Taoyuan Farmhouse Daily

"Big Brother, Second Sister, Third Brother, you are back!"

Hearing the movement at the door, Yang Zi looked at it, jumped up immediately, and rushed over excitedly.

Seeing this, Xing'er quickly pulled him back: "Brothers and sisters are carrying a lot of things, don't get in the way."

The three children who had just returned home hadn't put down the heavy load on their backs. When they saw Chang Xile sitting in the yard, they all leaned forward and said in surprise, "Uncle, are you alright?"

Seeing this, Chang Xile hurriedly said, "Put your things down first."

Chang Chenghuai, who was carrying a large bundle of dry branches, grinned and said, "It's okay, it's not heavy."

The eldest grandson, Chang Chenghuai, is only nine years old this year, but he is already a small hand at work, and he picks up most of the firewood at home.The other two, Chang Zaoer, who is seven years old, and Chang Chengshan, who is six years old, also shouldered the burdens of the family early on. They are responsible for the food of the domestic animals.

The children of the poor headed home early, Chang Xile in the previous life. Although they have been ill all the time, unable to run or jump, and had few opportunities to go out in the past few years, they at least have no worries about food and clothing. How can they live so hard like these children? There is endless work, and it is difficult to achieve even the most basic full stomach.

Huaizi put the firewood back, and before she could catch her breath, she went to the kitchen to get a knife and a dustpan, and cut up the pig vegetables brought back by Zaoer and Shanzi in the yard.Seeing this, Chang Xile felt tired for Huaizi, who was only in the fourth or fifth grade in the previous life, and couldn't help but said: "This pig dish is not in a hurry, just take a drink first."

Huaizi raised his head and showed a big smiling face. He looks very simple and honest, with thick lips and a square face. His appearance is not good, but he looks honest and responsible.

"It's okay, I have to cut up this pig dish quickly, and I have to cook it quickly. If it's too late, those guys will make a fuss again. This animal is delicate, and it will lose a few taels of meat if it's too late. We'll just leave it now." It’s the next pig, there can be no mistakes.”

After speaking, Huaizi continued to move her hands. The kitchen knife was very heavy, but Huaizi was only nine years old, but she cut very neatly. It was obvious from a glance that she often did this kind of thing.Xing'er and Shanzi didn't rest either, they poured out the snails they caught just now from the basket, and prepared to smash the snails and dig out the meat.

When Chang Xile saw the snails all over the place, he was immediately surprised. No wonder he saw that the backs of the two little guys were bent, and they had to be supported by Huaizi.

"Why did you pick up so many snails? Do you want to eat at night?"

Snails are a good thing. They are cooked properly and taste very good, especially the soup is very authentic, and it can be regarded as a meat dish.

The children suddenly pursed their lips and laughed, Zao'er said: "This is for feeding the chickens."

Chang Xile didn't realize it for a while, she just wanted to say what a waste!The words are on the lips before the sudden reaction. This is not modern, wild snails have become a rare thing.

Huaizi: "Uncle, do you want to eat it? If you want to eat it, take out half of it and soak it, and you can eat it after two days in the soil."

"Forget it, let's talk about it later." Although Chang Xile really wanted to eat it, he couldn't take the children's painstakingly brought back for the toothpaste festival, but he suddenly thought of a question, "Do we have chili at home?"

Several children looked at each other, "What is chili?"

"It just tastes spicy, and it's usually red."

Huaizi thought for a while, "Uncle did you mean cornel?"

"No, it's not that small. It's usually long." Chang Xile used a snail dipped in water to draw on the ground.

Huaizi took a closer look and shook his head, "Uncle, did you see it in the county? We don't have this thing in Taoyuan Village, why don't you wait for Grandpa to come back and ask?"

When Chang Xile heard this, she no longer had any hope in her heart. Although Yuanzheng had very little memory of food, and for him, eating was just to keep from starving, but he was quite clear that there was no spicy taste in the usual food.Chang Xile likes spicy food very much, but because of her poor health, she can only watch others eat while drooling.As for the memory of snail recipes, they are all spicy and sour series.Now there are snails that are fished out of the waste water ditch, and the body can be cured after a while, but still can't eat spicy food, which is really depressing.

But considering the current economic situation of this family, even if there is chili for a while, it will not be possible to realize the recipe in Chang Xile's mind, because it consumes too much oil!With the development of modern productive forces, there are unscrupulous merchants who use gutter oil without conscience in order to save costs, and the world will feel that oil is more expensive.

"Are snails easy to find?"

Shanzi, who was in charge of finding the snails, said: "It's okay, it's enough for our chickens. Now our chickens are only as big as fists, and they don't eat much."

Chang Xile suddenly didn't know what to say. In Yuanshen's memory, the Chang family raised a lot of chickens, and he ate at least one egg every day.In order to ensure the supply, even in the winter when chickens do not like to lay eggs, the Chang family will raise a few hens that can only lay eggs in a relatively warm kitchen.When those hens stop laying eggs, they will sell them in the county for money, and they will not keep them for their own food except for the New Year.

But now there are only chickens the size of a fist left, which means that all the raised chickens have been disposed of. Before the original body was injured, a flock of chickens flew around every time he went home, but now they are nowhere to be seen. Presumably they were all sold He exchanged money to treat Yuanshen.The remaining livestock are too small to be sold at a price. If it hadn't been for his arrival, these small things might not be able to be kept.Chang Xile sighed, this family is really good to Yuanshen, no wonder Yuanshen misses this family so much and always feels indebted.

"Is our cattle gone?"

The children suddenly fell silent, you looked at me and I looked at you.

