses wormwood, of course it won't work.

Ning Qing met Liu's family when she was married, and said, "It's easy to separate with just a twist of the hand." Then he asked anxiously, "Who guessed this mystery?"

The mother said what happened just now, "It's okay to talk about it now, but I never thought of it at the time, it's still easy to use Wan'er's brain."

Ning Qing also claimed that brains are easy to use, so he and Liu Wulang went to see the fan again, but they returned empty-handed after a while, "Everything that is easy is guessed away, and the rest is difficult." Pushing Ning Wan again, "You go to guess one more, and you only get one lantern, who is better to give the stone or the golden mountain?"

Ning Wan had no choice but to go forward and look at the puzzles again, and saw two connected wooden characters written in yellow on a lantern, so she took off the lantern and went up to the horse shopkeeper standing in the shop, saying: "This is Pistacia chinensis. "

"That's right!" Shopkeeper Ma nodded and smiled, "Little girl is so smart!" He took out a beautiful small porcelain box from the counter, "This is a balm made of pistachio oil, which is much better than ordinary rouge. It can be used every day." If you keep on wiping it, you won’t get wrinkles.”

Ning Wan picked it up. Although she guessed it was Pistacia chinensis, she didn't know that there was actually a balm of Pistacia chinensis oil.Goodbye, this small porcelain box is only half the size of a palm. On it are two very gorgeous peony flowers, the petals and stamens are so real, and the words "National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance" are inscribed on the side. It is obviously a precious thing, and it is very precious. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Ma."

Just as he was about to go out with the lantern, he saw Hu Dunru coming from behind the counter, "Sister Wan, I don't want you to guess what I did."

"Why is the third brother here?" Ning Wan asked, and immediately figured it out. Even if shopkeeper Ma can write and count, he can't think of these lamp fans. Naturally, he hired someone to do it.And the person invited was naturally from the only school in the town. Hu Dunru was very knowledgeable, so it was not uncommon for him to be invited by the shopkeeper Ma to help.

Sure enough, Hu Dunru said: "A few of our classmates helped to make a few lantern fans, and today we met again to watch lanterns and make poems. When we were tired, we rested in the shop." Turning around, he said to the shopkeeper, "She is my mother. Goddaughter, she just moved to the town, just a few shops away."

Shopkeeper Ma knew it, "Is your surname Ning? Your family bought the former Lin's shop?"

Ning Wan smiled and nodded, "Exactly, we will be neighbors from now on, and my father will visit the shopkeeper Ma after the festival."

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Shopkeeper Ma nodded and smiled, "Go back and give your parents New Year's greetings for me. Right now I have no time to go out."

Ning Wan left with a smile, "The shopkeeper is busy."

After leaving the shop, Hu Dunru also followed, bringing another scholar of similar age, "Sister Wan, this is Yang Yi, my classmate

Friends, his house is your neighbor. "

Ning Wan already knew that her neighbors were named Yang and Su, and the Su family also ran a shop, specializing in farm tools. Although the Yang family lived on the street, they didn't have a shop. I heard that the family had thousands of acres of land outside the town. Yang Yi moved here only to send his only son to study in the town, and Yang Yi was obviously the only son of the Yang family who was studying.

In Sanjia Village, people often say that "distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors." Neighbors who get along well are more useful than distant relatives.And since the Ning family is new here, they naturally want to get along well with their neighbors, and after the Lantern Festival, the family will make arrangements to treat guests, and then they must invite their neighbors.

So Ning Wan smiled and wished, "Happy New Year, Mr. Yang Xiao!" and said: "When we first arrived in the town, we always need Mr. Yang Xiao's help."

Mr. Yang Xiao was shy, and Ning Wan could see that his face was blushing under the lamp, so she quickly returned the salute, and only after a while did she whisper, "That's what it should be."

Ning Wan stopped talking to Yang Yi, but said to Hu Dunru: "Tomorrow my family is going to invite relatives and neighbors to dinner, so Third Brother should come over by then."

Hu Dunru nodded, "That's natural."

Ning Wan talked to him a few words and went back. The Ning family saw her go, and they came back with a lantern. Shitou and Jinshan clapped their hands and applauded. Qing Ye had no choice but to say sourly: "If we had known, we would have gone to Ma's house first. If you guessed the lantern, you wouldn't need to buy it." Then he hurriedly asked: "What gift did you get?"

Ning Wan took out the small porcelain box, "It's said to be balm, with pistachio oil added, and it won't cause wrinkles if you wipe it often."

"Oh!" Ning Qing grabbed it in her hand and opened the lid. Seeing that the snow-white oil inside was extremely delicate and had a very pleasant fragrance, she lightly rubbed it on, and then applied it on the back of her hand. His skin became moisturised, and he said, "This is very expensive, one penny for a box! My sister-in-law bought a box and showed it off to me! I didn't think twice about buying it!"

Ning Wan was on guard against Ning Qing, seeing that she had wiped it off without her consent, she was afraid that she would ask for it, so she quickly reached out and took it back, "I want to wipe it myself, so as not to be born in the future." wrinkle."

Ning Qing said, "How old are you, it's still too early to get wrinkles."

"So we have to take precautions before they happen!" Ning Wan put the box into her sleeve and said, "I advise you to buy a box too. It's not that the second sister has no money, so what's the use of saving too much? No amount of money can erase wrinkles."

Ning Qing also thought it was reasonable, but she was reluctant to spend the money. After a long while of fighting between heaven and man in her heart, she finally decided not to buy it. From now on, she would always find a way to rub some balm in Wan'er's room every morning and evening. After buying a box, she went to rub her mother again, and that's another story.

