pastoral wedding

Chapter 21

Hearing this, Lu Shi and Su Ran's eyes lit up instantly, Lu Shi quickly took out another handful of spinach from the carrying basket, smiled and stuffed it into the eldest son's hand, "You take this too, if you haven't had it at noon Pack it up and go to the backyard to eat, why can't mother take care of your meal!" After saying that, he dragged Yaonu back happily.

After tidying up the yard, it was already past noon. Although Mrs. Lu told them to have lunch at noon when she left, no one came to call when the time came.

Mrs. Liu stroked her sleeves angrily, looked at the sparse leeks, and said angrily, "Let's make dumplings and eat them. When we came here, we also cut two catties of meat. Let's eat the stuffed leeks."

The children all clapped their hands and applauded, only Su Wenshan had the courage to ask after thinking for a while, "Isn't this meat going to be given to my mother and my second brother?"

Mrs. Liu stared at it immediately, "When did I say that this meat is going to be sent out, I'm going to finish eating this at noon today, do you have an opinion?"

Su Wenshan didn't dare to answer the words, he smiled and touched his nose and went to the yard to cut leeks.

Here, Mrs. Liu, the eldest son of the Su family, was making dumplings with a few daughters, and Su Wenshan was weeding in the yard with Brother Shuo, shouting and laughing from time to time, but it was also joyful.Unexpectedly, when Mrs. Lu saw that they were always refusing to deliver things, she patted Su Mei to call someone. Su Mei was also petty, and wanted to touch things as soon as she entered the door. Everyone was unprepared, but she also touched Su Tang. flower head.

Seeing her sneaking out of the main room, Mrs. Liu asked her with a straight face, "Why did you get into the room? But what's the matter?"

Su Mei said with a smile on her face, "Grandma asked me to see what Auntie and you guys had for lunch. Why don't you go to the front yard for lunch."

The people in the big room laughed when they heard the words, they probably had finished their lunch long ago, maybe they were thinking about that at this moment, so they asked a little girl to call for someone.Su Wenshan was honest, and when he asked, he said: "We didn't finish our work at noon, so we didn't go to eat, no, just make something at home, Mei girl, go tell your grandmother, we won't go to eat. "

Su Mei knew that her uncle was honest, so she said in a choked voice: "Uncle, you still avoid us when you eat dumplings filled with meat. Don't you wait until this time to eat because you are afraid that we will see it. Our family hasn't eaten meat for a long time. , Uncle, you are really too much."

Su Wenshan was speechless by what she said. He felt guilty when he was eating dumplings at home, and when people pointed him in the face, he was still a junior, so his face turned hot red.

There are two things that Mrs. Liu hates most in her life. One is that others speak ill of her children; the other is that others bully her man.Immediately, he stepped forward and scolded: "You little bastard, is there any junior who says that to the elder? Is there any courtesy? Go back to the old house! We have already separated, and what we eat has nothing to do with you. !"

Sister Su Tang and the others remained silent, as if Su Mei was like air, she should do whatever she wanted, and naturally no one stood up, Su Mei was ashamed, and as for this eldest aunt, she was something that even her mother could not provoke. Of course, she didn't dare to speak up.The only thing she can do now is go back and sue!Thinking about this, he immediately turned around and left.

Soon, before the dumplings were put into the pot, Mrs. Lu led the little Mrs. Lu, followed by sisters Su Mei and Su Qing who looked like little tails.Seeing two trays of dumplings on the big stove, he didn't say much, picked up one of them, turned around and left.

Mrs. Liu wanted to stop her, but was stopped by her daughters, so she could only stare angrily.Su Mei glanced back at them triumphantly, and walked away with her head held high.

"What's the matter with you guys? Instead of stopping them, you stopped me." Liu patted the flour on her hands angrily, and sat on the small bench at the door of the simple kitchen, sulking.

The water boiled, and Su Tang started to make dumplings. Seeing Liu Shi so much, she just smiled and didn't try to persuade her. Su Jin was lighting the fire, but she didn't speak, but Su Shuang said calmly: "Are you making so many dumplings for grandma?" I sent it with my second uncle and aunt."

"I..." Liu stammered, "It's fine for me to give it away, but they can't come and grab it, so I lost everything and lost my good reputation!"

Su Jin pursed her lips, and stood up in front of the stove, "That's right, so you might as well send it over by yourself just now." After speaking, she turned her head and looked at the father who was leading Brother Shuo to work hard, " Mother, although you don't like grandma, she is also father's mother and father's closest relative besides us, in order not to make father feel sad, please bear with it."

"It's not for your father." Liu Shi sighed, "Forget it, she's so old, mother won't argue with her, after a while we'll go back to town anyway, these days will pass gone."

After finishing speaking, he called Brother Shuo, dragged him into the main room, and gave him a bag of flour, two chickens, a basket of eggs, and a few packets of pastries that he had prepared earlier, and asked him to send them along with Su Wenshan old house.

The dumplings here have already been served, and Su Wenshan came back with brother Shuo, holding a big bowl in his hand, Su Jin poked his head to look, it was a steamed fish.I thought that my grandmother was not a bad-hearted person, at least she knew to keep some food for her family.

The whole family ate dumplings and sat in the yard to rest. It was a warm day, and they could no longer wear their thick jackets, so they all changed into thin spring shirts.

