Chapter 11: Small Promises
After putting on her shoes, An Xiuer also got out of bed, there was no mirror in the room, she casually pulled herself up, touched the loose bun on the back of her head, and she knew that she had married him.
Pushing the door and walking out of the room, the sun was shining right on her face, and she heard the sound of soldiers coming from the backyard, so she raised her legs and walked to the backyard.
There is a small kitchen against the wall in the backyard, Zhang Zhenan is burning the fire under the stove in the kitchen at the moment, it seems that he is going to cook, An Xiuer hurriedly ran over, walked to him, and whispered: "I'll come." ”
The so-called gentleman is far away from cooking, even in this Qingshui Village, there is no reason to let a man cook, he is now married, but he is lying on the bed and sleeping lazily as if he has not yet left the cabinet, and he must be angry if he does not come to cook, right?
An Xiu'er secretly looked at Zhang Zhen'an's face, but Zhang Zhen'an still sat on the small stool and didn't move, he held the tongs in his hand, didn't even raise his head, and said: "You go over there to wash, today you use willow branches to make up for life, and I will buy you to brush your teeth in a few days." ”
"It's okay, I'm fine with willow branches." An Xiu'er saw that Zhang Zhen'an didn't look angry, so she was relieved, and smiled at him, with two pear vortices at the corners of her mouth, with some girlish pretty, very good-looking.
Although Zhang Zhen'an has married a wife, he is not ready to marry a wife, and the cup at home is naturally single, An Xiuer took a bowl from the cupboard, washed it with water, and saw that on the table in the corner, he had folded some willow branches for her, so he took one, bit it gently, and brushed up the neat teeth.
After rinsing her mouth, she found another wooden basin, which still exuded the fragrance of wood, which was one of her few dowries.
"I'll use this basin to wash my face from now on." An Xiu'er pointed to the wooden basin on the ground where she was placing and said.
"Whatever you want." Zhang Zhenan is not interested in knowing such a trivial matter.
"Oh." Seeing that Zhang Zhen'an's face was a little ugly, An Xiu'er didn't say anything more, originally she couldn't find a handkerchief to wash her face and planned to ask again, but now she only scooped up some cold water, washed her face with water in her hand, and then wiped her face dry with her sleeve.
The water was a little cold in the morning, and An Xiuer only felt that she was a lot more sober.
Zhang Zhen'an was in the kitchen, and she had nothing to do, so she could only walk to the stove and look at him with big eyes, and asked, "What are you cooking?" It's very fragrant. ”
"Porridge." Zhang Zhenan has always cherished words like gold.
"Oh." An Xiu'er nodded, and said, "When I was at home before, my family didn't make breakfast, and I only ate two meals a day. Looking at his face, she asked, "Will we eat two or three meals in the future?" "People in the countryside are poor, and they always eat only two meals.
Zhang Zhenan didn't answer, only glanced up at An Xiu'er, and saw that she was slender and her waist was like a willow, as if he could hold it with one hand.
No wonder she's so thin, she looks hungry.
An Xiu'er was a little embarrassed by him, and her heart was a little hairy, so he said: "Don't worry, since I married you, I won't starve you." "I may not be able to give you anything else, but at least I won't starve you.
"Hmm." An Xiu'er seemed to have heard some great promise, her eyes lit up, she nodded heavily, and said to Zhang Zhenan: "Don't worry, since I marry you, I will be good to you wholeheartedly." ”
At the end, she added: "As long as you don't beat me, I won't leave you." ”
Zhang Zhenan felt very comfortable listening to it in the front, but he felt a little strange when he listened to it later, why, is he very much like a person who can beat women?
However, he still explained seriously: "As long as you don't make me angry, I won't beat you." ”
"Then how can you get angry?" An Xiu'er asked worriedly, many men in the village can beat women, she doesn't want to be beaten, so she has to ask clearly, don't violate his taboo.
"I can't say for sure." Human emotions can not be controlled, but, "You should not be able to mess with me." ”
"Well, that's too, I'm obedient and won't make you angry." An Xiu'er said, with a comfortable smile on her face, and said: "If I have something bad to do in the future, you have to say it, and I will change the bad place, so that I can't provoke you." ”
Zhang Zhenan looked at the bright smile on her face, and felt that she was really a little girl with a heart and was innocent, but such a little girl who seemed to be quite sensible should not be too troublesome to get along with in the future.
"Ah, our porridge should be ready, right?" An Xiu'er took a deep breath, feeling that the porridge and rice accompanied by the smell of meat filled the entire small kitchen, although she rarely eats breakfast, but at the moment when she smelled this fragrance, she felt a little hungry, and couldn't help but stretch out her hand and wanted to open the lid of the pot.
"Get out of the way, I'll come." Seeing that her slender hand was about to lift the heavy wooden pot lid, Zhang Zhen'an stood up, he was tall, picked up the pot lid, easily put it on the other side, and leaned against the wall.
An Xiu'er went to the cupboard and took two bowls, seeing that the edge of the bowl was not cleaned, and there was a small grain of rice on the side, she couldn't help but feel a little funny in her heart, sure enough, men can't go down to the kitchen, which still makes some sense.
