peasant young lady

Chapter 34 Pineapple
Almost fell into the lake again, Cheng Xia quickly grabbed the weeds to stabilize her body, looked up and saw the second aunt who appeared out of nowhere, anxiously supporting Qian Pan and shaking, her voice was very anxious and urgent, "Silly boy Why don't you just stay at home and come out, you see that you accidentally fell into the lake, mother's heart hurts."

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and pull him to a safe place." Wang said anxiously, and the surrounding women quickly stopped talking and helped him to a clean place.

All of a sudden, the crowd gathered around Qian Pan and surrounded her tightly.

"Second sister-in-law, this is your fault. Your daughter-in-law is pregnant and is about to give birth. Why did you let her come out and come to this lake? It's so dangerous. She almost killed two people just now." The man gave Qian Pan something to keep out the rain, and said slightly accusingly.

Cheng Xia listened to the second aunt's uncharacteristically false words from outside the crowd, "It's my fault, it's my fault. I've returned to my natal family this time, and I didn't keep an eye on my daughter-in-law. Everyone blame me."

Mrs. Wang blamed herself so much that the onlookers couldn't say anything, and they all comforted, "Hey, you didn't mean it, take her home quickly, I was scared, don't be scared anymore The child in the belly."

Responding, Wang hurriedly helped Qian Pan up with Cheng Qiu who had just squeezed into the crowd.

Only then did Yang Dalang arrive panting, looking at Cheng Xia who was drenched all over, his face turned cold, he took off his robe and put it on Cheng Xia's body, and instead of looking at the chattering crowd, he helped Cheng Xia go home Walk.

"Is it cold?" Cheng Xia shook her head in a daze, suddenly thought of something, and hurried to the lake, took a small bag of glutinous rice and a small piece of meat that were about to spill out from a bush, and walked to Beside Yang Dalang, he smiled sweetly, "Almost fell."

Yang Dalang sighed helplessly and said nothing.

But Cheng Xia thought in her heart, Second Aunt's pretending is really ridiculous, knowing that she did not behave properly, she simply blamed herself and blocked the mouths of the villagers.

The way Qian Pan looked in the lake just now, he clearly gave up living early on, and then he thought of the child in his stomach before fighting for his last breath.

Hey!
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, Yang Dalang put his robe on Cheng Xia's head, and walked home as fast as possible.

Lin Xiu had been looking at the gate of the courtyard with an old umbrella for a long time, and when he saw Cheng Xia and Yang Dalang coming, he hurried up to meet them, "Mother just said she was going to pick you up, why did she come back drenched?" Yeah, why is my sister-in-law soaked through?"

Lin Xiu quickly helped Cheng Xia into the house, followed by Yang Dalang.Cheng Xia looked at Yang Dalang in embarrassment, Yang Dalang understood, went out again, and closed the door thoughtfully.

Lin Xiu found a replacement clothes for Cheng Xia, and then wanted to change it for her. Cheng Xia panicked, held Lin Xiu's hand, and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any bellybands?"

Lin Xiu blushed and nodded unconsciously, "Yes, I'll get it for my sister-in-law."

After changing the bellyband and clean clothes, carefully hiding the changed bra, and wiping the wet hair, Cheng Xia finally felt refreshed.

Opening the door, seeing Yang Dalang and Xiaolong standing at the door, one big and one small, one tall and one short, couldn't help laughing, "Why is Xiaolong here?"

Xiaolong happily turned his head and threw himself into Cheng Xia's arms, and took out the things he had just hidden like a treasure, "Look, aunt, I found it when I went up the mountain with my mother today, and my mother wouldn't let me eat it, so I played with it. "

Cheng Xia saw clearly what Xiaolong was holding in his hand, and couldn't help being stunned, pineapple?

Yang Dalang came into the room, Cheng Xia hurriedly took the medium pineapple and asked Yang Dalang, "Do you know what this is?"

No wonder Cheng Xia asked this question. In her impression, pineapples were introduced to China only in the 1487th century, that is, a few years ago, and now it is [-], which has not yet reached the [-]th century. How come pineapples began to appear in China? What?

Yang Dalang only glanced at it, and said calmly, "I don't know what it's called. It was found on the mountain a few years ago. A few years ago, someone boldly took it home and ate it. Later, sores started to develop in his mouth, and he also had abdominal pain. Lips turned purple, hands and feet were cold, and since then, no one has dared to eat this thing."

Huh?Cheng Xia was overjoyed, it turned out to be the first time it was introduced into the Ming Dynasty, no one knew what it was called or how to eat it?
What kind of sores get angry? I’m afraid I ate it without soaking it in salt water. It must be uncomfortable in the mouth. There are a lot of glycosides and bromelain in pineapple. These things will irritate the epidermis of the lips and oral mucosa, so Pineapple must be soaked in salt water for a while before eating.Of course, the person who first tried to eat pineapple may have a natural allergy to pineapple. Once touched, blood pressure will drop, shortness of breath, and profuse sweating.

In any case, the first person to try it completely killed the pineapple market.But it just so happened that people in the Ming Dynasty didn't know a little about pineapple, so she just used it to make a fuss.

You know, in the modern age, Cheng Xia really likes a sweet and sour dish, pineapple sweet and sour pork, and the pineapple rice, she can't put it down.

It just so happened that her mother brought her some pork tenderloin and glutinous rice today, so she can try to make pineapple rice in the evening.

