Chapter 38 Buying Food
Qi Jiuli asked, "Then everyone in the village knows about my illness this time?" ”
"Well, almost everyone knows it, after all, when you went to Yujiaao that day, everyone in the village spread it." Qi Shixiang's voice became smaller and quieter the more he spoke.
"Does the village gossip about me?" Qi Jiuli asked in a low voice, she really didn't take the withdrawal of relatives seriously before, after all, she was the victim of this matter, and it was the Yu family who was at fault, plus she was still young now, of course, the most important thing was that she only came through after this incident, and she didn't experience it personally, let alone take it seriously.
But when I went out today, Qi Jiuli can be seen a little, those girls of the same age who went up to the mountains to pick wild vegetables alienated themselves, and it was one thing for their parents to go, and more importantly, it should be the reason why they quit their relatives.
"Do the people in the village gossip about me?" Qi Jiuli looked at Qi Shixiang, saw that she was hesitant, and asked again, "Don't worry, your sister won't care about that now, but you have to know, you can't be in the clouds." ”
"Actually, there is nothing to say, it is what the Yu family said before, the eldest daughter who lost her mother cannot marry......" Qi Shixiang replied in a low voice.
"Well, what else?"
"Sister ran to Yujiaao that day, I used to be jealous of your family's good affairs, so I used to talk about it, saying that there was no mother, and I didn't want to lose face, how could I rush to the man's house or something, no wonder people want to quit their relatives...... But these are all secretly discussed, and nothing is said in front of us. Qi Shixiang said worriedly, after all, her sister is thirteen years old this year, and she has withdrawn from her family, can there still be a good family who talks about family affairs later?
"But now it should be different, after all, Yu Feng ...... before" Qi Shixiang's name for Yu Feng's family was changed under Qi Jiuli's gaze, "When Aunt Yu came, the eldest aunt didn't tell them about pickling, and the people in the village always know that they are the ones who are wrong." ”
Qi Jiuli nodded and understood, "Well, it's not a big deal, don't worry, I'm still young, not to mention that now my father and mother have just gone, I have to keep filial piety, in a few years, who will talk about these things." ”
"But Shixiang, for the Yu family, although we don't like it, disgusted, but the basic politeness that should be there is still to be done, of course, the most important thing is that we show generosity to them, not angry, just show that our family has been put down, if people take the initiative to say hello in front of people in the future, we politely reply, others will only praise us for being reasonable and generous."
Qi Shixiang listened to the answer, and felt a little happy in her heart, her sister can say this, she really let it go, to be honest, Qi Shixiang is a little glad that Qi Jiuli doesn't remember anything this time, and feels that the current sister is more reliable.
"By the way, when my brother wins the show, there will be a lot of relatives in a hurry, sister, we really don't have to worry." Qi Shixiang said with relief.
Qi Jiuli lovingly rubbed the top of Qi Shixiang's hair, "That's right, when we can make a lot of money, the family will be thicker, and more people will come, so let's go and light the fire." ”
"Hmm."
Qi Shiyi has already hugged the wood back and forth several times, and this time the wood sent by Qi Yifei was all sent after splitting, and the three sisters and brothers could start making charcoal directly.
After doing it all morning, there was already a lot of drying in the yard, "Let's take a break." ”
Qi Jiuli spoke, "Let's go and wash the wild vegetables first." ”
"What's it called?" Qi Jiuli picked up a wild vegetable and asked.
"Thorny shoots, which taste good; This is bracken, that's shepherd's cabbage, such a basket, we can eat it for two days, tomorrow we get up early and pick it again, if we can't finish it, we will dry it, and there will be no vegetables to eat next winter, and it will be delicious to cook it after soaking in water. Qi Shixiang said with a smile.
"Sister, you don't know any wild vegetables?" Qi Shiyi said with sympathy in his eyes, "But I saw that you picked it right when you picked it today." ”
"It's just familiar, and I can't call it famous." Qi Jiuli said, "Don't worry, although my sister doesn't remember anything, she can learn again, and she will know everything again in a few days." ”
"How about we keep the eggs at night and wait for my brother to come back?" Qi Jiuli asked, "If you're hungry, why don't you cook some wild vegetable soup later?" ”
"No, I ate so much in the morning, I can wait until my brother comes back." Qi Shixiang said.
Qi Shiyi nodded in agreement.
Qi Jiuli smiled and touched the heads of the two, she was not reluctant to give them food, but now her family does not have the conditions to eat three meals a day, if you develop a habit, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.
After washing the wild vegetables and turning over the black charcoal on the grass mat, Qi Jiuli felt the humidity and decided to go to the house to dry, preferring to dry it and then take it out to dry.
It was all dried before, Qi Jiuli was afraid that if it was sun-dried, the effect would not be as good as drying, in case it was not thorough, and the effect was not the same, it was not a smashing brand.
The sun was in the west, and the three of Qi Jiuli finally stopped what they were doing, got up and stretched their hands and feet, they were really tired, and it was not easy to make money.
"Let's start preparing dinner, brother is coming back soon." Qi Jiuli and a few people put all the dried and hot charcoal in baskets and put them in the house, and the three of them also made a basket and a half after a day's work.
"That's so much that you can sell for half a tael of silver." Qi Shiyi looked at the bamboo basket, his eyes full of smiles.
"But Qiu's house only costs two hundred catties." Qi Shixiang said a little depressed after being happy.
"Don't worry, we'll find a new buyer this time." Qi Jiuli said with relief.
For dinner, Qi Jiuli was in charge of the kitchen, put the eggs in the pot and put water, put a bamboo grate on the pot, and then put four sweet potatoes and five potatoes, and specially picked a big sweet potato for Qi Qizhu, and there was one more potato.
"Nine miles, ten incense, eleven-"
"It's the voice of the eighth cousin." Qi Shiyi ran out to open the door with a smile, this is what Qi Qizhu explained, and the three of them must bolt the door when they are at home.
"Brother, eighth cousin, you're back." Qi Shiyi saw that the two of them were carrying cloth bags and hurriedly opened the door.
"I bought cornmeal and came back, nine miles, ten spices, and took out the grain jar." Qi Qizhu said.
Qi Jiuli took the bookbag that Qi Qizhu was carrying, and took out the exposed tongs.
Seeing that the grain jar was half full, several people in the room had smiles on their faces.
"Alright, I'll go back first." Qi Basong waved his hand and left.
Qi Qizhu sent the people away and bolted the door himself.
Qi Qizhu returned to the kitchen and saw that Qi Jiuli was cooking wild vegetable soup, Qi Shixiang and Qi Shiyi took out the sweet potatoes and potatoes in the other stove, and when they saw that the bamboo grate was lifted, and there were four eggs below, Qi Qizhu's eyes widened, "Who has been here at home today?" ”
"Brother, it's Sister Renxing, she came to see her sister and brought eggs and a headband." Qi Shixiang replied with a smile.
When Qi Qizhu heard that it was Qi Renxing, he nodded and didn't say anything.
A bowl of wild vegetable soup without oil stars for one person, plus sweet potatoes, potatoes and eggs, Qi Jiuli and the four of them ate sweetly.