The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 57

At noon, Fang Yumin had already run to the gate of the yard to look around several times, even though she had asked Lin Qiu to go to the school and quietly followed the children so that they would not get lost when they first went to school.But now it's getting late and the children haven't come back yet, so she's still very anxious.After all, it takes an hour to walk back and forth, the oldest Xiao Yang is only eight years old, and Xiao Ming, I don't know if he can stand the sun at noon?
The rice is ready, and the tofu and fish head soup is still hot on the stove, just waiting for the children to fry the vegetables after school and then they can eat.

At about one o'clock at noon, Xiaoyang and Xiaozhu walked behind each carrying two bundles of grass, while Dabao was holding Xiaoming with one hand and Xiaobao with the other to go home.

Seeing five small blue figures in the distance, Fang Yumin's heart hanging in mid-air finally relaxed.He couldn't help but grinned happily and shook his hands at them.

"Mother," as soon as Xiao Ming saw Fang Yumin, he immediately let go of Dabao's hand and happily ran towards Fang Yumin, and the other children also ran home.

Fang Yumin hugged Xiao Ming who rushed to the front. The straw hat on his head was blown down on his shoulders by the wind. Fortunately, there was a cloth towel to tie it, otherwise the straw hat would have been blown away.

Xiao Ming put his hands around Fang Yumin's neck, gasped slightly, but still smiled at Fang Yumin with a small grin.

Fang Yumin patted Xiaoming's little buttocks, and said to the four children who had already run in front of her: "Go into the house quickly, I made mountain juice for you to drink. Are you hungry? It's too hot here, take your clothes Change it, this dress looks good, but it's a little too stuffy."

"Thank you, Auntie. We ate scallion pancakes after school, and we're not hungry yet." Unexpectedly, just after Dabao finished speaking, Xiaoyang and Xiaozhu's stomachs gurgled immediately, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

"Okay, okay, go and change your clothes quickly. Xiao Ming, you go too." Fang Yumin put Xiao Ming down, saw Xiao Yang and Xiao Zhu were still carrying the grass, and took it over.

The grass is quite tender, Fang Yumin couldn't help but ask strangely: "When did you mow the grass? Where did you get the sickle?"

Xiaoyang smiled embarrassedly, glanced at Xiaozhu and said: "The road we walk to school is mostly on the base of the field, and the grass growing on the base of the field is always better than other places. So this morning I and Xiao Zhu took the sickle that my uncle gave us to use, thinking about cutting some tender grass to feed the rabbits when we go home. It’s just that we are wearing new clothes today, so it’s not easy to carry bamboo baskets, so we only brought two hemp ropes .”

Xiao Zhu also nodded, and said, "Yes, the weeds on the roadside are really plentiful and tender. We are going to carry bamboo baskets to school tomorrow. Auntie, you don't know, our five brothers are famous."

Fang Yumin couldn't help but stop when she heard this, looked at the five children carefully in surprise and nervousness, and then asked: "You are not famous for fighting, are you?"

"Hahaha, where are you going, Auntie?"

"Mother, we are obedient. You are very good. Mr. Tian even called Xiaobao and me by name."

"Really? Xiao Ming and Xiao Bao are really good kids." Fang Yumin looked at Xiao Ming and Xiao Bao approvingly, and when their parents praised them, they laughed even more happily.

"Okay, okay, everyone, don't stand in the sun, go into the house, and talk about it later when you have something to say." Fang Yumin hurriedly drove the children into the house, and then put two bundles of grass on the eaves Down.After the hemp rope is untied, push the grass away so that the wind can dry the water droplets on the grass.

The children had all entered the house, and Lin Qiulai even came back with two large bales of grass.Fang Yumin hurried over to help him, but Lin Qiulai shook his head and said, "No, no, it's very light."

"Why are you mowing the grass too?" Fang Yumin watched as Lin Qiulai quickly untied the hemp rope.

