big sister headed home

Chapter 82

It’s the cold winter months, it’s the slack time for farming, and the noodle restaurants in the county are closed. Dou Hua’s family stays at home every day, rubbing corn, peeling some peanuts and so on. They live a leisurely life.

The usual state is that Dou Hua and Jiang Er are making a basket of corn in the house. The two are guarding the charcoal basin and talking, and their hands are flexible to peel the corn kernels. The corn has already dried up after more than two months. It's very easy to peel corn kernels, especially with a corn cob. Hold the corn cob with two hands and rub the corn in the direction of rotation, and the corn kernels will fall off.

There are no tools' This work of threshing corn kernels is basically done by hand'When the farmers are free, they will get a basket of dry corn'While chatting, the work on their hands is not stopping'After half a day, they can also rub There is a lot of corn, and the rubbed corn kernels are sieved to remove dust, and then crushed into flour with a stone mill, which becomes corn flour. Half of the rations of people in Doujia Village are cornmeal.

Cornmeal is dry and hard when eaten alone, and it tastes better when mixed with white flour. Most people eat white flour mixed with cornmeal, which is easier to swallow.

Dou Hua’s family also grinds some cornmeal, makes stick noodle porridge in the morning and evening, occasionally sticks pancakes, and makes some dried vegetable dumplings to eat. Most of the time they eat white noodles. They are in the north, and rice is much more expensive than white noodles. Her family doesn't often eat rice.

As a farmer, it is good to have white noodles. Dou Hua is very satisfied with the food and drink, can fill her stomach, and live in an airtight house. .

People must be content to be happy, and Dou Hua can still do this.However, there is also one thing that has caused her quite a headache recently, and that is about her elder brother Dou Qing.

Everyone in the village is watching the changes in Dou Hua's family. In the past, some people laughed at his family and bullied his family. There are only a few children in his family without adult care. They are all uplifting, and people can't help but look at them high.

People are like this, stepping on the high and holding the low, seeing that you are not doing well, I can't wait to step on you, and seeing that you are doing well, I will support you.

Since the life of the Dou family has become better and better, especially the newly built two-entry house, although the villagers also know that at least half of the money in this house is paid by the Jiang family, the cost of building the house is really a big sum, and the Dou family can afford it. Half of the money means that the family is doing well.

Many people moved their minds, and in several nearby villages, including Doujia Village, there was an old daughter, so they found an acquaintance to come over for a walk, to talk about the matchmaker's marriage proposal and so on.

In the past, Dou Hua used to evade it because her younger brother was young, and she also asked Dou Qing what she meant, and Dou Qing did express her opinion, let's wait, as a big sister, she must think about her younger brother, so she delayed .

But now, Dou Hua is also getting married. By the end of the year, Dou Qing will be 14 years old, not too young.

But Dou Qing, the person involved, hid early and ran to the mountain col to burn charcoal with his uncles and cousins. He left early and returned late every day, and no one could catch him, leaving Dou Hua alone. It was really worrying for her to deal with these sharp-tongued matchmakers there.

The person who enters the door is a guest, greets each other with a smile, sees each other off with a smile, and chats with them with a smile in the middle. Dou Huashen feels that dealing with a matchmaker who comes to the door to say goodbye is more tiring than working in the field. Working in the field is just physical exhaustion. This is exhausting for the brain and the heart, and in the end even the body feels tired.

Seeing Dou Hua sending the matchmaker out of the door with a smile, and returning with a tired face, Jiang Ermeng was very distressed, and quickly brought her a bowl of hot water, and pressed her on the stool.

"Dou Hua, are you tired? Sit down for a while and drink some water. I'll make dinner tonight. Leave it alone."

"Pfft~" Dou Hua just drank the water in her mouth and almost spit it out. She hurriedly stopped Jiang Ermeng, who was about to cook, and said, "Ermeng, wait a minute, I'm not tired, but I feel thirsty after talking too much. I'm done, I'll go to cook after I have a break and drink some water, I don't need you to go, a big man's house, there is no one who always goes to the stove."

It's not that Dou Hua is willing to stop Jiang Ermeng, it's just that his cooking is really bad, and the level of cooking is really mediocre. Although he has a good heart, this dish is not very tasty.If the two live alone, it's okay to eat occasionally, it's a kind of sentimental, but there are still a few younger siblings, so we can't prevent the younger siblings from eating good food for the sake of sentimentality.

In fact, Dou Hua is overthinking. Her younger siblings are not picky eaters. Although Jiang Ermeng's cooking is not delicious, they all feel flattered. This is the dish made by her brother-in-law, and everyone is very respectful. Eat a few more mouthfuls.

"What's the matter? I don't mind it. It's just cooking. Didn't you praise me for cooking well last time?" Jiang Er said fiercely.

"Forget it, I'll cook, just come and help me." Dou Hua said, knowing that Jiang Ermeng couldn't dissuade Jiang Ermeng from wanting to help, so he asked him to cook together.

