Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 13

Xiuyao wondered what he was doing, when she saw a donkey cart driving into the opposite street, an old man was sitting on the crossbar in front of the cart to drive the donkey, and there was a big girl sitting in the back row of the cart.

It's grandpa and aunt!

Xiuyao also recognized it immediately, the little aunt Liu Xu had jumped off the donkey cart and waved at them, "Yaoyao, little sheep!"

In a blink of an eye, my aunt ran up to pick Qin Yang up, and snatched the basket from Xiuyao's arms. Qin Yang shouted, "Auntie, I want to ride a donkey!"

What Qin Yang likes most is riding a horse, but he can make do without a horse and a donkey.Nowadays, there is not enough food for people to eat, and it is not easy to raise livestock. Old Qin's family has no livestock, so Qin Yang naturally does not have to ride. He can only take the opportunity to ride a bull or donkey to enjoy himself.

Aunt Liu Xu is 17 years old this year. She is considered an old woman, and she is spoiled at home, and she is also in good condition, tall, with fair skin, and looks very handsome. I heard that there are many people who propose marriage. From 14 She almost broke through the threshold of her family at the age of [-], but she just didn't like it. After going back and forth, she was going to be an old girl now.

Xiuyao knows that the farmers here do not get married as early as she originally thought. There are quite a few 15-year-olds, usually 19 or [-] years old, and there are many of them. not enough.

It seems that my aunt has to talk to each other no matter what in the past two years, otherwise she will really become an old girl.

My aunt's voice was crisp and tender, full of confidence, not as shy as other girls at all, "Yaoyao, we heard from the gold salesman that you fell into the river and scared us to death. Your grandma sent us to have a look as soon as we were free." is you."

The gold seller is a small vendor in Chakou Village who specializes in selling needlework and other knick-knacks in the streets and alleys.

Xiuyao knew that her grandfather's family owned a mill for grinding flour for people. People from the four villages all went to their Yangliu Village to grind the mill. There was a lot of work at home on weekdays, and they were too busy.It's better for grandpa and grandma, who even thought about this little girl of her own, and even came here to have a look.

Xiuyao's heart was warm, but her eyes were a little sore.

Seeing this, Liu Xu thought that her niece was offended again. She also knew about the old Qin's family. That old guy Zhang dared to bully her sister and niece.

But she just thought about it, her mother and father were oppressing her, threatening her if she dared to do something outrageous, it would be harming her sister's family and herself. Making a fuss will damage the reputation of her and Lao Liu's family, so Liu Xu will give up.

For the arrival of Lao Liutou and his aunt, Lao Qin's family is still very happy, because Liu's family conditions are better, and every time they come, they can be regarded as helping their daughters. This time, they brought a few liters of fine noodles, a bag of coarse noodles, and Some bran and grain scraps were used to feed the old Qin's chickens and pigs.

In addition, I also brought a dozen or so miso balls newly made by my grandmother, five catties of pork bones, and a few packets of snacks for the children.

Mrs. Zhang was so happy that she smiled from ear to ear, and said politely as she asked Mrs. Liu to pick up the things: "Dear family, you are too polite, you always bring so many things when you come here, in fact, we don't need them, so don't spend them in the future. "

Old Liutou laughed happily and said: "I know that you have no shortage of in-laws, but this is just a little thought from me, the old woman and the children. Although I run a mill, there are not many, just get some bran or something. If you feed the chickens, you don’t deserve anything, you don’t deserve anything.”

Old Qin felt ashamed, so he didn't say anything, and just gave way to the kang.

Old Liutou smiled and said: "It's bright in the yard, let's just talk here." Then he took out the dry pipe and the embroidered cigarette packet and handed it to Old Qintou, "Come on, brother, smoke a bag."

Old Qintou smokes a couple of puffs on weekdays, but his family does not allow him to buy good cigarettes, that is, the worst kind. Old Liutou's is much better than his. Even though he is being polite, he can't help but pack a bag, and said with a smile: "Then bring a bag, to soak up my brother's glory."

As he said that, he said to Mrs. Zhang: "Old woman, quickly bring the fire sickle." Mrs. Zhang hummed, but looked at Lao Liutou's cigarette pack, which clearly had a fire sickle pack hanging under it.

Old Liutou hurriedly said no, no, he took out the fire sickle bag, poured out a piece of Fire King, took the fire sickle and flint and lit the cigarette bag.Old Qintou puffed a few times, smoked soundly, a few strands of white smoke rose from the pipe pot, and a scent of tobacco wafted out immediately, he sighed contentedly, and said with a smile: "Brother, this shredded tobacco is good. " As he spoke, he looked at Lao Liutou's fire sickle bag, which was embroidered with peach blossom branches on a blue background. It was so pretty, and he thought that his Fire King was more convenient for lighting cigarettes than his own tinder. I didn't know what it was made of, so I asked again Not so embarrassed to speak, so I held back.

Old Liutou cheered and said: "This is given by Lao Yuan, who came to grind the mill in Shahe Village. His relatives planted it and baked it himself."

