The splendid life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 36

"If you have it, buy it." Yao Yu thought for a while and then said, "If you have it, you can buy a catty of pork, or a catty of lard."

Xie Zhimo nodded, "I'll save it." In this respect, he is very similar to Yao Yu, unwilling to take advantage of others. Although they don't need money for pigs, they can't take others for nothing.

The pigs that Xie Zhimo brought back every day would go to the river to wash them first, and then Yao Yu would dry them up.

After buying the ducks, Yao Yu only needs to drive the ducks to the river, and drive the ducks back home when Xie Zhimo comes back in the afternoon. Speaking of which, the first time Yao Yu drove the ducks, he really drove them around. .

Xie Zhimo said with a smile, "Actually, driving ducks is very simple. If you hit them in front of them with a wooden stick, they will follow."

After Xie Zhimo taught Yao Yu the trick, Yao Yu was able to make the ducks walk to the river neatly, but these ducks are really smart. After a while, as long as Yao Yu opens the cage door every morning, the ducks will know Walking towards the river by himself, and returning by himself at night, Yao Yu was amazed for a long time.

Yao Yu put all the duck feathers collected before to dry on Nuoer's bed. Anyway, Nuoer is sleeping with her now, so the empty bed is useless.Yao Yu took apart all the duck feathers, removed the hard rod in the middle, and left the fine and fluffy feathers. It took another three days to finish it all.

Yao Yu rubbed her nose. It is really not an easy task to tidy up duck feathers. Next, she started making winter clothes.

Nuoer's was the first to be made, the smallest and the easiest to make, but even so, it took Yao Yu three days to make a jacket, and it was already the middle of the twelfth lunar month when the duck down jackets for the whole family were finished. up.

More and more people went to Hehua Town, Xie Zhimo simply went to Hehua Town on foot every time after hunting, and then came back to buy some new year's goods.

Seeing that the kitchen was full of piles, Yao Yu couldn't laugh or cry, but it really felt like a New Year's Eve.

"Yu'er, look what's missing, I'll go buy it tomorrow." Xie Zhimo said.

"You don't want to go, I heard that the mountains have already been covered by heavy snow." Yao Yu put a pot of charcoal fire in each house. First, the bricks of the new house are wet and need to be heated. It's cold, especially the recent snow that has been heavier than the previous snow.

"That's okay, I can walk there." Xie Zhimo said indifferently, he has a good sense of direction and a good sense of the road, this little snow can't help him.

"No need, just go to the field and pick a few pockets of cabbage when the Chinese New Year is about to come back." It's true that the three of them can't eat much during the Chinese New Year. Yao Yu is worried that if he buys too much, it will rot in the end. .

"By the way, let's try it on and see if it suits me." Yao Yu made Xie Zhimo's clothes last.

Nuoer's has been tried a long time ago, and they are very suitable and warm. Her own clothes are also good. After making clothes by herself in the past six months, Yao Yu's female popularity has grown a lot. Sure enough, people are forced to come out. I think Back then, sewing clothes would be crooked, but now they can make a whole set of clothes.

Seeing that he had new clothes, Xie Zhimo immediately put them on happily, and said cheerfully, "It fits, it really fits."

"That's good, I'll wear this during the Chinese New Year," Yao Yu said.

"The clothes are so warm, I don't want to take them off after I put them on." Xie Zhimo suddenly remembered something, "Is this the duck feather you made last time?"

"That's right, I plan to buy a large amount of duck feathers next winter and make them for sale, what do you think?" Yao Yu asked.

"You don't have to wait for winter, you can wait until the beginning of the new year. At that time, the ducks at home will molt a lot." Xie Zhimo can obviously see the business opportunities here, "Don't worry, I will collect this."

"It's best to take them to wash it directly." Yao Yu said, not to mention that it is difficult to wash, and it is also troublesome to deal with.

"Okay, no problem." At worst, the price will be higher. Besides, these duck feathers were useless in previous years. Now that they are collected with money, I don't know how many people will be willing to sell them.

The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is the day to invite the Kitchen God. Yao Yu has never experienced it before. At most, he knows that 23rd is a small year in the north. When they wake up early in the morning, the three of them have dinner, and Xie Zhimo comes to help clean the stove.

Wang Fengzhen came to visit with Xiao Lizi, and Yao Yu was overjoyed to see Wang Fengzhen coming, "Sister Fengzhen."

Although they are in the same village, there is still some distance between them, unlike when they lived in Xie's house, they could often meet each other.

"Big sister, I'm here to thank you." Wang Fengzhen said, "No, we made a few taels of silver with the method you mentioned last time." Because of this, she is now arresting her mother-in-law to death Yes, her sister-in-law's family didn't dare to provoke her, for fear that she would propose a separation.

Yao Yu smiled and said, "You don't need to thank me, you caught the fish yourself."

"I should have come here a long time ago. I have been preparing for the New Year's goods recently, so I just came here." Wang Fengzhen handed the basket in her hand to Yao Yu, "It's almost Chinese New Year, I bought some things for Nuoer, big sister, don't be disgusted."

