farmhouse ditty

Chapter 51 Help
What's the matter today, she went out to weigh the meat in the morning, and there were some aunts and aunts on the road who made trouble with her, and the sister-in-law, she and herself were not getting along well before, but just now The house also ignored her.

Even if her image of a "lazy lady" before, don't let people turn her face away, Xiuniang can't figure it out, she is picking up firewood while going back to the stove...

After half an hour, she found a bigger bamboo basket and put a plate of sliced ​​scallion pancakes in it, and put two pairs of bamboo chopsticks and two small bowls beside it.

When she was done, she took out a small earthen pot and went to scoop the porridge across the stove. This time, there were two stoves in the stove, one for pancakes and the other for making porridge, so as not to delay things.

Then she packed pancakes and porridge separately like this, and when she was done, she carried the clay pot in one hand and a bamboo basket in the other, and she walked fast without fear of tipping over.

Xiu Niang was done, and hurried to turn over the pancakes left in the pot. The pancakes could only be moved with a shovel, and they would harden after turning over too much.

When the fragrance was wafting, she took it out and put it on the chopping board, cut a piece and put it on the plate, and walked towards the main room with it.

Follow her and shout, "Chu An, Xiao Xianger, come in for dinner."

These two little devils had just come back earlier, and they had been wandering around her side after smelling the fragrance, clamoring to try something new.

These scallion pancakes are fattened, so they have to be baked on the pan for a while, but who doesn’t lick their mouths after smelling the fragrance, she is very greedy when she bakes it on the side, let alone Those two greedy little devils have their heads, and the more they wait, the more anxious they become.

Xiu Niang didn't want to be rushed by the two of them, so she sent the two little devils a small errand first, and waited for the work to be done before they could eat.

Now the two of them are putting a basket of washed honeysuckle on the wooden basin, and pulling it apart to drain the water. The two of them went to the mountain to pick these. They only picked the flower buds according to Xiu Niang's words, but this I searched for a small half of the baskets all morning, and reckoned that there were only a few handfuls after drying, not much.

The two of them answered the call, shook their hands and went into the main room. Xiu Niang set the chopsticks and bowls and untied her apron, "You two eat first, there is porridge on the stove, drink as much as you want, and fill it up by yourself. Be careful not to burn your hands, my sister-in-law is going to deliver food to your brother, and I'll eat there after I'm done, and..."

Xiao Xiang'er chuckled, "Also, you have to lock it when you go out to play, and the lock is left in the house, so it's not my sister-in-law."

Chu An put their heads in their hands, looked at the scallion pancakes on the table and muttered, "Also, the lock is too high to reach, so I went to Hei Wazi's house to borrow a bench, and be careful not to fall."

Xiao Xiang'er smiled at Xiu Niang, "Sister-in-law, we have all these in mind, you go quickly, don't starve my brother."

Chu An put it aside and said, "Sister-in-law, you said that the green onion pancakes have to be baked and eaten immediately, and they will taste bad if they are left for a long time. If my brother can't eat them anymore, you will be troubled again. Besides, I can lock the door by holding Xiao Xiang'er up, so I don't need to borrow a bench, and you don't have to worry about us falling."

These two brats, well, people are talking about this, so she doesn't have to worry too much, anyway, the copper lock is in the west room, if she just opened it with it, just slap it on the eye That's it.

Xiu Niang grabbed the apron and swept herself all over, then put it aside, picked up the clay pot, and walked out of the courtyard with the bamboo basket on her shoulders.

She searched and walked towards Liu's house, which happened to be on the road at the entrance of the village, which was closer to the fields.

Xiuniang passed by the door of the big house, and coincidentally, the big girl Ji Laoliu also came out with a basket. She looked at it and laughed, "Big girl, what are you doing?"

The eldest girl smiled when she saw Xiuniang, "Hi sister-in-law, I'll bring food to my mother and sister."

Xiu Niang looked at her and boasted, "Big Ya is really obedient, so your father has gone to the ground too?"

Da Ya smiled first, and chattered, "Father took Hei Wazi to the town."

Xiu Niang listened, thinking that Ji Lao Liu had become addicted to cigarettes, and guessed that he had gone to the town to make a bong, who told him to be angry with the sixth sister-in-law earlier, and smashed a cigarette stick.

I remember that the night before, the sixth sister-in-law came to look for her across the house, but when she arrived at the entrance of her house, she dropped the cigarette stick in her hand to the ground and broke it in half.

At that time, Xiuniang pretended not to see, and looked at Mrs. Liu so angry that she didn't bother to ask her, and kept calling her to come into the room to chat.

In the spirit of arguing between the couple, outsiders had better not get involved, or else you will follow her and scold and yell, and in a blink of an eye they will reconcile, and the couple puts the bed on the bed and chatters, saying, "Xiu Niang, my former son." Talk about you and so on', then you just wait to be scolded.

Thinking about this, Xiu Niang put down the clay pot and took out a handkerchief from her bosom, "Big girl, I'm going to the field to deliver food to Brother Erwa right now, we are not on the way, please help me put it on." Bring the handkerchief to your mother, this is a trick my son came up with, let her see it."

Da Ya responded, took the handkerchief, and the two of them left separately after chatting.

Xiu Niang is not very good at tailoring clothes, but she is good at embroidering flowers and birds. Mrs. Liu came over that night and asked her to help make some quilts and embroider some patterns. .

In fact, it was Mrs. Xu Gao from the same village who was calling for the embroidery work. Because her little sister was going to get married on August [-]th, the date was brought forward by more than half a month, and she anxiously offered money to invite someone to do embroidery work.

Earlier, Xiuniang heard Mrs. Liu talk about this matter, but because Mrs. Gao had some issues with her husband and Chu Ge, she didn't agree. Until now Mrs. Liu talked about it again, and kept persuading her to help her.

Xiu Niang felt strange, besides being a fellow villager of Liu Shi, this Gao family has no relatives or anything, why is she so caring?

Mrs. Liu saw that she couldn't persuade Xiuniang to come, so she said clearly, in fact, this was a secret rivalry between the two villages. Isn't there a saying that the pumpkins from Shangyang Village and the pumpkins from Xiayang Village are delicious? , a trick.

Everyone knows that the pumpkin is a big pumpkin, so there is no need to say more about it. This "hand of Xiayang Village" is a handicraft, referring to the women's embroidery work.

The younger sister of the Gao family is going to marry into Shangyang Village, and her natal family has to wear bedding. She doesn't understand these things, because each place has its own customs, not to mention that in this ancient time, it is important to pay attention to it. too much,

They put the quilts on the scooter and walked, how many people watched along the way, this is the time to pay attention to kung fu, the pair of dragon and phoenix on the quilt, the house sparrow for a while, then It all depends on a pair of skillful hands to embroider.

However, the two villages were secretly angry and had nothing to do with her, Xiuniang. The reason why she agreed was because Mrs. Liu said that Mrs. Gao's old father had used Erbao vines in the village before. How many acres do you want to plant? Hurry up and ask for advice...

(End of this chapter)