Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 57

They ran for several miles on this trip, and distributed medicine to some nearby villages. When Zhang Yun, Zhang Zhang, and Zhang Xing rushed home, there was smoke rising from the kitchen all the way, and it was time for dinner.

The three brothers and sisters hurried back, and when they returned to the yard, Mrs. Zhou had already prepared dinner. Hearing their return, she ran out of the kitchen and shouted, "You're all hungry, the dragon's whiskers are already burning in the pot." Well, you guys wash up, so you can sit down and eat."

The brothers and sisters responded, and all rushed into the kitchen, smiling and huddled beside a wooden basin, washing their hands with water, while Mrs. Zhou took the bowls, filled the bowls of longxu noodles in the pot, and carried them to the main room. .

After they washed their hands, they ran into the main room. Before entering the main room, they saw Zhang Liangen sitting on the threshold, with split bamboo slices piled up at his feet. Unlike usual, there was no basket. Instead, he was making something similar to a bow. Zhang Yun stopped for a moment and asked curiously, "Grandpa, what are you doing?"

"You don't even know this anymore, this is a bow clip for catching mice." Zhang Zhang, who was following Zhang Yun, heard her question, and leaned over, laughed at the first glance, and said in his mouth.

After hearing this, Zhang Yun squatted next to Zhang Liangen in novelty, and asked with his face up, "Grandpa, do you want to catch mice?" In the countryside, mice must be infested. In the past few days, Zhang Yun saw mice coming from the corner several times. run out.

"As soon as the sting comes, snakes, insects, rats and ants will come out to move around. If they don't catch them, they will steal food. The pigs and chickens in the house will also be bitten, and they will easily get plague." Zhang Liangen is doing it skillfully. Bow folder, with a smile on his mouth.

"Do the mice in the house need so many bow clips?" Zhang Yun looked at the whole bunch of bamboo piled on the ground, and thought to himself that there was no need for so many mouse traps.

"Of course I can't use these at home, and I have to go to the field to trap voles, which requires a lot of bow clips." Before Zhang Liangen could reply, Zhang Youqing came from behind and said with a smile.When Zhang Yun heard the voice, he turned his head and saw that Zhang Youqing was carrying two wooden barrels, his trousers were rolled up, and his straw sandals were full of pig manure. He had just come out of a pigsty.

"Father, have you used up Doctor Lin's medicine?" Zhang Yun looked at the two wooden barrels and guessed that Dad must have boiled the medicine soup and rinsed it in the pigsty.

"It's half cooked, wait a few days to cook another pot, and then wash it again." Zhang Youqing said, carrying the wooden bucket, and went to the kitchen.

Zhang Xing, who had just entered the main room, turned his head and ran out again when Zhang Liangen said to catch voles, got between Zhang Yun and Zhang Liangen, and asked anxiously, "Grandpa, when are you going to catch voles?"

When Zhang Zhang heard this, he came up and gave him a slap, and said with a smile: "You kid, you only want to play, you forgot that you fell asleep in the field last year, and I won't take you this year."

"Brother, take me there, take me there, I promise I won't fall asleep again this year." Zhang Xing jumped up immediately when he heard this, went up and hugged Zhang Zhang's waist, playing coquettish and shameless.

Both Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yun burst out laughing. When Zhang Zhang mentioned his collar, he pushed him aside, teasing him deliberately, "It's useless to play tricks."

Zhang Xing saw that his elder brother couldn't say anything here, so he threw himself next to Zhang Liangen, hugging his leg and shaking, "Grandpa, let me go."

With a "pop", Zhang Liangen patted his hand with the bamboo piece in his hand, and deliberately said with a straight face: "Listen to your elder brother."

Seeing that there was no hope on both sides, Zhang Xing was discouraged all of a sudden, his head drooped, and there was no more words in his mouth. Here everyone was teasing Zhang Xing, while Zhang Youqing washed his hands and feet and came to the main room with Zhou Shi up.

"Why are you waiting here? Hurry up and eat the dragon's beard. If the dragon's beard is left for a long time, it will become mushy and it won't taste good." Seeing a group of people gathered around the threshold of the main room, Mrs. Zhou came over and urged them to enter the hall.

