Living in the mountains and forests as hunters

Chapter 15

Finally it was time to go back to her natal home. Zhao Yiyi and An Dalang got up early in the morning. An Dalang was in charge of tidying up the baskets, while Zhao Yiyi was making breakfast. Pamper your stomach, I'm afraid you should rebel if you don't walk half of your stomach.

But after sorting things out, flowers came out. At the bottom of the basket, An Dalang took out five eggs. Zhao Yiyi immediately laughed when he saw it:

"Hey, it's raining red, isn't it? Eggs can be laid in the back basket! Come on, try it, see if there are any more!"

Although he clearly knew that this was a joke made by his own wife, An Dalang still blushed for his actions, and said embarrassingly:

"It's from Aunt Lin. He told others about the fact that mushrooms can be eaten. He gave me half of the gift they gave as a thank you, and asked me to take it back to make up for you. No, I forgot. .”

An honest person doesn't know how to refute Zhao Yiyi's joke, he just explained the origin of the thing in detail, but according to his thinking, his wife probably guessed it long ago, after all, the last time this basket was used was to go to the Lin family the day before yesterday, right?

"Okay, hurry up and tidy up your things. I'll make omelets for you. These days, all you do is physical work, and you run around here and there. You also need to make up for it."

While talking, he took the egg and knocked it against the edge of the iron pan, poured it on the half-cooked pancake, smoothed it twice, waited for the egg to turn white and fried it for a while, then picked it up and added some hot wild vegetables After one volume, it was stuffed into An Dalang's hand, and the speed was too fast.

An Dalang held pancakes in his hand and watched his daughter-in-law start to make the second one quickly. Then he smiled and began to eat, praising while eating:
"Xiang, daughter-in-law, these pancakes are really delicious."

Looking at his simple and honest smile, Zhao Yiyi couldn't help laughing, none of the five eggs was left, and she made five pancakes, Zhao Yiyi only ate one, but An Dalang, that is Big-bellied man, he didn't keep any of the four pancakes, so he burped as he ate them.

It took Zhao Yiyi only a month to get married, but An Dalang's body has grown flesh, and his complexion has turned a little ruddy. It can be seen how well this man is taken care of by Zhao Yiyi , of course, Zhao Yiyi herself, is no longer pale and thin, and will disappear when the wind blows. Although she is still not fat, she can tell whether a person is full or not from her mental head!Speaking of which, no matter whether it is Zhao Yiyi or An Dalang, when they grow up so big, these two really don't have much to eat, and any child from a poor family who doesn't know what it means to cut down on food and clothing is the result of suffering!It is An Dalang, if it is still in the old days, even if there are still five pancakes, he will only eat one or two pancakes and dare not eat them. He just wants to keep them for a meal, and now the family has no worries about food. Only then did An Dalang dare to open his stomach to eat.

There were a lot of things back home, two buckets of broken rice, one bamboo tube of salt, and two sets of cotton-padded clothes. Zhao Yiyi packed the two sets of cotton-padded clothes into another bundle and carried them on her back, while An Dalang carried them on her back in a basket. Picking up rice and salt, both of them put on new clothes, Zhao Yiyi was the new wedding dress, and An Dalang was the lake blue jacket that Zhao Yiyi made newly, plus this leg There were new cloth shoes on the table, and the two happily walked towards Zhao's nest.

Before the two of them entered the village, Zhao Yiyi caught sight of his younger brother at the back of the mountain.

"Big tiger, big tiger."

Zhao Dahu raised his head when he heard someone yelling, and he couldn't hide the joy on his face when he saw that it was his sister and brother-in-law!

"Sister, sister is back, brother-in-law."

Zhao Yiyi walked a few steps quickly, looked forward, and saw the pile of dry firewood next to her younger brother, so she knew that this kid was picking up firewood again. Zhao Dahu has always been a hardworking kid, and he is probably working more when he is not at home. Otherwise, he wouldn't be still on the mountain at this time, carefully scrutinizing Zhao Dahu's complexion, he looked a little energetic, thinking that after the wild boar was sold, he exchanged a lot of rice grains, so that the child could eat some She is full, otherwise she won't look better than before she got married.

"Is mother at home! Have you finished the field work?"

"Yes, why not, the autumn harvest is over, this year's grain is not good, so the harvest is early, the brothers and uncles in the clan helped collect the grain and paid the tax, and now my mother is busy with the vegetable field in the yard Son, sister, hurry up, let's go home."

Zhao Dahu was obviously very excited to see his sister coming home, he almost forgot the firewood, but it was An Dalang who helped him clean it up, which reminded him, and he carried a bundle on his back to go home.

"Mother, mother, sister and brother-in-law are back."

