Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 14 Junqi's First Birthday
On April [-]th, Tong Yunfeng's son, Tong Junqi, was one year old. The Zhou family had married into Tong's family for nine years before giving birth to this son.The old lady Tong had been busy farming for the past few days, and she had forgotten about this problem. When she thought about it, she quickly asked Tong Yunfeng to go to the town to buy things for Junqi's birthday party.

On April [-]th, several daughter-in-laws were busy preparing the banquet early in the morning.Dalang and the others went out to herd cattle, because the two children of Tong's family, Yuyan, were girls, and Junqi was young, so the job of herding cattle was assigned to the eldest and the second family, and the children of the two families took turns.Yuxian also ran out, she and Yuyan were not in the same boat, of course she didn't want to help in the kitchen, besides, she was young, so it was okay to help pick vegetables on weekdays, but there were so many people today that she was afraid that she might not be able to take care of her, so she No one cares about coming out.Yuxian, Xiaosi and Xiaowu took small picks and baskets and went to plan the fritillaria again. The fritillary is about to bloom, and the stalks will be dumped as soon as the flowers are gone, so it will be difficult to find.I have to say that after Yuxian stared at the fourth brother and drank the fritillary water for a few days, Xiao Si's cough really got better. Now the brothers admire Yuxian very much, and Yuxian obeys Yuxian's words even more.Today they are going to the riverside, at the south end of the village to graze cattle and plan fritillary.Dalang tied the cow to a tree, leaving Xiaosan to watch the cow. He and Erlang also went into the forest to help the younger siblings find the mother-of-pearl.

In the courtyard of Tong's family, the sisters-in-law were choosing vegetables, when Zhou's natal family came.Zhou's mother, Zhou Qinshi, the cousin of the old lady of the Tong family, brought her two daughters-in-law and the youngest daughter.The Zhou family's youngest daughter is eighteen, and has already been engaged. She got married in autumn. Zhou Qinshi was bored seeing her embroidering wedding dresses at home all day, so she took her out for a walk.When the cousin came, Mrs. Tong was naturally very happy, and hurriedly let Zhou Qinshi, two nieces and daughters-in-law and the little niece into the house.The old man was not here today, so he and his sons went to clean up the ground. It rained the night before yesterday, so it happened to be working in the field today.It is enough for the family to have the Qin family leading the daughters-in-law.When Zhou Qinshi entered the house, he saw his little grandson sitting on the Kang and eating fruit.Little Junqi didn't know what was going on, he always had troubles, and he didn't like to eat, so Qin used eggs, sugar, and oil to make fine white noodles and fried some fruits for Junqi to eat. Qin's preference for this child was very high.

Seeing her grandson, Zhou Qinshi hugged her and kissed her with a smile on her face, but Junqi quit and twisted her body so that she wouldn't let her hug her. "This child is weak, and he got sick again a few days ago, so he got better." Qin quickly hugged him.Zhou Qinshi took out a set of clothes from the burden, and compared them to Junqi, "Well, the size is just right, and I can wear it for a while." He also took out a silver collar and put it on Junqi, "This is the clothes in front of the Buddha. Yes, Junqi wears it to ward off evil spirits, and he is in good health." Then he took out a piece of deep purple material, "Sister, this is what your nephew bought when he went to the county town a few days ago, and I will leave this piece for you Make a dress."

"My sister, why are you so polite?" Qin accepted happily. "How is the planting at home? If the planting is not finished, let the boss and the others help plant it for two days. The planting here is very fast this year."

"It's not bad, it's coming soon. I can't compare to you. My family has planted more than 70 mu of land. I only have about [-] mu of land, and it's almost finished." Zhou Qin said enviously: "Sister, you are a blessed , four sons, and older grandsons, can the grandsons work now? I really envy you."

"There's nothing to be envious of. There are more people, more food, more grandchildren, but this half-child eats poor old man. If you don't plan carefully, you can't do it. There is also the fourth child, who has been talking to him for the past few years, but he No way, I don't like that one, and I haven't talked about a daughter-in-law yet. I'm so worried." When Qin saw her cousin, she complained. "By the way, Xiuqin's marriage is settled, right? How many months after autumn? Don't forget to let me know when the time comes. I have to go and add makeup."

"October after autumn, I'm free, sister must go back and stay for a few more days, so we sisters can get together well." Zhou Qin replied with a smile. "Yulan, you two don't sit here, go to the kitchen and help your sisters-in-law." Zhou Qinshi ordered the two daughter-in-laws.

"No need, my nephew and daughter-in-law finally came here. Can the child let them work? It's fine if there are old people in the kitchen." Qin stopped her.

"Auntie, we are all my real relatives, so why not be so polite." The eldest daughter-in-law named Yulan was talking to Qin Shi, while leading her sister-in-law out.

