Chapter 3 Hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, grandfather-grandchildren
Ma Shi entered the house and carried the mushrooms directly into the kitchen, Gu Siniang entered the house, put down the bamboo basket on her back, took out the persimmons and counted them, a total of five. The pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info found a jar, put the persimmon in it, grabbed a handful of hawthorn and put it in, and then closed the jar with a lid and sealed it. After doing this, Gu Siniang put the jar in the side room and put it, just waiting for three or four days to lift the lid and eat it.
After she got the persimmons ready, Gu Dazhuang and his wife took Gu Sizhuang, Gu Cuihua, as well as Yuan Niang, Erniang, and Sanniang also came back.
As soon as Chen entered the door, he entered the house and looked at Gu Siniang. Seeing that she was much better than before, I was also a lot more relieved, and took her hand and said softly, "Siniang, it's time to eat." ”
Lunch is still relatively rich, at least a lot more hearty than before, a fried mushroom with dried meat, a fresh mushroom potato soup, a salted radish, a cornmeal cake for one person and a bowl of gruel. This is already good, in the past, the Gu family's meals didn't see much oil and water, and the jerky had been stored for a year, salty and hard, but there was no way, it was such a dish that couldn't be eaten every day.
After all, everyone knows that they can't work if they don't have enough to eat and don't have the strength to do their work when the farm is busy, so at this time of year, every family is able to eat vigorously, just to take back those crops earlier. That is the foundation of the farmer's family in the coming year, and they all point to this ration to maintain food and clothing for the next year.
So although everyone is tired enough at this time of year, everyone's face is beaming, and they have been tending to the crops for a year, just like their own children, and they feel proud when they look at it.
"Daddy eats." Gu Siniang was small and couldn't eat much, so after drinking a big bowl of gruel with some pickles, and a bowl of mushroom soup, she felt that her stomach was swollen and bulging, and the raw cakes were given to Gu Dazhuang. Gu Da Zhuangle couldn't help but smile, praising Gu Siniang for being sensible, and Chen was also smiling when he watched from the sidelines.
The meal was eaten quickly, and after eating, Chen automatically helped Ma clean up the table and wash the dishes, but Ma kicked her out of the kitchen, "You will have to go to the field with the boss in a while, I still do this bit of work, and it is only serious that you clean up the crops." ”
Chen didn't insist after listening to Ma's words, and he was really tired of being busy these days. Inside the house, Gu Dazhuang was already snoring in the blink of an eye, and Chen also climbed into bed to rest.
Several people in the other room were also tired all morning, and they all lay on the bed to rest, saying that it was only about half an hour to rest, and the sun at noon was too big, and people were easy to stand it, so they hid from the sun in the house, and they could just rest.
Gu Siniang has always felt that the wisdom of working people is infinite, although they don't know a lot of knowledge, but their things are all explored by their ancestors.
Gu Siniang was recovering from a serious illness, and her body was still a little weak, although she didn't want to lie down, but she couldn't bear Chen's insistence, so she had to lie on the bed, and the sound of rustling in the yard sounded intermittently, listening to the sound that Ma was sweeping the yard, Gu Siniang felt unusually relieved when she heard this voice, and gradually fell asleep. When she woke up again, Hu Dazhuang and the others had already gone to the ground, and Chen was not in the yard, Gu Siniang walked around and didn't find Ma's shadow, looked at the shepherd's cabbage in the kitchen, stepped on the small stool, scooped some water from the water tank into the wooden basin, wiped the stool and sat on the ground to wash vegetables.
When her dishes were halfway washed, Ma came back with a wooden basin, it turned out that she was washing clothes, and when she saw Gu Siniang sitting on the ground washing vegetables, she said to her, "I'll wash the vegetables for a while, this autumn water is cold, your body is just right, don't catch a cold and spend money to grab medicine." ”
Gu Siniang almost couldn't hold back her laughter, her grandmother was too interesting, obviously worried about her body, but she kept a straight face, although she thought so in her heart, she said sweetly, "I'm fine, grandma, don't worry, our water is not cold in the kitchen." ”
Ma Shi looked at Gu Siniang's smiling face, and wondered in his heart, this child used to be eager to hide from her, and since he was seriously ill, he didn't know what was wrong, and he was a lot closer to her.
As the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, although Ma Shi is strict, but Gu Siniang is her granddaughter in the end, and it doesn't hurt at all, looking at her little face, her tone couldn't help but soften a little, "I have to go to the mountains in a while, you are at home by yourself, if you are hungry, there is food in the pot." ”
"Whoa." Gu Siniang nodded, and after speaking, the dishes in the pot were also cleaned, so she got up and found a clean basin and put the washed vegetables in it.
Ma came over and picked up the dirty water from the wooden basin, took it out and poured it.
After the rain, it is the time when the mushrooms grow wildly, and at this time they pick more and dry them, and when there are no vegetables in winter, it is also a bowl of vegetables.
Gu Siniang looked at this house that could almost be said to be a house with four walls, and this house could barely be said to be sheltered from the wind and rain, and the word comfort was absolutely impossible to talk about.
In winter, the cold wind blows in, but it is biting cold, Gu Siniang sighed, "You must earn some silver before winter." ”
"Is anyone home?" The voice from outside the house interrupted Gu Siniang's thoughts, she ran out of the house, and the person standing outside the house was a young woman, Gu Siniang knew that this person was their neighbor not far from the He family's aunt.
"Aunt He, come to my mother, she went to the field." Gu Siniang said with a smile.
"It's Siniang at home, how is your body?" He Shi saw Siniang come out, and stretched out his hand to beckon her to come over and speak.
Siniang trotted in front of He and said with a smile, "There's nothing wrong with your body, it's all right." ”
He Shi stretched out his hand and touched Siniang's head, seeing that her little face was flushed, she must be in good shape, so she took out a cloth bag held by a white cloth handkerchief from her arms and said, "I don't have anything to do, just send the silver from the handkerchief that your mother entrusted me to the town to consign a few days ago to your family." Ten handkerchiefs, eight purses. It's seventy in all. Your mother is not at home, so I'll give you the money, and remember to give it to your mother when your mother comes back. ”
"Oh. Siniang knows. Aunt He, come into the house and sit. Gu Siniang knew that in addition to farming, the Chen family would also embroider some handkerchiefs when they were idle, and send their purses to the embroidery village to sell on consignment, not only their family, but almost everyone in this era knew how to embroider, and it was also an income to embroider some things when they were idle.