Erzhuang secretly swallowed his saliva, and looked at the pot a few times from time to time, Rui Xue felt funny and distressed, accelerated the movements in his hands, kneaded the live noodles, and began to use a large rolling pin with a thick wrist to roll the dough into a large round cake, sprinkle a layer of dry flour, fold it and roll it out again, until the dough was thin and symmetrical, then tightly rolled on the rolling pin, cut it from beginning to end with a kitchen knife, and then pressed it with one hand, and cut it into a long strip one inch wide with the knife in the other.

When he came back after washing two handfuls of cabbage, Er Zhuang had already burned the bone broth to the point that he had turned over the flowers, Rui Xue praised him twice, then stretched his hands and put the thin white noodles into it, and waited until the noodles were cooked and floated, and finally put the cabbage, green onions and salt into it, and a pot of bone soup noodles was ready.

Rui Xue brushed the clay pot, put out the dough sheets, took four pairs of bowls and chopsticks and handed them to the happy Erzhuang, and he carefully carried the clay pot into the inner room together.

Zhao Fengnian had already washed his head and face, sat at the table and read a book cleanly and refreshingly, and when he saw them coming in, he took the pen and ink.

Erzhuang put down the dishes and chopsticks with some restraint, pinched the corners of his clothes and stood at the door, Rui Xue was just about to ask him to go and see why his sister hadn't returned, when he saw the third girl holding a pottery bowl in her hand and stumbling across the courtyard door. She immediately went out to pick her up and brought her in.

The third girl shook her little head and said with a smile, "The pickled radish given by my mother." ”

Rui Xue smiled happily, "It's just right, the master is worried that there are no side dishes with noodle soup, it's really hard work." Come, have dinner with Mr. and Mrs. ”

She first filled a full bowl and handed it to Zhao Fengnian, and then filled half a bowl for the two children, so that they could hold it, this was her own bowl.

Er Zhuang sniffed the fragrant bone broth and ate the soft and smooth noodles, which was so fragrant that he swallowed his tongue together, and the restraint just now had already been thrown to the back of his head, and he ate very happily.

Rui Xue helped the third girl crush the dough sheet for a while, and then told Er Zhuang not to burn it, and she was also very busy.

Zhao Fengnian sat there quietly drinking soup and chewing salted radish, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Ruixue and the two children, and for some reason he felt that his appetite seemed to have opened a lot, and he even ate two large bowls.

Rui Xue took care of a large two snacks and was full, and quickly collected the empty dishes and bowls and cleaned them. The two children went home to take a nap, she was rare and quiet, so she laid a piece of linoleum and sat under the laurel tree to enjoy the shade, blowing the early autumn breeze, thinking about the trivial things of these days in her mind, and slowly fell asleep, in her dreams, there were high-rise buildings in her previous life, her seriously ill mother, her selfish younger brothers and sisters, and the processing plant that poured all her efforts in...

Zhao Fengnian stood in front of the window and watched, sitting under the tree and taking a nap with a woman covered in osmanthus flowers, her eyes were sometimes warm, sometimes complicated, and unpredictable...

I don't know if it's because it's easier to work without a child's noise, or because Zhang's sister-in-law was originally quick to work, and in less than two days, two sets of clothes were put in front of Ruixue. Ruixue's water-green dress is even more beautiful, not only inlaid with white teeth, but also embroidered with pink silk threads on the corners and skirt of a few small osmanthus flowers, and Ruixue praised it again and again.

Sister-in-law Zhang pushed her with a smile, "While there is no one at home, you can quickly change it and take a look." ”

Rui Xue didn't postpone it, she took off her clothes and changed out of the old sauce-colored dress on her body, and Sister-in-law Zhang started to help her pull a pair of snail temples and fix them with two ebony hairpins.

Rui Xue turned around twice on the spot, pulled the corner of her skirt and smiled, "Sister-in-law, this dress really fits." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang pulled her to look at it again and again, and said with a smile, "It's not just good-looking, you are already young, you have been pressed by the old dress for several years, and now you are wearing this bright color, you are simply as beautiful as a fairy." ”

"That's my sister-in-law's skillful way to dress me up," Rui Xue pulled Sister-in-law Zhang to sit at the table, seeing that there was a faint shadow under her eyes, she guessed that she must have stayed up late to do work, and her heart was warm, "Let my sister-in-law be tired." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang hurriedly waved her hand, "It's nothing, it's really tiring to make clothes, shoes and socks for the family during the New Year." Besides, the second strong and the third girl are all watching you, I don't have to worry about it, I will naturally do the work quickly. ”

"The two children are very well-behaved and help me with a lot of work."

"You didn't give them enough food to eat, and you made their mouths hungry, and I was worried about how to answer them in the future."

"That's easy to do, if my sister-in-law is willing to give it to me."

Sister-in-law Zhang stretched out her hand to pat her, making an annoyed look, "No, I can't bear it, I almost didn't hurt me to death when I gave birth to them, and I still count on them to support their old age." ”

The two laughed and talked a few words, Zhao Fengnian came in with a book, and when he saw the two of them sitting at the table, he was stunned, and Zhang's sister-in-law hurriedly said that she wanted to go home to feed the pigs and cook, and said goodbye and went back.

