pastoral fragrance

Chapter 66
Once the brothers and sisters left, the house became much cleaner, and for a while, Qiulin was still a little uncomfortable.

There was nothing to do left and right, she walked out of the main room and saw her father sitting in the yard knitting.She happily moved a small bench and sat not far from Xu Nanshan.

"Si'er, go away, lest this strip poke you, both ends are pointed." Xu Nanshan glanced at Qiu Lin who was not far away from him, and said lightly.At the same time, the movement range of his hand was also a little smaller, for fear that he would really poke Qiulin.

Qiu Lin stepped back a little as promised, ensuring that she would not be poked by the strip, and then continued to sit down.Seeing Xu Nanshan's hands kept walking on the strip, as if he was juggling, a fish basket was formed in a short while.

Qiulin noticed that the fish baskets used here are straight, but a bit deep.When she was in the countryside in her previous life, she saw that other people's fishing baskets were quite different from this one.The seat of the fish basket is not so deep, but its mouth is larger, and then it is closed into a small round mouth, with a round bottom.After such a fish basket has fish in it, it is not easy to run out.

"Father, let's make the opening of the fish basket bigger, and then close it at about this position, leaving only a small round opening for the fish to get in. Then make the bottom bigger, so that the fish can run into it If you go, it won't be easy to get out!" Qiu Lin said to his father with a straight face.

Xu Nanshan, who used to keep moving his hands, suddenly stopped, squinted his eyes, and fell into a slight thought.Then slowly nodded: "You are right, why don't we try?"

Qiulin quickly nodded, and then stepped back to watch his father do it.

It didn't take long before Xu Nanshan's skillful hands completed the fish basket similar to Qiulin's memory.Qiulin nodded happily, "Yes, that's what it looks like! Dad, I'm going to get a fish basket by the small river right now, and see if it's better than the previous one!"

Holding the fish basket in his arms, Qiulin happily ran towards the small river.Xu Nanshan's face changed in fright, "A Lin, come back quickly, wait until your brother and sister come back before you go, you will be in danger!"

"It's okay, isn't there an aunt who does laundry by the small river, don't worry!" Qiulin was eager to see the function of this fish basket at the moment, so he didn't care about so many things.Moreover, she has been staying at home for the past few days and can't go anywhere. This is suffocating her!
Strange to say, although I was not a lady in my previous life, at least I never did such things as hunting fruit in the mountains and fishing in the water.Now she stays at home for a few days and doesn't go anywhere, but feels uncomfortable all over.I always want to go wild on the mountain and by the river.

Sure enough, if she comes, she will be safe. It seems that she has been well integrated into this family of five and this village.

"Qiu Lin, aren't you still sick? Why are you here? Do you want to wash something? Just let me wash it for you!" A clear voice came from the riverside , crisp and raw, tactfully like the oriole on the branch.That was Xu Heyi, the daughter of Aunt Liu's family, who was born with her brother Xu Xu.Now she is about the same age as the eldest sister, she looks very cute and smart, with two pears floating on her cheeks when she smiles, she has a very good temper, and there is no one in the village who doesn't like it.

Qiu Lin smiled slightly at Heyi, "Sister Heyi, come to the river to wash clothes. Dad made me a fish basket, and I'm here to catch fish! Hehe."

While beating the clothes with a mallet, He Yi said, "Then you have to stay far away. We wash clothes here and there is a lot of noise. But you can't be too far away, you are a little baby, it's not safe."

"Well, I know, but just put the fish basket over there, don't worry!" Qiulin was very grateful for his kindness, but just soaked the fish basket in the water, and his son would go there after a while. up.

He Yi then nodded, and let Qiulin go to find a quieter place to put the fish basket.Qiulin walked cautiously along the small river, the more he went up, the clearer the water became, green as green as a piece of natural emerald.In the clear river water, you can vaguely see the stones in the water and the fish and shrimps swimming happily with their wagging tails.This is indeed a land of fish and rice. In fact, as long as the villagers living here work diligently, they will definitely not be so poor that they can't get rid of the pot.It's just that her family suffered a catastrophe for the first time, and was robbed by those top-notch relatives, so life was a bit sad.

Qiulin grabbed the thick, fat and deep-rooted weeds on the bank, carefully placed the fish basket into the river, watched it sink into the water, and finally retreated, tying the rope firmly to the water on the bank. Weeds, so that the fish basket will not float away along the water.

After finishing all this, she walked carefully along the shore again to the crowded place.Seeing that most of the clothes on Sister Heyi's back were unwashed, she couldn't help but said, "Sister Heyi, let me wash it for you, the two of you should hurry up!"

