Chapter 170: Looking forward to a good harvest

Murong Huaide saw that his wife's smile was so soft that he wanted to suppress her and punish her, but he was afraid of hurting his growing son, so he had to take the tea on the table and pour it down, barely extinguishing the annoyance in his heart.

Dong Rong didn't dare to seriously annoy her husband, she wrapped her arms around her husband's neck, coaxed her coquettishness for a long time, and finally said pitifully, "Husband, work hard and endure for a few more days, it looks like it's going to be October, and then we'll pick up our luggage." This cousin Liu won't be cheeky enough to go back to his hometown with us, right? Besides, if you ignore her, the mother should think that I have provoked it, and I can't stand her old man's toss with a child. ”

"Okay," how Murong Huaide couldn't help his beloved wife from being so coquettish, Fang Cai's still cold face had already become like the warm sun of spring, "It's just a meal together every three or five days, and I'm occasionally pulled to say a few words, as long as you don't care, I'll endure it." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not too careful." Dong Rong raised her fair and round little chin high, and said with a proud smile, "My two sons also help their mother look at their father, don't believe it, you try." As she spoke, she took her husband's hand and put it on her stomach, and at the end of her mourning relatives cried, "Son, what should I do, your father doesn't want our mothers and daughters." ”

As soon as her words fell, the two children in her belly seemed to understand, and Peng Peng kicked her father's palm twice.

Murong Huaide was stunned for a long time, and then laughed out loud at the end, "Okay, my son is really smart!" You can understand words before you are born! ”

Dong Rong showed off more and more proudly, "You don't look at who they are, son, I pestered you to play the piano and read all day long, do you think they are all idle?" This is called prenatal education, and it has been taught since the mother's womb, can my son not be smart? ”

"Okay, okay, hard work for my wife." Murong Huaide was so happy that he had already left everything behind, and his eyes were full of only his dearest and beloved wife and children, "Are you bored at home these days, tomorrow I happen to go to the two shops left by my father, why don't I take you out together." ”

"Really?" Dong Rong was also bored in the small courtyard all day long, and immediately became happy when she heard this, "There is a teahouse in the two shops, let Zizhu bake a few dim sum and sell it, maybe the business will be better." ”

"Okay, you can go down, but you are not allowed to do it yourself."

"I know, I originally planned to open a dim sum shop in Qingxian County, but I didn't expect to stay in Kyoto for so long, but I first wanted to sell fresh in the teahouse."

"The two places are far apart, and when we go home and open a dim sum shop, we won't compete with each other for business."

"Let's talk about it then, it's all a trifle. I don't know how Brother Ping'er did in the exam, I'm not at home, and he doesn't know if he can take care of himself? ”

Speaking of going home, the joy on the faces of the young couple was a little light. Seeing that the autumn harvest was approaching, the family must have been busier at this time, but they were stranded in Kyoto and couldn't go back, which was really a little frustrating.

Not to mention how the young couple cared about their family, just said that it was the smoke curling in the village at this time, and every family was busy all day waiting for a full meal, and at night they took turns patrolling the fields. It's time to go home to harvest buds, but you can't let the beasts that come down from the mountains waste the fruits of a year's hard work.

In the courtyard of Cao's house, the old man Cao sat on a chair under the window, smoking a dry cigarette while looking at the half-set sunset in the sky in a daze, not knowing where he had gone.

Mrs. Cao came out with a big bowl of bacon stewed kidney beans from the stove, and when she saw the appearance of her old man, she shouted angrily, "I know how to show off a cigarette pouch all day long, isn't it inlaid with a jade cigarette stick, and I don't know how to do some work for me!" ”

Old man Cao came back to his senses, carefully put down the cigarette stick in his hand and responded, "You old woman knows that I am not looking at the gold bracelet on your wrist, you still have to wear it when cooking, and you are not afraid of being blackened by oil smoke." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Cao hurriedly put the vegetable bowl in her hand on the table, and finally rolled up her sleeves to check her wrist, and when she saw that the bracelet was still shining gold, she breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Dead old man, you want to scare me to death." This is my lifeline, and if I waste it a little, I won't live. ”

"It's really useless," Old Man Cao picked up the cigarette stick and took a puff, slowly exhaling the blue-white smoke, and responded, "It's just a bracelet, look at you carefully." ”

"Yes, the whole family is generous to you, then Brother Zhao next door wants to touch your cigarette stick, why don't you let it." Mrs. Cao's mouth was not good, and she unceremoniously revealed the bottom of the old man.

Old man Cao coughed dryly, and quickly opened the conversation and asked, "It's getting dark this day, why hasn't the second sister come back yet?" ”

Mrs. Cao rarely accepted it when she saw it, and responded, "Didn't Steward Zhang say to take her to the warehouse, Sister Rong is not there, and there is no master in that yard." The second sister usually follows Sister Rong in and out of the warehouse every day, and it is only right to ask her to testify. ”

Although Old Man Cao still felt that something was wrong, the man was already careless, so he turned his head and threw this matter to the back of his mind. As a result, as soon as the old couple picked up the chopsticks, the second sister Cao came back with two horses.

