Chapter 371: The Grange (2)
The carriage traveled slowly, and after leaving the city, it walked slowly for nearly an hour before reaching the destination of their trip.
Outside the gate, there were already plainly dressed farmers and peasant women standing to greet them, they were all tenants of the Zhu family, and they were ordered to come over to help and serve.
As a tenant, having the opportunity to serve the owner is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime good thing. Therefore, the expressions on their faces all looked a little nervous and excited.
As far as the eye can see, there are patches of green fields everywhere, and the breeze mixed with the smell of grass and earth is refreshing.
Shen Yuechen hugged Zhu Ying and smiled contentedly: "This place is beautiful, isn't it?" β
Zhu Ying nodded again and again.
It was also her first time going out, and she saw that everything was fresh, but she felt a little scared.
She grabbed the corner of Shen Yuechen's clothes and asked cautiously, "This is our new home?" β
Shen Yuechen touched her head and said with a smile: "That's right, let's stay here for a while." β
Zhu Ying looked outside, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Mother, can I go down to find my brother?" β
Shen Yuechen nodded and said, "Go ahead." β
When Zhu Ying heard this, she jumped out of the carriage like a happy rabbit.
It's just a wheat field that hasn't grown yet, but the children are already happy as if they were celebrating the New Year.
Shen Yuechen held Cuixin's hand, stepped out of the carriage, looked at Zhu Jintang, who was smiling slightly, and said approvingly: "This is indeed a good place. β
Zhu Jintang took her hand, pointed to the open door opposite, and said, "Look inside, you will feel better." β
Shen Yuechen took his arm and asked Wu's mother to hold the sleepy Brother Xuan and enter the courtyard first.
"To the young owner, the young grandmother, please be safe." A not-so-neat greeting sounded.
Shen Yuechen nodded at them.
Looking at their appearance, you can know that they are authentic croppers, with shy expressions, dark complexions, and honest smiles on their faces.
Walking into the courtyard gate, you will be greeted by a spacious and bright courtyard, which is not a big place, but it is clean and tidy.
The courtyard is surrounded by rooms on all sides, the one in the middle is the main room, with wings and transepts on both sides, and there is a tall locust tree in the center of the courtyard, and under the tree is a stone well.
Zhu Jintang looked around the courtyard and said, "Don't look at the small place here, but it has all kinds of organs. β
Shen Yuechen said with satisfaction: "The concubine also thinks it's good, the room is enough." β
Suddenly, there was a cry from behind him, and Wu's mother patted his back in a panic, and coaxed softly: "Little baby, don't cry, don't cry." β
Shen Yuechen saw Brother Xuan nesting in her arms and crying non-stop, so she hurriedly stretched out her hand and said, "Xu has changed places, this child has been born." β
Zhu Jintang took the lead and took Brother Xuan with one hand, "I'll hug it, your body is inconvenient." β
Brother Xuan was really afraid of being born, and the little brain melon leaned on Zhu Jintang's shoulder and slowly stopped crying.
Zhu Jintang held Brother Xuan in one hand, and held Shen Yuechen again with the other hand, the two intertwined their fingers, looked at each other and smiled, and their affectionate and loving appearance aroused the envy of others.
I have heard that the young owner is a talent, and now I see that it is really worthy of its reputation, this young grandmother is also a Peugeot person, and the two stand together, it is really a perfect match.
Brother Ming and Zhu Ying picked a handful of wild flowers at the edge of the field, and gave the flowers to each of the maids, and they had to pin them on their heads.
The young lady's orders were also orders, and everyone had no choice but to put on the flowers, even Mother Wu had to do so.
Zhu Ying left the reddest and most beautiful flowers to Shen Yuechen, and even stood on tiptoe and put a hairpin on her head for her.
Shen Yuechen's heart was warm, she stretched out her hand and tapped the noses of the two children, and said angrily: "You two are naughty, you got a handful of soil back, hurry up and wash it, we are about to eat." β
Mother Wu smiled and pulled them to the yard to wash their hands, and at this moment, those people who were waiting outside the door stepped forward to say goodbye.
The middle-aged man at the head, surnamed Sun Changsheng, was followed by his wife Chen, as well as several of his relatives.
"The yard is well tied, you guys have worked hard."
"Grandma is too polite, we all write about countrymen, do things roughly, what is inconsiderate, please forgive me."
Zhu Jintang opened his mouth and said, "Are all the things in the kitchen ready?" β
Sun Changsheng took a step forward: "Back to the east, rice and white noodles are the best, and there is a large vegetable field in the backyard of the grange, which is planted and grown. This year's peach harvest was not good, and watermelons and melons were abundant, so I had a few in the well in advance to eat them. Also, in order to have fun with the little master and the little lady, I also raised some rabbits and ducklings in the backyard. β
After listening to this, Shen Yuechen only felt that they were really careful in doing things, and he couldn't help but feel a little more satisfied in his heart.
The meals have already been prepared, and they are all farmhouse specialties.
A large pot full of mushroom stewed chicken, the meat is tender and the soup is thick, and there is a circle of small quail eggs on the side of the basin, all of which have been steamed in advance, and some chopped coriander is sprinkled on top.
