As she spoke, the two sisters hugged each other and cried bitterly, and after a cigarette, Jin Chun said: "Jin Hui doesn't cry, it's useless to cry, tomorrow you go to your grandfather's house, tell him about your mother giving birth to our younger brother, let him know, come and send your mother's moon rice." ”

Jin Hui still cried vigorously, until the rooster crowed in the middle of the night, and then stopped crying and gradually fell asleep.

At dawn, Jin Chun and Jin Hui turned over and got up, washed their faces, combed their hair, and went to the door of their mother's room, Jin Chun said, "Mom, Jin Hui went to my grandfather's house today and told my grandfather that you gave birth to a little brother." I went to my second sister's house and Guo's house and told them too. ”

The mother had just finished feeding the child's milk, rubbed her eyes and said, "If you want it, it's still early at this time, and you won't go until the sun comes out. ”

Jin Hui said: "Mom, don't be afraid, go to the well salt here, the village is next to the village, who can't recognize the little sister of the Zhou family, what do they dare to do?" ”

Mom said, "This year, there is a shortage of soldiers, be careful." ”

Jin Chun Jin Hui replied: "Yes." ”

The two sisters walked from the door of their mother's room to the pigsty facing the door, took six sticks of bread of grain grass and poured them into the circle, and the big yellow cow looked up at the two sisters, lowered their heads to eat the bread of grain, and made a "squeaking" sound in their mouths.

When they arrived at the intersection of Zhaibian Road, the younger sister Jin Hui said to Jin Chun: "Third sister, the road you are taking is very one-sided, be careful." ”

Jin Chun replied: "I know. ”

Jin Chun and Jin Hye are gone.

Mom was in bed thinking about this and that.

After a while, I thought that after the eldest son's death, the second son accepted the eldest daughter-in-law, and the second son was doing business outside, good at gambling, and did not stay in the house for a long time, and did not go home for more than a month, but fortunately, the eldest daughter-in-law was obedient and obedient.

After a while, I thought that the fourth son was 14 years old, the fifth son was 13 years old, and the sixth son was 6 years old, the children's uncle died, the eldest aunt remarried, leaving a son to live with us, the people are still young, several are not strong, the third daughter is 19 years old, the young daughter is 17 years old, the two sisters are diligent and sensible, the male should get married, the female should marry, this October and the spring of next year, both sisters will get married, which one will do so much work?

Jin Hui often listened to her mother talk about her grandfather's family, who lived in the well salt wasteland for hundreds of years, his father Wang Jiadeng learned martial arts to prevent bandits since he was a child, and his mother Gao was hardworking and thrifty.

Two generations of hard work, there are five long main houses in front, there is a patio in the middle, there are wings on both sides of the patio, there is a door on the left, there is a stone pillar on the left side of the door, and there is a large and small stone mill on the right.

When I was a girl at home, I often rushed to grind, and the rice noodles that were washed out were white and fine, and the rice made by the bun grain noodles was white and fragrant.

There is a pair of papayas carved in the river above the door in the kitchen on the left.

The hall in the middle of the main house is a small wing room on both sides, the front of the hall is a bird's nest, the bird's nest is in front of the six pillars to settle down, the mother feeds a big dog before she dies, and ties it to the fourth pillar with an iron training child, and it is not allowed to bite anyone.

My grandmother died of illness, and my younger brother was only seven months old, and he was still crawling on his mother and lifting his clothes to feed.

After my grandmother died, my father married my stepmother, my eldest brother became infected with opium, and the brothers separated and gradually decayed.

The sister-in-law got up, swept the floor, washed her face, combed her hair, boiled poached eggs, heated sweet wine, brought it to her mother's room, and shouted: "Grandma, eat sweet wine." ”

After my mother sat up, she said, "Go and get a hot cloth and let me wipe my hands, and I won't get out of bed." ”

The sister-in-law brought the hot cloth and handed it to her mother with both hands, and the mother took the hot cloth and washed her face, wiped her hands, drank sweet wine, ate eggs, and lay down to close her eyes and recuperate.

