The cuckoo hurriedly smiled and clapped his hands and said, "Yuanyuan! Do you want to be an aunt? ”

"Yes!" Answer ahead.

Turning through a dense forest, a field appeared in front of me.

In the field, Lin Datou was carrying a hat and holding a hoe to give soybeans and grass; A two- or three-year-old boy stood on the ridge of the ground, holding a handful of green vegetable leaves in his two sticky black hands, looking at the direction where the cuckoo and others came.

Liufeng suddenly stomped his feet and smiled: "Ouch, look at that hand-"

Yuanyuan pouted and said, "I'm pulling grass!" ”

The cuckoo hurriedly said: "Yuanyuan is really capable, he can work." ”

Yuan Yuan immediately smiled, a little shy.

Lin Datou straightened up and shouted to the cuckoo: "The county lord is here!" ”

looked at Zhang Gui.

He had not been here for a long time, but he had made some things and a number of people clear. For example, the young officer who always followed the cuckoo in front of him was the son of King Xuanwu; the other is the son of the Suzaku King; And what kind of general's son. He was full of sorrow and jealousy on behalf of his Chun'er.

The cuckoo smiled and said, "Uncle Big-headed, weed!" ”

Lin Datou replied sullenly: "What if you don't do it?" The grass grows faster than soybeans, and it will get up in a few days. ”

The cuckoo said, "We don't care what we plant in the mountains." The grass in a cornfield is as tall as a corn stalk. Uncle Big Head, I'll take Yuanyuan back first. ”

Lin Datou leaned on his hoe and said, "Hey! ”

Then he smiled at Zhang Gui and said, "Little Wangye, come out to play!" ”

He didn't think that the cuckoo needed someone to protect him, thinking that these people were just idle and had nothing to do, and he couldn't do the work with the cuckoo when he tossed and tired.

Zhang Gui smiled: "Hey." Play too! ”

When Lin Datou first came, he found that he didn't like himself very much; Later, I realized that it was because of the county lord. This old man is jealous of his son. It's the first time I've seen you. Therefore, every time he saw him, he deliberately angered him. Or he didn't have anything to say to Du Juan, or he was particularly earnestly told to take care of her, and sure enough, Lin Datou's face was even more ugly.

The cuckoo was unconscious and beckoned his nephew to come up the plank road.

Mama Hua didn't wait for her to step forward, and she glanced at a little palace maid.

The palace maid hurriedly went down to the ground and led Yuanyuan up.

Liufeng took it and said with a smile: "Come, sister will help you wash your hands." ”

While leading the little baby forward, he walked quickly and entered a gazebo on the ground.

This pavilion is also wooden, and has several functions: first, it is used for people who do work to rest and drink tea; Then there is the harvest time in the fall. The crops can be temporarily stored in it, the rain and fog are very heavy in the back of the Yan Valley, and the mature crops are too late to knock down and get home for storage, and they can be put in the pavilion to solve the urgent need.

Because of the convenience of use, a pavilion was built on each piece of land.

At that moment, Liufeng walked into the pavilion and poured water from the teapot to help Yuanyuan wash his hands.

After washing it up, he and Du Juan and the others meandered to Lin's house.

There was also a lot of dry land along the way, all surrounded by wooden fences. Some varieties of soybeans. There are corn, peanuts, sesame seeds, yams, etc., and the color of the pieces is dark or light, and the plants are tall or short. Patchwork; And there are no weeds between the ridges, which is very refreshing and pleasing to the eye.

When it was closer to Lin's house, the large vegetable patch on the side of the house looked more pleasant.

The cuckoo turned back to Mama Hua and said, "Mama." Let's eat here at noon. ”

Jang Gyu laughed silently when he heard this.

Every time the county lord came here, he said this.

At first, he couldn't figure it out, but later he accompanied Du Juan to have a meal at Lin's house. I saw them picking and washing vegetables, bringing them into the kitchen and serving them to the table in a short time. When I walked through this vegetable field again, I saw those green and fat vegetables growing in the field, and the prepared dishes would automatically appear in my mind, and my cheeks would secrete saliva, which was my understanding.

