The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 38
Wen Chengyong originally wanted to stay because of an accident at Wen Bao's house, but both Wen Bao and Song Dalang said it was all right, so he had no choice but to go home.

Wen Chengyong didn't know why Wen Chengyong made such a fuss about it after returning home. After Wen Chengyong left, Song Wei's family and Aunt Ma's mother and son also left.

After all the outsiders left, Song Dalang said everything the village called him to say just now.

After finishing speaking, Song Dalang looked at Wen Bao anxiously, did he say what he said today correctly?

Wen Bao looked at Song Dalang in surprise, and Song Dalang, who had just returned home, spoke again under Wen Bao's strange gaze.

"But I didn't agree."

Song Dalang went to look at Wen Bao while he was talking, and after finding that Wen Bao's expression was not blaming, he continued, "I thought we would move down the mountain next year, so I didn't agree."

After Song Dalang finished speaking, Wen Bao nodded his head. This matter should not be done, but if Song Dalang said that, would the villagers be unhappy?
Perhaps seeing the doubts in Wen Bao's expression, Song Dalang continued: "I said that I am young and a junior, so it is not suitable for me to be the village chief."

Of course Song Dalang would not tell Wen Bao, he not only refused to agree, but also recommended Uncle Wei.

"That's good."

Wen Bao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that Song Dalang was not stupid enough to offend people directly, and didn't care about how to deal with this matter.

She didn't want Song Dalang to be the village head of Songjia Village. The people of Songjia Village are not in the right mood now.

What Wen Bao and Song Dalang think, the people of Songjia Village can more or less guess.

They wanted to make Song Dalang the village head, but they were afraid that Song Dalang's family would forget them when they became prosperous.

At this time, Wen Bao and Song Dalang were busy cleaning up the house, and they hadn't come back for a few days. There was some dust in the house, and there was a cave messed up by Shanzhu Niang.

Wen Bao bought a lot of things from the town this time, most of them are things for the family to live in, and some cotton, Wen Bao is going to try to make winter clothes for Song Dalang.

Because of what happened during the day, the couple was not in the mood to do anything at night, Song Dalang just hugged Wen Bao, and the couple talked about their plans for the future.

Today, the main thing is the wine in the cave behind the house.

"Tomorrow we will start to divide the wine into jars. I guess my cousin will be back soon. Let's prepare in advance. When it's about to snow, do you still have to hunt for some meat?"

When the mountain is really covered by heavy snow, you can't go into the deep mountain, at most, you can go around the area near your home.

At that time, there will be more hares and pheasants, and they are not very fat.

"Well, I'm planning to go into the mountains with Liquan in a few days. Don't look at his bad legs, he's really good at his hands."

Hearing Song Dalang's praise, Wen Bao just smiled, thinking of Liquan, Wen Bao thought of what Liquan said today.

"Today Liquan said that he wanted Aunt Wei to give him a wife. We also remember this matter. If there is a suitable one, please remember to talk to him. Also, Uncle Wei has a handicapped leg and Shitou is not very old. If it is convenient for you, you can take it with you." He, not to mention too much, if you can hunt meat and share it with him, the life of Uncle Wei's family will be better."

The mountain people greet meat almost every day throughout the year, but there is not much meat that can really be eaten in their mouths.

They don't have land, at most they open some land in front of their house to grow vegetables, and they rely on buying food.

For example, if there are several sons in the family, the whole grain alone can make the family poor.

Hearing Wen Bao's words, Song Dalang couldn't help hugging her tightly. He knew that his wife was actively integrating into his life.

Wen Bao didn't know what Song Dalang was thinking at this moment, he lived at his mother's house for a few days, and when he came back today, he felt that it was really cold in the cave at night.

"We need to prepare more firewood. If you have time, build a shed outside our cave and get more firewood. It won't be enough in winter."

Wen Bao babbled, Song Dalang not only did not dislike Wen Baofan, on the contrary, he especially enjoyed this feeling.

Wen Bao said he was tired, so he nestled in Song Dalang's arms and fell asleep.

As for Song Dalang, after Wen Bao fell asleep, he kissed Wen Bao's forehead, and then grinned.

"Daughter-in-law, you are so kind."

After muttering a word, Song Dalang hugged Wen Bao tightly to sleep, his wide back blocked the cold wind blowing from the entrance of the cave, and in this late autumn and early winter days, there was a special kind of warmth flowing.

Wen Bao slept soundly this time, Song Dalang's whole body was as warm as a stove, and she didn't feel too cold in his arms all night.

It's just that Wen Bao, who got up early in the morning, was dumbfounded. When he walked out of the cave, he saw a vast expanse of whiteness in front of him.

"Snowing?"

Wen Bao muttered, and Song Dalang, who just came back from the courtyard, grinned, "It's not snow, it's frost."

Hearing Song Dalang's voice, Wen Bao turned his head to look at him. Seeing that Song Dalang's hair had a layer of 'white hair', Wen Bao snorted, "Where did you go this morning?"

"I went to see the traps. The traps were sealed after a few days away from home. I went to fix them today. Frost has fallen and we can make bacon."

Wen Bao also intentionally angered Song Dalang, and when Song Dalang approached, he still wiped the frost on his face with a cloth towel.

"Go and warm yourself by the fire, can we have gnocchi soup today?"

Today I was going to divide the wine jar, so Wen Bao thought about making a hot pot for breakfast in the morning.

As soon as Wen Bao finished speaking, Song Dalang's eyes lit up and said: "Okay, there is dried meat at home, you put some dried meat and vegetables, it will be delicious."

