The splendid life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 35

He heard the little Wuzi not far away shout, "Brother Zhimo, are you going into town?"

"Yes." Xie Zhimo glanced around, as if all the places to look after the carts were full, what should we do?

"Leave your ox cart to me, anyway, I have to wait for the villagers to fill up before going back." Xiao Wuzi said.

Xie Zhimo handed the ox cart to Xiao Wuzi, and took Nuoer and Yao Yu to the town. Xie Zhimo sold the wild things first, and then the three of them went to the vegetable market. The pork seller saw Yao Yu and greeted him with a smile Said, "Big sister, you haven't come here for a long time."

Xie Zhimo looked at the shop owner warily, but Yao Yu didn't see Xie Zhimo's expression, and responded by himself, "There is something at home."

Seeing that Xie Zhimo's expression was wrong, the shop owner hurriedly said, "I just killed the pork, it's fresh."

Indeed, the pork was still smoking. Yao Yu ordered ten catties of pork and ten catties of lard.

"Do you want more pig bones?" The store owner remembered that Yao Yu liked to buy this.

"Yes!" There was no big bone on the table, Yao Yu thought it was sold, but he didn't expect there to be more.

The boss took out the big pig bones that were placed under the table, but he didn't expect to bring out a bunch of pigs into the water. The boss explained with some embarrassment, "It's not too late yet."

Yao Yu's eyes lit up, "Aren't you going to sell this?"

The boss shook his head, "Who will buy it? I'll give it to you if you want it."

Yao Yu immediately said, "Yes, thank you boss."

Xie Zhimo carried the pig into the water, and asked with some difficulty, "Yu'er, you don't plan to eat this pig into the water, do you?"

"Why, dare not eat?" Yao Yu asked, "Who said that at the time, even if it was poison, I would take it."

Xie Zhimo hurriedly said, "Eat, eat, eat" and then asked a little uncertainly, "But Yu'er, do you know what this is pretending to be?"

"Intestines, of course they're pretending to be feces," Yao Yu said.

Xie Zhimo didn't expect Yao Yu to know, Nuoer asked curiously, "Can you eat shit?"

Yao Yu's face was full of black lines, but Nuo'er couldn't misunderstand it, "It's not that the feces can be eaten, but this pig can be eaten in the water, but the premise is that it must be cleaned."

"I understand." Nuoer nodded.

"Go and buy some cloth." Xie Zhimo said, his Yu'er hasn't worn new clothes for a long time, she doesn't need any clothes from before she moved last time, and the cloth she bought can't make a few sets of clothes.

"Okay." Yao Yu thought that it would be Chinese New Year anyway, so it would be good to buy some cloth to make new clothes.

Nuo'er was very excited about choosing cloth for the first time. Looking left and right, Yao Yu chose a pomegranate red for herself. It's better to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Xie Zhimo took a piece of duck-yellow cloth next to her, "Yu Yu Son, you must look good in this."

"Then I want these two horses." This body is young, so it doesn't matter if she wears such a tender color.Seeing that his suggestion was adopted, Xie Zhimo was extremely happy.

"How do you sell this?" Yao Yu suddenly saw the cotton in front of him, and asked in surprise, if there is this, it won't be cold to make a cotton jacket in winter.

"35 Wen a tael." The shopkeeper replied.

Yao Yu almost didn't jump up. That is to say, a catty of cotton costs 350 renminbi, and a set of finished cotton clothes and trousers costs at least five or six catties of cotton.

Besides, the cotton doesn't feel that good to the touch, and duck down is the best in terms of warmth retention. Yao Yu's mind brightened, yes, why didn't he think of it before, duck down can be used to make down jackets!
Seeing Yao Yu's brows furrowed, Xie Zhimo said, "Buy whatever you want."

Yao Yu shook his head, "Just the cloth."

After leaving the shop, Yao Yu asked, "Can you raise ducks?"

"Yes." Xie Zhimo replied, it's not difficult.

"How about we raise more ducks next year?" I will collect duck feathers everywhere this winter, and feed them myself next year.

Xie Zhimo only thought that Yao Yu liked it, "Okay, why don't we go buy ducks now?"

Yao Yu was overjoyed, "Is it possible?"

"Of course, do you have anything else to buy? If not, let's go buy ducks now." Xie Zhimo said, the place that sells ducks is not in Hehua Town.

"Let's go to the grocery store." Yao Yu said, the salt and vinegar at home were almost gone.

After the three of them finished shopping, Xie Zhimo went to drive the bullock cart, and gave the little Wuzi ten cents, but the little Wuzi didn't want anything, but Xie Zhimo said, "This is what Yu'er ordered, besides, those who take care of the bullock carts in other families have to pay ten cents." Five cents."

Little Wuzi said, "I'm just doing this by the way. They give grass to the cows for fifteen cents. I'm just looking at it."

"Just accept it. If you don't accept it, we won't be able to find you if we need something later." Yao Yu said.

Only then did Xiao Wuzi accept it embarrassingly, "Are you going back?"

"Well, let's go first." Xie Zhimo drove the bullock cart to a place not far from Shangyao Village.

