Traversing the good life of a peasant woman

Chapter 35

As time passed day by day, when the bitter cold wind beat the thick window paper recklessly, the Fang family's little baby, Man'er, was already able to turn over at will.From the moment she starts to move, Wen Yue will have to devote more energy than before to take care of this little guy, because you don't know when she will roll from one side of the kang to the other end of the kang.Mrs. Zhao was afraid that the child would fall to the ground, so even when Man'er was asleep, she would pull up a thick quilt on the edge of the kang to cover her.

In Zhoujia Village after winter, there are almost no snowfalls, and the snowflakes falling from the sky every day are profuse and scattered throughout the day, usually knee-high.There are always a few poor villagers who can wear thick cotton-padded clothes, so in this season, people are rarely seen walking on the small roads in the village.

When the snow stopped yesterday, Da Chuan went hunting in the mountains with seven or eight young men from Li village. Wen Yue actually didn't like him going into the mountains with those people.If it was just Okawa himself, he would just check to see if there was any prey in the bag, and if there was any, he would just take it back and let it go, but with those people, they would always go there for two or three days, as if they wanted to hunt something big in the mountains. Just come back.

Before they left this time, Wen Yue heard the son of Zhao Laohan's family clamoring that a wild boar must be brought back. The adult wild boar in the mountain weighs three to four hundred catties, and it can kill people if it is really fierce, so the two Tian Wenyue's heart never relaxed for a moment.With great difficulty until the sun went down, Wen Yue finally looked forward to Fang Dachuan's return. She would be happy to see him anywhere, and didn't care that he came back empty-handed again.

"Don't go into the mountains with them again, it's really worrying." Wen Yue brought Fang Dachuan the cotton coat she wore at home and said.

Seeing Wen Yue busy around him, Fang Dachuan laughed a few times, it feels good to have a wife to take care of him: "Well, daughter-in-law, I won't go, who is patient to live in the mountains with a group of them? And now they also know that hunting is not so easy, and they have already given up."

"That's good, take a good rest today, and go to town together in a few days, the last big fair of the year, let's go and buy some New Year's goods." Hearing Da Chuan say that he will no longer go into the mountains, Wen Yue also took her I said my plan.

Fang Dachuan nodded: "Success, I will listen to you."

After dinner, the Fang family surrounded Xiao Man'er, who was already able to laugh. The four-month-old Man'er's chubby eyes formed a line when he smiled, and his fleshy arms and legs, hands and feet were like It is the same as the one installed separately, and the wrist and ankle are completely invisible.No one could believe that this child turned out to be a child who had never had a mouthful of breast milk.

Entering the New Year's Eve, it seems that the days are going faster all of a sudden, just a few days after eating Laba porridge, it's the New Year's Eve.Until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Wen Yue was still following behind Zhao and Li, putting radish balls and sweet potato balls into the pot, and on the chopping board, there were also those freshly cut-out dough slices with added sugar. Fried together later.

In this era without melon seeds and puffed food, these things are snacks when everyone chats during the Chinese New Year.

Fang Dachuan entered the kitchen with the frozen pears in his hand, and stuffed one each into Mrs. Zhao's, Mrs. Li's, and Wen Yue's hands: "Eat it quickly, it's just been thawed, it's the right time to eat."

Frozen pears are the only fruit other than radishes in ordinary people's homes in winter. The sour Qiuzi pears picked from the mountains are put in the cold outdoors and covered with dead leaves for a few days in winter.When you want to eat it, take it back to the house and melt it. If you want, you can put it in a basin of cold water and slowly wait until the outer pear is covered with a layer of ice, and the ice pear is soft.Take the pear out of the ice coat, gently bite the black pear skin, and the white, fresh, sweet and sour juicy meat will be sucked into the mouth, adding the cold feeling, which is very delicious.

This is Wen Yue's taste after eating it once. In fact, when Dachuan brought her frozen pears for the first time, she really disliked the black skin of frozen pears. It wasn't Fang Dachuan's persuasion, she almost missed a delicacy because of the appearance.

