Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 18

As soon as Zhang Yun rushed to the outside of the courtyard, he bumped into the dog running towards him, and called happily, "Sister Yun'er." Xiao Wa'er's voice was hoarse, and her throat hurt badly yesterday.

Gouzi ran and jumped up to him, seeing that he was recovering quickly, Zhang Yun hurriedly squatted down, smiled at him and said, "Doctor Lin said you have a sore throat, you should talk less these days."

"That's what I told him too, but he didn't believe it. You'll hear it now. Sister Yun'er said the same thing, so you should be convinced." Zhang Yun looked up and saw that the dog girl Yu was walking this way. With a smile all over his face, Gouzi's father, Zheng Changli, came with him, carrying both baskets and baskets full of them.

Zhang Yun could see now that Gouzi's family should have come to express their thanks. Before she could speak, Mrs. Zhou in the courtyard heard the movement and came out of the courtyard.

"Sister-in-law Youqing, we're here now, so we didn't disturb your work." Gouziniang caught up and talked enthusiastically. Mrs. Zhou heard Dr. Lin mention the Gouzi thing yesterday, and when she saw them, she hurriedly said No, he smiled and invited them all into the courtyard.

As soon as Mrs. Zhou let them sit down in the main room, Gouzi Niang took Zhang Yun's hand and smiled at Mrs. Zhou: "We came here today to thank your Yun'er, if it wasn't for her, we Gouzi Maybe it's gone, she is our baby's savior."

"Ms. Gouzi, she just got lucky and helped Gouzi. She can't afford to be a lifesaver." Zhou waved her hands again and again, evading with a smile.

Seeing what Zhou said, Zheng Changli got anxious all of a sudden, stood up abruptly, and said loudly: "Sister Youqing, how can you deny this life-saving kindness, you let us remember who is better."

Seeing that Wa'er's father was in a hurry, Gouzi Niang hurriedly got up and pulled him behind her, and said with a smile: "Sister Youqing, the baby's father has no other intentions, just wanting to thank you all in a hurry, so he just raised his voice, But you can't speak, don't be surprised."

"How can it be, folks in the village, what's not to say, brother Changli has a straightforward temper, we have always known it." Zhou and the son of a bitch were talking, but Zhang Yun was reluctant to stay here, feeling that Unnatural, he simply took the dog and sat down on the threshold of the main room.

Zhang Yun opened the white-washed overcoat, and took out a handful of fried chestnuts from the jacket pocket inside. This was specially given to her by the third aunt Ma Shi when she came back this morning, and stuffed two full pockets If she hadn't rushed back in a hurry, Mrs. Ma would have fried some more for her to bring back to eat, which would just be used to coax the children, and the two of them sat on the threshold, peeling chestnuts.

Seeing the two children sitting and eating, Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Gouzi stopped talking, and looked at them with smiles. Zheng Changli took up Mrs. Zhou's words and said coolly, "We peasants can't learn to be scholars. It’s well written, what we’re trying to do is to be neat.” After Zheng Changli finished speaking, he handed over the basket and the basket in his hand, “It’s not a good thing either, so sister-in-law Youqing just accept it.”

Mrs. Zhou knew that this was their intention, and if they didn't accept it, they would definitely feel bad, so they didn't push it back and forth, said a few words of thanks, and took it away.

As soon as Mrs. Zhou accepted the things, Zheng Changli burst into laughter, and the Gouzi Niang spoke more enthusiastically. Zhang Yun listened to the people inside, peeling the chestnut shells in his hands. A lot of peeled chestnut meat was given to Gouzi, and he put it directly into his arms, and let him wear it with the hem of his clothes. Gouzi was so happy to run to his parents to offer treasures when he saw the fried yellow and tender chestnut meat , As a result, Gouzi's parents praised Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun felt embarrassed, so he got up and prepared to carry the baskets and baskets to the kitchen and get the contents out so that the dog's parents could take them back.

