Xiaojiaxiu

Chapter 4
After Mrs. Zhao came back, she lamented and sighed at these children all afternoon, and Wang Tugen also remained silent.

Daya took a few younger sisters to learn simple embroidery in the house.Mrs. Zhao's embroidery work can be counted in eight villages. Thanks to Mrs. Zhao taking embroidery products back to embroider, and subsidizing the family bit by bit, otherwise so many children would not be able to support them at all.Da Ya has been learning embroidery from Mrs. Zhao since she was six years old, and now she is no worse than Mrs. Zhao.

Si Ya watched as San Ya, Five Ya and Six Ya were all sitting there holding a piece of old cloth cut out of an old dress, and studying hard according to the embroidered lotus picture that Big Ya had already finished.This reminded Siya of the time when she was studying art at school. Who would have thought that the hand holding the paintbrush would eventually become the hand holding the embroidery needle.Seeing Si Ya in a daze, Da Ya thought that Si Ya was still sad about what happened in the morning, so she reassured her that since her parents had returned, she would not be punished again.Si Ya is very grateful to this elder sister. Perhaps in the eyes of these younger sisters, this 11-year-old elder sister is more like a mother!
Si Ya cheered up and continued to pick up the cloth in her hand. Not to mention, Da Ya's embroidered picture of lotus is really lifelike, even the dewdrops on it seem to roll off at any time, even a talented art student like her This is admirable.It wasn't until lunch time that Siya came out crookedly rusting a lotus leaf, and was laughed at by Sanya for a long time.During lunch, Mrs. Zhao asked Siya to stay in the room and not to come out, saying that she was punished for not eating, and brought it back to her when she came back.Si Ya happened to be too lazy to look at the colors for dinner, so she continued to embroider lotus leaves.

After a while, hearing footsteps, the big girls came back.The five and six ya each held a bowl in their hands, and walked towards Siya.Approaching, Si Ya saw the brown rice sparsely mixed with some vegetables in the bowl, and was moved for a while. It looked like many small half bowls of rice combined. It is estimated that Yang did not prepare their own rice, so they put their own I saved some of my meal and ate it for myself.Mrs. Zhao came in at last, and said helplessly, "Don't blame your grandma, it's useless if it's your mother, eat it quickly! Don't let it get cold!" It was only later that Mrs. Yang told Mrs. Zhao something because of her own lunch.Si Ya sniffed and said, "Mother, I don't blame you. Look, there are benefits to having more people, and a little bit adds up to more!" Big Ya laughed out loud, "You can't stop your mouth if you eat it, hurry up!" Eat it, if you don't eat it, it will be cold!" With Siya's words, the gloomy atmosphere was instantly driven away, and Mrs. Zhao patted Siya's head and went out.

After lunch, Siya and Daya embroidered all afternoon, and finally finished this piece of embroidery that cannot be called a lotus.To be honest, Siya was completely shocked by the things in her hands, even the youngest Liuya embroidered much better than hers.Why!Thinking of the embroideries I embroidered when I was free in modern times, the whole thing is incomparable!In modern times, the embroidery is all gridded, just follow the grid, and now it is just a piece of cloth, and the cloth is so soft.Why!Why!In the afternoon, Siya's sighs and piercing cries of pain could be heard coming from the room.

Mrs. Zhao heard this, and told Wang Tugen that Si Ya was more sensible than before. She used to have to run away if she sat down for less than half an hour, but now she can calm down and study.Wang Tugen was also very pleased that his daughters were all good.Mrs. Zhao suddenly thought of Erya, and said guiltily, "It's just that Erya, hey!!" Knowing that Mrs. Zhao must have missed Erya, Wang Tujiao made up his mind silently, and when the days are better, he will redeem Erya. Come.

In the evening, Siya and Sanya continued to cook the remaining pheasant soup and gave it to Mrs. Zhao.Now Mrs. Zhao has enough milk for Zhaodi to eat. Looking at the wrinkled face, Siya feels that it is worth it. For the first time, she feels that this is her family, so she has to work hard to make her happy. The family lives a prosperous and healthy life.

Lying on the bed at night, Siya thought a lot, such as how to change the current predicament, so that the family can live a life full of food. She thought a lot, but after much deliberation, she finally felt that one must be solved first. Only after the problem can we continue the past and open up the future, that is, we must score home.

