Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 16

Su Qinghe returned home with a small basket, and before entering the door, she heard a voice: "Sister-in-law Su, your family has really made a fortune. You bought land and bricks to build a house. From now on, you will enjoy the blessings."

Su Zhang replied with a slight smile: "It's just luck."

Then a bit bitter voice sounded: "Sister-in-law Su is really lucky. We people have never been so lucky in our lives, so we can't compare to Sister-in-law Su. If Sister-in-law Su enjoys a blessing in the future, don't forget to support us."

Su Qinghe frowned, pushed the door open and went in: "Mother, I came back with wild vegetables, shall we mix wild vegetables with cold tonight?"

The sharp voice sounded again: "Hey, you've made a lot of money here, and you still eat wild vegetables? Fourth Sister-in-law Su, your family must be eating big fish and meat every day now, don't you think this wild vegetables are not good for you? It just so happens that I..."

Su Qinghe didn't wait for her to finish, and only acted in astonishment: "Aunt Wang, who said that my family has big fish and big meat? Our family just bought land, and we don't have any money left to buy meat. If my aunt's house has big fish Big meat, how about bringing it to us to eat?"

The woman's face darkened: "Little girl is very eloquent, if there are big fish and big meat in my family, do I still need to wear patched clothes? I see, your family's life is really much better, there are no patches on this clothes." .Look, there is still fur, isn't this fur cheap?"

"My parents are smart and know how to make money, so of course they have the money to buy me furs." Su Qinghe pouted, and Su Zhang pulled her: "Didn't you say you want to eat wild vegetables? Go wash the wild vegetables, Mother will do it for you later."

Su Qinghe nodded, turned around and left the room, Su Zhangshi took two needles with the sole of her shoe, and said with a smile: "My daughter is spoiled by me, what can I say, she is outspoken, her words may not be pleasant, her aunt can Don't argue with her."

The woman wanted to say something, but she was dragged away by the person next to her. The soft-spoken woman said, "It's getting late, my husband should be back from the field, I have to go back to cook Now, can you go?"

"Let's go, Mrs. Zhang, wait for me." The other person hurriedly picked up the small basket with needlework next to it and got up, two of them said goodbye, and the remaining two were too embarrassed to stay here, so they all followed got up.

Mrs. Su Zhang sent them to the door, turned around and went to the kitchen. Seeing that Su Qinghe was rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find things, she asked, "What is Xiaohe looking for?"

"Find a basin this big." Su Qinghe made gestures, then turned to look at Su Zhangshi with a smile: "Mother, I suddenly came up with a good idea today. If it is done, we can make another sum of money."

"Oh, what a good idea?" Mrs. Su Zhang was also interested. She entered the door and rummaged through the cupboard for a while, and took out a small basin, which was still a small copper basin, and she was carrying a heavy one.Su Qinghe put the basin on the stove, this kind of basin is not acceptable, she should find a ceramic basin later, there must be a leaky hole underneath.

"I saw the grass sprouting on the ground today, so I wondered if these beans could also sprout. They are white and tender, and they must be delicious." Su Qinghe said nonsense: "I heard from my grandfather that during famines, Grass sprouts are a good thing."

Mrs. Su Zhang shook her head with a smile: "You little girl, you want to think wrongly. That grass sprout is a good thing, but our family will not suffer from famine right now. Besides, your grandfather said that grass root is eaten raw. You After sending out the bean sprouts, isn’t it waiting for the beans to grow?”

"That's not it, mother, just wait, I will definitely make delicious sprouts." Su Qinghe acted dissatisfied. Su Zhangshi wanted to stop it, but thinking about the lack of these two handfuls of beans at home, And the girl is smart, maybe she can really make something out of it, so she replied with a smile: "Well, mother will wait to eat the sprouts you made."

Su Qinghe didn't care about Su Zhang's jokes, grabbed two handfuls of beans and threw them into the gourd ladle, discarded the floating ones, leaving a big full ~ full of good beans, and then went outside to carry a worn-out ceramic basin.

The porcelain basin was probably used for pickling vegetables, but it was broken later, leaving only the bottom, which was quite big. Su Qinghe used a small hammer to knock a hole in the basin, and then found a broken rag to plug it up so that it did not leak. No, not even if the water leaks too much.

Spread a layer of river sand inside, and then spread beans, one by one, without leaving any gaps.After the beans are laid out, spread a thick sackcloth, sprinkle with water, and place it next to the stove.

To grow bean sprouts, the temperature must be maintained. The fire in their stove is not extinguished, and the temperature next to it is still acceptable.

Mrs. Su Zhang looked at Su Qinghe's busy work while cooking, and now seeing that she was done, she smiled and said, "How many days will it take for these bean sprouts to grow well?"

Su Qinghe was about to talk about four or five days, but she suddenly realized, and said quickly, "I don't know, I see that it takes a long time for the malt sprouts to germinate in the field, so maybe it has to wait until summer?"

While talking, Su Jingsen also drove the carriage to bring Su Zhiping and Su Zhian back.Su Zhi'an cheerfully waved to Su Qinghe: "Little sister, I learned something new today, the Three Character Classic, come here and let me teach you."

