"Earthworms can feed chickens!"

"Then just throw it to the chickens, why raise it?" Zhao Ju asked, digging up an earthworm and throwing it to the chickens, and several chickens flapped their wings and ran over and snatched them.

"Chickens really eat." Zhao Ju opened her mouth wide and looked at the chicken and said stunned.

"Chickens like to eat."

"Then I'll dig more for them." Zhao Ju only cared about digging earthworms for chickens, but she didn't remember what Zhao Lan told her to raise.

Zhao Lan shook her head and didn't stop it. It's disgusting to think about raising earthworms. That's it.

It's been almost a month, except for Liu Er's provocation once, Grandma Zhao cared about it once, the eldest aunt sneered once, and the neighbors took a look, and this month was spent peacefully.

From time to time, Zhao Lan went to the small mound or the big mountain to pick up some small stones to pave the road, and went up the mountain twice alone, digging fruit trees, flowers and plants on the mountain, and now the yard is very different.

A small stone path runs from the gate to the hall to the side kitchen, and even the backyard vegetable patch is filled with a stone every half step to rest your feet.

Twenty centimeters high with stones against the wall, and wood of about the same size connected together on top of it were made into flower stands and shoe racks. The big bamboo was cut down to make small pots, and the rows were placed on the flower stands, neatly arranged, and the seeds sown had sprouted one after another.

The fruit tree only found a pomegranate, a loquat, and many trees on the mountain, but Zhao Lan didn't know it, the pomegranate happened to bloom, and Zhao Lan knew the pomegranate flower, so she dug it back and planted it in the west with great effort. Loquat trees are planted in the backyard. There were two big stones next to the pomegranate tree, which Zhao Lan picked out and specially let her father transport them back from the mountain, Zhao Lan's little arms and legs couldn't move! Sitting on the stones, the sun shines through the leaves, the shadows of the trees are colorful, and the fragrance of pomegranate flowers lingers on the tip of the nose.

Zhao Shen looked at Zhao Lan, who was sitting on the stone bench drinking tea, and then looked around the courtyard, as if he didn't believe that this was the original house.

The yard was neatly tidied up, even the chicken coop and haystack were neatly tied, and the front was blocked with wooden blocks of the same height, and the ground was covered with gravel. The honeysuckle in the east is blooming brilliantly, and the pomegranate flowers in the west are delicate, and the pomegranate flowers and honeysuckles are surrounded by a circle of broken stones, and the emerald green flower seedlings are sown on both sides of the stones.

Zhao Shen seems to have walked into a miniature version of the courtyard of the Qin Mansion in the east of the village.

Of course, Zhao Shen did not visit the Qin Mansion, but every year, when he went to visit during the New Year's Festival, he saw the housekeeper's mother from the small door of the backyard and glanced at the corner of the courtyard. Pavilions, shaded by trees and dotted with flowers. It's beautiful.

"Mother, what are you looking at?"

Zhao Lan asked when she saw Zhao Shen stunned in her direction.

"Oh!" Zhao Shen came back to his senses and said, "It's okay, there is a market today, my mother will send the handkerchief, and then take some back to make it, the salt at home is gone, I will go to the town, you take your sister and brother at home." ”

"Mother, I also want to go to the market."

Hearing that Zhao Shen was going to the town market, Zhao Lan hurriedly asked.

Zhao Lan wanted to see what the town was like.

I really haven't been shopping for a month, how did I get used to it?

Zhao Lan was puzzled.

"Mother, I want to go too." Ju'er ran out of the house in disheveled clothes and shouted loudly.

"Don't make a fuss, you're at home, there's too many people in the market. Insecurity. ”

"Mother, I'll take Ju'er with me." Zhao Lan said reassuringly.

"Yes, yes, I promise to listen to my sister. Mother, you just let us go! Sister hasn't been there for a long time. ”

Zhao Ju pulled Zhao Shen's sleeve and eagerly responded to Zhao Shen's request.

Zhao Shen looked at Zhao Lan's expectant eyes, thinking, Zhao Lan doesn't like to talk, and she doesn't like to go out, she really hasn't been there for a long time, probably a year. Since Lan'er wants to go out, let's go together. Let the children have fun, too.

So, Zhao Shen opened his mouth and said, "Okay then! Give Zhao Qiu to your grandmother and let you take it for a day, we will go early, and come back early when the time comes. ”

"Oh, mother, you're so nice!"

Zhao Ju jumped up happily and shouted.

"Go to town!"

Zhao Qiu was sent to his grandmother's house, and was told by his grandmother, but it did not affect the cheerful mood of going to the town. Zhao Shen took Lan'er Ju'er to rent an ox cart at the entrance of the village and went to the city.

"Lan'er's head is good!" Neighbor Zhao Liushi asked with concern.

"Alright, alright."

Zhao Lanniang replied happily.

"That's good, if you want me to say! Don't take this matter to heart, Huzi's mother relies on her Huzi's good face and can speak well, I wish the daughters of the whole village were chosen by his son, what kind of person, your eldest daughter is too honest, if my daughter is definitely going to beat Huzi. ”

Zhao Liu's voice is loud and high, and he is full of energy, and he looks like a straight temper.

"That is to say, my daughter lives at the door of the house. That's it, their family can get involved with us. You said, his family didn't come to see each other, and second, he didn't invite someone to my house to say goodbye, and her tiger son ran to my daughter to say those bastard words inexplicably. My daughter didn't suffer this crime for no reason, you said I could not go to her house to ask for an explanation. ”

Although more than a month has passed, Zhao Lanniang is still indignant and angry.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's light to smash his door, call me, call a few people to slap them and not understand their hatred. I have to apologize. ”

Next to Zhao Liushi, a woman who was as thin as a bamboo pole and had a vegetable on her face followed.

