Yoshida Mii

Chapter 110 Bean Sprouts

Lin Shi didn't directly send the chickens in the basket to Dongbao's house, but put them in his own field first, and let the chickens tied to their feet by straw ropes peck at the raked wheat fields by themselves. Locusts and grasshoppers flew everywhere, and there were wheat grains scattered in the soil that could not be picked up. The chickens put in the ground pecked at each one.

At noon the wheat field was very sun-dried, almost no one was cutting the wheat up and down, and they were all resting under the shade of the trees. Quanzi had already fallen asleep leaning against Qiuxia. Aunt Qiuxia pointed to her husband and stood The eldest son looked at the chickens under the sun, and joked in a low voice: "Look, the son will belong to someone else, and if you give a chicken, you have to feed it before giving it away!"

Lin Fu laughed as he watched his son taking care of the chickens.Old man Lin was smoking a pipe at the side, and after a while he said in a low voice: "Don't be too happy too early, seeing that the life of the scholar's wife's family is getting better and better. No matter how good our family is, that's it. In the future..." As he said, Then shook his head.

He is old, and he is a little more sophisticated than Lin Fu and his wife. If the life of a talented woman in the future is much better than that of the Lin family, the mother is not willing to let her daughter marry into a poor family and suffer. What's more, old man Lin What I didn't say in my heart was that Dong Bao's girl was engaged to the Shan family in the town before. Compared with such a rich "ex-husband's family", I don't know if she will marry into their family in the future. resentment.

Aunt Qiuxia's complexion was not so good anymore. Her father-in-law was telling the truth. She was a stall, and at least half a tael of silver could be earned a day. Mrs. Li quietly wrote to her, and she had already saved enough money to pay off the debt. Bao didn't let her pay it back so quickly, because she was afraid that the villagers would think that they were making a lot of money, and they would have bad ideas.

"Sister Hongzhen is not that kind of person, and that girl Dongbao is also kind-hearted. Looking at her, I also care about our big family." Aunt Qiuxia said, "Besides, it's not my mother's bragging, our family is big. He is also one of the best young people in ten miles and eight villages." With Dongbao, it's not a loss!
"When the autumn is harvested, Dongbao will be eleven soon. You can mention it to Mrs. Xiucai sometime to see what she means." Lin Fu said, "It would be best if there is such a meaning, if not, let's give it to her earlier. Dashi is looking for a daughter-in-law, stop his longing, and don't ruin the friendship between the two families."

Even if Mrs. Li disagreed with the marriage of the two children, Lin Fu felt a little uncomfortable at most, but he never thought of resenting Mrs. Li. After all, the child is the heart and soul of his parents, and Mrs. Li is a widow and only Dong Bao is her daughter. It is also reasonable to want to recruit a son-in-law.And they are not willing to give their son to someone else to be their son-in-law, even if the two families are neighbors, it will not work.

What's more, they take care of the scholar's wife, mother and daughter, and the mother and daughter also know how to repay their kindness. Now life is better, delivering tofu and vegetables every day, and now delivering food to the fields every day. Because the marriage failed, the friendship between the two families was broken.

The Lin family had their own thoughts on the ground, and Dong Bao was not idle at home. After Mrs. Li came back from delivering the meal, Dong Bao got up and ate under the shade of the trees in the yard, and she had a new idea.

Because the technology of ordering tofu was immature before, everyone subconsciously believed that tofu was not delicious. After this period of time, judging from the popularity of tofu, most people in Yuanshui Town have accepted tofu, which is not a new food. It's time to introduce something new.

In fact, she thinks that there are quite a lot of ingredients in the village, but there is a lack of people who are the first to "eat crabs", such as mushrooms. It is poisonous. In addition to the war and famine decades ago, many people were too hungry to eat poisonous mushrooms and died. Now people only dare to pick the most common oyster mushrooms, and turn a blind eye to other mushrooms.

Dong Bao analyzed the reasons. On the one hand, it is because it is the Taiping period, and eating whole grains can fill the stomach, so why risk her life to eat those potentially poisonous foods; on the other hand, she does not know how the big families in the city eat Yes, as far as she saw in Tagouji, there were almost no stir-fries, and the daily diet was mainly stews, and the lack of cooking skills was also a reason.

Even if a child finds fish in the river, he just cooks it casually at home, giving the child some meat to satisfy his cravings, but not many people are willing to eat it just because of the indelible fishy smell.

Sometimes the beans soaked by Dongbao fall to the ground when they are scooped into the millstone. After two days, when they germinate, Mrs. Li will throw the bean sprouts away. In the eyes of people at this time, the germinated soybeans are Just like germinated sweet potatoes and peanuts, you can't eat them, and you will lose your stomach if you eat them.

Running belly is also a dialect of Tagouji, which means diarrhea.

Dong Bao thought that he had to send out a pot of bean sprouts first, so that everyone around him tasted it and thought it was good, before he could convince Li Shi to sell this product. After all, the workload of growing bean sprouts was negligible compared to grinding tofu.

