The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 29

Qin Chengyi was in a daze for a while, and said softly: "You should go and explain to that person. I'm not..."

"No!" Nuan Bao picked up the broom to sweep the pig hairs on the ground. "He thought too much, and I never had that thought."

With a slight smile on the corner of Qin Chengyi's mouth, he lowered his head and continued to pluck the fine fluff on the pig's head with the tongs.

Nuan Bao was still waiting for him to speak, but the other party had been working hard and had no intention of chatting at all.

She lowered her head sadly, what did Qin Chengyi mean by "bad life" just now?Is that why he ignored her?
Zhang De gave all the copper coins to his wife, stepped out of the yard and worked with the butcher to kill the wild boar he kept. This wild boar also weighs about a hundred catties. It is estimated that it can be eaten until the end of the year if it is all salted. This year, the two pigs raised by the family can be taken Going out to sell it, he grinned again at the thought of Zhang De.

Two pig heads are boiled and hung on the chopping board, pig blood is made into pig red soup, pork loin is sliced ​​and steamed on rice, pig lungs are kept for cooking in the evening to cook dry pig lung soup, pig intestines and other pig offal are placed on the basin to wait for the little aunt deal with.

Zhang De cut a wild boar into countless small pieces, each of which weighed about eight or nine catties, and put them all in a basin after cutting, filling five large basins like this.

There is meat at home, so it is inevitable to give some to others. Zhang De strung up the meat strips with willow branches and tied them up for Nuan Bao and Xiao Fu to carry them to Mrs. Zhang and others.

Aunt Zhang planned to go to Zhang De's house to buy wild pork earlier, but Zhang De refused to accept her money, and asked her to go home and send her the meat after killing another pig.

When Nuan Bao and Xiao Fu pushed open the wooden door that Aunt Zhang had concealed, Stone and Niuwa, who were playing in the yard, immediately surrounded them, looking at the fat pork in their hands with greedy expressions.

Aunt Zhang also came out when she heard the noise, dismissed the two naughty grandsons and took the meat strips from Xiaofu's hand.

"This is too much meat, just give it to my aunt, and take the rest back quickly." Aunt Zhang watched Zhang De grow up, and she was half of Zhang De's mother. Zhang De was also Aunt Zhang when he was a part-time worker in the city. Taking care of the old house, Zhang De is very grateful to Aunt Zhang.

The pork weighed about [-] catties, and Mrs. Zhang dared not accept this gift.

Nuan Bao rolled her eyes, "Ma'am has taken care of us so much, can't she afford this meat? If Ma'am doesn't want to get this meat for nothing, why don't you harvest wheat together with us."

"Of course we need a partnership. Your uncle finally has a farm this year. He definitely won't be able to handle it all by himself. I have enough family members. When the time comes, I will cut off yours first and then mine."

Aunt Zhang's family has more than ten acres of land, and her three sons and daughters-in-law, Aunt Zhang and his wife are all strong laborers.

After leaving the aunt's house, Nuan Bao and Xiao Fu went to the house of the little uncle's elders.Although he is an elder in the clan, it has been a few generations. In the past, the family was poor and could not leave relatives. This relative was brought back when the younger uncle got married.

There is no such thing as family marriage. Living in the countryside always requires unity. If you are too isolated and have troubles, you can't find anyone to help.

Then I went to my uncle's four good brothers' homes.

They didn't expect the two girls to come to the door, so they hurriedly asked Zhang De if something happened. The men were all working in the fields in the morning, and they didn't know that Zhang De had hunted wild boars.The daughters-in-law of the relative uncles were very pleasantly surprised. When will Zhang De have the ability to give away pork?And one will return two, each weighing almost ten catties.

Farm women don’t have a bad heart, but in the past, Zhang Deqiong couldn’t even eat, so it was inevitable that his own man would have to subsidize some money. For women who only deal with daily necessities, a little bit of sesame and mung beans can also make them feel distressed a few days.Now that Zhang De has made a fortune, they naturally don't mind her husband's association with him.

Xiaofu hadn't seen Er Niu for a long time, so she took the remaining meat strips and planned to visit Er Niu.Nuan Bao also felt that it was not good for Xiaofu to "cheat food and drink" at Er Niu's house in the past, but it is of course very good to be able to repay the favor now, and he is willing to accompany her there.

Erniu's family can be regarded as a wealthy family in the village, just looking at the blue bricks and black tiles can explain one or two.Unlike ordinary rural houses, his house opens the courtyard door so that people can see the situation inside at a glance. The courtyard wall is built very high, and only the green branches growing and extending from the inside can be seen outside.

Xiaofu didn't seem to become alienated because of not being able to see each other for several months. She patted on the courtyard door as usual and shouted familiarly: "Auntie, Xiaofu is here! Er Niu, open the door!"

As soon as the words were finished, the gate of the courtyard opened immediately, and Er Niu showed his small head and looked at Xiao Fu with bright eyes.

"Here!" Xiao Fu handed over the pork, "Little uncle caught three big wild boars, my house has a lot of meat, why don't you come to my house today to watch the pig slaughter?"

Er Niu Niang came out of the house, "Xiaofu is here? Come in and let Auntie see."

Xiaofu jumped into Er Niu Niang's arms, Er Niu Niang hugged her and said with a smile, "Xiao Fu is heavy again!"

Xiaofu twisted his chubby body, and said with pursed lips, "No way! Auntie is lying!"

Er Niu Niang comforted: "Yes...Xiaofu is not fat, it is the best looking."

