CHAPTER XVII

The mill is at the entrance of the village, and the people in the village have built a grass house, which does not need to be exposed to the sun on a hot day, and can also shelter from the wind when it is cold. They came early, and the person in front of them had just finished grinding, so they didn't have to wait. Chan turned the stone mill and she added water and soybeans to it. She was afraid that Chen was tired, so she had to change to grind the stone mill, but Chen couldn't resist her, so the two of them switched.

"Let me grind, you two don't know how to call me in the field." Chi Dazhu came in with a hoe, he still went to the field in the morning, hoeed the grass for a while before remembering the soybeans soaked yesterday, and went directly to the mill.

"Dad, you're here. Mother, go and rest. Orange beckoned to Chi Dazhu, and Chen wanted Orange to rest, "You have to go to the dock later, you can rest for a while." ”

"Look at what you say, you won't be tired when you go to the dock, mother, you can rest for a while, I'll just add water to it." Chi Dazhu happily looked at the two of them humblely.

"It's not a good day, I guess it's going to rain." Chan sat on a haystack next to him, and it hadn't rained a few miles this summer.

"It's cool when it's raining, but I can't go to the dock to set up a stall...... Make a lot of money less. "Orange is afraid of this kind of weather, she has no shop, and she can only rest at home when it rains.

"Girl, you can't say that, how can the crops grow if it doesn't rain? Dad is looking forward to the rain, just so you can rest at home, the money is not enough. Chi Dazhu disagreed, why did he think that his daughter had lost money.

"Uncle, aunt." Songbai said hello, and swallowed the orange back when it came to his mouth.

"Why are the pines and cypresses here? Grinding things? Chen nodded with a smile, and when he saw him empty-handed, he asked suspiciously.

"I heard Orange talk about grinding tofu yesterday, I'll take a hand." Songbai replaced Chi Dazhu, who originally didn't want to give it to Songbai, but was pulled by Chen's sleeve.

Orange felt Chen's probing gaze, and Chen must now be thinking about what she said to Songbai yesterday. She was soaked in beans last night, and she was temporary. She stiffened her head and called dryly, "Brother Songbai".

Chi Dazhu saw that there was nothing wrong with him, so he said hello to Chen and went to the ground with a hoe. He was also afraid that the two of them would be tired, and now he was not afraid of being foiled by the pine and cypress.

Seeing that her mother had been smiling and glaring at her, Orange shifted her position away from her aunt to look at Chen. It didn't take long for someone to come to the mill, it was Granny Yang from the village. She is in her sixties this year, and she is still in good spirits, she was widowed at a young age, and she raised her son alone. The son is a filial person, and he doesn't let Granny Yang do any work, but it's unusual to come to the mill today.

Chen sat with Granny Yang and said, "Why did you come to the mill today?" What about your son? ”

"My son went to town, and my daughter-in-law wanted to eat soybean paste, so I didn't come to grind some beans for her." Granny Yang's ears were a little back, and her voice was a little loud, "My daughter-in-law is pregnant again." "The smile is all engraved on the face.

"Brother Songbai, did you talk to Xing'er?" Seeing that Chen was no longer staring at her, Orange talked to Songbai.

"Got it." Songbai nodded, he went to Xing'er's house early in the morning, Xing'er Niang happily welcomed him in, and he made it clear in front of Liu Fugui. Xing'er cried immediately, Xing'er Niang pulled him and didn't let him go, but Liu Fugui sent a word before letting him go.

"That's it, as long as Xing'er Niang doesn't talk nonsense, others won't say it for a while. But she must hate me, and Apricot probably won't pay attention to me......" Orange added a spoonful of water, she wasn't very bothered, she didn't have much contact with Apricot Son, and there was nothing to lose or lose.

She also doesn't sympathize with Xing'er, even if she doesn't want to be a concubine for Landlord Li, she should have made it clear to her mother from the beginning. As a result, she picked a place like a mill and said to Songbai, everyone knew about it, and then it got bigger and bigger, her mother was a muddy, she was too naïve, even if she was a concubine, she was a cannon fodder.

Even if she chose a place where no one was there and talked to Songbai, it wouldn't have come to such a result - the three families almost didn't speak.

Apricot lay on the bed, a line of tears remaining on her cheeks. The originally round chin is also pointed, and the eyes are bigger. She didn't understand, why did things become like this? Her father scolded her mother angrily just now, if it wasn't for her eldest brother and second brother to stop her, she would have to do it.

Her life at home is also not good, as long as her mother is not at home, her two sisters-in-law will talk coolly. She didn't dare to tell her mother that in the future, if she really couldn't get married, she would have to rely on her two brothers.

The sisters who were good friends with her first came to see her, and now only Li Huasui, the granddaughter of the village chief, took the time to see her. They must have thought she was not ashamed, but what could she do, her mother looked at her very closely, she finally saw the pine and cypress at the door of the mill, and if she didn't say it, she would regret it for the rest of her life.

But how can Songbai be so ruthless, he really doesn't like himself at all, and he doesn't even talk about the rumors that her mother spread out to marry her. He must have hated himself so much, and when he thought of this, Xing'er cried again.

