Chapter 12: The Reflections of Wheat
He Mai hurriedly shook his head: "Then how can it be done?" Your brother is tired of running more than 20 miles in the village every day, how can you still let him come? Forget it, this thing...... Find a way. ”
"What can you do?" You don't know a few people in the village either...... Hey, by the way, let Yang Liulang come, he was born tall and big, so powerful, repairing a roof is a trivial matter for him, right? ”
He Mai was stunned, she really didn't expect to let Yang Liulang help!
Seeing her stunned, Shancao smiled proudly, "He's a good candidate, right?" You are about to become husband and wife, what are you going to use people to live at this time? You didn't hear from the grocery store uncle that it was going to rain in a while, and it would be even more difficult to get it! Hurry up and finish it, won't you be able to live with Grandma Qin with peace of mind? ”
He Mai lowered his eyes worriedly, "Think about it." ”
The two stopped at the entrance of Qinglu Village, and He Mai saw that Shancao really wanted to eat, so he was ruthless and bought three meat-filled buns.
Shancao smelled the fragrance of the bun in his hand, swallowed his saliva, and said uneasily: "That...... Then go back and I'll get you two more eggs, right? I can't let you lose, or I'll not be able to do it. Who makes me hungry? ”
Seeing her annoyed by herself, He Mai couldn't help but smile lightly, "Whatever you want!" Okay, it's all here, you can eat it while it's hot! ”
The mountain grass took a bite, and her mouth was stained with the fat of the buns, and she was so fragrant that she couldn't wait to eat it with her tongue.
Three times five divided by two, the bun entered her stomach, she smacked her lips and said to He Mai: "I thought about something when I didn't eat it, and it was like that after eating!" Hey, I don't think the egg cake baked by Grandma Qin in the morning is delicious! Hey, Hemai, why don't you eat it? ”
He Mai put the oiled paper bag containing the bun into the basket and covered it, and said, "I'll go back and eat with grandma!" ”
Seeing that she was so filial, Shancao patted her head guiltily and shouted, "Huh! I'll borrow a penny from you to buy three vegetarian stuffed ones and go home, and eat them with my parents! ”
He Mai laughed softly, this little mountain grass is really funny!
It was already noon when I got home, and the old lady was not in the house, so He Mai gathered the things he bought and went outside to cook lunch on the stove.
There is still half a catty of sweet potatoes at home, and a few of them are washed and cut into fine dices on the board, and the staple food for noon is sweet potatoes and rice. The eggplant was delivered by the mountain grass a few days ago, and it was a fragrant dish to cut some pork belly and stew it at noon.
The rice was steaming on a small stove, the pot was made with pork belly stewed eggplant, and the fragrant courtyard was filled with the sound of cooing chickens from time to time.
In a chicken coop with a few boards, the hen is incubating her chicks wholeheartedly. Qin said that it takes about 212 days for the eggs to hatch, and during this time, the old hens holding the nest may not like to eat and drink, but they must also be forced to feed some.
And the two hairless chickens that were wilted and drooping yesterday have also risen a little more energetically, far away from the hens holding the nest, in another corner of the small yard, from time to time making cooing sounds, pecking at the stones and millet on the ground to eat.
When the meal was ready, He Mai took out a few paper packets from the back room, and in the paper packets were some seeds, which she had bought from the market before the old lady fell ill, including seeds of green onions, eggplant, peppers, and spinach.
As early as when their grandchildren were driven out of their homes by Lin Changxi, the Lu family and several families who were still good friends with the old lady came over, and expressed their anger while denouncing and scolding Lin Changxi for being unfilial and unconscientious, and brought a lot of daily utensils and supplies to the grandparents and grandchildren, and Lu Changming and Niu Yonglian and Niu Yongwang brothers in the village opened up a piece of land in this small courtyard.
Although it is only a palm-sized piece of land, it can grow some vegetables and fruits that you usually eat, which is enough for your grandparents and grandchildren.
He Mai liked the land very much, and after turning out this small piece of land, she went to the market to buy seeds, and was just about to plant them, but she didn't want the old lady to fall ill, she took care of the old lady and begged for money to buy medicine, and this land has not been taken care of.
He Mai pulled out a small hoe from a jar next to the stove, and before turning over the field, he had to shovel the edge of the field and remove the stones and leaves from the field to plant the seeds.
She was busy with her hands, but she was thinking about a lot of things in her head: she had finished the land, and she would buy some sweet potato seeds to plant in a few days. When the old lady's health is better, she will go to the mountains or rivers farther away, catch some prey left and right, and sell them in the market if she doesn't eat them, and she can exchange it for a penny!
The family has no source of income now, so they can't just sit back and eat.
She has a lot of ideas, but they all need capital!
According to the most common idea, carrying white porridge to sell still requires money to buy rice and new wooden barrels!
Now she did have a few taels of silver in her hand, but she was not going to spend it.
If the old lady is uncomfortable or something, she doesn't want to beg the Lin family in front of her! That family is not a thing!
When I think of the Lin family, I can't help but think of the 'good things' she did yesterday.
Similarly, when I met Yang Liulang by the stream this morning, his every move, word and deed also made He Mai deeply remembered in his mind.
Her hoeing hand gradually slowed down, biting her lip and thinking about what happened in the morning, her brow slowly twisted.
This Yang Liulang...... I'm afraid it's not a disciple, right? pretending to be honest and righteous and awe-inspiring, how can you ask the girl to go to his house in the middle of the night? Aren't you afraid of being chewed on the root of your tongue?
Or is it ...... Yang Liulang calculated that his handle was pinched in his hand, and he decided that Hemai was going tonight?
Impossible?
Next month is the day when the two get married, what is this Yang Liulang monkey anxious about?
He asked her to wait for her at night, what was the matter? Do you want to talk to her about the veil? Or is there something else to tell her?
He Mai thought to herself: no matter what the hell is going on, she is a girl who is not married, and it is impossible for her to go to a bachelor's house in the middle of the night, unless her head is kicked by a donkey, and she doesn't want to live in this village!
Even if the two are going to get married, it won't happen! It's going to make people drown in the spitting stars!
She thought indignantly, and the hoe in her hand swung faster and faster, and a hole was about to be dug out of the ground.
This scene happened to be seen by the old lady who had just entered the yard, and Qin exclaimed: "Hey, what are you shaving!" That's rice, rice! ”
"Grandma? Whew! My rice! Lin Hemai was stunned, looked at the dirt scattered on the ground in the yard, and hurriedly let go and threw the hoe in his hand.