Eating melons and raising children in the period literature

Yang Qingqing ran to two counties out of boredom and guilt, but she really didn't want to run anymore. She discussed with sister-in-law Yue Mei that she would put the vegetables on the bus every day, and her family would pick them up. In this way, they would only have to pay a five-cent fee for the delivery. Sister-in-law Yue Mei agreed without thinking too much. The family spent more than five cents to buy vegetables every day. Now, five cents in disguise could buy a lot of vegetables. Not only would her mother's family have vegetables to eat, but even her mother-in-law's family wouldn't have to buy vegetables. If they couldn't finish the food, they could give it to neighbors. It was a great thing.

In this way, Yang Qingqing only needs to pick some vegetables and put them in the car every morning, and he finally has time to do something else.

It happened to rain in the evening, but the weather was fine again in the morning. Yang Qingqing wanted to go out and get familiar with the village.

"Ma'am, where are you going?"

"I was looking for you guys. Do you want to bring your kids with us to pick mushrooms on the west mountain of our village?"

"Can we pick mushrooms now? Can I go? I'm bored."

"That's fine. I'll go with your uncle Tomie's aunt and sister-in-law. Many people in the village who have nothing to do have already gone. I'm here to ask you, do you want to go?"

"Okay, I'll ask Wenjing and the others if they want to go. They are studying in the house! I'll let them study for a while every morning while I'm at home these two days."

"That's great, study hard! OK! I'll wait for you at the intersection over there, they happen to pass by there too, come quickly! I'm leaving now."

"Okay, I'll come after I ask. We'll talk later."

"Wenjing and Wenxuan, do you want to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms? Come back and learn later!"

"Go, go, go, we are going, wait for me"

"go"

"Go, sister, let's learn later, let's go"

"Okay, Auntie, let's all go, okay?"

"Okay, let's not go deep into the mountains, let's just take a stroll at the foot of the mountain. Let's go, Auntie will go too. I guess Wendan and Wenran will go too, but I don't know if Wenjie will go."

"Then let's go." The children couldn't wait to go out. Yang Qingqing followed with a basket.

"You guys are really used to being wild! You've only been studying at home for two days, and you're in such a hurry to go out? Isn't that right, Wenyuan?"

Among them, Wenyuan was the most anxious to go out. Wenjing and Wenxuan were completely encouraged by him. Wenqian was a very quiet little girl, and she could play with a toy for a long time. Among the four children, Wenjing was very stable and took special care of her younger brothers and sisters. Wenxuan used to be very naughty, but he seemed to have grown up in an instant after the accident. He was a little reserved and too sensible. Although Wenyuan had some changes, they were not big. He was still very naughty and had many tricks. His older brothers and sisters spoiled him, and he was simply the dog-headed military advisor of the children.

"Auntie, I'm going with the kids. Aren't Wendan and the others going?"

"They went with Yinping and Jianfang. You'll see them when you get to the foot of the mountain. Wenjie is with your uncle."

"it is good…"

"Youcai family, let's go. This is Qingqing, right?"

"Yes, Qingqing, this is your uncle Fu Jiang's wife, you can just call her Aunt Li. And this is her daughter-in-law, Changgen's wife Honghua. You can just call her sister-in-law."

Aunt Li is a cheerful and generous person, and her daughter-in-law is also very kind. They both seem to get along well when they first meet.

"Hello, Aunt Li, Hello, Sister Honghua." Yang Qingqing greeted them obediently.

"Well, what a beautiful girl. Sister-in-law, let's go."

At the foot of the mountain, Yang Qingqing found that almost everyone in the village had come. It was so crowded. I wonder if I can still find mushrooms.

"Grandma, aunt, sister, little brother, you are here. Hello, Grandma Li, Hello, Aunt Honghua"

Wendan and Wenran ran over to greet everyone one by one.

"Qingqing, let's just look around here. Don't go into the mountains. It's not safe there. People around here are from our village, so don't go too far away."

"Okay, I'll watch over the kids. We won't go into the mountains."

"Wendan, did you find any mushrooms when you came here?" Yang Qingqing said as she looked at the crowd of people.

"Yes, but not many and they are still small. We came too late. Sister Yinping and the others found a lot, almost a basket full. Aunt, we'll go over there to look. You can start too."

"Okay, can I come with you? My aunt and sisters don't know which ones are edible and which ones are poisonous. Can you teach us?"

"Ah, Auntie, you don't know mushrooms? I know. This one is edible, it's a little gray, and those are very white. The ones that look good are not edible."

