Chapter 19: The Gift of Returning to the Door

This spring is unpredictable, yesterday was still sunny and beautiful, today is a light rain, but it is also very good, a little rain, the crops in the field can grow well.

I don't know if Zhang Zhenan will get wet when he goes out to catch the market, and he has to boil a bowl of ginger soup for him in advance, thinking that she put down the needle and thread again, and hurriedly walked to the kitchen to cook soup.

After boiling the soup and simmering with the sparks in the small stove, she came out again to continue embroidering, seeing that it was not too early, she was always a little absent-minded, and looked at the door from time to time, and unintentionally stabbed her finger.

"Hiss......"

There was a tingling in her fingers, and she put her fingers to her lips with some annoyance, sucking the blood on her fingertips, so she suddenly heard a sound outside the door, and looked up, and sure enough, it was Zhang Zhen'an back.

"You're back." She stood up and ran over with a hint of excitement.

Zhang Zhen'an answered, and the two walked to the hall together.

"You're a little wet, don't you have any clothes at home?" An Xiu'er asked.

"A little rain, I'm too lazy to wear it."

"The light rain is also rain, and I will get wet, what should I do if I get infected with the wind and cold?" An Xiu'er's words had a hint of resentment that she didn't even notice, and said: "But don't worry, I cooked you ginger soup, and if you drink it, you won't get sick." ”

Saying that, she walked into the kitchen quickly, and a trace of helplessness crossed Zhang Zhenan's eyes, what is this little rain to him?

Putting down the back basket on his body, he sat on the stool and waited for An Xiu'er to bring out the ginger soup.

An Xiu'er smiled, put the ginger soup on the tray in front of him, and said, "I just cooked it, it's still hot, you should drink it while it's hot." ”

Zhang Zhenan didn't think about it so much, he picked up the bowl and poured it down, he drank in a hurry, and some choked on his throat, An Xiu'er hurriedly walked behind him, patted his back softly with her little hand, and said, "You're okay, drink slowly." ”

"I'm fine." Zhang Zhenan waved his hand and asked again, "How much ginger did you put in?" It's spicy. ”

An Xiu'er twisted her clothes with her hands and said, "I'll put a piece." ”

"A piece? A whole piece? Seeing her nodding, Zhang Zhenan was also speechless, no wonder it was so spicy, Zhang Zhenan felt that her throat was almost on fire, oh my God, she must have really taken revenge for letting her drink yesterday, so when she boiled ginger soup, she put so much ginger.

But the bottom she scooped to him only precipitated one or two fragments, because he didn't notice it, and he felt thirsty, which made her way.

"This time it was my mistake, I rarely boiled ginger soup at home, and I don't know how much to put in it." An Xiu'er took the initiative to admit her mistake and said: "Next time I'll put a little less, but it's okay to put a little more, the spicy effect is good, you see that your forehead is sweating, which means that this ginger soup has worked." ”

Not only do I sweat on my forehead, but I also smoke in my throat.

Zhang Zhenan didn't know how big a piece of ginger she put in, he only knew that the ginger at home was changed by others with him, about the width of his palm, and the two pieces of ginger slices accidentally brought out in the bowl could be seen that she cut it very thinly, and this ginger soup should have been boiled for a long time.

He opened his mouth and hurriedly poured water for himself, but this water was all freshly boiled water by An Xiu'er, and it was still hot, so he could only get up and walk to the kitchen, scoop two mouthfuls of cold water and pour it down, and then he felt better in his stomach.

Relieved, walked out of the kitchen, and saw that she was still stunned in place, looking like she had done something wrong, he couldn't bear to blame him again, and only said: "Forget it, I'm fine, don't blame yourself." ”

"I'm sorry." An Xiu'er whispered, and then took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, her movements were gentle, Zhang Zhen'an grabbed her hand, she was like a frightened little beast, and her head was tilted.

"Are you so afraid of fighting?" Seeing her reaction, Zhang Zhenan felt inexplicable in his heart, and said, "Am I so terrible?" ”

"No, you're not scary, it's me who did something wrong." An Xiu'er lowered her head and said.

"I've said it all, I don't care about this little thing." Zhang Zhenan didn't know how to explain to her, he felt that this woman was just trouble, a trivial matter, so he looked like he was crying, but he couldn't do anything with her.

And her tearful eyes, half crying and not crying, made him even more uncomfortable, feeling that her wet eyelashes, like aquatic plants by the river, stirred his whole person, scratching and scratching in his heart.

"Didn't you say you had to go back?" Zhang Zhen'an could only soften his voice to divert her attention and said, "I bought some things and put them in the basket, you can take them out and take a look." ”

"What did you buy?" An Xiu'er whispered, then squatted down and took out the contents of his back basket one by one.

An Xiu'er took out a cloth bag first, and then took out the contents inside: "Meat, sugar, and ...... Wine? ”

"Hmm." Zhang Zhenan nodded.

