300 knots of mourning
Mama Qin opened her mouth and thought to herself, your two great-grandsons have never been to the door of Bofu, and I don't know which small village you and the third young lady are guilty of at this time! But he still had to persuade: "Did the old lady forget?" Didn't Mo An write to them, saying that they were avoiding trouble in the south with the third young lady! ”
"Quick, go get them back!" The old lady grabbed Mama Qin's fingers very hard, as if she was grasping a life-saving branch.
"Okay, don't worry, old lady, the slave will send someone to bring the two little sons back." Mama Qin appeased the old lady and went down to arrange for someone to go to the south to pick up the two young masters.
South, Lingzhu Village.
Under the jujube tree in the courtyard, opposite Hua Ronghua was sitting a nervous young woman holding a child, she was the Zhao family, the daughter-in-law of Wang Ergen in the village.
Zhao pushed a piece of meat and a bunch of fresh mushrooms on the table, and said with some embarrassment: "That young lady (Zhao doesn't know what Hua Ronghua's name is, and he doesn't call it like Xiao Qi and his mother like the people in the village, and finally called the young lady away with Mo An), thanks to you borrowing a carriage for us, I was able to go to the town's hospital and give birth to a son successfully, you are the life-saving benefactor of our mother and son, but the family really can't come up with a better thank you gift, thank you very much, these rights should be a little heart." ”
Hua Ronghua, who is thankful or not, doesn't care, she is not bad at these, and as far as she knows, the Zhao family is relatively poor in Lingzhu Village, and her family only has one acre of land or no harvest all year round, all relying on Wang Ergen to do odd jobs to go up the mountain to chop firewood and collect medicine to make money, looking at the full moon child in Zhao's arms is not as strong as the little seven and eight who have just been born, Hua Ronghua asked with some worry: "Is this child not full?" ”
Zhao Shi was suddenly asked such a private question, his face turned a little red, and then he sighed and said helplessly: "Even I can't eat enough, let alone him?" If the child is born in our house, it will not be a blessed life. Now that I'm out of confinement, I can still help with some of the work in the field and mountains, and it should be better by then! ”
"Can you stand it when you go to work just out of confinement?"
"Hey, farmer, how can it be so delicate!" Zhao waved his hand and said: "Besides, there are only two people in the family, me and his father, I don't do it, and I can't make his father tired." ”
Hua Ronghua wondered, "Can't the old man in the family help you?" "She is really not familiar with the people in the village, basically they don't come and go, and occasionally go out with the children to catch the market or something, usually she nests in the yard to raise fat, now she is basically the same as when she first crossed over, so that she now has to run laps in the yard every day.
"Wa's father's family moved to this village later, and he also bought ten acres of land before, and then I got married, and my parents-in-law fell ill one after another, and those fields were not saved, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law also went, otherwise the family would not be this poverty-stricken state!" After Zhao explained, he looked at the cold thank you on the table and said apologetically: "So, don't think the young lady is polite to us, the family really can't get more." ”
Hua Ronghua pushed the meat back, "I'll take the mushrooms, you can take this meat back and eat it, and feed the child with more milk!" ”
"No, no, no, I'm here to give a gift, how can I get it back, if I let the baby's father know, I have to scold me to death." Zhao said that he would not accept anything.
Seeing that Zhao insisted, Hua Ronghua couldn't push it anymore, but she didn't want to take advantage of others for nothing, not to mention that other people's conditions were almost unavailable.
"Then you sit here and wait for me." Hua Ronghua went into the house and took a purse and handed it to Zhao, "I haven't sent a congratulatory gift yet for the birth of the child, so let's make it up today." ”
"No, no, it's already the best gift for you to save the lives of our mother and son!" At first glance, the material of the purse is very precious, where does the Zhao family dare to ask for it.
Hua Ronghua stuffed the purse into Zhao's arms, "This is just a longevity lock given by others, it is silver-clad copper, not worth a few dollars, and the two children refuse to wear it, so you can take it to play with the children!" She saw that Zhao still intended to shirk, so she deliberately said: "If you don't accept it, you will look down on my things." ”
"No, no, no." Zhao Shi waved his hand again and again in fright, "How dare I look down on the young lady." ”
"Then you take it." Hua Ronghua turned his hand and stuffed the purse into the child's swaddling clothes.
"This, it's really thank you, you see, I originally wanted to say thank you, but I didn't expect to take the young lady's gift back in the end, I'm really embarrassed." Zhao was a little at a loss.
"It's okay, I'm not short of these things." Hua Ronghua sat down and looked at the child whose head was not as big as the palm of his own hand and was a little worried, "This child still has to eat milk for a year, if you work, I'm afraid you won't be able to borrow milk." ”
"When the time comes, cook some rice soup and feed it, and you will be able to eat enough, and this is how children in the countryside grow up." Zhao is not worried.
Speaking of milk, Hua Ronghua suddenly remembered, "By the way, you can buy a goat to feed him goat's milk!" ”
"Goat's milk?" Zhao was stunned for a moment, thinking, that is the milk of livestock, how can it be given to the child?
I only heard Hua Ronghua continue: "When I gave birth to two children, I didn't have enough milk, and I gave them goat milk to drink!" ”
"Huh?" The Zhao family didn't believe it, those two pampered young masters actually grew up drinking goat's milk?
"Really, goat's milk can be drunk, although it has a bit of a smell, but you can add some almonds or tea leaves to it when you cook it, and the sheep eat grass, and the milk produced by adults can also be drunk, which is counted in one fell swoop."
