Madam, go home and farm

Chapter 159 Eat Soft Rice?
This family is named Jiang, and they got the less than two mu of lake and the land beside the lake. They lived on the lake's produce. It's not a good life, but it's not bad. One son works as an apprentice in the city. , It was the eldest daughter of his family who just fell into the lake.

Pu Huang didn't want to have too much contact with people, but the Jiang family was very enthusiastic, especially since she saved the girl from the Jiang family, so she refused in the end, so she had to sit down to drink tea and talk about the price of duck eggs along the way.Just as Pu Huang expected, Father Jiang really agreed to reduce the eggs by two cents per catty, and the ducks were also one penny cheaper per catty than the market price.

Puhuang immediately asked for all the duck eggs, more than 200, and put them in two big bamboo baskets filled with straw, and caught two more ducks, but she didn't have enough money, so Jiang Xiaoxia helped to pick up the duck eggs. Pick it up and get the money.

Jiang Xiaoxia has an oval face and a pair of eyes that hesitates to speak when looking at people, but she is pretty, with a bit of beauty, and she is sweet-mouthed, and she has a lot of strength. She can carry two baskets of duck eggs without shaking or panting. , I still had the energy to joke with Puhuang along the way.

"Sister, by your accent, you're not from Chuncheng, are you? Where did you come from?" Because Puhuang saved her, Jiang Xiaoxia was very enthusiastic, regardless of whether Puhuang was happy, "Why does my sister buy so many As for duck eggs, everyone despises them for their fishy smell, so they don’t like to eat them very much, so there are no eggs to make money?”

Pu Huang frowned slightly, she really wanted to tell Jiang Xiaoxia to shut up, but it seemed that she was difficult to get along with, so she occasionally replied with a half-sentence and didn't reveal too much information about herself.

"It seems that you are very familiar with Chuncheng." Pu Huang said absently.

Jiang Xiaoxia was very happy, her eyebrows were flying, and her eyes were full of color: "It's okay. I often went to the city when I was a child. When I grow up, mother won't let me out." Nor will she be let out.

"Well, it's inconvenient for the girl to go out." After entering the city, he walked for more than a quarter of an hour, entered the alley, and pushed open the gate of the yard.

"Hey, does my sister live here? This is a relatively clean place in the west of the city, but the price is not cheap." Jiang Xiaoxia looked around, looking like a curious baby.

Hong Haoan was grinding medicine powder in the yard, when he heard the sound of the door opening, he looked up and saw Puhuang, he couldn't help laughing: "My lady, you go back..." Before he finished speaking, he saw a strange girl behind her. Confuse.

"Sir, I bought duck eggs and a few ducks from this girl's house, but I don't have enough money, so she will come back with me to get it." Pu Huang simply explained, without closing the courtyard door, let alone asking Jiang Xiaoxia to come to the house. Sit down means.After all, it is an unmarried girl's family, and she is not an acquaintance, so it is better not to get involved too much.

Jiang Xiaoxia didn't understand what Puhuang meant. She put the two bamboo baskets on the ground and looked at Hong Hao'an with wet eyes, "Is this my brother-in-law? Hello brother-in-law, I'll bring duck eggs to my sister."

Hong Haoan put down the things in his hand, just nodded, without saying a word, he went into the room to get the money, he could feel that Puhuang was a little impatient, the reason should be from this strange girl, it is better to send them away as soon as possible , When we met for the first time, my sister and brother-in-law yelled, and I didn't feel too impatient.

Hong Haoan took a bunch of copper plates and put them in Puhuang's hands, and then continued to grind his medicine powder, without giving Jiang Xiaoxia an extra look.After receiving the money from Puhuang, Jiang Xiaoxia complained in her heart, why are these two people so stingy, they refused to ask her to drink water, judging from the situation in this yard, it should be that they have just moved here not long ago, and there is no sign of children , The two of them don't look too young, don't they have children yet?
Thinking wildly in her mind, Jiang Xiaoxia picked up the pair of empty bamboo baskets and left. Hearing the sound of the courtyard door closing after she left, her heart was filled with dullness, envy and hatred, if only she could live in such a nice house.

"Miss, what's the matter with this girl, she doesn't look too young, you should have less contact with her in the future." Hong Hao'an is more or less able to judge people, and Jiang Xiaoxia doesn't know how to cover up, he doesn't like Puhuang's relationship with this person Too many touches.

"When I went to buy duck eggs, I saved her by the way. Who knows that she is so familiar, and my sister and brother-in-law are so happy. I am very depressed." Pu Huang took a small bench and helped to grind it. , it seems that these should be the ingredients for making salted duck eggs, "There are more than 200 duck eggs here, otherwise, I will go out of the city in the afternoon to ask, there are quite a few people who raise ducks."

Going out from the west gate, although there are rivers and mountains, they are not as lush as she imagined. If you want to hunt or something, you may have to travel a long way. Find a time to go out from the north of the city. The mountains there are more steep, not like this one. side, the slope is relatively gentle.

"Well, I've ordered five outlines, and I'll buy some more. Let's make up five hundred round numbers. I'll go out with you in the afternoon." Thinking about it, Hong Hao'an is still not at ease when Puhuang goes out alone, after all, he is not familiar with the place Yes, because she was afraid that she would be bullied.

