Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 83
The sun rose again, and Yangjia Village became lively.

With a straw hat on his head, a large basket on his back, and a sharpened sickle in his hand, Yang Weibo was standing in the yard waiting for someone. After waiting for a long time, he found that the person hadn't come out yet. Yang Weibo was a little anxious, and turned his head towards the house. Shouted, "Qiu'er, how long has it been, are you ready?"

"...Hey, it will be ready soon." As soon as Yang Weibai's voice fell, Chunqiu's voice came from the door, and then there was only a crackling sound from the door, and finally the door was pushed open, and Chunqiu ran straight away with a small basket on his back out.

"Father, where is Huzi? Why isn't he here? I told him to go with him yesterday." Chunqiu looked around Yang Weibai with his back on his back, but he didn't find Huzi.

Yang Weibo smiled, "I'm waiting at the gate." After finishing speaking, his tone paused, and he said, "Qiu'er, dad is going to cut reeds in the reed marsh today, not to play, what are you and Huzi going to do?" Yang Weibo I don't know what my daughter thinks, since he said something while chatting with Yuan Shi last night, my daughter has been pestering him since she heard it, and she insisted on going with him to have a look, thinking that there is nothing wrong at home for a while Yang Weibo agreed, but looking at her daughter's outfit today, she became suspicious again. It's not like she's going to play, it's more like... going to eat?This idea directly appeared in Yang Weibo's mind.

After listening to her father's words, Chunqiu looked at her father with contempt, raised his head and said, "Father, you don't understand, now the wild ducks in the reeds are flying away, maybe there are still duck eggs in the reeds. Besides, no one went to the village during these days, I thought about taking the tiger to see, but I haven’t been to the river for a long time.” Actually, it wasn’t long, Chunqiu added, but if she didn’t go out, she couldn’t stand her uncle staring at her. Look at her, I don’t know what’s going on recently, as long as I make something to eat, her aunt will definitely appear by her side, and then ask her how these foods are made with her smiley face, fortunately What Chunqiu has been doing recently is related to mushrooms and fungus, so he doesn't care if Gu knows about it.It's okay once or twice, but she can't bear it if things go on like this.

So Chunqiu ran away directly. After hearing her father's words yesterday, Chunqiu went down the river with her father today, eh!By the way, she also put salt and aniseed ingredients, some small iron basins, flint and other things in her small back basket, just like going to a picnic.

"Qiu'er is right. The ducks are flying away. Maybe there are duck eggs left alone in the reeds. It's good to pick them up." Yang Weibo didn't know what Chunqiu was thinking. When you arrive at Luweidang, let your daughter and son go find it.

"Yeah, Dad, it's getting late, let's go quickly." Chunqiu made up his mind to leave, taking advantage of her aunt's absence, she pulled Yang Weibo to the side and went out, and called Huzi to the side after going out , the three headed towards the river...

The reeds in September, different from the green ones before, are now withered and yellow. Chunqiu and the others came not far from the river and looked at the withered and yellowed reeds in front of them.

The reed mat is woven from the stems of reeds. The stems of the reeds are very elastic. The woven reed mats can be used to dry things, or they can be placed on the kang to increase the thickness, and they can also be woven into a circle to dry food. Still very useful...

Yang Weibo came out this time because the fan at home was not enough. Yuan Shi complained that there was no place for the tea leaves to dry. out the door.

"Qiu'er, you and Huzi go slowly into the reed marsh. Dad will cut the reeds here. If you have something to do, just shout." For reeds.

Chunqiu blinked at Huzi, and then said to Yang Weibai who was beside him, "Father, then Huzi and I will go in, and the basket is here. We can just hold the basket." Chunqiu spoke, and picked up the idle basket Basket, waved for Huzi to follow...

"Third Sister, what are we doing here?" Huzi looked at the reeds around him, which were better than him, and thought to himself that he really came here to pick up duck eggs.

After Chunqiu turned around, he gave Huzi a blank look, "It's really stupid. If you want to eat, you must first find something to eat. Except for duck eggs, there are only fish in the river. Let's look for duck eggs first, and then go to the river to eat." Catch the fish, this time the third sister will cook you grilled fish, okay?"

When Huzi heard Chunqiu's words, he was so attracted to him, he kept saying "Really? Really?" Chunqiu was so annoyed, and he slapped Huzi on the shoulder, which made Huzi shut up.

Chunqiu looked at the aggrieved tiger, twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "When did the third sister cheat you? When you are looking for duck eggs, look for them carefully. Then the third sister will make delicious food for you."

"Good, good!" Huzi yelled out when he heard Chunqiu's promise.

