On the way back from Kushui Town to the village, it was already the time of the evening meal, the courtyard was shabby, and it was a hasty start, but the coffin was newly painted and shiny, with a pungent smell.

Luo Shi called for a lift, and helped to unload the things from the ox cart, and the meat and grain were all moved into the stove shed, and the rest of the sundries were put into the room first, and then sorted out at leisure in the evening.

The daughter-in-law went to the house to get white noodles and japonica rice, and a few aunts and uncles who helped also borrowed the dishes, chopsticks, stools and chairs of each family, and slipped them out under the funeral shed.

Turn on the stove to make a fire, and use the pot to stew the big bone radish soup first.

She washed the big bones and boiled them in boiling water, peeled and cut the radish into pieces, cut the ginger shreds to remove the smell, and slowly stewed them on the stove first-

Then deal with the pig's head, first wash the miscellaneous meat and throw it into boiling water to blanch for a while, and then start to wrap star anise, fennel, cinnamon, green onion ginger and other spices with gauze and throw them into the pot, and so on simmer over low heat until crispy, and then remove the oil and scoop it up, it looks ruddy in color and fragrant and glutinous. Luo Shi cut the pig's head meat into thin slices and put it on a plate, patted a cucumber, poured a spoonful of vinegar, and ate it with fresh garlic.

When the full daughter-in-law arrived, the rass had already dealt with the pig's water, and there was a burst of meat fragrance in the yard, which made people's appetite move and greedy.

"What is this boiling? It's so fragrant that your nose is going to fall off! ”

"Big bone radish soup, although there is no meat on the big bones, but the soup is stewed but the food is extraordinarily fragrant, and it is a perfect match with white radish"

Radish lifted the lid of the pot, picked a piece of radish and tasted it, it was soft and sweet, not astringent at all, she moved the fire in the stove, and simmered it for a while with the residual temperature.

The daughter-in-law of the full hoard helped together, she took out the noodle primer to wake up the noodles, Liangzhou people are used to eating pasta, there is meat and vegetables, and they have to be full of steamed buns.

The daughter-in-law is full of rolling noodles and cutting agents, and they are all placed on the dumpling curtains, and Luo Shi also bought pork neck, which is better than chopping stuffing with shepherd's cabbage and steaming big meat buns, which is more real than steamed buns.

In addition to the stocky meat dishes, Bai Song stir-fried, garlic spinach is also made refreshing and crisp, a table of meat and vegetables, with large bone radish soup, a few tables of white rice can also cope with the past.

When it was time to eat, the number of people who came gradually increased, and Luo Shi didn't recognize people, and most of them were full of daughters-in-law greeting.

When Shengzi meets someone who is familiar, he will nod his head, and he will not pay attention to the unfamiliar. Everyone knew that he was a fool, so naturally they would not be like him.

Shengzi has no close relatives, but there are a few distant uncles, and they are also estranged on weekdays, except for these few people who came to the banquet and sent hundreds of dollars, the rest are the neighbors and craftsmen who helped this time.

Everyone has finished eating, the women left to help clean up, and the men all went home early to rest.

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The next day, the funeral was released, the coffin was covered and the soil was sealed, and it should be done in accordance with the customs, and the trip down was quite smooth. Although there are still some trivial matters in the follow-up, in the end, the rest will be patiently and slowly hammered.

After a few days of busy work, he finally passed the first seven filial piety, and the mourning shed was demolished in his yard.

On this day, Erkui, dressed in thick cotton clothes and wearing a pair of newly made soap boots, came to find Luo Shi, saying that he had already found Li Zheng to complete the ransom and wanted to bring the three abducted girls back to Tongzhou.

Shanzi's daughter-in-law Que Rong was resolute, saying that the sister-in-law at home was mean, and her father and mother were eccentric, so she said a bad old man's family affair for her, she didn't want to, but now she was abducted to Liangzhou, Shanzi looks good, and there are a few small money in the family, and she refuses to go back. The other two girls lost their bodies and had no face to go back, and after a few thoughts, they accepted their fate, and they also planned to stay in Kushui, just asking Erkui to report safety to Tongzhou's parents, and take care of the world, if there is a creation in the future, go back to see their parents.

Therefore, there are only three people left who went back with Erkui.

When the agreed departure date was tomorrow, he specially came to find Luo Shi to say goodbye.

"Sister, I'm leaving, now at the end of October, about the beginning of December, my mother is still waiting for me to accompany her over Laba, do you have a message for me to bring? Or tell me to buy something to bring back when I go back? Tongzhou is rich, Liangzhou is poor, if you lack anything, you can tell me"

Luo Shi thought for a moment, talking about food, clothing, housing and transportation, she has become a local custom, and now she has little money in her hand, she can't live the small life of the previous owner girl. But there is one thing that she can't do without whether she has money or not, that is, she is blind to chili peppers, and she can't eat spicy food since she came to Liangzhou, and she is uncomfortable.

"Why don't you find a bag of chili seeds for me and buy them in Niujia Village, where farmers grow more."

Erkui was very surprised when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's also strange, Sister Que Rong also asked me to bring spicy peppers, she said that it was cold in Liangzhou, and it was not easy to grow chili peppers, so she asked me to pull a cart of dried chili peppers back, how much can I stuff, she wants to open a spicy workshop by herself, make spicy vegetables and sell them for money."

Luo Shi smiled lightly, her method of getting rich, I don't know how many farmers she has fed, but someone has been abducted to Liangzhou, and she has not forgotten the benefits of spicy seeds.

Along the way to be abducted by Li Dahu, she knew that Que Rong used to work in a spicy vegetable workshop, which was a household under the milk chain, and only made spicy strips. Querong is a smart person, and quickly learned the skills of spicy dishes, but she has a yin temperament and has a lot of ideas, except for the practice of spicy dishes, the rest of the newly developed spicy dishes, the grandmother hid her hand, and did not let her know.

