Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 28

She knew that she had too many children, and her sister-in-law was dissatisfied, and her mother-in-law was also a little unhappy because Xiurong and Xiuyao were girls, and felt that they were losing money. Fortunately, she and the children could do it, and her mother-in-law couldn't say anything too bad.

"Mother, you can keep it. Our family's life is not so well-off. In our family, there is a hole that you can't afford to fill with your own money. You can only take your time."

Mrs. Li is right when she thinks about it. Now that she takes it back, Mrs. Zhang does not allow her daughter-in-law to have a private house, and she has to hand over every copper. If she knows that her daughter has money, she may want more, so it is better to wait When they separated, I would give the money to my daughter to subsidize the family.

The mother and daughter were whispering, one hammer here and another stick, talking about the sad life, about Xiuyao and Yangyang being more sensible, and about the marriage of Liu Xu, Liu Xia, and Xiuqin, unconsciously. Just fell asleep.

As soon as the rooster crowed, Xiuyao woke up reflexively and was about to get up.

Liu Xu was woken up by her, and slapped her, "Little girl, this is not your house, no one hit you with a broom, go to sleep."

Xiuyao slept exceptionally well this night, and now she is not so sleepy, but she still lay down as she said, staring at her for a while, and when she woke up, it was dawn.

Sure enough, sleeping until dawn, counting money and waking up naturally is the pursuit of life.

"Sister, sister, you're awake, how can you sleep so well." Qin Yang rushed in with his calves upside down, leaned on the edge of the kang, and looked at her with a smile.

Seeing his greasy mouth, Xiuyao smiled and said, "What are you eating?" Boy, I don't even look at how long you slept.

Qin Yang stretched out his small hand and handed a piece of skinny roasted pork with pig's head to Xiuyao's mouth, "Roasted pork, our family can't eat it." He looked greedy for her.

When Xiuyao opened her mouth, he stuffed the meat into her mouth. It was delicious and tender. It was really good meat!
"This must be roasted meat from the Hakka family." Xiuyao called out straight away. There is a family in Grandpa's village that cooks roasted pork. His meat is extra fragrant than other's. It is fat but not greasy, soft and tender. It is said that it is a secret recipe handed down .

Xiuyao put on her clothes in twos and twos, got off the ground, put on her cloth shoes and went out with Qin Yang. Everyone got up, and her grandma was holding her little grandson and was instructing her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Chen, Liu Xu and a few granddaughters to prepare for lunch good meal.

Everyone's faces were filled with smiles, and Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "We will also follow his second aunt and eat something good."

Originally, Mrs. Li said that he would not live long enough, and it was impossible to handle it, let alone entertain guests, but it was just his own family going on as usual.Ordinary households, if they want to always hold banquets, they are on the way to ruin their homes.Therefore, if Liu Shi and the child hadn't come back, everyone would have thought that the food would be improved in the past two days, such as eating dumplings and roasted pork.

Mrs. Li said to Liu Yun: "What about your mother, tell her not to be too busy, and just tease the men, come over and make some glutinous rice, let's make more stuffing."

Xiuyao knew that the 馉餷 was the dumplings she used to eat. If such a large family wanted to eat dumplings, they would not have to work hard.But this is also because grandma wants the second aunt to take a break, and she has no time to spare after working all day.

Liu Yun went, and after a while, the second aunt Yao Shi also came over, patting some dandruff on her body while walking, she was wearing a turban on her head, a gray waist skirt tied around her waist, she was a little fat , The cheeks have the chapped left over from winter, and it’s not healed.

She smiled and said: "Eat 馉餷, okay, I'll chop the meat."

As she said that, she didn't need to take off her apron, she just washed her hands and started to work.

Chen said with a smile: "Just take a break, it seems that we are all so lazy. Minced meat, I will chop it today, and you talk to his second aunt."

In order to improve the lives of his daughter and children, Lao Liutou was not stingy, and cut five catties of high-quality pork belly, as well as some slightly cheaper lean meat and bones, and bought some lean mutton.

Mrs. Li, with her little grandson in her arms, went up to inspect the dishes that Liu Xu brought back with Xiuyao and Qin Yang, and said, "Let's make one stuffed with leeks and eggs, one stuffed with Chinese cabbage, and another stuffed stuffed with mutton and radish. Save some of the pork belly and stew it with the bones, let Yang Yang and the others take it back."

Liu Xu immediately said: "Mother, you are kind. If you take it back, my sister and the child can eat more, and she will definitely say, 'Ah, Xiuyao has eaten it, so don't eat it, let others eat it.' Then So one point, how can there be more points, for their big family, if buying ten catties is not enough to do anything, let’s forget it.”

