Chapter 54: The Stone Mill Rotates
When Chrysanthemum saw her brother asking her, she said Zhao Dazui's words again.
Yang interjected: "Lao Cheng's niece? I've seen that girl, she's quite honest, tall and strong, and she's a match for a big mouth. I think Ming'er can do it. β
Zhang Huai secretly looked at the chrysanthemum, and saw that she was very generous in front of him to talk about this family matter, not at all restrained, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart.
He thought that Yang said that Zhao Dazui and Lao Cheng's niece were matched, so he and Chrysanthemum Li? If he walks with Chrysanthemum, will he be compatible?
Thinking like this, my heart was sweet, my face turned red, and I couldn't help but secretly look at the side face of Chrysanthemum again. I don't want Chrysanthemum to turn her head and look at it, looking at each other for a while, Zhang Huai only felt that the blood in his whole body was rushing to his face, and for a while, the hand couldn't move, and it was all pushed by Aoki alone.
Aoki secretly called it unlucky, but he also saw Huaizi's intentions, thinking that he really liked chrysanthemums. He was afraid that Huaizi would be too embarrassed, so he hurriedly turned him with his elbow, and glared at him angrily, and Zhang Huai lowered his head in shame and grinded.
Chrysanthemum couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Zhang Huai's flushed face, and secretly thought that this kid was uncomfortable listening to her say that Zhao Dazui's family affairs? Remember the entanglement between the two! Also, if you think about it, it's really embarrassing, but she has long forgotten about it - she is not the original chrysanthemum.
So, she changed the topic and said to Aoki: "Brother, I can use this acorn noodles to make tofu tomorrow night." I'm afraid you'll rob the pigs after you eat itβI'm reluctant to feed the pigs with this stuff in the future! β
Yang laughed when he heard this, glanced at her and said, "You can scold people, why would your brother rob pigs?" β
Aoki and Zhang Huai both laughed and were not angry.
In the babbling of grinding crutches, half a bucket of acorn kernels was quickly grinded.
Yang came over and took a look at it and said, "I've stir-fried?" It's fried, you're done grinding, it's time to eat. β
Chrysanthemum nodded and said, "Hey! Mother, fry it. It's grinding very fast. After thinking for a while, he said: "Mother, the dish is fried, wash the pot and boil a pot of water." I've got the barrel back, and I'm going to take a good bath after dinnerβmy feet are freezing cold. β
As soon as the sun set, the heat on her body also fell with the sun, and she only felt that she was covered in the wind, and her feet were like cold iron.
Yang hurriedly agreed, and ran to the hall to bring her the small fire jar, put it at her feet, and complained: "You baby, you will bake the fire when your feet are cold, and it is not that there is no fire jar, so let a pair of feet freeze cold." This cool air starts from the feet, and if it is so cold all the time, it is easy for the knees to hurt in the back. You're already afraid of the cold. Alas! Why can't you raise this body? Look at me and your father and brother, who have been raised for a while, all of them have ruddy faces; You can't raise it well! β
Aoki and Zhang Huai also looked at the chrysanthemum with worry and pity. Aoki felt that the chrysanthemum was too weak, and it seemed that the sequelae left by the last fall into the water were not small.
He shouted at Chrysanthemum, "Chrysanthemum, you come and push." With some effort, your body will be warm in a while. With that, he put down the grinding crutch, came to Chrysanthemum, took the spoon in her hand, and asked her to grind.
Chrysanthemum was stunned - she had also tried that grinder, where could she push it? If she wanted to move, she might as well jump on the spot for a few miles.
"Brother, I can't push it, I just tried it." She replied honestly. Moreover, these two people push the grind, but they must coordinate hard, otherwise the grinder will not turn smoothly.
Aoki said: "It's just to ask you to move your body, and it doesn't depend on you to grind." Huaizi has a lot of strength, you just push it. β
Chrysanthemum thinks that this grinding is indeed like exercise, pushing and pulling, the whole body has to move, but it is also a good exercise method.
So, she got up and came to the back of the grinding crutch and stood side by side with Zhang Huai.
For a comparison, this grinding crutch is too high, if you lie on your stomach, it will be like grabbing the horizontal bar at school in your previous life - if you hang it, you will definitely not be able to use it; If you put down the rope above, with Zhang Huai's height, you have to bow your waist.
She was gesturing, Zhang Huai had already put down the shelf, adjusted the crutches to be level with her chest, and then looked at her with bright eyes, and said softly: "You just follow me to push." Let's be a little bit harder, push it smoothly and then push harder. β
Chrysanthemum nodded and pushed him up.
At first, she didn't stand well, her feet were one behind the other, Zhang Huai's steps were big, her steps were small, and when she pushed forward, she was taken to a stumble, and couldn't help but "giggle" and laughed: "Hello!" This is not possible. Brother Huaizi didn't need to move at all, I still had to run two steps to keep up with this grinding crutch, and I had to take two steps back when I came back. β
As he spoke, he laughed and kept busy, back and forth, in and out, and after a few moments, he couldn't move out of breath.
Yang came over to take a look, and said with a smile: "What is this!" You're not in step with Huaizi. Huaizi, you stand smaller--belch! That's it! Isn't this pushed up? β
Chrysanthemum pushed this stone mill, and the long memories of the previous life flooded back to my heart, when I was still very young, I grinded rice ball flour at home, and I followed my mother to push this stone mill. However, the stone mill is a little smaller.
