10. Gossip
Xiao Hui was lying on the bed with a red face, sleeping incense, and from time to time he had to snort twice.
At this time, a burst of aroma went straight to his little nose, and he closed his eyes and sniffed his nose, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously flowed out of an unknown liquid.
Xiao Yan's cooking skills are average, limited to cooking things to eat, sauerkraut fish has never been done, or eaten a few times, and later because she thinks it is not bad, she has also tried to do it, but she also knows which ingredients to put in it, but the method is simple and rude, directly prepare the things and cut them, just throw them directly into the pot and stew them.
And of course she did it this way today, hoping it won't be unpalatable.
Don't lie to me, Xiao Yan said silently in her mouth.
Yesterday's sauerkraut will be opened this afternoon, according to the practice indicated by the space, it can be eaten in a day, but the longer the better, she is in a hurry to use it now, of course, she will open it quickly.
When she opened the sealing altar, a puff of sour gas rushed out, she had no experience, and she didn't know whether it was good or bad, so she put it into the cauldron that had been boiled together with other spices, and the fish had been cut into slices, and then she threw it directly into the pot.
Then she started to burn the fire, and she thought nervously while burning, she had never practiced cooking before, and this direct pot stew had no technical content, if not, what could she do in the future.
To say that there are many ways she can think of to make money, just kidding, more than 20 years of experience earlier than others, even if she doesn't have the potential to make a lot of money, she can still make a little money, but this qiē has to have a little start-up capital, and now her family's assets are only more than one dollar, and everything she does is sighing!
Xiao Yan was thinking nonsense, when she felt a pain in her hand, and when she looked down, it turned out that she had a thorn in her hand.
They usually burn the bones of corn kernels or corn stalks to dry as firewood in winter, but these are harvested in the autumn field, and then these are finally harvested and pulled home to dry, and her family's land this year is planted by the second uncle's family, and her family naturally does not have these things.
Xiao Yan searched for a long time before she found some dead branches and waste wood that had long been exposed to the wind and sun in the corner of her yard.
Xiao Yan found a needle, carefully picked out the thorns that pierced into the flesh, and couldn't help but think that although she can't plant so much land at home now, she can rent it out, and it is also an income, and it shouldn't be cheap and unconscientious second uncle's family.
Thinking of this, she shook her head again and smiled, "When you make money, you have to go to your parents, how can you have the time to tear them up, it's still important to find your parents." Although she never found it in her previous life, she would not give up.
"I'm going to find my mom and dad too!!" At this time, Xiao Hui ran out of the back room with her little feet.
"Xiaohui, are you up?" Immediately, Xiao Yan saw that her younger brother ran out without shoes, and her two feet were just stepping on the ground with dirt, and from time to time the two feet were still stacked together, and the ground must be very cold.
Xiaohui was lying on the bed and sleeping well, but the fragrance just now became stronger and stronger, and it kept drilling into his nose, and he woke up, and when he woke up, he found that the pillow was wet, and when he touched his mouth, he found that he was drooling. He was immediately ashamed of his lack of interest and wanted to get into the bed, and slept with him all the time, never to get up.
was ashamed, I heard my sister say 'looking for parents', he didn't listen to it all, so he hurriedly went down to the ground to express his determination, he hadn't seen his parents for a long time, every time my sister said that my parents went to work far away, and it would take a long time to come back, but he just missed them very much.
Since his parents left, no one has made food for him, no one has made toys for him, and he has been bullied by his cousin, and he is so hungry every day.
"I miss my parents." Xiaohui's voice was a little choked.
Xiao Yan looked at her younger brother like this, and also felt sad, in his previous life, Xiaohui was gone very early, and he didn't see the high fever, and then he was gone.
Although the disease is not a serious disease, if it is diagnosed and treated urgently, it is good to take an injection and take medicine for a few days, but no matter how minor the illness is, it can't help but delay. She didn't know why she slept so heavily that night, maybe it was because she was too tired from work, and when she woke up, it was already the second half of the night, she found that her little brother had a fever, and no one answered after patting the door for a long time, and almost knocked on the door, but her aunt thought it was too late, and she had to wait until tomorrow, she was holding her brother to the health center, just like last night, but it was already delayed, and when she arrived at the health center, it was already dawn, and her brother was no longer saved.
She still remembers the feeling at that time, as if the strength in her body had been drained, and the feeling of tearing her heart out.
"Xiaohui is good, when my sister earns some money, I'll take you to your parents, okay?" Xiao Yan picked up her younger brother, put him on a wooden bench, and then went to the house to get his shoes and put them on for him.
She was in a hurry to take her brother to see a doctor yesterday and never noticed.
My brother's shoes are a pair of handmade cotton shoes, the shoes are no longer visible in their original color, the shoes are no longer so warm, and there is a hole in the toe of the toe.
Xiao Yan frowned and said, "Xiaohui, are your other clothes and shoes at the second uncle's house?" ”
Xiaohui blinked suspiciously, "Yes! But there aren't a lot of them, and a lot of them are in the cabinet? ”
"Is it small?" Xiao Yan ran to the house, opened the two large rectangular cabinets on the kang, and sure enough, she found a lot of clothes at the bottom of the box, including a younger brother and hers, but unfortunately she couldn't sew, and if she could, she could change it to a smaller one for her younger brother to wear.
The only needlework she ever did was to mend her socks when she was a child, but the socks could no longer be worn, because the place that was mended had become a big pimple after her 'extraordinary' needlework, and she had never touched the needlework since.
"When you make money, my sister will buy you new clothes and shoes." Xiao Yan comforted her younger brother.
