pastoral fragrance

Chapter 212
Before you know it, it's already June.This year's June is special for Qiuyue. It has been half a year since I parted with Zhang Cheng last time, and Zhang Cheng should have come back around this time when he went to Beijing for the exam.These days, every time she finishes her work, she always goes to the entrance of the village to have a look.After looking forward to this for more than half a month, Zhang Cheng was never seen.Every time I went to wait happily, but in the end I was disappointed.

During the days of going to the market, Qiuyue and Qiulin will still choose seasonal wild vegetables to sell in the market, as well as the embroidery made by mother and the utensils woven by father. Although they can't make a few small money, but After all, it can also subsidize the family.Although the life of the family is much better than before, the whole family has survived from poverty, and thrift is a must.

This year's Can'er has been raised, plus the money from selling loquats in rock sugar and honey-soaked fruits, they have made a total of dozens of taels of silver.Including the money saved at home, miscellaneous things add up to about 500 taels.Qiulin felt that when the honeysuckle and pinellia began to be sold for money, and the lotus root in the field was produced, it might be time to start building and repairing the house.

After the careful care of Qiulin's family these days, the honeysuckle vines in the field have grown lush and lush.Now that its vines have grown long, a bamboo pole is inserted next to each honeysuckle vine, and the grown honeysuckle vines climb up along the bamboo pole.When these honeysuckle grows, they will form a larger scale and have to be put on a flower stand.

Now the honeysuckle has started to bloom, although the number is not too much, but this makes Qiulin's family feel very relieved, and feels that the effort spent in this area in the past few months has not been in vain.When the flower grows longer, you don't have to wait for it to fully bloom before you can choose to put it in the yard and dry it in a dustpan.Then you can sell it for money.

There is no need to worry about the sale of these honeysuckle and pinellia, because Brother Xia Yan has already guaranteed her that he will buy all the honeysuckle and pinellia that were first grown in her home, and at the market price, So now she doesn't have to rush to find a market at all, she just needs to wait for these things to mature.

Qiulin squatted in the field, thinking about these things while pulling the weeds. After weeding, the grass should not be thrown away casually. Take it back and chop it up to eat the chicken.Now these chickens and ducks are not small, and eating is not easy.The earthworms alone are far from enough. Her family doesn’t grow much corn, and the corn that is fed to the chickens is sold, so you can’t eat too much, so when you are free, Qiulin will always go to the slope with the elder sister to cut The grass went back and was chopped up to eat the chickens and ducks.It is precisely because the chickens and ducks in the family eat both meat and vegetables, so they grow faster and fatter than other chickens and ducks.

Now the chicks and ducklings in the house have started to lay eggs. Qiulin's happiest thing every morning is to go to the cage to pick up eggs and duck eggs.Qiulin doesn't dislike dirty things. He can usually pick up [-] or [-] eggs and duck eggs in the morning.

Carrying a basket of weeds in a small basket, Qiulin happily walked into the village with a small hoe.At this time, the sky was almost dusk, and the sunset glow in the sky was in full swing, and it was so beautiful that it was intoxicating.Looking down from the slope, the entire Luoshui Village is soaked in the soft light of this wonderful sunset, and the roofs of several households have started to emit smoke from the cooking. It seems that they have already started cooking.Standing on this hillside some distance away from the village, listening to the occasional barking of dogs, scolding of women and cries of babies from the village, Qiulin felt very peaceful and happy.

Walking to the ridge of my own field, I saw that the field was crowded with layers of lotus leaves, and it was so green that it was very gratifying.There are also the flower bones that have just emerged, but they are just budding, but there are already light dragonflies standing on it.In the sunset, everything is as beautiful as a dream.

Qiulin looked at it a little dumbfounded. Isn't this kind of scene just like the scene mentioned in a poem, "The little lotus just showed its sharp horns, and a dragonfly stood on its head long ago."

"Sister Qiulin, it's getting late, why are you still here?" Just as Qiulin was immersed in this poetic scene, she suddenly heard a voice calling her.Qiu Lin turned around subconsciously, and just in time saw a few half-grown boys coming from the forest, and they were still quite a distance away from him, so the voice sounded a bit erratic.

Qiu Lin stared sharply at the leader, wasn't it Mei Xiang's younger brother Xu Yang, who was looking at her with a smile at the moment, presumably he was the one who asked the question just now.Qiulin also saw his third brother following Xu Yang, holding something white in his hand, like a rabbit!

Seeing the little girl standing on the edge of her field, Qiuhe raised the rabbit in her hands as if offering treasures, and said loudly: "Little girl, look, I caught the rabbit. Let's go home today, let's go home. The second brother killed the rabbit and ate us!" This was the first fat rabbit shot with the bamboo arrow made by Changshan brother, so he was naturally very happy!

By the way, the bamboo arrow made by Brother Changshan is really effective. With this simple bamboo arrow, he has already caught several pheasants, but this is the first one that has caught a rabbit.

