The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 153
It was a woman's voice. Han Qianluo was very familiar with it. It was the voice of Li Chunhua's mother, Li Shi, so he opened the door and walked in: "Mother-in-law."

Mrs. Li was obviously stunned for a moment, as if she was a little surprised by her appearance and looked a little embarrassed, but then she resumed her usual look and said with a smile: "Qianluo is back, did you go to the street?"

"I went to the street to do something." Han Qianluo said, putting the pork he bought back into the kitchen, and then went out, "

Mother-in-law, you can have lunch here later. "

"Since you say that, then I'm not being polite." Li Shi said with a smile that was not at all polite.

After walking such a long distance, Han Qianluo also felt a little tired, so he sat at home to rest for a while, and then went out to pick vegetables with a basket. At this time, the vegetables in the vegetable field were full of abundance. Of course, this abundance is relative. To put it bluntly, if compared with the vegetable varieties of later generations, it must be said to be barren.

Han Qian fell on the vegetable field and walked around twice, then picked a few gourds, two radishes, and some small garlic sprouts. This is a kind of garlic that grows locally. The kind of garlic from the Western Regions, but what she needs is the garlic sprouts on the top, not the garlic heads on the bottom, so the size doesn't matter.

Back home, Han Qianluo started to prepare lunch. First, he peeled off the radish leaves, washed them, cut them into pieces and put them aside. Then he washed the meat he bought, put them in a pot, and then mixed them with water. Then the fire started.

As soon as the fire in the stove was lit, Mrs. Li came in. As soon as she came in, she said, "Oh, I'm cooking, why don't you call me, let me light the fire." Then he pulled Han Qianluo up , She made it herself to start the fire.

On such a hot day, Han Qianluo would not compete with her for the job of lighting the fire, so he took advantage of the opportunity and said, "Then let me make the dough." After speaking, he took the wooden basin to fill some flour, and then walked to Before the big vat with rough noodles, prepare to mix some rough noodles into it.

"Qianluo, this coarse grain is not good for the baby." Li said suddenly.

Han Qianluo thought for a while, and felt that this made sense. Coarse grains were not tasty, so he added some flour instead of coarse grains, and then started kneading the dough.

After a while, the water in the pot boiled, exuding a faint smell of meat, filling the whole kitchen.Mrs. Li pretended to smell it, and said, "Is this boiled meat soup?"

Han Qianluo was concentrating on making steamed buns, and replied without thinking, "It's not meat soup, I plan to make a dish called twice-cooked pork."

"Twice-cooked pork, what is that, why have I never heard of it?" Mrs. Li asked a little puzzled.

"After I make it later, you will know what it is. It's delicious." Han Qianluo said, quickly made the steamed buns, put them in the pot and started steaming, and then poured the chopped radishes Put it into the pot where the meat is cooking, and cook it with the meat. The carrot soup cooked in this way is very delicious.

When Han Qianluo was doing it, Li Shi kept staring at her, which made her feel a little embarrassed, and finally said, "Mother-in-law, why are you staring at me?"

"I heard from Chunhua that what you cook is especially delicious, so let me see if you have any tricks." Li said straightforwardly and without hesitation.

Han Qianluo didn't mind, and said, "Actually, it's not a trick, you can understand it at a glance." While speaking, he lifted the lid of the pot where the meat was cooked, inserted a chopstick into the meat, and found that It can be inserted completely, so I fish out the pork and cut it into slices.

Although Mrs. Li was here, Han Qianluo only fried two dishes, one twice-cooked pork and one gourd melon, so they were cooked quickly.

Knowing that the dishes were all fried, Han Qingquan still didn't come back.Han Qianluo thought for a while, and made sure that her elder brother didn't say that she would not come back for lunch. She thought that Li Chunhua would know where her elder brother had gone, so she went out and asked, "Chunhua, do you know where your elder brother has gone?"

Li Chunhua was sitting in the hall, drinking tea and eating melon seeds, when she heard the question, she quickly spit out the melon seeds in her mouth and said: "I don't know, he went out right after you went out in the morning, but he said it might be possible. Won't be back for lunch."

"Well, then we won't wait for him, the three of us will eat." Han Qianluo said.

When eating, Mrs. Li continued to put the meat into Li Chunhua's bowl, and said, "Eat more, you are two people now, so you need to eat more, so that the baby can grow up well."

Li Chunhua's bowl was already full of meat, but Mrs. Li kept adding meat to her bowl, which made Li Chunhua a little embarrassed, and quickly stopped her and said, "Mother, what are you doing? Qian Luo even gave me back a piece." Didn't even eat it."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Li didn't care at all, turned her head and smiled at Han Qianluo and said, "Qianluo, don't mind, I just think you are in such good health, it doesn't matter if you eat less, and Chunhua's current situation you I also know it."

