There are flowers and wine, hoeing and farming

Chapter 36

After the first high-pitched cock crow sounded, the chickens raised by the nearby people croaked not to be outdone, and for a while, the cock crowed in the small village one after another.

Qiaoqiao opened her eyes and blinked vigorously. The sky outside was still gray. She raised her hands and stretched vigorously, stretching all the muscles and bones of her body, and then took a deep breath to relieve the sleepiness. All to disperse.

She quickly dressed, sat down at the table, briefly combed her hair in front of the unclear bronze mirror, then opened the door and walked out.The yard was still quiet, there was no movement, after Qiaoqiao brushed his teeth with a simple toothbrush, he took out his own small wooden basin, scooped some cold water from the water tank and washed his face directly, the spring morning was still a little It was cold, and she didn't heat the water, she used cold water directly, so excited that she couldn't help gasping, but she was completely awake now, her mind was clear.

After washing her face and going back to the house, Qiaoqiao took out a small ceramic bottle and poured some water on her face. This was some flower water she had steamed herself, and it still smelled faintly of flowers.Although he is young, he needs to work, and when it is cold, it is easy to get frostbite, so he needs to take good care of it. After taking the water, Qiaoqiao applied a thin layer of grease and went out again.

In the house where the parents lived, everything started to move. Qiaoqiao rolled up her sleeves a little, picked up the wooden bucket and walked to the well. She tied the bucket very skillfully, and soon a bucket of cool well The water came up, and she stepped on the stone in front of the well to lift the bucket down, holding the handle of the bucket with both hands, and moved into the kitchen with little effort.

After pouring a bucket of water into the cauldron, Qiaoqiao continued to go out and picked up the second bucket. Both buckets of water were poured into the cauldron. The cauldron was almost full. She squatted down, picked up the flint and lit the fire. She stuffed a handful of straw into the stove, and then picked up some small-finger firewood and stuffed it into it. Watching the flames rise little by little, she rubbed the fire stick a few times, and then threw the firewood the size of her wrist into it. Soon, the fire will flourish.

Qiaoqiao went out with the bucket, and was about to continue wringing the water, when the door opened, and Ning Shi came out, she walked up to look, touched her daughter's head, and said complainingly: "I told you, these things Just do it, mother, if you fall down, what should you do?"

Qiaoqiao said with a smile: "It's okay, mother, you can sleep a little longer. Last night I made those little clothes very late."

"It's okay, you go and look at the pot, cook some breakfast, and I'll fetch water."

Ning snatched the bucket, Qiaoqiao walked back to the kitchen, saw the water in the cauldron start to steam, she went to the cupboard and took out a large coarse porcelain bowl, opened the bag of noodles, hesitated After a while, the sorghum noodles were covered, and the fine white noodles were opened. After scooping out two tablespoons, she adjusted the water, and she began to stir vigorously.

What she wants to do is gluten soup, and the noodles must be stirred continuously until the gluten of the noodles is stirred out.Qiaoqiao stirred for a while, and couldn't help shaking her arms because she was so tired. At this moment, a pair of hands stretched out from behind: "Let me do it."

"Why did you get up so early? Hurry up and go back to rest." Ning walked in with a bucket in her hand, talking impatiently.

"Yeah, sister-in-law, I don't need your help here, you can go back quickly." Qiaoqiao looked at the sister-in-law with a swollen belly behind her, put down the dishes and hurriedly supported her arm and said.

"I'm fine, I'm not so delicate."

"Some, some, it's about to give birth, don't take it seriously, I just didn't care when it was a coincidence, and I accidentally fell, and the child was almost out of breath." After Ning finished speaking, she asked Qiaoqiao drove his daughter-in-law back to the house.

"Sister-in-law, if you are bored and panic, after dinner, I will take you outside for a walk, but if you want to work, hahaha, I am not that capable, my mother just stares there, no one will I dare to ask you to do something." Qiaoqiao said with a smile.

The sister-in-law is from the next village, and was introduced by the neighbor Xiao Hei's mother. Originally, the Ning family and Cheng Daman were unwilling to introduce girls from other villages, but it happened that when she came to visit relatives, Xiao Hei's mother specially led her. After walking around Cheng's house, Ning fell in love with her.

This girl's name is Li Moli, and she looks very pretty, not the kind of big frame that the peasants love very much, she is of medium build, neither fat nor thin, the key is that she is very simple and honest, Ning felt that this was the first time she saw her The child will not be the kind who makes troubles all day long, and the work is very neat. Those days are the busy farming season. Ning saw this child helping Xiao Hei's family in the fields. Lazy.

After staying for more than ten days, when Xiao Hei's mother came to mention this matter again next time, Cheng Daman also heard what Ning said, and also met the child, and thought it was pretty good, so he agreed to it.

The other party's family is not doing well, and the dowry is not much, Cheng Daman and Ning's didn't care too much. Over the years, they have saved a lot of money, held a beautiful wedding for their son, and refurbished the family house. After renovation, the young couple lived in a new house.

In less than a year, Jasmine was pregnant with the baby, and it has been more than eight months now, and her belly is already quite big.

Qiaoqiao helped her sister-in-law into the house: "Sister-in-law, sit and rest for a while, I'll make some breakfast, and after we finish eating, I'll take you out to play for a while."

"Okay, what kind of rice did you cook?"

"I'll make some gluten soup."

"Can you add an extra spoonful of vinegar?" Jasmine swallowed.

"Okay." Qiaoqiao walked out with a smile, and the pregnant sister-in-law was like a child.

Qiaoqiao returned to the kitchen, and Ning Shi took over her work and was pouring gluten into the pot: "Qiaoqiao, it's fine for me to come, you can go and have a conversation with your sister-in-law. Your brother is not at home, you can spend more time with her." with her."

