The leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost.

Bailu has three waitings: "One waits for the wild goose to come, the second waits for the Xuanniao to return, and the third waits for the group of birds to be shy." ”

This "shame" is the same as "food", which means food, and shyness refers to the fact that birds are aware of the cold breath and actively store food.

In the morning, after Xu Deyong finished exercising, he looked at the half-killed sheep that fell in the blind box space, and he also grinned.

There is food in hand, and there is no panic in my heart, and now the things in the blind box space are almost enough for their family to eat and use for half a year.

What stands out is the abundance of variety.

The days are still long, even if the tavern is empty in difficult times in the future, the living conditions will not drop too much, at least the baby can't eat badly.

Xu Deyong hummed a little song in the cool morning, washing his naked upper body, his abdominal muscles and chest muscles were not exaggerated, and he was full of a subtle sense of strength.

After that, he tended to the flowers and plants in the courtyard again.

Then he took a small porcelain basin, went out to make five cents of soy milk, and spent two cents to buy fried dough sticks and two boiled eggs, the eggs are not big, three cents a piece.

As for the oil black of fried fritters, hey, who cares?

Incense is it!

Holding the soy milk, Xu Deyong went back, and everyone he met in the alley said hello to each other.

"Yo, Brother Li, you're early."

"You're early."

"Have you eaten it?"

"I'm partial to you, you go back and eat slowly."

Laughing at each other and saying goodbye, they passed by.

As the old saying goes, "thirst does not kill the east city, hunger does not kill the west city".

In the past, Dongcheng generally said "have you drunk it" when greeting in the morning, and this drink will drink morning tea; And Xicheng generally says, "Have you eaten?"

Of course, the old Sijiucheng has the habit of drinking morning tea, and the residues in the stomach are wiped away before breakfast.

If you are particular, you have to go to the bathhouse to take a bath and soak it, which is called "inside and outside".

As the saying goes: a bag of cigarettes for morning tea and evening wine, and a race over the living immortals.

Xu Deyong returned home, and the two were still sleeping.

After being pregnant, Xu Huizhen was obviously a little more sleepy than before, and her waist was thicker, well, she was more "turbulent".

Soft and freshly peeled chicken head, smooth and creamy at the beginning of the plug.

But it's better not to be "too aggressive".

Love big breasts? Hey, I only see a drooping future.

Women in my country are actually very good, and if they are too big, they can only be spread out meatloaf.

Most of the beauty I saw later was due to the "great omen".

Xu Deyong glanced at the leaked "morning light" in his eyes and turned to Xiao Li'er.

Xiao Li'er, a little gluttonous cat, seemed to smell the fragrance of fritters, her little mouth clicked, and her tongue moved slightly.

Hey, a child who doesn't cry, doesn't make trouble, doesn't slander people, really makes people want to give her all the best things in the world.

Xu Deyong smiled and cut a little pickle.

"Wow, ......."

The kitchen knife cut out the afterimage in his hand, and the pickle shreds were even and slender, and it was very appetizing to look at.

Pour some vinegar and then some sesame oil.

Tsk, this taste, absolutely amazing!

When he came back, Xiao Li'er had already woken up "quietly", and also woke Xu Huizhen up.

Xu Huizhen yawned and sat up with her legs sideways, her buttocks looked fuller, which made people want to slap her.

"Don't sleep for a while?" Xu Deyong said while serving the little ancestor in a sloppy manner.

Xu Huizhen was stunned for a while, put on her clothes and said, "Don't sleep, wait until noon to sleep for a while." ”

The two of them packed up and sat down at the dining table for breakfast.

Xiao Li'er sat on Xu Deyong's lap, holding the glass bottle in both hands, drinking the lotion mixed with milk and milk substitute powder with relish, but her two eyes watched Xu Deyong eat fritters without blinking.

"Click......."

The crispy sound made her hungry, but unfortunately she couldn't eat it yet, and she couldn't grab it.

Xu Huizhen suddenly sighed softly and said: "The days go by so fast, tomorrow is another weekend, and it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in another weekend." ”

"Hmm." Xu Deyong nodded and asked, "Do you want to go back to your hometown before the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”

Xu Huizhen thought for a while and said, "Besides, it's the farming at this time, I'm pregnant again, and going will only make them busier." ”

She looked at her slightly bulging belly and said, "It will take half a year to give birth, and then I will have to be confined, it feels so long!" ”

Just said that the days passed quickly, and when I turned my head, I was disgusted that it was too long, and the woman's heart was needle-dropping, and the woman's heart when she was pregnant got the Mariana Trench.

Xu Deyong could only nod and agree.

The two swept away the food on the table, and when they saw that Xu Huizhen was about to get up and clean up, Xu Deyong said, "Let it go, I'll just clean it up." ”

Xu Huizhen glanced at him and said, "I'm not at the point where I can't walk yet." ”

After speaking, he took the dishes and chopsticks and went out quickly.

