Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 10
The carriage stopped at the gate of Tong's house, Yun Song jumped out of the car first, turned around and carried down the five sons one by one, and finally picked up the daughter, helping Fang to get off the car.Xue An helped take all the things off the carriage, and immediately turned the carriage to meet Xue Jinyu.Fang held her daughter in her arms, and Tong Yunsong led the sons into the courtyard with things.

Before I got to the door, I heard Mrs. Qin shouting loudly in the room: "A lazy woman will hide in her mother's house to be lazy. I don't know if there is no one to do some of the work at home? You want me to go to hell Can't you work? Dead woman, I won't skin her when I come back. And my own wolf cub, let him ask someone to put myself there. White-eyed wolf, why didn't he recognize the old Fang's family? Becoming a mother? I raised him for nothing." The old lady in the Northeast always cursed people with a long accent, singing and scolding at the same time.

Tong Yunsong's face was a little bad, so he asked Da Lang and the others to take the things they brought back from his grandmother's house into the Westinghouse first.Tong Yunsong carried the things Wu had prepared for the Tong family alone, and helped his wife into the east room. "Father, mother, we are back."

Sitting on the kang, Mrs. Qin didn't even look at them, but Mr. Tong put down his cigarette pouch, "Boss is back." Mrs. Qin looked gloomy and didn't look at her son, "What are you doing here? Why don't you stay here?" Then don't come back and be someone else's son?"

Tong Yunsong jumped in front of Mrs. Fang and said with a smile, "Mother, brother-in-law Xue went to pick up my sister yesterday, so my mother-in-law stayed with us for one night." Of course Song doesn't want his daughter-in-law to be scolded.Qin Shi understood what her son meant, and gave Fang Shi a hard look.Yun Song put the basket in his hand on the kang, "The child's grandmother brought it back, and said it was for your second elder's health."

"My in-laws are really polite. What else can I bring, and the boss is the same. Why don't you just take it? It's not easy for your mother-in-law alone." The old man said with a smile.

"I don't have the good fortune to eat this food. I'm afraid that if I eat it, there will be lightning strikes." Mrs. Qin was still relentless.

"Okay, old lady, why are you so angry? Everyone, the second daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law have also gone back to their mother's house. Your mother is tired from washing and cooking these two days. You can eat dinner at night." Do it, let your mother rest for a while." The old man acted as a peacemaker in the middle, making peace with each other. "Boss, the sorghum millet is all out, it's time to make some brooms and brush them."

"Hey, I see." The couple quickly agreed. "Father, I'll do it in a while. How many brooms and brooms do I have to prepare this year?" Tong Yunsong asked.

"The brooms are used to sweep the kang and the floor in each house, that is, four, and two more to send to your two uncles. They are also old and can't move. Brush Make a few extra brooms, and it will cost you money to wash the pot." The old man calculated and said the number.

"Sure, Dad, I'll get it right now." After speaking, he led Fang out.Behind her, Mrs. Qin said again: "Hmph, I just need to bring some things back after thinking about it. It's not that easy. It's yours, everyone. The next month's work at home will be yours, and the rest days will be almost the same." Mrs. Fang didn't say anything , and Tong Yunsong went back to Westinghouse.

Fang gathered all the things she brought back from her mother's house, and put away all the things she put away.Then I called my sons to my side, "Dalang, you guys have almost played at your grandma's house. You have to be careful when you come back, don't play wild. Try not to go out to play these few days, and don't visit your grandma. Come along, your father is going to tie a broom, so please help me out."

"Hey, mother, I see, I will take good care of my brothers, don't worry." Da Lang nodded to express that he would listen to his mother.

Tong Yunsong brought back a large bundle of sorghum millet from the warehouse outside. This kind of sorghum was different from the kind of sorghum we eat.This is called broom sorghum, which is specially used to tie brooms and brush brooms. The sorghum produced is not as good as rice sorghum firewood.It can only be fed to chickens, or mixed with other grains in famine years.The broom and the brush are different, the brush is taller and the pole is thinner.The bottom of sorghum stalks is section by section, and the section until the fringe is the longest.When reaping the land, all the above-ground parts are cut back, and then the ears are cut off about five or six inches below the tassels.After scraping all the sorghum off the tassels, what remains is sorghum millet, which can be used to tie brooms or brush brooms.The sorghum used to tie the broom, the longest part other than the tassels can also be sewed into a curtain, also called a Nagai curtain.This kind of sorghum pole curtain is durable and available in both round and square shapes.The round ones can be used to cover washbasins and serve as tank covers, and the square ones are generally surrounded by three sides, which are used to put dumplings or other food.Therefore, this kind of sorghum for brooms has many uses. Generally, farmers plant some on the ground.Tong Yunsong took some hemp rope and a wooden stick to tie the broom, and Dalang and the others watched from the side, sometimes helping to pass things, but they didn't mess around.

There is a five or six-inch long rod behind the tassels for the broomstick millet. Align the ends of the millet and pull up a large handful and tie them with a thick hemp rope.One end of the hemp rope is tied to the wooden stick, and the two feet step on the wooden stick and strangle the millet handle, so that the broom millet is tightly tied together, and then use a thinner hemp rope to tie it tightly beside the thick rope.This method is tied together, and a brush is done.Dalang looked at his father adoringly, and Tong Yunsong smiled, "It's not difficult, as long as you have strength in your hands." Tong Yunsong worked neatly, and he tied six or seven knots in a short time.Then I went to pick up some broomsticks and came back to make broomsticks.

