Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 193 Halfway

After dinner, Chunqiu chatted with Yuan Shi for a while. Of course, it was mainly Chunqiu who was talking, and Yuan Shi just acted as an audience and listened from the sidelines. .

Yuan put down the books she had sorted out, and felt that it was almost time, so she got up and led Chunqiu, who was already nodding and bowing, back to the house. , if it wasn't for Yuan Shi leading the way, he would probably have fallen down a long time ago.

Seeing her daughter almost knocked down on the side steps again, Yuan Shi helplessly reached out and nodded Chunqiu's little head, "Niu Niu, be careful."

"Hey, I know." Chunqiu yawned, squinted his eyes, and replied weakly in Yuan's direction.

Yuan Shi looked down at her daughter, shook her head, swallowed what she had to say next, bent down directly, and hugged Chunqiu horizontally.

Chunqiu was frightened by her mother's sudden actions, and she became alert all over, and lost most of her sleepiness in an instant, "mother" Chunqiu stretched out her arms to wrap her arms around her mother's neck, her eyes that were about to squint widened instantly.

Yuan Shi tightly hugged Chunqiu's waist, and smiled at the girl in her arms, "Go to sleep, there are only a few steps to go." As soon as the words fell, Yuan Shi also reached out and patted Chunqiu's back, letting Chunqiu Let go of the tension.

Since Chunqiu came here, her mother has rarely hugged her. Of course, it's not that Yuan Shi doesn't like Chunqiu. It was a little embarrassing to hold her, so she tried her best to avoid Yuan Shi, Yuan Shi also knew that her daughter was shy, except for the occasional hug, she stretched out her hand to lead her.

Later, Chunqiu grew bigger and bigger, even if Yuan wanted to hug her, she didn't have the strength. As time passed, Chunqiu suddenly realized that her mother hadn't hugged her like this for a long time.

Feeling the temperature from her mother, Chunqiu put his little head on Yuan's chest with peace of mind, narrowed his eyes, and then fell asleep, his mother's embrace is always very reassuring, Chunqiu originally planned to take a nap, but did not Cheng Xiang actually fell asleep, so that he didn't remember how to get back to the room.

It is now September, and her second brother has already gone to the county school to study, and only comes back every month when the county school is on vacation. Huzi goes to a school not far from the county school, leaving early and returning late every day Yes, compared with Yangjia Village, I was even more tired.

Now most of the children in the family have left at once, and the formerly lively courtyard suddenly became deserted.

Because she is a girl, Spring and Autumn can be more leisurely. Apart from helping out in the shop in the front yard every day, she goes to the backyard to tinker with her new inventions.

A few days have passed since I met Zhou Huaiyan. Chunqiu spent a lot of herbal medicines and did not make an ointment that meets her requirements. Seeing that the medicinal materials brought back from the herbal medicine hall are almost exhausted, the sweet-scented osmanthus is also wasted by her. Quite a few, Chunqiu was in a hurry.

But Chunqiu still has nothing to do. In ancient times, there were no sophisticated instruments like those of the later generations, and they could not extract the substance that Chunqiu wanted. These days, Chunqiu used all the methods he could think of, but he was still a step away.

Half decadent and half angry sitting by the stove, Chunqiu looked gloomy, scratched his hair from embarrassment, Chunqiu pursed his mouth, held back the tears in his eyes, and didn't let himself cry.

Chunqiu kept comforting herself that failure is normal. After all, in her previous life, she was only a student who graduated from a major in Chinese herbal medicine and knew some cooking skills. It was only after she came out that something happened, the more she comforted herself in her heart, the more uncomfortable Chunqiu was... Finally, with a "wow", she still cried out.

It's not that Chunqiu has encountered setbacks. On the contrary, since she came to ancient times, she has encountered many setbacks. It's just that those setbacks have finally become a stepping stone on her own way forward. Only this time... no matter how she changes her thoughts, Or change the angle, but they didn't succeed. This is what Chunqiu is most upset about.

The most proud self-esteem in her heart was deeply hit, how could this prevent Chunqiu from crying, like a helpless child who wanted to vent all the grievances accumulated in her heart, Chunqiu cried She worked very hard, crying until the end, Chunqiu's eyes were swollen like small walnuts, glowing red, and the tip of his nose was still twitching, looking aggrieved and anxious.

Because of the failure of the ointment, Chunqiu’s mood was not very good, and he was very depressed. When Yuan Shi came to find Chunqiu for dinner at noon, he found that there was no one in the kitchen. What happened to her gizmo here?No one in the kitchen?
Even Mrs. Yuan didn't let go of the place where the sundries were put in the kitchen and backyard, but she still didn't see her daughter. Mrs. Yuan was anxious because her daughter hadn't eaten lunch, so she looked for it in the front room and backyard, and finally found it in Chunqiu's own room. of.

Yuan Shi pushed the door open, looked at the lump on the bed with a funny face, walked to the bed, reached out and patted the spring and autumn under the quilt, "Niu Niu, it's time to eat lunch."