Luo Shi has been incognito, so she doesn't plan to touch the spicy dish business again, and asks Erkui to bring chili seeds, just to facilitate her own spicy food, although pregnant women should not eat, but she is really not spicy or happy, thinking that she can taste a little once in a while, and enjoy it.

"Since she entrusts you, it's convenient for you to act, I want to plant my own seeds, although Liangzhou is cold, I also have a way, how can I expect you to piggyback on it, it's not a long-term solution after all"

Luo Shi took out a bag from the house, handed it to Er Kui, and said with a smile:

"Although I know that Aunt Cuiying loves you, it must be well prepared, I still talk about my heart, there are a few spring cakes and a jar of eggplant vegetables in the baggage, you take it to eat on the road, be careful"

Erkui smiled, took the burden with joy, put it on his shoulder, and said happily:

"Thank you, sister, I will definitely save food, and I promise to do it well, you can rest assured, I will definitely come back!"

"Okay, wait for you to come back"

After sending Erkui away, Luo Xi returned to his house.

After Grandma left, Shengzi moved to the West House to live, the kang bed in the East House was too small, and Shengzi slept alone and was still too crowded, let alone add a raspit.

The two lived in separate rooms and ate together, and Shengzi gradually came out of the grief of Grandma's death, and he began to become very dependent on Luo Shi.

Just one thing, every morning the rooster has not yet crowed, he has been discredited to get up, the first thing is to come to the door of the room to call her, only to listen to her sleepy eyes to respond, he is relieved, happy to carry water into the tank, chop wood to make a fire.

Luo Shi felt helpless when she thought about it, and after sending Er Kui away, she walked in with her legs on the door frame, and saw Shengzi standing in the hall with an unhappy face:

"Long-winded! The wild boar is running away! ”

"Wild boars have legs, it's strange if they don't run"

Hmph, listening to Luo Shi without a trace of apology, the boss of Shengzi was unhappy, and turned his face to ignore her.

Today she promised to go with him to the mountains to investigate the traps, but Erkui came early in the morning, grinding and chirping, he was so anxious to wait, and he didn't dare to go out to catch people, because Luo Xi said that he would honestly wait for her in the hall, and if he took a step, she would deduct a broad bean he had saved, and he was reluctant!

Luo Xi saw that he was carrying an old quiver, in which there were three or five arrows, and although the arrow was sharpened, the feathers of the arrow were sparse and yellow, and it was not decently broken—this arrow flew out, and it was difficult to shoot the prey.

And the bow he was carrying in his hand was not a birch cow tendon, just a shoddy one.

"Are you still going?"

"I'm not going!" Shengzi muffled, pulled off the quiver on his body, and threw it on the case.

Luo Xi smiled, took out two broad beans from his arms, pushed them in front of him, and said softly: "This is your obedient, stay in the hall obediently and wait for my reward, take it~"

Shengzi's eyelids jumped, and he hesitated for a moment when his hand touched the broad beans, but in the end, he didn't resist himself, but still gathered up and ran to his room with the broad beans.

Luo Shi knew that he hid an iron box on the head of the kang, and there were no copper coins and silver in it, but only a bunch of broad beans as treasures.

After grinding for a long time, Shengzi carried a hoe and said to Luo Shi: "I'll go turn the vegetable patch for Uncle Jing!" ”

"Stop-" Luo Shi stopped him, and then said: "I only went to turn it over yesterday, and the good cabbage has been turned over by you, you have to have the strength to use it in your own wasteland, why do you cheapen others for nothing?" Really don't go to the mountains? Are you sure? ”

"Don't go"

"Oh...... That's a pity, I made a bag toss overnight yesterday, I'm afraid you won't need it today...... It's a pity."

Luo Shi sighed tactfully, and took out a tossing bag from his arms and displayed it in front of his eyes.

Throwing pocket is a miniature version of the stone thrower, it is made of wool, the middle waist is covered with raw cowhide to make a small pocket, when using one end of the small ring is set on the middle finger, the end is pinched in the hand, the stone is loaded in the small pocket, and finally waved, after the inertia increases, take advantage of the situation to loosen the end, take the stone to hit the prey, full of power.

When there is no money to buy a new hunting bow and arrow, this thing is the best hunting weapon that Luo Shi can come up with, and it was used by herdsmen to drive away wolves in the grassland.

Shengzi couldn't take his eyes off when he saw the throwing of his pocket, he took it happily, and grinned happily:

"Go, go, go!"

Seeing his stupid tiger appearance, Luo Shi pursed her lips and smiled.

The two of them brought good things, except for bows, arrows, sickles, back baskets, scissors, and water bladders and dry food, so they entered the mountains from the back mountain trail and climbed into the mountains little by little.

Luo Shi knew that she was pregnant and should not be too tired, so she said to Shengzi that she would only try her luck in the shallow forest to see if there were any hares and pheasants in the traps dug earlier.

In addition to game, she also wants to find some wild vegetables to cook and drink at home, but now this season, it is more difficult.

Along the way, she only found some yellow quail and shepherd's cabbage, and there were not a few sickles, just enough for her own family to eat a few meals.

Compared to the scythe and the scissors, Shengzi went straight to the destination, he wanted to see if there was any trapped prey in the trap. When he excitedly drilled into the trap and looked inside, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and turned his head to Luo Shi, who was a foot away behind him, and said:

"No wild boars ......"

"Isn't that nonsense?" Luo Shi put down a handful of shepherd's cabbage and threw it into the back basket.

"But there's a girl down there......"

Shengzi blinked innocently, stretched out his finger, and poked into the trap.