Four Foods in the Mountains

The next day, Brother Zhu really brought Sister Ru and his mother to look for Cen Ning.

Sister Ru and her mother took out the quilt and various colored threads in a basket, but Cen Ning took the things but was not in a hurry to respond. He first went to his own room to get his wedding dress when he got married and the handkerchief sachet he embroidered on a daily basis.

"Auntie, I embroidered these myself. Take a look first. If you think the pattern is good, I'll embroider the quilt for you." Cen Ning said as he passed the things over.

Sister Ru and her mother were satisfied with Cen Ning's considerate and meticulous work, and secretly praised the second boy Lu for marrying a good husband.

After taking a look at Cen Ning's wedding dress, he was even more satisfied: "Oh, look at the mandarin duck embroidered, it looks like the live one, and the peony flower is also well embroidered."

Brother Zhu seemed to be praising himself, proudly said: "Yes, my aunt and I didn't fool you, my aunt told me and Brother Ning to learn how to be female celebrities all day long."

"Didn't bluff me, didn't bluff me, I have to come to thank your mother some other day!" Sister Ru caressed the mandarin duck and smiled, the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she was, "Brother Ning, there are two quilts on the bed. The bed is embroidered with mandarin ducks, and the other bed is embroidered with double happiness?"

After writing it down, Cen Ning discussed the date and price with Sister Ru and her mother, and then sent her out.

Brother Zhu didn't leave, stayed behind and said with a smile: "I've taken over the job, now you're busy."

Cen Ning put the quilts, needles, and thread brought by Sister Ru and her mother into the back room to tidy up, and took out the pumpkin seeds he had fried to knock to Brother Zhu: "It's the New Year's Eve, so it's better to be busy."

He got close to Brother Zhu, and often talked to him: "Without a mother-in-law, it's the first time I'm talking about the Chinese New Year, and I feel flustered. It's always good to have more money on hand."

Rural people don't pay much attention to festivals. On weekdays, during the Dragon Boat Festival and Qixi Festival, it's just that those who can afford it will add to the snacks. The rich people in the town join in the excitement.

I also met Qingming, and I paid more attention to it because of my ancestors.

But the Chinese New Year is different. After working hard in the fields for a year in the rain and moxibustion, the winter is finally able to take a break from the cold and summer, and every household has to be happy to take care of it.

There has always been a saying in the countryside that the family will be happy and happy in the coming year if they are reunited in peace and harmony.

When Cen Ning was still at home, New Year's Eve was the busiest time for his aunt, serving three meals a day, and making preparations to visit relatives and friends, so busy that her feet never touched the ground.

Now that he is married to Lu Yunchuan, it is the first time he has to deal with the New Year's affairs, and he is always uncertain.

There is another reason that is not easy to tell Brother Zhu. He is thinking about Lu Yunchuan's hard life in the past. I'm afraid that I often live alone by the cold pot and the cold stove.

Now that the two of them have a family, he has to take care of it with all his heart and have a good year.

Brother Zhu comforted him by knocking on melon seeds: "You will definitely be able to do it well, and the Lu family has few relatives, not those seven aunts and eight aunts. The little boy crawled all over the place, making people suffocated. When it was time to eat, the food had to be sold out as soon as it was on the table.”

Cen Ning laughed at him: "You are talking nonsense."

"Really!" Seeing that Cen Ning didn't believe him, Brother Zhu hurriedly argued, "You don't know that every year when relatives come to eat at home, my mother has to leave some sesame seed cakes in the boiler in advance, so that our family can wait for the relatives to leave. Fill your stomach, if you want to eat meat, you have to grab it from the kid's bowl, it's a skill!"

Brother Zhu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Thankfully, I'm used to it. If you're so fastidious, you probably won't be able to eat that scene."

Cen Ning stuffed melon seeds into his hand: "Eat yours!"

Thinking of something, Cen Ning took a plate out from the kitchen: "This is the chestnut pancake I made, it's good to eat when it's cold, try it."

"It's ready, have you stepped on and peeled all those chestnuts?" Brother Zhu picked up one.

"Chuan Zi came back last night and cleaned everything up." Cen Ning said a little embarrassedly, he wanted to let Lu Yunchuan rest, but Lu Yunchuan said that the work was a lot of work, and he did it all by himself.

"Brother Chuanzi is still caring. If I ask you, all the men in the village should learn from him how to love their wives." Brother Zhu said, taking a bite of the cake.

The chestnut cake has a crispy skin, but the filling is soft and sweet, and the mouth is full of chestnut fragrance.

"Ning'er, your hands are so skillful, it's delicious!" Brother Zhu opened his eyes wide and smacked the food carefully.

"Really?" Cen Ning rolled his eyes and smiled, "I'll give it to Brother Zhi, and Brother Zhi also likes it."

"Really, it tastes much better than the chestnut cake my mother bought for my nephew. I guess the cakes in the pastry shop in the town taste like this." Zhu Geer was still a little bit unsatisfied after eating one.

