Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 116 The Cause
"Qiu'er, let's go around from the back. By the way, we can buy all the salt and anise for our family." Yuan Shi was talking about the empty space behind the stall. Somewhat far.

But compared with the short-cut road in front of you that is strenuous to pass people, it's better to take a long detour, anyway, it's much better than squeezing once.

After Yuan Shi finished speaking, with the cloth under his left hand and Chunqiu with his right hand, the two went straight to the end of the stall, and then slowly walked around from the back of the stall. I bought ten catties of coarse salt and five catties of fine salt, and five catties of various prickly ash and aniseed ingredients. When Chunqiu saw the good-looking sesame seeds, she begged her mother to buy another three catties.

When the mother and daughter came back, there was no place for their hands to be idle. Chunqiu held a pile of seasonings in his arms, and walked forward with his head raised, because some of the seasonings smelled very strong, and Chunqiu had an itchy nose, and couldn't help it She sneezed several times, causing her nose to be sour and red now.

Yang Weibo leaned against the ox cart, and saw the winter solstice in the hands of Yuan's mother and daughter from a long distance. He was so frightened that he hurried over and hugged her, "Why didn't you tell me?" , I just followed by then."

"I can't use you. By the way, I have almost bought everything my mother wants. Let's go and buy firecrackers and pork." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she asked Yang Weibo to drive the ox cart to follow, and then the three of them came directly to the place. At a stall selling pork, Yuan Shi fell in love with a Houqiu, which could weigh more than 50 catties in total. Yuan Shi turned around and asked Yang Weibo if the meat was enough to eat. Yang Weibo thought about it, and shook his head. There are many people in the family. If you are visiting a relative or something, why don’t you share three or five catties of meat, you should buy more, if you buy too much, you can marinate it, if you buy less, Yang and Li will inevitably scold him.

Yuan thought about it for a while and added pork loin to hold the meat. Putting it together can weigh more than 70 catties. The stall is a big man with a beard and a five-year-old. Mrs. bought 76 and a half catties, and spent a total of 612 copper coins. When the big man saw that Yuan bought so much at once, he wiped off the twelve copper coins and gave away a bunch of big bones. 600 liters, after Yuan gave the money, Chunqiu saw the pig's head placed behind the stall, and remembered the braised pork that he ate in his previous life, Chunqiu directly grabbed Yuan's clothes and whispered, "Mom, I want to eat pig's head."

Yuan thought that Chunqiu wanted to eat Hu pig's head, so he directly asked the price of the pig's head, and bought the pig's head for another 25 Wen. Thinking about these things and no one will buy them, it might as well be a favor.

Fortunately, Yang Weibo and the others came out with several baskets, put the pork into the baskets, and a few people went to the side to buy some firecrackers, and after filling the ox cart half full, Yuan directly asked Yang Weibo to drive home. They didn't buy all of them the first time, and they will come to buy them again before the Chinese New Year.

"Mother, shall we go home?" Chunqiu saw her father leave, then put his arms around her mother's waist and raised his head and asked.

"Go home, but there are meatball sellers here, wouldn't Niuniu want to buy some and take them back?" Yuan Shi also wrapped her arms around Chunqiu, and replied with a smile.

ball?Chunqiu remembered that her second brother bought it for her before, and asked directly, "Mom, is that the one bought by the second brother? It tastes crunchy and fragrant." It was fried golden and golden. When Chunqiu thought of her second brother bringing it back I just swallowed the meatball, I can't help it, that meatball is really delicious.

Yuan Shi rubbed Chunqiu's little head, "That's the one, let's go buy some and take them home."

"Okay!" Spring and Autumn should arrive.

There were not many people around the meatball shop, and Chunqiu didn't have to wait for her for a long time. After asking Yuan Shi's opinion, Chunqiu bought a catty directly, um, she planned to eat meatballs at noon today.

"Aren't you buying a lot?" Yuan Shi asked.

"Not much, not much." Chunqiu turned around while waiting for the meatballs to be loaded, "Mother, there are still second brother and Huzi at home, so there must not be many."

"That's all right, don't be greedy, or your stomach will hurt." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she handed over the money for the meatballs to Chunqiu.

Chunqiu held a handful of copper plates in his hand, stared at the other's hand holding the meatballs, swallowed his saliva continuously, his eyes moved up and down with the meatballs, and the woman who sold the meatballs couldn't help laughing .

"Little lady, this is yours." The woman packed the meatballs and handed them directly to Chunqiu who had been waiting impatiently.

Chunqiu took the bag, handed the money in his hand to the woman, then picked up the bamboo skewer and started to eat the meatballs.

Because Chunqiu eats with one hand and takes it with the other, Yuan has no way to reach out to lead her. In order to prevent Chunqiu from getting lost, Yuan has no choice but to let Chunqiu walk in front of her, and he blocks the crowd for her daughter from time to time. I glanced at my daughter, this girl who only knows how to eat and not to look at the road, is really embarrassing!

Disappointed Chunqiu: ...This meatball is delicious, she wants to eat more!
"Oh, my little ancestor, don't eat, hurry up and watch the road, you bumped into it again." Yuan Shitong smiled and apologized to the person Chunqiu had just bumped into before, then reached out and grabbed Chunqiu's collar, and directly Pulled Chunqiu out.

Chunqiu shrinks his neck, looking at the angry mother in front of him, he puts in a meatball and hands it to her mother, "Mother, don't be angry, eat a meatball, it's delicious." Chunqiu carefully handed the meatball over, Yuan Shi looked at her daughter speechlessly, so she had to open her mouth to eat.

Seeing her mother eat the meatballs, Chunqiu felt that her mother should not be very angry, but she also knew that she had caused trouble, so she quickly lowered her head and apologized, "Mother, I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again next time." The people who came here were all talkative people, so they didn't care about so much, otherwise, they would have been scolded by those who had a lot of things to do.

"Okay, let's go back and eat again." Yuan Shi waved his hand, not planning to stay any longer, so he reached out and grabbed Chunqiu and left.

"Hey" Chunqiu responded without struggling, and he didn't continue to eat the balls in his hand. She just got into trouble, so don't let her mother get angry.

When the two of Chunqiu were leaving, they passed by a food stall, Chunqiu glanced at it casually, and then saw an unexpected person, why did Aunt Wang next door to her house set up a stall here?And it's still in the name of her shop!
"Fathers and folks, today is the day when our Zhang's food stall opens. As everyone knows, our family and Lao Yang's family have been neighbors for many years. The pasta made today is also thanks to their help. If it’s not good, I hope you don’t take offense…”

Standing outside the crowd, Chunqiu looked at Aunt Wang who was talking about motivating the surrounding people to buy pasta, and tugged at Yuan Shi, who was also in a daze beside her, "Mother, what's going on? Our family When did you make pasta for them? Why don't I know?" Chunqiu frowned, thinking about what happened before, she had never seen Aunt Wang when she was in the shop, could it be that she went to Did you come here when Grandpa Zhou was there?Can't!You must know that their family has a feud with the old Zhang's family, and her grandma even quarrels with Mrs. Zhang Li's every day. The throwing of the hen before was also a problem. Now I see their family selling pasta here under the banner of Yang's shop. , if her grandma finds out, she will definitely blow up on the spot!And it's not an ordinary explosion, it must be a shocking explosion!
(End of this chapter)