"This is a place for selling livestock." Xie Zhimo explained that he made some money back then and bought some chickens, ducks, and pigs for his family. As a result, the chickens and ducks were raised to death by Mrs. Liu, and now there are only two left in Xie's family. pig.

Yao Yu didn't understand these things, "Just look at it and buy it, I don't understand."

"How many to buy?" Xie Zhimo asked.

Yao Yu shook his head, "How many can you raise at a time?"

"Then let's buy ten ducks first." Xie Zhimo walked in, and soon someone came to entertain him, and Xie Zhimo followed them to choose ducks.

Yao Yu stayed where he was and looked around. Seeing the messy duck feathers at the foot of the wall, Yao Yu asked, "Brother, is this duck feather for sale?"

The little brother was collecting Xie Zhimo's money, seeing that Xie Zhimo was so happy, he said, "It's all useless, if you want it, just take it."

"Thank you." Yao Yu replied with a smile. The little brother helped put the duck feathers into bags and put them on the bullock cart. There were two big bags, but the smell was not good. With the addition of pig offal, the whole The bullock cart smells a little smelly.

Nuo'er couldn't help frowning, Yao Yu said with a smile, "I'll go back later, mother will clean these up."

"I'll help my mother." Nuo'er said immediately.

"Aren't you afraid of smell?" Yao Yu asked.

Nuo'er shook her head, "Mother is not afraid, and Nuo'er is not afraid." His father said that a man should be used to take responsibility.

When he got to the river, Yao Yu got out of the car and got all the duck feathers and pig offal, "You go back and get a wooden basin, and leave the bullock cart here, and wash it later." These days, Xie Zhimo took To load wild animals, and then add today's pig offal and duck feathers, the car is already stinky to the extreme.

Yao Yu thought that luckily the house was located on the east side, so washing these things in the river would not affect the villagers.

Yao Yu washes the duck feathers first, which is simpler and has no peculiar smell, just be careful when washing, and the action must be gentle. Yao Yu washes each one for a long time, until his arms are sore, he secretly made a decision, and he must wait until next year. It is necessary to collect duck feathers on a large scale and wash them clean!

Nuoer imitated Yao Yu's appearance, and soon her little hands turned red from the cold. Yao Yu felt distressed, "Nuoer don't wash it, you wait by the side." It is good for children to help everyone, but there is no need for children to wash their hands. Injuried.

"It's okay, mother." Nuo'er still felt cold at first, but after getting used to it, she didn't feel cold at all.

Xie Zhimo was washing the pigs down below. For him, a boy had to be rough, but seeing Yao Yu's distress, he looked at Yao Yu's hand, and decided to go home and hug the sleepy firewood. A fire was set up in the middle, "If it's cold, come here and warm up the fire."

With the joint efforts of the three of them, the duck feathers and pig offal were finally washed in the dark, and even the ox cart was completely new.

Yao Yu put the duck feathers in a wooden basin, and then put them in the bedroom. By the way, he lit the fire on the kang today. Sausage noodles.

Divide the portion out, and Yao Yu intends to dry all the rest. He originally wanted to make sausages, but there was not enough seasoning, so he had to dry them. Yao Yu sighed and decided to go to Jiangzhou if he had the chance. Maybe there are more supplies there.

Put the oil into the pot after it was heated red, and then start to stir-fry. Nuo'er has been busy all day, and she will be hungry by now. Seeing that Yao Yu's two pots are on fire, "Mother, do you want to help?"

"Nuo'er went to see if the water in that pot is boiling?" Yao Yu said, afraid that Nuo'er wouldn't understand, and explained specifically, "Bubbling means the water is boiling."

Nuo'er was too short to reach the lid of the pot, so she moved a small bench over, stood on it and slowly lifted the lid of the pot, "Mother, it's bubbling."

"Then you put all the noodles next to it in." Yao Yu then added, "Have you washed your hands?"

"Washed." After finishing speaking, Nuo'er raised her hands to show Yao Yu. Yao Yu glanced at her and said with a smile, "Go."

Nuo'er carefully put the noodles into the pot, and Yao Yu picked up the spatula and stirred the noodles a little to avoid sticking together.The stir-fried fatty intestines in the pot here are almost done, and Yao Yu started to prepare the fatty intestines noodles after they came out of the pot.

Xie Zhimo tied up the ox cart and walked into the kitchen, only to hear Nuoer's excited voice, "Father, I made the noodles today."

Yao Yu helped and said, "Yes, but it was all done by Nuoer."

"Nuoer is really amazing." Xie Zhimo said.

"Okay, let's go out and eat." Yao Yu and Nuo'er carried their own bowls of fatty sausage noodles, Xie Zhimo not only served noodles, but also a plate of fried sausages, Xie Zhimo even took a special sniff, really It doesn't stink either.

I don't know if it's because she believed in Yao Yu, or because she ordered the noodles, but Nuo'er ate very deliciously.Xie Zhimo was a little hesitant when he took the first bite, but he also started to gobble it up after eating.

In fact, after Xie Zhimo washed the pig offal, Yao Yu removed the white layer inside the fat intestines, so the whole pig offal was not smelly or greasy, and with the seasoning Yao Yu put, it even had some fragrance.

(End of this chapter)