Chapter 27: An auspicious day
"What are you doing?" Gott~ bring her mother in, fortunately, the four tigers went out to play, not at home, or it's hard to explain.
"Child, mother, look at ......" Father Ji put the bowl in and put it out, and also put the table of the eight immortals for dinner, and put it out, and tried everything that could be seen next to him.
Mrs. Ji was stunned and stupid, Daddy Ji's operation was so familiar, it made her feel like a wormwood farm ran to Daddy Ji......
"What's going on? What's going on? Ji Lao Niang asked eagerly.
"Oh~ Look ......" Father Ji was still intoxicated with excitement, he didn't pull it out, and he didn't notice that Ji Laoniang's face was wrong, so he directly showed her the Qiankun bag.
"Little sister gave it."
"Mother, do you want it? I'll give you one too? Wormwood found that her mother's face was abnormal, but she didn't understand what was going on, and thought that she saw that Daddy Ji had it, but she didn't, and she was jealous! Who knows, there is so much internal drama in her mother's heart, and she thinks about it, and she scares herself.
"You bought it?" Ji Lao Niang also found that she was thinking too much, and tried to calm down, not wanting them to know what she had just thought, so she asked casually.
"No, there are a lot of empty pharmacies with medicinal herbs."
"Then I don't need it now." The main thing is that I was scared just now, and now I will still be a little weak, and I am really not in the mood to play this, that's right - after the operation of Ji Lao Dad just now, Ji Lao Niang already has a little prejudice in her heart, and she feels that the Qiankun bag is a toy (if this is known by the big guy who knows the goods, he will definitely want to be a doll again, crying and asking for a few more such "toys").
"Oh~ Daddy, do you already know? We're going up the hill now, and you'll put the wooden strips in it later, saving effort. Wormwood couldn't understand her mother's thoughts, so she simply didn't care, anyway, it wasn't a physical problem, everything else was a trivial matter, if there was really something important, her mother would definitely say it, if you don't say it, it's a trivial matter, you can ignore it, it's important to do the right thing.
"What does Kanmujo do?" Ji Lao Niang was already sitting on the bamboo chair, and when she heard Wormwood's words, she asked strangely.
"The farm is ready to be farmed, let my dad make me a fence."
"It's already possible to raise chickens and ducks - livestock?" Hearing this, suddenly, Ji Lao Niang stood up, looking at her eyebrows and smiling appearance, it is estimated that her hands and feet will not be soft, and the whole person is very energetic.
If Daddy Ji has a soft spot for the land, then Lady Ji is very fond of breeding and animal husbandry, and like wormwood, she is also waiting to start breeding early.
"Well, just now, no, in order to pull the wooden strip back to make a fence, let my father learn how to use this Qiankun bag, and it will be more convenient to go up the mountain later." I went there and got it all in one go.
"Okay, then you can give me one too, and I'll go up the mountain with you."
Wormwood was choked by her old lady, and she just said no, this will be ...... Hey~ Who let it be her mother! Listen up!
"Na~ first drop blood to recognize the Lord...... "Let's explain what I just said to Father Ji and then explain it to her mother.
Fortunately, her mother's comprehension ability is not bad, she succeeded at one time, and finally gave her a little comfort, her own explanation ability should still be okay, Daddy Ji is not good, he must be too ...... What's that.
After Ji Lao Niang also put it away freely, the three of them went up the mountain to collect the wooden strips together
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The three of them carried the wooden strips in the Qiankun bag and entered the farm......
"you, where does the fence come from?" Father Ji looked at the farm and asked.
"From the freshwater pool! Na~ From here, enclose one side of the pond to make it easier for ducks to enter the pond to play in the water. ”
"Okay."
Daddy Ji made the fence, and Wormwood and her mother helped out on the side, looking forward to being able to do it soon; It's okay during the period, you and I are chatting nonsense, mainly because the wormwood mother is chatting, and her father is listening.
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"Mother, is it better to put the sink in the middle or around?" Wormwood is a little difficult to choose.
"Let's go around! It does not take up much space, and the livestock drinking water is not crowded. ”
"Then I'll go and pull out the grass around me first, so that I can put the trough and food basin, or the grass below will be ruined."
"Hmm~" Although they are not short of pasture, it is indeed a pity that such good pasture is wasted.
Poultry and livestock seedlings, stone troughs, and food bowls for the seedlings have all been bought by Ash, put them in the shopping cart in the mall, and just release them when needed.
Daddy Ji is worthy of being an old carpenter, and in two or three hours, they will all be surrounded, and now they will only wait for the time in the future to slowly make a nest for them.
Two stone troughs and food bowls were placed around each fence, filled with spiritual spring water, and the seedlings were put into the corresponding fences.
The three of them looked at the piles of seedlings, and involuntarily cracked their mouths and laughed, even if they don't go up the mountain in the future, they will not lack meat to eat.
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Every year before the winter, there is a big cleaning, and Wormwood helps Ji Lao Niang unpack and wash the whole family's sheets......
"Mother, do you want me to buy a washing machine and put all these in the washing machine to wash it?" The four tigers are not at home, and the second and third tigers are not on vacation, so they can speak generously.
"Will anyone find out?" Ji Lao Niang hesitated a little.
"It's okay, I'll tell Ash to keep an eye on the door, someone will come to remind me."
"That's okay, you take it in quickly, wash it early, and feel at ease as soon as possible." As he spoke, he pushed the whole wooden basin to wormwood, and he went to take out all the cotton cores and pillow cores and expose them to the sun.
An hour later, the wormwood came out with a wooden basin, in fact, there is a dryer to dry directly, there is no need to dry, but it needs to be hidden, it must be dried in the yard and seen.
"I'll help you." Mainly large items such as sheets and bed sheets, it is more convenient for two people to shake them together.
