Chapter 59: Up the Mountain

The family had breakfast with Helele, Wen Juan cleaned up the pots and bowls, Shen Weiguo watched the fire on the side, and when Wen Juan finished washing the pots and bowls and was in order, Shen Weiguo also withdrew the fire over there, the cakes in the pot had enough time, and when the heat went down, the steaming Xuanhe cakes were opened and shoveled out, just without delay.

The cakes were full of sieves, piled high, next to the edge of the pot was burned out of the iron pot of brown and yellow crispy pot, the other side was bulging and soft, although the color was a little dull because of the black factor, but it still attracted people to want to eat two in one bite, and the hot air was filled with a faint sweet fragrance of grain corn, which seemed to be extraordinarily sweet.

Although after eating, Shen Weiguo did not resist the temptation of this pure natural food, and when he helped Wen Juan clean up the dry food in the morning, he also clicked half of the cake, chewed it in his mouth, and nodded incessantly: "The cake just out of the pot is so fragrant, and the cake you made is particularly delicious, daughter-in-law!" The dough is just right, and kneaded evenly, the wheat fragrance and the corn fragrance are just the right blend, soft and flexible intertwined, attracting people's lower abdomen, he eats it himself, praises, and does not forget to break it into small pieces, and send the soft inside into his daughter-in-law's mouth.

Wen Juan chewed lightly and nodded gently, her craftsmanship was not ashamed. The cornmeal is deliberately used by her to sift out the large particles for cooking porridge with a fine sieve, and the combination of the fine cornmeal and the black flour is used, and the taste is much more delicate. There is a husband who is more sensitive than a scout, and he follows almost slimy everything he does, she wants to use some Jinlian Lake water to regulate her body for her family, and she has tried her best, she is really drunk enough!

Eat it yourself, Wenjuan's cakes are really made, as if they are the size of a man's palm and the thickness of a flat finger. She wrapped five or six kraft paper prepared in advance and put them in the back basket, in addition, Wen Juan also put a military kettle filled with hot water tightened in advance, a small nail rake, and a medicine shovel, which are the tools that Daddy prepared for her, and with her marriage, they were all specially found to be beaten, which were much smaller than agricultural tools, and they were easy to carry and did not take up too much weight.

Because of going up the mountain today, Wen Juan deliberately found an old dress to change on, blue almost gray and black gown pants, for a few years, there are thin pudding traces on the cuffs, elbows and knees. Of course, in the countryside, some patched clothes are also common, and it is not easy to have a piece of clothing to go out in the village, and clothes that do not wear pudding are rare. Under her feet was a pair of liberation shoes that were added a few days ago, which were rewarded by the school at that time, and she wore them with care, or half-new. There is a lot of moisture in the mountains, and the cloth shoes are easy to get wet, but it is inconvenient.

It's just that Shen Weiguo is still very distressed when he looks at it, even if he knows that the environment is like this, he still silently decides in his heart that he will work harder in the future, and he must let his daughter-in-law wear clothes without pudding every day and live a better life. He also changed into Shen Genshen's old clothes on his upper body, fortunately, the people in the village made shirts for the sake of covering the cotton jacket, and made it more lenient, although Shen Weiguo was a few points taller than his father, he wore it alone and covered it on his body, and then covered it with Shen Genshen's old military cotton jacket, and his own military uniform, pants and shoes on the lower body were also quite strong, but he was not afraid to go up the mountain into the forest.

Both of them are tied tightly with strips of cloth or straw rope to prevent the invasion of insects or snakes in the mountains. It's not just the big animals that threaten the mountains, but if you provoke long worms or blood-sucking leeches, it's also a fatal thing in the end.

The equipment was neat, Shen Weiguo carried the basket with one hand, asked Wen Juan not to take anything, and followed him lightly, he raised his voice to say goodbye to Shen Genshen and said: "Dad, Wen Juan and I will go up the mountain to have a look, and we won't come back in the morning!" ”

"You prepare some food for lunch, I also left you three hot cakes in the cauldron, and I also cut the meat for you and put it in a bowl on the board, you can stir-fry some vegetables or stew vegetables in the morning, we will come back later, don't wait for us!" Wen Juan also added with a smile.

"Okay, okay, be careful when you go up the mountain, don't go into the old forest if it's too deep!" Shen Genshen nodded and instructed, getting lost is not a problem for the children who grew up in the mountains, he is afraid that Lao Linzi's big animals will hurt the two children, after all, no matter how good Wei Guo's skills are, he is alone with his bare hands and fists, and he has to protect Wen Juan, be careful.

"Well, okay, Dad, don't worry, we will be careful, and after walking down the mountain for a while, I will find Erniu Maolin to borrow their earthen guns for backup!" After calming Shen Genshen's heart, Shen Weiguo took Wen Juan out of the house.

The Shen family itself is located at the back of the village, not too far from the back mountain, walk back along the road behind the village, pass through a few fields in the village, and arrive at the foot of the back mountain. Shen Maolin is keeping watch for the day today, the sun is good today, and he is squinting outside with a rocking chair to bask in the sun. This rocking chair is the wood that he and Erniu found, and Uncle Shen made for them, and it can be folded without taking up space, basking in the warm winter sun, not to mention how comfortable it is.

Watching the two of them come over from a distance, getting closer to see it clearly, Shen Maolin didn't get up and greeted each other with a smile, and Shen Weiguo slapped each other's shoulders, and greeted him with a wicked smile: "It's you kid, this has a daughter-in-law and forgot about your brother, I thought you were going to indulge in gentleness at home, what kind of king didn't go to court from now on!" ”

"You're a big mouth!" Shen Weiguo said angrily, he ruined his image in front of his daughter-in-law, is he still a brother?

"Hello brother and sister, our brothers are used to making trouble, don't you mind!" After laughing, Shen Maolin got up seriously and said hello to Wen Juan to explain that they had all met on their wedding day, but they were no strangers. Then he greeted Shen Weiguo again: "Why don't you hurry up and take your younger siblings into the house to rest!" This guard room is shabby, you go back and take your younger siblings to my house to do more, my daughter-in-law still wants to have more contact with her younger siblings! ”

"By the way, are you going to take your younger siblings up the mountain?" Shen Maolin glanced at the mountain, and then looked at the outfits of the two, and couldn't help but move his eyebrows and asked. Wei Guo is a fool to be a soldier, and he should go to the commune and county to play with his daughter-in-law, and the supply and marketing cooperative's department store is the place to show the charm of a man. This accompanied the daughter-in-law to walk around the mountains and forests, and it is estimated that Wei Guo is also the first.

"Well, Wen Juan has found an ancient recipe that can treat my father's leg disease, and there is a lack of two main medicines, we want to go into the old forest to find out, your earthen gun is here, borrow it from me!"