"Auntie, auntie," Xiaolong saw Cheng Xia fascinated, and shook his little hand in front of her eyes.

Cheng Xia hugged Xiaolong and sat on her lap. Hearing the sound of pouring rain outside, he suddenly felt better, "Does Xiaolong want to eat this?"

The little guy's eyes are blinking, very bright, Xiaolong has long liked this yellow orange thing, although it is difficult to hold, but he looks very hungry, but his mother has not let him eat it, if it is not for him today He insisted on holding it, but Lin Xiu wouldn't let him take it down the mountain.

"Ma'am, my mother said you can't eat it, your mouth will break if you eat it." Xiaolong tightly covered his mouth.

Cheng Xia smiled, "Ma'am, there is a way to make this food delicious, and the mouth will not be broken. Do Xiaolong want to try it?"

Xiaolong's eyes were watery, more charming than an oasis in the desert, his little head nodded impatiently, looking extremely cute.

Cheng Xia stroked Xiaolong's forehead, "Let's wait until the evening, the aunt will cook something delicious for Xiaolong."

"Pa-ta", Xiaolong hugged Cheng Xia's neck tightly and leaned over to kiss her side face, his voice was very crisp, "Xiaolong loves auntie the most."

Last time, the aunt prepared a small bowl of fish for him alone, which was the best food Xiaolong had ever eaten.

Cheng Xia patted Xiaolong in comfort, seeing the little guy's head pointing and wanting to go to sleep, so he picked him up and softly coaxed him, "Do you want Xiaolong to go back to sleep?"

Xiaolong shook his head like a rattle, "Xiaolong wants to be with Madam."

Cheng Xia saw that he couldn't even lift his eyelids, and laughed in his heart, he was really a child, he fell asleep after eating, Cheng Xia carefully carried Xiaolong to Yang Dalang's bed, and covered him with a quilt to see that he was sleeping soundly. Exercise your muscles.

It was unexpected to see Yang Dalang sitting in the corner looking at her with burning eyes, "You like him very much?"

Cheng Xia smiled uncomfortably, "Children, they are quite cute." After speaking, she leaned over to look at her wax gourd sticks.

Yang Dalang continued to turn around and write scribbles on the table, not knowing what he was writing.

The resources in Yang Dalang's room were too scarce, Cheng Xia used that table to sleep at night, and removed the bedding during the day, and let Yang Dalang continue to write.

Cheng Xia changed the wax gourd sticks to fresh water, and they still needed to soak for two hours, that is, an hour. It was nothing to do, it was raining heavily outside, no one went out, Yang Lihua didn't come to look for trouble, and Cheng Xia was quiet.

Cheng Xia sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Xiaolong, his head was nodding and he was about to fall asleep, but he couldn't hold on for a while, and fell asleep beside Xiaolong.

When she woke up, she found that she was sleeping on the bed with Yang Dalang's quilt covering her body. Cheng Xia blushed suddenly. She didn't need to think about who took off the quilt from her shoes. There was a faint smell of grass on the quilt. Cheng Xia I feel my head is a little dizzy.

Yang Dalang continued to concentrate on reading by a dim oil lamp, Cheng Xia turned his head and looked out the window, the sound of the rain was only heavy, and because of the weather, the blackness became more intense, Cheng Xia didn't know this for a while. What time is it.

Get up and fold Yang Dalang's quilt, then walk behind Yang Dalang to see what he is writing.

There are a few big characters written on a rough piece of paper, the handwriting is flying and flying, and it is very powerful. It is completely impossible to tell that it was written by a delicate and sickly person.

"Have you ever practiced calligraphy?" Cheng Xia asked.

"You can read?" Yang Dalang asked.

The unanimous words made both of them laugh. Cheng Xia didn't answer the question, but looked down at what he wrote carefully under the faint light. It took a long time to recognize the damn traditional Chinese characters:

Thousands of mountains are black at night, and the morning light is gradually turning red.

Cheng Xia was horrified, and when she turned her head, she saw Yang Dalang staring intently at Cheng Xia's facial expression, not letting go of a single bit.Cheng Xia smiled awkwardly, "What time is it?" hurriedly changed the topic.

"When I first arrived at Mao." Yang Dalang didn't care about Cheng Xia's blunt change of subject, and didn't continue to ask.

Cheng Xia calculated in her heart that it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. It seemed that she had slept for two hours, and the wax gourd sticks could be replaced with fresh water again. Cheng Xia hurriedly changed it again, listening while changing the water. Yang Dalang muttered to himself, "I heard this poem in the morning, why don't I know who said it?"

The corners of Cheng Xia's mouth curled up slightly, her husband's ears are really good.

When he came down from the mountain with him in the morning, Cheng Xia listened to him recite Zhao Kuangyin's poems, and he whispered to himself that Emperor Qianlong chanted the sunrise, but Yang Dalang listened to him.

He is still researching who wrote it. It seems that he has not only read a lot of poems and books, if he hadn't read too many books himself, he would never have considered who wrote it so seriously.

Just like a scumbag, if you encounter a question you don't know how to do, you can pass it at a glance, because there are too many questions you don't know.On the contrary, when a master student encounters a question he doesn't know, he starts to think about how to answer it, and where he has seen similar ones.

Cheng Xia quietly turned her head to look at Yang Dalang, how many secrets are hidden in such a thin body.

(End of this chapter)