big sister headed home

Chapter 27

Afterwards, people still have lingering fears when they talk about the black bear.

"Oh, did you see? Look at Doriso, the big girl from the Dou family just now. She's even better than me, who often goes up the mountain." The arrow just now shot directly into the black bear's head, otherwise, we're really screwed this time. It's..." Fourth Uncle Li sighed in admiration.

"Well, who's to say it's not? Everyone knows how powerful this black bear is. With one paw down, it can kill people. Torn off a piece of flesh. When the blind bear rushed over just now, I was so scared~" Dou Dachun was terrified in his heart.

"Dou Hua is really a brave girl. She didn't get scared, thanks to the arrows she shot just now. The arrows hit the vital point, otherwise the black bear wouldn't die so happily." We have to thank her very much .” Li Sishu.

"That's right, I must thank her well. Without her, I might have given up my little life. Before, I was afraid that a girl would hold me back, but who would have thought that I would be the one who held me back in the end? Alas, getting older It’s useless~” Uncle Zhang is the closest person to the black bear. When the black bear came out, he tripped over a stone as soon as he ran. Seeing the black bear getting closer, he felt that it was over and his life was about to die. .

Because of this hunting, Dou Hua contributed the most, and she hunted a black bear and other wild animals. It was a good harvest, and the few people didn't delay too much. They tied the pheasant and hare with straw ropes and hung them around their waists. A group of two took turns to carry the black bear weighing several hundred catties down the mountain. They agreed along the way to go to the county town early tomorrow morning to sell the black bear and give half of the money to Dou Hua.

Dou Hua originally thought that it would be good to share evenly, but the others were unwilling, so Dou Hua had no choice but to nod in agreement.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, Dou Hua got another pheasant and a hare.

The next day, Dou Hua, uncle Dou Sishan and two other villagers went to the county town together. Dou Hua wanted to sell medicinal herbs, while Dou Sishan and the others took the black bear to the biggest restaurant in the county town to sell.

Dou Hua didn't dig many herbs and sold them for four taels of silver, but the black bear was very valuable and sold for a full 30 taels of silver. Black bears are rare and very rare, and few people can hunt them. Bear paws, bear skins, and bear gallbladder are the most valuable parts, and bear meat can also be stewed for money.The restaurant spent a lot of money to buy it, and naturally they wanted to transfer more money. The shopkeeper of the restaurant is a smart man. After he got the black bear, he sent the shop assistants to tell the news to a few wealthy customers in the city. They all like to try new things, and I believe the restaurant will definitely make a lot of money this time.

As the weather got warmer day by day, Dou Hua happened to think of the bees behind the house, and took a look at it, and found that the wooden barrel under the corner was surrounded by bees, buzzing, and the swarm of bees actually settled there. I can't help being happy.

So Dou Hua specially went to Wang Carpenter’s house in Wangjia Village next door, and asked him to help make five wooden barrels and supporting wooden shelves for beekeeping. Dou Hua didn’t know much about artificial beehives, but she had seen the local method of raising bees on TV. Bees are raised with empty tree trunks or wooden barrels. I don't know the details, so I just make a general appearance.The wooden barrel has a special way for the bees to come in and out. The upper and lower lids can be opened and moved, and the middle part is made of a partition to facilitate the bees to build a nest.

When she was free, Dou Hua led a few young ones to find a few honeycombs in the locust tree forest, cut half of the honey inside to satisfy the young ones' greed, and the remaining honey together with the destroyed hives stuffed into a barrel.

These wooden barrels were placed on wooden racks in the shade at the back corner of the house, and Dou Hua couldn't control the rest of the matter, she could only let the bees choose whether to stay or not. One wooden barrel, a total of six wooden barrels contained bees, coming in and out, very lively.

For this reason, Dou Hua specifically asked a few more young ones not to go to the back room when they were free, and they must not provoke the bees, so as to save them from being stung and suffering in vain. Don't mess with those bees.