Xu Deyong shook his head, yes, I don't know the hearts of good people.

After dinner, Xu Huizhen went to the front canteen to take a look, as a private manager, she still has to look at the overall situation.

When she came back, she watched Xiao Li'er play.

And when Xu Deyong is not out of the car and has nothing to do, he does carpentry at home, making some tables, chairs and benches for ordinary people, and he will hand them over to Gangzi when he turns around, so that he can sell them quietly.

Some of the wood used is his own, and some are found by Gangzi outside, and he also asked Gangzi to find good wood, precious mahogany, huanghuali or something.

really let this product find two roots, and after letting Niu Ye give him long eyes, they were all pulled home by Xu Deyong to treasure them.

Niu Ye also likes it, after all, Niu Ye is a master of carpenter's craftsmanship, and he can't compare to Xu Deyong's Taoism when he tests his real skills.

"Bang bang."

Xu Deyong chiseled holes to work, and Xu Huizhen and his mother were his loyal audiences.

After a while, the little girl Ma Ying came.

Xu Deyong glanced at her, hey, a good beautiful little girl likes carpentry.

The little girl came every morning and left before lunch.

Sometimes Xu Deyong gets out of the car, and the little girl chats with Xu Huizhen at home, and occasionally Xu Huizhen has something to do, and she will take care of Xiaolier.

Where to find such free labor?

Therefore, Xu Deyong also taught Ma Ying all his carpentry skills.

The little girl is a slow learner, but she has a score in her heart, and she is improving every day.

After greeting each other, Xu Deyong asked casually, "What about your brother?" ”

Ma Ying said: "I don't know, maybe I followed Bai Xiaogang to the countryside." ”

Xu Deyong was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that "Bai Xiaogang" was Gangzi's name.

Look at the guy who doesn't look like a good person, but he has such a name.

He nodded and didn't ask more, and then arranged for her to work, free of charge...... Ahem, no, it's a craft that needs more practice!

was working, someone came to look for it, it was a moving job, there were a few slightly valuable things for me to pull, Xu Deyong naturally agreed.

Some of the work of moving and moving valuables, those who know will come to him.

Because he doesn't charge much money because he does more effort, unlike other "board masters", he doesn't mean to grind foreign workers for you.

Of course, if there are conditions, Xu Deyong will not be allowed to contribute in vain, give, Xu Deyong will accept it, if he doesn't give it, Xu Deyong will not ask for much, and he will exercise.

Xu Deyong threw down the work in his hand and put on his coat and went out.

Xu Huizhen instructed: "You work leisurely, don't work too hard." ”

"Got it."

Xu Deyong promised and went out on a bicycle.

As soon as he left, Ma Ying relaxed a lot and began to talk to Xu Hui more truthfully.

The little girl is really convinced of Xu Hui, and she regards her as one of her role models, and often asks some questions.

Xu Huizhen washed two bunches of grapes and said, "Okay, what do you like to do in carpentry, take a break and eat some grapes." ”

"Thank you, Sister Huizhen." Ma Ying smiled.

"Ah......h Seeing this, Xiao Li'er immediately stretched out her hand.

Xu Huizhen smiled and said, "Oh, Li'er wants to eat it too, it's really a snack." ”

Ma Ying also came over and pinched Li'er's little face.

Xu Huizhen sat down and said while feeding Xiao Li'er: "Hey, Yingzi, do you have any misunderstanding about your brother Yong, when he was there, I saw that you didn't talk much, and you didn't let go now." ”

Ma Ying blinked and said, "No, I'm taking him ...... Brother Yong treats him as a master. ”

Xu Huizhen said with a smile: "He is not a few years older than you, and in the future, he will be used as a master, and his carpentry level is far worse than that of Niu Ye." ”

Ma Ying thought to herself: "I've seen Xu Deyong's shot, it's not too easy to kill their sister and brother in seconds, it's strange if they can let go." ”

But he still smiled and nodded.

……

When Xu Deyong came back, he passed by the big fence "Jushunhe" and heard someone shouting at the top of his voice: "Sweet peach!" 8 points! ”

This voice is like a tenor, piercing through the space and can be heard from a distance of eight feet!

I saw a bucket truck full of peaches, and it was directly unloaded in the open space at the door, piled high!

"Jushunhe" is also a time-honored brand founded in the late Qing Dynasty, selling preserved fruits, dried fruits and seafood, which is prestigious.

Similarly, there are Longjing and other shops.

At that time, this kind of shop was run by Shanxi people, from the shopkeeper to the apprentice, all of them were Shanxi villagers, so everyone called their kind of shop Shanxi House.

Xu Deyong stopped and asked, "Are peaches delicious?" ”

"It's delicious, it's crispy and sweet! 8 cents a pound, comrades come a few pounds! The other party said with a smile.

