pastoral fragrance

Chapter 224
Mei Xiang beamed, her pink and tender face was as pleasing as peach blossoms in March.She glanced into Qiulin's house from the corner of her eye, as if she was looking for something, then lowered her eyes without a trace, just smiled: "Hey, my mother asked me to come. Are you and Qiuyue today?" If you want to fish in my fish pond, I’ll come earlier. It’s okay, I’ll just sit for a while, it’s okay. Whatever you are doing, don’t bother to greet me.”

Qiu Lin and Mei Xiang were so focused on talking, they took the chattering chickens and ducks in the yard as air.Those chickens and ducks crowed for a long time but didn't see the little master eating them, and got a little impatient.And that old hen who was a bit bolder simply stepped forward and pecked Qiulin's pant leg with her sharp beak, asking her for something to eat!
Only then did Qiulin realize that the group of chickens and ducks followed him from the chicken cage to the gate of the yard.The chirping and quacking was endless, but she was so busy talking to Mei Xiang that she even forgot to feed the chickens and ducks. Naturally, these hungry guys would not do it.

Only then did Qiulin laugh and grab a handful of corn grains and sprinkle them on the ground.Those chickens and ducks immediately jumped up and down, grabbing food.Qiulin sprinkled corn grains on the chickens and ducks who were left behind, so that the chickens and ducks who fell behind would not lose their food.

Mei Xiang roughly counted the chickens and ducks in the yard, and there are probably more than [-] ducks in total. "Wow, there are so many chickens and ducks in your family, how many eggs do you have in a day?" These chickens and ducks are all grown up now, but they are about to lay eggs!

After Mei Xiang reminded her, Qiu Lin remembered it, and said in a hurry: "Oh, I forgot if you didn't tell me! I still have to go to the chicken coop to pick up eggs!" I forgot all about it. "Come and feed them. You don't need to eat too much. After the earthworms eat their food, you have to drive the ducks to the river, and let them eat the small fish by themselves." Qiulin thought of it. Now I'm going to pick up eggs again, so I'm a little bit happy from ear to ear.

"Hey." Mei Xiang wrote down Qiu Lin's words, and happily fed the chickens and ducks.She looked at the well-swept farmyard, with a flock of chickens and ducks busily pecking at her feet.Looking from a distance, there is a beautiful view of fertile fields, rice paddies and traffic; the farmhouses are lined up, and the small mountain village is tightly surrounded by green mountains and green waters, and smoke rises from the sky above several farmyards, everything looks picturesque , What a peaceful scene!

Qiulin got into the chicken coop, first picked up the eggs and duck eggs, and counted them. There were 27 eggs in total, uh, one more than yesterday!After putting the eggs into a bamboo basket, Qiu Lin picked up the straw that was spread on the ground.There is a lot of chicken and duck feces on it, one can be used to accumulate fertilizer, and the other can be thrown into the earthworm pond to raise earthworms.

After clearing the straw, clean the straw again.Only then did he get out of the cage, and after throwing the feces-stained straw into the pond and cesspool, Qiulin fetched water to wash his hands, and carried the basket of chicken and duck eggs into the stove house. "Mother, big sister, look, there are 27 eggs, one more than yesterday!"

Mrs. Han scooped all the noodles into a big wooden basin, turned her head and saw her little daughter looking at her with bright eyes, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows and smiling, "Oh, you went to pick up eggs again. I said it all, the chicken coop Dirty, I’ll clean it up! Are you so stupid, little girl?” Han also knew that Qiulin likes to pick eggs early in the morning, and this girl likes to do it, and she never tires of it, and she doesn’t think the chicken coop is too dirty. Dirty inside!

Qiulin shook her head like a rattle, "It doesn't matter, and it doesn't take much effort!" In fact, she mainly went to pick up eggs, and it wouldn't make sense if she didn't even clean up the chicken coop, right? "By the way, Mei Xiang is here, helping to feed the chickens in the yard! Her mother called her to come over and tell us to go and pull the water chestnut!" That crispy and tender water chestnut, Qiulin can say it since Mei Xiang said yesterday I have been thinking about it until today!
"Why didn't you ask her to come in? You even ordered someone to feed you chickens, you really have face!" Qiuyue, who was sitting in front of the stove, was very dissatisfied with Qiulin's ordering Mei Xiang to work. This girl, The people who come here are all guests.It's good for her, as soon as she comes to the door, she instructs others to do things.After she finishes her work at home, she still has to come to her house to do some work!
Qiu Lin stuck out her tongue at her, and felt that it was inappropriate for him to leave Mei Xiang alone in the yard at the moment.As soon as he walked to the door of the stove and wanted to call Mei Xiang in, he heard a deep male voice, "Why are you feeding the chickens here? It's been a long time? My sister must have instructed you to do this job, right? She My favorite thing to do when I get up early in the morning is to dig out eggs from the chicken coop.”

Qiu Lin pursed her mouth, this second brother hurt her so much in front of Mei Xiang, hum!
Unhappy, Qiulin retreated from the door of the stove house, and sat on a small stool sullenly.But let Mei Xiang feed the chickens, the eldest sister and the second brother all said to her, if she wants to do this, she is embarrassed to say it.

Qiuyue saw that Qiulin had returned to the stove house again, and wondered, "Why are you back again, where is Mei Xiang?"

