Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 45

She thought that Xiuyao wanted to run over because she was afraid that the old woman would chase her, but who knew that Xiuyao turned east in front of the old woman.

Xiuxian thought to herself: Could it be that she took a detour because she was afraid of the old woman's broom lump?She had no choice but to yell to catch up, while carefully carrying the basket, for fear of damaging the vegetable seedlings inside, she did not dare to run hard, and even missed Xiuyao for a while.

And Xiuyao ran wildly all the way for some reason, and stopped in front of a house, the door was ajar.There is a locust tree on each side, with a graceful crown, and now is the time when the young leaves are bright green.That family looked like an ordinary farmer, with two door panels embedded in the wall and a thatched shed to protect the door from the rain, nothing special.

Xiuxian saw her little sister leaning against the locust tree and looking in at the not-so-high courtyard wall, Xiuxian was very happy, when will this girl climb the wall?Xiuxian raised her head and looked in. There was a sycamore tree in the yard with its arms stretched out. It was very luxuriant. The purple flowers on it were in full bloom, emitting bursts of sweet fragrance. What a pleasant aroma, I sniffed, but couldn't tell.

"It's really a good phoenix tree. Everyone says that the phoenix tree falls from the phoenix tree." Xiuxian said, just about to pat the little girl, and asked what happened, Xiuyao jumped down again.

"What's the smell? It's so fragrant!" A gust of wind brought a strong fragrance, Xiuxian sniffed, looked around, and concluded that it was coming from the yard, "Ah, little girl, so you're hungry ah."

This little girl doesn't eat meat if there is meat in the basket, she insists on running to other people's houses, she gets broom bumps even if she wants to buy a flower, this girl wants to eat, people don't think they are beggars.She looked at the straw sandals on her feet. She was afraid that the cloth shoes would be worn out after walking a long distance, so she was not willing to wear her cloth shoes.

Just as she was about to speak, she saw Xiuyao slam the door open and scurry into someone's yard like a cat. She was startled, "Hey, little girl, what are you doing?" What to eat?Xiuxian was afraid that her sister would be beaten by someone like the old woman before, so she quickly chased her in.

But I saw a pile of firewood burning under the sycamore tree in the courtyard. There was an iron frame on the fire, and something hanging on it was being smoked and roasted. I couldn't tell if it was meat or something, and it gave off bursts of aroma.

Four or five young men were sitting around the fire, talking and laughing while eating, and some were drinking from big bowls. A young man was putting something into the fire with something unknown.

Xiuxian saw her little sister suddenly shouted excitedly, "Wait!" Then she rushed over like eating five catties of braised pork, snatched the black thing and hugged it. Looking left and right in his arms, it's like looking at gold ingots.

Xiuxian was overjoyed. This little girl usually looks very responsible, but she didn't expect to have such a bold side. Xiuxian didn't think that she was doing something wrong, so she hurriedly stepped forward to salute a few people, "I'm sorry , my little sister is starving."

As she said that, she wanted to take the things out of Xiuyao's arms, but who knew that Xiuyao hugged her tightly, she was fascinated by the sight, she couldn't take it away at all, Xiuxian smiled awkwardly, and said in a low voice: " Little girl, let go! This belongs to someone else, be careful when someone beats you!"

She saw a boy looking at Xiuyao with a half-smile, and immediately blocked his gaze vigilantly, then pinched Xiuyao's arm hard, and Xiuyao screamed, "Second sister, you want to strangle me to death!" ah."

As soon as the words fell, she also realized the problem - she was so ecstatic that she made a joke - she rushed into the family's house and snatched a sweet potato that was about to be burned.

She scratched her head in embarrassment, the other hand was still holding the sweet potato tightly, and said embarrassedly: "Big brothers, I'm really sorry, I, I, can I exchange the cake for this...thing?"

The sun had already set to the west, and the sunlight fell from the gaps in the sycamore flowers and fell on the small courtyard. There was a kind of quiet beauty, and there was an impulse that made her want to cry.She saw braised pork... No, broken silver, no, it's a quick knife!
That boy was looking at her probingly, not showing any surprise or amused expression like the others. His eyes, even if the light was behind them and no light fell in, were still a little bright. scary.