She was a little stunned for a moment, and seemed to have returned to the past, excitedly pushing the stone mill in anticipation of waiting to eat rice balls. The figure of the mother in the memory is already very vague, and after thinking about it carefully, it seems to coincide with the figure of the Yang family, and in a trance, it is impossible to distinguish between the past life and the present life!
She shook her headβwhat do you want to do? I was a mother in my previous life, and I am a mother in this life, and I don't all have the same motherly feelings!
Chrysanthemum collected her mind and concentrated on pushing the grinding.
Gradually, she also became more excited, while pushing happily, while watching Zhang Huai in order to cooperate with herself, aggrievedly hunched over and stride, and her arms could not be straightened, it was not like grinding, but playing with her, it was very interesting!
She couldn't help but laugh crisply, and the laughter was sandwiched with Yang's continuous guidance and correction, and for a while, the kitchen was very lively, and even Zheng Changhe was attracted in.
Although Zhang Huai pushed this grind aggrievedly, he was extremely happy, and looked down at the chrysanthemum tenderly from time to time, and smiled when he saw that she was having fun.
After tossing for a while, sure enough, it was hot. Chrysanthemum felt unbearable, and said to Zheng Changhe: "Dad, come on." I'm not going to do it. β
After handing over the grinding crutches to her father, Zheng Changhe and Zhang Huai, the two strong laborers, pushed it much faster.
After grinding it all, Chrysanthemum asked them to take up the fine gauze, rub the acorn noodles repeatedly, and keep rinsing them with water; After filtering through the gauze, the smooth acorn powder flowed into the basin with the water, and finally only a large mass of residue remained in the gauze.
Seeing that it was done, Chrysanthemum said to Aoki happily, "It's done." After a few more water rinses and I don't believe it still tastes bitter. β
She said this on purpose, indicating that it was the first time she had done it.
Aoki admires it very much! He already believed that the acorn noodles made in this way would definitely be eaten, so soaked and ground and washed and bleached, and the bitterness was gone.
He squinted and raised his chin at Zhang Huai, meaning to say, see it, how smart the chrysanthemum is!
Zhang Huai has a deep love for her, and when she sees that chrysanthemums are so good at thinking, she looks at her softness in her heart! However, while rejoicing, he felt that the chrysanthemum was a little far away from him.
Yang and Zheng Changhe also praised again and again.
Yang Shi twisted his fingers and rubbed the noodles for a while, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the chrysanthemum is right, if it is so delicious, where are you willing to feed the pigs?" The grits weren't so smooth. β
Zheng Changhe hurriedly said: "Didn't you wash out a lot of scum?" It's good to feed the pigs with that. Huaizi, go home and tell your father that when the snow melts, you will go to the mountains to pick it up. We didn't know what happened to the pigs before, and we didn't tell you; Now you've tried it all, and you just have to do it. Ming'er also said to Zhao San. β
Zhang Huai hurriedly agreed, and he said, "Aoki told me everything. There are so many oak trees on the small green hills, and some of them are picked. β
Zheng Changhe said with a smile: "I'm afraid that this back mountain is gone, and it will only be available in a far place, and the back mountain will be picked up by us." β
Zhang Huai smiled: "Aren't they all in Xiaoqingshan anyway." β
After dinner, Yang packed a large jar of pig's head meat for Zhang Huai to take home and drink for his father.
Zhang Huai was not polite, took it with both hands, and said to Yang gratefully: "Then I thank my aunt." β
He wished he was closer to the Yang family, didn't he say that "the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law - the more she looks, the happier she is", and when the whole Chrysanthemum family likes him, then Chrysanthemum can also value him a little.
Yang smiled: "Thank you? It's not a good thing either. In the winter, there is less to sell, and there is a surplus, and there will not be so much in the coming year. β
She looked at this baby, her heart was very sour, if Chrysanthemum's face was not bad, wouldn't this be a ready-made good son-in-law?
When the gossip came out before, although she was also angry, she didn't get angry when she thought about it later-it is common for other children to want to marry good-looking people. Isn't this baby just like Aoki? If Aoki wants to marry someone like Chrysanthemum, I'm afraid I'll have to weigh it myself!
Thinking like this, the more pleasing he looked at the acacia. It's nothing if you can't be a son-in-law. He is good with Aoki, his father is good with Aoki's father, and the two families are on good terms, so they can't break off their love for this.
When Zhang Huai left, Chrysanthemum was pounding and simmering pots in the kitchen. She was reluctant to kill the chicken, so she had to take ginseng to simmer pork belly, and put five or six pieces of ginseng sent by Qin Feng.
She didn't dare to put too much, ginseng is a big tonic, and eating it is sure that it is good for her body, but she can't be sure that eating people will not make up for the things on her face, for example, she will make it if she eats shrimp, so she wants to try it first.
She was busy thinking about how to regulate her body, Zhang Huai didn't see her come out to see herself, and she was angry - this girl was not like usual at all, at that time she had to turn around her when she had anything to do, secretly glanced at him, and then timidly did things on the side, not daring to disturb him and Aoki.
Now it's good, when he has nothing to do, he wants to go around with her, and sneak a glance at herβI'm afraid she won't be able to see at all!
He felt so sorry for himself, stepping on the frozen ground all the way to "creak", and he felt more and more that on the village road in the quiet night, he was always alone, extremely lonely, like his heart.
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