Chapter 57: Cold Noodles (Part II)
[Please keep in mind the domain name of this site" ", or search in Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] The door of the courtyard creaked open. Gong stopped what he was doing, stood up and looked out: "It's my mother-in-law who is back." Sit here! I'll pick it up. ”
Gong went out in a hurry to pick up the vegetable basket in Yuan's mother's hand. I just bought some vegetables and made a basket of them.
"Eggplant today?" Gong Shi looked at the eggplant in the basket and asked Yuan's mother.
Mother Yuan sat on the stone bench under the grape trellis and said, "This is given by your sixth aunt." You'll cut it up later and put it outside to make dried eggplant. ”
Although Gong has been married for a few years, he always doesn't match the taste of Yuan's mother's food. Fresh vegetables are not eaten early, but prefer to be dried. I can't finish eating the beans I grow at home, and I can't say anything about it, but this eggplant ......
Thinking about it, the eggplant was dried and mixed with the sauce that Yuan's mother dried herself, and Gong felt a little difficult to swallow. She sneered, "I thought I'd eat it today!" ”
Mother Yuan rubbed her knees, a little unhappy that Gong didn't know how to be thrifty: "If I don't buy vegetables, just eat this." Why don't you know how to live yet? Is it easy for Lin Er to get the money on an errand? ”
Seeing Yuan's mother say this, Gong's face stiffened slightly, and then smiled: "It's the daughter-in-law who can't think about it." Mother-in-law's knees are uncomfortable again? ”
"It looks like it's raining around. It's finally not that hot. Mother Yuan put down the fan, took the tea handed by Gong and took a sip. The rain did not come down to them, and it caused her knees to ache for once.
Gong took the fan, played the fan in a gang, and said with a smile: "Yes." Tomorrow, my daughter-in-law will go grocery shopping. "She married here, and Yuan's mother did all the grocery shopping, and she didn't put the money in her hands, lest she spend all Yuan Lin's money.
Mother Yuan didn't answer, but just asked, "Is your uncle back?" ”
"Not yet!"
Mother Yuan looked at the courtyard door and said with some concern: "Why don't you come back at this time?" ”
"Maybe there's something important to delay. A few days ago, the uncle was not busy and didn't come back for a few days. I heard from the minister that the township test is about to begin, and the city gates have increased the number of people. ”
"Yes! Mid-Autumn Festival is coming! Mother Yuan suddenly raised her head and asked, "I just heard on the road that cotton cloth is only more than 200 yuan a horse now, but is it true?" ”
"I sent more than 300 wen a few days ago, where will it drop so much, if so, we won't make much money." Gong Shi counted the money and shook his head.
Mother Yuan nodded: "I think so too." I still have two yarns in my room, so you can send them with you today. ”
Rui Xue thought that it was okay for her to stay in the house all the time, so she walked out of Gong's house and greeted Yuan's mother with a smile.
Mother Yuan saw her and nodded: "What are you doing in the house?" It's hot inside, but it's not as cool as outside. Sit down and cool off. ”
Rui Xue walked up to Yuan's mother and said with a smile: "I'm watching my sister-in-law weaving." Can the lady spin? ”
Mother Yuan nodded and said, "It's just a craft to make a living." You are a guest, don't always help out with things. ”
"It's fine. I don't know what to do alone. ”
Mother Yuan turned to Gong and said, "Aren't you going to send cloth?" Can you finish weaving? I'll just talk to her here, and you can go! ”
Gong handed the fan to Yuan's mother and hurriedly walked towards his house. There's still a section left, and it'll be over in a while. If you don't send it today, you will be deducted again.
Mother Yuan saw Gong enter the house and motioned for Ruixue to sit down, but she saw that Ruixue was a little slow to sit down: "What's wrong?" Sore legs? ”
Ruixue nodded sheepishly.
"I haven't traveled so much on weekdays!"
Ruixue nodded in response.
"Just rest for two days." Mother Yuan shook her fan and said, "I heard Bin'er say, who did you come to Nanjing to find, did you find it?" ”
Ruixue sighed and shook her head: "No." I don't know who my father brought me to Nanjing to look for, so I can only find it slowly. ”
"Is that what you were born here? Bin'er said, you were born with a serious illness, was it Lang Zhongzhi here? ”
This one......? Ruixue really didn't know. But think about it, I should have been born in Nanjing, otherwise there would be no such thing as saving people. But if he was born here, why didn't Dad say that he had relatives here?
Mother Yuan said with concern: "Who else is there in your family?" Just you? Are there any other siblings? ”
Ruixue shook her head again: "No." My mother went after I was born, and my father was the only one. She also wants to have relatives now, so that she can meet her father much faster. Later, Gong Shi is going out to deliver cloth, I don't know if I can ask her to accompany me to the medicine shop. Although I was a little afraid of meeting that adult, I ...... It's a lot better to have someone around you.
Mother Yuan sighed, and the next conversation seemed much more cordial, and asked Rui Xue where she had lived before, and asked her what she liked to eat: "Are we used to the taste of cooking?" If you are not used to eating, say it, and tell me what you want to eat, don't be polite, since you have arrived at my house, it is fate. Later, your second sister-in-law will go to deliver the cloth, and go back and pull a piece to make clothes for you to wear. ”
Rui Xue saw that Yuan's mother spoke a lot more intimately, and she only felt weird, why did she suddenly become very close again? She thought about what she had just said, but she didn't seem to say anything! How could it suddenly change?
