Therefore, when Yingfang's family got off the train and returned to Yanqi's hometown, the members who came out to greet her welcomed her and applauded, which frightened her.

Listening to Xiang Rongxin tell the ins and outs, it suddenly dawned on him. Yingfang couldn't laugh or cry at this.

The yard has been cleaned inside and out; the vegetable patch in the backyard has been cleaned to the same extent as the self-reserved land at home all the year round; the aunts and sisters-in-law of each family have brought their best snacks and dishes to their homes with smiles on their faces......

On the first day of my return, not only did I not have to be busy cleaning, but I also saved the time of making lunch.

Ying Fang realized that the news that her family had inadvertently revealed had brought benefits to Yanqi Commune beyond her imagination.

After sending off the last group of enthusiastic neighbors in a daze, Yingfang's family sat around the dinner table.

The table was full of snacks and dishes sent by the enthusiastic villagers.

The rice is an iron pot rice with a golden crispy fragrant pot bar that the master and the lady specially boiled in a big pot when they learned that they had come back in the past two days.

The master and the old couple are old, and the two of them eat on weekdays, they are all raw coal stoves, set up a small aluminum pot to cook some food or something, and there is no need to pick up the dead and heavy iron pot, which is too laborious to scrub.

It is also during the New Year's holidays, the daughter's family or the granddaughter's family who went to study in the neighboring city come back to visit them on vacation, so that they have a big stove and a big pot.

This time, I received a letter from Yingfang, saying that she would go back to her hometown to live for a while during the summer vacation, so she happily got up early in the morning and started to prepare.

I'm not sure when I'll come back specifically, I guess it's time to come these two days, so I just cook an iron pot of rice every day at noon, and I don't waste it if I don't come, and I can't finish it, and the rest is spread out to cool and dried into rice, and I turn around and fry it in the oil pot to be crispy, and give the triplets as snacks.

There are more, get some caramel (if you can't get caramel sugar, you go to the county to buy sugar, and now you don't need sugar stamps to buy sugar, and after the salt, you have opened up a people's livelihood demand that does not need to be consumed with a ticket, which greatly facilitates the people), and crushed peanuts and fried sesame together to build frozen rice candy.

In the past, frozen rice candy was only made during the Chinese New Year, but now that life is getting better, it is not uncommon to have an occasional luxury.

It's just that the weather is a little hot, and I can't bear to let go, and I don't know if I can make it until the apprentice's family returns to Kyoto. Otherwise, do more, and let them bring some back to Kyoto to entertain the neighbors.

Because of this idea of the old couple, the Yingfang family ate hot iron pot rice as soon as they returned to Ninghe.

"Master, master, thank you for your hard work. ”

Ying Fang poured a cup of Tai Sui wine for the second elder, and toasted them with a smile.

As soon as Dr. Zhang drank it, he gave a thumbs up: "Is it a medicine bar? Or is it a high-quality medicinal herb!"

"Old Zhang, you have a good mouth!" Old Man Xiao peeled the first stubble of tender peanuts that had only been dug out of the ground in the morning, and pointed at him with a smile.

Old Doctor Zhang said happily: "Which is my mouth, it is this medicinal wine that tastes enough, not high-quality medicinal materials, and it can't be brewed." One bite down, the whole body is full of energy. The only thing I'm not sure about is that I'm not very familiar with the smell of this herb...... Hey, there are still old men in this world who I am not familiar with, girl, tell me quickly, what kind of medicinal herbs are used in this medicinal wine?"

Ying Fang pretended to smile mysteriously: "Master, let's eat first, and after eating, I will send you a jar of this wine, and you will know what kind of medicinal herbs it is when you see it." ”

"This girl is still selling Guanzi!" Old Doctor Zhang stroked his white beard and laughed, "Okay! Come on, come on, don't waste a piece of your heart from everyone, eat it while it's hot!"

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After lunch, Yingfang sent the second elder home for a nap, and by the way, she hugged a jar of five-pound Tai Sui wine to the master.

Old Doctor Zhang was overjoyed when he saw it: "Tai Sui! This is really a good thing! I have been a doctor for so many years, and I have never seen a living Tai Sui, all of which are from medical books or other people's hearsay." ”

How else to talk about the old child, who got a jar of five catties of medicinal wine, was so happy that he smiled and didn't say anything, and refused to let go of the wine jar.

Ying Fang couldn't cry or laugh: "Master, this is a ready-made medicinal wine, I also concocted a dry one for you, oh, the amount of medicine is twice as large as the soaked wine, don't you want to sleep together?"

Old Doctor Zhang immediately put down the wine jar, carefully took the air-dried Tai Sui wrapped in a silk handkerchief from Ying Fang's hand, glanced at it, and then sniffed it on the tip of his nose, and immediately smiled, and said vigorously: "Good thing! Good thing!"