She carried Zhang Zhenan on her back and used her fingernails to pick off the rice grains that were stuck on the edge of the bowl, and then went to the bucket to scoop water to wash the bowl again, and then took the bowls to the stove, put them on the stove, and said: "The cupboard door is not closed properly, there is dust, I washed it down with water." ”
"Hmm." Zhang Zhen'an didn't doubt it, he only picked up the bowl and put the porridge in it, An Xiu'er was about to serve it, but saw him sweep the stove with both hands and help bring the porridge to the hall.
An Xiu'er hurriedly took two pairs of chopsticks, washed them with water, trotted to the hall, and handed the chopsticks to him.
An Xiuer also lowered her head and drank porridge, this porridge he cut some minced meat in it, and the rice was also japonica rice, boiled over high heat, and it tasted very good.
"It's delicious." An Xiu'er praised him, but he didn't pay attention to her, An Xiu'er felt a little embarrassed, and lowered her head to drink porridge and stopped talking.
The two ate almost at the same time, but An Xiuer used a small rice bowl, and Zhang Zhenan used a big bowl.
"Are you full?" Zhang Zhenan looked up at An Xiu'er.
"Uh-huh." An Xiu'er nodded busily.
"Just stop eating?" Zhang Zhenan raised his eyes and looked at her, and didn't say much, but An Xiu'er felt that he seemed to see through his heart.
"Can I eat a little more, then?" She gestured a small distance with her hand, and looked at him with big watery eyes: "Just eat a little bit." ”
She was a little nervous, women would be disgusted if they ate too much, she had often heard that her mother disliked her sister-in-law, and in that dream, the damn widower always disliked her for eating too much, and even beat her because of this, so she was a little scared, but this porridge was so delicious that she couldn't help but want to eat a little more.
"Hold the chopsticks." Zhang Zhenan stood up.
An Xiu'er hurriedly picked up the chopsticks, then watched Zhang Zhenan put away her bowl and walked into the kitchen, and watched him stride over and put a bowl full of porridge in front of her: "Eat." ”
"It's too much for me to eat." An Xiu'er hurriedly said, although she really wanted to eat a little more, but her stomach was actually not big.
"Let's eat first, and then we'll talk about it if we can't finish it." Zhang Zhenan pushed the bowl to her, and An Xiu'er didn't shirk anymore, glanced at him, and picked up the chopsticks.
She thought she would be able to eat a lot, but after a few bites, she couldn't eat anymore, and she didn't want to waste food, so she forced herself to eat a few bites, and finally put down her chopsticks and said, "I can't eat anymore." ”
"If you can't eat it, throw it away." Zhang Zhenan said.
"What a waste of that." An Xiu'er was a little reluctant, she pushed the bowl to his side, and said, "You haven't eaten much in the morning." ”
What does that mean? Zhang Zhenan's eyelids jumped, did she let herself eat her leftovers? Didn't she say okay, she would be good to herself? Now give yourself the leftovers she eats?
Zhang Zhenan looked at her suspiciously, she was the most ignorant girl in the city, and she knew that this was very impolite!
Seeing that Zhang Zhen'an didn't eat, An Xiu'er also lowered her head, as if she realized that her actions were a little wrong, she grabbed the corners of her clothes with both hands and said, "I'm sorry, I thought we were a family, husband and wife, it doesn't matter, since you dislike me, then forget it, keep it, I'll eat it at noon." ”
Obviously, she looked like she was about to cry just now, but when she raised her head, she was smiling again. She looked up at him, smiled again, and stood up, ready to clean up the dishes.
Zhang Zhenan pressed her hand and took the bowl of porridge she was about to receive, this small bowl was not big, he poured it into his mouth after two mouthfuls, without any pressure, he wiped his mouth casually, he put the bowl on the table and walked to the room.
The smile on An Xiu'er's face was more real this time, she went to the kitchen with the dishes and chopsticks, wrung out a clean rag, and wiped the table clean.
Just about to turn around and go to the kitchen to wash dishes, I saw Zhang Zhenan walking out wearing a hat, An Xiuer hurriedly put down the rag and ran out, and asked, "Are you going to fish?" ”
"Hmm." Zhang Zhenan nodded, and An Xiu'er said, "Wait a minute." With that, she turned around and ran to the kitchen, came out for a while, but took a bamboo tube in her hand, she handed it to him, and said, "I have some water in it, do you like to drink tea?" If you like, I'll get up early in the future. ”
"No, I'm not a big fan of tea."
Zhang Zhenan stretched out his hand to take the bamboo tube, took it and looked at it, this bamboo tube is very simple, but it is also exquisite, someone drilled a hole in the bamboo joint, and stuffed it with a small wooden stopper, so that even if the bamboo falls down inadvertently, the water inside will not flow out.
There is a small nail at the end of the wooden plug, on which a rope is tied, and there is a circle of iron wire tied around the waist of the bamboo tube, and the rope is tied to the bamboo wire, but I am not afraid that the wooden plug will fall to the ground.