"Well, let's go now." Chunqiu looked at his younger brother who had regained his vitality, and nodded amusedly, thinking that children are easy to deceive, just like Sister Chunhua, as long as they have good things.

Now the reed marshes are much easier to walk than before, because the children in the village will come to pick up duck eggs throughout the summer, and the reed marshes are directly trampled out of many paths. , because the duck eggs were picked up wherever there were footsteps.

The two searched carefully, even if it was a small place. They searched around like this, and actually let the two pick up 10 duck eggs. Chunqiu was afraid that the duck eggs would be broken, so he picked up a handful of dry reed mats At the bottom of the basket, and then put the duck eggs on top.

"Okay, that's enough, Huzi, let's go back down to the river to catch fish. I brought a fishing net, just throw it into the river..." Chunqiu took small steps and retreated carefully.

When the two came out, Yang Weibai had already bundled two bundles of strong straw and placed them around the basket.

Chunqiu put the basket in his hand aside, then picked up the fishing net in the basket and handed it to Huzi beside him, and shouted to Yang Weibo who was still working, "Dad, Huzi and I are going to catch fish by the river."

"What? The water is so cold, no, no, no, your mother told me not to let you two go into the river when she came out today." Hearing Chunqiu's words, Yang Weibo threw down the sickle in his hand, shaking his head like a rattle No matter how Chunqiu begged, he just refused to say anything. This is not okay. Thinking of Yuan's tone of voice when he went up the mountain this morning, Yang Weibo felt that there was still a lingering roar in his ears.

Ugh.Her father is really a capitalized wife slave!

Chunqiu had no choice but to take a step back and discuss with her father, "Father, mother is going to the back mountain today, and there is no one at home, so what shall we have for lunch?"

This question was really embarrassing for Yang Weibo. Yang Weibo thought about it for a while, and then said uncertainly, "Dad, there are still unfinished noodle cakes here? How about... let's eat some together?"

"No, it's too hard," Chunqiu said with a bitter face, and then glanced at Huzi who was also resisting the noodles beside him, and said to her father, "Dad, look, Huzi doesn't want to eat it either, let's eat it." Let's eat something else," Chunqiu said at the end, and then resorted to her nirvana, acting like a baby.Now her stomach has been eaten by Yuan Shi, and she is eating that kind of noodle cake that has been stored for several days. It is not that she is hypocritical, her stomach will definitely not be able to bear it.

Yang Weibo glanced at Huzi in embarrassment, he is a big man, and he doesn't know how to cook, but he couldn't bear the child to go hungry with him, so he looked at Chunqiu and asked, "Then... what do Qiuer and Huzi want to eat? "

It's time to hit the road!Chunqiu said in his heart, "Dad, look, Huzi and I found 10 duck eggs in the reeds, and then we went to the river to catch two fish. How about eating grilled fish then?" Having come up with the idea, she ran out with a bunch of bottles and cans on her back. Of course, she couldn’t just be willing to eat bread. Thinking of this, Chunqiu said, “Father, let’s tear up the bread and cook it. Can you see it?"

"Father, you just promise, my third sister and I will definitely not go into the river, so we will throw the fishing net in." Huzi watched anxiously from the side, and hurriedly urged.

"Then... that's fine, but give me the fishing net, I'll release it for you." Yang Weibo gritted his teeth and agreed, then took the fishing net from Huzi's hand, and let the two of them stay where they were, while he was alone down the river...

Taking off his cloth shoes, he put them on the stone beside him, and rolled up a piece of trousers. Yang Weibo went into the water with his bare feet. He carefully raised one foot to test the water temperature. The weather in September is quite cool. As soon as Yang Weibai put his feet in the water, he was stimulated by the biting coolness to withdraw his feet. The water is so cold.

Shaking the water drops on the soles of his feet, Yang Weibo gritted his teeth and got into the water. Chunqiu and the two watched from the sidelines, but naturally they both had low expectations. Chunqiu began to worry whether the request he made was too much. It's already autumn, the water is so cold, her father is still in the water... the more I think about it, the more guilty I feel, Chunqiu directly bypasses Huzi, and takes out flint and some firewood from his small back basket, when he was preparing for a picnic Spring and Autumn has been fully prepared, and now it can be used directly.

Called the tigers on the side to come over and start a fire together, and when Yang Weibai came ashore, the fire of Chunqiu had already started, Yang Weibai's feet were cold from the cold water, and after putting on his shoes and socks, he was greeted by Chunqiu from the side, "Father, Come here and warm your slippers by the fire."

Yang Weibo looked at his daughter-in-law and said with a smile, "Come on"

Huzi quickly moved a stone from the side and put it aside, Chunqiu got up, dragged Yang Weibo to sit on the stone, and then let him take off his shoes to warm up the fire. The man also laughed.

