Chapter 229: Mountain Rain is Coming
After the opening of the tea shop, everything seemed to be on the right track, Cui'er would take an hour every day to teach the big girl and Xiaohu to write, an hour to teach the apprentices of the tea shop to make tea, and an hour to read the accounts of the tea shop and the dim sum shop, and the rest of the time, she would play with the children, make clothes and cook for the family.
The courtyard and backyard of the tea shop have been built, and the yard where Cui'er's family wants to live has also dug the foundation, pulled bricks and tiles, and just waited for the foundation to be filled in and built, and the house could be built on it.
On this day, Cui'er was in the courtyard of the tea workshop, watching the apprentices drying the tea greens, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, blowing a slightly earthy wind.
"It's going to rain?" Cui'er sniffed, the earthy smell was still there, looking at the sky in the distance, a little gloomy, it seemed that since the beginning of summer, there had been no rain, could it be raining?
"Cui'er, what are you looking at?" Lian Qingshan looked at Cui'er and looked up at the sky, walked up to her, and said in a low but gentle voice.
"I see if it's going to rain, last year it was less rainy, and I don't know what will happen today."
"Well, it looks like it's going to rain, Cui'er, you go and see if the food at home is enough, if it's not enough, immediately let Uncle Zhong go out and buy a car, I'll call some people to go up the mountain to chop some firewood, and the family in the province has no food to eat." Lian Qingshan looked at the sky, his face was a little solemn.
The clouds in the sky were arranged like fish scales, with a faint golden glow, such clouds, even Qingshan seemed to have seen them once in his memory, but the time was too long, and he only remembered that after seeing this cloud at that time. It was raining heavily.
"Hmm!" Cui'er replied softly, in fact, even if it doesn't rain, your own food must be stored more, after all, in addition to your own family, there are many strong men who work every day to eat. There are also eight apprentices in the teahouse, and these people can eat a twenty-pound ration a day.
Cui'er calculated, there are about 200 catties of rice, 100 catties of white noodles, and 100 catties of miscellaneous grains at home, which is only enough for these people in her family to eat for ten days and half a month. If it rains heavily, there won't be enough food to eat.
Thinking so, Cui'er hurriedly called Uncle Zhong over and asked him to go to the grain store in the town to buy more grain and come back, as well as meat and beans and the like. I also bought a lot of them back.
Uncle Zhong heard Cui'er's order, looked at the sky again, although he felt that this bright sky was not a big deal, but he thought that the food consumption at home was fast, and there was nothing to buy, so he answered and took the two apprentices of the tea shop out to buy grain.
Cui'er felt a little uneasy in her heart, always feeling as if something was going to happen. I didn't have the heart to watch the apprentices work anymore, and asked them to put away the tea after they were sunburned, so they went back to the new courtyard.
At this time in the new yard. The big girl is sitting on the kang and writing stroke by stroke, Xiaohu is standing aside and squatting on the horse, Xiaobao and soft two, lying on the kang waving her little hands babbling, at first glance it seems to be chatting.
"Big girl, little tiger. Don't go too far today, it's going to rain. "After Cui'er entered the house. Picked up Squishy and probed her diaper. I found that it was dry, so I went to look for the small bag of diapers again.
"Got it, mother!" After the girl finished writing a word properly, she turned back to Cui'er and said, "Mother, you don't have to look at it, I have already changed the small bag and soft diapers just now." The big girl said with a smile, obviously not thinking that changing diapers for her younger siblings was a big deal.
"Big girl is so good!" Cui'er saw that the girl looked like a good sister, her heart was very warm, she walked to the girl and patted her back, and looked at the words she wrote, "This word is more neatly written, and Uncle Zhong will go to the town in a few days, I will ask him to help you get a good handbook back, our daughter's house, the words written will also be beautiful!" ”
"Good!" When the eldest girl heard the copy, her eyes lit up, and she remembered that it was almost time for her mother to teach herself and her younger brother, and she hurriedly said to Cui'er, "Mother, what are we going to talk about today?" ”
"Today, let's talk about the cold and summer, the autumn harvest and the winter hiding, the leap and the rest of the year, and the law and the sun." Cui'er got inspiration from the white apprentice named Dong Chang of the tea shop, and taught a thousand-character essay to Da Niu and Xiaohu every day.
Speaking of which, what Cui'er originally taught to the big girl and Xiaohu was according to the upper, middle and lower grades that Cui'er learned when she was a child, easy to learn is easy to learn, but there is no deep meaning in it, but it is not as good as this ancient unique enlightenment textbook thousand-character text, not only to teach people to read, but also to have some natural knowledge and the truth of life in it.
"Cold comes and summer, that is, it alternates between cold and summer, from cold winter to warm summer, and then with the arrival of autumn, it returns to the cold winter, and so on......" Cui'er's voice was soft and gentle, with an inexplicable power, and in less than a quarter of an hour, she finished these four sentences, and then let the big girl and the little tiger ponder these words while writing.
