Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 4 Wild Boar
"Aniang, Aniang, let's have fish for lunch." Chunqiu and the others ran towards Gu's house with their short legs, shouting as they ran.

The two of Yuan Shi were taking off the quilt, and when they heard the noise outside, they realized that it was the mud monkeys of their own family who had returned. Yuan Shi and Gu Shi hurriedly got up and went to the ground, putting on their shoes and shouting "you run slowly!" Don't fall." Yuan took a quick step towards Gu and went out of the room first, only then did he see a few people.

This is really going to play with mud, look at the mud ideas and grass and sawdust all over the body, ouch, Yuan's heart hurts, these are clothes just made this year.

Yuan quickly reached out and pulled Huzi and Chunqiu over, took out the towels in her bosom, nodded their heads, and scolded, "Where did you go? These are newly made clothes, oh, oh, you guys Let's see, can this still be worn?"

While scolding, I did not forget to wipe their faces.

Chunqiu looked at Yuan Shi with a smile, and said, "Mother, Huzi and I caught fish, and we will eat fish at noon." As he spoke, he picked up the fish in his hand and showed it.

Yuan Shi glared at Chunqiu angrily, and said, "I know how to eat and eat, have you got a long memory? Little greedy ghost" stretched out his hand and poked Chunqiu's intact forehead on the other side, and cursed with a smile.

"Hey, mother, my third sister and I still found duck eggs, and grandma is going to buy us candy." Huzi took off his muddy spring shirt, and told Yuan what grandma had praised them just now. Shi.

Yuan Shi had just finished her spring and autumn, when she saw her son, her hands were not idle, and she still said, "Yeah, a tiger can do it"

After Yuan Shi looked at the two clean little clay dolls in front of him, he said to Gu Shi beside him, "Sister-in-law, I'll go back and change clothes for them first, and I'll come back later to do it."

"Go, go, I have to change the two too." Mrs. Gu nodded with a smile, and pointed to the two little mud monkeys beside her at Yuan's, with a helpless expression on her face.

Only then did Yuan Shi go back to the house holding Chunqiu's tigers one by one, and after taking the fish in Chunqiu's hand, he said, "Change your clothes quickly, mother will make fish for you to eat." Yuan Shi weighed the fish in his hand, it was really delicious Fat, you can eat the stew at noon.

"Mother, I want to eat braised food." Chunqiu watched Yuan Shi gradually walk away, ignoring that he was still changing clothes, and shouted at the door, wanting to tell Yuan Shi his favorite taste.

When they ate, they still didn't have the braised fish that Chunqiu had been thinking about.

Looking at the bowl full of fish soup in front of him, coriander was floating on the pure white fish soup, and there was a large piece of white fish inside, the delicious fragrance had already drifted into Chunqiu's nose.

Chunqiu sniffed, forget it, although it's not braised fish, it's still delicious.

Everyone who ate this meal was very satisfied. The men who didn't come back left a big fish because of Spring and Autumn, so there was no need to worry that they would not be able to eat it.

After lunch as usual, Mrs. Yang and Li said to Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Yuan and the four little ones at the dining table, "Hua'er and the others have become grand dukes today, and they picked up thirteen wild duck eggs."

When Yuan Shi heard this, she realized that what her son said was true. She looked at the proud little people beside her, and at Gu Shi who was as dumbfounded as her opposite, and believed it.

"Here are four copper coins, one for each of you, go buy candy and eat." Mrs. Yang Li took out four copper coins from her pocket, and gave each of Chunqiu and the others one.

For a while, everyone in Spring and Autumn was very happy, and one copper plate could buy several pieces of candy.

After eating, Chunqiu and the others wore new clothes and ran away bouncing around.

When night fell, every household in Yangjia Village lit up their lights. From a distance, the lights gathered into a ribbon inlaid among the mountains, illuminating the way home.

When old man Yang and the others came back, Chunqiu and his children were picking vegetables in the house. The wooden door was pushed open with a creak, and a small head was exposed outside the door. Mrs. Yuan was cooking a fire when she was suddenly startled by a louder noise outside the door. Looking at her son who was shivering from the cold, Yuan quickly got up and pulled him over, reached out and poked the elder son on the forehead, and said distressedly, "Go back to the house and cover, this hand is cold." Yuan covered the blanket with both hands. With cold fingers, he said, "Where are your father and the others? Why didn't they come in?" After speaking, he looked out the door from time to time.

Feeling the heat from his palm, Yang Chunming said, "Mother, Dad, they caught a big wild boar and are transporting it back. Let me find it and tell you and Grandma. I still have something to do. I'm going to help." After Yang Chunming told Yuan Shi what his grandfather had told him, he quickly pulled his hand out of his mother's hand, turned around and ran out, ignoring Yuan Shi's shout of "Come back, come back" behind him.

Yuan Shi watched her son disappear at the door, then turned around and walked to the back room, and hurriedly told her mother-in-law and sister-in-law about the wild boar.

When the three brothers Yang Weimin carried a black-skinned wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms into the yard, Mrs. Yang and Li were already waiting at the gate of the yard.

The wild boar's limbs were all tied up with canes, and the corners of its mouth were also tied up with straw ropes to prevent it from making a sound. The two long white teeth were rolled outwards, looking horribly tight.

