Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bonfire Night Talk
Gradually, the villagers who came to help dispersed with a little sympathy for them and a stomach full of gossip.
Zhang assigned tasks to everyone, she and Zhou then cleaned up the mess, and Shen Yu and Shen Tang mysteriously got into the car with the backpack on their backs before dark.
Banxia is responsible for boiling medicine for the eldest girl to take care of her, and the remaining three small main tasks are to collect the thatch that is dried outside, and bring it all in to pounce, as everyone's "bed" tonight. ”
Erya worked hard, and her face was full of happy smiles.
"What are you smiling at?" Shen Xiaoguo was a little speechless.
Erya said while trotting happily, "It's so good, no one beats and scolds me and my sister anymore, I'm so happy." ”
Shen Xingwan looked at her smiling eyebrows and eyes, and felt more and more that Mrs. Shen was very harmful, and she saw what she had forced the child to be, as long as she was not with her, even if she lived in a thatched house with a leaky wind, she was so happy that she would fly.
Shen Xingwan hummed and tried hard to hold the thatch and ran a few times, and immediately had a sore back and legs, no wonder the original owner didn't leave the Hou Mansion when he died, and he really couldn't bear this hardship since he was a child.
Shen Xiaoguo glanced at her with disdain, "Why is your strength so small, you're tired?" ”
"Third sister, take a break, let's just hug it." Erya said very intimately.
Sure enough, my sister was the little padded jacket, Shen Xingwan gritted her teeth and insisted, she was really embarrassed to rest alone.
Fat Meow stepped on the cat's steps and wagged her tail, and walked beside her with great vigor, while spurring her, "You see that you are such a waste, you will be starved to death sooner or later in the village and you will not be able to do anything, so you have to find a way to struggle, make money, and defeat the heroine?" ”
Weixi actually glanced at it, "Who is this all thanks to?" The system of people either has a gold finger or a mall, what about you waste a meow, and dare to dislike me. ”
Fat Meow snorted and rushed up to hug her trouser leg and rolled around scratching wildly.
Er Ya is a child, looking at Fat Meow with bright eyes, "Third sister, he is so cute." ”
"Where is cute, fat and stupid..."
Soon before it was completely dark, the room was almost cleaned up, and Shen Tang and Shen Yu also came back with firewood on their backs.
Put down the basket and unload the firewood.
Shen Tang took out a smoked rabbit from the innermost, and took out a small piece of bacon that I didn't know what kind of meat it was.
Shen Xingwan swallowed his saliva without fighting, and looked at it with a blank eye, "Dad, where did you come from?" ”
Shen Tang winked at her, "Secret." ”
Shen Xingwan thought about it for a while with a puffed up bun face, and felt that there must be something on the mountain, and the bamboo tube rice last time was also brought back from the mountain.
"Dad, take me with you the next time you go up the mountain." Shen Xing said late.
Shen Tang couldn't help but pinch her chubby face, "Look at your performance, I'll think about it." ”
Shen Xingwan knocked his hand off, "I hate it, a girl's face can't be pinched casually, what if it becomes ugly." ”
Shen Tang laughed out loud, in a rather happy mood.
Fat Meow: Shameless, a lot of people are coquettish and cute!
Shen Xingwan: I will be spoiled and proud!
"Mother, let's make all the rabbit and meat, and eat better for the first meal after the separation." Shen Tang commanded.
Then he and Shen Yu skillfully went outside, set up a fire with the big firewood they had brought back, and simply set up a temporary stove.
Put the pot on top and cook the rice first. In the small casserole on the side, cut a few slices of bacon, and stew the home-made tofu and sour sent by the villagers, and soon the aroma of the meat wafted out.
A few small rows sat in rows, looking at the pot and starting to drool.
Finally, the rice was cooked, and Zhang's quickly cut the rabbit into small pieces and stir-fried, and the spicy smell wafted out and starved to death.
Zhou watched from the sidelines and couldn't help but sigh, "Fortunately, the second sister-in-law, you brought the seasoning out, so you can cook a good meal tonight." ”
A big family like the Shen family, if you want to live a better life, you must have your own careful thoughts.
What about the three children in the second room, especially Su Jingyi, who has been weak since she was a child, so it is normal to secretly open a small stove to replenish the child's body.
Zhang's I skillfully stir-fried the meat in the pot, and said happily, "Hmph, from now on, the old lady can eat whatever she wants, and she no longer has to be sneaky and be a thief!" ”
"Yes, no matter how hard and tired you are, you are free after all, and you don't have to look at people's faces to live." Zhou sighed.
Both of them were like escaped cages, and their faces glowed with a new glow.
Soon the rabbit meat was stir-fried, and Zhang's washed the pot and fried the shepherd's cabbage picked back by Shen Xingwan and Shen Xiaoguo.
Serve the casserole directly, one soup, one meat and one vegetable, all of which are large portions.
Everyone gathered around with bowls, grabbed the hay directly, and started the meal without even a table and bench.
Soak rice in sour and fresh sauerkraut and tofu soup, with spicy rabbit meat, Shen Xingwan Meimei ate two big bowls, and the others also buried their heads in hard work and didn't speak.
Soon the vegetables and rice were looted. Zhang's Banxia began to clean up and wash the dishes.
The eldest girl was a patient in the end, and Shen Tang specially brought her pheasant meat back, torn into shreds and white rice, and boiled into soft porridge.
Zhou fed her one bite at a time, watching her eat a lot, he couldn't help but feel sad, "Eat slowly, even if my mother goes to beg for food in the future, she won't be hungry for you." ”
The sky is getting dark, night is falling, the sky is full of stars is very beautiful, Shen Xingwan looked up at the starry sky.
Shen Yu sat next to her, "Do you want to miss the capital?" ”
Shen Xingwan shook his head, "No, this is my home." ”
Soon the adults were almost done, everyone sat down around the fire, and even the eldest girl was helped out and sat against Zhou.
"I'm going to sleep when I'm warm, and I'm careful of catching a cold at night." Shen Tang instructed.
Everyone didn't speak for a while, sitting together quietly, such a warm atmosphere has never been seen in the old house.
"His third aunt, what are your plans for in the future?" Zhang asked with a worried face.
Zhou thought for a while, "If we stay in the village, we will definitely not be able to live without land, and it is too close to the Shen family, I don't feel at ease." ”
"So I thought that when the eldest girl was better, I would go to the town to find a job, no matter how hard and tired I was, I could just ask for a bite to eat for our mother and three sons."
The Zhou family is not whimsical, since ancient times, Jiangnan has been known as paradise, outstanding people, and developed economy.
When the village was not farming, most people went to the town to work as temporary workers to earn money to support their families.
Although it is a small town, it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is backed by code words, and there have always been many small rich families, and the economy is not backward.
Zhang nodded in support, "Indeed, since you have already escaped, then simply stay away." ”
"What about the second sister-in-law?" Zhou asked.
Shen Xingwan was immediately pulled back into attention and looked at Shen Tang expectantly.
Shen Tang said slowly, "We must also go to the town, and we will just support each other when the time comes." ”
Finally sold the key step, Shen Xingwan seemed to see the silver beckoning to her.