Blessed Peasant Woman of Time Traveling

Chapter 3

Ding Xiang hesitated for a while, but finally felt that it was better to let Haitang know.

She handed the package of things Sun Hong gave to Haitang, and said, "My cousin came here just now, and he asked you to eat this thing. He said that he has been discussing this matter with his cousin and uncle. He said that he would definitely marry you. But he made it very clear that my cousin does not agree with your marriage, she wants my cousin to marry a man from Shanjia Village. Men and women are married according to their parents and matchmakers, and my cousin does not agree with you. Agree, how could my cousin marry you?"

Haitang's eyes widened immediately, her face turned red, and then slowly darkened, "The agate in Shanjia Village? I heard people say that agate is ugly, with a protruding forehead and a flat nose It’s just that her family has relatives who work in the county government, so many people curry favor with the Shan family! I believe my cousin, he will not be the kind of person who follows others, he will definitely convince his cousin and uncle, and marry him mine!"

Although Ding Xiang only saw Sun Hong, she couldn't believe his ability.How can a man who dares not be a timid man be his own master?

"Sister, your belly is getting bigger and bigger every day. I really can't wait any longer. I'll go to my cousin's house in the afternoon to find out. If it doesn't work, you should confess this matter to your parents. Parents will help you If you are in the early stage, maybe my cousin will show some kindness and agree to let my cousin marry you?"

Haitang thinks this is reasonable, with her parents standing up for her, her cousin should not be too embarrassed, so she and her cousin can get married.She nodded with joy on her face, then opened the package in her hand, and after a while, she didn't recognize what it was.She was thinking that it should be the tonic given to her by her cousin. When her cousin knew she was pregnant, he must also be thinking about it. Maybe it was a tonic.

"Second sister, help me to boil this medicine. My stomach is very uncomfortable these days, maybe drinking some medicine will help me."

Ding Xiang thought Haitang knew what kind of medicine it was, and asked casually, "What kind of medicine is this, and how long does it take?"

Haitang shook her head, "I don't know either, it should be anti-abortion medicine."

Ding Xiang was stunned, she didn't know what kind of medicine it was, how could she drink it blindly. "Sister, you are pregnant now, and you have to be very careful when taking medicine. Cousin is not a doctor, so he doesn't know what kind of medicine you should take. Aren't I going to my cousin's house in the afternoon? I will bring it to me last time Go to Dr. Wu who sees the doctor and ask, and you will know."

Haitang thought about taking the medicine and was not in a hurry, so she nodded and agreed.

It was only mid-morning at this time, and Ding Xiang hurried out to carry the firewood into the kitchen and boil a large pot of water.She can still use such a good kitchen today, but she won't be able to use it after the separation tomorrow.

At that time, this will be the second uncle's home, including the small room next to where everyone eats on weekdays, all belong to the second uncle's home.Ding Xiang took a closer look and found that the second uncle's family had moved the bed over impatiently.

There was a bed in the kitchen, and two narrow beds in the dining room.The kitchen is quite spacious. In addition to a stove and a table for eating, it is not too crowded to put in the bigger bed. The second uncle and the second aunt can live comfortably.They have only one daughter and one son. The siblings sleep in that small room, and each can sleep on a narrow bed alone.

In any case, the second uncle's family at least lived in a decent way.Ding Xiang saw that their house had even moved out the bed. It seemed that the second uncle's family would live here tonight.

The third uncle's house is even better, there are four rooms in the back, except for grandpa and grandma who occupy one, the other three will be his house tomorrow.The third uncle and the third aunt live in one room, the two sons live in one room, and one daughter lives in another room. The rooms are very spacious.As for where to cook and eat, grandma is busy chopping wood, just to build an awning for the newly built stove outside the house.

Grandfather has been busy building a stove outside the house for the past two days, and today he went to the town to buy meat and wine, probably for the separation tomorrow morning.He had said long ago that on the morning of the separation day, everyone would have a reunion dinner with wine and meat.

Unknowingly, a pot of water was already boiling, Ding Xiang was busy washing her hair and taking a bath, and Wu Shi stepped on a stool outside the house to build a shed.

As for the second uncle, second aunt, third uncle, third aunt, and their children, they all went to the town to buy things together. Although they were very poor, they had some small money in their hands.This time, apart from the depression of the boss Meng Gui's family, the other two families are excited. They have long been looking forward to their own lives.

Usually so many people live and eat together, it is easy to have conflicts, if the work is not evenly distributed, I will feel suffocated, which is not conducive to family harmony.As long as the family is separated, each should do their own thing, and they should be more polite to each other when they meet, no matter whether they are closer in essence or not, at least they seem to be harmonious on the surface.

After Ding Xiang washed her hair and took a bath, Wu Shi ordered Ding Xiang to cook a pot of Chinese cabbage, while she kneaded cornmeal herself.As long as there is no separation, the whole family has to eat together. There are sixteen people in total, and each meal consumes more than five catties of cornmeal.

