pastoral fragrance

Chapter 8 A Good Meal

Only then did Qiuyue tell Han Shi what happened on the road one by one, and Xu Nanshan in the room also listened carefully.

Hearing Qiuyue mention Qi Shi, Han Shi's complexion changed slightly, and he said in surprise and joy: "It's a coincidence that you have met her, she is the most kind-hearted person, it is said that mother and her have not met for more than ten years. At the beginning, they were conceived at about the same time. Although she married to a neighboring village, she often went back to her mother's house. Both of them had a big belly, and their temperaments matched, so they soon became good sisters.It's just that after she quarreled with her brother and sister-in-law at home, she never came to Luoshui Village again.

Qiuyue was a little embarrassed, "At first I thought she was a kidnapper and deliberately ignored her. If the third brother hadn't had the courage to say something to her, I'm afraid he wouldn't have understood it."

After hearing this, Mrs. Han couldn't help admonishing Qiuyue, "You can't tell the good from the bad with your tricks, such a gentle person! Have you apologized to your aunt?"

Qiuyue nodded again and again, "Of course I apologize, I was wrong about this matter." After the incident was revealed, Qiuyue took out the bulging purse from her waist and handed it to Han, "Mother, today's The wild vegetables are selling well, and people in the town are rushing to buy them. Later, there are a few people who come to ask, but they are all sold out. The embroidery is also selling well, and there are three left." Qiuyue took the remaining embroidery The goods were handed to the mother.

Han Shi never thought that the children's purses would be stuffed with such a trip, and they were so excited that they couldn't speak for a while, but they were also sad. Several children went to the field to buy wild vegetables.The sensible and obedient of these children made her feel gratified, but it also made her feel sad, hey, it's all because she is an incompetent mother.

Although Qiulin and the others said that they would not trouble the proprietress of the grocery store, they kept her in the dark and thought that the proprietress was a good person, but Qiuhe couldn't be more angry.He sat down on the chair and said angrily: "Mom, the proprietress of the grocery store is so deceitful, I don't know how many copper coins have been exploited from our family!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Han was not happy, "What nonsense, Aunt Liu also kindly helped us sell..."

Before Han's words were spoken, Qiuyue cut them off. She didn't want her mother to be kept in the dark, and she didn't want her mother to be lied to by that black-hearted ghost in the future. Angrily, she said to Qiu He, "She's a helper!" I bought a handkerchief, but it was not out of good intentions. She said that a handkerchief cost ten cents, but today we went to sell it for fifteen cents, and the buyer seemed to have picked it up very cheaply. Mother, don't be fooled by that glib She was deceived by a black-hearted thief, and she has earned a lot of money from our family!" No one in the village knows her family's difficulties, and her way of making things worse is really contemptible!

Hearing this, Mrs. Han trembled all over. No wonder everyone in the village thought Mrs. Liu was cunning, but she didn't realize that she was kept in the dark.She can get five cents for a single handkerchief, and every time she goes to the market, she has to give her a dozen or so handkerchiefs to sell. In this way, she gets at least forty cents more each time. Wenqian is nothing to others, but to their family, it is a lot of money.This is too cost-effective!Han's complexion also changed.

Qiu Song persuaded from the side: "Mother, don't be angry. Even if we go to her, she won't admit it. Instead, she will be offended. If we don't look up and look down in the future, it will be my mother who suffers. I used to suffer. Let's forget about the loss, in the future we will sell the embroidery by ourselves, and she won't be able to steal our money."

Qiulin also persuaded: "Yes, mother, we got a lot of money selling these wild vegetables today. There are more than 300 cash in total. When we go to the market in the future, we will dig some and sell them. Gradually, our days It will be easy." This loss has already been eaten, and she would definitely not admit it when she asked the proprietress to settle the score.

Mrs. Han listened to what her son and daughter had to say, and stopped being so idle.She took the purse in her hand, gritted her teeth and said, "It's been a long time since our family has eaten meat. Today I'll go to the butcher in the village to cut some meat. Our family will have a good meal together." Ever since the head of the family broke his leg, there has been less laughter in the family. Now that the children have made a little money, Han can't help but want to have fun.

People always have to look forward, and they cannot always remain silent in the sorrow of the past.As the youngest daughter said, life would be easy for them.Han stood up in a hurry, took out dozens of copper coins from her purse, and walked outside the house.

Dinner was the most sumptuous meal Qiulin had had since coming here.On the table is a plate of wild onions dipped in sauce, exuding a faint fragrance; there are also stir-fried shepherd's purse and Wowohong, these dishes are filled with some minced meat, and they are steaming hot. The fragrance and the smell of meat are mixed together, and it smells very good.There were also white flour steamed buns bought by Qiuyue, which Han and Xu Nanshan were reluctant to eat, so they also prepared a plate, cooking corn soup with red sweet potatoes in it, it was very sweet.

