Peasant woman's day

Chapter 61

Perhaps it was because the events of the day touched the two of them so much, they didn't seem to know how to get tired, and just wanted to sink into each other's arms.The autumn rain slowly wets the eaves and brings a layer of coolness.But there was always enthusiasm in the room.

The relationship between the two seemed to add another fire, and it burned even more vigorously.Furong was in an unusually good mood.She arranged for Gu Qingchen to take out the millstone and grind out all the chestnuts.If the fresh ones cannot be preserved, then the dried ground chestnut powder can always be preserved.

Fu Rong and Gu Qingchen worked overtime to dig up all the big chestnuts behind their house.Furong was in charge of peeling, Yuanyuan was in charge of washing, and Gu Qingchen ground all the ground chestnuts into pulp.The pulp flowed directly on the barrel covered with two layers of gauze, and the juice was automatically filtered when it flowed down.

The two worked hard for more than ten days in a row to grind the ground chestnuts well.When it was drying next, thanks to God's help, they had just finished drying the chestnuts, and it snowed the next day.

Winter here comes a bit late, and it usually snows in early December.After snow falls, winter is wet and cold.Fortunately, Boss Gu knew that Furong and his wife were not good at farming, so he sent them a lot of vegetables to put in the cellar.It's just a pity that many of the vegetables grown in the newly reclaimed land behind Furong's house were beaten by snow.Furong collected some large white radishes, and often went to buy stick bones to make soup for them.

Because Gu Laoer and his family's house was built, Gu Laoer moved out, and Gu Simei took two children and lived back.During the holidays, Fu Rong and Gu Qingchen would go there for dinner.Every time Mrs. Gu sees Furong, she always seems hesitant to speak.In order to prevent the group poisoning incident like last time, Fu Rong would help cook every time she came back.The banner of fighting is to beat the hands, but in fact, she is basically in charge.

On this winter solstice, Furong came early.The custom of winter solstice here is to eat dumplings, and the custom of Furong's modern home is to eat mutton soup.Early in the morning, Gu Boss and Gu Lao Er brought back half a sheep.Mrs. Gu went to take care of the meat herself, while Fu Rong and Mrs. Gu were busy making dumplings.

The pork was minced with the help of Gu Qingchen, and Fu Rong was in charge of mixing the stuffing.Her gaze caught sight of Mrs. Gu, who was meeting with her, watching her movements intently, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.If Mrs. Gu really learned it, she would be much more relaxed, anyway, it's just some home cooking, everyone knows it.

Since the second sister-in-law Gu had aborted the child, she no longer did any housework.Fu Rong once went to deliver something to her, and when she entered her new home, she felt a foul smell coming from her nostrils, so Fu Rong didn't say a word, put the things down and left.When I arrived at Mrs. Gu's place, as soon as someone called her to do something, she would start to hold her stomach and complain of discomfort.

At that time, after Gu Sanbo came over in the middle of the night, after hearing the whole story, he only asked Gu's father a word: "Fourth, it's so late at night, this matter can't go on."

Old man Gu took a puff of cigarette, stood up and said, "Second brother and your wife are going to sleep in your original room. Girl, you can leave as soon as you leave tomorrow morning."

The second sister-in-law Gu covered her stomach and cried again, saying that she was poor.In the end, Father Gu had no choice but to ask Sister Gu to pay for the house.Elder Sister Gu said she had no money, so Second Gu rushed in and rummaged through her things, finding some jewelry and silver.Gu Lao Er took the jewelry, and the scattered silver was about five taels, so it all belonged to Gu Qingchen, and it was counted as part of the debt owed by the previous son.

"Third siblings, what's the matter with you?" Aunt Gu called Fu Rong several times, before Fu Rong came back to her senses.Fu Rong smiled: "The stuffing is ready, it's ready to wrap."

Sister-in-law Gu hesitated for a long time before she said to Fu Rong: "Third brother and sister, I don't know if you are free. I have something to come over to talk to you tonight."

This reunion dinner, everyone ate to their hearts' content.After drinking two or two glasses of wine, Old Gu became more and more happy, and waved his hand: "Third brother, you can continue to drink two glasses with me tonight."

