However, this vegetable field was not opened that day, because the outgoing swineherd came to the Qin family's old house.

The swineherd was a woman in her fifties, and when she saw the Yunxi sisters, she looked dissatisfied and opened her mouth to ask, "Didn't you say that you would take over my work today?" I waited until the afternoon, why didn't you show up? Is this waiting for me to come to the door? The shelves are big enough...... Ah, go away! ”

The woman's series of questions, Yunxi did not react, suddenly a dog barked, the little black dog ran out of the stove room, and rushed towards the woman, the woman was so frightened that she hurriedly retreated, but the little black dog ran after her, the woman was so frightened that her face trembled, and there was no command just now.

Yunxi couldn't help laughing, but she also saw that the little black dog was just acting fiercely, but she didn't really want to bite the woman, but just teasing the woman, so she tried to bark: "Little Hei, come back." ”

The little black dog's bite stopped, but he didn't run to Yunxi, but stayed where he was, raised his head and stared at the woman fiercely, the woman rushed to her throat and swallowed it back, glaring at Yunxi with hatred: "Anyway, my work has been done, if you don't go, if the pigs in the pigsty run away, it has nothing to do with me!" ”

Yunxi smiled and nodded: "Thank you aunt for reminding me, Laidi and I will go to the pigsty with you, it is better to hand over these things in person, so as not to have misunderstandings in the future." ”

The woman choked on her words, looked down at the little black dog who was barking at her, and finally said angrily, "Then don't delay, let's go now." ”

Yunxi answered, beckoning Laidi to follow the woman to the pigsty.

The little black dog flicked his tail, ran back to the stove, and ran to the master under the window, his eyes dark and bright, and his face full of anticipation waiting for praise.

A smile flashed in Qin Jianguo's eyes, and he picked up two pieces of oil residue from the bowl on the table next to him and fed them to his mouth: "The award is for you." ”

The little black dog opened its mouth to catch the oil residue, and its tail wagged more cheerfully.

The pigsty on the team was originally rebuilt from a small temple at the back of the village, and the statue sculpture and the like were smashed in the four old activities, and the Ming Hall was useless, and the wings on both sides were changed into pigsties, with doors and windows, and the roof tiles were also strong, but it was better than the old house of the Qin family.

However, the peculiar and strong pungent smell of the pigsty discouraged Yunxi and stopped in front of the threshold of the small temple.

The woman urged impatiently, "Hurry up, I'll go home after the handover." ”

Lai Di knew that Yunxi loved to be clean, so she hurriedly said, "Sister, I'll go in, you wait for me outside." ”

The woman sneered, "Is this a squeamish person who has just gotten married?" When I came to the pigsty to pick pig manure a few days ago, I didn't see you disliking it. ”

Yunxi's heart suddenly sank, she couldn't make people suspicious, and besides, she couldn't retreat if she was supposed to work as a swineherd.

However, she did not respond to the woman's cynicism, and held her breath and pulled Laidi into the small temple.

It should be heard that the movement is heard, and the two pigs raised in the wings on both sides are screaming at the same time, and there are those who bow their heads and hit the fence fiercely, and the sound is loud, as if they are going to break through the pig pen and run out in the next moment.

The woman didn't move, she just looked at the Yunxi sisters playfully.

Yunxi was looking at the pigsty, all the pigs in it were white-skinned pigs, but they were very dirty, except for the two sows, the rest of the piglets were thin and long, with empty stomachs, Yunxi frowned, turned his head and asked the woman: "Didn't you feed at noon?" ”

This pig is more delicate than raising children, three meals a day, rice bran sweet potatoes mixed with pigweed cooked and fed to them. It will be 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and if it is fed at noon, the pork belly will not be deflated so that you can see the ribs.

When the woman heard her question, a trace of weakness flashed on her face, and she quickly stiffened her neck: "If you hadn't been rubbing and refusing to come, these pigs would have starved?" ”

"We went to the town to get a household registration, and we didn't come back at noon......," Lai Di explained unconvinced, but the woman glared: "That's your business, you took over this job in the morning, and you should be responsible for this pig meal at noon." ”

The woman's voice was very loud, Lai Di was so frightened that she grabbed Yunxi's hand, Yunxi patted her hand soothingly, looked up and said to the woman: "Handover." ”

Yunxi didn't want to entangle with the woman, but the woman thought she was afraid, walked into the Ming Hall with her chin raised, pushed open a door on the side, pointed inside, and said: "The rice bran is inside, and there is half a bag, the pot stove is also inside, and the straw is in the opposite room......"

The woman only said two or three words, and when the handover was complete, she shook off her hands and left.

More than 20 pigs in the pigsty were still howling, Yunxi opened the cauldron on the stove, but it was very clean, the water tank on the side was empty, and there was no firewood.

After figuring out the situation, Yunxi, the swineherd, "took office" and beckoned Laidi: "Let's go and pull the pigweed first, and then go to the Qin family's old house to bring some firewood, and deal with today's pig food first." ”

Lai Di responded, picked up a somewhat damaged back basket from the side, Yunxi also carried one, and walked out of the small temple amid the howling of more than twenty pigs.

The most abundant place for this pigweed is on the riverbank.

The river in front of the village originates in the distant mountains, and when heavy rains come in spring and summer, the water rises several times, and every few years it washes away the paddy fields along the river.

However, the silt under the river is also fertile, and after falling into the water, the wild grass is luxuriant, among which the pigs like to eat the amaranth, and the pigweed in this season is to collect the amaranth.

Angela amaranth is also a flavor medicinal material, which has the effects of clearing heat and dampness, detoxifying and reducing swelling, reducing inflammation, and quenching thirst, but it is really worthless in the countryside and can only be reduced to pigweed.

In spring, Angelica amaranth is spread on the ground, the leaves are thick and juicy, glabrous, the stems are often purple, the leaves are opposite, obovate and wedge-shaped; In the summer, small yellow flowers will bloom.

Yunxi remembered that in later generations, Ma Zhiamaranth had been served on the table as a delicious wild vegetable, and she also liked it very much.

However, thinking of the oil, sweet and sour and other substances used in the processing of amaranth in later generations, she gave up her plan to do it.

Because sugar was a rarity in this era, the locals were not jealous, and only used pottery jars to make sauerkraut appetizers; As for the oil, it is stir-fried from fatty meat, and every time you cook, you only take a wooden brush to dip it in the bottom of the pot and brush it, and you may not even see a little oil star when it comes out of the pot.

With this way of cooking, it would be a miracle if people in this era could get fat.

Yunxi thought that after Qin Jianguo fried the fat meat in oil, he picked up the oil residue and let the sisters eat it, and even the little black dog was divided into several pieces, if he let the people in the village see it, he would definitely scold him for being a loser.

Thinking that before she came through, she didn't eat fat meat, because she was afraid of growing meat. Now I feel happy when I chew the fat and fry the oil residue, which is really ...... It's hard to put into words.

However, people have to recognize the reality, and in this era, she can only rely on labor to eat, so she will do it with her heart.