Puhuang thinks about it too. After all, there is no such thing as a duck farm here. If you ask each family, she will inevitably be taken advantage of by people. If someone with ulterior motives targets her, the loss outweighs the gain. There are still benefits around.

"Okay, how much more needs to be ground, let me do it, and you can process it again, this should not be enough." Puhuang has great strength, and it grinds things quickly and finely. If you have time, this is all she is doing.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, I saw a few strange herbs in the grocery store. I heard that they are commonly used by nomads in the west, so I bought some and tasted them." Hong Haoan said, moving Quickly chirped on Puhuang's lips, and entered the room with red ears.

Pu Huang was stunned for a moment, seeing the back of the man running away quickly, he couldn't help smiling, and carefully grinded the things in his hand.

When the time comes to do business, dried lotus leaves and clean oiled paper bags are indispensable, and bamboo sticks must also be prepared. Well, how about some tea eggs, the taste is different from marinated eggs.Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the far door. It was a bit strange, and when he checked his mental strength, it was a woman with a child standing at the door, and there was a grapefruit in a basket in her hand.

For those who don't know him, Pu Huang felt a little strange, could it be that he came to Guo to be close to his neighbors?After thinking about it, she opened the courtyard door, and the woman smiled gently: "Hello, I live opposite to yours. My husband's family name is Li. It just so happens that the grapefruits at home are ripe. Pick them and give them a taste. When you are here, you can come and sit at home."

After hearing this, Pu Huang smiled slightly, "It's Mrs. Li, thank you, we've only moved here for a few days, and when things are settled, we'll definitely invite you to have a gathering."

The woman called Mrs. Li also smiled back, and took the child's hand, "No hurry, take your time, if you need help, just call."

"Yes." After closing the courtyard door and looking at the pomelo in his hand, Pu Huang suddenly thought of the pomelo tree in the valley, but it was a variant and tasted very good, but unfortunately it was going to rot in the ground this year.

"My lady, who are you talking to?" Hong Hao'an poked his head out from the room, and saw Pu Huang holding a grapefruit, but no other figure.

"The sister-in-law at the opposite door brought it here, Guo Qinmu Neighbor." Pu Huang smiled, "I remember that the yards opposite are relatively large, no wonder they can grow grapefruit trees."

"Well, then it's not easy for me to come out. When the lo mei is out of the pot, you can bring some over there. If you can be a human being, let's meet more. It's good to have someone to talk to, so you won't be bored." Hong Haoan took a bucket of water and washed it. hands, immediately peeled the grapefruit, each of them took half of it, and then peeled and ate it, "My lady, it's not as delicious as home."

Hong Haoan frowned and said, this grapefruit is sweet and sour, and some of it is quite sour. In short, the taste is not as good as the ones I ate last year. I just left home and started thinking, hey!
"Ordinary grapefruits are like this. The one in the valley is a mutated one. It is beautiful in color and tastes good. After we buy Zhuangzi, we will grow a few." Puhuang squinted his eyes, thinking that it would not be too sour. , women are always more resistant to acid than men.

"However, lady, there are two or three houses in the neighborhood, do you want to visit?" This is what Hong Haoan thinks about. Unlike the village, people in the city have more complicated thoughts, and whoever is good and who is bad is ugly. come out.

Pu Huang raised his eyebrows, didn't Hong Haoan ask knowingly, "No, I will visit whoever comes to visit me, I don't have so much time to gossip, if I have the time, I might as well think about ways to make money .”

When Hong Haoan saw that Puhuang had finished eating the grapefruit, he broke more than half of the grapefruit in his hand and handed it over, "Lady, I am the one to make money. You are going to do this. What should I do? When the time comes, I will give it to you." It's time to eat soft food." It's not that his self-esteem can't bear anything, he just wants Puhuang to live an easier life.

"Eating soft food? No one recognizes us here, who dares to say that, if you don't want me to do something, just say it, and I won't laugh at you." Pu Huang joked.

When Hong Haoan heard this, his ears became hot, he glanced at Puhuang, and felt a little embarrassed when he saw her smiling at him. When she said it so bluntly, he felt that both ears were going to burn, and he muttered: "I... I went to concoct medicinal materials." After speaking, the man ran into the house.

Pu Huang blinked, what she said was not explicit, did she scare people away like this?Shaking her head, she picked up the grapefruit peel on the ground, washed it, peeled off the white part inside, and prepared to cut it into shreds, blanch it in hot water, and eat it cold as a side dish.

In the afternoon, after dinner, the couple went out of the west city gate together to continue buying duck eggs. There were two households that Puhuang had visited. I have to say that with Hong Haoan around, their attitude was much better and they gave a good face , I didn’t go far, and I bought enough quantity, and there were two big grass carp, which made Puhuang depressed, and sexism was too annoying.

"Why do you buy grass carp?" The price of grass carp is not high, not enough meat, rich people seldom eat it, but it is used as grilled fish, pickled fish, etc. Well, I will go to the vegetable market to buy some pickled fish later. Buy some prickly ash peppers and go back.

"I want to try making fish balls." At that time in Hechuan County, he also saw someone making fish balls on the spot. He wanted to try it.

(End of this chapter)