Finally, it was the New Year's Eve, and the hot dumplings were put into the pot. Outside the house, Fang Dachuan lit firecrackers, and the crackling sound instantly filled every corner of the house.A table full of dishes was served on the table, and Wen Yue added a little wine to everyone's bowls. Mrs. Zhao raised the bowl first: "Come on, come on, today's Chinese New Year is a good day, let's have a drink One is to live a happy life like this year next year, and the other is to thank Yueniang, not only for adding a baby to our family, but also because of her, we have the good life we ​​have now. Children ,Thanks a lot."

As Mrs. Zhao spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, and Wen Yue quickly stood up and drank the wine: "Grandma, how can I afford it when you say that, you are my grandma, this is my home, I do it Isn’t everything should be right? In fact, it should be me thanking you and mother. I’ve been a junior for so long. I haven’t cooked a few times or washed a few clothes, let alone I went to work in the field. You are busy with the work outside this house, and if you put it in someone else's house, how can I live with such peace of mind, that is, you love me and spoil me."

Mrs. Zhao nodded, and wiped the corners of her eyes: "Good boy, let's not deal with those vain ones, let's put this energy in one direction in the future, whether it is good or bad, take care of each other more, and there will be no bad things." day."

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li couldn't bear the sleepiness and went back to their rooms to sleep.Leaving Wen Yue and Fang Dachuan here to watch the new year, the dancing candlelight made Wen Yue's face more delicate, Fang Dachuan took Wen Yue's hand and said affectionately: "My lady, you have worked hard."

Snuggling into Fang Dachuan's arms, Wen Yue said softly, "As long as you treat me well, I won't work hard."

What are you working hard for?Here, she has everything she ever wanted, a child connected by her own blood, a proper man, and a grandmother and mother-in-law who treat her like her own, all of which she has never had before.Although Fang Dachuan did not bring her the heartbeat and romance that he had with her husband in the previous life, Fang Dachuan gave her the most important feeling, which is steadfastness.

On such a day, it seems that you can see her and Fang Dachuan decades later, with their children and grandchildren around their knees, carrying each other until they grow old.It's not the kind of life where you don't know what will happen tomorrow. Isn't what she wants to live a life that flows smoothly and calmly?

The moonlight shone on the white snow, refracted pale light, mercilessly passed through the thick window paper, and hit Mrs. Zhao sitting by the window.After a long time, she sighed deeply and said, "Qiu Hong, tell me, where is Da Chuan's father now? Is it really gone?"

Suddenly hearing Mrs. Zhao mention Dachuan's father, Li's eyes showed a trace of complexity. After Dachuan's father disappeared, she just felt sad for a while and never thought about it again.For her now, the life without Da Chuan's father is more comfortable, and there is no longer a man who dislikes her all day long, who always uses those polite words to satirize her, and treats her like a human being.

I no longer need to spend all the money at home to read to him books that will never see a way out, and I don’t need to watch my son’s hard-earned money being spent by him indifferently, and I have to endure the stains on his body twice a day. The smell of rouge made her sick.

How could he die?The moment the bandits rushed over, he pushed himself to the front, running away regardless of the life or death of these people, not even his own mother.How could such a selfish person die?The 30 taels of belongings in the baggage are enough for him to enjoy himself outside for a while, and it is best that he never come back.

Mrs. Li was taken aback by the thoughts in her heart. It turned out that she didn't want that man to come back. She also had such cruel times, ha ha!Gently put her hands on her eyes, not wanting Mrs. Zhao to see her expression at this time, Mrs. Li was afraid that her mother-in-law would scold her for being dark and cruel, and her mother-in-law treated her so well, she couldn't make her mother-in-law sad.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Fang Dachuan took Wen Yue to Lizheng's house with half a cured rabbit in his hand. Although Lizheng was an official with no rank, this did not prevent him from becoming the object that Fang's villagers needed to curry favor with.When Fang Dachuan and the others went, Lizheng had just sent away a group of guests. Lizheng's wife cheerfully took the rabbit meat from Wen Yue, and said politely, "Come on, come, what else do you bring?"

