Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 6
The place to live has been solved, and the problem of food has come one after another.

On the second day, the problem of eating was so cruelly presented before his eyes. How could an old rusty pot and a big bag of coarse rice feed Gu Yu's family.

Even if his second uncle kindly invited him, Li Dequan would never bother him again.

Early in the morning, Li Dequan took Jingzhe to Linjiang Town to buy oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, along with buying some utensils and new year's goods. First use that rice to cook porridge to pad our stomachs, and we will rush back as soon as we have finished shopping."

Gu Yu rolled his eyes twice, and smiled, "Father, don't worry, you are not in a hurry to come back, we won't be hungry."

Li Dequan and Jing Zhe didn't stay any longer and left in a hurry.

Gu Yu looked at the backs of her father and elder brother in the cold wind, slowly blending into the bleak scenery.Xiao Man fetched water and was washing there, while he was busy, he told Gu Yu: "Gu Yu, don't run around, lest you catch the cold again."

Gu Yu stuck out her tongue, thinking about what to eat with all her heart.She brought the pot over and brushed it with water desperately, but the people in this village are very frugal, and they wouldn't buy a new one if they couldn't use it. It seems that the pot is from the Li family. It can't be used anymore, whether to brush it or not, Gu Yu hesitated looking at his hands that were red and stinging from the cold.

Suddenly she came up with an idea, went to the second uncle's stove to dig out a handful of ashes, then tied the straw into a small brush, and rubbed it vigorously, the pot was really cleaned a little bit, but the rust could not be completely removed. Another hole was found, Gu Yu wanted to give up now, the pot is leaking, but how can he cook porridge?If you don't cook porridge, what else do you eat?

No oil, no salt, no pot, Gu Yu was worrying, but a voice sounded behind him: "What's so good about a broken pot, I have a pot in my kitchen, you can use your bag of rice to cook, or you can eat it Something? It’s not for nothing anyway, just return the firewood when the time comes.”

This guy is really good. A good person doesn't do it to the end. He borrowed a pot and asked for firewood. Gu Yu's stubborn temper came up again, "Whoever says a broken pot can't be used."

Gu Yu put the pot on the simple stove that his father had set up under the eaves of the porch, put the pot obliquely, added a little water, avoided the hole, and started to light the fire. Poor Gu Yu had never burned firewood in his previous life, nor will he in this life. Knowing how to burn it, he threw all the firewood into the stove and stuffed it tightly, but the fire did not start, and the smoke made tears and snot, so he was dumbfounded.

"If you have to be brave, don't burn if you don't know how to start a fire." It was still An Jinxuan, leaning against the wall at this moment, with a sarcastic smile on Gu Yu's face.

Gu Yu was already depressed at this time, seeing him like this, he had no choice but to reply: "It's not that I was kicked out by the people over there, otherwise I wouldn't need to do this, it's good to be kicked out, I don't need to be so useless , who would have thought that at your age, you have learned the ability to point fingers and scold dogs!"

When An Jinxuan heard Gu Yu's words, he suddenly became a little stunned. He looked at the emptiness in the distance, then smiled lightly, squatted down, and pulled out a few sticks of firewood, "Fire must be hollow, and people must be open-minded. Don't even understand this!"

Gu Yu wanted to be tough, but seeing the surging flames, he licked his lips and smiled, "You are quite an expert."

An Jinxuan didn't seem to hear Gu Yu's words, and stared blankly at the flame.

Gu Yu started pretending to be cool at a young age. Gu Yu expressed that she was very helpless. She went to the room where she and Xiao Man lived, and took a look at the eggs she brought out. She picked them one by one, and there were 23 eggs in total. She wanted to see if there were any cracks. Cook the broken ones first, two for one person, six to cook, at least it can last until Dad and the others come back, and they will have something to eat in the evening.

She was about to come out with six eggs in her hands, but she turned around again. This second uncle took in her family, and it was not so annoying to ask for An Jinxuan, one for each person. Thinking about it, she took two more.

Put them in the pot one by one.It doesn't matter if it's rusty, anyway, it will be peeled when the time comes, and the bag of rice will be kept for later.

Steaming steam came out, and Gu Yu wanted to say a few words to An Jinxuan, but seeing him wandering off, simply ignored him, and didn't know if the eggs were cooked, Gu Yu was impatient, picked one up but It was too hot, so she switched hands from left to right and fell back and forth. She put it on the padded jacket and stopped. She peeled off the skin, bit it lightly, and it was already cooked. She picked up another one and handed it to An Jin when it cooled slightly. Xuan, "I'll eat it for you, the eggs are delicious."

