Pastoral affairs

Although the Cui family has been a little unlucky in the past two years, this year's harvest is quite good, and they harvested a lot of millet. They sold some to pay off Lin's debts, and now the leftovers are barely enough for the whole family. The peanuts are also good. Cui Shifu was naturally happy with such a bumper harvest, and he couldn't wait to send it to his daughter as soon as he dug it back and pulled the leaves.Cui Wei picked a peanut and didn't care about the dirt on it, so she couldn't help but peeled it off and ate two raw.

Different from the dried peanuts, the raw peanut pulp has more moisture, and it also has a fragrance just dug out of the soil. She thought that the spices she bought in the kitchen last time seemed to contain star anise, Shannai, fennel, etc., suddenly came up with an idea in her mind. She looked at the peanuts in the bag, which probably weighed about ten catties, and raised her head and asked, "Father, why don't you bring me so many peanuts?" talk?"

"What did she say, you just eat it. If you like it, I still have two pieces of soil that I haven't dug, and I'll bring you some later. Saburo is no more obedient than you. I'm here to cause trouble for you. The family relied on you before." , Now I still owe so many coppers, otherwise I won’t be able to make it through, what can she say about some peanuts.” Cui Shifu smiled, and the beard on his face trembled.In the past two years, he has aged very fast, and his back seems to be bent. Not only does he have to support his family, but he also needs to support a son like Cui Jingzhong. The expenses of Cui's family are much higher than those of Xiaowan Village There are many more, and there are not many men working in the family. Cui Shifu has endured a lot, and naturally he will age quickly.Even when she saw Yang Shi last time, she saw a lot of gray hair around her face, but she didn't know how she would feel if she found out that the son she thought she could rely on was actually unreliable in the end.

"Father, why don't you just sell these peanuts to me, and don't sell them out, or you won't be farming next year, and I'll find you a good job to keep them, and your annual harvest will be much higher than farming." , and take it easy." Cui Wei thought for a while.Sighing, while reaching out to fiddle with the peanuts in the back, he looked up at Cui Shifu and said.

Others don't know that the acre of land she bought belongs to her, but it is actually in her hands now. She is going to ask someone to fence the land after the busy farming season is over, so that no one else can pick some. .If you are only greedy, then when the fruit is ripe, someone will eat a few pieces.But I was afraid that some children would be naughty, or adults deliberately wanted to pick more, so I decided to spend some money to fence the land, and then hire people to grow fruits, and then help take care of and wait on them, so I can watch them at any time.To prevent others from stealing it, she wanted to invite Cui Shifu to make it for herself early in the morning.At that time, it is enough to pay him more wages, but she was not reconciled before, thinking that the money would be cheaper in the end, it was just Cui Jingzhong, now seeing Cui Shifu, Cui Wei couldn't help it anymore, so she brought up her previous thoughts .

Cui Shifu was stunned for a moment, then laughed again.Obviously, she didn't take her words of finding a way out for him to heart, and only thought she was being considerate of herself.Feeling relieved, he stretched out his hand to touch her head, and said with a smile:

"The other thing is, Wei'er, if you like these peanuts, you might as well not sell them. After you collect them, they will be sent to you. It's not worth anything anyway, it's just a few hundred coppers."

The Cui family has such a difficult time, how could Cui Wei take advantage of him? After thinking about it for a while, she didn't say that she wanted to buy peanuts. If she gave the money to Cui Shifu now, he would definitely not want it. Pay him when the peanuts arrive.Cui Shifu saw that she nodded and didn't say anything more, so he smiled with satisfaction. While watching the sky getting late, he refused Cui Wei's words to let him stay for dinner, and he wanted to go back by himself, and told Cui Wei before leaving the door He said: "Today is the fourteenth day of the seventh month. This is a day before the gate of hell is opened. You two children should not go out. People are splashing water and rice everywhere. It would be bad if you went out and bumped into each other. "In Xiaowan Village, there is a saying that ghosts run wild in July and a half. When it comes to this season, many people think that their dead relatives are still waiting for a bite of food at home, so they will take a bowl and soak it. Rice with cold boiled water is left upside down by the roadside, and these things can be seen in Xiaowan Village from time to time.Obviously, Cui Wei still felt dubious about these things in her heart, but when Cui Shifu said this, and seeing the darkness outside, with no moon around, she suddenly felt a little apprehensive, and nodded her head hastily.

After sending Cui Shifu away, Cui Wei hurriedly closed the door, and when she turned her head to see Cui Jingping's blue face, she gave her a wink in a low voice, the two brothers and sisters didn't even dare to say ghost words, so they nodded understandingly.Fortunately, I don’t live alone, and it’s okay to be accompanied by someone. Cui Wei asked Cui Jingping to fetch some water, took a wooden basin that usually washes vegetables, poured most of the peanuts into it, squatted down and rubbed it a few times After washing it four or five times in this way, the mud on the peanuts has been reduced a lot. After rubbing it several times, Cui Wei is also afraid that the water will not be enough. It is dark now, and it will be troublesome if there is no water later. Only then did she lift the peanuts up with a big dustpan.

