Farming. Farmhouse Daily

On the second day, Yang Sheng and Wan Jiahe basically woke up together. As soon as he opened his eyes, Wan Jiahe immediately reached out and touched his lips. After finding that it was no different from usual, he let go of the mask at ease. hands over lips.

After Yang Sheng woke up, his first reaction was to look at Wan Jiahe's face. He didn't look at anything at first, but after a closer look, he found that there was a small nail print on Wan Jiahe's upper lip that had scabbed over. A blood-colored scab the size of a small hole is particularly pierced at the edge of the upper lip.

"I'm sorry, I'll be more careful in the future." In any case, he was the one who hurt others, so Yang Sheng apologized. Wan Jiahe was also a little angry at first, but because he remembered how he had treated Yang Shengsheng last night. After passing, now he feels a little embarrassed and blames him. The little wound on his mouth is nothing compared to the two slaps he gave Yang Sheng.

"You should be careful in the future, I'm your husband-in-law, how can I be angry for what I did to you." Compared with the past, Wan Jiahe's tone this time is much better, and Yang Sheng can naturally feel it. In addition to what happened last night, I suddenly felt a little weird in my heart, and my expression was a little unnatural.

"What's wrong? Did he catch a cold?" Looking at Yang Sheng's cheeks that could be described as flushed, and thinking of Yang Sheng who was drenched in cold water last night, Wan Jiahe felt that Yang Sheng had caught a cold.He reached out and touched Yang Sheng's forehead, it was a little hot, but why did he feel that the temperature was more like warm than hot?

"You don't have a fever, do you?"

"Well, I'm fine, let's get up quickly." Stretching out his hand to stop Wan Jiahe's hand that was about to reach out again, Yang Sheng sat up quickly. He still has a lot of things to do today, so he can't waste time on the bed.

Yang Sheng was going to the town to buy chickens and seeds today, which was planned long ago, and Wan Jiahe was also going to collect rent with his brothers, so the two of them got up quickly without delay.

When Yang Sheng tidied up the field, he had already set up a chicken shed there. From now on, he would put the chickens in the field during the day, and rush to the chicken shed at night, which would be very convenient.When going to the town, because the family’s carriage Wan Jia and his brothers needed to use it, Yang Sheng drove Lin Zi’s ox cart. After arriving in the town, he also met the housekeeper of the Yan Mansion. The housekeeper asked Yang Sheng why he didn’t send mushrooms today. After going to the house, Yang Sheng and the butler explained that it was not the time to pick up those fungus, and the butler obviously understood a little bit, so he didn't make things difficult for Yang Sheng, but instead told him to send some unusual snacks to their house. If he goes up, the mansion will give him another money.

Yang Sheng naturally agreed to the housekeeper's proposal. Although he doesn't have any snacks that he can take out right away, it doesn't mean that there won't be any in the future. A Niang can make so many things, and it's not easy for him to teach him a little bit.

Went to the poultry trading market, Yang Sheng bought twenty chickens, the small ones cost one penny each, and the larger ones cost about three or four taels a penny each. Yang Sheng was afraid that the chickens would be too small to raise. I don’t want to live, so I bought a slightly larger one for two cents.After buying the chickens, Yang Sheng directly put them into the chicken coop given by the vendor owner, and the chicken coop can be carried, which is very convenient.

After buying the chickens, he had to go to the grain station managed by the government to buy all kinds of vegetable seeds. After buying almost everything, Yang Sheng bought some pastries for Wanjiahe and went back. Yesterday Wanjiahe brought a lot of pastries. Give it to his mother, but there seems to be nothing left at home. What the second sister-in-law said yesterday is also reasonable. There is no snack at home. When the parents-in-law are at home, Wanjiahe’s meals should be well prepared for him Well, he even hired a long-term worker to take care of him.

Yang Sheng didn’t need to buy many daily necessities when he came to the town this time. After buying the main things, he waited for Linzi on the bullock cart. Home.

