The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 49
Wen Bao didn't know much about the customs of Songjia Village, so during the whole process of worship, Song Dalang was doing it.

Seeing Song Dalang arrange all the things, and then take out the paper money to light it, Wen Bao walked over and took the paper money to help Song Dalang light it together.

Song Dalang looked up at Wen Bao, then looked at the tombstone in front of him and said, "Father, this is my wife."

Wen Bao smiled after hearing what Song Dalang said, so she also sent two pieces of paper money to the fire.

"Father, I will take good care of Da Lang."

After Wen Bao said such a sentence, he lowered his head and burned the paper money earnestly. Wen Bao knew that Song Dalang was looking at her, but she didn't want to look up at Song Dalang.

After all the paper money in his hand was lit, Song Dalang picked up a few dishes with chopsticks and put them in the fire. He also broke a piece of bun and put it in the fire. When the fire was about to go out, Song Dalang poured the wine in the wine glass into the fire pile.

When the fire was extinguished, Song Dalang knelt down and kowtowed to the tombstone. At the moment Song Dalang knelt down, Wen Bao also knelt down and kowtowed.

After packing the remaining things into the basket and confirming that the fire was extinguished, Song Dalang walked back with Wen Bao supported.

Wen Bao knew that Song Dalang was in a bad mood now, but she didn't know how to comfort him.

After all, people are born, old, sick and die.

Song Dalang and Wen Bao walked down the mountain, and when they met people in Songjia Village, they all greeted Wen Bao and Wen Bao, but unlike before, Wen Bao's attitude this time was very cold.

In addition, Song Dalang's attitude is much colder than before.

Wen Bao's reaction immediately made the women of Songjia Village unhappy. If it wasn't for the unlucky Chinese New Year, they would definitely have to ask about it.

But Wen Bao obviously didn't intend to let go of such an opportunity.

Seeing Aunt Wei, Wen Bao greeted her from a distance, which surprised other villagers who were surprised by Wen Bao's attitude just now.

Since Wen Bao could talk to Song Wei's wife, why didn't he talk to them?

Thinking about it this way, these people naturally paid more attention to what Wen Bao and Aunt Wei said.

"Aunt Wei, I have a few candidates here, I don't know if they are, I will talk to you after the New Year."

Wen Bao said this in a loud voice, as if he was saying it to them on purpose, but they looked up at Wen Bao, and felt that Wen Bao didn't look like this.

Aunt Wei didn't expect Wen Bao to talk about this matter at this time, but she still turned to Wen Bao.

So after Wen Bao said this, she also continued: "Okay, the village will definitely give you and Da Lang an explanation for this matter."

Originally, the women in Songjia Village guessed whether Wen Bao's attitude towards them today was because of something happened.

Just now they were wondering if it was something, but they didn't expect it to be confirmed now, but now they are thinking about what it is.

Not many people know about Meihua's coming to Song Dalang's house, but Meihua looks like her mother. Anyone who is a little old in Songjia Village can guess who she is once they have seen Meihua.

But there are still too few people who know about this matter.

"Okay, then Dalang and I will go home first, and we will go to celebrate the New Year with you tomorrow."

After Wen Bao said this, he dragged Song Dalang home and waited for them to leave. Other people in the Song family village naturally turned to Aunt Wei to ask what was going on.

Song Wei is now the head of Songjia Village. Although Song Dalang does not want this village head, everyone knows that Song Wei and Song Dalang have a good relationship.

Originally, the people of Songjia Village thought that with such a relationship, they would let Wen Bao take care of their family next year, but now because of Wen Bao's attitude, they naturally started to inquire.

The ones who wanted to talk to Wen Bao just now were all women, but now they all gathered around Aunt Wei.

Even if Wen Bao didn't turn his head, he knew that there must be a lot of excitement behind him. Seeing Wen Bao in a good mood, Song Dalang grinned and said, "Daughter-in-law, do you want the villagers to find him by doing this?"

Although Song Dalang is simple and honest, he is not stupid. What Wen Bao did today, no matter how he looks at it, it looks like Wen Bao is playing tricks.

"Yeah, there is no evidence for this, so I can only do this."

Wen Bao knew in his heart that no one heard that person when he told the news, so even if she blamed her now, that person could refute it.

But now, she didn't go to arrest people, but released such news indistinctly, and when she deliberately guided and investigated a few words later, the matter would naturally come to light.

For Wen Bao's approach, Song Dalang didn't have the slightest opinion.

After all, nothing is as important as his daughter-in-law.

After returning home from the worship, Song Dalang reheated the leftovers from the worship, and then ate them himself.

Wen Bao also warmed up a steamed bun to eat, and after drinking a bowl of seaweed egg soup, he and Song Dalang began to prepare today's New Year's Eve dinner.

Take out the dried cowpea that was dried before and eat it with braised meat. Wen Bao likes this dish very much. He has made it twice before, and Song Dalang also thinks it is very delicious.

In addition to this dish, Wen Bao is also preparing to cook a seafood dish.

The seafood in Wen Bao's house is all dry goods brought back by Wu Houye, and Wen Bao soaked a bunch of dry seafood yesterday.

Wen Bao is not particularly good at cooking seafood, but she knows that these dried stews must be very fresh.

Let Song Dalang clean up a pheasant, cut the thick meat into small pieces after dismantling the bones and save it for other dishes, and put all the rest into clay pots for soup.

