After Ziheng and Zichu left, Wu Jin's life in Lu'an County was still as usual, although he was also concerned about Situ Yan, but for the sake of Situ Mansion, he studied hard and did not dare to relax for a moment.

And Situ Yan in Lijia Village, Xinchang County, was preparing a congratulatory ceremony at this time. At the end of spring ploughing, it was again to ask for rain and repel insects, and finally the villagers were idle. On April 12, there happened to be a family in the village doing a happy event.

"Xiao Wu, don't you want to go to this Li Mu to marry his daughter-in-law?" Li Dalang doesn't like Li Mu as much as Erlang, who makes him worry about his little sister, and he wants to let his little sister be his sister.

Situ Yan didn't know what a few people thought, thinking that Li Dalang and Li Mu were not close, but they just had a bad temper, "They all live in the same village, the second brother doesn't want to go, he won't go, the eldest brother must go, otherwise he will complain and can't do it." ”

"Then I'll go to the backyard and pull weeds." When Erlang heard that he didn't need to go, he happily went to the backyard to weed the ground. The four brothers of the Li family are particularly concerned about the land in the backyard and take care of them better than Guantian. Saburo and Shiro were also very happy, and took the basket to clean the pigsty and chicken coop.

Li Dalang looked reluctant, but what the little sister said was right, he could only listen, in fact, even if Situ Yan was wrong, he would go, get used to it.

took the basket, Situ Yan packed two catties of black noodles and two salted eggs, which is not a small gift. Sending Li Dalang away, Situ Yan took the basket on his back and called Li Erlang and Li Sanlang to drive the car together to cut reeds and pick mugwort.

"Little Wu, what are you doing with this, you can't eat this."

"Next month is the Dragon Boat Festival, I want to make some zongzi to sell."

"Xiao Wu, what is a zongzi?" San Lang has never eaten zongzi, and he has never even heard of it.

"Third brother, what did you eat during the Dragon Boat Festival before?"

"I don't remember, I can't eat enough every day anyway, and I'm very happy to be able to eat enough one day."

"Xiao San is right, at this time of the year, we can go up to the tree to pick some food, I also took the little three and the fourth to pick elm money and locust flowers, I still remember that Li Mu was older than us at that time, and the eldest brother was dragged to work in the field by the master, and I grabbed food, and I also fought with him because of this."

As soon as Li Erlang reminded him like this, Situ Yan remembered that this season was the time to eat elm money cakes and acacia cakes, and she also knew why the four brothers of the Li family didn't have a good impression of Li Mu, "Second brother, then tomorrow you will take the third brother and the fourth brother to pick elm money and acacia flowers, and I will give you pancakes to eat, which is better than eating them dry." ”

"Really, I used to watch the mountain baby eat acacia cakes, but I was so hungry, or Aunt Niu looked at me pitifully and gave me one. I took it back and shared it with the junior and fourth, but the eldest brother refused to even taste a bite at that time, only saying that he didn't like to eat. I was young at the time, and I thought it was true. ”

"Okay, then let's make more and eat enough." The children of poor families start their lives early, and it is the most precious thing for brothers to have this kind of friendship. Thinking about tomorrow's cakes, Li Erlang and Li Sanlang felt excited, and the three of them were busy until Shen Shi rushed home.

First cleaned the cut reeds and mugwort and controlled the water, only then did he notice that the courtyard door was not locked, only the house was locked, Li Dalang and Li Shilang were not there, so let Li Erlang look for it, and San Lang helped Situ Yan prepare feed to feed the livestock. As soon as the mules, pigs, and chickens were fed here, I heard the laughter of Erlang and a few people outside the courtyard.

I think it's because Erlang told Da Lang and Shiro about eating Huaihua cakes tomorrow, and several people are laughing happily at this moment.

