Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 49

Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, it rained heavily.

Water dripped from the eaves, and it was rainy and foggy outside. The water vapor mixed with the smell of mud and green grass, raging in the air domineeringly.Gu Yu, who was sitting at the entrance of the main room, looked at the vegetable field on the side of the yard through the rain curtain. It was faintly green, and he knew that it was green vegetables that were about to be eaten. The vines of the pumpkin had climbed the bamboo fence and climbed out of the yard. It seems that they don't want to be restrained, and they grow very flamboyantly. At this time, the dust splashed by the rain made the melon leaves a little yellowish. The rose flowers at the end of the vegetable garden are more fresh in the rain, but the ones that are about to wither look a little unlucky.

Of course I couldn’t do the work in rainy days. Xu held a baby’s octagonal hat that Wang had just embroidered in one hand, looked at it over and over again, touched his stomach occasionally, muttered to himself, and shook the summer solstice sleeping bag. sleeping crib.When Xia Zhi saw the brightly colored hat, he stretched out his hand to snatch it, his little hand grasped it tightly, drooling, and he still showed his toothless mouth and giggled, which made the adults in the room laugh along with him.

Xu Qinshi was free, chatting with his second uncle, when Gu Yu sat down for a while, An Jinxuan called her to practice calligraphy, and she moved to the room with great reluctance, "Brother Jinxuan, what about us today?" Can't you write it?"

An Jinxuan smiled and said: "Jing Zhe has explained, you can't rush to learn at the beginning, you can only start from tracing red slowly, it's not too late, you can also sharpen your temper."

Gu Yu was very helpless, holding the brush in one hand, An Jinxuan patted the back of his hand lightly, "This is not holding chopsticks, you need to hold the barrel of the pen with your middle finger and thumb, this finger can control the strength, and the index finger can control the direction, like so."

Gu Yu didn't have the heart to learn this at first, thinking of the use of writing calligraphy too well, he was only thinking of learning characters quickly, combining with what he had learned before so that it would come in handy, so he didn't care about how to hold the pen .An Jinxuan couldn't help it, so he fixed Gu Yu's fingers one by one with his own hands. This posture was right. Gu Yu's hand couldn't pull out anything, and it stopped stiffly in mid-air. An Jinxuan took advantage of the situation and started to slowly drawing on paper.

A warmth came from her hands, and An Jinxuan's breathing could be clearly heard. She looked up at the light coming in from the window and cast it on An Jinxuan. The fluff on her face could be counted one by one. Gu Yu was stunned for a moment.

Until An Jinxuan said: "Look, isn't it possible to write like this?"

Gu Yu just came back to her senses, smiled awkwardly, and suddenly heard that there was a lot of excitement outside, thinking that she had found an opportunity: "Someone is coming, maybe it's a relative, it's not good for us to stay inside, I'll go out and have a look .”

After speaking, he slipped out of the door, and An Jinxuan could only smile helplessly.

As soon as Gu Yu came out, he regretted it, and who was the second aunt Yu'e who looked at the person whose face was full of rouge and powder every step of the way?This kind of weather actually found me here, seeing the adults sitting in the room looked a little weird, Gu Yu was about to sneak back when Yu'e called out, "Gu Yu! Staying in the room all day is afraid of getting sick Come on, it's not convenient anywhere in this country, I'm covered in water and mud after walking, why don't you go to the town when you have time?"

Gu Yu looked at her as if she was covered in water and mud, but she definitely didn't walk out of these two steps. From the yard there to this side, how could there be mud marks on the lapel of her clothes, but Gu Yu couldn't tell. He had no choice but to say: "Second aunt, are you still coming back in this weather?"

Yu'e held a handful of sunflower seeds in her hand, and spit them all over the floor. Gu Yu watched her mouth open and close, and the skins of the melon seeds flew around. This also affected her non-stop talking, and she couldn't help but feel admiration.

Maybe it was because she was tired, but Yu'e didn't care so much. She looked around and found no stools, and said, "Isn't Dequan a carpenter? Why can't I find a stool?"

Just as Wang was about to stand up, she was held down by Xu Qinshi.Yu'e had no choice but to find a wooden basin, twisted her butt twice and sat down, "Gu Yuniang, I didn't blame you, why did you make the house so messy, seeing that the walls couldn't even be wiped off with white ash, tsk tsk tsk, I'm back I met people on Zhuangzi on the way, even if I mentioned that you live in this place, I would be too embarrassed to talk to you."

Gu Yu was a little annoyed as she grabbed her fists, and Xiao Man stopped when she was about to wash the rice and cook.Gu Yu cursed in her heart, your mother doesn't even look at her own virtues, and dares to come and pick and choose. She remembered what the eldest aunt said at the time that the second aunt married badly, so she came back to fight the autumn wind?Thinking of this, Gu Yu pretended to be naive and ignorant, "Second Aunt, is the melon seed rind you vomited in my mess here? Why don't you give me some too? We live here without a house, Second Aunt is Didn't you want to build a big house for us because of our pity?"

Yu'e came this time because the house was about to run out of food, and the drunkard went to drink again, the two children were still starving at home, full of complaints with nowhere to vent, and here she was in the middle of talking when Gu Yu's eyes flashed a cold light , I couldn't help feeling a little chilly, and when I took a closer look, I saw that she was smiling innocently, and I could only blame myself for blinking. "You are still young, eating this will damage your teeth, and you will not be able to marry in the future."

As soon as the subject changed, it came to Mrs. Xu, "Sister-in-law is lucky, and all these years of hard work are worth it. It's hard for my mother-in-law to come over to help take care of her. It's really my lady's fate."

