Chapter Forty-Seven: The Feud Between the Two Families
"What about the big zongzi, I obviously put it on my body, why is it gone?"
Aunt Niu was circling around the house, so anxious that she wanted to turn the house over.
When everyone saw her looking for something, they knew that she cared about it, and they also helped her find it.
"Aunt Niu is here." Ning Zeqing stood by the stove and shouted.
Aunt Niu walked over and took a look, and she was angry with herself.
It turned out that the big zongzi was put into the steamer by her and cooked with the ordinary zongzi she usually eats! If it weren't for the red thread wrapped on the outside, I am afraid that I would not be able to find it until I eat it.
Aunt Niu hurriedly picked up her sweethearted baby, and was so remorseful: "Why don't I have long eyes, but you want to compare with that mother-in-law, how can you just steam it like this?" ”
When Aunt Niu said this, she turned around and asked Ning Zeqing: "What is the bread in this thing, if it is steamed, can it still be compared with others?" ”
Ning Zeqing couldn't hide the smile in his eyes, glanced at Shi Shu, went back to the house for a while, came out with a note, and comforted Aunt Niu: "Blame me for forgetting to tell you." Whether this thing is raw or cooked is not in the way, but when the time comes, I will explain it to you so that everyone can understand the meaning. ”
Qu Mingli stretched his neck to look at it, and saw that the paper read, "Ten years old rich, twenty red and thirty fresh, forty fragrant and fifty sweet, and 100-year-old perfect fortune surrounding", but I still don't know what it means, and I don't know what the mystery of the zongzi is.
When Aunt Niu saw him say this, she put her mind at ease, folded the paper and put it away, and carefully wiped the zongzi clean, and then went out quickly.
On the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival, snakes and insects walked around, and everyone stopped going out, stayed at home peacefully, tasted all the food prepared by Aunt Niu, ate with a round belly, and felt the pleasure of being full and rich.
Before noon, Aunt Niu twisted her waist, waved her hands, held her head high, squinted around, and came back with big strides, like a fighting on the field.
When everyone looked at this posture, they knew that it was stable.
Aunt Niu entered the hospital and hurriedly thanked Ning Zeqing and Shi Shu.
"You are really my lucky star, and I know that it is a safe thing to trust you. The face of the surnamed Ma has not been so stinky in a long time. I just have to see her defeat and be happy. ”
Qu Mingli and the three of them still didn't understand the mystery of the zongzi, so they asked Aunt Niu.
Aunt Niu explained: "There is a piece of fine meat, two red dates, three scallops, four shiitake mushrooms, five dates and 100 grains of glutinous rice in the zongzi, and the whole body is wrapped with red thread, which does not match those two sentences." Fine meat symbolizes meat to eat, rich, red dates, fresh conpoy, mushroom fragrance, sweet dates, the glutinous rice is steamed and round, naturally it is complete, and the red line is not a symbol of good luck. It is naturally good to congratulate people on the blessings of this life with these few things. Everyone in the village likes the meaning of this zongzi, if you don't vote for me, who else can you vote for. ”
After Aunt Niu finished speaking, she laughed with satisfaction, and Qu Mingli and the three of them also sighed that the zongzi were cleverly conceived.
Shi Shu asked Aunt Niu: "In previous years, Aunt Ma was not a good chess player, and she must have made a lot of clever moves, I don't know what she took this year?" ”
Aunt Niu snorted lightly with a smile, full of nonchalance: "This year, the surnamed Ma took out a boat made of zongzi leaves, sprinkled with some realgar water, and used wormwood and calamus leaves to make a water surface as the bottom, and saw a few kite-like small leaves on the hull. This thing is good-looking, delicate and exquisite, originally everyone praised her for her good craftsmanship, but when I took it out, no one looked at her anymore. After speaking, there was a smug look on his face that could not be hidden.
When everyone saw that Aunt Niu's wish had come true, they naturally congratulated her.
"By the way, the winner of the village association can lead the Youth League, I brought it back and gave it to you to taste."
Aunt Niu has been smiling since she came back at noon, even humming a small tune when she cooks for them, until the evening, when Xiao Fugui comes back from school, his body is stained with mud, his face is bruised, the cloth bag where he put the book is also torn, and it is wet, he wipes his tears as he walks home, and he can't cry.
Seeing this, Aunt Niu hurriedly greeted him, patted the sludge on his body, and asked him who he was bullied by.
Xiao Fugui choked and shook his head, reluctant to speak.
Aunt Niu blushed: "Is it that dog again?" It's okay to push and shove on weekdays, why did you hit you like this with such a heavy hand today. It must have been instigated by the surnamed Ma, and the adults don't care about it, how to bring the children to the bone, and they have to divide the high and low like this. ”
Aunt Niu looked at it again and saw that Xiao Fugui's forehead was a little blue, and she was even more emotional: "No, I can't swallow this breath, I have to teach that little bastard a good lesson." ”
Aunt Niu picked up Xiao Fugui and was about to rush out of the house to reason with them in the next village.
Xiao Fugui hurriedly grabbed his mother, sobbing and said intermittently: "It's not Brother Dog, it's the two tigers." Brother Goudan saw that I was beaten, and came to help me, and in the end, he was also beaten. Later, when they got tired of fighting, they left, and my brother and I both went home. ”
When Aunt Niu heard this, she was surprised: "He has always bullied you, how can he help you?" Who belongs to those two tigers, I've never heard you talk about him. Take me to his house, I'll have to screw him. ”
Qu Mingli persuaded Aunt Niu not to be impatient, Ban Fei hugged Xiao Fugui to check his injuries, Ning Zeqing picked up the bookbag that was already broken and wet, and found that the book inside was soaked and could not be read anymore.
After everyone calmed down the emotions of the two, Ning Zeqing asked, "Aunt Niu, is there a bookstore in this village?" ”
Aunt Niu shook her head: "There is only one school here, where is the bookstore." ”
Ning Zeqing asked again: "Then where can I buy books?" I see that Xiao Fugui's book can no longer be used, and if he doesn't make up for it, I'm afraid it will delay his studies. ”
Aunt Niu looked embarrassed: "But the nearest one has to go to the town to buy, there are so many places from here, how can I rush back and forth without a day's effort." ”
When Ning Zeqing heard this, he asked Ban Fei to go to the town early tomorrow, make a list of books by himself, and buy books according to the list, and Ban Fei should leave.
Aunt Niu thanked Ning Zeqing, and pulled Xiao Fugui to teach him a lesson for half an hour, thinking that he was too weak, and he would only cry when he was bullied, and he wouldn't even fight back.
This night, Qu Mingli found Ban Fei, looking mysterious.
"What are you looking for me to do? I've got to be early tomorrow, but I've got to go to bed early. ”
Qu Mingli glanced at the compartment on Ning Zeqing's side, and saw that there was no movement, so he took out some change from his sleeve and stuffed it to Ban Fei.
"Ning Zeqing, that person, only knows how to let people die studying, Xiao Fugui is so small, where can he see those difficult things."
Ban Fei thought that he asked him not to buy the books on the list, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, I can't disobey the general's order." ”
Qu Mingli sighed: "I asked you not to buy it, I asked you to buy a few more villain books, Xiao Fugui is tired of reading those, so it's better to change the taste, and combine work and rest." ”
Ban Fei put his mind at ease, took his money, and praised Qu Mingli for his thoughtfulness.