Xiuyao thought for a while and said, "Then I can take five yuan home and give it to my brothers and sisters quietly."

Qin Yang also yelled: "My sister and I also want a piece."

Mrs. Li smiled and patted his head, "If you want it, of course we want it, and I will save some of the roast pork for you. Erman likes to eat intestines, cut more."

Qin Yang wrinkled his nose, "Ah, I don't want the large intestine, it stinks."

Liu Xu smiled and said, "Your second sister said she likes the taste of this sausage."

Liu Yun also smiled and said: "No, my father is too."

Catkins and noodles, Chen Shi and Liu Xia chopped stuffing, and Yao Shi fried up a plate of spring rolls with the leftover vegetables for the children to eat.

The front yard is busy making noodles for people outside, and the back yard is busy cooking and eating. Everyone is busy inside and out.

Xiuyao led Qin Yang to visit the mill again, only to find out that grandpa's house is quite romantic during the day, with flowers and plants planted on the walls and under the windows.

A clump of winter jasmine blooms lively, and there are some roses that are easy to feed. The flowers have not yet bloomed, only finger-sized buds.

Xiuyao took Qin Yang into the mill. The uncle and the second uncle led the two older brothers who got up to work before dawn. The efficiency of grinding flour was too low. They worked day and night and piled up on the side. There is a lot of food.

If water power can really be used, the efficiency can definitely be greatly improved, and you can add a stone mill of that kind, which is more useful than a roller.

She was so distracted that she didn't even hear Qin Yang call her.

"Sister, what are you thinking?" Qin Yang watched curiously as his sister stared at a donkey, obsessively.

Xiuyao said casually: "If this is ground with water or livestock, it will definitely be faster than this. Why doesn't grandpa do it?" The mill was not adopted.

Is it costly?Or is it not suitable?

It is a very common and convenient process to process rice in the water mill in the southern water town. Wheat and rice are different, and the processing method is slightly different, but the grinding of wheat can definitely be done by water power.

She has to find time to go to the river in the south to investigate and see if she can give her grandfather some good advice.

It's just—even if there is a good suggestion, what excuse do you use?
After all, she is still young.

At this time, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy with a handsome appearance happened to hear her words, and he couldn't help turning his head to look at her. He saw that she was just a little country girl, thin and small, with withered yellow hair and a slightly pale complexion, obviously caused by lack of food and clothing. .But a pair of big eyes flickering, black and bright pupils, very energetic, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a scholar's daughter.

He couldn't help asking: "Little sister, where did you hear this?"

Xiuyao suddenly came back to her senses, glanced at him, and saw that he was wearing an indigo satin gown, with a white jade pendant around his waist, his fair skin and outstanding appearance, he did not look like a countryman at first sight.She couldn't help secretly blaming herself for being stupid, and hurriedly said, "I heard a few foreigners talking in our village." She pulled Qin Yang and said, "Let's go, let's help with the cooking .”

Looking at the backs of the two, the young man's eyes were full of curiosity. Seeing Xiuyao running in a hurry, he couldn't help smiling.

At this moment, a younger boy ran over and shouted: "Master Ning, who are you laughing at?" But he said in his heart, Master Ning, you look so good-looking when you don't smile, and you smile at people, be careful not to cause any trouble .

But he said again: "Master Ning, have you seen the mill? Isn't it very interesting? It's not fun at all, let's go, my mother even asked me to deliver noodles to my second aunt's house."

Gu Ning smiled again, "Liu Qing, it's interesting to have a little girl in this family."

Liu Qing looked back and said: "This is from my fourth grandfather's family, they are not from our family. But there is no little girl in their family, but my sister-in-law is so fierce and scary. They say it is a thorn rose, which is beautiful and prickly." .”

Gu Ning didn't continue this topic, but said: "Your fourth grandfather's mill is simple enough, if you do this, you won't be able to make much money even if you are exhausted."

Liu Qinghan said with a smile: "Master Ning doesn't have to worry about my fourth grandfather. My fourth grandfather is not in a hurry. Anyway, it is the help of the folks in the village. The fourth grandfather's family has land, and it is planted with my other grandfathers. I will not be hungry. They." As he said that, he put the flour bag on the wheelbarrow, and said to Liu Qi: "Brother, I don't want that small bag of bran, I keep it for the donkey." Then he walked out with Gu Ning, "Master Ning, shall we still go to the riverside?"

Gu Ning nodded slightly, "If you want, you can do it until you have surveyed all the rivers around here."