The brothers and sisters stopped talking, got up and went into the main room, Zhang Liangen also rested his hands, gathered the bamboo slices, put them in the basket beside him, went to the kitchen to wash the handles, and then went into the main room to sit down and eat dragon beard.

A room full of people snoring, eating long dragon whiskers, drinking a few sips of hot noodle soup, gradually warming up their frozen bodies, and the whole family would say a few words from time to time, talking about what should be done in these days. What to do, as the saying goes, "Once the Awakening of Insects is over, the hoe is busy." Once the Awakening of Insects is over, the farmers have completely entered the busy period of spring plowing. Only when the seeds are sowed, the seeds should be planted, can there be good harvests.

After talking for a while, they talked about catching voles. As soon as this matter was mentioned, Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yun looked at Zhang Xing. For a long time, he didn't say a word. Quite listless, the two couldn't help but suppressed their laughter, ignored him, looked away, and continued to eat the dragon's beard in the bowl.

After dinner, Mrs. Zhou cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and Zhang Liangen continued to make bow clips. Zhang Yun’s wound was not healed yet, so he couldn’t help Mrs. Zhou wash it, so he just sat on the threshold and watched Zhang Liangen make bow clips. Sit over, but didn't speak, only stayed for a while, then got up and went back to the house, without washing his face, he got into bed and went to sleep.

Seeing Zhang Xing's lackluster look, Zhang Yun beckoned Zhang Zhang over, and said with a smile, "Brother, you've really hit Xingzi this time, look at his bored look, maybe he's covering his bed and crying."

"Stupid boy, don't worry about him, tell him when it's time to catch the voles, and you can go with him, and make sure he's happy to death." Zhang Zhang said with a smile, brought a bench over and sat down, picked up a knife, and helped Zhang Lian root Bamboo slices.

I knew that the elder brother was teasing Zhang Xing, so why not take him there, Zhang Yun thought to himself, so he stood up, went to the kitchen to fetch water to wash, and then went back to the house to rest, it was cold all day, and he walked so much Lu, I was really tired. Zhang Yun lay down on the bed and fell asleep after a while.

Waking up early the next morning, when Zhang Yun pushed the door out of the yard, he saw Zhang Liangen putting the bow holder in the corner, and Zhang Cheng followed behind him, hurried up and asked, "Grandpa, are the bow holders ready?"

"Well, I rushed out last night. After dinner tonight, I can go to the field to catch voles." Zhang Liangen put down the bow clip, straightened his waist and said.

Zhang Yun knew that voles like nocturnal activities, so if you want to catch voles, you have to go at night, and you have to wait most of the night.After hearing Zhang Liangen talk about hunting voles at night, Zhang Yun felt itchy in his heart. He was very curious about this, and couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Can you take me there too?"

Zhang Zhang laughed immediately, and said: "Which time you don't follow, you, you like to tinker with these things the most, in the mountains, in the fields, in the pond, you always like to catch these things, you don't look like a girl , In our village, it’s just you and Xiaojuan who can’t stay idle the most.”

As soon as Zhang Yun heard that he could go with him, he didn't care about his older brother's teasing, so he burst into laughter. The two were talking and laughing. Zhang Xing came out of the room. , sat down with his ass down, his head drooped, and he didn't speak.

Both Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yun knew why Zhang Xing was depressed, but in order to surprise him when the time came, no one pointed it out.

Although Zhang Yun's hand was injured, it was not serious, so she didn't stay at home. After noon, she continued to go to the Qingling River to hunt pigweed. She went out early today, thinking that next night, I have to go to the field to catch voles, but we can't delay this matter because of hunting pigweed.

Before weeding the pigweed, Zhang Yunzhuo went to the Yuantang. He hadn't been there for a few days. He wanted to see the situation of the water hyacinth lotus, and wondered if it had sprouted.