Every few days, Dou Hua will lead her younger siblings to weed the field. This year's rain is abundant, and the wheat seedlings in the field are growing gratifyingly. Now they have grown to about the height of the calf. The greenery is very pleasing. Weed frequently to avoid weeds and seedlings Competing for fertilizer, the wheat absorbs more nutrients in the fertilizer, so it will naturally grow well, and the future harvest will definitely not go wrong.

Little Huizi has been at Dou’s house for more than half a month. With the help of her uncle, Dou Hua built a cow shed with a roof for it, so that it can’t get wet when it rains. She built a feeding stone trough and made some fresh food every day. It eats fresh grass, and sometimes it will take it out for a walk, and eat grass directly in the wild.

In order to make Xiao Huizi stronger, Dou Hua collected some wheat bran and grass chaff from people in the village, mixed it in the grass and fed it together. Xiao Huizi liked it very much and ate a lot. It became stronger, its gray-black fur became shiny, and its barking became louder.

The days were busy and passed quickly, and it was the sixth day of April in a blink of an eye, and there were two days before the engagement day.In order to prepare for the engagement, Dou Sishan and Li Shi came to discuss with Dou Hua two days in advance.

In the eyes of the villagers, getting married is also a big deal. This is the first time that the two families of the woman and the woman are sitting together, which marks the further development of the relationship between the two families. All right.

On the day of the engagement, the main thing is that the married man brings some engagement gifts, and the woman returns some gifts, and then both men and women and their parents, elders and relatives sit together under the auspices of the matchmaker, drinking, eating, chatting about homework, Recognizing relatives is counted as knowing each other, and the engagement ceremony is over. It is very simple, and there are not so many details in the village.

First of all, determine who needs to be invited. According to Dou Hua's intention, there is no need to invite too many people, as long as there are uncles and aunts as elders. It is estimated that there will not be too many people coming. After all, the engagement is not as grand as the marriage, so it's good to go through the motions.

Regarding this, Dou Sishan was a little hesitant. He thought of his elder brother and second brother. Although the third brother's family has always been difficult to deal with the two of them, they are elders after all, and my younger uncles have come. As an uncle The second uncle's refusal to invite me seems to be a big deal, but he doesn't dare to make decisions on this matter. He knows his niece's temper quite well. Although she is quite easy to talk to now, her violent temper can only be caught in the fire. It's not a joke, last time I got into a fight with my elder brother's family, and I beat five of them by myself and got injured. The elder brother's family didn't get any better, but they learned how to be good, and haven't come here to find fault these days.

"Hua'er, do you want to invite your uncle and second uncle? They are the closest relatives. Wouldn't it be good if you let us come instead of them?" Dou Sishan asked after hesitating for a while.

Dou Hua raised her eyebrows as soon as she heard this, and quickly flashed through the original owner's various things about her uncle and second uncle, and found that there was nothing good about it.

Her uncle's mother-in-law is strong and strong. She loves to gossip when she has nothing to do. She also likes to come here to find fault with Dou Huaniang. If there are good things in the house, she will spend a lot of them. She says she is filial to her elder brother and sister-in-law, Dou Huaniang. I was angry and cried several times.

The mother-in-law of the second uncle's family hates it even more. I am stingy, and I like to take advantage of small things. When the original owner's parents were still there, they often came here to fight the autumn wind. I will try my best to get some back, and I like to borrow things, from needles and threads to food, and I never return them.

After the death of the Dou family's parents, there were some things in the house. Her second aunt would secretly come here to take things home every now and then while Dou Hua was away. Later, Dou Hua found out and ran to the kitchen of her second uncle's house with a hoe. He smashed a hole in the cooking pot, held up the hoe and shouted at Wang, if he dared to go to her house to get something, he would use the hoe to smash her paws, that's it, her second aunt I was afraid and stopped for a while.

The more Dou Hua thought about it, the more angry she became, her complexion suddenly darkened, she was very ugly, she snorted, and said coldly, "Don't call them, what are you calling them for? Is it to beat me so that I can't get out of bed, or take away all the things in my house? Let's starve."