"Okay, mother, when will my father and brother come back?"

"It's almost too soon. A few days ago, the family in the village that went out with your father sent a letter saying that it would only take ten days and a half."

Ning made breakfast and brought it directly into the room: "Qiaoqiao, come over to eat with your sister-in-law."

After helping his sister-in-law to go there, Ning had already finished the meal, and what was placed in front of Jasmine was a big bowl of thick gluten soup, with some wild vegetables added in it, and a lot of vinegar added, which seemed more coincidental Coincidentally, the bowl was quite dark.

"Come on, this is yours too." Ning brought out another small bowl of steamed eggs.

"Mom, I can't eat so much, give it to my sister." Jasmine hurriedly pushed away.

"Eat what is given to you. Now is the time when Ken is hungry. Eat more. If you really can't eat, drink less gluten soup."

Jasmine dared not disobey Ning's order, she ate half of egg custard and gluten soup each.

Qiaoqiao was the first one to finish eating. After she was full, she came to the yard first, released the chickens from the cage, and sprinkled several handfuls of grain slag. The number of chickens raised in recent years is more than that in the past few years. There are many, dozens of eggs can be picked up every day, except for the ones that are kept for self-eating, Ning's will go out and sell them every three to five days.

After feeding the chickens, Qiaoqiao let them walk freely in the small yard and move their bodies.She went to the room where the sundries were kept and brought out the flowers she had grown.

A few years ago, after returning from working outside, Cheng Daman threw a pack of flower seeds to Ning, saying that someone else had bought them but forgot to take them, because the villages were far away and the seeds were not worth much, Cheng Daman thought It's not bad to plant some flowers in my own yard, so I brought them back.Ning didn't have the time to plant, but coincidentally dug a few holes in the vegetable field by herself, took good care of them, and they all grew well.Originally, they were only planted at home to look good, but when Cheng Zhigao went to Duzhou City where their village belongs, he happened to catch up with the once-a-month flower market there. Most of the flowers are the stewards of wealthy families or the owners of big restaurants and inns. Some rare or good-looking flowers can be sold for a few taels of silver per pot, which makes Qiaoqiao amazed.

After returning from there, she played with those flowers more seriously, and when she came to the next flower market, she asked her brother to follow her, brought a lot of pots, and sold them directly to those flower vendors, although it was more profitable than selling to customers alone. There are less, but a pot is also sold for half a penny.Since then, Qiaoqiao has taken it as one of her tasks to play with flowers, and it has grown bigger and bigger, and various varieties have been added to it, and because she is willing to bother, she often uses some organic fertilizers. And some eggshell melon peels are used as fertilizers, and they grow better than others, so those vendors love to ask for the flowers she planted.

Qiaoqiao put those delicate flowers that can't stand the cold inside the house at night, and move them out to bask in the sun after dawn.

After she moved the flower pots out, she washed her hands. It happened that her sister-in-law and mother had finished eating, so she stepped forward to help clean up.

"Stop washing, go and accompany your sister-in-law." Ning stopped her hand from washing the dishes again.

"OK."

The sky had already dawned, the birds were chirping outside, the air was refreshing, Qiaoqiao said something to Ning Shi, and then she took her sister-in-law out, because Ning Shi had repeatedly instructed them, and they only dared to wander around.

"Sister-in-law, are you tired?" Qiaoqiao asked after walking for a while.

"Not tired, how long has it been so long?" Jasmine said with a smile.

I don't know if Qiaoqiao thinks pregnancy is amazing or what, she always feels that sister-in-law's belly is too big, it looks like it makes her feel terrified, as if her belly is going to burst, but she dare not tell her mother, You have to be blindfolded.

"Sister-in-law, brother is coming back soon, there is still half a month, do you know?"

"Understood." Jasmine lowered her head a little shyly, and walked forward silently. She was the first child, and she was a little scared in her heart, hoping that her husband would be by her side.

"Well, sister-in-law, this time when my brother comes back, I won't go out. I'll wait until my nephew and niece are born to accompany you. When he comes back, don't worry about him, but think about yourself."

"En." Jasmine nodded without saying a word.

"Sister-in-law, let's sit there." After walking for half an hour, Qiaoqiao watched her sister-in-law stretch out her hand to support her waist, and she pointed to a few big rocks not far away.

"it is good."

After walking over, Qiaoqiao first took out the handkerchief in her arms and spread it on, and directly helped her sister-in-law to sit down.

"Sit here to rest and get some air. It's not good to stay at home all the time. Mother loves you so much that she is reluctant to let you out. Don't blame her."

"I know all about it, how can I blame my mother?" Jasmine waved her hands repeatedly.

Qiaoqiao watched her sister-in-law bent down and rubbed her legs, so she simply squatted down and helped her sister-in-law rub her legs.

Jasmine groaned, and hurriedly wanted to pull back, but Qiaoqiao grabbed her leg tightly: "Sister-in-law, don't move around, I'll rub it for you."

"No, no, look..." Jasmine said anxiously.

"It's okay, look at your legs, they are all swollen, I'll rub them for you to relax your muscles and bones." Qiaoqiao squatted there, pressing and pinching seriously.

Qiaoqiao squeezed for a while, and got up when her hands were a little sore, and found that sister-in-law's eye circles were red, and she looked like she was about to cry, she smiled: "Why, sister-in-law is so moved that she cried?"

"You child..." Jasmine wiped the corners of her eyes.

Qiaoqiao was about to laugh with her sister-in-law again, when she found a little girl walking in front of her, she glanced over, and suddenly found that this person looked very familiar, and the girl was also taken aback, and then looked at her with joy. she comes.

"Qiaoqiao."

"Is it Chunli??"

(End of this chapter)