Young rich peasants

After another two days, the jujube's disease finally ended.He asked Lei Shounuo: "Brother Lei, what am I going to do?"

Lei Shounuo was chopping wood, and with one stroke of the ax the wood as thick as a bowl was split into two cleanly.It was obviously cold in autumn, and he was sweating with his bare upper body.Zaozi handed over the towel, and he wiped it twice before saying, "Men do the chopping and carrying the water, so you can help little daddy cook."

Zaozi was puzzled: "But, the other brothers are all fetching water from the well..."

Lei Shounuo said with a smile: "When the water is used up, the men will come out to fetch some when they have no time to pick it up. Have you not seen that they are filled with water in small wooden basins? Sometimes fresh water is used for cooking, They will come out to fill the water tank overnight. Our house is far away from the well, so I usually pick it up, and when I’m not free, my little dad will also pick up some and use it.”

It turned out to be like this, Zaozi understood, no wonder those brothers looked strange when he went to fetch water, as if they were watching something new.Lei Shounuo patted his head and said, "I've worked hard on you before."

Zaozi shook his head quickly, "I'm useless, I don't have the strength."

"What's the matter!" Lei Shounuo picked up his ax and chopped down on the firewood, "If you have the strength, you can do it... Go to the kitchen, I'll take you out for a walk after breakfast."

Zaozi went into the kitchen, and saw Mei Xiaopai squatting next to the stove, blowing air on the bamboo tube, which stretched into the stove mouth.The little dad coughed twice, stood up and wiped his hands on the apron, and said, "Zao Zi, come here and help me light the fire."

Zaozi didn't understand, so when he told the truth, Mei Xiaopai was not angry, and taught him how to do it.In the beginning, how much firewood to use, how much to plug, how to add firewood after the fire ignited, and blowing air into the fire with a bamboo tube to make the fire flourish, where to plug the thick firewood... Zaozi also learned slowly, just Hands can't control the size of the fire.

Mei Xiaodi said: "First return and new hug, baby on the ground, I will teach you slowly in the future."

After the fire was lit, Little Daddy Mei put the iron pot on it, with water and rice already in it.Zaozi thought for a while, then asked softly, "Little Daddy, are you going to cook porridge?"

Mei Xiaodi said: "Eat better today, eat."

"Food?" Zaozi held the bamboo tube and looked at it.Obviously it's all water.

"Have you never seen someone cook rice?" Mei Xiaodi didn't expect that Zaozi didn't even understand this.

"I will study hard!" Zaozi quickly expressed his determination.

Little Daddy Mei nodded and said, "Okay, Daddy trusts you. You will always cook rice like this from now on. Wash the rice well, add more water, and pick it up when the rice is cooked. Now, the colander is over there."

Zaozi tried hard to write down, "Little Daddy, how much water should I put in, and when will the rice be cooked?"

Mei Xiaodi said: "I'm not sure about this, you'll know for yourself if you cook it a few times. You will see how I do it in the future, and you will do it more and more." Zaozi nodded repeatedly.

When the meal was ready, Xiaopai Mei also moved the iron wok to the stove, scooped a little water into it, cleaned it with a loofah, and then poured out the water, "Zaozi, add more firewood to the stove here."

The fire was hot, and the water on the wok was gradually boiled dry. Little Daddy Mei shoveled away the remaining few drops of water, scooped out half a spoonful of oil from a container, and poured it into the wok. Fish and a small piece of tofu, he wiped the bottom of the wok with cracked ginger, "I need to wipe it like this, you know."

"Understood." Zaozi replied, his eyes were attracted by a small spoon that Mei Xiaodi just took out.

"Stupid child, what's so good about carrying a spoon." Little Daddy Mei poured a little bit of the golden-yellow liquid with residue into the wok.Zaozi leaned over and smelled it, "Daddy, is this peanut oil?"

"Well, fry the crucian carp to make soup." As he spoke, Mei Xiaopai put the fish into the pot, fried it until it turned slightly yellow on both sides, and then shoveled it up. Zao Zi hurriedly took the big bowl to catch it.Mei Xiaopai added several large bowls of water into the wok, and when the water boiled, he took out a large bowl from under the bamboo lid, picked up the contents and said to Zaozi: "This is a straw mushroom, picked from the mountain... this It's lotus seeds. There are people in the next county. If you want to buy it during the first and fifteenth day of Mazixia Village... The market is a place where many people do business, and the market is where you go to buy things. This one is a bit more expensive , it’s called Lily, and it’s only found in the north, and vendors often come back to sell it, but it’s not often available in the market.”

Zaozi nodded sharply, "Should the expensive ones be used for soup?"

Mei Xiaodi smiled and said: "If you don't make soup, do you want to eat it raw? This soup calms the mind and calms the mind. Drinking it now can moisten the lungs and relieve dryness, strengthen the spleen and dampness. You should drink more for your body. Shou promise is a bit hot these days, so it's good to drink it." .”

After talking for a while, the water boiled, Mei Xiaopai put the fish and straw mushrooms and lotus seeds down, and put the lid on the wok.After about two quarters of an hour, add the remaining fresh lilies and continue cooking.The rice here is almost ready, Xiaopai Mei picked it up and took a look, then asked Zaozi to pick up the rice with a colander.