Mrs. Cao hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Where did you get good material from?" Oops, this color is really festive, and it's just right to wear a small jacket during the New Year. ”

When Second Sister Cao heard this, she hurriedly hugged the fabric firmly and shouted, "Mother, this is someone who bought it by Steward Zhang." My sister-in-law was about to give birth after the New Year, and he also wanted to give some congratulatory gifts, so he asked me to make two sets of embroidered bedding. ”

Mrs. Cao withdrew her hand and said embarrassedly, "I'm just talking about it, it's not enough to make two sets of bedding from this material." ”

"Don't worry, he'll send a few more tomorrow. After eating, my mother also helped me choose a pattern. ”

"Okay, this is my eldest grandson's bedding, and I, as a grandmother, also contributed." Thinking of the eldest grandson who had never spoken out, Mrs. Cao rejoiced again.

After eating, the old man Cao picked up the dishes and chopsticks for the first time, and then asked the surprised old woman and daughter to do needlework. Mrs. Cao's mother and daughter entered the room and glanced at each other, covering their mouths and laughing.

In the Four Seasons Garden not far from the village, Zhao Qingshan was watching the handymen pick up tools with his hands behind his back. The handymen wore new clothes, put away the tools and quickly pulled the cloth towel from the belt and patted the dust on their bodies, and the distressed look provoked the vegetable basin to come out with a smile and scolded Liu's sister-in-law, "You people, as long as you work hard, the owner will send new fabrics to everyone to make clothes all year round." Don't be so stingy, let outsiders look down on our orchard when they see it. ”

Everyone stopped laughing, and at the end, the handyman who usually gets along very closely asked loudly, "Sister-in-law Liu, you said that our owner is really pregnant with two young masters?" This is really a happy event, will the host enjoy a few tables of banquets at that time, so that everyone can join in the fun? ”

Sister-in-law Liu didn't respond well to this, and it happened that Steward Zhang came out of the restaurant, so she looked at him with a smile. Steward Zhang walked up to him and picked up a spoon and turned over the vegetable basin, and saw that there was not a small amount of meat in it, so he said, "Before I came back, our prince heard that his wife was pregnant with twins, and he directly rewarded everyone in the mansion with five taels of silver." After the New Year, Mrs. Shun gave birth to the little master, and the prince may not be happy. Banquets are indispensable, and there may be even more rewards. ”

"Really?" Everyone cheered in unison and shouted, "Steward Zhang has to talk and count!" ”

Steward Zhang listened to it funny, and responded, "Of course it counts, even if the prince forgets to reward for a while, I will pay my own money to invite everyone to eat a whole meat banquet, and the bud valley wine is enough!" ”

"Haha, there's some wine to drink now."

"Okay, it's getting dark, everyone hurry up and divide the meat dishes and go home, the mother-in-law at home is waiting for the meal." Sister-in-law Liu saw that Meihua came out of the yard with a large pot of two-sided steamed buns, so she hurriedly beckoned everyone to come forward to receive the meal.

Since there has been more and more news from Beijing, the business of the orchard has been getting better and better, and the customers are almost full every day. Some people are for enjoying the scenery, some people are privately clinging, and some people are purely for watching the excitement, although the reasons are different, but entering the orchard is all harmonious, and the reward is even more generous. The families who sent their children to the orchard at the beginning heard that they were all planning to build a new tiled house in just two months, which made the whole village of people blush.

Fortunately, the orchard recruited more than a dozen handymen, and this time the fertilizer water did not flow into the fields of outsiders, and one of them was all selected from Yimianpo Village. Now I get my salary every month, and I can bring back a meat dish every night, and if there are elderly people in the family, I can also share a few braised chicken feet and other wines, not to mention how happy I am.

When the handymen were all dispersed, Steward Zhang also took a few little maids up the mountain, and Sister-in-law Liu called a few little daughters-in-law to look around inside and outside the restaurant, and saw that there was nothing missing and was ready to go back to the village.

Chu Silian smiled while untying her apron, "Sister-in-law, don't worry about it, go back quickly, I will live in the orchard, can I still let the thief steal something?" ”

Everyone laughed, and Sister-in-law Liu also responded with a smile, "Don't talk about you, there are still seven or eight people on duty in our orchard at night, and no thief dares to come to the door." I'm just thinking that the owner treats us kindly, and we have to do our best to repay our kindness. ”

"Oh, sister-in-law is relieved." When the little daughter-in-law heard this, she smiled and touched the silver hairpin stuck in the back of her head and said, "Just rush to the hairpin sent back from Kyoto by the owner, and we have to protect the orchard as if it were our home." ”

"No, how many people outside envy us for working in the orchard."

"That is, when I went back to my parents' house before, my sister-in-law guarded me like a thief. Now I can't wait to offer me as a Buddha, just want me to send my nephew to be a little girl. ”

When everyone talked about it, they were all happy and proud. Sister-in-law Liu listened with a smile, and occasionally swept her gaze over the bun on the back of Chu Silian's head and paused, and finally beckoned a group of little daughters-in-law to hurry first, but she was a few steps behind and stayed.

"Sister-in-law, do you have anything to ask?" Chu Silian asked curiously.

Sister-in-law Liu took her hand, hesitated for a while and said, "Silian, you tell your sister-in-law the truth, is your mother's brother coming to make trouble again?" ”

(Frozen shoulder, the pain is so painful that I can't lift it, I only coded a chapter in the morning, put a plaster, and I have to rest in the afternoon.) )R638