pastoral fragrance

Chapter 48
Han Dong came here on a special trip to deliver bacon and sausages to the eldest sister's house. After drinking the ginger soup cooked by Han's family, he put on his bamboo hat again and was about to go out. Let’s go first. Go home and have a look during the Chinese New Year, mother misses you.”

Mrs. Han thought that Han Dong would have to eat dinner before leaving this trip, but she didn't expect to leave so soon. "It's too hasty to leave so quickly. We have to eat dinner anyway. It's hard to come here."

Han Dong waved his hand, "No, there are still many things to do at home, so I won't delay. Ahe Alin, come to uncle's house during the Chinese New Year, and uncle will give you red envelopes!"

Wow, I didn't expect red envelopes to be popular in ancient times. Qiulin hurriedly said: "Okay, uncle, don't deny it when the time comes!"

"It's so cold, it's really hard for you to run around like this. Put aside those things at home first, and have to eat no matter how busy you are!" Xu Nanshan also persuaded.If you don't pack something to warm your stomach, you may be frozen when you get home.

Mrs. Han also remembered what she was pondering a few days ago, "Yes, and brother, I still have something to ask for your help, don't rush to leave!"

The Han family finally persuaded Han Dong by talking to each other.Full of joy, Han took out a few copper coins and asked Qiu Song to buy some wine.The wine warms the stomach, and when the eldest brother returns later, he won't feel so cold.

Meals are ready-made, just hot.The Han family asked Qiuyue to buy a pair of hoof flowers from the butcher and cook them in soup.Because of Han Dong, today's dinner was very early, before it got dark.

After the food was put on the table, Han brought the wine to the hot water and warmed it up before putting it on the table.Han Dong, Xu Nanshan and the two drank one cup after another.

"A Song is getting old too, haven't you ever had a drink?" Han Dong yelled to pour Qiu Song a glass.

Xu Nanshan said with a smile: "That's right, come on, Ah Song, you can also have a drink with your uncle."

Qiu Song did not show weakness, took the wine glass from Han Dong's hand, and drank it down in one gulp.I didn't feel much when I drank it, but after drinking it, I felt like there was a fire in my mouth and throat, which was more powerful than spicy peppers.Qiu Song couldn't help covering his mouth and coughing.

Qiuhe also wanted to taste the wine, but he was young and his parents wouldn't let him drink it.So he put his chopsticks into the Qiusong wine glass, dipped some of the wine, put it in his mouth and sucked it, oh my god, it's so spicy!The smell rushed straight to the throat, and Qiu He coughed out of breath.

Qiulin couldn't help but burst out laughing, "You kid, you still drink like grown-ups, now it's all right!"

"I told you already, the smell is pungent, I thought it was to scare you!" Qiuyue also laughed mercilessly.

Qiu He didn't know whether his face was flushed because of the alcohol or because of embarrassment. He was so busy that he put a chopstick of potato shreds into his mouth and buried himself in the rice.This wine tastes so weird, why do adults like to drink it?
After dinner, Mrs. Han avoided the crowd and dragged Han Dong into the west wing room, explained to him the ins and outs of Qiuyue's marriage with her fingertips, and told him to let the two nephews take the child's birth test Pay attention to the child of the Qi family when you are here.Han Dong fully agreed, and the Han family felt relieved, and brought Han Dongzhi to the entrance of the village with a bamboo hat.

"Big girl, go back quickly, the cold wind is blowing so cold, your body is weak, don't freeze." Han Dong waved his hand at Han Shi, and swung his whip at the buttocks of the pulling big yellow cow. The ox cart, carrying Han Dong, has driven a long way.

"Hey..." Han's clear voice echoed for a long time in the twilight.

On New Year's Eve, family members are not allowed to go to bed when they want to watch the year together.The whole family washed their faces and feet, closed the door tightly, and sat around the fire to chat.

The ancient countryside is not comparable to the modern city with flowers and flowers. On New Year's Eve, the fireworks are brilliant and endless.There is no such thing in Luoshui Village at all, only the whirring of the wind outside, the occasional barking of dogs and the crowing of chickens and the laughter and cursing of card players.

In the first half of the night, Qiulin chatted happily with her parents. She sat next to Mrs. Han, with her head tilted against Mrs. Han's knee, holding Ah Huang, who was older than her, in her arms. Follow the brown hair.But in the middle of the night, Qiulin really lost his energy, and his eyelids started to fight up and down.

Qiuyue shoved the drowsy Qiulin and howled, "It's thundering, it's thundering!"

Qiulin was startled suddenly and sat up shaking all over.She was terrified of thunder, and felt as if the sky was tearing her heart apart and was about to collapse, which was very worrying.

After she woke up, she realized that she had been cheated!With lingering fear in his heart, Qiulin stroked his undulating chest, and rolled his eyes at the elder sister twice.He almost fell asleep, but after being made such a fuss by the eldest sister, he is completely sleepy now!
Qiulin was full of resentment, she was about to fall asleep, but was suddenly woken up by the eldest sister.

In this way, when Qiulin was drowsy, Qiuyue would use various tricks to wake her up.Qiulin had no choice but to look at her elder sister resentfully with two panda eyes, God knows how much she wants to sleep now.