Seeing that people were fine, Situ Yan went into the stove room to prepare dinner with peace of mind, and when eating dinner, Li Dalang talked about going to Li Mu's house to pick up his relatives today, only to know that today's banquet at Li Mu's house only made a pot of wild vegetable soup, and everyone only gave a black flour cake as the staple food, not even a little oil star, "Big brother, then you didn't eat enough at noon?" Situ Yan didn't care about what others did, but was afraid that her eldest brother would be hungry.

"Xiao Wu, don't worry, I ate two more cakes after I went home, and the wild vegetable soup of Li Mu's family was hard to drink, bitter and astringent, and not yet salty. I looked at the wild vegetables in the soup and the same as what my family ate, but Xiao Wu, why aren't you bitter when you make this? ”

"This wild vegetable must be blanched in water before it is put into the pot, and then washed with cold water, otherwise it will be bitter." These days, it is not easy for the villagers, and the banquet is just to receive gifts, how can they take good things to entertain guests. Situ Yan didn't want to say this, but when she saw Li Dalang asking, she took advantage of the time to explain and diverted the conversation.

"Li Mu is as old as his eldest brother, why did he marry so early? I haven't seen a matchmaker enter the village? Situ Yan admired the ancients very much at this time, and this early marriage and early love was too outrageous.

"I heard that he was a baby parent, and his daughter-in-law was his cousin. Half a year older than him. His mother's hometown is also in Xinchang County, but it is better than our Lijia Village. Today's dinner, the mother's family (qie three sounds) also made a fuss, the banquet was not good, so that the fifth uncle and the fifth aunt did not even dare to come out of the house, and finally the village uncle came forward to let the five aunts make another table to send people away. ”

"The mother's family of the fifth aunt is making such a fuss, and the fifth aunt and Li Mu's daughter-in-law are having a hard time at the later (lai three sounds)'s house?" Li Sanlang felt that these people from other villages came to the village to make trouble, and slapped Li Wu in the face, I heard that this Li Wu had a bad temper, and even the new daughter-in-law had to eat the head.

The ancient people felt that kissing and kissing was a happy event, Situ Yan was nervous for a while, she didn't care about other people's family affairs, what she cared about was that Li Dalang and the others didn't think it was bad to kiss and kiss. Hurriedly told a few people that they must not marry blood relatives in the future, otherwise the offspring will be stupid. Frightened, a few people hurriedly nodded and agreed. Situ Yan was still not at ease, so she took the family rules and added this special article to it, which made her feel at ease.

After dinner, Li Dalang and his younger brothers read on the kang table, and Situ Yan spread the buns and incense pieces made by several aunts on the kang in the hall house, matched the colors, and then sewed them, which were to be sold when the market was held on April 15.

The next day was a sunny day, and early in the morning, Li Erlang called San Lang and Shiro out, everyone carried a big basket on their backs, and Situ Yan laughed when she saw it. Li Dalang felt sorry for his younger brothers for their hard work these days, so he didn't stop him, and stayed at home to help Situ Yan work. After finishing the work at home, Situ Yan went into the mountains again, these days she has been very diligent in the mountains, one is to find some mosquito repellent herbs, and the other is to find a water source again, although it has rained a few times this time, but she is still worried about drought.

When I came back at noon, I saw two baskets of elm money and a basket of locust flowers on the ground of the stove room. This thing is not delicious when it is old, and the family can't eat so much, Situ Yan will keep what he is going to eat, and the rest will be put into the space ring.

First, pick and wash the elm and acacia flowers, blanch and drain the water with hot water. Put them in two pots, add bud flour, salt, five-spice powder, and an appropriate amount of water to stir into a thick batter. Then add white wheat flour, sugar, and a little salt to the locust flower pot, and the appropriate amount of water will become a thick batter.

When the preparations are complete, pour some vegetable oil into the pot, then melt some lard, and bake the batter into cakes one by one, until both sides are golden and then the pot is raised. Find a clean basket and stack the baked cakes into it. Thirty pieces of elm money cakes were made, and only ten pieces of acacia cakes were made.

