Chapter 39: Wild Vegetables
At noon, a childish shout suddenly came from the quiet courtyard, "I don't agree with you going to cut down trees." Nuan Nuan's little face tensed, and for the first time, she showed a fierce face to her family.
Not to mention, Wu Nuandong's opening really frightened the young Wu Xia Zhi, he was so silent that he even became a regular sitting posture, and he couldn't help but secretly sneer: How is Nuan Nuan becoming more and more like a big brother, watching Si Swenwen's anger scared to death.
Wu Qiuzhi poked his head out of the kitchen when he heard the voice, "Nuan Nuan, the three of us can top an adult, and save forty wen a day, ten days is four hundred wen, and thirty days is one or two or two hundred wen." One tael of silver is enough for our rations for a month, and if we invite twenty people, it will cost more than twenty taels a month, and our money alone is not enough. ”
Wu Qiuzhi didn't mention that Nuan Nuan spent eleven taels of silver to buy wasteland, but just considered whether to go to the town to find a job to do, after all, he couldn't do any physical work if he stayed, so it was better to go to the town as a small worker.
"Now there are twenty-one taels left at home, wood and stone don't need money, and the food ......" Wu Xingzhou calculated, his brows furrowed higher and higher, the money was obviously not enough, it seemed that it was better to build two main houses temporarily, enclose the walls, and build two thatched huts with the kitchen and thatched toilets. After hesitating and hesitating, Wu Xingzhou didn't know how to talk to the little sister, and the courtyard and the three-story small building that the little sister was thinking about couldn't be built. It's all his incompetence as an elder brother, if only Brother Chunxi was here, there must be a way to satisfy Nuan Nuan's wishes.
"One meat, one vegetable, one soup per meal, okay?" Wu Qiuzhi put the lid on the pot, wiped his hands with a clean rag, walked out of the kitchen, took Wu Nuandong, who was standing straight and straight in front of his two brothers, into his arms, sat on the stone bench next to him, and rubbed his little sister's pink and tender little flesh face with itching.
Wu Nuandong couldn't help but roll her eyes, don't think that she can acquiesce by diverting the topic, although her brother is an elder brother, no matter how sensible and precocious she is, she can't stand up to her young age, and doing heavy physical work too early is not only bad for physical development but also very dangerous, and she doesn't agree to it.
"Isn't it money? I have! Wu Nuandong simply opened his words, pretended to take it out of his arms, and took out a silver ingot of fifty taels and stuffed it into Wu Xingzhou's hand.
"Nuan Nuan? Where did this come from? Wu Qiuzhi hugged Wu Nuandong recently, and he didn't see that Nuan Nuan's thin little chest could stuff such a big silver ingot. Wu Xia Zhi also rushed over curiously, looking left and right in the placket of the little sister's clothes, but he didn't find a place to hide things.
"Second brother, it's so itchy!" Wu Nuandong slapped his little hand, opened Wu Xia Zhi's chaotic claws, and explained, "This is the money that the eldest brother left us for emergency, and the eldest brother quietly told Nuan Nuan not to take it out until the critical moment that night." At that time, Nuan Nuan thought it was a dream, and only remembered it when the silver fell out when she was packing up her padded jacket yesterday. ”
"Hmmm! This is the style of the big brother, everything is considered and prepared. Wu Qiuzhi had no doubts, nodded in agreement, and was even more worried about the situation of the eldest brother, can ordinary people take out so many silver taels at once? If you are not an ordinary person, what kind of ordeal will the eldest brother go through?
"Big brother has always been powerful, so I'm afraid of him!" Wu Xia Zhi didn't notice what he was saying for a while, and then saw the three brothers and sisters looking at him with ill intentions, and immediately came to his senses, covering his mouth with a face full of chagrin.
"Second brother, it turns out that you are afraid of the big brother! No wonder you usually use your father and grandfather to scare you, you are not afraid! ”
"Nuan Nuan, don't laugh, smile like a big brother possessed!" Wu Xia Zhi had a bitter face, his big eyes were squeezed into a ball, and he was known by his little sister, so embarrassing! How can I let my little sister worship and trust love in the future!
Speaking of the summer solstice brother, you think a little too much, even if you grow up, you are sure that you can maintain that tall and majestic image in your warm heart!