Xu Deyong saw that the peach was good and made money, so he said: "Give me five catties, if you don't leave the core, it's not crisp and sweet, I can come back to you." ”

The other party smiled and said, "No, even if you come to find it, comrade, what do you wear?" ”

Xu Deyong "pulled" from his pocket, took out a net pocket, and picked some casually.

As soon as the hook was hung, the other party weighed it with a scale, moved the scale rope outward, and took it to Xu Deyong and said: "Comrade is really accurate, you see, five catties are high, one or two more, even if you can get five catties." ”

Xu Deyong nodded, took out the money and paid four cents, took the net bag and tied it to the car, and at the same time took out one casually, wiped it on his chest, and took a bite of it.

"How?" The other party asked with a smile.

Xu Deyong nodded and said, "Well, it's not bad!" ”

As he rode away on a cart and ate peaches, he suddenly smiled and remembered an ambiguous old joke about selling peaches.

Big brother, don't touch it! You touched the top and the bottom, and the hair was all touched by you. Such a tender skin, it will be watery when you touch it! How will you let me sell it in the future?

These peaches are all fresh, if you don't buy them, forget it!

Xu Deyong glanced at the peach in his hand and took another bite, well, no water!

……

Following.

In the morning, Yelena and Chen Xueru came uninvited without greeting in advance, and brought a few ready-made meals such as Quanjude roast duck.

It's all here, you can't drive people out.

It just so happened that Ma Ying, the little girl, was also there, and she was about to leave when she saw a guest.

Yelena and Chen Xueru saw that she was beautiful, so they were enthusiastic about staying at all, and Xu Hui really helped, the little girl was the opponent of several people who came over, so they had to stay.

Seeing this, Xu Deyong personally cooked and went to stir-fry.

A few girls saw the house from the courtyard, and they were also impressed by Xu Deyong's purchase of some handicraft things, and the two girls, Yelena and Chen Xueru, saw that they liked it and took it away directly.

In their words, "Just go back and let your man do it again".

Xu Deyong cooked well, Xu Hui really couldn't drink, and he accompanied the two "female bandits" to drink half a catty.

After drinking, the three girls played poker, and Ma Ying took on the responsibility of watching Xiao Li'er, as for cleaning up the table or something, it was Xu Deyong's job.

After playing for more than an hour, the two girls said goodbye and left, which can be said to be a happy return.

And said that he would often come to play in the future, and said "accompany Huizhen" in the name of "accompany Huizhen".

If it weren't for the fact that both of them were full of things in both hands, Xu Deyong and Xu Huizhen might really believe it.

……

The days are like turning a book, page by page.

It's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a blink of an eye.

The eighth month of the lunar calendar is the harvest season, and three or five days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fruit market outside the front gate and inside the Desheng gate will be opened.

Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Sijiu City is also commonly known as the "August Festival" or "Fruit Festival".

In fact, the autumn equinox used to be the traditional "moon festival", which is now the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, due to the fact that the full moon is not common during the autumn equinox, it is divided into the autumn equinox and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In these days, the "mud rabbit stall" in Beijing is the busiest time, and it is the most fashionable toy for children at the moment.

As the saying goes: "Glimpse the festive season is approaching, and the streets are full of rabbit mountains." ”

In the past, in the old capital, every family in the Mid-Autumn Festival had to set up an altar to worship the moon for "Rabbit Lord" and "Moonlight Code".

Of course, if there is a condition, I will worship now, but by next year, these customs should be interrupted, and then the rabbit will disappear ......for a while.

Lu Qihong's "The Chronicle of the Year of the Capital" contains: "On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone places the symbol of the Moon Palace, and the charm is not like a person; Chen melon fruit in the court, the cake surface painted moon palace toad free; Men and women worship and burn incense, and burn it. ”

When worshipping the moon, for the "moonlight code", that is, printed with the "Taiyin Xingjun" and the jade rabbit pounding the paper statue, in the courtyard set up incense case, offering table, put on the fruit and moon cakes, the fruit to choose round, such as watermelon, but also cut into two halves, cut into a lotus petal shape, take the meaning of "flower good moon", in addition to apples, sand fruits, begonias, pomegranates, etc., in short, to take auspicious, complete, harvest meaning, only pears can not be offered, because with the "away" homonym, in the reunion is contrary.

There is also a flower tube on the offering table, with edamame branches and cockscomb flowers, edamame is an offering to the jade rabbit, and the cockscomb flower symbolizes the Suolian tree in the Moon Palace.

Then they bow separately according to the eldest and youngest, but most men do not bow, because the moon belongs to the Taiyin, and the moon god Chang'e is a woman. Therefore, only women and children can bow to the moon, and adult men do not bow down.

This is the so-called, "men do not worship the moon, women do not worship the stove", so at the beginning of the moon offering ceremony, the men in the family do not bow, and the female dependents are led by female elders, according to the generation, in turn.

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(End of chapter)