Chapter 141: Leisure After the Rain
It rained for days, and the ground was muddy, and if I didn't wear rubber shoes, I wouldn't dare to go out at all.
If you don't have rubber shoes, you might as well go barefoot. At least it's easier to wash your feet than to brush your shoes.
As soon as the rain stopped, Hong Cheng and Duan Xiang went to the edge of the Hong River to catch fish.
After working for most of the day, he came back with a few grass carp.
Parsley saw him as if he had crawled out of a quagmire, and the fish were cleaner than he was.
Hong Cheng went to the bathhouse again to wash up, and when he came back, he drank fish soup and ate fish, and the taste of happiness in his heart was really indescribable.
He knew that Parsley would be a good daughter-in-law, and his vision would not be wrong.
When it didn't rain a few days ago, Xiangqin went to Erjuan's house, and listened to Erjuan's father and mother talk about medicating wheat, and she remembered it at this time, but when she looked at Hong Cheng again, she didn't have a serious appearance for a day, and Xiangqin felt strange.
Hong Cheng has been out of the house for so long, what should he do with the land at home?
"Has your wheat been medicated?" Parsley asked him.
"Whoa." Hong Cheng served a bowl of fish soup and scooped up a few pieces of tofu. He thinks tofu and soup are better than fish.
After living with Hong Cheng for a while, Parsley learned how lazy this man was. Hong Cheng doesn't sleep until eight or nine o'clock every day, and he won't get up. He can't even cook, but it's ridiculous that he is very good at eating, but his knife skills are exceptionally good.
Hong Cheng was lazy with her at this time, so he didn't see him go far away, Xiangqin felt strange, Hong Cheng was like a rabbit who couldn't nest, Hong Fu was busy working in the hotel, so who did the geography work in their home?
"What did your dad do to give Wheat?" Parsley felt unlikely.
"Hired people." Hong Cheng just squandered it, waiting to sit back and collect his achievements.
Rich people are willful, Xiangqin couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it can be seen from this, I am afraid that when it is time to harvest wheat, there is no need for the people of the Hong family to do it themselves, just spend money to hire some labor.
"It's really rich!" In Xiangqin's opinion, Hong Cheng can take care of these work in the field alone, he just doesn't want to do it, he is lazy! "Don't leave me here these days, hurry back and take care of your family's affairs."
As soon as he heard that Parsley was going to drive him away, Hong Cheng was reluctant, "I won't go back to those jobs, and someone will do ......."
Xiangqin glared and scolded: "Just thinking about happiness, you really think you are a big young master!"
Hong Cheng was aggrieved, "Okay, okay, can't I go back?" His eyes rolled in his sockets, obviously ill-intentioned, "You can go back with me, and help share a little, I can't finish such a big place alone." ”
"I'm not going, I can't take care of this mess!" Parsley is different from Hong Cheng, she doesn't have so much spare time.
Hong Cheng said: "It's raining these days, and business isn't good anyway, sitting there with my face up, I can't wait for someone to come to eat for half a day." If it rains in two days, close the door for a few days and wait until the weather is good before doing business. ”
Hong Cheng said about the sore spot of parsley.
The road ahead was originally blocked, unlike before, and now there are not so many people coming and going at the intersection. During this time, most of the people who came to eat at Parsley were migrant workers. However, as soon as it rained, the rain did not end, and the work on the bridge was temporarily suspended, and there were even fewer people.
When it's not raining, Parsley gets up early in the morning and makes breakfast with Liu Ling, and it can be sold out in one morning, and sometimes it doesn't take more than one morning. But in the past two days, even if it was sold from morning to evening, there was a lot left in the pot that morning.
Xiangqin hesitated for a while, and finally compromised with Hong Cheng, "Then I'll talk to Liu Ling early in the morning." ”
Hong Cheng cheered in his heart.
It was sunny for most of the day, and the next day it rained continuously.
Hong Cheng didn't change his itinerary, drove with parsley, and brought some other things to Hongjia Village.
When they finally got home, Hong Fu came out to greet them.
Hong Fu stayed at home, Hong Cheng was quite surprised, "Dad, why are you coming back?" ”
"This is my home, why can't I come back!" In fact, it's all because of the rain these days, and the sound in the hotel is not good, Hongfu doesn't have to worry so much, so he ran back. When he went home, he realized that Hong Cheng had run without a trace during this time, and it turned out that he was going to the door of Xiangqin. How could he have such a useless son! Hong Fu resented Hong Cheng in his heart, and when he saw Parsley, he immediately put on a sincere smile, "Parsley is here." ”
Xiangqin smiled a little shyly, "Uncle Hong." ”
"It's raining these days, and your business over there isn't going well." is also a businessman, Hong Fu understands the difficulties of the parsley stall very well.
"The road over there is blocked, and business is not good." Parsley said.
If her stall was open in the city, the business would not be much worse.