Rui Xue quickly gave up this inexplicable question, she had another thing in mind, and she asked tentatively, "Auntie." Later, my sister-in-law will go outside to deliver the cloth, can I go with me? ”
Mother Yuan was very talkative, she smiled and said, "If you want to go, go and tell me what to do." When you are free one day, ask your sister-in-law to take you shopping. ”
As soon as Rui Xue saw her agree, the whole person became happy and thanked her with a mouthful of thanks.
"Say what? I'm so happy! ”
The courtyard door was pushed open again, and Yuan Bin walked in from outside with a smile. On duty all night, he was still in good spirits, and there was a world of difference from Yuan Sen, who was tired in the morning.
Rui Xue stood up with her hands on the stone table, the discomfort of her legs still made her figure slightly unstable, and she smiled and said, "Lord Yuan." ”
Yuan Bin greeted Yuan's mother, and saw Rui Xue nodding at her with a smile.
Mother Yuan handed the fan in her hand to Yuan Bin: "Have you eaten?" ”
Gong ran out again and said Wanfu to Yuan Bin: "Uncle is back, I'll go below, you can sit here for a while!" ”
"Go wash your face. Why did you come back so late than Sen'er? After a while, we can all have lunch. Yuan's mother obviously likes Yuan Bin very much, and the tone of her conversation with Yuan Bin is full of intimacy. It's not like she talks to Gong with a touch of alienation.
Yuan Bin washed his face by the well: "There is still something to do." I'm going out after I've eaten. ”
Gong smiled and said, "I know." ”
Ruixue followed Gong into the kitchen: "Sister-in-law, you go weave." I'll just come down below. ”
"You...... Can you? ”
Gong was really in a hurry. Fang was in a hurry to pick up Yuan's mother, but the shuttle ran out in a hurry before she could do it, but she missed a few threads and didn't weave, so she retreated back and weaved, wasting a lot of time. If it is sent late, it is not worth it to ask someone to deduct dozens of dollars in vain.
"I've done it for my dad. When the noodles are down, take cold water and wash them up. ”
Gong Shi unfinished his apron without saying a word, and hurriedly walked into his room despite Yuan's mother's strange gaze, speeding up.
Next, put it in cold water to cool, then control the moisture and add condiments.
Seeing that it was Rui Xue who came out to eat, Yuan Bin was a little surprised, and he quickly stood up and took it.
Yuan's mother said, "You got it?" ”
Rui Xue crossed her hands and nodded: "Sister-in-law is in a hurry to weave, so I'll help do it." ”
Mother Yuan smiled and took her hand and looked at her carefully: "Now the girl is getting more and more capable!" You can do so much at such a young age. ”
Rui Xue was a little embarrassed by her praise like this, she didn't put her hand down, nor did she take it back, so she could only bow her head in embarrassment.
Yuan Bin took a bite of the noodles, praised them for being delicious, and said to Yuan's mother: "Didn't I tell my mother yesterday that her father is a cook." ”
"Even if it's a cook's daughter, it's not common for you to be so capable at such a young age."
Yuan Bin smiled slightly at what his mother said, he quickly finished eating noodles, and said to Ruixue: "I have already gone to the pharmacy you told me about yesterday." They say that if anyone comes to me, they will come and talk to me. Don't be in a hurry. ”
"Really?" Hearing Yuan Bin say this, Rui Xue was really happy, "Lord Yuan, did you ask them about the winter twelve years ago, when they treated a baby and gave the child's father a bowl of noodles to eat?" ”
Yuan Bin looked at Ruixue: "Did you tell me that it was winter?" ”
Didn't you? Did you forget to say it? Ruixue patted her head with some chagrin, how could she forget such an important matter?
"Don't worry. I'll just say it again. Tell me what your father looks like. Think about it this time, but don't forget anything! Yuan Bin said half-seriously and half-jokingly, with a hint of his father's taste of looking at himself in his eyes, very kind and kind.
She lost her mind slightly, under the gaze of Yuan's mother, this kind of distraction was just a moment's work, and soon she recovered: "My father looks ......" Rui Xue simply said the appearance of Wang Jiuzhi, and said specially, "My father is missing an index finger on his right hand, so everyone calls him Wang Jiuzhi." Also, my father said that my name was given by the old gentleman who treated me. Dad said it was because it was snowing at the time. That's what the old gentleman gave me. ”
Yuan Bin glanced at her deeply: "So that's the case." ”
"Yes."
"I see. When I'm busy, I'll go again. Yuan Bin ate a cup of tea, wiped his mouth and stood up, "Mother, I'm leaving." I only came back for dinner in the evening. ”
Yuan's mother ate something when she saw her son come back, and she didn't even sit down for a while, so she hurried out, a little distressed, and followed the instructions behind her: "Walk slowly, just eat, your stomach will be uncomfortable." Lower duty early in the evening. ”
Seeing that Yuan Bin was gone, he closed the door, but he couldn't help complaining: "What do you do so desperately, it's not a good errand, if it's a good student to study, maybe you'll be an official now, where do you have to work so hard!" ”
Mother Yuan complained and entered the house, doing her own thing, leaving Ruixue alone in the yard.
Study? Has Yuan Bin read a book? As far as she knows, everyone in the world says that reading is good, since he has studied, why didn't he take the test to become a soldier? Are you afraid that you won't be able to pass the exam? Or......
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Cold noodles: In ancient times, it was called cold tao. According to legend, it originated in the Tang Dynasty, as evidenced by Bai Juyi's poems. The so-called cold food festival to eat cold noodles, the source of the Ming Dynasty Xu Wei's poem: "The willow color is not yellow and the cold has been eaten, and the locust buds are green and cold and fragrant"
In addition, the same thing is the burning noodles in Yibin, Sichuan. The principle is similar to that of cold noodles, except that the burning noodles can really burn.
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