Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 108
On the morning of the fourth day of May, Fang soaked the glutinous rice.This year, she plans to pack [-] catties of rice. There are many children in the family, and when they can eat, and they have to give some to others, I am afraid that if there are too few bags, they will not be enough.This year, glutinous rice is used to make zongzi. Fifty catties of glutinous rice are soaked in a two-cylinder.The zong leaves and jujubes were bought in the town a few days ago, and there were not many jujubes, so Fang planned to wrap some beans with them.This kind of bean is white, and it is specially used for cooking porridge or stuffing. It is larger than adzuki bean, but smaller than the bean in carob.Use it to make zongzi, and the more you chew, the more delicious it will be.

Yun Song went to pick up Mrs. Wu, and she was alone at home, so it wasn't interesting, and it would be more lively if she took over.Now there is no need to take such a long detour to go to Xijiang Village. There are boats on the river, which are used to go back and forth between the two villages.The boat is leaning against the shore, and whoever wants to use it can row to the other side by himself, and then row back after finishing the work.Sometimes when there is no boat on the riverside, people will wait for a while, and people who go to and from the two villages will rush to do their work, and then go back, fearing that it will delay other people's use of boats.When Yun Song arrived at Fang's house, he saw his mother-in-law Wu was bringing out glutinous rice, which hadn't soaked yet. "Mom, I'm here to pick you up to my place, let's go, let's go to my place for the holidays this year." Yun Song stopped Wu's from letting her soak rice. "Mother, it's too lonely for you to be alone. The children are all with me. Let's celebrate the festival with the children in the past. It's very lively."

Wu Shi was alone at home, feeling lonely and flustered. Yun Song came to pick her up, and she was very happy, so she agreed.After packing up the house, he and Yun Song rowed to the other side.As soon as the two of them entered the gate of Tong's house, Yuxian and Bo Chao saw their grandma and quickly surrounded her. "Grandma, why are you here? Are you celebrating the festival with us?"

"Yes, let's celebrate the festival together." When Wu Shi saw the child, she was very happy from the bottom of her heart. "Hey, Bo Chao has grown up and become stronger. It seems that he is doing well at your aunt's house."

Dalang and the others were originally reading in the house, but when they heard that their grandma was coming, they all rushed out, gathered around her, and chatted with Mrs. Wu.Wu looked at them one by one, and they were all dark, but they all grew taller.When I looked up, I saw a little boy standing aside, looking at others enviously. "Whose family are you a child?"

"Grandmother, he is my uncle's nephew. He calls my mother my aunt, and his name is Fang Haoyu." Xiao Wu's words were a bit convoluted, but Mrs. Wu still understood. The daughter is here. "Son, come here, you can call me grandma, just like them."

"Grandmother, grandson Fang Haoyu has met grandma." Fang Haoyu came to Wu Shi and kowtowed to Wu Shi.

"Oh, no need, good boy. From now on, you will be just like them, you will be grandson of grandma, let grandma take a look." Mrs. Wu pulled Haoyu up and took a good look at the little boy, only to see He has delicate features, but he is a handsome boy. "Good boy, he looks good, and looks much more stable than Bo Chao."

"Grandma, can you stay here for a few more days this time? We all miss you, but we are so busy every day that we don't have time to see you." Yuxian grabbed Grandma's hand, her big eyes sparkling with anticipation. hope.

"Okay, grandma will stay here for a few days, and she will accompany you well." Mrs. Wu agreed.

"Oh, it's great, grandma can stay here for a few more days." The children shouted together.

"Okay, what should you all do? I'll go to the back and see if there's anything I can do to help." After saying that, Mrs. Wu walked back.The children, of course, went to do their own thing.

Mrs. Wu fell back and saw Mrs. Fang soaking zong leaves.It is best to soak the zong leaves in hot water, so that they are easy to wrap when making zongzi. When cooking zongzi, pour the water soaked in the zong leaves into the pot, so that the cooked zongzi tastes more fragrant. "Biyun, how much rice do you plan to pack this year? How do I see you soaking so many zong leaves?"

"Mother, you're here. I'm planning to pack fifty catties of rice this year, so I soaked some more zong leaves." Seeing her mother coming, Fang asked her to sit down. "Mom, sit here."

"Fifty catties of rice, doesn't our mother have to pack it all afternoon?" Mrs. Wu thought that it would not be enough for the two of them to pack so much.

"Mother, it's not us, there are four girls. Bilian sent two, and I bought two later. Now our family can work quickly." Fang told her mother.

"Oh? I know that Bilian sent two of them. Bilian told me, why didn't I know when you bought someone?" Wu asked.

Fang Shi told his mother about buying Chunmei and Chunxing.After hearing this, Mrs. Wu also sighed, "Hey, we women are like this. When we are not married, our father and brother have the final say. After we become a monk, the husband has the final say. How can we have the final say. Biyun, You guys are doing the right thing. We can’t do nothing, so who are we? That’s good, you can take it easy, or there are so many children, and you can be busy just doing laundry and cooking. gone."