Su Tang is wearing a brand-new cross-neck skirt with snow green embroidered branches, begonias, and butterflies. Both Su Shuang and Su Jin's clothes are half-worn. Su Shuang is a bamboo blue matching shirt skirt. A few clumps of green bamboos are swaying, and the skirt below is just a solid color, with no extra patterns;

Su Jin's spring shirt is an apricot yellow embroidered butterfly pattern, and a peach red pleated Ruyi skirt. They are all the colors of spring, and they are all good-looking, even in this simple fenced yard. , equally dazzling.

Mrs. Liu is very proud that these three daughters are born with her, they are the famous three golden flowers in Qingshi Town, she believes that there will always be a suitable marriage waiting for them not far away.

The next day, after getting up early and having dinner, Liu Yi came, and he promised Su Jin that he would take her to the back mountain to have a look.

Liushu Village is connected to Baili Village. The back mountain of Liushu Village extends all the way to Baili Village, covering more than a hundred acres. There are not only sunflower fields, but also large azaleas and a large forest on the mountain. The trees must be hundreds of years old.

After returning to Liushu Village, brother Shuo’s studies were interrupted. Fortunately, there is a private school in the village. He would have followed him today, but Su Wenshan wanted to take him to the private school to meet his master. Su Jin agreed to take him with him in the future. He went, he pouted and left.

The back mountain of Liushu Village doesn't even have a name, and people in the nearby villages all call it the back mountain.The back mountain is not far from Su's house and Liu's house, almost at the foot of the mountain. Liu Yi took her up the mountain to have a look.

It's spring, and you can see the endless sea of ​​flowers, golden winter jasmine and wild azaleas. Su Jin also found a few camellias among them. Although she doesn't know much about camellias, the common varieties can still be divided. out; there are also several wild peach and apricot trees, the pear and apricot trees are in bloom, and there are only green buds on the peach trees.

Su Jin deliberately went to look at the sunflower field. It was just the beginning of April, and they were still only seedlings. At this time, the growth of the sunflower above the ground was slow, and the root system of the underground grew faster. This is the stage when the sunflower has the strongest ability to resist drought.

From budding to flowering, it takes about 20 days. It is the period of vegetative growth and reproductive growth, and it is also the most vigorous stage in its life. During this period, sunflowers need the most fertilizer and water. If they cannot meet the needs of water and fertilizer in time, serious problems will occur affect yield.

Su Jin recalled some of the knowledge she had learned in her previous life, and thought that now is the time to take care of it, fertilize and water. Fortunately, the place where Liushu Village is located has a lot of rain all year round, and the soil on the mountain is also sufficient. It is fertile, so large areas of wild sunflowers can grow and bloom naturally every year.

It is best to use organic fertilizer for fertilization. Organic fertilizer is commonly known as farmyard manure. It can be human and animal manure, straw, or rapeseed cake, cottonseed cake, bean cake, sesame cake and the like.

There are fallen leaves, grass and livestock manure on this mountain. After a long time, they will be mixed with the soil and fermented. It is the best organic fertilizer. No wonder the flowers here are blooming so well.However, man-made fertilization is still necessary, and the natural compost is definitely not enough. Su Jin tilted her head and thought, if the mountain is really bought, this matter can be handed over to the two uncles.

After going down the mountain and returning home, Su Wenshan had already brought Brother Shuo back, saying that Master was very satisfied with Brother Shuo's studies and was willing to accept him.Everyone in the family was very happy, and Liu Shi even took Liu Yi to let him have dinner at home before leaving. Naturally, this dinner would not be too simple. She went to the village butcher to buy meat and big bones and came back at night. Go back to the old business and prepare to make big buns.Su Jin heard that she had big bones, so she begged her elder sister to make bone soup for her to drink.

At dinner in the evening, she told her family what she saw on the mountain today, and if the family didn't believe it, they asked Liu Yi. Liu Yi was honest, and the Su family trusted him.

Su Jin asked how much money was left at home, and said that she wanted to ask Li Zheng to see if he could buy the mountain.Su Wenshan was taken aback when he heard that, since as long as he could remember, the hilltop had been there, and he didn't see who it belonged to.

Mrs. Liu was also a little bit reluctant to part with the money she just got, and she pointed to the money to go back to the town to open a steamed stuffed bun shop, but both of them couldn't help Su Jin's begging, and they agreed to ask tomorrow.

Early in the morning, Su Jin followed her father to Lizheng's house. Mrs. Liu took Su Tang to cook in the kitchen, and Su Shuang helped Brother Shuo wash up. A new day began again.

To be honest, the Su family still feel that they are not used to it. After all, getting up early and going to bed late has become a habit. It is really boring to just stay at home like this every day without making buns and selling buns.

When I was in Qingshi Town, the proprietress of the opposite door or the house next door were all friends of Liu’s family. Every day, several people stood in front of their own house and started chatting. It was agreed to find a family, play cards, drink tea, talk about Li's parents, and talk to Wang's family.She suddenly couldn't find anyone to talk to, and she was really aggrieved. What's more, none of her three daughters were married yet. She couldn't stay in Liushu Village like this forever. After all, the eldest daughter was already old enough. up.

(End of this chapter)