Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 49

This day, Zhang Yun was still the same as usual. He went out early in the morning to hunt pigweed. When he reached the Qingling River, he found the place where the aquatic plants were the most lush. Bend over and cut up.

There are a lot of children cutting pigweed by the Qingling River, all of them are buried in the grass, leaning over to mow the grass, some of the smaller children are buried in the grass half a person's height, only their voices are heard, No one was seen, and many of them came together with a few people. As a result, there were giggling and echoing voices everywhere.

In the past few days, Zhang Yun met several familiar girls in the grass here. The other day, he met Xiuhua from Wang Damao's family. It will pass very quickly, so when I came here today, I looked around, but I didn't see her.

Before seeing Xiuhua, Zhang Yun buried himself in mowing. He cut off the hogweeds by their roots and put them in the back basket. After a while, some thin sweat broke out on Zhang Yun's head. It has been a few days since spring, and the weather is getting warmer. She is still wearing a heavy jacket and cotton trousers, and she moves a little more. , she would sweat, but she did not dare to take off her jacket in this season, for fear of being caught in the cold again.

The pigweed in the back basket was pushed higher and higher, Zhang Yun stopped, looked in, reckoning that a few more handfuls would be enough for the little pig to eat, looking at the pile of pigweed in the back basket, he thought to himself I mean, if I can cut more at a time, it would be great to store it in the cellar for silage. The smell of silage is sour, soft and juicy. Pigs love it very much, and it is rich in nutrition. Pigs grow fat faster after eating, and can be preserved for a long time. For a long time, even if the grass withered in winter, the pigs would not be afraid to eat. When she was a child in the countryside, all the pig farmers silage the fodder.

In fact, Zhang Yun has had this idea since the first day of cutting pigweed, but this is just the beginning of spring, and there are a lot of work in the field, such as moisture conservation, top dressing, and watering, and it is relatively busy. I see my grandfather and father every day and they are busy very late. I just came back, I don't want to make them tired, I think I'd better suffer some tiredness, after this busy period, I will mention this matter with my father, let him dig a cellar to store the fodder, which is very good for raising pigs.

Thinking in his heart, his hands didn't slow down, and half of the back basket was cut in a short while. Zhang Yun saw that it was almost done, so he straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, put the sickle into the back basket, and prepared Picked up and went home.

Zhang Yun was squatting halfway, about to put the basket on his back, when he heard a clear voice from the grass in front, "Brother Manzi, brother Manzi, you're picking up fish and shrimp, did you get anything?" After the voice rang Suddenly, a girl sprang out from the bushes. She was slender, the same height as her, and not very tall.

When Zhang Yun heard it, her scalp felt a little numb. She was really afraid of seeing Chang Man. The sad thing is that if she wants to go back, she has to walk out of the grass in front of her, so she can go back home. The voice shouted, Chang Man should be right in front, how could she get there.

While hesitating, Chang Man's voice came from the front, "It's Reiko, I just went around for a while today, but I didn't get any fish, so I picked up some shrimp."

Zhang Yun also knew the girl who was changed to be Lingzi. She was the daughter of Yu Hai’s family in the village. He made a small fortune. Originally, his family was too poor to live in an earthen house. Several members of the family lived in two thatched houses. Yu boldly made a fortune and built a brand new tile-roofed house when he came back. , and bought more than ten acres of fertile land, and married a girl from the town as his wife. In Tuntian Village, he can be regarded as a prosperous figure.

Thinking about Yu Ling's family, Zhang Yun felt a little strange. Her family was considered rich, and there were hired laborers in the field, so there was no need for her to harvest pigweed.Zhang Yun was curious for a moment, so he squatted down and shrank into the grass, so as not to let Chang Man see it, and looked out through the gaps in the grass.

"It's good to find shrimp, I love shrimp very much." Yu Ling's crisp voice sounded again, it was delicate and sweet, very pleasant to hear.

"If you want, I'll give you these shrimps." Zhang Yun just retracted into the grass, when he saw Chang Man walking towards Lingzi, holding a shrimp net made of bamboo strips in his hand, and asked Lingzi Said: "Do you have a basket? There are other things that can be loaded."

"No, Brother Manzi, why don't you come back with me, I'll pack the shrimp, and you can come back to fish." Yu Ling said with a smile.

Chang Man felt a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said: "I have to rush to the field later, if I go to your house, I'm afraid it will be too late." Speaking of this, he thought about it, and said: "How about, wait Next night, I'll ask Xiao Cui to take her to your house, her house is close to yours."

Yu Ling's Liu Yemei frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but Chang Man smiled first and said: "That's all, I'm going to go fishing. If there are more, I will send two fish to your family." In the meantime, Chang Man carried the shrimp net and went forward.

"Hmph, what a wooden pile." Seeing Chang Man's figure go away, Yu Ling couldn't help but stomped her feet and let out a coquettish moan. Although the voice was not loud, it still drifted into Zhang Yun's ears. After the moaning, Yu Ling Just ran away quickly.

At this moment, all the people blocking the way had left, Zhang Yun breathed a sigh of relief, stood up slowly, looked at Yu Ling's back, and felt a slight movement in her heart, she somewhat guessed what was going on in her mind.

Never expecting to see this scene, Zhang Yun couldn't help being stunned for a while, then squatted down, picked up the basket, and walked forward.

Seeing that he was about to walk out of the grass and go around to the path leading to his house, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Yun'er."