"By the way, there are more and more rabbits at home, and we have almost cut the tender grass in the places we frequent."

"Are you going to mow the lawn or pick up the kids?"

"Hey, there are all of them. But our children are smart and well-behaved, and they will take care of each other along the way, so don't worry." Lin Qiulai walked up to Fang Yumin with a smile, pointed to the room and gave a thumbs up to praise road.

"Okay, then you don't have to pick it up two more times." Fang Yumin said with a low smile.

"That's right." Lin Qiulai smiled, and then went to spread out the grass, and Fang Yumin went into the kitchen to cook.

It's hot, and it's even hotter in the kitchen.Fang Yumin was covered in sweat after not staying for a while.At this time, she really misses the air conditioner, and it would be nice to have a fan.Suddenly a cool wet cloth towel was stretched out from behind to cover her face, only to hear Lin Qiulai say from behind: "Just make some cold dishes, don't be too particular about it, the kitchen is too hot."

"It's fine, next time I'll make steamed and cold dishes, otherwise I won't have the appetite to eat after all the dishes are ready." Fang Yumin scooped up the scrambled eggs neatly, then took the cloth towel and wiped it vigorously. said wiping sweat.

"Yes, look at you, your clothes are all wet. Go wash your face, let me iron the vegetables, I should not be too different from you in doing this." Lin Qiu said that he would take Fang Yumin's spatula after finishing .

"Forget it, this is the only dish left. Take the soup out, be careful not to burn it." Fang Yumin pointed to the soup pot that was still on the stove, the fish soup inside had been stewed until it was milky white.She didn't dare to let it cool too early, for fear of fishy smell.

Now Fang Yumin cooks fish soup for the children almost every other day.The small river opposite their house is rich in fish because the villagers don't have time to catch fish.Lin Qiulai made a larger bamboo cage out of bamboo, and went fishing early in the morning. Every day, he would bring back a few fish that were as big as an adult's palm, and put the small ones back into the river.Fang Yumin kept the fish in the tank and slaughtered them when they wanted to eat.

Fang Yumin, the fish in the rice field, doesn’t plan to catch and eat them again. After more than a month, the rice ears will bloom, and the fish will grow faster when they eat the rice flowers. .

Although the growth period of the chickens is long, the hens are well taken care of by their five children. Every day there are worms and tender grass to eat, and sun-dried earthworms are used as winter food. They lay eggs very diligently.As long as it is not eggs, Fang Yumin will generously take them out to increase nutrition for the children.Anyway, eggs are too common, and they are sold very cheaply in the market, so it is better to eat them yourself.

Since raising rabbits, Fang Yumin seldom buys pork.Of course, she will still ask Uncle Gui to buy the pig bones and pig feet.The former cooks soup, while the latter cooks.It would be even better if there are pigs in the water, but Fang Yumin doesn't force it, sometimes she buys pork belly and cooks it or cooks it as a bagged chicken.

"Okay, let's talk about how you became famous?" Fang Yumin asked when everyone was serving the second bowl of miscellaneous rice.

"It's not that the clothes and schoolbags that my mother made for us are so beautiful! Everyone gathered around to look at them, even Mr. Tian asked." Xiao Ming answered first.

"Yes, it turned out that everyone went to school in old clothes. Auntie, let's wear the short-sleeved shorts we usually wear tomorrow. They are cool to wear. And I think the clothes look good." Dabao also said.

"Yes, Auntie, everyone is not so particular. I am really afraid that I will get dirty when I wear these new clothes. Tomorrow I want to carry the bamboo poles on my back. When I go home, Xiaozhu and I will mow the grass while walking, and Dabao will take care of them." Xiao Ming and Xiao Bao." Xiao Zhu nodded after Xiao Yang finished speaking.

Fang Yumin frowned slightly after hearing this: "How do you say it's still work? What have you learned from Mr. Tian today?"

"There is nothing special today. I went to school on the first day. Mr. Tian said that I started from the Three Character Classic and the hundred surnames."

