pastoral fragrance

Chapter 46
The sisters Qiuyue and Qiulin walked towards the grocery store hand in hand. Just as they walked down the dirt road and onto a polished stone road, Qiulin saw a ten-year-old boy walking towards them with sharp eyes.

The little boy was wearing a fluffy felt hat and wrapped in a thick, clean snow-white padded jacket.The pace is not slow or hurried, and the posture is leisurely. At first glance, he is the polite scholar.

"Brother Shen Qing!" Qiu Lin called out, and Shen Qing was the only one in this village who had such elegance.

The young man who was walking with his head down suddenly raised his head, only to see two sisters, one big and one young, standing not far away.The little girl's eyes were wide open and shining, as if seeing him was a very happy thing.

As if infected by that smiling face, Shen Qing also laughed.He leaned forward, "It's so cold, why did you go out without wearing a hat or anything, it's cold today!" He wiped Qiulin's pink and tender face leisurely, Dudu, it looks so cute.But suddenly remembering that the master had some unfamiliar words from a man and a woman, his heart trembled suddenly, and his hand also unnaturally withdrew.

Qiu Lin didn't think it was inappropriate at all, and said innocently: "Brother Shen Qing, we have guests at our house, mother asked me and eldest sister to buy some ingredients, ha ha."

Shen Qing nodded, "So that's the case, then you guys go."

Qiuyue pulled Qiulin forward, Qiulin suddenly thought of something, turned his head suddenly, and saw Shen Qing standing there watching her, with a touch of joy climbing to the top of his heart, "Well, thank you, I believe that next year will be the beginning of the year." Then you can raise fish."

Shen Qing was still smiling, quite calm, "Well, in autumn, I will be able to eat the fish raised by your family."

Qiulin nodded heavily, "Definitely!"

"Let's go, if you're still grumbling, the day lily will be cold when we buy ingredients and go home!" Qiuyue dragged Qiulin away with a straight face.

Qiulin scratched his head embarrassingly, "Then, let's just say goodbye, Brother Shen Qing."

The sisters first went to the grocery store to buy mushrooms, and then went to the butcher to cut the meat.After shopping, the two sisters hurried home. It was freezing cold, and the cold wind was blowing, which made people feel chills.

"Ah Huang, why did you run out?" Qiulin walked ahead, and saw his big yellow dog standing on a high place, looking down at them, the tail behind kept wagging, looking very happy.

Qiu Lin stepped forward and tugged Ah Huang's ears, and said with a smile: "Ha, Ah Huang, are you here to pick us up specially, so good! Look, we have delicious food at home today!" Qiu Lin held his hand The piece of meat in it dangled in front of A Huang's eyes, successfully saw the saliva in A Huang's mouth, and smiled from ear to ear, "Haha, you're so hungry..."

Qiuyue frowned in confusion, this Ah Huang is a dog, wouldn't the younger sister be good at playing the piano when talking to it, and the younger younger sister never tires of it, and if she had any worries, she would hold Ah Huang's brain and talk, Qiuyue shook her head amusedly , "Okay, what are you talking about with Ah Huang, it's serious to go home as soon as possible!"

After returning home, the two sisters squatted by the stove for a while until their bodies warmed up, and then they took the ingredients and went into the stove room. One was busy cutting vegetables and meat, cooking rice, and the other was burning firewood.Qiu Song scooped half a pot of boiling water from the pot, lifted the chicken into the boiling water and rolled it.After a while, the already wet chicken was lifted and plucked.

By the time Qiuyue cut up the meat and vegetables, Qiusong had already finished plucking her hair.Qiuyue hastily disemboweled the big rooster, took out the dirt inside and washed it several times with clean water.Only then was it placed on the cutting board, and it was chopped up with a "crack".

Use a spatula to dig some oil in the oil jar and put it in a hot pan, then put all the prepared star anise, garlic, and ginger into it, and stir fry it non-stop.

Until a craving aroma filled the room, Qiuyue hurriedly threw the chopped chicken into the pot, and stir-fried it smoothly.Then I threw the washed mushrooms, wolfberry, jujube, Codonopsis and the like into it.After stir-frying a few times, scoop it into another pot of hot water, and see the yellow oily stars floating on the water.

Qiuyue put the lid on the pot and left it alone.

Qiuyue turned around to scoop up the rice again, grabbed a small handful of corn grains, washed them and threw them into another pot, and put the peeled red sweet potatoes into pieces.

After the sweet rice fragrance wafted from the pot, Qiuyue washed the wok and started cooking.Qiuyue cooked five dishes in total, which were lean meat fried with garlic sprouts, fatty meat fried with pickled radish, sweet and sour cabbage, hot and sour potato shreds, and mapo tofu.

Qiuyue's cooking skills are the best of the Han family's true inheritance, and the frying is full of color, fragrance, and taste, just smelling that smell makes people's index fingers twitch.

When the food was served on the table, Mrs. Qi gave her a thumbs up, "It's not bad, it looks good and smells good, and the taste is definitely not bad."

