Chrysanthemum quietly listened to her mother and brother's discussion, these things in the family, firewood, rice, oil and salt, eating and dressing, made her realize that she had completely integrated into this family and this society, and her previous life had faded away, and her impression was indifferent.

Suddenly, when he heard Yang talking about himself, he hugged her arm and laughed softly: "Mother, didn't you just give me a piece of clothing, didn't my brother come here like this!" ”

Yang said sadly: "That's different! Your brother is a male baby, not so squeamish. He was also stronger than you since he was a child. ”

Chrysanthemum said softly: "It'll be fine next year." The four adults in our family are still afraid that life will not be good? Mother, don't worry! ”

Seeing that his daughter was so caring, Yang also smiled and said, "Well, my daughter can do a lot of work!" The chickens and pigs will be fed well and sold for a good price. After speaking, he got up and said to Aoki, "Go to sleep!" I'm afraid that if you study in the future, you won't be able to sleep early! He also told Chrysanthemum to go to bed early, and Fang groped out of the door.

When my brother and mother went to sleep, Chrysanthemum lay on the bed, listened to the subtle wind outside the window, and pondered for a while in the quiet night before slowly falling asleep!

In the dream, her mother added a soft quilt to the house, and made the bed soft, so that she didn't want to get up when she lay down. It seems that a new house has been built in the house, and the room is bright. Chrysanthemums are planted with a lot of wild chrysanthemums outside the window, and in spring, they are green; In autumn, it's golden!

The next morning, Chrysanthemum woke up when the sun was shining through the window. Lazily holding the soft chrysanthemum pillow, she buried her face in it, and it took a while to get out of bed.

Her mother had already kneaded her clothes and was busy in the kitchen!

Chrysanthemum braided her hair casually and went to the kitchen to wash. While saying to Yang, "Mother, is the soup simmering last night?" You don't have to cook porridge in the morning, just use the hot soup to soak in the pot and eat, but it's fragrant! ”

Yang replied, "It must be delicious to eat like this." So what do you eat? Aren't you unable to eat pot? ”

Chrysanthemum scooped some boiling water from the tin pot and poured it into a small wooden basin, grabbed some dried chrysanthemums and put them in to soak, and said to Yang: "I didn't put sauce in the pot of the kang yesterday, eat some that is not in the way." ”

After she waited for the chrysanthemums to soak, she took a clean soft cloth and dipped it in the water, and gently scrubbed her face. The hot water exudes the fragrance of chrysanthemums, which immediately fills the air, and the water is hot and cool on the face, which is extremely comfortable!

Yang took out the simmering pot from the stove, blew off the grass ash on the lid, and carefully wiped the jar with a rag before removing the lid, which was separated by a layer of straw paper. When the straw paper is lifted, the rich aroma of meat immediately overshadows the chrysanthemum fragrance in the air, which makes people appetize!

Chrysanthemum only felt that her stomach was "gurgling", and she was even more hungry.

She said to Yang with some amusement: "Mother, put the soup in the pot and boil, and the pot will be crispy!" Warm doesn't work! ”

Yang smiled, "I know. You still need to say that! Tell your father and brother to come back for dinner, they're in the vegetable patch. ”

Chrysanthemum washed her face and splashed the water. When I went to the thatched house, I shouted to my father and brother, who were busy in the newly opened wasteland, "Dad, let's eat!" ”

"Whoa!" Zheng Changhe raised his head and agreed, putting down the hoe in his hand; Aoki, who was standing in the ditch and bending down to pull the weeds, also straightened up, rubbed the mud off his hands, and prepared to go home.

The yellow cabbage with a little yellow heart in the ridges of green in the field and the cabbage that has not yet grown up are particularly pleasant to the eye against the background of the black-brown soil.

Chrysanthemum thought that in the coming year, she would plant some potatoes on this land, so that people could eat it and pigs could eat it. At that time, the whole field is covered with dark green potato vines, which is even more pleasing to the eye! Yam rattan pig is the favorite food; Well, it's good to eat tender potato leaves.

Chrysanthemum found that she was almost stunned, and she always linked her food to pigs.

She turned and went into the hut. The hut is very clean.

The main thing is that Aoki is diligent, picked up a few large stone slabs and spread them on the ground, and the pit is also covered with wooden boards, leaving only a hole in the squatting position, which is very convenient! The place where the manure is scooped is also behind the thatched house, so as to avoid making the thatched house dirty and smelly when the manure is released!

Every time Chrysanthemum goes to the thatched house, she is extremely satisfied, and she can't help but sigh that although her brother doesn't like to talk, his heart is very fine. Generally, the thatched houses of the countrymen smell bad and have nowhere to put their feet, how can they be as clean as her house!

After washing her hands, Chrysanthemum was in a good mood. Seeing that Yang was heating the old turtle soup, he took out four large porcelain bowls from the cupboard, and rinsed them with hot water before bringing the jar with pots. They are all charred and yellow, and the color is attractive.

Yang poured the old turtle soup on the pot, and the aroma of the broth mixed with the fragrance of the pot filled the kitchen, more like a rich breath of life.

Zheng Changhe hurriedly came over and picked up a bowl, took a sip of soup first, and said with a smile: "Fragrant!" ”

Yang handed him a pair of chopsticks, gave him a blank look, and said, "Look at your gluttony!" I'm not afraid of baby jokes! ”

Zheng Changhe smiled "hehe", took the chopsticks, and sat down at the table in the hall with the bowl, and the chewing sound of "rattling" was accompanied by the sound of sucking soup from time to time.

