The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 12

Yingniang was already frightened, and her legs were weak.Hearing what Birming said, and feeling his warm palm, she finally recovered from the shock.

Yes, with Birming around, she has nothing to be afraid of, he will definitely protect her.At this time, she bravely looked at the place where the snake twisted just now, and saw that it twisted in the opposite direction to them, and then got into someone else's wheat field.

Seeing that the snake was far away, Bo Ming let go of Yingniang's hand, and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, it was an earth snake just now, and it wasn't poisonous. If you encounter a snake in the future, don't run around, but see it clearly. It runs in the opposite direction. If you run in its direction, it can twist faster than a human. In fact, the snake is not that scary. I dared to catch it. I didn’t catch it just now because I was afraid to scare you. , Snakes can also be sold for money.”

Yingniang also knows that snakes can be sold for money, but the animal she fears the most is snakes, so she still hopes that Birming will not catch this kind of thing and go home, "Let's not earn this kind of money well. In the future, even if I am not by your side, Don't try to catch it, it's too dangerous. If you accidentally get bitten, you won't earn enough money to buy medicine."

"Well, I'll listen to you." Birming answered very frankly.

Seeing Boming's obedient appearance, Yingniang immediately thought of a word, that is "loyal dog".

When she came to ancient times, the living conditions were poor, which made her feel a little frustrated.However, being able to tame such a loyal dog husband made her feel very lucky. Maybe this is the so-called blessing and misfortune.

Because it is spring, there are still quite a lot of vegetables in the vegetable garden, including Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum, cucumber, eggplant, and pepper.The lentils on the pergola look like they can be picked after a few more days.

Birming squatted next to the box with lush leaves and watched with great interest.To be honest, Yingniang really didn't know what these were. She had eaten so many kinds of vegetables in her previous life, but she had never seen this kind.Of course, she dared not say that she didn't know him.

"Yingniang, these potatoes will be ready to be dug in half a month. My master and brothers and sisters love to eat roasted potatoes. I want to dig some and send them to the mountain."

Potato?Yingniang's heart tightened for a moment, just now she thought these leaves were vegetables, but it turned out that they were the stems and leaves of potatoes, and potatoes grow underground.He almost gave himself away, if he recognized the stems and leaves of potatoes as a kind of vegetable, it would surprise Birming.

Thinking about it carefully, she didn't know many things here, not only some crops, but she didn't even know what to call the household items that she usually used. After all, the ancient and modern names are different.In order to avoid making mistakes, it is best to speak as little as possible in the future, and wait until you understand it.

Yingniang also came over and squatted next to Birming, "You have been with your master and brothers for ten years, and the relationship must be very deep. When the time comes, you will send potatoes up the mountain, and you will take the opportunity to see them."

Bo Ming was thoughtful, "Well, after I returned from vulgarity, I haven't been back once. I really miss Master."

"Your master will definitely miss you too. You used to cook a lot in the temple. Do you have any special dishes? When you go, cook for your master. He will be happy."

Bo Ming laughed and said, "I am best at roasting potatoes. Master likes them very much."

"Birming, why are you back so early, have you gone to chop wood?" A familiar voice came from behind the two of them.

Yingniang turned her head and saw that it was her mother-in-law Yang Sanniang, she quickly stood up and called, "Mother."

Bo Ming also stood up, scratching his head in embarrassment, "I went, and I came back after chopping most of the load."

"Oh, just chop it up, the house is running out of firewood." Yang Sanniang originally wanted to pick some vegetables to take home, but she was worried that Yingniang couldn't find a vegetable garden and couldn't make lunch.Now that the young couple came to the vegetable garden together, there was nothing wrong with her.

"You two pick vegetables for lunch, and I'll go weeding for a while." Yang Sanniang said and left.

Yang Sanniang went back to the wheat field and saw Father Xue sitting on the stalk smoking a pipe, so she said sourly, "Father, do you know who I met in the vegetable garden just now?"

"Who did you meet? Didn't you just want to pick vegetables and send them home, why did you come back so soon?" Father Xue didn't understand why she was so sour.

Yang Sanniang bent over to hoe the grass, "Who else can I meet your eldest son? Boming misses Yingniang. He usually comes back before lunch to cut firewood. Today is good. He came back in the middle of the morning. Talking and laughing with Ying Niang in the vegetable garden."

Father Xue snorted and said, "What's the matter with you mother, son and daughter-in-law are a couple, they get along well, you should be happy."

"I'm not happy, I just feel a little empty in my heart, and I almost don't know my son. He used to be so shy and shy, he refused to marry, and he always walked past with his head down when he saw a woman. Last night in the bridal chamber , we were still worried that he would not dare to touch Yingniang. Thinking about it now, we are really worrying, their young couple are as good as a pair of sugar figures, they are so sticky."