The children who hadn't smelled the smell of meat for a long time did not rush to eat the meat, but sensiblely put the large piece of meat into the bowls of Han Shi and Xu Nanshan.After my father's legs were broken, all the work in and out of the house fell on my mother's shoulders, and the children felt distressed when they saw it.It is rare to have meat at home, so the children naturally think of their parents first.

Seeing that several children picked up vegetable leaves with their chopsticks, and no one picked up meat, Mrs. Han was very sad.She then picked out all the meat on the plate and distributed it to several children's bowls one by one, "It's time for you to grow up, eat more meat, and grow taller." , skinny child, Han felt very distressed.

"Mother, you eat too, you eat too." Qiuyue picked out some meat from the bowl and gave it to Han Shi, and the younger siblings below did the same, and shed the tears that Han Shi had tried so hard to hide. The child is really too sensible, and the sensible one makes her feel sad.It's her mother's inability to make the children eat a good meal and wear good clothes.

Everyone ate happily tonight. It has been a long time since the family had such a lively meal. Qiulin, who has always had a poor appetite, also drank two large bowls of corn soup, and his little face was still flushed and crooked after drinking. Sitting on a small stool, he said that he was almost strangling himself to death.Several people in the family also ate their stomachs round, so they put down the bowl.They earned the money from selling the meat by themselves, and they went to the field to dig the vegetables. The satisfaction of the children was greatly satisfied, and they felt that this was the sweetest meal they had ever eaten.

The family's big yellow dog squatted not far from her, deaf ears, lying on the ground, staring straight at the food on the table with round eyes.

When Qiulin saw it, he knew it was greedy, so he shook his legs and took his dog bowl to wash, filled another bowl of corn soup, and took white flour steamed buns, and called to him, "Ah Huang, come here quickly. This bowl has been washed, so don't worry." Qiulin was afraid that the big yellow dog would not eat it again, so he specially ordered it like this.

Sure enough, when Qiulin said this, the big yellow dog, which had been lying on the ground without moving, suddenly wagged its tail and ran towards Qiulin.The halazi dripping from his mouth almost fell to the ground.

The greedy look of the big yellow dog made everyone in the room laugh.The big yellow dog seemed shy, took the bowl in its beak, kicked its four legs, stepped over the threshold, and ran away from the door.Everyone roared with laughter again.

After these days of recuperation, Qiulin's health has improved a lot, and he no longer feels fatigued in the past. It seems that the disease is almost healed.It's just that the eldest sister and the second brother still don't let me follow them. Presumably it's because of her small arms and legs, not only can't help, but also let them hold and hug, which becomes their burden.

They won't let her go, so she can't go, at worst, she will abduct the third brother and walk in the Tiankan forest by herself.She didn't want to be nestled in the yard all day long, watching her parents do heavy work, but she couldn't help her with anything.

Since wild vegetables can be sold for money, there may be other good things in the fields and forests, and then they can make some small money to subsidize the family.

What she has to do now is to convince the third brother that Qiulin is a little timid and let her go to the deep green forest alone. She feels a little scared in her heart, and she doesn't have to worry so much if she is accompanied by others.Qiuhe is used to being wild, rolling around with the children in the village and running up and down the mountain all day, so naturally he can't say no to it.The two hit it off immediately, and the next morning, when the elder sister and the second brother were out digging wild vegetables, the two also slipped out of the yard.

Qiu He has a short temper, hopping ahead, like a rabbit; while Qiu Lin slowly followed behind him, looking carefully at the whole Luoshui Village.

It is the day of August, and the morning glow is like a burning flame, dyeing the whole sky red.A round of sunrise is coming up from the distant woods, and the quiet and peaceful Luoshui Village is radiant, and the sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking in the village can be faintly heard.Most of the farmhouses in the village are built around a river that shimmers like a silver belt.This river is called Luoshui.The fields in the village are all verdant green, and in the soft light of the morning sun, they seem to be coated with a thin layer of golden light.When the breeze blows, it gently swaggers.The courtyard of Qiulin's house is situated on a relatively high ground. From a bird's-eye view, one can see that the village houses look like houses, rice paddies, traffic, willows on the road, and the fields are large and small rectangles.It has a great sense of Tao Yuanming's pens of rice paddies, traffic, and chickens and dogs hearing each other.The faint Dai Mountain in the distance is like a natural protective belt surrounding the whole village.

The terrain here is flat and close to the water source, and there are some hills and forests in the farther places. There are many trees and a large area of ​​green.It really is a beautiful place, and it is a good place to live.

It was clearly a thriving scene, but her family could only wait and see, and Qiulin was troubled.

(End of this chapter)