Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 39

When Zhang Yun woke up from his deep sleep, it was already the morning of the next day. When he opened his eyes, he saw Mrs. Zhou sitting on a stool beside the kang, mending clothes in her hands.

"Mother." Zhang Yun called softly, and Zhou Shi realized that she had woken up, put down her needle and thread, and said, "Yun'er, mother is going to cook breakfast for you."

Zhang Yun nodded slightly, and asked softly, "Mother, what time will it be?"

"It's almost the time of day." Zhou Shi replied while putting away the clothes and the sewing basket in his hand, and stood up after putting away.

Zhang Yun was taken aback for a while, and a thought flashed through his drowsy mind. Today is the second day of junior high school, not a day when he is going to visit relatives. "Mother, why are you still here? Shouldn't you go to grandma's house today?" Thinking of this, Zhang Yun couldn't help asking.

"Let your father, Cheng Zi go, you are sick now, I have to take care of you, so I won't go." Zhou replied.

"Mom, why don't you go to grandma's house? I just have a cold. Even Doctor Xiaohong said it's not serious. I'll take care of myself. You'd better go." Zhang Yun hurriedly persuaded her that she couldn't go by herself. For New Year's greetings, you can't even let your mother go to her mother's house.

Mrs. Zhou turned to look at her, thought about putting down the clothes and the needlework basket in her hand again, leaned down on the edge of the kang, and slightly stroked the hair that was sticking to her forehead due to sweat, and felt a little sticky. She raised her forehead, and said softly, "It's okay, it's not a big deal if you don't pay New Year's greetings for a year, your grandma will definitely understand."

Zhang Yun could feel his mother's fingers were rough and chapped, but the movements of stroking her were very gentle, and he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, so he didn't insist on talking, just closed his eyes slightly, and nodded slightly .

"Let's take a rest, mother to make breakfast." Seeing that Zhang Yun didn't say anything more, Mrs. Zhou pulled the corner of her quilt, and after speaking softly, she turned and left the room.

As soon as Mrs. Zhou left the house, a call came from outside: "Ma'am." Following the call, Mrs. Zhou saw Chang Juan running into the courtyard, came up to her, and said, "Ma'am, why are you still at home?" , I just saw Uncle Cheng and Brother Cheng Zi going to the entrance of the village, they should be visiting relatives, why don't you go with them?"

"You also know that Yun'er is sick, and I don't feel relieved to let her stay at home alone. This year, I will pay less New Year's greetings, or wait for Yun'er to recover later, and then take her there. It will be okay." Zhou Shi replied with a smile, then patted Chang Juan's hand, and said with a smile: "Look for Yun'er, go sit and talk in the room."

"I told my mother that I'm here to take care of Yun'er today. You don't have to worry, auntie. Don't worry, go visit your relatives. When the time comes, just come back early to pick up my hand." Chang Juan took Zhou's arm Bend, smiled and pushed her lightly.

When Zhou heard this, she was quite surprised, turned her head to look at Chang Juan, and said, "What's the matter? Your family also has relatives who are leaving, so you have to pay New Year's greetings."

"Auntie, it's not like you don't know our family. All the relatives who used to walk around in the village are all in the village, and they only have two feet to walk. When you come back, I will leave this yard and go directly to pay New Year's greetings. There is still time." Chang Juan still insisted Saying so, he urged repeatedly: "Okay, don't worry about it, ma'am, it's better to go and come back early, rather than chatting with me here."

Under Chang Juan's repeated persuasion, Zhou's heart was also shaken. After thinking about it, she agreed, thanked her with a smile, and said: "Yun'er hasn't had breakfast yet, so I'll cook it before I go. It's not bad. meeting."

"Okay, let me cook it. I am very familiar with these tasks, so don't worry." Chang Juan thought about it, she must not let Zhou's cook this breakfast, otherwise it would be meaningless for her to come, so she might as well have a big breakfast. Bao Dalan urged Mrs. Zhou to go on the road again. Seeing what she said, Mrs. Zhou didn't delay anymore, put the things in her hand back into the house, and told Chang Juan when to decoct the medicine, and then walked out quickly. The fenced yard.

