Chapter 80: Crispy Sweet Rod
When they came back from Ergouzi's house, Cui'er and Yinhuan both had smiles on their faces, and they were carrying a large earthen basket in their hands.
"Came back so soon! Did the piglets catch it? Fengshou and Lian Qingshan almost built the pigsty in the yard, and when they saw the two coming back, Fengshou wiped his sweat and went to the yard, and even Qingshan followed him.
"But no, this time we brought back the two piglets that our family was going to catch, Brother Qingshan's house doesn't have a pigsty yet, Cui'er's sister-in-law said that the pigsty will be caught after it is completed." Yinhuan is a loud voice, and when he came out of the next door and then entered the courtyard, he had already finished speaking.
"We don't have a pigsty at home, so I want to wait a little longer, so I pay the fixed fee first, and let the little piglets eat milk for another two days before taking it away." Cui'er said to Lian Qingshan.
Under the spicy sun, Lian Qingshan only wore a gown to work, revealing his bulging arms and half of his muscular chest, with the beads of sweat, which looked particularly masculine, so that Cui'er couldn't help but bow her head shyly as she spoke.
"Okay, I'll listen to you!" Even Qingshan didn't seem to notice Cui'er's shyness, he grinned at Cui'er, "Today with the harvest to build a pigsty, I learned how to build a pigsty, and when I go home, I will go up the mountain to dig some stones and come back, let's build a pigsty with stones, so that the pigs can't bear it when they grow up." ”
"Okay, I'll listen to you!" Cui'er settled on the piglet, and was happy in her heart, ready to go home with Lian Qingshan.
"Cui'er, you wait, our sweet stalk is ripe, cut two for you and chew it for fun." Yinhuan saw that Cui'er was leaving, and hurriedly caught up and said.
"You also gave our family seeds when you started spring, and our family also planted them." Cui'er wants to excuse herself. but was stopped by the silver ring.
"It's just two sweet stalks, whatever, when I gave you the seeds, it was many days later than when we planted the sweet stalks. Your family can't eat it now, you can take it back and eat it first! When we're done eating, maybe I'll have to go up to your house to chop the sweeteners! ”
With a big wave of her hand, Yinhuan took the kitchen knife and went to the back of the house, where a large row of sweet rods were planted under the wall, and she cut out three or four of them with a few clicks. When Yinhuan was working, she had the same temperament as her, very neat, and tore off the leaves on the sweet rod with a few clicks, and chopped the sweet rod in two with a knife in the middle. Only then did he give the sweet rod and the tassel on top to Cui'er.
"Take it back to your home to eat some, and if it's delicious, you can bring it to our house, I grow a lot of this thing, and the two of us eat it at home." Nothing. Yinhuan smiled and handed the thing to Cui'er, who accepted it unceremoniously.
The sweetness with a slight smell of weeds instantly penetrated into Cui'er's nostrils, and the happiness of eating sweets as a child rose instantly, "Okay, wait until your sweets are finished." Our family will be able to eat. ”
"By the way, our family's scorpion grass has bloomed, you can bring the big girl over to play when you have time, let's wrap our nails with Su Ziye." Yinhuan looked at the grass that had already bloomed and had formed a seed clip and said.
"Okay, I know you're happy to get these, I'll come when I'm free!" Cui'er agreed. When he turned his head and saw that the grass had already been seeded, he reached out and found a bulging seed pod, and when he touched it, the pod burst open, and the seeds in it were black and smaller than millet. Scattered on Cui'er's palm.
"The seeds of this sage grass are ripe, I will pick some of them and go back, there are only vegetables in my yard, bare, and it can be more beautiful to plant some of this." Cui'er smiled, picked a few more mature seed pods, carefully did not let them explode, and put them in the small bag she carried with her.
Seeing that the time was not early, worried that the big girl and Xiaohu were not safe at home, Lian Qingshan and Cui'er said goodbye to Yinhuan and walked back with a bundle of sweet rods.
As soon as he came out of Yinhuan's house, Lian Qingshan took the sweet rod in Cui'er's hand, looking at the smile on Cui'er's face, Lian Qingshan was secretly relieved that his decision was good, he came out for a walk, and raised a few piglets, which really made Cui'er a lot happier.
"Cui'er, tomorrow I'll go up the mountain and smash some rocks and come back, and we'll build up the pigsty too." Lian Qingshan saw that he had already left the village, and there was no one else beside him, so he gently held Cui'er's tender white little hand into his palm, and said with a smile.
"Okay, are you tired of smashing stones? Do you want me to go with you? In broad daylight, Cui'er's little hand was pinched by Lian Qingshan's thick palm, only to feel that the heat from his palm made his whole body warm, Cui'er's face was slightly red, and her eyes looked at Lian Qingshan.
"It's okay, I'm not tired, we used to build a house in this village, get one or something, we all went to the mountains to smash stones by ourselves, and the stones used in the pigsty on the other side of the old yard were smashed back from the mountains with Qinghe." Lian Qingshan said indifferently, when he talked about the old courtyard, his heart was a little gloomy, he should have thought of his father and mother who died early.
"Qingshan, when is the death day of our father and our mother, let's go up the mountain to worship for a while." Cui'er looked at Lian Qingshan's gloomy face, and couldn't help but grab his hand hard, and said to him.