Mrs. Xu had been treated harshly by this person before, and even though the words were not malicious at the moment, she didn't want to talk to her, "There's nothing wrong with life, left is just living a life."

Yu'e complained again, all she said was that she was the best married among the three sisters, the eldest sister had a bad reputation, Qiao'e simply had no one to propose marriage, she lived in the town, and often To help others, you can see that they are all great people.

Xu Qinshi couldn't take it anymore, coughed twice, "Gun Yu, I shouldn't have said you at all, I just heard that you have been coming and going in and out of the Anle Hall recently, so it doesn't matter on weekdays, just look It’s only been a few months since the summer solstice, and there’s another one in my belly. You come in without saying hello when you come back like this, and even if you want to keep you for a meal, you’ll have to drag two feet of red cloth to hang it, Otherwise, it would be bad if something got on it."

Yu'e was indeed helping the paper-making people in the Anle Hall recently, but Xu Qin's family did not expect Xu Qin to tell the truth. She originally thought that Xu's family sent so many things to come over and have a good meal, and then ask for something more When I went back, I didn’t expect to be told like this, thinking that if I stayed any longer, I might really have to pay money to buy red cloth or something, so I hurriedly left with a smile: "Look at what my mother-in-law said, there is no such thing, I will come back and have a look , Mother told me to go back to eat, so I'm leaving now."

After finishing speaking, she patted her ass and left. Gu Yu saw that although Xu Qinshi didn't talk much, she hit the point when she said it. The effect was so good, and she was even more impressed. She only hoped that she would live with her forever, "Grandma, you stay How about in our house, we will have the money to build a big house by then, and leave the brightest room for grandma to live in."

The old man just couldn't see the child saying that, although it might not be possible, but he was very sweet in his heart, and he grabbed Gu Yu, "Who said I have no chance to enjoy the blessings of my grandson, okay, grandma won't leave, and will stay until Gu Yu catches up." Until grandma."

The whole room burst into laughter.

Gu Yu asked in confusion again: "What is An Le Tang?"

"Bah, bah, bah! Children, don't ask about this, it's a bad place! But it's okay if you don't have one, maybe one day, grandma will go shopping in An Le Tang." Xu Qinshi said calmly.

Mrs. Xu took Xu Qin's hand: "Look at what mother said, Sun Fu hasn't lived here for a few years, why mention that place?"

No matter how dull Gu Yu is, he should be able to guess what it is. Maybe it is the place that sells coffins and some paper man and paper horses. No wonder it is said that children will be rushed to hang red cloths. It's like running away.

Xiaoman and Xu Qinshi started cooking, but Chen Shi came over with a bag of snacks in his hand, and handed it to Wang Shi: "Sister-in-law, this is brought back by the second sister, see what kind of gift you want me to help bring." past?"

Mrs. Wang still didn't know much about the etiquette in the countryside, so she looked at Mrs. Xu Qin for help. Mrs. Mrs. Xu smiled and pulled Xiaoman over, "Mother, sit still, we'll clean it up."

Gu Yu saw that they looked strange and followed them into the room. Xu Qinshi unwrapped the package of snacks, picked up a piece, and saw that there were some green spots on it, and spit, "It's because she can afford to lose face. Originally, this girl When I went back to my mother’s house, I originally wanted to bring a piece of meat and a bun of dim sum. My mother’s house only returned a pack of dim sum. If the meat couldn’t afford it, two packs of dim sum would be fine. Anything can be done.”

While talking, he and Xiaoman wrapped a bag of his own dim sum in the house and tied it up with a rope. Gu Yu was angry. These dim sum were sent by Mrs. Xu, and there were some pancakes inside that she couldn’t bear to eat, so she ate a piece once in a while. I have to chew and eat slowly, and this time I will give someone a package, which makes me a little annoyed.

Unable to get angry at this moment, Gu Yu took a piece of writing paper, added a layer of packaging to the package of moldy snacks brought by the second aunt, and bundled them with straw. The whole movement was clean and neat.

Seeing this, Xu Qinshi stared at first, then laughed, and then nodded Gu Yu's forehead and said: "You are really a thief, you can't suffer at all, this is good, so that she won't be fooled like this every time, Anyway, she said that we didn't read it, and returned the package of snacks, and it was her own face that was slapped."

Mrs. Chen took the bag of dim sum, and said, "Second sister-in-law, I also know that it is not good to say something. Just now, my mother took the second sister to your room for a long time, and brought out a piece of material, saying it was for the baby. Wearing new clothes, I originally thought that I should not tell them about it, but I was afraid that the second sister-in-law would think that we were ignorant and went to get it by myself, so I had to tell you."

Xu smiled indifferently, "If you take it, you can take it. Of course, mother is in charge, so it doesn't matter."

Mrs. Chen said a few more words, and then changed the subject, "Second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law, I heard that the second sister is going to tell Qiao'e about her family when she comes back this trip. If so, we can separate and live in another family, so it will be more relaxing. There are too many, I don’t know what the second sister-in-law thinks, do you want to go and have a look?”

Xu's expression was a little indifferent, "Of course the separation is at the mother's discretion, and we will separate when Qiao'e goes out, but the matter of Qiao'e's marriage is still decided by the parents, and we, sister-in-laws, have nothing to say."

Chen Shi sighed and wanted to say something, but finally held back, put on the coir raincoat and went back to the yard over there.

Xu Qinshi looked at Xu Shi with raised eyebrows, "Girl, what should I say, sooner or later the things you put over there will not belong to you, even a small piece of material can come out, if you want me to say, you have to separate and live together." No, if you have any good things in Xiaoman's room in the future, it's not easy to come over there to get them."

(End of this chapter)