Jin Hui arrived at his grandfather's house, went to the door, and his grandfather's house fed a big white flower dog "Wangwang" barked a few times, and when he saw that it was the girl of the Zhou family, the big white flower dog shook his head and tailed and walked towards Jin Hui.

Jin Hui bent down and touched the big white flower dog and said, "Flower dog, do you still recognize me?" ”

At this time, the grandmother heard the big white flower dog bark a few times and stopped barking, guessing: It must be an acquaintance coming, and when she opened the door, Jin Hui was talking to the flower dog, and she was busy calling: "Little girl, what happened to come to grandma's house early in the morning?" ”

Jin Hui heard her grandmother's cry, ran over and threw herself into her arms and said, "My mother gave birth to a little brother, four days old, and today I came to report the good news to my grandparents." ”

Grandpa didn't get up, and when he heard Jin Hui's voice, he got out of bed and hurriedly asked Jin Hui: "What, your mother gave birth to a younger brother, a good thing, a good thing!" People who are almost 50 years old have given birth to a cowherding baby, which is the blessing of your Zhou family and the blessing of our Wang family. ”

Hurriedly said to his grandmother: "There is still a poop that I made a few days ago, cut a few pieces and burn it, you and Jin Hui will eat it." Crack a few eggs, bring wine, I'm happy today, have a morning drink. ”

Kim Hye carried a small bench and sat by her grandfather's fire, which was used for cooking and cooking.

The four sides of the small fire are framed with catalpa wood squares, and the middle is made of lime and earth, and there is a fire hole in the middle of each of the four sides.

Grandma got up early, and the coal fire that was turned off ignited a majestic flame.

After a while, my grandmother cut 15 pieces of millet cake, put it on a plate, and carried it to the side of the small fire, and Jin Hui took the plate from my grandmother's hands and sat down, and roasted the millet cake.

My grandmother went into the inner room and brought a small iron pot and put it on the coal fire, scooped out a spoonful of lard from the oil pot, put it in the iron pot, and went into the house to beat eggs.

After the oil was melted, the grandmother carried the eggs from the house and poured them into the iron pot, fried them evenly, and after frying, scooped out a small scoop of spicy seeds from the jar and poured them into the eggs, turned over them with a small iron scoop a few times, carried the pot into the house, scraped the eggs in the plates, and carried them out on the small table next to the small fire.

I brought two pairs of chopsticks, one for my grandfather and one for Jin Hui, and took out a small wine jug and wine glass from the cabinet, which contained the "climbing wine" of the Gelao clan that had been called from the Yang family a few days ago.

Grandma poured a full glass of wine for my grandfather, and my grandfather washed his face and sat opposite Jin Hui and said, "Little Jin Hui, you eat a few eggs first and then eat baba, grandpa is very happy today!" ”

Jin Hui said "um", reached out and put a piece of egg in his mouth, reached out and took a piece of poop, turned his head sideways to blow off the dust on the poop, stood up and handed it to his grandmother with both hands.

Grandpa smiled and said, "The girls and dolls of the Zhou family are sensible. ”

Jin Hui ate a piece of egg, so he took the baba from the fire to eat, and while eating, he turned the baba and roasted it, and some of the roasted millet baba came out one by one "pig bubbles".

Jin Hui was eating, while putting her mother's younger brother back and forth, until her mother put her little brother in Houyanggou and was not ready to take it, her grandfather took a sip of wine and said: "Your mother's life is hard, she has to do this, fortunately, your brother's life is big, otherwise he will die of cold at night." ”

Then he said to his grandmother, "Go and find your eldest daughter-in-law, I have something to tell her." ”

Grandma stood on the stairs on the side of the wing room and shouted, "Zhu, Zhu, your grandfather asked you to come up for something." ”

Hearing her grandmother's shout, the eldest aunt came out of the lower room, and while agreeing, she went upstairs to the small door where her grandfather lived.