"Fifty taels is enough, enough!" Wu Xingzhou smiled and squinted, once again reflecting the nature of a small wealth fan, and his eyes lit up. In the end, he was reluctant to touch it, and handed it back to Wu Nuandong, "Nuan Nuan, you still keep it, your hands are tight, let your brother rest assured." "The previous title deed was also warmly received, and the three brothers were relieved.
"Good! I'll take care of my brothers in the future! Wu Nuandong did not refuse, and took the initiative to take over the housekeeper, so that the brothers don't have to worry about money, and she doesn't have to lie and explain.
"Today, I'll go to the village chief and hire someone." Wu Xingzhou made a decision.
Wu Nuandong knew that the elder brothers were not the kind of people who waited to enjoy themselves, and he didn't want the elder brothers to develop a temperament of being lazy and hardworking, so he proposed: "Brother Xingzhou, it's better to invite one less aunt to cook, you can help chop wood and watch the fire, or the third brother can't be busy." In this way, the three brothers can take turns to rest, and she also has time to go up the mountain to do 'private work'.
The boy doesn't like to stay in the kitchen somewhat, but Wu Xingzhou wants to save money and considering that the two younger brothers are really not suitable for physical work, Nuan Nuan's method is just a compromise, and he finally agrees happily, "Okay,"
"In the future, you will be busy with you, Cheng Zijing and I will go to the foot of the mountain to pick wild vegetables, there are wild vegetables in today's bone broth, is it fragrant?" Wu Nuandong said that his little head was raised high, and his expression was very cute.
The attention of the three brothers really focused on her, ignoring the matter of picking wild vegetables, and praised one after another: "I can't complain that it is so fragrant, it turns out to be wild vegetable bone broth, it must be that the vegetables picked by Nuan Nuan are fresh and delicious!" Wu Xingzhou deliberately sniffed exaggeratedly.
"Nuan Nuan is really amazing, you know it's delicious when you smell it!" Wu Xia Zhi also pretended to be salivating, even if he mentioned the word wild vegetables, he forced the bitter water in his mouth. Just kidding, Nuan Nuan picked it by hand, it's sweet to eat raw!
"That dish is so tender, I've never seen such a tender dish." Wu Qiuzhi didn't say anything nonsense, when he was cooking, he smelled the sweet fragrance of wild vegetables, pinched a little and tasted it, and his mouth was immediately full of fragrance, and the taste was crisp and refreshing. Compared with the quality of the vegetables dug up when he escaped from the famine, even if he doesn't like to be a vegetarian, he won't get bored.
Wu Xingzhou's eyes lit up, "Nuan Nuan, where did you pick it, take the time to take your brothers with you." ”
Wu Qiuzhi smiled, "Brother Xingzhou, you want to pick it up and sell it, right?" ”
"That's right! That saves us from sitting on the mountain. Wu Xingzhou replied as a matter of course.
"Wild vegetables are not easy to sell, they are sold, and the people in the village look at the hot eyes, and we can't sell them for a long time, maybe we will get into trouble, it is better to wait for the future to farm in the yard, and others can't say anything about our own land."
"Yes!" Wu Xingzhou sighed regretfully, "It's still what Brother Qiu Zhi thinks." ”
Wu Xia Zhi only had to work, but he couldn't think about it so much, and looked at Wu Qiuzhi with a blank eye, "Third brother, is the meal ready, I'm starving." ”
Wu Qiu squinted at his second brother slowly, he is not a cook, the second brother is really annoying, and he won't go to the pot to see it by himself.
"Third brother, Nuan Nuan is so hungry, let's eat?"
Seeing his little sister looking at him pitifully, Wu Qiuzhi left all complaints behind, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen, lest he would be hungry and ruin his warm little belly.
"The second brother takes the dishes and chopsticks, and can he eat enough when he stands in a daze?" The immature voice in the kitchen shouted dissatisfiedly, "Didn't you hear Nuan Nuan was hungry?" Hurry up! ”
"It's coming, it's getting more and more chattering!" Wu Xia Zhi pouted, muttered quietly, and walked into the kitchen.
Wu Xingzhou served the meal, Wu Nuandong poured a glass of water (spiritual spring water) for each person, and the four of them started lunch time in a busy and orderly manner.