The chickens that Yang Sheng bought were big enough to go to the ground to eat by themselves. Yang Sheng directly put the twenty chicks in the fenced field, and only used them at home at noon every day. Add a little bran noodles and chopped vegetable leaves to the broken chaff, and pour it into the wooden trough to top-dress the chickens.

Except for radishes, Chinese cabbage, and a few packs of long-stem beans, Yang Sheng didn’t buy the vegetable seeds, because the rapeseeds are grown at home and they can keep the seeds, so they are very cheap. Several acres of land have been sown. As for the ground fruit, it will only be considered next year, so there is no need to worry about it now.

After the radish seeds are planted, if the weather is good, the small green leaves can be raised up to the sky, and the radish is a plant that needs to be plucked from the leaves and roots to grow, so after the radish is planted, it will not be long before the chick and the soon-to-be-bought The piglets also have vegetable leaves to feed.

Because the land that Yang Sheng sorted out was too big, it would take a lot of time for him to plant the seeds himself, so Wan Jiahe asked him to go to the village to find some people to help plant them. Anyway, this kind of work is the best job. Easily, a few people can plant more than ten acres a day.When Yang Sheng came up with the idea of ​​this piece of land, he had already thought how tired he would be, because at that time he didn't expect that he would ask someone for help, and he had to charge wages to help the landlord's house. It doesn't matter, it's all the default rules of the villagers.Generally speaking, if a farmer helps out, he only manages the family’s food for a day. Except for building walls or woodwork, they basically don’t need to pay wages.

Yang Sheng is not a dead-headed person either. Making money is to let him relax and live a good life. If he wears himself out just to save a few pennies, it won't be worth it.So he also agreed with Wan Jiahe's proposal, but Wan Jiahe still needs to come forward to help him find candidates. He is still too unfamiliar with the people in the village. It seems that he needs to deal with them more in the future. In the days to come, if you encounter a little thing, you will have to bother the family members.

Among the few people Wan Jiahe looked for were men and younger brothers, but they were all married people, and the speed of helping Yang Sheng was much faster.Sowing vegetables is very simple, as long as the soil is loosened, the soil pits are dug row by row, and then put a little fertilizer and throw the seeds in.After knowing the land that Yang Sheng wanted to plant, several sister-in-laws in the family asked Yang Sheng to use all the firewood and ashes in the house. A lot of firewood ashes, these things and the manure water are good crop fertilizers.

When the few people who came to help knew that what Yang Sheng was going to plant was the abandoned wasteland, they all looked down on him in their hearts, thinking that he was just messing around and wasting the seed money.But how much everyone looks down on them in their hearts, they won't show it on the surface. Apart from Yang Sheng's status, it's also because they have an extra job now, and there's nothing wrong with having an extra income.

After someone helped, the movement was indeed much faster. Seeing the fewer and fewer seeds in his hand, Yang Sheng became more and more happy. The radish grows very fast, and in a month or so there will be fresh radish leaves to feed chickens and pigs , After a few months, there will be fresh radishes to eat.

When Yang Sheng was busy in the field, Wan Jiahe was not idle either. He had to go out with his brothers to collect rent every day, and he didn’t come home until late in the evening. Every day when he got home, he complained to Yang Sheng that he was tired. Yang Sheng didn't know if Wan Jiahe would go out to collect rent in the past, but he just wanted to see him in such an unaccustomed manner, probably for the first time.

"If your feet hurt, soak in hot water at night, and then put some salt in it, that soaks to relieve fatigue, then sleep well, and tomorrow will be much better." These days Wanjiahe has been out early and late every day After all, Yang Sheng also knew that this young master who had never done any heavy work must be very tired. In the past, during the busy farming season, the uncle would let the uncle soak his feet in salt water, saying that it was like that to relieve fatigue. Much easier.

