Chapter 201: Sweet Rice Wine
With the warm spring breeze, Cui'er's family sat on the ox cart and walked leisurely to the town, this trip was mainly to harvest saplings, of course, there was also the idea of taking Cui'er and the children out to play for a while, Lian Qingshan decided to stay in the town for a few days in a row, and relax a little.
Lianjia's house in the town is a two-entry courtyard with paving that was bought after the New Year, and the two courtyards are large houses with brick and tile sorghum, but the courtyard of the previous one is more formal, with a living room and a study, and the courtyard of the latter one has a big grape shelf, and the vines on the shelf have now become new green, and the tender green leaves are stretched, which makes people's mood feel comfortable and relaxed.
Cui'er was sitting under the grape trellis at this time, watching the big girl and the little tiger sitting on the swing and laughing happily, listening to the tender green leaves rustling in the wind, only to feel that the whole heart seemed to be empty, as if precipitated, the original feeling of being stuffy because of staying at home was swept away, Cui'er couldn't help but squint her eyes slightly, enjoying the warm breath of spring.
When Lian Qingshan walked to the backyard, what he saw was a scene of Cui'er squinting her eyes slightly and her expression calm. Surrounded by a faint green, Cui'er's whole body was bathed in sunlight, and her smile was so tranquil and warm that Lian Qingshan couldn't help but slow down, for fear of disturbing this beautiful person.
However, no matter how slow Qingshan's footsteps were, he still walked to Cui'er's side, Cui'er felt that someone was coming, and gently opened her eyes, and when she opened her eyes, the fragrance in an instant made Lian Qingshan and the people behind him amazed.
"Cui'er, this is the head of the family, Zhang's mother, the old man who helps the Xing family take care of the house." Lian Qingshan looked at it blankly for a long time, and then came back to his senses. Putting his body aside, he pointed to a middle-aged woman in her thirties and forties behind him.
"Hello ma'am!" The person who called Zhang's mother, Xu was used to doing work for Boss Xing's family, but he was very polite in his actions and took a step forward. gave Cui'er a salute, with a very respectful attitude, and an honest duty with a frightened expression that made people feel a little guilty.
"Mom Zhang, thanks to your trouble, our family is going to live here for a few days, thank you for your hard work." Cui'er didn't have any concept in her heart that people were divided into three, six, nine, and so on. Now when I see Zhang's mother, I just think that she is an employee of my own family, and her attitude is very kind, which makes this Zhang's mother flattered very much.
"Don't dare, don't dare, it's all within my responsibility......" Zhang's mother squatted down again and blessed. Hurriedly said, Xu is for the sake of the helper to please the master, although her face is relatively dark and thin, but there is no very sad expression, with a little smile.
"Mother Zhang is in charge of everything in this yard on weekdays, why don't you take me around and tell me about it by the way." Cui'er thought that this mother was an old man in the yard after all, and she was very familiar with things everywhere. He said with a smile.
"Madame, please!" Zhang's mother hurriedly responded, lowered her head slightly, stepped aside, and took Cui'er to visit the courtyard.
And Lian Qingshan, who originally came back from outside. It was sitting in the position where Cui'er was just now, shaking the two little babies who were sleeping soundly in the cradle next to her, and then set her eyes on the big girl and the little tiger who were playing happily next to the swing, and enjoyed the tranquility of this moment rarely.
Cui'er followed Zhang's mother in the yard while listening to her talk about the things in the yard. This courtyard was originally a place for Boss Xing and his wife to live with their children and children, although there were not many things. But it is also very delicate, and there was an accident at Boss Xing's house a while ago. I sold all the valuable things, but the cabinets and tables that I used on weekdays and other worthless things were kept. It happened to be given to Cui'er's house.
Although this courtyard is nominally two in, but in fact there are more than two and a half in, the courtyard of Cui'er is the second in, there is a tall grape shelf in this yard, it is Cui'er's favorite place, there are three spacious main rooms in the north and facing south, three wings in the east and west, there are two ear rooms next to the wing room can be used as a kitchen, and the opposite grape shelf in the main house is an inverted seat in a row of three rooms.
Although there are not many rooms in the whole courtyard, they are very spacious, obviously when this house was built, the owner was quite rich in silver, and the selection of materials was also very particular.
The front of the second courtyard is the first courtyard, the first courtyard is much larger than the second courtyard, the front is three shops facing the street, there are five main houses in the courtyard, there are three wings in the east and west, and they are all high-style brick houses, and the ground is also paved with green bricks and the like, which is very clean.
There is a small door connecting the first courtyard and the second courtyard, and the courtyard that is used as a kitchen is also adjacent.
