Chapter 15: Harmony and Beauty

"That's it, mother, then I'll follow you, and the two of you can work faster!"

Song Xiaoyue's job is to pick wild vegetables, and she can move freely after completing her daily tasks.

"If there is a little girl who learns to do farm work, if she gets tanned, she will not be able to discuss good family affairs, so you can stay at home! ”

"Who to marry, it's still early, besides, you love me, many girls in the village work with their families. ”

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"Oh, I can't say you, go ahead, don't shout at me later, I'm tired! Go, put on a straw hat, the sun is so strong in the field. ”

"Don't worry!"

Song Xiaoyue naughtily stood up and ran to wear a straw hat!

Song's mother carried a hoe, and at one end of the hoe hung a basket with a pot of water and a few corn tortillas. On the other end is a pair of burdens. Song Xiaoyue followed behind with a pair of scissors and went out in the direction of Tian!

The ridges are small and thin, and sometimes there are holes, which are very difficult to walk. Song Xiaoyue fell a few times in the back and died of disgrace.

The self-cultivated land is distributed according to the population, and their family has six acres of self-reserved land.

Nowadays, all the rice planted in the self-reserved land is cultivated, and the family has a large population, so I am afraid that there will not be enough to eat in the coming year.

"Yue'er, you just stay in the ridge, you are not allowed to go anywhere! give me the sickle, I will go and release the water, and by the way, cut the grass back on the ridge and feed the rabbits. ”

Song Xiaoyue handed the sickle to Mother Song and nodded obediently. He said, "Don't worry, Grandma! I won't run around!"

Grandma put the basket away, carried the hoe, took the sickle, and went to the field.

Song Xiaoyue saw that Song's mother was very fast, she knew that she didn't have this ability, and she would just make trouble when she went down, so she was very acquainted.

Occasionally, one or two small fish of that kind that did not grow long swam in the ditch, and when they heard movement, they slipped away again!

This is called rice fish, and it is very delicious when used for cooking, but farmers are not allowed to catch it, as if it can ensure that the crops grow well.

Seeing that the peanut field was divided into ridges by ditches, and there was water in the ditches, the water in those ditches was also released. It seems that the peanuts are also ripe!

Sweet potato fields are the same as peanut fields, but each ridge is much smaller than peanut fields.

In addition, the farmers are self-sufficient in planting everything, including peanuts and sweet potatoes......

Song Xiaoyue watched Song's mother's movements and remembered that if you want to live in this era in the future, you can't never understand nothing, and you still have to learn simple crop planting methods.

Song Xiaoyue was dazzled, but her mood became relaxed, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud when she thought of looking like a headless fly last night.

During this time, I must learn more from my grandmother and make up for this knowledge.

When I came back from a round in the field, my grandmother had already cut a large pile of grass and put it on the ridge.

Song Xiaoyue couldn't help but feel a little distressed when she saw her mother still bending over and desperately cutting her conditioning. shouted at Grandma: "Grandma, come up and rest! Drink some water, eat a cake and cut it!"

"Okay, go up later, and pour water if you're thirsty." Don't wait for me, I'll naturally go up when I'm tired. ”

After Grandma finished speaking, she bent down and busied, Song Xiaoyue was helpless, she felt that she could, so she went down to the field to help, although the planting was slow, but it had more manpower, so the speed was obviously much faster.

During this period, the two rested a little, ate the corn cookies they brought, drank some water, and then continued to work, because the sun was shining, Song Ma couldn't bear to let women work, and said that she wouldn't let people go down.

watched my grandma busy all morning, and Song Xiaoyue, who was sitting on the ridge, was also flushed!

That's it, when both of them were hungry and growling, Grandma was going to go home!

Grandma picked up a load of grass with a hoe and walked in front, Song Xiaoyue held a basket in her right hand and followed behind with a sickle in her left hand. Homecoming!

Song Xing had already prepared the food, and the two of them could eat as soon as they got home, because they worked, so they both ate dry methods, and with home-brewed pickles, it also had a different taste.

At this time, my father came back with my younger brother and a descendant.

The eldest sister, who was busy on the side, saw someone coming, and said with a smile: "Brother An, why are you here, have you eaten?"