"Hey, how can I help you little girl? Aren't you still sick a few days ago? It took a long time to wash it up, it's not a problem." He Yi refused with a smile.

Heyi's sister refused to let her help, and Qiulin had no choice but to retreat to a dry mulberry stone and sit down, picking a small purple flower that was blooming next to it and playing with it boredly.

Washing clothes with Heyi were three girls whom Qiulin didn't know, the oldest was fourteen or fifteen years old, and the youngest was only about 12 years old.

At this time, a girl in blue cloth with white flowers turned her head, with a sweet smile on her pink and tender face, and a hint of exploration: "Qiu Lin, you and your elder sister go to the forest all day long Run, bring back some loquats, are you going to sell those loquats for money? Is this loquat good for money?" She had seen Qiulin's family always wandering in the woods full of grave mounds. Yes, but she didn't have any friendship with Qiuyue Qiulin, so she didn't ask these questions rashly.This time she took the opportunity, so she naturally had to ask.If it can be sold for money, then she can also pick some back with her, and it is also possible to supplement the household.

Qiulin looked at her for a while, but couldn't resist the girl's coming, and didn't know what to shout.He Yi, who was washing clothes at the side, knew that Qiu Lin would go to the woods all day long, or go to clean the fish ponds to pick mulberry leaves, and the whole person was wandering around her elder sister, but she didn't know many people of the same age in the village.So Xiao Yingying introduced to her: "Qiu Lin, this is the eldest daughter of Uncle Gen's family, her name is Xu Hexiang." Then she pointed to the little girl in a lavender cotton shirt and said, "This is her sister, her name is Xu Meixiang." And this is the daughter of Aunt Zhang's family, named Xu Liu'er."

Agreeing with this introduction, it relieved Qiulin's embarrassment, "We are busy with each other on weekdays, how can we get together like this? After the loquats are called, they are peeled and seeds are used to boil water for drinking, or Using rock molasses can clear the throat and sharpen the lungs. It is a good thing for treating coughs! There are not many loquats left in the forest, and Qiulin doesn’t plan to hide them. Anyway, her family relies on silkworms and ponds now. Added items like those fish in it.

Those people clicked their tongues together, "What, that thing still has such an effect, it's amazing!"

He Yi happily said: "Exactly. Qiulin's family gave us a jar of loquats. Mother opened it and ate it twice. The taste is sweet and fragrant."

Hearing what Heyi said, He Xiangmei Xiang stopped washing her clothes, and pestered Qiu Lin to ask, "Wow, that thing is really good. Sister Qiu Lin, how do you make this thing?"

Anyway, this thing can't be hidden from anyone, Qiulin said with a smile: "Actually, it's very simple. Boiling loquats is very simple. Throw the seeded and peeled loquats into the pot and boil them together with rock sugar. After that, boil it over low heat, and it will be done. If you want to make rock sugar loquat, it will be more troublesome. Throw the peeled loquat and remove the seeds into the jar, and then add rock sugar inside, but it must be sealed Okay, then put it in a cool and humid place, so as to ensure that it will not break. After about ten days, it can be eaten."

The sisters listened very carefully, and tried hard to keep Qiulin's words in their minds, thinking that when they were free someday, they would also go wandering in the woods and bring back some loquats.It's just that the forest is very gloomy, and it's also a place where ancestors are buried. You don't dare to go alone, you have to go with friends and companions!

As a result, the little girls began to admire the courage of the Qiulin sisters. "You guys are really bold. You dare to go to the place where the grave is buried. If it were me, there would be no three or five people, but you dare not."

"Hehe." Qiulin laughed at this question.She didn't dare at first, isn't there no way?It is precisely because of the reverence and awe of the people in the village that there are so many good things in the forest that will not be excavated by others!
Suddenly remembering the fish basket thrown upstream, Qiulin threw away the wild flowers in his hand, stood up and didn't care to shake off the floating dirt on his body, and said generously: "I won't tell you, the fish basket is still on it , I'll go over and have a look first." After speaking, he walked over there.

After Qiulin left, the girls doing laundry couldn't help talking about it. "Why does this Qiulin seem to be a different person? Just like her previous aggressiveness, but no one dared to get close to her. When did she see her being so happy with others? And give this secret recipe We said it, it was really sex-changing."

"Isn't it? My mother said that the two daughters of Xu Erbo's family are hot-tempered, and told me not to talk to them. But today, it seems that it is not the case at all! This girl seems to be very easy to get along with Yes!"

Heyi listened silently, feeling happy for Qiulin.It seems that the girls in this village have changed their opinion of his family!This is a good sign.

(End of this chapter)