Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 11

On the second day after Old Li picked out the quilt, Zhang Yun woke up early, and had already agreed yesterday to ask his uncle to take her back to Tuntian Village early in the morning.

Mrs. Li wrapped the quilt with coarse cloth early, tied it with coarse hemp rope, and wrapped it with fried peanuts, dates from the tree behind the yard, pickled peppers from home, salted fish from the villagers, etc. The big and small bags of food and food were clinking all over the ends of the shoulder pole. That’s not counting. When Zhang Yun packed up and came out of the house with the bag on his shoulders, Mrs. Li came over with a bamboo basket.

"Yun'er, take these with you too." Mrs. Li walked up to Zhang Yun and pointed to the bamboo basket in his hand. Zhang Yun glanced inside and saw a dozen or twenty eggs neatly laid out in the basket. There is also a clay pot with the lid closed, I don't know what it is.

Mrs. Li took Zhang Yun to the gate of the courtyard. Uncle Zhou Min was already waiting there with a burden. As he walked, Mrs. Li ordered: "Yun'er, there are ten kinds of eggs in here, go to you next time." When I got home, I said I would give it to you. When you go back, let your mother pick it out. I smeared red on the shell, which is easy to recognize. Also, the potherb mustard in this jar was only pickled before, and it will not be ripe yet. Tell your mother to wait a little longer." After giving orders, Mrs. Li took out a small cloth bag from the bamboo basket and stuffed it directly into her bag, "There are a few pieces of caramel in here. It was your grandfather who bought it for Xingzi to eat, and you and Chengzi should also try some."

"Hey, grandma, I see." Zhang Yun nodded repeatedly, but Zhou Min in front laughed, "Mother, the second sister's house is not far away, if you want to bring something there, I can run there anytime trip."

Mrs. Li knew that her son laughed at her for being wordy, so she glanced at him and said, "What do you know, your sister's house can be visited often, but Yun'er comes here rarely, so I am not allowed to take my granddaughter to talk more Well."

Zhou Min immediately laughed and said, "Okay, okay, okay, as long as mother wants, you can talk about it for as long as you want."

At this moment, Mrs. Li also laughed, seeing that it was getting late, and it was time to let them go on the road, so she stopped talking, handed the bamboo basket to Zhou Min, and said, "Okay, let's not talk anymore. , let’s go, be careful on the road.”

Only then did Zhang Yun bid farewell to Mrs. Li, and behind Zhou Min who was carrying the burden, he left the fence yard. Not long after leaving the village entrance, Zhou Min took her on the field ridge road, saying that he walked through the field like this. In the past, it was much faster than taking the road.

Walking all the way along the field ridge, I met many villagers who were shouting and saying hello. Zhou Min was busy responding, while Zhang Yun looked around. The surrounding area was full of paddy fields and dry land. It was the autumn harvest season. Almost all the cotton has been picked, and the farmers are busy cutting the cotton stalks, and many people have broken the corn, and the corn stalks will also be cut together, so that the whole field can be harvested for wheat.

The two walked through a large field, and then re-entered the loess road. After walking on the road for a while, they saw the entrance of Tuntian Village.

Zhou Min was carrying big and small bags, which attracted the attention of many villagers. Some girls who had contacts on weekdays came to chat with them. The country people were straightforward and asked about these things after a few words.Zhang Yun talked to them with a smile, and when they asked questions, he only came to grandma's house, and didn't say anything else.

Zhang Yun's house is near the foot of Qingtunling Mountain, which is farther away from the fields. There are not many people living in the village, and there are no neighbors nearby, so it looks quite clean.When Zhang Yun bypassed the Qingling River, the chattering girls slowly dispersed, and after walking a few steps, he could see his own fenced yard far away.

"A Fen, bring your daughter back." Zhou Min came to the fenced yard, saw Mrs. Zhou sweeping the floor in the yard, and called out loudly.

Mrs. Zhou looked up, leaned the bamboo silk broom against the dirt wall, and came out with a smile, "Brother, you picked so many things again, and they always look like this when you come back. How dare I accept them."

Zhou Min went straight to the main room, and said: "I don't feel embarrassed about my sister. Besides, many of them were picked by my mother. You can't take my mother's meaning."

After entering the main room, Zhou Min put the burden on the table, put the bamboo basket on the table, and Mrs. Zhou led Zhang Yun and followed. "You tell your mother, don't do this next time, it makes me afraid to go back to my mother's house."

While talking, Mrs. Zhou looked at the burden that had been put down, stretched out her hand to touch it, and knew that the quilt was picked. Seeing how thick the two ends were, she hurriedly said: "Ah, why did you pick four beds? Well, it will also be sold for silver, how can you get so much at once."

Zhou Min wiped off his sweat, sat down on the bench, and said with a smile: "In the past, you refused to let us play the quilt for you. This year's harvest is good, so don't push it anymore. Besides, our family is in cotton this year. The money received is much higher than in previous years, and there is still a lot of credit for Yun'er."

"Why does it have something to do with Yun'er?" Mrs. Zhou was puzzled, and turned to look for her daughter. Zhang Yunzao took advantage of their conversation and went back to the house to put down the burden. Then he went to the kitchen, poured a bowl of cold white water, and returned to the main room with it. It happened that Mrs. Zhou was looking for her, saw her coming in, and hurriedly asked: "Yun'er, uncle just said that you have merit, what's going on?"

Zhang Yun didn't know what to say for a while, but Zhou Min, who took the water bowl, opened his mouth first, and told Mrs. Zhou everything about the seed cotton removal machine and what happened in Changyuan Town, which surprised Mrs. Zhou, but It's more about being happy for my mother's family.

