happy old days

Chapter 43

"aunt--"

"Hey——" Jin Niang wiped her hands, pushed open the door of the kitchen on the east side, and saw Da Ya hugging her younger brother with some difficulty.

"Come and give me a hug, why are you and brother the only ones?" Jin Niang took the fat boy.

"Father and mother are going to the county. Mother asked me to come to my aunt. Dad sent us here. I met grandpa at the door. Dad left after talking." The eldest girl stuttered and explained the matter clearly.

"Bolang—sheep...sheep..." the fat boy from the second child's family pointed at the door in Jinniang's arms and called.

"It's the sheep—Grandpa is going to herd the sheep." Jinniang turned around and closed the outside door of the kitchen. "My aunt will take my younger brother to play on the kang first, and my aunt will roast some sweet potatoes."

"En." Da Ya saw the prepared sweet potatoes on the kitchen table, "May I bake a few small ones for you?"

"Okay..." Jin Niang hugged the little fat man and sent him to the big kang in the north of the east chamber, "You look at my brother, don't let him crawl on the ground."

"Good aunt."

Jinniang turned around and found a few small sweet potatoes, carried a basket, and put them on the iron shelf in the fireplace. The circular iron shelf can be used for roasting sweet potatoes, potatoes and meat. There are iron hooks which are very convenient to use.The fireplace is huge, and the copper-patterned railings outside can be opened at will, and Jinniang can even bend down and walk in.

Put the sweet potato Jinniang away and burn a few pieces of wood.These are all the trees that Yang Zhenhai cut down in the last autumn. They were dried and chopped into pieces. The temperature is high and they are not dirty.

After the sweet potatoes were put away, Niang Jin didn’t care about it. She went to the kitchen and boiled goat’s milk with almonds in a small pot. The ewes produced a lot of milk a day, and the lambs didn’t eat much now. The old man went out and started grazing, and the growth is not small, but now the grass is starting to turn yellow, and he will have to eat grass in a few days. There is no shortage of grass in the house, and the leftover stalks, straw, sweet potato leaves and so on can be fed. Jinniang asked Yang Zhenhai to find someone to make two small stone mills. Jinniang can use it if it is not too old. One is used to make mixed noodles and the other is used to make soy milk. The two of them don't drink goat milk, so Jinniang is going to make some soy milk.At that time, the remaining bean dregs can also be fed to livestock.Of course, they had to eat the rest of the bean dregs, Jinniang still wanted to make food with bean dregs.

Soybeans are a good thing, and there are many ways to make things, but Jinniang's heart is still soybean oil. In this era, there are fewer stir-fried dishes and more stewed dishes. Farmers generally use animal oil or rapeseed oil. The rapeseed oil here is not so pure. It has a pungent smell, so Jinniang only bought it once, and she didn't buy it again if she couldn't get used to it. The lard oil that she usually uses is fine if she eats it a few times occasionally, but if she eats it often, it will be a bit bad.Because she said this to Yang Zhenhai, he kept it in mind, but he didn't have the heart to study it all the way into the mountain.

Jin Niang took the goat's milk, and took a plate of chestnut cakes, crushed the cooked chestnuts into puree, added water with glutinous rice flour and kneaded it into dough, chopped jujube meat and walnut kernels, put them into the dough and mixed them evenly, kneaded the dough into small cakes , sprinkle sesame seeds on one side, and fry in a frying pan. Unfortunately, there is no sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, otherwise the taste will be better if it is poured on top.

The big girl and the fat boy saw what Jinniang brought to eat, and they all came to the kang table and watched eagerly. These two snacks know how to eat. The big girl knows that the food cooked by the auntie is better than their mother’s, so come out in the morning I didn't eat anything.Even her own younger brother was not allowed to eat. Jinniang knew what they were thinking. She had no prejudice against the children. That's all the good about the second child's family. She cared about the children, even if she loved to talk right and wrong, she rarely said it in front of the children. , Da Ya has a good temper, is smart, and is close to her. Anyway, the second child's family didn't speak ill of her in the children's ears.

The third child is not good at this point, and her child, Jin Niang, is also in pain, but she doesn't know why, since they moved to a new house, she has not let the child come over.She too hadn't been seen for a while.

Taking the two children to eat, the fat boy became sleepy after playing for a while, and when he fell asleep, Jinniang taught the big girl how to play the net. Although the child is young, he is flexible in his hands and quick to learn.Made one in no time.