"Hua'er, don't say that. Although the eldest brother and the others are wrong, they are still your elders. You are a junior and should respect your elders. This is filial piety." What he did was very disdainful, but he couldn't say anything more, with the word "filial piety" hanging above his head.

"Elders should also look like elders. Elders have lost their virtues, so what about filial piety? They have good virtues, so we will naturally respect them, but they forced our children to die, how can I respect them?" They, don’t even think about it, there’s no way.” Dou Hua is a modern person, how can there be such a thing as “stupid filial piety”, Dou Hua feels that the original owner is not that kind of filial piety, otherwise he would not use force to solve the problem, stupid Filial piety is just a kind of restraint, it can't solve the problem at all, it will only make the problem more complicated and more serious.

"Oh, what you said is right. Forget it, don't bark. Anyway, it's just a formality. Your aunt and I will come over tomorrow. Including your sister-in-law Caiyun and the people from Jiang's family, we will prepare two tables of noodles. That's enough, prepare a bigger meal, put a pot of wine, the men drink, the women eat vegetables, and talk, I think it's pretty good." Seeing Dou Hua's ugly face, Dou Sishan didn't mention Big Brother Er My brother's business has come to this point, it's better to avoid it, so as to save yourself from being unhappy when the time comes, why bother.

"Last year's little roosters have grown up now. I just slaughtered two of them and stewed them in a pot with the mushrooms I picked a few days ago. It is a hard dish. I went to the tofu shop to exchange a few pieces of tofu, and soaked a handful of my own beans. It is bean sprouts. There are still a few cabbages in the cellar, and there are peanuts. Fry two plates, then cut a few catties of meat, and dig wild vegetables, and wrap a few covered meat dumplings. If the vegetables are not enough, After eating two bowls of meat dumplings, everything is enough, and it is obvious that you are not stingy." Mrs. Li counted various dishes with her fingers.

"Well, my aunt is thinking about everything, so let's do it this way. Tomorrow, Qing'er and I will go to the city to buy a pot of wine and cut the meat back. Don't worry about these uncles, I will go buy it. " Dou Hua said.

"I said Hua'er, are you ready to return the gift to the man? Our woman will also return the gift to the man. A few days ago, I remember telling you the size of Jiang Erlang's shoes and clothes. Are the shoes ready? There is also a belt, and it is fine to make clothes." Li Shi asked a little worriedly, this is not the first time she asked, she asked a few days ago, and now she is thinking about it.

Dou Hua blushed once in a while, and scratched her head in embarrassment, "I don't know how to do such delicate work. I tried it a few times, and the fingers of both hands were pierced by needles. Do."

"You girl, what do you want me to tell you? I asked you a few days ago, and you said it's okay, but now you say it's not done. You don't know how to do it, so don't say anything. Auntie, I'll help you do it." Yes, I just said it now, how can I make it in time?" Mrs. Li looked worried.

"I've thought about it a long time ago. If I can't do it, I'll go to the county and buy a pair. It's a good idea. He can't resist it." Dou Hua said nonchalantly.

"You girl, if you have two coins in your hand, you will burn them in a panic. You don't want to think about how expensive the shoes in the county shop are. Although they look better, they are expensive. I went to the shop to look at them when I was going to the market. A pair of ordinary cloth shoes It costs fifty cents, how expensive it is, enough to eat several catties of pork, and I don’t think it’s as strong as the ones made at home.” Mrs. Li couldn’t help nagging.

"Anyway, it's too late now. I'll just buy it together tomorrow. Auntie, don't worry." Dou Hua said.

"Well, that's all I can do now, but after the engagement day, I'll take the time to teach you about sewing. You know, the most important thing for a woman is sewing. The clothes and shoes on us are all I made it myself, you can buy it from any shop you see, anyone with bad needlework will be laughed at, not only you, but also Tweety, she has to learn, she is young now, she has a good memory, it is right to learn early .” Li Shi said.

"Okay, when the time comes, let's go and learn together." Dou Hua secretly wiped the sweat from her brow, thinking, I don't like needlework, but it's good for Tweety to learn, she likes sewing, Interested in this yet.

(End of this chapter)