Full of food and color

Chapter 73

Dusk was approaching, the family had just had dinner, and the sky became cloudy. After a while, it started to rain lightly. In the hot summer, even the raindrops fell on the body, and the feeling was warm. Baozhu was still sitting on the Under the porch, looking at the foggy sky in the distance through the courtyard wall, lost in thought.

People are very happy when there is a rain in the hot summer. Zhaodi has already taken off her shoes at this moment, cheering and running and jumping in the yard, but Baozhu feels melancholy in such misty rain and fog, thinking of her own situation , a family of five, six acres of land, barely make ends meet.The eldest brother is still studying outside, and there will be more places to spend money in the future. Seeing that he is growing up day by day, it is time to help his parents share their worries.

Speaking of worrying, I have a good idea right now, making candied haws, but hawthorns mature in August, and I don’t have hawthorns in storage at home, so if I want to make candied haws right now, I can only consider using other fruits instead.

Smacking his lips, he held his chin and thought, peaches are common in this season, cherries are also available, apricots and plums are common, and grapes seem to be ripe.

Zhaodi ran wildly in the yard for a while, sweating all over, she simply took off her blouse, stepped up the steps and pulled Baozhu, "Baozhu, go down and play with water?"

The corners of Baozhu's mouth twitched. Her mother went to visit Li Shuangxi's house after dinner, and her father also went out. There was no one in the yard at the moment. He glanced up and down at Zhaodi and scolded her, "Really Don't feel ashamed, the girl doll doesn't even wear a top."

Zhaodi glanced around a few times, and smiled, "No one saw it anyway, in my house, I followed my brothers shirtless down the river to catch fish all summer long!"

Baozhu rolled her eyes to express her helplessness, and continued leaning against the pillar to meditate. Zhaodi stood and looked at her for a while, feeling bored, and continued to run into the yard.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Baozhu thought that her mother didn't bring an umbrella when she went out, so she turned around and went back to the house to get an umbrella. As soon as she went out, she saw a small gray figure shrunk into a small ball in the rain and fog.

Baozhu walked out of the door with an umbrella, and took a closer look. Isn't this Qian's daughter, Xiujuan? Baozhu called her, "Xiujuan, it's raining so hard, why don't you go back?"

Zhao Di listened to the movement outside the door, put on her clothes in twos and twos, and ran to the door to join in the fun.

The disheveled hair covered Xiujuan's face, Baozhu didn't look at her expression, she just thought that the child must have been beaten in the room, and then heard her whispering something, hurriedly walked up to her, and squatted down. The lower body asked her: "Xiujuan? What's wrong with you? Your mother?"

Xiujuan raised her head, her small face was dark, her messy hair gave off a sour smell, the corners of her eyes were scratched somewhere, she opened her mouth, and mumbled, "Hungry...eat...! "

Baozhu listened carefully this time, sighed, and took her hand, "Sister will take you to eat!"

Xiujuan twisted her body back and refused to move, her eyes timidly stared at Zhaodi, Baozhu coaxed her again, "Aren't you hungry, sister will take you to eat pancakes?"

Xiujuan kept silent, her eyes kept looking at Zhaodi, Baozhu smiled and took out a handkerchief to wipe her face, "Don't be afraid, she is Zhaodi's sister, your sister like me!"

He also told her not to run around, turned around and ran into the kitchen to get her a shredded radish pancake.

The little guy seemed to be very hungry, grabbed the pancake and gnawed it, Zhaodi also ran into the stove and took out a pancake to gnaw on her, Baozhu looked at Xiujuan pitifully, couldn't help but went back to the stove to boil some water , poured it into the iron basin, ordered Zhaodi to take out a bench, put it under the porch, coaxed Xiujuan and said, "Sister, wash Xiujuan's hair, is it okay?"

Xiujuan stared at Baozhu for a while, then nodded imperceptibly, Baozhu went to pull her, she subconsciously withdrew her hand, saw Baozhu smilingly stretched out her hand again, lowered her head shyly, Baozhu went to pull her again, she followed , still stunned.

Baozhu couldn't help feeling sad, at the age of three years old, it was the time when she was nestled in the arms of her parents and acted like a baby, but this child, who had been beaten by her mother so many times, even developed resistance to others.

After washing her hair, Baozhu took out her own cotton cloth from the room to dry her hair carefully, and combed her hair into a simple bun. Zhaodi was very curious about Xiujuan, so she dug out a lot of small hair from Runsheng's room. The toys took turns teasing her.

When Wang came back from outside, she saw Xiujuan playing with Baozhu's two children, she was very surprised, and asked Baozhu why Xiujuan came.

Baozhu said that for some reason, she just squatted at the door, maybe it was Qian who punished her again, and Wa'er was hungry, so she ran to her house to beg for a bite from memory.

Wang's heart ached when she heard it, she stepped forward to hug Xiujuan, coaxed her for a while, and complained to Chen Tiegui, "I don't know what your second brother thinks about such an obedient baby, let the baby and her mother mess around." !"

Chen Tiegui frowned and remained silent, Wang babbled on for a while, Leng might as well be interrupted by Zhaodi, "Auntie, someone is calling Xiujuan outside!"

