reborn peasant mother

Chapter 5

This long-lived noodles, also known as "Guolu noodles", is a must-have custom for local weddings. The noodles must be rolled by the new daughter-in-law the night before, cut wide and long, wrapped in red paper strips, and served with two dragons and phoenixes. Bowls, two pairs of red chopsticks, two eggs, and two shallots are placed in the dustpan together. When the bride enters the house, the groom's younger brother or clan brother will bring them to the kitchen to invite both children and parents The surviving "Quanfu people" cooked it and brought it to the bride and groom to eat together.

But this noodle is just rolled in boiling water for a while, and the eggs and shallots will come out after being put into the pot. To put it bluntly, it is just a bowl of raw noodles.

When the bride and groom sit and eat noodles, the relatives and friends watching the bustle around will ask: "Is the baby going?" The bride is probably already blushing, and the groom will answer: "Birth." Everyone then asks: "How many babies are you going to have?" ?” The groom blushed and slipped out, leaving the room full of laughing relatives and friends.

Feng Yujiang's eyes fell on Da Ya's rolling pin, and she gradually became fascinated.She was still thinking, did she wake up from the dream after blinking a few more times, and she was still lying on the hospital bed angrily?
"Mom, go and have a rest, you are exhausted." Da Ya looked at her and said.

"Silly girl, where is Mom going to sleep tonight? You wash your hair and take a bath first, and Mom will pack you a box." Feng Yujiang got up and walked out of the pot house, holding the door frame for a moment, and couldn't help turning her head away. Look.Da Ya was concentrating on rolling the noodles, but all she could see was her jet-black hair, two big braids almost hanging down to the noodle table, dangling and dangling.

Da Ya rolled out the noodles, held them in her hands, and brought them to Westinghouse.Silently, she cut a strip of red paper, carefully wrapped the noodles around her waist, placed them in the dustpan, then turned and went out again.When she came back wiping her wet hair, Feng Yujiang had already packed the box.

"Da Ya, come over and take a look. In the drawers of the three-drawer table, there are two boxes of glutinous rice cakes in each, and these two packs of sugar lumps are also locked in the drawer. Tomorrow night, I will take out a pack to kill the troublemaker. The other kuehs are stored in these two wooden boxes. The two packs of white sugar are placed in the corner of the box for you, and I will bring tea to your parents-in-law the next morning, remember to take it out and use it.”

Da Ya let out a "hmm" and continued to concentrate on wiping her hair without raising her eyebrows.Feng Yujiang paused and did not speak again.She took the footbath and went to the pot house to have a look. Sure enough, there were still a few scoops of water left in the pot, which was just right.She scooped up half a basin of water and took it to the east wing.

The east hall has always been lived by the mother-in-law, and the couple used to live in the west hall, and it would be unseemly for the elder girl to marry in the east hall, so they temporarily moved to live in the west hall.Feng Yujiang entered the east wing, and saw that Shanzi and Gangzi were already sleeping on the bed, and her husband Zhong Jipeng was still sitting under the lamp with today's account book to settle the accounts.Feng Yujiang put down the footwashing water and said:
"Wash your feet and go to sleep!"

Zhong Jipeng frowned to settle accounts and ignored her.Feng Yujiang said: "The warm water, don't let it get cold." He took a foot cloth and put it on the wooden bench next to him, turned and went back to the West Room.She tidied up the calico, shoes and socks that were pressed into the box, stuffed two coins into each shoe, and carefully put them into the box.

"Da Ya, bring me the peanuts. And the dates."

Da Ya silently took out a small basket from the head of the bed, which contained red dates and chestnuts that had been prepared earlier, as well as dyed red and green peanuts.Feng Yujiang took it and turned it upside down, grabbed a handful, paired it with two coins, and stuffed it into the corner of the dowry quilt.Two quilts are the dowry that my natal family should have.However, for those families whose life is really tight, some will only accompany them with two quilts.

Feng Yujiang was put side by side one by one, and gradually heard snoring coming from the East Wing.Zhong Jipeng's snoring can be regarded as a legend, and can be heard from far away.Feng Yujiang folded the quilt, put it on the box, stuffed the two pillows with dried fruit and coins, and then sat down against the edge of the bed.

(End of this chapter)