"It's okay, Chunhua is pregnant with a baby, so she really should eat better." Han Qianluo said with a smile, but couldn't help complaining in her heart: With Li Chunhua's strong body, she doesn't seem to be in good health.

Mrs. Li turned around with a smile again, and said to Li Chunhua: "You see, Qian Luo has already said that, so you should eat more."

The meal ended while Mrs. Li kept picking up vegetables for Li Chunhua. Han Qianluo consciously went to wash the dishes, leaving the mother and daughter to talk. When she came out after washing the dishes, Mrs. Li had already left , which made her breathe a sigh of relief.She didn't hate getting along with Mrs. Li before, but now she is not used to it, so she is very happy that Mrs. Li left.

After breakfast the next morning, Han Qianluo still went to the city. She wanted to see if Zhao Tong was back.So after she came to the city, she went straight to Zhao Tong's house. This time she was lucky, and she was discovered by Zhao Tong just as she walked to Zhao Tong's house.

"Qianluo, you're here." Zhao Tong greeted her loudly.

Han Qianluo walked over quickly and said, "When you came here yesterday, your mother said that you went to buy iron ore."

"I did go to buy iron ore yesterday, and the sentence I bought last time is still all used up." Zhao Tong said, and then said as he walked into the house, "I have already made a set of two machines Yes, do you have a look?"

Han Qianluo walked in, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw the two machines, placed in the hall, very conspicuous.Then she noticed the situation in Zhao Tong's family. If she had to describe it in one word, it would be: poor.

When she came here before, she had never carefully observed the appearance of Zhao Tong's house. Only now did she find that the furnishings in the house were very simple. Apart from the memorial tablet of her ancestors, there was only one table, and the table was also very worn out. , there is a small hole in it.

Although the table is very old, there is a set of very delicate tea set on it. The porcelain white tea set looks very inconsistent with this house, giving people a feeling of being misplaced.

Zhao Tong noticed that she was looking at the tea set on the table, so he explained: "My mother likes these things very much. She bought them all by herself. My mother likes these things very much. She bought a lot of them at home." Pointing to the left wall, "Look at that painting, it was also bought by my mother."

Han Qianluo followed her fingers to look over, and sure enough, he found a painting hanging on the wall on the left. Looking carefully, he found that there was a seal stamped on one side of the painting, which didn't seem to be very cheap.

She vaguely understands why the family is so poor, but she is too embarrassed to say anything, after all, it is not relative, so she just said: "This painting is quite beautiful."

"Good-looking is indeed good-looking, but it's not practical, and it can't fill your stomach." Zhao Tong's tone was a little complaining, obviously he was not very satisfied with Zhao's hobby.

However, Han Qianluo felt that Zhao Tong's reaction was normal after thinking about it. Normal people would be dissatisfied if they continued to buy these flashy things when their family conditions were not good.

"By the way, Qianluo, do you think this set of machines will be sold in your shop?" Zhao Tong asked.

Han Qianluo saw two stools in the room, so he moved them over and sat down. After thinking for a while, he said, "I don't think it's suitable. I thought, it should be placed in a shop dedicated to buying machines, or placed in a stool. Go to the shops of the two brothers of the Zhang family and sell them together."

Zhao Tong spread his hands, and said helplessly: "I didn't pay attention to this matter, you still have to make up your own mind."

"Forget it, let's move to the shop first, and I'll think about what to do later." Han Qianluo stood up and said.

"Then I'll find a car first."

It didn't take long for Zhao Tong to come back in a bullock cart. When he got home, he jumped out of the cart and said to the middle-aged man driving the cart, "Master, come and help me move it."

The driver followed Han Qianluo into the house, and when he saw the two machines, he said in surprise, "What are you using these two iron lumps for? You are really big."

"This is for harvesting rice. You carry it here, and I carry it there." Zhao Tong said.

The two of them worked together to lift the threshing machine up at once, and the threshing machine was lifted onto the bullock cart smoothly. Although the harvester was heavier, it was easily lifted onto the bullock cart because of its wheels. .

"Go to the Han Ji grocery store in Dongshi." Han Qianluo said as he sat on the ox cart.

"okay."

Amid the sound of the driver's whip, the ox cart soon arrived in front of Han Qianluo's shop. The driver stopped the ox cart, turned his head and said to Zhao Tong, "Here we are."

Zhao Tong jumped off the bullock cart first, and moved the machine down with the driver. Xu Gui who was in the shop saw them and hurried out and asked, "Miss, do you need my help to move it?"

"No need, just go in and guard the shop." Han Qianluo said, and got off the ox cart.

(End of this chapter)