Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 219 Daily Life

Chunqiu turned her head to look at the closed door, her second brother was obviously angry and threw her out.

However, Chunqiu is still very happy about the fact that she successfully molested her second brother. No matter what, she was able to force her second brother to change his face and explode. Chunqiu felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart. With an unknown song on his back, he swayed away, walked around the house in the front yard, Chunqiu came to his own yard, looked at the somewhat bleak yard in front of him, and gave the chickens and ducks to his uncle before leaving Mother, the newly built shelves in the yard are empty, and the two apricot trees planted on both sides of the yard have lost all their leaves, leaving only bare trunks. Coupled with the cold wind, Chunqiu tightened his clothes. It's not my own illusion, I feel a little bleak inexplicably?

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In the new year, every household is busy and lively, and there are many things to prepare for the New Year, such as New Year pictures and couplets. The Spring and Autumn children can't help. In order to prevent a few people from making trouble, Yuan and the others directly prohibit them from entering the kitchen. Chunqiu was helpless, he didn't even have a chance to eat it secretly.

The two brothers Yang Chunjun and Yang Chunming are busy reviewing their books. After the next year, Yang Chunming will take the general examination, and Yang Chunjun will take the rural examination. Originally, the rural examination is held every three years. If Yang Chunjun missed the previous rural examination, he will have to wait for three years. At the end of this year, the emperor suddenly decreed that because the imperial court lacked talents, a rural examination was specially added. After Chunqiu heard about it, she couldn't help feeling that her elder brother's luck was good, because the previous imperial examination failed. She is studying at any time and anywhere, and she will ask her second brother for advice when she encounters something she doesn't know. There is no slight awkwardness. You must know that the elder brother has always disliked her second brother before.

Let's talk about the eldest sister Yang Chunni, because of the matter of the elder brother in front of me, those people who had been talking about it before had no news at all. The angry Gu became very angry, and Yang Chunni's marriage was temporarily put down. After hearing the news, if Yang Chunjun is not selected as a scholar, Yang Chunni will not find her husband's family.

Although this remark was ridiculed many times by some caring people in the village, after all, Yang Chunjun was so famous that the people in the village only dared to laugh behind his back, and greeted Mrs. Gu with a smile face to face.

Naturally, Mrs. Gu knew what kind of grimaces these people had. Seeing them suffocating in pain in front of her, she felt very proud of herself, and she was not in a hurry to show her sister-in-law's house.

Yang Chunni has turned thirteen in the new year, her figure is getting slimmer, and she also has the unique charm of a girl. Although Yang Chunni does not go out on weekdays, Chunqiu still visited her twice, looking at her elder sister's skilled embroidery, Chunqiu I am always envious, this needlework is really great!

Her father and her uncle and uncle have been running up the mountain for the past two days. Although the family buys a lot of pork during the Chinese New Year, it is still not enough for gifts and human relations after the new year. Therefore, Ren The brothers thought about it carefully, thinking that they were fine at home, so why not go to the mountains to hunt some wild game, which can not only alleviate the meat crisis at home, but also give the family a fresh taste, killing two birds with one stone!
So in the past two days, the family caught a lot of pheasants and hares, and her father locked them in a cage. He only waited for the family members to eat them, and then took them out, killed them and ate them.

On the day of Chinese New Year, the whole family got up early, Chunqiu rarely went out to play, but was caught by her mother Yuan Shi to make dumplings in the kitchen.

Mrs. Yang and Li planned to eat some dumplings for lunch first, and have a bigger New Year's Eve dinner in the evening.

The Yuan family and the Gu family had no objection. When they got up early in the morning, Yang and Li were making noodles, while Gu and Yuan were standing by the chopping board, chopping radishes, cabbage and pork. Shi plans to make two kinds of dumplings, one with vegetarian filling, radish and cabbage, and one with meat filling, pork and cabbage.

The chopping board was chopping loudly, and Chunqiu and Chunhua were peeling the onion and garlic at the side, preparing for seasoning later.

Neither of the two little sisters could escape the fate of working in the kitchen today, but fortunately, they could steal refined oil while working, and the two did not complain while eating and working.

"Fifth sister-in-law, what are you busy with?"

When Yang Li heard the voice, she tore off the apron around her waist, and walked out with an unwavering expression.

After Chunqiu watched her milk go out, he quickly stopped what he was doing, peeked at the door, and whispered to Chunhua beside him, "Second sister, my grandmother is here again."

While talking, Chunqiu secretly looked out twice, thinking that no wonder the voice sounded familiar before, it turned out to be the old lady, watching her old lady talking with Yang Lishi, she still didn't forget to glance away Touching the expression, Chunqiu continued to complain, "Why do you want an old lady?"

Every time the old lady came over, she would take some good things back. This Chunqiu knew it a long time ago, just like exchanging a bunch of inedible vegetables for eggs.

Chunhua rolled her eyes, most of which were white, she lowered her head and followed Chunqiu and whispered, "I came here to get pork before, who knew?"

Chunhua was talking about what happened just a few days ago, but at that time Chunqiu hadn't come back yet, so she didn't know that her old lady had actually come back a few years ago.

Chun was surprised, "What? Grandma has been here before."

Chunhua nodded, with an angry expression on her face, "That's right, I even took dozens of eggs away, saying it was for money, but in the end no, I still didn't. This is what my mother told me..." Chunhua said at the end, her voice became louder. It got lower and lower, and when she finally said Gu's, Chunhua deliberately pressed Chunqiu's ear, for fear that her words would be overheard by her mother at the side.

After Chunqiu listened, he turned his head and peeked at the auntie and her mother, and found that their expressions hadn't changed much, then he patted Chunhua's small shoulder with peace of mind, signaling her not to worry.

While Chunqiu and the others were talking, Mrs. Yang and Li came back after finishing their work. Chunqiu looked at the wild game that the grandmother was holding, and felt sorry for the pheasant her father had brought back for nothing.

"Okay, don't look, hurry up and work." Yang Li stood at the door and glanced at the four people around, and said in a deep voice.

"Hey" Chunqiu stuck out his tongue, pulled Chunhua and lowered his head to pick the green onions. The Yuan family and Gu family on the side also hurriedly chopped the vegetable stuffing. Yang Lishi watched the swift movements of several people, walked to the side of the stove, bowed his head He came to life, because of a small incident, the whole kitchen was a little depressed, Chunqiu dared not whisper to Chunhua, it was obvious that Grandma's face was not good, Chunqiu was not stupid to rush forward.

The following rolls the dumpling wrappers, mixes the dumpling fillings, and makes the dumplings without Chunqiu’s help. Yang Li’s expression looks better than before. He waved at Chunqiu Chunhua, and the two ran out quickly. If you don't go to them, they'd better go play.

　It was my fault that the imperial examination was set before,
　　The township examination is held once every three years, and then the next year it is indicated that it will take the examination, and the next year is the palace examination!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)