The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 36

There is only one household in Zhangjia Village with the surname Zhao. The woman's surname is Cai, and she must be Zhao Tong's new wife. Thinking of this, Zhong Caixin smiled and said, "So it's the second daughter-in-law of Zhao."

Cai Nier: "Yes. Earlier, my mother told my sister-in-law Zhong to bring eggs and cloth when eating wine. It really cost my sister-in-law."

Zhang De paused and put down the willow stick. Cai Nier's name sounded familiar.

"Caixin, stop making things up, go into the room with the guests and have a chat."

Zhong Caixin handed the basket to Zhang De, wiped off the grass clippings on his clothes, pulled the hand of the person who came up and walked inside, "Seeing that you and I are about the same age, we will definitely come to visit more in the future."

Cai Nier's hands were extremely rough due to years of heavy work. They held hands together, and Zhong Caixin's soft finger flesh made her break free. The comparison is always the most hurtful.

The sudden and excessive movement drew Zhong Caixin's puzzled gaze, and Cai Nier explained angrily: "My hands sweat easily, and it's uncomfortable to stick together."

Zhong Caixin smiled and didn't mind: "It's just sweat, how can I be so fussy."

Even so, Cai Nier still clasped her hands in front of her body.

There is a new set of furniture in the main room, the windows are white and flawless, a string of bacon is hung on the high beams of the firepit, the green bricks on the ground are tightly assembled, and there are several luxurious peony flower pillows placed on the kang.

Zhong Caixin filled two bowls of corn soup by the fire pond and handed them to Cai Nier.

"I'm so hungry, I've always prepared food at home, it really makes you laugh."

These words were very simple and pure, but Cai Nier found it harsh. When her family was still worrying about rations, others could eat whatever they wanted. The hand holding the spoon tensed for a while, and the black and red fingers curved into a deep outline.

"Why don't I call you Ni'er from now on, and you can also call me Caixin."

She is the mud on the ground, but others are the stars in the sky. She told herself to be calm, and the more she was like this, the more she had to be decent, "Okay! I'm eighteen this year. I don't know who is older and who is younger?"

Zhong Caixin chuckled, and said while stirring the soup to dissipate heat, "Then I am two years older than you."

Cai Nier lowered her head and stroked her face, she really couldn't tell, she thought she was the same age as her.

"Sister Caixin, I will call you Sister Caixin from now on." My sister always showed that she was older than herself.

Zhong Caixin replied: "Okay." She really liked this simple farm girl.

"Sister Caixin, I heard that there are two female dolls at home, why don't you see them?" A little sign of going to the theater stood out in my heart.

The spoon moved closer to his mouth and blew a little. His upper lip was wet and still a little hot. He raised his head and said, "The two of them just went to wash clothes by the stream, and we will see you later."

really!She doesn't like dragging oil bottles, that's why she sends them to work.

"I've heard people say that my sister's family is righteous, so I adopted two distant relatives." Is this fanning the flames?Cai Nier felt that she had changed a bit.

Zhong Caixin didn't want to get entangled in this issue. The children belonged to her own family. What others said would hurt them to some extent. Forgetting is not a bad thing. Ever since Nuan Bao's parents passed away, they have been a family. Let there be a crack in their affection.

"The soup is going to be cold, let's finish eating first."

Cai Nier left Zhang De's house to bid farewell, Zhong Caixin's gentle voice, decent behavior, and beautiful face still echoed in her mind.She grabbed the dog's tail grass by the roadside, no matter how she looked, she looked like an ugly and unsightly self, but could she only be a weed for the rest of her life?Maybe she can also work hard to make a flower, just like the red peony on the pillow she just saw.

Nuan Bao returned home from the stream with the wooden barrel and Xiao Fu. The little uncle was still sitting in the yard weaving baskets, "Uncle, where is little aunt?"

Zhang De raised his head, "The guests just came, and your aunt is entertaining inside, and she may be asleep now."

Xiao Fu picked up a piece of clothing and was about to throw it on the drying line, "Sister, why am I still so short?"

Nuan Bao took the clothes, "When you are ten years old, you will be as tall as your elder sister." She continued to turn her head and asked her little uncle, "Who was the guest just now?"

Zhang De rubbed his head, as if he couldn't think of it, he paused for a while, and said hesitantly, "Looks like Zhao Er's daughter-in-law, what's her name, Cai Ni?"

Nuan Bao murmured repeatedly, could it be...

Thinking of the terrible consequences, Nuan Bao immediately pulled the uncle aside, and the two of them moved closer to the corner, "Uncle, could it be the person Aunt Zhang showed you?"

Zhang De went through it in his mind, his face became strange, and he stared at Nuan Bao.

"Did I really hit the mark?" Nuan Bao covered her mouth and looked around suspiciously.

Zhang De rubbed his hands: "What should I do then?"

Nuan Bao rolled his eyes: "Then what can we do, just pretend we don't know each other."

"Is that bad?"

"Does uncle want aunt to know?"

Xiao Fu shouted loudly: "You are whispering again and don't tell me!"

This troublesome little fortune.

As soon as Zhong Caixin came out, she heard Xiaofu's voice full of jealousy, "Then Auntie only whispers to Xiaofu and doesn't talk to them, how about it?"

Xiaofu held his aunt's arm, "Hmph, we ignore my uncle and sister. Auntie, let's go in and drink up the corn soup, and leave nothing for them."

Zhang De and Nuan Bao breathed a sigh of relief as they watched one big and one small enter the room.The two looked at each other, tacitly determined that Cai Nier would never be mentioned again in the future.

It seems that Cai Nier has no intention of coming back, and this winter is coming when my aunt's belly is getting more and more swollen.

Last year, because of Xiaofu's troubles, everyone was stuck at home at night. This year, there is one more person in the house. It's not right, it's a big one and a small one, which seems extraordinarily lively.

The baby in the little aunt's stomach has already learned to kick people. What Xiao Fu likes most is to look at Zhong Caixin's belly, waiting for the baby to do exercises. Nuan Bao is really pitiful when she sees that she wants to touch but dare not.

The two domestic pigs were killed and sold, and the chickens that had been raised for a year were also killed and buried in the snow for refrigeration. When they wanted to eat, they dug one out of the snow at any time. Fat.

However, this year is not a happy one. After the spring, the people who serve in corvee will gather to go to the frontier, Kyoto, or go south to build canals and roads. Except for a few new wives who are pregnant to dilute some frustration, most of them People even go to Yaoshan Temple to pray for Buddha even in the snow in winter.Not only for peace, but also for children.

Shi Shi didn't know whether she was enlightened by worshiping the gods, or because she was overwhelmed by maternal love, and finally stopped making troubles, and knew how to calm down and kneel on the cattail fan to read Buddhist scriptures, and Cai Nier was also discovered to be pregnant at this time.Because of this incident, Shi Shi became more devout to Buddha, feeling like a prodigal son turned back.

No matter how vicious and vulgar a person is, they are no match for parting, and maternal love is the most wonderful thing in the world. It can make people live, and it can also make people die. Perhaps Shi Shi does not have the gentleness and grandeur of a mother, but she gave the child the most Important life, and willing to make efforts for the continuation of this life.

In the second month of the lunar calendar, Cao Shuangmin, the city guard of Longqing City, accompanied Lin Hai, the guard in charge, to inspect Xinding, and the expropriated civilians from the counties under the control of Longqing City gathered at the post road to wait for dispatch.

A team of 3 people lined up along the post road, and the relatives of the folks stood on the hill beside the post road to bid farewell in tears.

On this day, the cold wind was bitter, and the first conscription of Yong Kingdom officially kicked off.

(End of this chapter)