Farming is still busy in the countryside, but for the sake of the health of the family, it is time to supplement with some meat. The housekeeper wife is not idle and will go to the market to purchase. If there is no pork, she will also buy some poultry and eggs to supplement.
The kimchi made by Aunt Liu is filled with sugar. In ancient times, sugar was a valuable thing, so the price had to be doubled. Ordinary people would weigh and weigh it if they wanted to buy it. It tasted really good, but they only used toothpicks occasionally.
Therefore, it is self-evident who her business is really for.
Fatty, she didn't take it out of her sleeves in front of the Xiao family.
Later, Aunt Liu entered the kitchen and first noticed two large slabs of lard on the chopping board. She was surprised for a moment, and without asking any questions, she started to cut into pieces and boil the lard.
Sister Ling held a candied haws in her mouth and looked eagerly into the kitchen.
Tang Zangyue blocked her sight and began to drive away: "Eat from the bowl and look into the pot. Who taught you to do this? Go and play in the village with your little aunt."
"Oh..." Sister Ling said vaguely.
Xiao Yuenong was not like Sister Ling and the twins. She held a candied haws in her mouth and was reluctant to chew it. She only tasted the sweetness, and the sour taste hit her tongue as soon as she chewed it, which made her almost spit it out.
In the end, I didn't want to take the second pill. Then I heard Sister Ling mutter: "My little aunt is so kind. If you don't want to eat it yourself, you have to give it to me..."
Xiao Yuenong:......
Forget it, whatever my niece thinks.
There are seven hawthorns in a bunch of candied haws. Each of the four people gets one hawthorn, which leaves three hawthorns, which is just enough to remove Xiao Yuenong.
However, as soon as they arrived under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, several pairs of children's eyes stared at the candied haws in Xiao Ling'er's hand.
Sister Ling immediately became aware of the crisis and hurriedly hid behind her little aunt Xiao Yuenong, then tentatively stretched out her little head. When she met the still bony green eyes, she suddenly retracted her neck.
He shrank behind my little aunt, not giving anyone else a chance to peep!
Xiao Zhonghao looked at his new playmate blankly, and then looked in the direction of his little aunt, wondering why.
Xiao Zhongran felt deeply.
They were from the Xiao family. They had fine clothes and fine food, but they also had heavy responsibilities. When they were young, their family asked their master to teach them how to read and write, and the martial arts in the military camp taught them basic skills.
During that time, there was no shortage of food in their mouths, but they were crying about suffering. Unexpectedly, it was on the road of exile that Xiao Zhongran truly realized what suffering was.
It was really bitter at that time, but I no longer shouted bitterness in my mouth.
Hiking every day, my legs cramped, which was more uncomfortable than cramping during a long night. I had to be carried by my elder brother and two older brothers. My younger sister and my aunt were also carried by my grandmother and aunt. Later, under the reminder of my grandmother, they
, I wrapped my calves with rags and felt better after getting used to walking.
What else is bitter? It’s the first time to try whole grain rice.
Chewing the coarse grains into pieces and swallowing them felt like rice awns scratching his throat, and he almost cried out in pain.
It's too loud.
But no one else in the family complained, and even the second brother didn't even show a slight expression...
Xiao Zhongran used to only know that his second brother lived in poverty before he returned home. Recently, when he saw his second brother who could do anything and mastered everything, he realized firsthand how miserable his life was before.
Therefore, he gradually disliked his fourth uncle and admired his second brother more and more.
Only after getting along with children in the village did I understand what the basic skills I had practiced in the past meant. The children in the village were hungry. This was true for boys, let alone the girls who were influenced by the patriarchal era.
They lack food and drink, and cannot keep themselves clean and tidy.
Xiao Zhongran sighed with emotion, met her little aunt's gaze, and felt the same, and then said to Sister Ling: "Little sister, my little aunt can give up her candied haws, and so can I. None of them have ever eaten sweets.
Yes, give my candied haws to these children."
Xiao Zhonghao pondered for a moment, and no matter how naive he was, he was still infected by his twin brother's thoughts, and said: "Fourth brother, each of us has half of mine."
Xiao Yuenong nodded, pulled his little niece out from behind and said, "Go ahead and give Brother Ran's piece to everyone."
Sister Ling pondered for a long time, unable to sort out the thoughts in her mind. She only expressed her true thoughts and said: "Little aunt, you don't want to eat. The two brothers each eat half a pill, but I can eat a whole pill... Is it possible?
not good?"
Xiao Yuenong met Sister Ling's confused and dazed gaze, as if she had done something wrong and was timid. She felt distressed for a while: "No, Kong Rong let Li, I let you, they let other children, it's us
You are selfless and know how to be humble. You are the youngest in the family. If you want to do something modest...well, wait until Yuechun gives birth to a child before you show humility. You should be old enough by then."
Xiao Ling'er's eyes were like thick fog, and she suddenly became enlightened. She nodded and said: "I understand, because I am the youngest, so even if I want to be humble, I have to wait until my second brother gives birth to a niece before I have someone to be humble to!"
Xiao Yuenong looked at her little niece and finally sold Xiao Zhongli.
This is the niece's own misunderstanding, and it is not her business. Although her words have a guiding role, she can refuse to admit it.
A candied haws was crushed by Xiao Zhonghao through the glutinous rice paper. One person shared some of the crumbs, but not many people cared about the remaining hawthorn.
Nothing but chestnuts and hawthorns can be seen everywhere in certain seasons.
Maoli was picked and stored as food by the villagers, but the hawthorn tasted too sour and appetizing, so not many people picked it. These days, there is not enough food to eat, who would eat sour and appetizing? Except for the pregnant lady.
A little bit of broken sugar melted in the mouth, and the children's dirty faces showed a unified happy smile.
I don’t know who started it, but the children thanked the four carrot heads of the Xiao family one after another.
Children's world is easy to integrate into, and a small favor can help them become one.
After picking wheat ears from the fields during the day, they had free time before eating at night. They took four little radish heads from the Xiao family up the mountain to look for those chestnuts.
Originally, they only ate once a day, but for the sake of their health during the busy farming season, not only did they rarely eat meat, they even ate twice a day. So they were a bit tired, but every household was happy.
The chestnuts on the mountain ripen in August. I picked up a few branches and used flints to set up a small pile of firewood. I threw a few picked chestnuts in and roasted them.
The little radishes of the Xiao family have never eaten chestnuts, but they have eaten soft snacks such as chestnut cakes.
Sister Ling was crying and asked: "Can it be delicious?"
One of the boys sniffed hard and nodded: "It's delicious, it must be delicious."
After roasting for a long time, Xiao Ling'er really smelled the fragrance of chestnuts and couldn't help but swallow her saliva, "It smells so good..."
One of the girls from the same village went to pick up chestnuts from the fire with bare hands. She quickly passed them between her palms and blew them hard to dissipate the heat before handing them to Xiao Ling'er, "Ling'er, try it.
Delicious.”
The Mao Li was held in Xiao Ling'er's palm. It was still warm but not too hot. She opened the outer shell and bit down hard with her millet teeth.