Chang Juan watched Zhou's walk away, then let out a sigh of relief, and looked towards the path in front of the courtyard, but she didn't see any figure, she frowned slightly, muttered something in her mouth, then turned and walked into Zhang Yun's house go.

When I entered the room, I saw Zhang Yun lying on the kang, with his eyes half closed, not knowing whether he was awake or asleep, so he walked lightly to the edge of the kang and looked carefully.

Zhang Yun half-closed his eyes, because he was still feeling tired, lying down to rest his mind, but not falling asleep, he would feel someone approaching the bed, thought it was Mrs Zhou, opened his eyes, and happened to meet Chang Juan "Xiaojuan, why are you, when did you come?" Zhang Yun hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover his thumping chest, opened his mouth to exhale a few times, and asked aloud.

"I just came in and saw you with your eyes closed, so I came over to see if you were asleep. I really surprised you." Chang Juan sat down on the stool beside the kang as she spoke.

Zhang Yun looked at her posture, as if he was going to stay in the room, so he turned to look at her, wondering: "Why are you free today, aren't you going to a relative's house to pay New Year's greetings?"

"What's there to pay homage to? It's not just these relatives in the village. I often see them on weekdays. It's not bad for this day. Besides, every New Year's greetings, I always say that old saying. Let me not be naughty, let me keep it Heart, my ears can almost hear cocoons." Chang Juan really didn't like it when talking about New Year's greetings, because she had to be a target every year, and everyone greeted her with those nagging words, no wonder she didn't want to go.

Zhang Yun also knew her temper, and she was most afraid of nagging, so she didn't say anything more. Instead, Chang Juan finished complaining, turned her head and said to her: "Don't worry about me, you can rest on your own, I'll be here with you today, just now I have asked your mother to visit relatives, and I will leave when your family members come back."

When Zhang Yun heard this, he was about to thank her, but Chang Juan cut it off first, and said directly: "Don't talk about your birthright, just take good care of it, wait, and make more Give me something to eat, and you'll be thanking me."

Hearing Chang Juan talking so well, Zhang Yun smiled unconsciously, nodded and said: "Got it, you like to eat salty fried hemp leaves, well, I'll fry some more, just for you, once in a while." Have a good time."

"Okay." Chang Juan responded bluntly, and laughed, and then told her to close her eyes and rest, stop chatting, and came up to tuck her in the quilt as she ordered, and muttered: "In case that Doctor Xiao Hong, He also said that I was noisy and hindered you from resting."

Zhang Yun pursed her lips and smiled, obediently obeyed her orders, closed her eyes to rest and rest, Chang Juan leaned close to her and said softly, "I'll cook breakfast, come in later." After speaking, she walked out of the room.

Chang Juan went out of the house and didn't go to the kitchen. Instead, she walked straight to the courtyard gate. When she reached the courtyard gate, she opened her eyes on the path. There was nothing on the path except some withered grass facing the wind. She couldn't help muttering: " Will you come or not, begging someone to come, I am so slow, I want to starve Yun'er to death." Thinking about it, he turned and went to the kitchen.

As soon as he walked to the kitchen door, he heard a soft call from outside the fenced courtyard: "Xiaojuan, Xiaojuan, are you there?" The call was mixed with heavy panting, obviously it was from running.

As soon as Chang Juan heard it, she rushed to the courtyard gate again, and seeing the figure running towards her, she said straight away: "Why are you so slow, Yun'er is still waiting for breakfast."

The figure ran to Chang Juan and stopped, it was Chang Man, who hadn't rested yet, and said, "I have to find a chance to sneak out, just now I was called by my aunt to set off a firecracker, so I was delayed." Alright, hey, I brought the food, you can quickly give it to Yun'er."

