Chapter 54: The Discovery of "Cumin"
If Qin Xiang is not mistaken, what Han Tongtong picked back was cumin grains.
When Qin Xiang made dipping sauce before, he wanted to find some cumin to put in the dipping sauce, but when he bought it in the county, he realized that cumin was not sold at all in this era.
She also thought that when she was free for a while, she would persuade Han Yunxiao to go to the mountains, maybe she could find wild cumin in the mountains.
But she never thought that she would find cumin vegetation in her Zhuangzi.
Qin Xiang looked at the more than ten cumins in front of him, and suddenly felt like pie in the sky.
"Mother, what is this? I've never seen it before, but the taste is special. ”
Han Tongtong also deliberately stepped forward, carefully smelled the smell of cumin, and said curiously.
"This thing is called cumin, Tongtong must promise his mother, and he can't mention cumin to others."
The surrounding cumin vegetation was half a meter high, which could easily block Han Tongtong inside, so Qin Xiang picked her up and said in a low voice.
Han Tongtong's eyes lit up, and she felt that this was a secret between her and her mother, so she nodded vigorously.
"Don't worry, mother, Tongtong will never tell anyone about it."
Qin Xiang rubbed her hair, and then his gaze fell on the cumin, which grew against the corner of the wall, and when the Iron Ox cleaned up the weeds a few months ago, they must have fallen down.
For the first time, Qin Xiang was glad that Tie Niu was not so diligent and shoveled these cumin.
She took a closer look at the cumin, these cumin trees are not as lush as those planted in modern times, but they can still be beaten dozens of catties in May next year.
Qin Xiang put Han Tongtong aside and asked her to go and play with Han Ziyan.
She went to Chunmei and asked for some bamboo strips, and made a fence to surround the cumin tree.
"Sister, what is this?"
Chunmei looked at the "weeds" in front of her with some curiosity, and asked with a busy face.
"I'll tell you later, if someone asks to bring it, you can say that this is a flower that I raised, don't explain too much, remember to water them when you have time."
Qin Xiang smiled and left in a hurry under Chunmei's suspicious gaze.
Towards the end of the evening, Qin Xiang pulled Chunmei to cook dinner together, Han Yunxiao helped kill a chicken, Tie Niu caught a fish from the river, and just made up two dishes, and several people ate a meal on the Zhuangzi.
Qin Xiang took a sip of rice wine, a faint spicy taste spread from her mouth, and she suddenly felt like she was on vacation in a modern farmhouse, and her mood was much more relaxed.
When it was almost dark, Qin Xiang and Han Yunxiao rushed home with a small group in their arms.
Han Tongtong was tired after playing all afternoon, leaning on Qin Xiang's arms, looking drowsy.
Seeing this, Qin Xiang couldn't help but kiss her on the head, causing Han Tongtong to mumble and tilt his head to the side.
Qin Xiang no longer continued to tease her, but quickened his pace to keep up with Han Yunxiao.
"If you can't hold it, then give me the girl, this child is quite heavy now."
Han Yunxiao deliberately slowed down, always walking slowly, seeing Qin Xiang's face slightly red, he immediately turned his head sideways and said.
Qin Xiang actually hasn't hugged enough of the little ball, but because of her limited physical strength, she really can't hold it anymore.
"Be careful, she's asleep."
Qin Xiang came to Han Yunxiao's side and carefully put Han Tongtong into Han Yunxiao's hands.
Seeing Han Yunxiao nodded, he easily hugged the two small balls, and he was still able to walk like a fly.
Qin Xiang followed him, and when he got home, it was already completely dark.
Qin Xiang woke up the two little groups and gave them a brief wash before letting Han Yunxiao take them down to sleep.
After more than a month, Qin Xiang ran more frequently on the Zhuangzi, and Han Yunxiao was puzzled, not knowing what was on the Zhuangzi to attract Qin Xiang.
He also followed to see it a few times, and found that Qin Xiang stared at the pile of weeds in the corner every time he went, and he didn't know what she was going to do.
After watching it a few times, he was in no mood to pay attention to it anymore, and let Qin Xiang often go back and forth between Zhuangzi and his home.
"Sister, it's a little cloudy today, you can go back with an umbrella later, so as not to get drenched in the rain."
Seeing that it was almost dark, and seeing that Qin Xiang was still squatting next to cumin and watching, Chunmei hurriedly walked over with an umbrella.
Qin Xiang raised his head and looked at the sky, only to find that it was dark at some point.
"Rest early, and I'll rush back."
Qin Xiang took the umbrella, looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and walked quickly in the direction of home.
But as soon as she was halfway there, the rain started, Qin Xiang really didn't expect that it was already winter, and it would rain so heavily, so he hurriedly opened the umbrella.
The sky quickly darkened, and the surroundings were pitch black, and Qin Xiang could only follow the path he remembered.
The cold wind carried the raindrops and hit her body, and she was still wet with an umbrella.
Thundered......
A burst of thunder sounded, Qin Xiang couldn't help but shiver, and couldn't help but speed up the pace under his feet.
After running wildly for I don't know how long, she felt more and more tired, and she couldn't help but regret leaving Zhuangzi at this time.
Knowing that it was going to rain so soon, she would rather spend the night on Zhuangzi.
There was no one around, Qin Xiang glanced to the side, and saw that on both sides of the muddy dirt road, there were dense peach trees, and the bare branches looked very gloomy against the background of the darkness.
