Chapter 11: Sweet Water
A few peach trees were planted behind the Zhou family's house.
In the spring season, the peach blossoms bloom just right.
Wait a few months, and you can eat sweet peaches.
Looking at the peach gum on the peach tree, Zhou Ran thought about it, walked to the peach tree, and picked the peach gum on the tree.
This peach gum is a good thing, not only is it rich in nutrients, but also can beautify and nourish the skin, and replenish qi and blood.
It is estimated that people in this era do not know that peach gum can be eaten, and Zhou Ran's memory has never eaten peach gum.
Thinking that at this time, the conditions at home were very poor, and everyone couldn't eat well on weekdays.
Get some peach gum back, but you can supplement the nutrition of the Zhou family.
Thinking so, Zhou Ran picked the peach gum from the entire tree.
She remembers that many other families in the production team have planted peach trees, and they can go to other homes to pick some after their own family has finished eating.
After picking the peach gum, Zhou Ran went back to Zhou's house.
Later, I have to bring water to the Zhou family.
Zhou Ran thought about boiling the peach gum, and later used the sweet water boiled with the peach gum to give to the Zhou family to drink.
The peach gum is boiled out and sweet, and the taste is still very good.
At this time, Zhou's family was not at home, and Zhou Ran touched the kitchen alone, intending to be busy.
Soon she had her first problem.
She has never used the earthen stove at home, and she can't use it.
It's quite simple to see the Zhou family being angry, but when I gave birth to it, I soon found that I thought too much.
Holding a match, the torch burned in the stove for a long time, but the torch was not lit, but was choked by the smoke coming out of the stove.
Zhou Ran hurriedly came out of the kitchen, clutched his chest and coughed a few times.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you, are you okay?" At this time, a little girl who looked at the six or seven-year-old girl carrying the basket on her back and saw Zhou Ran coughing so violently, she hesitated as if she was afraid to approach her, but finally rushed to Zhou Ran in a hurry.
The little girl's basket was full of pigweed, and when she came back this time, she went home to get pigweed.
Zhou Ran saw the little girl, who was the little girl in the second room, that is, Zhou Ran's little niece, Zhou Jiayuan.
The little girl has just turned six years old this year, and she is thin and small, and there is no flesh on her face.
When looking at Zhou Ran, Zhou Jiayuan's eyes were full of worry.
Zhou Ran could see that Zhou Jiayuan was really worried about herself.
It seems that He Chunhua's brainwashing education on weekdays is not in vain.
Zhou Ran hurriedly said, "My sister-in-law is fine, I was going to boil water, but I couldn't light the fire and was choked by the smoke." ”
Zhou Jiayuan nodded knowingly, "Sister-in-law, you're fine."
Are you going to boil water? Then Jiayuan will help you light the fire! ”
Zhou Ran's eyes were dyed with some surprise, "Jiayuan, will you make a fire?" ”
Zhou Jiayuan nodded heavily, and then replied with an affirmative face, "Sister-in-law, I will, this is very simple, I have helped my mother burn it many times!" ”
Zhou Ran: "......"
I feel like I've been hit, I'm really a waste, and I can't even compare to other children.
"Okay, Jiayuan, you help your sister-in-law make a fire, and when your sister-in-law boils the water, she will bring water to your grandfather, your grandmother, and your father and your mother."
The little girl answered, ran to the kitchen, and helped make a fire.
The little girl is really not bragging, she is busy and decent.
She first put some wooden branches in the stove hole, then grabbed a handful of pine hairs and put them under the wooden branches, took a match and lit the fire, the pine hairs burned all of a sudden, and the wooden branches were ignited by the fire raised by the pine hairs, and the burning "popped" sounded.
Zhou Ran watched from the sidelines, indicating that he had learned.
Then he looked at Zhou Jiayuan with a look of adoration, "Jiayuan, you are too powerful, much more powerful than my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law can't do it!" ”
was praised by Zhou Ran like this, Zhou Jiayuan's face turned red.
In the past, my sister-in-law would only scold her when she saw her and let her do this and that, but now my sister-in-law seems to have changed, she is so gentle, and she will praise her.
Zhou Jiayuan thinks that the current sister-in-law is very good, and hopes that she will always be like this.
Zhou Ran touched Zhou Jiayuan's little head and began to get busy.
Add a few scoops of water to the pot, and then put the washed peach gum in the water and cook it together.
Waiting for the water to boil, it boiled for a while.
Zhou Jiayuan obediently helped Zhou burn the fire.
Waiting for it to be almost cooked, Zhou Ran asked Zhou Jiayuan to put away the fire.
She stirred the pot a few times with a shovel to break up the peach gum and melt it into the water.
Holding the bowl, Zhou Ransheng took it out and tasted it.
Well, it's sweet and silky, and it tastes pretty good.
In fact, the taste is secondary, mainly because it is nutritious, can beautify and nourish the skin, replenish qi and blood, and it is good for men and women to drink it.
Zhou Ran was satisfied with the water into the kettle and sent some to the Zhou family later.
Zhou Ran also filled a bowl for Zhou Jiayuan, and after waiting for the water to cool down, he said to Zhou Jiayuan, "Jiayuan, can you taste the water boiled by my sister-in-law." ”
Zhou Jiayuan wondered in her heart, can there be anything good or bad about water?
But thinking that it was her sister-in-law who gave her water, she had to give her sister-in-law face to drink.
After Zhou Jiayuan tasted the taste of water, her little face was suddenly dyed with a touch of surprise.
"Sister-in-law, did you put sugar in the water, it's so sweet and delicious!"
The little girl said, and continued to drink water, as if she was reluctant to drink it as a baby, but tasted it slowly.
The living conditions in these days were very difficult, and for the countrymen, even brown and white sugar were a rarity.
If you want to buy sugar, you must have money and sugar stamps.
Generally speaking, it is already very good for a woman to drink brown sugar water during confinement.
There are very few opportunities for children in the family to eat sugar.
It is precisely because it is not easy to eat, drinking this sweet water, the little girl will feel particularly delicious.
Zhou Ran said with a smile, "It's not sugar, it's my sister-in-law who picked peach gum and boiled it, if you like it, drink more, there is still it in the pot."
When your brother and sister come back, you let them serve it in the pot by themselves, and your sister-in-law will go to bring water to your grandfather and grandmother first. ”
Zhou Jiayuan nodded heavily, "Well, sister-in-law, go ahead." ”
Zhou Ran took the basket at home and put the kettle in it.
Then Zhou Ran took the bowl at home again, cleaned it up and went to the production team's farm work.
This is the first time Zhou Ran has crossed over to go to the field of the production team.
I was lying in bed for a few days ago, and I didn't have a chance to come out.
Fortunately, she has memories of the original owner, so she can figure out the way.
Zhou Ran came out with a basket, which attracted a lot of attention in the production team.
Everyone knows that this niece of the captain fell into the water because of that Song Zhiqing.
At this time, the atmosphere was relatively conservative, and it was very unethical for an unmarried girl like Zhou Ran to openly stalk a gay man.
But considering that Zhou Ran's uncle is the captain of the production team, and he is afraid that he will not have a good life if he offends the captain, everyone dare not say anything on their faces.