Chapter 9: When the Lights Are Up
After the lantern was over, everyone had drunk enough wine and had eaten a full meal, and went to the room to ask my mother if she had dinner.
My mother said, "At this time, the eldest daughter-in-law has already cooked for me, and she has brought it to eat." ”
He also said: "Today's stewed stone and meat are fragrant, I ate a little more, drank more soup, drank more soup, and the milk is good." ”
My aunt said, "You have a good rest, and I will ask a few of them to come to my house to sleep." ”
As he spoke, he held the hands of his aunt and aunt.
He also said: "The second uncle, the third uncle, the fourth uncle, and the second uncle all go, and I have a wide place, few children, and a place to sleep." ”
The six of them followed her out of the room.
Aunt Liu walked into the room and said, "The three members of the Guo family are going to rest with me, don't be afraid, my house has a place to sleep, and they can't be cold." ”
There was a sister-in-law and Brother Jin Ming who drank two glasses of wine, and everyone ate. The fifth uncle said to the second sister: "You two come to my house, make a bed and squeeze it, and you will sleep for two nights." ”
The second sister said: "Erniang will go with you, I will sleep with Jin Chun and Jin Hui, and the three sisters will set up a dragon gate array." ”
The fifth uncle said: "It's also good, Jin Hui is going to be a guest in October, and he wants to be in charge of his own home, and it will be rare to be together in the future." ”
As he spoke, he led the way forward, and Yao Erniang followed behind and walked towards the fifth uncle's house.
The third uncle and other relatives and neighbors left, stood in the hall and said loudly: "Everyone, everyone sit at the same table, those who can drink some wine, and those who can't drink will eat." Tofu and radish stewed with meat are added as you eat. ”
Listening to the third uncle's shout, Jin Ming, Jin Guo, Jin Han, Jin Wen, Bake, and Ba Ming all sat on the table, and Jin Chun, Jin Hui, and sister-in-law also sat on the table.
Brother Jin Ming said: "Jin Hui's shredded carrots are well cut, thin and fragrant. ”
Jin Hui hurriedly said: "How can I have this ability, it was cut by the third sister." ”
Everyone ate while eating, and after a while, they ate the blood tofu, sausages, peanuts, ears, and pig tongue.
There was still half of the bacon left on the plate, and they all said, "It's so fat that I can't eat it all." ”
The second sister came over to add food to everyone and said, "Since I married into the Yao family, I haven't given you any food, and today, I will add food to you." ”
Saying that, she added a scoop to her sister-in-law, and a scoop to Brother Jin Ming, and added it to Jinwen's office, and the second sister said: "Sixth brother, my mother said that I asked me to take you to Mr. Guo's house to study, and you will go with me the day after tomorrow, and you must be obedient!" ”
Jin Wen let out a "hmm" as he ate.
After dinner, the family washed their feet and went to bed.
The sister-in-law carried the pig food bucket and poured the pig food into the stone basin, scooped five large scoops of bean dregs in the big vat next to the big stove, poured them into the stone basin and mixed them, and went to the pigsty to lift the ring board and release two shelf pigs.
The shelf pig jumped over the small stone barrier at the foot of the door, ran to the stone basin, and tom the pig food with "bang bang bang".
The sister-in-law touched the head of a pig on the left and said, "I know that you are hungry, but you are too busy, eat, go to sleep when you are full, and tomorrow, I will feed you two early." ”
Kim Hye washed the chopsticks, divided the rest of the dishes into plates, and then washed the dishes.
After washing the dishes, Jin Chunchun was good at coal, and after sealing the fire, he said to his sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, you wash your feet and sleep first, you are more tired than us after a busy day." ”
The sister-in-law said: "Your two sisters are also tired, but I am not the only one who is tired!" ”
Jin Chun turned his face to Jin Hui and said, "Jin Hui, take a look at whether the fire in the big stove is extinguished, see if there are any sparks by the stove, and if so, scoop water to extinguish the sparks." ”
said that he washed his feet and went to bed with his second sister.