After finally dawning, Qiulin didn't feel any joy in the New Year. After washing, he buried himself in the thick quilt, closed his eyes tightly, and fell into a deep sleep.

Today is the first day of the new year, but I have to go to the neighbors and friends' houses for a walk.Han sent a few children to bed to catch up on sleep, while he was busy preparing gifts for returning to his mother's house.Thinking back to how much honor I have received from my natal family during this year.In other families, parents rely on their children, and there are very few people like her mother who support their daughters. During such a long time, the Han family has been busy taking care of the whole family, and there is no time to go back to the village to visit mother. Han's heart is very sorry.

And even if this year passes, because of the body of the master, he can't stay for long.A look of worry appeared on Han's face, but this time her natal family was happy, and she couldn't bring such emotions with her.Han shi got her emotions in order, and was busy with Zhang Luo's return to her mother's house.These things were bought by the way when the children went to the market last time.

There are two smoked fat rabbits and ten catties of dry noodles.Yesterday, I went to the village butcher to buy a few catties of mutton, and added a few catties of marinated lard, and it was done.Separately put the meat and noodles into two baskets, and then hurriedly got into the stove to make breakfast.On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, glutinous rice balls are eaten, which means reunion.

She couldn't do these tasks alone, so she asked Qiuyue to get up and help her.Knead the tangyuan noodles made last night back and forth until the pimples in the tangyuan noodles are also soft and docile, then stop.Pull out a ball of egg-sized white rice dumpling noodles from the inside, and then keep rubbing the ball in your hands until a small hole is formed in the rice dumpling noodles, then dig out the core with a spoon and put it in, then seal it Make a ball and put it into a Shau Kei sprinkled with a layer of flour to prevent sticking.

In fact, this job is easy to say, but extremely difficult to do.The glutinous rice flour should be rubbed round and smooth, and after poking a hole, there should be no cracks around the wall of the hole, otherwise it will collapse when cooked.

However, Mrs. Han is capable, and she is unambiguous in making glutinous rice balls, making a glutinous rice ball in a few strokes.The water had been boiled long ago, and now a piece of wood was placed in the stove hole, and then the ashes were picked out with tongs to make the fire smaller.After wrapping all the glutinous rice balls, Mrs. Han asked Qiuyue to wash her hands and went to light the fire.Han Shi untied the lid of the pot, and put the white and round glutinous rice balls into the water one by one.

Gradually, the glutinous rice balls that sank into the bottom of the pot swelled up one by one, scrambling to float up from the bottom of the pot, much bigger than before.Han hurriedly scooped a glutinous rice ball from the pot and put it in a bowl, then picked it up with chopsticks.The sesame seeds inside are fragrant and thick. When Han Shi bit into the glutinous rice on the side of his mouth, it was very smooth in the mouth, and it seemed that it was already cooked.

Mrs. Han hurriedly asked Qiuyue to turn off the fire, and then walked to the west wing to wake up the children for dinner.The children struggled through the night last night, and today they had to get up again just next to the pillows. They all struggled for a long time before slowly getting up from the bed, and put their clothes on their bodies with sleepy eyes. Come to the stove.

After breakfast, Mrs. Han ordered Qiusong to rent a bullock cart from Wang Er's house. This time, her mother's house has a lot of things.

Xu Nanshan couldn't go out because of his legs.Fortunately, the Han family had a good relationship with the Liu family next door, so the Han family had no choice but to drag Xu Nanshan to the Liu family first.

Putting things next to each other on the bull cart, several children sat on it with a smile on their faces, and then pulled Mrs. Han up to sit on it.They each pulled the scarves around their necks, and they hugged each other tightly.Several people said goodbye to Xu Nanshan, and then drove to Hanjia Village.

This was Qiulin's first visit to his grandma's house after traveling here, and he was both a little bit looking forward to and a little bit apprehensive.I heard that grandpa lost his life in an accident many years ago, and the children were brought up by grandma pulling shit and pee.

At that time, my uncle and mother also suffered a lot.Later, when the children got older, the labor force in the family improved greatly, and the family situation gradually improved.Later, grandma asked my uncle and uncle to go to the town carpenter to learn how to be carpenters, and the family was richer than ordinary farmers.

Think about it, grandma is really not easy.

The bullock cart didn't run fast, but the wind blowing from the brush made it unbearably cold.Mrs. Han hugged the youngest Qiu Lin into her arms, and said in a warm voice, "You didn't sleep well last night. Mother is holding you in her arms now. Go to sleep and wake you up when it's time to cross the river."

Qiulin was exactly what she wanted, so she naturally nestled in Han's arms obediently.Lying in her mother's arms, Qiulin felt that it was not so cold anymore. She curled her lips and slowly closed her eyes.

Seeing that the third brother also had panda eyes, and was drowsy sitting on the bullock cart, Qiuyue also held Qiuhe in her arms and patted Qiuhe's head. "Go to sleep, sit there like a chicken pecking rice, I'm really afraid that you will fall off the bullock cart as soon as you doze off."

Qiu He snorted, it was really a knife mouth and a bean curd heart.However, he still obediently leaned on the elder sister's body, narrowed his eyes, and a smile bloomed on his immature face.

(End of this chapter)