Reed mats
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Yang Weibai was wearing a straw hat on his head, a big basket on his back, and a sharpened sickle in his hand, he was standing in the courtyard waiting for someone, waiting for a long time, and found that the person had not come out yet, Yang Weibai was a little anxious, turned around and shouted into the house, "Qiu'er, how long has it been, okay?"
“… Eh, it'll be fine right away" As soon as Yang Weibai's words fell, the sound of Spring and Autumn came from the door, and then only a crackling sound was heard in the door, and finally the door was pushed open, and Spring and Autumn ran out directly with a small back basket.
"Dad, where is Huzi? Why isn't it there? I told him to go with me yesterday" Chunqiu glanced around Yang Weibai with a basket on his back, but didn't find Huzi.
Yang Weibai smiled and said, "Wait at the gate" After speaking, his tone paused, and said, "Qiu'er, dad is going to cut reeds in the reeds today, not to play, what are you and Huzi going to do?" Yang Weibai didn't allow his daughter's thoughts, since he said a word when he chatted with Yuan last night, his daughter has been pestering him since she heard it, and she has to follow him to see it, thinking that there is nothing to do at home for a while, Yang Weibai agreed, but today I looked at my daughter's dress, and I doubted that my daughter's body didn't look like she was going to play, it was more like... Go to eat? Yang Weibai directly had this idea in his mind.
After listening to her father's words, Chunqiu looked at her father with contempt, raised his head and said, "Dad, you don't understand this, now the wild ducks in the reeds have flown away, maybe there are duck eggs in the reeds, and no one in the village has gone these days, I thought about taking the tiger to see, I haven't been to the river for a long time." In fact, it didn't take long, Chunqiu added, but if she didn't go out, she couldn't stand her aunt staring at her, she didn't know what was going on recently, as long as she did what she ate, her aunt would definitely appear beside her, and then asked her how these foods were made with her smiling appearance, fortunately, Chunqiu's recent cooking was related to mushrooms and fungus, and she didn't care that Gu Shi knew. It's okay once or twice, but she can't stand it in the long run.
So Chunqiu ran directly, and yesterday she heard her father's words, and Chunqiu went down the river with her father today, well! By the way, she also put salt and big ingredients in her small back basket, as well as some small iron basins, flints and other things, just like going to a picnic.
"Qiu'er is right, the ducks have flown away, maybe there are lone duck eggs in the reeds, it's good to pick them up" Yang Weibai didn't know what Chunqiu was thinking, he just thought that his daughter wanted to eat duck eggs, and he even made up his mind that when he got to the reeds, he would directly let his daughter find it.
"Uh-huh, Dad, it's not early, then let's go" Chunqiu is determined to leave, taking advantage of her aunt's absence, pulling Yang Weibai on the side to go out, after going out, shouted Huzi on the side, and the three of them headed towards the river...
The reeds in September, different from the previous verdant, are now withered and yellow, and a few people in the spring and autumn came to the river not far away, looking at the pieces of withered yellow reeds in front of them, which is a good thing to make a banquet.
The reed mat is made of the stem of the reed, the stem of the reed is very elastic, and the prepared reed mat can be used to dry things, or it can be mated on the kang to increase the thickness, and it can also be woven into a circle to dry grain, and it is always very versatile...
Yang Weibai came out this time because the dustpan at home was not enough, Yuan complained that there was no place to dry the tea leaves, Yang Weibai Tingniu directly wrote it down in his heart, and then happened to be free today, Yang Weibai went out with a sickle and a back basket.
"Qiu'er, you and Huzi go into the reeds slowly, Dad is cutting the reeds here, if there is something to do, shout directly" After Yang Weibai finished speaking, he put down the back basket behind him, and took out the straw rope inside to prepare to bundle the reeds for a while.
Chunqiu winked at Huzi, and then said to Yang Weibai on the side, "Dad, then Huzi and I will go in, the back basket will be placed here, let's just take the basket" Chunqiu spoke, picked up the idle basket on the side, and waved his hand to beckon Huzi to follow...
"Third sister, what are we going to do?" Huzi looked at the reeds around him who were better than him, thinking that he couldn't really come to pick up duck eggs.
Chunqiu turned around and glanced at Huzi, "It's so stupid, if you want to eat, of course you have to find something to eat first, in addition to duck eggs by the river, there are only fish left in the river, let's find duck eggs first, and then go to the river to catch fish, this time the third sister will make you grilled fish to eat."
