Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 115 The Second Brother
After her father drank wolfberry wine for a period of time, he felt that every time he finished his work, his body was not as sore as before, and her father was so happy that he would drink a small cup every day. Yuan did not stop after seeing it, Chunqiu just told him not to be greedy for drinking, in short, the days are spent slowly in this kind of ordinary.

On the second day after the second brother came back, her mother, Yuan Shi, removed all the quilts that the second brother had covered in the study hall, cleaned them inside and out, and put them on the newly made wooden frame in the backyard. Let it dry.

On the third day after the second brother came back, her brother specially set aside a day to take her and Huzi out to play for a whole day. This gave Chunqiu a thorough understanding of Heishan Town for the first time, even in the chaotic north of the city. Yang Chunming took them for a walk. Of course, they all came out during the day, and they walked in the safest periphery, and there was no danger.

On the fourth day after the second brother came back, her brother finally started to study hard. Except for the meals he went out to eat every day, he stayed in the house to study.

Yuan was worried about the cold in the house, and Yang Chunming's body couldn't bear it, so she went directly to Yang's blacksmith's shop to make a small charcoal basin, the kind that puts charcoal inside and a box-shaped air-permeable cover on the outside, and puts it in. The house is like a stove.

Because her second brother's room is warm, Chunqiu would run over there for a loaf from time to time, still holding the unfinished pastry in his hand, while squatting next to the charcoal basin to keep warm, while admiring her brother's demeanor of reading and practicing calligraphy.

The daily schedule of the two of them is like this: in the morning, when Chunqiu wakes up, she will go directly to Yang Chunming's room. At this time, her second brother's room is already very warm. After Chunqiu comes, she will sit directly next to the charcoal basin, and then look at it with a smile on her face. Her second brother.

When Yang Chunming was reading, every time he read halfway or half an hour later, he would turn his head and smile at Chunqiu, and Chunqiu would put down the cake in his hand and smile back at her brother. After the two greeted each other, Yang Chunming would go on After reading the next paragraph, Chunqiu will continue to eat the pastry in his hand, and neither of them will disturb the other. When Yuan Shi comes over at noon and calls them to eat, they will go out of the house to eat together, and then go back to the house together and repeat In the morning, while waiting for dinner, the two of them started going in and out together in the past few days, just like conjoined twins, and Yuan Shi made a lot of fun about their appearance.

As for Huzi, he was restless, and the cold weather did not stop him. He got up early and ran out to play with his new friends. Before leaving, he wanted to bring Chunqiu with him, but Chunqiu felt cold Huzi has been talking about Chunqiu for a long time and has not been moved, so next time Huzi goes out, he will never call Chunqiu again. Chunqiu is also happy and leisurely, saving her trouble every time she refuses Huzi, Huzi Children of this age are full of energy, this is what Chunqiu sighs every time he sees a tiger that is still alive and kicking after playing wildly.

Every time her mother listened to her talk, she always disliked her for being young and lacking in vitality, but Chunqiu didn't think so. She was afraid of the cold, so how could she have no energy? Just wait until the next year.

In winter, it’s dark early and bright late, seven o’clock in the morning, when it’s still a bit gloomy outside, Chunqiu is already dressed and ready to go out, last night her mother told her to get up early today, because today is the market, Yuan Since they came to Heishan Town, they seldom go shopping in the market, because after all, the shop is inseparable from people, and there is nothing to buy, but today is different, they will close their doors and go home for the New Year in a few days. , the things for the Chinese New Year, Yuan planned to let Yang Weibo go back after buying them today, so as to save two days from the crowds, and the prices of things will increase and it will be difficult to buy them.

There were a lot of people coming and going in the market, Yuan Shi directly asked Yang Weibo to drive the ox cart to the side, and then she dragged Chunqiu inside.

Obviously, there are quite a few people who have the same idea as Yuan Shi. Chunqiu held Yuan Shi's hand, looked at the stalls crowded with people on the left and right, felt the resistance of being unable to walk around him, and thought about buying it today. Things may be difficult, so many people, why buy it?
"Mom, what are we going to buy?" Chunqiu raised his head and shouted out with difficulty. There was no way, the people around him were really noisy. If Chunqiu spoke in a low voice, her mother would not be able to hear her at all, just like now, even though Chunqiu used the loudest voice, if she hadn't stretched out her hand and shook his mother's arm vigorously, her mother would not have heard someone calling her.

Yuan lowered her head, looked at the flushed girl who was being squeezed, bent down and picked up Chunqiu from the ground, and suddenly lifted off the ground. Chunqiu was a little uncomfortable, and put her arms around her mother's neck in fear, "Mother Hurry up and put me down." She is not light, Yuan Shi will be too much to hold her like this.

"Don't move, you won't be able to hold me if you move." Yuan Shi directly stopped Chunqiu from going down, and then said with a smile, "Let's go buy the fabric that grandma wants, and then buy some pork firecrackers to take back." "

"Mother, isn't cloth spinning in the city? How can there be one here?" Chunqiu nestled in Yuan's arms honestly, looked up at the surrounding stalls that turned out to be all kinds of groceries and meat, and didn't understand what her mother was talking about about cloth. where?
Yuan Shi smiled at first, then walked around the people in front, and said, "It's not the cloth for wearing, it's the white cloth used to cover things at home. Here, it's right in front. Your grandma asked me to buy two more for the things left over from the house during the New Year." If there are too many, don’t cover them up, what should I do if it breaks?” Moreover, the quilts covered at home and the tarpaulins used in the steamer are all used.

Chunqiu turned his head to look at the tight stall surrounded by a circle of people not far away, pointed at it, and then said, "Mother, is that the one?"

"Yes, Qiu'er, come down." Yuan Shi nodded, then bent down and put Chunqiu down.

"Okay, mother, go here, wait for mother here, don't run around, you have to go back after shopping." Yuan was worried about letting Chunqiu go with her, but lowered her head and smiled at Chunqiu, and then squeezed in alone.

Chunqiu was squatting not far from Yuan's, Yuan's shopping was fast, Chunqiu saw her mother searched twice and pulled out two white cloths from the stall, and then said a few words to the young woman who sold the goods After that, she directly took out a bunch of copper plates from her bosom and handed them over. After the woman took it, she handed it to her mother a piece of cloth rope. Yuan Shi took the cloth rope and tied the two pieces of cloth together. Squeeze out the stall.

When Chunqiu saw her mother coming out, she stood up directly from the ground, then pointed to the blocked road in front of her, "Mother, why should we go back now?" Chunqiu was completely carried by her mother when she came here before, but Now that her mother is holding the cloth in her hand, she doesn't have any extra hands to hold her. Besides, the market in Heishan Town is circular, with a road in the middle, and there are stalls on both sides of the road, spreading more and more around. But because there are too many people in the middle, the way back is directly blocked. This is a shortcut. If they can't pass, she and her mother will have to take a long way.

(End of this chapter)