Chapter 70

There are no fresh vegetables in winter, most of them are pickled vegetables and dried vegetables under rice, now winter to spring to all things to recover, vegetable seeds have just been sown in the vegetable field, people feel more and more that pickles and dried vegetables are difficult to swallow, just in the early spring of the new wild vegetables to meet people's taste buds, whether it is garlic stir-fried or stirred into the wheat noodles to make cakes, are the same as delicacies, make people appetize.

A lot of wild vegetables will be eaten tenderly and eaten early, and when they grow up, the taste becomes bitter and they can no longer be eaten, Lu Xiaoyi is not in a hurry, she can still grab the tail of the solar term and eat a few more fresh and tender wild vegetables.

No, I went to find surplus food and asked him with a smile if he had entered the mountain?

Yu Liang has always responded to Lu Xiaoyi's needs, smiled and entered the house to change his clothes, leading the way in front with a bow on his back, and Lu Xiaoyi followed behind with a bamboo basket.

The mountains and forests in spring are another kind of beauty, different from the yellow dyeing and tranquility of autumn, and spring presents a kind of greenery and vitality. The rocks and the withered trunks of the trees are covered with moss, the silk and pothos are wrapped around the trunks, the new young leaves are like emerald flakes, and the spring sun is shining and clear, and the unknown finches and warblers are jumping and singing in the branches.

The dead leaves under the feet have long been rotted into the mud, the mountain flowers and grass are crowded and overgrown all over the hillside, and from time to time there is a sound of rustling from the grass and bushes, stop and wait for a while, you can see the hare or the little badger flee in panic, and step out of the soft spring grass with a green mark.

Lu Xiaoyi likes this kind of vibrant mountain forest so much that he can't help but breathe deeply, as if he wants to exhale the turbidity of the dull winter.

Yu Liang turned his head and smiled at her, pointed to a pine tree and said, "Remember there?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi nodded, "Remember, in winter, the firewood stacks were piled up and the big ash was found. ”

Yu Liang praised: "Good memory! Then continue to lead the way, all the way through the flowers and leaves to Qixitou.

Lu Xiaoyi was looking for wild vegetables by the stream, and the surplus grain was repairing the trap not far away, and the two did not speak, occasionally looking back at each other, and buried their heads in their own work.

Going out of the mountain at noon, Lu Xiaoyi, as a repayment, helped the surplus grain make a simple Chinese meal, wild leek scrambled eggs, cold bitter vegetables, plus artemisia vegetable buns, seeing him laughing, Lu Xiaoyi was also infected, and jumped home with a basket of wild vegetables.

As soon as he entered the yard, he saw that the two women were pulling Yulan to talk enthusiastically, Lu Xiaoyi greeted them one by one, and then brought the wild vegetables into the backyard, and saw that Xiaoding was covering the naan pit with bamboo strips.

It turned out that Lu Zhong did not carry passengers and changed his career to do dry food business, and he was seen by people in the village, and it was rumored, saying that Lu Zhong pulled a cart of cakes to sell every day, and the business was very good. Yulan has been guarding against it, and hurriedly ordered Xiao Ding to cover the pit, and went out to entertain those village women with a smile.

Lu Xiaoyi heard a black line on her face, her family's dry food business had only been done for a month, and someone would come to inquire immediately, I really didn't know what these people thought, I couldn't help but hold my breath in my heart, helped build the naan pit, and deliberately went to the front yard to see what those women were doing.

The people who came were the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wu family and the mother-in-law of the Chen family in the village, with a smile on their faces, and they spoke even more tactfully.