At any rate, he has lived for more than ten days, and under Dou Hua's training, Jiang Ermeng has done well in choosing vegetables, washing vegetables and cooking fires.

"Dou Hua, do you really annoy those people who come to your door? Don't talk about you. I'm the only one in the yard. It sounds quite annoying. These people can really talk, and they don't feel thirsty after talking for a long time. "Jiang Ermeng complained quietly, angry at those matchmakers who ruined their time alone with Dou Hua, most of the matchmakers were women, when they came, Jiang Ermeng was awkward to stay alone with a man, and always had to avoid it.

"Yeah, it's annoying." Dou Hua sighed.

"Otherwise, let's just close the door tomorrow and live our own lives, as long as they can't come in." Jiang Ermeng suggested.

"The Chinese New Year will be in a few days. What's the matter with closing the door? Let's do it. It's not a solution to procrastinate like this. When Dou Qing comes back tonight, I'll ask him again. His current appearance is obviously in his heart. There is someone, but I don't know why but I don't say it, I don't know which girl got into his eyes." Dou Hua said.

"Hey, I think Dou Qing's vision can't be wrong." Jiang Er said fiercely.

"That would be the best. The weather is really cold today, and the wind is really strong. I don't know if it will snow. Uncle and the others are having a hard time in the valley." Dou Hua worried.

"There are only a few days left. How about I help them tomorrow. I have plenty of strength." Jiang Ermeng showed Dou Hua his strong figure. As early as when he came to Dou's Village, he He proposed to burn charcoal with Dou Qing, but several uncles disagreed. After all, he and Dou Hua had just married, and they had enough people, so there was no need for him to go there now. It was the coldest weather and the most difficult time. , There is no reason to let the new son-in-law do hard work as soon as he enters the door.

"That's fine, you go to help them for the last few days. If it snows, the road out of the mountain will be even more difficult. With your help, the charcoal can be shipped out earlier. After selling the last batch of charcoal, we will When it's Chinese New Year, you can take a rest." Dou Hua said.

Dou Cui came from the backyard and helped Dou Hua cook together. Jiang Ermeng's job of burning the fire was gone. He went to the yard by himself and cleaned the yard again. clean.

In winter, it was getting dark early, and it was getting dark early. Dou Hua hung a lantern at the gate of the courtyard, worried why Dou Qing hadn't come back yet, and even Dou Lin went outside the courtyard to look at it several times.

The sky was getting darker and the wind was blowing harder. Dou Hua felt a chill on her face. When she reached out to catch it, it turned out to be a large snowflake. It was snowing.

"Eldest sister, it's so late, why my second brother hasn't come back yet, it's really worrying." Dou Lin said anxiously.

"Well, you wait at home, and your brother-in-law and I will pick up your second brother."

Dou Hua was also a little anxious, and Jiang Ermeng walked out of the house with a lantern. The wind outside was very strong, and the lantern was swaying. Thanks to the famous lantern that Dou Hua bought, it would be blown out up.

Along the way Jiang Ermeng came back, Dou Hua and the two greeted him all the way. After walking a long distance, they saw a few black figures walking towards this side, which was easy to spot with Dou Hua's eyes.

"Qing'er and the others are right ahead, I saw them." Dou Hua said.

"Didn't they bring lanterns, why did they come back in the dark?" Jiang Ermeng asked strangely.

"Maybe it was blown out by the wind. Let's wait here. They can see our lights, and they will be here in a while." Dou Hua and the two of them waited in place.

As the shadow approached, Dou Hua's keen sense of smell caught the smell of blood in the air, and she couldn't help mentioning, "Something may have happened."

"Dou Hua, what are you talking about? What happened?" Jiang Er was startled.

"I don't know either. I just asked about the smell of blood. Some of Dou Qing and the others must be injured. Let's go and have a look." At this moment, Dou Hua didn't want to wait any longer. Can't wait to run over.

"Big sister, brother-in-law, why are you here?" Dou Qing recognized Dou Hua and the two by the light of the lantern.

"You didn't come back so late, we are all worried about you, what's the matter, who was injured, but what happened?" Dou Hua asked, seeing two people walking behind one another, with a strong smell of blood It's what emanates from this person.

"Sister, uncle was injured. On our way back, we encountered a lone wolf attacking us. Uncle blocked me with his body, so I was bitten." Dou Qing was already crying.

"Uncle, how is uncle?" Dou Hua asked.

Dou Sishan sighed and said, "Oh, I was bitten by a wolf and bled a lot."

Hearing this, Dou Hua hurried forward and checked Dou Dashan's wound by the light. The wound was on the thigh, next to the buttocks. The blood-stained cloth strips can tell that the injury is not serious, and the thick cotton trousers are mostly stained red by blood.

Dou Hua asked Jiang Ermeng to carry Dou Dashan on his back, and the group hurried to Doujia Village. They are far away from Doujia Village now, so they have to hurry back to treat Dou Dashan's wound. If it gets infected, it will be troublesome .

(End of this chapter)