Chapter 46 Bribery
What can be bought for twenty yuan, Su Xiujin already has a plan in his heart. If you can't afford salt, you can only use salt grass, and how to get rid of the fishy smell in salt grass, Su Xiujin racked her brains, and finally Jin Da Niu went to the mountain to dig up a few pieces of ginger and put them in the vegetables, and the fishy smell of salt grass was not so strong.
Jin Da Niu has always been relieved that Su Xiujin is here, and the farm work at home cannot be delayed, so Jin Da Niu is relaxing the soil in the field from time to time this afternoon, for fear that the two of them will not find someone to help them if there is something.
The next day, before dawn, Su Xiujin put on her clothes and struggled in the bed for a long time, the spring was still a little cold, but the sun was out of the sun these days, and the sleepiness of the straight people hit and they couldn't open their eyes.
Opening the door, Jin Daniu stood outside the house as usual, carrying three cabbages in his hand and two radishes in his squeaky nest, which was all that could be bought for twenty yuan.
"Miss Su, morning!" Jin Daniu grinned at her.
Su Xiujin bowed slightly: "Morning." ”
Jin Da Niu's shoulders were wet with spring dew, and it was obvious that he had been wet with weeds from walking through the field path in the morning, and water beads were dripping and dripping on the coarse cloth trousers. He was not afraid of the cold, and he was dressed in coarse cloth back and forth.
Su Xiujin fetched water, she could only wash her face, she couldn't use bamboo salt for several days, and it became difficult to rinse her mouth or something, so she endured these discomforts, but fortunately, her hair was still smooth, and she was dredged from the fingers, and the fourth aunt combed her with a simple bun with a strip of cloth, and her long hair was scattered on her shoulders, Su Xiujin opened the window, Jin Da Niu was pouring water into the water tank, looking up and glancing at it, her heart was like a drum.
Su Xiujin can only think of a way, this hand-to-hand skill of cutting vegetables and stir-frying vegetables is really rusty, the fourth aunt helps to cut vegetables and wash vegetables, this is really the golden cow.
Looking at Jin Da Niu's skill, the fourth aunt couldn't help but tease: "Jin family Da Niu, your craftsmanship is a little better than the girl's." ”
Jin Da Niu's face was red, but his complexion was dark, and he couldn't see a rough idea, but the blush slowly crept up on his ears, and Su Xiujin looked at it very interestingly.
"I have been helping my mother cook since I was a child, and she is not in good health, so I can help if I can."
When the fourth aunt heard this, her heart was slightly sour, this is also a filial child. She peeked at her daughter, Su Xiujin lowered her head and washed the vegetables, but there was no expression on her face.
"What about your mother? You're here to help us, what did she say? I'll have to bring something to your house another day, and if it weren't for you, we wouldn't know where we we'd be. ”
Su Xiujin's heart moved, and before Jin Da Niu could speak, he said, "Mother, you give me a handful of salt grass over there." ”
The fourth aunt didn't know why, this salt grass was in her hand, she took a handful and handed it to him, and then saw Jin Da Niu's face buried in the mist, she sighed in her heart, and thought, didn't she say the wrong thing.
After a long time, Jin Daniu's dry voice came: "Aunt Su, my mother passed away a long time ago, and now there are only eldest aunts and a younger brother left in the family." ”
Su Xiujin put the salt grass on the chopping board, raised her eyes and said: "I have a father who also "passed away" not long ago, and now there is still a mother and a sister who got married out in the family. ”
Jin Da Niu turned his head, and Su Xiujin's face was calm, as if he was not talking about himself.
The fourth aunt frowned and said, "Jin'er, how can you-"
Su Xiujin turned her head, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a mocking smile: "Mother, abandoning your wife and children, what's the difference between that and death?" ”
The real Su Xiujin was already dead after knowing that Su Fugui left them for a few dozen taels of silver, she is now Liang Jinxiu, except for this skin, her inside is the Liang family's daughter Jinxiu!
The fourth aunt said that she couldn't help her, she was not as strong as her daughter.
Jin Daniu pursed his lips to look at him, when he talked about his relatives, although he had grievances, he didn't hate, Su Xiujin was different, she was very far away like this.
Because the ingredients are only cabbage and radish, they naturally want to make this ingredient as delicious as possible, Jin Da Niu has a hand, the cabbage is cut into two finger-wide shreds, ginger shreds, salt grass into the pot and stir-fried, add the cabbage shreds, after the cabbage shreds wilt, cover the pot, simmer for a while, add water, after the pot, the cabbage has just been broken, and the saltiness is just moderate. Su Xiujin tasted it, although there was no lard, but the taste was good.
The radish is boiled into soup and served in a large jar of pickled vegetables, and the jar is placed in a dustpan, and the steamed sweet potatoes here are just out of the pot, and twenty or thirty sweet potatoes are neatly arranged in the cauldron, exuding a sweet and greasy fragrance.
The three of them finished breakfast, locked the door and went on the road, the same mountain road, Jin Da Niu led the way in front, carrying a burden on his shoulders, and food was placed in the burden, the fourth aunt and Su Xiujin shook their hands and followed behind, at first Su Xiujin insisted on helping to move something, Jin Da Niu smiled: "If you carry things, I'm afraid that you can't keep up with me when you walk."
Su Xiujin had no choice but to give up, this way, from time to time to drag the fourth aunt a hand, the mountain road is difficult to walk, fortunately there are strong hemp shoes under the feet, but this hemp shoes also hurt when grinding, the day before yesterday after walking for so long on the mountain road, when I got up, my legs were so sore that I could barely lift them, but after half an hour, Su Xiujin felt that this leg was not his own. The fourth aunt was also snorting and panting, sweating profusely on her forehead, Su Xiujin secretly said that Ming'er would definitely not be able to take the fourth aunt with her.
On the other hand, Jin Da Niu, this mountain road is like walking on the ground. Finally walked to the official road, the road was smoother, Jin Da Niu found a place to rest, and said that he would go to the place of the landslide after walking for half an hour.
Su Xiujin wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead, she had never been so tired in her two lives.
Re-entering the road, as we slowly approached the landslide, the voice became louder and louder.
Su Xiujin watched from afar, where is the landslide blocking the official road, but the official road is like a mountain moved from nowhere, boulders block the way, broken trees lie on the side of the road, many farmers carrying burdens carry soil back and forth, not far from the roadside, there is a shed made of thatch, in the shed sat two officials wearing red and blue official uniforms, wearing blue high hats, and soap boots, from time to time to tell these farmers to step up their movements, and they were eating tea and napping on the side.
Jin Daniu put the burden on the side of the road and told Su Xiujin: "You and your aunt are watching here, and I will come when I go." ”
Su Xiujin nodded. Jin Da Niu walked into the shed, and the official looked at a man dressed as a farmer and waved his hand impatiently: "Let's go, don't recruit workers." ”
Jin Daniu hurriedly said: "Official, I'm not here to pick up work."
The official asked, "Then what are you doing here?" ”
Jin Da Niu took out a bunch of money from his arms, about forty or fifty yuan, "Official, we want to do a small business here, sell some food, you look at so many people, if you can't eat enough, this thing will be a little difficult to do, isn't it?" ”