Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 184 Happy Events One After Another

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Qinshi had already got up early in the morning, rubbed her eyes and almost kicked the threshold, and was about to stop and accidentally kicked the dustpan in the right direction, while she muttered who it was Throwing this thing here, squatting down to pick up the scattered things on the ground, a small handful of peanuts and beans, and a few roasted black sweet potatoes, seven or eight water chestnuts still stained with mud, some purple red Some purple reds are still tender with white skin, "It's so tender that you can touch it, it's really a crime." He picked up a few more radishes, stood up with his back, but bumped into the sorghum hanging on the penny.

This messy thing is not like the usual style of the family, Xu Qinshi suddenly slapped his thigh, "It's strange that I said that I would live with me in the summer solstice, so I went to pick greens! Get up, get up! Picked greens last night Don't even tell me!"

Gu Yu and Xiao Man yawned and went out, but they didn't know what was going on when they heard Xu Qin's yelling.Gu Yu still smiled and said, "Grandma, these are reserved for you. We went to the field to pick them yesterday, and we don't know whose land it is. Anyway, it's really nice. You can pick everything and eat it yourself."

Xu Qinshi nodded Gu Yu's forehead, "What a gluttonous girl! How can she drag everything into her own home? Whose family will be lucky, but where did she go?"

Xiaoman still doesn't quite understand Xu Qin's words. They all grew up in the city, and they rarely go out in the past few years in Zhuangzi, and they have never heard of Caiqing, "Grandma, isn't this stealing? What's the matter?" You can do such nonsense!"

Xu Qinshi's mouth was flattened, "Okay, okay, I won't take grandma with me, let's ask at this time."

Gu Yu stuck out her tongue and smiled, and said solemnly: "Grandma, I thought of calling you, but you are not afraid of water, we went by boat, what if you fainted, it's better to just stay in a daze At home, isn't this also keeping things to honor you?"

Xu Qinshi just smiled nonchalantly, "That's right, I can still live for a few more years, and I will mostly save your young selves to accumulate blessings. This picking is nothing more than yesterday's going outside and watching Pick up some of the things that have not been taken back, not to mention that the things are ripe and not spoiled by wild animals, the future harvest will be just fine!"

Dare to be sympathetic yesterday, instead of stealing things, I went to do good deeds instead?What's the difference between being cheap and being nice?But Gu Yu didn't say such words, but yesterday he was just thinking about getting addicted, and today he felt a little inappropriate. Those who were picked up may feel sad, and now the only worry is gone. Very relaxed, "Then we really should accumulate more blessings, and it would be nice to just fill up the boat and come back!"

Xu Qinshi pretended to slap her with a slap, "I'm really dissatisfied. After so many years of harvesting, which one of you wished to move the things from other places back? What I want to say is that the idea came up when there was nothing to eat. , people with land can’t be so fussy, and everyone who is called Caiqing feels at ease, but now the age is much better and no one picks Qing, who gets up in the middle of the night to do this kind of thing, it’s calmed down a lot , so those who were picked up by you last night are blessed this time."

Xiaoman still didn't fully understand, "Why can't my father and the others go, my mother and second aunt have to take us there, if my father and the others go, we might be able to pick up more things."

Xu Qinshi didn't expect Xiaoman to ask such a question, so he put the dustpan away, and took down the sorghum. Some excitedly, he simply dumped the contents of the dustpan into the wooden bucket, then put the sorghum away, and kneaded the sorghum. One side said: "This is not acceptable. The souls of men who go there will shock those things, and they may not be able to grow anything in the future. It is said that there are people in the village next door. This is the case. A piece of land does not even grow a single peanut!" After speaking, Xu Qinshi added: "The man has an aura. He wants to go into the mountains to hunt. Anyway, any day is good. He must not go out last night!"

Gu Yu was speechless. It might be that the land happened to be at the wrong time. After a long time, rumors and rumors became facts, but she didn't think there was anything wrong. At least these rules were the beliefs they were willing to abide by together. , I feel happier anyway.Xiaoman was uncharacteristically inquiring into the matter, Gu Yu suddenly remembered the past, and blurted out, "I see, it was the same when I went out with my brother and Jinxuan, didn't you go too, grandma? The hunting of the men ends their lives, but my mother and the others conceive their lives, don’t they? The fruit grown from this thing also has maternal nature! Brother Jinxuan and Brother Jiang Sheng are not considered men after all.”

With such an explanation, everything seems to make sense.

Everyone got up one after another, Xia Zhi and the children stayed in the yard, and they didn't dare to let them go out.This appears to be bustling.When Xu Qinshi saw the Xu family and the Wang family, they complained again. Even the Jiang family who rushed over and wanted to clean up was questioned several times by her.