The washed peanuts looked very pleasing, a fat and white one, Cui Wei first took a dustpan and let the wind blow in the yard, the black back and Cui Jingping were hungry by now, they circled around her, She hurried into the kitchen to get the food, and before she had time to eat, she cleaned the pot and sautéed some marinated ingredients, then added soy sauce, and put a small spoonful of shrimp paste in it, dipped her chopsticks in water and tasted it , then nodded in satisfaction, went out and took in the washed peanuts and poured them into the pot. Seeing that the brine prepared earlier just covered the peanuts, he added some corn kernels to the stove, and then washed them. He went out with the food in his hand.

As soon as he was eating, the peanuts in the pot exuded bursts of fragrance, which attracted Cui Jingping several times and couldn't help but want to put his chopsticks to wait to eat the peanuts. Cui Wei glared at him and brought a bowl of grilled rice: " Third brother, I won’t stop you when you want to eat, but if you just want to eat peanuts and don’t eat, that’s not okay, you’re not even allowed to eat peanuts if you don’t eat later!” Cui Shifu brought about ten catties of peanuts this time This time, Cui Wei only cooked three or four catties. The two brothers and sisters ate it, and no one came to snatch it. He could eat as much as he wanted, and he was thinking about it now.

Just as the two were talking, there was a knock on the door outside.In this season, I don't know who will come over, Cui Wei instinctively thought of what Cui Shifu told herself in a serious manner just now, not to go out and run around on Ghost Festival, and her hair stood up.

Fortunately, it wasn't any monsters or ghosts outside, but Nie Qiuran, who was supposed to come back as No.15.Cui Wei saw something white and fluffy in his arms, and was a little surprised: "Brother Nie is back." After she finished speaking, she poked her head out to look, and saw Nie Qiuran's carriage Also behind him, it doesn't look like he went back to Nie's house first.Cui Wei was taken aback immediately: "Brother Nie hasn't been back yet, so he just came here?"

Nie Qiuran is not being polite to her now. Although Cui Wei treated him no differently after the two met a snake last time, she never said she would not marry him. When Nie Qiuran came in, Cui Jingping in the yard quickly said He came out to welcome him, and while he was pulling the horse towards the house, he heard Nie Qiuran say: "I brought you something back, didn't you say you wanted to find a cat to catch mice last time? I will drag you this time." Someone brought you a powerful one."

After finishing speaking, Nie Qiuran reached out and twisted the neck of the little thing in his arms, while lifting it up and shaking it, the milky white ball suddenly became dissatisfied, waved its claws, and shouted in his mouth: "Meow, Meow!"

It's a snow-white Persian cat!At this moment, Cui Jingping became excited. At this time, Persian cats are not like being seen everywhere in modern times, but are really rare things. This cat looks like it has just been born, probably not much bigger than a slap. But the spirit is not bad, the sound is milky, this little thing is usually kept as a pet, Cui Wei thought of the last time a mouse was found in her kitchen, which scared her half to death, and then with Nie Qiuran said that he wanted to raise a cat to catch mice. He said he would take care of it on him. He thought he would catch a cat for himself, but who would have thought that he would catch such a milky white kitten.

The corners of Cui Wei's mouth suddenly twitched uncontrollably, and while taking the kitten into her arms, the little thing made a 'snoring' sound as soon as it lay on her chest, its eyes half-closed, as if it was about to fall asleep , by the dim light in the room, those eyes looked like two jewels, so blue and transparent, while rubbing his head in her arms, with a coquettish look, how could this look be so cruel that it could Mouse catcher?Cui Wei was a little speechless, and looked at Nie Qiuran suspiciously. This guy has always preferred white fluffy things. Could it be that he has always wanted to raise it, but unfortunately there is no excuse to raise it. This time he heard that he wanted a cat. , took advantage of the situation and caught it back, right?

Although she didn't express her thoughts, everything was shown on her face. Nie Qiuran smiled gently, and said to Cui Wei: "Wei'er, you will know if you put this little thing on the ground, but It's human nature. I finally asked Qin Huai to find it for me. If you didn't want it, I wouldn't have bought it." When he said the last sentence, his voice was a little soft, and his eyes flickered twice. Feel guilty.Cui Wei's eyelids twitched even more fiercely, but she put the cat on the ground. The little guy seemed a little shy, and refused to walk at her feet. While coquettishly meowing, he put his chin on her instep Rubbed twice. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: The second update~~~