Chapter Thirty-Nine: Spring Is Coming
In the seventh year of Qing'an, when the spring flowers were blooming, the people in the village couldn't stand the hunger, and finally came out to find food.
After being hungry for a winter, all of them were yellow and thin, digging wild vegetables, digging wild vegetables, and cultivating fields.
Green leaves grew on the grape trellises of the Xiaoqi family, and the stone paths in the yard were full of unknown wildflowers on both sides, which looked vibrant.
But the yard has become beautiful, but the food is running out, and in addition to the wheat bran for feeding the donkeys, there is only a small handful of noodles left, and eating steamed buns has become a luxury.
Niu's feet have been healed, on this day Niu's went out with two children early in the morning, Ah Fu led the sheep in his arms and held his baby small plank, Xiao Qi carried the basket, Niu carried the basket and held a small shovel in his hand, and greeted people with a smile.
The people in the village hadn't seen Niu for a long time, and they found that Niu had completely changed, and he spoke softer than before, and even looked more beautiful than before.
The three of them went out to work for a long time, dug a lot of wild vegetables and went home, including camelina cabbage, bitter herbs, Ma Lantou, etc., and cut a large basket of grass for the rabbit, and the harvest was full.
When he returned home, Niu sorted out the wild vegetables and said, "Wait a minute, let's make camelina paste." When Xiao Qi heard this, he ran to the opposite door: "Sister Lihua, my mother said to make camelina paste later, didn't you say last time that you wanted to follow along?" ”
Pear Blossom took the little mouse and followed Xiao Qi to the house, the work of washing vegetables was done by Xiao Qi and Ah Fu, and Pear Blossom sat by the stove to light the fire.
Niu Shi rolled up his sleeves, put on a coarse cloth apron, washed his hands, put a little lard in the iron pot, put the ginger and shallots cut into small grains in the pot and stir-fried until fragrant, add water to boil, put in the washed shepherd's cabbage, and then pour the stirred batter into the pot and stir well.
Niu Shi used a big bowl of camellia paste at home and handed it to Pear Blossom, who was embarrassed to take it: "Aunt Niu, I have learned, and it will be ready soon when I get home, you can eat this bowl yourself." ”
Niu: "It's very simple, you take this bowl back and taste it, and it's also very important to taste the taste." ”
"Then thank you, auntie, I'll send the bowl back later." Pear Blossom took the bowl and walked out of the courtyard gate, and the little mouse followed Pear Blossom and sniffed: "Sister, Aunt Niu's cooking is so fragrant." ”
Pear blossom said, of course the lard is fragrant, and the family has been out of oil for several days.
The camelina paste was brought home, and the family of four tasted some each.
Rihua: "I originally wanted to borrow some noodles from Xiaoqi's family, but I saw that there was only a small handful of noodles in their noodle jar. ”
Liu Ergou sighed: "They themselves are almost out of food and still think about us, Pear Blossom, you must keep in mind the kindness of your Uncle Dahe's family to us, and you must repay it if you have the opportunity in the future." ”
Rika nodded solemnly: "Dad, I remember." ”
During mealtime, the women of the village gathered at the entrance of the village with bowls to chat, and the bowls were all boiled wild vegetables.
Peach Blossom Niang heard many people praising Niu's heart was a little unhappy, so she said: "Ah Fu of the Dahe family is getting more and more stupid, and he is in a daze with a small wooden board all day long. ”
"Peach Blossom Girl, don't talk nonsense, when the wild vegetables haven't come down a few days ago,
Dahe took three whole bags of grain and distributed them to everyone, so we have to have a conscience. ”
"It's just that Dahe will make money, so his family can be so unprofessional."
"Where is the wrong business, doesn't Ah Fu herd sheep every day and mow the grass for rabbits."
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This winter, only one elderly man in his seventies froze to death in Liujia Village, and everyone else was safe and sound, and the epidemic seemed to have left them.
The old patriarch and several elders of the clan went to the ancestral hall to offer incense, and after the incense, the old patriarch sighed: "I heard that many people in other villages have starved to death, but our village is so calm thanks to the donation of food from the Hua family and the Dahe family." Everyone nodded yes.
In April, the wheat set ears, and before it was fully ripe, Xiao Qi and Ah Fu had already eaten a lot of fresh wheat grains.
The green wheat grains are very strong, Xiao Qi: "The unripe wheat grains are really delicious, brother, let's take some home." ”
Ah Fu raised his hands in agreement: "Okay, the sheep are almost full, and we will go home after harvesting the wheat." ”
Xiao Qi cut a small bundle of green wheat and put it in the back basket, walked home from outside the village, met many villagers along the way, Xiao Qi kept greeting the villagers: "Uncle, aunt......"
When Xiao Qi and the two walked away, everyone chatted lively.
"The two children of the Dahe family are too losers, and the wheat is cut before it is ripe."
"Who says it's not, how can our farmers waste food like this."
"What are you fooling about, people are harvesting their own wheat."
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Stinky duck eggs passed by, and when they heard the words of the villagers, they decided to get some wheat grains to eat tomorrow.
In June, there is a bumper harvest of wheat, and adults and children go into battle together, and wheat is harvested everywhere.
The children helped watch the wheat field during the day, somersaulted and caught dragonflies in the wheat field, and chased fireflies at night.
But one day the children were suddenly not allowed to go out, and on the second day, Xiaoqi heard the reason from the mouth of the second egg, and it turned out that a very strange thing happened in the village.
It is said that the father of the stinky duck eggs, when he went out to steal wheat at night, he met the ghost hitting the wall, and turned around in the grave at the foot of the mountain all night, and when he was found by Liu Dakui at dawn, the duck egg father was lying on the grave and rolled his eyes, his mouth was stuffed with soil, and there were footprints of the duck egg father everywhere around the grave, and it is estimated that he walked in circles for a long time at night.
Erdan's eloquence was colorful, and finally concluded: "My mother said that you must not do bad things as a person, otherwise you may be targeted by ghosts." ”