The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 8

When Yingniang woke up, it was still dawn.The pair of wedding candles on the table had almost reached their bases, and the faint candlelight was flickering gently.

She rested her palm on her pillow, turned sideways to Birming who was sleeping soundly beside her, looked closely at his peaceful face, and listened to his even breathing.It should have been a very abrupt thing for two people who didn't know each other to become a husband and wife like this, but she felt that everything was so natural, and Birming in front of her looked so familiar, as if they had already known each other.

His face is soft and moist, his eyebrows are delicate, and there is a warm smile on the corner of his lips. It is said that his face is born from his heart. Judging from his face, he must be a person with a gentle temper and aloofness from the world.Thinking about it, after being a monk for so many years, it is natural that ordinary people cannot compare in terms of self-cultivation.

Why do I look like a hypocritical little girl, I can only think about these things, I should get up quickly, a new daughter-in-law has to look like a new daughter-in-law, and she should be diligent.

When she got up, she found that half of the veil was stained red, and there was a small pool of blood on the bed. Now her mother-in-law will be satisfied after seeing it.Fortunately, Yingniang's body didn't hurt herself due to heavy work, if she didn't fall red, she would be miserable.

In modern society, some girls inexplicably lose that layer of membrane due to cycling or strenuous exercise. Modern men say that they don't pay much attention to this, and the hindrance does not seem to be too big.But in ancient times, if any bride failed to dye the white veil red on the night of her bridal chamber, she might not have a good life in her life.Even if the husband can tolerate it, the in-laws can't pass this test.

Fortunately, everything was normal for her, and she didn't have any worries about it. While getting dressed, she thought about making breakfast first, and then going to the river to wash the sheets after breakfast.

She tiptoed out of bed, came to the door and gently pulled the latch.It seems that she got up too early, and no one else in the family got up except her.

At this time, the main room was very dark and silent.She roughly looked around this unfamiliar main room, and then tiptoed to open the main room door, her appearance and movements were like a thief.

Walking into the unfamiliar yard, she carefully observed the layout of the house.

The Xue family has three main rooms facing south, with the main room in the middle, the east room is naturally the bedroom of her parents-in-law, and the west room is her and Bo Ming's new house.

In addition to the three main rooms, there are four small wing rooms.The two wing rooms facing east and west should be where Birming's three younger brothers lived.There are also two rooms facing east from west, one is a kitchen and the other is a utility room.

There is a swinging rope well in the yard, and bowls, plates, ladles, and basins are piled up beside the well, each of which has its name engraved on it, so that there will be no confusion or confusion about whose family it belongs to.These dishes have been washed, but they haven't had time to return them.

Yingniang pushed open the kitchen door, looked carefully, and thought about what to make for breakfast.I saw some leftovers from yesterday's banquet in the cupboard, and pickles in the clay pot next to it.She then lifted the lid of a large pottery jar next to it, and there were two sacks inside, one was cornmeal, and the other seemed to be sorghum rice.Then cook a pot of sorghum rice porridge and fry some corn tortillas.

After thinking about it, Yingniang rolled up her sleeves and started to get busy.After washing the pot, she was about to go to the yard to hold firewood, but bumped into a person head-on, and she almost cried out in fright.

"Scared you?" Birming stood in front of her, his expression was not clear due to the lighting problem.

Yingniang took a look, and then realized that it was her husband-in-law, "Why are you up too?"

"I woke up and saw that you weren't here, so I got up quickly. You go to sleep for a while, and I'll make breakfast." Although the two of them had skin-to-skin contact before, they were still a little embarrassed to talk face to face at this moment, and they were embarrassed to watch other side.

After saying that, Bo Ming went to the yard and brought in a pile of firewood, and then sat under the stove to light the fire.

Yingniang scooped water to wash the sorghum rice, Bo Ming went to wash his hands and then went to the stove to grab the basin in her hand, "You just came to my house, how can I let you do these jobs. Last night we were so late...to sleep , You must have worked hard, you need to sleep more. I often get up early to cook in the temple, you go, wait for me to finish, just go and wake you up to eat."

