The naughty boys had two boiled eggs in their pockets, and no one was willing to eat them, so they agreed to get together and bump into each other. If anyone's egg wins with hardness in the end, it is definitely a big thing to be proud of.

The little girls changed into thin dresses, sewed phoenix tails made of rags and straw on their shoulders, and helped to do some small work after their mothers themselves, and from time to time they liked to reach out and touch the colorful phoenix tails, and smiled so that their eyes were bent like crescent moons on the horizon.

The cucumbers, beans, eggplants, and pepper seedlings in Zhang Liu's two fields, because of careful care and sufficient fertilizer and watering, had already picked the first batch of fruits and sent them to the city the day before yesterday.

The owners of the restaurants had already negotiated with Fang Jie how to "carve up" the two acres of new vegetables of the Zhang family, and almost the front foot of the vegetable basket entered Baiyunju, and they arrived with the silver on the back foot.

Needless to say, the Zhang family and the Liu family made a fortune again, Pu Cao and Chunni secretly discussed a few words, and still concealed the real income from the outside world, and only let Chunni take back five taels of silver. But this also really made those families who tried their best to prick up their ears to listen with envy red eyes.

You must know that these greens are on the market a month and a half in advance, and they have planted a full two acres of land, and they will only be picked more and more in the future, and the silver will be recycled exponentially.

Pucao itself is not a stingy person, and now that the green vegetables are sold for money, I think I should thank the descendants who work hard every night.

It happened that the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, and the shopkeeper Luo heard that the master did not return to the city, so he sent a lot of food as usual.

Almost half of Fang Jie's three meals a day came from Pucao's hands, so those glutinous rice, red dates, bacon and the like were naturally sent directly to the Zhang family's treasury by Dongzi.

Peasant families live a life, and it is rare to eat japonica rice all year round, let alone use rice dumplings made of good glutinous rice. Many people have lived half their lives, and they have only heard the name but have never tasted it.

So as soon as I heard that Pucao wanted to soak glutinous rice and wrap zongzi, not only Chunnier and the two children were smiling and busy with each other, but the Chen family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and Dong family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came to join in the fun, and several neighbors on the front street came to visit with a rake and shovel.

Pu Caoyuan was still thinking about how many zongzi to prepare for the festival, but later he almost attracted the attention of the whole village, so he simply soaked the twenty catties of glutinous rice and twenty catties of japonica rice. The fillings were also prepared with five or six kinds of tricks, such as dates, pork ribs, bean paste, etc., and Shanzi was so hungry that he took a group of small soldiers to squat in his yard, refusing to run out to play again. I'm afraid that if one of them is not careful, the zongzi will be divided, and they won't be able to catch half of them.

The peasant women are all ingenious, the glutinous rice and zongzi leaves are soaked, and Pucao simply beckons a few familiar daughters-in-law to help. Everyone sat in a circle, laughing and learning to make zongzi, but in half a day, they got a few large pottery pots full of green "water chestnuts".

The big stove that was erected in the courtyard of the Zhang family earlier was lit again on this day, and the wooden halberd burned crackling in the stove, and the fire was blazing. The large iron pot on top was filled with half a drop of sweet well water and zongzi, and the heavy pine cauldron lid was tightly closed, and everyone waited for the pot to come out.

An hour passed, and the water vapor overflowing from the iron pot was already faintly fragrant with rice, and Shanzi swallowed saliva more than a dozen times and asked when his sister would open the pot. As a result, he was slapped on the little buttocks by the funny Pucao, and then honestly retreated not far away to continue squatting.

Another half an hour passed, not to mention the entire Zhangjia courtyard, but the entire Nangou Village was full of fragrance. Every household looked at the Zhang family's yard with envy, and couldn't help but look forward to this time next year, when they could cook a few zongzi in such a luxurious way.

Sister-in-law Chen and sister-in-law Chen removed the lid of the pot together, and a burst of white mist suddenly rose, revealing the pot of zongzi wearing emerald green clothes and red belts.

The children shouted for joy, and each of them squeezed forward with all their strength, but before they could get close, they were thrown behind by the collars of the old girls.

Pu Cao took the fence and scooped up more than a dozen zongzi and soaked them in cold water until they were no longer hot, and then beckoned everyone to come forward to share the food.

The naughty boys couldn't wait to grab one in their hands, tore open the winding red thread, peeled off the green leaf clothes, and waited until the crystal white and tender rice balls inside were revealed, but they hesitated and were reluctant to open their mouths. The women felt sour in their hearts, and they felt bitter for a while, and they all lost their thoughts about tasting.

Pu Cao hurriedly picked up the fence and fished out another clay pot, and greeted with a smile, "Little men, hurry up and eat a big meal, after you are full, my aunt will have work for you to do." If you do a good job, my aunt will reward you with a noodle person each. ”

Sure enough, the children were even more happy when they heard this, and they responded to the task one after another. After speaking, everyone hugged the zongzi and ate to their heart's content. At the end, with a full burp, large and small clay bowls and pots poured into each house to give gifts for Pucao.