I only heard the daughter-in-law of the Wu family smile and said: "Aunt Chen has always looked at her appearance, we beg her to see it on weekdays, she still picks and chooses not to care, and now I happen to get together, Aunt Chen will help me and the Lu family sister take a look!" ”

Yulan said: "Aunt Chen's golden mouth is difficult to open on weekdays, so let's not embarrass her today." ”

Mrs. Chen smiled and showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll help you take a look." After speaking, Mrs. Chen pretended to look at Yulan and muttered: "If you want to talk about the face of this blessed person, I can see it better than anyone else, just take Lu Zhong's daughter-in-law as an example, the eyebrows are wide and the eyebrows are delicate, the eyes are big and clear, and the ears are big and round, these are the faces of the blessed people." ”

Yulan smiled, "What's not blessed, it's all good for my father." ”

Mrs. Chen said again: "When you first married into the Lu family, I told the daughter-in-law in the village that you are definitely a blessed one. ”

Finally got to the point, the daughter-in-law of the Wu family hurriedly echoed: "That's that, Brother Lu Zhong is a well-known capable person in our village, last year he drove a car to earn a cow, and this year he changed his career to buy scones, I heard that those businessmen are rushing to buy, and the business is very good!" ”

Yulan's face was as usual, and she smiled lightly: "Sister-in-law Wu is really good at laughing, they all say that the donkey dung eggs are light on the outside, and only they know what they are inside, just take the car at the beginning, the money he earns in a day is not as much as he earns by doing odd jobs, let's just try to be easy, and it is common for the village to have a few more cars in the village in less than three months, and it is common to earn three or five dollars a day." ”

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family obviously didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "Ouch, the sister of the Lu family hides deeply, can she buy a calf for three or five a day?" ”

Yulan smiled, looking soft and gentle, "Brother Wu works in the city all year round, and he earns a lot of money, plus Sister-in-law Wu's pig money at the end of the year, not to mention buying calves, even buying a horse is an easy matter." ”

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and there is a reason why the Wu family can't afford to buy cattle and horses, and the daughter-in-law of the Wu family was about to argue with Yulan, but was interrupted by Mrs. Chen's fake cough on the side, and her eyes reminded her that she had gone astray, and they came to inquire about scones.

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family glanced at Mrs. Chen unnaturally, then changed her smile and turned the topic to the scones, "The sister of the Lu family is a capable person, and she is very good at home and abroad, not only the rice is good, but the scones are a must." My family bought one in the city a while ago, and the family said it was delicious, no, my sister-in-law came to ask for advice, and the sister of the Lu family should not hide it, teach my sister-in-law! Let me go home and make a meal for the old and young in the family to relieve their hunger. ”

Lu Xiaoyi listened silently not far away, and his heart was full of anger, what does it have to do with you that our family earns a few pennies, so shamelessly come to inquire! Lu Xiaoyi wasn't worried about Yulan's leakage, but her Tai Chi temperament made Lu Xiaoyi more and more impatient, and she thought about it, so she went to the West Courtyard to find Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu was mixing chicken food in the backyard, and when she saw Lu Xiaoyi running over in a hurry, she ignored her.

Lu Xiaoyi said: "Grandmother, grandmother, something is wrong!" ”

Mrs. Lu glared at her, unmoved, and said lazily: "The sky is falling?" ”

"Grandmother, my father's cart business was squeezed and couldn't be done, so he changed his career to sell cakes to make some money, who would think that those hot-eyed people in the village would find our house and turn around to ask how to make cakes, isn't this a desire to find trouble, and want to stir up my father's business?"

"Your mother is not stupid, she can handle it herself." Mrs. Lu continued to mix chicken food.

Lu Xiaoyi suddenly said: "Yes, my mother can handle it." After speaking, he turned around and walked out slowly, muttering in his mouth: "My father originally thought that he would send Xiao Geng to study next year, hey!" Don't let these people mess you up. ”

Mrs. Lu snapped and put the chicken food bowl on the ground, and wiped her hands on her waist, "I'll take a look." ”

Lu Xiaoyi followed closely with a smile.

Now that the courtyard of the Lu family is connected, it is extremely convenient for Mrs. Lu to pass through the east courtyard, so she stepped forward in three or two steps and stood behind the daughter-in-law of the Wu family and Mrs. Chen.

The two of them were talking about Huan, they didn't pay attention to the many people behind them at all, Yulan saw it, glanced at Lu Xiaoyi again, understood in her heart, smiled, and continued the topic just now, "The method is such a method, it is no different from our usual cakes, if Sister-in-law Wu doesn't believe it, then what else can I say!" ”

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family sneered: "How can you not believe it." After speaking, his eyes motioned for Mrs. Chen to pick it up.

