Full of food and color

Chapter 85
In the early morning of the [-]th day of June, Mrs. Wang and Runsheng went to the town. Hearing her father said that she was going to buy some food, Baozhu was still wondering if it was a big day, or would there be guests in the house?Baozhu didn't know until they came back at noon that today was her birthday.

This is what Mrs. Wang thought. She hadn’t bothered to celebrate Baozhu’s baby’s birthday for a few years. Before rushing Hongyu to come this year, she celebrated her baby’s birthday. She bought some peanut snacks and weighed a bucket of rice. Once I made rice, I didn’t greet them in the old courtyard anymore, just a family of four, simply celebrated once.

Baozhu went to her small vegetable garden to pick some green vegetables, and as soon as she scooped up a basin of water in the kitchen, Mrs. Wang smiled and let her go out to play, "It's your birthday today, don't worry about the kitchen, mother Cook some dishes for you."

Baozhu nodded with a smile, and walked around the yard a little bit. The ground had just been cleaned early in the morning, and the chicken coop and cowshed were also cleaned.After wandering around for a while, I went back to my own room, picked up the broom and swept the kang again habitually, looking at the spotless tables and chairs and the clean floor, suddenly felt at a loss as to whether to wipe again I went back to the pillars and the beams, but after thinking about it, this is a big project, and Brother Runsheng must be there to help. After the meal is ready, her mother will have to babble again when she sees that she is busy.

Runsheng called her outside: "Baozhu, why don't you go dig loaches by the river with brother?"

Baozhu was not interested, "Qin, who went with brother Sipei a few days ago, will not go today!"

I want to write and write, but I haven’t bought paper for a long time. I took out the yellowed thousand-character text that she had turned over and read it for a while, then stood up and went to the wall of the yard to get a pickaxe to weed in my vegetable field. .

Er Ya Niang was washing clothes by the river, seeing that her little pudding was getting bigger and wielding the pick vigorously, it was very interesting, so she smiled and teased her: "Is Bao Zhu tired? Why haven't you come to play at my aunt's house recently! "

Baozhu smiled back at her, "I'm not tired, sister Erya often comes to play with me."

Erya Niang laughed, "Your sister Erya can't compare to you in diligence! Today is the Zhao family's little granddaughter's birthday celebration, no, I got up early in the morning to join in the fun!"

Baozhu was in a daze, couldn't that be Baoyun, and heard a big girl next to Erya Niang say: "I passed by Zhao's house today, and there is a lot of ostentation. There are many people from the whole village. Lizheng has gone."

Er Ya Niang smiled and scolded her, "Chunfang is going to have a baby tomorrow, so why not show off the show? Why don't Shengde give it to the grand master once a year?"

Chunfang laughed loudly, "Shengde's house is no better than Zhao's house!"

Erya Niang glanced at Bao Zhu, "Speaking of which, that baby is still Bao Zhu's biological sister!"

Baozhu lowered her eyelids and didn't respond to her words, then she heard Chunfang slightly surprised and asked: "It is said that someone else came from the house, so it is in Xiao Baozhu's house? Who is Baozhu's child in the house?"

"Hi!" The second girl glanced at Baozhu, and said in a low voice, "It's the Chen family! It turns out that the old family's house at the east end of the village is very expensive!"

"Hey! Speaking of which, I really know the sister-in-law of the Chen family. I look at that baby, but she is not as rare as Baozhu baby!"

"It's better to have a good life than to have a good life. The Chen family's second daughter-in-law, do you know that? How handsome and fair! Now the sick ones only have bones left!"

Seeing them getting together and discussing the events of the past with great interest, Baozhu just wanted to get rid of her ears, pouted her lips, and walked back without saying a word.

Seeing that Baozhu entered the door, Wang's face was not very happy. She wanted to ask her, but she felt that she would not say anything. After a few dishes were finished, she asked Baozhu to come into the kitchen and prepared the same dishes. He set aside some to put into a food box, filled some rice, and asked her to deliver it to Zhang Hongyu, and told her in a low voice: "Doctor Wei said, the baby infected with tuberculosis, went away and stayed away from your wife."

Baozhu knows that tuberculosis is a well-known and highly contagious disease in modern times. Although the ancient doctors did not understand how contagious it was, they also concluded from practice that it can infect the elderly, the weak, the sick and the weak. group.

She is not afraid of infection, the food box is for the second aunt's special use. Recently, the second aunt hardly coughs, and occasionally coughs and covers her mouth with a handkerchief. She only delivers meals once a day, and there is no closer contact.

Zhang Hongyu was lying on the kang doing needlework, sat up with a smile and praised her: "Baby Zhu is so good, go back and tell your mother that you don't have to come to deliver food tomorrow, my body is better, and tomorrow you can go to the ground by yourself. "

Baozhu took out the dishes from the food box one by one and put them on the kang table. Hearing what she said, she shook her head, "I'm still looking at my sister-in-law, but I'll come back tomorrow!"

Zhang Hongyu smiled, "The cough is better, but since he got sick, his body has been weak and not very energetic."

Baozhu grinned and stretched out her hand to point to a plate of green vegetables, "Jinzi, this is the vegetable I grew myself this year, and today is my birthday."

Zhang Hongyu took out a neatly folded handkerchief from the bottom of the kang and handed it to her, "My concubine, remember, Baozhuwa was born on the tenth day of June, after this day she will be eight years old."

Baozhu took it over and took a closer look. It was made of snow-white satin, and the veil was exquisitely embroidered. The two pink peonies in the center looked extremely gorgeous against the snow-white background. Baozhu had never received such a good gift before. Satin is very valuable. In this day and age, it would be used by rich people. Farmers' clothes, not to mention satin, even ordinary cotton cloth can be regarded as exquisite. His father has been reluctant to tear cotton cloth all these years. Wearing sackcloth.