"Huzi, this kid, can speak with his mouth, and his vision is too high! Don't be ugly, don't be short, don't be black, don't be poor, don't be illiterate, how can there be a beautiful daughter waiting to marry him! ”

"Yes, last time Xiucai's aunt Liang said to him, hey, he still suspects that people have acne on their faces."

Grandma Zhang in the village was talking about rumors that she didn't know where she heard them.

"Yes, I heard last ......"

The aunts in the car almost all got together and talked about things they didn't know where they came from.

Such topics are the favorite of aunts and grandmothers.

What a hit!

This tiger, alas, hey, the requirements are really high enough. He's pretty confident!

All the way to the gossip came to Zhuliu Town.

Zhuliu Town is not big, but it is very famous, it is said that it was originally called Qingshi Town, and later there was a prime minister, after the prime minister told the old man to return to his hometown, he planted a large piece of bamboo in this Qingshi Town, planted willow trees on the riverbank that went around the town, and later the officials voted for it and changed its name to Zhuliu Town.

After returning to his hometown, the prime minister also set up a academy, the Green Bamboo Academy, and every week he would go to give a class for an hour. Many people come here to read it.

To this day, Green Bamboo Academy is also one of the top colleges in Hazhong Province.

I don't know if there is such a thing as a school district room! Zhao Lan pursed her lips and thought with a smile.

When the ox cart arrived in the town, Zhao Shen and the others got out of the car, walked along the alley, turned a corner and came to the market, the shouting and selling came one after another, so lively!

The streets are lined with stalls of all kinds. Some are sold directly on the ground, some are sold on small tables, some are sold in small carts, some are carried in their hands, and some are carried with burdens.

There are stalls selling home-grown vegetables, eggs, snacks, coarse cloth (presumably self-knitted), stools, handkerchiefs, bowls, rouge, sugar men, fruits, wine, ,...... By the way, there are really big knives here.

A shirtless and stout man, wielding a big knife in his hand, is really vigorous and majestic. The little girl held the bowl and kept calling out to the front row, "Those who have money hold a money field, and those who don't have money hold a personal field." "There was a circle of people around, and there wasn't much money to give.

After looking around, there were no sellers, only baskets with flowers, shouting along the road to sell.

It seems that the flowers are not easy to sell!

Zhao Lan thought to herself.

"Mother, are there any flowers sold in the market?" Zhao Lan asked.

"There doesn't seem to be a market on it, but there are fruit trees for sale, and I don't know if they sell flowers or not."

Zhao Shen thought for a while and said.

"Why don't we, mother, go see the fruit trees."

"The fruit tree seller is in the east, you can go first, this will be your brother studying, let's take a look first, and see your brother and your father later."

"Oh!"

"Mother, I want to eat that candy." Ju'er, who was dizzying, pointed to a stall not far away that bought maltose and said.

"If you buy it, you have to eat it when you go home, and then divide a few of your brothers!"

Zhao Ju heard that Zhao Shen had promised to buy candy, nodded happily, and trotted all the way over. The few pieces of candy that I bought were held tightly in Zhao Ju's arms, reluctant to let go.

Along the way, I watched and bought it to the east end of the street, and sure enough, there were fruit trees for sale. But there is still no flower seller.

There are not many varieties of fruit trees, and there are not many of them. Among them, peach trees are the majority, and the other are plum trees, pear trees, jujube trees, orange trees, and so on.

Under Zhao Lan's repeated requests, Zhao Shen bought a peach tree and a persimmon tree, and refused to buy more trees.

There are pomegranates and loquats at home, plus peaches and persimmons, and fruits are eaten from summer to late autumn.

Zhao Lan is beautiful in her heart, why is it beautiful? Of course, foodies have fruit to eat.

Zhao Lan's father and brother were in the town, bought fruit trees, turned left and right, walked for about half an hour, came to a small alley, went to the third house, and saw Zhao Lan's father sitting on a small stool and beating a small sickle constantly.

This is a small façade the size of a room, with a bed in the innermost part, a blacksmith's stove, grinding stones and other tools on the other side, and simple utensils such as sickles, kitchen knives, and door plugs on the shelves at the door.

Zhao Lan's father saw that his mother was coming, so he hurriedly put down the work in his hand and asked, "Why are you here today?" ”

"Now that the embroidery is done, come over and pick up a few more pieces and buy something by the way. The salt is out of the house. I'll go see Chun'er later. ”

Zhao Shen put down the vegetables he brought, put the two saplings behind the door, and began to help organize the things.

After cleaning up, he instructed Zhao Lan to pick up vegetables, buy some meat by himself, and plan to come back and cook a braised pork for Zhao Chun.

By the time the cooking was finished, it was almost noon, and it was almost Zhao Chun's lunch break when he sent it over. Zhao Shen put it in a bowl and put it in the basket, put three or four steamed buns, tidied up his clothes and went out. Of course, Zhao Lan and Zhao Ju followed Zhao Shen out.

How can anyone like to stay in the house where the iron is struck, although Zhao Lan is very curious about how the iron is made, but she wants to see what the school is like.

All the way to the south, also through a few alleys, I came to the front of the wide house in front of a gate, probably just in time for the break, a few teenage children came out of it one after another.

Zhao Shen hurriedly walked in, and Zhao Chun, who was wearing a cyan robe, was about to go to dinner with his slightly chubby classmates.

"Brother!" Zhao Ju, the girl, shouted at Zhao Chun with quick eyes.

"Ju'er! Lan'er! Zhao Chun was a little surprised and asked, "Mother, why are you all here?" ”