Over there Liu Qi watched them go out, and asked Liu Fei, "Who is that handsome young man who came with Liu Qing? Do you know him?"

Liu Fei said: "I saw it too, but I don't know him, maybe he is a relative of the Ren family, the young master of a big family."

Liu Qi said: "I think those sons of the Biren family are beautiful and elegant, like serious scholars."

Xiuyao went back to the backyard, washed her hands and helped the adults make dumplings. Mrs. Chen said it was fine to let her play, but she refused.

Li Shi looked at the dumplings made by Xiuyao, instead of pinching the skin with three fingers like they did, but with two hands in the middle, and an ingot came out, she was surprised: "Da Ye Niang, your family made dumplings Is it still like this?"

Liu took a look and said with a smile: "No, Yaoyao, who did you learn from?"

Xiuyao was just a habitual movement, but she forgot that Yaoyao hadn't wrapped it before, she hurriedly said: "I see you wrapped it, I can do it, my fingers are weak, so I'm afraid I won't be able to squeeze them tightly, so I just use my strength like this Once you grab it, it's solid."

Liu Xu smiled and said, "I'll try it too." Her ten fingers were slender, and although there were calluses left by work, her skin was fair and pretty, she was holding a dumpling, and her ten fingers were as Xiuyao said. Dumplings are also made.

She said happily: "It really looks like Yuanbao, it looks good."

Xiuyao pursed her lips and laughed, and my aunt took good care of her, and she didn't stick her mouth firmly, "Auntie, look at it is laughing at you." Xiuyao pointed to the dumpling.

Chen said: "Smile, it's in safekeeping later!"

If there are people in the family who study, when the dumplings are broken, they will not be broken, but they will be right. If they are in business, they should only say that they have made money.

The dumplings were almost finished, Xiuyao helped to chop the garlic again, and used a garlic mortar to mash the garlic until it became sticky, then Liu Yun broke a piece of sauce from the sauce jar and put it in, and asked Xiuyao to mash it again.

Xiuyao looked at the sauce. The sauce balls given by her grandmother's family were black and oily. They smelled delicious and tasted even more special. It would be better to stew eggplant, make soup, mash garlic and so on. The taste is delicious, fragrant and fresh.

She asked curiously: "Grandma, how do you make this sauce? Don't you make it this year?"

Mrs. Li said with a smile: "This year's ones have already been dried, and your grandfather even sent a dozen or so to your family."

Xiuyao remembered, "The sun wasn't as good as it is now, so why not do it now?" It would take several days.

Liu Xu interjected: "Your grandma is very particular. She said that the sauce will not be dried in March, and the sauce will die on the kang."

Xiuyao didn't understand what was going on, so she asked again, and Liu Xu covered her mouth and smiled, and Liu Shi gave her a look, "Don't listen to your aunt's nonsense, it's the old man's words, saying that the family who raises girls, three Not drying the sauce during the month, drying the sauce to death, actually means scratching, and it is hot in March, if it is not dried well, it will be silky and easy to stink."

Xiuyao has learned a lot.

Over there, Liu Xia finished rolling the skin and said: "Yaoyao is really big, now she doesn't care about anything, it seems that she will be in charge early in the future."

Everyone thought about her falling into the river, and thought that if she survived a catastrophe, she would be blessed, at least she became smarter than before, but since Mrs. Li was not allowed to talk about her falling into the river, they stopped talking.

Qin Yang suddenly said: "Ah, did my sister have her brain changed?"

Xiuyao was taken aback by him, this poor kid is talking nonsense.

Everyone laughed, knowing that what he was talking about was the nonsense told by his grandfather. There was a story about a scholar who thought he was stupid, so he prayed to God and prayed to Buddha and asked Yan Jun to enlighten him to change his brain and become smarter. Of course, they didn't know about Xiuyao. The secret, laughed it off, but Xiuyao was so shocked that she broke out in sweat.

But she thinks there is nothing to be afraid of. For a little girl, it is not so easy for everyone to suspect any heresy. After all, she has not done anything too outrageous. With this body, people will only say that she has grown up. , will definitely not think too much.

Therefore, there is nothing to be too startled.

After the dumplings were made, Chen and Yao were in charge of cooking, Yao lit the fire, and Chen served the dumplings.The water boiled, and the water splashed, and a covered dumpling fell into the river like a big white goose. Mrs. Chen took a colander to the edge of the pot and washed it in the middle, then covered the pot and boiled.After about time, I lifted the pot and saw that the water was boiling again, so I continued to rinse it with a colander, and then poured cold water into it. After three o'clock in this way, the white dumplings floated on the water, and the splash of water was really beautiful.

(End of this chapter)