The happy life of peasant woman Wan Xiaoliu

Chapter 10 Finding the Escargot
"Thank you uncle, then I will cut two more."

"Ah."

Wan Xiaoliu put down the bamboo and chopped off two more thick ones.After finishing all three, put the knife away, and fight back one by one.

After leaving the bamboo forest, the sun had already set, but the half door of the house was still open.Putting the bamboo in the yard, Wan Mofei was still lying on the bunk with his eyes closed when he entered the house.Then I went to the bamboo forest and brought back both of them, and it was getting dark.

Wan Xiaoliu was really tired today, and he didn't want to move anymore after sitting at home.The cow drank a bowl of tea.

"Do you want some water?"

The person on the bed closed his eyes motionless.

"You don't feel unwell, do you?" Wan Xiaoliu was startled, and ran over to touch his forehead, "You don't have a fever."

"Can't you squeak? I thought you were doing something wrong. You can drink it after the medicine is boiled. Hurry up, get out. What do you say we eat at night? Gnocchi in the morning and rice at noon. Want Don’t you want to eat porridge?” Wan Xiaoliu looked at Wan Mofei and asked, “Can we eat porridge at night?”

Wan Mofei remained motionless and did not reply.

"If you don't make any comments, I'll take it as your acquiescence. Then we'll cook porridge for dinner at night. Put beans in and cook, I'm sure you like it." Wan Xiaoliu turned on the light, found beans, grabbed some of them, washed them, and put them in the pot cooking.

"This bean needs to be boiled first, and then cooked with rice when it is almost cooked, otherwise the porridge will be ready, and the bean will still be hard. You should study hard, I will cook a lot of delicious food. It's a pity that the conditions are limited, otherwise you can I will make all kinds of delicious food for you. Hehe... I will work hard, hard, and hard again to create better material living conditions and improve my Wan Xiaoliu's pastoral life. I want to live this life comfortably The rich are envious, the richer are jealous, and the richest are hated. La la la..." It's good to have someone talking, although it's no different from talking to yourself, but there is an audience anyway, so it's not considered a Talk to yourself.A beautiful life, a great ideal, no matter whether it can be realized or not, at least have a lofty dream.

Wan Xiaoliu really loves himself tonight, so many beautiful things are waiting for him.

"I cut down three bamboo trees today, and my uncle said that when it rains, I will come and help make a bamboo bed, so that you have a bed and a door, are you happy? Are you happy? How about me? You have to remember, I Wan Xiaoliu is your life-saving benefactor, and I will make you the top-secret family heirloom of the Wan family, which is only passed on to females and not to males... Dabutang." Wan Xiaoliu was thinking about what Dabutang is, "Dabutang, It is the soup you drink at noon, and the porridge at night is also a great supplement. It gathers the spirit of heaven and earth in one pot. Think about it, the cowpea beans are grown off the ground, the peanuts are grown in the ground, and the rice is in the water. Yes, after passing through the hands of my Wan Xiaoliu, do you think about not making it up?"

"The big tonic soup is ready, do you want to eat it by yourself or I will feed you?" Wan Xiaoliu seemed to be asking this question all the time.

Wan Mofei's eyes were shining brightly in the dim light, he sat up and walked to the edge of the table by himself.

"Hehe, that's right, I don't need to support you anymore." Wan Xiaoliu brought a bowl of thick porridge to Wan Mofei, "Eat, Wan's Great Tonic Soup."

I am relatively rare.Two people are eating.

"I think the leeks in the field are edible. I'll cut some pickled leeks tomorrow, and we'll have vegetables for porridge. The greens are still small, and they can be pickled if they are bigger." Wan Xiaoliu hasn't eaten since crossing. Over the meat, he put down his chopsticks and looked at him pitifully, "Do you want to eat meat? I haven't eaten meat for a long time, I really want to eat meat."

"Hey, I can't buy it in this poor country, and I don't have any money. It seems that I have to find a way. My mother has eggs. I don't know if they have hatched chickens. If there are chickens and ducks, I can get two to raise. Lay an egg and improve the food, don't you think?"

When Wan Xiaoliu said this, he picked up his chopsticks and ate, "After eating and sleeping, it will be dawn, so we can go and have a look. You can eat quickly, I want to find a way to get us meat to eat. "

Wan Mofei kept eating the porridge in his own bowl and didn't talk to each other, as if he didn't hear Wan Xiaoliu's words.

After dinner, Wan Xiaoliu brought him hot water, "Just wash your hands and face, take a shower and wait for uncle to come and help you when he is free."

Wan Xiaoliu packed up the dishes, and moved the table against the door just like last night.Then start washing the dishes.

The rice washing water is hot and the dishes are very clean. There is no oily water in the bowls, and it is easy to wash.Life is good without detergent, Wan Xiaoliu thought, the reason why there were not so many cancers and strange diseases in ancient times may have something to do with these chemicals. Wash it with clean water, so that there are no residual chemicals, and you won't eat your stomach for the second meal.

There is only one lamp in Wan Xiaoliu's house, "I'll take the lamp to the room, take a shower, and take it out later, aren't you afraid?"

Wan Mofei didn't say a word, washed his face, pushed the basin, and lay down.

"You can go to sleep, then I won't come out when I'm done." Wan Xiaoliu poured out the water, dried the towel, and then mixed the water with a wooden basin and brought it into the room to take a bath. Tonight is different from last night Yes, Wan Mofei was in a coma last night, but tonight he is awake and can walk upright. Wan Xiaoliu fastened the door bolt of the back room, and then took a bath with peace of mind. Pain, burning pain.

Wan Xiaoliu thought, if there is a chance to build a big house, he must build a bathroom. This one takes a bath in the room, which makes the room very humid. Fortunately, the thatched house is very breathable, otherwise there must be a musty smell.If it is a bathroom, it is necessary to install a wooden barrel that can drain water and drain, and it is best to have a solar energy, hey, so there is no need to boil water.It saves firewood, saves trouble, and is very modern.Wan Xiaoliu wondered if he was thinking too far away, and now the survival of the two of them is a problem, so let’s pay for this and that, first solve the food and clothing first, and then go to the aunt’s house tomorrow to see if there are any chickens and ducklings to bring back to raise keep.

Wan Xiaoliu was lying on the bed happily, it was really comfortable.I am afraid that I will not be able to bear it, and now I am doing things leisurely every day, and I am afraid that I will not be able to get up because of exhaustion.

Early in the morning, just after dawn, Wan Xiaoliu became frightened. He took his clothes to the well to wash them. After washing and drying the clothes, he went out with a hoe. The soybean grass planted by the field needed to be hoeed. While the sun is not out and it is not hot, go to hoe now and wait for the sun to come out. The hoeed grass will be sun-dried and finally turned into the ridge of the field, which is also a fertilizer.

There was still dew in the morning.Walking on the path, the weeds on both sides wet Wan Xiaoliu's trousers.

"Xiao Liu, what are you doing so early?" The two who were also carrying hoes met in the field.

"Uncle, the soybean grass in my house is so deep, I'll hoe it."

"Oh, yes, we have to hoe, otherwise we won't grow soybeans. There aren't many soybeans. How do you grow them?"

(End of this chapter)