Chrysanthemum was shocked when she heard this, gently touched his chest, and nodded, "Bah!" Don't worry, I know what to do, and I won't mess around. She felt a quiet warmth, as well as Huaizi's faint uneasiness, so she chuckled: "Guess, will our first child give birth to a chili pepper or a potato?" Maybe it's a small yellow bean. ”

Huaizi smiled and lowered her head to kiss her eyes: "It's all right." Even a cucumber is good, pumpkin is even better, and the white and tender shallots and green garlic are all pleasing to the eye. ”

Chrysanthemum chuckled again, imagining the future for the garden full of melons and fruits: what will these little guys do?

After breakfast the next day, He heard Huaizi say that Chrysanthemum was pregnant, and after carefully asking to make sure, he was really overjoyed, holding Chrysanthemum's hand and not knowing what to do, and after a while, he hurriedly said to Huaizi: "Go and report the good news to Aoki Niang." I want to put on three incense sticks first, and ask my ancestors to bless our chrysanthemums. ”

She was about to turn around in a hurry, but suddenly stopped and asked Chrysanthemum earnestly, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Chrysanthemum is afraid of this situation - after knowing that she is pregnant, He must be eager to help her make up for it, and ask her to eat all day long.

She said to He Shi with disgust: "Mother, I just had breakfast, where am I hungry?" Mother, don't be too flustered, let's still be the same as usual, I'll tell you what I want to eat, okay? I read some books on weekdays, and I also understand some truths in this regard, and those doctors said that the more you eat when you are pregnant, the better, and it will not be possible to make up for it. In the past, everyone was poor and had nothing to eat, so they never had to worry about this, for fear that pregnant women would not eat well; But now that life at home is better, if you still eat hard, it may not be a good thing. ”

As soon as He heard that she had learned from reading books, he listened carefully and said to her: "Mother knows, no wonder when your sister-in-law was pregnant, your mother didn't make up for her, but it was the same as eating usually, that is, the dishes were better than usual, it turned out that you learned from reading books." Then tell your mother what you want to eat, and your mother will do what you say. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Look at what my mother said, won't I move?" It's not good to not move. In fact, there are no twists and turns, our farmer's grains and vegetables are the best things, look at Brother Huaizi and Yang Zi are so strong, my mother didn't eat anything good when she was pregnant, right? ”

Speaking of this, He Shi was energetic, she wanted to talk to Chrysanthemum well, and said with a smile: "You wait, my mother will go to the pillar incense first." ”

After speaking, first found three earthy yellow incense sticks in the drawer of the long table above the hall, lit them and inserted them in the incense burner in the middle of the long table, bowed a few more times, muttered a few words in his mouth, and then beckoned to the chrysanthemum: "Chrysanthemum, you also come to worship, let the grandmother and ancestors bless you!" ”

Chrysanthemum did not sneer, but obediently came over and bowed three times, and silently prayed to God in her heart to let her give birth smoothly. Once she has experienced a crossing, what else is there to make a fuss about? Second, she knew that this kind of prayer was more of a kind of self-firmness and spiritual sustenance, and she did not really ask for the blessing of the vain ancestors, because of these two points, she worshiped very religiously.

He saw that Chrysanthemum was so obedient, he liked it very much, after worshipping, he pulled her back to sit on the fire bucket, helped her cover her leg with a small quilt, and sat on it himself, while taking the soles of her shoes and smiling to Chrysanthemum: "When my mother was pregnant with Huaizi, it happened to be spring, and my mouth was so greedy that people vomited to death, but I just wanted to eat." But there is nothing to eat, guess what my mother eats the most? ”

Chrysanthemum couldn't help but ask with interest, "What are you eating?" ”

He said with a smile: "Yam." My mother's family planted a lot of yams, and they were stored a lot in the winter. After a winter, the potato was exceptionally sweet. Huaizi's father picked a load of home, and when I saw the sky, I gnawed raw potatoes and gnawed a mouth full of white pulp.

Chrysanthemum opened her eyes wide and asked funny, "Why don't you cook it and eat it?" ”

He shook his head and said: "That potato is sweet when eaten raw, 'Quack, chewed with special strength, although it is fragrant when cooked, it is not very appetizing." You just said that the things in our farmhouse are the most nourishing, and it is really good, and the thing I ate the most in those days was the potato. Later, the wild vegetables and fruits in the fields on the mountain came out, and there were more mushrooms on the mountain, so I got everything to eat. Let me tell you, there is a wild berry on the mountain behind this, and Huaizi's father often went to pick it back for me to eat. ”

Chrysanthemum couldn't help but smile and thought, these are all good things you eat.

The two were chattering, Yang and Zhang Huai came in, Huaizi carried two old hens in his hand, Yang also carried a basket in his hand, which was full of eggs and duck eggs, and in the other hand were two pickled pork belly worn with straw rope.

Chrysanthemum smiled and sighed when she saw it: "Ouch! Mother, what are you doing here? I have to talk about those rituals, this chicken is brought here, and I can't eat it for a while, and I don't kill and raise it and recognize the family, isn't this a toss? And this egg, my mother is really ......."