Chunqiu's little ones ran out of the house, circling the wild boar without fear, chattering curiously and excitedly.

When Gu Shi heard Yuan Shi's words, he would come out of the house. After seeing his man coming in, he looked at his man nervously, for fear that something would happen. The wild boar is so big, it really hurts to scratch it after the incident.

Mrs. Yang and Li looked around the wild boar first, and then turned her gaze to her son and grandson. She looked up and down for a while, and after making sure that no one else was injured except for their clothes being a little messy, this Then he felt relieved, raised his eyebrows at old man Yang, and cursed, "If something happens to my grandson and son, I won't let you go. Look at how old you are, and how can you do it? If something happens, Didn't you just sprinkle salt on my heart! You old man"

Old man Yang went up the mountain today and it can be said that he has gained a lot, and he came back with a smile on his face. When he heard the old lady's complaints, he said unhappily, "Isn't it all right? What are you worrying about? Go back to the house and cook for me I'm almost starving to death." Old man Yang waved his hand impatiently, signaling the old lady to cook quickly.

"Hurry up, you and the ghost, come in and eat quickly." Upon hearing her old man's complaint, Mrs. Yang's face turned pale, and she cursed with her neck stuck.But his legs and feet walked towards the kitchen, for fear that his son, grandson and old man would be hungry.

The old lady!Old man Yang burst out laughing, doesn't this still feel bad for him!He waved to his son and daughter-in-law beside him and said, "Go to your own house and change clothes, and come out for dinner later." After finishing speaking, he returned to the main house without looking back.

Yuan shi dragged her eldest son, called back the two young ones who were playing wildly beside her, and glanced at her honest and honest husband beside her, the family of four returned to the house.

Back in her own house, Yuan Shi didn't care about anything else, and quickly took off the clothes on the eldest son and threw them on the ground, and then picked up the clothes that had been prepared earlier and changed them for him, Yuan Shi kept a straight face throughout the whole process, Even Huzi Chunqiu didn't dare to touch Yuan's misfortune at this time, they just stayed aside.

"Mother," Yang Chunming looked at the embarrassing atmosphere in his house, and said to Yuan Shi who was dressing himself with a flattering smile, "Don't be angry, my son is fine, wild boar can be sold for a lot of money, At that time, mother will be able to wear new clothes." Yang Chunming said all the good things he could think of to Yuan Shi, and just asked Yuan Shi not to be so scary, he was still standing without looking at his father!

Yuan groaned in a muffled voice, "You little bastard is so courageous, you don't listen to what mother says, tell you not to change clothes, let you run outside, don't call me mother, I don't wear new clothes either, hmph" Yuan shi He stretched out his finger and poked Yang Chunming's forehead, and said with a look of hatred.

This kid is only so old that he dares not listen to her, and he will pay it back in the future! !

"Mother, it hurts, it hurts," Yang Chunming said coquettishly to the angry Yuan Shi, covering his forehead with tears in his eyes.

Seeing her son's blushing forehead, Yuan shi quickly reached out to touch it, her tone was no longer as obtrusive as before, and she said distressedly, "See if you dare not listen to mother's words, ouch, it's all red." Yuan Shi was annoyed, but her tone was still bad.

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, mother, don't be angry with your son, it won't hurt." Yang Chunming stretched out his hands to hug Yuan Shi's leg, and looked up at Yuan Shi to be cute.

When Yuan Shi saw her son's small face, she cast an angry look, and said with a smile, "Little clever ghost, I'm so angry, go and play with your younger brothers and sisters."

Seeing the eldest son playing with the two sons and daughters not far away, Yuan smiled and picked up the clothes on the ground, preparing to wash them later.

"Your clothes have also been taken off, and they are all worn out. We just wash them together." Yuan Shi looked at her husband who was still not far away, who was stunned like a log, with a bad tone.

After taking her husband's clothes, looking at the other party's stupid look, Yuan Shi burst out laughing, stretched out her hand to pat it, and said, "Stupid, go and change into a clean one, and go to have dinner when I come back." After finishing speaking, she pushed away The husband who stood in front of him turned around and walked out the door.

When Yang Weibo's family came to the lobby of the Yang family, old man Yang was sitting in the middle. On the left was Mrs. Yang Li; Several people sat under Old Man Yang one by one.

The fish caught at noon was placed on the table, and the delicious fish soup made from it exuded a strong fragrance, and there were some green vegetables and pickles around it.

"Eat" Mr. Yang held chopsticks in his right hand, added a chopstick of green vegetables to the bowl, and said to everyone.

Everyone moved when they heard the words of the elder of the Yang family. Chunqiu took a sip of the delicious fish soup and "huh" felt so good, his eyes narrowed into crescents.

Everyone who had a dinner had a big appetite, and the four-pound fish, meat and soup went into everyone's stomachs. Everyone's stomachs were round after drinking, and they sighed in satisfaction.

"Go to the town tomorrow to sell this wild boar, and buy some simple clothes for the children at home, especially Brother Juner and Brother Minger. This month's Shuxiu should also be handed in. If you don't have enough pens, inks, papers and inkstones, you have to buy them." With a cigarette bag dangling from the corner of his mouth, old man Yang explained everything one by one.

Wisps of green smoke flew upwards and dispersed, making old man Yang seem hazy.

(End of this chapter)