Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 99

The house was stuffy, and on weekdays everyone moved their work to the foot of the tree to do it.

The trees on this side are connected to the eaves, and at the foot of a row of peach and plum trees on the opposite side, there is a bamboo fence, which houses Gu Yu's chickens, and now those chickens are laying some eggs. The first thing Gu Yu does when he wakes up every morning , that is, carrying the small bamboo basket to the chicken coop to pick up eggs.The chicken coop is made of bamboo, like a common cabinet. Before nightfall, Gu Yu drives the chickens into the coop, and the chickens huddle together to rest, and the chicken coop is placed under the eaves.

In order to prevent the smell from infecting people, Xu Qinshi sprinkled a layer of wood bran every two or three days, cleaned it up soon, and used the chicken manure to fertilize the vegetable field. Such a flock of chickens can pick up seven or eight eggs a day. What Gu Yu likes to do the most is to pick up eggs. It is very joyful to see the number of eggs in the house increasing day by day.Sometimes when she saw chickens digging their nests, she knew they were about to lay eggs, so she paid more attention to it for a while, and when the chickens started to cluck, cluck, she would always chuckle and say, "Ah, there is another egg." It’s an egg, it’s really showing off, and the next egg is also there!”

With eggs, families with children, pregnant women and the elderly can cook egg custard, cook boiled eggs with brown sugar, and so on, and the required expenses are also less. Under Wang's order, Gu Yu is not very happy , I still brought a basket of eggs to Li Heshi, but I was unhappy for a long time when I came back.

Once, Gu Yu saw Xiao He eating eggs in a daze, and said with a smile: "Xiao He, eat quickly, it won't be good if it gets cold."

Xiao He put the eggs in her hand, and said very cautiously: "Gu Yu, otherwise I won't eat eggs, and when the time comes, you will give me a few baby chickens, and I will raise them myself, and wait for the baby chickens I raised to grow up. If you will lay eggs, I will return you a big basket!"

Seeing her like that, Gu Yu's eyes were surprisingly bright, thinking that Xu Qinshi said that he and Xiao He were twins, which was funny, and agreed: "Success! Then you eat this, and I will give you twenty or thirty seeds when the time comes." Eggs, I will give you another hen, and then you will raise a flock, and our family will also raise a flock, and we will eat chicken every day!"

Seeing these two cute little girls so small, Xu Qinshi was still discussing how to raise chicken babies, especially Gu Yu, who looked like a little adult, she couldn't help hugging each other, "You guys The two girls, whoever is lucky enough to marry them in the future, have already started planning to make a fortune at a young age, and if I go out at that time, I really don't want to part with it."

Gu Yu smiled sweetly, and slipped out from under Xu Qinshi's arm, "Then I won't marry, and I will watch over grandma every day, I'm afraid grandma will find me annoying."

Xu Qinshi was even more happy, "You have such a small mouth, and you are still guarding your grandma. You don't seem to be a fool, but Xiaohe is more reliable. Just look at you, you are so old, you can be the master of the house." Well, it’s a set of sending eggs and sending hens, don’t you ask your parents and your sister?”

Gu Yu smiled when she saw Xu Qinshi talking, knowing that she was joking, she rolled into Wang Shi's arms, "Mother, can you say I'm the master?"

Seeing that the little girl was still acting like a spoiled child, she became more mischievous and lively. She liked Gu Yu like this. As long as she was healthy and happy, she could follow her in everything. Besides, she is also willing to help Aunt Wen's family, because she understands so much that when she has nothing, she hopes so much for someone to help her, "Okay, of course!"

Gu Yu asked Xiao Man again, then stood up, put his hands behind his back, and coughed seriously, "Understood, everything is understood, grandma dislikes me for sending eggs to Xiao He, thinking that I don't have one, because my eyes are hot there , That’s why I said that I’m not good at being the family, don’t worry, grandma, when the time comes, all the things in our house will be moved away by you, now…”

As soon as Gu Yu finished the call, she was greeted by Xu Qinshi with a slap in the face, and then Xu Qinshi laughed, "You have a sharp mouth, you have a sharp mouth... Haha, it's because grandma's eyes are hot, and she is in a hurry Grandma, let me see who will help you into the sedan chair when you get married."

Gu Yu shook his head nonchalantly, "What dumplings, I still have snacks, no one is helping me, I will climb up by myself when the time comes, hum!"

This caused everyone around to burst into laughter.

It happened that the place where they stayed was under the eaves, connected to two peach trees. The peach trees used to be the vegetable field, and the opposite tree was at the foot of the chickens. The breeze was very cool, and everyone was doing embroidery. The shoe soles, anyway, will not be idle at hand, Gu Yu also pushed Xia Zhi's shaker under here, it was amazing to see him, everyone was laughing like this, but he was asleep, his mouth was still moving.

Gu Yu saw that he had nothing to do, so he went to cook mung bean soup, and when he passed the chicken pen, he picked up another egg, and put it in the room casually.

When he came out, Gu Yu said to Wang: "Mother, brother Jinxuan went to the town a few days ago, and my uncle told him that my father would be back in two days, but why hasn't he come back yet? I was still thinking about it." Let’s kill a chicken for him.”

