I don't think it's possible, I see that she is not at home all day, how can she have time to chew the root of her tongue. Ma Rong burned the last piece of yellow sheet paper and bowed in a bow.

"Daddy, please bless me with a smooth birth, and bless Xing'er's girl with a good outside." Xie folded his hands and muttered prayer for a while.

said that Du Mei had returned home, but he really didn't have time to talk about Xie's gossip. Her mother, Xu, had already prepared all the sacrificial meals and was just waiting for her to return home to pay tribute to her father.

The three little ones knelt in front of the table in the hall and burned paper, Du Mei knelt beside him with his little brother Juniper, Juniper was almost eight months old, and it was the time of teething, he saw his sisters burning paper while chattering, he also babbled and spoke, until his mouth was drooling, and the bib on his shirt was wet.

After burning the paper, the children kowtowed one by one, and Xu wiped his red eyes and knelt down: "Erjin, look, our family has built a big house, and surrounded a big yard, let's raise ducks and open a grain shop, life is getting better day by day, you can rest assured in the sky." ”

"Mother!" Du Mei choked up.

"My mother is fine, my mother is happy, I just want to tell your father that you have a lot of talent!" Xu raised his face, tears rolling down, but there was a smile on his face.

At this time, the sky outside the door was about to be dark, and suddenly, a gust of wind rose, and the black girl lying under the porch whimpered, and wagged her tail into the kitchen. The wind swept into the hall, lifted up the ashes from the brazier, and carried them around the four corners of the house, scattering the ashes everywhere.

The wind gently brushed the faces of everyone in the room, carrying away the broken hair on the sideburns and drying Xu's tears. The juniper in Du Mei's arms opened his arms happily and babbled as if he wanted to be hugged. The wind swirled down, blowing their skirts, and after three turns, they ran out the door.

"Daddy? Father! Du Gui was in a trance and shouted out of his voice.

"It's your father, he's coming to see us!" The corners of Xu's eyes were moist, and he hugged his little daughter.

Du Ying and Du Tao also threw themselves into their mother's arms with tears in their eyes, Juniper didn't know how sad he was, and when he saw his sisters crying suddenly, he also pouted and hummed.

"Sakura, don't make your mother sad, my father has come to see us, we should be happy, he is naturally relieved to see that we are doing well." Du Mei's throat was also choked, but she was the pillar of the family, and she coaxed Juniper while comforting her mother and sister.

"Your sister is right, we have a better life, of course your father is happy, we can't cry." Xu endured the pain and helped his three daughters wipe their tears.

The family cleaned up again, and started eating in the kitchen, although they stopped their tears, they also ate relatively dullly, and they were destined to be sad tonight.

After such an interval of one day, the days have to continue, Du Mei asked Du Shu to pick a few loads of yellow mud, and pickled all the duck eggs that the family had saved before according to the method of the fat servant's mother, and the double yolk eggs at home did not have a better market, Du Mei was afraid of being bad, so he pickled a jar alone, so Lin Lin finally got up, about three or four hundred.

Pickled before, because it didn't reach the best taste, Du Mei didn't take it to the market to sell, she gave some to Aunt Fang, Master, Erduzi, Lao Jitou, Du Shu, Patriarch and other families, and sent some to Zhong Yu, Ye Qing, Niu Er, and Hei Jiaolong in Sheshan Town, so that the two hundred duck eggs quickly bottomed out, and the rest was only enough for three small people to relieve their hunger.

In the evening of this day, Du Huaibing came to Du Mei in a hurry, and as soon as the saying of exchanging rice for miscellaneous grains came out that day, the villagers of ten miles and eight townships immediately rushed like a tide, and his family was full of people every day. Pumpkins, corn, red beans and other miscellaneous grains were sent in a steady stream, and it was not until noon this day, when all the rice was replaced, that his family rested.

There were too many miscellaneous grains to harvest, and the pumpkins were round and big, so they took up space, and his family couldn't transport them with one ox cart, so he estimated that he would need three ox carts, and the ox carts of Du Mei's family in the village were big and sturdy, so he naturally wanted to come to her for help.

"No problem, I just happened to be fine these days, Ming'er only listens to your arrangement." Du Mei listened to what he meant, did not hesitate at all, and immediately responded.

"That's good, at the beginning of tomorrow, load the car in my yard, let's leave early, and the victims will eat earlier, right?" Du Huaibing saw that Du Mei deserved it, and his heart was very comfortable.

Du Shu really caught three pheasants and two hares one after another in the three acres of fields next to the river beach with animal traps and clips.

Early the next morning, Du Mei ate two of last night's cakes and went out. When the sun was not rising, the blades of grass were shining brightly, and the heifer ate two handfuls of soybeans and walked along the gravel road in the village with the ox cart.

They pity that Du Mei is a girl, and they are afraid that she will not be able to handle heavy objects, so they put more into their own cars, and Du Mei's car is stacked with sacks of corn and beans, which are easy to stack.

The patriarch was old, and his son Du Mingtang was afraid that he would not be able to see the ditches and bumps on the road in the early morning, so he drove him to the county seat. His family's car walked in front, Du Mei walked in the middle, and Du Jiasuo was naturally escorted in the prime of life.

