Chapter 16 Exchanges of Courtesy
After lunch, Chen Chunhua began to tinker with the sweet potatoes that had been chopped.
"Third brother, the cloth bag is made like this, you don't need to be too detailed!" The third child's handiwork is also too good, and Chen Chunhua is a little ashamed to see it.
She can only sew a thread, what to do like this, she really has no talent at all, she is not like Sister Chen, her grandfather has a sewing machine, at that time, Sister Chen often made clothes for her.
In the past, I always felt that the clothes made by Sister Chen were too earthy, but now that I think about it, it is a rare craft.
The third child bit off the thread, turned the cloth bag over, and handed it to Chen Chunhua. "Daughter-in-law, it's done, what about three bags?"
"Enough is enough!" Chen Chunhua took the cloth bag, walked into the courtyard, and handed one to the eldest and second children. "Big brother and second brother, you guys, put these potatoes and melons in a bag, don't put too much, half a bag is enough."
After Chen Chunhua finished speaking, she scooped the crushed sweet potatoes into the bag.
The eldest and second were not verbose, and quickly put the potatoes and melons into the bag.
Seeing that they were busy, the third child took out the largest wooden basin from the kitchen and moved it to the river to clean it.
"Third child, what are you busy with, where are the spring flowers?" The second aunt was carrying a basket in her hand, and she saw the third child from afar and shouted at him.
The third child looked up and saw that it was the second aunt and nodded at her. "Where is the second aunt?"
The second aunt came over from the ridge, her somewhat bloated body swayed, and she walked to the river panting slightly. "Where can I go, no, in the morning, the second child sent me something, and Xiang Wu made a dish, which is delicious!"
The third child smiled embarrassedly. "Yes, it's delicious, it was made by my daughter-in-law, and the second aunt is here to find my daughter-in-law?"
"That's right, I'm here to find Chunhua, but Chunhua is in the house?" The third child washed the wooden basin and walked towards the courtyard, saying. "Here, my daughter-in-law is busy, and the second aunt, you go into the house with me."
The second aunt followed with a basket. The things sent by the second child this morning were white and tender, and they were called what they were called, tofu, and they were cooked at noon, and they were eaten very much.
After loading the sweet potato, Chen Chunhua looked outside with her eyes, and waited for the third brother to wash the wooden basin. Thinking about what she was going to do, Chen Chunhua felt a burst of excitement in her heart.
The third child came back with a wooden basin, and there was a person behind him, Chen Chunhua took a look, this was not the second aunt. "Second aunt, why are you here!"
The second aunt walked into the courtyard with a smile and looked at Chen Chunhuadao. "Chunhua is capable, the things you sent from the house, I can eat hard!" As he spoke, he walked over and handed the basket he was carrying to Chen Chunhua. "You keep these, I don't have anything in the house, you can't dislike it!"
Chen Chunhua glanced at the contents of the basket and pushed the basket back. "Second aunt, what are you doing, I'll send my aunt something, and you will send me food, this can't be done!" This basket contained most of the basket of wheat, and the harvest of wheat was not good, and she knew that the value of wheat was there.
"Look, look, I know it's going to be like this, Chunhua, it's not me who said you, you brought the things, you can't do it if you don't take it!" The second aunt looked at Chen Chunhua unhappily and said.
Chen Chunhua saw the second aunt's appearance, so she had to accept it. "Second aunt, I will receive your love!" He carried the basket into the house, vacated the wheat inside, and returned the basket to the second aunt. "Second aunt, I'm embarrassed for this trouble!"
"What's so embarrassing about this, it's all in the house!" After going back and forth like this, the second aunt soon became familiar with Chen Chunhua. Chen Chunhua heard her say this, and she also knew what it meant. "Second aunt, sit!"
The second aunt nodded, put down the basket in her hand, looked at the things placed in the yard, and said curiously. "Chunhua, what are you going to do?"
"Hey, I'm tinkering with some gadgets, auntie, don't you laugh!" Chen Chunhua didn't plan to elaborate, this is her exclusive craft, as long as she looks at it once, everyone knows how to do it, and now is not the time to talk about it.
The second aunt is not a person who doesn't understand, so she naturally knows that Chen Chunhua has turned a corner. "This family has spring flowers, but it's good to live!"
"Second aunt, you drink water!" The third child brought water from the kitchen and put it in the hands of the second aunt. The second aunt answered, took the bowl, and drank.
Chen Chunhua looked at the second aunt and said. "Second aunt, sit down!" After speaking, he lifted a cloth bag and put it in the wooden basin, looked at the depth of the wooden basin, took the sturdy wooden board prepared in advance, and put it upside down in the wooden basin to set up the cloth bag.
The second aunt didn't say anything, watching Chen Chunhua's movements carefully, she was very curious about these.
After Chen Chunhua put these away, she picked up the mallet and began to hammer the cloth bag. "Big brother and second brother, you guys come along!" Her strength is still not good, this hammer is like a weak force.
The eldest and second picked up the mallet and hammered it against the cloth bag, and with the eldest and the second, the crushed sweet potatoes in the bag soon smashed out of the pulp.
After hammering for almost half an hour, the first bag was almost done. Chen Chunhua put down the mallet. Lifted up his sleeves, carried a cloth bag, and said. "Big brother, you wring it out!"
The boss put down the mallet, lifted it with his big hand, and twisted the plank, and the white slurry came out.
"Spring flowers, what's going on here?" The second aunt sat for so long, and then she couldn't help but ask out loud.
"Where's the melon!" Chen Chunhua saw that the boss was almost twisted, interrupted his movements, carried the cloth bag, and put it in the water tank filled with water. "Third brother, you come and help me wash this, don't untie the bag, just wash it like this!"
Chen Chunhua made a look.
"Oh, I see!" The third child took the bag, tightened the knot of the cloth bag, and kept rubbing it in the water.
"Big brother, I can't hold this, you pour these slurry juices into the water tank!" When the eldest heard this, he asked the second child to take the handle, lifted the wooden basin, and poured the pulp juice inside into the water tank.
With that in mind, the second bag began. With the first bag, the next one, naturally, will be proficient. This time Chen Chunhua didn't make a move, the boss started hammering with a mallet in both hands, and the second child didn't stop.
"Daughter-in-law, take a look!" The third child felt that this wash was almost done, and shouted at Chen Chunhua.
Chen Chunhua looked inside the water tank, pinched the cloth bag, and nodded. "Cheng, wring it out and put it in the bucket first!"
The second aunt looked at it for a while, felt that it was not early, and stood up and said. "Chunhua, I'll go back first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow!"
"Alas, the second aunt is really embarrassed, and I don't have anything to entertain you!" Chen Chunhua wiped her hands and looked at the second aunt and said. "Second aunt, wait a minute, I'll get you a few pieces of tofu!" So saying, he went into the kitchen and filled a few pieces in a bowl.
The second aunt looked at this tofu with a happy face. "That's going to take you!"
"What are you talking about, didn't the second aunt just say it, they are all people in the house, what are you talking about?" Chen Chunhua put the bowl into the basket and said. "Second aunt, you can bring this bowl back, and Ming'er will bring it by the way!"
"Cheng, I'll go back first!"
"Alas, don't send it!"
After the second aunt left, Chen Chunhua hammered her sore arm and sat on the stool to rest for a while.