Although Qiuyue doesn't like doing embroidery, she has always been very interested in cooking dishes.Who doesn't like other people's praise, now Qiuyue is very happy after hearing Aunt Qi's praise.

Seeing the table full of dishes, Mrs. Han was also very pleased, Ah Yue's cooking skills are excellent.

The more Qi looked at Qiuyue, the more joyful she became, and she strengthened her thoughts.In fact, she came to Xu's house today not necessarily to visit these old ladies, but more importantly, she hoped to finalize the marriage between the two families.After all, now that the two children are getting older, it's time to say kiss.If someone else got ahead of her, wouldn't she regret it to death?For the happiness of his son, that's why he plucked up the courage to go to Xu's house.

Han smiled from ear to ear, "Stop praising her, if you do, won't her tail go up to the sky?"

Everyone had a hearty meal. After the meal, Qiuyue and Qiulin went to the stove to wash the dishes. Qiuhe couldn't sit still. When A Niu from the next door came over, he responded. With a sound, he also ran out the door.Han Shi carefully instructed from behind: "Be careful, just play around, don't go to those places where there are no people."

"Got it, got it." Qiu He's little bastard's voice quickly came from outside the yard.

"Hey, I really envy your family. There are so many girls here, how wonderful." The head of the Qi family is doing business in other places, and he can't come back twice a month.She only has one son, and the house is always deserted, how can it be more lively than Han's house?
"After so many years, why don't you want a child anymore?" Han asked with her head tilted.

These words were asking about Qi's sadness, her eyes dimmed, and she said desolately: "I was pregnant with two children before, but they were all miscarried. Later, the doctor said that it is difficult for me to conceive in this body."

Not wanting to poke Qi's heartache, Han felt a little sorry, and said awkwardly: "Look at my mouth, why did I come up with this. But your Ah Cheng is a clever kid, so he must be not bad."

Qi's eyelids twitched, "It's not bad, she's caring and filial, and she studies hard. Next year is the child's exam, so I don't know if there's anything I can do."

"I thought that Ah Cheng was smart when I was a child. I can't be wrong. Maybe I will earn you a royal wife in the future!" Scholars are very respected in the village. Hey, it's a pity that Ah Song dropped out of school, otherwise it would be the same. Something to read.

Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Han chattered for a while, Mrs. Qi then took Mrs. Han to look into the stove room, seeing that the two sisters were busy, she turned her head, mysteriously Asked: "Xiaofang, do you still remember our agreement back then?"

Han's eyelids twitched, and his eyes darkened. Seeing Qi's mysterious appearance, Han couldn't understand what it meant.Han Shi shook his head inexplicably.

Fearing that Qiuyue in the stove house might hear her, Qi lowered her voice. "I remember that we were still pregnant at that time. If we had a boy and a girl, we would let them get married."

What, Han's eyes froze suddenly, and he couldn't react.

Mrs. Qi took Mrs. Han's hand, and said eloquently: "Now that the children are all grown up, it's time to figure this out. Your eldest daughter is shrewd and capable, and her words are not easy. Wait for me for a hundred years in the future." They don't have to worry about being bullied by others when they are old. I thought it would be great. Xiaofang, what do you think?"

At this moment, Han Shi still felt his head was hot and couldn't react.In fact, it was just a joke when she said this at the beginning, the two families hadn't met each other for more than ten years, if Qi hadn't mentioned it, she would not have remembered it. "This... this matter is too fast, let me think about it." This matter was so abrupt that Han didn't know whether to agree or refuse.

The Qi family is kind to others, so there is no need to worry about Ah Yue being made things difficult by her mother-in-law when she marries in the past.Moreover, because of her friendship with the Qi family, Ah Yue will not suffer any pain.It's just that she only met Ah Cheng when she was young, and she hasn't seen each other for so many years, and she doesn't know what he looks like now.Wouldn't it be too hasty to accept it in such a vague way?

Mrs. Qi nodded kindly, "That's natural. These two children are only 14 years old now, and Ah Cheng still has a childbirth test. After passing, he will go to the town to participate in the autumn next autumn. There is no need to rush. What I mean is, if our two families are interested, let them make a marriage first or something. It won't be too late to get married when the two children are older."

Mrs. Han still felt that this was inappropriate, "Sister Qi, I am naturally happy to see it come to fruition. But after all, it is a major matter of marriage. Let's ask the opinions of our children. I don't want to become a bitter couple in the future. At that time, we will both Then I'm sad. Anyway, the two children are still young, so let's put this matter here first. Can you make it together?"

The discussions between the Qi family and the Han family unknowingly increased, and the two sisters who were busy in the stove had already heard their conversation clearly.Qiuyue's face was getting darker and darker, but Qiulin was amused, but she was afraid of disturbing the heated discussions in the main room, so she had to hold back.After the two men made an appointment, Qiulin finally couldn't hold back any longer. He covered his mouth and laughed, and whispered in the elder sister's ear: "Oh, elder sister, so you have a fiancé who is married with your fingertips!"

(End of this chapter)