As soon as he entered the yard, Zhao Dahu started calling for people. Originally, Zhao Dahu's temperament, he was afraid that he would call all the way home. It was Zhao Yiyi who said that he brought him something good, so don't make it too public, so he endured it. , Waiting to get home, where I can still hold back.By the time Zhao Qian came out of the house, Zhao Yiyi had already seen several houses not far away sticking their heads out to look around her house.Hurry up and take An Dalang inside, really, why does she feel like she is a thief!It seems that nothing bad happened!
When I got to the house, there was always some politeness. After all, the girl was a member of the family when she got married, and she was a guest when she returned to her mother's house, let alone a son-in-law!On the contrary, Zhao Yiyi was more agile, opened the bag on his back, took out the two sets of cotton clothes and said to Zhao Qianshi and Zhao Dahu:
"This is for you and your younger brother. Our cotton coats are gone, so we just patched them up. They are all new and warm."

Not to mention Zhao Qian's expression when he looked at the new cotton-padded clothes, Zhao Dahu cheered immediately, his face flushed with excitement, looking at his own set, he reached out and rubbed his hands on his patched clothes. Dare to touch it.

"Sister, this, this, this is brand new, it's great, I also have new clothes."

Seeing Zhao Yiyi took out the clothes, An Dalang also quickly took out the rice and salt in the back basket. He didn't know what to say to his mother-in-law, but just smiled and pushed the things in front of her. Yiyi Lisuo, after talking about the rice, he followed the same rhetoric as An Dalang and the Lin family said, Zhao Qian's eyes lit up when he heard it, he grabbed the rice in the bag and looked at it carefully for a while, After thinking about it, he asked:
"Is this rice a lot? If it's a lot, I'll ask other people in the village if they want it. It's a good thing. The tight white rice costs 10 cents a liter. It doesn't look much better. Dani, if it is If it can be done, I will ask you, and I will pay you 8 cents per liter, and you can earn a lot of money anyway."

Although she is not the biological mother, but because of Zhao Qian's heart for them, Zhao Yiyi also feels that she is kind to them, and it is really worth it, but she can't agree to this matter too quickly, it's not that she doesn't want to make money, Or he didn't want the villagers to take advantage of it, but he was afraid that it would be too easy to make people suspicious.

"Da Lang is going to go in a few days. Let's ask first before we talk. But this, mother, are there enough quilts at home? The house where Da Lang is going is cleaning up those old quilts. It's cheap..."

Zhao Yiyi followed what An Dalang said to the Lin family about disposing of the old quilt, and took the cotton padded clothes she made and said that this quilt can make two sets of cotton clothes, which attracted Zhao Qian's attention. Touching the cotton-padded jacket carefully, he was very happy.

"Okay, okay, you just think about your brother if you have a good thing, can mother say it's not good?"

Mrs. Zhao Qian is also a Lisuo person, and she is actually very similar to Zhao Yiyi. If Zhao Yiyi's predecessor was not too honest and cowardly, I am afraid that the relationship could be better. After hearing what Zhao Yiyi said about 20 Wen for a quilt, she immediately Went inside, took out 60 Wen, and handed it to Zhao Yiyi:

"Here, buy three beds first. I asked your younger brother to get some reed flowers to make an old quilt. Now it seems that the reed flowers should be used as a mattress. I bought a quilt to cover it. I will add another bed." The bed is just for your third aunt, I owe her money for the matchmaker! I just use this quilt to pay for it."

Having said that, Mrs. Zhao Qian suddenly remembered something, and went back to find a lot of bamboo tubes, and put the white rice brought by Zhao Yiyi into bamboo tubes, about one liter, Zhao Yiyi was a little dumbfounded, it was still Zhao Yiyi Qian gave the answer:

"You are going back to your natal family. When you got married, the family gave you a lot of things. Now that you come back, we should return the gift. This is poor as it is. We can't be inferior in terms of etiquette, otherwise we will return to you in the future." Is there anyone who will help you!"

This is teaching Zhao Yiyi how to behave!Zhao Yiyi couldn't help nodding her head when she heard this, no wonder she always felt that something was wrong when she went home, she felt like a thief, but it turned out that she should be here, but it was only two buckets of rice sent over. Wouldn't it be all gone if I gave it away?If I had known this before, I should have brought back some more. Fortunately, there are still these two sets of cotton clothes to support the scene, otherwise if people find out about this, wouldn't it be embarrassing!

Looking at Zhao Yiyi's appearance, An Dalang knew that she was feeling uneasy, so he immediately stood up and told Dahu about the kang he made at home, and then said to Dahu:

"Dahu, if you have nothing to do recently, you can make some soil embryos to save your life. After half a month or so, when I'm free there, I'll make a kang for you. With this, the winter will be much warmer. It's just a waste of firewood. , you can also learn from it, and it can be regarded as a craft. Waiting for this thing to look good, people want to make it, you can earn a living by doing it anyway!"

With such a good thing, Duhu naturally nodded his head. Although he is only ten years old, he is now a man who is the head of the family. He is also keen on earning money and food. Now this brother-in-law wants to pull him He was naturally happy to teach him how to do it. Even Mrs. Zhao Qian smiled kindly when she heard this. She thought to herself, if this son-in-law thinks of her son like this, she should treat her son-in-law better. Son, it just so happens that the clansmen must ask about it when I send it out this time, and then I can find more homes for my son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)