Chapter 333: Harbouring Fugitive Slaves?
In the broken gold beach, it is still as peaceful and beautiful as ever.
Because the weather was really fine, the old lady picked a dustpan of small eggplants from the back yard and planned to pickle the garlic eggplant.
This is a pickle that the people of the Northland love to eat.
Choose a small eggplant four or five inches long, wash it, steam it in a pot until soft, plane it in the middle, and dry it a little to dry it.
Then mash the garlic, add chopped coriander and fine salt, and mix well.
Then take such a garlic paste, spread evenly and stuff it with eggplant.
Finally, find a small clay pot, wash and dry it to ensure that there is no raw water and oil, and then put the eggplant in it.
A layer of eggplant with a layer of fine salt, seal it and put it in a cool place, and you can eat it after half a month.
After marinating, whether it is served with porridge or noodles, it is a good partner for rice.
The people here in Xindu have a light taste, and they definitely don't want to eat such small pickles, but here in Broken Jintan, every household comes from the north, and the taste can't be changed.
In late autumn, when you rush to pickle some, when the winter cat has a bad appetite, you rely on these small pickles.
Jiayin followed in front of and behind her grandmother, helping to hand over something, and it was very useful.
provoked the old lady to smile and praise, "My family Funiu is sensible just after her birthday, she really looks like a big child!" used to make trouble, but now they are all good helpers of grandma. ”
Jiayin was praised, laughing with a mouthful of small white teeth, her eyes were narrowed into a slit, and she just wanted to show off a few words, but as soon as she opened her mouth, her saliva almost flowed out uncontrollably, which made the old lady laugh and almost couldn't straighten her waist!
At this time, Hui Niang came over with a basket of eggplants, "Auntie, I'm here!" ”
Mrs. Li was the most nervous about Hui Niang's big belly, ran forward in three or two steps to catch the basket, and said angrily, "Why don't you rest honestly at home, what are you running around?" ”
Hui Niang smiled, "In the past few days, you haven't let Fu Niu go over to read and write with me, I'm too bored to be idle." I heard that you steamed garlic eggplant, so I wanted to come and join in the fun, and also pickled a jar to prepare for the husband's meal, he was used to it in the army, and now the taste of eating is heavy. ”
"You shout outside the courtyard wall at the back, and I'll bring you a jar." The old lady helped her to sit down on a chair under the eaves.
Jiayin hurriedly ran to the house and got a cotton mat and stuffed it behind the master's waist to make her as comfortable as possible.
Hui Niang rubbed Jiayin's little head, saw that there were only these grandparents and grandchildren in the yard, and asked, "Mrs. Cui, Sister-in-law Qiong, and Dongmei, why aren't they here?" ”
The old lady replied: "Jinrou went back early in the morning, and there are a lot of things in her village, because Fu Niu has her birthday, it would be good to take two days to come over and have a lively time." Hou Ye found a grandmother for Fu Niu, Ye Shan went to help pick up people, and Dongmei took advantage of this effort to dry the bedding and laundry clothes. ”
"Our blessed girl is blessed, the family is spoiled, and the Hou Ye also hurts like an eyeball." Hui Niang was envious, and couldn't help touching her belly, looking forward to her children being so popular in the future.
The old lady peeled the eggplant in her hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, just look at Dayong's appearance of hurting you now, holding it in his mouth for fear of melting, holding it in his hand for fear of falling, he will definitely hurt the two children in the future." ”
Hui Niang lowered her head, smiling shyly, and just as she was about to speak, there was a commotion outside the courtyard.
Jiayin was very curious, and she was about to go out to see the excitement when she opened her little short legs, but the old lady didn't stop her, so she could only follow.
Hui Niang's heart beat faster for no reason, and she didn't wait to stand up while holding her waist, but she was shocked by a group of people who rushed in outside the door!
The old lady at the beginning, in her fifties, was well-maintained and fair-skinned, but she had wrinkled Sichuan lines between her brows, her eyes were cold, and she couldn't touch the word kindness at all.
Behind her were two middle-aged women, beautiful and dignified, and richly dressed.
A plump and mild-looking, but slightly thin one was the same as the old woman in the lead, with a mean look on his face.
Behind the three of them were more than a dozen stout mothers-in-law and maids, each holding a stick with thick arms, and they were menacing.
The old lady was also stunned, and she didn't understand what was going on for a while, but she still remembered that her little granddaughter was by her side, and subconsciously tucked the child behind her, and asked sharply, "Who are you and why did you break into my house?" ”
At this time, Hui Niang, who was standing on the steps, endured her fear and shouted, "Auntie, they are the Yan family!" ”
The Yan family?
The old lady glared, and understood that things were not simple.
At the beginning, Hui Niang and his wife almost lost their lives when they hid, but now the Yan family has come to the door again, so aggressive, absolutely not good!
Fortunately, at this time, Uncle Zhao had already squeezed in, blocking the old lady and Fu Niu'er behind.
"Are you trespassing on private houses, and there is no national law? Who gave you the guts! Uncle Zhao was angry and scolded loudly.
When these people got off the carriage at the entrance of the village, they thought they were visitors, but as soon as they pointed to the door of Li's house, they took out their sticks and rushed over.
Where is this visitor, it is clearly a robber!
The thinner middle-aged woman raised her hand and pointed to Hui Niang on the steps, and said in a cold voice: "National law? What kind of national law do you untouchables know, and don't you violate the law of the land by harboring the fugitive slaves of our Yan family?"
Fugitive slaves?
Mrs. Li, Uncle Zhao and others all had bad faces, Fu Niu'er's eyes rolled, and she hurriedly ran out of the courtyard door while everyone was not paying attention, and happened to meet Jia An Jiaxi in front of the door.
It turned out that these two boys had eaten too much gruel in the morning, ran out of the class to release water, and saw many people entering their yards, so they came back to take a look at it when they were curious.
Jiayin pulled his brothers one by one, and said anxiously: "Brother, the big thing is not good, the Yan family has come to rob my master, and he is going to die!" One of you goes to the valley to find someone to come back, the more the better, and the other goes to call the second uncle, and let the second uncle send someone to the dock to find Uncle Yong, hurry up! ”
Jia Huan Jiaxi didn't hesitate at all, turned around and ran.
At this moment, there was already a commotion in the courtyard, and the mean woman shouted to the stout women to come forward and drag Hui Niang down.
Of course, Mrs. Li, Uncle Zhao and others couldn't let it go, and they stopped those mothers-in-law desperately.
But there were too many of them, and they stopped most of them, but two of them went up the steps.
Hui Niang protected her stomach with one hand, picked up the herbal teapot on the small tea table with the other hand and smashed it.
The two mothers-in-law were also annoyed by the tea, and they were about to tear it up.
Jiayin was crazy, but he was too young to help at all.
Fortunately, Dongmei turned over and jumped over the wall.
When she saw this, she rushed forward in a few steps and kicked it hard.
The two mothers-in-law touched Hui Niang's sleeve but were suddenly kicked open, and Hui Niang, who was dragged, fell to the ground!
The old lady hurriedly ran to help Hui Niang, and asked repeatedly, "Hui Niang, how are you, are you hurt?" ”
Hui Niang's face was pale and there was no blood at all, she tried her best to gasp and comfort Mrs. Li, "Auntie, I'm fine, let someone go to find her husband and come back!" Husband, find your husband......"
"Okay, okay, don't worry! There are so many people in the family, they will protect you, you just take care of yourself and your children, don't worry, don't worry! ”
The old lady was frightened crazy, Hui Niang was pregnant with two, if something happened, it would be one corpse and three lives!