Zhang Yun didn't need to turn his head, he heard that it was Chang Man's voice, and he secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong, so he quickly walked away, pretending that he didn't hear anything.

It's a pity that her wishful thinking didn't work out, Chang Man saw that she didn't look back and was still walking forward, so he called out again, and chased after her, "Yun'er, Yun'er." After a while, he ran to Zhang Yun's side.

"Yun'er, why are you screaming and walking away." Chang Man ran to her and started talking. Zhang Yun could no longer pretend not to hear, so he could only stop, smiled slightly and said, "Just now Thinking about something, not paying attention."

"You come to shoot pigweed." Chang Man didn't mind at all, and asked with a grin.

"Well, you're here to fish." People asked, Zhang Yun couldn't ignore it, so he could only answer, and also asked a question. Hearing these words, he felt dry and embarrassed, so he couldn't help His eyes turned aside, and he glanced at the shrimp net in his hand.

When Zhang Yun looked over, there happened to be a shrimp in the shrimp net jumping up with its back arched, jumping so high that Zhang Yun could see it clearly, feeling that it looked like a freshwater shrimp, just when Zhang Yun wanted to take a closer look, The shrimp fell back down again and fell into the shrimp net.

"What kind of shrimp are you?" Zhang Yun blurted out instinctively, and she regretted the words as soon as she uttered them. At this time, she should be able to avoid them if she can, and don't talk to him if she can. She should have less contact with him. The surefire strategy was to say that something happened, so I could rush back, but I had to talk to him more when I asked him so quickly.

Hearing her question, Chang Man smiled even more. He pointed to the shrimp net in his hand and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of shrimp it is, but I know that there are a lot of shrimps like this in Qingling River. Sometimes you are lucky. At that time, there was a big basket in one bag, and this kind of shrimp has always been there since I knew it, and my grandfather said that there was already this kind of shrimp in the river in his generation."

Seeing Chang Man say such a thing with a heart, Zhang Yun felt even more awkward, feeling his feet were itchy, and wanted to leave earlier, when he finished talking, she laughed a few times, and said: "Oh, I get it, my mother still wants me to go back to feed the pigs, so I'll go first." As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yun turned his head, ready to leave quickly.

"Yun'er, wait, if you like it, you can take these shrimps back." Before Chang Man finished speaking, he immediately called out, ran two steps forward, and stood in front of her.

"No need, I didn't take the shrimp basket, so it's not easy to bring." Zhang Yun couldn't help but rolled his eyes, why did he forget that the shrimp had already been said to be given to Yu Ling, but he couldn't say that Exit, after all, she just saw it secretly, if she said it, she would be exposed.

"It's okay, why don't I take you back, and I'll come back to fish after you pack the shrimp." Chang Man didn't feel it at all, he was rejected, and he proposed eagerly, Zhang Yun finished listening Afterwards, I felt that these words were so familiar, about a quarter of an hour ago, a girl had just told him, and now she was a little bit dumbfounded, and quickly waved her hands: "No, really, I'm leaving. "

"Then how about I put this basket for you." Seeing Zhang Yun repeatedly refusing, Chang Man had no choice but to say so. After speaking, he grabbed the fish basket tied around his waist and put the shrimp net into the fish basket Next to the mouth, he poured it in, skillfully pushed all the shrimps in, and directly stuffed the basket into Zhang Yun's hands. Before she could refuse, Chang Man ran away.

Zhang Yun stared blankly at the fish basket in his hand, and listened to the sound of jumping shrimp inside. He couldn't tell what was going on in his heart. Looking at the running back, he was out of her sight after a while. I can only go back with a small half basket of shrimp.

After returning home, Zhang Yun took off the pan on his back, carried the fish basket into the kitchen, and handed it to Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou, who had just returned from carrying water, put the empty bucket against the wall and held it in his hand. Leaning against the wall, he reached out to take it, looked inside in some surprise, raised his head and asked, "Isn't this a shrimp, where did it come from?"

"Well, it's shrimp. Just now I was hunting pigweed by the Qingling River, and I met Chang Man, who gave it to me." Zhang Yun replied to Zhou in a slightly soft voice.

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Zhou's face. Although no one mentioned the rumors about that meeting, she still felt a little uncomfortable and a little afraid. stand up.

Although Zhou had some thoughts in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, he just smiled and said: "Chang Man often finds time to go shopping for fish and shrimp, especially a few years ago, when his mother was pregnant with Chang Fu, the family couldn't often eat it. Chickens eat meat, so he thought of a way to carry fish and shrimp, although it is not as good as meat, it can still nourish the body, and Chang Manniang ate a lot of fish and shrimp at that time." Zhou put the fish into the basket. Shrimp dumped into the bucket, while gossip.

Zhang Yun listened to Mrs. Zhou's words, and thought to himself that rural people pay attention to eating meat. They think that fish and shrimp are inferior to poultry such as chicken, duck, and pig. When I was cooking, I only picked up some extra bowls of vegetables. Thinking about it, I really don’t know the goods. The nutritional value and taste of fish and shrimp are not inferior to meat, only worse than that. Especially when you are pregnant, eat more fish, and your children will be healthy Be smarter, Chang Manniang really made a mistake and ate a lot of good stuff.

Thinking in his heart, Zhang Yun walked to the wooden barrel, squatted down and looked inside, took a closer look, and made sure that he was right, the barrel was indeed filled with freshwater prawns.

Looking at the lively green shrimp, Zhang Yun couldn't help but stare at it. For some reason, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he thought of a good way.

(End of this chapter)