The eldest sister's 'Brother An', whose name is Lin An, is the son of the Lin family at the head of the village, and he has three older sisters, all of whom have already married! His parents only had this son in their forties, and there is also a saying that children born at this age are very promising, so the family is careful that the liver baby will hurt.

Lin An was a student of Song Dad when he was a child, his homework was very good, and now he is studying in the town, although the college entrance examination system has been canceled, but intellectuals are also very useful, Lin An plans to cut in line, and then enlist in the army!

Lin An is sixteen years old this year, tall and thin. Because he is the only son in the family, he has never done farm work, and he has been studying in school for a long time, and he has fine skin and tender meat. Sword eyebrows and starry eyes, straight nose and wide mouth. The appearance of the standard beautiful man in ancient times!

As soon as Song Xiaoyue saw the eldest sister's little daughter's posture, she knew that the eldest sister liked this one named Lin An. It's just that I don't know if this Lin An is also thinking the same way!

"Xing'er, my husband is on vacation today, and I have some homework to ask Teacher Song, so I came over. Because I'm thinking about my homework, I haven't had time to go home for dinner?"

Lin An was a little embarrassed after speaking, and his fair face was dyed with a flush.

There is a play, there is a play! Song Xiaoyue touched her chin next to her and smiled evilly. It's just that I don't know what Lin An's character is? Is he worthy of being the eldest sister, ask my father next time.

After a meal, Song Xiaoyue guessed Lin An's everything. Lin An is a decent gentleman, and he sits upright when he eats!

Lin An speaks extraordinarily and behaves elegantly. The eldest sister is gentle and virtuous, she can enter the kitchen and get out of the hall! The two are also compatible. However, this layer of window paper has not been pierced, and I don't know what will happen in the future. Song Xiaoyue is not in a hurry!

After dinner, Lin An followed her father into the hall of her house to do homework!

Song Xiaoyue saw that there was nothing to do, so she went back to her room to sleep!

I followed my grandmother to the fields for a few days, but I forgot about the space.

It was night, and Song Xiaoyue estimated that her family was asleep. I thought 'let' go in, and once again stood next to the spring.

It's still day in the space, and there should be no night in the space, and the space is like spring all year round, which is the most suitable for the growth of all things!

Song Xiaoyue remembered the last time she saw it in the space assistant booklet that this spring water has the effect of strengthening the body and nourishing the skin. Squatted down and picked up the spring water and drank it half-full! Suddenly, I felt energetic and full of energy!

Song Xiaoyue ran to the bamboo house again and dragged out a big wooden basin and scooped out a large basin of spring water, anyway, there was no one else in the space except her, so she quickly stripped naked and jumped into the wooden basin to take a bath!

After bathing, I feel that my skin has become much better, and the whole person is light and very comfortable!

Satisfied, she walked out of the space, but it was raining outside the window, and Song Xiaoyue hurriedly closed the small wooden window. Hop on the cot and lie down, listen to the sound of the rain ticking outside the window, and fall asleep all at once!

The rain continued all night and stopped at dawn. The yard was full of potholes and looked dirty.

"Yue'er, let's go pick mushrooms today! It rained for so long last night, there must be a lot of mushrooms on the mountain. By the way, let's see if there are any bamboo shoots, although the taste of bamboo shoots at this time is not as good as that at the beginning of spring, but it is also good for us to pick some tender ones and dig them back!"

Although Song Xiaoyue is not interested in picking mushrooms, this is the eldest sister's proposal, and she agrees! She has been here for more than three months, and she has not seen the eldest sister go out much, and she stays at home all day to either cook or embroider. So, she thought about taking her sister to the mountains today to take a good break.

People who think the same way as them are not good, obviously the two sisters have already gotten up early, but they still see a lot of people on the road.

On the way up the mountain, I met several little girls who were also carrying small backpacks. It seems that they also went to the mountains to pick mushrooms. That's it, we walked together.

"Xing'er, haven't you seen this dress, and you make your own clothes?" It was Liu Qing who spoke, fourteen or fifteen years old. The shoulders are very thick, and it feels a bit like a tiger's back.