An Jinxuan took it carelessly, turned around and left.

"Hey, give one to my second uncle, I'm really not polite, just take it and leave." Gu Yu expressed her incomprehension, but didn't bother to talk to him, and shouted: "Sister, mother, come to eat Gu Yu's boiled eggs— —”

Mrs. Wang was also tidying up the room. At this time, she heard her little daughter's cry, and she walked out slowly with her hands on her lower back, "You girl, where did you get the eggs?"

Xiaoman held a small stool and helped Wang to sit down: "Mother, that ghost, Gu Yu, took it out of the firewood pile."

Wang was taken aback: "Gu Yu, then you took your grandma, so hurry up and send it back."

Gu Yu was not happy anymore, pouted her mouth, "Mother, grandma and they obviously have everything, so they won't let us live at home. You have a baby in your stomach, and you don't have anything to eat. The auntie steals eggs, and secretly I just took the eggs to kill chickens and make soup with medicine jars, otherwise grandma wouldn’t know that there are eggs to eat, and besides, I have to nourish my mother.”

Seeing Gu Yu's pouted mouth and dirty face, Mrs. Wang couldn't help feeling distressed, and wiped her with a handkerchief, "Gu Yu, it's all because of my mother's incompetence. Promise me, we won't do such things in the future. gone."

Gu Yu hurriedly promised: "Don't worry, mother, we will earn by ourselves in the future, anyway, this is a family, just take a few eggs, there will be no next time." But she said in her heart, mother is using me like a child to teach her a lesson. .

After the eggs were eaten, the room was tidied up. Even the wooden framed windows were polished brightly, and the room looked much more spacious.

In the second half of the day, Li Dequan came back with messy things hanging on his body, Jingzhe was not much different, with things on his shoulders, both hands were not free, and there was a big basket on his arm.

Xiao Man and Gu Yu hurried over to pick it up, feeling a little distressed, "How did you get back with so many things hanging on?"

Li Dequan smiled, "I happened to meet your Uncle Chen's bullock cart. Put these things down first, and I will go to your Uncle Chen's house later to move two jars and a big pot for boiling water in the future. The jars can be used Put something to pickle sauerkraut and so on.” In the Taozhuang area, everyone is used to calling earthen jars jars.

Gu Yu was originally in the room. Seeing them coming back, Gu Yu rushed over and grabbed Li Dequan: "Father, you are back. I cooked eggs for my mother and sister at noon. I will wait for you to come back for dinner."

Li Dequan picked Gu Yu up and pinched her nose: "My little girl is the most capable, but where did you get the eggs?"

Gu Yu struggled to slip down, thinking about Wang's lesson just now, and quickly changed the subject, "Father, you bought so many things, brother, did you give you something to eat, and told you to carry so many things?"

Jing Zhe chuckled, "Gu Yu, what do you think this is?"

In the palm of Jing Zhe's hand, there was a brightly colored but slightly rough silk flower, which was handed to Gu Yu.

Gu Yu was beautiful in her heart, but her words were duplicity, "Brother, you can exchange rice with this, why buy this?"

Li Dequan smiled: "I didn't buy this. Your brother said that the handwriting written by the stall was not good, so he wrote a sign for him, and he gave it to him."

Having said that, Gu Yu took it over with peace of mind, and asked again: "Then what sign should the stall owner write, and everyone can't read!"

Li Dequan had no choice but to continue, "Gu Yu is smart, I asked someone to write this, but the person who set up the stall to write it was not good. Your brother saw it and almost ruined his job."

After finishing speaking, Li Dequan took Jingzhe out to move the jars, Xiaoman took Gu Yu to clean up the things on the ground, those salted vegetable baskets, a small piece of meat, a pack of snacks, a large box of white radishes, two bunches of peppers, and a large sheet of red radish. Paper, pen and ink... find a place for them one by one, the main room is not very easy to put, most of them are placed in the room where Gu Yu and Xiao Man live.

When Li Dequan and Jing Zhe came back with the jar in their arms, Li Dequan was still carrying a cauldron on his back, watching him slowly crawling like a huge turtle, Gu Yu laughed happily, looking at this and that, he was very satisfied, having these Things, life should be no problem.

(End of this chapter)