An Xiu'er said, "Is it a gift for me to bring back to the door?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Zhenan replied again, and An Xiuer said: "These will cost a lot of money." ”

"You don't care about that." Zhang Zhenan only said: "Are these return gifts enough?" If it's not enough, bring the remaining eggs from home. ”

An Xiu'er saw that Zhang Zhen'an actually bought so many things for her as a return gift, and she was also happy in her heart, pursed her lips and smiled: "Enough, you are already very generous, but it is just a return door, and it is already a heavy gift for a girl who usually marries to carry two catties of meat in the past." ”

As she spoke, she gave him the wine and said, "My father doesn't drink much, you like to drink this wine, you can keep it." ”

"It's okay, let's bring it to my father-in-law first, I'll drink it and buy it next time." Zhang Zhenan didn't reach out to pick it up, An Xiu'er heard this, and her heart became more and more happy, and she only said: "Well, then this wine will be brought to my father, and I will make wine for you to drink at that time." ”

The corners of Zhang Zhen'an's mouth pulled a faint smile.

An Xiu'er looked at the cloth bag on the table again and said, "What are you carrying here?" ”

"You want needlework, thread, fabric, and a few other things." Zhang Zhen'anzui motioned for her to open it and look.

An Xiu'er opened it and took a look, only to see that there were some needles and threads inside, and some fabrics, all of which were quite bright in color, and it seemed that the quality should be better than the one she bought before.

"If you buy such a good silk thread, I will feel a little at a loss when I sell silk handkerchiefs." An Xiu'er put the things away, picked up a wooden thing and looked at it, this wooden strip, the top is oval, and there are some animal manes on it, An Xiu'er has a hand on it and strokes it, and said, "This is the brushing tooth you bought for me?" ”

Zhang Zhenan nodded.

An Xiu'er said: "Actually, it's good for me to use willow branches, this brushing of teeth costs five cents, and you are willing to do it." ”

"Bought it all." Zhang Zhenan was unimpressed.

An Xiu'er walked over with something, suddenly raised her head and kissed him lightly on the face, then bowed her head shyly, and said, "Thank you, you are so good to me." ”

Zhang Zhen'an came back to his senses, she had already taken something back to the room, he reached out and touched his face, only to feel that the place where she kissed was as if it was burned by fire, faintly hot.

An Xiuer put the needle and thread away, and went to the kitchen with the brushing tooth, the last time she cleaned up the kitchen, she found a two-inch high small bamboo tube, she had already washed it as her own cup, she carefully put the brushing tooth into it, and then placed it with Zhang Zhenan's cup.

She looked at the two quilts side by side, and a trace of sweetness emerged in her heart, and she found an empty basket in the kitchen, she came out to pack up these things on the table, and saw Zhang Zhenan looking at her, although he was covered with gauze, she had already felt his burning gaze, which made her lower her head.

"By the way, the light is not too strong today, can you take the gauze off?" An Xiu'er walked to Zhang Zhen'an's side, pretended to raise her head generously, and made a request, seeing that Zhang Zhen'an was a little hesitant, she said again: "If you can't forget it, your health is important." ”

"It's okay." Zhang Zhenan ripped off the gauze on his eyes, An Xiuer reached out and folded his veil in her arms, walked to his side, and said, "Actually, you look good without a veil, my father and mother will be very happy when they see it." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Zhenan responded casually, but he was thinking in his heart, the feeling was not that she returned to the door today, but that his ugly son-in-law saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"It's getting late, let's go." An Xiu'er pulled his sleeve, Zhang Zhen'an also followed her forward, there were no valuables at home, and when she went out, she just covered up the door, Zhang Zhen'an turned around and took the basket in An Xiu'er's hand and went to the village with her.

It was raining a little, and both of them were wearing hats, and someone in the village saw it and greeted An Xiu'er, "Xiu'er, go back to your mother's house." ”

"yes." An Xiuer also replied to other people's words one by one, and after the others left, she tilted her head and glanced at the man next to her, but she sighed again and again in her heart, alas, in the blink of an eye, she really became someone else's family, and her own family became her mother's family.

The two walked side by side, walking slowly, while Liang stood at the door early in the morning and waited.

"Eldest girl, second girl, didn't your aunt say that she would go back today? It's almost time to eat, why don't you see anyone yet? Liang was a little anxious, so he asked the two little girls around him, in order to wait for An Xiu'er to return today, the whole family did not go out to do farm work.

"My aunt said she wouldn't be back until later." The eldest girl felt that she was a little wronged, and she had already told her grandmother, but her grandmother was standing here and waiting, and now she came to wonder if she had told the wrong word.

"Old woman, it's raining, what are you standing at the door? Are you still afraid that Xiu'er won't go home? Father An came over with a cigarette stick and said, "Go back to cooking, it's funny if your daughter and son-in-law come over and don't even have a hot meal." ”

"Hey, then I'll go." Liang wanted to wait a little longer, but Father An spoke, and she couldn't stay for a long time, so she could only reluctantly look at the door again and go back to the house to cook.