Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 150 Unusual premature birth?

Chapter 160 Unusual premature birth?

"Okay, let's not talk about those spoilers. Xi'er, do you like the dress I gave you?" Wen Ding changed the subject and looked at Jin Xi with a smile, his eyes were like the warm sun in spring.

Jin Xi cocked her lips and said, "Brother Wen is so generous, he gave me such beautiful clothes, but Qin Ya is so envious! I like those clothes very much, thank you Brother Wen."

"Since I like it, why haven't I seen you wearing it?" He asked again.

Jin Xi bit her lip and said embarrassedly: "To be honest, that dress is the best in style, workmanship and fabric among all my clothes. Brother Wen is generous to me, but Brother Wen himself is just Working for Shopkeeper Fang, earning money is hard work! I'm afraid I'll wear out the clothes, so I kept them under the box!"

Wen Ding was startled for a while, but then suddenly realized that the warmth in his eyes was so great that he looked at Jin Xi with a little more emotion.

"Silly girl, the clothes you buy are just for wearing. You would be a waste if you put them under the box." He said, looking at Jin Xi with warm eyes, and said word by word: "Take it out and wear it from tomorrow. As long as you like it, no matter how bad Brother Wen is, if he buys you some good clothes, I won't be able to trouble me!"

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Since entering June, the early trading of Qianlixiang has obviously declined compared with the previous few months.Usually, from morning to night, Sun Dahu would knead dough and steam steamed buns uninterruptedly, most of the time they were sold out.But now, only a few baskets of steamed buns are made every day, but there is still a lot of backlog.Not only buns and steamed buns, but also other pastries have similar situations.

There are no refrigerators and fresh-keeping cabinets in this era, and those endless pasta can only be eaten by everyone in the shop, but in this raging June, the leaves on the streets outside are roasted and curled, how can there be such a big skill Chewing so much dry pasta every day?As a result, a batch of backlogged pasta turned rancid, deteriorated and broke.

This makes Sun and Sun Yuxia feel bad...

Jin Xi didn't go out for these two days, but was in the shop thinking hard about ideas to change the current business downturn. Until the second night, Sun Yuxia was too hot to eat, and wanted to eat some hot and sour pickles. Suddenly a flash of inspiration, yes, how could she forget the dazzling snacks in modern society?Well, let's follow the script!

The next day, when it was daylight, Sun Erhu and Jinxi drove the ox cart back to Sunjiagou in a hurry. As for what to do when they went back, Jinxi didn't say anything to anyone, including Sun.

When Jin Xi and Sun Erhu returned to the town in the afternoon, Sun and the others saw the dozens of large and small pickle jars on the ox cart, and then it dawned on them what Jin Xi was doing back home.

These pickle jars were pickled by Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun, and Sun Yuxia when they were in Sunjiagou.Rural people have the habit of pickling vegetables during the seasons. Inside these jars, there are red peppers, cucumbers, cowpeas, Chinese cabbage, potherb mustard, radish strips...

"Oh, I didn't expect that I muttered a few words like that last night, and Xi'er took it to my heart, and hurried back to bring me these pickles in a mysterious way. It's my aunt's caring little padded jacket. Come here and let my aunt appreciate it." A thank you hug!" Sun Yuxia saw those pickle jars, her eyes lit up, she smiled and stretched out her arms towards Jinxi.

Jin Xi slyly avoids Sun Yuxia's hug, glances at Sun Dahu, and jokes: "Let's leave my aunt's hug to my uncle, I'll bring these pickles back, it will be of great use!"

"Oh, my aunt understands, are you going to sell these pickles for money?" Sun Yuxia asked.

"It counts as selling money, but it's not counted. In short, everyone will understand by tomorrow morning." Jin Xi said, she doesn't have time to say too much now, she still has a lot of things to prepare.

In the afternoon, Sun Yuxia saw Jinxi pick more than 20 eggs, boil them in hot water, peel off the shells, and then soak them in a pot of yellow-brown soup that exudes a strong fragrance. , there are star anise, tangerine peel, cinnamon, pepper, salt, soy sauce, sugar, and some seasonings that Sun Yuxia can't smell.

