pastoral fragrance

Chapter 69

The people in this village are simple and heartless, so it didn't take long for the Qiulin sisters to get along with other girls.

When peaches and apricots are ripe, there is a fresh fruity fragrance floating all over the village.The yellow-orange, pink and tender apricots and peaches bent the whole tree.In the eyes of farmers in the past, these things were just snacks for children.This year is different.

According to the little girl of Xu Nanshan's family, this thing is soaked in rock molasses and sold in the town!So when the fruits were ripe, the children of the family gathered around to smash the fruits, then peeled off the shells and put them in a jar with rock sugar.Put the jars in a cold well, this is a natural refrigerator, even in dog days, these things will not go bad.

Take the first batch of fruit to the tea shop in the town, a jar of densely soaked fruit can sell for two hundred cash per jar!But later, every household in this Luoshui village also sold this thing, and the price was suppressed, but there was still fifty Wen a jar.Later, the densely stained fruits in the town flooded, and they were really worthless.Those tea shops were already fully booked.Others sent it again, but they couldn't accept it.But the tea shop in Qingcheng doesn't accept it, which doesn't mean other places don't accept it.So everyone worked tirelessly and went to the neighboring towns around here.There hasn't been such a thing in the neighboring town yet, so it can naturally be sold at a starting price.After this summer, every family sells densely soaked fruits, at least two taels of silver.This is not a small sum of money for the peasants.

When everyone was laughing from ear to ear, they were also grateful for the kindness of Qiulin's family.If it wasn't for the daughter of the Xu family, where could they make this money?In previous years, the fruits had to be eaten clean by those skinny children, and then all contributed to the latrine at home?

Simple peasants don't like to owe favors, and now they have made a fortune from Qiulin's family, so they naturally think about how to repay their family's favor.

That day Qiulin was at home drying the medicinal roots he had dug from the forest, but saw a middle-aged man in his forties coming in from the yard, "Qiulin, what are you doing? What's the use?"

Qiulin didn't know this man, nor did he have any impression.Just when he didn't know how to answer, he saw his mother poked her head from the stove and looked over here, and said with a smile: "It's Brother Lao Gen, what kind of wind brought this rare guest, Brother Lao Gen, here. Since Come, let's eat at our house." Han looked up at the day, it was almost noon, and it was time to make dinner.

Xu Laogen laughed and refused: "No, that's so embarrassing. This is the loach that Afeng caught. I heard that your family Qiulin likes to eat this thing, so I didn't bring it here for you."

Mrs. Han rubbed her hands, and walked out of the stove, "This... Brother Lao Gen, why are you being so polite, what else did you bring? Take it back quickly, this loach soup made with sauerkraut is delicious! "In the past few days, people have been coming to her house. At first, I was a little confused, but later I realized that these people were all because of Qiulin's idea, and then made a little money.These people are all honest countrymen, who owe others favors, and they are always thinking about it.No, the people in this village made some money selling dense pickled fruits, so they came to thank her family with eggs, rice field eels and loaches.

"This time our family can earn a few taels of silver. Speaking of which, it's not due to Qiulin girl. If there is anything good in my family, I brought the loach over here. I'm sorry. You don't want to shirk it, it's not worth a few Money." Xu Laogen felt that the few loach could not be handled, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his dark face.

"They're all neighbors in the village. If you can help, you can help. There are so many polite words. Let's eat here today. Let your siblings clean up the loach and make loach soup." Sitting aside, I wrote Xu Nanshan of the bamboo ware also spoke.

Only then did Xu Laogen notice the chair Xu Nanshan was sitting on, and felt a little surprised.This thing is like a chair, and people can sit on it, but it also has two rollers, like wheels.Isn't that weird? "Brother Nanshan, what is this thing? It's really strange. Why haven't I seen it before?"

"It's called a wheelchair, and it was made by Qiulin. With this thing, it's much more convenient than before. If it's on the bed, it's not a good idea!" Xu Nanshan didn't keep secrets from Xu Laogen, knowing that his family had a This wheelchair is just right for a paralyzed old mother!

Xu Laogen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Really? Girl Qiulin, do you know how to fix this thing? I'll give my old lady a punch later. She hasn't been able to get out of bed for many years. After buying this thing, she will be able to hang around in the yard in the future, she must be happy!"

Qiulin blinked and blinked, "Okay, I'll draw the drawings for you after dinner. Uncle Gen, you have to eat at my house this time."

Xu Laogen sighed helplessly, this ghost girl knows how to negotiate terms with others at such a young age! "Hey, okay, I just need to trouble my younger siblings."

Mrs. Han said with a smile: "What's the trouble, I can't invite people on weekdays. It's still Qiu Lin who has a big face. With such a mouth, Brother Lao Gen stayed."

