Chapter 5 Feelings must be cultivated from an early age
She packed up all the clothes they had changed into last night.
It's just that thinking that Shen Xiuyuan didn't let her go to the river alone, she didn't go without permission.
She kept in mind the matchmaker's words, and if she went to her husband's house, she would not be beaten.
She turned around, and saw that Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan hadn't come back yet, so she took the initiative to continue to weave the basket of the bamboo strips that were not used up last night.
She made half a basket before the two brothers returned.
This time, Shen Kuan brought back a gray rabbit.
Mu Dongzhi likes it very much.
Shen Kuan said: "If you like it, keep it." ”
"But this wild can't be fed." Mu Dongzhi said.
Shen Kuan didn't expect her to understand this, laughed, and asked:
"What did you do today?"
"Vegetable box, I've prepared the washing water over there, the eldest brother and the far brother go wash it, I'll serve the meal." Mu Dongzhi said.
After two days of getting along, she is no longer as restrained as she was at the beginning, and her tone of voice is much lighter.
Shen Kuan heard that there was something to eat again, so he was even more energetic, and strode forward to wash his hands and face, and couldn't wait to eat.
Shen Xiuyuan smiled and followed behind Shen Kuan, his little lady was ingenious.
Shen Kuan ate the vegetable box and said:
"I didn't expect there to be so many ways to eat this wild vegetable.
With wild vegetables, we can save a lot of food. ”
Mu Dongzhi also pursed her lips and smiled, she could eat enough when she arrived at her husband's house, which she had never dared to think of before.
After the meal, Mu Dongzhi washed the pots and dishes, Shen Xiuyuan prepared the bamboo strips, and Shen Kuan went out with the rabbit.
Mu Dongzhi washed the pot and came out, picked up the wooden basin, and said, "Brother Yuan, let's go to the river to wash clothes." ”
Shen Xiuyuan nodded and went to the river with her.
When I arrived at the river, Mu Dongzhi saw the snails in the river at a glance.
She hurriedly greeted Shen Xiuyuan and said, "Brother Yuan, look at this." ”
Shen Xiuyuan looked at the place she pointed and asked, "What's so nice about this?" ”
Mu Dongzhi said: "Brother Yuan doesn't know anything, this snail is very delicious." ”
Delicious?
Shen Xiuyuan's head was full of question marks.
By the way, she had done this in her dream, but he hadn't tasted it once.
It wasn't like he hadn't caught this thing when he and his brother were hungry before.
But this game means that it is really not bad, and it tastes like sand, and it is very toothy.
Even the people in the village don't like to eat it, otherwise where would there be so many snails in this river?
"Brother Yuan, you hurry home and get something to catch." Mu Dongzhi said happily.
Shen Xiuyuan said: "I'm not at ease when you're here alone. ”
"I don't move, you go." Mu Dongzhi is a little impatient.
Shen Xiuyuan pulled her to the shore and told her to stand there and not move, and then ran back to get the basket.
When he came back, he saw that Mu Dongzhi was standing where he asked her to stand and didn't move, reached out and touched her head, and said, "Good." ”
Mu Dongzhi smiled obediently and said, "I wash clothes, you catch snails." ”
"Okay."
So Shen Xiuyuan took off his shoes and went into the water to catch the snails, Mu Dongzhi squatted on the big stone, and washed his clothes seriously with a mallet.
Shen Xiuyuan looked at the little lady's serious and diligent laundry, and wanted to tease her with water, but thinking that she was still young, he was afraid that he would not be teased, so he stopped thinking about it.
Mu Dongzhi finished washing his clothes, saw that Shen Xiuyuan had touched a lot, and said:
"It's almost, I'll catch it when I'm done."
Shen Xiuyuan nodded, holding a basin in one hand and a basket in the other.
After going back, Shen Xiuyuan helped put the clothes on the bamboo pole shelf.
