Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 7

That night, Li Dequan invited his second uncle and An Jinxuan to have dinner together, using the cooking pot used by his second uncle's house.After dinner, Jingzhe carried water, Xiaoman lit a fire, and the whole family washed their feet and body beautifully.

Then they rested, Gu Yu and Xiao Man stayed in the room, while watching Xiao Man embroider with the oil lamp, while turning over the silk flower in his hand.In her mind, she was thinking about the scene of Jing Zhe writing for others in exchange for silk flowers. Although wearing a flower on her head is not in line with her aesthetics, but in this era, everyone thinks it is beautiful, and she can't fight against it. Besides, the elder brother loves her so much, why should she wear it? To fight.

Tired of watching, Gu Yu put the flowers next to the pillow, slid down the floor, opened the snacks in the big jar to have a look, couldn't bear to eat, wrapped them up and put them back, then raised his head and stared at the chili and garlic , red paper pen and ink vegetable basket, after reading these, I still feel a little unsatisfied, so I reached out and carefully took out the eggs one by one, and then put them back, muttering: fifteen, one is not a lot.Only then did he climb into bed contentedly.

Xiao Man couldn't hold it anymore, and laughed out loud, "Gu Yu, you are like that rich man who got up in the middle of the night to count the money."

Gu Yu scratched her head in embarrassment, and smiled shyly, "Sister, you don't understand, don't panic if the family has food in stock, if you don't have anything to eat when you wake up tomorrow morning, how can you sleep."

Xiao Man put down the needle, and pointed Gu Yu's forehead with his finger, "You ghost, where did you come up with so many words when you came to Zhuangzi, you used to be silent."

This Gu Yu did not expect that she was originally optimistic in her previous life, her father was a professor at the Agricultural College, and her mother was a doctor of Chinese medicine. Although she has been working in the sick bed, she is also sunny, and she can even play with a human body model for a long time.When it came to this little girl, she didn't have much memory, but she was taken care of by the family meticulously and cared for them. Now that her sister suddenly said this, she really needed to find an excuse.

Before he could find an excuse, he heard a voice laughing, "Why, my two daughters are not asleep yet."

Mrs. Wang walked into their room with her belly outstretched, seeing Gu Yu resting her head on Xiaoman's lap with a smile all over her face, she was very happy, so she smiled so happily at her little daughter's visit to Taozhuang, and suffered a little. It is also worth it.

"Mother, you still don't rest at such a late hour, you don't know, Gu Yu just counted these things again, like a local rich man." Seeing Wang Shi coming in, Xiao Man shrinks her body and lets Wang Shi sit down.

A trace of sadness flashed across Wang's face, he touched the heads of the two daughters one by one, and sighed.

Gu Yuteng sat up: "Mother, why are you sighing, we will have everything in the future."

Mrs. Wang said: "Mother knows that you are sensible, but now I want to come and talk to you. You have also seen this family. From now on, we will start to live a hard life. When spring comes, we will have a field, so it will be easier." , I still have a little money left on hand, my parents discussed it and let your brother go to school after a while, you are willing."

Xiao Man nodded with a smile, "Mother, what do you tell us to do, go to school, the governor is sensible."

Gu Yu also nodded quickly, took Wang's hand, and touched her big belly: "Mother, don't worry, when the time comes, you can give birth to a younger brother at ease, and I will earn money and come back to build a big tile house for mother. I want to go to school." Since Jing Zhe is not her own brother, Gu Yu sincerely hopes that the one in her mother's womb is a younger brother.

Mrs. Wang was amused by Gu Yu, but the smile was short-lived, and then she began to feel a little sad, "This Chinese New Year... you won't be able to wear new clothes, and I will save some money to buy you thin shirts for the beginning of spring. "

"Cough cough," Gu Yu deliberately coughed a few times, and raised his voice, "It doesn't matter if you don't have new clothes, I have my sister's skillful hand. Hurry up and sew an embroidered flower on my padded jacket, isn't it new clothes? ?”

Xiao Man couldn't help but laugh too, stretched out his hand to scratch Gu Yu, "Well, you little girl, you even tricked me."

Gu Yu laughed wildly, managed to calm down, and threw herself into Wang's arms panting, "Mother, look at my sister, she still doesn't make me new clothes, so what are you doing with embroidery?"

Wang patted her head, eyes sore, and went out.

The taste of the year is getting stronger.

Li Dequan took advantage of these days to repair the tables and benches, and wiped the walls with his second uncle. An Jinxuan was mixing the mud, and Jing Zhe took a wooden block, a hatchet, and a large bundle of straw, and chopped them into thin strips. When I was idle, I carried the chopped straw to An Jinxuan's side.She was still thinking, is this similar to the effect of reinforced concrete?However, those earthen walls were punctured by rats, scratched by chickens and dogs, and some of them fell off naturally, so the new mud looks quite pleasing to the eye.

Seeing how busy and enthusiastic these people were, she suddenly felt that this was her home. She glanced at the Li family's yard, then turned her head quickly.Supporting her small waist, she opened her voice and shouted in a very dignified manner: "Sister, I'm hungry, cooking—"

Xiao Manben followed Wang to cut window grilles and other things with the red paper he bought. Seeing Gu Yu's call, he put down his work and replied with a smile, "Hey, let's cook it."

After a few days of busy work like this, not only the walls were painted, the window grilles were pasted, the thatch was replaced, the yard was also carefully tidied up with a hoe, and the weather became more and more different.Look at the Spring Festival couplets written by Jingzhe and hung on the table: Spring is always here in the Xiangyang family, and there are more than enough celebrations for the good people.It has a rustic atmosphere, but it makes people feel very warm.

Xiaoman led Gu Yu to sweep the dust. He had already cleaned up the house when he moved in, but he just cleaned up the inside and outside of the house.After sweeping the dust, it was time to wash the dust. Xiaoman boiled water for a whole day, and the whole family washed the dust happily.

After washing the dust, they put on new clothes. Gu Yu and Xiao Man both wore clean cotton jackets. On Gu Yu's cotton jacket, a circle of peach flowers embroidered by Xiao Man was sewed on the hem, and the collar and cuffs were the same. Look. They really looked like new clothes, Gu Yu's were embroidered with emerald green leaves, which made them look even more handsome. Jing Zhe and An Jinxuan's were both blue cotton padded jackets, but the torn places were covered by Wang's clothes. Shi carefully sewed it up with some fine cloth, and she couldn't embroider flowers like Xiaomanguyu, but the stitches were very fine and neat, and it was much better than before when the cotton was exposed. An Jinxuan had always refused to agree. There is nothing to say.

Looking at him, Wang felt a little distressed, "Brother Jin, let my aunt do any sewing and mending in the future. I dare not say anything else, my aunt will do this. The cotton padded jacket is tied with a rope even if the cotton is exposed. Come on, look, these clothes are all in one ball or another, don’t do this kind of thing again in the future.”

An Jinxuan scratched his head, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, but kept gripping his trouser legs with his fingers, and bit his lips tightly.

(End of this chapter)