As soon as Yang Sheng said that, he was going to prepare hot water for Wan Jiahe, but Wan Jiahe stopped him and told him not to add salt, just mix it with a bucket of warm water and let him take a bath.In fact, it’s not because Wan Jiahe couldn’t take it because he couldn’t bear it. When he went out to do business, he was more tired than this time. He felt uncomfortable because...he fell from the ridge of the field into the paddy field below, near his knees. His skin was red and swollen from being poked by the sharp grain stakes, and some places were even torn. When walking, the dangling trouser legs rubbed against his knees, which was very uncomfortable.

Although Yang Sheng is busy these days, the work he does is quite easy. Compared with the busy farming in previous years, he feels that the work he is doing now is nothing at all.It turned out to be a good feeling that someone is running around outside and can handle family affairs at home with peace of mind. In the past, he didn't want to rely on anyone because he had no one to rely on. Now he wants to live with Wan's family with peace of mind, so he realized it, A Niang In my previous thoughts, it turned out that someone was helping to hold up the sky at home, and it felt so different from having to make up my own mind for everything.

Wan Jiahe felt less uncomfortable after taking a warm bath. When Wan Jiahe was taking a bath, Yang Sheng, Ma Cuihua and the others were harvesting millet in the courtyard, because there were eaves around the courtyard. Therefore, the harvested millet does not need to be laboriously carried into the house. It only needs to be piled under the eaves. After the millet is completely dried, it can be put into the barn after the total amount is recorded and divided among the households.

After half a month of busy work, the Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived. Two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yang Sheng prepared something for his mother to send back. When he returned, Yang Sheng heard something about Yang Liniang. Came back alone.The people in the village also knew that Yang Liniang came home alone, but they didn't know what happened after returning home. The main courtyard of Yang's side house was separated by a wall, and Aunt Yang could hear the noise next door clearly, so she Tian felt relieved because of his son-in-law's visit.

"Son, how are you and your family and you? You have to keep a close eye on him, only a talented man can have concubines, maybe the young landlord can take a few concubines back." Noisy next door Amidst the commotion, Aunt Yang could hear clearly. Yang Liniang was full of complaints to her husband's family. Why did she kneel down to worship a dead man's memorial tablet? Daughter, that little girl called her like a mother and a mother all day long, making her look like she was married to be a concubine.

After Yang Sheng listened to Aunt Yang's words, he didn't have time to think about the Wanjia and Na Bu Na's small matters, as long as he thought about Yang Liniang's complaints, he was happy.The uncle's family wanted Yang Liniang to marry Li Xiucai's house, but they didn't want to think that the scholar died because of his wife. Yang Liniang was just a concubine when she married her.

Yang Sheng has now figured out why that scholar married the Yang family. On the one hand, it was because Yang Liniang was really good-looking, and on the other hand, it was also because he couldn't find any good girls in the county. My daughter is definitely not willing to fill in a house for a talented person, and find a suitable wife to be her original wife. It is also good to live a beautiful life.There were no suitable ones in the county, so they had to look for them in villages with good conditions. Although the farmers worked hard, their status in Dayan was not low, so Yang Liniang was selected.

Although Yang Sheng is happy to watch his uncle's family reap the consequences, what happens to others is not what he cares most about now. He has to rush back to make mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival with his sisters-in-law at home.Because he had to hurry home, Yang Sheng didn't stay too long, but asked his mother to bring some mooncakes home with the people who dragged her to the town on the day of Mid-Autumn Festival.

Wanjia makes the mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival every year by himself. There are models of pressed mooncakes at home, and there are many patterns. Those things are all made of silver.Yang Sheng looked at the exquisite patterns on the models, and thought about how exquisite the patterns on the mooncakes he would make later, he worked harder to learn.