As soon as she stood up and patted the dust on her trouser legs, she heard a call from outside the courtyard, "Goose, is Gou here?" Zhang Yun turned his head and looked out, and saw Hong Cheng standing at the gate of the courtyard with his hands in his hands. Holding a clay pot in his hand, he looked straight into it, but the host didn't call him in, so it was hard for him to step in the door casually.

Gouzi heard someone calling him, so he turned his back and ran out. Gouzi's parents also walked out of the main room. When they saw Hong Cheng, they hurriedly followed Gouzi. Zhou came out of the hall, laughing. He said, "Doctor Xiao Hong, why are you standing outside the door, hurry up, come in and sit down."

Mrs. Zhou opened her mouth, and Gouzi Niang hurriedly opened her mouth to call out. Before Hong Cheng could move, Gouzi grabbed his sleeve and pulled him into the yard.

Hong Cheng followed the dog into the courtyard, and the Zhou family called him to sit in the main room, but Hong Cheng hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No need, auntie, the master is still at Maozi's house in the east of the village. I can't stay long. I went to Gouzi’s house to find nothing, but Grandma Gouzi said he was coming here, so I followed him to find him.”

Mrs. Zhou saw that he was not free, so she stopped pushing. The dog on the side listened, raised his face and asked, "Doctor Xiao Hong, what can you do with me?"

Hong Cheng squatted down with a smile, opened the pot in his hand, and held it in front of him, "Look, what's inside."

Gouzi was very curious. He squinted his eyes and looked in through the mouth of the can. He saw a piece of yellow orange in the jar, and half a jar of kumquats was stacked in it. A strong salty and sour smell came out of the jar. You can tell it's pickled salty kumquat just by smelling it.

"Doctor Xiao Hong, is this salted kumquat for me?" Gouzi looked at the bright orange color and the scent, his cheeks were already sour, and there was no reason not to think about it.

Seeing that his eyes were round and looking in, Hong Cheng knew that he was hungry, so he stretched out his hand to pinch his cheek, and said with a smile: "Your throat is sore, it's good to eat, so I brought it here, but , you can’t be greedy, it’s no good to eat too much.”

Seeing that the half can of kumquats belonged to him, how could the dog not agree, and hurriedly nodded to Hong Cheng, saying that he would not eat more, the dog girl hurriedly came up to tell him a few words, and then repeatedly asked Hong Cheng thank.

Hong Cheng said no thanks, and handed the clay jar to Gouzi, and after Gouzi took it, he said, "There are a lot in the jar, you can share some with others." At that moment, Hong Cheng put back the lid of the earthen pot, but looked at Zhang Yun in front of the main room. He quickly looked away, stood up, and said that he was going to Maozi's house to find the master, and he turned around and left. .

Gouzi got a bunch of fried chestnuts and a jar of salted kumquats during his trip this time. It can be said that he has gained a lot. He was so happy, he happily hugged the jars, and refused to let his parents take them. When I was empty, I couldn't eat the fried chestnuts for a while, so I put them all in the pockets on both sides, and the pockets bulged out.

The thank you gift was delivered, and Gouzi's father and mother still had work at home and in the field, so they couldn't delay for too long, so they didn't enter the hall again, and after a few words, they said they were going to leave.

Zhang Yun hurriedly took the baskets and baskets to the kitchen, pulled the things out, and pushed them on the water tank first, and handed back the empty baskets and baskets to the dog's parents. Gouzi went out of the yard, and when Gouzi was about to be discharged from the hospital, he turned his head and shouted: "Sister Yun'er, I'll come over to your house to play when I'm free."

Gouzi's words made Zhang Yun couldn't help laughing, he had tasted the sweetness, and he was thinking about coming again before he left.After the dog yelled, he happily left.

