After October, the weather is getting colder and colder, the work in the fields is done, the vegetables growing in the fields are getting fewer and fewer, the women in the village are busy pickling vegetables and drying, and some are busy preparing winter clothes and quilts.

After Han Jinwen settled in Wang's house, he followed Huzi to the field to pick vegetables, went to the river in the east of the village to wash clothes, and saw that other people's houses were busy pickling vegetables and drying them. She did laundry by the river several times and met a few people.

On this day, I passed by Sister-in-law Tian's house, and saw her yard of dried vegetables, I couldn't help but inquire about the method, Sister-in-law Tian saw her listening so seriously, but laughed, in the end, it was a city family, this kind of cabbage in the village of seven or eight years old girl has already cooked.

Jinwen didn't care about Tian's sister-in-law's jokes, and after remembering how to pickle vegetables and make pickles, he began to get busy when he went home. Dad and Brother Huzi are not at home, she went to the ground to pull out a basket of long-pole cabbage, went home and poured it on the ground to slowly remove the yellow leaves, after washing, boiled a pot of water, put the vegetables into it to blanch, and then fished out the well water, set up a bamboo sieve in the yard, carefully put it one by one, put it in the sun, full of baskets so hot to choose one hot, spread on the bamboo curtain are not satisfied, she went to the ground to pull out two baskets, the same choice of blanching and spreading, three baskets of vegetables spread out full of bamboo curtains.

Busy with the dishes, Jinwen took out a few big sweet potatoes from the sweet potato pile at home, washed them and put them in the stove to bake, the animals in the mountains are fat at the end of autumn, and there is nothing to do in the fields, Wang Yuanshan is usually going up the mountain to hunt, at this time, if you hit a roe deer, muntjac or something, it is also a good thing to sell, as soon as he and Huzi go out, there is no certainty when they come back, so as long as there is a fire, Jinwen will bake a few sweet potatoes to prepare, and they can pad their stomachs first when they come back, and it is hot.

As soon as I threw it into the stove today, the courtyard door slammed, "Awen, I'm eating fish today." "The tiger carried two fish and ran in, the stick he carried was used as a flat burden, a basket of pine needles was hung at one end, which is a good thing to start a fire in winter, and a gray rabbit was hung at one end, the hare was many and fat in the autumn, but it was not easy for inexperienced hunters to catch rabbits, everyone knew that this little thing was fast, but the tiger was nimble, the eyes and hands were fast and the arrow was good, as long as he saw it, the hare basically couldn't run, "you burn the fish first, I will take out the rabbit to pick it up, Dad said that this rabbit skin can make a vest for you, It can be worn in winter. ”

Don't look at Wang Rui is only twelve years old, but he is already very skilled in taking skins and nitrate, and Wang Yuanshan also has the heart to teach him, so some small things are for him to do. But since the last time she peeled the skin at home was seen by Awen, she vomited for a long time, and she didn't eat for a few days, so she didn't peel it at home again, she took it to the river outside, cleaned it and then took it home.

"Brother Huzi, it's windy by the river today, you can do it at home, I'm not afraid."

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll go to the river to see if there are any fish."

Seeing that Wang Rui ran faster than a rabbit, Jin Wen pursed his lips and smiled, and hurriedly went to get the fish he dropped, this look was dumbfounded, this fish is so big, she chose a small one to wash it, take a knife to cut it, and the slippery one can't be cut off, how should I get it? When I was at home, I only remembered that the steamed fish was not so big, or it was just the fish soup I ate, so I just cooked a fish soup. It's not too early to see the sky, Jinwen fried two vegetarian dishes, washed the fish and put in the green onion and ginger, stewed the fish soup, and the soup smelled quite fragrant.

If the weather is good tomorrow, you must follow the mountain to dig some wild onions or something, today I saw the osmanthus in the village to dig a lot of wild onions and bracken on the mountain, the taste is fragrant and delicious, Brother Huzi said that he likes to eat wild onion fried rice the most, and he has to go to shave some dry pine hair, the cold weather should start the fire, this is not too much, although the family has piled up a few baskets, and fish, by the way, if there are more fish, you can dry the fish, there is also a sister-in-law in the village, Wangjia Village is by the river, it is convenient to catch fish, is thinking, Huzi has packed up the hare skin back, The rabbit meat was also cleaned up and taken home, first put the fur carefully under the eaves to dry, the fur was washed and dried and then nitrated, so that the fur could be preserved for a long time, the front and rear feet, Wang Yuanshan also came back, he didn't have anything to gain today, but he picked a bundle of firewood to go home.

"Dad, Brother Huzi, it's time to eat."

Jin Wen hurriedly set up the dishes and chopsticks, grabbed a big bowl to hold the fish soup, "That's hot, I'll help you." Huzi saw it on the side, and hurriedly came to help, and went down with a shovel, "Oh, Awen, you haven't scraped the scales!" ”

"Huh? Scraping scales? ”

"Oh, it's this on the skin," Huzi turned over the fish and was surprised again, "Oh, the fish intestines didn't come out, haha, Dad, look at Awen, this fish was boiled in the pot before it was cleaned up." ”

I really can't blame Wang Rui, he grew up in the village since he was a child, and the five or six-year-old children in the village know that they have to cut their stomachs and scrape the scales to eat fish, and the little girl who is seven or eight years old can pick up a fish, "Awen, you are so stupid, haha." ”

Jin Wen was ashamed and angry, he couldn't wait to pounce on him to block his mouth, but he couldn't really pounce on him, he made a big red face, and he didn't know what to say when he stood on the side.

"Huzi, you Awen's sister doesn't know, you won't clean it up, Awen, don't pay attention to him, this fish smells very fragrant, and it must be delicious if you don't scrape the scales." Wang Yuanshan said that in order to prove it, he picked up a piece of meat and ate it in his mouth, choked at once, and the earthy smell ran out of the meat, and the taste was neither swallowed nor swallowed.

"Dad, don't eat it, spit it out." When Jin Wen saw this, he knew that the taste must not be delicious, so he hurriedly asked him to spit it out, and this night, although there was no fish to eat, there was still laughter in the small courtyard.

Since Wang's death, Wang Yuanshan is not a person who likes to laugh, he is busy going up the mountain and down the field during the day, and comes back to wash and cook at night.

Since Jinwen came, someone at home has cleaned up, how to look comfortable when you go home, clothes, shoes and socks are washed and mended, every time the clothes are mended by Awen's hands, the people in the village say that the handiwork is good, and you can't see where it is mended if you don't look closely.

"Awen, I'll help you cut the fish tomorrow, and then you can cook the fish soup, this pot of fish soup is a special fish, and the soup is still very delicious."

"You laugh again, laugh again and don't make it for you tomorrow."

"Hehe, who told you not to get it, don't say. The big and strong sister in the village knows how to eat fish. ”

"Okay, hurry up and eat, and then your sister Awen beat you."

Talking and laughing, the sky is getting dark, a bend of the autumn moon rises, the faint moonlight shines in this small courtyard of the farmhouse, the house is dilapidated, but a lamp is swaying, the house makes people feel a different kind of warmth, although the poor are terrible, but as long as they are content and happy, they can not laugh.