Peasant woman

Chapter 43

Miao Miao obediently went out, Xu Cao poured all the fried oil into the oil tank, and then busily washed and fried the cabbage in the corner, and put a few pieces of fried oil shuttle in it .Then spread out a few thin pancakes, ready to eat pancakes at night.

There are still some green vegetables at home, Xu Cao only picked the most tender part, and fried a few eggs, served with oil shuttle and homemade pickled mustard, and finally put these side vegetables into thin white flour pancakes and rolled them up .Afraid that Miao Miao would be hungry, she gave one to Miao Miao first, and Miao Miao said it was delicious, and she was satisfied.

Finally, half of the pork belly I bought was braised in brown sauce, and the remaining half was marinated with coarse salt.

Around the time of You, Fu Gui came back with a roe deer on his shoulders, followed by Hei Zi.

"Fugui, you're back, let's go in and have dinner."

Fugui threw the roe deer on his shoulders in the yard, and smiled at Xu Cao, "Okay, daughter-in-law."

Xu Cao smiled, and saw that the roe deer in the yard was still alive, and said in surprise, "Why is the roe deer still alive?" It looked like he had suffered a little injury on his leg.

Fugui washed his hands, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a cloth towel, and then smiled: "It's hot, and the prey is easier to sell alive. You can take this roe deer to the town to sell it tomorrow. I will continue hunting."

"Sure, let's eat quickly then."

Fugui has a good appetite. He drank two bowls of big bone soup and ate a few rolled pancakes. He was reluctant to eat braised pork, so he always gave it to Xu Cao and Miao Miao.Xu Cao prefers to drink big bone soup, "You can eat it if you are rich, but Miaomiao and I can't eat much."

Miao Miao was almost full after eating a pancake before dinner, drank half a bowl of bone broth, and ate two pieces of braised pork. Now her chubby belly indicated that she couldn't eat anymore.

After dinner, Xu Cao was busy watering a few grapes. The grapes were directly inserted into the stems, and the three survived were transplanted by Xu Cao to the corners of the front yard. Looking at the grape leaves that began to climb, Xu Cao turned to Fugui and said, "Fugui, a grape trellis will be erected in a few days, and we will have grapes to eat in two or three years."

For the future life, Xu Cao has a vague plan in mind, but there are very few fruits in this place, and she has never seen wild fruits she is familiar with on the mountain. It would be great if she could get some fruit seeds or seedlings, so that It can be planted vigorously in the village.

After washing the dishes, Fugui squatted beside Xu Cao and looked at the well-growing grape seedlings, "Daughter-in-law, what are you doing with this thing? There are many in the mountains. If you want to eat it, I'll pick it for you."

If the wild grapes in the mountains have only just begun to bear fruit, they will not ripen until August.

"We can take this plant and buy it in the town." Xu Cao said with a smile, "By the way, Fugui, if you see some wild fruits in the mountains in the future, can you pick some for me?" Maybe I can meet her again Familiar varieties can also be tried to grow at that time.

"Success." Fugui grinned.

While the two were talking, the voices of Brother Jun and his second younger sibling, Shen Shi, sounded outside the door, and Xu Cao hurriedly got up and welcomed them in.

Mrs. Shen led Brother Jun into the yard, greeted Xu Cao and Fugui, and said, "Sister-in-law, I knew you were busy in the field a few days ago, so I didn't want to bother you. Now you are at leisure. This little girl The guy is always clamoring to come and play with Miao Miao."

Xu Cao picked up Brother Jun and said with a smile: "I've been busy with those potatoes these days, hey, the little guy has gained weight these days, and I won't be able to hold him in a while. "As he spoke, he turned to Miao Miao who was sitting on the twig, and said, "Miao Miao, go and get the pastry that mother bought today, so you can eat it with your brother."

Miao Miao's food is very good now, so naturally she doesn't care about the food, and happily went into the house for the pastries.

When Brother Jun heard that there were cakes to eat, he yelled at his aunt and began to writhe in Xu Cao's arms, and Xu Cao hurriedly put him down.Only then did Brother Jun unsteadily follow Miao Miao and ran in.

The two women couldn't get in the way when they were rich and noble, so they went out to find some bamboo poles and started to build a grape trellis.

It was getting dark, and I couldn't see anything clearly. Xu Cao moved the stool out and chatted with Shen Shi, while paying attention not to let the two little guys run out.

Just as he was talking, a small head with a tiger's head and a tiger's head poked out from the gate, and at first glance, it was Feng Shitou from the village.

"Ah, Shitou, why are you here? Come in and sit down." Since the last time heavy snow blocked the road and lent the food to Feng's sister-in-law, the two families have gotten to know each other a lot, and they often move around.

Shi Shi rubbed his head, smiled shyly, and then walked into the yard and handed a bamboo basket in his hand to Xu Cao, "Auntie, these are fish and loach that my father caught, let me bring you some come over."

Xu Cao took it and saw that there were more than half of the basket of loaches, and there were a few carps mixed in. She was so happy that she grinned, "Ah, there are so many."

Shi Shi hurriedly said: "My father still caught a lot, and I can't finish it. Please don't give it back to me, otherwise my father will beat me when I go back."

"Okay, then I'll take it. Say thank you to your father for me." Xu Cao was not polite to Shitou either. This loach is a good thing, but there are not many people who can catch it. It's about 15 years here. She hasn't eaten this thing in years.

Miao Miao tilted her head to look at the stone, thought for a while, then grabbed two pastries from the pastry box with her chubby little hands, walked to the stone and stopped, "Brother Stone, here you are..."

