Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 8
When everyone entered the room, Bilian hurriedly lifted Yuxian's quilt to take a look. Xiao Yuxian had already been shaken by the carriage and fell asleep. "The child is sleeping soundly, Dalang, go outside and get a handful of soil and bring it back to your mother, and let your mother put it in the water tank." This is because he is afraid that the child will not be acclimatized when he comes to grandma's house for the first time.Dalang responded and ran out. "Sister, when Yuxian wakes up, don't forget to hold her to see the water tank." Fang smiled: "You remember clearly, I almost forgot."

Wu smiled and said, "She was still young when you gave birth to Dalang, and she was married when you gave birth to Erlang, and things have happened to Xiaosan, Xiaosan and Xiaowu. Speaking of which, it's been a few years since your sisters have seen each other. Have a good reunion." Can't help but sigh. "This is a married person, in-laws, husband, children, one heart can't wait to have several petals, so there is no time to get together."

"Sister, let's stay at home for a few more days this time. Jinyu has gone to the south again, and the old lady has gone back to the capital with her three little ones. I will stay at my mother's house for a while this time." Bilian held Fang's arm. Fang's arm, "Let's spend good time with our bridesmaids. You go back to Tong's house later, so that you don't have to be a cow and a horse for them when you go back." Seeing her charming appearance, Fang couldn't help thinking that her sisters were not married yet. When the day, promised to stay a few more days.Bilian happily told Zixuan to tidy up the west room and let Fang's mother and her daughters stay there.

Mrs. Wu also looked at the two beautiful daughters with a smile, and took out a snack box from the kang cabinet and gave it to the children for them to eat.Erlang and the others took the box and climbed onto the wooden couch. It was a sunny day, the noon sun shone on the window, and the wooden couch was warm, eating and playing.Dalang also got a small pinch of soil and gave it to Mrs. Fang, and then climbed onto the couch to play with his younger brothers.

Fang went to the kitchen and sprinkled the soil into the water tank. Seeing that Ziling was busy cooking, she was about to go up to help Ziling not use it, and gave way to let her into the room, when Bilian called her: "Sister, Yuxian wakes up!" It's gone." Fang hurried into the room.

When Yuxian woke up, she had already arrived at her grandmother's house, and her mother poured urine on her, and then sat on the kang with her in her arms.Xiao Yuxian couldn't stop looking at everything in the house. The furniture in the grandmother's house is not much, but it is simple and generous without losing the feeling of warmth. The windows are bright and clean, and one can tell that the grandmother is clean and tidy.The house has a large bay and five rooms in the main room. This is not a house that ordinary people can live in.Thinking of my mother's ability to read and write, I guessed that my grandfather who had passed away might be famous.In fact, Yuxian's guess was correct. Fang's father was originally an official in the capital. Because he offended people by bluntly admonishing and impeaching the queen's relatives to control the government, he was dismissed and returned to his hometown.This house was built when he was awarded Juren, and it was left unused after he came to Beijing, and later he was dismissed from office and returned.After returning to his hometown, Master Fang remained depressed, and passed away within a year.Leaving Mrs. Wu with her two daughters and a two-year-old son.When her husband passed away, Mrs. Wu was very sad and lingered on the sick bed, and a good family fell into decline.If it weren't for the eldest daughter Biyun to support the family, the Wu family might not be here.Fang Biyun shouldered the burden of the family, doing laundry and cooking at home, farming pigs and chickens outside, cooking soup and medicine to serve her mother, and taking care of her older siblings. relative.

Yanjiang Village and Xijiang Village are separated by a river, and Tong Yunsong often travels between the two villages for fishing and hunting.Once I saw a woman go into the mountain to cut firewood, and the heavy wood made her unable to walk, so Tong Yunsong helped her back home.Later, when I learned about the situation of the Fang family, I often chopped firewood and secretly put it at the door of the Fang family. When the farming season was busy, I would get up early and secretly go to the Fang family's field to weed the weeds.Biyun always wondered who was helping her, so one day she got up early and saw Yun Song working in her field, she was very moved.Tong Yunsong was already 22 years old at that time, and the old lady Tong hadn't even married him yet, so Tong Yunsong quietly found his aunt and asked her to help him make peace.When Mrs. Tong heard that the daughter of the Fang family disagreed, she thought she was poor and the girl was old.At this time, someone happened to be proposing marriage to Yun Bai, the second child of the Tong family. He was talking about the Liu family, a family in the town, and the family had some family background.Of course, Mrs. Tong couldn't be happier. In order not to mess up the order of seniority, she had no choice but to agree to the marriage between the eldest and Mrs. Fang.The marriage of the two was set in March, so that more people could work during the busy farming season.In autumn, the second child married Liu Shi again. Mrs. Tong didn't want to see Fang Shi, and was partial to Liu Shi, but the two sisters-in-law got married in the same year, and Fang Shi gave birth to Dalang in the first month of the second year. The child was born at the end of three years.On the surface, Mrs. Liu is kind and friendly, but behind the scenes, she is not bad.Later, Tong Yunfeng, the third child of the Tong family, married the daughter of Mrs. Tong's natal cousin, and the Liu family was no longer so popular, but the Fang family was even more unpopular with the old lady Tong.Fang has a good temper, I don't say anything, let alone contradict you, and he is good at work and never sneaky. She gave birth to five sons, more than the old lady. The older Mrs. Tong If he couldn't grasp what to do, the angrier he became and he didn't want to see Fang Shi, which gradually became a habit.