"Well, it's winter when Daddy and Mother leave, and if the snow hasn't closed the mountain by then, let's go and see them." Lian Qingshan took a deep breath, turned his head to see Cui'er's worried expression, and smiled at her, "Their second elder hasn't seen your new daughter-in-law yet, I took you there, they will definitely be happy." ”
"Good!" Cui'er saw that Lian Qingshan's mood seemed to be much better, and her heart was a little more settled, "When the time comes, let's prepare more delicious food for my father and mother, and a little more paper, so that they know that your life is good now, and under Jiuquan, my father and mother will also rest assured." ”
"Well, Cui'er, you're so nice." Lian Qingshan nodded, holding Cui'er's hand a little tighter, feeling that Cui'er was right, he exhaled a long breath, and his mood recovered a little, as long as he was doing well, he would give birth to a few grandchildren for his father and mother in the future, and if his father and mother knew it underground, he should be able to close his eyes.
"Let's go, let's go home and chop up this sweet rod, and then let the big girl and the little tiger taste it well, they haven't eaten these things since they were young, right?" Cui'er looked at her little home in front of her, and only felt as if a small hand was scratching her chest. I couldn't help but speed up my pace.
"Yes, let's go home!" Feeling Cui'er's eagerness, even Qingshan quickened his pace and pulled Cui'er with one hand. Carrying a sweet rod in one hand, he walked home like a fly.
"Big girl, little tiger, we're back!" Cui'er shouted when she reached the door.
"Mother, mother, you're back!" The big girl saw that Cui'er and Lian Qingshan were back, and ran to the door with a jump, and Xiaohu walked behind tremblingly.
"Ah, Xiaohu went to the ground by himself?" Cui'er couldn't help but smile when she saw Xiaohu walking slowly on the ground.
Xiaohu, this kid doesn't know why, he has a slow temperament, and he can speak later. If he wasn't in a hurry, he wouldn't speak, and after he could walk, he wouldn't leave if Cui'er hadn't pulled him or lured him with something.
"Mother!" After Xiaohu saw Cui'er. grinning and giggling, opening her little hand to hug Cui'er, an innocent little face, Cui'er's heart was about to melt.
"Good boy, my mother is back!" Cui'er stepped forward, patted the top of the girl's forehead, and then held the little tiger in her arms. kissed him on his soft little face, "Xiaohu, it's okay, just walk around the yard more, and move more to grow taller!" ”
"Giggle......" Xiaohu was kissed by Cui'er, but he refused to speak again, but turned his head with a blank eye. looked at the bundle of sweet sticks that Lian Qingshan was holding in his hand.
"By the way, Qingshan, chop up the sweet sticks, let's chew the sweet rods in the yard later." Cui'er hugged Xiaohu and dangled in the yard for a while. The big girl is by Cui'er's side. Fortunately, the sun was already setting in the west, and it was not too hot, so Cui'er didn't feel much uncomfortable holding Xiaohu.
"Come on, the sweet rod is chopped." When Lian Qingshan came out again, he was carrying a dustpan in his hand, and a bunch of neatly chopped sweet rods were placed on the dustpan.
"It's a sweet stalk, it looks like sorghum, it's sweet inside, it's like eating sugar." Cui'er moved a small stool out, and the family of four sat down in the yard, Cui'er took out a sweet rod from the dustpan, peeled off the soft skin on it with her hands, and then bit the cut end with her teeth, and tore it down in the direction of the sweet rod, and a piece of the hard skin of the sweet pole was torn open.
"Girl, don't move yet, see how my mother peels the sweet rod." Cui'er said as she motioned how to peel the sweet rod, then broke the sweet rod that had torn the crust in half, and handed half of it to the girl's hand, "Come, the girl will taste it, and after chewing out the juice, just spit out the dregs." ”
Cui'er took a bite of the sweet rod, and the sweet juice instantly filled her mouth, the kind of pure natural, without a trace of modification, made Cui'er's heart seem to return to her childhood in an instant. When I was a child at my grandmother's house, my favorite thing was to eat every day, eat sweet sticks, and the fresh bud rice that was broken from the field, which was a good memory of my childhood.
"Hmm, it's delicious!" The girl learned from Cui'er's appearance, bit the sweet rod into her mouth, and immediately liked the sweet taste, she immediately smiled and squinted her eyes, happily ate half of the sweet rod, and then followed Cui'er's example, peeling the sweet rod herself.
"Yes!" Xiaohu saw that his mother and sister were eating sweet rods, and his father was also silently peeling sweet rods, but no one paid attention to himself, so he couldn't sit still immediately, waving his little hands to express his sense of existence, with an eager expression on his face, "Yes!" ”
"Haha...... Xiaohu is in a hurry, you little thing, your teeth haven't grown yet, why don't you eat sweet rods! Cui'er looked at Xiaohu's anxious saliva and deliberately teased him. Seeing that his little face was flushed, he nodded his little head, then took out the stone pestle used to pound garlic from the house, threw the sweet rod into it and mashed it, and scooped the juice for Xiaohu to eat.
As for the common method used by the head women in the village to feed the food to their children after chewing their own food...... Cui'er is really not happy to use it, she thinks this way is dirty.
"Hehe......" Xiaohu ate the sweet juice, grinned and was so happy, the happy little appearance made the people sitting laugh.
The breeze is gentle, and the family is happy on a happy summer afternoon, and even knowing it has lowered its voice, and it is unwilling to disturb this happy family.
ps:
On the sweltering weekend, I vow to sit in front of the computer and sweat the code words, and put today's update first, hoping to bring a touch of coolness to the pros who read the book~~
Thanks to the peace charm of the pro-@沧海红霞, thank the pro-@香雪晨曦 for the pink ticket, and vow to continue the shameless various requests ~ sell cute and ask for support ~