farmhouse ditty

Chapter 79
Xiu Niang and Chu Ge waited for Xiao Xiang'er to finish eating, and they packed up the empty bowls and bowls and went into the kitchen. The advantage of having so many people was that there was no food left, and they ate up all the soup and vegetables.

Xiu Niang glanced at the yard, and told Chu Ge to clear the table first, and wait for the moon to be high, so that he could put fruit cakes on it for worshiping the moon.

When tidying up the main room earlier, Chu Ge put the table in the courtyard, because there was no place to put a wooden bed in the main room, so it had to be left outside, and the whole family had to come to the courtyard for dinner. .

But the square wooden table was so full that it could only sit six or seven people, and there was a big belly woman in the middle, so she had to occupy one side. Fortunately, Xiu Niang didn't throw away the table with the broken leg earlier. It's just right to have children together.

Xiao Xiang'er and Chu An helped Chu Ge put away the broken table and piled it on the corner of the wall, and after talking about it, they went to Ji Laoliu's room, presumably because they didn't want to take Wen Shi with him. .

That Wen's pregnant baby had a good appetite, and he ate two bowls of rice before putting down the bowl. After it was over, he yelled that he felt uncomfortable, and asked Chu Fu to bring a bowl of egg soup, and accompanied him back to the main room.

Before leaving, she was still chattering, calling someone to pay her respects to the moon and calling her. Anyway, she knew that she was still calling Xiu Niang, and Xiu Niang would not pay attention to her.

Father Chu was relieved to eat, squatting at the entrance of the courtyard and smoking a bag of cigarettes. He saw that it was getting late, so he called to Shen, "Mother, let's go, the second uncle left the door for us."

Shen watched Chu Ge wipe the table and put some melons and grapefruits on the table. She knew that Xiu Niang was going to worship the moon, so she said something to Father Chu and walked forward.

"Hold on, dad, we're going to watch the moon soon...Chu Ge, do you pay for the moon, why are you so sour?"

Chu Ge put the grapefruit in the middle, "Mother, Xiu Niang bought some cakes in the town earlier, she will put them on after washing."

After hearing this, Shen frowned, and turned to the stove, "Hey, the second son's family, you should be more agile, then other people's houses have already packed up and walked out, why are you still waiting to wash them?" Pot stove."

Father Chu looked at Xiuniang's busy work from earlier to now, and knew it in his heart, and said to Shen, "Hey, old lady, you should tell me to rest for a while, it's a holiday, and it's early in the morning. Just busy in and out..."

Shen cast a sideways glance at Father Chu, said while shaking her head towards the kitchen.

"How do you know that little woman is busy going in and out, you saw it... you have to rest for a while, she was crackling and clanking in the stove earlier, if you don't want to cook for me, this old woman, then don't cook!"

Mrs. Shen deliberately spoke loudly, thinking that Xiu Niang could hear her, but after waiting for the meeting, there was still no response from the kitchen. She lowered her eyebrows, and just as she was thinking about opening her mouth, Father Chu started nagging up.

With a "tsk", Father Chu pointed at Shen with a cigarette stick, muttered something to Chu Ge, and went out.

"What are you arguing about? It's a big festival. If you don't leave, just stay here... Chu Ge, don't let the two of you run away. I have to find my second uncle for a drink."

When Shen saw her man leaving, she yelled a few words, pointed to the fruit on the table, said something to Chu Ge, and followed him out.

"Hey, old man, I haven't eaten yet, you wait for me...Chu Ge, save some of these fruits for me and your father..."

Xiu Niang tested that the water in the pot was still warm, so she brought over the small wooden basin on the chopping board, reached into the basin, stirred it and poured it into the pot, and put all the dishes and chopsticks in it.

The small wooden basin is filled with rice washing water, which Xiuniang carefully stored when she was having dinner earlier, she used this to wash the dishes to remove the oil, and then rinsed the water once more, and the bowls and chopsticks were clean.

"...Chuge, leave all these fruits to me and your father..."

She was cleaning the bottom of the pot, and when she heard Shen's words, she sneered and shook her head, holding the rag on her waist, her movements were so big that she almost knocked the big clay pot on the side to the ground.

She hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold it, it was full of braised pork. In the morning, she was so angry that she stewed the two or three catties of meat...

Xiu Niang glanced at it, and the corners of her mouth twitched. Just now, Mrs. Shen yelled when she picked up her chopsticks, saying that she used a salt jar to store meat, and the big salt was used to pickle people.

During the meal, Shen's mouth never stopped. She only thought that the old lady loves to chatter, but she didn't think about... Okay, this jar full of meat can be bottomed out, but there is only leftovers. order soup...

She smiled "Puchi" thinking about it, no wonder that Mrs. Shen has been thinking about the fruit on the table, it turned out that it was called Yan to squeeze it...

This countryman seldom eats a meal of meat, so if he buys too much, he will add heavy salt, so that he can wait for a long time and eat slowly.

Chu Ge came over to the stove, he had laid out the melons and fruits, and seeing that Xiu Niang hadn't eaten yet, he looked for them to have a look.

It was getting late now, an oil lamp was lit in the kitchen, and it shone brightly on Xiuniang's face. It was shining brightly, smiling crookedly, just like the brook in the mountain stream, and the little ruddy mouth...

Chu Ge took a tight breath, and suddenly remembered that he and Xiu Niang were placed in the field that day, and that he and Xiu Niang were placed under the grass...