"Okay, let's look for him and get to know him. See if it's right."

Yang Qingqing walked around for a long time but couldn't find anything that looked similar to what Wen Dan had in his hand, and she didn't even see a few mushrooms.

He just went with the flow. He just wanted to take a stroll, not to pick mushrooms. Yang Qingqing gave up and gave up.

She doesn't need some mushrooms. There are many kinds of mushrooms in the supermarket. Just take them out and eat them if you want.

Yang Qingqing walked and stopped a lot, but she didn't see many mushrooms along the way. It was nothing like what she imagined mushroom picking would be like. But although she didn't find any mushrooms, she did find a small bunch of wood ear mushrooms. It was also a good harvest.

At noon, Auntie Ma asked everyone to go back. On the way back, Wen Jing and her friends only harvested about two kilograms of mushrooms. Wen Yuan ran over to let Yang Qingqing see their mushrooms.

"Aunt, look how much we have picked. I heard from Sister Yinping that we can dry the mushrooms and eat them in winter. Aunt, how much have you picked? Should we dry the mushrooms? Aunt, can you do it?"

"Don't you want to taste what we picked today, the fruits of your labor? Do you want to wait until winter to eat it? I was planning to stir-fry mushrooms today! Then let's eat something else."

"No, we'll eat them today, it's the same. How many did you pick, aunt? Let me see."

Wen Yuan looked at Yang Qingqing's basket and was immediately disappointed. "Aunt, why don't you have any mushrooms? And what is this black thing?"

"Nothing, I didn't see any mushrooms. I will definitely pick a lot of mushrooms next time. This is wood ear, you can eat it too. It's crunchy and delicious."

"Really? Can we have it for lunch today? We want to eat it."

"I don't think so. You want to eat it, right? Qingqing didn't pick any mushrooms! Auntie will give you some, I picked more."

"No need, Auntie. We can come back later. Wenjing and the others have enough to eat today."

When Yang Qingqing got home, she invited Ma to come over for dinner, but Ma refused. Yang Qingqing then asked Wen Dan and Wen Ran to come over for dinner.

She thought, "It's good that Auntie Ma doesn't come. We can eat better. When she goes to work, the children will definitely not eat as well as when she is around."

"Children, how about having bacon fried with mushrooms and eggs fried with black fungus for lunch today? What do you want to eat? I will make it for you if I can!"

"Auntie can eat anything!"

"Me too"

"Me too"

"Auntie, I want to eat a lot of meat. Can you make more?"

Everyone else said it was fine, but Wenyuan said he wanted to eat a lot of meat.

Yang Qingqing joked, "If you eat all the meat today, there won't be any left in the future! Are you sure you want to eat a lot?"

Yang Wenyuan looked at his sister and then at his brother, a little hesitant. "Can I eat less and still eat later? Can I, aunt?"

Yang Qingqing laughed out loud at Wen Yuan's little appearance.

"We're going to eat meat today. Auntie will definitely provide us with enough meat, okay?" Yang Qingqing saw that Wen Yuan was about to cry, so she didn't continue teasing him.

Yang Qingqing went to cook and asked Wenxuan and the others to study. Wenjing said that he had learned everything he had learned today. Yang Qingqing checked and found that Wenjing had really learned everything. So she asked Wenjing to help in the kitchen.

Everyone else urged her to hurry up and study, even Wendan and Wenran were not spared.

Yang Qingqing asked Wen Jing, "Wen Jing, how have you been these few days in Northeast China? Are there any problems? Are you adapting well?"

"Aunt, everything is fine. Second Aunt and Auntie are all very nice to us. We have also made several good friends! Aunt, don't worry about us. I will take care of Wenxuan and the others."

"Yeah, that's good. I'm just worried that you won't be able to adapt. After all, this is our first time living in the village. I'll be relieved if you can make friends. I've put some pocket money here on the kitchen stove. Wenjing, you can take it from here when you need it. If you don't have any money, I'll put it here. If you need money, just ask. Auntie has money, don't be embarrassed to tell her. The main thing is that Wenxuan and the others are still young now. I won't tell them, lest they let it slip and others know. We would be in danger if we do that."

"I understand, Auntie. Actually, you don't need to give us pocket money. We have everything at home. We eat better than many children in the village. They all envy us."

"You still have to put some in. If you need a notebook or pen when you go to school, you need money to buy it. If I forget or don't cook, and there's nothing to eat at home, you can take them to the village supply and marketing cooperative to buy some food. Just in case."