Ying Niang pursed her lips and smiled, how could she wait to eat.She came to sit under the stove and stuffed firewood into the stove, "The new daughter-in-law can't be lazy, I have to behave better so that my parents will like it."

Hearing this, Boming grinned at her, "You are so nice, my parents will definitely like you." He went to the stove and pulled Mother Ying up again, "The fire under the stove is too dirty, don't do it."

Seeing that Boming loved her so much, Yingniang felt very relieved, and said with a smile, "I'm not the daughter of a rich family. If I can't do this or that, then it's okay? I'll get up and go to sleep again." Can't sleep either."

After thinking about it, Bo Ming nodded and agreed, "Then... I'll light the fire, the rice has already been poured into the pot, you just need to watch from the side."

"No, I still need to knead cornmeal to make a few cornbreads. Usually, the family only eats porridge in the morning, right?" This Yingniang should ask clearly, lest her mother-in-law think she is not frugal and make cornbread early in the morning eat.

"In addition to cooking porridge in the morning, my mother usually makes steamed buns or corn cakes." Birming dusted his hands and came over curiously to watch Yingniang knead the cornmeal. Watching his wife work is also a pleasure.

Yingniang added water to knead the dough, but found that the water was too much, so she had to scoop in some cornmeal, "There are seven people in the family, right? Did I make too much flour?"

Bo Ming looked into the pot carefully, shook his head and said, "Not much. My younger brothers are long-term laborers at Landlord Ge's house. They work very hard. We should eat more in the morning, because they don't come back to eat at noon, but Landlord Ge The family can’t get enough to eat at all, and they rely entirely on the breakfast meal.”

It may be related to the texts she read when she was a child. When Yingniang heard this, she felt that Landlord Ge must be similar to "Zhou Papi", so she asked: "Listen to my parents, we have a lot of land in our family, how come the three younger brothers All go to work as long-term labor for the landlord and suffer that crime?"

"Although the land at home is not small, it can be busy if I work with my parents. Many people in the village work as long-term laborers at Landlord Ge's house. The younger brothers don't want to be idle at home, so they go to work to earn some money. .”

Yingniang glanced outside the kitchen door and saw that no family members got up in the yard, so she asked: "The younger brothers have all gone, but you, as the eldest son, didn't go, won't you be accused?"

Mentioning this, Boming has a look of guilt on his face, "After I came back from the mountain, I always wanted to go for my third brother and let him come back to help my parents with the housework. But he just disagreed, saying that those long-term workers Many of them are of the same age, and many are from neighboring towns. He has made many good friends and is reluctant to part with them."

"Oh, so that's what happened. It seems that the third brother is a person who likes to make friends. However, I don't want you to go to a long-term job. Not to mention suffering and hardship, you may even be scolded and beaten. How can you feel comfortable working for your own family?" " When Ying Niang spoke, her hands were still kneading her face vigorously, and her gestures were not very proficient.

Bo Ming saw this in his eyes, and wanted to reach out to help, but seeing Yingniang kneading so vigorously, he didn't want to disturb her. Seeing that her cuffs were loose, he stretched out his hand to roll them up for her. Her arm, he quickly retracted his hand.

Seeing him like that, Yingniang couldn't help laughing, she thought to herself, he did that to her last night, and now she's even nervous to touch her arm.She raised her arms, "Look, the cuffs are loose again, please roll them up for me."

Birming raised his hand to roll up her sleeves carefully, but blushed and didn't look down at her.

"And this one." Yingniang raised her other arm again, with a smile on her lips.

Hearing that Yingniang was smiling, Boming looked up at her, and smiled back at her shyly.The two greeted each other with smiles, and looked at each other, and their faces were flushed immediately, and they were dyed.

Ying Niang hurriedly lowered her head and kneaded the dough, the two of them in the early morning were a bit flirtatious.

"Oh, the fire in the stove has gone out." Bo Ming quickly ran down the stove.

Ying Niang snickered again, feeling very happy in her heart.Birming is really cute and treats her so well.She is liking him more and more.

(End of this chapter)