"Xi'er, you don't eat the good boiled eggs, why are you peeling them and soaking them? What are you doing?" Sun Yuxia chased to the kitchen and asked.

"This is called marinated egg." Jin Xi said, "I'll soak it now, and when it's sold tomorrow morning, it will be very tasty, and it can be eaten hot or cold."

"Auntie, let's roll out more noodles tonight, and then fetch a basin of well water, soak it in the well water, and use it tomorrow." Jin Xi said.

Sun Yuxia was surprised again. The rolled noodles should not be boiled in a boiling water pot, but soaked in cold water. What new thing is this?Now that Sun Yuxia has figured out Jinxi's temperament, she is not in a hurry to ask questions, and hastened to prepare.

As for Jin Xi herself, she went out again, went to the rice shop in the town, weighed mung beans, red beans, sweet potato flour, and buckwheat flour, and then went to the mill to collect the beans. Grind into powder.

Brothers Alai and Awang were not idle either, they were sent out by Jinxi to buy some fruit, and when they came back, they brought several grapefruits and oranges.

Jinxi breaks open these fruits. There is no juicer in this era, so she uses the most primitive method to squeeze out the juice from grapefruits and oranges, and use these fruit juices to knead noodles. The same is true for green vegetables and lentils. Squeeze them out Vegetable juice and noodles.

Jinxi, Sun Yuxia, and Qinya worked together and spent half a day preparing everything. When they returned to their room, it was already midnight. The street outside was completely quiet, and Jinxi closed her eyes. , Replenish your energy for tomorrow's arrival.

The next day, another billboard was put up at the door of Qianlixiang, which introduced the latest special dishes in the shop today. After a while, some customers were attracted to the door. Jinxi knew that what really attracted those people was the characteristic of Secondly, mainly because of the low price of playing.

When the attracted customers saw the samples displayed on the long table on one side of the shop, they were very surprised. Jin Xi patiently pointed to the samples and introduced them one by one.

"These are noodles with different tastes, not for cooking, because they are already cooked, soaked in well water to cool, when it is time to eat, just pour in the corresponding seasoning and stir. It's called cold noodles. There are red bean, mung bean, and buckwheat..." Jin Xi introduced.

"What's the name of that plate of transparent, slippery, flat, wide and not noodles over there?" one of the customers asked.

"It's Liangpi. It's made with sweet potato flour and mung bean flour. It tastes creamy and refreshing. Eating it on such a hot day is incomparably refreshing!" Jin Xi said.

"Oh, that's right, what are those red and green noodles made of?" Someone asked again.

Jin Xi smiled, patiently, and said: "Oh, those are vegetable and fruit noodles. The red ones are vegetable noodles, the green ones are green vegetable noodles and cucumber noodles, and the yellow ones are orange noodles and grapefruit noodles."

The number of customers attracted gradually increased, and the crowd surrounded Jin Xi, and everyone was surprised to hear her explain the origin of those cold noodles and cold skin one by one.

"Miss Jinxi, how did you make those noodles so colorful?" Someone asked in confusion.

"It's not a good question for you to ask. People open the door to do business. These things are housekeeping skills and secret recipes that cannot be publicized. Aren't you embarrassing them!" An old customer who often came to Qian Lixiang rescued Jinxi.

Jin Xi smiled faintly, brushed a strand of bangs behind her ears, and introduced the same, quickly shifted the topic to eating, and said: "This small shop has been open since, thank you all neighbors and new and old customers for your care , on this hot summer day, everyone must want to eat some light and evil meals. Our store has newly launched a variety of noodles and cold skin, as well as spicy and delicious marinated eggs. Today's special price, welcome everyone to taste. "

"In addition, our store also grandly launched a variety of porridge spots, including millet porridge, round-grained rice porridge, mung bean porridge, watermelon porridge, and assorted fruit porridge. Every customer who consumes in this store can give a stack of our special pickles for dinner for free. .”
As soon as Jin Xi finished speaking, the customers in the shop were already busy. Everyone couldn't wait to start looking for something they liked to try something new. Today's special price is naturally not to be missed.