Father Xue smiled until his eyes were narrowed, "The young couple are newlyweds, so they are naturally clingy, which is human nature. I understand my son, although he has had little contact with outsiders in the past ten years, and his temper Shy, but very thoughtful. He was chopping firewood on the mountain. He was afraid that he was thinking about Yingniang. He couldn't bear it, so he couldn't help but come back early. You were still clinging to me back then. I went to the field on the second day of marriage Work, you have to follow, I go to the mountain to trap rabbits, you have to follow."

Now Yang Sanniang blushed, turned around and looked at him, "I am not clinging to you, obviously you are clinging to me, okay? Didn't you insist that I go with you?"

"Did I say that at the time? Well, well, let's not talk about Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds when we are getting old. Anyway, Bo Ming and Yingniang get along well, you should be happy, but don't talk about it between the two of them." Putting face on in front of him makes people laugh, how can a mother not see her son doing well." Father Xue put down his cigarette bag and came over to weed.

"You don't need to remind me, you really think I don't know how to be a mother-in-law? Tomorrow, Yingniang will return home, and I'm still worried about the return ceremony. Our family really doesn't have much money, and the money will be empty. ,How to do?"

Speaking of this, Father Xue also frowned, and thought for a while, "Isn't there still some food in Boming's room, wrap these up, and buy two catties of sugar and two catties of meat, at least a little less, But our family is capable of this.”

"Look at what you said, these gifts are not enough. Aren't there two elder brothers on the head of my in-laws, and I have to prepare one for each of them. What you said is only enough for the whole family of my in-laws."

Father Xue sighed: "Then I can only buy two more catties of sugar and two catties of meat. These are indeed not to be saved. They are all face-saving matters. It is really not easy to be married. Zhongping's marriage must also be paid close attention. , I have to entrust a matchmaker to find a girl, if it is too late, it will be difficult to find, and then there will be more dowry gifts."

"It's easy for you to say, but hurry up and ask a matchmaker to find a girl. If someone is willing to tell Zhongping the girl, our family has no money to marry."

"The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. What are you in a hurry for? You can find a way when the time comes. You can also ask your relatives to borrow some."

"How can money be so easy to borrow?" Yang Sanniang choked, her heart was very bitter, she felt that this kind of life was worthless, and she was worried about this and that every year.

Father Xue didn't say anything more, Yang Sanniang was right, money was not easy to borrow.Ten years ago, Birming was dying of illness. Except for borrowing more than 100 Wen from Birming's second and third uncles, he did not borrow a single penny from other sources.

Bi Ming and Ying Niang picked a basket of vegetables and went home, starting to prepare for lunch.The two squatted facing each other to choose vegetables together, and then wash the vegetables together, they cooperated very well.

Yingniang's cooking skills are very average. Although she has eaten many kinds of dishes in her previous life, she belongs to the kind of person who can only eat but can't cook.She rarely cooks at home, it's all done by her mother.

When we get here, what we have to do anyway is a few vegetarian dishes, which are very simple to make, just fry them with oil and salt.The two of them were on the stove and under the other stove, chatting happily from time to time, very warm and sweet.

After the meals were ready, the two of them put away the hot dishes in big bowls, and waited for their parents to come home and eat together.

As soon as Yang Sanniang came home, she remembered about the white kerchief, she called Bo Ming aside, "Go and show your mother the white veil that Yingniang put on last night."

Bo Ming was embarrassed, "Mom, don't look at it, what's so interesting about it."

"Did she become popular last night?" Yang Sanniang asked nervously.

Bo Ming didn't dare to look under Yingniang last night, let alone Luohong, he only knew that Yingniang was looking for something to wipe that place.Seeing his mother asking so nervously, he kept nodding his head, "Well, Luohong is gone, so there's no need to read it."

Yang Sanniang was afraid that her son would hide something from her by protecting Yingniang, so she still urged: "Since Luohong has become popular, what's the matter with showing mother?"

Yang Sanniang saw that Bo Ming was in a dilemma, "Don't you know where she put it? Go tell her and ask her to take it out."

"Mother, you really don't need to read it anymore, I've already seen it." Bo Ming really didn't want to ask Yingniang about this kind of thing, he didn't care whether Yingniang was popular or not.He was also afraid that if Yingniang did not become popular, she would be disgusted by her, so he wanted to shirk this matter.

Although Yingniang couldn't hear what the mother and son were talking about in the kitchen, she could guess a thing or two.But it's not good for her to take the initiative to talk about this kind of thing.

Seeing that her son refused, Yang Sanniang had no choice but to speak up herself. She walked into the kitchen and said with a smile: "Mother Ying, show mother the handkerchief from last night."

"Okay, I'll get it right away." Yingniang knew that her mother-in-law was very concerned about this, but fortunately she was not confused and didn't rush to wash it.

When Yingniang took out the red-dyed handkerchief from the bedroom and showed it to Yang Sanniang, Yang Sanniang was relieved, "Well, you can wash it when you have time. Our family only has this white silk handkerchief, and I have to keep it for later. The second, third, and fourth are used when they get married."

Yingniang almost laughed out loud when she heard this, and thought to herself, this white silk handkerchief must have been used by her mother-in-law back then.

(End of this chapter)