Speaking of this Liu Qing, she is a capable master, she is the eldest in the family, there are two younger brothers and two sisters, she is not well reincarnated, there is a father who likes to drink and ignores the family, she is the boss at home, and there is no difference between being a mother, and the following four younger brothers and sisters are all brought up by her.

The countrymen didn't take shelter, if it weren't for her aunt who was sick and couldn't have children, she would have four younger siblings.

The eldest sister is dressed in gray clothes today, with sandals sold in the city on her feet, and her jet-black hair tied into two whips.

"Yue'er, why are you dressed like a brat, I almost don't recognize you! I'm really blind to your good skin!" "The person who said this was a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, named Li Cui, who was small and delicate, and her small appearance was very likable!

Although Li Cui didn't like what she said, she didn't have a bad heart, as long as people who knew her knew that he had no malicious intentions, so she didn't care.

Song Xiaoyue wore a set of cyan pants today, and tied a ponytail casually, just like a kid's dress. She likes simple and convenient attire, she doesn't like little girls' things, everything is based on simplicity, and she prefers the boys' dress and outfit!

Song Xiaoyue shrugged her shoulders and acted indifferently. The girls laughed!

"Yue'er, your health is all right, right? In the past few months, I have been going to my relatives' house, and I only came back a few days ago to hear what Abba and Auntie said. "This little girl's name is Xiao Yan, and she is the best friend of the original owner. Xiao Yan is two years older than Song Xiaoyue, she is a shy and timid girl, younger than her peers, and soft-spoken, which makes people can't get angry, and just wants to take care of her!

Song Xiaoyue walked over, rubbed Xiao Yan's little head dotingly, pinched her little nose, patted her flat little chest and said, "Hey, I've been fine for a long time!

Song Xiaoyue used to be so close to familiar friends, but in Xiao Yan's opinion, it was a very intimate move, which Song Xiaoyue was dressed like a boy at home, she was a little shy.

The five girls walked on the mountain road with a smile and a smile, but they did not feel tired. After a while, they came to the edge of a tall wood.

Sure enough, fresh mushrooms were found on some dry trees, and everyone went separately to look for mushrooms! Only Xiao Yan, for fear that Song Xiaoyue would leave her, followed closely behind Song Xiaoyue, like a little daughter-in-law.

Song Xiaoyue is a nervous person, she hummed "The Little Girl Picking Mushrooms" while jumping up and down picking mushrooms. I didn't know that there was a Xiao Yan behind me!

"Yue'er, what song are you singing?

"Damn! Why are you behind me!

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I just want to follow you!"

"Alright!

"I'll go down and dig up some bamboo shoots, will you go?

"Oh! I'll go with you!"

Because there are not many mushrooms, everyone goes to pick bamboo shoots again, and the bamboo shoots are not easy to get, if they don't, they will break the bamboo shoots, and they won't grow next year.

The three of them searched for the bamboo forest all over the mountain, but Liu Qing went to pick wild vegetables with Li Cui.

Soon, she found a piece of wild mangosteen, and there were a lot of bamboo shoots, Song Xiaoyue poured her own mushrooms into the eldest sister's small back basket, and the mushrooms of the two of them were full of half a frame!

Song Xiaoyue has a lot of strength, and she can't stop working as soon as she works, and gradually no one can do more than her.

Song Xiaoyue looked at it and stopped. Put the bamboo shoots in a small back basket and fill the frame!

Xiao Yan didn't take a small shovel, just watched Song Xiaoyue busy with her work.

Song Xiaoyue made the small back basket and saw Xiao Yan smiling at her beside her. So he asked Xiao Yan: "Swallow, do you want bamboo shoots?" If you want, I'll dig a few for you!"

"Okay! Thank you!

"It's okay, you wait, soon!"

Song Xiaoyue is very righteous, and after digging by herself, she went to help her friends dig again, and everyone didn't feel tired when they smiled.

Look at the sky, it's almost noon. I went to find Liu Qing and Li Cui back and went down the mountain together!

There are many varieties of mushrooms picked in the mountains this time, including oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, flower mushrooms, straw mushrooms, hazel mushrooms and tea tree mushrooms.

