"What are you talking about? That's the old lady Zhong wants to give his son a matchmaker, so she bought flowers and melon seeds to entertain the matchmaker, what is their family's life, who in the village doesn't know? Second Uncle Mei preached impatiently, and then thought about it again, felt that it was wrong, and said, "Why did you go to Old Lady Zhong's house again?" Our mother doesn't pick you up with her, don't you know? Calling our mother to know, scolding you for being ugly, don't blame me! ”

Mei Laosu took a small bottle of grass lard and sent it to the small kitchen. Mao carefully untied the lid, and saw that there was not much grass lard in it, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and looked at Sister Qiu who was burning the fire and Jia Shi who was next to him, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, all of them were a bunch of people who ate white food!

Mao put the remaining small spoonful of grass lard into the bowl with a tiger face, first put the cut fat meat into it, as soon as it came into contact with the hot pig iron pot, the fat meat was very fast, gradually shrunk and melted into clear oil, and the small kitchen was filled with the fragrance of oil smoke.

The freshly squeezed oil Mao scooped into the clay vase again, and called out to Mei Laosu to put it back in its place. The remaining oil residue from the fat meat squeezing oil, Mao also sandwiched it into the bowl piece by piece, and counted it in his mouth. When the vegetables were cooking, Mao took out the oil residue, counted them again, and confirmed that there was no less, before pouring them into the pot and stir-frying them with the vegetables.

Sister Qiu held back for a long time before she could hold back, and didn't jump up and said to Mao: "Milk, you have always stood here, my mother and I didn't steal your oil residue, don't count." "As a person to guard against his own granddaughter and daughter-in-law like this, Mao's is also a strange thing in a strange way.

The Mei family's lunch today can be described as "hearty" compared to before, a spicy fried meat, a fried garlic stalk with oil residue, and a green vegetable fried with grass lard.

There are two fine flour pancakes, which are placed in front of Meiqu, and the others eat the millet pancakes distributed by Mao.

Mei Qu seems to have been accustomed to this kind of differential treatment, and he didn't consciously have anything inappropriate, but naturally he picked up the fine noodle pancake and ate it.

The bowl of spicy fried pork was also placed in front of Meiqu, and the Mei family all knew that it was only Meiqu that could be eaten, and they all didn't touch the dish with great eyes. Fortunately, the big cow and the second cow have oil residue to eat, and the two of them are inseparable from those pieces of oil residue.

Sister Qiu lowered her head and ate the porridge, in her previous life, she almost forgot that there are such things as oil residue in the world, and then the company organized to go to the countryside to play, there is a way that the crop household vegetable is oil residue small cabbage, she suddenly remembered that when she was a child, her family life was difficult, and she was very greedy for this thing, but when she ate it again, she had lost the kind of fragrance in her memory.

Now she ...... is also very greedy, but she would rather not eat, and she is not willing to scold Mao's for half a day, what is "delicious, not expensive, rice bucket ......" What is ugly to scold.

When Sister Qiu lowered her head to eat, a piece of oil residue was caught in Sister Qiu's bowl and fell into the porridge, and the oil flowers floated on the water.

Sister Qiu raised her eyes in surprise, then looked at Mei Laosuo and smiled at her, and said, "Taste it." ”

It turned out to be given to her by Mei Laosuo......

For a while, when Sister Mid-Autumn Festival was surprised that she didn't know what to say, the people at the table all slowed down the speed of eating, except for Mei Qu, and Mao's looked at Mei Laosu incredibly, her mouth opened a few times, and she didn't know what to say.

Mei Laosuo sandwiched another piece of oil residue and put it in the Yindi bowl, but he didn't say anything more, and lowered his head to eat.

Mao's mouth opened and closed, and his mouth crooked, but he didn't say anything and continued to eat. Mao didn't say anything, and the rest of the people naturally didn't have the right to speak.

After soaking the porridge, the smell of oil has faded a lot, but Sister Qiu still feels very fragrant, more fragrant than the oil residue in her memory.

The silent Mei Laosu was caring for her fatherless little granddaughter in his way, and Sister Qiu's impression of her father had changed for the first time in her heart.

Mei Qu is a scholar, although he is in the age of growing his body, he doesn't eat much, and he didn't finish the pancakes, and the remaining half is thrown to Da Niu Erniu, and he eats it all up for Da Niu and Erniu, and even licks all the crumbs of the dough on his palm.

