This kind of thing, just like even the old man only vaguely mentioned it in the letter, even Man'er will not tell it in front of Erya's grandmother, and can only say that everything is fine.

"Your brother's daughter-in-law, count the months, is it time to give birth?" Erya's grandmother asked Lian Man'er again. A woman's nature of gossip never weakens with age, but becomes more and more intense. "Seeing her on the road with a big belly, we are all hanging for her."

"My mother gave her a count, saying that it would take two months to give birth." Lian Man'er said, "Listening to the meaning of my grandfather's letter, it should be quite good." ”

Even the old man did not mention Zhao Xiu'e in the letter, and the so-called lack of news is good news. It seems that Zhao Xiu'e should be all right.

"That's good, Erlang's daughter-in-law, it seems to be quite skinny." Erya's grandmother said.

"Sister." Xiao Qi was on the kang, so he beckoned Lian Man'er to go over to see the cat.

Lian Man'er got off the kang and walked to the top of the kang.

The big cat of Erya's family is eating bibimbap, and it is very fragrant one bite at a time. The kitten cub was placed on a mat by Er Ya and Xiao Qi, and was meowing while grinding and grinding.

The cry was milky, and it made people's hearts soften when they heard it.

The eldest cat of the Erya family is a tanuki, and this kitten cub has almost completely inherited the appearance of the cat mother. The color of the coat from the head to the tip of the tail is dark gray and dark black, but the chin, stomach and limbs are snow-white.

The kitten cub spun around for a while, and then folded up. Holding his tail and lying down, fluffy and alive like a ball of yarn.

Lian Man'er reached out and gently touched the kitten's back to smooth its hair. The kitten meowed twice, then raised its paw and grabbed Lian Man'er's hand. Lian Man'er couldn't help but pinch the soft flesh pads on the soles of its feet.

The kitten meowed again and withdrew its paws.

Lian Man'er reached under the kitten's chin and scratched it gently.

The kitten cub didn't dodge, and a pair of blue eyes looked at Lian Man'er, and then narrowed his eyes. While gurgling and enjoying the sound of the cigarette cutting in his throat Chapter 399, he raised his head so that Lian Man'er could tickle it better.

Lian Man'er secretly clenched her fists. Sure enough, you have to take in a cat, whether it's a big cat or a small milk cat. This tickling trick is a tried-and-tested trick.

After playing for a while, Lian Man'er said goodbye to Erya and Erya's grandmother and hugged the kitten into the basket she brought. The basket was covered with a thick, soft cushion. This mat is made by Lian Man'er himself, using muslin heads at the corners and corners, connected piece by piece, and the mat is filled with chicken feathers and cotton. The kitten is definitely warm and cozy when it lies on its stomach.

All the way to the shop. Lian Man'er carried the basket, and the kitten meowed inside. Leaving the mother cat and facing a strange world, it needs a process of adaptation. The process will be quick, though.

Xiao Qi was almost hanging on the basket, and his two eyes and hands were reluctant to leave the kitten.

"Sister, let's give it a name." Xiao Qi discussed with Lian Man'er.

"Well, it's the name that should be given." Lian Man'er nodded. "Then let's call it Big Flower."

"Big flowers, big flowers."

Xiao Qi screamed repeatedly, and then the little milk cat and Dahua also meowed, and Lian Man'er couldn't help but laugh secretly. Soft-hearted.

Back in the shop, Lian Man'er went into the inner room, took off his shoes and put the basket on the kang where he could get the sun. Xiao Qi was also about to go to the kang, but was stopped by Lian Man'er.

"Aren't you a rare flower, then it will be yours to serve." Lian Man'er told Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi was young, and he was really rare and big, so he stupidly agreed. Lian Man'er smiled secretly in her heart, so she sent Xiao Qi to prepare a food pot for Dahua, that is, two porcelain bowls. One is for cat rice, and the other is for water.

Also, there is one more important thing.

"Just yesterday, I asked the third uncle to make that shallow wooden basin, you go and get some clean fine sand to shop inside, and then bring it in." Lian Man'er said to Xiao Qidao.

"Hey." Xiao Qi happily agreed. Ran out. After a while, he walked in with a wooden basin filled with fine sand.

Lian Man'er took the wooden basin and placed it on the kang against the wall. Then, she took the little milk cat out of the basket and put it in a wooden basin.

“…… From now on, it will be your special latrine," Lian Man'er touched Dahua's head and told it, "In this house, if you dare to urinate on the kang or pull on the kang, but you will be spanked, do you hear?" ”

Dahua shaved the fine sand with her paws and meowed twice.

"Look at how good the big flower is, I said it again, and it said that it remembered." Lian Man'er smiled and put the big flower on the kang to familiarize it with the environment.

Now the big flowers are still small, and they still have to be raised on the kang, so they should prepare fine sand pots for them. Cats are creatures that are naturally clean, and they hardly need to be disciplined, and they don't defecate anywhere. This fine sand pot is also temporary, and when the big flowers grow up, they can easily jump from the kang to the ground and walk out of the house, at that time, it will naturally choose a more hidden place outside to urinate, and no one needs to worry about it at all.

