Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 285

Chunqiu, who left the thatched cottage, walked away with regret on his face. Zhou Huaiyan, who stayed in the house, also sighed faintly towards the empty study room, looked at the books on the table that showed signs of rummaging, and walked slowly to the desk.

Opening the scroll that had been put back to its original place by Chunqiu with ease, Zhou Huaiyan stretched out his hand to touch the person in the scroll, bowed his head and muttered, "When will I grow up..."

The door rang, and Yaotong's panicked voice came from outside the door.

"Master, many patients have come to the door of the herbal hall, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Okay, wait for me," Zhou Huaiyan said, and finally took a quick look at the scroll, then rolled up the scroll and put it away, then turned and went out the door.

……

"Qiu'er, you're back." As soon as Chunqiu entered the door, she was seen by Yuan Shi on the side. After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she noticed the things in her daughter's arms and said, "Oh, where have you been? How can I return these things?" Yuan Shi said while walking over to take the things in Chunqiu's arms.

Chunqiu took advantage of the situation and handed the things in her arms to her mother, Yuan Shi, and tightly hugged Yuan Shi's arms with her free hands, and said with a delicate smile, "Mother, these are all my treasures."

Yuan Shi walked and said, "What baby? I don't think these are of any use, and you are the only baby."

Chunqiu continued, "I'm not alone..." And the senior brother?With the addition of Dr. Zhou, there must be three of them.

Chunqiu was playing word games with her mother, but it was a pity that Mrs. Yuan didn't cooperate. After hearing what Chunqiu said, Mrs. Yuan rolled her eyes and put the things in her arms behind the counter. She whispered a few words, "You alone Do you know how to stay here? Mommy, go to the second floor." There are still customers waiting to buy ointment on the second floor, and Yuan Shi can't waste time here with Chunqiu.

After hearing this, Chunqiu quickly nodded in response, "Hey, I know, mother, you can go quickly." Chunqiu said, looking around his eyes and said, "It happens that there is no one here, and this place is mine now." Chunqiu cheered , and threw himself directly at the table in front of him.

This place is located in the northeast corner of the hall, and there is only a set of clean tables and chairs. Usually, it is used for the shop assistants to take a nap at noon. It is already afternoon, and the shop assistants are also on both sides of the counter. Busy, this place is naturally empty.

Seeing her daughter making pies, Yuan Shi didn't hold back and just laughed, and said in a low voice, "Okay, okay, okay, it's all yours, don't run around, wait for mother to come back and get you pastries." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, Hastily turned around and left.

When returning home in the evening, when the mother and daughter passed by the pork shop by the roadside, Yuan Shi cut another three catties of pork belly, and was going home to stew the meat for her daughter to make up for.

Usually, when people buy meat, most of them buy the kind of fatty meat, which is not only cheap, but also can produce a lot of lard. When Yuan was in Yangjiacun, most of the pork he bought was cheap. Fat meat is the main food, but with the improvement of family circumstances in the past two years, Yuan is not saving on food. Whether it is buying vegetables or meat, he always buys the best and most expensive places.

When buying meat, there happened to be some spare ribs left in the shop. Thinking about the nutrition of rib soup, Yuan also bought the remaining spare ribs along the way.

Because Yuan Shi often came to buy meat, the owner of the butcher shop knew Yuan Shi, and seeing that Yuan Shi bought a lot, he directly packed up the rest of the pork offal for Yuan Shi, but Yuan Shi refused to do it. , but still stretched out his hand to carry it over. Before leaving, Yuan was smiling and in a good mood.

By the time the mother and daughter returned home with big bags and small bags, the door of the food shop had already been closed, leaving only a small door for people to go through.

The two entered the backyard through the small door, Yuan asked Chunqiu to carry the pork into the kitchen, and she went back to her room to change clothes. Every time she went to the Meiyan Pavilion, Yuan always dressed brightly, there was nothing she could do. Yuan's reception on the second floor was for the family members of the wealthy family, and the poorly dressed clothes also affected the reputation of Meiyan Pavilion.

After changing into the dark clothes she usually wears for cooking, Yuan Shi came out of the room. Yuan Shi was going to ask about the situation in Yangjia Village, but Yang Weibo was not in the shop, and Yuan Shi searched around the yard and found nothing. I found it, but I don't know what this person did.

"Hey, Qiu'er, look at your father, this man didn't close the door when he left, what should we do if our mother and I don't come back and find a thief?"

Before Yuan entered the room, her voice burst out like a machine gun.

Chunqiu was rolling up his sleeves in the kitchen to clean up the pork. After hearing what her mother said, Chunqiu replied, "Mother, are there any thieves here?"

"Why not?" Yuan Shi added, "Just two days after you came home, the shop opposite us recruited thieves. It is said that if you lose it, you can get a small ten taels of silver, but the old lady in that house cried out in distress. It's..."

Really?Chunqiu thought.

"Mother, it's okay, our shop doesn't make money, so the thief will definitely not come." Chunqiu comforted her mother with a smile, even if there were thieves, they would commit crimes at night, and they would come out to steal things in broad daylight.

Yuan Shi said angrily, "How can you talk like that? Why doesn't our shop make money? It's not better than the shop opposite." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she glanced across the front yard at the opposite side, and then said, "Be It doesn’t matter if you steal it, you don’t know, the old lady on the opposite side is a thief, she keeps everything she sells, because she is often complained by the neighbors around her, this time she must have offended someone again, otherwise why would the surrounding Everything is fine, only a shop in her house has been recruited by thieves."

Her mother made a strong promise, but Chunqiu couldn't laugh or cry in her heart, she didn't expect her mother to really gossip.

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, let's cook the meat quickly, Huzi will be back in a while, Huzi has become so skinny these days because of the boy's student exam, alas... this is all What's up"

……

In the evening, before dinner, her father came back and went to deliver something to her aunt's house. By the way, this happened when she came back.

Because she didn't tell Yuan Shi, when her father came back, her mother complained a few words, which meant nothing more than what to do if she was stolen. Well, her mother repeated what she had said to her before After repeating it, Chunqiu looked at her mother talking enthusiastically, matching her father's nervous expression, felt inexplicably funny.

Her mother has been holding back so hard for the past two days.

When Huzi came back, several of them were having dinner. Because he hadn’t passed the exam last year, Huzi was in a low mood at that time. Later, it was Chunqiu’s consolation that made Huzi calm down. Now it’s for two years later. Hu Zi got up early and went to bed late to study, so he was worried about his age, but fortunately, Yuan Shi used different methods to make good things for Hu Zi to replenish his body, and he was not thinner than usual How many.

(End of this chapter)