Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 3 Full Moon ([-])

Mr. Tong put down his cigarette pouch, and said, "Mother, don't just talk about the boss. This family has been busy with the autumn harvest and harvesting food, and everyone is exhausted. The boss hasn't missed any work. More than anyone else. He took the time to hunt some wild animals, and he didn’t delay his business, right? Even if it was eaten by Da Lang’s mother, it is normal. Many adults and children will suffer if they don’t eat during confinement. If you don't love your own wife, others will get it yourself. In my opinion, this matter is up to the boss. Anyway, the big guys are tired enough these days, so I will take this opportunity to rest and reward me. I'm a bit greedy. Let's do this. I'll give the boss some money later and buy some pork back. The wild pork is too thick, and the stir-fry is not good. I'll put it on tonight and make it rotten for dipping. Eat with soy sauce. The second and third daughter-in-law, tomorrow your sister-in-law will be the master, and she will not be able to go to the field to arrange meals, so I will leave the kitchen to you two." The old man knocked on the cigarette pouch and made a final decision, and the matter was considered settled.

The old lady was a little reluctant, but after thinking about it for a while, even if outsiders came, her family still ate so much.

The second daughter-in-law hadn't opened her mouth all this time, and at this time she also helped to explain: "Mother, what Dad said is right, there will always be relatives from the neighborhood who will come tomorrow, among other things, sister-in-law's mother and sister will definitely come. Let's Don't do it, our in-laws are here, and we don't look good."

The old lady stopped talking, and Mrs. Zhou wanted to say something, but the second daughter-in-law pulled the skirt of her clothes, so she didn't say any more.

"Okay, it's up to you. Boss, I'll give you some money. You go to the town to buy some meat and cook vegetables. You don't need to buy vegetables. There are cabbage and potatoes at home." The old lady said and got up to get the money. .

"Bring more, Boss, buy some good wine and come back, so Dad will have a good drink tomorrow." The old man smiled and told his son: "When you arrive in town, send a letter to your eldest sister, second sister and your younger sister. The autumn harvest is over, let them all come back and have fun."

"Hey, I got it, Dad." After receiving a few strings of copper coins from the old lady, Tong Yunsong got up and walked out.

Early the next morning, Tong Yunsong called his five sons into the back room.The west room was originally two suites plus one side room. The five children were originally sleeping in the inner room. Because Fang was confinement and couldn't get wind, they moved to the inner room, and put the five sons to sleep in the outer room.The five boys stood at Kang Qian from the oldest to the youngest, the eldest Tong Junye, the second child Tong Junwei, the third child Tong Junfeng, the fourth child Tong Junxuan, and the fifth child Tong Junhuang.The fourth child and the fifth child are a pair of twins. The children are all ranked with the word "Jun", and the word "Huo" is included in their names.When the name was first chosen, Fang was the only one in the family who could read and write, and the old lady refused to spend money to hire someone to name her grandson, so she just asked Fang to name her grandson.Fang said that our north is a place of bitter cold, so it is better to have a word of fire in the name, which is warm and bright, and also implies that the future will be prosperous.The eldest is nine years old this year, the second is seven years old, the third is five years old, the fourth is five or three years old, and there is exactly two years between them.

Looking at the tiger-headed and tiger-headed sons in front of her, Fang felt unspeakably satisfied. The children are quite sensible, the eldest and the second are mischievous, but they also know how to help their parents with some work, lead the younger brother, and take care of them carefully. Looking at my younger brother, now the fourth and fifth children basically don’t need her to bother. The eldest will help the younger brothers get dressed in the morning, and then lead them to wash their hands. Take care of the younger brothers to eat.It saved Fang a lot of heart.

"Today is my sister's full moon. There may be a lot of people at home. Dalang should not take his younger brothers to run around all over the world today. He will help your father move the stools, set the table and so on. You are the boss and should help your father share the burden." Little four and five, today we will cook some delicious food at home, and you are not allowed to pick vegetables at the dinner table, and you are not allowed to compete with your second uncle's brother and younger brother, you know?" Fang asked her sons solemnly, Tong There are many people in the family, and there are many right and wrong.There are many children in my family, and the two sisters-in-law say that the big house does less work and eats more, so the Fang family never allows the sons to grab food at the dinner table, and they can't make more money even if they eat more The meat, on the contrary, made the whole family unhappy. Although her husband brought back more than half of the food for today's banquet, Fang couldn't let her sons eat happily. Well, those who don't fight or grab will always suffer more. Whoever asks me to marry the boss, let's give up what should be given up.

"Mother, don't worry, which one of us is the shallow-sighted one? No matter how greedy I am, I won't fight with them. I will let my father teach me how to hunt this winter. If my younger brothers are greedy in the future, I will take care of you." I can find a way to get them something to eat." Although the eldest, Jun Ye, is only nine years old, he is not short, about 1.2 meters tall, and runs outside all day, with a dark face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and very tall like his father.

"Good boy, you have ambition, okay, dad will teach you this winter. Let's go, dad will take you to breakfast, and help dad tidy up the yard later." Tong Yunsong patted his son on the shoulder, turned his head and said to Fang: "Sister Yun, lie down first, I'll bring you the food." Then he led the sons out.