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Ten days later, Sun and Sun Yuxia were distressed again.

Because, since Jinxi grandly launched the special cold noodles and cold noodle, and those strange porridges that day, Qian Lixiang's business has recovered, even more popular than before.They were busy from morning to night without stopping at all. However, although they were distressed this time, they couldn't hide the smile on their faces.

Some customers even bluntly admitted that they came for the small dish of pickled hot and sour pickles.

Jinxi's move greatly catered to the impact of weather changes on the tastes of nearby residents. The business of Qianlixiang was so booming that naturally it was envied by other breakfast shops in the same town, even small restaurants and restaurants.

Within two days, several colleagues in Changqiao Town followed suit, offering meals similar to Qianlixiang, and also giving away side dishes for free.

However, customers' preconceived ideas and Qianlixiang's own strength cannot be surpassed by many of its peers.They can follow the trend to make noodles, but in the process of cold dressing, it is not so easy to grasp the types and proportions of seasonings. Let’s say braised eggs. No matter how much they imitate, they can’t make the one with Qianlixiang The taste comes, so, as time goes by, those followers gradually become smaller, and the taste of Qian Lixiang's meals has gained a firm foothold in the breakfast industry in Changqiao Town.

Therefore, even though Sun Shi and Sun Yuxia are troubled and tired now, they are sweet troubles.

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After the hard work of Liang Yuzhong and those craftsmen, Jin Xi's new house was finally completed by the end of June.

This news made the big guys very happy. Mrs. Sun was anxious to go to the new house to see, but was stopped by Sun Yuxia and the others.The reason is that Mrs. Sun is really having a big belly now. Although she came to the town, under the diet therapy of an old Chinese doctor, the discomfort and edema caused by pregnancy have gradually improved, but Sun Yuxia and Jinxi are worried about Mrs. Sun. In the first month, when the time comes, if you accidentally bump into each other, the baby in your stomach will come out early, which is no joke.

Mrs. Sun sent a message, saying that she had invited the half-immortal of the village to pinch the day of entering the house, because the moon is about to fall in August, and it is not good to move too tightly in August, and July is also a cloudy month, so it is not good to move. It is not suitable to move, so I set the date on June 28.

Moving on the 28th, and in the afternoon of the 26th, Jinxi sneaked in and asked Sun Erhu to take her back to Jinjishan Village. She couldn't wait to see her new home.

When she saw that under the official road, the formerly empty land now stands a farmyard with green tiles and red walls, Jin Xi's heart almost jumped out of her chest with excitement.

It is divided into the main courtyard and the side courtyard. There are high courtyard walls outside the courtyard. There are two courtyards inside the main courtyard. The front courtyard is temporarily empty. It is the dining hall and the outer kitchen.The wing rooms on the east and west sides are reserved for the servants of the future family, and Liang Yuzhong lives in the inner courtyard behind with his wife and daughter.In the cross courtyard between the two courtyards, a screen wall was built to separate the front, rear and inner courtyards.

In the inner courtyard, there are three large rooms on the front and east and west sides.The three rooms in the main room are the inner hall, the inner dining hall, and the inner kitchen.On both sides of the east and west, there are six rooms in total.

In the open space between the east and west rooms, Jinxi made the layout in advance. A big ginkgo tree will be planted here. Under the ginkgo tree is a small round stone table with a few small stone piers beside it. Plant morning glory, install a swing frame under the ginkgo tree, and lead the vines of the morning glory to wrap around the swing frame, whether it is a bright spring morning, a hot summer evening, or an autumn afternoon, or After the snow in the winter, it is clear, holding a book, leaning on the swing frame, and making a cup of tea on the stone table, just spending it peacefully like this, that is really infinite enjoyment!
Behind the inner courtyard, there is still a large open space, which is to be used as a vegetable garden according to the needs of the Sun family. There is a well in the middle of the vegetable garden, which is used for starch washing and irrigation.

