pastoral fragrance

Chapter 20
Xu Nanshan lowered his head heavily, unable to utter a word to defend his elder brother's family.

Han Dong smoothed things over, "Okay, stop arguing about these things, the eldest sister just woke up, let her have a good rest. Daughter-in-law, don't bother, go to the stove to make medicine Go." Han Dong took a pack of medicine from Qiuyue and handed it to Mrs. Ye.

Seeing Xu Nanshan bowed his head silently, he must have understood what he just said.She doesn't need to talk too much, men also have face, so it's fine if they beat each other.Thinking about the illness of her eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Ye didn't waste any more time, and quickly picked up the medicine bag, and went to the kitchen.Qiuyue also followed closely to help Mrs. Ye.

Xu's family only had two beds, but luckily the beds were big. Xu Nanshan, Han Dong, Qiu Song and Qiuhe slept in one bed, and the rest of them slept in one bed.The four big men seemed a bit crowded, so they had to make do with it for one night.

Early in the morning, Qiuyue and Ye woke up. They touched Han's forehead and saw that his face was much better than yesterday.Mrs. Ye got up early in the morning to make breakfast for Xu's family.Today's situation is special, Qiuyue and Qiusong didn't go to the field to dig wild vegetables anymore.Qiuyue cut up chopped vegetable leaves to feed the chickens; Qiusong followed her uncle to the bamboo forest in the back mountain to chop some bamboo and came back to weave dustpan baskets for Xu Nanshan.Qiuhe squatted at the gate of the yard watching the chicks pecking at the food, while Qiulin stood by Han's side, staring at her and forbidding her to touch the embroidery.

Now that the Han family is sick like this, where can she embroider?
Breakfast is boiled sweet potato and corn paste, with a plate of chili sauce, a plate of finely chopped sour radish and sauced Houttuynia cordata, corn pancakes, and the leftover fish-flavored eggplant from last night.

Ye Shi is a woman who is very good at cooking. The dishes she cooks are very delicious. The corn paste tastes delicious and sweet, and Qiu Lin drank two big bowls.After eating, Qiuyue led Qiulin to dig wild vegetables, while Qiusong took Qiuhe to catch fish by the stream.

Mrs. Ye packed up the dishes and went straight to the West Wing.Without the presence of a few children, the room seemed much quieter.As soon as Mrs. Ye entered the room, she saw that her sister-in-law looked a little flustered. After looking around, she saw the embroidery that her sister-in-law hadn't finished in time. She frowned and walked over lightly. "Hey, sister-in-law, you are so sick that you are still doing this dead thing. It's really hard for you to die."

Seeing Zang, Han couldn't hide it, her face couldn't be wiped off, and she whispered: "These jobs are not tiring, it's okay."

Mrs. Ye took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the edge of the bed, "What do you mean it's all right? You are obedient, and put aside all the embroidery work first. Sister-in-law, sister-in-law heard last night that the thief woman wanted to drive you out of Luoshui Village, We had such a big fight last night. If we stay in Luoshui Village, life will be difficult. Why don’t you go back to Hanjia Village with us? Now our brothers and sisters have all married and separated, and only my mother lives in the ancestral house. I also hope that you can pass.”

Han's eyes widened when she heard this, and she knew that this sister-in-law was a loving person when she peed, but she didn't expect that she would plan for her like this.Moved to live with mother, no longer need to pay attention to the messy things of the Xu family, and there are several brothers and brothers to help with food and clothing, how can she not be tempted?

It's just that it's okay to let this big family go to her natal house for ten days and half a month. If it's a long period of time, isn't it no different from the son-in-law?What would this outsider think about her being the head of the family? I'm afraid there will be endless gossip again.Han's thoughts turned back and forth, and finally shook his head.

Mrs. Ye was anxious, "Why can't this work, it's better than suffering and suffering here!" She was wholeheartedly thinking about her sister-in-law's family. The water splashed by a married daughter is at most just for her to stand out in her husband's house.She was so wholeheartedly thinking about her aunt's family, but she didn't appreciate her, suddenly Ye felt that she was thankless.

Seeing sister-in-law's collapsed face, Han was afraid that Ye would be angry, so she quickly explained: "Sister-in-law, don't be angry. Listen to me, this Luoshui village is the Xu family's home after all, so it's not easy to guard your own." family, but you have to rely on your natal family for a living, what will outsiders think of your elder brother-in-law?"

Ye's tongue snapped, obviously she didn't think of this level.That's right, this will only make others poke the back of the elder brother-in-law, and his reputation will be ruined. Isn't she harming the elder sister-in-law's family by doing this?Ye's eyelids twitched, "I... didn't think so much..."

Let go of this matter, after lunch, Han Dong and his wife will leave.Their family also has a large litter of children, and if they go back two days later, they don't know what the family will be like.When Han Dong left, he forced a tael of silver to Xu's family before leaving.

In fact, this tael of silver is already considered a large amount. There is only one tael of silver for a thousand copper plates, which is enough to buy dozens of catties of wild vegetables.

After all, the money was given by the Han family, so Xu Nanshan naturally handed over the money to the Han family.Han couldn't get out of bed, so Qiuyue locked him in a red lacquer box in the east wing.

