The little sister smiled when she heard the man's words: "Then I'll go back and ask the little sister, if she makes up her mind, she will give Aoki Niang a word."

The sons also asked, don't you have to rely on us to make up your mind? ”

Liu Fatzi shook his head and said, "That's not the case." The four of them, just this one sister, always have to talk to them, how can they help the little sister to marry quietly. ”

The little sister said: "It's okay, just tell them." ”

A few days later, the Liu family told the Yang family that they thought it was very good to come to Xi, and the Yang family knew that this family was almost there, so happy that the smiles on their faces were piled up, and they kept saying that they wanted to go back to Liujiatang and let the eldest brother find a matchmaker to propose marriage.

Chrysanthemum and her brother were also very happy, but at this time, she was lazily crooked on the bamboo bed, with a thick mattress under her, and she just smiled and listened to Yang's nagging, occasionally interjecting, and her spirit was not very good, because, in the early summer of fifteen years old, her small body finally grew up!

After some preparation and tossing, she still felt very uncomfortable.

Yang was both happy and worried, forcing her to rest; The chrysanthemum itself also stopped a lot, honestly stewed some red dates, peanuts and rice porridge to drink, and rested obediently, and even the clothes were washed by Yang.

She attaches great importance to her body, much more than that face. Not to mention anything else, this level of giving birth to a baby after marriage is to fight for the life of Lord Yama, no matter how easy it is for others to give birth, Chrysanthemum knows that her figure is really not good to give birth to, of course, poor health is also an aspect.

Therefore, she is not hypocritical when it is time to recuperate, anyway, the family is now rich, but her father and brother have always been hardworking and down-to-earth, and they are not very public.

Aoki looked at his sister worriedly, not knowing what was wrong with her. If you want to say that she is sick, her mother doesn't seem to be in a hurry, and even her father is very happy with a smile on her face; If you want to say that it's not sick, my mother doesn't let my sister work at all, and she doesn't even let her wash vegetables, it's so warm, and my sister has cotton wool under her body, and it's not too hot.

This baby doesn't quite understand what women are all about, pure little boys, and only when they get married do they know that there are so many things about women. However, although he was puzzled at the moment, he didn't talk too much to get to the bottom of it, because he asked once and sent him away in a few words, which obviously showed that he couldn't tell him about it.

Just after dinner, Zheng Changhe was weaving straw shoes, Yang was washing dishes, Aoki was feeding pigs, and the chickens and ducks were called back, and he was finished weaving straw shoes with his father.

Yang cleaned up and sat beside Chrysanthemum, rubbing her back while continuing to nag about Laixi's family affairs for a while, and said that Laifu was going to get married at the end of the year, and Aoki was going to get married, and this year was busy, and he was going to be busy until the New Year.

"Dad, Carpenter Li, have you gone to see it?" Yang finished nagging and asked Zheng Changhe again, because Carpenter Li was helping Aoki make furniture in the new house.

Chrysanthemum unconsciously listened to her father and mother talk about the furniture and decoration of Aoki's new house, but her thoughts flew far away, she looked at the lush green bamboo in front of the yard, the fresh and tender green wild chrysanthemums under the root of the courtyard wall, and turned her head to look at a few peach trees that were not too tall.

It's both familiar and unfamiliar.

Familiar because she planted it all with her own hands and watched them grow and change; Strangeness, but she often falls into a kind of illusion, that is, everything in front of her is a dream, and when she wakes up, she is still in the countryside in her previous life.

How long will this dream last?

She will marry and have children here, and in the future there will be a group of babies running in the yard, and the peach tree in the yard must be very tall at that time, and the small osmanthus tree should also be luxuriant, and the jujube tree planted should be higher than the roof.

"Chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum! Do you think this will happen? Zheng Changhe's voice woke her up from her concoction.

I saw my father holding a straw flip-flop in his hand, and asked her with a smile if she was like this.

Chrysanthemum took the shoe and touched it with her hand, it was very soft; I looked at the texture again, and the weaving was also very fine, and it was obvious that Daddy had put in a lot of work.

It turned out that she suggested that Zheng Changhe scald the straw with boiling water and dried it to weave flip-flops. After taking a bath on such a hot day, you don't need to wear cloth shoes, just wear these slippers, which are soft and cost-effective, and convenient - throw them away directly when they are old, and they don't feel distressed.

She smiled and praised, "That's it." Dad, you make it really well, the soles of these shoes are thick, and they must be soft when you step on them. If you want to look good, you can also go to the river and cut some grass and come back, dry it and roll it into a thin rope, mix it in this yellow straw, and weave a pattern. ”

Yang smiled: "It's just straw sandals, barefoot at home, and it's not easy to wear out, why do you weave those patterns?" ”

Zheng Changhe said: "If you want chrysanthemums to look good, my father will help you mix some other colors." Even if you can't wear it out, it's comfortable to look at it yourself. He was praised by his daughter, and he was very interested.