Every year, the food is scarce, and in the last month or so, everyone can only drink thin corn porridge, so Ushih usually chops some wild vegetables into foam and mixes them in cornmeal, so that everyone can be full, but the taste is not good.

But today is different, because Wu Shi thinks that the family will be separated tomorrow, so let everyone have a good time today!She didn't put any wild vegetables, just cornmeal.She smiled brightly at the thought of making a pot of corn pancakes and steaming a large pot of corn buns later.

As for how each family will survive the lean time in the future, it depends on their own abilities.

Ding Xiang cut the Chinese cabbage weakly with both hands. The reason for her weakness was that she couldn't cheer up when she thought of eating only Chinese cabbage again.

"Grandma, don't you have more than 20 eggs at home, why don't you take out a few and fry them?" Ding Xiang only ate eggs once after being here for half a month. The meat was not greedy at all, but she ate it once. dried fish.The dried fish was caught from the ditch in summer. At that time, they were reluctant to eat it up, so they dried some and kept it for the second half of the year.

There are still two catties left now, but they are all kept for the New Year, so I am not willing to finish eating now.Ding Xiang knew that the dried fish had to be kept, but the eggs could be boiled and eaten.

Wu Shi glanced at Ding Xiang, "Why are you getting more and more delicious and lazy? Save the eggs for tomorrow's separation. After the separation, you can eat whatever you want as a family. It's none of my business. Let's eat cornmeal today, isn't it? Do you want to squander all the eggs? You don’t know how to live, aren’t you afraid that no man will dare to marry you?”

Ding Xiang pursed her mouth and ignored it.

Grandpa came back now, and he entered the house with two catties of meat and a jug of wine.He was worried that Lilac would cut up and cook the meat, so he hurriedly took it into his house, saying that he would keep it until tomorrow morning to eat separately.It's only two catties in total, and sixteen people come to eat, and there are not many mouthfuls distributed to each person's head.

Grandpa hid the meat, and continued at the door with grandma's work of building a shed.He chatted and said, "His mother, I feel that the aroma of steamed steamed buns today is much stronger than usual. Did you not mix wild vegetables into the cornmeal?"

"You old man has a good nose, but I didn't put a single piece of wild vegetables in today, so I'll let everyone eat as much as we want!"

Grandma was talking, and there was already a lot of excitement outside the house.The second uncle, second aunt, third uncle, third aunt and children are all back!The girl Rose from the second uncle's family and the girl Narcissus from the third uncle's family ran into the kitchen excitedly, shouting together: "We are buying hair flowers, grandma, do you think it looks good?"

Rose wears a bright red silk flower on her head, and Narcissus wears a pink silk flower. Both of them are cardamom girls. They naturally look good wearing bright head flowers, but usually they have to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and pick some wild fruits to eat. I have to work in the fields, so I get a darker sun.

Rose is 13 and a half years old, and Narcissus is 13 years old. Although they are the eldest of each family, they are younger than the three girls in Menggui's family.

Grandma glanced at it, "It looks good, how much is it? Our family is poor, why do you still buy these things that are not suitable for eating or drinking?"

Rose has a small round face, and when she smiles, her eyes are curved like crescent moons, "Grandma, it's only two pennies a flower, and Narcissus and I haven't bought a new head flower for three years. The old head flower has been washed and turned white. Very unlucky on the head."

Grandma felt that the rose was right, and there was no one dead in the family, so how could she wear a whitish head flower.She couldn't help but glanced at Ding Xiang who was frying Chinese cabbage nearby, and saw that Ding Xiang was not wearing anything on her hair, presumably it was because the old hair flower could not be worn anymore, so she turned to Rose and said, "The three sisters of your uncle's family are all No, they haven't bought too many flowers in the past three years. Rose, did your mother buy it for the three sisters?"

Just as she was asking, the second aunt Chen came in across the threshold and shouted loudly: "I bought it, I bought it, as long as I still manage the money for a day, I won't be biased. Naturally, every girl has it!"

As she spoke, she took out three silk flowers from her pocket and handed them to Lilac, "Take it, these belong to you three sisters."

Lilac took it and saw that all three were purple, but two of them were light purple and one was dark purple.If you buy according to whether they match their names, you can buy big red or pink ones for Begonia and Lilac, but the big red and pink ones are worn on the heads of roses and narcissus.

The second aunt must not want others to have the same color as her family's rose head flowers, so the purple ones can only be given to the three Lilac sisters.If Zikui wears purple head flowers, there is nothing to say, but the three sisters all wear purple, so where can they be seen?

Ding Xiang looked at the silk flowers in her hand and felt unhappy. It happened that Zi Kui came back from washing her clothes. She rolled her eyes and knew what happened.She walked up to Lilac, picked up the deep purple silk flower, and put it on her head, "Since my name is Zikui, this is the most suitable for me. Second sister, you should wear the same one as eldest sister. Light colors are nice too."

After she finished speaking, she went out to dry the clothes. Although she looked angry, she didn't make any noise, and she didn't forcefully pick off the silk flowers from the roses and narcissus. Everyone was surprised. Could it be that Zikui also knows how to be humble?
(End of this chapter)