Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 95

After the separation, Xiuyao and the others felt relaxed for a few days, and slept soundly at night. They didn't have to worry about someone listening to the corner, and they could say whatever they wanted.When you get up in the morning, you don’t have to be afraid of someone knocking on the window with a broom, instead you don’t have to get up late at all.

This day, Xiurong got up early to get the paper, and checked that it was gone, and then went to check the grain in the tank.In fact, you don’t need to look at her to know that there is not much food left in the family. Although she is not very old, she has cooked at home for the past few years. Less than six buckets of grain, this is simply sending off beggars!In addition, Aunt Qin Youliang's family gave half a bag, and Xiuyao was keeping accounts there, and she would have to return it when the time came. Other than that, there was a little bean sharing, and the shared vegetable garden.

In a few days, there will be no food at home, Xiurong felt worried, and said in her heart: Grandparents are too partial, this is not a separation, it is clear that they are driven out, and all the food is given to the second and third families.

Xiurong was so angry that she immediately ran out, and said to Liu who was drying grass in the yard: "Mother, I'm going to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables."

Liu said: "Let your second sister go, you cook."

Xiurong said: "Mom, there are only two papers left at home. I'll go pick and order vegetables and eat them as food." Hmph, if no food is given, she will go grab the vegetables.

Mrs. Liu couldn't stop her, Xiurong had already run out, and soon she came back angrily, and when she got home, she said loudly: "Mother, they went too far, they even picked all the eggplants, cucumbers, and lentils that were not very ripe, and they didn't do it on purpose. Give us to eat."

Xiuqin smiled and said, "No way, you can't finish the dishes, it's useless to pick them up if you don't know them well, and you'll be scolded by the mother, no way."

Xiurong snorted, "Then why are they gone? Yesterday I saw that there were quite a few people who would be familiar with each other in a couple of days. I went to see them early in the morning, but they were already taken away."

Xiuqin said: "Could it be picked by others?"

Xiurong said contemptuously: "Is there anyone else? It must be the two of them. They deliberately harmed us. Knowing that we have no food to eat, they will make us not eat. Mother, tell me, let's grow a vegetable garden by ourselves , not with them. Hmph, Xiuyao asked her grandpa to build the vegetable garden back then, and they were not willing to plant a vegetable garden in the early days."

Mrs. Liu glanced at her, and said, "Xiurong, let's talk about it at home," and then looked outside. Early in the morning, Qin Dafu and Qin Ye and Qin Xian went to cut wattle, cotton locust tree, and cattail. Go, "Don't let your father hear."

Xiurong pouted, "Mother, they are too bullying."

Mrs. Liu smiled and said: "It's because they think we have to rely on them, that's why they want to cut off our way out. Could it be that we rely on them to support us?" As long as the family is separated, these things are nothing to Mrs. .

Xiurong said loudly: "Of course not. We rely on ourselves, and we can live better than them. Hmph, make their mouths twist in anger."

Liu patted her head, "Okay, let's cook some porridge, steam the noodles, and stew some pickled vegetables and eggs."

Xiurong immediately went away happily, mother and nanny are different, even if they don't have eggs at home, they are willing to eat eggs.Both father and mother said that eggs are laid by chickens, and chickens eat food. They work hard to earn food, but eating eggs and food are actually the same.

Eggs will still lay after eating, and earn money even if the food is gone. As long as everyone works hard, they will surely have a good life.

Although there are few things, Xiurong still made it very patiently, and made it more carefully and painstakingly. When kneading the noodles, I dropped two drops of oil into it, pinched a few grains of salt, and sprinkled chopped green onions, so that the lumps would be more flavorful. , not too bitter or too astringent.

And her ability to make fire has also been developed, the small fire is thin, no firewood is needed, and the porridge is even more fragrant.

Xiuxian came back carrying water, still holding a few eggplants in her hand, and said to Liu Shi: "Mother, I helped Grandma Zhou's house carry water, and she gave me some eggplants."

Grandma on Thursday is the fourth male, and she has been dead for many years. They have a son and a daughter. The son died when he was young, and the daughter married to another place. She has lived alone all these years.Because they belong to the Zhou family, although Uncle Zhou and Uncle Zhou are not considered family members, the man and Li Zheng are uncles and brothers, so there have been no major difficulties for so many years.In addition, her family is well-off, with the Zhou family as the backer, and her life is quite comfortable, but because there is no man, the land can be rented out to others, but the physical work at home is a bit troublesome, and she always has to ask others for help.When she was young, in order to put an end to men's thoughts, she gritted her teeth and did it by herself, but now she can't do it when she is too old, and she usually asks some young grandchildren of her family for help.