After eating enough, Mei Qu looked at Sister Qiu desperately, and the complexion on her face was cloudy for a moment and sunny for a moment. Sister Qiu stared at him with straight hairs in his heart, and when she looked over, Mei Qu looked away again.

After eating, he didn't care about resting, so Mei Laosuo invited his family to go to the field with him to collect cauliflower. The day was gloomy and gloomy, and it was bound to rain, and the cauliflower was already ripe, and if it was not harvested, a rain would fall, and the year's harvest would be lost.

Second Uncle Mei's cheeks were nailed to the pestle, but he didn't want to move, so he copied his hands and said to Mei Laosuo: "Father, the fields are clean with mud, how can you get off the ground?" ”

Mei Laosuo twisted the corners of his eyebrows, smoked a cigarette without saying a word, and said after a while: "It rained yesterday, and all the old Jiang family went to the ground to cut the cauliflower, and in one day, all the cauliflower in five or six acres of land in the city were cut. ”

Mao was annoyed, and slapped Second Uncle Mei on the head, "You can't die if you're lazy!" Don't hurry up yet! Yindi and Sister Qiu also go! "Harvesting is a big deal, and the harvest is related to the livelihood of the family.

Second Uncle Mei reluctantly got up and followed Mei Laosu out, the Jia family had already been used as male laborers for the Mei family, and Yindi and Sister Qiu could already be half laborers. Da Niu Erniu is the top of the Mei family, but naturally there is no need to work in the ground, Mei Er'er can't go to the ground with her belly, even if she is not pregnant with a child, there will be all kinds of uncomfortable excuses to stay at home, and the old Mei Qu does not need to talk about it, and I don't know where the Mei family's land is.

On the same side, Sister Qiu saw that many people were all walking towards the fields with sickles, and when she saw a group of people from the Mei family, she simply made a gesture and continued to walk forward in a hurry, the crops were in season, and the work in the field could not be delayed for a quarter of an hour.

At this time, the harvest of cauliflower, like harvesting wheat, are all cut with a sickle, Sister Qiu remembered that she has not left the countryside when she has not left the field, the field has been cut with a harvester, and then the harvester has been improved, straight to the front to cut the cauliflower, the back of the seeds, out of all black and bright rapeseed, people only need to hold the bag to pick it up, it is very convenient.

Mei Laosuo went to Jiang's house to borrow a flatbed cart and pushed it to the boundary. The adults took a sickle to cut the cauliflower in the muddy field, and Sister Qiu and Yindi carried the cut cauliflower to the flat cart, and when the cart was full, Mei Laosuo pulled a cart of rapeseed to send it home, and then pulled the empty cart back.

If it doesn't rain, you can still beat the rapeseed in the scene, but now on this day, you can only spread a piece of cloth in the hall and put it on the cloth to beat the cauliflower, and then put the cauliflower on the cloth and knock it vigorously with a stick, and the rapeseed that has matured can fall off from the pod and fall on the cloth.

These rapeseed seeds are a family of rapeseed oil all year round, like the Mei family's frugal life, cooking vegetables are all very little oil, and people can also sell a large part of the rapeseed for some family.

Cutting cauliflower is not an easy job, you have to cut from the middle of the cauliflower stalk, bend down and cut forward desperately, and stand up and rest for a long time.

Standing on the ground boundary, Sister Qiu looked at it at a glance, Mei Laosuo took the lead, cutting the fastest, and it was Jia's back, although he couldn't catch up with Mei Laosuo's speed, it was not far behind, only Mei Ershu stood up after cutting two knives and beat his waist twice, and the corners of his eyebrows were frowning to kill a fly. Mei Laosuo finished cutting his own one, turned his face to look at his son, shook his head and sighed, "My eyes are high, I feel good!" ”

As soon as the group went out for a while, Dayin ran into Mei's house, wanting to find Sister Qiu to go out to play. All the Zhuang families are villagers who have lived for several generations, and they know their roots, and they don't have the habit of knocking on the door when they enter the door.

The east room of the Mei family was quietly touched, and the big seal ran over to take a look, and there was no one in the room, only the sound of someone talking in the hall. He tiptoed over, and listened to Mei Qu'er's angry voice.

"Mother, what's going on? How did I hear Yindi say that Sister Qiu came back without doing any work in the city? If she doesn't go out to earn money, how can she pay off the debt owed by her eldest brother? Do you know that I don't have any money to study, and I can't eat enough? Am I your own son? I don't read it! Mei Qu's last sentence brought a lot of resentment.

