farmhouse ditty

Chapter 68

Xiu Niang stayed in front of the fruit stand for a long time, bought a lot of fruits, and stuffed a basket so full that it couldn't even hold the pastries and snacks, so she could only ask Xiao Xiang'er to carry them.

After buying everything, the aunt and sister-in-law rushed to the shop selling wooden tables on the street.

But when the two of them arrived, Xiu Niang went in first to pick out a table before the brothers Chu and Ge arrived. She ordered a thick square, the table top could be detached, so that it could be put away when not in use, so as not to take up space. .

Xiu Niang was looking for silver, when she suddenly moved in front of her, she raised her eyes and said with a smile, "It's here."

Chu Ge came forward, "Well, I wanted to come sooner, but Chu An was stubborn and refused to leave..."

Xiu Niang smiled at him, took out a tael of silver and handed it to the shop owner, "Don't worry, I just came here too."

The shop owner took the money and called out a buddy with a smile.

Because the square wooden table that Xiuniang just picked up was newly made, it had to be sharpened and oiled, and then disassembled when it was finished, and the legs of the table underneath were put together, and it was ready to be loaded into the car later.

Chu Ge looked at him and moved his hands, and gently pulled Xiu Niang to the door. The shop assistants are busy, so don't run into them.

This time Chu An was standing outside the shop, shaking his waist and showing off to Xiao Xiang'er, he was proudly shaking the pottery statues in both hands, but he was chanting to Xiao Xiang'er vigorously.

Xiu Niang glanced at it, and couldn't help but smile again, okay, this second son of Chu An is "fully armed".

Look at the things on his trouser belt, there are slingshot forks, painted faces, grass-headed grasshopper clay dolls, and a pair of large knives (wooden ones), and two masks on his head, one Hoop it on the back of your head, and put one on top of your head.

Xiu Niang smiled and shook her head, "Chu Ge, why don't you put this business thing in a basket? It doesn't take much effort to carry it on your hands. It's better than asking Erwazi to spread it all over your body."

Chu Ge looked at the diabolo basket in his hand, and muttered something in a muffled voice.

"I, I can't help it, that, that Anzi is looking for something, just like that dog who protects the food, he has to grab it on himself, and no one wants to touch it."

Besides, he didn't want to be like a little aunt, walking all over the street with a basket on his shoulder.

Xiu Niang pursed her lips, thinking that this was something Chu An did, "Well, An Zi is having a good time, look at this body, she almost brought the back alley back to the village... Eh? This, Chu Ge, why didn’t I see the bullock cart?”

After listening to the question, Chu Ge thought about it. He said that he and Chu An were going to the back alley in the morning, and it would be inconvenient to lead the ox cart, so he thought about taking the ox cart to the stable.

Waiting for the clerk in the shop to tie up the table, he carried the table to pick up the ox cart. The horse house was not far in front, so he didn't have to toss and turn back and forth with the ox cart.

Xiu Niang asked, "Isn't this horse house the place where cattle are sold in the town? Why did people ask you to put your car in it?"

As Chu Ge said, the horse house has a large area, and sometimes when there are fewer animals in the house, the owner of the house will move some space out and rent it out to those long-distance merchants who pass by and stop for supplies, waiting for them to leave. Just pay for a stall at the owner's house.

Xiu Niang listened and nodded, looked at the guy in the shop who was still busy, thoughtfully took the bamboo basket from Chu Ge's hand, and talked about going to buy some food in this spare time.

Although I have a kind of it at home, I only have a piece of oily cabbage, and it will be boring after eating.

Chu Ge thought that it would not take long for Xiu Niang to buy some vegetables, but...

half an hour later
Xiu Niang came back with half a catty of meat, some tomatoes and some vegetables.

Chu Ge stood by the door of the shop and watched, and when he saw her, he asked, "Xiu Niang, why have you been here for so long? Didn't I yell just now? Why did you find the wrong shop? That's right." Home is a place to carry brushes and rice paper."

Xiu Niang smiled, looked at Chu An and said, the vegetable market in this town is huge, so she wandered around for a while, but she just walked in to have a look at the shop just now.

After she said that, Chu Ge didn't say much. Seeing that it was almost noon, he told the owner of the shop to put the table here first, and he would take his family to eat first, and then he would come back. Pick.

Chu Geyuan was thinking about taking Xiu Niang and the others out of the restaurant, but he saw that there were too many people drinking in the restaurant, and they were howling and throwing wine fists.

He was afraid that he would scare the two little ones if he went in, so he just bought a few steamed buns for the big guy to stuff up first, and then rushed back to the village, waiting to make some food when he got home.

Because Chu Ge wanted to hurry up, Xiu Niang sat in the back and watched over the two little ones.

But this annoyed Chu An to the core, he wanted to make fun of those two beautiful faces, but for some reason, Xiu Niang held his hair upside down all the way.

He shook his head again, and said impatiently, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing, my hair is messed up by you."

Xiu Niang listened to the voice, brushed the flowing sea on his forehead, and smiled, "Chu An, your hair is black and smooth, if you trim it with scissors, it will grow faster."

Chu An didn't understand what Xiu Niang said, but frowned and gave her a look, then turned around and went to mess with his toys.

Xiu Niang looked at it and pursed her lips, muttering to herself, she should find someone to do it, or the finished product would be too expensive.

"Moo~~~"

The old scalper held his head high and barked toward Liu's house, beckoning the owner to come and take it back to eat.

Chu Ge got out of the car, touched the old scalper's head, tied the hemp rope to the post, found some orange stalks and put it in front of it, and then began to unload things at home.

Chu An helped carry the two baskets in, then slipped back to the west room.