"Little sister, what time did your eldest brother say in the letter to come back?" Ji Lao Niang couldn't think of it for a while, and she didn't know if Dahu could catch up with Xiaomei's engagement wine.
"Arriving home on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, what's wrong?" Wormwood looked at her old lady and asked.
"That~ Your twelfth wife said that the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month is a good day to get married, I calculate whether your eldest brother can catch up." Ji Lao Niang looked at Wormwood's unchanged face and said, rest assured, this is not enlightened yet!
"If you can't catch up, just change the day! And there's no hurry. Wormwood didn't care, although she had already been identified, she was still so young, there was really no need to be in such a hurry.
When Ji Lao Niang heard this, she gently knocked on the little head of wormwood and said, "You stinky girl, what are you talking nonsense?" How can this auspicious day be changed and changed? Unlucky. ”
"......" Wormwood originally wanted to refute her mother, but thinking about what happened to her recently, she was really not sure.
"Your Twelfth Lady asked me to ask you! That said, generally before the marriage, you have to find a day to come and propose, and then, uh~ go to the man's house to recognize the relatives, but our situation is special, the relatives on the fifth father's side are also relatives of our family, plus you are still young, if you are embarrassed, this step can be pushed, and when you get married in the future, you can recognize it again. ”
"What did Ye Shoujun say?" Wormwood doesn't really matter, you can do it however you want.
"He said to listen to you." Ji Lao Niang especially likes Ye Shoujun to say this, which means that her daughter will live a comfortable life in the future and will not suffer losses.
"Then put it off! I know them anyway, it's just a formality, and I'll talk about it later. ”
"In that case, after the proposal, let's take the next step, find a day before the twenty-sixth, and the two of you will go to the county seat to buy an engagement together."
"Ye Shoujun, what time do they have a holiday?" I forgot how many of her brothers usually got home.
"It seems to be about the fifteenth day of the lunar month." Ji Lao Niang is not very sure, anyway, when the brothers arrived home, it was during the slack period, and they didn't celebrate the New Year right away, so they didn't remember the date.
"Then wait for him to come back and let him decide, anyway, I am relatively free and free, there are no special circumstances, I can do it at any time, let him say it in advance when the time comes, just give us time to prepare."
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This year, what does the family want, although in order not to attract attention, you can't do too outrageous actions, but if you have the conditions, you don't want to treat yourself too badly.
There is still a period of time before the Chinese New Year, and in the past, the old father would take advantage of this time to work hard to earn living expenses, and Ji Lao Niang was also looking for odd jobs or helping people make shoes and clothes to earn pocket money.
Now in the family, except for Daddy Ji to cover up and take a little work, Ji Lao Niang will not do it, and if she has time, she can also prepare for the New Year.
Like rice cakes, fried charred leaves, fried sweet potato chips, etc., these durable ones are made first......
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I'm here again." Wormwood, Sihu and her mother were washing sweet potatoes in the yard, and Daddy Ji was also making a cabinet (ordered by someone else) next to him, so the courtyard door was not closed, and Peaches jumped up and ran directly in.
"Sister~ I won't go out today, my mother wants to fry potato chips and scorched leaves, and she lives a lot, so she doesn't have time." When Wormwood saw Peaches, she knew she was looking for herself to play.
"Hey~ I originally wanted to ask you to dig winter bamboo shoots together." Momoko said pitifully.
"Winter bamboo shoots? Do you call someone else? When it comes to winter bamboo shoots, she is also greedy, whether it is dried bamboo shoots, or fresh braised bamboo shoots in oil, and she likes fried sauerkraut with bamboo shoots!
"The two of them don't have time today." She's alone, and it's not interesting.
"If you don't want my little sister to go with your sister, I can go with your fourth brother." Ji Lao Niang looked at the pitiful look of the peach and said, anyway, there are four tigers, and it is not a big problem.
Sihu listened to her mother's words and rolled her eyes, but she didn't say anything.
"I want to eat winter bamboo shoots, but let's go tomorrow, okay? You see that my sweet potatoes have been washed and peeled immediately, I will definitely not be able to go today, or it is better to go tomorrow, uh~ Do you have anything to do later? ”
"It's okay! What's wrong? ”
"Then you can help me make sweet potato chips or something, and eat them at my house at noon." The food at home is good, and it can be regarded as a tooth sacrifice for her.
"Okay, but you don't need to eat, it's so close, it's also very convenient to go home." If you usually forget it, what if you have a meal at your aunt's house? But now in a special period, there is a shortage of food everywhere, my village is fine, the autumn harvest is timely, I heard the village borrow grain, now it is good to have a little food to survive, the mountains are full of people, the periphery is almost hoarded, there is no one who dares to go to the deep mountains now, she still consciously points.
"It's okay, I don't have relatives in my family to borrow food, so I won't miss a bite for you." The Ji family doesn't need subsidies here, as long as her grandparents are there, the Ye family's relatives can't get past them, and they go to her mother, the married girl, to borrow food, so her family is the cleanest.
"Okay, then eat here." Hearing Wormwood say this, she knew that their family didn't care, so she ate it here with peace of mind, anyway, she came to look for Wormwood, and her mother knew that if she didn't go back, she would not worry if she wanted to get her at her aunt's house.
Sure not to leave, Peaches put down the basket and picked up the sweet potatoes and peeled them......
"Mother, then you bring two knives over, let's build two pieces, expose some to the sun first, and then talk about two peeling, two bricks, just right." The old knife at home has several small openings, but it does not affect the use, but I still bought a new knife from the mall, and now it is just one per person.
Dry the sweet potato chips on a large bamboo sieve piece by piece, and before frying the sweet potato chips, let them be exposed to the sun for a while to remove moisture.