As soon as Huzi heard Chunqiu's words, he was attracted to it and said vigorously, "Really, really?"
Chunqiu looked at the aggrieved Huzi, twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "When did the third sister lie to you?
"Okay, yes" Huzi heard Chunqiu's promise and shouted directly.
"Well, let's go" Chunqiu looked at his younger brother who had recovered his vitality, nodded funny, and thought that children are easy to deceive, just like Sister Chunhua, as long as there are good things.
Now the reed swing is much easier to walk than before, because the children in the village will run over to pick up duck eggs all summer, and the reed swing is directly stepped out of many paths, after the spring and autumn tiger comes in, pick the place where no one has walked to walk, because the duck eggs have been picked up where there are steps.
The two looked carefully, even if it was a small place, they didn't let go, so they looked around, and actually let the two pick up 10 duck eggs, Chunqiu was afraid that the duck eggs would break, and then took a handful of dry reeds and pads them at the bottom of the basket, and then put the duck eggs on the top.
"Okay, that's almost enough, Huzi, let's go back to the river to catch fish, I brought a fishing net and threw it directly into the river..."
When the two came out, Yang Weibai had already tied two bundles of sturdy straw and placed them around the back basket.
Chunqiu put the basket in his hand aside, then picked up the fishing net in the basket and handed it to Huzi on the side, shouting at Yang Weibai, who was still working, "Dad, Huzi and I went to the river to catch fish."
"What? How cold is this water, no, no, your mother told me when she came out today, don't let the two of you go down to the river" Yang Weibai heard Chunqiu's words, and directly threw down the sickle in his hand, his head shook like a rattle, no matter how Chunqiu begged, he just didn't say anything, this is not good, thinking of the tone of the ear when the Yuan family went up the mountain this morning, Yang Weibai felt that there was still a residual roar in his ears.
Alas. Her father is really a wife slave with a capital letter!
Chunqiu had no choice but to take a step back and discuss with her father, "Dad, my mother went to Houshan today, and there is no one at home, so what are we going to eat at noon?"
This question is really embarrassing Yang Weibai, I saw Yang Weibai think seriously for a while, and then said uncertainly, "Dad, there are still pastries that I haven't eaten before?" Shall we have some food?"
"Don't, it's too hard" Chunqiu said with a bitter face, and then glanced at Huzi next to her, who was also full of resistance to dough, and said to her father, "Dad, look, Huzi doesn't want to eat either, let's eat something else" Chunqiu said in the end, and used her nirvana, coquettish. Now that her stomach has been raised by the Yuan family, she is eating the kind of bread that has been put for several days, if it is not her hypocrisy, her stomach will definitely not be able to stand it.
Yang Weibai looked at Huzi in embarrassment, he was a big man, and he couldn't cook, but he couldn't bear to let the child go hungry with him, he looked at Chunqiu and asked, "That... What do Qiu'er and Huzi want to eat?"
Chunqiu said in his heart, "Dad, look, Huzi and I found 10 duck eggs in the reeds, and then let's go to the river to catch two fish, how about eating grilled fish then?"
"Dad, you just agree, the third sister and I will definitely not go down the river, so we will throw the fishing net in" Huzi was also anxious when he watched from the side, and hurriedly urged.
"That's... Okay, but give me the fishing net, I'll let you go" Yang Weibai gritted his teeth and agreed, and then took the fishing net in Huzi's hand, and let the two stay where they were, while he went down the river alone...
Take off the cloth shoes, put the shoes on the stone on the side, pull up a section of trousers, Yang Weibai is barefoot in the water, carefully raise one foot first to test the water temperature, the weather in September has been quite cool, Yang Weibai's feet just put in the water, was stimulated by the biting coolness to retract the foot, the water is really cold.
Shaking the water droplets on the soles of his feet, Yang Weibai gritted his teeth, and still went into the water, Chunqiu and the two watched from the side, naturally they both had low incomes, Chunqiu began to worry, was his request too much, it was already autumn, the water was so cold, her father still went into the water... The more I thought about it, the more weak my heart became, Chunqiu directly bypassed the tiger on the side, and took out flint and some firewood from his small back basket.
Shouted the tiger on the side to come over and make a fire together, and when Yang Weibai came ashore, the fire of Spring and Autumn had already been lit, Yang Weibai's feet were pulled out by the cold water, and after putting on shoes and socks, he was greeted by the Spring and Autumn on the side, "Dad, come over and bake the fire in slippers"
Yang Weibai looked at his daughter and said with a smile, "Come on"
Huzi quickly moved a stone from the side and put it aside, Chunqiu got up, dragged Yang Weibai to sit on the stone, and then asked him to take off his shoes and start a fire, Yang Weibai looked at the earnest appearance of his daughter, and the honest man also laughed.
