Fortunately, Wei Ran finally arrived at home.

Old man Zhang had long heard that his daughter-in-law had gone to Gushantun, presumably she brought these things from the Jiang family, and in the face of his mysterious third daughter-in-law, he held back the pent-up words in his heart.

Mrs. Zhang came back, and as soon as she entered the door, she began to shout: "Oh, I said the old man, the third family, it's really true, the grain from the Jiang family is coming back!" In the past, I begged her to go, but she didn't go, what's wrong? ”

"Okay, since I'm coming back, it's also a good thing, don't say anything else, let's just say that the old woman of the Jiang family is really shameless, how much food she took from our family, I didn't count it in my heart, and now I'm embarrassed to ask for that money with a shy face?"

Zhang Hua opened the curtain and saw a calf in the yard pulling a cart and spinning around, and her mother was sitting on the cart with a calm expression, as if she was thinking about something.

"Mom, be careful of bumping, where did this cow cub come from, it looks pretty good!" Zhang Hua saw that the calf was polite, and stepped forward to touch it with her hand, but was dragged by Mi Ruo.

"Do you see that you are not afraid that this calf will hit you and kick you?"

Zhang Hua hesitated, looked at the food on the cart, and said in surprise: "Mom, these grains are really what you want to come back from the Jiang family, this old woman of the Jiang family, no wonder there is a woman like the second aunt left, this old woman is so shameless?" Deserve! ”

Zhang Hua has been doing farm work at home and carrying grain, so her strength is great, she hurriedly helped Mi Ruo down from the rack car: "Mom, you go and rest first, let Huahua carry these grains in!" ”

To say that this calf, although it is a little stubborn, but after all, she brought it back, and she still has to lead this calf into the bullpen.

Now the Zhang family has two cows, a cow and a calf, and now if this calf goes in again, their family will be three cows, and they want to compare with other families in Shantun, and her family has a lot of cattle.

In the backyard, under the west wall, there are rows of chicken cages twisted from iron wire, five chickens, one old rooster, and the rest are hens, and one egg a day for each chicken, which can be regarded as a small achievement.

The cowpen is next to the chicken coop, the old man Zhang pays attention to hygiene, the cowpen is cleaned clean, the cow dung is generally thrown outside the yard to dry, dried, pulled back and poured into the hut in the backyard, and it is also good to fill the kang for heating in winter.

In the east row, there is a pig, probably because there is nothing to feed at home, and it looks like the hair is dry and can be blown down by the wind.

The courtyard in the countryside, the most indispensable thing is enough, especially the place of Guoshantun, behind which is Qingyun Mountain, and in front of you is the road leading to the town, not to mention the night, that is, there are thieves to patronize during the day.

The dog of the Weiran family was tied to a stump at the door, and the half-cut iron chain kept making a noise, and an old iron basin was poured with some leftovers mixed with bran, swallowed two bites, and the rest was dry.

After tying up the calf, Wei Ran came to the kitchen, put it in the basin shelf at the kitchen door, washed his hands, and went into the kitchen with a broom.

Zhang Qiang came back, running out of breath, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked, "Mom carried all the grain in so quickly, and the cow was also bolted?" ”

Zhang Hua nodded: "Of course, where are you going, Mom has been back for half an hour, but you haven't seen any movement, where have you gone?" ”

Zhang Qiang bought a string of pork and two radishes according to Wei Ran's meaning, and dangled in front of Zhang Hua: "Look, Mom said, tonight, we are going to eat dumplings!" ”

Zhang Hua's string of saliva popped down at once.

"Really? Our family hasn't eaten this dumpling for a while, think about it is a beautiful thing, I, I will help my mother clean up, you also wash your hands, come over to help make dumplings! ”

Wei Ran listened to Zhang Qiang and Zhang Hua's chat through the window, thinking of the last time Zhang Qiang was seen by the old man in the kitchen, and he still spoke, this time, forget it, right?

"Mom, do we really have dumplings to eat tonight?"

Wei Ran tied an apron, holding a pile of firewood, the fire was lit, pulled twice with the wind box, and the fire came up with a hula, and the advantage of the countryside is that all the firewood dried on the ridge, as long as it is placed in the stove, it will burn by itself, and occasionally pull it with the wind box.

On the board, it was wiped clean, and water was poured into a large iron pot, and it was steaming hot?

Wei Ran quickly took a water scoop made of gourds, scooped up a little water, poured it in a bowl to dry, opened the red lacquered wooden cabinet, took out some flour, and prepared to mix noodles.

Zhang Qiang washed his hands, and as soon as he walked to the kitchen, he heard Old Man Zhang shouting outside: "Zhang Qiang, come over to me, I have something to ask you!" ”

"Mom, my grandfather called me, I'll come when I go!"

Wei Ran thought for a while: "No need, you accompany your grandma, just the dumplings of our people, Huahua and I will be able to wrap them soon?" ”

The point is that the old man must have been very angry in his heart, although he didn't ask her directly, at this time, if she was asking his baby grandson to come to the kitchen, wouldn't it be bad luck?

At this time, there was no meat grinder, so Weiran soaked the meat in salt water for a while, fished out the meat, controlled the moisture, began to cut it into thin strips, and then planted and cut it into small cubes, so that it was more convenient to chop it.

Zhang Hua brought some green onions, ginger and garlic from outside, sat on the threshold, and hummed happily while peeling green onions, as if she was very happy.

"If you don't study anymore, will you regret it?" Wei Ran asked while she was busy.

"Regrets? Mom, didn't you kick me out of school? Why did you forget to say that girls have no interest in school? ”

Wei Ran didn't expect the original owner to be such a mean child, a girl, if she didn't have a little culture, what she would do in the future would depend on the man's face, wouldn't this be a pit for her own daughter?

After complaining for a while, Wei Ran said again: "At the beginning, my mother listened to the words of a few women in the village, it was lard that blinded her heart, and now let you go to school, are you willing?" ”

Zhang Hua is sixteen years old this year, and her heart has begun to have a youthful turmoil, how can she still study quietly?

"Mom, forget it, not to mention that I'm old, just look at our village, there is not even a better school, I don't want to go, I want to do a small business, make a little money, learn a craft or something."

"Well, this is not bad, Mom supports you, but what craft do you want to learn?"

As she spoke, Wei Ran had already chopped the dumpling filling, she stirred the dumpling filling with chopsticks, according to the same proportion, in the dumpling filling, put a little seasoning powder, salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence and the like, and then poured a little soy sauce, used a little egg white, and stirred vigorously.

"Mom, when did you even look so professional in cooking, you used to crack a whole egg into it and stir it twice, besides, where did this meat filling cut so finely and evenly?"