Yuanyang Farming Story

Chapter 2

According to the custom in the village, if you hire a helper, you have to pay for meals.So Xiaoxiu got up early in the morning to get ready.It's just that there is no man in the family, and Haopo and Xiaoxiu don't have much meat.Fortunately, Xiaoxiu can also pick some fresh vegetables from the courtyard, especially those early-ripening vegetables, which can make people eat fresh.Ah Cai is also diligent, and he took the tools and waited at the door of Su's house early.

Xiaoxiu helped to open the door, and prepared some ginger tea on the table for Ah Cai to eat when his mouth was dry. At first, he wanted to help Ah Cai, but Ah Cai said: "Xiaoxiu, go do your work first. It’s quick to do a little bit of life.” Xiaoxiu also said honestly: “Then Ah Cai, I’ll go back first, if you need something, you can just call out, I’m sure you can hear me next door.” Ah Cai nodded , I went to repair the furniture on my own.Xiaoxiu looked at it and went back.

The wheat has arrived home, and there is nothing to do in the field for the time being, so Xiaoxiu fed the pigs first after returning home, then went to the private plot behind the house to weed and weed, and after talking to the good woman, she took a bluegrass. son went out.

In the south of the Yangtze River, many houses have rivers in front of and behind their houses.Along the river are small water bridges built by people themselves, which are the kind of things that have one end on the ground and the other end in the water, for people to wash clothes and vegetables.This time Xiaoxiu's destination is Xiaoshuiqiao.Because one end protrudes into the water, there are often screws on the side of the small water bridge near the water. When people lie on the small water bridge, they can touch several screws with one hand.

Xiaoxiu picks and picks and puts the big screws into the basket, and then throws the small screws back into the water.Touched one and then another.It doesn't matter if you run into the host's family, everyone doesn't mind such things.On the contrary, it will make people be careful not to fall into the water.If you touch too much, you will also send a bowl to a good person to ask them to try the taste.This is also a human relationship. If a family burns well but no one is willing to give it away, it means that the family's popularity is particularly poor, and they will not be able to do things in the future.

After touching for a long time to see that the screws in the basket were almost enough for a large plate, Xiaoxiu started to walk back.Along the way, Xiaoxiu has already made up her mind. After returning home, she will first cut off the buttocks of the screw, put a little oil on it to soak the small screw in the belly of the big screw, and at night, the braised screw will definitely make Ah Cai eat it.At noon, Chenguang fried two vegetarian dishes and stewed a large bowl of egg custard, but this alone was not enough, and a piece of bacon was also needed.There are craftsmen who come to make a living. If you don't stay well, you won't hire anyone again next time.So the rice must be tight enough, and the dishes must have oil and water.

It has been more than a year here, and Xiaoxiu is already used to this kind of life.I am also changing my life little by little.[Note 1] Xiaoxiu is actually still busy in the courtyard, because Xiaoxiu wants to dig a smaller pond.Last year, when she saw water chestnuts growing in the river, Xiaoxiu liked to pick up the water chestnuts every day when she was washing rice and cooking. She turned over the whole leaves to see how the small water chestnuts under the leaves looked.From a little bit big, I can see that the water chestnut is long and ripe.In fact, tender water chestnuts are also delicious, but the taste of Chenguang has a bitter taste, and only fully cooked water chestnuts are sweet enough.There are two horns and four horns, and Xiaoxiu especially likes the water chestnut with two horns, because it looks like cow horns after being cooked, and it tastes sweet.

It's just that no matter how Xiaoxiu digs by himself, the speed is still there.It took nearly a month of digging left and right to barely dig out a small pond.Fortunately, the water came out later, otherwise Xiaoxiu would have to find a way to get water in again, which would really be troublesome [Note 2].Inspired by water chestnut, Xiaoxiu also threw a few chicks and ducklings into the courtyard.They don't need to control food at ordinary times, they can eat the vegetables in the courtyard, and eat the water in the pond when they are dry.In the end, the chickens actually laid more chickens than the same kind outside, and they were bigger.Xiaoxiu felt nothing wrong with such a result.Even if the eggs are saved, they will also sell banknotes!You still have to buy monkey tickets if you have saved banknotes.

When she arrived at home, Xiaoxiu was busy driving. Just now, she saw that Haopo was not at home, so she probably went to Su's house to watch the work.It is said that it is to see the work, but in fact it is to help.When she was washing vegetables on the small water bridge behind the house, Xiaoxiu suddenly found that she still had a dish to eat.It is the bamboo shoots from the small bamboo grove behind the house.So Chen Guang added a dish of stir-fried bamboo shoots to the lunch.The rice was ready, and looking at the sky again, Xiaoxiu ran to the next door to order dinner.When I ran in and took a look, I felt that Ah Cai was a good craftsman and an honest person.Several stools have already been repaired in one morning. At this rate, the work can be completed several days ahead of schedule. "Good girl, Brother Cai is here to eat." Hearing Grandma's reply, Xiaoxiu went back first, and was going back to help Brother Cai prepare handwashing water and soap.

