time travel farm girl

In the following days, my mother and I went out early and returned late, searching for as many bitter mangosteen fruits as possible.

People in the village thought it was strange to see the three of their mothers going out in the morning and returning late, pretending to be in the woods, but Zisu and Aunt Tao always said to find food when they saw everyone. After a long time, no one paid attention to it.

After another four or five days like this, the fruits picked up by the three mothers piled up in the corner and formed a small hill. Seeing that they could not pick up many fruits by digging in the woods, Zisu stopped and went into the mountain, thinking about it and started to cook. Bitter mangosteen cake.

At this time, the grain-drying field in the village was vacant. Although Zisu didn't want the villagers to find out this secret, the hard shell on the outer layer of the bitter mango fruit could not be removed without exposure to the sun. too bad.

"If it doesn't work, just tell them." The mothers sat in the small courtyard, discussing the solution, Zisu sighed, and said softly: "Even if they want to pick it up, they have to find a place."

Aunt Tao also sighed for a long time. There are many poor people in the poor Taojia Village. It's not that they are black-hearted, but that they have men to help them, but their mothers live on the rewards of these gods. .

"Or, let's put it in the sun in your own yard." Aunt Tao looked at Zisu hesitantly.

"But in that case, people will still ask about it." The third brother looked at Aunt Tao and said.

Aunt Tao pursed her lips and lowered her head sadly.

Zi Su didn't want to be discovered by others so quickly, after all, this bitter mango tree is not like a mushroom, and if it is well made, it can be exchanged for money.Not only do they have to solve the problem of eating, but also the problem of dressing urgently needs to be solved!

"Let's dry it on the grain field. The place is big. After it's done drying, hurry up and make it and exchange it for money." Zisu finally made a final decision, and the second brother nodded quickly, expressing his agreement with Zisu's opinion.Zisu pinched his face with a smile, then turned to Aunt Tao and said, "If anyone asks, just say it was picked up in the mountains, and just don't say where it was picked up."

Although Aunt Tao still felt distressed, she knew there was no other way, so she nodded in agreement.

Fortunately, the sun was still a little fierce during the day in October. When Zisu, Mrs. Tao and the third brother took out the stored nuts to dry, they really attracted the attention of the villagers.

"Mother, what is this, can you eat it?"

The questioner was another poor family in the village, the son of Tao Afu's family.

Aunt Tao rolled her eyes at Gouwa, and although she was reluctant, she replied softly: "Yes, you can eat it."

"I picked it up there, ma'am." Gouwa grabbed a few and put them in his hand to look at. He tried to put one into his mouth while looking at it, opened his mouth and bit down, and soon spat it out with a "pooh" sound. Said: "Ma'am, it's so hard."

Aunt Tao smiled and took back the few in his hand, put them on the ground to dry, and said softly, "Your sister Zisu went to the mountains to pick them up. They are still raw and cannot be eaten."

"Then how can I eat it?"

Aunt Tao shook her head, pointed at Zisu and said, "Your sister Zisu knows."

Gouwa walked up to Zisu in a few steps, "Sister Zisu, where did you get this fruit and how can I eat it?"

"This fruit is picked up in the mountains, and it has to be processed before it can be eaten."

Gouwa still wants to ask which mountain it picked up and how to process it.On the other side, the fourth younger sister stood there shouting loudly, "Second Sister, Second Sister..."

Zisu stood up and responded, "Hey, here we come."

Gouwa followed a few steps, and was stopped by the third brother who was drying nuts with Mrs. Tao, "Gouwa, come and help me, and I will pay you back when the time comes."

Gouwa looked at Zisu who was far away, then looked at the third brother, then walked forward, helped the third brother to dry it together, and asked, "Third brother, where did you pick it up?"

The third brother chuckled, shook his head and said, "I don't know, my second sister took me through many mountains and forests before picking it up."

Gouwa is not stupid, so he knows that this is what people don't want to say.Although he was unhappy, he didn't turn his back on him immediately and left. He helped the third brother to turn it over for a while, and then left with his head drooping.

When I got home, I yelled at his mother.

"Sister Zisu is really capable. Not to mention repairing the house, she even found something to eat."

His mother is a woman in her late forties, with a sallow and thin face because she has not had enough to eat all the year round. After listening to Gouwa's words and looking at the empty rice vat in her house, she said to Gouwa, who was picking wild vegetables in the yard, chrysanthemum.Cursed: "You lose money who only knows how to eat but not how to do things, why can't you learn from Zisu."

The chrysanthemum in the yard has only been looking for wild vegetables all morning, and when she came back, she was picking there hungry, her eyes were already black and she wished she could fall down and never wake up again, now she heard her mother open her mouth indiscriminately. Scolding, I couldn't help but burst into tears of grievance.

"When you cry, you know how to cry. Think of your tears as golden peas." Her mother came out with a bamboo bucket for scooping water in her hand, and hit the chrysanthemum. If you had accepted the relative that Mrs. Wang said last time, would our family be so poor?"

Gouwa stood there indifferently watching her mother beating his sister desperately, and said after a while, "Mother, why don't you ask Mrs. Wang again?"

Chrysanthemum, who was holding her head to avoid the bamboo barrel in her mother's hand, suddenly looked up at Gouwa, her eyes were full of disbelief.The family Mrs. Wang was talking about was a widower in the town who died in his thirties.Although his family background is good, he has already married four or five wives, each of whom was beaten to death by him.

"Am I your relatives?"

Chrysanthemum raised her head and stared at her mother and yelled straight.

Her mother was startled for a moment, then said angrily: "You little hoof still dares to yell at my mother." After saying that, the bamboo bucket in her hand smashed down on the chrysanthemum's head.

"what!"

Chrysanthemum covered her head and squatted on the ground, and soon a bright red flowed out from between her fingers.No, but her mother entered the house cursing without even looking at it.Warm blood trickled down her cheeks and onto her lips, Chrysanthemum stuck out her tongue and licked it, a cold blue light appeared in her eyes.

……

The nuts that had been in the sun for two days were cracked on the third day.

Mrs. Tao had borrowed the stone mill from Tao Youtian's house two days earlier, and the mothers shelled the recovered nuts, soaked them in a bucket overnight, refined them and boiled them in a large pot. Sieve through a cloth sieve made of the sleeves of the lower long gown to remove the dross, cook until thick, scoop it into a bamboo plate borrowed from the Zhuzhu craftsman’s house in a porcelain bowl, cut it into squares with a kitchen knife after it cools down Shaped, soaked in a tank of clean water.

"Second sister, how long will it take to eat?"

Zi Su shook her head, "I don't know, just wait until the bitterness disappears."

Such a big battle in their family has already alarmed several families who are close.

Tao Younan's old mother and Tao Datie's daughter-in-law, Taohua Qiqi rushed over, looked at the faded tofu cubes floating in the big water tank, and said in unison, "Zisu, is this really edible? "

"Well, it's definitely edible. I saw my aunt and others in the village made it before." Zisu smiled and said, "You all take some back later to repay the debt."

"Oh, no need, no need."

Although he said no need, but when Zi Su took the bowl and filled it for them, he still took it.Zisu took another Dawan pretending to be handed to the third brother, "Take it to Grandpa Xiucai to pay for it."

"Hey." The third brother responded, and took the bowl to Tao Xiucai's house.

Aunt Tao looked at the tofu cubes floating in the water tank, and said to Zisu, "You think it can really be exchanged for money?"

"Give it a try. After two days, the bitterness will disappear, and we'll go to town."