Mrs. Jiang patted Mrs. Xu Qin on the back, "Grandma, don't worry about it, you can live a long life! Besides, it's late at night, maybe we haven't been there for many years. It's because Jinxuan and Jiang Sheng are together." Then I listened and went in. I used to think that people would always pick greens from our land. This year we will also go to Lele. It’s okay anyway, isn’t it? Look at you, this Xiaohan big tile-roofed house It’s almost finished, and there’s another prosperous restaurant on the other side of the town, so many blessings are not enough for you?” After finishing speaking, he said angrily: “If you like it, I will go with you next year to pick greens. None of them are allowed to go!"

Xu Qinshi was so angry that he couldn't pretend anymore, he laughed, but his mouth was not forgiving, "No, there is still a little sorghum left, I will knead it out, you go back and get me some sesame peanut brown sugar, Grind it finely, I will make sorghum cake for you to eat, and keep it for you to like!"

Jiang Shi also laughed, "Okay, if you make this sorghum cake and don't let these little things eat, grandma will be happy!" After finishing speaking, he went back to his home to get things without saying a word.

Gu Yu stayed on the sidelines and watched, even though it was such a day, it could still be lively and bustling. In his heart, he really felt that such a day was pretty good, plain and happy, and he didn't have to worry about food and clothing. With extra money, you feel safe and at ease, so why ask too much?

In the next few days, Taozhuang ushered in a great event.

The bridge has finally been repaired. The stone arch bridge is protected by stone railings on both sides. It looks wide, strong and magnificent. There are two lions carved on the bridge head, and red cloth belts are tied on it. The faces of half of Zhuangzi's people turned red.

The people coming and going were a little beaming, and they discussed that in two years, they could build an ox cart, and if they could make it through next year, they would buy a calf and bring it back to raise. Next year, when the money is saved enough, the cattle will grow a little bigger. It is used when you can work in the fields and go to the market with relatives. If the peaches in the village come down, you can put them in the car and take them to relatives’ houses. I don’t know how much glory can be added to your face.

Gu Yu was also shrouded in joy, although he couldn't help much, watching the excitement was enough.Besides, she finally thought of something she could do. She and Xiao He took the cows out for a walk every other day or two. They made a paper kite, and they were so happy that they didn't want to go home.Aunt Wen also figured it out, no longer restricting Xiao He, and Xiao He has always been measured, so she let her go shopping with Gu Yu freely.

On the day when the new bridge was opened, Zhuangzi was even more lively than New Year’s Eve. If it weren’t for the people in Zhuangzi who didn’t have much money to spare, taking advantage of the excitement, they would have invited a troupe to sing for a day or two, but in the end they did. The lion dance was very lively with firecrackers and gongs and drums, and the village was boiling.

After a busy day, the interest is still there.They didn't give up, although there was no money left in the village to hold a big feast for everyone to eat.But it's not impossible to get everyone together.

There is nothing else, but the land is not lacking, so I chose the land at the head of the village, and the tables are arranged in a row. It looks very spectacular, but if you go closer, you will find these tables The height is different, and the color and luster of the wood and the workmanship are even more strange.Some have fresh wooden strips on one of their legs, and they look barely usable, while others have been carefully treated with tung oil, and some of them can no longer tell what color they are. It’s a little better, there are stools on one side, the rest is just a bare table, and there is a big pig’s head in the middle, which was sent by Liu Bazi... It’s nothing else, it’s something everyone came up with out of nowhere family dinner.

The housewives of each household are busy opening, there are three or five plates too many, one or two less, no matter what they do, it doesn't matter what they do, and some families act together, for example, the Jiang family followed the Wang family and the Xu family. , who was thinking carefully about what dishes to serve, considering both the portion size and the taste, and finally Xu Qinshi made a sugar circle, and the oil pan was propped up in the backyard, and the people in front did it there. She was in charge of frying, sprinkled with a layer of sesame seeds, and it looked golden and shiny when fried, crispy, crispy and fragrant.The rest of Jiang's stewed tendons were cut into big pieces, and they said that they would let the children eat them when the time came.For the rest, I made some rice cakes and so on. The sauerkraut that Gu Yu made herself was not too troublesome. I just moved it out of a jar and put a stack of bowls on it, and put a bowl on every few tables. Let everyone try something fresh.

The adults are very busy, but the children are in a panic.They have never seen such a scene. They are most comfortable in this place. Those who go from east to west look at what everyone is preparing for food, and then report to another house. They almost know what food is available in which house , I'm too embarrassed to go close to ask for it, but I just look around eagerly and droolingly, just waiting for the time when the things are taken out and put on the table, I will grab them.