Qiulin glanced at the elder sister listlessly, and said sullenly: "Of course someone will accompany her to talk, and she doesn't care about me, so I'll go up and let you continue to scold me with the second brother?"

Mrs. Han brought a bowl of noodles into the main room, and now turned around to get the bowls and chopsticks from the stove.Seeing that the little daughter Qiulin was gloomy, she wondered, "What's wrong with you, didn't you ask you to accompany Mei Xiang, why did you come back again, and you're still gloomy?" A large handful of chopsticks came out, and a stack of bowls was neatly taken out from the cupboard, washed with water and ready to be carried into the main room.

At this moment, Qiuyue Qiulin came to help, and when she returned to the main room again, Mrs. Han called everyone to come over for dinner with a loud voice, and walked to the door of the main room, and saw Qiu Song and Mei Xiang walking in from the yard side by side, at this moment she finally I know what's going on.

Not to mention that Qiu Song and Mei Xiangzhan are really a good match together, uh, they are both talented and beautiful!Mrs. Han also beamed, and said to the two of them, "You're all hungry, come in quickly. Mei Xiang, our family made noodles this morning, and I don't know if you're used to it."

These noodles can be regarded as refined grains, and Qingcheng noodles, which do not produce much wheat here, are not cheaper than rice.Ordinary people don't know how to toss the noodles.Mei Xiang smiled and said, "Auntie, I've already had dinner at home. I came here to ask Qiuyue and two to come to my house to pick water chestnuts and Louyu."

Now she felt a little embarrassed. If she had known that Qiulin's family hadn't had breakfast, she would have come later, so she wouldn't have to run into such an embarrassing situation.Mei Xiang doesn't bother to look at Qiu Song who is walking next to her now, her little face is as red as a little apple.

"Then don't eat noodles. My mother also fried eggs. I'll scoop one up for you. You can drink some noodle soup later, and your stomach will be full." Qiu Song said thoughtfully.After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but walk towards the stove, to serve Mei Xiang with fried eggs.

Mei Xiang's words of refusal were still stuck in her throat, and when she looked up, she saw that Qiu Song had already gone to the kitchen.Although Qiu Song is only 12 years old now, he is quite tall, half a head taller than her.At this moment, staring at the back of the autumn pine like this, I really feel that he is like a pine tree, and he walks gracefully and gracefully under his feet.

Thinking of his thoughtfulness, Mei Xiang felt as if she had eaten honey.Both parents said that Qiusong is a good person, so it really looks good.

After everyone had dinner, they went about their own business.Mrs. Han also knew that Mei Xiang was waiting anxiously here, so she said, "Qiuyue, you don't have to wash the dishes this morning, mother just go and do it. Mei Xiang is also waiting urgently, so hurry up. The fish also needs to be served early in the morning." It’s better to let them go. The sun is very hot at noon, I’m afraid it’s not easy for the fish to live.” By the time they finished eating, the red sun had already risen from the east.The time has to be tight, lest the fish can't live, and the good intentions of Mei Xiang's family are wasted.

Mei Xiang originally wanted to decline, but after hearing what Han said, she thought it was the same reason, so she didn't say anything.

Qiuyue and Qiulin took the fish baskets, wooden barrels and bamboo baskets, and followed Mei Xiang to her fish pond.

Mei Xiang's fish pond is right in front of his house, so Mei Xiang just brought Qiuyue Qiulin to her yard.Although the river pond in her house is not big and pocket-sized, there are a lot of things planted here.The huge lotus leaves are close to each other, and the pretty lotus flowers are in full bloom.Under the lotus leaves are continuous water chestnuts, densely covering the entire river pond.

At the moment, everyone is not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but they have something to do.Everyone found a place where they could hit the water, put the fish basket in it, and tied a grass rope on the top to the shore.There is no need to worry about the fish basket in the water, and everyone is busy picking water chestnuts.

After tearing up the water chestnuts near the shore, Mei Xiang casually brought a long pole over.He also smashed the water chestnut that was farther away from the shore. "You just choose, there are plenty of water chestnuts here. Don't pinch the old ones, they chew like old cow grass. In a few days, the water chestnuts will be edible, so come to my house to choose!"

Qiulin couldn't help talking when he heard the water chestnuts ripening. The water chestnuts are crispy and sweet, very fresh and tender, delicious!It's a pity that it's not yet the ripe season, and you have to wait for a while to eat.

After everyone finished choosing the water chestnut vegetables, they went to pull up the fish basket that had been put down before, and poured the fish, loach, etc. in the fish basket into the wooden barrel filled with clear water. Alas, this fish basket is small, but the things in it are large. A lot of.There are a dozen small fish, a few loaches, and an eel.

Qiuyue put the fish basket into the water again at this moment, and put the rope on as usual.After picking up the fish baskets and pouring the contents into wooden barrels, everyone put the water chestnut vegetables at the gate of Mei Xiang's house, and everyone walked towards the fish pond step by step.This wooden barrel is not light, and it was carried by Qiuyue and Meixiang along the way.

After throwing these caught fish or something into the fish pond, these guys pretending to be dead all came alive, trying to swing their flexible tails, and swam far away.After a while, the fish disappeared from under everyone's noses.The little girls were not annoyed, and smiled like flowers facing the faint pond water.

(End of this chapter)