Deng thought that she was indeed not in good health, and smiled guiltily: "Okay... you wear straw hats, don't expose yourself to the sun. I'll make herbal tea for you, and I'll make something delicious for lunch.
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Zhao Liya and Hu Ling came back from the city today and bought pork belly, pork ribs, and tender tofu, which was a perfect snack for lunch.
Once the meat is cooked, you can store it overnight and still have it for two meals tomorrow.
Mrs. Deng had never even been in the kitchen before, but now she can cook rice and porridge.
Even Zhao Lixiang and Zhao Lin have learned how to sweep the floor, stack firewood, feed chickens, choose vegetables and peel beans, and water fruit trees.
The children of the poor have already become parents, and the children of exiles cannot be ignorant of anything!
Zhao Liya really cared for them, but she never thought of letting them live the old days when young masters and ladies could only open their mouths when they had clothes to wear.
That's not pain, that's harm.
Zhao Liya smiled and said yes, and went out to open up wasteland with Aunt Li Shiyi.
Under the blazing sun, two people wearing big straw hats first used sickles to clear away the densely growing weeds that were as tall as half a man, and then dug the ground with hoes.
The ground was full of tangled grass roots, which were so hard that only a shallow layer of skin was peeled away with a hoe, so the efficiency of cultivation was extremely low.
At noon, when Hu Ling and Zhao Xiang came back carrying bamboo and long wooden sticks, Zhao Liya and Aunt Li Shiyi had only cleared half an acre of land.
Zhao Xiang told Aunt Li Shiyi that it was hard work, and felt very distressed when he saw his daughter's face red and sweating: "Ya'er, don't work too hard, take a rest first!"
Aunt Li Shiyi also laughed and said: "Aya is really capable. Although this child is thin and small, she actually managed to hold on without complaining that she was tired. I originally thought she wouldn't be able to stand it for a while.
Well. I didn’t expect that I actually worked all morning..."
Aunt Li Shiyi really admires her. You must know that this is not a country child who urinates and does farm work. This is a rich lady from the capital. She is more noble than the girls from wealthy families in Gaolian County.
Zhao Xiang felt even more distressed when he heard this, and said with a forced smile: "We Ya'er are always capable, hurry up, go back and have a rest and have lunch, don't do anything, go back quickly."
Hu Ling stepped forward and took the hoe from Zhao Liya's hand: "Aya, Aunt Eleven, go back quickly!"
Zhao Liya took off her straw hat and fanned herself with a smile on her rosy face: "Dad, brother, I'm fine! I know what I'm doing! Let's go back!"
At home, Mrs. Deng had already cooked the rice. A large pot of rice was simmering on the stove, and the dishes were all ready. Seeing that they were back, Mrs. Deng, who was accompanying her two young children, stood up and said with a smile: "You are back."
?Hurry and wash your hands and face to cool down. I've made some herbal tea and you can pour it for yourself. I'll be cooking. You'll be fine soon."
Zhao Xiang nodded and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, madam!"
Deng's smile was gentle: "It's not hard work, it's you who are working hard!"
The Zhao family had a tacit understanding, and no one talked about the hard work outside in front of Deng. For a while, the yard was filled with lively chatter and laughter.
Not long after, two dishes and one soup were put on the table: fried pork belly slices with tofu, fried beans, and pork ribs and radish soup.
Deng's craftsmanship is really not that good. The pork belly is cut into large pieces, small pieces, thin pieces and thick pieces. The tofu is also sliced into thin slices and fried until golden. The fried beans are fried for too long and too much water is added.
, has the smell of beans that have been stewed in water. The ribs are also one big and one small. The radish is peeled off and half is destroyed, leaving only a radish heart. However, there is less water. It is said to be a stew, but in fact
I didn't see much soup.
The two dishes and one soup were not very attractive, and the taste was uneven, but fortunately they were all cooked well, and no one in the family disliked them, and they all praised them as delicious.
Aunt Li Shiyi felt a little sorry for wasting the good food, but she was old and sophisticated, so naturally she would not talk nonsense. At most, she would slowly and casually remind Deng and teach her. She used to be an official's wife, so she didn't understand.
That's it.
Mrs. Deng's face was smiling, becoming more loving and gentle, but her eyes were a little moist.
She's not stupid, can't she tell whether it tastes good or not?
The sun was extremely hot in the afternoon, so no one went out to work. They didn't go out again until almost four o'clock.
At this time, the temperature in the mountains had gradually dropped, and it was not too hot under the shadow of the large trees. Hu Ling and Zhao Xiang seized the time to cut more bamboo and return the wooden strips.
Zhao Liya and Aunt Li Shiyi also went out to continue digging wasteland.
Zhao Xiang opened his mouth, wanting to tell Zhao Liya to stop, but he swallowed the words again.
Today is different from the past, and these words are feeble, so it is better not to say them.
In order to live a good life here, everyone in their family must work hard.
The emperor had been thinking about deposing the prince for a long time, and the prince was cautious. He and Concubine Yan could not find fault with the prince, so they tried to force him, the prince's tutor, to deal with the prince.
Not only was he the Crown Prince and Tutor, he also had a very high prestige among the scholars. If he stood up and said, "The Crown Prince is unworthy," the Emperor would definitely seize on this and make a big fuss about deposing the Crown Prince.
But he couldn't do this. The prince was the future of the empire and his hard work. Besides, what was wrong with the prince?
If it weren't for the Queen Mother's pressure, the Crown Prince would not be able to establish himself. However, the Emperor has never cared about the Crown Prince. Otherwise, how could he be the Crown Prince and Tutor?
When the emperor specially appointed him as the crown prince and tutor, he was actually deliberately disgusting the prince and making the world laugh.
Because he is too young and not worthy of being the crown prince.
But the emperor said that he was astonishingly talented and talented. Considering his status as the number one scholar, who could say that he couldn't teach the prince?
The prince never resented him or angered him for this, but treated him respectfully and politely. He also taught and taught him carefully, and the two of them got along quite well.
The Queen Mother fell ill and passed away. Before the Queen Mother entered the Buddhist hall to pray for the Queen Mother, he expected that the Emperor and Concubine Yan would never be able to sit still again, but he did not expect that this day would come so quickly...
He knew that exile was a punishment and lesson given to him by the emperor, and it was also persecution. As long as he was willing to change his mind, he could return to the capital at any time.
But he won't change.
As for his family, he is destined to feel sorry for them. Since they are his family, they can only bear all this with him. Moreover, the prince has always been kind to them, and they are also unwilling to frame the prince.
After stumbling and stumbling, the family spent four days finally surrounding the vegetable garden in a decent way.
Zhao Liya is very satisfied with the spaciousness of Yancun. The vegetable garden at the door is almost an acre and a half, and a row of vegetables can be planted in it, which is enough for their family to eat all year round.
And it can feed at least twenty ducks and thirty chickens.
At the moment when it was completed, everyone looked at the fenced-in bare vegetable garden, looked at each other and smiled happily. This chapter has been completed!