Shi Shi was a little embarrassed, and stammered: "No, no... it's over, sister Miao Miao, you can eat."

Miao Miao stubbornly held up two pastries, "Brother Shitou, eat."

Xu Cao laughed with Shen Shi beside him, and Xu Cao hurriedly said, "Stone, you can continue to eat."

Only then did Shi Shi uneasy take the pastry, and thanked Miaomiao and Xu Cao.

After Shitou left, Xu Cao said emotionally, "This Shitou is really obedient and polite."

"No, it's just that the family is a bit poor, otherwise I'd be pretty good looking at him and Miao Miao." Shen also said with emotion.

"Second brother and sister, what are you talking about? Miao Miao is still so young, so she definitely won't do it. In the future, Miao Miao's marriage must be satisfied by herself. I won't make a marriage for her casually." The baby is good, but Miaomiao's opinion must be sought.Moreover, it is too early to think about these things now.

The two chatted for a while, and Xu Cao thought of the third sibling who hadn't seen each other for several months, and couldn't help asking: "Second sibling, how is the third sibling now, will they give birth in a month?"

Shen nodded, "That's right, the belly is very round and big, I see that my mother's face is not good-looking."

"What?"

"It's said that the girl with a big and round belly is a girl, and the third brother and sister eat a lot. They eat several meals a day, and they like to eat meat. They have gained a lot of weight, so my mother is naturally unhappy."

Xu Cao said silently, "Second sibling, if you have time, talk to the third sibling and ask her to control her appetite, if she doesn't eat more vegetables and eat less meat. I've heard people say that women will suffer very badly if they have too many babies. It's a big sin, the baby is too big, it's hard to give birth, and then it will be difficult to handle."

In this day and age, there is no cesarean section, and a woman suffers from giving birth to a child. If the fetus is too large and cannot be born, it will kill two lives.If she becomes pregnant in the future, she will definitely pay attention to her diet.

"Really?" Shen's eyes widened, obviously frightened, "At that time, my mother didn't give me too much food, so Brother Jun was born thin and small, but it was easy to give birth. I can hear that the village People in the village next door said that there was a pregnant woman in the next village whose fetus was too big, and she couldn't give birth, and ended up with a hemorrhage, killing both of them, it was really scary, could it be that the fetus was too big because the pregnant woman ate too much?"

"Of course."

The two chatted for a while, until it was completely dark, before Shen left with Brother Jun in his arms.

As soon as Shen went back, she went to find Niu, and told Niu about the fetus in the next village that was too big to give birth, and ended up bleeding and dying, and finally said: "Third siblings, I heard that It's all because the pregnant woman ate too much, and the fetus was too big to be born, so you have to pay attention in the future, you are about to give birth in two months."

After hearing this, Niu was a little worried, and felt that Shen was cursing her, so his face was very ugly, and he said angrily, "Second sister-in-law, what are you talking about, aren't you cursing me?"

"Who cursed you? I'm telling you kindly. If you don't believe me, you can go and find out tomorrow to see if there is such a thing!" After saying that, Chen shi went out angrily.

Niu was a little apprehensive, and decided that it would be good to go out and find out tomorrow.

Xu Cao naturally wouldn't know about these things, anyway she reminded her, if Niu didn't listen, it would be herself who will suffer.

After raising the loach in a wooden basin, Xu Cao went to bed.Without Miaomiao's disturbance at night, Fugui became restless again.Xu Cao counted the days, but he was not allowed to touch her. Now is a dangerous time, and she doesn't want to be pregnant at the age of 15.Having a baby this early will take a huge toll on your body.

Her body is taking good care of her body, and she has been very accurate since her menstruation. A cycle is 30 days. This method of contraception is also acceptable. Anyway, she has not been pregnant in the past few months after intercourse.

Although Fu Gui felt uncomfortable, he never forced her, and he also knew that his daughter-in-law wouldn't let him touch her for a few days every month.

The two talked quietly, and then fell asleep.

The next day Fugui went hunting, Xu Cao asked Erya Sanya to take care of the seedlings, and then took the roe deer to the town, and sold a roe deer for 240 Wen.She didn't have anything to buy, so she came back directly. When she came back, she bought two pieces of tofu in the village, and she was going to make stewed tofu with crucian carp and roasted cucumber with loach at night.

There were quite a lot of loach, and Xu Cao sent a copy of the cooked loach to her natal family, and asked Fu Gui to add a large bowl to Father Yang and the others.Fugui also asked Xu Cao if he had secretly slipped one hundred Wen to Father Yang.On weekdays, Mrs. Chen is in charge of all the money, and Father Yang doesn't even have money for a cigarette or a drink.

Father Yang didn't want the money at first, after all, he already felt very ashamed of his elders when the family separated.

"Father, just accept it. You know that my wife and I are living a good life now."

Only then did Father Yang accept the money.

After a few days, the pigsty of her natal family was also covered, and Xu Cao sent the two piglets there.On weekdays, when she was free, she would follow Erya Sanya to take Xiaoshan and Miaomiao to the mountain to cut hogweed, and occasionally went to see her potatoes, weeded, fertilized, and watered the potato fields.

The days passed quickly, and it was a month later in the blink of an eye.

One day, when Xu Cao came back from cutting the pigweed, Mrs. Shen hurried over, "Sister-in-law, hurry up, the third sibling is about to give birth."

Xu Cao hurriedly followed Shen Shi, and as soon as she went, she heard Niu Shi screaming in pain.

(End of this chapter)