Chapter 17: Being a Daughter-in-law
"It's all made up by herself, so it's just right for everyone's taste. Luozhi, this child is still young, don't praise her all the time. Come, come, everyone eat more vegetables, and eat openly tonight. The old man was actually quite proud in his heart, but his face was not obvious at all.
Luozhi was sandwiched between Luo'an and Ah Shu, one left and one right, sitting in the middle, taking care of the little radish heads at the table to eat, and she sometimes didn't listen carefully to what the adults said.
In the countryside, these two tables of dishes tonight are really extremely rich and luxurious, and most people are reluctant to eat like this during the New Year. Some poor families have no money to buy fish to eat during the Chinese New Year, so they have to take a piece of wood and carve it into the shape of a fish and put it in a bowl, which means that there is more than enough every year. Tonight's abundant and abundant meat is something that the poor have never eaten in their lives.
"Sister, this box made of eggplant is more delicious than the leek box, and the meat is more fragrant" Luo An's cheeks were bulging when he ate, and the corners of his mouth were stained with a little oil. Luozhi wiped him clean with a handkerchief, and Luo'an enjoyed Sister A's care.
"I like to eat too, I like to eat everything your sister makes," a delicate little Zhengtai also echoed, and Luozhi saw that it was the youngest grandson of the Li Zheng family.
Luozhi took chopsticks and clipped him with a large eggplant box, and the child was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth and eyes, and he was very intoxicated and happy to eat.
After Ah Shu didn't fall behind, he stretched out the bowl in front of Luozhi, Luozhi understood in seconds, and gave him one.
The other children were clamoring for it at first glance, and Luo Zhi patiently sandwiched one of these babies with two small tugging.
The adults over there were smiling comfortably when they saw the children eating happily.
The big guy ate and drank until the moon rose before ending this rich dinner, after eating, everyone sat in the courtyard to rest their meal, Luozhi was busy serving tea and pouring water, Mu Boniang and Grandma Gui worked together to help her wash the dishes, and the stove room also cleaned up for her, Luozhi was grateful. The countrymen are so simple, you help me, I help you deal with it so harmoniously, with a strong human touch. There is a good saying that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and it is true.
"Guihe, you need a lot of silver to buy so much land at once, and this less than thirty taels of silver," Li Zheng was frightened by the amount of land that Old Man Mu wanted to buy. The land in Mujia Village is valuable, and there are many people in the village who want to buy land, and few may take out the silver.
Mu Guihe is his cousin, so it's right for him to remind him more.
"Luozhi didn't make some money by trading with Xuanyuan Building, it just wanted to renovate and expand this dilapidated house to survive the winter. I don't have the ability to give the children a good place to live, and the children earn money on their own, and she can do what she wants. We have almost prepared this silver, that is, tomorrow, please trouble you and Mu Langzhong to come over and be a Chinese person together," the old man said, glancing at Luo Zhi, who was playing with the child.
Several adults inhaled in unison after listening to Old Man Mu's words, this little girl is too capable, she earned the money to buy the land and build the house without making a sound, everyone looked at the thin and fragile little body, and suspected that they had heard it wrong......
Many ordinary people may not be able to earn so much silver in their lifetime! Generally, a villager can live well with a tael of silver a year, and these more than 30 taels are enough to spend 30 years, can you not breathe air conditioning?
"It's not a big deal. Old man Mu, you can get out of it, see who dares to say those nonsense in the future, "Uncle Mu now likes Luozhi more and more, this child is silent on weekdays."
If you have money, you can also buy land and good land......
Luo Zhi knew that the two of them really took their family's affairs seriously.
"The child said to buy it if she wanted to, she had the right idea, and now she is in charge of my family!" Old man Mu said that children can be the masters of the house if they have the ability, and in ancient times, an enlightened old man like the old man was simply a rare animal, and he had to focus on protecting filial piety.
Everyone laughed "hahaha" when they heard the old man's self-ridicule, this old saying is not wrong, stupid people have stupid blessings, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, who would have thought that Old Man Mu would have such blessings after losing his son in middle age? Everyone only has envy.
Luozhi thought that the kimchi she soaked should be good, and seeing that everyone was chatting happily, she took out a large bowl and cut it, sprinkled it with the chili noodles she made herself, and put a drop of sugar. Put it on a small table for everyone to eat.
"Why is it so crispy and delicious?" Mu Gui's strange way.
"This looks like pickles and not the taste of pickles, what is the difference between you and us in your mind, so many wonderful ideas!" Mu Boniang said with a smile.
Mu Dasong has been looking at Luozhi quietly without attracting attention, the little girl is sitting in a square position, and a delicate little face smaller than a palm fades with a faint flush, shining in the clear moonlight at night.
Luo Zhi felt that someone was looking at him, and looked back along the line of sight, Da Song hurriedly shifted his gaze as if nothing happened, and teased the children of the Li Zheng family who were playing with stones on the side.
"Luozhi, I'll give you Grandma Gui later, and Uncle Mu will bring some of this kimchi back." Master Mu saw that the two families really loved to eat, and told Luozhi to pack it.
"Okay, I'll go," Luozhi stood up and walked to the back room.
"This kid is a distressing person, look at this small body with thin arms and legs, but he is extraordinarily neat."
"This child and her mother used to do things neatly and likable. Luozhi is with her mother! ”
"......" the two women chatted about Luozhi together.
