Yoshida Mii

Chapter 230 Mairen
Dong Bao smiled and said, "Yes, my mother just can't be idle." Mrs. Li is indeed a very diligent and capable person, and many people speculated whether she would stop working and doing business after becoming Mrs. Yan. Became an official wife.Dong Bao never thought that Mrs. Li would be able to take care of her husband and children at home safely. She would definitely continue to do business. The current Mrs. Li is no longer the Mrs. Li who regarded her husband as the god when she was still in the Song family. She has found another kind of life value, and she doesn't necessarily have to depend on Mr. Yan.

And before the two got married, Mrs. Yan decided that all the money he earned would be handed over to Mrs. Li as the household of the family and Xiaoxu's Shuxiu. As for the money earned by Mrs. Li and Dongbao, their mother and daughter Yes, how to spend it is their business, he and Xiao Xu will not want it.As the head of the family, he has the responsibility to take care of the life of the whole family.

Dong Bao didn't think about how clearly he and Mr. Yan should be divided. After all, we are a family, and it is inconvenient to divide the money too clearly.Mrs. Yan's income is not bad now, the family has no big expenses, and she doesn't need to use their mother and daughter's money for the time being. Her plan is to wait for Xiaoxu to grow up, and she and Li will do their best to support Xiaoxu when he is studying for scientific examinations .

After a while, Quanzi pulled Xiao Xu out of the wheat field. Xiao Xu's face was dripping with sweat, and his expression was full of excitement. Zhao Dongbao gestured, "I cut such a large bundle of wheat, right there !"

"Really capable!" Aunt Qiuxia boasted with a smile, and went down to the ground with Lin Shi and Quanzi again, and asked Dongbao and Xiaoxu to sit in the shade of the trees on the ground and wait, saying that it would be very hot after a while. After that, I will go home and cook, and come out to cut the wheat in the cool afternoon.

Dong Bao pulled Xiao Xu to sit on the ground, saw a few green ears of wheat in the nearby ditch, and hurried over to pick those green ears of wheat.

"It's not ripe yet!" Xiao Xu called out, "Sister, why did you pick them?"

Dong Bao rubbed an ear of wheat back and forth in his hand, and said, "It's not ripe, and it's the only way to grow." This kind of wheat seedlings are usually scattered on the roadside when sowing or harvesting. They grow and develop like the wheat in the field. They don't turn blue until the wheat is ripe at this moment. When the wheat harvest season is over, they will not continue to mature and turn blue-yellow, but will be exposed to the rain in summer. withered away.

The green ears of wheat are not yet fully mature, and the awns are soft, and they are not sticky at all when you rub them in your hands. After a few rubs, the fresh and tender kernels in the ears will be separated from the husks and awns that wrap them. , Gently blowing, the wheat husks and other things on it were blown away, and what was left in my hand were dozens of grains of pale yellow tender wheat.

"Open your mouth!" Dong Bao laughed.

Xiao Xu opened his mouth obediently, and Dong Bao stuffed the wheat into Xiao Xu's mouth. Under Dong Bao's smiling eyes, Xiao Xu chewed and said with a smile: "It's a bit sweet, so the wheat can be eaten directly." !"

"This is wheat kernels. Only green wheat kernels that are not cooked can be eaten directly." Dong Bao smiled, "Have you ever had wheat kernel porridge? It is porridge made from green wheat kernels."

As soon as the wheat porridge was mentioned, Xiao Xu immediately said: "I drank it, so it was boiled with this, I thought it was boiled with wheat."

"Fool!" Dong Bao stretched out his hand and tapped Xiao Xu's forehead, "The wheat is already ripe and hard, and can only be ground with a stone mill, how can you cook porridge!" I stuffed a handful of peeled tender wheat kernels in my mouth, and chewed, the tender green sweetness passed through my tongue to the tip of my heart.

When she was young, she went to pick up wheat with the children in the village. When everyone found a green wheat, they rushed to grab it. When they got it, there was a burst of victory. Although green wheat kernels are not delicious, they are snacks for rural children. One, and children can only look for this kind of green wheat when the wheat is ripe, but they can't pull the ears of wheat in the field when the ears of wheat come out. If they are found by adults, they will be beaten. In the past, this kind of waste of food His actions are unacceptable to hard-working farmers.

There are not many people who use wheat kernels to make porridge. After all, wheat kernels do not grow solid. Although they taste good, they are a bit wasteful in the eyes of thrifty country people.

"I still want to eat!" Xiao Xu said with a smile.

Dong Bao rubbed the remaining ears of wheat and stuffed them to Xiao Xu, asking, "Have you ever eaten roasted wheat?"

Xiao Xu shook his head, chewed the wheat kernels, and looked at Dong Bao eagerly.

"Later, let's ask Brother Da Shi how many ears of wheat. When cooking at noon, we can roast the ears of wheat in the stove and eat them. It's delicious." Dong Bao laughed.

When the sun was rising to the top of the head, Aunt Qiuxia called Lin Fu and the others, said to take a break, go home for dinner first, and then work when the afternoon cools down.

Lin Fu and the others responded, and speeded up their hands even more, trying to cut more handfuls of wheat in the morning.It was Aunt Qiuxia who yelled again with a stern face, and Lin Fucai came out of the wheat field with a sickle in his hand, and then he called out to Lin Shi and Quanzi loudly, "Hurry up, I will make your mother angry!"