Hearing this, Qiu Lin was also overjoyed, looking at the rabbit in Qiu He's hand with bright eyes, he couldn't help being overjoyed.It seems that today I can go home and have a full meal!
Thinking about it, I haven't eaten rabbit meat for a long time, and the fresh and tender taste is really missed.Qiulin hurriedly ran down the slope and joined Qiuhe and the others.Looking at the fat rabbit in Qiuhe's hand, he quickly took over and hugged it, ouch, this rabbit is really heavy, it must weigh several catties!

Xu Jing, who was as big as Qiuhe, muttered with his mouth open: "Qiuhe is so lucky. I ran into such a fat rabbit, but I didn't catch anything." Looking at the pheasant in Xu Ming and Xu Yang's hands, Xu Jing felt dizzy, only he had the worst luck and didn't hit anything.

Qiu He looked at the unhappy Xu Jing, this kid was unlucky enough, he didn't hit anything.I couldn't help comforting myself, "Oh, man, why are you so stingy? Let's go, everyone will go to our house today, let's cook the rabbit together. Next time we come to the woods to hunt, we won't be so lucky every time Bad luck." This Xu Jing is really fussy, he might not be able to beat pheasants and rabbits.He also comes away empty-handed a lot of the time.

"Really wow, then I won't be polite!" Xu Jing didn't feel embarrassed at all, looking at the chubby little white rabbit, he was overjoyed, he missed this rabbit!

Xu Ming and Xu Yang also yelled, "Whoever sees has a share, Qiuhe, you can't favor one over another, just call Jing Wazi, not us?"

Seeing the impatient expressions on their faces, Qiulin looked at the immobile rabbit in his hand, and mourned silently for the rabbit.It seems that the fate of this rabbit is already obvious, but she is not hypocritical to say that she will not eat it. She hasn't eaten rabbit meat for a long time, so she has to eat it hard!
Qiulin cheerfully carried the rabbit into the village. She carried the grass on her back and held the rabbit in her hand, feeling a little powerless.Xu Ming and Xu Yang, who were walking in front, had already seen Qiulin's strenuous work, and hurriedly said: "Sister Qiulin, you can carry these things to us, we are men, how can we let a girl do these rough jobs!"

After hearing this, Qiulin didn't shirk it. She also wanted to go home and kill rabbits to eat. Her insistence would only delay everyone's progress.Qiulin smiled and unloaded the burden, jokingly said: "Yes, yes, you are young men who are willing to help others, aren't you?"

Seeing that Qiulin was so open and generous, without the shyness of other girls in the village when they faced boys, Xu Ming and Xu Yang felt a little shy.He took the rabbit and the basket from Qiulin, held it in his hand, and hurriedly ran to Qiulin's house.

In Qiulin's eyes, aren't these ten-year-olds all like younger brothers?Those who talked to them didn't feel awkward at all.Besides, now that the second elder brother is engaged to Mei Xiang, isn't this a whole family, so what's the deal?With no heavy burden on her body, Qiulin also felt lighter, and went to the village after walking bumpily.There is also a puff of cooking smoke rising from the yard of our house, it seems that my mother and eldest sister are also busy cooking.

Qiu Lin walked to the gate of the yard and saw that Xu Nanshan was finishing work in the yard. He picked up those weaving utensils with the remaining waste bamboo pieces, tied them with a straw rope, and threw them in the yard where the firewood was piled up.Those chickens and ducks hadn't returned to their cages yet, seeing someone coming at this moment, they were chirping happily.

At this time, Qiuyue suddenly rushed out of the stove, and she didn't even have time to put down the wooden basin in her hand.The clear eyes were full of anticipation, but after seeing the group of people entering the yard, the smile on his face gradually froze, and even those eyes were filled with a thin layer of sadness.

Qiulin knew that the eldest sister was looking forward to Brother Ah Cheng's return these days, and she would go to the entrance of the village to see him for a while every day.Seeing her disappointed expression now, Qiulin also felt sad.However, she also believed that brother Ah Cheng would keep his promise. Even if he was the number one scholar, he would not forget his promise. It must have been a long journey, and he might not be able to return until a few days later.

Qiulin walked over with a smile, and comforted the eldest sister, "Don't worry, elder sister, the third brother caught a rabbit today, so let's kill it and eat it today?"

Qiuyue swallowed the sadness and disappointment into her stomach, nodded to the likable little girl, and finally smiled. "Okay, let your second brother kill the rabbit." Qiuyue can only barely kill chickens and ducks now, and she hasn't killed rabbits yet.

Qiu Song also just came out of the main room at this moment, Qiu He's eyes lit up, he ran over and grabbed him and said, "Second brother, look at the rabbit I caught!" After speaking, he proudly grabbed the rabbit in his hand A pair of ears shook vigorously, and there was a bright smile on his face.

Xu Jing looked at the smug Qiuhe, and the small pimples in his heart began to pop up again, he was really embarrassed, obviously he didn't hit anything, wasn't he looking at him?Xu Jing stared at the complacent Qiu He speechlessly.

(End of this chapter)