big sister headed home

Chapter 5

"Big brother, big brother, my good big brother." The little girl Dou Hongzui was the sweetest, and the reaction was the fastest, shouting coquettishly, "opening both hands and throwing herself into Dou Qing's arms.

"You little girl just said that you miss your eldest sister, but you didn't say that you missed me. You don't have any share of this malt candy." Dou Qing teased deliberately.

"Wow~ big sister, big brother bullied me." When the little girl heard that there was no share of maltose, she quit immediately, grinning her small mouth and began to cry. How pitiful, how pitiful." While crying, his eyes were still staring at the paper bag in Dou Qing's hand, "I'm afraid that the maltose is gone.

"Qing'er, what are you doing teasing her?" Dou Hua glared at Dou Qing, and then comforted her crying little sister. "Hong'er, your elder brother is teasing you. Don't cry."

Dou Qing stuck out her tongue, opened the paper bag, tore off a large piece of malt candy, and stuffed it into the little girl's mouth.As soon as the fragrant and sweet maltose was in the mouth, the crying stopped immediately, and the tears disappeared in an instant. Two little hands grabbed the maltose and ate it happily. Seeing the speed of the face change, Dou Hua called her little girl really a ghost.

Although Dou Cui and Dou Lin also wanted to eat maltose, they were older and more stable after all.Dou Qing did not embarrass the two younger brothers and sisters, and tore two more pieces and handed them to Dou Cui and Dou Lin respectively.The rest were wrapped in oiled paper again.

"Qing'er, why don't you eat it? There's still so much candy, you should try it too." Dou Hua hurriedly said after seeing her younger brother's movements, knowing that Dou Qing wanted to save it for her younger siblings to eat, but in her eyes , Dou Qing is only a 13-year-old child, so naturally he should be treated like a child.

"No, big sister, I won't eat, let them eat a few small ones." Dou Qing scratched her head in embarrassment when she was discovered.

"No matter what time it is, what they eat, there is what you eat. Remember that we are a family, we must share our blessings, and we must eat together when we have good things. You should also remember that you can only learn to share after you learn to share." Gain more." Dou Hua took the paper bag, tore off a piece and handed it to Dou Qing.

Dou Hua didn't expect that her unintentional words would be deeply imprinted in the minds of several children. Until many years later, their siblings still share the blessings. Wealth and wealth are enjoyed together, the family is harmonious and beautiful.

"Sister, you can eat too." The little girl Dou Hong passed the maltose in her hand to Dou Hua's mouth.Dou Hua took a symbolic bite and exclaimed, "It's so sweet, our Hong'er is so good, eat it quickly, it will melt in a while.

The little ones were very satisfied eating the sweet and fragrant maltose. After eating the candy, they circled around the rabbit that Dou Hua bought, and squatted next to the rabbit cage one by one, looking curiously at the big and small rabbits in the cage. , children like small animals, Dou Hua didn't care about them, she carried a bag of noodles into the kitchen, Dou Qing followed, pancakes were still hot in the pot, the siblings each took a pancake and ate it with hot water , she thought about building a nest for the rabbits while it was still dark.

Jiang Er hummed a ditty, and returned home with a happy face. As soon as he entered the door, he met his sister-in-law, Mrs. Chen, and called out, "Sister-in-law, I'm back."

Seeing his uncle's happiness, Mrs. Chen asked, "Erlang, this time the market is not small, I sold a few silver taels, so happy."

"Hey, it's okay, sister-in-law, this is 11 taels of silver for sale." Jiang Dameng took out the purse in his arms and handed it to his sister-in-law without any secrets. This is the money he earned from selling prey this time. The prey hunted by the Jiangjiazhai people were all sent to Xiangsihai, the largest restaurant in the county, where the kitchen directly collected them. This time when they went to the county, two roe deer and a wild boar were taken directly to Xiangsihai and sold. Only the litter of big and small rabbits he caught was left, so he had no choice but to find a corner in the market to sell rabbits.

Mrs. Chen was not polite, took the purse, took out nine taels of silver and put it away, and handed the remaining two taels of silver to Jiang Dameng, "My Erlang is capable, and he can earn so much money just by hunting." With so much money, I don’t know which girl will be blessed to marry you in the future.”

While speaking, Mrs. Chen watched her uncle's face, and saw that his uncle was still smiling, and he didn't turn his back and run away like usual, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She watched Jiang Ermeng grow up since she was a child. When she married into the Jiang family, Jiang Ermeng was only a little higher than her knee height. He was the youngest in the family, and everyone in the family doted on him.

My parents-in-law passed away early, and the Chen family didn't have any children in the first few years. They only took care of Jiang Ermeng as their own children. They all said that the elder sister-in-law was the mother. Shi has done his best to Jiang Ermeng, and he is the best everywhere.

Ever since Jiang Er had grown into a half-grown young man, Chen gradually stopped controlling him too much. After all, he was still his own uncle, so he should avoid suspicion.But nothing to worry about, the most worrying thing for her is her uncle's marriage.

But when it comes to her uncle's marriage, she, the sister-in-law, can't help but feel worried. His uncle is good everywhere, and he obeys her very much. He has mentioned the daughters of several families, all of them are good-looking, industrious and virtuous, but he just doesn’t like them, saying that the girls are too petite and weak, like tofu, which will break when touched. dislike.

Just because I haven't found a suitable one, my uncle's marriage has been postponed. Seeing that the younger brothers who are similar to him have become fathers and have children, Jiang Ermeng is still single. The sister-in-law was a lot of worrying and laborious, but it's a pity that her uncle didn't let go, and she didn't want to force him. She also understood the truth that a twisted melon is not sweet.