Cen Ning pushed the plate in front of him: "This is for you, you can eat this piece too."

The chestnut cake on the plate was chubby, Zhu Geer swallowed his saliva but held back: "I won't eat it, I'll take this piece to my stinky nephew for a taste."

In the evening when Lu Yunchuan came back from work, there was a scent in the kitchen but there was no sign of Cen Ning.

He washed his hands and face and went into the house, where Cen Ning was sitting on the Kang and embroidering beside the oil lamp.

Seeing that Lu Yunchuan came back, he put down his needle and thread: "You're back? Are you hungry? The rice is simmering in the pot. I'll serve it right away."

Cen Ning told him last night about helping Sister Ru's family embroider the quilt. Lu Yunchuan took a look at the quilt and said, "Embroider less at night, don't burn your eyes. If you don't have enough time, you can only make one bed. There are many people embroidering quilts, so it is convenient for Sister Ru's family to find others."

Cen Ning took him by the arm and walked towards the kitchen: "I'll make an appointment with him if there's time. I'm just waiting for you to come back and have nothing to do to make some tricks, and I'll light the lamp, so it doesn't bother my eyes."

As soon as Cen Ning's tone softened, Lu Yunchuan had no choice but to shut up and stop nagging.

For dinner, Cen Ning steamed a pot of dry rice with corn kernels and pumpkin. Knowing that Lu Yunchuan couldn't eat well at noon, he cooked dinner carefully. He fried two eggs and fried a plate of sliced ​​meat with fried chili sauce. They were both delicious and filling. vegetable.

After eating too much dinner, when it was time to go to bed, neither of them could fall asleep with their eyes open.

Cen Ning didn't know that Lu Yunchuan hadn't slept yet, so he buried his face in the quilt thinking that he would not be able to sleep at all, why not put on his clothes and go to the main room to embroider the quilt, and find something to do instead of lying down.

But as soon as he moved, Lu Yunchuan wrapped his arms around his shoulders and asked, "What's wrong?"

Cen Ning was startled, and then whispered, "I can't sleep."

Lu Yunchuan said "Hmm", Cen Ning thought he was arguing with him, and hurriedly said: "You continue to sleep, I can't sleep and go to the main room for a meeting."

As he spoke, he was about to get up, but Lu Yunchuan's arms were still around him, holding him down and unable to move.

In the darkness, Lu Yunchuan's Adam's apple rolled, and his voice was very low: "Are you... tired today?"

Cen Ning didn't know why, so he replied blankly, "I didn't do anything today, so I'm not tired."

As soon as the words fell, Lu Yunchuan stretched his arms, and he was hugged back into his arms again.

Lu Yunchuan pressed Cen Ning on the bed, pinched the back of his white neck that was exposed outside his jacket, and rubbed heavily on the side of Cen Ning's neck with his lips and tongue.

The last time there was a mark on the side of the neck, Cen Ning was afraid of being seen and ridiculed, so he didn't dare to go out for two or three days.

At this moment, he crouched under Lu Yunchuan and remembered the embarrassment, raised his head and patted Lu Yunchuan's back with his palm, and hummed softly: "Don't...don't leave a mark."

Lu Yunchuan gasped heavily in Cen Ning's ear, and he let go of Cen Ning's neck.

As soon as Cen Ning breathed a sigh of relief, his belt was torn apart by his big hands. Lu Yunchuan's fingers had thick calluses, and Cen Ning couldn't help trembling slightly. With the help of the moonlight, a piece of jade white radiated in the dark room.

Lu Yunchuan straightened his shoulders, saw Cen Ning's hair spread out, his eyes wet, his throat rolled twice, and he bent down deeply again.

When Cen Ning woke up the next day, it was already bright in the room, and it was time for Lu Yunchuan to leave.

There was a familiar indistinct ache all over his body, Cen Ning got up and put on his clothes, took off the dirty sheets and took them to the yard for washing.

Lu Yunchuan made breakfast before going out, and Cen Ning drank half a bowl of porridge after washing the sheets, but he was still not feeling refreshed.

He simply closed the courtyard door and went back to the inner room, put the quilt on the back of his waist and began to embroider the quilt.

Although Sister Ru and her mother are not in a hurry, he still wants to embroider it earlier and show it to others, so that if there is anything to be changed, there will be plenty of time.

As soon as the mandarin duck's tail was hooked, a child's cry sounded outside the courtyard door, and then there was a knock on the door of his own courtyard.

Fearing that some child had stumbled at the gate of his own courtyard, Cen Ning hurriedly stepped on his shoes and ran to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, it was Brother Zhu's sister-in-law Li Shi standing outside the door. Li Shi was holding Brother Zhu's nephew in his arms, with tears still hanging on his face.

Seeing that Cen Ning opened the door, Mrs. Li smiled at him and asked, "Brother Ning, the chestnut cake you gave Brother Zhu yesterday is good for this kid, but he is still clamoring for it today, do you still have any at home?" ?”