The work of tying the broom is not so fast. The rod behind the broom is longer, which is used as a handle.Tie a small handful first, and then tie another small handful of broomcorn millet half a finger wide from the first hemp rope.Keep adding in this way, and the millet added later should properly cut off a part of the stem, or the broom handle will be too thick in the end.The stubble that has been cut off should be hidden, so that it is beautiful.Just wait until the broomcorn millet is added to a certain level, and then just tie it up.The handle of the broom for sweeping the kang should be shorter, preferably bent, so that it is easier to use, and the handle of the broom for sweeping the floor should be longer.It took a lot of effort to tie the broom, but Tong Yunsong only had to tie it once before it was dark.

Mrs. Fang prepared dinner and asked everyone to eat. The second and third daughters-in-law took their children back to their natal homes. The old couple, the four sons of the Tong family, Mrs. Fang and the children were all crowded at the same table. time to eat.There is a pot of potatoes and a pot of sauerkraut on the table. There is not much oil in the sauerkraut and it is not very tasty.Qin's strictly controls the oil in the dishes, and sauerkraut is more oily, so she asked to cut a few slices of meat in it.Xiaosi and Xiaowu ate delicious food at their grandmother's house for a few days, but they were not used to eating home food at first.Xiaosi saw that there was meat in the dish, so he picked up two pieces for himself, and Xiaowu one piece.Mrs. Qin saw it and threw the chopsticks, "I know how to pick the shallow things under the eyelids. Is that for you to eat? If you want to eat something good, go to someone else's house and reincarnate. White-eyed wolf, eat for nothing, not well-raised." You wolf cub." Xiaosi was so frightened that his hands trembled, and he lost his grip on the chopsticks. "It's a worthless thing, it's so big that you can't even hold it with chopsticks." Qin Shi spoke again there.

"Mother, isn't it just a piece of meat? Is it worth your anger?" Tong Yunsong couldn't help but said, "The child just eats a piece of meat, who doesn't like meat?"

"Is he gluttonous? He just slapped me in the face. He thinks the food in this family is not good. It's not good." Qin started to be unreasonable. In fact, she was just taking the opportunity to be rude. "I can't live through this day. I don't see me in the big eyes, and I don't see me as a grandmother in the small eyes. I can't live anymore." As he spoke, he sat on the ground, patted his thighs with his hands, and cried and howled. "A group of white-eyed wolves, I managed to raise them all up, shit and piss, is it easy for me? When they get bigger, their wings become hard, and they don't see me anymore. This is looking forward to my death. I After she dies, she will be able to take charge of the family." The whole thing is just nonsense.

"Mother, my son doesn't mean that, and my son still counts on you as his backbone." Tong Yunsong hurried to pull, still trying to persuade his mother. "Xiaosi is still young, he is only three years old, he doesn't understand anything."

"He doesn't know what he understands. The little ones who are ignorant are mothers who are ignorant? Didn't she do it behind her back." Qin Shi wanted to plant Fang Shi no matter what.

Seeing this posture, Fang saw that the old lady was not going well, and wanted to vent her anger on her, and wanted to quarrel with her mother-in-law. After thinking about it, she has endured it for so many years, even those who are stronger than this in the past have endured.Forget it, don't embarrass your husband. "Mom, I was wrong. I didn't teach the children well. I will teach them well. You should calm down. My wife is here to accompany you."

Mr. Tong finally said, "Old lady, don't worry about it, let's eat. It's time to rest after eating."

Yuxian was woken up in the Westinghouse, and it turned out that her superb grandma was making a fuss.This trouble must be a disadvantage, no, I have to find a way.Xiao Yuxian burst into tears with a "wow", she seldom cried on weekdays, this one was so loud that Fang Shi hurried into the room in fright.

The old man was a little unhappy when he heard the child's cry. "Just do it. If you scare the child into sickness, don't you still have to spend money to see a doctor?" Qin stopped crying as soon as she heard the money was spent, and sat up to eat.This is also a capable person, with tears in his eyes, and can quickly put rice in his mouth.The remaining sons of the Tong family were already used to this kind of behavior from their mother, and went out for dinner on their own.The children were a little scared and stupid, Da Lang Erlang was better, Xiao San, Xiao Si, Si Xiao Wu just stood there in a daze, not knowing what to eat.Tong Yunsong hugged Xiao Si and Xiao Wu, Da Lang went to hug Xiao San, and the whole family went back to the Westinghouse.

In the west room, Fang was holding her daughter and breastfeeding her while crying. She knew that her mother-in-law would definitely fry the pot after returning to her mother's house for a few days.But I didn't expect to use Xiaosi as an introduction, and went straight into the room when I heard my daughter crying, and forgot to comfort Xiaosi.Looking up, he saw Tong Yunsong leading the children in, wiped away his tears and called Xiao Si to come over. "Xiao Si, it wasn't because of you that grandma got angry just now, she wanted to attack mother, poor Xiao Si must have been frightened." Xiao Si lay in her mother's arms, without making a sound, just crying.Da Lang pulled Xiao Si away, "Brother, don't cry, you are a man, we must be successful when we grow up, then who will dare to bully us? Bully mother?" Xiao Si stopped crying after hearing what his brother said. . "Yes, I will definitely be promising."

Tong Yunsong put his arms around Fang's shoulders, "Sister Yun, bear with me for another two years. When the fourth brother gets married, we will separate. Even if you don't want anything, I will let you girls not suffer from this."

After crying for a while, Fang felt better, "Dalang, go to the cupboard and find the snacks my aunt gave, I didn't eat them well just now, let's put some on."

(End of this chapter)