Baozhu pursed her lips, handed the handkerchief to Zhang Hongyu, shook her head and said, "Auntie will keep such a good handkerchief for herself."

Zhang Hongyu took the veil with a smile, took her hand again, and pointed to a corner of the veil for her to see.Baozhu blinked, only to realize that the name of Baozhu was still embroidered on the lower right corner. Remembering that my second aunt was illiterate, it must have taken a lot of thought to embroider the word Baozhu on the handkerchief.

Finally, she accepted the veil sadly, and when she went back, she showed it to Mrs. Wang with red eyes.

Mrs. Wang sighed heavily, "Your second aunt misses you so much, she still remembers your birthday after all these years." Thinking of something again, she blamed Baozhu, "Celebrate your birthday well, don't cry, go and call your father and your second aunt." Brother, it's time to eat!"

Baozhu answered her mother's call, went to the yard to wipe her face and hands, then put on a smiling face and called her father.

Chen Tiegui was in a rare good mood today, drank a few sips of wine, and talked a little too much.He kept praising Baozhu all the time, saying that Chen Jialu's hand gave the house a face, and that Baozhu was hardworking and sensible.

Wang smiled and scolded him: "Now that I know my daughter is good? Don't you usually look like a vicious girl?"

Chen Tiegui chuckled, "I'm just afraid that you will spoil the baby. If you spoil the baby, I have to take care of the baby. I can't let you spoil the baby!"

Baozhu was startled, went to see his father, saw that he was drunk now, his face was black and red, he took a sip of wine, hummed a few times in a wayward tone, and said: " Baozhu's diapers were changed by my father since she was a child. Oh, the monkey boy has grown up, but he doesn't recognize me as a father, and kisses you all day long."

Mrs. Wang snorted, and asked the two children to pick up some vegetables, "Don't bother with your father, he stayed in the house and drank for a while in the morning, and his tongue is already big by now."

Baozhu picked up chopsticks and fried loach into her father's bowl, and said with a smile, "Both father and mother are kissing each other!"

As soon as the words were finished, a voice sounded from outside, "Gui Waer!"

Baozhu recognized that it was Grandpa Chen Erniu, so she hurried out and opened the door. Seeing Chen Cuixi standing behind him, she smiled and called for someone.

Mrs. Wang also came out and called them in. She said that it was Baozhu's birthday, and she made some food in the room, and told Runsheng to add two chairs.

Chen Cuixi smiled and teased Baozhu, and then said to Wang: "That's a good feeling, it smells like delicious food!"

Wang asked her, "Sister, why are you free to come with dad today?"

Chen Cuixi took her seat with a smile, "A few days ago I went back to the house to collect the rent, and today I came to visit my parents, and I will go back to the county in the evening."

Chen Erniu sighed, "Brother Hongyu came to the house this morning to make a fuss!"

Wang frowned and asked, "What is it for?"

Chen Cuixi answered, "It's because the second sister-in-law was ill. We insisted that Tie Fu ran away, and our parents didn't care about the second sister-in-law, and let her suffer in the house alone with the two children. Daddy, I still have to report to the official! When I came at noon, he had already left."

Mrs. Wang sighed, "Is there any news about Tie Fu?"

Chen Cuixi shook her head, "I've been looking for my baby's father for a long time, but I haven't seen him, so I went to another county."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang went to persuade Chen Erniu again, "Father, don't worry too much. Tie Fu's flamboyant heart is not reliable even if he works as a worker. Maybe he will come back tomorrow."

Chen Erniu didn't speak after hearing this, but looked at Chen Tiegui, then at Wang, frowning and saying nothing.

Mrs. Wang vaguely felt that he had something to say, so she pushed Chen Tiegui under the table, and Chen Tiegui came to his senses, and asked his father, "What do you want to say today?"

Chen Erniu said hesitantly, "The baby Hongyu is really pitiful. Your mother and your brother-in-law didn't agree with the previous discussion. They said that the baby was still young and they were afraid of contracting tuberculosis..."

Wang probably thought of his purpose for coming, at one moment she was worried that Baozhuwa was too young, at another moment she felt that she should do this, she struggled for a while, but she didn't make a sound.

Chen Erniu said again: "Your mother made a promise to Brother Hongyu that Hongyu will take over and raise her in your house from now on." After a long silence, he looked up at Mrs. Wang this time, "It's not bad. Years of hard work, you can help in the house if you can."

Mrs. Wang felt a little angry. Being willing and being persecuted are two different things. Mrs. Chen and Liu are good at handling things, so she immediately pushed her here. It is said that if there were no precious orbs in the house, she would have no problem at all. After the year, I discussed it with my husband, thinking that when the wheat harvest was over and I was free, I would put Baozhu baby in her aunt's house and settle it down for a year or two, and then I would bring Hongyu back.At this moment, Chen Liushi was forced to drive the duck into the frame, she held her breath, and stuck her neck silently.

Not long after, Chen Cuixi had already eaten a bowl full of rice, smiled and handed the bowl to Baozhu, "Put another half of the bowl for my concubine." Then she said to Wang: "Run Ze is studying outside, and Run Sheng is a boy. , work all day long and have a strong body, so there is no big problem, just come to my house with the orb!"

Mrs. Wang sneered, "That's what I planned too. I celebrated Baozhu's birthday today, and I will go to the county to discuss this matter with my sister tomorrow. Who would have thought that our mother would be quick to talk, and promise Brother Hongyu first." gone."

Chen Tiegui placed the bowl and chopsticks again, "Father, come back, we've settled this matter, and while Third Aunt Baozhu is here, I'll send the baby away today!"

(End of this chapter)