Mu Dongzhi poured the snails in the basket into the wooden basin, then put some water and dripped two drops of oil in the water.
The snails have to be eaten well, otherwise they will all be mud and sand.
The two of them finished their work, and Shen Kuan came back.
He took twenty copper plates and gave them to Mu Dongzhi, saying:
"Rimasa bought rabbits."
Mu Dongzhi didn't expect rabbits to sell so well.
Most people don't eat rabbits, saying that rabbits are open-mouthed, and after eating rabbits, they will be open-minded.
It's a bold guy here.
She put away the twenty copper plates, and put them together with the previous ten, and suddenly felt that she was now rich.
She put away the copper plate, and seeing that it was still early, she worked with Shen Xiuyuan to make bamboo strips.
Shen Kuan saw the snails in the basin, frowned and said, "Xiuyuan, what are you doing with this?" ”
"The winter solstice."
Shen Kuan only thought she was fun, and didn't ask much.
Shen Xiuyuan looked at him, and his brother's heart was really biased.
He caught the snail, and he was going to ask about it.
Mu Dongzhi caught the snail, so he didn't ask more.
Double standard.
Shen Kuan sat down and made the bamboo strips together, and said, "You two make it up, I'll make the bamboo strips, I'm good at this." ”
Shen Xiuyuan and Mu Dongzhi did not refuse.
So, these two people weaved bamboo baskets, and Shen Kuan made bamboo baskets.
At noon, Mu Dongzhi got up to cook.
She saw that there was still a lot of rice in the rice bowl, so she soaked the wild vegetables, then wrung out the water and cut them into cubes, and put them in the pot to stir-fry.
After stir-frying the fragrance, she boiled the rice in the pot.
When skimming the rice soup, she put the fried vegetables into the rice, dripped a few drops of chicken fat into it, and continued to cover the pot and burn the fire.
After a while, the sound of the fried pot came from the pot, and the aroma of the rice also came out.
Shen Kuan's stomach growled when he smelled the fragrance, but Mu Dongzhi didn't come out to call them to eat, he was still busy with the work in his hands.
Mu Dongzhi couldn't be idle for a moment, and after coming out to weave two circles, he went back to light a fire, and came out to weave two bamboo strips, and then said: "The rice can be eaten." ”
Shen Kuan put down the work in his hand and went to clean his hands, and Shen Xiuyuan also stood up.
He was looking forward to the little lady's cooking.
In the past, eating was just to not be hungry, but now eating is pure enjoyment.
Mu Dongzhi stuffed two large bowls of rice, one bowl was given to Shen Kuan, and the other bowl was served to Shen Xiuyuan.
She eats half a bowl by herself, and half a bowl is enough for her to eat.
Shen Kuan didn't expect that wild vegetables could be boiled in rice, and they were quite fragrant, so he didn't care about talking, so he pulled them into his mouth with chopsticks.
"Brother Yuan, you can eat too." Mu Dongzhi did not forget to greet Shen Xiuyuan.
Shen Xiuyuan held the chopsticks, unhurried, and ate very elegantly.
Mu Dongzhi was fascinated by watching him eat, if it weren't for Shen Xiuyuan's quick help to hold the bowl for her, her bowl would have fallen to the ground.
Shen Xiuyuan said: "Concentrate on eating." ”
He said this, but his heart blossomed.
The little lady was in a daze at him, and he had a sense of accomplishment.
Feelings have to be cultivated from an early age.
After eating, the three of them continued to make bamboo strips.
After half a day, the two of them actually made sixteen baskets, plus the three last night, it was nineteen.
When it was dark, Mu Dongzhi got up to cook.
She made the noodle soup and warmed up the boxes of leftover vegetables from the morning.
The three of them ate some improvised, and Kuan went up the mountain again.
Shen Xiuyuan weaved the last basket and picked up the remaining scraps to weave grasshoppers
Mu Dongzhi looked at him without blinking, and when he saw that he had made up a grasshopper, he was surprised.