Xu Laogen's face turned red, a little unnatural.Thinking of the loach in his hand, he hurriedly said: "I'm going to cut the loach!" After that, he hurried into the stove, took the chopping board and the knife, and went to the yard to cut the loach.

Mrs. Han asked Qiulin to pull some garlic sprouts from the garden in the backyard.Although there is only a small piece of land in the backyard, there are many things to grow.The main thing is to plant yams, and then peppers and sweet potatoes are planted along the yams, and garlic sprouts are planted on the side.Put a little in it when cooking, and the whole dish will become fragrant.

Xu Laogen cut open the loach and followed Qiulin to the backyard.I saw that the original ruins had been reclaimed and planted with yams, and now the yams grew green leaves. It seemed that these things were well cared for.He just remembered what happened last year.After Xu Nanshan's leg was injured, the brothers in his family took advantage of the fire to rob and divide up his family's land.Now Xu Nanshan's family doesn't even have a piece of land.That's why we can't reclaim this deserted backyard to grow things.

Although he had also felt angry about this matter, how could the family do such a thing regardless of brotherhood?But even though he was related to this family, he was out of date early, so he couldn't speak a word at all.Now that I think about it, are the brothers of Xu Nanshan really human? How can this be something that humans can do?
Xu Laogen quickly backed out, and said to Xu Nanshan who was weaving bamboo ware in the yard, "Brother Nanshan, I'll go back and relieve my hand, and I'll be right back."Seeing him like this, Xu Nanshan thought he was in a hurry, but after hesitating again, he had already run a long way, so he just lowered his head in silence and flipped through the strips in his hand.

Sure enough, Xu Laogen came back soon, but Xu Nanshan never imagined that he even brought baskets over.The baskets were full of plump cabbages, and the fresh green leaves made Xu Nanshan's eyes shine when he hadn't smelled the cabbage for a long time. "Brother Gen, what are you doing?"

Xu Laogen panted heavily, "Brother Nanshan, you don't have these things in your house. I'll get you some and put them on top of the water tank so they don't get wet. They won't break. Or make them into spicy cabbage or throw them into a jar It’s fine if you pickle it in rice!” Xu Laogen said quickly, and then carried a basket of cabbage into the stove with both hands.

Seeing this, Mrs. Han hurried over to help. Seeing that the basket was full of cabbages, her heart fluctuated a lot, and she said excitedly, "Brother Gen, what are you doing? You have a lot of people in your family, and everyone with their mouths open If we want to eat, how can we ask for your cabbage?"

Xu Laogen's expression was serious, pretending to be unhappy. "I've sent it all over, why don't you send it back? Your family doesn't even have these now, and there aren't many cabbages, so you should eat something fresh. I see that there is still a wasteland on your left. When will my son be idle? I dug up those weeds for you, so that I can clear up a piece of land to grow vegetables!"

Where did Han think that Xu Laogen would be so considerate of their family, so she was naturally very grateful.Although Xu Laogen and their family can still be counted as relatives, but they have been out of power for a long time, and the descendants of the descendants, I am afraid that they will not be able to get along with each other.A person with a bit of relatives can think about their family like this, but it is really chilling for those brothers in their own family to treat their relatives like this. "This... how can this be done? I can just dig it when I have time."

"Brother and sister, aren't you in poor health? We are peasants anyway, and we are used to working. We are not used to going to the fields for digging and digging!" Xu Laogen didn't care at all. , with the simplicity and sincerity of a farmer in his smile.

Since Xu Laogen insisted, Han didn't talk nonsense with him anymore.Xu Laogen dumped the cabbage out of the basket and arranged them one by one, so that they are most likely to break when they are nestled together.It won't work if you arrange it like this.

Mrs. Han hurriedly asked Qiuyue to cut a cabbage out and make spicy cabbage later.There are also small fish and shrimps picked up from the river at home, and now they are fried for them to drink.Another dish of fried soybeans and bacon with garlic sprouts, a section of sausage and spicy cabbage, and a pot of pickled cabbage and loach soup.The taste of the farmhouse is relatively heavy, and it is particularly refreshing in the mouth.

Han packed some bacon, sausage and cabbage and asked Qiulin to deliver them to Qiu Song Qiuhe who was studying in school, and then brought back some wine along the way.

The school is not too far away, it is still in the village, next to the village ancestral hall.Qiulin ran to the school in a hurry.It's also the time when they finish class.Those boys are playing in the school yard.Seeing a little girl running in at this moment, they all looked this way as if they were curious.Qiu Lin was calm and fearless, and was about to find someone to ask, but just happened to see Shen Qing walking out of the crowd.

(End of this chapter)