The fillings are prepared in advance, and there are two flavors of sweet and salty.The sweet ones include bean paste, brown sugar, and ground fruit wrapped in sugar, and the salty ones are only shredded pork.These crafts are handed down from generation to generation by the daughters-in-law of the Wan family. Yang Jun was taught by his uncle, and his second sister-in-law was taught by her mother-in-law who went to Beijing. My second aunt taught it.

Yang Sheng has only met his mother-in-law so far, so it is of course empty talk to pass on the craftsmanship, so Yang Sheng directly kneaded the dough for all the sisters-in-law, and then patiently listened to everyone's experience, and when the dough was kneaded, he personally When I went to the battle, I found that the cakes he made for a few months looked passable. This year, I don’t need to think about it. Next year, I should be able to make as good as a few sister-in-laws.

"Yang Sheng did a good job. He didn't show his secrets at all. You don't even know that when your brother Jun first started learning, he learned it by wasting a lot of flour stuffing." The uncle's family's attitude towards Yang Sheng , it can be regarded as changing with the attitude of Wan Jiafu's family. In short, Yang Sheng can feel that whether it is the uncle or the second uncle's family, it is much better for him now than it was at the beginning.

I don't know if it has something to do with his past experience. Yang Sheng is really not very good at dealing with compliments from others, so he just smiled at what his aunt said, and didn't know what to say.The auntie looked at Yang Sheng with a shy smile, and thought that this child really has a heart. Although she won't take the initiative to please the elders, she likes to be honest. Don't pretend to be a fool all day long. .

Because there are a lot of mooncakes to be made, they are all steamed in a steamer while making them. When the mooncakes with sweet fillings are half-cooked, a layer of honey is applied on the outer layer to enhance the flavor and color, and the salty mooncakes are eaten directly. Put in the steamer until it is cooked.Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the mooncakes are made, except for today's food, the rest will be put away for the whole family to eat together tomorrow night.After half a month, more and more men from the Wan family are at home, but at this time, the courtyard of the house is almost full of millet every day, and it is very inconvenient to walk. Tomorrow, we will set up a dining table in the courtyard. The millet had to be harvested early.

After the last pot of moon cakes was cooked, each family brought a plate back to eat fresh, and the rest was eaten when the family watched the moon together tomorrow night.When Yang Sheng returned with their home, he picked up two salty mooncakes and put them on the second sister-in-law's plate. There were only two of them, and the second sister-in-law had a large family, so he gave two more for Zhen'er to eat.

"Second sister-in-law, there are so many. Jiahe and I can't finish them all. You can take two home for Zhen'er." When Yang Sheng handed Ma Cuihua mooncakes, he didn't think too much, just because Ma Cuihua happened to be returning home with him. Home, and he and Zhen'er are a little more familiar, Ma Cuihua has a carefree personality, and she didn't expect so many twists and turns, so she took it with a smile, thanked the aunt for her daughter, and the two went home separately. .

Yang Sheng gave Ma Cuihua mooncakes alone, and Yang Jun, who was standing in front of his gate watching, felt very uncomfortable. He felt that Yang Sheng really loved his brother and sister-in-law. He was so kind to him before, why didn’t he Remember to give yourself two alone?I am still pregnant with a child now!

After returning home, Yang Sheng put the mooncakes in the main room and was busy cooking again. In the past few days, Wanjia and his brothers will come back around the time of meal, so it is still too late for him to start cooking.

Now that the melons, fruits and vegetables in the field are getting less and less, Yang Sheng picked a few eggplants in the field, picked a handful of old cowpeas, and added a few red peppers before going back to prepare Cook.

After you go home and put the rice in the pot, clean the heads and tails of the eggplants. After the water in the rice pot boils, use two chopsticks to string the eggplants from the middle, and put them directly in the pot cook directly.

Before going to the vegetable field, Yang Sheng had already fermented some flour, and now he boiled the eggplant, and then he could make omelets.The omelette is very simple to make but tastes very good. In the past, every year when Yang Liniang or the third child in the family had her birthday, the aunt would ask her to make omelets. Because there were not many that could be eaten in his mouth every time, Yang Sheng was very happy. It is thinking about that thing.

