Chapter Twenty-Four: Hungry Panic
Chen Chunhua will sit or stand or not, she always feels that the second child has been looking at her, and she is uncomfortable.
Although they are both husband and wife, she is still not mentally prepared for this.
Seeing that Chen Chunhua's head was about to be buried in the bowl, the boss helped her shoulder. "Daughter-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Chunhua reacted a little big, shook off the boss's hands, and then realized that she was a little abnormal, and smiled awkwardly. "Big brother, I don't have anything to do, I guess I caught a cold when I took a bath."
When the second child heard this, he put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and reached out to probe her forehead. "Daughter-in-law, you don't have a fever, if you don't finish eating, I'll take you to see Xiao Langzhong!"
Chen Chunhua hurriedly shook her head. "It's nothing, I'm right, are these beans soaked in water?"
"I haven't soaked in water yet, I don't know how much to get, I'll get it after eating!" The third child replied.
"Cheng, I'll soak the beans in water after eating."
Seeing that Chen Chunhua had nothing to do, a few people continued to eat. While eating, the boss suddenly put down his chopsticks and looked at Chen Chunhuadao. "Daughter-in-law, in a few days, the potatoes and melons in the field will be harvested, and I will go up the mountain with the second child, and it will take several days to go."
"What are you doing in the mountains?" Chen Chunhua was relieved to see that the topic was no longer on her.
The second child ate and answered. "These days, the wild things on the mountain are alive and well, and it's been two months before the New Year, so let's go to grab the wild things and go to the town to change a few."
When Chen Chunhua heard this, she really didn't expect that the eldest and second brother would also hunt, these three brothers are not all treasures, her luck is not covered, it is good to say that it is good. "Cheng, there are me and the third brother in the house, you should be careful when you go to the mountain, whether you care enough or not, come back as soon as possible."
"Well, I know, we found a hole in the mountains a few years ago, and we were very good."
Chen Chunhua didn't understand these ways, so she naturally let them go to work by themselves. After eating, Chen Chunhua and the third child soaked the soybeans in water, soaked them for a while, and the third child started grinding the soybeans.
"Third brother, I want to go to the field to have a look." She still doesn't know where her home is, so it's better to go and see it. The third child replied and said. "Out of the yard, after crossing the river, you can see the eldest brother and the second brother busy from afar, that piece of land is in our house, you put it aside now, I am busy working."
"Well, I'll go now." Chen Chunhua carried a basket out of the yard, crossed the river, and saw the eldest and the second child working in the field in the distance. She didn't rush over, and looked carefully on the ridge.
In this season, the wild scallion came out, and the tender buds were very fragrant, but unfortunately, I didn't see any trace of the wild scallion after walking through a few fields. Chen Chunhua carried the basket and went to the field in her own house.
"Daughter-in-law, why are you here?" The second child looked up and saw that Chen Chunhua was coming, and hurriedly put down the potato melon in his hand, patted the soil on his hand, and looked at her. "It's very windy outside, so I don't have much clothes when I come out."
Chen Chunhua walked over and shook her head. "I'm warm, how many pieces of land are confiscated?" This piece of planting is sweet potato, digging sweet potatoes is actually a technical work, perennial farmers naturally know how to dig when they get started, if they are novices, this hoe goes down, all to dig rotten.
Sweet potatoes are dug up, they are not easy to put and are easy to rot. Look at the sweet potatoes on the other side in the yard, this is to be dried, and they should be put in the cellar.
"What do you say is warm, look at your face is very red from the wind." The boss glanced at Chen Chunhua and said. "There are me and the second child here, daughter-in-law, you go back quickly."
"Well, I'll go back first." Chen Chunhua looked at his own land, the eldest and second were also very busy, and he couldn't help much here, and the third child in the house also had some soybeans, and he went back to the bean dregs.
These days are passing, busy, no matter how much time is enough, when you are idle, you can pass slowly.
Chen Chunhua and the third child were busy with soybeans this afternoon, and after finishing these, the eldest and the second child went back and forth from geography a few times, and it was completely dark, and the family had not eaten a bite.
"I'm going to eat all night, daughter-in-law, you go to rest in the house!" The third child saw that Chen Chunhua had been busy all afternoon, and the tired people couldn't stand up straight, so he hurriedly let her go back to the back room and went into the kitchen by herself.
The eldest and the second were busy putting the potatoes and melons that they had recovered two days ago into the cellar, Chen Chunhua was really tired, got up early in the morning, and this body couldn't bear it, and sat on the kang for a while, and couldn't sit still, so he took the quilt and laid it, rubbed his shoes and climbed on the kang head, wrapped in the quilt and fell asleep.
When the meal was ready, the third child called her, seeing that she didn't respond, and when she entered the inner room, she saw that Chen Chunhua was sleeping soundly. "What's the matter, my daughter-in-law is asleep?" The boss came in to take a look and pulled the third out of the coffin. "Let her fall asleep, save some evening food and keep it warm in the pot, and eat it when she wakes up."
The third child nodded, and the three of them ate around the table.
"Big brother, I'm thinking, should I take my daughter-in-law back to Chenjia Village a year ago?" The third child eats, to the old avenue.
The Boss nodded. "Tell my daughter-in-law about this, see what she says, I can't do it." According to the custom, with the situation in their house, the daughter-in-law who entered the door could not return to her mother's house, the rule was that the dead were dead, and the people were alive, and they didn't care about these, but they didn't know what the Chen family had explained.
"Cheng, I'll tell my daughter-in-law after a while."
Chen Chunhua slept soundly this night, and was woken up hungry in the morning. When she got up, they were still asleep, the black light was blinding, Chen Chunhua couldn't figure it out, endured the panic, turned over and continued to sleep.
"Daughter-in-law, are you awake?" The boss hugged Chen Chunhua and asked softly. Chen Chunhua snorted. "Am I messing with you?"
"No, I've just woken up, is my daughter-in-law hungry?" The boss said, sat up, and got off the kang in the dark, Chen Chunhua listened to the sound of the door opening, and knew that the boss had gone out. The eldest woke up, and the second and third also woke up.
Chen Chunhua didn't get in the way, the boss carried the oil lamp into the house, and with the light, he quickly put on his clothes. "Daughter-in-law, I have lit the fire, and there is food left over from last night in the pot, so I can eat it after the meeting."
"Alas!" Chen Chunhua got off the kang, this person was not hungry for a meal, Chen Chunhua went into the kitchen and opened the lid of the pot, and took out the cooked sweet potatoes from it, it is not cold, now I am very hungry, where to wait. After eating a sweet potato, I immediately got to work.
With yesterday morning's busy work, this morning is easy, and Chen Chunhua is not in a hurry. The tofu came out of the pot, and someone came outside. The second aunt didn't come this morning, the boss and the three of them all went to the ground, and the helpers were Ah Lian's sister-in-law and Xinghua.
After finishing the morning work, Xinghua and Sister-in-law Ah Lian didn't stay long, they went back to work, and before leaving, Sister-in-law Ah Lian pulled Chen Chunhua and said a few words, which was nothing more than words of thanks.