There were so many mushrooms that they couldn't eat all at once, so the two sisters picked out the hazelnut mushrooms, tea tree mushrooms, and shiitake mushrooms to dry. Dried hazelnut mushrooms make that delicious "chicken mushroom stew", while dried shiitake mushrooms and tea tree mushrooms are best served in stewed soups.

Then there are those bamboo shoots, which are a small back basket, and there are forty catties by sight.

If the bamboo shoots can't be put for a long time, otherwise the taste will deteriorate, but these can't be sold for much money on the black market, and now the most popular thing in the black market is meat, and then there are all kinds of bills, this kind of bamboo shoots people in the city don't love!

However, bamboo shoots are quite troublesome to handle, and there are many steps.

The two of them poured the bamboo shoots on the ground, and the first step was to peel off the shells of the bamboo shoots layer by layer, starting from the thicker end of the root, and the shell with the more tender tip did not need to be peeled off, that part was delicious.

It took half an hour to peel off the shells of the large pile of bamboo shoots, and the next step was to clean the peeled bamboo shoots and slice them according to personal preference.

Song Xiaoyue cut the bamboo shoots into two types: thinner and slightly thicker. The thin one is used to pickle, and the thick one is dried. In this way, the bamboo shoots can be kept for a long time. If you take care of it, you can keep it for a year!

Boil a large pot of boiling water, put the chopped bamboo shoots in the boiling water and boil, boil for another two or three minutes. This can remove the original bitter and astringent taste of bamboo shoots, and another function is sterilization. Then take it out and dry it for later use!

There are many pickled pickles at home, so you can use them to pickle bamboo shoots after washing.

After the porcelain jar is dried, the thin bamboo shoots are spread in the porcelain jar layer by layer, and each layer is sprinkled with 20% of the coarse salt of the bamboo shoots, the bamboo shoots are fibers, although the salt is put a lot, but there are not many that can really soak into the bamboo shoots!

The four porcelain jars were sealed with yellow clay and placed in a small corner of the hall. After storing it like this for a while, it is ready to eat.

The remaining slightly coarse bamboo shoots were salted, spread on the dustpan one by one, and brought to the yard to dry.

After all the work was done, the eldest sister went to cook again.

At noon, I cooked brown rice porridge, cut half of the fresh mushrooms and a piece of bacon left at home to cook a pot of soup, cut a little bacon and fried a bacon bamboo shoot, picked a Chinese cabbage from the backyard and stir-fried, and made a plate of hot and sour shredded potatoes.

Song Xiaoyue was responsible for bringing the food to the table of the eight immortals in the hall, washing the dishes and chopsticks, and waiting for Grandma to come back from the field, and Song's father and third brother also came back from school.

The four porcelain jars were sealed with yellow clay and placed in a small corner of the hall. After storing it like this for a while, it is ready to eat.

The remaining slightly coarse bamboo shoots were salted, spread on the dustpan one by one, and brought to the yard to dry.

After all the work was done, the eldest sister went to cook again.

At noon, I cooked brown rice porridge, cut half of the fresh mushrooms and a piece of bacon left at home to cook a pot of soup, cut a little bacon and fried a bacon bamboo shoot, picked a Chinese cabbage from the backyard and stir-fried, and made a plate of hot and sour shredded potatoes.

Long Yue was responsible for bringing the food to the table of the eight immortals in the hall, washing the dishes and chopsticks, and waiting for his mother to come back from the field, and his father and third brother also came back from school.

Everything was ready, the family washed their hands, and they sat around the table to eat.

The bacon soup stewed with fresh mushrooms tasted fresh and fragrant, and everyone drank a big bowl. There are also slices of bacon bamboo shoots, which are also crisp and refreshing. The light Chinese cabbage, as well as the appetizing sour and spicy shredded potatoes, everyone can't stop eating chopsticks.

Soon, the three dishes and soup on the table were swept away.

The eldest sister was also full of joy when she saw everyone's cleaning action, and quickly packed up the dishes and chopsticks and took them to clean!

Song Xiaoyue is now more and more fond of this family, and she doesn't have any feeling that she can't fit in, once she accepts this family, she wants to contribute to this family.

When she woke up one night, she found that she hadn't remembered the first era she had traveled through for a long time.