Just like this, a month has passed, and the people in the village have begun to prepare for the autumn harvest, and Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang are no exception, they will go to the field every day to check whether the rice is ripe, and take it back when it is ripe, so as not to dry it in the field, not only rats and insects gnaw, but even birds come in groups to steal food, and they can't drive it away.

And Jin Yu took medicine for a month, and he can eat by himself at this time, but he doesn't have the strength to get up, and he has to be supported by someone when he comes out to sit, but it is much better than before, and his face no longer looks too pale, but the doctor still has to take the medicine, and he can eat more ingredients to nourish his body, Qu Xiaomo often goes to the county town to buy some meat or bones to make soup and porridge for him to drink.

I will often buy local chicken and duck pots in the village, because I will not lower the price or anything when I buy things from the people in the village, and I am generous, but I have met many sisters-in-law and daughters-in-law in the village.

It's been five days since the last time I cooked chicken soup for Jin Zhen, Qu Xiaomo thought about going to the village to ask who had adult chickens after breakfast today, this free-range chicken is not too fat, but the meat is sweet, the bones are hard, and the feed chicken in the previous life is much more delicious, and it is the most replenishing body.

After moving the golden sting out of the yard and sitting, he closed the courtyard door, took the silver and went to find Aunt Li's house who bought chickens last time, and heard Uncle Fang say that this Fenglai Village was originally called Zhoujia Village, and then the whole family surnamed Li moved here, so it was changed to Lijia Village, but the descendants of the two families gradually withered after a hundred years, and many foreign surnames moved in, so it was renamed Fenglai Village, so the surname Li and Zhou in the village are the most.

Along the path to the outside of Aunt Li's courtyard, he opened his head inside, and shouted, "Aunt Li? At home? ”

"Who's there?" A woman with a short and fat figure came out with a fire tongs made of bamboo in her hand, looked outside the courtyard, and when she saw that it was Qu Xiaomo, she beckoned to her, and said with a smile: "It's the daughter-in-law of the Jin family!" Come in, come in. ”

Qu Xiaomo smiled and pushed open the courtyard door and walked in, Aunt Li had already gone back to the stove to watch the fire, and when she entered the house, she saw that she was busy and asked, "Auntie is busy?" ”

"Yes! I was in a hurry to steam steamed buns and cook porridge, and your uncle went to the field early in the morning, and I had to bring him food quickly. As he spoke, he opened the steamer and pressed the steamed bun with his hand, to see if it was ripe, and then gave her a chair and asked, "Are you here to buy chicken stew for your husband again?" ”

"Not really." Qu Xiaomo took the chair and sat down, and said with a smile: "It's good that he is weak and makes up for it, and he can go back early if he gets better sooner." ”

"It's hard for you to take care of him every day, but there is only one hen left here, and the rest have not yet grown." Aunt Li continued to sit back in place and burn the fire

"Does that auntie know which house has a big rooster to sell?" Qu Xiaomo twisted his eyebrows slightly

"I want to think about it!" Aunt Li thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "Why don't you go to the village chief's house and ask?" I remember that at the engagement party, the man brought three chickens, and I don't know if they were slaughtered that day. ”

"Then I'll go to the village chief's house and ask." Qu Xiaomo was about to get up as he spoke, but was pulled by Aunt Li, only to see that he said with a calm face: "Auntie told you, the village chief's mother-in-law is the most picky, don't be slaughtered if you buy chickens with her, just give the usual price, no matter how high you don't give, if you don't buy it, the aunt will have to find something else for you, hear it, she will definitely raise the price if she looks at you with a little silver." ”

"I know, don't worry, auntie, I'm not stupid, if she opens her mouth, it's a big deal to spend a few pennies to buy it in the county seat." Qu Xiaomo said

"That's it, you go." Aunt Li let go of her hand and said, "That mother-in-law rarely goes to the field, and she should be at home at this time." ”

Qu Xiaomo got up to say goodbye and went to the village chief's house, as Aunt Li expected, except for the village chief's family, the rest of the people were all there, not to mention Zhou's sister-in-law and Zhou Mei, and the two elders of the Zhou family didn't go out today, and when she arrived, the four of them were peeling peanuts in the yard.

The peanuts are all freshly picked from the ground, the branches and leaves are there, peeled off and washed in the mud and dried to keep the seeds for next year, and the rest can be fried on a plate of wine when the guests come to the house, and the same holds the fence and shouts to the four people inside: "Sister-in-law Zhou, they are all at home." ”

When the four of them heard the voice, they all raised their eyes to look at her, and when Sister-in-law Zhou saw that it was her, she patted the mud on her hands, washed her hands in the basin on the side, and beckoned: "It's Jin Meizi!" How do you have time to come here today? Come in, come in, come in. ”

Qu Xiaomo went in and said hello to everyone before sitting down, looked at the peanuts piled up in two piles, and asked with a smile: "These peanuts have all been harvested?" Look at all that, this year's harvest is excellent. ”

"It's okay, it's a little bit more than last year." Sister-in-law Zhou replied, and then grabbed a few and gave her a few and said, "Try it, although it is raw, it tastes good." ”

Qu Xiaomo stretched out his hand to take it, and didn't eat it, just took it like this, and didn't pay much attention to the three people who had been looking at her on the side, and cut directly to the topic, and said, "I came here to ask my sister-in-law, is there a big rooster at home?" The girl wants to buy one to make soup. ”

