Chapter 20 Ponds
"I'll go see it after dinner." Luo Qinghe said.
"What's the hurry, go now, I don't have anything for you to eat." Luo Jiashu chewed on wild vegetables and said, "Let's go early in the summer, I'll pick more for you." ”
"Milk, is there a lotus root in the pond? Has anyone ever dug up a lotus root? Luo Qinghe asked.
"Lotus root? What is that? Wang Guihua asked suspiciously.
Luo Qinghe's eyes lit up, he didn't know, the people in the village didn't know, could he count his own digging at home, "Milk, the things in the pond, if we pick them, will we count them?" ”
"Of course, the pond belongs to the village, and whoever wants it will pick it, and whoever picks it will be whoever's own." Wang Guihua said.
"Then we'll go after dinner." Luo Qinghe has no passion for embroidery, and he doesn't know if the lotus root is rotten now.
"Qinghe, do you know what's in that pond?" Wang Guihua asked.
"Well, that's a lotus, isn't my name Qinghe, my name should be the meaning of lotus." Luo Qinghe said with a smile.
"The lotus is a good thing, the flowers on it are beautiful, the lotus seeds are delicious, and the milk is bitter, because the lotus heart in the middle of the lotus seeds has not been removed, that is bitter, and making tea and drinking can defeat the fire; Lotus root can also be produced below, the same as wild vegetables, it is also a vegetable, but the taste is different, if others don't know the lotus root, we now go to dig it, take it to sell, but it is the only one, you can earn a lot. ”
As soon as she heard that she could make money, Wang Guihua's eyes lit up, "Really, then wait until after dinner, and go to it, if it's really that good, I'll sell it in the town tomorrow." ”
"It turned out to be a lotus." Luo Yougen whispered.
"Yes." Luo Qinghe nodded.
"Ah An has seen it in the book: out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons. That's why I named you Qinghe. Luo Yougen explained, "But there are words, there is no picture, I didn't expect that the lotus flowers bloomed in the pond." ”
Luo Qinghe replied with a smile, "Uncle, I will become such a good person as Brother A'an said, we will live a good life in the future, so that Brother A'an can feel at ease when he sees it." ”
Luo Yougen was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and nodded towards Luo Qinghe with a smile, "You're right." ”
When Wang Guihua saw her youngest son like this, her heart was a little sore, and she was a little relieved.
Recently, looking at her youngest son like this, Wang Guihua blamed herself a little, because of her own negligence, let her youngest son bear these things.
She seems to have done something wrong, she has been educating her younger son to be filial to the second and second daughter-in-law, to be good to A'an, and the younger son is also doing the same, maybe she has said too many times, or she has been negligent to her younger son, so that the younger son also blames himself, A'an went, the younger son lost his soul, Wang Guihua looked a little uncomfortable, and a little scared, afraid that he would not be able to think about it.
Fortunately, he survived, and now seeing him smiling again, Wang Guihua's eyes are hot when he looks at it.
It's good that Qinghe and the old and young have figured it out, there is nothing better than this.
"Yes, yes, you are all good boys, come, eat, eat, and wait for us to go to the pond." Wang Guihua said with a smile.
"Let's be later." Old man Luo said, "I don't want people to know, so I can't be too early, there must be people in the village outside." ”
"Yes, listen to you." Wang Guihua smiled and nodded.
"Milk, wait for the water to go into the water, I don't know if my body can stand it in the water this day." Luo Qinghe was worried about this.
"Don't worry, your uncle and your father are hard-boned, and they have all been in the water when it is colder than this, and when they go there, they will bring a dry cloth towel, and they will dry it when they come up, and put on their clothes again; Come back and drink some hot water, take a hot shower, cover yourself in the bed, and you'll be fine. Wang Guihua said proudly.
"Your grandmother is right, they all went into the water when it was colder than this, and now the men in the village go to the creek to bathe directly, so they should take a bath." Luo Changgen said with a smile.
Luo Qinghe praised with a smile, "Uncle and Daddy are really amazing." ”
"That's not as good as Qinghe." Luo Dagen said with a smile, "I didn't expect that our Qinghe can not only be a female celebrity, but also know what kind of lotus flower, Daddy can just do these physical work." ”
"Sister Qinghe, how did you know that flower?" Luo Jiamiao asked.
"I just know each other." Luo Qinghe said seriously, but not how he met, this can't be said, and it's not easy to say.
"Qinghe should have known him before he came to the house, although he doesn't remember anything, but he can recognize familiar things when he sees them." Luo Yougen analyzed, "Just like recognizing words, Qinghe knows everything, and so does embroidery, and he must have been skilled before." ”
"It must be so." Luo Jiahe nodded in agreement, "Qinghe is such a powerful female celebrity at this age, she must have done it before; It takes a lot of effort to be able to recognize so many words. ”
Luo Qinghe calmly acquiesced, there is nothing wrong with this, didn't he just do this before he came to this house.
"Qinghe, the cloth from the milk is all for you, you do it so well, you can sell it for a lot of money." Wang Guihua strongly supported, "But the milk also has to say, don't do it day and night, it's very eye-consuming to do this, and you can do it for up to two hours a day." ”
Two hours is four hours, Luo Qinghe felt that it was about the same, so he nodded in agreement.
Liu Xiangxiang looked at Luo Qinghe from time to time, Luo Qinghe felt that she had something to say to herself, but she didn't say it, thinking of her admiration for herself, and the surprise when she saw the purse, she felt a little bit in her heart.
"Milk, if you want to do it too, I can teach you." Luo Qinghe said, "There is a lot of strength in people, and there are more finished products, and the more money you can sell." ”
"Really?" Liu Xiangxiang said excitedly.
Luo Qinghe nodded, "Well, really." ”
"Okay, if you want to learn, follow Qinghe, even if I'm my age, my hands are still thick, and I don't have those cloths and threads." Wang Guihua said with a smile.
"I'm going to learn too." Luo Jiahe said with a smile.
"And me, and me." Luo Jiamiao followed closely and said, "I also want to be like Sister Qinghe, embroidering such beautiful flowers and making money." ”
"There is nothing busy in the field recently, starting tomorrow your woman and girl's family will follow Qinghe at home, and our eldest man will go to the field." Luo Laotian said with a smile.
Luo Qinghe's family had a good dinner, and Wang Guihua went to feed pheasants, chicks and hares.
Luo Qinghe took the people who wanted to learn back to the house, starting from the most basic knowledge, they all know how to sew, and the embroidery process and techniques should be taught.
"Embroidery requirements: smooth, qi, flat, even, clean. Shun means that the straight line is straight and the curve is round; Qi is the pointer stitch neatly, and there is no unevenness at the edge; Flat means that the gesture is accurate, the embroidered surface is flat, and the silk threads are not crooked; Uniform is consistent with the needle distance, no bottom, no overlap; Clean means that the embroidery surface is smooth and clean, without stains......"
Luo Qinghe took a rag, embroidered a few stitches, and explained while demonstrating.