If a family wants to live well, it must first be harmonious, but according to observations in the past few days, this big family is full of contradictions everywhere; secondly, if the family wants to develop, it must be united, but everyone in this family has My own little thoughts can't be united at all, so the most fundamental thing is to separate the family first, break away from this big family first, and then build this small family.But this may be difficult, because it is observed that Wang Tugen is a foolish, filial and uninitiated parent, and Zhao has no right to speak because he has not given birth to a son, so now he can only walk and watch. The second uncle's family has a lot of opinions about the large population of their own family, and there is also the matter that the second uncle's mother Zhou wants to move to the town.With these factors, separation is not impossible, but there is no such opportunity.But Si Ya knew in her heart that as long as there was a breakthrough, this opportunity would appear sooner or later, it was only a matter of time.What Siya was thinking about was how to make this opportunity come earlier.After the problem of family separation is solved, the following is how to get rich.The general meaning of Siya is that you have to cultivate the land. In this era, agriculture is the foundation, and it is only when you have a field in your hands that you can be sure.Thinking about it, Siya fell asleep. She dreamed that she had a lot of land deeds in her hand, and then she laughed.
It has been several days since time travel. Siya and Daya and Sanya mow the grass, cook, feed the pigs, wash clothes, sweep the yard, and learn to embroider when they are not active.I haven't had time to inquire about what era this is, but I learned from the chat with Da Ya that it is the Ming Dynasty now, and the specific year name is still unclear.The only thing Siya knew about the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was from the history he learned in high school.I still remember the bald-headed history teacher's evaluation of the Ming Dynasty: economic prosperity, political system democracy, bureaucratic corruption, and a large gap between rich and poor.These four girls really can't see it, but as long as the people are not in dire straits, it's fine for a girl to be a landlord in this era. I don't have the ambitions of Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying.In my previous life, I have been working hard for fame and fortune, but in the end it was nothing. In this life, I only hope to be a guarded family, live in peace, and finally find a lover who can rely on for the rest of my life.

These days, Siya discovered that her sister-in-law, Wang Cuigu, treats her family better.After Mrs. Zhao gave birth to Zhaodi, no one in the family came to see Mrs. Zhao except Cuigu.Speaking of which, this little girl Cuigu is two months older than the second uncle's natal Zhuhua, and she hasn't settled down yet. Although Yang doesn't like these granddaughters, she treats this little girl very well.Cui Gu is very delicate, with big eyes, an oval face, and a pointed chin. When talking to people, her voice is very low, and her face often turns red.She's not very tall, maybe she hasn't developed well yet, she still looks very thin, unlike Pearl Flower, which is very healthy.Si Ya couldn't figure it out, how could someone as pungent as Yang's give birth to such a watery girl.

One day, Siya was playing with Zhaodi in the room, when the little girl Cuigu came over, and Mrs. Zhao hurriedly greeted her.

"Sister-in-law three, I made a bellyband for Zhaodi. You can wear it in hot weather." After speaking, she handed the bellyband to Mrs. Zhao. Mrs. Zhao looked at the bellyband, and there was a little doll holding a golden ingot embroidered on it. It is festive.

"Little Miss, your embroidery is so beautiful, you are almost as good as my mother." Hearing Si Ya praise her like this, Cui Gu smiled embarrassedly, "It's still far behind my sister-in-law!"

Mrs. Zhao hugged Zhaodi and gave her a try, and it was just right.Mrs. Zhao said gratefully, "It means you are thinking about this girl." Seeing Mrs. Zhao getting sad again, Cuigu hugged Zhaodi and said, "Look, our Zhaodi is so beautiful, she must be a beauty when she grows up. !” Zhao shi laughed again.Cuigu sat with Mrs. Zhao for a while and then went back.

Siya's family is cooking lunch today.At noon, Wuya and Liuya took Zhaodi, and Mrs. Zhao took Daya and Siya to cook.Sanya disappeared after breakfast, and she didn't know where she went to play.

This place is located in the north, and they usually eat pasta in the morning and evening, and rice at noon.However, this rice is not made of pure rice, and some sorghum is added. In contrast to brown rice, except for the big landlords who eat pure rice, most people use sorghum mixed with brown rice.Mrs. Zhao mixed sorghum and brown rice together, and then began to carefully turn over the grains to find out the small stones and other dirty things inside.The last time my uncle's natal family was cooking, Siya's teeth were almost broken by stones. Fortunately, the teeth haven't been replaced yet, or the teeth would loosen if they didn't fall out. A little humor.Si Ya saw Yang staring at Hu from time to time, and guessed that her old teeth had suffered again.

After picking up the stones, Mrs. Zhao took the wooden basin to the well at the east end of the village to wash the rice, and Da Ya and Si Ya went to the vegetable garden at the back of the yard to pick the vegetables for lunch today.Let's not talk about how Mr. Yang and Mr. Wang are, but when it comes to work, they are really good. The vegetable garden behind the house is as big as half an mu of land, surrounded by a one-meter-high fence, and there is a green area inside. Bark, tomato (persimmon), eggplant, cucumber, loofah, celery, garlic sprouts, lettuce, beans, green peppers, leeks, pumpkin, green onions.People here call tomatoes foreign persimmons. Foreign persimmons have been planted in the five elements, and they are not yet red. They are green and growing well. Da Ya and Si Ya picked cucumbers, green peppers, a lot of beans, and a green pumpkin. , because there are more people in the family, so the quantity is more.