"Yun'er, why have I never heard you mention the matter of the foreigner?" Mrs. Zhou was very happy, so she pulled Zhang Yun to ask.

Zhang Yun smiled and said: "I just met it when I went out to play, and I didn't take it to heart, so I forgot to mention it to my mother. If I didn't go to my grandma's house this time and saw the cotton, I wouldn't remember it. Woolen cloth."

Zhou Min, who was at the side, poured the cold water down, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "Father said that Yun'er is our family's lucky star, and he was right. It's just such a small thing, it really helped us a lot." what."

Hearing her natal family's praise of her daughter, Zhou's face was full of smiles, but she said: "Stop praising her, brother, save it for dinner before leaving, I'll go burn it."

"Farewell, it's not time for dinner, so you don't have to be busy. You should sit down and chat with me. I should go back later." Zhou Min hurriedly got up and stopped her, until she sat down beside her.

Seeing that he kept blocking him and couldn't leave, Mrs. Zhou called Zhang Yun and said, "Yun'er, go cook some eggs on the stove, brother, if you don't want to eat, then eat some eggs. "

Zhou Min wanted to stop him again, but Zhang Yun had already run out of the main room, went into the kitchen and lit the stove, took out two eggs from the jar where he usually kept eggs, lifted the pot to scoop up water, and Zhou ordered the water to boil the eggs, but she I thought of the soy sauce eggs that I used to eat when I was a child. It is a rural soil-fired method. It is better than boiled eggs, and it is also simple. After the water is heated, put the eggs in, and then pour some soy sauce and oil. It only takes a few minutes The soup is served in a bowl, sprinkle some green onion in the bowl, it tastes delicious.

Zhang Yun cooked the eggs in two or three strokes. The only pity was that there was not much oil in the house, so she didn't dare to add more, so she could only chop more wild onions and sprinkle them on, which could also enhance the aroma.

He brought the eggs with soy sauce into the hall and put them down beside Zhou Min. He was immediately attracted by the aroma. Zhang Yun hurriedly handed over the chopsticks and said with a smile, "Uncle, it's all cooked, don't be too polite, eat some." .”

Zhou Min had never eaten eggs cooked in this way, and it smelled strange, so he no longer refused. He took the bamboo chopsticks and started to eat. After a few mouthfuls, he drank a lot of soup, and his mouth So I praised her, saying that she was clever and made eggs that were better than others.

Mrs. Zhou was happy again, and Zhang Yun ran back to the kitchen, scooped up water and washed the pots, bowls, and spoons. After tidying up, she went to the vegetable field at the back. Seeing how the vegetable field is doing, this time she divided some of the vegetable seeds that her uncle and second uncle had just bought, and planned to pick out the ones that can be grown in this season tomorrow and sow them in the vegetable field.

When I arrived at the vegetable field at the back, I saw that the eggplants on the shelf had matured a lot, and the spinach had also grown up. At that time, the vegetable field that was plowed was still dark, and no sprouts could be seen, and I did not know which vegetables were sown. .

Zhang Yun squatted down next to the vegetable field and began to pull out the weeds little by little. When he was burying his head, a figure suddenly ran over from outside the fenced yard, opened his eyes towards the yard, turned over, and ran towards the vegetable field Come.

When the figure approached him, Zhang Yun suddenly realized that he was so startled that he stood up abruptly, stepped back hurriedly, and looked at his thumping chest, and it was Chang Man who rolled in.

When she was still in shock, Chang Man asked anxiously, "Yun'er, did Tiesuo come to you?"

Now Zhang Yun was even more puzzled. Why did you come to her house looking for Tiesuo, and climbed over the fence to get in? It was scary, and his tone became a little hostile, "You have found the wrong person, you have to ask Mrs. Tiesuo."

"If Tie Suo comes to look for you, ignore him." Chang Man didn't blame her for her bad tone, but said in a hurry.

Zhang Yun couldn't help casting a glance at him, and was about to speak when a call came from outside the courtyard, "Is Cheng Ziniang at home?"

As soon as he heard the call, Chang Man rushed to Zhang Yun, stretched out his hand and pulled her to avoid it, and hurriedly pushed her into the shed piled with plant ash, while he turned his back outward to block her body.

Zhang Yun was really weaker than Chang Man in strength, but he didn't intend to let him go, he kicked him several times in a hurry, although he didn't kick him away, it made him frown in pain.

"Come to my house to be a rascal. If you don't want to be beaten by my brother, then go away." Zhang Yun kicked him, and pushed him with his hand, scolding him.

Chang Man became a little anxious, covered her mouth with his hand, and said in a low voice, "If you want people to see you, then I won't hide. I'll just go out in front of your yard. I don't care, I'm just afraid of you care."

Zhang Yun didn't want his family to be troubled by rumors, so he could only calm down slowly, staring at Chang Man with wide eyes. Immediately let go, turned around and ran away, just like when he came, he turned over the fence neatly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

This sudden incident made Zhang Yun very inexplicable. He didn't want to stay in the vegetable field anymore, so he walked a few steps out of the backyard. Just as he walked around the kitchen, he saw Tiesuo Niang Du came out of the main room in a hurry, saying: " Since the iron lock is not here, then Cheng Ziniang, I will take a step first."

Seeing Zhang Yun head-on, Mrs. Du was taken aback for a moment, and quickly walked out of the fenced yard without saying anything.

(End of this chapter)