Full of food and color

Chapter 76
Baozhu caressed Zhaodi's back, with a smile on her lips, and comforted her, saying: "My little uncle is coming tomorrow, let's ask him to let my cousin stay longer. After a while, it will be Mid-Autumn Festival. After Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be the Winter Solstice Festival." , Cousin will have to spend the holidays in the house, the calculation is fast, and it will be the New Year in a blink of an eye, won't we be able to see each other then?"

Zhaodi thought about it too, raised her head from her shoulder socket, and saw that both of them were smiling and looking at her, with embarrassment on her face, covered her face and ran into the yard, washed in the wooden basin by the well, and then pouted. Mouth comes into the house and talks to them.

After a few days, Baozhu's concubine came to pick up Zhaodi, and brought news that Uncle Baozhu was all right in the county, and she was often taken care of by Chen Cuixi after work every day, and came to deliver some food every three days .

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang also felt at ease. Thinking about the past few years, she also sighed, saying that she underestimated Cuixi in the past. Cuixi was married early, and Mrs. Wang had little friendship with her. At that time, she only looked at her. She was usually sloppy and unpopular in her words and actions, but in the following years, she still helped her family a lot.

Baozhu concubine also smiled and said yes, saying that the relationship between relatives is not just a gradual process. Today you lend me a hundred dollars, and tomorrow I will return you a bag of noodles.You respect me one foot, and I respect you ten feet. If you come and go, isn't it closer than a family in the end?

On Wang's side, she chatted with Zhao Di Niang, while Baozhu and Zhao Di seized the last moment to get together and whisper their ears. A faint sorrow of parting lingered between them. She kept saying that she was slowing down, but she still couldn't hold back her tears when she was about to leave. Baozhu was not willing to part with it. Zhaodi's heart was really empty when she left. I don't know if she will not get used to it in the days to come. ?

Baozhu didn't cry after all, thinking about it, she was older than Zhaodi after all, so she should show a stronger attitude than Zhaodi at this time, and only tried to comfort her, saying that she could see her at the latest in the middle of the year, some time ago The first class of the year is to see you once a year, and you can wait for a year, so you are afraid that you will not succeed in a few months?

Runsheng poked his head in and urged them: "My concubine has to hurry back in the afternoon, Xiaozhaodi needs to clean up quickly."

Baozhu took out a silk cloth to wipe Zhaodi's face, untied her hair and combed it again, then said with a smile: "Cousin, please come back earlier, grandma is thinking too hard these days." Thinking of something, Another burst of regret, "I didn't take care of teaching my cousin to write this year. If I can write, we can write letters often."

Zhaodi nodded heavily, and told Baozhu, "After I leave, Baozhu can't forget me, next year I will definitely learn to write from Baozhu!"

Baozhu concubine was already waiting in the yard by car, she smiled and blamed Zhaodi, "This baby! I can't let go of her sister, half a day's journey away, I miss your sister and come back next year!"

Zhaodi responded to her mother's call, looked at Baozhu reluctantly, turned around and went to the yard, Runsheng got into the car, went with them, and brought some eggs to Baozhu's grandma, Wang stood in the middle of the yard and walked over. Wiping her tears, she told Baozhu concubine, "My baby is very good these days at the eldest sister's house. When you go back, tell her what you have to say, and don't beat her when you have nothing to do." Also come to my aunt's house to play!"

Baozhu concubine drove out of the yard, turned around and told Wang and Baozhu not to give it away, saying that she would come to help when she had time to collect soybeans in a few days.

After Zhaodi left, Baozhu continued to make candied haws with Sipei every day. Now he can basically master the essentials of boiling sugar juice, but the knife skills are a bit clumsy, and Baozhu still does the work of peeling the fruits. As for the stick, he can make decent candied haws.

After selling in the town these days, the fruit candied haws made by the two of them may no longer be novel. The business is good and jet lagged. Sometimes the candied haws they brought are sold out in a short time, and sometimes they are all sold out in a few days.

However, Baozhu was not disappointed by this. For her, although the money she earned from selling candied haws was small, it was her own income. The apples and apricots she bought were stored in the cellar. As long as it didn't rain outside, They go to the town every day and count as much as they can sell.

One day in mid-August, Baozhu was learning how to make insoles with her mother in the yard. Runsheng came in with a cloth bag on his shoulders, took off his blouse dripping with sweat, walked out of the house, and said with a smile, "The hawthorns are ripe. You can pick a lot with the big head!"

This is undoubtedly the long-awaited good news for Baozhu, and she is busy asking her mother to pick hawthorn.

Seeing Zhaodi leave these days, Wang's daughter has become more silent, and her temper is not as good as before. It is rare to be interested in something at the moment, so she agreed without thinking about it, saying that she would let Runsheng bring the orb in the afternoon. Go there again, get some more this year, and boil them all into sauce for storage. It tastes sour and sweet, maybe Baozhu's baby will like it.

Runsheng hummed, and went into the wing room to lie down to rest. Mrs. Wang put down the insoles, stood up, went into the kitchen, took some big baskets and put them in the yard.