On the wall shared by the main courtyard and the side yard, the place above half a person's height is made of hollow bricks. There is a moon-shaped arch leading to the side yard. Through the arch, you can come to In the empty side yard.The side yard is also divided into two, with a screen wall standing in the middle.The front part is used for planting fruit trees, and the large open space behind the screen wall will be used to lay out poultry and livestock pens.Jin Xi plans to wait for the autumn wind to cool down, then go and get some flowers and fruit tree seedlings back. The flowers, plants and grass are all planted on the side of the main courtyard, and the fruit trees are used as a side yard. She wants to make her own home, the flowers and fruits that she made will be fragrant.

"Xi'er, don't worry about the fruit tree saplings. In the deep mountains behind our Sunjiagou, there are all kinds of fruit trees. Go back and pick a few cool days. I, Yubao, and Wending, The better it is, go to the mountain and help you collect all of them at once!" Sun Erhu accompanied Jinxi, followed by the side yard of the main yard, the front yard, the back yard, the inner yard and the outer yard, and couldn't bear it. Live full of excitement.

"Well, that's a good thing, if you go into the mountains later, call me, and I'll go with you!" Jin Xi excitedly said.

Sun Erhu nodded, the two turned around again, and returned to the inner courtyard of the main courtyard, where they saw Liang Yuzhong planing wood and doing carpentry in the dining hall of the inner courtyard, Liang Yuzhou and Liang Lisheng were helping at the side, sawing and cutting It was cut, making a rattling sound.Liang Yuzhou was fiddling with a chair, Liang Yuzhong was carving a board, and Liang Lisheng was coating the finished table with a layer of crystal clear tung oil.

Jin Xi pursed her lips and watched their busy work, knowing that they were busy making a big bed for sleeping, as well as tables and chairs for eating!Jin Xi sighed softly in her heart, thinking back when Liang Yuzhong's three households were separated from the old Liang's house, it was a true move out of the house.There is nothing. Now, everything has to be rebuilt from scratch. However, what is gratifying and proud is that I have never given up and have been working hard on this journey. Up to now, there should be a big house, new furniture, All the purchases are complete, and I am more proud and satisfied while I am gratified.

Sun Erhu had already rolled up his sleeves and went to help Liang Yuzhong, Jinxi was not idle here, trotted to the ox cart parked in the front yard, brought a large watermelon weighing more than ten catties from the cart, and greeted Liang Yuzhong, Liang Yuzhou and the others Come and eat to quench your thirst.

Liang Yuzhou slammed his fist on the watermelon, and the watermelon split into several pieces from the middle. The big guys were not polite, took two pieces each, squatted under the eaves and buried their heads in gnawing.

The sun was gradually turning to the west, and it was estimated that work would be over in an hour, so Jin Xi decided to stay, waiting to go back with Liang Yuzhong and Sun Erhu, and by the way, take a good look at the front house and backyard.

The watermelon here has just been eaten and has not started to do anything. Outside the yard in front, a woman's voice and hurried footsteps can be heard from afar.Several people were stunned for a moment, because the voice that was coming this way was Jin's.

"I'll go to the front to see what's going on!" Jin Xi put down the watermelon in her hand, and hurried to the front yard, only to see Jin's looking into the yard on tiptoe outside the half-open courtyard door.Seeing Jinxi come out of the front yard, Jin hurriedly waved at Jinxi.

"Aunt, why are you here? What's the matter?" Jin Xi asked.

"Xi'er, your lord asked me to call your second brother and ask him to go to the town to find a doctor. Soon, he's about to give birth, and there's a lot of blood left!" Jin said loudly incoherently.

Jin Xi was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Is the sister-in-law about to give birth?"

Jin nodded in a daze, tiptoed to look into the yard, saw the tall courtyard, Jin shrank his head, wanted to go in and have a look but was a little timid.

"Auntie, the second brother is inside, you come in with me and tell him yourself!" Jin Xi said.

"No, your master told me to finish the message, and I have to go back to boil the hot water. I have to go!" After Jin finished speaking, she ran away in a hurry.

Jin Xi frowned, turned around and ran towards the courtyard.

"Second brother, my master asked my aunt to call you, and told you to go to the town to find a doctor. My sister-in-law is about to give birth!" Jin Xi and Liang Lisheng said anxiously.