"If you want to taste delicious, you can also steam it, but I won't steam it today." Mei Xiaopai said.

Before the soup was ready, Mei Xiaopai asked Zaozi to pull two barley and vegetables in the yard. Only then did Zaozi discover that there was a small wooden fence in the yard. After pushing it away, there was a vegetable garden, not big, about ten square meters.There are not many vegetables planted, probably only wheat vegetables and loofah fences can be seen in the past.The jujubes didn't dare to waste time, so they pulled out two trees and walked back.Passing by the place where the firewood was being chopped, Lei Shounuo was no longer there, and he couldn't explain why he felt a little disappointed, so he returned to the kitchen.

Mei Xiaopai prepared a basin of water and asked Zao Zi to break off the leaves and wash them. The soup was almost ready. Xiaopai took out a medium-sized casserole, poured all the soup into it and covered it.The empty wok was directly used to stir-fry wheat and vegetables.

Mei Xiaodi said while frying: "We don't have many pots in our house. There is an iron pot for cooking rice, a casserole pot for cooking soup, and a wok for cooking vegetables. The wok is also used to make fish soup, and then there is a small iron pot for cooking. Porridge or some stew. Before your Lei Ge was born, there was only one iron pot at home, and it was given to us by someone pitying us."

Zaozi listened silently, passing salt and a bowl of water from time to time, and Mei Xiaopai continued: "When Shou Nuo was 12 years old, he went out with the village peddler and traveled all over the country, and then slowly saved a little money. Back then, when he came out of Lei's house , the accountant asked us for five hundred Wen, saying it was a help for me to keep my promise."

"Did you accept it?" Zaozi asked in a low voice.

"Accepted," the little daddy flipped the stir-fried barley vegetables very neatly, "Why not? They gave me the money as a clean cut. I keep my promise, so I can only do some needlework, and I still have to give birth." , Take the big Shou promise to ask for money everywhere. What does that breath count, and what do I count? That little money is what they owe Shou promise, and it is far more than this amount."

Zaozi didn't know what to say, so she bravely helped the little daddy.This little action made the little dad feel better. He pinched Zaozi's face, "No wonder everyone says my brother is a caring padded jacket. Zaozi is such a good boy. Hurry up and get fatter. You don't have much meat now. See It hurts us."

"Who's distressed?" Lei Shounuo came back from the outside, put on his clothes well, and was about to enter the kitchen when he was pushed out by Mei Xiaopai, "You child, I have told you several times, you should wear more clothes .”

Lei Shounuo said, "I'm not cold."

Mei Xiaopai looked at this son who was older than his peers, and felt relieved and more pity, "What did you do?"

Lei Shounuo insisted on walking into the kitchen, and helped Zaozi carry the bowls and chopsticks, "I've gone to Muramasa's place, and pay the rest of the purchase price." He caught a glimpse of Zaozi's puzzled eyes, and continued, "This house was rented before. I bought it last year, paid half of it, and paid the other half this year."

"...Expensive, expensive?" Zaozi and Xiaopai got acquainted quickly, but when facing Lei Shounuo, he was unnatural and easily stuttered.

"Compared to the houses outside, it is very cheap."

"Of course it's cheap." Mei Xiaodi took the bowl and said to Zaozi first, "The man has worked hard all day outside, and it's my job to cook and serve the bowl." After Zaozi nodded, he continued the topic of the house. "Mazi Village is in a ravine, especially our upper village. It's not that the people in the village don't know the way. In addition, during the plague, the sick people were driven here, and no one dared to approach it. This house was originally a morgue. , the people in the village didn’t really want it, so they rented it to us cheaply.”

Speaking of the dead body, Zaozi recalled those nights when he was squatting here, his back felt a little chilly, Lei Shounuo rubbed his head, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Mei Xiaodi said: "It was because there were no other houses in the village, and this one was the only one left, and the rent was suitable, so I stayed here."

Lei Shounuo turned his head to comfort his little father and said, "It's pretty good too. How can I buy such a big and strong house with such a good price? It's good to have tiles to cover the head, and don't need to think too much about the rest."

Mei Xiaopai wiped the corners of his eyes sideways, and said with a smile: "The food is getting cold, Zao Zi, come and serve the food with me."

Lei Shounuo wiped the dining table with a rag, and when the food was ready, the three of them sat down at the same table and started eating.

The meal was very good, no matter how timid the jujube was, the aroma of the food made him have the courage to pick up vegetables.But under the habit of many years, he first put the best piece of fish belly to Xiaopai and Lei Shounuo, and then he mixed a spoonful of fish soup and buried himself in the meal.

Lei Shounuo ate the fish pieces in the bowl, and he liked the dates even more, so he also moved his chopsticks to pick up vegetables for the other two.

Zaozi's face turned red immediately, Lei Shounuo was obviously only two years older than his current self, and he was the same age as him in his previous life, how could he give people such a mature feeling?Sitting with a straight waist, he has the majesty of the head of the family.

While eating, he peeked over the side of the bowl, but unexpectedly caught by Lei Shounuo's gaze, he buried his face and never stretched his chopsticks forward again.

Lei Shounuo was amused, and was happy to add vegetables to Zaozi.

Mei Xiaopai looked at the young couple, and his heart was warmer than drinking hot soup.