The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 31

After Aunt Zhang entered the door, she saw Zhong Caixin sitting in the main room, and Nuan Bao was bringing food to the table.

When Zhong Caixin saw Aunt Zhang coming, she stood up quickly.

"Don't... sit down quickly." The aunt supported Zhong Caixin's arm, "I just heard that Ade said you were pregnant, let me come and see."

Zhong Caixin blushed, did not speak but smiled.

Seeing the shy look of the bride, Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "What's there to blush, this is a happy event, how many months has it been?"

"The doctor said it's been more than a month."

Isn't that because she was pregnant and did farm work for more than a month?Mrs. Zhang grabbed Zhong Caixin and looked left and right, and said happily: "It's okay, it's okay, God bless you! This child is very lucky, and he will be able to land safely. Don't worry, daughter-in-law Ade."

Zhong Caixin touched her stomach and secretly rejoiced.

"But you must be careful now. You must not work before three months, and you must not..." Suddenly remembering that Nuan Bao is still nearby, the word "same room" has been cut off and blurred.

Nuan Bao has been listening attentively, can't help blinking, and asked: "Auntie, what can I do?"

Aunt Zhang waved her hand, "What did you say?" Pointing to the food on the table, she said, "Daughter-in-law, eat it while it's hot, Ade is still with me, don't wait for him, take care of the child first. "

Xiao Fu stepped forward to hold a bowl of rice, and said, "Hurry up, Auntie, I scooped it up!"

Aunt Zhang took the job and praised: "Look, with a younger brother, Xiao Fu has grown up and is willing to work."

"Of course Xiaofu is going to be a big sister, and she will be as powerful as a big sister in the future!"

She straightened her back, walked around the hall with her head held high and her hands behind her back, like a showy rich man.

Everyone laughed.

Zhong Caixin patted her head, "Then Xiaofu will do this every day from now on, set an example for the little brother, and don't let him imitate the bad!"

Xiaofu nodded heavily, and said loudly: "This is necessary!"

Nuan Bao couldn't see her playing tricks like this, so she kneaded Xiao Fu's round bun face and urged her to scoop up the rice quickly.

After eating, Aunt Zhang and Aunt Zhang went into the bedroom to have some private conversations.

"Are you able to eat now? Take advantage of the morning sickness to take care of your body, or you will suffer later."

Zhong Caixin couldn't help trembling when she remembered the miserable appearance of the concubine in the family who suffered from pregnancy and vomiting.

"Don't be afraid to eat some sour plums. I'll bring them for you. If there's anything else you don't understand, let Nuan Bao call me over."

Zhong Caixin nodded.

Aunt Zhang held her hand, "I heard that this is your first child and you are older, but don't be afraid. There are many children in the village who have given birth to 40 years old. Compared with them, it is very easy for you." !"

"I know auntie, thank you! I, I always thought you didn't like me. After all, I was married before, so it can be regarded as a sudden appearance that ruined Ade's original marriage..."

"Forget about the past, life is not always smooth sailing; I really felt that your status was inappropriate. Although Ade is old, I, as an aunt, always want to choose a girl for him, so since you married But come to visit; now that I think about it, both of us feel that we are doing well, why should we care what outsiders think, we are not big people, just close the door and live our own lives.”

As if feeling that the topic was too heavy, Aunt Zhang smiled and said: "The most important thing now is to give birth to a son for A De. He has been alone for too long, and your two families don't have many relatives. It's best to have two children in three years. One, ten, eight!"

The peasants joked very directly, which made Zhong Caixin unable to answer.

The little aunt is pregnant with a child, and the whole family is excited; even the laziest Xiaofu is diligently wandering around Zhong Caixin.

Xiaoguai is almost two years old, and he is no longer satisfied with staying at home. He wags his tail and follows Zhang De every day, and accompanies him to work in the fields.It's just that what Zhang De does is farm work, what he does is catch voles.At first, it couldn't keep up with the speed of the field mouse, and every time it squinted at the field mouse slipping away from it, and then it was taught again and again, so that it rushed up and bit the field mouse's ear, patted the leg of the disabled field mouse with one paw, and then looked at it. The field mouse dragged its body to escape slowly and then chased it back to play with.

When Zhang De found out that Xiaoguai could catch voles, Xiaoguai lost count of how many voles he played with.

One day Zhang De came back with a dead field mouse and clamored to let everyone eat the field mouse.