Arriving at the round pond, Zhang Yun went to the place where water hyacinths were sown, and opened a piece to the bottom. The pond was still the same, and water hyacinths hadn't sprouted at all. Many days had passed, and Zhang Yun didn't have too much expectation in his heart. Seeing that no buds came out, I didn't feel sad because of it. After looking at it, I squatted down by the pond, pushed aside the grass, and pulled out the water candle.

The water candle has begun to sprout and grow. Although it has not yet grown lushly, and it has not grown high, the grass buds of the water candle are growing very fast. It will already be ready to be picked. Picking the grass buds will not affect the water candle. growing, so she safely put the basket by her feet, picked up the grass sprouts, and prepared to take them back to fry and add a bowl of vegetables to eat.

Zhang Yun squatted down and picked them for a long time. He looked at the grass sprouts in the bottom of the basket and saw that it was almost done. Then he stood up and prepared to pick up the basket and go to the Qingling River. .

As soon as he got up, he saw two people walking in front of him. Zhang Yun was a little taken aback. Wasn't the iron lock coming? The little lady beside him should be the wife he just married.

The iron lock in front was carrying a burden on his shoulders and was talking to his wife with a smile. The daughter-in-law next to him was petite and had a pretty face. She walked beside him like a bird clinging to her, with her round face slightly upturned and her eyes smiling. Looking at the iron lock carefully, listening to his speech, full of happiness filled his face.

This scene allows everyone who sees it to feel the warmth between the two of them, and Zhang Yun is naturally the same. He doesn't want to spoil the scene right now, and he is also afraid that everyone will be embarrassed, so he wants to squat down again before they see him. Body, after avoiding them, leave again.

But Zhang Yun hadn't turned around yet, Tie Suo turned his face, looked over inadvertently, and happened to meet Zhang Yun, his mouth froze for a moment, but after a while, he returned to normal, and walked towards Zhang Yun come over.

"Yun'er, pick wild vegetables." Tie Suo said hello, but Zhang Yun could no longer avoid it, pretending he hadn't seen it, and could only smile and say, "Yes, come out to hunt pigweed, and come here to pick it by the way." Wild vegetables." He smiled and nodded to his wife.

Tie Suo hesitated for a moment, then took his wife's hand and introduced: "This is my wife, Zhang Caihua, Caihua, this is the daughter of Uncle Youqing's family in the village, Zhang Yun."

Zhang Caihua is not from Tuntian Village, and has only been married for two months, and she is not familiar with Zhang Yun, so she just greeted Zhang Yun with a smile, and stopped talking, just twisted her hands slightly, trying to get her hands out of the iron lock She pulled out her big palm, a blush appeared on her face, a little shy, but also a little sweet.

Zhang Yun didn't have anything to say for a while, so he asked politely, "Where are you guys from?"

"On February [-], father-in-law and mother-in-law took Caihua back to their natal home. No, I'll go and pick her up today." Tie Suo said, smiled at his daughter-in-law, and clenched his hands even tighter.It is a custom in the village that the newlyweds will be taken back to their natal home on February [-]nd.

Zhang Yun really felt awkward facing them, and had nothing to say, so he simply said, "I'm rushing to hunt pigweed, so I'm leaving first." After speaking, he picked up his backpack and started to leave.

After taking a few steps, Zhang Yun stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "I forgot to congratulate you all, I wish you a long life, a precious son, and a big fat boy when the time comes, don't forget to treat us to a full moon wine .”

Zhang Caihua was very happy when she heard this, she hurriedly said thank you, Tie Suo didn't say anything, Zhang Yun saw that she had said everything that needed to be said, so she said goodbye without further delay, turned around and walked away.

Seeing Zhang Yun leaving, Zhang Caihua also pulled the iron lock to go back, but the iron lock did not move. Looking at Zhang Yun's leaving back, Zhang Caihua turned her head when she saw that Zhang Yun was not moving, and the iron lock hurriedly looked away. , smiled at his daughter-in-law, and said: "Let's go back, I'm afraid my mother has cooked dinner and is waiting for us."

"Hey." Zhang Caihua sweetly responded to the iron lock, and the young couple walked straight towards the house.

(End of this chapter)