As soon as Chang Juan took the pottery pot he handed over, she lifted the lid and took a look inside. Seeing that there was a pot full of rice porridge inside, she asked in surprise, "Where did the porridge come from?" , People who celebrate Chinese New Year all eat rice and white flour steamed buns, why does uncle’s house have porridge?"

Seeing Chang Juan's surprised gaze, Chang Man averted his gaze a little, didn't answer, but urged: "It doesn't matter so much, take it in quickly, so you can eat it while it's hot."

Chang Juan's mind is very lively, and since Chang Man asked her about Zhang Yun last time, she has been talking in front of him these days, and now he secretly begged him, saying that Zhang's family must leave relatives, Zhang Yun He was sick, afraid that no one would take care of him, and wanted to ask her to bring some food over. In this way, he couldn't see that he was always full of thoughts, and when he thought of this jar of porridge, he suddenly became enlightened, and he couldn't help but joked: "Full Brother Zi, you couldn't have cooked this porridge yourself, I didn't expect you to have such a caring side, Yun'er is really blessed."

Chang Man was so embarrassed by her teasing, he couldn't help running behind her and nudging her, saying: "Go in quickly, I have to go." Then he turned around and rushed out of the courtyard gate, and ran away as if to escape .

Seeing his panic after being exposed, Chang Juan couldn't help giggling. While walking to the kitchen, she covered the porridge jar and took a look inside to see what kind of porridge it was.

Only now did she notice that there was a refreshing fragrance emanating from the jar. After sniffing it carefully, she could tell that it was the fragrance of mint. She actually thought of making mint porridge. Drinking mint porridge is the best for colds, and it is also a good way to cure colds in rural areas. However, this mint is only found on the top of Qingtunling. She only talked about it when she came home yesterday. Cold, I guess, either last night or early this morning, he went up the mountain to pick it, and he really worked hard enough.

Chang Juan thought cheerfully, walked into the kitchen with the jar in her arms, scooped out a bowl of mint porridge, then closed the lid tightly, stuffed the whole jar into the stove, and covered it with ashes. It can be taken out to serve, and it will not cool down so quickly.

After entering the room with the mint porridge, Chang Juan woke up Zhang Yun, and after she put on the jacket and leaned against the kang, she passed the mint porridge over. Zhang Yun took the bowl and took the spoon. When I put it in my mouth, it tasted sweet and clear, with a faint cool taste. I tasted it a few more times, and it turned out to be mint porridge. I couldn't help but looked up at Chang Juan, and asked, "Xiaojuan, is this mint porridge?" , where did you get the mint?"

Chang Juan turned her head around for a while, then smiled and said, "I went back yesterday and mentioned that you had a cold, so Brother Manzi went up the mountain to pick mint leaves, and gave them to me, saying that I would send them to your house one day, so that you can have a cold." Your mother likes to cook porridge, no, I happened to come over today, so I brought it here and cooked it for you." These words helped Chang Man without any trace, showing his intentions, but also Not to scare Zhang Yun, Chang Juan felt that what she said was very appropriate.

When Zhang Yun heard it, he didn't think about anything else, just smiled and said: "Then when you go back, thank Chang Man for me." After speaking, he continued to spoon the porridge. The inside is also light, it is just right to eat this, I can't help but eat two bowls in a row, then put down the bowl, feel my swollen stomach, and then lie back under the bed.

Chang Juan stayed with her in the room for a long time, until she fell asleep again, she went out of the room and wandered around. It was really boring because no one was chatting in the room. She was always active. Where can I stay.

After noon, before it was time to decoct the medicine, Zhang's family rushed back early, and Chang Juan took her leave. Before she left, she told Mrs. Zhou, clutching half a can of mint porridge in the stove.

Mrs. Zhou thanked her repeatedly, sent Chang Juan out of the yard, and then went to Zhang Yun's house together with Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xing. When I came in, especially Zhang Zhang, I saw that he was sober all of a sudden, and I was still thinking about the ancestral hall. I was anxious to know what the result was, so I struggled to get up, so I could ask my elder brother.

(End of this chapter)