Aoki took the flip-flops, looked at them over and over, and praised: "This saves trouble, you don't have to pull out the heel, and it won't fall off." If we go to work in the fields in clothes, it is easy to take off our shoes and put them on. ”

The chrysanthemums are busy and the ridges are not very clean, maybe there are snakes or something, you still wear those dense straw sandals, don't be lazy. ”

Zheng Changhe nodded and said that these shoes are only suitable for wearing in the yard and at home, if you wear them out, there will be grass everywhere outside, which is no different from bare feet.

While laughing, Zhang Huai came in and asked, "Uncle Zheng, are you weaving straw shoes?" My dad asked why you didn't come over to talk? ”

These two families have become a habit, and they generally go to bed early and get up early. In spring, summer and autumn, except for the busy days, they all had dinner early, and then the men gossiped with the men, and the daughters-in-law gossiped with the daughters-in-law, and the babies naturally gathered together.

Zheng Changhe let him look at the flip-flops he had knitted, and laughed for a while, the sky was dark, and the moon rose, so he put away the stall, took a bath, and then went out.

Zhang Huai saw that Chrysanthemum was not very energetic, and asked, "What's wrong with Chrysanthemum?" ”

Yang smiled: "It's nothing, it's just a little uncomfortable." It would be nice to rest. Huaizi, is your mother busy? ”

Zhang Huai hurriedly said: "I'm taking a bath." As he spoke, he took a small bench and sat down on the side of the bamboo bed of Chrysanthemum, and spoke to her softly.

When Aoki came out of the bath and called Yang to wash, Huaizi approached the chrysanthemum and asked softly, "Why are you uncomfortable?" As he spoke, he touched her hand and felt cold, and then looked at the thick mattress under her, and said worriedly: "It's so warm, do you still feel cold?" ”

Chrysanthemum pushed him away a little uncomfortably, and said with a smile: "I just ate a little too much, my stomach is a little swollen, just lie down for a while." My body has always been like this—a little weak, not very strong. At that time, Dr. Qin was here, so he told me to make up more, and I have been making up for it. ”

Huaizi held her hand and was reluctant to let it go - he didn't want to take advantage, but he just felt that today's chrysanthemums were extremely weak, like sun-dried flowers, which made people feel distressed.

In the past, chrysanthemums were like bath flowers (scientific name purple jasmine) that bloomed in the morning and evening, and they were very fresh and brilliant in the morning and evening.

After dinner, she either looked at the wild chrysanthemums under the wall, or looked at the bamboos, and carried a small hoe in her hand to carefully remove the weeds; Otherwise, it is to see how much fruit grows on the fruit tree; Or simply run to the creek and sit down, and then lead a flock of ducks back until it gets dark, and don't want to come back when it's dark on a moonlit night.

Not to mention in the morning, the spirit is very cheerful!

At the moment, it must be extremely uncomfortable to be like this, and Chrysanthemum is not a squeamish girl. She lay there, trying to pull her hand out of his, and struggled weakly twice, and then she didn't bother to move, and let him hold it. Suddenly, he had a longing in his heart, wanting to hold her in his arms, let her lean on his shoulder, and whisper to himself about her discomfort, he would comfort her and coax her!

He was taken aback by his own thoughts, and hurriedly dropped it, only holding her hand tightly, expressing his wordless concern, thinking about it and comforting her: "Make up for it slowly, you can always raise it." Now there are many chickens and ducks at home, so I killed a few more and stewed them. As he spoke, he remembered something and said to her, "Your belly is swollen, you should get up and walk, how can you lie down?" ”

Chrysanthemum listened for a while, and had to say: "I don't want to move, I feel uncomfortable with my stomach falling." I'm fine, I'm getting better now, don't you worry. ”

His large, slightly rough hand gripped her small hand, and there was a burning heat in his palm, reassuring her. The two were very close, the moon was like washing, the breeze was coming, and the grass and insects under the root of the wall were chirping softly, and they were slow and slow, light and heavy. She thought of Liu Xiaomei, but she was just happy to see each other, and this was a marriage, and other girls were like this, only she was different, so she couldn't help but sigh with satisfaction.

Huaizi listened, his hand tightened, and he asked softly, "Is it uncomfortable?" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "No, I'm thinking of my little sister." Brother Huaizi, do you know, my little sister is about to marry Laixi. Hehe, I saw that the two of them were good that day. ”

Zhang Huai also laughed silently, saying that both of them were ghosts and clever looks, and it must be very interesting to be together.

After a few laughs, Chrysanthemum asked him what the fungus looked like.

Zhang Huai said to her: "This stubble grows well, but it is less harvested." I discussed with Brother Changming to cut the tree so that one tree could be used as two. Also, it's not very convenient at home, so we want to build a straw hut on the hill to grow fungus—where the oak tree was found—and even if these trees are still thrown on the mountain, the fungus will fend for itself, and maybe it will grow for miles. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "This is a simulated natural environment." Well, it's just like the wild appearance of the fungus. ”

Zhang Huai smiled: "Isn't it, those mushrooms have also grown a little more." Brother Changming and I each take care of a few meadows, and we go to see them in the morning and evening. I just don't know how to fatten them. A piece of grass can't grow mushrooms all the time, I guess it must be fertilised. ”

Just as Aoki came over, he asked with a smile, "What do you help with fattening?" ”