This time it happened that Xiuxian was carrying water, she saw that she asked Xiuxian to carry two loads of water, and gave Xiuxian a few eggplants as a thank you gift.

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "You are such a girl, you need to thank me for helping to carry the water."

Xiuxian said loudly: "Mom, it's not like you don't know about Grandma on Thursday. She gave it to me. If I don't want it, she said that I don't like her things and she wants to throw them away. I don't dare to spoil things, so I just pick them up quickly." Woolen cloth."

Xiuyao knew that Grandma on Thursday might be sensitive by nature because she was a widow.And to be honest, Xiuyao is still a little afraid of her. When she goes out to mow grass on weekdays, when she passes by her house, she sees the little old lady, wearing clean and flat clothes without any wrinkles, her hair is combed smooth and smooth, and her skin is fair and clear. Yes, and then her eyes always felt a little gloomy, and she was a little scared, so she tried to detour as much as possible.

Liu Shi smiled, "Grandma on Thursday has that kind of temper. I helped her carry water back then, and it was the same, but it's not as strong. She seems to be more sensitive when she gets old."

Xiu Xian immediately went to ask how things were like back then, Liu Shi simply said a few words, Xiu Xian laughed and said: "The fourth grandma is so funny, she hasn't changed for so many years, she is really stubborn."

Xiurong and Xiuyao made breakfast in a hurry, porridge and steamed noodles. Compared with when they were in Lao Qin's house, they didn't eat a little more, or even a little less, but no one complained.

During the meal, Qin Ye said to Qin Xian: "Eat more pickles and you will be full."

Xiuyao asked curiously, "Brother, why do you eat more pickles? It's so salty."

The second elder brother Qin Xian said with a smile: "Eat more pickles, you can drink more water, and coax your stomach to keep you from being hungry."

Xiuyao laughed, just a little sad, she smiled and said: "I want to eat more pickles when I go to work in the field, and I will eat some too."

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "You little girl, why are you eating so many pickles? Hurry up and drink porridge to be full."

During the meal, Xiuli ran over, "Auntie, Auntie, my mother asked my eldest sister to come over."

Xiuqin asked, "Why are you looking for me?"

Xiuli said: "I heard it was said that the eldest sister was to help unpack and wash the cotton-padded jacket and trousers."

Xiuqin frowned slightly, Xiuxian immediately said: "Why are you looking for Eldest Sister after the family is separated? You told Mammy that Eldest Sister is not free."

Qin Xian and Xiurong also agreed, "That's right, we're all separated and come to order people."

Mrs. Liu glanced at Qin Dafu, and said: "I guess her nanny is having a hard time managing people, so let Xiuqin go and help." After speaking, she said to Xiuyao: "Although the family is separated, it is also your grandfather. Mama, it’s not two families.” Turning her head, she said to Xiuqin, “After you go, you will help remove and wash grandpa and mama’s, and sew them up after two days of dryness, and don’t worry about other people’s, we don’t have that now. They need to be taken care of.”

Xiuqin agreed and got up, washed her hands and left.

Xiuxian snorted and said, "Mother, my mother will not let the eldest sister only work for two people. She appointed the eldest sister to take apart and wash all the cotton-padded jackets and trousers at home. Maybe there are also the family's quilts and mattresses."

Qin Dafu coughed, "Xiuxian, don't say that about your mother, she knows a lot."

Xiuxian smiled and said: "Father, if my mother-in-law knew something, it wouldn't be like this." She stood up, "I'm full and went to hoe the ground." Afraid that Qin Dafu would criticize her, she hurried away.

Qin Dafu and the others finished eating too, and took the farm tools to go to the field, leaving only three mothers in the family.

There was not enough food at home, so Liu could only think of a way. She asked Xiuyao Xiurong to follow her to grind the mill.Xiuyao was going to mow the grass, but when she saw this, she asked curiously, "Mother, shall we grind the wheat? It hasn't been washed yet." Besides, it's not easy to do with just a little bit of wheat.

Liu said with a smile, "We don't grind wheat, let's grind beans."

When Xiurong heard it, she said joyfully, "Mother, let's make soybean curd."

Mrs. Liu shook her head, "Tofu is too much for beans. Our family can't afford it now. Let's fill our stomachs first." If you can't get enough to eat, let's take care of your stomach first.

Mrs. Liu first asked Xiuyao to take the mill stick and go to the nanny's house to borrow it, and then went to the mill to see that no one was milling, so she occupied it there and waited for them to pass.Then Mrs. Liu scooped up ten catties of beans and carried them in a cloth bag, then ordered Xiurong to bring the basin, and took kang, broom and other tools to go there together.