Aunt Qiuxia couldn't help laughing, curled her lips and said, "My son doesn't make me angry!"

Xiao Xu pulled Aunt Qiuxia's skirt and said, "Auntie, I want to eat roasted ears of wheat!"

"It's not easy to eat this!" Aunt Qiuxia smiled, and picked a large bundle from the wheat ears piled on the ground.

Dong Bao hurriedly stopped Aunt Qiuxia with a smile, "Auntie, just give him a few to satisfy his hunger, it's not too much." Who would give the children a big bag of wheat to roast the ears of wheat? Are you poking the back and scolding the prodigal?

"Will that be enough?" Aunt Qiuxia laughed.

Dong Bao took the ears of wheat from Aunt Qiuxia's arms, put them back on the ground, picked up only four or five ears of wheat, and said, "That's enough, how much can he eat? Just eat something fresh, and we have to eat at noon." !"

Several people went back on the scooter brought by Dongbao first. Old man Lin said with a smile that he would stay in the field to watch Maizi first, and then go back together when Lin Fu went back to pull the scooter and came back to pull Maizi.

Along the way, many villagers saw that Qiuxia's family was planning to go home, and asked with a smile, "Qiuxia, why did you go home so soon? Don't do it?"

"Quit!" Qiu Xia said with a sharp smile, "Isn't this a visitor at home, I have to go home and cook, and come to cut the wheat when the afternoon cools down!"

Needless to say, everyone in the village knew who she was talking about. They looked at Qiuxia and Lin Fu with envy. They had two good sons who could read and write, and they had a good relationship with Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Li. When the workshop started, Lin Fu was in charge, and the work had not started yet, and everyone in the village respected him, so they were afraid that he might not be allowed to work in the workshop because of bad relations.

When they got home, they simply washed them. Aunt Qiuxia took some handkerchiefs from the ropes in the yard and handed them to Lin Fu and Dashi. Dongbao took the handkerchiefs and started He slapped Xiaoxu once, and a lot of dust came out, then patted himself again, and finally took Xiaoxu to wash his hands in the basin.

In the well was the whole chicken and fish brought back from the wedding banquet yesterday, as well as a lot of meat and vegetables, and the steamed buns were also ready-made, hanging in a basket on the beam of the main room.

Lin Shi and Quanzi worked together to lift the vegetables out of the well, and fetched two large buckets of water. The fresh well water was ice cold, and they soaked the handkerchief in water and stuck it on their faces, which was particularly refreshing. It is very comfortable for those who spend most of the day in the sun.

"Comfortable!" Lin Fu sighed, wiped off the veil on his face, threw it back into the water basin, pulled up the cart in the corner of the yard, and said with a smile: "Qiuxia, I'm going to pull wheat in the field. , you cook."

Qiu Xia responded in the kitchen, and Lin Shi just brought the food into the kitchen, when he came out and saw Lin Fu, he immediately said, "Father, I'll go there with you."

"No, no, there is still your grandfather in the field!" Lin Fu waved his hands while putting on the rope of the frame cart, winked at his son, pointed to Dongbao who was watching Xiaoxu washing his face, and said, "Take the guests to play well." That's it!"

Lin Shi blushed slightly, watching his father pull the shelf cart out with a smile.

In the kitchen, Aunt Qiuxia has quickly lit the fire, scooped water into the iron pot, sprinkled a handful of rice, put the vegetables and steamed buns on the grate, and covered the large pot with a lid, which is commonly used by farmers. The cooking method is to heat the pot for a while, and the steamed buns and vegetables on it are hot. Take the steamed buns and vegetables out of the pot, and then heat it up for a while, and the rice porridge boiled in the pot will be ready, saving time and firewood.

"Roasted wheat!" Xiao Xu urged, holding Dong Bao's hand.

Lin Shi smiled and took the ears of wheat that Dong Bao brought back into the stove, and Xiao Xu also followed curiously, watching Lin use the tongs to put the ears of wheat into the stove, and put them on the fire to roast , the wheat stalks and wheat awns were quickly ignited and burned to ashes. Soon, Lin Shi took out the tongs again, took the blackened ears of wheat at the top of the tongs, and put them in the palm of his hand. Tossing back and forth, Lin Shi rubbed it in his hands when it was not so hot, crushed the blackened wheat husks, and blew lightly, leaving only roasted brown wheat grains in the palm of his hand, exuding aroma.

Xiaoxu took the wheat grains. The wheat grains were still warm in the palm of his hand. He stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them a few times and swallowed them. He felt that it was not satisfying, so he ate the rest of the roasted wheat grains, and then he said with a smile: " It's better than wheat kernels!"

Dong Bao flicked his forehead, what a greedy snacker.

Quanzi ran over from the backyard at this moment, and said to Dongbao and Xiaoxu: "The tree in the back bears fruit, let's go and eat it!"

"Enough" is also a dialect in the area of ​​Tagouji, which means picking things from the bottom up.

Hearing this, Lin Shi turned to look at the backyard, and said with a smile, "Are you familiar? I saw it was still blue two days ago, but my mother said that I was familiar with it a few days ago, and it was all gone by those brats behind."

"I'm really familiar with it. If it wasn't so long, maybe it would be enough for someone to walk." Quanzi laughed, found a long wooden stick, tied the handle of the sickle to the wooden stick, and took a few people there. Under the mulberry tree in the backyard.

(End of this chapter)