Luozhi not only packed kimchi for the two families, but also packed pumpkin pie, which she thought about when she made it, and the portion was very large. It's appropriate for everyone to take it back and make breakfast tomorrow.
"I can't eat it, so I walked away. Guihe, Luozhi, you have worked hard for your family today, eat and drink happily, good, good" Li Zheng was a little drunk, Luozhi was afraid that something would happen on the road, so he asked Brother Da Song to help send a few of them home, and when Grandma Gui left, she took her hand and repeatedly told Luozhi to go to her house to play.
The family watched the family walk away before returning to the courtyard.
"Come, let me take your pulse and see how you recover?" Mu Langzhong stayed and didn't leave, it was the grandfather who said that he would let him check Luozhi's pulse again, and the old man was worried that his little granddaughter would worry about the family and outside the house every day, which would hurt the roots.
The inch, guan and ruler constitute the three parts of the pulse diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine, and the doctor uses the index finger, middle finger and ring finger to diagnose the pulse of these three parts, and the pulse reflects the condition of a person's internal organs. Regarding the pulse of normal people, there is such a record in the "Neijing":
People move again when they breathe out their pulses, move again when they inhale their pulses, breathe steadily, move their pulses five times, and intercalate ether breaths.
Luo Zhi thought about some scattered knowledge of Chinese medicine in her previous life, Mu Langzhong stretched out the fingertips of her index finger, middle finger, and ring finger and placed them on the radial artery of her left hand, and Luo Zhi couldn't help but let go of her breathing.
Half loud, the courtyard was silent. Luo An even covered her mouth tightly with her hands, afraid that her anger would disturb her sister's pulse.
Mu Langzhong concentrated for a while before withdrawing his hand, and there was a smile on his face, "Brother, don't worry, Luozhi, this child is recovering well, this nutrition has kept up, and the internal organs are much more peaceful, but you still have to pay more attention to recuperation, the deficit was terrible before, and it would be good to spend more time to make up for it." ”
Old Man Mu let go of a matter of his heart, remembered his words, and thanked Mu Langzhong again and again.
The moon hung in the sky, the time was not early, and when Da Song came back, Mu Langzhong's family returned to their own home
"Da Song's father, what do you think of this kid Luozhi?" Mu Langzhong and his family fell asleep, covering the quilt and chatting.
"A good boy who is one in a hundred, has a bright future," Mu Langzhong replied a little half-asleep.
"You said that she said that Da Song was a daughter-in-law?" She is satisfied with Luozhi everywhere, if the two families can get married, she will have nothing else to ask for in this life.
"What? Say it again," Mu Langzhong woke up in shock, and the sleepy worm flew away.
"Are you drunk or sleepy? I said that I wanted Luozhi to be Da Song's daughter-in-law, "The eyes in the darkness were filled with hope."
"You mother-in-law, how can I say you're good? Da Song is almost seven years older than Luozhi's child, which is not suitable. Mu Langzhong said.
"Older men hurt people. Look at Luozhi's hard work at a young age, and there is no middle-aged laborer at home to help him, our Da Song is top-notch among the children in this Mujia Village, and he also has the strength to treat doctors, which is not worthy of her?" Mu Boniang turned over and sat up, and said unconvinced. Her son is her treasure and her future dependence, and no one can belittle him.
"Why are you sitting up? Sleep and lie down at night to nourish the liver and blood, and sleep and sleep. Mu Langzhong helped her lie down, "This Luozhi has a big hill and valley in his heart, it is not the fate of our family Da Song, the woman is too strong and the man seems to be inactive, Da Song has a cheerful and peaceful personality, it is appropriate to find someone who is the same as him in all aspects." Mu Langzhong expressed his opinion.
"Isn't this just a run-in? We haven't seen each other before we got married, aren't we doing well? "If you don't agree, you will argue.
"Luozhi, you see that she has earned such a big family business at a young age, she will not always succumb to Mujia Village, her ambition is only afraid that our family Da Song will not be able to keep up, and she will become a resentful couple, you should go to your mother's house more to see if there is a suitable girl to be Da Song's daughter-in-law," Mu Langzhong gently grabbed Mu Bo Niang's hand in the dark.
Mu Boniang's eyes flashed, this person didn't want to ...... The wine-scented lips of the darkness fell lightly on her lips, and she had no other thoughts on anything else.
Luozhi boiled a large pot of hot water to wash her hair and body carefully, and the fried and fried made her smell of oil and smoke, and she couldn't sleep at all if she didn't wash it.
She still can't adapt to the ancient toiletries, brushing her teeth with willow branches dipped in coarse salt, shampooing and bathing with bath beans, which is very inconvenient, and she deeply misses shampoo and shower gel.
Ah Shu went to Luozhi's house, and every night before going to bed, he had to walk around to make sure that he was okay before going back to his room to sleep. When he walked to the door of Luozhi's room, he saw that she was struggling to carry water out of the wooden bucket and pour it out, he walked in directly with long legs and helped her move the water out.
"Ah Shu, thank you. Grandpa and I have something to do tomorrow, you must take care of Luo'an, don't let him run around," Luozhi took a handkerchief and turned his head sideways to absorb the moisture of his hair, which was thick, dense and long (the ancients believed that the parents of the body's hair and skin would not cut their hair), it was not easy to dry, and she missed the hair dryer again.