Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 7

Fang stretched out her hand to grab the eldest son, and asked softly: "Da Lang, are you full?" She knew that the eldest son always watched his younger brother eat until he was full.

"Mother, I'm full. I ate a lot of rice just now. The rhubarb rice is delicious! Don't worry, mother, Erlang and Xiaosan are also full. In fact, there are enough dishes for today. I also put some in the fried cabbage. The meat is much more fragrant than usual, my brother and the others don’t eat it, they only grab fish.” Da Lang smiled and comforted his mother. "Mother, we're all full. You're busy coaxing your sister, aren't you full?" Xiaosan climbed onto the kang, snuggled up to Fang's side, and touched her mother's face with her fleshy little hands. Eyes full of concern.Fang took Xiaosan into her arms and kissed her son's tender face, "Mother is full too."

At this time, Mrs. Wu, Zhuzi's daughter-in-law, and Chunsheng's wife also came in. Zhuzi's daughter-in-law Fang said: "Sister-in-law, we have been out for a long time. It is time to go back. There are chickens and pigs at home. We have to go back and have a look." " Chunsheng's daughter-in-law also said: "Yes, I don't know what happened to the children in the family?" Fang wanted to go to the field to deliver them, but she said no, so Bilian went out for her sister and delivered them to the door.The guests in the east room also went out one after another, only Mr. Tong's two cousins ​​and his sister-in-law were still in the room.With a sullen face, Mr. Tong said to Tong Yunsong, "Call me in with your eldest sister and second daughter-in-law."

After a while, both Tong Yunlian and Liu Shi came in. There were still tears on Liu Shi's face, and Tong Yunlian's face was not good-looking.

"Two embarrassing things, I taught you a bunch of shallow-skinned ones, and today's good life has been disturbed by you." The old man was so angry that he knocked his cigarette pouch on the edge of the kang, "Big girl, go home Teach the two of your family well, the eldest of your family is about to marry him, just like him, he doesn’t want to do the work, and he will die after seeing the delicious food, which girl dares to marry him?” Yun Lian hurriedly nodded and said yes . "There is also the second daughter-in-law, those in your family are not worry-free. They like to stir the dishes on weekdays. The children of your eldest brother's family let them. They thought everyone was afraid of them. This time, they are at a disadvantage. The old man still felt sorry for his grandson, "How is Xiaojie, take him to the town to have a look, and don't make a fool of himself." Mrs. Liu also responded repeatedly. "Okay, don't stick around here anymore, what should you do, put back the leftover vegetables and everything. Return all the borrowed household items."

Westinghouse Wu is talking to her daughter about confinement: "Why don't you go back with us today, it happens that Bilian's car is here, so it's convenient." It's not good to leave. It's okay to let the child's father take us in a car tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Fang was more worried.

"Sister, let Xue Ping and the others pick you up tomorrow. My car is more comfortable, and it's getting cold. Don't let the child catch a cold." It's very comfortable.

"Okay, then I'll talk to my mother-in-law later." Mrs. Fang was not polite to her sister either.

Mrs. Wu and Bilian were about to leave, so Mrs. Tong and Tong Yunsong followed her to the gate, "Mother-in-law, walk slowly on the road, and come here often when you have free time. Her aunt should come here often." Zixuan supported Bilian, Zi Ling helped Wu Shi get into the carriage, and the horse spread its hooves and disappeared after a while.

After a while of fuss, everything that should be cleaned up was cleaned up. The girl and uncle of the Tong family took the children and left. The Qin family brought 160 eggs and leftover pork and other vegetables, everyone was happy all gone.Then Mrs. Qin went to the Westinghouse and said to Mrs. Fang, "Today we collected [-] eggs, and we took away [-] from Yun Lian and the others just now. How do you divide the remaining [-] eggs?"

"Mother, you can keep it. Yuxian is still young and can't eat it. When she is older and can eat it, spring will begin, and the chickens at home will start laying eggs." Fang knows her mother-in-law, so she doesn't argue.

"Okay, then I'll keep it, and a hundred eggs can be sold for some money. I also collected a few pieces of fabric today, and I'll give you two pieces of fine cloth." Qin heard that his daughter-in-law didn't want eggs, but gave two pieces generously cloth.

"By the way, mother, Bilian is going to pick me up tomorrow for confinement." Seeing that her mother-in-law was in a good mood, Fang hurriedly said.

"Okay, let's go back. I was going to leave my mother's house after the autumn harvest." The old lady readily agreed.

On the morning of the tenth day of the lunar new year, Mrs. Fang woke up early and cleaned up the West Room. Tong Yunsong is also diligent, but this house cleaning is not something a man can understand. This month, the corners of the house are a little gray .After tidying up the Westinghouse, Fang went to the kitchen to make breakfast, which consisted of corn dregs porridge, pickles, and a pot of cornmeal pancakes.After the meal was ready, Mrs. Zhou rubbed her eyes and entered the kitchen. "Sister-in-law, you have already cooked the rice."

"I got up early today, so I cooked the meal. This past month, you and his second aunt have worked hard." Fang knew that Zhou woke up late on purpose.Mrs. Zhou helped put all the food on the table, and the Tong family could only sit at two tables.The dishes and chopsticks were all set, and the rest of the people also came. The breakfast was eaten quickly, and it was finished in a while.Fang cleaned up the table again, washed the dishes and put them away.