While Mrs. Qin was talking with her sister in the house, two cousins ​​and sister-in-law of Mr. Tong came outside, as well as the village chief Li Futian and his wife.Anyone in the village who has a big or small love will invite him, and her wife will follow.Mrs. Qin quickly let them all into the house, and everyone sat and chatted. The topics were nothing more than the men chatting about the work in the field, the weather, etc., and the women chattered about their children's marriage. , My natal family is in Miaoling Village. I remember that next door to my natal family lives a person surnamed Zhang. Her family has a girl who seems to be eighteen this year and hasn't talked about marriage yet. The conditions are good, the family has [-] acres of land, and the two elder brothers are also married. He is also quite handsome, it was delayed by the death of her grandmother."

"That's a good relationship, then I'll trouble Aunt Li. If it comes to fruition, I have to thank you very much." Upon hearing this, Qin quickly thanked her. What she is most worried about now is the marriage of the fourth child.

It was almost noon when a few people were chatting and laughing, and the daughters-in-law had finished all the meals.At this time, Mr. Tong came back from the field with his sons, and he had to greet everyone when he saw them.Yuxian thought it was almost time, so she led the cow home.When I went home, I saw that not many people came, not even her aunts.Thinking about it, it is also the time to grab the spring, and it takes a day to go back and forth, and the time for spring plowing cannot be delayed.People make mistakes for a while, and people make mistakes for a year.

Almost everyone came back, Qin took out a dustpan, which was prepared for Junqi to catch things, including books, pens, abacus, seals, small silver locks, etc., all of which symbolized good meaning thing.There is a set of rhetoric for what the child catches. It is nothing more than auspicious blessings, expressing people's expectations for the future of the child.Qin Shi put things around Junqi, everyone looked at what he could grab? "Book, grab the book." One said. "Silver, catch the silver." Others said so.

Xiao Junqi sat there, watching these things without grabbing any of them, no matter how everyone teased him, he just didn't grab them.She was so anxious that she burst into tears with a "wow", everyone was speechless, Zhou hurriedly picked up her son and coaxed her son, and she stopped crying for a while before letting go.Whether you let it go or not catch it, it will hurt everyone.Yuxian is also very anxious, she is hungry, Junqi will not be able to cook if he does not catch Zhou, so is it possible that everyone is waiting hungry?Thinking about it, she picked up a piece of fruit that Junqi was eating, and wandered in front of Junqi, which really caught his attention, and then led him to follow the piece of fruit.Yuxian put the fruit under the book, and Junqi saw that the fruit was hidden under the book, so he went to pick up the book.

"Okay, look, my younger brother has grabbed the book, and my younger brother will definitely be able to pass the exam." Yuxian clapped her hands happily, and everyone clapped their hands too, saying auspicious words to Qin and Zhou.Xiao San said in a low voice: "A foodie." Da Lang heard him and gave him a look.

After catching the week, everyone sat down to eat, and today's banquet obviously couldn't keep up with Yuxian's full moon.Old Mrs. Tong, Mrs. Qin, said to everyone: "I'm really sorry, because these few days are busy with farming, and there are no fresh vegetables in the town. Yesterday, the third child went to the town and couldn't buy anything except meat. What. Forgive me a lot." This is also the truth, to the extent that the old lady prefers Junqi, would it be good?In fact, many dishes are not available in this season, how many dishes can be made with meat alone?It was Fang's sisters-in-law who tried their best to make these eight dishes.There were fried fungus with meat, scrambled eggs, braised pork in brown sauce, stir-fried meat, celery balls, stewed carp, fried peanuts, and fried leeks on the table.

"Oh, sister-in-law Tong, this is not bad. Who doesn't know that there are the fewest dishes in spring, and it is enough to make these." Li Futian, a villager, said with a smile.

"That's right, it still has to be some ingenuity in cooking, if I still can't do it." Zhou Qinshi also said.

Everyone chatted while eating, and they all praised the taste of the dishes, and a meal can be regarded as a joy for the host and guest.Before the meal was over, Junqi was about to go to bed, but she refused to go to bed right away, crying and fussing, so Zhou had no choice but to walk back and forth on the ground with Junqi in her arms, crying and fussing for about a quarter of an hour , fell asleep slowly, and dared not put it down, and cried as soon as she put it down, so Zhou had no choice but to hold her.

"Mother Junqi, has this child always been such a troublemaker?" the village chief's wife asked.

"Yes, Aunt Li, this child has been like this since he was a child. Whenever he wants to sleep, he has to be hugged and coaxed, and he won't let him go when he falls asleep." Zhou hugged the child, and said worriedly: "There is always something wrong, three days. If you have a minor illness and a serious illness in five days, I went to the doctor to see it, and said that it is congenitally weak, and you need to take medicine to take care of it, but our family, how can we afford those expensive medicines?"

"Oh, children are mother's lifeblood. It's really tiring to see you like this." Aunt Li also sighed.

Jun Qi finally fell into a deep sleep, Mrs. Zhou put him down, and took some food to the table. At this time, everyone was almost finished eating, and they all took their leave and went out.

Mrs. Qin took Aunt Li's hand, "Aunt Li, don't forget what you said. I'm waiting for your letter. I'll leave your nephew's marriage to you."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will definitely take care of it for you. I will go and ask for help when I have free time in a few days. Just wait for my reply." Aunt Li promised with a smile.

(End of this chapter)