In the afternoon, Dong Bao picked out a catty of beans that had been soaked for three or four hours and put them in a bamboo basket, covered them with a layer of cloth, poured a layer of water on them, and planned to water them again when he went to bed at night, now The weather is hot, and based on her experience in her previous life, it will take three to four days for the bean sprouts to sprout this time.

Of course, Mrs. Li disagreed with her doing this. Dongbao explained patiently for a long time, "I think this thing is definitely edible. Don't beans have to sprout after planting? The sprouts that have just sprouted are the most tender, and they must be delicious! Let's Try it, if it doesn’t taste good, you won’t do it again.”

Because Dong Bao had made tofu and bean curd before, and her cooking skills were better than hers without being taught. Subconsciously, Li Shi was a little more convinced of what Dong Bao was going to do, which she didn't realize.

"Then give it a try. I'll eat it when the time comes. You're just fine, and you'll be in trouble if you run out of stomach again." Li Shi said.

Dong Bao replied with a smile. Although the Song family has many excellent relatives, this mother-in-law really didn't say anything to her.

When the Lin family finished work and came over for dinner, Lin Shi carried a basket of chickens with him, and counted Dong Bao's happiness over and over again, as if he could touch a few warm fresh eggs every day Lin Shi looked at it with a smile on the side, and felt that Dong Bao's occasional childish behavior was indescribably cute.

At this time, it was already dark, and the chickens had night blindness, so they couldn't see anything at night. They huddled their necks in the corner of the wall, not daring to move, occasionally cooing twice.

"Free-range for two days first." Lin Fu smiled, wiping the sweat off his face, "After harvesting the wheat, Da Shi and I will build a chicken coop."

Mrs. Li smiled and thanked, "Brother Lin and Dashi are bothering again."

Aunt Qiuxia wanted to wave her hand indifferently, but suddenly thought of what the family said at noon, so she changed her words: "Our two families are as good as one family, so don't speak nonsense!"

"Hey." Li replied with a smile.

The dishes for the evening were stewed ribs with soybeans, a sweet and sour pork tenderloin, a stewed winter melon, and a cucumber with a knife. The dishes were not many in style, but they were all very generous, and they were placed on the table in a large basin.Both ribs and lean meat are bought in Lao Cheng's shop, which is much more expensive than when they first separated. Lao Cheng explained that summer meat can't be released, and fewer pigs are killed, so the purchase price is a bit more expensive.

Dong Bao didn't doubt that Lao Cheng lied to them. After working together for such a long time, she still had trust in the character of Lao Cheng's family.

Quanzi was overjoyed when he saw the dishes. Sweet and sour pork tenderloin was his favorite, and he had long wanted to ask Dong Bao to make it again. Unclearly said: "Sister Dongbao is better."

The family was happy, they were all acquaintances and they didn't pay attention to the rules when eating. Dong Bao had previously commented that Quan Zi was a snack, but now everyone agreed with him. The evaluation was really correct.

Dong Bao smiled and watched several people chomping on vegetables, and couldn't help but linger on Lin Shi for a while longer. If it wasn't for her poor health and Mrs. Li didn't let her work more, she could do more. When a dish comes out, other people eat it as a bonus, she wants Lin Shi to eat more.

Although he lacked experience in love in his previous life, Dong Bao also knew a word, if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach!Although she is still young, this kind of thing is tacitly understood. In the ancient times when parents' orders were emphasized, the two adults seemed to have no objection to the relationship between the two, which made it easier.

Before going to bed at night, Dong Bao held up a candle to light it up, went to the kitchen and lifted the cloth to look at the bean sprouts she had grown. Some of them had sprouted, but most of them were just soaked soybeans. Dongbao poured water carefully again, saw the chickens sleeping in the corner, counted them, and then went back to sleep.

Mrs. Li was lying in front of the window watching Dongbao counting chickens in the yard, and shook her head with a smile. The daughter looked stable and capable, but she was still a ten-year-old child after all, and a few chickens became her treasure.

Two days passed in such an uneventful manner, and the wheat harvest of each household was almost complete. The wheat threshing field was bustling, and most of them were shared by several families, with oxen dragging stone rollers around. The wheat is rolled on the ground, the wheat grains are separated from the ears, and then swept together, packed into bags, and transported home to dry and then collected into the granary.

"This year's harvest is much smaller than in previous years, and nearly one hundred catties of wheat has been harvested less per mu of land." Li Shi said to Dongbao during the cooking break.

Dong Bao nodded, "Didn't my grandfather just say that when it rains in Qingming, the harvest this year will definitely not be good."

Mrs. Li looked at Dong Bao, hesitant to speak, and said after a while, "I'm afraid your grandma has no money. In previous years, I would sell some of the wheat harvested to your third uncle. This year..." Mrs. Li shook her head, and said nothing go down.

Dongbao understands Li's meaning, Huang's family is almost used up, and the grain is not as good as in previous years. Judging from Song's second aunt, she will never allow the Song family to sell grain to support Song Bai .The Huang family can't allow Song Bai to go home and farm because of lack of money. What about the money?Where did the money to support Song Bai come from?Will you hit your mind on them?

(End of this chapter)