Well, after all, it's an acquaintance, and acquaintances are easy to handle. She took a breath and smiled at him, "That..." Not knowing what to say, she hurriedly took out a bag from Xiuxian's basket. Zhang Habing, in addition, gave him a hemp duck egg, and handed it to him, "My grandma's habing is filled with leeks and meat. It's delicious, can I replace it with yours?"

Xiuxian didn't have time to object, so she stared with anger, what kind of rags should be exchanged for pancakes and duck eggs, that's all, she was about to speak, but suddenly met Qi Feng's eyes, and the words that had rushed to the tip of her tongue Suddenly he was choked back, and almost choked, why is this little brother's eyes so bright.

Everyone also immediately smelled the aroma of Kazakh pancakes, and one even exaggeratedly sniffed, "Ah, I smell the smell of roasted meat, hey, there is also roasted pork sausage, little girl, I will give you money, you take this Sell ​​us the basket."

Xiuyao hurriedly said: "That can't be done, it's time for my mother to beat us."

Qi Feng glanced at her, and said: "This food is just to eat fresh, but it can't be grown. What are you going to do? Sit down and eat if you want to eat, and go back when you are full." After poking in the fire twice, two black things rolled out of Gululu, so frightened that Xiuxian almost jumped up.

But she has always been courageous, so she held back in a daze, if she had a few beautiful faces, she would have run away in fright.

The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes permeated the air, mixed with the sweet aroma of sycamore flowers, there was an indescribably beautiful feeling.Especially after crossing this indescribable time and space, for Xiuyao, there are mixed feelings.

Xiuxian hurriedly said: "We won't eat it." Seeing that Xiuyao liked that thing so much, she couldn't bear to let her put it down, so she exchanged it with pancakes and duck eggs, anyway, Mammy didn't know how many there were.

Suddenly, a young man sitting in the middle smiled gently: "Since you are here, you are destined. Don't worry, we don't want your cakes. You are from Taoyuan Town in the back. If you are busy on the road, take them to eat." A stunned young man next to him said, "Lao Qi, find a piece of oiled paper and wrap it up."

The young man who wanted to eat intestines earlier said disappointedly: "Third brother, it smells so delicious, I can buy it with money, I won't grab it."

As soon as the word "grab" was uttered, Xiuyao's heart trembled violently, and her eyes subconsciously glanced at Qi Feng. Could it be that they are bandits?If it's broken, it's all my fault that I'm so obsessed with money that I stumbled into the den of thieves by mistake.

At this time, the handsome young man with a gentle smile said immediately: "My brother is joking, you don't have to be afraid. My name is Li Cunjiu and I live in Fei County. You can find out if you ask." ,you go."

Qi Feng got up and went, came back soon, took two pieces of oil paper, bowed his head to pick up the two cooked sweet potatoes.

Xiuyao suddenly asked, "Can I have two children?"

Xiuxian was scared to death by her, did this girl have a convulsion or something?
Qi Feng and others all looked at her, and the old seven smiled and said: "Little sister, give me the basket, we still have some over there, you can resist as much as you want."

Li Cunjiu glanced at Xiuyao, turned his eyes slightly, and then said warmly again, "Okay, Lao Liu will give it to her, anyway, we only eat this once or twice."

The old seven shouted again: "That's right, third brother, I've had heartburn and I'm not very strong. I want to buy roasted pork sausages. Go to Yangliu Village. The roasted pork Hakka is delicious."

Li Cunjiu glared at him, "I know how to eat, and if I want to eat, it will take a few days."

Qi Feng pulled the chopsticks a bit, and instead of choosing the big ones, he picked out a few medium-sized but plump sweet potatoes for her, looking at her, "Do you know what these are called?"

Xiuyao didn't know how to deal with it for a while, there are no sweet potatoes here, at least she didn't see it anywhere else, but when she suddenly saw it here, she ran in so recklessly and impulsively for fear of missing it, and now people ask her, she doesn't know what to do Handle.But her mind turned quickly, and she said: "I saw someone eat it last time, so I remembered this taste. I don't know what it's called. Can you tell me?"

Qi Feng glanced at her, "We call it sweet potato."

Xiuyao asked subconsciously: "Why?" Knowing that it is called sweet potato so early?

The old seventh couldn't help shouting: "A melon that grows underground, haha. Diaogua is a hanging melon, a bitter melon is a bitter melon, and a loofah is a silky melon. This one is called a sweet potato at the bottom. It's our little master Qi who said it." After speaking, he made a face at Qi Feng.