The field mouse is small, but very fat, with brown fur, small eyes, and a long tail; when Nuan Bao saw the field mouse, he was so frightened that he hid by the door frame and did not dare to move, "Nuan girl, what are you afraid of! This field mouse It's very sweet, I'll let you have a taste today."

Nuan Bao was stunned, and asked repeatedly: "Uncle, is this really edible? Will there be no plague?"

Zhang De pinched the tail of the field mouse and waved his hand, "I used to eat it when I was a child. This field mouse is different from a mouse and will not get sick. At that time, my brothers and I were fighting to eat it. If I don't have time now, I will grab some and invite them. Come eat."

Nuan Bao and Xiao Fu Qiqi shuddered, waved their hands and said, "Since Uncle likes to eat, let Uncle eat."

Zhang De didn't expect Xiaowa to be so timid. He thought back then that he was very thick-skinned. He went into the water to catch snakes, and went to the fields to catch mice. He had a lot of fun.

Even Nuanbao and the others disliked it, so Caixin would definitely not eat it. He also thought that the vole meat was sweet, and pregnant women would like it. Now that he was depressed, he had to burn all the vole hairs and dry them in the sun. Drink and eat.

Zhong Caixin was still sleeping soundly in the bedroom, not knowing Zhang De's preparations at all.

In the next few days, as the corn matured, countless voles in the holes came out to harm the grain; Xiaoguai finally played the role of a sturdy dog, and his chubby body was not cumbersome at all. A few voles were shot and handed over to the owner Zhang De.

Zhang De patted Xiao Guai's head, and kept praising Xiao Guai for being such a smart puppy. He even added leftovers to his rice bowl at night, which made the two pigs howl when they were hungry. .

Xiao Guai seemed to be encouraged, and brought back a field mouse every day. Nuan Bao never dared to get close to Xiao Guai, for fear that it would suddenly throw out a dead vole.

The wind in August was extremely dry and hot, and the summer heat was unstoppable. Zhong Caixin, who had no appetite, began to enter the period of pregnancy and vomiting.

Everyone looked worriedly at the little aunt who didn’t know what to do. It was so hot that she finally ate a little food, but she vomited it all up again in a blink of an eye. After a few days, the raised meat finally disappeared slowly, and the whole person was very thin. It looks good, except for a small bulge on the stomach.

Wealthy families have cold cellars that can store ice cubes in winter to cool off the heat. Nuanbao has no choice but to sprinkle water on the courtyard every day, hoping to lower the temperature.Zhang De borrowed a car to go to a famous pastry shop in Longqing City and bought a lot of crystal cakes. Now my aunt can only satisfy her hunger by eating cold and sweet crystal cakes.

Aunt Zhang was also anxious, eager to bring sour plums, the morning sickness stopped, but the more she ate, the hungrier she became, and she couldn't bear the smell of oil and salt after eating.

The voles were dried on the rack, and many flies swarmed around the dried meat smelling the sweet smell. For some reason, Zhang De shredded the dried meat and steamed it in a pan without adding any oil or salt.

Zhong Cai was lying on the kang helplessly, with a dying expression and no energy at all.

Zhang De picked up a pillow and stuffed it on the kang, and helped his wife to sit up, "Caixin, I thought of a new food, try it, it doesn't have any oil or smell of oily smoke, it won't make you sick."

When Zhong Caixin saw that it was shredded meat, she resisted instinctively. How could she eat meat, she pushed away the food in front of her and said, "Ade, the meat has a fishy and greasy smell, I really can't eat it."

Zhang De continued to coax: "This is not pork. Try it. I bought it from a merchant from another place. It is the meat of other wild animals. Does it taste sweet? It's not greasy at all."

Zhong Caixin poked her head out and smelled the shredded meat, and sure enough there was no meaty smell, so Zhang De took the opportunity to hand over the spoon, "Eat it quickly."

She picked up the spoon and gently scooped a little bit to her mouth. The shredded pork was finely chopped, hard and chewy, unlike pork, which was soft, sweet and delicious.

"Ade, this is delicious." He said, taking another spoonful.

Zhang De finally felt relieved, watched his daughter-in-law help her to sleep after eating, turned around and told the two younger ones, "None of you are allowed to say what this meat is, do you understand?"

Nuan Bao and Xiao Fu nodded in disbelief. Who would have thought that this vole could cure morning sickness?

(End of this chapter)