Chapter 59: Wild Grapes
Rong Xia spent a night drawing the shape of a shack on the drawings.
It is the kind of rainproof spire wooden house, which can be disassembled, and it is very easy to clean, but the craftsmanship of the honeysuckle is really not bad, and it only took three days to make the nest, the workmanship is strong, and the appearance is also very exquisite, and it looks like a handicraft. Not only Rong Xia was satisfied, but the two Wishing you prosperity also looked very happy. Jinhua also made a large mat out of fluffy straw, which was dry and warm, and the two dogs were lying on it and playing on it looked really cute. Deal with the problem of congratulatory and wealthy residences, the newly hatched chicks of Rong Xia's family have also been moved to the chicken rack, this batch of chicks is exactly one hundred, Rong Xia is carefully fed with Lingjing water and various feeds, the chicks grow up quickly and there is no row of sick and weak deaths, and the chirping sound can be heard every day when feeding. In addition to the chickens, the most important thing is the two pigs that were caught, the pigs are a month's meat white pigs, but because there will be a smell of pigs at home, it doesn't matter to Rong Xia, but it will definitely not work if it is put on Pei Jinzhi's body, and Rong Xia will not dare to let the chickens cross the backyard fence one step, just afraid that they will be stepped on by Pei Jinzhi in case of where the is. Rong Xia thought that if that was the case, Pei Jinzhi would definitely explode. So there was no way, the two pigs could only be put in someone else's house to raise.
"Then please Sister-in-law Liu!"
"You're welcome, ma'am. Don't worry, I'll take care of these two babies for you. "Sister-in-law Liu is a family living not far from Rong Xia's house, and there are six elderly people and children in the family. Rong Xia's pig is not in her house for nothing, first, the two sides agreed that the pig should eat everything Liu sister-in-law will go to Rong Xia's side every day to get it, and secondly, Rong Xia also gave her family a little silver as a reward for serving the pig. The condition is that these two pigs must be attentive and clean, if each pig can grow to more than 200 catties in the coming year, Rong Xia will divide her family with ten catties of fine meat.
Listening to Sister-in-law Liu calling her wife, Rong Xia was not as embarrassed as she was at the beginning. The people of Horn Village don't know that Pei Jinzhi is the local parent official, and he only thinks he is a scholar or something, because he will come back every day for the night, others naturally think that the two are a couple, and the newly moved pair of Langjun Ladies are really a good match for talented women, and there are many crazy rumors in Horn Village.
Sister-in-law Liu is an enthusiastic and gossipy woman, Rong Xia couldn't stand her "enthusiasm" and almost ran home. As soon as they entered the door, Wishing you prosperity two happily rushed over, Rong Xia touched their heads one by one, the dogs recognized their homes, Rong Xia did not want to detain them, so he opened the door and let them run all over the village, anyway, they can always find themselves before dark every time.
"It's kind of looking forward to you coming back!" As soon as Rong Xia lifted the curtain and entered the room, a familiar voice sounded before anyone could see it. Rong Xia knew who it was when she heard it, and she couldn't help pursing her lips, and shouted very happily: "Why did my sister come to me with the air!"
In the room, I saw Jiuxiang looking at her with a smile, shaking the paper in her hand, and jokingly: "Look what this is?"
Rong Xia's eyes lit up, and he ran over and snatched the thick envelope: "It must be a letter from my mother." ”
When they moved to Jingzhou, Rong Xia wrote back to tell them before they went on the road, for fear that their parents and family would worry about themselves.
"Not only the letter, but also this!" Jiuxiang patted the thick package of cowhide beside her. It was supposed to contain something that her parents had sent her. Barely suppressing the surging mood, Rong Xia packed up the letter and the package and planned to read it quietly when no one was around.
"When I came, the second master asked me to bring a letter. said that he should not be able to come back if there is something on his yamen side these days, so you don't have to worry. "So that's the case, I can't complain about letting Jiuxiang run this trip.
"But what's wrong?"
"No, I heard from our family that the second master should visit a few villages under Wan'an County, which is a business matter. ”
"That's it......" Rong Xia nodded, and then said to Jiuxiang: "It's noon soon, you stay and eat, I'll fry a few peasant dishes, you taste it or not." ”
"That's great, it's been a long time since I've tasted Asha's craft, I've never dreamed of it. ”
Jinhua Yinhua came over to help make a fire and boil water, Rong Xia rolled up her sleeves, holding a kitchen knife to cut meat and scrape scales, Jiuxiang was not an outsider and sat directly on the small bench to help Rong Xia pinch the beans.