Mama Hua said angrily: "The county lord is the fragrant rice in the other pot." Not afraid of trouble? ”

The cuckoo said indifferently: "Don't bother, let's do it ourselves." ”

Mama Hua knew that the relationship between the county lord and the Lin family was not ordinary, and no matter how many people served her for dinner, it was not worth her to sit at the same table with the Lin family for a meal, so she ordered a palace maid and a dragon guard to go over to the other side to tell Master Sù Ma.

Zhao Shucheng was very happy and said, "It's really weird, how can I think that the Lin family's food is better than the imperial kitchen?" ”

Everyone laughed out loud.

The cuckoo warned him: "Don't let Master Ma and Master Niu hear what you say, turn around and fight with you." I won't let you eat it in the future, and I will see you cry. ”

While talking, I came to the gate of the Lin family's courtyard, and saw Cui'er and Huang Que'er drying bamboo shoots and mushrooms in the courtyard, as well as dried fruits and vegetables such as peanuts and ginkgo seeds; The eldest daughter-in-law didn't know what to do under the porch.

"Eldest sister, sunshine again?"

"It's moldy if you don't dry it."

When the yellow finch saw them coming, they all got up to greet them.

The eldest daughter-in-law was even happier and called out to her, "County Lord, I want to bring some food for Chun'er." What do you think you should bring? I haven't seen him in two years. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the altars, pots, and small wooden boxes arranged under the porch, and motioned for the cuckoo to look.

Yesterday, Zhang Gui said that he would send someone back to Beijing and asked them if they had anything to bring to Lin Chun, and the Lin family was busy, and they cleaned up all night last night.

The cuckoo hurriedly walked over and said, "I'll take a look, what are the things." ”

"Fried peanuts, chestnuts, ginkgo seeds...... Oops, you don't have to bring these! What's so rare about this! This citron is still rare, so it's okay to take it. Dried? And Bolognese? This one is ok too......"

She was picky while checking what the eldest daughter-in-law had prepared.

As he spoke, his heart was itching, and he wanted to make something to bring to Lin Chun, so that he could see that he could relieve the pain of homesickness; I also hoped that he could think of her, think about her, and experience her mind after eating, so his mind turned away.

In just a moment, she thought of an idea and said to the eldest daughter-in-law: "Auntie, let's bring him something that is not available in the capital, and even if there is, it can't compare to the good taste made by our family, so it is rare." ”

The eldest daughter-in-law hurriedly asked, "What is it?" ”

The cuckoo smiled: "Let's make dried fish." The fish in this lake tastes the best. ”

The big-headed daughter-in-law asked, "Pickled fish?" ”

The cuckoo excitedly said, "No. Auntie just watch me do it. ”

After speaking, he instructed a little palace maid: "Go to the field and tell the big-headed uncle that he should go to the lake to catch three - no, catch four big fish and come back." ”

The little maid hurriedly bowed. Ran away.

Mama Hua also asked suspiciously: "What should the county master do?" ”

Cuckoo smiled: "I haven't done it either, let's try it." ”

The big-headed daughter-in-law saw her like this for Lin Chun. smiled from ear to ear, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to sit. Liufeng and Xianyue led the palace maid to take the initiative to come out of the house with chairs. and helped to make tea and catch fruits. The fruits that were originally going to be brought to Lin Chun and "eliminated" by the cuckoo were all put on the plate.

Zhao Shucheng tasted everything, and couldn't help complaining: "Such a good thing, the county lord still said that it is not rare." Tell your subordinates that these peanuts are better than those in the capital......"

Jang Gyu kicked him and said, "Can you make a difference?" ”

Everyone laughed, saying that he had been away from home for a long time, and everything he ate was delicious.

