The beloved wife of the reborn scholar

Chapter 15 New Years
There are no junior high schools or high schools in the village, only in the townships. Every day when you go to school, the older ones bring the younger ones with you. After more time, you will become familiar with them.

There were twelve or thirteen people who came out to play this time, the oldest was the eldest cousin, who was 20 years old, and the youngest was only fifteen or sixteen years old.The one with the pig's head is also the smallest.

Don't look at it late, the preparations are still very complete, not only salt, but also rice and a hatchet.

There were three girls in total, Zhuo Xuan was assigned to watch the fire, and the other two went to collect firewood.Some boys were arranged to catch fish, and some were arranged to chop bamboo.It looks like it's going to be bamboo rice.Rubbing my stomach, hehe, I deliberately didn't eat much when I ate today, so I can have a full meal in a while.Thinking about it, Zhuo Xuan blinked the most.

The eldest cousin came over and saw her appearance, "What do you want to eat, I will tell the eldest brother later, and the eldest brother will make it for you."

Zhuo Xuan squinted her eyes and said happily, "Brother, I want to eat rice in bamboo tubes, but I haven't eaten for a long time."

The method of bamboo tube rice is very simple. After choosing the bamboo, squeeze it to open an opening at the bamboo joint, wash it, put in rice and water, put a little lard in it, and seal the opening well so that no water will leak out. Boil it in a pot and burn it alive on the fire.Of course, you can also put some sausage, bacon and vegetables in it, the taste is better.When eating, there is a scent of bamboo, which is delicious.

You can also buy this kind of snack at the gate of the school. It is made of glutinous rice and has a big red date on the top, which tastes sweet.Zhuo Xuan went to buy it, but the bamboo has been boiled too many times, and it no longer has the fragrance of bamboo.

If only it were summer this time, it would be great to go to the lotus pond to catch fish, pick lotus flowers, shrimps, and pheasants. It would be fun.After graduating from the third year of junior high school, I am asking my big cousin to take me out to play.

The two girls came back very quickly. There were a lot of dead branches in winter, and it was very slow to pick them up soon.Two girls, one is white and clean, named Du Lan, and the other is named Du Ping, both of them are good at food and work at home, not to mention washing and cooking, feeding chickens and pigs every day I did, I heard that Du Ping also delivered sows together, it's amazing.It's from my uncle's family, so Zhuo Xuan should call them sisters.

"Sister Ping and Sister Lan are back, come and sit, it's warm by the fire." Zhuo Xuan immediately gave her the seat she had just sat on.

The three girls sat together, Zhuo Xuan sat in the middle, and the two older sisters told her that last year they ran out for a "picnic" in the middle of the New Year's Eve.When I went back, the reactions of each family were different, but most of them were beaten.The three laughed happily in front of the fire.

In the middle of laughing, Zhuo Xuan stopped laughing, she seemed, she should, maybe, she probably didn't tell Zhuo's father and mother that she and her eldest cousin came out, would they be beaten when they went back? "I... I don't seem to have told my parents that if I come out to play, will I be beaten when I go back?"

The two elder sisters couldn't answer this question, but Zhuo Xuan received two pairs of sympathetic looks, and what a blessing, we can't help you.

I have come here, and I don’t want to go back, and now I will be scolded if I go back, so let’s play first.

After a while, everyone came back. A dozen or so people were very lively together. The last one came back with a pheasant. Everyone said that this kid will have good luck next year and can make a lot of money.In the new year, there is a good omen, and everyone will say auspicious words.

Pheasants have little food in winter, they are relatively thin, only about one catty, and their feathers are very bright.very beautiful.Everyone decided to roast the pheasant and eat it. There is no shortage of small kitchen experts here. Seeing Sister Lan's scrambling, the pheasant is not cleaned up. It's really neat.

The pheasant hadn't been tested for a long time, and the fragrance was pervasive. Zhuo Xuan sniffed it with her nose, thinking, it's not easy to eat these mountain delicacies. In the city, not to mention that these things are expensive, most of them are farmed, and they don't have that kind of smell.

The delicacy was ready, and the eldest cousin gave him a pheasant leg. They didn't like this kind of thing very much, and they could often touch it. Zhuo Xuan was willing to relish it, and said "delicious, delicious." Didn't give big cousin a look.

The big cousin joked that he had never eaten pheasant meat.Zhuo Xuan told her eldest cousin that in the city now, eggs are the only ones. Eggs raised in pure grain in the countryside are much more expensive than eggs raised in feed, let alone pheasants. Some restaurants have better ones. Such a small pheasant costs more than 100.I can't afford this myself.

The food is almost enough, the most regretful thing is that I didn't catch any fish today, Zhuo Xuan rubbed her belly, she was so full.She alone ate the most of it.

After eating, it was already one or two o'clock in the evening, and the moonlight today was still good. Looking at the moon in the sky, the moonlight sprinkled on the earth, very beautiful, very beautiful.

"Look, there's someone." Zhuo Xuan pointed to a place in the distance, and there was a black shadow shaking.It's scary at night.

The three girls leaned together nervously, and the two older men got up to take a look. The boys hadn't gone far, saw the shaking shadow clearly, and said it was all right, it was just a pine tree being blown by the wind, and it was a false alarm.Zhuo Xuan felt embarrassed.

The eldest cousin said that since it was already so late, it was better to go back early, and the temperature had dropped. It is best not to get sick when it is Chinese New Year.

It was already one o'clock when we got home, and seeing Zhuo's mother still in the living room, Zhuo Xuan had a bad feeling.The eldest cousin saw that something was wrong and ran away early.

"Hehe, mom." Zhuo Xuan walked over, smiling flatteringly, and took Zhuo's mother's hand.

"You, stand up for me, and tell me where you went first, and I don't know if you go out." Zhuo's mother said seriously.

When Zhuo saw it, he knew that his mother was angry, so he corrected his attitude and told about going to the mountain to play, and promised Zhuo's mother that he would not go next time, so that he would not be angry.

Zhuo's mother looked at her pitiful look, so she couldn't blame her, told her that she wanted to play, and told her the same next time, she would be very anxious if she couldn't find anyone.

I am already such a big person, I really didn't think about going there this time, so I nodded to show that I understand.

Zhuo's mother said that it was too late, let her go to rest.

(End of this chapter)