Although Chang Xile had expected it a long time ago, she felt that the responsibility on her shoulders was even heavier when she got an affirmative answer.

When the children took care of the animals and prepared dinner, the adults came back one after another under the moonlight.Everyone was very happy to see that Chang Xile was able to get down to the ground and sit in the yard, especially Chang Laosan and Grandma Sun. Seeing Chang Xile like this, they felt that the hard work of the day was gone.

Chang Xile did not eat alone in the house that night, but ate with everyone around the firepit.

Taoyuan Village uses a firepit for cooking food, and there is a three-legged iron shelf in the middle of the firepit of Chang's family to hold the pot. This can also reflect to a certain extent that Chang's family used to live a good life.Because iron is very expensive in this world, some people don’t even have iron pots, and they still use clay pots for cooking, which will explode if they are not careful.Some people can't afford iron pots, and many people are reluctant to buy iron lumps for the stoves that support the pots, but use stones instead.

There are many families in the Chang family, so the children can't serve the table. Except for those who need to be fed, they have to bring vegetables and bowls to the side to eat. Being able to serve the table means that they are adults, and there are no women in the Chang family who cannot serve the table. The rules of eating in the kitchen.

Although Chang Xile has inherited the memory of the original body, after all, she has never experienced it personally, so she is curious about many things.For example, he had only seen the firepit in pictures or on TV before, and he had never eaten around it, so he always thought it was quite interesting.It's just that I tried it and found that it was not as good as I imagined, because the firewood was burned, and the smell of smoke was unavoidable, especially when sitting in the wind direction, the smoke was so heavy that I couldn't open my eyes.Moreover, the grass pier is very short, and the whole person is huddled when sitting on it, and it seems that the stomach is supported when eating.

But everyone was very used to it, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Although Chang Xile was not used to it for a while, she didn't think it was a big deal. She had to do as the Romans did in everything, so she couldn't be picky.Besides, although it is early summer, it is still quite cool in the countryside at night, and it is quite warm to be around the firepit.

Dinner is very simple, the staple food is pancakes made of rice bran and bean dregs, and the vegetables are a cucumber and a pot of clear water soup.When Chang Xile saw Mrs. Sun put the oil in, she dipped a little bit of lard in the soup pot with her chopsticks and stirred it to finish. The same is true for salt.Chang Xile used to cook vegetable soup like this before, and felt that eating this way would allow her to feel the original taste of the vegetables, which was very refreshing, but it was based on a table of rich and greasy meals, but now there is only such a dish, and the whole person wants to eat it. Eat green.

The reason why Chang Xile was so surprised was that no matter whether it was his original memory or what he ate in the house these days, he was not so shabby.For the past few days, he has been feeding on green vegetables, brown rice porridge and an egg every day.

Grandma Sun immediately became dissatisfied when she saw this, "Where is Xiaowu's food? Who is in charge today?"

Second Sister-in-law Cao stood up, "Mother, it's me. It's not because I want to meet my uncle, and I want to have dinner with us, so I don't think there is any need for special preparations."

"When did the fifth one eat the same as us?! You want to be lazy all day, you don't even bother to do such a thing. If Zao'er can do things, you will starve our whole family to death! "

Second Aunt Cao curled her lips, "I didn't know that my uncle is like this, and he wants to be different from everyone..."

As soon as Mrs. Wang heard this, she tugged on Mrs. Cao's sleeve and winked at her, so Mrs. Cao didn't finish her sentence.

But Mrs. Sun had already heard it, and jumped up, pointing at Mrs. Cao and yelling, "You stinky mouth is covered in shit, what kind of shit are you spraying!"

Chang's third son also shot his displeased eyes. Although the second sister-in-law Cao was not happy, she never disobeyed her parents-in-law. She quickly slapped herself, "Look at my mouth, parents, I didn't mean that, it's not that I didn't want to I’ve been here for so many years, do I still care about this, it’s because there’s really nothing at home, no matter how hard I try, I can’t make it out.”

There are several meanings in this sentence, and Chang Xile can understand it even if he is not in the situation. No matter how selfless the family was to him before, it is not what it used to be now, and it is not difficult to understand what Cao Ersao is thinking.Chang Xile doesn't feel unhappy because of this, nor does he feel that the world is cold. After all, if he thinks differently, even if he won't be like Mrs. Cao, he will inevitably feel uncomfortable.The family poured too much into him, to put it badly, it sucked the family dry like a vampire.The other brothers are also married and established, but they have made their wives and children work so hard for so many years, not to mention suffering for himself.Maybe everyone didn't care about it in the past, because everyone still has a thought, but if he is still the same as before, without any contribution, and still occupying the best resources of this family, no matter how strong the relationship is, one day it will fall apart.

Grandma Sun wanted to say something else, but Chang Xile quickly said, "Mom, how can everyone eat differently with me, it makes me not delicious."

How could Mrs. Sun not understand, she burst into tears, grabbed Chang Xile's hand and said, "Son, you are a sensible person, it's because parents are incapable..."

"Mother, don't say that, it's my child who is ashamed of you. Besides, if everyone can eat it, why can't I? I'm much better now, and I know that Mother cares about me, but I'm fine, and I don't need to be like a patient."

"This……"

Chang Laosan waved his hand, impatient in his tone, "Eat, eat! It's better to save the energy to eat than to have the energy to speak."

Seeing this, Mrs. Sun didn't say any more, and the family settled down and started to eat dinner. During the dinner, there was only the sound of chopsticks and bowls colliding.No words were spoken, but you know something has changed since tonight.