Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 40

"Yun'er, don't get up, lie down quickly." Seeing that she was about to sit up, Zhang Zhang quickly stepped forward to stop her.

"Brother, how are things in the ancestral hall? Tell me." Zhang Yun didn't struggle much, lay back down again, and opened his mouth to ask.

Zhang Zhang sat on the bench beside the kang. Seeing that the two brothers and sisters had something to say, Mrs. Zhou said, "Then Cheng, you stay here, mother is going to cook the medicine." After the three brothers and sisters in the room agreed, Mrs. Zhou left the house went.

"Yesterday my father took me to the ancestral hall and told me on the way that this was your idea. Let's do what you said. When we arrived at the ancestral hall, we waited outside. When we heard that the ancestor worship was over, my father said He led me to call Lizheng outside the door, and after calling Lizheng out, he told him about the camellia oil. Let the senior elders in the clan discuss this matter together." Zhang Zhang said with a smile on his face, his voice full of excitement.

"Then did the village chief's discussion come to any result?" Zhang Yun was concerned about the conclusion, so he asked after listening.

Zhang Cheng shook his head, and said: "I don't know, you were not there at that time, and you didn't see the jubilant scene at that time, how could Dad and I have a chance to find Li Zheng again, we were all surrounded, and everyone wanted to pull us away. Going to be a guest at home, yesterday my father and I left this house to go to that house, and we came back very late, and at that time, we came into the house to see you, and saw that you were sleeping deeply, so we didn't call you."

Although Zhang Yun wanted to know the result in his heart, there was no news about this meeting, so he could only wait patiently. Seeing that his elder brother was so happy, he couldn't help being happy for him, with a smile on his face, listening to him talking about being invited by various families as a guest Zhang Xing also had a great time listening to the matter, interjecting from time to time to ask a few questions. Most of the kid's questions were about playing or eating. These two aspects were always inseparable, which made Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yun laugh non-stop.

While talking and laughing in the room, Zhang Youqing opened the door and came in, calling in: "Cheng Zi, the third child from Lizheng's family is here, and he said he would like us to come over." Glancing at Zhang Yun, he said, "Yun'er, take good care of it, don't worry too much, dad and your elder brother will take care of the camellia oil."

Zhang Yun nodded in agreement, and then urged his father and elder brother to hurry up. The two left the house together without saying anything, and Zhang Xing followed suit. Not long after, Mrs. Zhou came in with a medicine bowl, and asked She drank the medicine, and then stood by the kang, doing needlework quietly. Soon, Zhang Yun fell asleep again in a daze.

Two days later, Zhang Yun felt a little more relaxed, his head was not so heavy, his nose was clear, his throat was not sore, and he didn't even sneeze. The cold symptoms seemed to be gone. In this way, she gradually regained her energy. Early this morning, she begged Mrs. Zhou, saying that she wanted to get off the kang, and wanted to take a walk in the yard.

Mrs. Zhou saw that she was really much better, and seeing that she was fine, she nodded her head and asked her to put on her jacket and cotton trousers, and the two of them left the house together.

Zhang Yun, who hadn't left his room for several days, walked into the yard, looked up at the warm sun, took a few breaths of cool air, and felt refreshed, with a comfortable smile on his face.

Seeing that she was in good spirits, Mrs. Zhou felt relieved, and said with a smile, "Go alone, I'll go to the kitchen and cook breakfast for you." Zhang Yun nodded, and Mrs. Zhou went to the kitchen.

Zhang Yun looked into the main room, but didn't see anyone else, and didn't know where Dad and the others had gone. At this moment, the house was quiet, so she wandered leisurely in the yard, looking at the hens and chicks in the yard. , walked a few steps, pecked a few times in the mud, and made clucking sounds from time to time. The chicks hatched from the last planting eggs will have grown up a bit, and it is estimated that they will be able to lay eggs in early summer.

After staying in the courtyard for a while, Zhang Yun walked into the kitchen. The Zhou family was serving porridge. Eat here, or sit here?"

"Sit here and eat." Zhang Yun said with a smile, went to the corner to take a small bench, and sat down by the water tank. With a refreshing smell, Zhang Yun picked up a spoon and gently stirred the mint porridge to dissipate the heat so that it would not be so hot.

These days, Chang Juan brought mint porridge over every day. She ate it for a few days, but she still didn't get tired of it, because the mint porridge came in different ways every day, sometimes sweet, sometimes salty, and sometimes cilantro was cut into the porridge. , or other chopped vegetable leaves, the taste is slightly different when cooked, and she ate it to her liking.

Stir the porridge a few times, and feel that it is not so hot, Zhang Yun ate it, Zhou cleaned the pot, wiped his hands and said: "A while ago, Gouzi's father and mother brought Gouzi here. I was looking for you, and when I heard that you were sick, I was stopped by the bitch, and she said I don’t want to disturb you, and I left after sitting for a while.” Then she pointed to the eaves outside the kitchen, and said, “Hey, I also sent a roe deer leg, saying that it is for us to try something new, and also said that the peeled skin will make a leather hat when the time comes, and send it here for you to wear."