When the baking was almost done, Yang Weibo put on his shoes, stretched his legs and felt that there was no problem, and then said to Chunqiu and his wife, "You guys wait here first, and Dad will send the bundled reeds home first."

"Father, I'm getting a bundle of firewood when I come back. There's not enough here." Chunqiu continued, there are reed leaves in front of her, and the reed leaves can't help but burn. The firewood she brought has already started a fire, so...she has no firewood to cook now .

"Okay, I know, does Qiu'er want anything else?" Yang Weibo asked.

Chunqiu thought for a while and realized that he had brought everything else, so he shook his head and said, "No need."

"Okay, I'll go home now, come back right away, don't move around, and watch the fire, don't burn it into the reeds." Yang Weibo carried two bundles of reeds, looked at the burning fire, and suddenly After a pause, he still asked.

Chunqiu nodded seriously, indicating that she knew.

Only now did Yang Weibo return home. His mother and the others were all in the shop in Heishan Town, and Yuan Shi also went to the mountain to pick mushrooms early in the morning. Only the eldest family was left at home.

Mrs. Gu is drying the mushrooms and fungus that she picked earlier in the yard. It is already September 21st, and Mrs. Gu also sold some in the previous market, which were newly picked in the past two days.I am preparing to sell it in the town at the next market.

When Yang Weibai came in, Mrs. Gu was about to go back to the house to cook, but when she saw the reeds on Yang Weibai's back, she asked casually, "Second brother, what are you doing carrying these reeds on your back?"

Yang Weibo looked back at the reed, and said, "This one is for weaving reed mats. There are a lot of things to dry at home, and the windrows are not enough, and the reed mats that were spread on the kang before are probably broken. No, Thinking about changing together”

After hearing this, Gu's eyes moved, and he asked directly, "Second brother, you see that the reed mats at sister-in-law's house are not enough. Your elder brother is not at home, how about giving sister-in-law two bundles of reeds?"

"This..." Yang Weibo didn't know how to reply, he moved his mouth but didn't speak.

"Then it's settled, thank you second brother, sister-in-law is not busy yet, you can just leave it at the door of the West House." After Gu Shi finished speaking, she turned her head and left without paying attention to Yang Weibo's words.

Yang Weibo opened his mouth, and sighed helplessly, alas, this morning's work was for nothing.

Yang Weibo directly put the two bundles of reeds on his back on the side of the big house, and then took a bundle of firewood from the yard and left.

Chunqiu and Huzi by the river have already set up the fishing nets in the river. This time the harvest is good, there are four big fish in total.

Chunqiu took out a small iron basin and scissors from the back basket, disemboweled the fish, removed the internal organs, removed the fishy thread, and finally washed it in the river.

In order to have a good meal, Chunqiu was well-prepared. He took out the clean wooden sticks he had prepared long ago, passed them through the fish tail, and then passed them out through the fish head.

When Yang Weibo came back, Chunqiu had already prepared all the things. Seeing her father coming, Chunqiu greeted directly, "Dad, there is no more firewood."

Yang Weibo directly put the firewood in his arms beside Chunqiu, and then added the firewood into it.

Chunqiu inserted the wooden stick obliquely on the ground, and the flames showed a 45-degree angle, so that the grilled fish would be delicious. Then he took out the jar, poured some river water into it, and washed the duck eggs and put them in.After finishing their work, Chunqiu and the others sat by the fire and waited for the food to be cooked.

When the grilled fish was burnt on both sides, Chunqiu picked up the salt on the side and sprinkled it on, and put some other aniseed pepper, the fish oil dripping on the fire made a sizzling sound, Chunqiu smelled the surrounding If there is a faint smell of fish, you will know that the grilled fish is cooked.

He took some grilled fish and handed Yang Weibai a big one first, and Huzi two medium ones. There was no way, although Huzi was the one who lifted the net?Chunqiu picked up the last one left and put it in his mouth and started to eat.

The fish is grilled well, the fish meat is delicious, and with the seasoning sprinkled before, the taste is even more memorable.After eating the grilled fish, each person shared two more duck eggs. Finally, Chunqiu cooked the noodle cake, and everyone shared a bowl of noodle soup.

After lunch, Yang Weibo went on to work. There was no other way. The whole morning work was cheaper for my sister-in-law. Now he can only take advantage of the afternoon to cut a little more, which is enough for going home...

　Thanks for the sunshine love~

　　Really, Sunshine checks in every day~╮(￣▽￣)╭

　　Thank you Fengfei for your reward~
　　Thank you for the heartwarming reward~
　　I just realized that today is Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

　　Although I am still single ╮(￣▽￣)╭

　　
　
(End of this chapter)