When it was almost baked, Yang Weibai put on his shoes, moved his legs and feet, and after feeling that there was no problem, he said to the two of them, "You wait here first, and Dad will send the bundled reeds home first."
"Dad, I'm coming back to get a bundle of firewood, there is not enough here" Chunqiu continued, all the reed leaves in front of him are reed leaves, and the reed leaves can't help but burn, and the firewood he brought over has already made a fire, so... She doesn't have firewood for cooking now.
"Okay, you know, Qiu'er wants anything else?" Yang Weibai asked.
Chunqiu thought about it and found that the others were all brought, shook his head and said, "No need"
"That's okay, I'll go home now, I'll be back soon, don't move, and watch the fire, don't burn into the reeds" Yang Weibai carried two bundles of reeds on his back, looked at the burning fire, paused, and still instructed.
Chunqiu nodded seriously, indicating that she understood.
Yang Weibai returned home at this time, his mother and several people were in the shop in Black Mountain Town, and the Yuan family also went into the mountains to pick mushrooms in the morning, and only the people in the big house were left in the house.
Gu Shi is in the yard to dry the mushrooms and fungus picked back before, today is September 21, the previous market Gu Shi also sold some, this is the past two days of new picking. I'm going to sell it in the next market to the town.
When Yang Weibai came in, Gu was about to go back to the house to cook, but when he saw the reeds on Yang Weibai's back, he asked casually, "Second brother, what are you carrying these reeds for?"
Yang Weibai glanced back at the reeds and said, "This, it's for weaving reed mats, there are a lot of things to dry at home, the dustpan is not enough, and the reed mats that were laid on the kang before should be broken, no, I changed them together."
After hearing this, Gu's eyes moved, and he asked directly, "Second brother, you see that the reed mats in your sister-in-law's house are not enough, and your eldest brother is not at home, why don't you give your sister-in-law two bundles of reeds?"
"This..."Yang Weibai didn't know how to reply, moved his mouth, and didn't speak.
"Then it's decided, thank you so much second brother, sister-in-law is not busy yet, you just put it at the door of the West House" After Gu finished speaking, he didn't care about Yang Weibai's words, turned his head and left.
Yang Weibai opened his mouth and sighed helplessly, alas, this morning's work was in vain.
Yang Weibai directly put the two bundles of reeds on his back directly on the side of the big house, and then took a bundle of firewood from the yard and left.
Chunqiu and Huzi by the river have already put down the fishing nets in the river, and this time the harvest is good, a whole four big fish.
Chunqiu took out a small iron basin from the back basket, took out scissors, disemboweled the fish, removed the internal organs, removed the fishy line, and finally put it in the river water to wash it.
In order to be able to eat a good meal, Spring and Autumn can be said to be fully prepared, take out the clean wooden stick that has been prepared a long time ago, pass through the tail of the fish, and then wear it out from the head of the fish.
By the time Yang Weibai came back, Chunqiu had already prepared everything, and when he saw her father coming, Chunqiu greeted him directly, "Dad, there is no firewood"
Yang Weibai directly put the firewood in his arms beside Chunqiu, and then added the firewood.
Chunqiu stuck the wooden stick diagonally on the ground, and the flame showed a 45-degree angle, so that the grilled fish would be delicious, and then took out the jar, poured some river water into it, and then washed the duck eggs and put them in. After finishing these, Chunqiu and a few people were sitting by the fire waiting for the food to be cooked.
When the grilled fish was browned on both sides, Chunqiu picked up the salt on the side and sprinkled it, and put some other peppercorns, and the fish oil dripped on the fire and made a sizzling sound.
He took down a few grilled fish, first handed Yang Weibai a large one, and then handed Huzi two medium ones, no way, although the net was picked up by Huzi? Chunqiu picked up the last one left and put it in his mouth and ate it.
The fish is well grilled, the meat is delicious, and with the seasoning sprinkled before, the taste is even more memorable. After eating the grilled fish, one person divided two duck eggs, and finally the spring and autumn also boiled the bread, and each person shared a bowl of noodle soup, if it was the last slippery seam.
After lunch, Yang Weibai continued to work, no way, the morning's work was cheaper than his sister-in-law, and now he can only take advantage of the afternoon to cut a little more, so it is enough to go home...