Su Qinghe curled her lips: "I can also recite the Three Character Classic, and I'll recite it for you." After speaking, she started to memorize it, not daring to recite too much, but it was enough to surprise Su Zhiping and Su Zhian: "Little Sister, when did you learn this?"

"Brother Yang Zi taught me today." Su Qinghe triumphantly made a face at Su Zhi'an: "Second brother must not have learned as much as I do!"

"Who said that I learned a lot more than you? I didn't prepare well today, and I will definitely be able to memorize more than you tomorrow." Su Zhian was very depressed. He taught his little sister on weekdays and found that she was ridiculously smart. I remembered it after reading it once. I am much smarter than myself, so that's fine. Anyway, the little girl has to teach it by herself.

But who would have thought that that guy Yang Zi would be troublesome today!It's good now, my younger sister knows more than myself, which makes me as an older brother feel ashamed, no, no, I must ask my husband to teach me more, and then let my younger sister know that my second brother , still very useful!
Su Zhiping laughed beside him and said, "Has the little girl learned how to write?"

"Learn a few words." Su Qinghe shook her head obediently, grabbed Su Zhiping's arm: "Brother, can you teach me how to write?"

"Okay, Mr. taught a hundred characters today, you go get the sand table, and let's write." Su Zhiping replied with a smile, it doesn't take much effort to teach the younger sister, and you can review your homework by yourself, and memorize what your husband taught you. Prison, kill two birds with one stone.

Su Jingsen watched the three brothers and sisters get together to write, and said to Su Zhangshi with a smile: "Our daughter is also very smart. If she is a boy, she may be able to take the No. [-] examination in the future."

"Come on, you're still taking the No. [-] Scholar exam. I just thought, Xiao He can just read a few words. Another day, I have to find someone to let Xiao He learn needlework. Girls, it's better to be good at needlework. I can find someone in the future." Good mother-in-law."

Su Zhang said with a smile, thought for a while and asked: "I remember, the daughter-in-law of Wang Xing's family used to work in the embroidery workshop, right? I have to go to his house to see if Wang Xing's daughter-in-law is good at sewing, let Xiao He Worship Wang Xing's daughter-in-law as a teacher."

"Well, it doesn't matter how good you are at studying, as long as you can make clothes. Our Zhiping and Zhian are smart, and they will be officials in the future. Our Xiaohe will be Miss Guan. Does Miss Guan still need to do work? Our family Xiaohe is a life of happiness."

Su Jingsen said cheerfully, and Su Zhang gave him a white look: "You have to know something, but we can't let people say that our Xiaohe is a lazy woman who can't do anything." After saying a few words, he remembered For one thing, he asked: "How about the third brother's marriage?"

Last year, Su Jinglin said that she fell in love with a widow in Arm Village. It's already spring, and she doesn't know what's going on.

"My mother is a bit reluctant, and the widow has a daughter with her. However, the third brother is quite willing, and he came to the door during the Chinese New Year. I guess it should be settled soon." The parents of the Su family have always been open-minded. , generally do not interfere with the private affairs of the sons.Otherwise, he wouldn't have separated the family for his sons immediately after Uncle Su got married.

"Anyway, the third brother is going to be separated. It doesn't matter if mother doesn't like it." Su Zhang said casually, she is really filial to her mother-in-law. Compared with Wang Guaizi's mother, her mother-in-law is the reincarnation of a bodhisattva.

As a daughter-in-law, meeting a mother-in-law who is enlightened and reasonable is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes.Back then, my parents also took a fancy to the character of the Su family, so they married themselves.

"Yeah, but it's just that Qinglan suffered a lot. When she lived with our parents, Qinglan was still taken care of by her parents. Now that she moved out, her stepmother beat and scolded her twice, and no one knew." Su Jingsen frowned. He frowned and said, but this kind of thing is inevitable, Qinglan was left behind, and the one behind must not be pleasing to the eye.

But I have to let my third brother look for it. After all, the third brother doesn't even have a boy yet.

"You're just worrying about it. How old is Qinglan? After being beaten and scolded, won't she tell her parents? No matter how bad it is, she can come and tell us. There are so many uncles and uncles, can't she take care of her girl? "Su Zhang said indifferently, the little widow married in, but she is a member of the Su family. Could it be that the old Su family just watched her bully others with their eyes open?

Su Jingsen thought about it for a while, and felt it made sense, so she didn't worry about it anymore. She turned her head and saw a basin beside the stove, covered with sackcloth, and became a little curious: "What's in it?"

"Your daughter is a good thing." Su Zhang couldn't help but burst out laughing, and told Su Jingsen what Su Qinghe said and did after she came back, which made Su Jingsen laugh too: "Your daughter is really an idea, Don't worry about her, our family doesn't lack these two handfuls of beans now. I really made it, and I won't stop my daughter from doing whatever she wants in the future."

Mrs. Su Zhang glared at him: "You can just spoil it, and see how you can get married if you spoil it in the future!"

Su Jingsen waved her hand indifferently: "What are you afraid of? Our daughter is very handsome, and some people like it. Just now Xiaohe stopped talking, did you play with Yang Zi by the river all afternoon? Yang Zi also taught her to write .Now, our family and Yang Zi’s family are no different, it’s really good that we grew up together and know the basics.”

(End of this chapter)