"Auntie, look at me making this, can I sell it for money?" Da Ya showed Jin Niang what she had made.

"Let's see, it's really good. If you get it in the collection, you can sell it for some money."

Da Ya laughed, "Auntie, can you give this to me?"

Jin Niang looked at her with a smile, "Why do you want to make money too?"

The big girl nodded, "Well, when I earn money, I can buy candy for my younger brother."

Jin Niang smiled and patted the big girl's head, "Okay, you can make a few today and it's all yours. Sell it to buy candy for my brother."

Big Ya smiled and picked beautiful colored threads from the basket.

The fire in the fireplace made the room warm, and the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes permeated the room. Jin Niang was making home clothes for the winter house. Sometimes modern habits still popped up. Although there are some shadows of the present, it will not exceed too much, just like the apron with sleeves that I made for the kitchen. There are patterns embroidered on it, and it grows all the way to the feet. When the second family saw it, I made it when I went back. One thing, as a result, several women in the village did it in a few days. Among other things, the sleeves and tops of the clothes were rarely stained with oil.

Jinniang put down the bandage in her hand and went down to the ground, thinking about what to do at noon.Suddenly heard the sound of the door, the old man went out today, the east side door was not closed, Jinniang went to the kitchen, just opened the door and saw Yang Zhenhai walking in with blood all over his body.

"What's the matter?" Jinniang's heart skipped a beat in fright.

Seeing that her expression had changed, Yang Zhenhai quickly said, "I'm fine, this blood belongs to someone else."

Jinniang finally breathed a sigh of relief, pulled his arm up and down and looked up and down, it was all right, "Who is hurt here?"

"Get me some water and I'll wash it." Yang Zhenhai sat on a round stool in the kitchen, "I just entered the mountain and didn't go far when I saw the fifth uncle of the second master's family lying in the woods, his body like a blood gourd, I'm still angry."

"How are you doing now?" Jin Niang stepped forward to help him take off the bloody clothes.

"I've already invited a doctor. I've been awake for a while. It sounds like I was beaten by Blind Xiong."

"You can't wear any clothes outside here. You can go to take a bath directly. The water is ready-made."

"No, you find me some clothes. I have to go to change them. It doesn't look good." Yang Zhenhai took off his coat and entered the east chamber, "Are the two of them here?"

"Well, the second child went to the county with his wife."

"Uncle." The eldest looked at Yang Zhenhai, and hurriedly said hello, still a little scared of this serious looking uncle.

"Well, don't come down." Yang Zhenhai waved his hands, not letting the child down.

The fifth uncle of the second room did not make it through. He disappeared that night. The three sons of the fifth uncle clamored to go to the mountain to avenge his father. The uncle of the Yang family did not hold back. .

Yang Zhenhai was also among them, but he didn't choose the leader. The Yang family was divided into four from Grandpa Yang Zhenhai's generation. Excluding the one that left, there were three other branches in Yangjiacun. The fourth house is sparsely populated, there is only one household now, but the second house has a larger population, and there are many people from Yang Zhenhai's generation, including four hunters. There is no need for Yang Zhenhai to take the lead, and he is not optimistic about this matter.

This bear is about to go into cat winter, and now is the time to look for food, and it may not be possible to find it in one place every day, and besides a few of them who have experience in the forest, others are not ready. The bear was not hit, and the person was injured again.

The facts were exactly as Yang Zhenhai thought. After searching the mountain for a few days, not only did he not find Xiong Xiazi, but a group of people were surrounded by wolves, and five young men were injured.Thanks to the large number of people, they were allowed to take their lives.As a result, the matter was over.Jinniang was so frightened that even Yang Zhenhai refused to let her go.

In fact, she was thinking too much. Yang Zhenhai's five senses are very sensitive now. If he doesn't bring people with him, he can come and go freely in the woods. Now he can spot wild animals at a certain distance from him, and he can smell what it is.Not to mention hunting, I gained a lot from going into the mountains before.Except for a little meat left at home, the others were sent directly to the county town to buy, and I earned more than 100 taels in a few days.It's just that the big tree attracts the wind, and Yang Zhenhai's prey is quietly sent to the county town to sell, but not many people know that he has such a big harvest.

Of course, you have to listen to your daughter-in-law. If you don’t go, don’t go.He thought about going back to his mother's house with Jinniang these few days.

(End of this chapter)