Scholar's Sweetheart

Driving the ox cart back home, I found three kids of Xie's family in her house, helping to clean the yard.

"Sister Xintong, they brought back the threshing bucket, and my brother carried it to the back of the house." The dog egg son hurriedly ran to come over, "big treasure small treasure, you also come back."

"It's already here, isn't it? That's fast. " Song Xintong moved the basket down.

"Sister Xintong, my brother and I also help you cut bamboo and draw water, so we don't have to carry water in the river in the future." The dog egg son flatters of say.

"Really? You are wonderful. " Song Xintong was about to walk into the house when he heard the dog egg pulling aunt Xie and saying, "mother, I'm so hungry."

"Dog eggs, you haven't eaten yet?" Song Xintong did not go to the afternoon, busy will be the rest of the material water moved out, "just so much rice left here, I'll give you some more cooking can eat."

In less than one pot of incense, a pot of fresh and fragrant maocai came out of the pot, and a pig's hoof and a dozen chicken feet were cut to fill a plate.

"Grandma Qiu is coming to dinner soon." Song Xintong put the chopsticks on the table and went to the back of the room.

The threshing bucket is placed in the open space next to the well. On the bucket, there are cut bamboos, one by one, winding to the top of the mountain. The water flows down the bamboo pole and into the bucket.

Aunt Xie, who was on her side, looked at the bamboo shelf and nodded, "these two boys have done a good job. They can't use the water from the well all day long. It's too troublesome to go to the river to pick it."

Looking at the clear water in the bucket, song Xintong touched the water inside and said, "Auntie, the water is clear and cool. It's almost the same as the well water at home. Is there still water on the mountain?"

"You've never been up this hill?" Aunt Xie was surprised.

"No, I go into the mountains to the woods over there." Song Xintong explained.

"It's also a forest. There's a small stream near the village. It's less than that, and the water will reach the instep." Aunt Xie described, "if you want to use water in the future, just remove the blocked stones from the top, and stop them if you don't use them."

"That's good." Song Xintong nodded with satisfaction, "I'll feed the shrimps in the wooden basin and move them here."

"I'll carry it for you."

Autumn mother-in-law did not go home after dinner, but to help wash water, Xie Yi with twins several men went to the river to catch lobster.

"It's delicious to eat, but it's too troublesome to wash. You have to brush, soak and cut it." Looking at the lobster crawling all over the basin, Mrs. Qiu couldn't help saying.

Song Xintong threw the cleaned lobsters into a threshing bucket filled with half water and let them soak in it for another night. "Auntie, I think we should wash the lobsters ourselves."

Aunt Xie was stunned for a moment, and quickly responded, "you're right, those people steal to eat again, they are full of dirty."

The autumn old woman son also agrees, "is to have to guard against a bit, otherwise still have to appear today that kind of thing son."

"I don't know who revealed it. Ah, it's disgusting!"

"I don't think it's revealed. Their spicy food looks like it's made with Cornus sauce. I guess it's from the man in my family and my own blind thinking." Song Xintong said: "anyway, it's not the same. It doesn't taste right."

"No, they think it's just a stew with some Cornus sauce? What a beautiful thought. " Aunt Xie washed her hands harder and harder. "I'm tired of washing these days."

"It's not that you're not paid." Mother Qiu gave her a white look.

"I know. I know. I'll just talk about it." Aunt Xie said: "fortunately, Xintong's method is good. It's clean and convenient. It's much faster than before."

Song Xintong smiles and doesn't speak. She brushes lobster seriously.

Ten jin lobster brush almost, he's second aunt just came over, moved a bench to sit next to Aunt Xie, "when I go home, my sister-in-law just made a lot of cold skin, just steamed out of the pot, I brought some for you, wait a moment you also help taste my sister-in-law's Craft."

"Yes." A few people should go.

"Bai Yunyuan said he came to help, but his family was too busy to come, so he didn't come." Aunt he said as she washed the dirty water.

Aunt Xie was not very comfortable when she heard these words. She took a look at her mother-in-law, and then approached aunt he? Will you be called back then? "

"There are two nieces and daughters-in-law here. They are all good workers. Where do you need me?" he said

Aunt Xie said with a smile when she saw that she hit cotton with a fist. "It's better if you don't go. Xintong is afraid that it will be more and more busy here. If you're so neat, you can't even add my sons."

He Er Auntie laughed and joked, "I'm so important."

Song Xintong, who is scrubbing the snails, can't help saying, "Auntie, you are all important. I can't do without any of you."

"Ha ha ha..." several people laughed again.

He two aunts more than one person, originally had to wash two hours of water, as long as an hour to wash.

A few people got up and rubbed the waist that rubs soreness, "new Tung, these go into the water tomorrow all want to cut?"

"Cut it in half. How much is left today?" Song Xintong thought for a moment, "cook some stewed vegetables tomorrow evening. You can fry the rest for them."

"Yes." Autumn mother-in-law son wiped to wipe a hand, "that I go back first, there is still work in the ground."

Song Xintong took a look at the half day sun of Shenshi, "two aunts also go back to have a rest. Today may be the last day of leisure. You should seize this leisure time."

"Hahaha, OK, let's go back first. Come early tomorrow morning. It's better to clean the water and the snails in the afternoon." Aunt Xie said.

"Well, I'll go back first."

After several people left, song Xintong tidied up the yard, locked the door and carried the basket to the mountain.

I haven't been up the mountain for several days. I'll go into the mountain and cut some firewood.

Although a lot of firewood has been piled up at home, saving a little should be able to use in winter, but song Xintong still thinks that it's better to cut more firewood, and gradually accumulate more firewood to spend the winter. It's better than snow and no firewood in winter. What can he do?

Following the route of memory, I went around and picked up a lot of mushrooms, agaric and gray spores, as well as some chicken fir and Hericium erinaceus. Tomorrow, I asked the butcher to help me deliver them to the auspicious restaurant.

However, it's a pity that she never found matsutake again. Maybe she could find it again in the deep mountains, but she didn't dare to move on. Moreover, she had to rely on luck to find matsutake. Song Xintong couldn't force her to find matsutake, so she picked up a lot of dry branches under this perennial pine tree, packed a full basket and rushed home.

Two minutes after they got home, the twins came back.

"Sister, sister, we caught a lot of prawns and snails." Xiaobao ran over and looked at Song Xintong with all her eyes full of hope, but almost didn't say: elder sister is praising me.

Song Xintong looked at a few people are covered with mud, "how many do you pick up?"

"Maybe a few hundred pounds." Xie Yi replied, "we are all fed in that threshing bucket. My mother said that we should soak it for a long time and then brush it. We will come to brush shrimp tomorrow." Then he walked out.

"Wait a minute, I haven't given you any money yet." Song Xintong said aloud.

"No, sister Xintong, you have already calculated the money for your mother." Xie Yi said.

Song Xintong: "where is it the same? I'll weigh you

"No more." Xie Yi leads his two younger brothers to run home.

Song Xintong couldn't stop him. He couldn't go to pull someone else.

"Sister, brother Dayi doesn't want money?" Dabao asked, "brother Dayi was caught by prawns several times today."

Song Xintong wiped the mud on Dabao's face. "I'll give it to Aunt Xie tomorrow. Don't worry."