Chapter 9 The Cellar

Miao Miao brought a total of forty-six eggs, only twelve eggs, Miao Miao was a little disappointed, and secretly scolded the little rooster in the village for not being angry, before Aunt Wang said, even if there are eggs, they may not all hatch, seven or eight out of ten eggs are good, Miao Miao thought, how many eggs can she hatch? Fortunately, Aunt Wang said that there was a kind of egg in her house, and said that she could exchange it with Miao Miao. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Miao Miao was afraid that Aunt Wang gave her eggs, and she would not have enough, but Aunt Wang said: "It's okay, I hatched a lot at home last year, and I plan to hatch a few this year, and there are a few old hens in the house that won't lay eggs this year, so I have to raise a few more to make up for it, if I raise so many chickens, what will I feed?" I didn't know that you were going to raise chickens before, and I was afraid that the eggs would be broken, so I let my little grandchildren eat them, but I can still take out twenty eggs. ”

Miao Miao hurriedly said that she didn't want so much, eight was enough, just a whole number, but she had to work hard for her old hen to help hatch it.

Aunt Wang asked Miao Miao not to be polite, neighbors should help each other, and then opened the door of the utility room, and suddenly the room lit up, Aunt Wang blew out the oil lamp, found a basket in the utility room, put away Miao Miao's twelve eggs, and took Miao Miao to the kitchen.

Second Aunt Wang put the basket on the table, took eight eggs and put them in it, and then said to Miao Miao: "It just so happens that the old hen in the house is holding the nest and is hatching, so I'll tell you." ”

Miao Miao hurriedly thanked her, took ten more eggs from her basket and put them on the table.

Second Aunt Wang asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Miao Miao said: "Second aunt, I have been entrusted to you to take care of it during this time, otherwise my life is estimated to be gone, and I don't have anything at home, just these few eggs, I sent them over to make up for your body, it's not a good thing, don't dislike it." ”

"What did you say, girl? I didn't help anything, just a few bowls of rice are worth so many eggs, you take it back quickly, what do I need to make up for an old woman, you see how thin you and your two children have become, it's you who should make up for it, you quickly take the eggs back, I don't want it. ”

Miao Miao insisted on not getting it back, her medicine money was still given by Aunt Wang, and she really wanted to thank Aunt Wang.

Second Aunt Wang straightened her face and said: 'You girl, why don't you listen, why are you so tough, if you want me to accept your eggs today, you don't call me second aunt in the future, and our two families will stop interacting in the future. ’

Seeing that Aunt Wang had a serious face, Miao Miao stopped insisting. Then he said: "Second aunt, I keep in mind that you are good to me, and I will definitely be good to you in the future, but I will still give you this egg, there is no food in the house, do you still have it in your house?" I'd like to exchange this egg for some rice with you. ”

"What's the matter? Have you run out of rice? Aunt Wang was very surprised.

"yes, there's no more rice in the rice jar."

"No, last year's harvest was still good, I remember that your family saved a lot of grain, when Niuniu was sick before, Sanlin went to borrow money and didn't sell food. This crop has grain in his hands, so his heart will not be short, and he does not know what the rain will be like this year, if this year's harvest is not good, no matter how much money you have, you will not be able to buy food. These three forests went out to find work after the Lantern Festival, and they only paid off the borrowed money not long ago, shouldn't you have sold the grain to pay off the debt? ”

"Second aunt, I don't know this?" The original owner didn't leave any memory, how did she know about the things in this family.

"Oops! Look at my brain, I forgot that you don't remember anything, so did you go to the cellar to see it? Aunt Wang patted her head.

"Huh? Cellar? We still have a cellar at home, huh? Miao Miao's face was full of questions.

"Yes, every house in the village has a cellar, I see you still remember how to cook, and you thought you knew there was a cellar. These three forests must have put the grain in the cellar, I know where your cellar is, go, I'll take you to see. You can collect this egg, if there is no grain in your cellar, I will come back and send it to you, and your family borrowed it from me at that time, and when the wheat is harvested after a while, you will return it to me. ”

Miao Miao nodded in agreement, went out of the kitchen, told the two children to play here, and they would go home first, and they would go home by themselves in a while, and told Shi to take care of his sister and not to go to the river to play, and then went to his house with Aunt Wang.

When she got home and put the basket, Aunt Wang asked Miao Miao to bring an oil lamp and took Miao Miao to the utility room, which was stacked with some farm tools, and there were not many things. I saw that Aunt Wang directly lifted the wooden board, took the oil lamp from Miao Miao's hand, shone it into the cellar, and said, "Chun Miao, come and take a look, there is still food here." ”

Miao Miao was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward, this cellar is not very big, but there are still a lot of things in it, Miao Miao plans to go down to get some food, please ask Aunt Wang to pick it up on it.

Following the ladder, Miao Miao went down to the cellar, the original owner was not short, about one meter six or seven, standing on the ground, there was still a short distance from the ground above his head, so Miao Miao was not afraid of touching his head. Taking the oil lamp from Aunt Wang's hand, Miao Miao took a look at the cellar, and powdered the wall with lime, which seemed to be moisture-proof, and there was a lot of grain in it, including corn, wheat, and rice, which were not processed and could not be eaten directly. In addition, there were many other miscellaneous grains, which were enclosed with a kind of woven fabric of unknown material. Miao Miao looked around carefully, and found that there was good brown rice, and some coarse white noodles, all of which were placed in a burlap bag, and Miao Miao also found a few Chinese cabbages in the corner, now it's okay, you don't have to eat wild vegetables every day.

With the help of Aunt Wang, Miao Miao moved all these things out of the cellar, then closed the wooden plank, and moved the cabinet back to its original flavor.

When it came out, it was not early, Miao Miao left Aunt Wang to eat at home, Aunt Wang excused herself and said that there were still a lot of things at home, so she refused, Miao Miao didn't keep it anymore, just asked Aunt Wang to bring a sentence after she went back, let the two little buns go home. After greeting for a while, Aunt Wang also left.

There are still a lot of things in this house, the laundry washed in the morning is dry, and you have to clean up, and the things on the two beds in the house are dismantled and washed together, and the amount of work is still quite large. Miao Miao first started to put away the mat, patted the ash on it, picked it up and went back to the room to make it on the bed, and then collected the sheets and went back to lay them, after the two beds were made, the most troublesome thing was this quilt, unlike modern quilt covers, just stuff it inside, and you have to sew it yourself.

When Miao Miao went back to her hometown before, she saw her grandmother get it, and when her grandmother sewed, Miao Miao helped her grandmother thread the needle on the side, and I still remember asking my grandmother that I would like to use the quilt to cover it, why do I have to sew it myself, and my grandmother said that it was for fear that the quilt would fall apart. Therefore, Miao Miao still knows the general steps, and when she dismantled the quilt this morning, Miao Miao also paid special attention to the way of needle and thread, so Miao Miao believed that she could still bind the quilt.

At this time, the two little buns came back, Miao Miao asked them to put the clothes away and put them in the closet, and she came to fold the clothes again at night.