Xing'er Niang originally planned to complain to her daughter, but when she heard her daughter's suppressed cry, she didn't know why she was uncomfortable, could it really be that she did something wrong? Isn't she also for the good of Xing'er, she is such a girl! Although she loves to show off, she thinks that it is better to be a concubine for Landlord Li than to marry a mud-legged man!

She was afraid that something would happen to Xing'er, so she listened to it on the door. Listening to no movement, she hurriedly went in to take a look, and saw that her daughter was asleep, and her pillow was wet, she was also distressed, and she even thought about finding a good family for Xing'er. Let them all envy it!

When Orange saw that the beans were almost grinding, he stopped Songbai and asked curiously, "What did you tell Xing'er?" ”

"It's the same as it was said, except that her father was angry when he heard it today." Originally, Xing'er Niang welcomed him in with a smile, and scolded him again after listening to what he said.

Granny Yang pointed to the oranges and pines and said with a smile: "These two children have grown so big, and all these years have passed in the blink of an eye......

The two put the soy milk into the bucket, and Songbai took the beans from Granny Yang's hand, "Grandma Yang, I'll grind it for you." ”

Granny Yang nodded, "Then it's troublesome Songbai, my old bones are useless." ”

Chen and Orange walked back with the wooden barrel, and saw that it was overcast outside, and I was afraid that it would really rain for a while. It seems that today is not going to the wharf, not to mention the rain, there are definitely not many workers on the wharf.

After making up her mind not to go, she went to talk to Rika about it. I went to Lao Huang's house to find gypsum, and without gypsum it is impossible to make tofu. She brought a jar of pickles and braised pork, as well as the cold skin she had just made in the morning, and the shrimp paste was almost gone, so she had to keep it for her father.

Lao Huang was sitting in the courtyard, and Xiao Huang was cleaning up the herbs. "Isn't this an orange? Got food for grandpa? The last time I gave that wine and shrimp paste, it was really an appetite for me. "Let's talk about it.

"This time, there was no wine or shrimp paste, only a jar of pickles and braised pork made by myself, but it was delicious. There is also this cool skin, which is the coolest to eat in summer. Orange put the jar on the grinding plate, "Grandpa Huang, do you have plaster at home?" I use miles to make tofu. ”

Lao Huang smelled the pickles, "This pickle smells delicious." I took the chopsticks directly from the kitchen and tasted them, "Well, this braised pork is also very delicious, and it is not easy at a young age." ”

Xiao Huang looked at his grandfather helplessly, revealing two dimples, "Grandpa, I'd better wait for the oranges to go before eating." ”

"Do you want to eat it too? Grandpa clips you a piece. Lao Huang replied with a smile, Xiao Huang was even more helpless, looked at the orange and said, "I'll go find you a plaster." ”

"Remember to give a piece of tofu to grandpa, otherwise I won't give you a plaster." Lao Huang grabbed another chopsticks and braised pork, and said to Xiao Huang in the house: "Good grandson, get her less, she will have to come to us next time." ”

Orange couldn't laugh, Lao Huang is really a wonderful person. Before she left, she said how to eat Liangpi again, Lao Huang waved his hand, "I also ate Liangpi before, and at that time I followed my master to the doctor......

She slipped away before Lao Huang's story was told, and the tofu at home didn't wait for anyone. After the soybean milk is filtered and the slag is removed, the gypsum is added to the boil, stirred and waited for it to cool and put it on the board. After more than ten minutes, it will be almost formed, and the top layer of tofu flowers will be shoveled down, which is the tofu brain.

She branded sesame cakes again, and the tofu brain with sesame cakes is delicious, otherwise it is a perfect match with fritters. Not long after the meal was cooked, there was a rumbling thunder, and the raindrops the size of beans fell. Chen sighed, "It's good that you didn't go to the dock, otherwise what would be the gonorrhea done?" ”

Two drops of rain also fell on Chi Dazhu's body, "I saw that the sky was wrong and quickly ran back, this rain is not small." ”

Orange looked at the soil cultivation house and was quite sturdy, at least there was no rain. Pear blossom and pine and cypress came running in the rain, although it was only two steps away from the rain.

"These two children don't know how to put on a coat, otherwise it's okay to have an umbrella." Handing the two of them a dry towel, Lihua stuck out her tongue, "I've wanted to eat this tofu brain for a long time, I don't want to wait." Let's talk about two steps. ”

One person presented a bowl of oranges, the tofu brain is as delicate as a brain, white as jade, tender as fat, fragrant and delicious. She made two flavors, savory and sweet, the salty one was based on marinade, and the leek flowers, coriander, chopped green onions, garlic paste, and chili peppers were sprinkled on top. The sweetness is boiled in water with white sugar and topped with jam, crushed peanuts and red beans. She saw that several people were raining, and added ginger juice to ward off the cold.

"It's really delicious, I still like to eat salty." Chen went to scoop another bowl, "Pear blossom, what is your mother eating at home?" Why can't you come? ”

Pear Blossom ate the crispy and fragrant sesame cake, "My mother eats cold skin rice at home, and she said that if it is broken, it will be a waste of things." ”

"My mother, she loves to eat cold skin." Songbai added, "I guess I'll come over to eat tofu brain later." ”

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Sun and Zhao He to enter the house wearing their robes, "Do you still keep it for me?" At noon, I only ate a bowl of cold skin. ”

Zhao He smiled, "I haven't eaten enough." ”