Putting these vegetables into the basket, Da Ya walked in front carrying the heavy basket, and Si Ya walked behind holding the big pumpkin.When they arrived at the well, the two washed the vegetables, because it was almost lunch time, and there were more people by the well, most of them were women at home and their daughters washing rice and vegetables. Well, all these women, big and small, are not so lively!
Siya heard someone calling her. It turned out that Aunt Wu and her little girl Juaner from the west of the village also came to wash the vegetables.This Juan'er got along best with the previous Siya, every time Siya was bullied, Juan'er called her brothers to protect Siya.In Siya's previous memory, she didn't have many friends, and basically played with Juan'er.The friendship of children is the most pure and rare, so Si Ya cherishes this friend very much.After saying hello to Aunt Wu, Siya and Juanzi got together, and they made an appointment to deliver lunch to the school in the village later.

After washing, Daya and Siya went back.The rice in Zhao's pot was almost stuffy, and Siya was in charge of lighting the fire. The two pots were added together to cook. Fortunately, the firewood was used, otherwise Siya would have to be busy.Mrs. Zhao quickly cut the vegetables. First, shred the pumpkin, smash the garlic, and heat it with a little lard. There is no modern rapeseed oil here, so lard is used, so most people are very fond of it. To save money, the dishes are usually cooked and eaten directly without any oil or water.The Wang family had a large piece of lard from the husband's family when Zhuhua got engaged, so the Yang family marinated the lard.Usually, the family is only allowed to eat one meal of oil a day, and only one dish can be fried with oil at a time.So the Zhao family attaches great importance to this dish.The aroma of lard hit Si Ya's nose straight, and both Si Ya and Da Ya swallowed.After this dish is fried, the rest of the dish is simple, shoot the cucumber, add some garlic, put some vinegar, remove the seeds of the green pepper, boil it with water and miso until soft, then boil the beans in clear water, take them out and mix them with ingredients to eat .Seeing these boiled dishes, Si Ya suddenly lost her appetite.Fortunately, Mrs. Zhao's cooking skills are good.Although it is boiled, it still has a delicate fragrance.

Si Ya can eat now, but it's not on the table to eat, but after delivering the food to the younger uncle Tuwen and Yaozu in the school before eating.After Mrs. Zhao packed the rice, Si Ya went to find Juan'er with the basket.Juan'er had already packed the dishes, and after talking to her mother, she and Si Ya went out together.

After going out, Juan'er took out a warm egg from the vegetable basket and handed it to Siya. "Siya, eat it. Mother cooked it today. I took an extra one while she wasn't paying attention and kept it for you!" Seeing Juan'er's proud face, Siya was very moved. Juaner always knew Due to her situation at home, every time she met, she would bring some food from home to Siya.Moreover, eggs are very precious to people at this time, and Juan'er's family only eats them once in a long time, and the rest have to be sold in the market to supplement the family.Siya didn't know how to express this emotion, so she could only hold Siya's hand and say, "Juan'er, you are so kind! When I get rich in the future, I will definitely buy a lot of delicious food, and we will eat together!" "Okay , ok, in the future when we have money, we will buy pearl flowers like the lady from Landlord Wang’s house, when I delivered food to my brother last time, I saw it from a distance, it’s so beautiful!” Then Juan’er was a little disappointed again. "But my mother said she wouldn't buy it for me until I was a little older."

Along the way, Siya and Juan'er talked about this and that together, but Siya was also surprised that she was a 28-year-old adult, but she talked excitedly with a seven-and-a-half-year-old girl, and she was still happy , but Siya likes this way of getting along very much, pure and happy, after all, her current body is only an eight-year-old child.

From the conversation with Juan'er, Si Ya learned that the school here is in the small empty yard behind Wang Landlord's house.Because no one lived in the yard for a long time, Landlord Wang separated the yard from his own house a few years ago and donated it to the village as a school.The village head took the villagers to renovate the yard again, and invited an old scholar in the village in his fifties to be the husband.This old gentleman is the first scholar in the village, so everyone respects him very much.

The study style in this village was not very popular before, probably because of poverty, so in the past few years, the village has its own school.Before there was a school, some people could only send their children to the town to go to school. After all, in this era, only reading can truly change their destiny.This is for those who have a little money like the Wang Landlord's family, and they want their offspring to be officials and eat royal food, and to be able to glorify their families.

Since the establishment of this school, the villagers in the village have gradually sent their children to the school, hoping that the children can eat the emperor's food, especially after the school has successively produced scholars and children. I dare not think about it.Now this hope is in sight, so many people hope that their children will be successful. Because of this mentality, the atmosphere of learning in the village suddenly improved.Because the school does not accept many beam repairs, so ordinary people can take them out, so there are still many people in the village who can go to the school.Every time he heard the sound of recitation in the school, Landlord Wang would stroke his beard with his hands and say proudly: "This is a future generation of merit!"

(End of this chapter)