Er Niu looked at Xiaofu eagerly, and quickly agreed: "Yes, Xiaofu is the prettiest."

Xiaofu and Erniu played together. Erniu had recently gone to school and matured a lot. He took out straw grasshoppers, butterflies and rabbits for Xiaofu, as well as clay dolls and dough figurines bought in the city. Windmills and more.

Nuan Bao noticed that Er Niu was much thinner than before, probably because the boy had started to have twitches, and his whole body became tall and straight, no longer the chubby appearance he used to be.Moreover, his face has lost its original childishness, and he has begun to have the elegant temperament of a scholar. I believe Er Niu will attract the favor of all girls in the village in the near future.

However, according to Xiaofu's greedy and playful nature, it may be difficult for her to open up to understand love, so Nuan Bao is not at all worried that Xiaofu will fall in love early, become jealous, or feel sad.

Low emotional intelligence is really a big killer...

Er Niu Niang watched the interaction between her son and Xiaofu, and really felt that Xiaofu is a really good kid, with a big personality, not hiding things, not narrow-minded, honest and scheming, the most important thing is that he is big-boned, thick and easy to give birth to!At first glance, it is the appearance of Jufu.

When I got home, my aunt was washing the pig's offal with water, and pointed to five large pots of pork for the two of them to marinate.

Nuanbao and Xiaofu used all the salt they had at home, spread it on the strips of meat finely, and rubbed it with their hands to make the salt penetrate into the meat.

Xiaofu took a piece of meat in each hand and shook it, and he looked like everything was fine with meat, which made everyone laugh.

At noon, the pig butcher was left to eat at home, and he cooked a plate full of stew as a reward.

After lunch, Qin Chengyi led the pig butcher to his uncle's house to kill pigs. That day, Zhangjia Village was full of sounds of slaughtering pigs and watching the excitement.

There are also rules for the placement of cured meat. The bottom layer of skin is on the bottom, the meat is on top, and the top layer of skin is on top. Put it in a clay pot and double it every day. After three days, take it out and dry it with hemp rope. String them and hang them under the girder above the firepit in the main room. Burning some pine branches under the firepit can make the pork more fragrant. In the New Year, they will have bacon to eat.

Nuan Bao's family was busy making bacon, and finally hung the raw meat on the beams for four consecutive days, and the summer harvest was about to begin.

Since Zhang De sold his private land, his family has no land to grow peanuts and corn, so they only need to harvest wheat this summer.

Three acres of land is neither too much nor too little. If you rely on the little uncle alone, it won't work in half a month. Now it is much more convenient to partner with Aunt Zhang's family.

The little aunt is in charge of cooking everyone's meals at home, Nuan Bao is on the sidelines, and Xiao Fu has to take care of Aunt Zhang's grandchildren. In this way, all the laborers of Aunt Zhang's family can go to work in the fields, unlike before where one person was always left behind Cooking everyone's meals and being distracted from looking after the children and delivering meals to the fields.

On the first day, everyone went to Zhang De's field to harvest. At first, everyone thought that Zhang De's field was barren, and the grain grown must be unsatisfactory, but when they got closer, they found that the full wheat ears on the wheat stalks bent down , drooping and drooping, no matter how you look at it, it's gratifying.

Uncle Zhang asked: "Ade, I didn't expect the wheat to grow so well. Isn't it very laborious to pick fertilizer close to home?"

Zhang De scratched his head, and said sincerely: "Anyway, there is nothing to do every day, so if you do more, you will always have a good harvest."

Uncle Zhang agreed: "No, if you treat it well, it will also treat you well. This is the most deceitful thing."

Aunt Zhang waved her hand to tell everyone to work quickly, the old man liked nagging the most.

Everyone rushed to harvest before the scorching heat at noon, and they could hide under the trees to enjoy the shade at noon. Only then did everyone find a deep ditch here. Zhang De explained that it was a trap and told everyone to be careful.

"Could it be the place where the three wild boars were caught last time?" Aunt Zhang's eldest son, Da Zhuang, asked. The wild boar is very envious.

"It's right here. Don't look at it as simple as it looks. The mechanism inside is very powerful. It's all because of that little brother Cheng Yi. It wasn't for him who estimated that my wheat would be harmed by wild boars." Speaking of Qin Chengyi, Zhang De praised Qin Chengyi again. .

Aunt Zhang loves gossip all her life. When she hears an unfamiliar name, she immediately asks who Qin Chengyi is.When they learned that it was He Lianhua's son, everyone understood.The matter of He Lianhua was quite a big deal back then. After all, the same family had died for three consecutive years, and rumors spread all over the sky. Coupled with everyone's imagination, it was difficult for Qin Chengyi not to be famous.

Zhong Caixin and Nuan Bao carried baskets to deliver food to everyone. The food was very rich, including corn soup, meat pie with preserved vegetables, pork ribs with big sauce and so on.Harvesting wheat is the hardest time of the year. At this time, the meals are really prepared. Every plate is full of meat. It is almost the same as the Chinese New Year. After eating, everyone is full of energy to work again.

When they have almost harvested, Nuanbao can follow behind to pick up the ears of wheat. Don't underestimate the missed ears of wheat. If you don't pick them up in time, the children in the village will soon come to your wheat field to pick them all up. Who will pick them up at this time? You can't blame the children for doing wrong, because wheat harvesting is a race against the sky. If you don't harvest it in a hurry, it will rain and the wheat will rot and mold.

(End of this chapter)