Huaizi smiled and said to Chrysanthemum: "My mother has to catch chickens, I can't stop it, my father and eldest brother went to catch fish, saying that they want to eat here at noon." ”

He got off the fire bucket and said to Yang complainingly: "It's a happy event that the chrysanthemum is pregnant, I won't say anything if you catch the chicken and bring the egg, why do you still run to catch fish?" If you want to eat fish, you should also catch it from my fish pond. ”

Yang smiled from ear to ear, didn't break with He, waved his hand at her, and said repeatedly: "Let's stop arguing, aren't we all happy about this." Huaizi, you go boil some water, kill one of these chickens, and I'll clean up with your mother later. Huaizi agreed and went to the kitchen.

She turned her head and smiled at Chrysanthemum again: "Your father is happy to hear it." Grab something to make a show, just to get together for a lively day. As he spoke, he sat down next to Chrysanthemum, took her hand and asked, "What do you think?" What's not to be comfortable with? ”

Chrysanthemum shook her head and smiled: "It's okay right now, nothing uncomfortable." ”

Yang and He glanced at each other and said with a smile: "This is the best." In a few days, it would be better if you didn't vomit or faint. ”

asked what the two of them were talking about just now, and He told her.

Chrysanthemum asked, "Mother, my brother is about the same age as Huaizi, what did you eat when you were pregnant?" Is it possible to gnaw on the potato? ”

Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't have a potato at home, and I don't like to eat raw potatoes." Your grandmother can cook, and she always cooks miscellaneous things for me to eat, and I eat them very well. After thinking about it, he said: "Your father picked a lot of wild hairs in the mountains and came back to eat them for me, sweet and sour, I can eat more than a dozen at a time." It's still hard to think about it now. ”

He Shiren smiled and said to Chrysanthemum: "Did you hear that?" Each man has his own way. Your grandmother's tea and rice are good, and your father comes back with some small fish and shrimp, and she can also cook some tricks, either boiling soup or drying and stir-frying, otherwise it is braised in the braised braised food; Wild vegetables and mushrooms are all roasted and delicious, and they are served with cornmeal batter and pancakes, so your mother eats these. My mother-in-law's tea and rice are not good, and I am not very good at cooking my own rice, so I am afraid of eating those—it is better to nibble on raw yams. ”

Seeing Chrysanthemum snickering, she raised her eyebrows and said, "It's true." My mother-in-law is a good person, and I don't like to eat what she cooks, and I don't dare not eat it—I'm afraid she'll be sad and belch, but I'll be offended. ”

Suddenly, he remembered something, and hurriedly asked Chrysanthemum: "I know that my own tea and rice are not good, I have studied hard in the past two years, and now you are used to eating?" ”

Chrysanthemum said sincerely: "My mother cooks very well now, and I am used to eating." ”

While laughing, Liu Yunlan came over with a tightly wrapped small gourd, and a small basket was held in the crook of her arm, in which diapers, pockets and other things were stacked thickly.

Yang hurriedly stepped forward to take it, and said with a smile: "Ouch! Our gourd is here, the gourd is here for my aunt to be a guest, what kind of meeting gift does my aunt have? ”

Chrysanthemum laughed when she heard this: "But I forgot, the gourd is really the first time to go to my aunt's house, what can I do?" He leaned over and teased the little baby.

Liu Yunlan smiled: "What should I do?" Aren't you going to give him a little cousin? It's the best gift. ”

Hulu looked at Chrysanthemum steadily, although he didn't smile, but he seemed to be attracted to her, Chrysanthemum gently hooked his little mouth with his little finger, and he pursed his mouth, as if smiling.

Chrysanthemum exclaimed in surprise, "The gourd smiled." Whoa, it's so face-saving for my aunt. This provoked a burst of laughter.

A few people were talking and laughing in the house, and they saw Zhang Huai walking in while shaking the water droplets in his hand, and said to He: "The chicken is ready." Is it simmering in a simmering jar and simmering in the stove, or is it filled with a large casserole and stewed on the stove with charcoal? ”

Before He could speak, Yang asked in surprise, "It's all done?" After scalding it with boiling water, the chicken feathers are clean? ”

Huaizi nodded and said, "It's clean." The belly of the chicken was also cut open, the gizzard was cleaned, and the intestines were washed with salt. The chicken was chopped into pieces. I thought about making soup, so I chopped up a large piece, otherwise the stew would be rotten and there would be no bones. ”

Yang smiled at He and said, "Ouch! We're just kidding around, and he's got it all right. This baby is now more and more capable, and he can do a lot of things in the kitchen, if Changxing Sanshun hears about it, it will be time to laugh at you. ”

Huaizi said indifferently: "What's the joke? Can you endure it without going into the kitchen? I didn't see them come back from the top exam. Isn't it true that the harvesters pay attention to those things? There is no shame in being able to cook, but if the daughter-in-law goes back to her parents' house one day, or is busy with other things, is it possible that she will not eat by herself? ”

Chrysanthemum gave him a thumbs up and praised: "Brother Huaizi is right, isn't Yiduo pressing." It's one thing for you to be able to cook, it's another thing for me to let you do it. Don't worry, of course, I cook for you on weekdays, and I can't let you be laughed at. ”

Huaizi came over and touched her ear, and said with a smile: "Even if I make it for you, it's nothing." ”

Everyone laughed, He got up and went to the kitchen, and said as he walked: "But Chrysanthemum is right, even if you know how to do it, we can't ask you to cook at a man's house if you sit here.