"What is Sister Fengzhen talking about?" Yao Yu took the basket, "Then I will thank Sister Fengzhen first."

Wang Fengzhen also talked about the situation of selling fish in the past few months, and it was exactly as Yao Yu guessed. At the beginning, Bafang Inn only charged as much fish as it had, but within half a month, it only charged [-] catties. Now sometimes it takes three days I can't even collect twenty catties.

The two talked for a long time before Wang Fengzhen got up and said, "Then I won't sit down, there are still many things to do at home."

"Miss Fengzhen, go slowly." Yao Yu sent Wang Fengzhen to the river before returning, feeling a little stunned. The shopkeeper Wen of the Bafang Inn likes to do opportunistic things. This fish cake must be made of fine noodles and lard. Yao Yu asked just now Well, the fish cakes at Bafang Inn are not white. What does this mean? It shows that the shopkeeper Wen only uses ordinary flour to make fish cakes, and the taste is naturally different. The fish cakes made from dead fish lack a kind of umami. After a long time, Who is willing to go, hey, a good business will let shopkeeper Wen ruin himself.

As soon as Yao Yu entered the room, she heard Nuoer ask, "Mother, can I open it?" Nuoer heard it just now, and Aunt Wang said that these were bought for him.

"Look, I bought it for you." Yao Yu rubbed Nuo'er's head.

Nuo'er was a little embarrassed, "It's for mother's sake."

"You ghost, who did you learn from?" Seeing Nuo'er pretending to be an adult, Yao Yu couldn't help laughing.

Nuo'er lifted the lid, and it turned out that there were candied melons in it. Only then did Yao Yu recall that in addition to giving away to the Kitchen God, in ancient times, 23 also said that Tanggua is sticky, and that day they have to eat candied melons.

"Wow, it's candy." Nuo'er said excitedly, it seems that there is no child who doesn't like candy.

"Eat it if you want, look how greedy you are." This ancient candy costs a penny, and there are more than a dozen candied melons in this basket. Half a candy can be regarded as a big favor in the village. See Come on, Wang Fengzhen is also a person who values ​​affection.

Nuo'er picked up one and fed it directly to Yao Yu's mouth, "Mother eat first."

Yao Yu opened his mouth to eat it, and the taste was not bad, but the sweet potato candy he ate before was better than this one. Thinking of this, Yao Yu suddenly realized that next year he can grow sweet potatoes in the fields.Anyway, there is a lot of land in the backyard, and we can't eat all the seasonings, so we can divide a piece of land to grow vegetables.Thinking of this, Yao Yu went to discuss with Xie Zhimo, of course Xie Zhimo had no objection.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, when we came together, Yao Yu saw Xie Zhimo tidying up the house. In fact, Yao Yu usually cleaned the new house very cleanly. Nuo'er followed suit and tidied up her closet.

"Tomorrow, I'll go to Shangyao Village to buy some tofu, so don't make it yourself." Xie Zhimo said.

"Okay." Tofu, it all tastes the same anyway, Yao Yu is really too lazy to make it by himself.

It's just that Yao Yu only tasted the tofu bought by Xie Zhimo, "Is this tofu spoiled?"

Xie Zhimo quickly took a bite, then shook his head, "No, this is their new one. Recently, many people bought tofu, and there was only the last bit left when I went."

"So, tofu is sour?" Yao Yu asked incredulously, is this tofu edible?

"Yes, tofu is always sour." Xie Zhimo asked suspiciously, "Didn't Yu'er eat sour before?"

Yao Yu shook his head and nodded again, sighed, if he had known earlier, he would have made tofu by himself, but unfortunately, he would not be able to buy beans at this time, so let’s wait until next year.

"Shall I go buy some tomorrow?" Xie Zhimo asked.

"Don't give up." Yao Yu really didn't want to eat this tofu, it was so sour and not tasty at all, not to mention that Yao Yu was too demanding, she didn't even think about eating tofu nao or soft tofu.

"I'll go into the mountains tomorrow to have a look." Xie Zhimo said, tomorrow is 26, and I want stewed meat. Although there is pork at home, it is not a whole head.

"It's snowing so much." Yao Yu said in surprise, the weather is so cold now, every day she just wants to lie under the quilt, or next to the brazier, and doesn't want to go out at all.

"It's okay." The more the weather is like this, the higher the chance of hitting something good.

In the end, Xie Zhimo really caught a wild boar. The people in the village were stewing meat today. Some saw Xie Zhimo bringing a wild boar back from the mountain. Everyone was very envious, and some even asked for it.

"Xie Lao San, there are only three of you in your family, so give us half of the head."

"That's right, it's a waste if you can't finish it, why not give it to us."

Xie Zhimo didn't say anything, just glanced at those people, and went back directly.After a while, the whole Shuangshui Village knew that the third son of the Xie family had killed a whole wild boar on the mountain.

(End of this chapter)