After going out like this, Gouzi's family walked away. Zhang Yun was still smiling. After entering the kitchen, she put the things pushed on the water tank board. The two big herrings that were originally in the basket had been dumped. After entering the wooden barrel, I scooped some water into it, and put it away in the corner of the wall. The rest were all kinds of dry goods, such as dried vegetables, dried bamboo shoots, and shredded radish, all of which were farm products that I dried at home. There is also a small jar with a thin mouth, I don't know what it is in.

After Zhang Yun put all the other things in order, he opened the small jar, and the scent in the jar immediately hit his nostrils. It was an extremely strong scent of sweet-scented osmanthus with a hint of sweetness.

"Ah, this is sweet-scented osmanthus candy." The smell attracted Mrs. Zhou, who was cooking pots on the stove, and she guessed it was sweet-scented osmanthus candy when she smelled it. When she walked in, she saw that it was indeed a pot full of sweet-scented osmanthus flowers, with all the petals stuck together. If the sticky sugar water is opened and left in the room for a while, the sweet smell may waft far away.

Mrs. Zhou stretched out her hand to pick up a finger, put it in her mouth and sucked it, the sweet taste slid down her throat, it was so fragrant that it could hook the gluttons in people's stomachs, "This sweet-scented osmanthus candy is so sweet. , the fragrance is also strong, I am afraid it is brewed with a lot of sugar or honey, such a jar, Gouzi and his family will have to spend a lot of money, so we will accept it like this, I am sorry, if I knew it was this, It shouldn't have been taken."

Zhang Yun saw that Mrs. Zhou was quite embarrassed, so he smiled and said: "Mother, it's not like we won't see each other anymore, this time we took theirs, and in the future we will get delicious food, and we will also take it and send it over. It’s not better.” Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yun followed suit with a finger, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and it was much more delicious than the ones bought online before, the food without chemical additives in ancient times is really not covered.

Zhang Yun's words made Mrs. Zhou feel relieved immediately, and said with a smile: "Look at me being confused, you are right, it's better if there is a reciprocity." I kept getting chopsticks, and you took a bite of each other. I picked several chopsticks to eat, and discussed while eating, to see what other food I could make with this sweet-scented osmanthus candy.

The couple talked for a while, and decided that after Zhang's father and son came back in two days, they would eat steamed sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. As soon as the matter was settled, Zhang Yun suddenly called out, holding a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus sugar and preparing to put it in the cupboard Mrs. Zhou, who was going there, hurriedly turned her head to look over, "What's wrong, Yun'er?"

Zhang Yun patted the back of his head. He was so greedy that he almost forgot the business. Seeing Mrs. Zhou looking over, he hurriedly said, "I just thought of something important."

Seeing that she was fine, Mrs. Zhou turned to open the cupboard and put the jar in, but Zhang Yun hurriedly ran to Mrs. Zhou, and said, "Mother, I came back from my uncle this time just for this reason. Things, you see, it is almost the end of November, and it will be the twelfth lunar month in a few days. Every year in the twelfth lunar month is the time to buy new year's goods. Ordinary people, squeeze some oil at home, most of them are not enough to eat, but they are not available on weekdays. I am willing to buy oil, only during the twelfth lunar month, when I have saved some money for the New Year, someone will buy some and use it for cooking during the New Year, so it seems that the twelfth lunar month is the most favorable time for us to sell oil."

After what Zhang Yun said, Mrs. Zhou nodded after hearing it. Ordinary people, except for the New Year, are really reluctant to spend an extra copper coin.

"If we want to sell oil in the twelfth lunar month, we have to start now. We have to smash the seed shells and take out the kernels to squeeze the oil. We are busy with such a few baskets of camellia seeds." Zhang Yun remembered that he had just wasted When the time was lost, I wanted to beat myself, so I hurriedly talked to Mrs. Zhou, then turned around and ran to the place where the camellia seeds were placed.

Mrs. Zhou put the pot away, and hurriedly followed Zhang Yun. In order to earn some money to live a healthy life, the Zhang family will not have any free time from now on.

(End of this chapter)