Zixuan opened the door and came in, "Old lady, the food is ready, where is it placed?" "Let's put it in the east room, put the big kang table, and the whole family will eat on the kang warmly." Mrs. Wu is happy today, "There is a jar of rhubarb rice wine brewed last year in the kitchen. I will find it. I am happy today. Let us have a drink." Then he went down to the ground to find wine.

"You see our mother is happy, yes, we are both married, and we can't come back several times a year. Brother Xin is studying outside again, and mother is alone at home. Can you not be lonely?" Fang looked at her mother. The back is a little sad. "Although I'm close, you know my mother-in-law. How can you let me go back to my mother's house when I have nothing to do? There are a lot of jobs waiting for me at home."

"Sister, you're just too soft-tempered, so you're going to fight her hard, see what that old hag can do?" Bi Lian got angry when she mentioned the Tong family. "You have five sons, and your back is very stiff. Why are you afraid of her?"

"Little sister, I'm not afraid of her. She is your brother-in-law's mother. If I quarrel with her, your brother-in-law will be in trouble. All these years of marriage, your brother-in-law has always taken care of me very well. No matter how bad the Tong family is, look at it In terms of your brother-in-law's face, I can't tear myself apart with them, and I can't let your brother-in-law go out and let people poke their backs!" Fang's affection for Tong Yunsong is deep, and she can bear it for her husband.

Zixuan set the table, and after a while the food was served, Dalang and the others all took off their shoes and got on the kang, and gathered around the table.Mrs. Wu also brought a jug of rice wine and poured wine for both daughters.

"Mother, how can I ask you to pour wine for us?" Fang hurriedly tried to grab the jug.

"It's okay, we're all one family, mother is happy, come on, let's all get some wine and have a drink." Mrs. Wu picked up the wine glass.

"Mother, Yuxian is still breastfeeding, I can't drink." Fang hurriedly gave way.

"It's okay, this is our own rice wine. It is the most invigorating blood and nourishing people, especially for women. Besides, do you think there is one tonic in confinement that does not contain alcohol? Women in confinement in the south drink it Rice wine." Wu's natal family is from the south, and later moved to the capital, where Wu and Master Fang got married, which is why they always fell ill when they first came to the north. Only then did I get used to it.The mother and daughter toasted and drank the wine together.

Xiaosan was very naughty, seeing that there were still a few drops of wine in the mother's glass, she took the wine glass and poured it into her mouth.Smack your lips, it feels sweet.When Wu saw it, she couldn't help laughing and said, "You monkey boy, you dare to steal wine. Zixuan will bring you some more cups and give them a taste too."

Fang felt that the alcohol content of the rice wine was not high, so he didn't stop it. Anyway, Da Lang and the others were not those uncountable children.Sure enough, after everyone drank a glass, Da Lang refused to let them drink: "Okay, just have a drink and taste it. It's also wine. Don't get drunk and you can't play in the afternoon." I listened to Dalang very much, and never wanted to drink a second cup.

There are six dishes on the table, braised pork, stewed chicken with mushrooms, stewed river carp, walnuts in honey sauce, fried shredded potatoes, and fried cabbage slices with meat.They are all exquisitely made, and the fragrance wafts far away.Xiao Yuxian was lying on the kang, asking about the smell of vegetables in the room, drooling greedily, dancing and dancing to attract mother's attention, and said "Yiyi Yaya" in her mouth.Fang finally realized her daughter's abnormality, and hugged Yuxian: "Good girl, what's wrong with you? Do you want to pee?"

Yuxian was speechless, and said in her heart: "Mom, I'm so worthless? I just finished peeing, okay? I'm greedy, I don't know if the baby can eat? Doesn't it mean that some children don't have enough milk to eat?" I don’t eat, so you can let me order vegetable soup!” Thinking that she couldn’t speak, she had to point her small hand towards the table, but her hand was too short, and she couldn’t help it. He obeyed, but he didn't point to it. He was so depressed that he burst into tears.Fang is in a hurry, her daughter is very well-behaved on weekdays, what happened today?I just finished breastfeeding, so I couldn't lift up my clothes to try to breastfeed again, but Yuxian cried even harder, no matter how coaxed she couldn't do it.

"Mother, my sister wants to eat vegetables." Xiao Wu, who had been quiet all the time, said.Fang was taken aback, "Xiao Wu, your sister is still young, can't she eat vegetables?" Wu also said, "Get some vegetable soup for her to try." Yuxian stopped crying before she finished speaking. .Fang dipped some broth with chopsticks and put it into her daughter's mouth. Xiao Yuxian clicked her mouth and then smiled. "This villain, so he wants to eat." Bi Lian couldn't help laughing when she saw it, "Who knows that he wants to eat after seeing such a small child? My niece is really amazing!"

"People can only feed the children who have no milk. It's good for you. I want to taste it so early." Fang also smiled helplessly, "After you pass a hundred days, mother will give you Add some food to eat. Don't worry." Fang had no choice but to hold her daughter to eat, and as long as Yu Xian called out, she would make some vegetable soup for her to taste.Fortunately, Yuxian, a pseudo-child, is quite sensible, knowing not to eat too much salty food, so she gave up after only three tastes.

The family finished their lunch talking and laughing, and Xiao Yuxian was also tired, and fell asleep again.Wu Shi and Bi Lian were also used to taking naps, so Wu Shi and Bi Lian were in the east room, and Fang Shi took his son to the west room.The boys all drank a glass of wine at noon, and felt sweet at the time, and after a while, their stamina picked up, and they were a little sleepy, and they all fell asleep on the kang.

(End of this chapter)