Xiuyao couldn't help laughing, it's really true, could it be that's how the name came about?She saw that Li Cunjiu was the only one who was older among the group of people, and the others were half-children, who were about the same age as the second elder brother. Where could there be such baby robbers and bandits? She was not so afraid in her heart, and couldn't help asking : "Where did you get this thing? Have you planted it?"

Qi Feng hesitated for a moment, then said: "We dug it from a temple in the south of the Yangtze River, and we can't grow this stuff here."

Xiuyao thought to herself: Could it be that Jiangnan has become popular?Now that it's popularized, why can't it grow here? Don't they know how to reproduce?It is said that sweet potatoes are very easy to live, whether it is transplanted seedlings, or propagated with buds like potatoes, even seedlings buried in the ground can be cut and cut, and they can live. How can they not live?

She glanced at Qi Feng suspiciously, then at Li Cunjiu.Although that Li Cunjiu was wearing an ordinary denim jacket, he looked imposing, with deep and clear eyes, not like an ordinary farmer's boy.They were able to get sweet potatoes from Jiangnan, so they were certainly not ordinary people.

Xiuyao guessed and wanted to ask for more information, but she didn't know how to ask for a while, and saw that the second sister had already eaten there.

Xiuxian was on the rampage at first, but only now did she realize that the little girl was more aggressive than her, and started chatting with some boys like this, but she couldn't get in the conversation, so she squatted down with a basket on her shoulders, picked up a black sweet potatoes to study how to eat them.

She saw some black skins lying on the ground, so she drew gourds according to the same pattern, and peeled off the skins to reveal the burnt yellow flesh inside. With a burst of heat, a tangy aroma came out, "It smells so good!"

She couldn't help but took a bite, which made her hiss and said with a smile: "It's really delicious. Our two villages are so close, why haven't we heard of this thing?" Although There are more than ten miles of road, but the two villages don't seem to be very far apart.

Now she is not afraid anymore. The villages are next to each other, and they often walk with each other. Shahe Village went to their Taoyuan Town to sell soy sauce, needlework and thimbles. He didn't say that there were any scary people in Shahe Village. .

Although I have heard of taking pictures of Huazi, but those are all taking pictures of little boys as big as Qin Yang, and they are all outsiders, definitely not local, and rabbits don't eat grass by the side of their nests.Xiuyao, who has always been careful, doesn't care, and Xiuxian, who is big and lala, doesn't care even more.

Xiuxian ate one in a while, and couldn't help but look at the one on the ground again. She has great strength and a big appetite.

Xiuyao couldn't help reminding her, "Second sister, you can't eat it. It's the first time you eat it. You can't eat too much of it. It's time for your stomach to hurt."

Eating too much sweet potato is similar to the heartburn feeling of eating bananas or glutinous rice. It is not very pleasant, so it is not favored by people in a land of fish and rice. This is one of the reasons why sweet potato was not popularized immediately after it was introduced .

Qi Feng stared at her for a moment, and Li Cunjiu asked curiously: "Little sister, do you even know this?"

Xiuyao still used those excuses as usual, since they can get it, other people must be able to get it, but I don't know why I haven't seen anyone planting it nearby.

Xiuxian pursed her lips, trying not to burp out the belch, she said with a smile: "This, this... melon, such an awkward name, isn't it very expensive? You have to be rich to eat it."

Lao Qi laughed, "The rich don't..."

Qi Feng said: "Almost."

The old seven let out an ah, and looked at Qi Feng, what kind of medicine does the sixth brother sell in the gourd?This is obviously a sweet potato, he is not called a sweet potato, and people in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River do not care about it. No one will plant it.

They went out to look for food because they were hungry, and then found it in a temple, and secretly dug it up to eat.Later, they thought it was good, so they dug up two more bags and planted them after they got them back. But the empty vines just didn’t bear fruit, so they stopped planting them. In the end, they took out the leftovers and burned them to eat. Of course, in the cellar There won't be any.

He couldn't help scratching his head, remembering that he was deceiving people just now, he laughed again, the people next to him were a little hairy from his laughter, couldn't help but glance at him, he laughed again.

When Xiuxian heard that rich people ate it, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, "Well, then I ate one, isn't it very expensive?" He hesitated whether to put down two cakes.

(End of this chapter)