Seeing Song Dalang's appearance, Wen Bao pursed his lips and smiled, in fact, Song Dalang didn't need to say, Wen Bao also knew that putting these would be fragrant.

Wash two handfuls of dried meat first, put them in a pot and add water to boil. While cooking in the pot, Wen Bao took a clay pot, two bowls of white noodles, one bowl of black noodles, and half a bowl of cornmeal. flocculent.

After the water in the pot boils, shake the noodles into the pot with your hands, sprinkle them evenly into the pot, and then put a handful of rinsed and chopped dried vegetables, now just wait for the pot to boil.

Take out four eggs, separate the egg whites and use them to filter the wine later, break up the egg yolks, and when the pimple soup in the pot boils, the gnocchi will float up one by one.

Salt is added when making meat jerky, and salt is also added when making gnocchi, so there is no need to add salt to the gnocchi soup.

Squeeze a handful of seaweed, wash it and put it in the pot, then hold the bowl of egg liquid in one hand, and shake it with the handle of the spoon in the other hand.

Pour the egg liquid into the spoon, and as the spoon shakes, egg flowers appear in the pot.

When it is ready to eat, put two drops of sesame oil in the bowl, just like this pimple soup, Song Dalang still feels unsatisfied after eating three bowls.

Wen Bao only ate one bowl, but the bowl that was as big as Wen Bao's face was too scary, Wen Bao was afraid that Song Dalang would be full, so he didn't let him eat in the end.

I don't know if he smelled the fragrance of Song Dalang's house, but the couple had just finished eating when Shitou led Yanzi to appear at the door of Song Dalang's house in a ghostly manner.

"Have you two eaten yet, why don't you come in?"

There were still two bowls of gnocchi soup left, Wen Bao served them out while they were hot, and called the two children over, "Come and eat while it's hot."

As soon as Wen Bao finished greeting the two children, Shitou and Yanzi blushed and didn't know whether to enter or not.

"Come in soon."

In the end it was Song Dalang who spoke, and Shitou led his sister in. When the two children entered, Wen Bao saw that each of them was carrying a bamboo basket.

"Where are you going?"

Wen Bao knew that in today's weather, people in Songjia Village only ate two meals a day, so he didn't find it funny to see Shitou and Swallow holding their bowls with their heads down.

Shitou had a bigger mouth, chewed the gnocchi in his mouth and swallowed it, and then said: "Go and pick up pine needles."

Wen Bao didn't understand Shi Shi's words, but Song Dalang understood as soon as he heard them.

"Then go as soon as you finish eating, don't go far."

There is a pine forest in Raogegou in the back mountain of Songjia Village. At this time of year, half-grown children and those who have nothing to do at home will go out to pick up pine needles. If they are lucky, they can also pick up a lot of pine cones.

"Ah."

Shi Shi responded and continued to eat the noodle soup with his head down. After the two children each ate a bowl of noodle soup and left, Wen Bao finally understood what was going on under Song Dalang's explanation.

"I also went in previous years, but this year we have a lot of family affairs, so I won't go. After these two days are busy, I will go to see the dead trees in the mountains and ask Liquan to help get some back."

Song Dalang calculated that his daughter-in-law not only had to eat three meals a day, but also boiled water, washed her face and feet every day, and washed [beep beep beep], so he had to prepare more firewood.

Wen Bao never experienced winter in ancient times. The original owner spent the winter in the town, even if it was cold, there was still charcoal, so when Song Dalang talked about these things, he just nodded silently.

Because he was busy dividing the wine into jars for the past two days, Song Dalang beat a lot of eggs in the morning. After the egg whites were beaten, they were used to filter the wine. The egg yolks became the best ingredients for Wen Bao's men.

At noon, Wen Bao baked a lot of cakes with a dozen or so egg yolks and toppings. The couple originally wanted to save trouble and drink hot water to eat cakes, but just after noon arrived, Aunt Wei's voice sounded at the door.

"Is Dalang's wife at home?"

Aunt Wei called out at the door, it was inconvenient for Wen Bao to still be making pancakes, Song Dalang, whose arms were sore from beating egg whites all morning and still resting, stood up and walked out.

Seeing that Song Dalang was at home, Aunt Wei walked into the yard with the clay pot, and Shitou and Yanzi followed her with a bamboo basket on their backs.

"Dalang, where's your wife?"

After Aunt Wei's voice fell, she saw Wen Bao in the cave. Song Dalang called Aunt Wei to come in, but Aunt Wei handed the pot to Song Dalang.

"Shishi picked up a wild pheasant in the trap early in the morning. I stewed it. It's not as good as yours. I put two more bowls of water, it's better than drinking water."

Aunt Wei brought chicken soup, and Shitou and Yanzi came over.

"Brother Dalang, sister-in-law, my brother and I will give you two baskets of pine needles to keep as firewood in winter."

After Yanzi finished speaking, Shi Shi took out six pine cones from his bosom and handed them to Wen Bao, "Sister-in-law, here you are."

For this kind of human relationship, Wen Bao was obviously more comfortable than Song Dalang, and he was not polite after receiving the food. He took two egg pancakes and stuffed one for each of Shi Shi and Yan Zi.

Aunt Wei was also satisfied with Wen Bao's behavior, his house and Song Dalang's house were close to each other, and this kind of thing seemed normal to her.

"Dalang's daughter-in-law, my aunt is going back now, and I will give two of the flowers in your hand to my aunt some other day, and my aunt wants to make new clothes for Shi Shi and Yanzi."

"Okay, I'll go find you when I'm done in two days."

Song Dalang watched the back and forth between his daughter-in-law and Aunt Wei, touched his head with one hand and laughed, this feeling is really good.

(End of this chapter)