The braised pork in the casserole is also full of weight, full of steaming, fat and thin, ruddy and soft. The children just smelled the fragrance and began to swallow secretly.
Meat dishes are heavy portions, but vegetables are also essential. Stir-fried garlic sprouts with mung bean sprouts, verdant in color. Stir-fried cabbage with fungus, black and white, as well as refreshing cold shredded potatoes, sweet and crispy pickled radish, and the final finale is pork rib taro soup.
There are meat and vegetarian dishes, and the match is appropriate, even Zhu Jintang, who has always been picky, nodded and praised: "The preparation is good." β
The children don't have much to eat for breakfast, and they will all feel hungry.
Brother Ming was about to eat chicken legs in one mouth, and Zhu Ying wanted to clip it to him personally, but the chicken legs were too big and heavy, and she couldn't hold them with chopsticks at all, so she had to help the maids in the end.
Brother Ming didn't hesitate to take the trouble, he directly grabbed the chicken leg and gnawed it, rubbing his mouth full of oil.
Brother Ming's eating appearance has never been very elegant, but fortunately, he is young and a boy, and he eats more tigerly, but he looks cute and likable.
The elders in the family like to take him to eat together, just watching him eat so satisfied, his appetite has also improved a lot, and he has eaten more.
Zhu Jintang saw his son's naΓ―ve appearance, so he simply rolled up his cuffs and stretched out his hand directly.
Seeing this, Shen Yuechen was slightly stunned and asked, "Uncle also wants to eat like this?" β
Zhu Jintang raised his lips and smiled: "This will not be at home, there are only a few of us, just feel comfortable, how comfortable and how to come." β
Shen Yuechen also smiled, and only said to Zhu Ying, who was watching the excitement beside him, "We are ladies, don't learn how to eat like them." β
Zhu Ying grinned, then picked up the chopsticks upright, carefully picked up a quail egg, and ate it slowly.
Although they are all ordinary dishes, they have a unique taste after being cooked by the housewives skillfully and simply.
At the end of this meal, everyone ate well.
Brother Ming'er ate all his stomach, and it was swollen to the touch, which made Wu's mother a little worried, for fear that he would accumulate food.
Fortunately, Brother Ming was very active, and after eating, he was even more energetic, and took Zhu Ying straight to the backyard.
Shen Yuechen didn't stop it, thinking to himself, it's good to let him digest it.
Although Zhu Xiao, a child who can walk and jump, usually doesn't like to move, and he must take a full nap at noon.
Shen Yuechen let the maids go to eat and rest, and walked around the house with Brother Xuan in her arms.
To be honest, she also ate a little bit just now, and it is not okay not to move.
Zhu Jintang went to look at his horse, then came back to rest, saw her holding Brother Xuan'er, and said busily: "The child is so heavy, can you do it?" β
Shen Yuechen smiled and said, "How much is he!" It's been less than six months, and the concubine body can still be moved. β
It was obviously time to take a nap, but Brother Xuan still didn't feel sleepy, pulling Shen Yuechen's hair with his small hands, babbling in his mouth, and making a sound that others couldn't understand.
Brother Xuan has now begun to learn to speak, and as soon as he wakes up every day, he will keep talking like this.
The old lady said that this was a sign of cleverness, indicating that he learned his tongue early.
Zhu Jintang stretched out his hand and wanted to take Brother Xuan from Shen Yuechen's arms, but Shen Yuechen's hair was still wrapped around his little hands, and the hair strands were tangled together, and it was difficult to sort out.
Zhu Jintang was not very good at teasing children, and he didn't know how to play with children, so he had to sit quietly on the side and watch how Shen Yuechen lulled him to sleep little by little.
Shen Yuechen took a cup of tea to put Brother Xuan to sleep, and her hair was also knotted by him.
Shen Yuechen had no choice but to spread all her hair and comb it again.
Zhu Jintang sat on the edge of the bed and gently pinched his son's soft cheeks, but was softly dissuaded by Shen Yuechen: "Uncle, don't wake him up." β
Brother Xuan'er's little face is round and puffy, and anyone who sees it can't help but want to pinch it.
Zhu Jintang withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "Fang just said that he was not tired, this will be a little unbearable." β
Shen Yuechen glanced at him with disgust, stopped talking, and just concentrated on those knotted hairs.
The strands of hair were all tangled together, and it seemed that if they wanted to be separated, they would have to be carefully done one by one.
Zhu Jintang slowly got up, came to her side, sat down next to her, reached out to pick up her black and long hair, and said, "Come, I'll help you take a look." β
His fingers were slender and nimble, and with three or five strokes, he untied the messy hair.
Shen Yuechen sighed with satisfaction, and simply said coquettishly: "Uncle help the concubine comb her hair." β
Zhu Jintang was slightly stunned when he heard this, then reached out to get the wooden comb on the table, and said softly: "I have never combed anyone's hair." β
Shen Yuechen heard it clearly, and couldn't help but purse her lips and snicker.
Zhu Jintang was afraid that it would hurt her, so he used it very lightly, and he didn't even touch his scalp much.
After he combed it, Shen Yuechen deliberately came to the mirror to take a look, and said half-jokingly: "Well, the uncle is really ingenious, and this skill is no worse than the girl's family." β