Leaving the Ma's shop, I arrived home in three steps and two steps. It was already midnight, and Shitou and Jinshan were so sleepy that they couldn't keep their eyes open. The adults also felt sleepy, so they all hurriedly washed and went to bed.In the past, in Sanjia Village, there was no such excitement. Except for celebrating the New Year, everyone woke up at dawn and went to bed when it got dark. They were not used to it.

Woke up the next day, Ning Liang and his son-in-law went to fetch water.It turns out that there is a mountain stream next to Bisanjia Village in Mayi Town, and it takes half an hour to walk back and forth to fetch water from the small river outside the town.Most people in the town do not carry water by themselves, but buy water at a price of one bucket, or two yuan per load of water.When Ning Liang first heard that water had to be bought with money, he refused no matter what. This time he brought a pole and a bucket when he came back from Sanjia Village, so he had to carry the water by himself.

Ning Wan knew that she couldn't persuade her right now, she had to wait until her father got used to it and understood it, so she didn't go too deep into it, and her mother and second sister prepared all kinds of food, everything from pork to Chinese cabbage. They were all brought from Sanjia Village, which is convenient. You only need to go to the wine shop and bring back the two jars to start the feast.

Ning Liang returned with two loads of water, changed clothes with Yu Shi and went to various houses to treat guests.Just before going out, Hu Dunru arrived, holding two jars of wine in his hand, saluted Ning Liang and Yu Shi, and said: "I will accompany my uncle and aunt to invite guests."

Ning Liang and Yu Shi are honest and timid people in their hearts. Although they have been in business for two years, they can do more things than before, but they listen to their daughters in many things. They don't have any ideas, and they are not good at dealing with people, especially today. Most of the guests are strangers, and now I am very happy to see Hu Dunru coming to help, "We wanted to take Wan'er, but she is a girl after all, and she is not too young, so it is inconvenient. Mr. Hu Xiao came to help. "As for Liu Wulang, although he is a man, he is willing to help, but the son-in-law is always an outsider, and it is not easy for him to come forward in everything about the Ning family.

The three of them went out while talking, and Ning Wan and Ning Qing started frying and frying. At noon, the banquet was ready and the guests arrived one after another.

The first one the Ning family wanted to invite in the town was of course Liu's family, serious in-laws, and then the Gu family who was married to Hu Dunru, which could be regarded as a turning point. The carpenter and others, and finally the left and right neighbors, the Yang family and the Su family.

The male guest moved to the south room, where two kang tables were put together to form a large table. Several kinds of wine and fruits were placed, including hazelnuts, walnuts, pine nuts, and pumpkin seeds brought by the Ning family from Sanjia Village, and some from Hutai County. Xiangjuli's dim sum shortbread, as well as home-made mung bean cakes and yellow rice noodle fried cakes, filled the table.The Ning family specially bought a piece of good tea cake, boiled hot tea, and poured it into a newly bought tureen. The aroma and moisture wafted in the room, making people who came in from the cold outside feel warm immediately.

It was the same for the female guests, except that the seats were arranged in the west room, because Ning Wan grew up, this time she moved to the wing room, and a stone was given here, but he still slept with his mother, so it was temporarily vacant.

After all, it is a newly repaired house, very tidy, the walls and window paper are snow-white, with brand-new New Year pictures and window grilles pasted on it, the furniture is newly made by Wang Carpenter, and the kang is covered with new reed mats.Mrs. Xu praised, "It's such a tidy house, I put a lot of thought into cleaning it up!"

Mrs. Yu always likes to praise her daughter, so she pointed to Ning Wan who poured wine and delivered food and said: "I don't have time to bring my youngest son, she and her father made this place here, even today's banquet is also made by her and her." The two sisters burned it."

Ning Wan smiled and said, "Our family moved here from a mountain village, and we haven't seen much of the world, and the food and vegetables are simple, so you can use whatever you want."

Mrs. Xu pointed at the dishes on the table and smiled, "Is this considered simple? There are delicacies from mountains and seafood, so I don't know what good noodles are!"

Mrs. Gu also laughed, "Look at how well this sweet and sour carp is cooked! It is golden red and shiny, and there is no knife on the stomach. It seems that the intestines were taken out of the mouth with a secret method. I only eat them in restaurants in Hutai County. Pass."

And Mrs. Li Chang said: "How is this chicken stewed? It smells so good."

Ning Wan said, "Dried lotus leaves are added to the soup to give it a little fragrance. Red dates, lotus seeds and glutinous rice are added to the chicken belly, which can be eaten as a dish or as a meal."

When women are together, they like to talk about food. Whoever has good food is always a matter of face. Now that I saw the dishes that the Ning family treated for the first time, I knew that although the family moved here from the mountain village, it was not unusual. The country folks, after all, the upper class people in the town may not be able to make such a table.

The banquet started when everyone was full, and Ning Wan finally brought some stir-fried vegetables from the stove and put them on the table.The new houses in the town are different from those in Sanjia Village. The kitchen is not in the middle of the main house, but behind the house.The advantages of this are very obvious. First of all, there is no need to go through the stove door when entering the door, and the main room does not need to be smoky, and cooking is just as easy as cooking.The only inconvenience is that I have to go through the main room to come in after cooking, and go around half the room.

Ning Qing and Ning Wan have already separated. Ning Qing is a married young daughter-in-law who is in charge of the male customers. Although there are a lot of things, Liu Wulang can help her, while Ning Wan only takes care of the female customers.

Most of the male customers were drinking and talking about important things like reading and business, while the female customers were mostly short-sighted parents. Ning Wan only listened to what everyone was saying and followed Mrs. Xu's wishes to praise herself like a flower , and my mother laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.

This is also a common occurrence, Ning Wan has already gotten used to it.

(End of this chapter)