"When I came here just now, I walked around here and found that there are mountains and rivers here, and the people are very simple. It's a nice place, you're here to stay at a leisurely pace, and your face seems to be a little rosy. ”
"It's really good here, Sister-in-law Liu next door also asked me to go to the nearby mountain house grapes in a few days, I heard that it is a kind of wild grapes that grow in the mountains, very sweet and sour, if you think the taste is good, I also plan to save more to make wine." ”
"That's good, brew more, and give me a taste when the time comes. ”
Rong Xia smiled and gave a sigh of gratitude.
"Sister Jiuxiang...... Rong Xia's meat-cutting hand paused slightly, hesitated for a moment, and still asked, "How are Scarlet and Baizhi now?"
"Ha, I'll never ask you!" Jiuxiang laughed, squeezing Rong Xia's eyes as if she was teasing.
Rong Xia's face flushed, and he said with a little bit of silver in this place: "I don't mean anything else, I just ask." ”
Jiuxiang knew that she was thin-skinned, so she didn't joke anymore, and said directly: "Baizhi is a quiet person, and he usually helps to do some work such as sprinkling and sweeping in the mansion." Scarlet's dead girl is different, seeing the sky noisy and seeing the second master, I'm bah, she's a cheap girl, and the second master is also what she wants to see...... "Jiuxiang has long been unaccustomed to seeing Scarlet, and the two of them are completely done now: "You don't know how shameless that girl is, the second master will come to you now when he gets off the ya, and Scarlet can't even see him, so he came up with a fold, and secretly ran to the yamen while people didn't pay attention to him, and blocked the second master." Hey...... She deserves to suffer by herself, and was reprimanded by the second master for a long time, but the second master spoke, and if there was a next time, he would send her away. ”
Speaking of this, Jiuxiang pursed her lips with some regret, as if thinking: Why didn't you send the dead girl away immediately. Rong Xia listened to Jiuxiang's complaints in his ears, but his mind turned slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Crispy lotus seed fish, steamed pork, fried shiitake mushrooms, plus a plate of purslane tofu, with burnt flatbread, Jiuxiang ate this lunch with satisfaction, and then sat down and set off back to the county. Rong Xia sent her away, and when she returned to the house, she took out the mail letter sent by her father and mother and read it carefully. Under this look, I can't help but feel pantothenic acid in my heart, and a stream of longing can't stop flowing down from my heart.
Fortunately, my father and mother are in good health, and their lives are rich and worry-free, and the two children have grown up, both of them are very obedient and good children, but my sister Bisi, my father and mother always want to give her a family affair while she is still young, but she has experienced so much, and it seems that she has long had no hope for marriage, so she made up her mind not to marry again. Rong Xia thought about his sister, and then thought of the eldest prince in the Hou Mansion, to this day, I don't know if the little Hou Ye still remembers the four big girls he liked very much?
Putting down the letter with emotion, Rong Xia opened the package again.
The first thing to be revealed, but Rong Xia sighed deeply. That's a piece of clothing, no, it's more accurate to say that it's a wedding dress, the traditional wedding dresses of this dynasty are bright red colors, but this one is a pink, but the material is very good, and the gold and silver show line on it is also real, Rong Xia saw this dress and understood in his heart, his parents must have known that he gave Pei Jinzhi "concubine".
She didn't know what Pei Jinzhi told her parents, but now Rong Xia didn't want to repeat those negative words over and over again. Because no one but herself would take her words seriously.
Clothes, belts, shoes, sachets, hijab*** Rong Xia looked at them and could imagine how her mother sewed them stitches under the faint yellow candlelight. It's just a pity that she shouldn't have much chance to use it in her life.
Carefully put the things in the rattan box, Rong Xia extinguished the light, and fell asleep.
Pei Jinzhi was really busy, he hadn't come back for four or five days in a row, and Rong Xia couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart. Early in the morning, Rong Xia got up, brought mosquito water to repel insects, as well as food and other things, and took goldenrod and honeysuckle, and the three of them went to Sister-in-law Liu. The air is getting cooler, and the grapes in the mountains will freeze to death completely in a few days, and they won't last a few days, so the people who take advantage of this effort to pick grapes in the mountains are not young and old, and there are five or six big girls and little daughters-in-law standing at the door of Liu's sister-in-law's house alone.
Everyone greeted each other, and Rong Xia wore a hat to cover his face and walked happily with everyone to the mountain. The mountain behind Horn Village is also called Xiaonan Mountain by the locals because it is close to the south. The mountain is not tall but it is very large, and it is covered with trees, so it is easy for people who are not familiar with the road to get lost when they enter it.
Rong Xia and everyone walked up the path on the mountain, looking at the surrounding mountains and autumn colors, while listening to the short chatter of her family, I only felt that the whole person was relaxed from the bottom of my heart, and my mood was even better. There are a lot of wild grapes in the mountains, and Rong Xia and the others have only been up the mountain for half a day, and they have found many grape vines.