"Yeah, I'm much more relaxed now. Otherwise, these ten or so children would have been enough. In the first few days, I was so tired that I couldn't straighten up. Later, when Chuntao and the others came, it was better. "Fang thought of the days when there were a bunch of children at home and she was in a hurry.

"It doesn't matter if you have more children, the house is lively. Like me, when I'm at home by myself, I always feel empty." Wu Shi likes children the most.

"Mom, why don't you come and live here, the children miss you. My mother and I can still be together, and if something happens to me, I still have someone to guide me." Fang couldn't bear to let her mother be alone.

"Let's talk about it, there are always some things at home that I can't let go of." Wu Shi sighed.

The mother and daughter were chatting about some family issues, and there was another commotion in the front yard. Fang got up and walked to the front yard, and saw that it was Xue Ping, driving the carriage.

"Grandma Tong, our grandpa and grandma brought you a gift for the Dragon Boat Festival." Xue Ping hurried over to see the gift and handed over the gift list.

"This Jinyu is the same, what gift are you giving? This is so far away, I told you to come here. Quick, go into the room to drink some water, and rest for a while." Fang took the gift list without looking at it, and was busy greeting Xue Ping first. "Chuntao, go make a cup of tea."

"Grandma Tong, don't be busy. Here is a letter from our master, which is for the young masters. The master also said that if you have free time, let the young masters go back and live for a few days. The old lady in the house misses her grandson." , have been arguing with our master all day long." Xue Ping quickly got down to business.

"Okay, I'll discuss it with Mr. Yuan, and then write back to Jinyu. By the way, have you gone to the old lady in Xijiang Village?" Mrs. Wu was picked up here, and the people who went there might run away.

"Xue An drove the car, what's the matter?"

"The old lady is here with me. Didn't Xue An go in vain?" Mrs. Fang had forgotten about Xue An's boxing gift.

"It's okay, Xue An will definitely come to Grandma's place when she sees that the old lady is not here."

"Okay, I'll ask Chuntao to arrange for you to stay here first, and I'll go back after the festival. I just want to discuss with Mr. Yuan about Bowen and the others." Mrs. Fang asked Chuntao to arrange Xue Ping to live in the wing room in the front yard.

"Grandma, the little one should help move all the things down, the little one is not tired." Xue Ping went to move things after saying that.Fang hurriedly asked Dalang and the others to help, and the children rushed down to move things down. Yunsong went to the field. This is the time for seedlings to emerge. Qingyun heard the commotion outside and came out to help.After a while, everything was moved into the inner courtyard.

Seeing Yuan Qingyun, Xue Ping took out a bank note from his pocket and handed it to Yuan Qingyun: "Mr. Yuan, this is given to you by our master, and he told you to keep it for emergencies. The master said Well, of course you don’t need money here at Grandma’s place, but there’s no guarantee that one day you’ll be free and want to go out for a walk, and then the money ticket will come in handy.”

Yuan Qingyun wanted to refuse at first, since he has nothing to spend money here.But after hearing what Xue Ping said, it was hard to refuse, so he took the banknote and accepted it. "Go back and thank brother Jinyu for me. I will keep the money. Maybe someday I will really go out for a while. Thank you for his thoughtfulness."

While speaking, Xue An also drove the carriage to Tong's house.Seeing that everyone was in the yard, Xue An came over to meet Fang first, "Grandma, where is the old lady in-law? Just now, the little one went to give the gift, but there was no one."

Fang said a little embarrassedly: "I picked it up, I forgot about the boxing gift you have to give. The old lady is here with me."

It happened that Yuxian invited her grandma to the front yard, so Xue An hurried forward and gave the gift list to Mrs. Wu.Wu Shi said that just unload everything and leave it to Fang Shi.The mother and daughter gave way for a while, but Fang had no choice but to ask everyone to unload the things.Everyone was busy for a while, and then everything was done.Fang arranged for Xue Ping and Xue An to stay, and then went to the backyard with Wu to exchange the gift list.Because Xue Jinyu's sons are all here, most of the gifts are food and cloth.There are [-] catties of white flour, [-] catties of rice, [-] bolts of cloth of various colors, and some snacks and dried fruits.Because the weather was too hot and the journey was long, we couldn't keep the meat, so we didn't deliver it.Some food and cloth were also sent to the Wu family.Mrs. Wu helped to put all the cloth into the suite in the east room, "You can keep these cloths and make more clothes for the children. These little boys spend a lot of money on the clothes they go up and down the mountains and rivers all day. I am an old woman, You don’t need such things. Before you didn’t separate the family, your mother-in-law picked up all the things you sent, and the children couldn’t wear any good clothes. Now it’s all right, don’t wrong the children.”

"Mother, I know. Over the years, I have dragged down Mother and Bilian. Now we are just starting out, and we have nothing to repay you. I am ashamed." Fang thought of the old days, a little sentimental, tears It's about to flow out.

"Okay, it's a big festival, why are you crying? Live a good life, relying on Yun Song's ability, you are good at living, and the children are obedient and uplifting, are you still worried about your life?" Wu comforted her daughter .

(End of this chapter)