"Oh, I learned this in the morning? Is there any homework assigned?"

"Homework? Mother, what is homework?"

"Homework! Did Master Tian tell you to go home and practice calligraphy?"

"Yes. But mother has taught us these words."

"Learn from what has been taught, learn from what you have learned, you know?"

"Yes!"

"Sleep for a while after eating, and then get up to copy. The new characters are written with charcoal on the wooden board as before, and then written with a brush."

"Yes."

"Okay, let's eat."

After lunch, Lin Qiulai continued to go out to pick up mud and sand, and the five children each performed their duties to feed the chickens, and the rabbits to the rabbits.Then they went to take a nap under Fang Yumin's urging, and when they woke up they had to study for an hour before they were allowed to help Fang Yumin with housework.

Fang Yumin felt that since she paid the tuition and went to school, she must study well.How can there be a day when the work is done?But there is only half a day of class here, so she rigidly stipulated that the children should study for an hour after returning home from school, learn arithmetic with her after dinner, and review the knowledge learned that day before going to bed.She thought that if everyone studied together, it would not be boring.

Two days later, after the children had gone to school, Fang Yumin closed the yard door, patted Xiao Hei on the head to let him guard the door, and then called Lin Qiu to come to the backyard to inspect the ash she made of concrete. .

The strength of limestone is different depending on the mixing ratio of the materials.Those that have been cracked during the drying process don't need to be tried, just throw them away, and Fang Yumin also crossed out that ratio in the notebook.

Fang Yumin did it meticulously, and recorded even more meticulously. There are still eight or nine samples left waiting for Lin Qiulai to personally test them.Fang Yumin also crossed out the ones that could be crushed with one foot, or those that could be broken by throwing them against the wall.

In the end, there were only four ash sticks that were as hard as rocks, and Lin Qiulai couldn't put them down after touching them.He wiped off his sweat, and said to Fang Yumin pleasantly: "Unexpectedly, Xiao Min, you can also play with mud. This one is much stronger than the one I mixed with mud and straw. It's great. Look at this." It’s hard, although it’s not as good-looking as the green clapper, but its hardness is not worse than it!”

"Really? I just said that I will give you a big surprise." Fang Yumin said proudly, suddenly thought of something, and immediately said seriously to Lin Qiu: "You must not disclose the method of making this bamboo to anyone, even if it is Lin Qiu. The fox asks you, you can’t say that I made it. When our house is built and we have earned enough money to buy a house, I will take this recipe to a neighboring county to sell as soon as we move out. It has become a sample house. It will definitely sell for a good price!"

Lin Qiulai also nodded seriously: "I remember! I'll listen to you. Didn't you say that listening to your wife will make you prosperous? For our family, I will definitely do what you say."

"Just remember! Don't be trapped by that old fox again!" Fang Yumin thought for a while, and said, "First you build a side room out of clay clappers, which is specially used for putting clappers. In case someone comes to see it someday Arrived."

"Okay, I planned to build a house with clay clams before, and now it just comes in handy."

"En." Fang Yumin nodded with satisfaction, and then carefully debated with Lin Qiulai which piece of ash is the hardest?
After picking out the best one, we will make a stick with this recipe.Fang Yumin marked a word in the notebook again, Lin Qiulai poked his head to look, but saw a bunch of letters, scratched his head and said, "Xiao Min, what are you writing? I don't know any of them."

Fang Yumin wrote in English in order to keep it secret, so Lin Qiu came to know her!Fang Yumin chuckled, but didn't answer, and directly pushed Lin Qiulai's head away from her shoulder, "Damn it, it's all sweaty, it's so hot."

"Is it hot? Wait a minute, I'll fetch mint tea." After Lin Qiu finished speaking, he stood up and walked quickly into the house.

Fang Yumin looked up at Lin Qiulai's agile back for a while, then carefully moved all the ashes to the corner of the pigsty.

(End of this chapter)