Wang listened attentively, but it wasn't true, the secretly anxious voice came from afar along the way, and now it was getting closer, and it was Zhang Hongyu's voice, Baozhu and Zhaodi hurried outside .

It was raining heavily, and Zhang Hongyu didn't open an umbrella, so she was drenched all over. Wang hurriedly called her into the house and said, "My baby is in the house. I saw Baozhu at the gate this evening, so bring her back." gone."

Seeing her aunt coming, Xiujuan didn't stay in Wang's arms anymore, and was about to go to the ground with her short legs. Zhang Hongyu picked her up with red eyes, and said to Wang: "It's a good thing my sister-in-law brought her back, otherwise It's so late in the sky, I don't know who was kidnapped."

Baozhu brought a bowl of hot tea to her second aunt, Zhang Hongyu took the tea and put it on the table, and sat down, covering her mouth and coughing, while praising Baozhu for being well-behaved.

Wang sent Baozhu out to play, and asked Zhang Hongyu, "It's still raining heavily outside, why did the baby run out of the house?"

Zhang Hongyu took a sip of tea and coughed heavily, "It's not that woman, she saw Tian'er beat her baby, and she didn't let her eat today. After dinner, I was thinking about secretly giving my baby a mouthful. If you think about it, you will lose your baby."

Mrs. Wang snorted, seeing that Xiao Xiujuan had already dozed off in Zhang Hongyu's arms, and thought that Mrs. Qian's own biological child might as well kiss the aunt, and said with a dark face, "It's a crime!"

After chatting for a while, Mrs. Wang looked at Zhang Hongyu's pale face, coughing badly, and body weight loss a lot, and advised her to go to Wei Yuan's to have a look.

Zhang Hongyu just smiled and said that she would go again when she was free, and asked Runze about his studies. Hearing Wang's rambling, there was a trace of helplessness in her eyes, "My Liangdong baby is also very smart. At that time, my mother didn't I promised my baby to go to school with his brother, but now that the family is separated, I want to pay for it, but I can't afford it, and my baby is indispensable for the work in the field."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she couldn't help sighing in her heart. Thinking about the years when the family was separated, Zhang Hongyu was much older than before, and the second child was still like a loafing, well-known lazy man in the village. Not to mention, enjoying the blessings in the house all day, Zhang Hongyu and Liangdong are responsible for all the work in the field. Thinking about his nephew Liangdong, who has suffered so much at a young age, I feel a little bit sad. I regretted complaining to my husband about it a few days ago, but my heart softened after all, thinking that no matter what, I can help my second daughter-in-law's field. After all, my second daughter-in-law is such an honest and good person. Eight years in the family, the love between sisters-in-law is placed there.

The rain didn't stop until the next morning. Baozhu couldn't sleep all night, thinking over and over again, thinking about the fate of her second aunt; There was no rain, and Runze didn't bring an umbrella when he left; he was thinking about the candied haws for a while, wondering if the idea from his previous life would work here.

Waking up early, Baozhu and Zhaodi helped Wang's chickens and cows as usual. Seeing that the two half-year-old dolls were so sensible, Wang was very pleased. Needless to say, his own daughter, Zhaodi of the younger brother's family was also a He has a kind personality, looks good when he does his work, is diligent and sensible.Today, I boiled an egg for each of the three children.

After hastily eating breakfast, Baozhu wiped her mouth and ran outside, Wang smiled and told them to go back to the house early and not play too far away.

Baozhu first went to the vegetable garden to check her own bean seedlings, and then hurriedly ran to Wei Yuan's house. She had already figured it out last night, no matter whether she could sell it for money or not, the idea of ​​making money should not be lost, she must give it a try .

Talked about the idea to Wei Sipei, he frowned and thought for a while, then asked Baozhu: "Is it okay to replace hawthorn with fruit?"

"It will definitely work! If it doesn't work, we can still eat it by ourselves!" Zhaodi jumped anxiously when she heard this, even though she had never tasted the kind of candied hawthorn fruit that the girl said, but she was still in her heart He decided that it must be delicious, for fear that Wei Sipei would object and eat it himself.

Baozhu was amused by her anxious look, and turned to Wei Sipei seriously, "If no one buys it, we will eat it ourselves!"

"Just listen to Baozhu!" Zhao Di hurriedly echoed, pinching her fingers and said while counting: "Call Erya Ximei and Xiao Huzi! Oh, and Tiedan, Laifu and Sangou are missing. son!"

Baozhu looked at her with a black face, and said with a straight face, "Don't tell anyone about this!"

Zhaodi blinked and stuck out her tongue, "There are many people and strength, just the three of us, where can we find the fruit?"

Wei Sipei walked into the kitchen with a smile, and brought out a pot of shiny grapes, "My father saw a doctor yesterday, and the other one brought it! He said it was just picked from the vineyard this year."

Baozhu opened her eyes wide to look at the pot of grapes, cheered and hugged him, "Grapes are good!"

Seeing Baozhu's eyes sparkling, Wei Sipei felt joy in his heart, and asked her, "Apart from grapes, what else do you want?"

Baozhu shook her head, "There are Xingzi and Apple at home, let's try these first!"

(End of this chapter)