Spring scenery in the fields

She just took a look in the kitchen. Each dish was not very large, with more vegetables than meat, and the hot dishes also had more soup than vegetables.

"It's not enough. Anyway, when I was a kid, I never ate enough at banquets."

Most farmers have ten dishes, and those who have some left over may order twelve, sixteen, or even eighteen dishes.

Even those who are poor can prepare eight-course meals.

Soon, the dishes began to be served.

"Sister-in-law, let's go over there too and wait for someone to arrange seats for us."

Men mostly sat together because they drank. If there were women drinking, they were arranged to sit at the same table.

If the children are with their family members and sit at a table without drinking alcohol, then no alcohol will be served on the table.

Ji Wenhe sat next to Shen Suya and Lan Qiuhua. Their table was filled with aunts from the village.

The three tables in the yard were occupied by family members. One table was occupied by the village head, his son and son-in-law, and the other village heads.

The head of the village has a large family, and his three daughters and sons-in-law all came with their granddaughters and grandsons.

Shen Suya leaned against her and whispered, "The children of the head of the village have seats."

"Of course. We are family, so everyone will definitely have a seat."

Ji Wenhe looked around. There were eight tables in total, six of which were occupied. Shen Rongshan and several uncles were sitting at one table.

"Xiaoya, there are two tables left over there."

As soon as the voice fell, a man laughed and shouted: "Let's eat!"

The people at the table picked up their chopsticks and started picking up dishes from the plates with meat.

Shen Suya hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and urged her: "Sister-in-law, eat quickly."

Lan Qiuhua also urged her: "Hurry up and use your chopsticks. If you are a step slower, the meat will be gone."

"Grandma, I want to eat meat. I want to eat meat."

"Okay, okay, grandma is picking it up for you."

Huang Guihua, with her grandson.

Their table was okay, the children were all around 11 or 12 years old, and not as noisy as the six or seven year olds.

The table next to them was not as quiet as theirs, as several little boys kept clamoring for meat.

Ji Wenhe was eating vegetarian food. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to eat meat, but there were too few slices of meat and she didn’t want to eat fat.

If I were at the same table with Shen Rongshan, I could eat the lean meat and still have the fat for him to eat.

When they cooked meat at home before, she would eat the lean meat and he would eat the fat.

Some people eat in a good manner, while others eat in a bad manner.

Shen Guyan's grandmother, Xie Fenglian, sipped her chopsticks in her mouth and continued to search for slices of meat in the plate.

There is nothing wrong with eating normally, but the chopsticks are swishing around in the mouth, which makes people feel a little...disgusted...

Several pairs of chopsticks were picking at the food on the plate, and their appetites were gone in an instant.

"I don't like fatty meat. I eat some vegetarian food."

"Oh, there are still people who don't like to eat meat, Rongshan's wife, you are not blessed."

Ji Wenhe smiled at Xie Fenglian but didn't reply.

Although there were many vegetarian dishes on the table, they were all eaten up without any left.

After the meal, Shen Suya asked her, "Sister-in-law, are you full?"

"No."

No one at the table brought the plates to her, but everyone moved so quickly that she suspected they swallowed the food without chewing.

"You eat too fast. You only chew twice and swallow. I haven't finished one bite yet, but you've already taken two or three bites."

Lan Qiuhua laughed twice: "If you don't eat quickly, how can you beat others? Go home and eat some more later."

Ji Wenhe smiled and nodded. The tables that were drinking had not finished eating yet. Shen Rongshan saw her and signaled her with his eyes to go home first.

I gave him the money when I went out in the morning and he put it into the account.

"Aunt Lan, Xiaoya, shall we go home?"

"You and Xiaoya go back first. The gift money hasn't been given yet. The scholar is still eating. Let's wait for a while."

Whenever a family encounters trouble, they will ask a scholar to keep accounts. If no one gives a gift after a meal, no one will feel comfortable leaving.

"Okay, Xiaoya, let's go home."

Shen Suya touched her stomach twice: "I'm full today."

Finally, I ate two wild vegetable cakes and dipped them in vegetable soup.

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "It's good to be full. If you are full, you won't miss home."

When I was doing odd jobs outside, my grandmother always told me to eat well so that I wouldn’t miss home.

Looking towards the mountain, she suddenly felt a little melancholy. She missed her parents and grandma.

"Sister-in-law." Shen Suya ran to her side and took her arm with a smile, "Come to my house?"

"No, I'm going home to clean up the house."

"What to clean up?" Their house is so small and tidy, what is there to clean up?

"Building a shed. Yuanshan and the others are busy at home. We will go to your house in two days."

I don't know when Uncle Da Nian will deliver the rabbit, so the rabbit cage needs to be made quickly.

"Okay then, I'll go play with Sister Ruoyan."

Ji Wenhe responded: "Okay."

She walked up the mountain slowly, stepped onto the stairs, and saw two people busy in the yard.

"You went to chop trees this morning."

Outside the yard lay a tree, cut into three parts.

Shen Wenshan turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, you are back. Yuanshan went to the mountain to chop."

After they carried it back, they chopped it into three parts with an axe. My eldest brother had been busy for two days, so they couldn't let him work all the time.

Although they were not as fast as their elder brother in cutting down trees.

"Thank you for your hard work." Ji Wenhe took out three pieces of maltose from his arms, "Here, one for each of you."

She didn't plan to make sugar cakes. The two of them hadn't eaten sweets for a long time, so she decided to let them enjoy it.

Shen Yuanshan wiped his hands on his clothes, took a piece, opened the candy wrapper, and revealed a brown candy lump inside.

He bit off half of it, wrapped up the remaining half, and put it on the table: "Save it for tomorrow."

It had a sweet taste and he hadn't had it for a long time.

The same is true for Shen Wenshan.

Seeing how happy the two were, I followed their example and bit off half and left the other half.

After eating so many candies of various flavors, maltose didn’t seem that delicious to her.

Ji Wenhe looked at the tree stump outside the yard and asked: "What should I do with it?"

"Thatch." Shen Wenshan took the split bamboo strips to the side and said, "I'll go find some thatch tomorrow."

Most of the roofs in the village are covered with thatch.

"Tomorrow your elder brother will go to town to buy goods, Yuanshan will go with him, and I will go with you to cut thatch."

"Build the shed as soon as possible. Uncle Da Nian will deliver the rabbits in two days, so the rabbit cages must be made as soon as possible."

The two men nodded and went outside the yard to move the tree branches.

Ji Wenhe stood by the pit with a shovel, waiting for them to bury the tree stump. She then covered the soil and stepped on it firmly.

After the burial, they continued to weave the round basket.

As the sun was setting, Shen Rongshan came back, looked at the two people in the yard, and asked, "Where is your sister-in-law?"

Shen Wenshan replied: "Inside the house."

Ji Wenhe was sewing clothes by the outer door. When she heard the sound, she tilted her head and looked out, feeling happy: "Brother Shen, you're back."

"Yeah." He walked in and gave her the remaining piece of candy.

"Wenshan and Yuanshan will have one piece, and this one is for you."

"Eat it, I have it."

Her half was placed on the table inside the house.

Shen Rongshan shook his head and walked into the house: "I don't like candy, I put it on the table."