Xiaojiaxiu

Chapter 6 Wild Strawberry Jam
Siya originally wanted to call Sanya in the evening, and the two of them would make strawberry jam, but Juaner couldn't stand Juan'er's insistence on making jam together, so she agreed to come over.But Si Ya reminded her that she must speak to her mother before coming out, after all, it was night, and Juan'er promised to agree.Si Ya thought that she would sell it with Juan'er after it was finished, so it was good to let Juan'er participate.

After bringing Wuya and Liuya back home, the two young girls saw Mrs. Zhao, but before Mrs. Zhao asked, the two little girls hurriedly said, we don't know anything, really.Seeing the two little ones like this, Mrs. Zhao was at a loss, Siya hurriedly took the two little ones out, hey!It’s really 300 taels in this place!Siya can't laugh or cry!
After dinner, Wang Tugen also came back.After washing Wang Tugen with water from Sanyaduan, Wang Tugen went to the north house.Sanya stared resentfully at the bright window of the north room, her father must have gone to hand over today's wages to Mrs. Yang.Si Ya thought that this family had to be divided quickly, or her family would not be able to live a good life anytime soon.

Wang Tugen gave Yang 35 Wen from the 25 Wen he earned from odd jobs today.Looking at the money in his hand, Mrs. Yang said to her son with a cold face: "Why are there only these, what about the rest?" Damn, the girl hasn’t made clothes for a few years, I think.” Seeing Yang’s face getting darker and darker, Wang Tugen’s voice became smaller and smaller, Yang’s face was cold and he didn’t say a word. The atmosphere here is very depressing.

"Third son, you haven't eaten yet, let's go back first!" Old Wang said out loud.

As if he was about to receive an amnesty, Wang Tugen hurriedly said "Hey", glanced at Mrs. Yang, and turned to go out.Behind him I heard the old Wangtou say: "Don't go to odd jobs in a few days, the wheat is about to be harvested." "Understood, father!" Wang Tugen stopped and responded and went to the kitchen.After eating in a hurry, Wang Tugen went back to the south room.From time to time, Yang's sharp cursing voice could be heard in his ears.

Seeing Wang Tugen's return, Mrs. Zhao went up to help him take off his coat and put it in the tub for washing tomorrow.Wang Tugen handed the remaining ten Wen to Mrs. Zhao and said, "Buy something for myself and the children!" Then he went to the bedside to tease Zhaodi.Mrs. Zhao knew that the ten coins must have been left behind after a lot of anger, and she was very relieved. Fortunately, this husband is good, otherwise I don't know how to live this day.At the beginning, Wang Tugen was also interested in this point, so the Zhao family chose him.Forget it, as long as the husband loves himself and this family, it's nothing to be wronged.

Mrs. Zhao put away the ten Wen money, and planned to recruit a few young girls to make clothes for five girls and six girls.Three ya and four ya, big ya wears clothes that are too small, big ya still has a few old clothes sent by her sister-in-law, the child's father is going to make clothes too.Even though she thought so, Mrs. Zhao also knew that the money was never enough.Seeing his wife smiling and frowning at that moment, Wang Tugen thought, after harvesting the wheat, he would do more odd jobs and make clothes for his wife that looked like his second sister-in-law.He saw that Mrs. Zhao couldn't move her eyes every time she saw Mrs. Zhou wearing that dress.

The couple are thinking about each other.Over there, Siya was trying her best to persuade Sanya to make jam with her.At the beginning, Sanya felt that a child still needs to make jam!It's really funny to make money with this!I think Siya is a child talking in her sleep!However, seeing Si Ya talking to her so seriously made her a little moved.Curiosity killed the cat, Sanya was finally persuaded by Siya.The two went out after talking to Da Ya.Da Ya knew that the two had secretly made chicken soup before, so she thought they were going again, so she told them to be careful without asking any further questions.

When Sanya and Siya reached the river, they were shocked when they saw two people squatting there.Later, Siya heard the voice of Juan'er and walked over. It turned out to be Juan'er and her third brother Wu Sanlang.When Aunt Wu heard that Juanzi was going to make jam, she didn't care too much. She thought it was a little girl's stuff, but Juanzi's fuss could not be left behind, so she finally agreed with Juanzi to go out, but she was still worried and asked Sanlang to go out with her sister. .

Wu Jiasanlang is 11 years old this year. He was very upset when his mother forced him to accompany his younger sister to do this ghostly thing.After seeing Sanya and Siya coming, she walked to the side with a frown and left alone.Before leaving, he gave Sanya a hard look, and Sanya also stared over.Siya was very strange, but I found out later that Sanya didn't know what was going on when she went to the school to deliver meals, and fought with Wu Sanlang: Wu Sanlang didn't put this thin little girl who was obviously a few years younger than himself at first. In his eyes, in the end, he was pushed by Sanya, and the relationship between the two of them was formed from then on.Of course, this is a later story.Wu Jiasanlang went to the side by himself, lay down on the grass and went to watch the stars.Siya took Juan'er and Sanya to start work.

