Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 134 Cypress Leaf

Seeing her sneaking behavior on the road, Du Xiaoyu finally understood why Bai Lianhua dressed up like this.

It turned out that it was to avoid Mr. Jiang's tough fiancée, and he brought people to chase and beat her last time. How dare he show up to sell things in the county now?
Really self-inflicted!

"You should show your face and give someone a beating!" Du Xiaoyu couldn't help cursing, "You're even willing to seduce men for doing those nasty things, what else can't you do? Huh? Lack of money Why don't you continue to hook up with men?" The matter of the carriage has been found out, and it was Bai Lianhua who asked Jiang Hong to borrow it, so I don't know if there will be any hidden dangers.

Bai Lianhua smiled awkwardly, "It's different now, if I want to be like this again, my brother will definitely die of anger, it's finally getting better."

Now that she knows how to care about her elder brother's body, it's his fate that she didn't die of anger last time. Du Xiaoyu raised her hand and rubbed the space between her eyebrows, "Is this painting drawn by your elder brother?"

She had seen Bai Yushi's paintings before, and she was very impressed. There was too much sadness in that painting. In terms of artistic conception, it was very different from the paintings that Bai Lianhua sold just now. It seemed that they were not made by the same person , but only Bai Yushi can paint in their family, and it cannot be anyone else.

Sure enough, Bai Lianhua nodded, "Brother saw the situation at home, so he drew some paintings and wanted to try selling them. I volunteered to come to the county."

Expressing affection through painting, it seems that his mood has changed a lot, Du Xiaoyu frowned thinking, "Then my sister also knows?"

Bai Lianhua hurriedly waved her hand, "Sister-in-law took the money, but we didn't want it. Even if we emptied the house, we can't take the money from sister-in-law. My father said, we owe your family, and we can't drag you down any more. family."

Compared to Cui Shi, Bai Shiying was considered good, so Du Xiaoyu shut up and ignored her.

"My father is also working hard now, and went to the river to catch fish and sell them in the county. Xiaoyu, look, these paintings were sold for more than 200 Wen today, enough to eat medicine for several days..."

She whispered in her ear, Du Xiaoyu just buzzed like a fly.

Bai Lianhua was bored by herself, so she finally sat down and dozed off honestly.

The bullock cart wobbled until the evening before returning to the village.

On the second day, Du Xian and his daughter started to make smoked rabbits under the guidance of Mrs. Zhao. The smoked rabbits are divided into raw smoked and cooked smoked. In order to have more flavor, they decided to use the raw smoked method, but this method takes a little longer. Some.

Du Xian slaughtered six rabbits, cleaned them, and salted them. According to Zhao, they were marinated for three to five days, and then they were left to dry for about ten days in a windy place before they could be taken out for use. Herbs smoked.

Calculated in this way, it takes a month to smoke a rabbit, which is far more troublesome than braised rabbit meat, but it doesn't matter if it can be sold at a higher price.

Du Xiaoyu was arranging those medicinal materials, packed them in a package, and asked leisurely, "Mother, do you want cypress leaves in it?"

"Cypress leaves?" Mrs. Zhao was taken aback, "Your grandma never mentioned such things."

How could it be? She remembered seeing those bacon sellers selling authentic Sichuan cypress leaf bacon and Hunan cypress leaf bacon on the Internet, so it should be bacon with cypress leaves. What grandma? There is no practice in it?

No matter, try both, at any rate, it has been advanced for hundreds of years, and some practices of later generations should be more progressive. Six rabbits, let's try half of each.

When Du Wenyuan came back, she took him to pick cypress leaves on the mountain, and happened to have something to say.

"Uncle Lin has been away for a long time, why hasn't he come back?" He said that he had found a good doctor, but he didn't know where he went, did he go directly to the capital?

"Are you still afraid that he won't be able to deceive people? He will come back eventually."

Du Xiaoyu was a little worried, looked at him and asked for a while, "Could you just bring your father here?" If that's the case, Du Wenyuan would have to leave immediately, and there would be no way to wait for the rural exam.

"You're overthinking." He reached out and patted her on the head, "Master speaks so well, how can he not keep his promise? Maybe something happened. Besides, the capital is a place where many famous doctors gather. If you really go Over there, I really need these days." He paused and asked, "The Bai family hasn't asked you for help?"

"Sell paintings again." Du Xiaoyu said what he saw that day.

"It's also a way." Du Wenyuan's tone was low, and he didn't want to continue the topic. He walked a section of the mountain road with her and said, "The scenery here is also beautiful, and I never thought of it before."

Du Xiaoyu said with a smile, "When you go home, you read in the bedroom. Where do you come to climb the mountain when you have time? Have you never read it?"

"There are also some things you don't know. I come back early from private school every day to identify herbs. Otherwise, you think I will learn it so easily?"

It turned out that he often left early at that time, and he must have found some excuses to lie to Mrs. Liu. Speaking of Mrs. Liu, since the newly married woman hanged herself on the night of her bridal chamber, he has been in a slump. I went back to my mother's house.

Thinking of that past, Du Xiaoyu slowed down.

"There are cypress trees here." Du Wenyuan turned around and said, he took the long bamboo sickle in his hand and cut down the branches above.

It was very useful. After a while, many branches were felled. Du Xiaoyu squatted on the ground to pick them up, and soon the bamboo basket was full.

