Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 9
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Finding a bookstore with the largest frontage, she went in and picked up a book as if at random, but she was still a little nervous in her heart, and carefully stroked the paper in her hand. Although the appearance was slightly yellow, it was very flexible and smooth. Well, after opening the page and glanced twice, Mu Ai's hanging heart fell to the ground. Fortunately, it is traditional Chinese characters, so she doesn't have to go through the pain of learning to recognize characters from scratch.

The art university she was admitted to had high grades and high tuition fees, but it also had the advantage that in addition to painting in her major, she could also take many elective subjects to add credits. One of the subjects she chose was calligraphy, and there were many ancient stickers copied. , I also know a rough idea of ​​traditional Chinese characters.

After getting rid of the biggest trouble, Mu Ai began to casually look around in the store. Most of the books placed in the conspicuous place at the entrance are similar to those in ancient China. Jizi is similar to the Fu in the Han Dynasty, and it is not as concise as the seven characters and five characters in the Tang and Song Dynasties.She only read a few articles and felt that it was long-winded. Anyway, she didn't plan to take the imperial examination, so she put it down.He raised his head and called out "boss", but found that the boss was not there. There was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy dozing off at the counter. He barely opened his eyes and saw a customer coming, so he hurried over to greet him.Mu Ai asked him to help him choose more than a dozen books on history, travel notes, law and literacy enlightenment. He also chose two sets of the Four Treasures of the Study and packed them in a large bag. Mu Ai recalled that in the modern society, when it came to education costs, the more discussions were made, the higher the cost would be. For a child to finish college, ordinary people would have already been wiped out of their wealth. Tens of thousands of debts can be described as daunting. On the way of her travels, she met a man who voluntarily dropped out of university and went to work in other places. The reason was to make money to pay off foreign debts and to make money to treat his exhausted mother. It made people feel sad and helpless .Now it seems that the poor cannot afford to read books, and this reality exists everywhere.If I hadn't sold the exorbitantly priced fragrant rice and only relied on farming with Grandma Li and Shuan Shuan, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to save the book money in my whole life.Shaking his head, putting aside the sarcasm in his heart, he went out to find a corner where few people were paying attention, and threw everything into the ring in an instant.

After a rough calculation, everything was almost added, so Mu Ai went back to the inn, and Er Niu, who was lying in front of the window eagerly looking forward to it, was really relieved.

They didn't talk all night, and early in the morning of the second day, the two hired a carriage and went to the tofu vendor's house. They paid an extra two hundred cash, bought the board and took it away, and took it away in the alley that turned left and right. After eating tofu, I waited out the Nancheng Gate, changed to an ox cart, and drove all the way home.There was no robbery on the road as Mu Ai was worried about, and he arrived at the village head in the afternoon smoothly.Seeing Shuan Shuan looking out from under the big willow tree from a distance, Mu Ai suddenly felt very sore in her heart. Since her grandma passed away, for many years, she has never expected that someone would expect her to go home, and someone would expect her to return home. Waiting for her at the door.

Waving his hands, he shouted happily, "Shuan Shuan, my sister is back, and I bought you something delicious."

The little girl ran over excitedly, her legs and feet were quick, and she didn't need to stop the car, so she jumped into the car and lay in Mu Ai's arms, her little face looked like she wanted to ask but was too embarrassed to ask. Let Mu Ai really want to tease her, but she doesn't speak while holding her, and doesn't bring her food.Shuan Shuan peeked at the happy smile on her face, knowing that Sister Mu was making fun of her, so she wriggled in her arms unyieldingly, the cute look made Mu Ai couldn't help laughing, and turned around and took a big When the fried noodle fish bought on the street was handed to her, the little girl immediately jumped out of the car and went to share it with her friends.It made Mu Ai call her from behind, "Shuan Shuan, come home early."

After a while, when we arrived at the door of the house, as soon as the car stopped, the old lady came out to greet her. Obviously she was very worried, and they talked and laughed together and moved things into the house.The old lady was an enthusiastic person, and she was not in a hurry to ask about Mu Ai. Instead, she took the things she had brought for the villagers and delivered them from house to house. Just tell Er Niu to do whatever you want, or drink tea or go home, just remember to come for dinner later.

Then she turned around and went into the kitchen. She was too cautious the night before, and only made rice for Grandma Li and Shuan Shuan. Now that she went around the city, she also understood the lack of time and space. A few dishes, give the family a taste, and reward Erniu, thanks to his help when I go out this time.

Mu Ai washed four bowls of rice, estimated the amount of water, put them into clay pots and steamed them in a large pot.Then he took out a piece of pork belly, a handful of spinach, two cucumbers, a piece of tofu, and some onion, ginger, garlic and other seasonings from the ring.Boil the pork belly in hot water for a few minutes, cut into small pieces, put two spoonfuls of sugar and a little water in the pot, cook until white bubbles form, pour the meat into it and fry until it turns red, pour two spoonfuls of soy sauce, green onion and ginger Slices of pepper and aniseed salt, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer slowly.Use another small pot to scald the spinach till it becomes soft, take it out with a strainer, shake it a few times to get rid of most of the water, and put it neatly on a plate. Stir-fry the minced meat with oil, add thirteen spices, soy sauce and minced garlic. It is fragrant, then pour half a bowl of starch water with salt, hook it into a thick juice, and pour it on the spinach.Cut the cucumbers into small pieces, add minced garlic, salt, seasoning, coriander vinegar and sugar, mix well and put on a plate. Finally, dry the small pot and pour in soybean oil, fry the tofu cubes until golden yellow, and then use sliced ​​cucumbers and carrots cut into diamonds. Served with sliced ​​garlic.In less than half an hour, the four dishes of braised pork, spinach with minced meat, plain yellow light, and tofu were ready. There were cold and hot, meat and vegetable, and the combination was just right.