"Okay, thank you, auntie."

"Okay, tell me what's wrong. If I can't solve it, there's still your second uncle. Don't be ungrateful, your aunt has been busy recently and hasn't taken good care of you."

"Aunt, we can take care of ourselves. Don't worry. I'll tell you if anything happens."

"If you don't have time to find me, go find Grandpa Ma and Grandma Ma, they will help you too."

"Yeah. What's for lunch, auntie?"

"What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

"I don't know. I can eat anything."

"How about rice? Just white rice with some stir-fried vegetables. And some cold vegetables with beans, how about that?"

"Okay."

Yang Qingqing made two plates of bacon fried with mushrooms and two plates of scrambled eggs with black fungus. Yang Qingqing got the black fungus from the supermarket, but the little she picked was not enough.

After Yang Qingqing finished cooking, she asked Wen Jing to fill a bowl and send it to her aunt's house.

"Wenjing, if Wenjie is here, bring him over for dinner. We'll eat after you come back."

"I know, aunt"

Wen Jing came back alone after a while.

"Wenjing. Wenjie didn't come?"

"Aunt, Wenjie hasn't come home yet! Grandma told me to come back. Let Wenjie eat over there."

"Okay, let's eat. Forget about him."

"Aunt, this is the best meal I've ever had at noon. I really want to come to your house for dinner every day," Wen Ran said.

"From now on, as long as I'm at home, you can all come here to eat. Wenran, what do you eat at grandma's house?"

"Just eat corn paste or sorghum paste"

"You guys just eat porridge?"

"Well, that's how we all eat. Grandma and Grandpa don't eat. They just give it to us," Wen Dan said carefully.

"Ah! I didn't know, so that's how it is! Are all the villagers like this? Eating two meals a day."

"No, many families eat this way, and some families eat it all at once. Many children of our age don't have porridge to eat at noon. They envy us so much."

"So that's how it is. I understand. Thank you, Wendan, otherwise my aunt wouldn't know."

Yang Qingqing thought, "I still took it for granted. I should pay attention in the future and try my best to integrate into this era. I can't be out of tune with others."

Yang Qingqing had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she thought about buying a wardrobe and a desk for Wen Jing and Wen Xuan. This would save them from lying on the kang to study all the time.

When I went to the carpenter's house with Aunt Ma, I met the educated youth from the village. But no one greeted me and just passed me by. Yang Qingqing didn't pay much attention to them. But Yang Qingqing felt that someone was staring at her. Yang Qingqing looked over and didn't find out who it was, so she didn't take it seriously.

"Does he, Fulhaber, still have a wardrobe and a desk?"

An energetic old man was planing wood in the yard. "It's Junxian. Why are you here to buy a wardrobe and a desk? Yours is broken. I'll go take a look and fix it if I can. And whose pretty girl is this?"

"This is Qingqing, my Liyue's sister-in-law. She has settled in our village. Her house is missing two wardrobes and a desk. I brought her to see you. Is there anything else?"

"I heard that there are a few new kids in our village. They are all good-looking. My little grandson told me these two days that he played with them! You also saw that we just ordered three wardrobes and two desks for the new educated youth in our village. I only have one desk here, but no wardrobe. I'm really sorry."

"We are late. Qingqing, are you in a hurry to use it? Uncle Fu Hai's carpentry is very good. If you can wait, then wait. Many families in our village who are getting married use Uncle Fu Hai's 36 legs!"

"I'm not in a hurry, Fu Haibo, can I order two wardrobes and a desk?"

"Okay, I don't have anything else to do. I'll make it for you tomorrow. You can tell me what kind you want."

"I don't have any ideas. Just make it according to the current popular ones. Thank you, uncle. I also want a few small stools and a small table. It should be a little higher than the kang table and about the same size as the kang table. It can be placed in the kitchen so that we don't have to eat at the table in the main hall."

"Okay, I got it. I'll have Zhuzi deliver it to you in 7 days at most. But you have to pay a deposit first. I'm also generating income for the village. I'm responsible for collecting money from the village, and I record work points."

"Fu Haibo, I know. Look at how much you have to pay."

"The items you want are worth 33 yuan in total. You just need to pay 6 yuan as a deposit."

"Okay, please."

Yang Qingqing and Auntie Ma went out and walked around the village again. Auntie Ma gave Yang Qingqing a general introduction to the families in the village. After Yang Qingqing had a general idea, they went back home.