Hong Fu didn't treat Parsley as an outsider, so he didn't treat her more. He had seen all the things that Parsley and Hong Cheng had brought back, "Popcorn, and fish, why do you buy so much fish?" ”
"I didn't buy it," Hong Chengke said proudly, "I went to the river with Xiangzi and them yesterday to catch it." ”
Hong Fu bowed his head and remembered the situation when he first saw parsley on the embankment by the Hung River, so he remembered the big herring of more than 100 catties.
"Did you catch any good fish this time?"
The fish, big or small, is good. Hong Cheng knew that he was talking about a fish as big as the herring fish last time. He went yesterday, whether he wanted to join in the fun or try his luck. In fact, Duan Xiang and the others are the same as him, everyone wants to catch another fish as big as the herring fish last time.
However, such good things don't happen often, and if you try your luck by the river every time it rains, it's no different from waiting for a rabbit.
So Hong Cheng said to Hong Fu: "The biggest fish caught this time are the ones I brought back."
Listening to their conversation, Parsley knew that they were just thinking about good things happening.
Parsley changed the subject, "Uncle Hong, has the wheat in your field been medicated?" "That's what Parsley is here for.
Hong Fu smiled, "I've already beaten it." Not only in the wheat field, but also in the greenhouse. ”
Parsley looked a little dazed, doesn't that mean she came for nothing.
Hong Cheng had expected the same, and he was not surprised at all. Sensing Hong Fu looking at his face unscrupulously, he felt strange, "Dad, what are you looking at?" ”
Hong Fu grabbed his arm and took a good look at it, his eyes were full of pleasant colors, "Are you fat?" ”
"Is there one?" Hong Cheng didn't realize it, "Even if I get fat, it's all because of the delicious parsley and the good drink that raised me!" ”
"Think of yourself like a pig, look at your breath!" Hong Fu smiled and twisted the flesh on Hong Cheng's arm.
When it was time for lunch, Hong Fu said that he would show them a hand, and Parsley went into the kitchen to give him a hand. Hong Cheng followed behind their buttocks and said that he wanted to observe.
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and the rice and noodles in the Hong family's kitchen are all bad and cannot be eaten.
Parsley's hand reached into the rice bag and grabbed a handful of rice, each grain of rice with rice worms attached to it.
Xiangqin remembers that when she first came back to their house, she saw this bag of rice with insects, but she didn't expect that after such a long time, this bag of rice was still sitting here.
"Haven't you disposed of this rice yet?" Parsley doesn't know, they don't have time to deal with it, or they don't know what to do, what's the use of keeping these bad things?
Hong Cheng knew her careful thoughts, she was reluctant to discard these things, even if they were bad, she had to find a way to use them. "Keep it, wait for the chickens at home, and feed the chickens."
He was willing to spend money to hire people to work in the fields, but he was reluctant to give up this half bag of rice. Parsley smiled and threw the rice back into the bag.
She opened the noodle bag again, and saw that there were insects in the flour, and her flesh immediately ached, "You can't eat these noodles." ”
Rice can't be eaten, and noodles can't be eaten, Hong Cheng was surprised. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Hong Fu, who was cooking on the fire, "Dad, what did you eat when you came back?" ”
Hong Fu was a little embarrassed, "I only came back yesterday." Otherwise, go to your aunt's and borrow some rice from them. ”
Hong Cheng was reluctant not to accept it, but he knew how hard Hong Ling was at the door, and she was the same for the people in her own family, and the woman was reluctant to send a stitch from home!
"Forget it, I'll go to Jin Sheng's house and borrow some." Hong Cheng finally decided to go to other people's homes in the same village.
Hong Fu didn't stop him, after all, he knew his sister better than anyone else.
After Hong Cheng went out with an umbrella, Hong Fu rushed Xiangqin to the house, "Xiangqin, don't be busy, go to the house to watch TV." ”
Xiangqin looked around, she really didn't have anything to help at the moment, and in front of Hongfu, a chef-level person, she would make trouble for others if she did it again.
Parsley went into the house, and did not stay idle.
How long has the house not been occupied, a layer of dirty ash has fallen on the tables, cabinets and other furniture, Parsley has made a basin of water, found a rag, and cleaned all the places.
Rubbing against a picture frame hanging on the wall, Parsley became cautious in her movements. In the frame is a black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman sitting on a bench, with a male doll in the middle, and a little boy of about six or seven years old standing next to the woman.
The man in the photo looks like Hong Fu when he was young, and the woman next to him smiled very sweetly, but it was a little pale and weak by the black and white color. The male doll among them is chubby, wearing a small cotton jacket and open cotton pants, and a pair of small cotton shoes with no color on his little feet. As for the little boy, it should be when Dr. Liu was a child.
When I came back, Parsley didn't have any ideas.
Seeing this family photo, a feeling of joy rose in her heart, but there was still a little sadness behind it. R1152