Seeing the small holes in the flour, Yang Sheng directly cracked three eggs into it, then kept stirring, and then sprinkled a little salt. After a while, the flour in the kung fu bowl changed color, and the flour became thinner. At this time, heat the pot and pour a little oil, then use a spoon to evenly spread the oil to the lower and upper part of the pot, and then pour the thin noodles in the pot into it according to the amount.After the noodles are poured in, quickly use the round spoon in your hand to quickly spread the noodles at the bottom of the pot around until it becomes a noodle shape, then you can turn it over directly.

Because there were only two of them, Yang Shengfa didn't have much noodles. After making three thin noodle cakes, the noodles in the basin were almost used up. After the noodle cakes were ready, cut them into inches and widths on the cutting board and put them aside for later use. That's fine.After the noodles are baked, the eggplants in the rice pot on the other side are almost ready, take out the eggplants with the chopsticks and put them on the plate, then pull out the chopsticks inside, cut a hole in the eggplant body, and put the adjusted Put the sauce inside and put it back into the rice cooker to keep warm.

After the eggplant is ready, it’s time to deal with the omelet that was just made. The omelette can be eaten directly, or it can be fried with fried meat in another step. There is still a lot of fried meat left, so Yang Sheng specially picked it up Stir-fried meat and omelets are a rare delicacy in farm dishes. The glutinous aroma of omelets and the meaty aroma of fried meat complement each other, and the aromas permeate each other. The whole taste and eating two dishes separately are not a satisfaction At this point, Yang Sheng really wanted Wan Jiahe to come back earlier, so that he could have dinner earlier.

After making the fried meat omelette, there is only one dish left. The remaining cowpea and red pepper can be chopped and fried directly, because today’s dishes are all strong in taste, Yang Sheng has cooled the boiled water in advance, At that time, eating these dishes with cold boiled water will relieve the greasiness than drinking any soup.

Wan Jiahe came back at a very good time, and when he arrived home, all the dishes of Yang Sheng had just been ready.When Wan Jiahe was washing his face and wiping his hands, Yang Sheng put the meal on the table, and when Wan Jiahe sat down, the meal could be served.

Yang Sheng likes all the dishes he cooked today. Sometimes he feels that he has a talent for cooking, and the taste is very good when he thinks of it occasionally.He likes the eggplant sauce very much. In the past, he only liked to use eggplant for stir-fried peppers or cold salad, but it tastes good when eaten this way, because the middle is scratched a bit, so every time a piece of eggplant is torn off with chopsticks, only the middle This kind of eggplant does not want to be cold or stir-fried to cover up the aroma of the eggplant itself, and you can also taste the taste of the sauce, which is very refreshing and not greasy.

"Who did you learn to cook from?" It was said a few days ago that Yang Sheng would learn how to cook from his second sister-in-law, but Wan Jiahe didn't remember that his second sister-in-law had made these dishes. It suits his taste.

"My aunt, but some of them are just my thoughts." Yang Sheng thought that Wan Jiahe probably liked today's meal, otherwise he wouldn't talk to himself until the meal was almost finished.

"Well, the noodle fried pork is delicious, you can make this tomorrow." Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also another day for the whole family to eat together. Every time this happens, each room will cook a few dishes Because Yang Sheng is a younger brother and he is married for the first time, the family doesn't have any requirements for him. If this kind of life happens again in the future, Yang Sheng will go to the kitchen to cook for himself like his sisters-in-law.

"What kind of noodle? It's called egg cake. Don't you taste like an egg?" Yang Sheng wondered, how could Wan Jiahe come up with such an ugly name.

"Is there an egg in it?"

"Have."

"I said, why does it smell like eggs?"

"..." So it was not eaten at all and there was an egg in it?