Cui'er took out the contents of the sewing basket and watched the big girl and Xiaohu write while making autumn clothes for the children. In this family, in order to express her love, Cui'er's four children and even Qingshan's clothes were made by Cui'er herself, and Xiangmo felt sorry for her master, so she wrapped Cui'er, Uncle Zhong and her own clothes.
I don't know how much time has passed, Cui'er is feeling a faint soreness in her back, and she wants to straighten her waist, but suddenly she feels that the sky is dark, and the whining wind is from far and near, but after a moment's effort, the sky is completely dark.
Cui'er hurriedly put down the needle and thread in her hand, and told the eldest girl to take care of her younger brothers and sisters, while she walked quickly from the new courtyard to the direction of the tea house.
This means that it is going to rain, and in my own tea shop, there is still more than half of the tea green that has not been fried, and it will be difficult to do if it rains.
Cui'er's feet were fast, and when she walked to the teahouse, she saw several apprentices hurriedly moving the basket into the house, but because the basket was wider than the door frame, they hit the door frame at once, but instead of entering the house. I knocked myself into a stumble.
"What are you panicking about, this rain can't come now, according to the usual rules, put all the tea in the basket and put it in the tea room." Cui'er is in the hearts of the apprentices. It was the backbone of this tea shop, seeing Cui'er coming, and hearing Cui'er's order, the remaining six apprentices were busy following Cui'er's actions, and put away the tea in groups of two.
When the tea greens in the yard were put away, the sky was still sunny. It was already overcast, and the clouds were tumbling violently under the blowing of the strong wind, mixed with a strong earthy smell, and the downpour seemed to come down at any time.
"You pack up your things, and each of you takes a tael of tea. Take a small basket and go back to the house to practice kneading tea, without my instructions, you are not allowed to run around, it looks like it is going to rain, and it will be dangerous to go out. Cui'er instructed the apprentices carefully, and watched them take the tea one by one and return to their rooms, just as they were about to leave. Suddenly, I saw a small corner of clothes, trembling behind the door of the roasted tea room.
"Why are you still here?" Cui'er took two steps forward and came to the door of the roasted tea room. I saw a girl cowering there, her body curled up and trembling slightly.
"Husband...... Madame ...... "A little dark face was lifted up, and there were tears on it, as if something terrible had happened.
"It's you, what's your name, why are you still here?" Although Cui'er knows this little black girl. I also knew her name, but I still asked. The little girl looked frightened, as Cui'er spoke. It's slow and light, like a soft feather.
"Madame...... Will it rain? The little girl did not answer Cui'er's words, but raised her eyes blankly, and looked at the sky in the distance, and the tumbling clouds gathered more and more, as if they were about to collapse the sky.
"Well, it looks like it's going to rain, but it doesn't matter, our house is newly built and won't leak, the master has already taken people to the mountains to chop wood, and I've asked Uncle Zhong to buy food and come back, it looks like he should be back soon." Cui'er smiled and said, "We are very safe, even if it rains heavily for ten days, we will have food to eat, and there will be hot kang to sleep, there will be no danger, don't worry." ”
"Are you called Grey?" Cui'er stretched out her hand and wiped the tears on the little girl's face with a handkerchief, "Don't cry, okay?" Everything will pass, so let's go back with everyone obediently, okay? ”
"Madame...... I...... My name is Huiya, not Gray. The little girl seemed to be comforted by Cui'er's gentle and firm words, wiped the tears on her face with the back of her hand, and looked at Cui'er with a pair of dark and bright eyes, like a puppy, serious and firm.
"Huiya?" Cui'er was surprised, she didn't expect that this little girl called Gray Ya had such a high-end name, as if she should have been born in a wealthy family, the name of the pampered eldest lady, "Is it a virtuous Hui, elegant Ya?" ”
"Well, yes, ma'am!" was guessed by Cui'er her name, Huiya was happy for a while, and a mouthful of white teeth was exposed, looking innocent and cute.
"Okay, Huiya, I remember your name, you can go back and wash your face, and then take a rest." Cui'er pulled little Huiya up and gently dusted off her clothes, "Huiya, you have to remember that there is nothing really terrible in this world, as long as you can face it bravely, there are no difficulties that you can't overcome, you know?" ”
"Yes, ma'am!" Xiao Huiya's eyes flashed with a bright light, and then she smiled again, waved her hand mischievously at Cui'er, and turned around and ran away.
Looking at the direction in which the little figure ran away, Cui'er's heart was slightly sour, although this Huiya looked small, but the faint sorrow between her eyebrows made Cui'er feel that she was a person with a story.
Thinking of this, Cui'er suddenly shook her head, feeling that her thoughts were really ridiculous, what story can a teenage girl have? At this time, Xiangmo looked at the gloomy weather and came out to find Cui'er, and Cui'er asked her to help settle the apprentices in the teahouse, and take a good look at the little Huiya by the way.
After instructing Xiangmo, looking up at the dark sky, Cui'er's brows wrinkled unconsciously, this day, it won't really rain heavily, right? (To be continued)
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