Standing in the courtyard for the first time, Cui'er smelled the faint aroma of wine, and her eyes unconsciously looked into the shop, but she saw that the door connecting the shop and the first courtyard was not closed, and she couldn't help but be surprised, what was going on?
Zhang's mother saw Cui'er's movements, followed Cui'er's eyes, and just saw that she forgot to lock the back door of the shop when she entered the yard, and secretly screamed in her heart, thinking that if the new master family minded, she would lose this job to help the family.
Zhang's mother knows the situation at home, if there is no helper, Xu is family's paste can only become bud rice paste, thinking that she still has two sons who have not yet started a family, Zhang's mother took two steps forward and came to Cui'er.
"Madam, I have something to report to you...... "Mother Zhang only felt that her heart was turned upside down, and the color on her face was not good-looking. But don't tell the truth, Xu is his job will be lost, if the main family is angry, the shop that his family depends on for his livelihood will be taken back, in order for the children to have enough to eat, the cheeks or something will be put out.
Thinking of this, Zhang's mother continued with a slight trembling voice, "I am the daughter-in-law of Zhang Laohan, who rented a shop with you, and I come from the shop every day to clean it, and then go to the shop to help with work or something......
I don't know if Cui'er's eyes are too sharp, or if she is too panicked in her heart, Zhang's mother said and spoke, her voice became smaller and smaller, she was an honest person in the end, she had never done this kind of deception to others, Zhang's mother's face was flushed, and she had an urge to turn around and run away in the face of this Lianjia lady who was more than ten years younger than herself.
Cui'er looked at Zhang's mother, who was so ashamed that her face was red, although she didn't think there was anything wrong with her part-time job, but she also knew the reason why she was embarrassed, Cui'er sighed softly, looked at the shop she rented out, and an idea flashed in her heart, and when she wanted to catch it, she couldn't remember it.
"I know this, if you can get busy, just keep doing it here." Cui'er thought for a while and said, if this mother Zhang and Zhang Laohan are family, it is convenient to take care of the front and back yards, and Zhang Laohan rents a shop with his own family, so it is more convenient for such people to know the roots.
"Really? Thank you, madam, thank you, madam......" Mother Zhang was relieved when she heard Cui'er, only to feel as if a suffocating person suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly thanked Cui'er.
"What's there to thank you for, this house is thanks to you for taking care of it." Cui'er smiled and said, she smelled a slightly sweet aroma between her noses, and only one breath attracted Cui'er's heart, "Mother Zhang, the fragrance in front of you, but the smell of wine in your shop?" ”
"Scent?" Mother Zhang was stunned by Cui'er's sudden change of topic, and she was a little confused, but knowing that her brain was not as fast as the masters, she replied honestly, "Well, the taste at this time should be that my father-in-law and Xianggong came back with new wine." ”
"This new wine is rice wine?" Cui'er is very familiar with this taste, and the taste of home-brewed rice wine sold in the supermarket in the previous life is very similar, Cui'er likes to drink rice wine and use the leftover mash to cook rice balls, the slightly wine-scented soup is paired with soft and glutinous rice balls, the taste is simply so good.
"It's rice wine." Mother Zhang was sometimes stunned when she heard Cui'er's words, thinking to herself how this lady of the main family looked very happy, could it be that she loves to drink? "Madame, am you interested, shall I go and bring some over for you to taste?"
"It's good!" Cui'er nodded with a smile, which made Zhang's mother even more strange.
But strange is strange, Zhang's mother moved quickly to the front shop, and the accounts in her heart understood that if some worthless rice wine could please the master's family, it would be worth keeping this ten-dollar job a day.
With motivation, Zhang's mother's movements were very fast, from going to the shop to coming back, it took less than a quarter of an hour, and when she came back, she was holding a two-pound small jar in her hand, and said to Cui'er with a slight panting, "Madam, this is the new wine that just came out today, when it is fragrant, I will help you send it to the back?" ”
"No, I'll take a look." Cui'er stretched out her hand to take the small jar, smelling the sweet fragrance inside, Cui'er's heart was refreshed, and she couldn't wait to drink a sip of rice wine and make a bowl of mash dumplings.
When Cui'er saw that there was no mash at all under the wine jar, she was a little disappointed, and couldn't help asking, "Isn't there any mash in this rice wine?" ”
"Yes, there are, such is all wine bottoms, no one wants to ...... on weekdays" Although Zhang's mother is an honest person, she also knows that there are some things that should not be said, and the next sentence on the lips did not continue to be said, that sentence should be "Only poor people who can't afford to buy wine will buy some mash when they are hungry." ”
"Is there one in the shop now? If you have one, get me a bowl back. Cui'er saw Zhang's mother's strange expression that she wanted to say and stopped, she didn't care, and said with a smile, holding the wine jar and slowly walking to the backyard.
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