farm daughter-in-law

Chapter 147

It's already summer, and the weather is getting hotter. Fortunately, there has just been a shower, and the temperature inside the house is not too high, which is considered pleasant. Zhang Xihua wipes the saliva from the corners of Yu's mouth with a damp cloth, and he sleeps like a baby. Like a pig, she couldn't help rubbing his face gently with her fingertips. Not long after brother Yu fell asleep, his mother rubbed him several times in a row. He finally lifted his eyelids and looked at him strangely. Zhang Xihua smiled Blinking at him, Brother Yu was in a bad mood when he was woken up, he immediately held his mouth, and cried out with a "wow"...

"Good boy...it's my mother who is bad..." Zhang Xihua knew that she had made a fool of herself, so she quickly hugged Brother Yu to comfort her.

Brother Yu continued to cry continuously, waving and struggling with his limbs as if protesting Zhang Xihua's intentional disturbance of his sleep.

Zhang Xihua hugged him and shook him slightly, and said in a soft and sorry voice: "Mother is bad, mother will never disturb Xiaoyuer's sleep again."

After being comforted for half an hour, Brother Yu gradually stopped crying, and half-closed his eyes in Zhang Xihua's armpits. He seemed a little worried, and looked at Zhang Xihua with half of his eyelids propped up.

Zhang Xihua said again and again: "Xiao Yu'er, sleep well... Mom, don't make noise..."

Brother Yu's other eyelid finally closed.

Zhang Xihua looked amused, this little guy seemed to be very smart, looking at him, he thought he could understand what he was talking about.

Originally, she didn't want Brother Yu to sleep so much during the day, otherwise, when he couldn't sleep at night, he would need adults to coax him and play with him. Work made him so noisy that he couldn't sleep well, how could he have so much time to catch up on sleep.

Zhang Xihua lowered her head and looked lovingly at her son's fair and tender face. He was sleeping soundly and soundly. She couldn't bear to wake him up, so she put Brother Yu on the bed, covered him with a thin quilt, and waited for a while. Seeing that there was no sign of waking up, she walked out of the room lightly.

He Sheng and my sister-in-law both went to the market today.She looked at the sky, reckoning that she would be home in less than half an hour.

Zhang Xihua remembered something, so she got up and went to work in the kitchen.

Before going out in the morning, He Sheng said that he wanted to drink bean porridge. He didn't say which one to drink. Thinking of relieving the summer heat, she simply chose mung beans. At this time, they had been soaked for a quarter of an hour, and Zhang Xihua quickly mixed the mung beans with water. Cooking in an iron skillet over high heat...

He Sheng hoarded a lot of seasonings at home when he was last year, especially salt and sugar. Zhang Xihua found out the sugar bowl that he used on weekdays and scooped two spoonfuls into the bean soup to season. She thought about cooking by herself since she was a child. Food, because the family is poor, everything is carefully calculated, and the control of seasoning is more handy.She can scoop out just the right condiments to spice things up just by glancing at the serving size.

Zhang Xihua squatted by the stove waiting for the mung bean porridge to be cooked, but she couldn't help but feel emotional.

Three months ago, I heard an aunt in the village whisper, "Why is salt so expensive now?" The price was already very expensive three months ago, and it has doubled until now.

Oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar are indispensable, and they have to be bought no matter how expensive they are. What the common people can do is to save as much as possible.

Even so, this price still makes many people in the village miserable.

As early as when hoarding these, He Sheng asked He Zeng to persuade his close relatives to hoard a little bit, and everyone did hoard a little bit in private.

Everyone else was just saying it was a fluke, but Zhang Xihua couldn't help worrying when she thought of something.

Why is it that the price of salt and the like has always been set by the government, and there has never been such a sharp price increase, but the price has been rising since the beginning of spring this year?

The main reason is that the county now has a low salt inventory.

He Sheng casually explained a few words to Zhang Xihua.Daliang Town is under the jurisdiction of Yizhou, the most remote place in the south of the imperial court, and it is far away from the center of Yizhou. Moreover, Daliang Town is not a place with much oil and water. In recent years, frequent droughts have made it difficult for the common people to make ends meet. The Yamen was originally a Qingshui Yamen. There is so much oil and water to be scooped up, and the officials and gentlemen have to scrape the common people one layer after another, so Daliang Town is indeed a remote and barren town.

The outside is in chaos at this time, the top has already fallen, and the bottom is of course a pot of messy porridge, so many things that were supposed to be supplied on a monthly basis, such as salt, were not given to Daliang County on time.In addition, caravans who want to come to Daliang County for business have to go through many hot and humid areas in the mountains. herbs.Now that there is chaos, how many people dare to take the risk to come here to do business, maybe they will be robbed halfway and their lives will not be left behind. When the world is in chaos, there should not be too many people who can't survive and become bandits.

Because of this, it is not surprising that daily necessities are scarce in Daliang Town, and prices have risen everywhere.

Fortunately, He Sheng was reminded by his classmate Xu Huai to stock up a batch early. Besides his own home, he also sent a batch to his father-in-law's home in Yangxi Village.

At that time, Zhang Xihua had a big belly, and she had no energy to take care of many family affairs, and He Sheng did everything silently.The reason why Zhang Xihua found out was that her mother, Mrs. Cai, secretly told her when she came to participate in Brother Yu's baptism.

Mrs. Cai was very emotional at the time, and kept praising He Sheng inside and out, saying that it was thanks to He Sheng's family that they did not suffer along with her, and told Zhang Xihua to treat her son-in-law with all her heart.

For such a boring person like him, it's really not unusual for him to be unwilling to ask for credit for doing this.Although He Sheng didn't say anything, Zhang Xihua still felt sweet in his daily relationship.

Nothing makes a woman feel happier than a caring husband. Zhang Xihua secretly buried her joy in her heart, and when she was born, she became more sincere and cherished her life with him even more.

What she worries about is that the chaos outside will break the warm and peaceful days at home.

Even though her current life is not rich, she needs to worry about food, clothing, utility, and expenses. As long as she can live a stable and happy life with her husband, she feels that it is the greatest satisfaction in her life.

Thoughts drifted a little far away, the fragrance of mung beans in the pot reminded her to recover quickly, Zhang Xihua immediately took the pot off the stove, but luckily the pot of bean porridge was not destroyed.

Putting it aside to cool off, she hurriedly walked into the room to see how Brother Yu was sleeping, seeing him immersed in a sweet dream, she went back to the kitchen and started cooking today's dinner.

There is nothing to think about the ingredients for dinner, just post a few pancakes, cook a pot of loofah soup, get two dishes of pickles from the jar, and the whole family will be fine.

(End of this chapter)