The mills in the village are the same as those used in the old Liujia mill, they are clumsy and heavy, and usually donkeys are used to pull the mills, but those who don’t have animals are pushed by people.

Mrs. Liu asked Xiuyao to clean the milling pan, and then sprinkled the beans on the milling pan, and installed the grinding sticks, one long and one short, so that several people could work together to push the mill.

Liu Shi stood in front of the short stick, holding the stick with both hands, and asked Xiuyao and Xiurong to push the long stick together. She gave an order, and the three of them worked together, and the roller started to spin.

It felt a little heavy at first, and gradually became smoother and lighter.

Of course, this is relatively speaking, but Zhong Xiuyao is a little too much for a quarter, but she still insists, and if she puts in a little more effort, her mother and sister will be more relaxed.Xiurong had never done this kind of strength before. She used to cook with her mother and cook and do housework, which was a lot of hard work.But she didn't cry tired, seeing Xiuyao persevere, she gritted her teeth and persisted, for fear of being underestimated.

After pressing the first time, the three of them stopped, cleaned it again, and then passed it through, and pressed the ones that were not broken enough, and went back and forth several times. When they felt that it was almost done, they put the bean noodles into the basin.

Mrs. Liu took a small broom made of millet seedlings and cleaned the mill pan and mill. It happened that another villager came to grind grain, so he greeted them when they saw it. "It's the sister-in-law of the Qin family. I heard that you have separated? Sister-in-law, doesn't your natal family run a mill? Why do you still turn the mill yourself?"

In the countryside, there are no secrets at all, no matter what happens, it spreads as fast as if it has wings.Who's talking about marriage, who's having a baby, who's splitting up, who's been robbed, who's having an affair, who's family... Anyway, as long as it's about other people's affairs, you can't wait to know immediately, and you can gossip about your own family's affairs. All the people in the world are deaf and cannot hear.

Mrs. Liu smiled, exchanged some pleasantries, and said that the family was still busy leading the two sisters to leave first.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect her to be able to grind. In the past, she always looked like that young lady, either embroidering or twisting flowers. I didn't expect her to do hard work."

"You don't have to do it after the family is separated. This is done for your own family. Can you be lazy anymore?"

"Tell me, I really feel wronged for such a good person. This appearance and that female celebrity are enough to marry the Zhou family. Zhou Dafu really burns the incense."

"Forget it, you don't know her. I heard that she might be pretending. She's used to playing tricks on Joe, flattering her parents-in-law and bullying her sister-in-law. I heard it too. Let me tell you..."

The Liu family had already gone home, so naturally they couldn't hear the tongue-in-cheek gossip.She asked Xiuyao to dig some wild vegetables, and then went to the vegetable garden to pull some green vegetables. The lentils, eggplants, cucumbers, etc. were picked earlier, but the green vegetables couldn't be pulled out all at once in a vegetable bed.

It was a pity to throw away the bean curd dregs left when making tofu, so I added radish sprouts or spicy cabbage sprouts to make small tofu.It's delicious when it's done well, and it can also satisfy your hunger.However, Mrs. Liu thought that there was not enough food in the family, so she was reluctant to make tofu and directly ground it into bean noodles, and then wrapped vegetable leaves to make bean noodles and vegetable dumplings, which were more filling than steamed noodles.

Around noon, the Liu family revived the noodles again, and asked Xiurong to go to the nanny's house to borrow a panel, and when she came back, she lit a fire to boil water, and the mother and daughter rolled out some dead dough cakes.

Dead noodles are more filling than leavened noodles, and it saves food. There is only a little food at home, and I haven't thought of a way yet. Liu has to plan carefully.

She made the noodles soft, then put down the panel and started rolling out the cakes. Seeing that the water was almost boiling, Xiurong lifted the pot and put the grate beams in, then put the grates, and spread a handful of cleaned wheat straw.

At this time, Liu's cakes are almost rolled out. Because of the thick noodles, the cakes cannot be as thin and tough as pure thin flour cakes, and they are easy to break. However, Liu's rolls are as round and thin as possible, so they will taste better. Chewy and sweet.

"Mother, the water is boiling." Xiurong said and lifted the lid of the pot, and Liu Shi directly put up the rolled cake with a rolling pin and spread it on the wheat straw. Xiurong washed the eggplant brought back by the second sister, and then Use a knife to cut the eggplant into eight pieces from the root, put it on one side of the grate, cover the pot and continue to burn.

In this way, the two of them lighted the fire and rolled out the cakes. When it was almost noon, the meal was ready, and all the mowers who went to the field came back.

(End of this chapter)