Xiu Niang felt her eyes go dark, she raised her head and looked outside the door, seeing Chu Ge staring at her blankly, she smiled, "Chu Ge, what are you doing?"

Chu Ge was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said to Shang Xiuniang, "Xiu, Xiuniang, everything is set up in the courtyard, just, just..." It's up to you.

Xiu Niang looked outside, the moon was hanging high at the moment, reflecting the whole yard brightly, the chickens in the fence circle were silent, Erbao vine was beside her with branches and forks, and there was a square tree in the middle On the table, there are melons and fruits on it, and the fragrance is still wafting. After listening carefully, there are a few insects screaming...

Although there are a lot of household items piled up in the courtyard now, there are only a few that make Xiuniang very heartwarming when she sees them.

She smiled and asked Chu Ge to wait for a while, poured out the water in the pot, untied his apron, took the oil lamp, and took his hand, "Okay, let's enjoy the moon."

Looking around the courtyard, Xiu Niang put the oil lamp on the table, took Chu Ge's hand and slowly clenched it, and breathed a sigh of relief, ah, what a scene of the farm.

Chu Ge dumbly let Xiu Niang lead him, and always wanted to pull away awkwardly. He had thick calluses on his own hands, and he was afraid of hurting Xiu Niang's white and tender hands.

He moved his arm uncomfortably, and Xiu Niang seemed to understand, so she let go of her hand, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, she immediately became nervous again.

Xiu Niang took two steps forward and leaned her head against Chu Ge's thick chest. She closed her eyes and said softly, "Chu Ge, don't be tense, you're like a rock."

Chu Ge froze, this time he didn't panic like before, but he didn't know what to do, he listened to Xiu Niang's words and tried to relax slowly.

Xiu Niang felt Chu Ge relax, but her heart was still beating hard. She closed her eyes, bit her lips and secretly smiled, enjoying the joy of this moment.

Chu Ge looked at the little woman in front of him, there were only the two of them left in the courtyard at the moment, he slowly stepped forward uncontrollably, towards Xiu Niang's small shoulder...

"Cough cough..."

Xiu Niang and Chu Ge were taken aback, and when they looked back, they saw Chu Fu standing at the door of the main room with a big soup bowl, chattering a little embarrassedly, looking for water to drink, and Wen Shi Also eat salty.

"Second brother, um, I didn't know you were...cough, um, your sister-in-law is thirsty, and in this room..."

While he was chattering, Wen Shi got impatient and came out on his stomach. When he saw Xiu Niang, he chattered, "Hey, let me tell you, don't you use money to buy this salt in your family? Why do you cook like this?"

Xiu Niang turned around to look at her, and smiled, "It depends on who it is for, I said earlier, don't the daughters of this rich family have ever eaten meat, it's as if looking at meat Put it in your mouth."

Wenshi leaned on the door frame, touched his stomach, "Oh, the baby in my belly is just like this oily mouth, or else, I can eat it well."

Xiu Niang glanced at her stomach, and smiled, "Well, you can squeeze it out, we have everything in Xiayang Village, only this water pipe is enough."

This time when it came to water, Wen's throat became dry again, she cleared her throat, "Really, then boil a pot for me, remember to cool it down."

Xiu Niang looked at her, the corner of her mouth curled up, "No."

Wenshi blinked, "What, what did you say?"

Xiu Niang said word by word slowly, "I said, the water in this mountain stream is very sweet, but I won't... burn it for you!"

Wen's paused for a while, let out a sigh of relief, and looked at his man, "Ha...Chu Fu, look!"

Chu Fu nodded, comforting Wen Shi, and looked at Chu Ge in embarrassment, "Daughter-in-law, don't be angry, take care of the baby in your belly...Second brother, look, look at this, how about you... "

Chu Ge glanced at Xiuniang, walked to the stove, pointed to the corner, and said in the stove, "Brother, there is firewood here... there is water in the tank... there is a fire in the stove, if you are thirsty Yes, burn more."

After hearing this, Chu Fu replied dully, "... hey."

Xiu Niang "puchi", the two brothers are quite similar.

Wen Shi looked at the melons and fruits on the square wooden table and said, "Forget it, the drinking water is too weak, let's eat some fruits, Chu Fu..."

Xiu Niang looked at it and waved her hands, "Hey, wait a minute, these people can't move, they are still worshiping the moon, and now that my mother-in-law said nothing, these fruits have to be reserved for her, and no one can move them, especially Her grandson, and her grandson's mother."

Wen Shi stared angrily, "You!"

Xiu Niang smiled, "What's the matter, aren't you thirsty? You need to fill up the water pipe, and you need to drink to burn yourself."

Wen Shi stared at Xiu Niang, then smiled again, "I see, we stayed here with you, just thinking about making me angry."

Xiu Niang looked at her and smiled, "Oh, the ones from this big family are different, they are very clever."

Wen Shi pursed his lips when he heard this, and said to Chu Fu, "Chu Fu, boil the water first!"

Chu Fu responded and walked to the stove with the soup bowl. Chu Ge pointed out the place for him and went back to Xiu Niang.

Seeing Wen's angry appearance, Xiu Niang was so happy, you two big and small women (Shen and Wen) just wait, Chu Ge's account, she will break it back one by one .

"Xiu Niang?"

"Ah."

"Even if you didn't pinch me just now, I wouldn't boil water for elder brother."

"……sorry."

(End of this chapter)