As the old saying goes, it's better to fall into one than to leave one behind. On weekdays, there are several families that have a good relationship with the Zhang and Liu families, as well as Li Zheng and several clan elders, and naturally send eight zongzi "heavy gifts". Even those who have a general friendship or even had a slight gap before, the grass has not fallen, and a few are sent to taste fresh. Even if you can't get some kindness, at least you won't be jealous because of this little thing.

With the Zhang family's zongzi, this Dragon Boat Festival, the entire Nangou Village is unprecedentedly lively and happy. The children laughed and ran around the village, and the old people also sighed that they had been blessed with words.

A group of little daughters-in-law were very measured, each of them only tasted one zongzi and refused to eat it again, and helped to put the remaining zongzi into the pot, and then they all laughed and dispersed.

Pucao couldn't stop them, so they had to let them go back, and finally asked the magpie to send more zongzi to these families in the evening.

Chunni carefully rummaged through the clay pot for a long time, picked out two good-looking zongzi with various fillings, and then put them all on a large plate, smiled and stuffed them to Pu Cao and said, "Hurry up and send it to Fang's house, it is estimated that Fang Gongzi is in a hurry." ”

Pu Cao glared at her and said angrily, "He is so picky, haven't you tasted any delicious food in the world?" This zongzi may be something that no one can look down on. ”

She said this, but her subordinates were not slow, they had already taken the plate, cut their hair, and stretched the corners of their skirts, and then turned around and walked out of the courtyard. The magpie and Chuniel giggled together, causing the grass to blush and run away in the wind.

Fang Jie was half-lying under a willow tree in the corner of the courtyard to take a nap, and a few unknown flower seedlings were planted in the flower garden on the side. The afternoon sun poured down from the wicker gap, and fell in the flower bed, and also reflected on the handsome face of the sleeping man, which made Pucao look a little stupid for a while.

Such an outstanding man, could he really be the beloved of her life? Even if she had such a delicate face in her previous life, she didn't dare to think about it. And in this life, she is just an ugly woman in the name of an abandoned woman, how fortunate she is to get his true admiration and affection. If it was a dream, then she would never wake up...

Fang Jie was taking a break with his eyes closed, and suddenly seemed to notice that someone was paying attention to him, but when he opened his eyes with a slight frown, he saw his beloved woman looking at him in a daze, and he didn't know where he was wandering.

He then got up and stepped forward, jokingly, "Why are you standing at the door in a daze?" But I was fascinated by the peerless appearance of my son? ”

Pu Cao came back to her senses, glared at him, and retorted amusefully and angrily, "I was thinking that you are much more pleasing to the eye when you fall asleep than when you wake up." ”

Fang Jie laughed, reached out to take the clay plate, and led her to sit at the table. Aunt Jiang came out of nowhere and sent new tea and snacks. Pu Cao picked up two pork rib dumplings from the plate, and handed the rest to Aunt Jiang and said with a smile, "Auntie, this is a dumpling that has just come out of the pot, you and Uncle should taste it." If you eat well, go to my house and get more, there are still many in the pot. ”

When Aunt Jiang heard this, a rare trace of warmth appeared on her cold face. Turning around, Fang Jie nodded slightly, and then thanked him, then took the pottery plate and retreated.

Pu Cao and Fang Jie took a zongzi and ate it slowly in the breeze and warm sun of the yard, occasionally chatting a few words and drinking a sip of tea, which was very comfortable and leisurely.

Fang Jie remembered the news from the Western Frontier, so he smiled and said, "The kind of spice you mentioned a few days ago, the people I sent to the Western Xinjiang have already been found. It's just that the locals don't know what to do, so they don't collect much, and only half a cloth bag is collected in total. ”

"Found cumin! That's great! Pu Cao hurriedly swallowed the rice grains in his mouth, and smiled in surprise, "Half a cloth bag is barely enough, just remember to buy more in autumn." ”

Fang Jie took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, nodded in response, "When you confirm that it is correct, I will write again to ask my friends over there in the Western Xinjiang to help me buy more." In addition, tomorrow we will go into the city to go around the Golden Building, if there is anything that needs to be changed, you can tell the craftsman in person. ”

Pu Cao thought of those roasted whole sheep and all kinds of meat skewers, and couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and jumped up to go home to get the drawings she had drawn a long time ago.

Fang Jie was amused, and was just about to stop her and say that she was not in a hurry, but she didn't want to hear the sound of a carriage running in outside the hospital.

Both of them frowned, staggered two steps slightly, and then turned their heads to look outside the courtyard. A small carriage of green cloth ran from a distance like a rabbit being chased, the old horse who pulled the cart was spewing rough air from his nostrils, and the coachman was also sweating profusely with heat, and before the carriage could stop, he jumped down and shouted loudly, "There is a Fang Jie Fang Gongzi living here?" ”

Fang Jie was suspicious in his heart, and while wondering if there was a mess in the business, he replied loudly, "This is the Fang family, I don't know what you have to do..."

Before the driver could answer, the two doors behind him were pushed open with a "clang". A young and delicate woman jumped down and stumbled in, hugging Fang Jie and crying without saying a word.

"Cousin, I don't want to marry, I don't want to marry someone else. Cousin, take me away, I hate my daddy to death. ”

(Some of the Kavins are trying to overcome.) Sorry to keep you waiting. ）