Zhang Yun looked in the direction Zhou was pointing at. There was really a large piece of leg meat hanging under the eaves. The blood clots were clearly visible, obviously very fresh. I heard my mother mentioned that Gouzi Daddy would go to the mountains to hunt some game when he was free. , Hunting is quite capable, and this time it seems that it is indeed the case.

"Mother, let's cut a piece of it earlier, burn it up and taste it, it will be fresh, and it will taste better than pickled ones." In Zhang Yun's two lifetimes, he has never eaten authentic wild game on the mountain, so look at it, no I feel a little greedy and want to taste what it tastes like.

Mrs. Zhou smiled, and said: "When you recover completely, I'll cook a big bowl for you to eat to your heart's content, and pickle the rest."

Zhang Yun burst out laughing, nodded hurriedly, thinking happily, in a day or two at most, he will be able to taste the roe deer meat.

After eating the porridge, Zhang Yun felt quite comfortable, so he didn't want to go back to the house to be bored, so he just sat in front of the stove and talked with Mrs. Zhou, who was busy breaking corn kernels. The sticks were used to pay the food tax years ago, and the rest of them are ready to be broken and ground into cornmeal, plus the wheat flour ground a few days ago, which is the main grain of their family.

Their family has only six acres of dry land and no paddy fields, so they can't eat rice. Zhou often takes some wheat flour and corn flour to other people's homes to exchange some brown rice and sorghum rice, and burns it once or twice every other month. Let's have a change.

Breaking off the corn cobs, Zhang Yun somehow thought of the paddy fields. He thought in his heart that after the family saved some money, they would still have to buy a few acres of paddy fields and plant rice seedlings, so that they would be able to eat delicious rice from time to time. , such days are comfortable.

The mother and daughter were not in a hurry, they worked slowly and chatted softly, and the whole morning passed quickly. Mrs. Zhou urged Zhang Yun several times to stop helping break the corn and go to the room to rest. But she didn't feel tired at all, and it was better to move her muscles and bones a little bit than to lie down, so she kept shaking her head and refused to go back to the house, until Mrs. Zhou was so much urging that she could only stand up and prepare to go back to the house.

As soon as he walked out of the kitchen, he heard voices coming from outside the fenced courtyard. It sounded like his father and the others had come back. Zhang Yun hurriedly ran over and waited for them at the gate of the courtyard.

"Yun'er, why are you up? Don't stand at the gate of the courtyard and let the wind blow, go in quickly." Zhang Youqing saw his daughter standing at the gate of the courtyard from afar, and walked up three steps at a time. He said anxiously, Zhang Liangen behind him , Zhang Zhang and Zhang Xing also quickened their pace and walked over together.

Zhang Yun smiled, went up to hold his arm, and asked, "Father, where have you been this morning?" The situation is quite rare.

"Lizheng called the whole village to go to Qingtunling. This morning, all the camellia trees on the mountain were divided. Which one belonged to which family was registered in the booklet. Don't loot it. Afterwards, every family can have camellia oil." Zhang Yun asked, and Zhang Youqing said the words with a smile.

Zhang Yun was waiting for such a result. She had been thinking in her heart for a long time, if Lizheng of Tuntian Village really did something for the village, then the oil tea trees must be divided, so as to achieve the balance of the whole village, and not to cause a problem. If the harmony is broken, if there is more planning, the cultivation will be expanded, which will open up a way for the village to become rich. Thinking of this, she can't help asking: "Father, has Lizheng asked the villagers to plant more oil? tea tree?"

"How do you know, Lizheng said just now, taking advantage of the fifteenth day of this meeting, and everyone is slack, these days, let the young and old in the village work together to plow some land on the mountain, and then try to plant it. A new batch of Camellia oleifera trees.” Hearing her question, Zhang Zhang on the side hurriedly said, and said with a smile, “No, let’s get back with hoes and rakes, and then go back to the mountain.”

Mrs. Zhou came out of the kitchen when she heard the movement, and after listening to the regulations, she immediately said happily: "Ah, this is a great thing, then don't delay, take everything you need, go quickly, my friend Just pancakes, which will be sent to the mountain for you later, so you can fill your stomach even if you are hungry."

"Hey, mother." Zhang Cheng responded with a smile, and ran to the hut in the backyard to get farm tools. Zhang Youqing told Zhang Yun again, saying that if he feels better and doesn't want to stay in the house, he should sit in the main room or by the stove instead of blowing the wind outside. , so as not to get sick again.

Zhang Yun smiled and agreed, and after the farm tools were taken away, the grandparents and grandchildren left the yard and went up the mountain. How could Zhang Xing miss this excitement, so he followed along, just like the other children who followed Play with.

After they went out, Zhang Yun went to the kitchen, sat on the bench, watched Zhou's kneading noodles, stir-fried stuffing, baked vegetables and pancakes, and chatted a few words from time to time. Feeling hopeful, Mrs. Zhou said, maybe after a year or so, new tea oil trees will be planted on the mountain.

After Zhang Yun heard it, Xindao camellia tree grows slowly, especially if it wants to bear camellia fruit, it is impossible within three to five years. And enthusiasm is a good thing, she doesn't need to say it to hurt everyone's morale, besides, the existing Camellia oleifera trees on the mountain are enough for each family to share a lot of oil, and the matter of new saplings is not in a hurry, it can be regarded as a Long term planning.

(End of this chapter)