At this moment, Baozhu's mind was on the hawthorn. After Runsheng rested for a while, Baozhu went in and called him, "Brother, don't sleep, go and come back sooner."

Runsheng stretched his waist, got up quickly, and said with a smile, "Okay, little gluttonous monkey!"

Baozhu said again: "Call Brother Sipei!"

The two brothers and sisters walked outside with their baskets on their arms, and when they passed the door of Dr. Wei's house, Baozhu yelled clearly, and the curtain inside was lifted immediately. Wei Sipei hadn't seen Runsheng for a while, so he greeted him with a smile.

Runsheng also smiled shyly, and asked him: "Have you finished your homework? Come with us to Yanshan Mountain. The hawthorns are blooming right now!"

Wei Sipei nodded, and went into the kitchen to get a basket and a cloth bag, "It's okay, starting this year, I won't ask for homework anymore, it's all up to me, and I can spend half a day every day studying medicine."

Blinking at Baozhu again, "Picking hawthorn, is Baozhu happy?"

Baozhu giggled and said something that only the two of them could understand, "Of course, there is hope for this winter!"

Wei Sipei thought about it, and went into the kitchen to take out two cloth bags to put them in. Runsheng looked puzzled, "Why do you pick so much? Those things are sour, and if you eat too much, you will have a toothache!"

Wei Sipei smiled, "Pick more and store them. Hawthorn is a good medicine. It can appetize and eliminate food, relieve asthma and reduce phlegm. It has many benefits."

Runsheng was leading the way. Hearing what he said, he sighed, "It's because you scholars know a lot! Even your words are as eloquent as your elder brother's. I'm stumped by reading and writing. It's better to work in the fields. It's a comfortable job."

But Baozhu replied to him solemnly, "There is nothing wrong with farming. Parents don't farm, so what can I do for my elder brother to study?"

Runsheng smiled and pulled her pigtails, "You can't say that, after all, it's different to be a scholar. Otherwise, father and mother have farmed the land for most of their lives, why don't you let the elder brother farm the land?"

Baozhu shook her head and pouted to refute him: "Brother is a boy and can be a scholar, but I am a girl and I can't. In the future, there will be land to grow, food to eat, and money to spend. That will be a good life! "

Runsheng patted her on the head again, "Little greedy monkey, girls will marry when they grow up, let's see who will marry you in the future!"

Baozhu laughed, and said confidently: "If no one marries, live with your parents!"

Runsheng pursed his lips, deliberately teasing her: "Father and mother don't want old girls!"

Baozhu stomped her feet angrily, but Wei Sipei smiled and pulled her up: "I live with my father, and there will always be something to eat." After saying this, it seemed that something was wrong suddenly, and he lowered his head, quietly red face.

Sure enough, Runsheng grinned, put an arm on his shoulder, and asked in a low voice, "How about it, do you want to marry my sister?"

Baozhu turned her head and urged them impatiently: "What are you doing? Hurry up!"

Wei Sipei hurriedly waved his hands, blushing and replied, "No, I didn't do anything."

Talking and laughing along the way, after half an hour, the three of them entered the mountain, and the hawthorns in the short places along the way had been picked off. Seeing Baozhu's face collapsed, Runsheng smiled and told her not to worry, "the hawthorns inside There's still more." Saying that, he led them into the woods with his familiarity, and after walking for a while, he pointed to a hawthorn tree not far away and smiled: "Look! That's a green hawthorn! Even though the color is green, the taste is not inferior to the red one." Only then did Baozhu notice that in the forest not far away, there were hawthorn trees full of fruits. The fruits were red, yellow, and the second elder brother As for the green fruits mentioned, Runsheng introduced them one by one, "The red and black ones are fully ripe, and the pink ones are sour and sweet."

They found a place where the hawthorn trees were densely populated. Wei Sipei put the basket under the tree, smiled and told Baozhu not to worry, and rolled up his sleeves and was about to climb the tree. If you can’t do this, I’ll have to come up the tree! You two will do it right here.”

As he spoke, he swiftly climbed up the largest hawthorn tree, shaking the branches vigorously, and as the tree trembled, bright red hawthorn fruits rolled down one by one.

The two of Baozhu went to pick up the hawthorns on the ground, and threw them into the basket at the same time.

Seeing Baozhu's joyful smile, Wei Sipei picked up the biggest hawthorn, wiped it carefully with the skirt of his clothes and handed it to her, "Try Baozhu to see if it's delicious."

Baozhu couldn't wait to take a bite, but felt that the flesh was soft and had a sour taste, which was very pleasant.Unable to resist picking a few more to eat, Wei Sipei looked at her with a smile: "Eat less, although hawthorn is delicious, you can't eat too much."

When the sun went down, the four baskets and three cloth bags were full. Baozhu followed them back with the small basket contentedly.In this way, a group of customers who like hawthorn and candied haws will soon be attracted.

Mrs. Wang was washing vegetables in the yard, and when she saw the two children coming back, she smiled and asked them to skewer.

The picked hawthorns should be strung together, and divided into several small piles according to the color of the hawthorns. Mrs. Wang picked out the best part and washed them into the kitchen to prepare hawthorn sauce. The ropes are stored in bunches.

(End of this chapter)