With soup hanging in the earthenware pot, Wen Bao began to chop radishes again.

Cut the radish into thin shreds, put salt to kill the water, squeeze out the water after the radish is soft, and save it to eat with cold dishes later.

Cut the cabbage into thin shreds, take out a piece of wild boar, cut the shredded meat and marinate it with salt, wine, ginger and egg white.

Because there is only one stove at home, Wen Bao doesn't plan to cook many dishes.

Braised pork with dried cowpea, fried shredded pork with cabbage, shredded radish in cold salad, and an improved version of Kung Pao Chicken, and finally a seafood soup.

Cowpea stewed meat is the easiest to make. This is mainly a stew, so the time is relatively long.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wen Bao prepared all the other dishes and started frying the stewed meat.

The marinated shredded pork can be poured into the pan and stir-fried after the oil in the pan is hot. The meat is cooked quickly and can be served when it is half mature.Then put the shredded cabbage in the pot and stir-fry, add the seasoning, and finally put the shredded pork back into the pot and stir-fry.

Kung Pao Chicken is supposed to put deep-fried peanuts, but Wen Bao has never seen peanuts before, so she just stir-fried the chicken that had been removed before into a sweet and sour taste.

The cold shredded radish is more trouble-free. When all the dishes are served on the table, the sweet and sour sauce prepared by Wenbao is very appetizing when mixed with the shredded radish.

The soup base of the seafood soup is chicken soup. After adding a lot of small seafood, the soup is just a little salt in the final seasoning to make it very fresh.

"Is the daughter-in-law drinking?"

Song Dalang took out the wine that Wen Bao had brewed before, and looked at Wen Bao with bright eyes, the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

Wen Bao just wanted to say yes to Song Dalang, but after thinking about the hard work he had done before, he could only say: "I won't drink it, you can drink it!"

Song Dalang obviously couldn't react when he heard Wen Bao's words, because now Wen Bao knew in his heart that she really wanted to drink now.

However, this is not good for children!
"Dalang, I don't want to drink today, you can drink."

Wen Bao changed his tone again, although this tone sounded more natural, Song Dalang still expressed surprise that Wen Bao didn't drink.

Wen Bao didn't want to explain, she looked down at the dishes on the table, they were all her favorite food anyway, so she was relieved.

Whether you are pregnant or not, you will know in a few days.

Song Dalang didn't know what Wen Bao was thinking, seeing that Wen Bao really didn't want to drink, he stopped insisting.

It was already past noon when the couple ate. Although there were only four dishes and one soup, but with so much meat, no family in Songjia Village had a New Year's Eve dinner as rich as Wen Bao's.

It is a box of seafood that Wu Houye brought back, which is very valuable.

The couple ate and chatted, and the sky darkened as they ate.

"Let's take a break and start making dumplings. Me and the noodles, you chop the meat and cabbage and separate them."

With Wen Bao's instructions, Song Dalang nodded immediately, expressing that he would be able to do well.

Here in Songjia Village, not only dumplings are eaten on the evening of the New Year's Eve, but also on the morning of the first day of the New Year.

Wen Bao's appetite is not big, but Song Dalang can eat, so the task of the couple today is quite heavy.

But there was nothing else to do here tonight, Wen Bao and Song Dalang were talking and doing things, and when the midnight approached, Song Dalang took the initiative to boil the dumplings.

Wen Bao didn't eat much, fearing that he would fall asleep later and accumulate food.

As soon as Wen Bao opened his eyes on New Year's Day, he saw Song Dalang grinning at him.

"Daughter-in-law, happy new year."

Song Dalang waited for Wen Bao to praise him with bright eyes. Seeing Song Dalang like this, Wen Bao immediately put his arms around Song Dalang's neck and kissed him on the lips.

"Happy New Year!"

Song Dalang, who was kissed by his wife early in the morning, was in a particularly good mood, and he didn't want Wen Bao to do everything in the morning.

After boiling the dumplings, Song Dalang called Wen Bao over to eat the dumplings.

Baipang's dumplings are stuffed with wild boar, cabbage and mountain mushrooms. Wen Bao's stuffing is generous with seasoning, so the dumplings taste very delicious.

Song Dalang and Wen Bao had just finished eating the dumplings when they heard shouts outside the courtyard.

"Brother Dalang, we're here to celebrate the New Year."

As soon as Wen Bao heard the sound of the stone, he took out the oily fruit he had bought earlier, and together with the candy that Wu Houye bought for her.

Song Dalang went to open the gate of the courtyard, and Wen Bao prepared the food for the children.

Wen Bao had money in his hand, so the children who came to Wen Bao's house to pay New Year's greetings today were all very happy.

Early this morning, the adults of Songjia Village did not go out. The children who went out were all the children of Songjia Village. They went from house to house to pay New Year's greetings, and after saying auspicious words, they took something to eat and went to the next house.

After the group of children took a lot of delicious food and left, Wen Bao looked up at Song Dalang.

"It's almost time, time to go."

After Wen Bao said this, he prepared all the things for Aunt Wei's family to pay New Year's greetings.

After Song Dalang took the things from Wen Bao's hand, he walked out with one hand supporting Wen Bao.

They didn't have any particularly good relationship in Songjia Village, so Song Dalang and Wen Bao planned to stay longer at Song Wei's house.

As for Wen Bao, she had other plans.

(End of this chapter)