Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 15
It was already noon when Ning Qing came back, as soon as he entered the door, he smiled and said, "This meat smells so delicious!"

Seeing that her face was flushed from the cold, and that the veil wrapping the fried soybeans had been put away, everyone knew that she had indeed gone to see Merchant Liu again.But father and mother have always been very satisfied with this marriage, so they didn't stop Ning Qing, and set up a table for dinner right now.

When the bone soup was brought to the table, Ning Qing realized that there was almost no meat on it, and put away the meat as a mother. It took a while to find out the truth, so she was very dissatisfied, but she was already seventeen, and she was talking about marriage Because of my young age, even if I feel unhappy, I can only whisper a few words at home, and I can't say it outside, after all, the little girl's reputation is very important.

There is less meat, but the bone soup is very delicious. A layer of oily flowers is cooked in the smashed bone marrow, which is more fragrant. In addition, Chinese cabbage slices soaked in meat flavor are added, and two sacrificial white noodles are added. Everyone in the Ning family was sweating after eating the fruit and the white flour steamed buns specially made by the family for the festival.

After the meal, each of them squeezed a handful of fried soybeans with their hands, talked about the miracles of the land father and mother land, and passed the day of Sheri.In the evening, Ning Wan's pig's trotters, which had been boiled all afternoon, were already soft and rotten.

Pig's trotters have always been something that can't be put on the table, but in fact, it is more delicious than pork when cooked with heart. Just like the pig's trotter stew made by Ning Wan, the soup is clear and translucent, and the pig's trotters are stewed translucent. The muscles and muscles of the flowers have come off from the bones, and they are fragrant and soft. If you can add some lubricated vermicelli, it will complement each other!It's a pity that my family is too poor and never buys "precious things" like fans.

In the evening, sorghum rice was cooked at home, and everyone had two pig's trotters, and they ate very happily.Ning Wan said again: "This dish is the most nourishing, mother, you must eat more."

Yu replied with a smile: "These days, there are eggs, chickens, bone soup, and pig's trotters. I think I'm getting fat!"

Originally, the mother who had a miscarriage still looked very healthy, which was the most gratifying thing for Ning Wan, "Mother, you should be a little fatter at this time."

After February [-], I sacrificed to the land god and ate sacrificial meat. After the half pot of fried soybeans was eaten, the life at home returned to normal.The bean buns were all eaten, and the white noodles were put away. At this time, there were not many cabbage and radishes left in the cellar. The family ate sorghum rice, sorghum rice nests, pickles, and occasionally stewed some cabbage with water. Radishes, sauerkraut and so on are delicious.

This season is green and yellow everywhere, everyone has already gotten used to it, every family’s life is like this, and there is nothing to complain about, just waiting for the earth to rejuvenate, and all kinds of delicious things will come out.

Counting the days, Shopkeeper Liu will go to Sanjia Village today, because Sanjia Village is sparsely populated, so he didn't come in the middle of the first month. This time, he will definitely bring a lot of things to sell, and there will be more buyers in Sanjia Village, so of course he will stay a little longer.

After doing business, of course he would visit Ning's house.He and Ning Qing's marriage has already been decided, and it is estimated that this time, he will send a message to pick a time for a matchmaker to come and make an appointment.

Ning Qing couldn't hide her excitement. The night before going to bed, she used an iron kettle filled with boiling water to iron her clothes. When she got up in the morning, she said to her parents, "Kill a chicken and eat it today."

When Merchant Liu comes over, he will naturally stay at home for lunch, and his parents will take out the rare white noodles at home, the few cabbage, sauerkraut, radish and eggs to make meals, but killing a chicken is too grand, After all, Merchant Liu comes here twice a month. If this foundation is established, the Ning family's chickens would have been eaten up long ago.

However, Ning Wan had already killed three chickens before, especially the last two were proposed by Ning Wan. Now that Ning Qing opened his mouth for the first time, Ning Liang and Yu Shi felt a little reluctant to refuse. Two daughters, always the same.

After thinking about it, Yu still couldn't bear it, and said hesitantly: "These chickens in the family are very diligent in laying eggs, it's a pity to kill them."

Ning Qing lowered her face and whispered, "Ning Wan can eat if she wants, but I can't."

Ning Liang heard this, but he didn't want to make his daughter unhappy. After all, Ning Qing was about to marry and would not stay at home for long, so he said to Yu Shi, "It's okay to kill another one. Our family has a lot of food this year. Hatch a few litters of chickens, and the pigs will buy more."

Yu naturally listened to her husband, but she had to choose which one to kill.She weighed it up and down, and after choosing for a long time, she decided to kill a hen with red and yellow feathers.

Just after noon, Shopkeeper Liu sold almost all his things. When he arrived at Ning's house, he smiled and said, "Everyone in the village told me that Uncle and Aunt killed chickens. Sure enough, the smell wafts far away! It's too expensive. .” Then he casually picked out a few needles and threaded things for Ning Wan from the full load, “Take it and use it.”