Rui Xue sent her out, turned around and took the cyan shirt, and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, this is the shirt made for you by Sister-in-law Zhang in the previous daycare, can you try it on to see if it fits?" ”

Zhao Fengnian glanced at the dress on her body, lowered his eyebrows lightly, and responded, "Okay." ”

Ruixue was reluctant to wear new clothes to work, so she went to the East House to change back into her old clothes.

When he returned to the house, Zhao Fengnian had already changed into a stone blue gown, with a dark green belt, which lined his whole person a little more warm, she stepped forward to stretch the corners of his robe for him, and raised his arm, seeing that the fat and thinness were just right, she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Zhang's craftsmanship is really good, and your piece also fits well." It's a pity that my female red is not good, otherwise I will embroider an autumn-colored purse for you, it will be even more brilliant. ”

Zhao Fengnian glanced down at the old clothes on her body, his brows furrowed slightly, compared to this gray-black dress, the watery green one was more suitable for her, but unfortunately the words turned around on his lips, and then changed to others, and said, "Today, the clan elders gathered in the ancestral hall and negotiated the matter of bondage, and in the future, each schoolchild will be given one or two pieces of silver or a hundred catties of grain noodles every year." ”

Ruixue looked up and saw that his brows were furrowed, thinking that he was remembering the quarrel that day, so he said, "Shopkeeper, what I said last time was all annoyance, don't take it seriously." Our family is not short of food and clothing now, and I will do a small business in the future, and my life will be better. So, it's okay not to be restrained, after all, as you said, the villagers saved the lives of the two of us, so we have to have something in return. ”

Zhao Fengnian's eyes fell on the laurel tree outside the window, he was silent for a long time, and said, "It's better to put it away, I'll teach it with all my heart." ”

Ruixue was about to say more, but was interrupted by him, "Let's cook first, it's noon." ”

Rui Xue then remembered that she only cared about talking to Sister-in-law Zhang and hadn't cooked yet, so she hurriedly ran into the stove and made soup with a fire.

Zhao Fengnian changed out of his new clothes, clumsily folded the two sets of clothes together, and put them in the bed, one green and one green, two colors very intimately squeezed together, close and harmonious...

Early in the morning of the second day, Rui Xue sent Zhao Fengnian out, and walked on foot for an hour in a new dress, going to the city to pick up customized wood and other things, that Boss Xue's wood shop is worthy of being an old store with an excellent reputation, the whole set of wood is finely made, even if it is just a wooden frame, it is very smooth, Rui Xue is very satisfied.

A carriage was hired on the side of the street, and the young men helped to lift it and put it on the cart, and Ruixue generously rewarded them with a few dollars to buy fruit to eat, which made several people smile. As soon as she heard Rui Xue ask where there was a big medicine hall, she pointed to Renhetang on the next street, Rui Xue thanked her, turned around and went there, and bought two catties of fine stone powder.

The young man who weighed the medicine, it was the first time to see someone buy so many fine stones, and she asked curiously, so she pretended that she helped someone buy it, and the young man didn't ask, and the left and right were not valuable medicinal materials, and two catties were only a few dozen dollars.

Rui Xue walked out of the medicine hall, saw a calligraphy and painting shop next to it, and remembered that every time she used pen and ink, she had to borrow it from Zhao Fengnian, so she walked in and picked out two knives of white-colored rice paper, two small brushes, a rain-swept azure inkstone and six ink blocks that smelled some fragrance.

As a result, when settling the accounts, the fat shopkeeper actually said that he wanted thirty-two taels, which shocked her and almost threw away the medicine bag in her hand.

I don't know why the genius of the sky, the predecessor who turned things around, didn't vigorously develop the industry, and how many generations of people were delayed to read and write?

She sighed in her heart, and after carefully inquiring the shopkeeper, she replaced the inkstone with an ordinary stone carving, and the ink block was also replaced with a fragrance without aroma, and she hesitated for a long time with two knives of paper, and replaced one of the knives with a yellowish color, together with two small brushes, and finally paid a total of ten taels of silver.

Rui Xue was so distressed that the corners of her eyes twitched, she walked out of the store, got into the carriage and walked halfway before she sighed, "There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book!" I didn't see the golden house, but I spent a thousand catties of grain noodles first! ”

The driver who was driving in front of her could hear her sigh like this, and thought that today's employer, whose mind was different from ordinary people, shook the horsewhip in his hand twice, and rushed to send Ruixue to the village, and hurriedly left after collecting the copper money.

The Zhang family of five went out in the morning to visit a relative in another village, so the door was closed, Rui Xue had no helper, so she had to move back by herself, but Zhao Fengnian happened to come back from school and walked to the door, seeing this, he tucked his clothes, stuffed the book into her arms, and then reached out to pick up a pine bottom plate, and asked while walking back, "Where to move?" ”

After getting along for these days, this is the first time Zhao Fengnian has taken the initiative to help, Rui Xue was a little stunned holding the book, heard him ask, quickly came back to his senses, and replied, "Put it in the stove." Then he trotted back to the house to put down the sundries, came out with a cotton towel, and fetched a basin of well water, just in time for Zhao Fengnian to move over and wash his hands.

Ruixue washed her face herself and splashed dirty water under the wall.

When I went back to the house, I happened to see Zhao Fengnian looking at the good paper, so he smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'll have to keep accounts often in the future, and it's inconvenient to always grab your pen and ink, so I bought a set just now." Saying that, she picked up the good paper and put it in Zhao Fengnian's box under the bed, "This good paper is left for you to write, and it doesn't hinder me to keep my accounts." ”