Wen Yue politely chatted with Li Zheng's wife for a few words, and she returned her to the west room, which was the room of Zhou Xianli, the youngest daughter of Li Zheng's family.The sons in Lizheng's family are all married, and this daughter can be regarded as the old son of Lizheng and his wife. She is now 14 years old.Last year, Yuli's second son, who was working as a county magistrate in the county, set the thread and promised to the second son of Li Jiawa, the rich man in Lijiawa. The wedding date was set for this autumn. He heard the sound of Wen Yue and Li Zheng's wife entering the door.

Seeing that her daughter did not look up, Lizheng's wife pushed Wen Yue to sit on the kang, then pushed the slack and said, "You child, didn't you see when someone came in? This is your sister-in-law Dachuan, call me quickly!" people."

Zhou Xianli blushed, and whispered, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law Dachuan, I didn't see you coming in."

The little girl looked like a quiet child at first glance, because she was too shy, she took a quick look at Wen Yue, then lowered her head again, twisting the front skirt of her hand and not talking.Lizheng's daughter-in-law saw her and cursed secretly in her heart, she was hopeless, she was really disappointing.

But the daughter didn't speak, she had to talk, she rolled her eyes, she picked up the flower bandage embroidered by Zhou Xianli just now, handed it to Wen Yue with a smile and said: "Daughter-in-law Dachuan, show me, my girl's hijab embroidery How is it?"

Wen Yue knew what Lizheng's wife was thinking when she entered the room and saw the little girl embroidering flowers. Taking the hijab from her hand, Wen Yue nodded appreciatively and said, "Sister Xianli is not only He is handsome, has a good temper, and is so good at what he does, sister-in-law, you have to tell me the trick of teaching your daughter, I also have a girl in my family."

Wen Yue's words not only praised Xianli but also Lizheng's daughter-in-law. The Coke spoiled Lizheng's wife. With a smile on her face, she took Xianli's hand and said, "My girl, She has been sensible since she was a child, and I have never worried about it at all, so no matter what people tell her now, she will be a happy life in the future."

"Mother!" With a blushing face, Xianli withdrew her hand from Lizheng's lady's hand, and turned her face away.

"This child, I'm still ashamed. Your sister-in-law Dachuan is not an outsider." Lizheng's wife looked at Wen Yue and said, "Daughter-in-law Dachuan, I won't play around with you anymore. Even if you don't come today, I also want to come to see you Yes. As you know, my Lizi is going to marry into a rich family. Although she looks good, she is not as good as the daughters-in-law of those rich families. I just want to ask you to help her. Lizi from my family will give me advice, and when she marries into the Zhang family, she will have something she can get her hands on."

Since Lizheng's wife showed her Xianli's embroidery work, Wenyue guessed what they meant. Of course, it's not a big deal, let alone Lizheng's family has something to ask for.Nodding happily, Wen Yue said with a smile: "Okay, since my sister-in-law trusts me, I will definitely help Sister Xianli."

Back home, Wen Yue told Mrs. Zhao about her promise to teach Zhou Xianli embroidery, and Mrs. Zhao frowned when she heard this: "Yue Niang, if you teach me, how will shopkeeper Mo explain it?" ?”

"It's okay, grandma, I know a few other stitches, and she already has a good foundation, I just teach her how to match colors." As for her family, Wen Yue didn't have to hide her thoughts, she just said it out .

Although Mrs. Zhao didn't understand much, seeing Wen Yue didn't care at all, she didn't worry anymore.Maybe it's because of the Chinese New Year, these days, she always thinks about her son who is not up to date, whether he is dead or alive.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhou Xianli often walked around Fang's house. The advantage of frequent walking with Li Zheng's house was that the villagers became more enthusiastic about Fang's family.

Seeing that March has entered, it seems that winter has found that it has few days to be rampant, so in the last few days at the end of March, it snowed like a goose feather like crazy.In such a snowy day when no one was out of the house, someone knocked on the door of Fang's house again, and the person who came also stunned Fang Dachuan who opened the door.

(End of this chapter)