The smell of fried things in Gu Yu's house wafts far away, and the stewed tendon is also very tempting, but they prepare it in the backyard, and the children gathered in the front yard can only judge what it is from the smell. It's gone, compared to the scent they smell, they prefer to watch how other people do it, and maybe they can get some food that will reduce their appetite first.So when Xu Qinshi brought out the first pot of sugar rings in the dustpan, there was no one in the yard, so he had to go back and continue working.

When the dishes of each household are almost served, the men sit around some tables in the middle drinking and talking, their faces are glowing, no matter how much they talk, they can’t do without the harvest in the field, slowly getting better Wake up day class.The women are a little more worried. They say a few words when they see their children's hands dirty, and they have to clean up their things when they are caught. , who is too stingy, just take a pot of sauerkraut...

This way of eating, has been from the morning to the sunset, and then give up.The men were drunk and staggered, the children followed behind and listened to the words that they couldn't hear on weekdays, pursing their mouths for joy, the women cleaned up the place, claimed the table in their home and moved it away, pots, pans and pans were a little rotten , I also lost some, but fortunately, I just muttered a few words, no one really cared too much.

That's how it ended.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the Hundred Tables Banquet, it was much easier for Li Dejiang to move into his new home.

The tile-roofed house was built between the second uncle's yard and the original Li's yard. It used to be a vegetable field. Li Dequan built a tile-roofed house, and the yard is also ready-made. Everything in the house is new, with an earthy smell. It looks like fish scales, very stylish.Li He has been thinking about building a tile-roofed house all his life, but he didn't know that his second son built it first, and the old house is still half-lived.

Besides, because Dejiang moved to a new house, the Zhang family over there said that Liqiu wanted to come down when he was older, and that Lichun and Lixia were also at the age of getting married, so there was no place to stay.Mrs. Chen disagreed, saying that after she gave birth to a baby, she didn't even have a house, so she would have to live in a firewood house?Now Lichun and Lixia already lived in a house, and Liqiu used to live with Qiao'e. After she went out, she would naturally have a house for Lixia, so the Dejiang side should naturally be what she wanted.

At the end of the dispute, Li Dejiang became a little angry, saying why Dequan didn't have a house, and that room was reserved for Jing Zhe, and now Dequan lives in a tile-roofed house with Gu Yu Xiaoman Wang, even if no one comes back to live in it. They live here, don't worry about it, if you want to quarrel, let them quarrel!
The walls that have just been plastered still have some smell. The eaves are paved with stones from the bridge repairing period. The inside of the house is also made of new mud. Li Dequan and Dalin have made the furniture a while ago. None of them moved here, so they simply carried their own things, which was equivalent to living a new life.

Although there is no big banquet, there are many people who come to congratulate Zhuangzi. They stop and look, and those who carry a bag of snacks leave. Some people touch the furniture and say that everything is thoughtful. fine.

Xu Qinshi also moved here, Gu Yu and the others are used to living here, besides, Second Uncle and An Jinxuan are not at home, so they can't leave it empty, and there are still many things in the backyard and the house, and they haven't been moved for a while.Fortunately, I live close, and it is no different from usual, and I can hear everything I talk.Xu Qinshi came to live with Xiaohan and Dahan. A big wooden bed was exaggerated to say that it was half the size of the room, and there were movable wooden fences around it. No matter how Xiaohan and Dahan rolled, they couldn't fall out this time.Xia Zhi looked very envious, and clamored for one, but there was no place to put it in the end.

It’s just that Xia Zhi is not reconciled, often running over and climbing onto the bed, and refusing to leave, Xu Qinshi looked at it funny, and just installed another bed in the room to live by himself, watching the three younger ones live on the big bed roll over.Wang is very sorry for this.

It was only lively in Zhuangzi before. When he moved into his new home this time, Li Dejiang only invited the people in the yard over there and the three married sisters. There are only four or five tables of people in the few restaurants, and they have a simple meal.

It was expected that Xu Shihe would come here with his family, but Qin'er hadn't been back for a long time when she was a little older. Xu Qinshi thought that they had a good life outside, but the bridge in Zhuangzi was not very good and they didn't go out much. , thinking about helping my grandson.

Unexpectedly, when it was the right day, only Xu Shihe came in a hurry without bringing any congratulatory gifts. He explained with a blushing face, and was pressed down by Li Dejiang to drink.

He had just had a few mouthfuls of food, and the stool was not warm, so the shopkeeper of the restaurant hurried into the yard.

(End of this chapter)