The second sister said: "You and Jin Hui sleep on one end, I sleep on the other, don't kick your feet at night." ”
Jin Chun said: "Second sister, I know that you are also a two-generation person, so I don't dare to kick it!" ”
Kim Hye looked at the fire in the big stove first, and she scraped the ashes on a few sparks.
I looked at the stove again and swept away the green bar leaves with a broom. After returning to the kitchen and washing his feet, he went to the bedside and took off his clothes and trousers, and slept on the side of Jin Chun.
As soon as she fell asleep, the second sister said, "Sister, you are going to get married in October, have you learned to sing?" ”
Kim Hye said: "I learned forty or fifty songs, and I forgot a few songs. ”
The second sister sang in a low voice as she spoke: "Three cedar trees surround the top of the tree, and surround the mountains and rivers to reunite." I have walked a lot of wrongful roads and blown a lot of wooden leaf tips. ”
After singing, he whispered: "Sister, you learn to sing!" ”
Kim Hye said, "I will." ”
The second sister sang in a low voice: "Bai Yan to Bai Yan to the door, the patio of the brother's house to the flower platform, the gold hammer and silver drill in hand, and the flower road to repair the flower road and wait for the brother to come." ”
After singing, he whispered again: "Sister, you learn to sing this one." ”
The second sister didn't answer, and the second sister whispered again, only to hear the snoring of Jin Hui and Jin Chun at her feet, and the second sister said again: "The two of them have been busy since dawn in the morning to this time, they are too tired and fall asleep." ”
The second sister turned over, and after a while, she also snored.
The rooster crowed three times, and the sister-in-law got up, turned on the fire, burned the light in the fire, lit the tung oil lamp, washed her face, and thought while combing her hair in the mirror, since Jin Chun's eldest brother died, it has been almost two years, and after everyone persuaded Jin Chun's second brother to get married.
Her second brother has been doing business outside for a long time, sometimes killing pigs and selling, sometimes buying pigs and selling, I heard that he is still gambling outside, I don't know if it's true or not, and he has not returned home since he went out after the New Year.
Thinking about it, tears flowed out, and the sister-in-law wiped away the tears with her right hand, and said to herself: "What am I doing here, this family, several younger brothers are young, these days, relatives come to send grandma's moon rice, I want to support it with Jin Chun and Jin Hui, what's the use of crying?" ”
As he spoke, he put down the comb, walked towards the ear room where Jin Chun and Jin Hui were sleeping, gently woke up Jin Chun and Jin Hui and said, "Get up quickly, wash your face, we still have to lick the grain." ”
Jin Chun Jin Hui rolled his bones, rubbed his eyes and said, "We'll you after we wash our faces." ”
Lu got up, rubbed his eyes, and said, "We'll be with you after washing our faces." ”
Jin Chun and Jin Hui finished washing the risk, Jin Chun lifted the five grains that had been soaked yesterday, Jin Hui carried two small benches, and went to the difficult side to the right of the door, Jin Chun put the dustpan containing the five grains on the two small benches, and Jin Hui took away the wooden plank that covered the male.
The sister-in-law used a dishwashing basin to bring a basin of water, brought a handkerchief, put the handkerchief in the water, wet it and wring it out, wiped the nest with a handkerchief, first wiped the bottom of the nest, and then wiped the surroundings of the nest.
Kim Hye poured the grains into the nest.
The sister-in-law said to Jin Hui: "I'll talk to Jin Chun first, you go to fry the crispy hemp, wash and dry the salt and seac, wash the crispy hemp, and wrap the five grains and baba." ”
Jin Hui said: "Sister-in-law, you go to fry, me and the third sister have a spring trip." ”
The sister-in-law said, "Yes." ”
The two sisters Jin Chun and Jin Hui are singing, and the sound of "ping pong, ping pong" breaks the tranquility before dawn in the cottage.
After a while, the sparrows in front of the house and behind the house also "chirped", and several magpies jumped from this catalpa tree to that catalpa tree, making "chirping" sounds from time to time.
The chickadees of Longshan Banpo also "chirped" non-stop, and the roosters of every household in the village also "clucked".