After breakfast, Mrs. Tong took her two daughters-in-law into the kitchen to prepare the noon banquet. Yesterday afternoon, Tong Yunsong had already grilled the rabbits and cleaned the chicken. The wild boar was in the pot last night. , Now it's all rotten, and when the lid of the pot is lifted, a strong smell of meat floats out.In the large wooden barrel on the ground, a dozen or so fish were still alive and kicking, and each of them weighed about two to three catties.On the cutting board was the pork that was bought, which weighed about fifteen or six catties.

"Second daughter-in-law, go to the vegetable cellar and get some cabbages, radishes, and some potatoes."

"Xiuying, go find the eggplants that were eaten in autumn, find out the winter mushrooms, and the fungus, and soak everything that needs to be soaked." The old lady ordered the two daughters-in-law to move non-stop.

"My sister-in-law is still enjoying the blessings. We are busy here. She is lying on the kang and doing nothing." The third daughter-in-law is Zhou Xiuying, and she is not idle while she is working.

"Shut your mouth and work quickly. Didn't your sister-in-law serve you like this when you were in confinement? Then there are so many words to say." Not much smell of anger.

"Mom, what dishes are we cooking today? You always have to decide the dishes first, and how many tables do you have to prepare?" The second daughter-in-law didn't talk much, but all the questions she asked were on point.

"Little pheasant stewed with mushrooms, rabbit meat stewed with potatoes, cut wild boar with dipping sauce, braised fine scale fish, fried eggplant box, fried shredded radish balls, fried fungus, fried cabbage, scrambled eggs, sauerkraut is also marinated, come again One pork sauerkraut, ten dishes are enough." The old lady thought for a while, and then counted them out one by one.

"Oh, mother, this noodle is hard enough. Big brother is amazing. He can cook so much fish and meat. I didn't have this noodle when I gave birth to Yuyan." Zhou seemed not to be picky. It's like feeling uncomfortable.

"Brothers and sisters, this is something you can't climb. If you want to eat well and have this face, you have to have the ability of your own man, right? Anyway, the second child doesn't have the ability, so I won't climb it." Liu's words Here, there is a faint provocative meaning.

"We all live together, how can we still divide this? What's the matter, his boss is capable, so brothers can't get along?" Zhou's eyebrows raised, "Then why am I still working here for him? Why don't you rest?" Let's go!"

"Shut up and say a few words less. In the past, which one of you ate less of the food that your elder brother bought? You are talking about it. Be quick. Xiuying washed the radish and wiped it into shreds with a wiper. Yue'e Take out some meat and chop it up to make stuffing, prepare the dishes according to six tables, and keep the leftovers for your own food." The old lady was a little unhappy, "Steam two pots of rhubarb rice, it's not enough to eat without it." The scientific name of rhubarb rice is millet, glutinous, similar to millet, slightly larger, and it is a good meal for entertaining guests.

At this time, someone in the yard was shouting: "Aunt Tong, are you home? Let's come to see sister-in-law Yunsong and the child." Mrs. Tong quickly wiped her hands and walked out.When I got to the yard, I saw two young daughters-in-law, each with a basket on their arm.It is the daughter-in-law of Lin Jiazhu and the daughter-in-law of Li Jiachun who are relatively close to the eldest daughter-in-law.

"Aunt Tong, today is your little granddaughter's full moon day, and I don't have anything good to take. Here are twenty eggs and three feet of cotton cloth. The eggs are for the child and sister-in-law to eat, and the cloth is reserved for the child to make a dress for. Right." Zhuzi's daughter-in-law is about 25 or 25 years old. The farmer's daughter-in-law is exposed to the wind and sun all day, her complexion is a little dark, but her eyebrows are also pretty, with a pair of bright eyes and a raised mouth. Laughing.Chunsheng's daughter-in-law on the side also handed the basket in her hand to Mrs. Qin, that is, Mrs. Tong: "Auntie, there is nothing good, let's use it for the children." There are also twenty eggs in the basket, three feet of cotton cloth, just the color Unlike the ones given by Zhuzi's daughter-in-law, gifts in rural areas are usually things like egg rulers.Chunsheng's daughter-in-law is whiter than Zhuzi's wife, and Chunsheng's family lives better. The family employs two long-term laborers, so there is less work in the fields.Also at the age of [-], she speaks less and has a very quiet temperament.

Qin took the things from the two of them, "Oh, it's great if you can come, what else are you doing with your things? Come on, come in and sit down."

"Auntie, let's go see the child first, and we'll chat with you later." Zhuzi's wife dragged Chunsheng's wife into the door, and ran straight to the west room.Mrs. Qin also turned around and entered the east room. In the room, Mr. Tong was sitting on the top of the kang, the second child was sitting on the edge of the kang, and the third child was sitting on a stool. The three of them were chatting about this year's harvest. "Second and third, don't just chatter, help your elder brother borrow some stools, tables, plates and bowls, maybe there are too many people here today, and there are not enough guys." The eggs were picked out, and the cloth was put away.

(End of this chapter)