Old Qin nodded, "Growing dry tobacco is not easy, it's tiring and delicate, and ordinary people can't do it."

Old Liu said: "Who says it's not? It's spring planting again, so I have to work hard."

Especially the old Qin's family, who had no land and no animals, had to rent all kinds of seeds, farm tools, and animals when the farming season was busy. I owed a lot of debts because I couldn't receive food, so I was trembling and feeling a little heavy.

Here, smoking a pipe and talking about new things around, while Liu Xu is surrounded by a few nieces, chirping and chirping.

As for the things that Lao Liutou sent, Mrs. Zhang immediately put them away in the room, and Xiumei and the others watched her put away the snacks, swallowing hard.Qin Yang pulled Xiuyao and ran over, "Nurse, have some snacks."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly took a peach cake to Qin Yang, gave Xiuyao a hard look, but still gave her another one, and hurriedly said: "Your third sister will share half."

Xiuqin and Xiuxian are grown up, there is no need to eat snacks, so Mrs. Zhang put away the leftovers, saving them for visiting relatives on important matters.

Xiu Ting saw it from the window, drooling with greed, "Nurse, I want it too."

Afraid of being laughed at by Old Liutou and Liu Xu, Mrs. Zhang gave her a hard look, "We'll talk about it after the guests leave."

Xiuyao took the peach cakes and went back to the east room to put them away, and then shared them with her three sisters after her grandfather and auntie left.

The third aunt over there came up to Mrs. Zhang and whispered, "Mother, it's getting late, do you want to save some food?"

You can't make people eat black-faced rolls, maybe old Liutou will forget about it, but the little aunt Liuxu is very delicate, you can tell by the printed muslin dress she is wearing.

Mrs. Zhang pulled her face, wondering which pot could not be lifted, and the third aunt smiled unintentionally: "Is this Uncle Liu intentionally coming to our house for dinner? Either you come earlier, or you come later , not at this time."

Mrs. Zhang snorted twice, "Quickly shut up."

The third aunt still smiled and said: "Mother, you think I'm talkative, your donkey has eaten most of the basket of grass right now."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Mrs. Zhang, turned around and went to work, and even gave her second aunt a look.

Over there, Mrs. Liu made a small crock of sugar water, and brought it to my father and father-in-law to drink. Old Liutou is not good at anything else, so he just smokes a dry pipe to drink a couple of small wines. In addition, he likes to eat something sweet, and white water is a bit difficult to swallow. go down.

Lao Liutou drank a bowl, but Lao Qintou was not willing to drink it, so he asked Liu Shi to give the child his aunt.Knowing that he was unwilling to part with it, Mrs. Liu took it to Liu Xu to drink. There was still some left, and she poured it into a bowl for a few girls to drink.

One bowl for Xiumei and Xiuli, one bowl for Xiujuan and Xiuting, and a few for Xiurong.

Xiumei curled her lips and said to Xiujuan: "See, there are more of them than us, and there are still several bowls left." As soon as Xiuting heard this, she ran to ask Xiurong, "Sister Xiurong, give me a drink."

Xiurong gave her a white look, "Don't you all have it? That's all we have for several of us, and it's only one bowl."

As she said that, she called Xiuyao over and poured a half bowl for her to drink, but Xiuyao is not so good for sweets, she was about to say that she would not drink it, but she saw Xiuting quickly grabbed the bowl with a small hand, " Gudong Gudong" she drank upside down, and Xiuyao was a little dazed in shock, why is the staff here so fast?
Xiu Rong raised her hand and slapped Xiu Ting, "What are you going to grab? There is only a little left after you say it. Look, how many people do we have?" up.

The adults hurriedly scolded her, and Mrs. Zhang came over and patted her on the buttocks twice, "Why are you crying, greedy little hoofs of the prodigal, quickly hide, don't be ashamed." But afraid of being beaten by Mrs. Zhang, he gritted his teeth and ran away.

Old Liutou saw it, and said with a smile: "My child, it's like this, don't hit me."

Old Qintou sighed, this poverty is just trouble.

The third aunt over there was so angry that her teeth were itchy, and she said to the second aunt: "Second sister-in-law, what do you call this? Her father came and made us both busy, and the child was ashamed of being angry, and a bowl of sugar water was partial to her." My own daughter."

The second aunt snorted, glanced at Mrs. Zhang, and said coldly: "It's not because he brought that idea, money lovers don't know much."

The third aunt sneered, and said in a low voice: "I don't think the old lady is so happy. It's not easy to come to the old Liu's house. If you want to come, the donkey also eats grass, and the people also eat. If you don't give meat, you will give some back." Meaty bones, isn't this intentional to tease the old lady's appetite?"

The second aunt also giggled when she heard this, "That's right, it's fine if you don't take it. If you take it and it doesn't suit the old lady's wishes, then I will find time to scold you."

The third aunt proudly said: "Who says it's not, anyway, we don't want to join in the fun. It's not that my natal family has nothing, but I don't like to get used to their problems. If there are good things when we separate, we will naturally give them."

The second aunt glanced at her and asked, "Really?"

(End of this chapter)