Mao was anxious, and his voice was high and sharp, "I talked about it in the morning, and I will go back to study tomorrow, why don't you read it?" You don't have to worry about it at home, you don't have to worry about things! ”

"You're talking lightly!" Mei Qu was angry, and slapped the wooden table a few times, "I'm nervous in the hands of the academy, and I have to calculate all the meals, where was this like before?" Since my family has no money and I owe foreign debts, what else can I study? ”

Mao sighed, "My mother's heart is clear, isn't this your eldest brother gone, life can't be compared with before, the family has endured hardships for two years, and when you pass the subject name, you will come out." ”

"I can't even eat enough, what do I get to take the subject?" Mei Qu muttered, "How much money will you give me this time?" If it is like the last time, I will not go, it is not enough for two months' food! It's hard for me to set up a stall to write letters on behalf of others, and I can earn a couple of walnuts and dates every day, and the family in the province will eat rice when they see me! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about! How many copper plates can you earn by writing letters to someone? Mao was also annoyed, worked hard, and the family tightened their belts to provide someone who could write letters on their behalf? Relying on this Mei Laoyu, he can't even support himself!

Seeing that Mao was really annoyed, Mei Qu was stunned, lowered her voice, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "You will let the confused mother-in-law of the eldest sister-in-law!" If she cries a few times, you won't sell her daughter, give her the money owed by her man to do things, and if her mother doesn't pay it back, who will pay it? Hope for me? Now in this situation, can our Lao Mei family provide me with the time to take the exam? Thinking about the past two months, Mei Qu is overwhelmed.

Seeing the most painful and pampered meander, Mao's heart ached, and he sighed: "Don't worry, my mother knows it in her heart, and no one can compromise you." Some time ago, your eldest brother just left, and it was not good-looking to sell Sister Qiu at that time. My mother has already thought about it, and I will harvest wheat next month, but I can't do it this year, and I'm afraid that the harvest will not be good, so I will call a dealer to come and take Sister Qiu away...... If you don't call Lu Ya Dealer, he can't do things! ”

Mei Qu moved his mouth, seeing that the Mao family had already had a plan, thinking about the little niece he was watching at noon, he was a little fake and unbearable in his heart, but he didn't say anything, it was nothing more than a girl, even if it was the only child of the eldest brother, and he couldn't pass the incense.

Mao sighed, wiped his face, and said slowly: "I am ruthless if I don't complain, this year is evil, in the summer, the weather is wet and cold, and the wheat is not good, and the sky doesn't want me to keep my granddaughter...... Our family is poor, when Sister Qiu enters the rich and noble family, it is better to be a maid than to live in our family, this is also for her good, she is the daughter of the old Xiucai, and her worth is definitely a little higher......"

Da Yin's heart was panicked and frightened, and his heart was beating violently, although he didn't fully understand what the two were saying, but he understood what the Mao family meant, this black-hearted old lady was going to sell Sister Qiu to the Mei family's uncle for food! His first thought was to go home to find his eldest brother, his father and mother, and his grandfather to get an idea, and they must have a way to save Sister Qiu.

When he ran out of the gate of Mei's house, in a panic, Da Yin ran into a piece of mud, slipped under his feet, and happened to hit Mei Laosuo who came in with cauliflower.

However, it was the great seal who was in a hurry, and he didn't care about anything else, so he got up and turned his head and ran out, Mei Laosuo stopped the car, and wanted to ask him if he had fallen somewhere, but when he turned his face, he found that the big seal had run away, so he only shook his head and pulled the car into the house.

Mao, who happened to be talking to Mei Qu in the room, heard the sound, opened the gauze curtain and came out to help Mei Laosu unload the cauliflower. The two have been married for decades, Mei Laosuo is a silent temper, Mao has long been accustomed to his temperament, the two did not say a word from beginning to end, and after unloading the cauliflower, Mei Laosuo silently pulled the board car to the ground.

The sky was getting more and more gloomy, and there was a faint sound of thunder in the distance, Mei Laosuo said gloomily in his heart, and he sped up and pulled the board car almost all the way to the ground boundary, and when he arrived at the ground boundary, he saw Second Uncle Mei sitting under the tree with his legs crossed to rest, and Jia Shi was still bent down in the field to cut cauliflower.