Ning Wan saw at a glance that they were all the cheapest gadgets, far worse than a chicken, and she was not a child at the moment, so she shook her head and pushed, "Brother Liu is a seller, these things are all I have money, I can't take it."

Shopkeeper Liu laughed, "Mei Wan has grown up, so she's so polite." It's just that although he is stingy, he still has to take care of things on the scene, and he can't take back what he took out, so he must give it to Ning Wan. "Although there is capital, sister Wan is not an outsider, so keep it."

Ning Wan still refused, Ning Qing saw it and took it and stuffed it into her hand, "It's for you, you take it!" Ning Wan had no choice but to accept it first, and then thought about returning it to the shopkeeper Liu after he left. Ning Qing didn't mention it.

Normally, the whole family would eat at one table, but when Shopkeeper Liu came, they would naturally have two tables.Dad accompanied Liu to the table, and Yu took Ning Qing and Ning Wan to the table, but the big kang of the Ning family was very long, so the two tables were placed on the same kang, so it was convenient for everyone to talk.

The man's table naturally had to drink. Ning Qingming boiled a pot of homemade sorghum wine in the morning, and set out two wine cups for Dad and Shopkeeper Liu to pour. At this time, Mother had already picked out the best chicken legs and wings , delivered to the table, they began to drink up.

In the kitchen, Ning Wan started to fight. Mother scrambled eggs with soy sauce, fried fungus with chicken breast, fried cabbage, sauerkraut, chicken soup and shredded radish. Bring it in.

This is the custom in Sanjia Village. If the whole family eats together, but there are guests, not only the men and women have to separate the seats, but the men can start drinking and eating as long as there is one dish on the table, but the women have to share all the dishes. All the dishes are ready, and finally the rice can be eaten before eating.

Of course, there are exceptions, that is, there are senior women in the family, usually old ladies over 60 and [-] years old, married daughter-in-law, and have children and grandchildren. Eat at the same table and drink together.Yu's age and qualifications are far from enough.

Ning Wan has been used to seeing these scenes since she was a child, but after she has experienced it, she feels it is very unfair. It is obvious that Shopkeeper Liu is from the younger generation, but he is sitting on the kang, drinking and eating vegetables, and Yu is from the older generation. But busy in the kitchen.So she asked her mother to come to the table for dinner early in the morning, and let her do the cooking.

No matter how willing Yu Shi is, she is willing to work in the kitchen.After all, Ning Wan is still too young, so she can't let her go; and Ning Qing is about to get married, and when she arrives at her in-law's house, she will have to cook by herself. At this time, she needs to be taught more, lest she go to her in-law's house and make people laugh at her. .So Mrs. Yu asked Ning Wan to do the simplest work, but instructed Ning Qing to go to the stove.

After cooking, Yu finally baked a stack of white flour pancakes with lard. They were golden and oily, and looked very sweet, but she only kept three pieces, and Ning Qing sent the rest to the man's table. .

At this time, Mrs. Yu took the two sisters to eat on the kang, and only a few dishes were reserved. There was a big bowl of chicken, but it was all bones with little meat. The three of them took a piece of cake and ate it, which was not enough. Added some sorghum rice noodle nests.

Speaking of which, the meal was much better than usual, but Ning Wan felt uncomfortable eating it, as if there was a feeling of humiliation.But Sanjia Village has such customs, so what can she do?Now she has no ability to change anything.

In addition, Ning Wan still has a big matter that is pressing in her heart to be done today, so after sitting down, she has been paying attention to Shopkeeper Liu and listening to him talking with her father.

Ning Liang accompanied Merchant Liu, drinking from a little past noon till the end of the day, both of their faces were flushed, at this moment Merchant Liu finally mentioned with a smile, "When will Uncle and Aunt be free? Our family will invite A matchmaker is here to hire."

Originally, Shopkeeper Liu’s parents should have invited a matchmaker to come over for these things, but because Sanjia Village is too far away, the matchmaker has a lot of money for running errands every time, so Shopkeeper Liu came to pass on a message, but it’s really nothing, the Ning family doesn’t pick these , as long as the daughter lives well in the future.

So Dad smiled and said: "What do we have all day long, are we not idle? Just let us know when your family has picked an auspicious day, and we will prepare it at home."

"Then February [-]th, people have read the imperial calendar and said it is a good day."

"Okay, okay, it's February [-]th!"

Merchant Liu smiled again and asked, "My father asked me to ask, did the betrothal uncle and aunt have anything to say?"

When talking about marriage, the dowry is the first important thing, and it must be agreed in advance.

Many women's families in Sanjia Village want to keep half or all of the bride price. After all, they have raised their daughters for more than ten years. After they get married, they become someone else's family. down.

But most of the people who do this are living in a bad family. It is not wrong to expect to use the daughter’s dowry to marry their son, but there are also men who are unwilling. bride price.To avoid any disputes in the future.

On this point, there are often two families who cannot reach an agreement on this, and the marriage will fail.

(End of this chapter)