Xiuniang called Xiaoxiang'er to bring the cakes and snacks to the stove, and she found a ventilated place to store them up, so that they could wait for the August festival to worship the moon in two days.

Chu Ge moved the table into the main room, and Xiu Niang watched and came over to help, and when the messing was over, she hurried into the kitchen to eat.

Although she just ate a couple of steamed stuffed buns, but now she feels hungry after being idle, Xiuniang thought it would be too much trouble to cook and eat, so she thought about ordering noodles sooner.

She was busy making noodles, Xiao Xiang'er was probably hungry too, so she stood in the kitchen and watched, "Sister-in-law, what shall we eat later?"

Xiuniang cut the noodles into strips and smiled, "Today my sister-in-law will make tomato noodle soup for you, and now the noodles are ready, just wait for my sister-in-law to make the stew...Xiao Xianger, help my sister-in-law to clear the basket Bring the tomato from here."

Xiao Xiang'er brought a few over and put them on the chopping board. When Xiu Niang made noodles earlier, she put some tomatoes on the fire and put them on the chopping board.

She called Xiao Xiang'er to scoop up a ladle of cold water, said she put the tomatoes in the boiling water, fiddled with them for a while with chopsticks, picked them up when they changed color, put them in the cold water, and peeled off the skins one by one. It was torn off.

"Xiao Xiang'er, remember, when I go to the red skin in the future... let's put it in boiling water for a while... see the color change... then take it and put it in cold water... Look, this It came off easily..."

Xiao Xiang'er blinked and watched, and saw that Xiu Niang gently moved her hands, and in a few moments she peeled off the whole piece of tomato skin.

She laughed, "Sister-in-law is so skillful, she knows everything."

Xiu Niang listened with a smile, and continued to work with her hands. She cut the tomato into small pieces for later use, came out with a ceramic bowl, knocked a few free-range eggs, added some salt, beat them well, put the oil in the pan and fried them Put it up a few times, then add some oil to fry the tomatoes, wait until the water is soaked through, and then add the eggs.

Luckily, there are two stoves in her own kitchen, so she cooks stew in this pot, and noodles in the next pot.

Xiao Xiang'er stood by the door and waited, asking Xiang'er about tomatoes and eggs, and kept boasting.

Xiu Niang casually put the noodles into the pot, and said with a smile, "That's because you're hungry, and you can agree on whatever it smells...Come on, Xiao Xianger, help my sister-in-law taste the marinade. "

As she spoke, she took a spoon, scooped up the egg covered in tomato juice, blew it a few times, and sent it to Xiao Xiang'er's mouth, "How is it?"

Xiao Xiang'er frowned while eating, but said, "Eggs are delicious."

Xiu Niang listened for a while, but eggs are delicious, this tomato scrambled eggs used to be her specialty.

She thought about eating herself, and then frowned, "Oh, it's sour, my sister-in-law forgot to put salt in the tomato juice."

Xiu Niang added a pinch of salt to it, stirred it a few times, tasted it, and then gave it to Xiao Xiang'er with a spoon, and now she felt relieved.

Waiting for the noodles to be ready, Xiu Niang scooped up the noodles with a large bowl, scooped up a lot of tomatoes and eggs, carried them into the main room, put them on the newly bought table, and called everyone to eat.

This time Mrs. Liu was carrying the washed clothes in a basin and passed the door. Seeing that the door of the courtyard was open, she looked in the bowl and said, "Oh, when did you come back, why did you just eat?"

After eating two mouthfuls, Xiuniang looked at Mrs. Liu and called her to stop, so that she would be there now, and she wouldn't have to live in the house for a while.

She got up and walked across the courtyard, and took one of the grapefruits she bought in the town earlier and gave it to her, "Sister-in-law Liu, Chu Ge and I are going to town today, and this grapefruit looks good, so I'll bring it to you." with one."

Mrs. Liu put down the wooden basin, took a look at the grapefruit, but found that the skin was permeable, "Oh, it's kind, it's the August festival, I'm thinking about where to buy a grapefruit, sister But thank you, how much money will I give you?"

Naturally, Xiu Niang would not accept it, "Sister-in-law Liu, why are you being so polite to me, I even brought some fruits for you, if you want to give me the money, I will buy it myself tomorrow. "

Looking at Xiuniang's stubborn appearance, Mrs. Liu knew that she was borrowing a bullock cart to give money for running errands. If she didn't accept this, maybe Xiuniang's sister would think that she was trying to settle things with them. Don't lend them ox carts anymore.

She thought about putting the grapefruit in the wooden basin, and said with a smile, "Hey, well, I'll accept it with a cheeky face today."

Xiu Niang looked at it and smiled, "That's it, Sixth Sister-in-Law, please wait for a while, I will move those copies to the basket for you, so you can put them on the basket."

Mrs. Liu held Xiu Niang back with a smile, "Sister, wait a minute, let me tell you something."

Xiu Niang stood still, "What's the matter, Sixth Sister-in-law?"

At this moment, Mrs. Liu turned her face upright, peeking into the main room, to see if the Chu Ge brothers and sisters had looked over.

Xiu Niang looked at Mrs. Liu and smiled, "Sister-in-law Liu, what are you doing? What are you doing?"

Still looking at the back room, Mrs. Liu lowered her voice, "...Here we come."

Xiu Niang frowned, "Who? Who's coming..."

Mrs. Liu was busy booing, and pulled Xiu Niang out, "Hey, be a bit younger... As I said that, Aunt Chu is here."

Xiuniang still didn't know, she squinted her eyes, "Aunt Chu? Sister-in-law Six, you're talking about Aunt Zhao, right?"

Mrs. Liu said "tsk", "Hey, you girl, why can't you think about it? I'm talking about Chu Ge's mother, your mother-in-law, here she comes."

(End of this chapter)