Tomorrow is the day to go to the market again, and the Xu family's children hurried to the field to choose wild vegetables such as Wowohong, Houttuynia cordata, and shepherd's purse.Qiuhe and Qiulin were not strong enough, and they were afraid of hurting themselves with hoes, so they only asked them to choose wild vegetables that grew on the soft mud.For wild vegetables such as Houttuynia cordata, the most important thing is to protect its roots. If the roots are destroyed, the appearance will not be good.

A few people chose two large baskets of wild vegetables, about one or twenty catties, before heading home.

It was almost evening at this time, and the sky was full of red clouds.Xia Yan squatted in the yard with his eyes wide open, staring deeply at a few little carrot heads not far away.

He knew that tomorrow was the day to go to the market. After Han's illness, not only did the family lose income, but they also spent a lot on medicine alone.He was originally a medical student, although he didn't know Han's pulse, but judging from her various symptoms, Han's was overworked and seriously ill.He also took a look at Dr. Sun's prescriptions for the Han family. There are many medicinal materials here that relieve Qi and unblock the meridians. The prices of these medicinal materials are not cheap.

So these children in the family had to go to the fields to dig more wild vegetables and come back, which can be regarded as an income for the family.

These children, the older ones are only about his age, and the younger ones are only six years old, but they have to rush around to make ends meet, it's really pitiful.

But he is not suitable for this kind of sorrow, he himself can't protect himself, so how can he worry about others?No matter what, he must follow into the town tomorrow.Only in this way can he be sure of something.

"Ah Huang..." He was mustering up his courage, but suddenly he heard a soft and sweet voice, and when he looked up, it was Qiu Lin who came over with his legs loose, smiling like a flower.

Xia Yan twitched his mouth, until now he is still not used to this name, this dog's name is too rustic!He wagged his tail to himself, and kicked his four legs to the side.

Qiu Lin pursed her lips. This Ah Huang was usually arrogant and ignorant of others, unlike other people's dogs who quickly wagged their tails and walked around when they heard their master's call.Its dark eyes seem to be disdainful or contemptuous, this dog is really strange!
"Little sister, why are you running around, slow down!" Qiuyue shouted loudly from behind.

Qiulin and his four washed the wild vegetables they had chosen one by one, picked out the weeds and broken ones mixed in the wild vegetables, then filtered the water, weighed them catty by catty, and tied them with straw.

Remembering that there are still a lot of dustpans and baskets woven by my father at home, the children of them can't get rid of them at all. It seems that they have to rent an ox cart.After packing up the wild vegetables, Qiu Song went to Wang Er's house.Wang Er's family is considered a wealthy family in Luoshui Village, and the family has two ox carts.On weekdays, people in the village haul things to the town to sell, and they all rent bullock carts from Wang'er's house.

After Qiu Song had a good talk with Wang Er, he gave a deposit of fifty copper coins, and agreed with Wang Er that he would come to rent an oxcart tomorrow.

Early in the morning, Qiu Song went to Wang Er's house to pull the ox cart to the roadside outside his yard.Qiuyue led her younger brothers and sisters to quickly move the stacked dustpan and baskets to the ox cart. The top basket was filled with wild vegetables harvested yesterday, and the other basket was filled with vegetables picked from the forest a few days ago. Smilax cocos.The children ate something roughly, and drove the ox cart to the entrance of the village.

Seeing the bullock cart driving away, Xia Yan jumped onto the board of the bullock cart.This kind of behavior frightened the children, and when they turned around, they saw that it was their own big yellow dog.

Qiuyue frowned first, "Ah Huang, why are you here to join in the fun? Are you still on your way? Hurry up!" Qiuyue clenched her fists and was about to wave towards Ah Huang.In fact, she didn't want to hit him, but just to drive him out of the car.

No, it has to go to the town to find out today.This village is still some time away from Qingcheng, this skinny body is only skin and bones, so he has been chasing ox carts, he really may not be able to bear it.Hey, just hit it, he won't get off the car anyway.Xia Yan firmly grasped Qiu Lin's clothes with his claws, refusing to let go.

"Eldest sister, forget it, let Ah Huang follow. Anyway, this bullock cart is big, and one more is not too much." Looking at Ah Huang's pitiful eyes, Qiulin couldn't bear it after all, so he had to persuade his elder sister.

"Hmph, if this causes any trouble, you will be responsible!" Qiuyue snorted dissatisfied, but she also retracted her clenched fists, and stopped embarrassing Ah Huang.

Qiulin happily stretched out her small arms to hug Ah Huang, but her small body was not as big as the big yellow dog, and the dog was so awkward that it was going to die. However, Ah Huang kept moving back and forth and almost scratched her, so Qiu Lin had no choice but to give up.

Qiuyue secretly paid attention to the movement here, and seeing Ah Huang being awkward and not letting the little girl touch her, she suddenly laughed: "Look, you are kind enough for it, and it doesn't think it is in your favor. Anyway, Ah Huang The yellow is what you want to bring into the town, and when it sees the freshness in the town, it will run around, so don't cry." Qiuyue's words became a prophecy.

(End of this chapter)