By the time the whole family was seated at the table, he had eaten half a bowl.

"This turtle stew is also very delicious!" He smiled at the chrysanthemum, and his sun-tanned cheeks glowed with happiness!

Chrysanthemum also pursed her lips and was happy!

This father of hers is very easy to satisfy, and his temperament is straightforward, if there is no big bad luck, he is basically always happy!

Yang and Aoki also chewed loudly, and after a few bites, they said, "This thing is rare to come across, and it's not easy to get such a big one." That Zhao Dazui is busy, and it is cheaper for our family. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled, and thought to herself, what if Zhao Dazui asked his brother at noon about this old turtle? She looked up and said to Aoki: "Brother, if Zhao Dazui asks this old turtle at noon, you will say that it was burned and eaten last night." I'll cook more food at noon, and then you can divide some of them - we can eat other people's mouths. Besides, maybe he'll give me a turtle next time! ”

Aoki answered, and when he saw his sister's eyes smiling like crescents, his heart was also refreshed. He said: "Didn't Uncle Zhao also say that he would give it to you if he got this thing, they can't burn it well anyway." ”

Countrymen are like this, some people burn the pot for a lifetime, and they don't see any growth, and they always have a taste.

Yang said: "Actually, this stew is still a little greasy, not as delicious as last night's braised stew." However, this pot is just fragrant and crispy, and it has a bit of salty flavor of sauce, so it tastes just right with this soup! ”

Aoki chewed heavily and muttered, "It's delicious." Extraordinarily fragrant! ”

Zheng Changhe smiled and said to Chrysanthemum: "I will eat like this in the morning." There is no old turtle soup, and other soups can be made! ”

Yang glared at him and said, "Where can there be so many pots to eat you?" I can't make much kang at a time, and it costs firewood! ”

Chrysanthemum chewed the crispy pot and remembered the famous "duck soup bubble pot" in her previous life, which was far worse than this. There is also a dish, called "Zila", which is to throw the pot into the oil pan and fry it crispy and crispy, and then pour the hot broth on it, and when it is poured, the pot will "Zila" ringing non-stop, hence the name. Those merchants are also ingenious!

It's just that she even has to save oil in stir-frying, let alone frying the pan. It seems that when the pig grows up and kills and sells meat, the lard must be kept.

She said to Yang: "Mother, the leaves on the mountain are thick, how good it is to get it home and cook the pot." Burned grass ash can also fertilize the ground. With some effort, our family will go up the mountain for a few days, and we can make a lot of miles. ”

Zheng Changhe hurriedly said: "Hua'er is right, I'll go rake some back when I'm free!" "He is very good-tempered, not idle for a moment, like an old scalper, hard-working.

After eating, Chrysanthemum mixed the bleached acorn kernels with chopped pigweed and fed them to the pigs. The big pig is mixed more, and the little pig baby is less. Sure enough, they all ate more joy!

Chrysanthemum called her father and brother to take a look, and the whole family was overjoyed!

Yang said excitedly and anxiously: "Hurry up and take time to go to the mountain to pick it up." Woohoo! I've been busy lately. His father, let's pick it up for a day today. This thing is troublesome to toss, and you have to keep changing the blisters, and you can't feed it directly. ”

Aoki glanced at his sister with admiration and said, "I'll finish work early in the evening and come back to pick it up." ”

Zheng Changhe waved his hand and said, "The work in the village, can you still go first if you don't finish it?" What's the hurry? I'll put aside what I'm doing, pick up the acorn first, and rake some leaves and grass by the way. ”

So, for the sake of a few pigs, the family was busy again. Dad and mother went up the mountain to pick up acorns, chrysanthemums washed and cooked, fed pigs and chickens.

At noon, she deliberately cooked more dried fish, fried leeks with shrimp, and then boiled some sauce with shrimp, the vegetables were spinach, and after thinking about it, she grabbed some braised peanuts and filled a bowl.

When I delivered rice to Aoki, I put several bowls in it, and it was not easy to put it in a basket with rice. Yang said that she would send it and run faster. Chrysanthemum was so happy that she didn't move, so she let her mother go.

In the afternoon, Aoki really called it a day early—in the end, there were many people and strength, and the ancestral hall was quickly repaired.

He thought that he could pick up more acorns when he went home quickly, and while packing up the bamboo basket, he asked Zhao San, "Third uncle, is Ming'er free?" If you have time, do our family a day's help - we want to dig a well! ”

Zhao San was very happy to see that he was not an outsider, and replied busily: "Free, free." Don't worry, I'll go tomorrow. ”

Next to him, Li Changxing smiled: "Aoki, is there a shortage of people?" I'm going to help too! ”

Aoki didn't want to trouble too many people, so he thanked: "My father and I, plus I invited Uncle Zhao, it's almost the same, it's not difficult for you." ”

Zhao said with a big smile: "It's not difficult! Ming'er, I'm going to help out, there are more people working and it's lively! ”

Aoki only laughs at him, and doesn't take it seriously. So I hurried back to pick up the acorns.

Going around the end of the village, before I got on the path, suddenly from behind a big tree next to me, a person came out, it was Liu'er!