When Lin Datou brought the fish back, everyone was busy under the command of the cuckoo: first remove the scales of the fish, cut off the head and tail, and remove the backbone. Then they are all sliced into small pieces like dried tofu, about half an inch thick. The sliced fish is divided into two portions and bowled, one is marinated with a small amount of salt, and the other is put with an appropriate amount of salt.

"I'll marinate this one with sauce later."

The cuckoo pointed to the pot of saltless fish.

Huang Que'er asked, "Is it pickled?" ”

The cuckoo said: "Put it in a pot and simmer over a simmer." ”

Liufeng asked: "Don't put other materials?" ”

The cuckoo shook his head and said, "Don't let it go." ”

Everyone will be skeptical of her statement, and they will wait and see what the outcome will be.

Lin Datou smiled: "It's so troublesome to get a fish!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Jang Gyu proudly.

This is showing off for his son, and by the way, he hits the little prince: Look at the county lord who personally helped Chun'er make food, do you still have hope?

Jang Gyu doesn't need him to show off at all. It was indeed struck by the cuckoo's action - when a woman bothered to sew clothes and make food for a man, that action proved more than a sweet word that she loved him, whether the person was a lover or a relative.

He stood there silently, quietly watching her direct the crowd to do things. When putting salt. She was also worried that others would not be allowed to do so, so she went to put it in person, and she was very careful and serious. A sour feeling came out of his heart. Never before.

He has always been upright, and suddenly had some faint sorrow.

Faintly. It's hazy, like the fog on the wild goose lake every morning!

Because the cuckoo said that he wanted to have lunch here. The big-headed daughter-in-law hurriedly got up and asked Lin to catch ducks and kill them; Huang Que'er took the little palace maids to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables, and Cui'er went to the lake to break high melons and pinch cress.

Seeing that he couldn't intervene, Du Juan went to see Mrs. Lin next door.

Further west through the cloister, there is another small courtyard.

Mama Hua stroked the curved railing and praised: "This Lin family's craftsmanship really didn't say." The slave maid has also seen some good things, but his family can always make the slave and maid feel novel, and it is not vulgar. It's not common for country people to have this kind of vision. ”

The railing under her hand was not straight, but a curved trunk, like a dragon; The roots and tendrils in front are all there, and they are also shaved off, just like a dragon's head.

The cuckoo smiled: "It is also rich in resources in the mountains. If you are a little more clever, you can use the original natural shape shì to modify it slightly, which is better than deliberately making it. ”

So saying, he walked to the door and shouted, "Old lady? ”

There was no sound in the house, and a dog shook its head and ran out, and when they saw the cuckoo, they didn't even snort—they all recognized it.

The cuckoo said, "What about the old lady? ”

The dog ran to the back door.

"In the vegetable garden." Mama Hua said.

"The old lady is really spiritual, she can still work at such an age!" Flow ducts.

The cuckoo went to the back door and looked, and sure enough, Mrs. Lin was squatting in the ground.

After shouting, the old man got up and walked over with a smile.

I went to the ditch to wash my hands, shook them, and asked, "Have you eaten?" ”

The cuckoo held her arm and smiled, "Is the old lady asking about breakfast or lunch?" Breakfast must have been eaten; Lunch was at my aunt's house, and they were busy. What about Grandpa? Let's go over there. ”

Mrs. Lin said: "He? He couldn't be idle, so he went to your side with Qiusheng. Didn't you see it when you came? He said that the officials of the Ministry of Industry were very particular about building houses, so he went to see the doorway every day. ”

The cuckoo understood: Mrs. Lin went to the construction site of the county lord's mansion.

The old man was very interested in building a palace and looked everywhere.

The two sides sympathize with each other: Mrs. Lin admires the design of the Ministry of Industry; The people of the Ministry of Industry also admired the craftsmanship of the Lin family very much, and after the Lin family's house was completed, only two carpenters were left with furniture, and the others were invited to the county lord's mansion on the other side.

After a few words of gossip, the cuckoo took the old man and went to the next door.

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Ask for pink. (To be continued......)