There is no wine for lunch, although it is said that some masters must have wine, after eating wine, if something happens, it is the young apprentice who comes forward.But this time there was only Ah Cai alone, so Xiaoxiu didn't prepare wine.There are also some in the restaurant, old white wine made by the good woman, and sweet wine.It's not too late to have a drink when you have a rest at night.Besides, Yekuai also has snails, which are a good side dish to pair with wine.

During the meal, Chen Guang's good woman was very eager to greet Ah Cai to eat vegetables, and almost all the egg custard in a soup basin was ordered by the good woman to scoop it up for Ah Cai to eat.Ah Cai ate it and said that the egg custard was really tender.Hearing this, Xiaoxiu laughed straight away.This egg custard is afraid of being overcooked, it will not taste good if it is overcooked, and it is full of holes.Xiaoxiu usually takes boiled water and cools it to about [-] degrees, then mixes the salt and light, beats the egg liquid and pours it directly into the bowl, then adds a little oil, then puts the shallots, and steams it in a pot like this. What comes out is the best.After dinner, the good woman asked Ah Cai to take a rest first, but he didn't agree, so he sat down for a rest after dinner and then started working again.

Two or three days passed in a flash, and the life at home was almost done, and everything that needed to be repaired was repaired, only the roof remained unrepaired.Because Ah Cai couldn't do the roof repair alone.Someone needs to help.Xiaoxiu gritted her teeth and went up.The Su family's house had been built for many years, and the thatch on the roof was almost rotten. Anyway, it was going to be repaired, and all the thatch on the roof was removed without stopping.

After the thatch was down, Ah Cai went up to the roof to see where the eaves needed to be repaired, and Xiao Xiu followed behind, helping to carry some household goods[Note 3], and handing over something.On this day, the two of them were squatting on the roof under the sun and were busy, when they heard the sound of a car coming from a distance.Xiaoxiu looked up and saw that it was a military green jeep.I can't help but feel tight, this is not the son of the Su family who is here!But the roof is not finished yet!
Xiaoxiu came down from the roof after saying hello to A Cai, opened the courtyard door and prepared to have a better look.In the blink of an eye, the jeep stopped, and two men in military uniform got out of the car.Seeing Xiaoxiu, he asked, "Hello, comrade, is this the Su family?"

Xiaoxiu couldn't help but nodded, "Yes, it's the Su family. Who are you looking for?" Before Xiaoxiu could finish speaking, another man with hair shorter than a board inch entered the yard and entered He touched the east and west of the yard, looking like he was about to cry or not.Xiaoxiu couldn't help asking again: "Who are you looking for?" The man who had just asked for directions pointed to the man in the yard and said, "His name is Su Zheng. If there is no mistake, this is his home."

"Su Zheng?" This Xiaoxiu is really unfamiliar. When the good woman talks about the son of the Su family, she always calls him Xiaosu Xiaosu. "Wait a minute, I'll go find a good woman to take a look." After saying that, he went home and got a good woman to help her over.It's just that as soon as the good woman saw Su Zheng, tears fell down her cheeks. "My little Su, you're finally here [note 4]!" But no matter how much the good woman cried and shouted, that Su in the yard never turned her head back.Xiaoxiu couldn't help thinking to herself: "Why is this person so arrogant?"

The man who accompanied him back said: "When he was on the front line, Comrade Su Zheng was honorably injured in order to save his comrades. Although his life was not in danger, Comrade Su Zheng's ears could not hear clearly, so he didn't mean to Reasonable."

Hearing what he said, Xiaoxiu felt that she was using a villain's heart to hinder a gentleman's belly.It's just that when looking at Su Zheng's pair of ears, Xiaoxiu can't see that those ears are no longer working.When the good woman heard about this, she cried even harder, and rushed forward to hold Su Zheng in her arms: "I pity little Su, why are you so pitiful. My God..." Su Zheng seemed to be Being able to understand what Grandma said, he patted the good old woman on the back and raised his hand to help the good old woman wipe away her tears.

At the moment when the good woman was holding Su Zheng and crying, the man who accompanied him took Su Zheng's things out of the jeep.In fact, there is nothing, just a small bag, probably a few changes of clothes. "Comrade Su Zheng's ears are not good, so we specially sent him back this time. I will ask the neighbors to take care of me in the future." The man gave Xiaoxiu a military salute, and Xiaoxiu was a little at a loss Nodding: "Should, should..."

According to what the good woman meant, they must all stay and eat before leaving.It's just that the man who accompanied him back was unwilling to say anything: "Auntie, we are disciplined. We will return after sending people home. I will definitely come to see Su Zheng next time when I am on vacation. Then Auntie will let me stay. Eat, I will definitely eat." So in a moment of reluctance, the jeep that came suddenly came and went and disappeared in a hurry.

When Xiaoxiu turned around from the place where the car disappeared, Su Zheng had already taken off his clothes and rolled up his sleeves to help Ah Cai pass things.Looking at this young man, Xiaoxiu was a little dazed.In such a wonderful time, I will never hear the sound again. How will I live in the future?
(End of this chapter)