Four Foods in the Mountains

Cen Ning lay on Lu Yunchuan's lap, and his bundled black hair spread out across Lu Yunchuan's arms.

Lu Yunchuan was stunned for a moment, and then said after a few seconds: "It's all...all good."

Cen Ning asked with a smile: "Ask if you want to, anything is fine?"

Lu Yunchuan pursed his lips, and said in a low voice, "Whether you want a child...it's fine."

Cen Ning smiled: "Everyone in the village hopes that their family members will prosper. How come you are here? Do you want to be fine?"

"It's good to have children, but without children, just the two of us, I think it's also very good." Lu Yunchuan stroked Cen Ning's hair and said.

Brothers are not as easy to conceive as women, and it is not uncommon for brothers in the village to be unable to conceive a child for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, in ordinary people's marriage, the dowry price for marrying a brother is lower than that for marrying a girl. Many people want a brother to marry back and become the second wife, so it's a new experience.

Lu Yunchuan didn't want to put pressure on Cen Ning because of his child. His biological mother passed away and he separated from his father. He just wanted to live a peaceful and stable life with Cen Ning.It is a surprise to have a child, but if there is no child, it is not a disappointment. There is always brother Zhi in the family, and there is also Lu Yunrui at the other end. He is not required to continue the incense of the Lu family.

Besides, "It's hard for my brother to have a baby, but you still..."

What's more, Lu Yunchuan couldn't say anything. He originally wanted to say that Cen Ning was still young, and having children was not good for his health, but there were many daughter-in-laws in the village who gave birth to children at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Cen Ning married him at this age. It's late.

"In short, don't worry about the children. If you feel lonely at home alone, I will do less work next year and stay with you more at home, okay?"

Cen Ning nodded, and the two stayed together for a while, Yao Chunling's voice sounded again outside the courtyard gate.

Cen Ning stood up to watch. Yao Chunling wrapped her head in a cloth towel and stood in the snow, raising her voice and shouting to them: "It's snowing, and there's nothing wrong with the snow. The jar of fermented glutinous rice I made is good for drinking. You Let's go to the front room and sit down and have a taste."

"Okay." Cen Ning replied with a smile, and the three of them braved the heavy snow and went to the front.

The fermented glutinous rice has been fermented a long time ago, and Yao Chunling sealed it in a jar and steamed it for a long time. She only took it out when the snow fell today.

The jar was opened, and the tangy aroma of wine was refreshing.

"This year's wine is very good, neither sour nor bitter, very mellow." Yao Chunling took some wine from a spoon and gave it to Cen Ning to taste.

The wine is clear and sweet, with a strong rice fragrance in the mouth.

Cen Ning narrowed his eyes: "It's delicious."

"That's right." Yao Chunling smiled proudly, "I just love to drink this stuff. I brew it every year. This year's jar is the best. I'll make some meatballs. Let's drink a bowl warmly."

Fermented glutinous rice is best eaten with glutinous rice balls.

The snow kept falling outside, the ground was vast and white, and there were few footprints, but the small courtyard of the Lu family was lively.

In the main room, Lu Yunlang and Lu Yunchuan took Brother Zhi to watch the snow, while Yao Chunling and Cen Ning were kneading glutinous rice balls in the kitchen.

There are many places where glutinous rice is used during the New Year's Eve. Yao Chunling had already instructed Lu Yunlang to grind a jar of glutinous rice flour. Add water and knead the glutinous rice flour into small round balls without filling.

The meatballs are put into the pot, boiled with brown sugar and dried red dates, and then poured with wine.

The glutinous rice balls are soft and chewy, and the fermented glutinous rice is sweet and fragrant with wine. Drinking it on a snowy day will warm you up.

Brother Zhi is young, Yao Chunling doesn’t drink wine for him, and glutinous rice is not easy to eat for fear of indigestion, so he boiled a bowl of sweet pumpkin puree and put two balls, let him sit on the bench and eat with a bowl and a spoon .

The brazier in the main room was filled with new charcoal, and it was burning vigorously. Several people sat in the room watching Xue drink a bowl of fermented rice, and it was not cold at all.

Someone said: "This year's snow is heavy, and next year should be a good year."

There is no time in the mountains, on the day when the first snow gradually melted, Lu Yunchuan and Cen Ning were resting in the back room.