Mrs. Chen has always chattered, and her three sentences do not leave her old business, "You have a bodhisattva face and a bodhisattva heart, and the neighbors should help each other, the daughter-in-law of the Wu family has come to the door, you are a good person to the end, teach her hand in hand, and teach her to give you two liters of fine wheat noodles as a thank you gift." ”

Mrs. Lu suddenly said, "Two liters of fine wheat noodles? So little? ”

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family and Mrs. Chen were frightened, and smiled and blamed Mrs. Lu for walking without sound.

Mrs. Lu said: "It's not that I walk without a sound, it's that your heart is not here with me." ”

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family smiled and said a few words, turned back to the topic, and asked Mrs. Lu tentatively, "Second Aunt Lu can also make cakes?" ”

"What's so rare about that, to be honest, my daughter-in-law's cakes are not as good as mine!"

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family seemed to see the breakthrough, and immediately complimented: "That's, that's, the daughter-in-law is so capable, let alone a mother-in-law." ”

Mrs. Lu smiled and was very useful.

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family continued: "Aunt Lu taught me, I have never been good at making cakes, and I am often scolded by my family. ”

Mrs. Lu didn't beat around the bush and asked directly: "How many liters of fine wheat noodles?" ”

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family compared two fingers, and saw that Mrs. Lu was unmoved, and compared three fingers in pain, Mrs. Lu glanced at it, and reluctantly said: "Forget it, they are all neighbors of the same village, I will teach you." ”

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family was very happy, and she glanced at Mrs. Chen, and both of them smiled.

"Second Aunt Lu, this will be the lunch order, or you make a cake at noon, I just happen to follow along."

Mrs. Lu didn't see a rabbit or an eagle, "You go home first and get three liters of soba noodles." ”

The daughter-in-law of the Wu family was on the rise, and she ran home to get three liters of fine wheat noodles, and followed Mrs. Lu to the stove room in the west courtyard.

Lu Xiaoyi smiled and followed Yulan back to his stove room before he snorted and said, "Grandmother earns three more liters of noodles." ”

Yulan stretched out her hand to poke her forehead and blamed: "You are a good person, what are you calling her for, it's another noisy meal if you don't make it." ”

Lu Xiaoyi snorted: "Those people are the most annoying, I am tired of going around with them, so I simply asked my grandmother to come out, needle to needle to needle, Mai Mang to Mai Mang, only if they are stabbed, they have taboos." ”

After hearing this, Yulan agreed, "What you said makes sense, the first wave of people didn't give some color, and there must be people coming later." ”

"Mother, Aunt Wu and Granny Chen, who came today, are not close to our family, so the big swaggering door cover is almost a formula, and their heads are missing strings, right?"

Yulan smiled: "It's not, it's very lacking, maybe someone instigated me to come to our house to inquire." ”

"Hmph, don't care about them, let grandmother clean up, mother, hurry up and make lunch, I'm dying of hunger."

"You shout hungry every day, and you eat more than me at a meal, where do you say all the food you eat goes?" Magnolia nagged as she cleaned up the wild vegetables.

Lu Xiaoyi counted them one by one with his fingers, "Get up in the morning to clean the three houses, then help Xiao Ding Xiaogeng sweep the yard, go to the field to dig wild vegetables after breakfast, feed the chickens and cattle after lunch, and then dig wild vegetables." Mother, all the food I eat is used to dig wild vegetables. "Extremely seriously.

Magnolia smiled: "Digging wild vegetables is fake, it's true to take the opportunity to play, right?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi smiled, "Digging wild vegetables is originally digging while playing!" Talking and laughing with the magpie spring flowers, before they knew it, time passed. ”

Yulan sighed: "This person, when he was a child, he had no heart or lungs to play, and he was happy every day, but when he grew up, no matter how much he played, he couldn't experience the happiness he had when he was a child." ”

Lu Xiaoyi was silent.