After walking for a while, she still didn't get home, and she couldn't help but start panicking in her heart.
Qin Xiang felt her heart beat faster, and she couldn't help but be a little scared, it was the first time she was so scared since she wore it to ancient times.
Ah......
Qin Xiang's feet slipped, his center of gravity was unstable, and he was about to fall, and he was suddenly caught by a pair of hands.
"The road is slippery in the rain, you should be careful."
Han Yunxiao's voice came from overhead, and his tone was the same as before, without the slightest fluctuation, but Qin Xiang was extremely relieved.
As soon as she was about to raise her head, she was hugged into her arms and moved forward quickly, Qin Xiang's old face turned red, and then she found that her feet were off the ground and she was being carried forward.
"You...... You let me down, and I can go myself. ”
Qin Xiang struggled twice, a little embarrassed.
"Don't move, this road is not easy to walk, in case I can't catch you, you will fall to the ground, and you will definitely fall into the mud by then."
Han Yunxiao grabbed Qin Xiang's arm and asked her to put it on his shoulder, feeling the delicate person in his arms trembling slightly in his arms, he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.
After hearing this, Qin Xiang had no choice but to hug Han Yunxiao's neck, and stayed quietly and didn't dare to move anymore, except for the sound of rain in Qin Xiang's ears, only the sound of Han Yunxiao's breathing remained.
"Why did you come out, Tongtong and Ziyan will definitely be scared at home."
After a while, Qin Xiang always felt that the atmosphere around her was a little awkward, and she couldn't help but want to say something.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of Han Tongtong and Han Ziyan, and couldn't help but ask worriedly.
"I'll send them to my mother, and I'll get them back later."
Han Yunxiao stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Qin Xiang's waist, and Qin Xiang immediately felt as if he had been electrocuted, and couldn't help but struggle.
As if he hadn't noticed, Han Yunxiao quickened his pace, and it took less than ten minutes to rush to the house.
"You change your wet clothes first, and I'll bring the two children back."
Han Yunxiao was embarrassed, entered the house and put Qin Xiang on the bed, he turned around and walked out.
"I'm going to cook some ginger soup, and you'll leave when you're done drinking!"
Qin Xiang saw that Han Yunxiao's clothes were also half wet, and hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him.
"You cook more, and when the two children come back, give them a little to drink." Han Yunxiao shook his head and planned to continue walking.
"Then you changed your cotton clothes, and the clothes on your body are almost soaked."
Seeing this, Qin Xiang hurriedly handed Han Yunxiao the cotton clothes that had just been made this year in the suitcase.
Han Yunxiao had already seen Qin Xiang do it, but Qin Xiang didn't give it to him, so he didn't ask much, and now when he saw Qin Xiang take it out, he silently took off the old cotton clothes on his body and put them on the cotton clothes made by Qin Xiang.
"Bolt the door and I'll be back soon."
He put on his coat and said to Qin Xiang when he walked to the door.
Qin Xiang nodded, hurriedly walked over and fastened the door, and then returned to the room to change all the wet clothes and pants.
Then he made some ginger soup and put it on the table to cool, and while they hadn't come back yet, Qin Xiang deliberately ordered an extra charcoal basin, so as not to get cold when the two small dumplings came back later.
Knock knock knock......
As soon as she lit the charcoal basin, she heard a knock on the door outside, Qin Xiang hurriedly opened the door, and saw Han Yunxiao walking in quickly.
After entering the door, he untied the coat, and saw that the two small balls were wrapped in the coat by him, and saw that the coat was untied, and after the two little balls were put on the ground, the little face was still tense.
"Tongtong and Ziyan hurry over and drink the ginger soup and go to the cold!"
Qin Xiang first brought Han Yunxiao a cup of ginger soup, and then turned his head to look at the two small groups, and saw that the two small groups all walked to the table with their faces strained.
This made him very strange, even if Han Ziyan didn't like to talk very much in the past, Han Tongtong had always been very cheerful, but tonight the two children were extremely dull.
After Qin Xiang saw that the three of them drank the ginger soup, he poured water to wash their feet.
"Tongtong, tell my mother what's wrong today, why aren't you happy?"
Qin Xiang rubbed his hair and asked gently.
Han Tongtong didn't say anything, but glanced at Han Yunxiao first, with a little hesitation in his eyes, as if he didn't want Han Yunxiao to know.
Han Ziyan didn't have so many worries, and said in a muffled voice: "Is there anything to eat at home?" I'm a little hungry. ”
Qin Xiang couldn't help but be stunned, and turned his head to look at Han Yunxiao, he had been at home all day today, and it was impossible not to cook for the two little dumplings.
"I told your grandmother that you should stay with them to eat, why are you still hungry?"
After Han Yunxiao heard this, there was also a puzzled expression on his face.
Han Tongtong pursed her mouth, looking like she was about to cry.
Han Ziyan rolled his eyes and said coldly: "Second Uncle asked us to serve them a meal first, we just finished serving a meal to grandma, second uncle, second aunt, Da Zhuang, and Xiao Zhuang, and we didn't have time to eat it, so the second uncle finished eating a bowl and let us serve it again." After serving the second uncle's meal, Da Zhuang also ate a bowl, let's serve it, anyway, when they finish eating, there will be no rice left, and only soup will be left! My sister and I didn't have anything to eat. ”