Zhao still didn't believe it, "Goat's milk can really be drunk?" ”
"Of course." Hua Ronghua shared with her the tips of how to feed goat milk to her child, including how much water the child should mix when he is young, how much milk to boil and how much tea he should add, etc.
Seeing what Hua Ronghua said in such detail, Zhao finally believed that the two little sons really grew up drinking goat's milk, and couldn't help but have some activities in their hearts, if the child could really drink goat's milk, it would solve her boss's problem.
"The young lady really, she knows more." Zhao wanted to say that she was well-informed, but she didn't think of this word after thinking about it for a long time, and finally simply said that she knew a lot, but fortunately, Hua Ronghua didn't care anymore.
While the two were talking, the twins ran in from outside.
Zhao looked at the two chubby children, his eyes showed envy, "The two little sons are really good." ”
The two children were stunned at first when they saw a stranger in the courtyard, and then they were attracted by the child in Zhao's arms, and they all gathered around.
"Ah, he's so small!" Little Eight chirped.
Xiao Qi also looked at the side and asked curiously: "Mother, why does he sleep and play during the day?" ”
Both Hua Ronghua and Zhao were amused.
"Silly son, my little brother can't walk at such a young age, so he can only sleep!" Hua Ronghua helped Xiao Qi remove the blades of grass stuck in his hair and said with a smile.
"It turns out that he can only sleep, no wonder he is so small!" Hachi suddenly realized.
"Uh......" Hua Ronghua couldn't help laughing, and explained with a smile, "It should be said that the little brother needs to sleep more to grow up quickly." ”
Hachi scratched his head and asked suspiciously, "Really?" ”
"Of course." Hua Ronghua slapped his hand away, "Don't scratch around with your dirty hands, can you wash your clothes yourself?" ”
"There's Aunt Niuya!" Hachi didn't care.
Hua Ronghua choked, and deliberately said with a straight face: "Hmph, you don't always rely on your Aunt Niuya, I think what will happen when Aunt Niuya gets married in the future!" ”
Xiao Qi raised his head and asked, "Mother, what is marriage?" Hachi also looked at her with a puzzled expression.
Zhao couldn't help laughing next to him, and felt that these two little sons were not as approachable and cute as the sons in the town.
Hua Ronghua opened her mouth, feeling that the questions of these two little ghosts were getting more and more answered, if she explained what marriage was, then would they ask themselves when they would get married? What's more, there were outsiders present, she really didn't want to break other jokes with them, so she only grabbed Xiaoba's dirty hand and said: "Someone can't wash it, don't wait until the clothes are worn out." ”
When it came to children's clothes, Hua Ronghua suddenly remembered that the two children had grown up for more than a year, and many of the previous clothes and shoes couldn't be worn, so he couldn't help but ask Zhao, "These two children wear small clothes, some of them are quite good, if you don't dislike them, take them to your children and change them!" ”
"No, no." Zhao hurriedly waved his hand and glanced at the two children, and said embarrassedly: "The two little sons are better dressed than the sons in that town, how dare I dislike them?" ”
As soon as Hua Ronghua wanted to speak, he saw Mo An come in from outside at a trot, shouting as he ran, "Young lady, young lady, here, here, someone from the city." ”
Seeing him, Hua Ronghua suddenly remembered that when the capital sent people to Anping County, this Mo An was also so happy.
Zhao Shi stood up when he saw that there was a stranger man in good clothes following behind, "Since the young lady is a guest at home, then I will leave, if there is anything to live in a village, just make a noise, nothing else, I still have the strength." ”
"Then thank you in advance, the old clothes are packed up, and I'll ask Niu Ya to send them to you." Hua Ronghua got up to see off the guests.
After sending off the Zhao family, Hua Ronghua turned around to look at the guests from the capital, and suddenly felt that it was really a coincidence, it was the same person who went to Anping County to pick him up and Gongxi Chu back to Beijing.
"Care?!" Hua Ronghua looked at him with a smile, "Why are you here so far away?" Today is two months before the Mid-Autumn Festival! "Since Hua Ronghua left Beijing, every year before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the old lady will come to give the two children some treasures to them when they celebrate their birthdays, although those treasures are sent to the house in Fruit Lane, but they will also send people to Jiangnan to bring them a large number of silver tickets, it can be said that in this town, these two children are the richest people besides themselves.
Hua Ronghua thought that Gou Guan was also ordered by the old lady to give gifts to the two children, but who knew that he suddenly knelt down five steps away from Hua Ronghua and cried bitterly, "Woo, young lady, you want to mourn and change!" ”
"What's wrong with you?" Seeing him like this, Hua Ronghua's heart chuckled and beat rapidly.
Xiao Qi scraped his face with his fingers, "Shame on your face, such a big person still has to cry his nose." ”
"Little Seven Little Eight, you two go into the house first." Hua Ronghua's expression became serious.
"Mother?" Xiao Qi looked up at Hua Ronghua, and then dragged Xiao Ba away, but when he turned the door, he stopped again, and pulled his younger brother to hide behind the door and listen to the people in the courtyard.
Hua Ronghua asked Gou, "Are you here to report the funeral?" ”
Steward Gou nodded.
"Is the old lady gone?" Hua Ronghua guessed.
Steward Gou almost jumped up, but he just pointed to the old lady to eat, how could the old lady have something? The crying voice turned in the middle for a moment, and then continued to cry: "Young lady, the old lady is fine, but after hearing the news of the death of the third son, the blow was too big, and she was white-headed overnight!" Now I look forward to the two little sons going back to relax her heart! ”