Gu Qingchen agreed.When Mrs. Gu saw this, she was also happy, and said to Mrs. Gu: "I pulled a few feet of cloth and came back. I happened to have cotton at home, so I made a padded jacket for each of the three children. They are small, not like We old bones are not afraid of the cold." Mrs. Gu said, then turned her head to Furong and asked, "My third daughter-in-law, is there enough charcoal fire at home?"

Fu Rong felt flattered that Mrs. Gu still remembered Yuan Yuan.Although she may have just asked that question, Fu Rong still showed a moved look: "Don't forget about it, the family has already prepared charcoal for the winter."

Old lady Gu nodded: "Don't make yourself miserable. If you freeze yourself in order to save a little money, the extra money will be spent."

Fu Rong complied, but she was still suspicious, did Old Lady Gu change her temper?Just as she was thinking about it, she heard the second sister-in-law Gu snorted across her nose with a look of disdain.Furong lowered her head, took a dumpling stuffed with cabbage, peeled off the skin, and gave Yuanyuan half of the stuffing to eat.Second Aunt Gu stood up abruptly, and put one hand on her forehead: "I have a headache, I'm going to go into the room and lie down for a while."

Mrs. Gu ignored her.Gu Ersao went into Gu Simei's room on her own.Gu Simei's face flushed immediately, looking annoyed.As soon as Mrs. Gu put the chopsticks down, she was about to get angry.Father Gu gave her a sideways look: "The second daughter-in-law is not in good health, what are you doing with her so much? Clean up the house that the third son and the others left before, burn it on the kang, and let the fourth girl and Xiaotao live there. "

That's all for Mrs. Gu, she picked up several dumplings for Gu Simei.Gu Simei was much more stable now.

After eating, the sky started rubbing cotton and pulling wadding again. After a while, the snow that had just been swept on the ground covered the soles of the feet again.Old man Gu walked under the eaves and looked at it for a long time, and said: "Auspicious snow heralds a good year, next year, it should be a good harvest." He was about to turn around when he heard a knock on the door, and someone shouted loudly: " Gu Sanpai, open the door."

With such heavy snow, who would come to the door?Boss Gu went up to open the door, only to see Song Wen come in anxiously: "Third Cousin, I'm Song Wen."

When Furong heard this, she didn't know why, her heart jumped suddenly, and the needle in her hand was unguarded, and it pierced into her middle finger all at once.Immediately, a drop of bright red blood came out.Fu Rong hurriedly put the finger into her mouth and sucked it, then came out quickly, and said nervously: "Cousin, why are you here? What happened, is there something wrong at home. Talk to me quickly."

Seeing Fu Rong's incoherent appearance, Gu Qingchen knew that she was afraid, so he grabbed her shoulder and patted her twice.

Song Wen took a sip of hot water before saying, "This morning, my uncle went to repair the two pigpens at the back, but the snow was too heavy and they were crushed."

Fu Rong couldn't stand up almost immediately, her eyes went dark, thanks to Gu Qingchen who caught her.Seeing Fu Rong like this, Song Wen hurriedly said: "Uncle ran outside at that time, escaped from the stomach up, but was suppressed from the waist down."

Fu Rong felt as if her whole body had fallen into an ice cellar, and she hurried to go back.When Gu Qingchen turned his head, Father Gu quickly waved his hands: "Hurry up and go."

Others are okay, Mrs. Gu suddenly became nervous.Just as Fu Rong and the others were about to cross the threshold, Mrs. Gu rushed up, grabbed Fu Rong and said, "Third siblings, if you have time, please help me to see how my house is doing." Guo's house is much better than theirs, Now that something like this happened, of course she was worried.

After more than an hour's journey, Furong felt as if she was going to go forever.Gu Qingchen hugged Furong all the time, stretched out his hand from behind, wrapped her hands in his own, and kept comforting her in her ear.At first Yuanyuan wanted Furong to hug her, but when she saw that Furong wasn't joking with her as usual, she obediently sat across from them and stared at Furong.Fu Rong felt her teeth were trembling, she wrapped her arms around Gu Qingchen, and cried silently.

(End of this chapter)