Seeing Gu Yu say that, Xu Qin laughed at her again, "Are you looking forward to your father's return, or are you looking forward to eating chicken?"

Gu Yu stuck out her tongue, and continued: "But I heard from brother Jinxuan that my uncle is doing big business. This time, he even set up a shed at the entrance of the restaurant, and gave dozens of bowls of tofu flowers to people every day! Is it possible that dad will help him?" Have you gone to build a shed?"

When Xu Qinshi heard that Xu Shihe was delivering bean curds at the entrance of the restaurant, she was also a little surprised, and hurriedly asked, "How is your business with brother?"

Gu Yu was thinking about Xu Shihe's advice not to talk too much to Xu Qinshi. Gu Yu regretted for a moment that she was quick to talk, but after thinking about it, she had been back for quite a few days, and the business over there had probably recovered, but she didn't It's easy to say, "Grandma, I don't know about the business. But I think it probably won't be bad. Uncle makes money and fame by doing this. Think about it, if we go back to the town and get thirsty, we can have a drink." A bowl of free bean curd, how good it is. If I want to go to a restaurant in the future, I must think of my uncle's restaurant. Although I don't know anything about business, I think it must be good. Otherwise, how can my uncle have the capital to do it? Isn't that kind of a good thing?"

Xu Qinshi nodded, "I think it's good to do this with brother."

After she finished speaking, she put down the soles of her shoes and pondered for a while, "I've been here for a while, or I'll go to the town before noon, and I'll take a look at He Ge'er as well, it hasn't passed for so long , although there is no problem with the business, I have to see it myself before I feel at ease."

She said this as a discussion, but in fact, she had already made up her mind, and it was difficult for the big guys to say anything.

Mrs. Wang couldn't sit still at this moment, and Xu Qinshi didn't know how much she had helped the family for a while, so she put the family's eggs in a big basket, and then went to catch a few chickens, and ordered Gu Yu to get the rope tied up.

Xu Qinshi waved his hand quickly, saying nothing, but finally couldn't take it anymore, and said: "How about this, the eggs in this basket are made by the chickens I raised, so I will take them to taste, where are the chickens?" Don't send it away, anyway, you still have to keep the eggs, and the chickens that lay eggs are killed and eaten, there is no way to live like that!"

Now that you have said that, everyone has no choice but to give up.Xu Qinshi is a straightforward person, as soon as he thought of it, he went to comb his hair and change his clothes, and then told everyone a few words, and walked away.

After this walk, I didn't come back until it was dark.

Seeing Xu Qinshi coming back, Gu Yu greeted her and brought her a bowl of mung bean soup.

Xu Qinshi took it and put it on the table, panting heavily, with an anxious expression on his face, his mouth was opened, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Gu Yu thought she was thirsty, and she was afraid that she would be in a hurry when it got dark, so she patted him on the back and gave her some comfort, "Grandma, don't worry, we'll talk later."

She told Xu Qinshi not to worry, but in fact, she was already worried in her heart. Could it be that uncle's restaurant business is not good, or something happened to delivering tofu flowers, otherwise why would Xu Qinshi be so anxious, but she one by one Denying his own thoughts, he shook his head. If something happened over there, there would be no reason for Xu Qinshi to come back so late.

When Xu Qinshi got her breath, she looked at Gu Yu in a daze, but seemed to think of something, "Gu Yu, hurry up and call your uncle, second uncle and fourth uncle!"

Gu Yu was startled again, and immediately followed Xu Qinshi's orders, but turned back when he reached the door, "Grandma, is there something wrong, please tell us what to do after we discuss it, if they are treated like this Call me over, I'm afraid it's not good to pass by my aunt's mouth, or I'll just ask my second uncle to pick up my second aunt, and we can discuss it when my second uncle comes over."

Xu Qinshi thought about it for a while, and it seemed reasonable, so he agreed.

When Gu Yu went out, Xu Qin said to Wang's aunt Xu Shiwen in the house: "Gu Yuniang, don't be impatient, wait for me to speak slowly. Now that Gu Yu's father is going back to the master's house to do things, problem occurs."

Mrs. Wang shook her head, "Grandma, this Dequan is a craftsman, and he has always been honest if anything happens."

Xu Qin said sadly: "I didn't believe it at first. When I went to the restaurant in the afternoon, the restaurant with my brother was tightly closed. I was shocked and thought that something was wrong, so I closed the door and stopped doing business. I went in. It was only then that I realized that I was staying at home with my brother and daughter-in-law. The owner who said that Dequan was doing the work had a dark heart. After a while, I patted the table and turned back. My brother and I were not at home at the beginning. After hearing about it, we closed the shop. I also ran away and never came back. Something happened before I knew it. It’s not a problem to think about waiting there, it’s better to come back and discuss.”

As soon as Wang heard that he and his brother had closed the shop, he also ran over, and said that Li Dequan hadn't come back for a long time, thinking about what would happen, tears rolled down his face.

(End of this chapter)