The little thing that looked like a mountain bag moved slightly at first, and then lifted the quilt directly, revealing Chunqiu's red rabbit-like eyes, "Mother, I don't want to eat." Acting like a baby to Yuan Shi.

It seemed that Yuan Shi would cry in the next second without asking the reason.

Yuan Shi was taken aback by her daughter, looking at her red rabbit-like eyes, not understanding why she was crying, Yuan Shi sat on the side of the bed, stretched out her hand to touch Chunqiu's already messy hair, and used her gentle The eyes that dripped water stared at Chunqiu, "Niuniu, tell mother, why are you crying?"

Yuan's words seemed to be a signal to open the gate to release the water. After hearing this, Chunqiu, who was already full of water, cried out again with a "wow", louder than when he was hiding in the kitchen alone before. Looking at the very aggrieved daughter who was crying in front of her, she stretched out her hand and held Chunqiu Lan in her arms, humming an unknown song while comforting her in a low voice, the worry in her eyes was self-evident.

Chunqiu lay in Yuan's arms and cried for a long time, so long that Yuan's arm was a little numb, and moved carefully, Yuan called out his other hand to embrace his daughter, and stretched out the already numb arm.

Chunqiu's emotions had calmed down, and she was looking at her mother with her frighteningly swollen eyes, Yuan smiled and said nothing, picked up a handkerchief beside her and wiped away the remaining tears on Chunqiu's face.

"Niuniu, are you feeling better?" Yuan Shi didn't ask Chunqiu why she was crying. She knew that her daughter was precocious. It is different from those children in other people's families.

Therefore, Yuan's attitude towards Chunqiu has also changed unconsciously. She unconsciously regards Chunqiu as an adult, and puts the other party in the same position when she talks. Will ask Chunqiu's opinion.

"Mother, it's okay." Chunqiu's voice was hoarse, and after crying for too long, Chunqiu felt as if his throat was on fire.

Yuan's expression of worry was obvious, and her gaze of looking at Chunqiu became vague and cautious, "Really?"

"En." Chunqiu nodded vigorously, fearing that her mother wouldn't believe it, she deliberately pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying, but she didn't know that the smile in Yuan's eyes made her worry even more.

Yuan Shi pulled a somewhat stiff smile, deliberately teasing Chunqiu to laugh out loud, "Then...well, I will wash my face with my mother, and then have a meal. The world is big, but it is not as important as my mother's Niuniu belly."

Sure enough, after listening to her mother's words, Chunqiu laughed unsurprisingly, "Mother, I want to eat braised pork ribs."

Chunqiu put on his shoes while ordering food.After all the crying before, she was almost recovered, Chunqiu deliberately avoided her mother's eyes, she didn't want to tell her about her to make her mother worry.

Hearing that my daughter not only wanted to eat, but also ordered food, Yuan Shi was so happy, she nodded and agreed, "It just happened that there were some spare ribs left yesterday, Niuniu is waiting, mother will make it for you now" Yuan Shi finished speaking , directly left Chunqiu on the side, and ran out in two steps. While running, he shouted to Yang Weibo in the front yard. I want you to look at Yunyun" and so on, Chunqiu laughed out loud, her mother, sometimes she is really hot and furious.

At noon, Chunqiu got his wish and ate the braised pork ribs made by her mother. Put it in her father's bowl, unfortunately, her mother didn't let her father eat it because of her.

Facing her father's grateful gaze, Chunqiu's mouth twitched, feeling as if he had done something great, turned his head to meet her mother's "little white-eyed wolf" gaze, and Chunqiu put it in his chopsticks with a smile. Put the spare ribs into her mother's bowl, "Mother, try it, it's delicious." Chunqiu gave her mother a big one with incomparable dog legs.

"My mother's niuniu is sensible"

Yuan Shi was in a good mood, and she didn't feel jealous anymore, instead she picked up the spare ribs that Chunqiu handed over and put it in her mouth with a smile.

Chunqiu chuckled, and continued to pick up ribs for his parents, never neglecting anyone.

After lunch, Chunqiu told her mother that she was going to go out for a walk, mainly because these few days, she was stuck at home every day because of the ointment. , it's time to go to the herbal hall to find her senior brother. By the way, I'm borrowing two books. The old books I bought with her brother last time were either missing too many pages or the handwriting was illegible. They were not as good as Chunqiu imagined. Chunqiu's heart that wanted to find some treasures was hurt all over the place, yes, it is conceivable that the twenty-wen book is not much better, Chunqiu gave up her heart of picking up cheap, she still decided to ask her senior brother It's better to ask, Zhou Huaiyan came from a medical family, there should be quite a few books on medicine like these.

Chunqiu decided to slow down the matter of the ointment first, she is not in the mood to do it at the moment, in short, let's talk about it after a while.

"Niuniu, be careful on the road, don't go too far, remember to come back," Yuan Shi stood at the door worriedly and kept telling Chunqiu.

Chunqiu took her mother's hand and nodded humbly.

"Mother, I'm leaving." Chunqiu looked at the sky and let go of her mother's hand.

"Go." Yuan Shi had finished telling her, and let her go directly.

(End of this chapter)