And now, the job of changing the fine sand every day for the little milk cat will be handed over to Xiao Qi.

"The cat got it back?" Zhang came in from outside and saw Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi sitting on the kang, teasing a little civet cat, so he asked.

"Hmm." Lian Man'er nodded in agreement.

"Yes, tiger brain, it's pretty good." Zhang sat on the edge of the kang, looked at the big flower carefully, and asked, "Is it a lang cat or a female cat?" ”

The farmer's family does not call the cat a male cat or a female cat, but a lang cat and a female cat.

"It's Lang Cat." Xiao Qi hurriedly said, "Mother, our cat has a name, and my sister gave it to me, and it's called Dahua." ”

"Oh, big flower, it's a good name."

At noon, Zhang's deliberately steamed the rice softer than usual, and even Man'er used a bowl to hold a small half bowl of rice, mixed it with unsalted fish soup and shrimp skin, and then looked at it to cool, and it was warm to the touch, so it was given to Dahua.

The little milk cat Dahua smelled the fishy smell and meowed vigorously at Lian Man'er. When Lian Man'er placed the bowl in front of it, it plunged its head into the bowl.

Seeing the fragrance of the big flowers, Lian Man'er was relieved.

The cat is a very independent animal, and the kitten leaves the cat mother, and in order to survive, it quickly adapts to the new environment.

After breakfast that day, Lian Shouxin told Zhang that he would go to the old house in a while to help Lian Shouli cut cigarettes.

"It's time to cut, his third uncle said okay, he won't go to work at noon, I'll help him again, and he can be cut at noon, and he can still be dried." Even keep the word.

Even the old man planted a garden of dry tobacco. When he was leaving, he instructed Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin several times to take good care of it, and he pointed to this for the cigarettes of the coming year.

This season is a good time to cut tobacco and dry it, and if you delay it for a few more days, it will be too late.

"Over at the house, you don't need to take care of it today?" Zhang asked.

"No need." Lian Shouxin said that he had told the foreman that he didn't need to watch what he was going to do this morning.

Lian Man'er's family built this house, the project was relatively large, and there were many things to keep promised, so they couldn't watch it all the time, so they hired a reliable person to take care of it.

"Okay, then you can go and help the handle." Zhang said.

"Xiao Qi, will you go with your father?" Lian Shouxin changed his clothes, took a knife, and didn't go out directly, but asked Xiao Qi. Looking at the tone and demeanor, it was clear that he hoped that Xiao Qi could go with him.

Xiao Qi is a sensible child, so he agreed and got off the kang.

Cutting cigarettes is not just about cutting it off, it takes a lot of time to dry it on the shelf, during which it takes a lot of time.

"Dad, I'll go with you too." Even Man'er got off the kang and said.

"I'll go too." Gorou also said.

"Okay, okay, all go, all go." Even Shouxin couldn't hide the smile on his face anymore when he was happy.

By the time Lian Man'er and the others arrived at the old house, Lian Shouli had already cut cigarettes in the garden. Lian Shouxin hurriedly walked over, took a knife, and cut it with Lian Shouli.

Zhao and Lian Ye'er were also in the garden, and on the ground beside the two, there were piles of hemp rope and softened Ma Lan.

A few of the children walked over.

"Let's do it together, let's do it fast." Lian Man'er said.

Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin cut the dry tobacco, and they will cut off the dry tobacco leaves one by one with a knife, and on each leaf, they will also leave a dry tobacco stick about an inch long, which is convenient for taking and drying. Lian Man'er was responsible for putting the cut tobacco leaves together two by two, aligning the dry tobacco sticks, and then tying them tightly with Malan and stacking them together.

After Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin had finished cutting the dry tobacco, they drove wooden stakes around the garden and erected wooden shelves. Then, the two hemp ropes are roughly twisted into a thick hemp rope and tied to a wooden shelf.

Then, tie the tied pairs of dry tobacco to the rope. Dried in this way for a period of time, morning and evening with enough dew, and then exposed to the sun, finally the green dry tobacco leaves are dried reddish-brown, and the dry tobacco is considered to be sunburned.

The same dry tobacco grown, good drying, good taste of smoking, if not good drying, not only bad taste when smoking, but also particularly easy to go out.

Good dry tobacco can be sold at a good price when it is brought to the market.

If the weather is too cold, the dry tobacco should be collected into the house at night to keep warm, and the temperature will warm up the next day, so you can take it out to dry again. When drying, you should also pay attention to turning so that the dry tobacco leaves are evenly exposed to dew and dried.

In short, drying the dry tobacco of this garden is not an easy task.

"These dry tobacco, let alone a year, are two or three years, and they are enough to smoke."

It was close to noon that they cleaned up all the dry tobacco in the garden, and even Ye'er brought clean water for everyone to wash their hands.

"Fourth Uncle Lian," at this time, a little monk came running out of breath from outside, "Go back quickly, something is wrong...... Send a change first, ask for pink.

There will be two watches in the evening. (To be continued)RQ!!