Three ox carts loaded with miscellaneous grains marched to Qinghe County, attracting the astonishment of the people who were hurrying next to them. In ten miles and eight townships, there are a few families with ox carts, and most of the villagers can only get up early, or even in the middle of the night, and walk on two feet to go to the county seat.

On weekdays, because everyone is a villager in the village, so when you encounter an ox cart, as long as you raise your hand, you will be taken by the way, and now Dujiagou three ox carts come out together, which is really spectacular. Seeing that their car was full of goods, passers-by couldn't open their mouths.

I didn't stop all the way, at the end of the day, three ox carts arrived in Qinghe County together with the morning sun, and the clattering car wheeled over the dew-soaked bluestone road, and went straight to Nanjie County.

Shen Zhanghua was washing in the back hall, and he heard the sound of the street, the sound of ox carts so early, wasn't it the delivery of miscellaneous grains? His heart was like a hammer and a drum, he hurriedly threw down his face handkerchief, put on his coat with his gloves, buttoned it up, and pulled on his cloth shoes, and hurried out.

The county man was in another room, listening to the sound, his hair was scattered, and he poked his head out and asked, "Who is it so early?" ”

"I'll go and see first, you hurry." Shen Zhanghua straightened his shirt and lifted his heel with his foot.

Du Huaibing saw that the gate of the county government was closed, obviously it was early, he sniffed, stood in the corner, looked up at the sun, and said to himself: "The county lord doesn't know when to sit in the hall?" ”

"Why don't we knock on the door, such a big county office, there is always a doorman on duty." Du Jiasuo frowned and said.

"Don't worry, don't worry, let's wait patiently." Du Huaibing shook his head.

There was a multicolored male pheasant in the cage, and the bumps in the road made it impossible for him to stand on his feet, and when the ox cart stopped, it seemed to regain its vitality, and even cooed, and it was louder than the other.

"Who hates it so much!" The door creaked open, and a sleepy-eyed head with tousled hair poked out.

"Little brother, it's convenient, we are Dujiagou to deliver miscellaneous grains, please let me know." Du Huaibing stepped forward with a smile on his face and said.

"Ah, you wait!" The head quickly retracted, and the sound of pedaling and running was heard.

At this moment, Shen Zhanghua just came out, and the official guarding the door immediately explained the situation to him.

"Patriarch Du has worked hard all the way, hurry up and come in." Shen Zhanghua greeted warmly.

The county officials who came later led the three officials to move things inside, Du Mingtang and Du Jiasuo were not easy to stand idle, so they naturally stepped forward to carry the sack, and Du Mei helped carry the pumpkin.

"Why did you collect so much? The town next to it hasn't come to deliver the grain yet. Shen Zhanghua saw a hill piled up in the backyard and asked in surprise.

"I was about to tell you that this harvest is thanks to plums, which she exchanged for the rice at home!" Du Huaibing looked at Du Mei, his eyes full of the elder's approval.

"She helped me a lot in this disaster relief." Shen Zhanghua caught Du Mei's figure in the crowd, this girl was strong and resilient, and had a natural compassion for the poor, and he looked at her with deep eyes.

"Our girl from Dujiagou is amazing." Du Huaibing grinned, quite proud.

"When the food from the imperial court comes down, I will always have to pay her back, so I will borrow it for the time being." Shen Zhanghua silently recited a sentence in his heart, not knowing whether to comfort himself or hide his good impression of Du Mei day by day.

Shen Zhanghua left them to eat a bowl of thin porridge, and the four of them said goodbye and left. Du Mei was going to sell game, and after Du Huaibing told her to be careful on the road, she left with her son, and Du Jiasuo wanted to buy some guys, and went to the carpenter's shop.

The shopkeeper Jiang was very happy to see the pheasant and the hare, and he didn't want Du Mei to bargain, so he paid 500 wen directly, and said that he would send it together if he had it in the future. Du Mei didn't know the price of game, but thought that a pheasant could be exchanged for nearly ten catties of rice, which was quite cost-effective, so he didn't say much.

Du Mei had picked up some extra spices in his shop and was going back to roast the hare, which he had more than the ones in Sheshan Town. The shopkeeper Jiang was very polite, and although he accepted her money, he gave some cheap star anise.

Back in Sheshan Town, talking about selling game in the grain store, Hei Jiaolong listened to the price and nodded. In this way, the shopkeeper Jiang is quite authentic, and he did not deceive Du Mei because he didn't understand the market, and Du Mei also had a good impression of him.

Back at home, Du Shuzheng helped peel the hare, and just as Du Mei brought back the seasoning, Xu's made spicy rabbit meat. The fresh smell wafted in the smoke of Dujiagou dusk, causing many children to swallow their saliva.

Du Mei handed over 500 Wen to Du Shu, Du Shu was shocked when he saw the money, he didn't expect to be able to sell so much, he insisted on taking out 200 Wen to Du Mei, which was the money for cages and clips. Du Mei couldn't refuse, so he had to stay and keep it for him.

This hare is three or four pounds, Du Shu and Du Mei's family ate a delicious meal of meat, there is still a lot left, Du Mei put a big bowl, Du Shu to take back tomorrow to eat.