Xiaohui first grinned, and then made a bitter face, "Forget it, let's save money to find our parents, money is so hard to earn." ”
He is now six years old, although he does not know much money, and the largest pocket money he once had in his hand is only a purple five-cent ticket, but this does not prevent him from understanding the importance of money, and he knows that if he is rich, his parents will not go so far to make money.
When his mother was leaving, she told him that when she earned money to buy him an electric toy car, he was still very happy at that time, and he waited and waited and waited every day!
But then he didn't want it anymore, he just wanted his parents to come back quickly, so now his sister said that he wanted to make money, and he felt that it was a very difficult thing, and suddenly he was worried that his sister would leave him, so he quickly stopped it.
Xiao Yan's sensible reaction to her younger brother was not only crying and laughing, but also felt quite sad, the children of poor families have long been in charge, thinking back to decades later, six-year-old children still recruit cats and dogs every day, and people are impatient with dogs!
"It's okay, my sister has thought of a particularly easy way to make money, and that's it!" Xiao Yan said and pointed to the cauldron that was already steaming with a large amount of white gas.
Xiaohui looked at the pot, the aroma just now came from here, he sniffed hard, and suddenly looked at his sister with shining eyes, "It's so fragrant!" ”
Xiao Yan smiled at him, and then lifted the pot, and a strong fish fragrance filled the whole room, making this small black room of only a few square meters have the breath of life.
She first filled a bowl to her younger brother, "Then, you eat first, I'll serve two more bowls to your Dongdong brother and Grandma Liu, your medicine money and lunch yesterday were all given by Dongdong brother, and the cabbage was borrowed by Grandma Liu's family, we have to repay the peach!" ”
Xiaohui reported that he was brave, "I'll go, I'll go, I'll send it to Brother Dongdong." Xiaohui felt that Dongdong was very good to him, although the fish was very fragrant, but he was not a stingy child, and he was happy to send it to someone who was good to him.
"You can't, you're not sick yet!" Xiao Yan touched her brother's forehead, in fact, the fever subsided yesterday, or she wouldn't have come back, but she instinctively felt that her brother should have a good rest when he first recovered from a serious illness.
"I'm already fine, now it's strength, I don't believe you, hum ~ ha ~ " Xiao Hui jumped off the stool, stretched his arms and kicked his legs, and his mouth still learned the tone of the main character on TV when he practiced martial arts, I don't know who saw it from TV.
Xiao Yan looked at him excitedly, seeing that he was really fine, and Feng Dongjia was in front, just a few steps away, there should be nothing wrong!
So, she promised, "Okay, but you have to promise me that you are not allowed to run to play, and you will come back as soon as you are done, and you will not eat if others leave food!" Children are playful, and she can't help but tell her brother.
The little brother and the chick pecked the rice and nodded desperately, "Mm-hmm." ”
Xiao Yan put the bowl of fish that had just been served on a larger plate, and then asked her younger brother to carry the plate so as not to burn it.
Xiaohui took the plate and left cautiously, Xiao Yan took a copy, and then planned to send it to Grandma Liu's house.
"Is Grandma Liu at home?" Xiao Yan closed the bowl with one hand and pushed open the door of Grandma Liu's house with the other.
Grandma Liu came out when she heard it, "Xiaoyan! Take any fish, keep it for yourself! ”
Although Grandma Liu is old, she is still full of temperament when she speaks.
Xiao Yan said politely, "I made it myself, the fish is also caught from the river, and the vegetables are still borrowed from you, you can repay it!" ”
Grandma Liu pushed a few times, and when she saw that the child was talking truthfully, she really wanted to send it, and she felt that it was a piece of the child's heart, so it was not good to push it anymore and accept the fish.
Grandma Liu picked a handful of green onions from the vegetables grown in her yard and stuffed two cabbages for Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan originally wanted to excuse herself, she came to send fish to thank her, not to exchange things, but after thinking about it again, just a few dishes, and besides, she needs to make sauerkraut now, so she will no longer be hypocritical, and if there are good things to send in the future, people will not slowly get along with each other because of courtesy!
Carrying cabbage, as soon as she came out of Grandma Liu's house, she saw Aunt Liu coming out of the door, her chubby figure, leaning on the door frame and saying in a mocking tone, "Yo, Xiaoyan!" What are you doing at Grandma Liu's house! And so many dishes! ”
"It's nothing, it's just a door." Xiao Yan said lightly, turned his head and left.
Aunt Liu saw that the other party actually ignored her, and took a sip, "Phew, what a girl, uneducated, she deserves to have no parents!" ”
Only a dozen people came back from the group of people who went out to work, and among those who did not come back were the parents of the Xiao family, and this matter had spread throughout the village in less than half a day. People have gossip factors, Zhang Dali's words are unknown, and people have speculations.
It is said that maybe the fire burned out all the ones that didn't come back, otherwise why don't they come back.
There are also people who say that they may go to work and want to make money and come back, in short, there is everything.
Most of the people in the village are sympathetic to the two sisters and brothers, but they are always not optimistic about the Xiao family's parents going out to work, and they are muttering at this time, it is estimated that something has happened, otherwise why can't they come back without work, and the children at home have no one to take care of, how pitiful.
As a result, when this matter came and went, it changed its taste, and it was said that the Xiao family's parents might have died outside, otherwise the children in the family would not have come back quickly.
At that time, I heard that going out to work can make a lot of money, so she wanted her man to go, but her man was too far away and refused to go, and the Xiao family's parents went together, and this time she couldn't become a 10,000 yuan household, her eyes were red when she heard the news, and now when she heard such news, she was even more of a 'I already knew' expression.
The other party's voice was not small, and Aunt Liu did not deliberately lower her volume, so Xiao Yan, who had just walked to the alley, listened to her ears, and she stopped suddenly.