056 Qingming
Seeing that the man suspected of being a kidnapper got out of the car in advance, Jianguo quietly breathed a sigh of relief, he should have thought too much about it just now, and soon they also arrived at the entrance of the village, Tian Sisi and his younger brothers got off at the entrance of the village, saving Zhong Fugao from driving a little more and wasting oil.
Zhong Fugao saw that a few of their children were carrying a basket of things, so he parked the tractor, carried the basket and sent Tian Sisi and them to the door of the house, Mrs. Zhao was drying clothes in the yard, seeing that Zhong Fugao sent a few children back, she was busy letting Zhong Fugao go into the house to sit and drink tea, Zhong Fugao was willing to sit, he still had to go back to reconcile with the accountant, this time the money from selling dried mushrooms had to be quickly distributed to the villagers.
Tian Sisi didn't care about the things in the basket, she took out the battery directly and went inside, the old man's radio battery was about to run out, and the old man complained that the radio didn't sound loud enough two days ago, and asked Tian Manyin to buy a new one.
The old man was hoeing grass in the backyard for the vegetable field, and after a few spring rains, the grass in the field grew out, green, Tian Sisi replaced the new battery, took the radio and turned on the radio, and turned up the sound to the maximum, and raised it to show the old man, with a proud face.
"Ah Nan just came back from town?" The old man was very happy, and his granddaughter remembered him in her heart.
"Well, I went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy something, grandpa, I also bought meat buns, and you can eat them when they are steamed at night."
"Okay, let's eat meat buns in the evening." The old man spit two mouthfuls of spit into the palm of his hand, sped up the speed and hoeed the grass, and did it vigorously, since drinking the fairy wine given by the white ape, the old man obviously felt that his body was a lot lighter and stronger, and the small work of hoeing grass was not too easy to do.
"By the way, did Grandpa send the letter you sent?" The old man remembered to tell his granddaughter about it and asked.
"Yes, grandpa, do you still have friends in Beijing?"
During this time, the old man was a little mysterious, and often asked her or Tian Xinhua to send letters to the town for him, and sometimes he rode to the town by himself, and he didn't know what he was doing?
"Well, how many good friends do you have, and I don't know how they're doing now?" The old man's expression became lonely, during this time he finally got in touch with a former brother, and learned that the brothers who had been with him before were not in good condition, and they were very depressed, and two of them are still missing, I don't know if it's right?
Seeing that the old man's expression became gloomy, Tian Sisi secretly regretted that she didn't open which pot to mention, she hurriedly laughed and interrupted, "Oh, grandpa, you threw away all the good things, do you see that there are a lot of camellia and Ma Lantou in these grasses?" Alas, there is also amaranth, I have to pick it out and let the mother fry it at night. ”
Tian Sisi originally wanted to divert the topic, but this look really made her see a lot of wild vegetables, and she was also interested at the moment, so she picked them up one by one with scissors and put them in the basket.
The old man was infected by his granddaughter's happiness, and the sorrow in his heart also faded a lot, during this time he contacted many parties, if nothing else, he should be able to get an old brother here to recuperate, alas, now he is not in that position, his ability is limited! If it had been before, it would have been so hard to get someone out, but then again, if he was still in his original position, maybe the result would be the same as those old friends!
The days are still passing day by day, the weather is gradually warming, the Yuequan Mountain presents a vibrant scene, although it has not yet reached the point of a hundred flowers blooming, but the peach and apricot plum trees on the mountain are blooming brightly, Tian Sisi went to the mountain to cut the flower branches several times and came back to put them in the house, each room is placed with a few villages of delicate flower branches, adding a touch of spring color to this simple farmhouse, she and Tian Xinhua's winemaking is still carried out in an orderly manner, not only the pockets of the two families are becoming more and more bulging, Even the small vaults of Tian Xinhua and Tian Sisi are getting bigger and bigger.
It was March 25th, another Saturday, no classes in the afternoon, the weekend at this time was only one and a half days, Saturday was only half a day off, and Sunday was one day. The work in the fields is almost done, the villagers are not as busy as before, Tian Bajin's family because of the lot of money during this time, so they no longer let Tian Xinhua and these small ones go to work in the fields to earn work, let them take their younger brothers and sisters to play.