Seeing her uncle's smiling face, Mrs. Chen couldn't help feeling moved, and boldly guessed, "Erlang, did you fall in love with a girl? Tell my sister-in-law. If it's right, I'll ask the matchmaker to tell you. Say."

The smile on Jiang Ermeng's face got bigger, his face was red and hot, he lowered his head, not daring to meet his sister-in-law's eyes, but he didn't speak.

Mrs. Chen sighed in her heart, her uncle is shy, it is really rare, "Don't just laugh, I can't guess which girl you fell in love with if you don't tell me, if the girl is taken away by another family , don't cry."

"Sister-in-law, don't make fun of me, I'm already so old, how can I cry." Jiang Er suddenly raised his head and shouted.

"Okay, okay, sister-in-law won't make fun of you, you have to tell sister-in-law which girl you fell in love with, sister-in-law is still thinking about marrying you a daughter-in-law." Chen said with a smile, it was the first time he saw his little girl Uncle looked shy and thought it was really interesting.

"It's not a girl from our village, but from the Dou Family Village not far from the foot of the mountain." Jiang Ermeng said.

"Oh, it's a girl from Dou's Village. Do you know which family it is from?" Chen continued to ask.

Jiang Er rubbed his head embarrassingly, then shook his head, "I don't know, I forgot to ask."

"Then where did you meet this girl, what does she look like, and what are her characteristics?" Seeing that her uncle was unreliable, Mrs. Chen hurriedly asked a few words.

"I met at the market, she bought my rabbit, she is good-looking, I like it, she is stronger than those delicate little girls, and she is also tall, can reach my This is the chin." Jiang Er suddenly thought about Dou Hua's appearance, and couldn't help his cheeks getting hot, if he didn't look so dark, he must have a big red face now.

"It's really rare to be so tall." Mrs. Chen caught the key point at once. From her uncle's description, she knew that the other party was a tall and strong girl. It turned out that my uncle liked this kind of girl. Flowers into every eye.

"Well, yes, it's the first time I've seen such a tall girl." Jiang Er responded fiercely.

"So you fell in love with it." Chen Shi said directly.

Jiang Er hummed, then lowered his head, and continued to be shy.

"Well, my sister-in-law will find out for you which family it is, and if you know which family it is, you can ask a matchmaker to propose marriage for you." Seeing her uncle's appearance, Mrs. Chen burst into laughter, which made Jiang Ermeng Even more embarrassed, he turned his head and got into his own room.

Dou Hua here is still busy making rabbit nests with her younger siblings, not knowing that she has already been mentioned as a matchmaker.

Dou Hua plans to build a fence around the top of the west wall, keep the rabbits in it, and feed the rabbits grass and water every day.

Dou Hua led Dou Qing and Dou Cui to come back after cutting off some branches with an axe. The excess branches and leaves were cut off and only the branches were left. They were cut into branches about one meter long. After digging a trench, these branches were placed side by side, buried in the soil and stepped on. In fact, the exposed parts are tied together with straw ropes one by one, so you don't have to worry about them falling apart.

Cutting branches, digging ditches and filling soil, these heavy tasks were done by Dou Hua. Dou Qing helped to hold up the branches, and Dou Cui tied them together one by one with grass ropes. The three siblings cooperated with each other very tacitly, and it took less than half a day In time, a small fence wall of five or six square meters next to the corner was completed, and they also left a small fence door for people to come in and out for cleaning.

The three brothers and sisters felt a sense of accomplishment watching the rabbit circle completed.
"Sister, our fence is finished, do you want to let the rabbit in?" Dou Cui said happily. She heard her elder brother say that raising rabbits can be sold for money, so she is very concerned about this rabbit.

"Okay, let's put them in, just let them move around, they've been in the rabbit cage for a day." Dou Hua nodded in agreement.

After hearing this, Dou Qing trotted to the rabbit cage, grabbed the rabbit cage with both hands with some difficulty, lifted it to the rabbit cage, put down the cage, and took a deep breath, his strength was still too weak.

Dou Hua felt sad looking at her younger brother's thin body, which was caused by the long-term lack of nutrition, "Qing'er, this rabbit cage is so heavy, let the eldest sister carry it."

"It's okay, big sister, I can do this job." Dou Qing looked up and didn't care at all, "Big sister, put the rabbit in quickly."

"Okay." Dou Hua responded, lifted the cage into the fence, and let out the group of uncomfortable rabbits, big and small, who were suffocating in the cage. Wild rabbits are very timid and afraid of others. They ran to the corner and snuggled together, shivering.

"Sister, are they cold?" Dou Cui asked curiously.

"No, they are afraid. These rabbits are wild, not like domestic ones. They are very timid and afraid of people and life. After a few days, they get used to it and they won't be like this." Dou Hua said.

"Oh, that's how it is. They just live inside like this. Don't you want to make a nest for them?" Dou Cui felt a little pitiful when she saw the little rabbits shivering under the corner of the wall.

"It's getting late, let's get these done today, and the rabbit's nest tomorrow." Dou Hua looked up at the sky, the sun was setting, and it was already evening.

"Well, let me use our old baskets to make a simple nest for them, and spread a layer of hay, otherwise they will be frozen today." Dou Cui suggested.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. My Cui'er is very careful and considerate. Go get one." Dou Hua praised her, and Dou Cui's face turned red.

(End of this chapter)