When it was time to eat at noon, Situ Yan gave each of the four brothers a locust cake and two elm money cakes, and he ate one locust cake and was full.

Li Erlang ate a few times, and shouted fragrantly, "Xiao Wu, this cake is more fragrant than Aunt Niu's house, I still want to eat this at night." ”

"You're greedy." Li Dalang smiled and patted Erlang's head, this bud grain noodles and white wheat noodles are expensive, Xiao Wu doesn't like to eat black noodles, and the cakes made of bud grain noodles at home are kept by Situ Yan, and no one refuses to eat them on weekdays. What's more, this white wheat noodle will only be cooked during the New Year's holiday.

"That's also the incense made by Xiao Wu, I'll pick it up next day, Xiao Wu, don't use bud grain noodles, just use the black noodles, just make another meal for me!" Li Erlang ignored Da Lang's eyes glaring at him, and pulled Situ Yan to shake it slightly coquettishly.

"What's there, as long as the second brother wants to eat, I can take care of it, there is still it in this pot, if the second brother wants to eat, go and get it yourself."

"It's still the best for Xiao Wu." Li Erlang got off the kang and went straight to the stove room, running and shouting incense.

"Xiao Wu, don't get used to him, I couldn't even eat enough before, but now I know what to eat." Li Dalang was afraid that Erlang would really eat all the cakes, which was the rations of the little sister.

"Big brother, our family has a money-making livelihood, I'm not afraid of the second brother eating, this day is better, don't be afraid to eat something. The eldest brother also went to get a few more, and brought a few for the third and fourth brothers, and we opened up to eat today. ”

"I can't eat it, and the second brother has a big belly, so I'm a little bit supportive." Shiro pointed to Li Erlang, who entered the door with a cake in one hand, and couldn't stop laughing.

"Second brother, leave more buds for Xiao Wu, don't eat them all." San Lang was also worried that his second brother would eat up and eat up his little sister's rations.

"I forgot for a while, then I won't eat it, and when Xiao Wu makes black flour cakes in the evening, I'll eat two more." Erlang was a little embarrassed, he only cared about the fragrance of his food, forgot about the stubble, peeked at the little sister, saw the little sister looking at him with a smile, and was not angry, so he was relieved to send the cake back.

Where was Situ Yan willing to let him, he insisted on letting Erlang eat the cake. In the afternoon, Situ Yan was busy making insect repellent incense, and when it was time to make dinner, she saw Erlang and a few people carrying elm money and acacia flowers into the stove room, "Xiao Wu, don't use bud noodles anymore, I am reluctant to eat, I am still hungry when I look at it?" ”

Situ Yan's face hurt when she smiled, and she responded, "I know!" Li Erlang went back to the house with confidence and read a book with Li Dalang.

As soon as dinner was ready, the little sheep came over to give Situ Yan realgar powder, which Situ Yan asked the little sheep to buy in the county early in the morning, and this is indispensable for insect repellent incense. Wrapping a few elm money cakes with bud grain noodles for the little lamb is a thank you. The little sheep likes to eat Situ Yan's cooking, and happily put it in her arms before rushing home.

When the cakes were served, Situ Yan asked Li Erlang to first send three elm money cakes made of black noodles to Shan Wazi and Gouzi, and then two to Liangzi's family, and then the family ate together.

"Second brother, I've made a lot of this cake, don't eat yourself in one meal, there will be tomorrow."

"Hey!" Jiro stuffed the cake in his mouth and answered vaguely. Several families in the village who received Yuqian cakes ate them as dishes at dinner, and they all shouted that they were fragrant.

Xiao Yang'er ate two in one go, if he hadn't kept them for his father and his parents, he would have eaten them all, and the family also made elm money cakes today, but they didn't have the fragrance made by Situ Yan.

For the ancient peasants, if they could have a full meal, a piece of clothing to wear, and then marry a daughter-in-law and have a baby, they would have a good life, and they would have nothing else to ask for. It's such a simple wish, and it is also something that many people can't ask for.