The two filled two large bamboo baskets before heading down the mountain.

When you go back, you have to pick off all the leaves, dry them in the sun and save them.

Aunt Wu came over to visit with Xiao Tuwang and Lin Meizhen in her arms, and was chatting enthusiastically with Mrs. Zhao in the yard. Xiao Tuwang wore a small silver bell in his hand, and the crisp sound could be heard from a long distance.

"Sister Meizhen, isn't your paper horse shop busy?" Du Xiaoyu greeted with a smile.

Lin Meizhen smiled sweetly, "I invited someone, my husband said that I want to bring Tuwang, and I won't let you help in the store. I will come to live with my mother-in-law for a few days."

Aunt Wu smiled and looked at Lin Meizhen with satisfaction.

They are all people who know how to be grateful, Lu Dechang loves his wife, and the daughter-in-law knows how to be filial to her mother-in-law, what a harmonious family, Du Xiaoyu said, "That's just right, we will be making smoked rabbits in a few days, you are lucky!"

Lin Meizhen widened her eyes excitedly and nodded, "Okay, okay, this is the first time I've heard about smoked rabbits. Our family only eats smoked pork."

Mrs. Zhao chuckled, "You're more gluttonous than me, so you're pregnant again?"

"No, I asked the doctor to read it." Lin Meizhen showed a depressed look, "I ate a lot of food for a few days, and my husband thought I had it, so I was happy for nothing."

Several people laughed.

Aunt Wu patted her, "My daughter-in-law here is straightforward."

"How wonderful, if only Wen Yuan could find something like this..." Mrs. Zhao was originally smiling, but suddenly her expression changed, and she couldn't speak any more, only feeling a burst of pain in her heart.

Things that I had thought about a long time ago were brought up again, but it was still so unbearable.

Aunt Wu looked at her in confusion, and said with concern, "But what's wrong?"

"It's okay, there was some congestion in my throat just now." Zhao Shiqiang smiled.

Du Wenyuan heard it too, but he didn't know what to say to comfort him. He stood there for a long time and finally turned his head and went to the yard.

Du Xiaoyu went to the kitchen and poured three bowls of tea over, "Mom, moisten your throat, have you talked too much with Madam?"

"That's not it," Aunt Wu said just now when she remembered, "I forgot to let her rest more. This talk took so long, you should drink more water."

Mrs. Zhao said it was all right, picked up the bowl and drank the water.

"I just mentioned your family Wenyuan, and I remembered something. Someone wanted to marry your family. I didn't mention your family's marriage to Huang Hua at that time. If you don't talk about it now, they will have to find someone sooner or later. Come on."

Du Xiaoyu knew that Mrs. Zhao didn't want to hear this, so she hurriedly said, "My brother will go to the country test next year. Dad said, it's not urgent, even if it's eighteen or nineteen, it's not too late, and it's not a girl's house."

She interjected and Mrs. Zhao didn't reprimand her. Aunt Wu didn't know what their family meant, so she said knowingly, "Forget it, I'll just go back like this, so as not to save the family from waiting for news." After speaking, she sighed and pointed at Lin Meizhen, "Although the man's family is not in a hurry, her eldest brother is about to turn [-]. Hey, what a wonderful child, I really don't want to end up cheapening those shameless people."

These words aroused curiosity, and several people stared at her.

Aunt Wu curled her lips, "It's the eldest daughter of the Zhou family. My parents didn't show up for this matter. She is a girl who ran up and said that she is really not shy. Who would dare to want such a daughter-in-law?"

Du Xiaoyu was speechless, Zhou Daya was tough, if he could do all these things, wouldn't he be afraid of shocking others?
"Tell me, Mrs. Hong is also amazing, she can raise such a daughter!" Aunt Wu shook her head again and again, and then looked at Lin Meizhen, "Don't tell your mother to pick, Qingzhen is so old. Marry whoever is suitable, if this continues, why don't you wait until you are in your thirties, and then find some less decent ones?"

Lin Meizhen frowned, "I can't convince my mother."

Aunt Wu waved her hand, "Let's not talk about this, Pang Cheng will be begging for a wife in a few days, let's give as much as possible..." They discussed the congratulatory gifts.

Du Xiaoyu was not very interested in this matter, and ran to the yard to dry leaves with Du Wenyuan.

On the [-]th day, the county was blowing and playing, Qin was willing to spend money, and used his style, hired a sedan chair to take the second girl of the Hu family to the carriage at the county gate, and then came out to carry it to Beidong Village. They go to the county, but in terms of etiquette, it is better to welcome them into the house left by their ancestors first.

The congratulatory gifts from Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Wu were also quite generous, a total of six hundred Wen was sealed, unlike the neighbors who usually only had fifty Wen, which moved Mrs. Qin to praise them as good sisters.

Du Xiaoyu naturally also went to their house for dinner. The banquet was very decent, and he did not cut corners. He was afraid that he would not let his in-laws find fault.

After marriage, according to Mrs. Zhao, the daughter-in-law there still understood the rules. She came to say hello sooner or later, and she knew how to do all the housework.

Some children's shoes may be more angry with the white lotus, but in everything there is a gain, there is a loss, and the cycle of cause and effect is only a matter of time~~
(End of this chapter)