Back in the Westinghouse, Yuxian also woke up.Splashed urine, washed the child's face, fed the milk, changed clothes and put on the bed.He carefully put all the things that Bilian sent yesterday into a box, locked it, and kept the key close to his body.This can't be sloppy, the two sisters-in-law in the family can't guarantee that they don't want to think about her things.Called Dalang and others to come in, and changed them into clean clothes. "Da Lang, did you put away all the things that my aunt gave you yesterday?" She gave them all the children's things to put away, and taught them to take care of their own things from an early age.

"Mother, don't worry, everything is put away. The boxes and cabinets are also locked." Da Lang knows the family affairs better than anyone else.

Outside the gate, Xue Ping jumped out of the carriage, tied up his horse, and stepped forward to pat the gate.It happened that Tong Yunbai was in the yard, and he opened the door to let him in, then shouted to the upper room: "Sister-in-law, auntie sent someone to pick you up." Fang's hugged Yuxian, and Yunsong led Dalang and the others.When they arrived at the carriage, Yun Song took Yuxian and asked Fang to get into the carriage first, and then put Yuxian into Fang's arms.Then Xiaosi and Xiaowu were carried into the car, and Dalang, Erlang, and Xiaosan climbed into the car by themselves.Yun Song waved at the car, Xue Ping flicked his whip, and the horse ran away.When the daughter-in-law moves to confinement, the husband generally does not follow.

The carriage moved forward steadily, it was the first time in Yuxian's two lives that she took this carriage, it was very strange, she looked out from under the quilt.It feels rare everywhere.The carriage was very spacious, and six or seven people didn't feel crowded in it.There are cushions tied to the stools on both sides, so it is not uncomfortable to sit on, and there are two small quilts that should be covered on the legs when it is cold.The front was blocked by a cotton curtain, so the outside wind could not come in at all, and the carriage was still very warm.The two villages are separated by a river, which is not far away at all, because the river is not completely frozen and cannot walk on the river. There is only a detour to the downstream where there is a bridge to cross the river. This detour is more than ten miles.No matter how stable the carriage was, it was a little wobbly, Fang told Da Lang and the others not to move around, but to sit still.After about two quarters of an hour, the car jolted a bit, and it was crossing the bridge.Fang called Yuxian by name: "Don't be afraid, Yuxian. Let's cross the bridge. Don't be afraid. We'll be at grandma's house in a while. We've crossed the bridge. Don't be afraid." After crossing the bridge, about two quarters of an hour later, the carriage stopped.Fang rewrapped Yuxian's quilt again, covering her head with a corner of the quilt to prevent the cool wind from blowing in.When the curtain was lifted, it was mother and sister waiting at the door.Zixuan lifted the curtain, first helped Dalang and the others get out of the carriage, then took Yuxian, and Fang came out of the carriage.

Bilian came up to meet her, stretched out her arms to hug Yuxian, Fang took a few steps quickly, and came to her mother, "Mother, why did you come out in this cold day, this is going to ruin my daughter." "It's rare for you to come back, I Isn't this happy? Besides, our family doesn't pay much attention to these things, and mother and daughter don't pay attention to those etiquettes. Hurry up, take the children into the house, it's cold outside." They said and entered the yard.

The courtyard of the Fang family is basically similar to that of the Tong family. The gates are opened in the southeast corner, and there is a screen wall with flowers on the side of the door. Bypassing the screen wall, there are five main rooms, namely the north room. There are things on both sides of the main room. penthouse.There are three wing rooms in the east and west of the yard, and a toilet in the southwest corner of the yard.The structure of the courtyard is somewhat similar to the courtyard house in Beijing, but it is not exactly the same, and it is much simpler.There is a door in the middle of the main room, and one enters into the open main room, which the locals call Waijiandi. The east and west are separated by a wall, and the kitchen is behind it.The weather in the north is relatively cold, and the indoors are heated with heated kangs. Some homes have northern kangs, some have southern kangs, and some have both north and south kangs. The Fang family’s is the northern kang.There are two pots in the kitchen, and the flue is the kang, so the kang can be heated by the fire for cooking.After entering the east room, there is a big Kang on the north side. The northern side of the Kang is edged with wooden planks one and a half inches thick and four inches wide. The edges of the Kang are painted with green lacquer. Made by Weizi.The kang slightly is a kang cabinet, the doors of the kang cabinet are opened in four directions, and there are copper handles. The kang cabinet is painted dark red and covered with a layer of clear oil. There are bedding on the kang cabinet.There are windows in the north and south of the house, and the south window is larger. The upper and lower windows are pasted with window paper, but they are pasted outside.This is because the wind is strong in the north, and the window paper will not be blown off by the wind outside. The window paper is also treated with grease. The treated paper is translucent, better for lighting, and it is durable and not afraid of rain.Under the south window is a long wooden couch with a small square Kang table in the middle.There was a set of tea sets on the table, and the wooden couches were covered with thick cotton cushions.There is also a suite in the back room, and the layout of the suite is similar, except that the wooden couch has been replaced by several red wooden boxes, and there is also a dressing table.

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