The cat is free in winter, and the house is warm with a kang burning. Except for eating, the two of them hardly get out of the kang.

Leaning on the kang, or talking, or Lu Yunchuan embroidering with Cen Ning, occasionally Lu Yunchuan made trouble with Cen Ning, and after a mess, the two of them fell asleep in their arms, and when they woke up, they didn't know when it was.

After a long time like this, I just feel that there are only the two of them in the world, quiet and comfortable.

In the afternoon of this day, there were rare guests at home.

When the courtyard door was knocked, Cen Ning and Lu Yunchuan were lighting a fire in the kitchen and preparing to cook.

The door opened, and Lu Yunchuan was startled when he saw two people outside the house, and hurriedly opened the doors on both sides of the courtyard, and greeted with a smile: "Second brother and second sister-in-law, hurry up and sit in the room, Ning'er, look who's here?"

Cen Er and his wife drove the scooter all morning, their faces looked tired, but they still smiled happily at Lu Yunchuan and Cen Ning.

Cen Er smiled at Cen Ning who was stunned by the kitchen door: "Why, are you so happy to see your second brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his daughter-in-law slapped her with a smile: "You don't close your mouth during the New Year's Eve. Why are you stupid? I think you are the one."

Lu Yunchuan went to pour hot tea for the two of them, and Cen Ning circled around Cen Er and Cen Er's daughter-in-law, everyone was overjoyed: "Why are you here at this time? The snow hasn't melted and you are not afraid of falling, and the family is fine. ?It's cold outside, hurry up and warm up the fire in the main room."

When they sat in the main room, Lu Yunchuan brought hot tea and added charcoal to the brazier, sat next to Cen Ning and listened to the conversation between Cen Ning and Cen's second wife.

Cen's second daughter-in-law smiled and took a sip of hot tea: "The family is doing well, and my parents are in good health. This year it's cold, and my father and them went up the mountain to hunt a lot of prey and sold it for a lot of money. We can have a good year."

"That's good." Cen Ning was happy to hear that, and asked again: "How is Yu'er? Sister-in-law is turning a month old now, is it uncomfortable?"

Cen's second daughter-in-law also answered one by one: "What's wrong with Yu'er, this year's family is rich, and his parents bought him a lot of things, every day he opens his eyes to be silly. Sister-in-law is also good, his stomach This child is very sensible, knows how to love others, and is not fussy at all."

Everything at home was fine, Cen Ning felt relieved.

The second daughter-in-law of Cen smiled and said: "You worry about your family, and you are also missed by the family. I was supposed to come before the snow, but the family was busy and delayed. The snow has melted in the past two days, and your second brother and I immediately moved. You and your brother-in-law bring some venison to taste."

Cen Ning looked outside the house, and there were indeed two baskets on the cart, which looked heavy. He hurriedly said, "Such a precious thing should be sold. Why give it to us? How can we eat it?"

"I've hunted a lot this year, so my father made the decision to keep a head for his own food, and then I brought it to you. Don't say it, I don't complain about the expensive price of this stuff. It tastes really good. Even my sister-in-law doesn't eat meat when she's pregnant. They all love to eat. My mother is afraid that you have never cooked venison, so I sent it after removing the blood and cutting it."

Cen Ning felt warm when he heard this, and said softly, "People in the village love to gossip about parents, now that you brought me venison, it's time to talk again."

The old couple of the Cen family loved Cen Ning a little bit, and they treated Cen Ning a little better than the two boys. People in the village often talked about this after dinner.

"Let them talk." Cen's second daughter-in-law said, "What are they doing with my family eating meat? It's just because they are jealous of our family's life. Mother said, let us ignore them."

My mother-in-law loves the youngest brother in the family, and the two daughter-in-laws of the Cen family know better than anyone else, but they have never had any barriers between their mother-in-law and Cen Ning.

Not to mention that Mrs. Shen treated their two daughters-in-law well and never established rules, but pointed out that the Cen family is not the kind of heavy man who treats girls and brothers harshly. .

Being served by the family every day with good food and drink, there are not many daughter-in-laws in the village who are as comfortable as she was when she was pregnant.

So Cen's second daughter-in-law also liked Cen Ning from the bottom of her heart. Mrs. Shen asked to send venison to Brother Ning.

After Cen Ning and Cen Er's daughter-in-law had talked about the family routine, it was Lu Yunchuan and Cen Er's turn to speak.