Chapter 3 Taicai
Erkui's family sat down and left in Daquan's house, and during this time, they also very graciously invited Lin Yu to live in his house, saying that his family has two bedrooms, unlike Daquan's family, which has only one room in the north and south kang.
But the Sun family said that he didn't let Lin Yu go, saying that the sister-in-law was still unmarried, so she should live with the big family, and the Erkui family had no reason to refuse, so they left, and during this period, the Sun family never mentioned anything about eating here. However, Lin Yu felt embarrassed and divided the caramel brought back from Beijing equally among the two families.
Because Lin Yu had just come back, her sister-in-law had been accompanying her all the time and helped her with her luggage. Actually, there wasn't much of it, just a few sets of clothes and a few small bits and pieces. After all the work was done, Sun said that he was going to the vegetable garden to get vegetables.
Now that autumn is in the autumn, there are no more weeds growing in the field, but seeing that it is about to fall heavily frost, Sun went to the barn and took the straw out and tied the cabbage that was so angry that it would not be wilted by the frost. Lin Yu is not good to sit idle in the house anymore, so he has to do it.
"Will the eldest sister do this?" Sun smiled.
"I used to help my father and mother, and I haven't forgotten it." So saying, he picked up the straw and bundled it.
"I see you still have two books in your baggage, what's the matter, are you still literate?"
"After entering the palace, I learned from the master, and I spent time on the road to buy and look at it."
"It's incredible. There are not many literate people in our village. Sun's voice was loud, and this voice made Lin Yu a little embarrassed.
"Huh? Eldest sister, you said, I also want to send Taifu and Taicai to study, but this bundle is also expensive, 300 sons a month, you also know when you look at it, our family even has a house like this, how can we have spare money to get that for them? ”
Lin Yu looked up at Sun, and saw that she was still working, and did not look at herself, so she said, "I will teach them to read and write when I am fine." Although I don't talk about testing Xiucai and examining people, if you can write your own name, you can understand the family's income, and you won't be deceived. ”
Sun's working hand paused, and said: "Also, our left is just a lifetime of mud legs, and it's useless to know so many words." ”
"That's it! I don't want to learn to write! I want to go to the river with Da Zhuang every day to fish! Taicai, who had just been playing crazy outside, heard the conversation between the two and shouted at the top of his voice.
Zhang's Mali pulled an old cabbage and threw it at him. "You little bunny! Bear-like bear! ”
Taicai flashed, dodged the "attack", smiled proudly, and ran out again.
"This little calf knows how to run crazy every day!"
Lin Yugan smiled and said, "Children are all skinny, and when they grow up in two years, they will be sensible." ”
Zhang scolded a few more words before he finished his work.
As soon as the sun was about to set, the mountain wind blew up, and it was cool and shady.
"Alright, big sister, let's go back to cooking!" Sun stood up and said.
Lin Yu also followed, although it was also considered rough work in the Huanyi Bureau, but it was far from being tiring from doing this farm work, especially when knotting with straw, the rough straw handles were red and swollen, and blisters were ground in some places.
"Mother, mother, dad bought meat and came back!" Taefu's cheerful voice rang out from the courtyard.
"What? Buy meat! Sun's instinct screamed, and then he thought that Lin Yu was still beside him, and said: "Look at me, I was kind when I saw my eldest sister, like I had known each other for many years, and I actually forgot that you only came back today, and I should make you something delicious." Or is your big brother thinking carefully! ”
"It's all a family, don't pay attention to this!" Lin Yu hurriedly said.
"This is how it should be, whoever goes out of the house, doesn't have to do something good when they come back!" Sun said with a smile.
"Then thank you, sister-in-law!" Lin Yu also smiled with crooked eyebrows.
Searching for the memories of the former lord, the family should not be very wealthy. In the rural areas of the north, there are very few fine grains, and the output of fine grains is not high, and most of the crops have to be turned into grain taxes, so most people eat sorghum rice, millet, rhubarb rice, etc., and there are still green vegetables to eat in summer, and they can only eat pickled vegetables and sun-dried wild vegetables in winter. When I was a child, I didn't eat much meat, and I still had to eat meat after worshipping my ancestors when I opened meat during the New Year's Festival. Father and mother said that eating the meat after worshipping the ancestors will be blessed, and it will also bless the child from stomach pain, and I don't know if it is true or false.
Daquan bought very little meat, looking at it is less than a catty, a narrow one, but it is a variety of three layers, very neat.
Taifu is twelve years old, a little adult, and obediently helps Sun wash the radish. And Taicai is only eight years old, with some skin, and he is reluctant to blink when he sees Sun cutting pork belly.
"Didn't you go fishing in the river with Da Zhuang next door in the afternoon? How many touches? Sun asked.
"I touched nine loaches and let Da Zhuang take them home." As he spoke, he let out a very smelly fart.
Sun kicked Taicai's ass, "You little rabbit, you touched the fish and gave it away!" I don't know if your aunt is back? Don't keep it for your own home! How many times have you been in the autumn when the water is cold, you have to go down to the river to fish, pull out (cool) bad stomach! ”
Taicai Xian still endured it, who knew that Sun's scolding became more and more fierce, his mouth unconsciously suffocated, the corners of his eyes fell, and he was about to cry.
"You're embarrassed to cry! Follow Da Zhuang (hang out) every day, and you can't get back any of the things, so you let him bear (lie) you! You deserve to pull out your stomach! ”
"Ahh
"You still have a howl!" As he spoke, Sun kicked Taicai's ass again.
Taicai didn't move, but stood there crying.
Lin Yu is a teacher, and he can't see parents beating and scolding their children, and he didn't want to care about it, but it can be seen that Sun couldn't help but rush out one after another.
"Sister-in-law, the child is still young, don't break it, you have to feel distressed again." As he spoke, he pulled Taicai over and protected him in his arms.
"Big sister, you don't know, this kid is very skinny! If you don't beat for three days, you can lift the roof, and if you don't beat him, he doesn't have a long memory! ”
As soon as Sun's words fell, Taicai let out another stinky fart.
Seeing that the Sun family was about to attack again, Lin Yu protected Taicai a little tighter. "Sister-in-law, you see that this child is really cold, this trouser leg is still wet, don't be angry, you will still be angry when he gets sick again. I'll take him to the kang to warm up, and it will be fine in a while. ”
Without waiting for Sun to say anything, Lin Yu quickly got up and pulled Taicai into the house.
The kang was just a little hot at the beginning, Lin Yu asked Taicai to take off his pants, lie on the kang, and cover him with a quilt, then said: "You just stick your belly on the kang, it will be fine for a while, and you won't have a stomachache when you look back." ”
"Thank you, auntie." Taichai muttered.