Sanya and Juan'er went to find branches and firewood.Si Ya lit a small fire, and when there was light, Si Ya took out the pot that was hidden in the grass at noon.Open the lid, and the fresh strawberries flood the nose.Si Ya was very satisfied, it seemed that the strawberries in the mountains did not disappoint her.After Siya opened the jar, she used the prepared stick to stir continuously along the positive direction.After Sanya and Juan'er came back, they also surrounded Siya and watched Siya stirring there.

The village at night is quiet, with the sound of frogs and crickets from time to time.The two little girls squatted there quietly watching the little girl stirring the strawberries vigorously.Such a situation adds some mystery to this matter.The world of children is always novel. Wu Jiasanlang held a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, and looked at the stars all over the sky boredly. At the beginning, he could still hear some footsteps, firewood, jars touching the ground, But gradually he couldn't hear anything... He suddenly felt curious, so he sat up and saw such a scene: a little girl was stirring something earnestly, and the other two little girls were not blinking. Looking at the stick in the hand of the stirring girl, the expression on her face was focused and cautious, as if... yes!It's as if the master is giving them a lecture!Wu Jiasanlang was shocked by such a scene and could not make a sound for a long time.In the following years, whenever Wu Sanlang thought of this place, he would be moved by the tranquility at that time.He could even remember all the details at that time, even under the firelight, the thin fluff on the faces of the three girls, and the fine beads of sweat on the face of the girl who was stirring.

Siya was sweating while stirring, afraid that she might not be able to do it well. After all, there are blenders in modern times. Fortunately, strawberries are not too hard fruits, as long as they are stirred for a while, they are good.After Si Ya wiped the sweat from her forehead, she put the jar on the simple stone stove that was piled up.Seeing Juan'er and Sanya looking at her curiously, Siya smiled and asked them to try it too.So the three of them took turns stirring.

While constantly stirring and adding water, Siya kept the fire at a very low level.With constant stirring, bursts of sweet and fruity aroma emanated from the jar.This kind of sweetness is stronger than that of strawberries, and more refreshing than ordinary sugar particles. In short, this kind of sweetness makes Si Ya swallow their saliva unconsciously.Si Ya knows that in this era, sugar is very precious, and it is usually only available during Chinese New Year, and even if it is available, it can only drink a little sugar water at most.So, smelling this sweet fragrance, Juan'er and Sanya, including herself, were all attracted.

Wu Sanlang also woke up from this unusually sweet smell.He was also very curious about what these girls did, but out of the pride of a little man, he didn't go there and lay down... But his thoughts were all hooked by the sweet smell.

Seeing that it was almost cooked, Si Ya turned off the fire, and continued to stir using the residual heat.After a while, Si Ya stopped stirring, then made a small amount and tasted it, the taste was just right.At first, Si Ya was worried that without sugar, the strawberry jam would not taste good enough, but after boiling it with stream water, it tasted natural and mellow, even more delicious than what she made in her previous life.After all, it is wild, and the taste is authentic!Si Ya smiled with crooked brows and eyes, Juan'er looked at Si Ya's happy face and knew it was done, happily clamored to have a taste.Siya made both Sanya and Juan'er greedy, both of them were overwhelmed by this sweet thing, and even Sanya, who was not very talkative, kept talking about how delicious it was.Si Ya thought, after putting it in the clear lake water for a night, it would be delicious!

Wu Jiasanlang was very curious when he heard the cheers from the little girls over there!In the end, "self-esteem" overcame curiosity, and endured the curiosity, but kept staring at them all the time.

The four and three sealed the jar and wrapped it with reed grass, thinking of putting it in a place where the river was relatively deep.But it was a bit difficult for the three of Si Ya, and it was Juan'er who dragged Wu Sanlang who was lying on the grass to solve this problem.

Sanya Siya and Juan'er made an appointment to go to the river to pick up jars during the lunch delivery tomorrow, and then went back separately.Along the way, Juanzi was chattering about how she and Sanya Siya made strawberry jam, and how delicious that strawberry jam was!In the end, Juanzi warned Wu Sanlang not to tell others about it, but Wu Sanlang snorted, "Who cares about children's stuff!"Juanzi didn't pay attention to him. This third brother liked to sing a different tune since he was a child.Juanzi was immersed in the joy of success again. Seeing Juanzi's proud appearance, Wu Sanlang felt like a cat scratching in his heart. He wished he could immediately go to the river to fish out the jar to see what was inside.

That night, Juanzi happily fell asleep, but she felt sorry for Wu Jiasanlang, who kept stirring that little man in his head, finally fell asleep, and spent the whole night looking for the jar that could never be opened , but he was exhausted.

Maybe it was because she was too tired from the day's work, or maybe it was something else, Si Ya fell asleep in bed, and had no dreams all night.

Sanya didn't have such good luck, but finally fell into a deep sleep, her dream was always filled with that sweet smell, just like the smell of home she had always expected.

(End of this chapter)