Sister-in-law Zhou's eyes lit up when she heard this, and said: "There is one, I heard that my sister bought chickens in the village to make up for my sister-in-law's body, and I originally wanted to talk to you about it, this rooster was brought by Mei'er's relatives from the man's side earlier, and I saw that I was older, and the rooster would not lay eggs and eat, so I wanted to sell it for a long time." ”

As he spoke, he got up and wiped his hands, and said, "Sister, wait a while, I'll catch it for you." ”

"That's a good feeling." Qu Xiaomo smiled and nodded

Sister-in-law Zhou went into the chicken shed in the backyard of the house to get the chickens, and Zhou Mei, who had been staring at her while picking peanuts, spoke, and said, "I don't know if Jin Gongzi's body is better?" ”

Qu Xiaomo raised his eyes and glanced at her, put the peanut Huang Hui basket in his hand, and said with a light smile: "It's better than before, thank you for your concern." ”

She was so polite Zhou Mei just didn't know, and said familiarly: "This snake venom has to be taken care of, my father was bitten by a snake a few years ago, I have experience, I will go to you more in the future, I want to help a little." ”

"The doctor said that it would be good to wait for a short time to drink the medicine, but there is no need to be so troublesome." Qu Xiaomo's words were full of refusal.

But how could it be that people's skin was as thick as a city wall, and they were stunned and said: "It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome, I'll take a look when I'm free in a few days." ”

Qu Xiaomo: "...."I really can't talk to a cheeky person, and I don't say anything at the moment, I just smiled at her.

Just when Zhou's sister-in-law came out with a chicken, Qu Xiaomo got up and took a look, this big rooster is indeed quite fat, and it is quite heavy, so he asked, "I don't know how much this chicken will sell my sister-in-law?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhou's eyes rolled slightly, and she said, "Three taels of silver." After all, this chicken is indeed fat, and the stew is excellent. ”

Qu Xiaomo smiled at her and said, "But it's still a little more expensive, last time I bought one from Aunt Li's that is almost the same as this one, a total of only one or four hangs, and you are shouting three taels... Some are expensive. ”

Sister-in-law Zhou said: "Then why don't you give my sister two taels, this chicken is fat, and it was sent when we were married, which is of great significance to our family." ”

Qu Xiaomo shook his head, stretched out his hand and handed back the fluttering chicken to Sister-in-law Zhou, and said: "It's still more expensive, my sister can only give one or two or six hangs at most, if my sister-in-law is reluctant to sell it, then keep it, I'm going to another house quietly, I won't wait to sell it in the county seat tomorrow." ”

Sister-in-law Zhou didn't take the chicken, rubbed her hand with her apron and bit her lip, and said, "Then according to the sister's meaning, they are all from the villagers, and they are not bad for these few pennies." ”

"Then thank you sister-in-law." As he spoke, he put the chicken tied to his legs on the ground, took out a tael of silver and six hangings of money from his bosom, handed it to her, and said, "Sister-in-law, you count, and I will take the chicken away after counting." "It is better to count the money in person when dealing with such people, so as not to cause trouble in the future.

Sister-in-law Zhou was not polite to her, and directly counted the one or two pieces of silver in front of her face, and then said to her with a smile: "Cheng, nothing is bad." ”

Qu Xiaomo picked up the chicken and said a few words to her, then said goodbye and went back.

Looking at the figure walking out of the door, Sister-in-law Zhou's lips pulled and muttered: "It's only one, two, six, the richer people are, the more they search." ”

Mrs. Zhou, who had been silent on the side, lowered her head and said while picking peanuts: "It's already very good that the rooster that has been spending money on grain can be sold for one or six or two, and you can only take it to the county town for one or two at most." ”

Sister-in-law Zhou glared at Mrs. Zhou, who was burying her head, and said in a slightly unkind tone: "What do you know, just now I saw that she had at least ten taels of silver in her purse, which is really picky, so rich that she doesn't even give two taels of silver." ”

Mrs. Zhou straightened up and glanced at her, not talking to her, but getting up and going into the house to get water to drink, but Zhou Mei, who had been working with her head buried since Qu Xiaomo left, was full of thoughts about finding a time to take a look at Jin Gongzi in a few days, thinking about how to dress up the most beautiful, so as to compare that Jin family.

Qu Xiaomo, who was carrying the chicken back, entered the yard and smiled and teased with Jin Yu, who was waiting for her to come back with wide eyes: "Big shopkeeper, your peach blossoms are here, and the most beautiful girl in our village will come to see you in a few days." ”

Jin Zhen, who was in a good mood when he saw her coming back, suddenly pulled his handsome face when he heard this, hung up the cold frost, squinted at her and said, "What? Do you want to watch a good show? ”

"No, no, no, the little ones don't dare, the little ones don't dare." Qu Xiaomo hurriedly waved his hand again and again, taking advantage of the chicken to avoid the frozen man's gaze.

This ice cube will be cold when it doesn't agree with a word, although it is hot summer, but who can stand that seeping gaze!

Went into the house and hid for a while while while boiling hot water to kill chickens, and when I came out to pluck chicken feathers, I secretly looked at the golden sting, and saw that it had closed its eyes to recuperate, so I was relieved. A man's heart is a needle!

And Jin Zhen, who was slightly frowning at this moment, couldn't understand why he was angry when he heard her joke like this, this kid was not big or small in front of him, and he was so annoyed.

He couldn't figure it out, so he simply closed his eyes and recuperated, ignoring the people who were busy killing chickens behind him, and now he was too lazy to look at her, and he was inexplicably angry when he saw it.