Liang Lisheng was taken aback, a little reluctant, and turned to ask Liang Yuzhong: "Isn't Aunt Cai'e in the village a midwife? I remember Xi'er and Rou'er were all delivered by Aunt Cai'e at that time, why did they go to the town?" Doctor? Isn’t there Doctor Li in the village? My sister-in-law is too delicate!”

Jin Xi pursed her lips, Liang Lisheng seemed to have a good opinion of his sister-in-law Hong Shi!
"Who knows, since your grandfather asked you to go, you should go!" Liang Yuzhou said.

"As long as she can make a fuss, she has to go to the town to hire a doctor after giving birth, and I have to go to the village to borrow a car. I can't go to the town to carry the doctor back. I am willing to carry it. Such a hot day. You still don't want to come!" Liang Lisheng was very unhappy!
"Li Sheng, what your fourth uncle said is right. A woman must go before the gate of hell to give birth. This matter cannot be sloppy. You should hurry up and drive my ox cart!"

Liang Lisheng had no choice but to turn around and run out of the yard. After a while, he heard the sound of the bullock cart being driven out of the yard.

"Father, I'll go ahead for a walk!" Jin Xi said, the ox carts were all driven away by Liang Lisheng, so it's definitely going to be later when I go back this time.

Liang Yuzhong and Liang Yuzhou and Sun Erhu continued to bury their heads in their work, but they didn't notice any difference. Jin Xi turned around with a sly smile and went to the front yard. After leaving the yard, she went straight to the village. She was going to Lao Liang's house to see how the Hong family was doing.

At the main entrance of Lao Liang's house, there were five or six women around, poking their heads into the house, discussing in low voices while looking around.

Seeing Jin Xi approaching, he found that the door of Lao Liang's house was closed, and there were chattering voices coming from inside, it was Lao Liang and the others.

A woman guarding the door came over to hold Jinxi, and asked Jinxi in a low voice nervously and with bright eyes: "Girl Xi, do you know why your sister-in-law in the lobby has gas?"

"I just came from the town, I don't know." After Jin Xi finished speaking, she looked at the tightly closed gate, guessing that the old Liang's family didn't want the neighbors to see it, thinking how could she get in?
At this time, on the other side of the Qingshiban Road, Liang Yulin led Aunt Cai Goose to come here anxiously.

"What's so interesting about having a baby, go and go, don't be all around here!" Liang Yulin waved his hands at the women from afar, as if chasing flies away, angrily.

Those women took a few steps back, but they were not angry. Some even asked Liang Yulin why Hong's pregnancy started a month earlier?Liang Yulin had no time to pay attention to those village women who watched the excitement, and patted on the door. It was the door opened by Lao Liangtou. Seeing that it was Aunt Cai Goose, she hurriedly greeted her in. Jinxi immediately bypassed those women, rushed in front of Liang Yulin, and followed closely Aunt Cai'e went into Lao Liang's house behind her back.

As soon as Aunt Cai'e went into the house, she was pushed into Hong's room, and the door was closed immediately.

Jin Xi's eyes were still on the moment the door opened, and she caught a glimpse of the scene inside.

Hong lay pale on the big bed where she and Liang Lihui were newlyweds, her hair was disheveled, Tan and Yang were both in the room, and although they were taking care of their granddaughter-in-law's delivery, Tan, as a grandma, was sitting with her arms folded away from the bed A few chairs away, Mrs. Yang walked back and forth nervously in the room.

"Women are giving birth, it's inconvenient for us men to watch, so don't stick around at the door, go to the main room and wait for the doctor from the town!" Old Liangtou gave an order, and led Liang Yulin and Liang Liqing Liang Libai to the table in the main room sit down.

From Jin Xi's entrance till now, Old Liang only took one look at Jin Xi, and didn't have the time to say anything.Jin Xi thought for a while, and felt that under such circumstances, there should be someone there who should be able to get some news, so she said to Old Liang: "Master, I'll go to the backyard to see my aunt!"

Old Liang Tou obviously didn't want to talk to Jin Xi, he waved his hand and said, "Go!"

(End of this chapter)