Seeing too much of his wife's virtue, Shi Niang glared at him angrily, pulled Ying Fang and said, "Let's ignore him." Every time I get the medicinal herbs, I have this virtue, like asking for a little wife. ”

Ying Fang sneered.

Old Doctor Zhang pointed at his wife: "Oh, why do you old woman say such a thing, you are not ashamed." ”

"What am I ashamed of! You've hugged it, it's you who should be ashamed!"

Ying Fang pulled away from her sister with tears and laughter: "Master, you can study Tai Sui, I'll talk to my sister." ”

Old Doctor Zhang immediately hid in the room with Tai Sui in his arms.

The old lady scolded him with a smile, pulled Yingfang to sit down, and chattered.

I haven't seen each other for more than a year, and Rao is correspondence has never stopped, but he still thinks about each other.

The two lived separately, chatting about Yanzi, who studied in a health school in a neighboring city, and the senior brothers in the provincial capital.

"The swallow is not far away, so it should usually come back, right?" asked Yingfang by beating her shoulder.

The old lady squinted comfortably, leaned back in her chair and said, "Come back, basically every month." When the farm is not working, Ah Jiu will also take the child to see her. However, recently the farm has been busy, Ah Jiu can't get out of the way, so he sent the child to your senior brother in the provincial capital, and waited for the swallow to pick it up on vacation. ”

Ying Fang nodded: "When I settle down, I will also go to the provincial capital to see my senior brother and sister-in-law." ”

"By the way, didn't you say that your grandma and grandfather in Coal City are going to take them back to live? Why don't you see them?"

"I originally thought so, but before I came, I received a letter from my brother-in-law, saying that he would send grandma and grandpa over for a while, and he was worried that we would have trouble getting on and off the bus with big bags and small bags. ”

"That's fine. When they have just come back, they should have a lot of things to pack, and when they are settled, it is not too late to welcome them. ”

Yingfang sat at Shi Niang's for half an hour, but she still felt that Shi Niang looked a little tired, and urged her to go to the lunch break with the master to stop this chatter.

Otherwise, with the interest of the teacher, she can still talk to her for half a day without discount.

"Master, master, you have a good nap, and we will eat dinner at home. I'll go back and clean up first, and let them pick you up after a few afternoon naps. ”

"You don't need to pick it up, your master has to go to the health center in the afternoon. At this time, the farming is busy, and there are many people who get sick from the heat. I'll get up in a moment, and I'll be in the past. You let the little ones rest more. On a hot day, don't run around. ”

"The master still has to go to work, then I'll send him a pot of mung bean soup later." My mother came back and soaked the beans, cooked them after eating, and they were just right to drink when they took a nap. ”

Out of the master's house, Yingfang saw that the sky was overcast, and it didn't look like it was going to be a thundershower, but there was no sun, and she felt a lot cooler, so she simply turned around and went to her mother's house.

I haven't come back for a whole year, and the pond and vegetable patch in the backyard of the Shu family, under the care of the master and the mother, are still thriving and full of vitality.

A male, two females and three chickens peck at the grass in the shade of the trees, and two grey ducks play freely in the pond.

Last year, Yingfang's family did not come back for the Chinese New Year, and these chickens and ducks enjoyed happiness - they were not slaughtered, and they had a rich New Year - the leftovers of the New Year were only mellow and fat.

Now it is the second year, and the chickens and ducks of a year and a half have been slaughtered and eaten, and the taste is even better than that of the chickens and ducks.

"Let you relax for a few more days. ”

Yingfang cleaned the chicken coop and duck coop, and said the duster.

When Grandma and Grandpa arrived, they slaughtered them to entertain guests.

As for the food in the past two days, before he got off the train, Xiao Sanye thought about it: go up the mountain to hunt game!

I haven't touched a hunting tool for a year, and I really miss it.

Although the days in Kyoto are leisurely, and later there are four courtyards, and there are also places to have pastime, but it is not as good as hunting game on Yanqi Mountain.

When he got up from this nap, Xiao Sanye carried a hemp rope on his back and a basket, and symbolically threw a hoe and iron rake in the basket, and went up the mountain to try his luck.

After the triplets went to Zhang's house to pick up the old lady, they also took a small backpack and a small medicine shovel to play at the foot of the mountain with the golden tiger. The beautiful name is "digging wild vegetables", saying that drinking wild vegetable soup can clear heat and detoxify when the weather is hot. In fact, I went to dismantle with my friends who had not seen him for a long time.

Ying Fang smiled and shook her head, letting them play.

If it weren't for the fact that she invited many relatives and friends in the evening, she would have to stay to help cook, and she would have wanted to go into the mountains to let herself go.

The old man held his beloved ivory chess piece, ran to the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, and went to play with familiar old friends.

When the curator and two assistants asked all the way from Ninghe County to Yanqi Commune and found Yingfang's house, the smell of food wafting from the courtyard almost made the three big men drool collectively.