After eating at noon, Tian Sisi took a basket to go to the mountain to pick Qingming grass, Qingming grass is called rat jucao, also called rat grass, the shape is very similar to the wormwood hanging in the Dragon Boat Festival Chongyang, but Qingming grass is not wormwood, but a kind of edible wild vegetables, every year after the beginning of spring before Qingming, this grass is the most tender time, and the people in the city will pick the tender stems and leaves of this grass to go back to make Qingming fruit to eat.
Qingming fruit is divided into three kinds, one is like a dumpling rolled lace of salty fruit, the filling inside is made of pickles, old tofu (tofu made of salt), winter bamboo shoots, pork belly fried together, very delicious, the other is not added to the Qingming grass ginkgo seeds, that is, the skin made of pure rice flour, is also a salty fruit, pinched into a dumpling, and the other is a snow ball, that is, the Qingming fruit is kneaded into a nest, put bean paste filling or jujube paste filling inside, and then kneaded into a ball shape, on the outside stained with glutinous rice swelled with water, After steaming, the green dumplings are wrapped in crystal clear glutinous rice, like snowflake spots, which are very beautiful, so they are called snow balls.
Tian Sisi doesn't like to eat sweet stuffing, but she loves the appearance of the snow ball, in her previous life, she created her own snow ball with salty filling, which attracted many friends and relatives to imitate, so that Tian Sisi couldn't help but regret it at that time, should apply for a patent or something, and called this kind of Qingming fruit "Sisi brand Qingming fruit".
When going up the mountain to cut the peach blossom branches this time, Tian Sisi found that the Qingming grass on the ground was half a palm long, green and green, it was the most fragrant time, thinking of the fragrance of the Qingming fruit, Tian Sisi asked Zhong Meiying to go to the mountain to pick Qingming grass, and Zhong Juying, Zhong Anmei and other Zhongjiawan girls went with them, Zhong Yuying was also among them, but she only walked in the back, and she couldn't see it if she didn't take a closer look, and Zhong Fugao's daughter Zhong Wanhua, 12 years old, is a girl who looks a little black and thin, but very capable, is the most satisfactory daughter-in-law candidate in the eyes of the old people.
Tian Xinhua was relieved when he saw that there were so many girls following, but he still repeatedly told Tian Sisi not to talk to Zhong Yuying, nor to get too close to her, Tian Sisi waved her hand impatiently, she is not a child, where can she be bullied by a 12-year-old girl, but Tian Sisi was happy too early.
Although Tian Sisi is not afraid of Zhong Yuying, she is also unwilling to get too close to Zhong Yuying, so she and Zhong Meiying, Zhong Juying, Zhong Anmei and Zhong Wanhua together, cut the tender stems and leaves on the Qingming grass with scissors.
Zhong Juying was dressed warmly during this time, and Tian Sisi quietly sent food to their family from time to time, and the food was not as bad as before, her face looked much better, and her hair was tied neatly, she looked like a handsome girl, speaking of which, Zhao Manxiu and Zhong Shigen were not bad looking, and the daughter they gave birth to would not be so bad.
Zhong Shouliang is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and often sneaks outside their yard at night, either putting a pot of yellow eel loach, or putting some snails or white fish, and these things are all the old man's favorite food, even if Zhong Shouliang didn't send it, he also wanted Tian Manyin to get it to eat, now since there are ready-made ones, it would be better, but he asked Tian Sisi to send more food to Zhong Shouliang's family behind his back, just as these things were exchanged for them, Tian Sisi of course has no problem, So one sent more and more food, and the other sent more and more yellow eel loaches, and the happiest was the old man, smiling every day.
Zhong Meiying has cut peach blossoms a few times with Tian Sisi during this time, and the two of them are also ripe a lot, she saw Tian Sisi's white and tender hands stained with a lot of green grass juice, so she said to Tian Sisi: "Sisi, you better go to the side and rest, see that your hands are dyed green with grass, we will pick more and share some of you." ”
Everyone else agreed, Zhong Anmei teased: "Yes, your hand looks like a hand that has never worked, and you have only cut a few trees for a long time, so let's rest." ”
Although Zhong Anmei's family used to be a big landlord, to be honest, she really didn't enjoy the blessings of the landlord lady, and the family's land was confiscated all over her life, and she was like an ordinary peasant girl, she had to work since she was a child.
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