Grandma Li took Shuan Shuan's hand into the yard, and Er Niu helped bring the food to the table. Mu Ai was afraid that someone would suddenly come to the door. The food was hard to explain, so she put the table in the old lady's room. inside.Although the old lady was surprised by these new dishes that she had never seen before, she didn't feel so surprised when she thought of Muai's ability to change things out of thin air.But Shuan Shuan and Er Niu didn't speak at all, they just buried their heads in eating.

After the meal, Mu Ai cleaned up the dishes, made tea, and told the old lady about the rice sale.Shuan Shuan was too young to understand the value of silver, but was tired of "clicking" in grandma's arms, gnawing on the little cucumber that Mu Ai gave her casually.The old lady was so frightened by the huge sum of 4000 taels, she didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, she finally said, "God bless." Mu Ai didn't laugh at her, and hugged the old lady for a while. With only one arm, he said slowly, "Grandma Li, now that we have money, while the field is not busy, let's find some folks and repair the house. I saw cracks in the gables on both sides two days ago. It’s going to be cold in winter.”

After hearing what she said, the old lady recovered from her shock.Slightly frowned and said: "Ms. Mu, it's not that the old woman is being polite to you, but you are a woman. Your husband and parents are separated, and you have to live by yourself in the future. It is serious to have more money around you. Don't I spent my money on these unnecessary things, and it will not be too late to repair the house when the grain in the autumn is sold for the money.”

Mu Ai raised her head and looked at the old lady, making sure that she was not just being polite, but was really thinking of her, her heart suddenly felt warm, such a poor family, hearing that she got a huge sum of money, not only did she not feel the slightest bit of greed In other words, he refused to spend a penny.What a kind heart and noble character this requires. If it were in modern times, no one would believe it if I told it.

In this moment's intuition, Mu Ai was even more certain that she came to this time and space with a space ring full of fruits, vegetables and rice, and there must be some arrangement from the gods somewhere.

Let her such a cold-hearted person who wants to avoid the world come here and feel such selfless love, how can she have the heart to ignore these kind-hearted people and continue to suffer.

Thinking of this in my heart, I hugged the old lady's arm tightly, and began to persuade gently, "Grandma Li, I'm afraid I will live in our village in the future. Although I don't know much about our etiquette, but, I also know some taboos. I was married. Although my husband's whereabouts are unknown now, I should also pay attention to some gossip. Grandma Li is good to me, I know, but in case our uncle comes back one day, there will be some It’s inconvenient. So, I thought about building a house and having a place to live.”

"Well, that's the same reason." The old lady really forgot to repair the house for her, and started planning for Mu Ai wholeheartedly.

Mu Ai went through it again in his mind, and when he came back, he sat on the bullock cart and planned things.

"Grandma Li, if you build a house, I think it's best to build it next to our house, so that you and I can take care of each other. However, I have forgotten a lot of things, and I don't have a household registration. I'm afraid..."

Mu Ai seemed to be very distressed, and his brows were tightly frowned. Er Niu didn't know what was going on in his heart, but he couldn't see her so sad, so he blurted out, "Otherwise, I will recognize Miss Mu as my sister, and then ask the village chief to give me a favor." household registration."

The old lady's eyes lit up when he heard what he said, but she gave him a sideways glance, "Silly boy, Miss Mu looks tender, but she is actually several years older than you, why go to the city and pretend to be your brother?" It’s still an addiction, and besides, the elders of the clan can’t sell your face as a brat. It’s almost the same if it’s old man Wang who recognizes his granddaughter.”

Er Niu looked bitter when he heard this. He was an orphan. When he was a few months old, he was picked up from the official road by the only doctor in the village, Mr. Wang, and he recognized him as his grandson. He was brought up with great difficulty. .Mr. Wang has excellent medical skills, but he is upright and rigid. He was taught to read and write and herbal medicine very strictly since he was a child.On weekdays, he doesn't want him to have more contact with the villagers. If the old man hadn't gone to the distance to find some medicinal materials this month, he wouldn't have accompanied Mu Ai to the city so easily. Impossible.

The old lady saw him scratching his head annoyedly, thinking of the stubbornness and withdrawnness of the old Wangtou on weekdays, she felt amused in her heart.

"Okay, don't embarrass yourself. Old Wangtou wants to recognize Miss Mu as his granddaughter. I am still reluctant. Of course I recognize it. When my old man was alive, he helped the villagers a lot. I came forward and said, No one would object to it.”

After hearing this, Mu Ai stood up quickly, straightened her dress, and then knelt straight in front of the old lady, "Grandma, please accept my granddaughter's bow." After speaking, no matter how the old lady helped her, she insisted on knocking Three rattles.This is for the old lady's life-saving kindness, for her kindness of taking care of her when she was injured and sick, and even more for this kind heart that sincerely thinks about her.

After kowtowing, the old lady finally helped her up, and while patting the dust off her skirt, she complained, "Just put on a show, but I kowtow so much that the dress is dirty." After finishing speaking, I remembered something again.After hesitating for a while, he took off the only silver bracelet on his wrist and put it on Mu Ai's hand.

"Girl Mu, old lady, I don't have any good things either. This silver bracelet was bought by Shuan Shuan's grandfather when I married here. Although it looks a bit old, it's still a piece of jewelry. Don't dislike it."

(End of this chapter)