The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

The little scholar put his arms across his chest: "Come over." Xue Yinsong really wanted to ignore it, but when he thought of the serious consequences if he did this, he let go of his hand and muttered obediently: "Obviously you came here, why don't you come here?" Blame me."

Xiao Xiucai was so angry that his teeth itch, but he also knew that the more he talked, the more he would take advantage of him, so he pulled the quilt hard and turned around.Xue Yinsong took the opportunity to stick to his back and said: "You rolled up the quilt, how can I sleep."

Xiao Xiucai pushed him twice: "I only stretched a little, why don't you have a quilt." As he spoke, he turned over and touched his side. Although the quilt was not rich, it could completely cover people, just listen to Xue Yinsong Ouch, ouch, humming: "Don't be too proactive, I sometimes have poor concentration."

Only then did the little scholar realize that he had been fooled, and pushed him vigorously, saying, "You won't freeze to death!" Xue Yinsong chuckled, only to hear Father Xue shouting majestically, "What's the noise! ​​You should sleep well!"

Xue Yinsong was really tired during the day, he smiled and lay down, and soon fell asleep.

The family got up one after another early in the morning, and Xue Yinsong dragged his father to collect the vegetables early.

The two of them collected two full baskets, tidied them up and tied them up one by one with straw.Father Xue looked at the cabbage with satisfaction and said: "This is really a good dish. It can be put in the beginning of spring. Let's go, go back, and we can collect it all after five or six trips."

The two walked home with their burdens, Xue Yinsong remembered and said, "Father, you said that you want to make fermented bean curd."

Father Xue said: "At that time, you go to collect the vegetables, and I will buy a piece of tofu." Xue Yinsong shook his head: "You can collect two more picks for me. It's not that I'm lazy, but I'm afraid that the cabbage will be damaged by the sudden snow. .” Father Xue thought about it and said, “Okay, I’ll accept two more picks.”

One load weighed at least one hundred catties, and when two loads were taken into the house, Father Xue was exhausted and sweated, so he put the load away and rushed to buy tofu.

Xue Yinsong received four picks, and his shoulders hurt from exhaustion, so he sat in the yard drinking water while resting.Father Xue said: "This fermented bean curd can be made any day, why rush today?" Xue Yinsong said: "It's already very cold, no matter how cold it is, white hair won't grow."

Father Xue cleaned the steaming grid and pot to remove the oil and gas, put the tofu on it and steamed it for a few minutes.After steaming, use a knife to cut into small pieces and put them on the steaming grid to take them to the dark place of Westinghouse to mold.

Chang Hui squatted aside curiously and asked, "How long does it take for mold to develop?" "It takes half a month for mold to develop." Father Xue said with a smile, picked up Chang Hui and walked outside, he is very satisfied with his cheap grandson now , the more you look at it, the more you love it.

At night, the four of them ate dinner and sat in the room. Father Xue took a pair of shoe soles and put them there. This pair was for Changhui, and he was going to make a pair of tall cotton boots.Xue Yinsong had been busy all day today, so he was a little tired, so he lay on the bed with his eyes closed to rest.

Father Xue said, "How many cabbages are there in the field?"

"It's all harvested, and it's randomly placed in the west room. I'll go to bind the straw tomorrow. I really don't want to move today. My shoulders hurt like hell."

Little Xiucai listened to him, and ordered Changhui to say, "Go and squeeze Aba's shoulders for you." Changhui ran over, squeezed left and right, and beat him with his small fists.Father Xue's eyes became hot, and he quickly slanted his shoulders and said, "Punch me too." Changhui punched his father again. In fact, his little fist didn't have much strength, but his father was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "It's better to be a good boy. ah."

Little Xiucai was very tired after cleaning the east room for a day, and after a while she was so sleepy that she couldn't keep her eyes open.Winter night also went to bed early, and the four of them sat for a while before washing up and going to sleep.

In the middle of the night, the family of four was sleeping soundly, when suddenly the door was slammed, Xue Yinsong turned over and put on his clothes to go out to check: "Who is it?"

"I'm Shunzi, from the east of the village. I'm sorry to bother you. I want to find Father Xue."

Xue Yinsong opened the door a little strangely, and saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy standing at the door, rubbing his hands from the cold: "Why are you looking for my father?"

In the middle of the night, there was a layer of frost on the ground, and it was frozen. Shunzi rubbed her hands and hopped her feet to warm up: "Please, Mr. Xue, come over, my sow can't give birth to piglets, it's dying!"

Xue Yinsong wondered: "My father doesn't know how to deliver babies, what are you looking for? You should find someone who can deliver babies!"

Shunzi cried and said with a mournful face: "People in the whole village have searched all over, and after going to four or five, they all said no. This sow has been born for more than a day, and if it doesn't give birth, the piglet will be suffocated in it. Listen to what they say about you. The pigs in the family are well raised, so there is no way to find them, so at least I will ask Father Xue to take a look, what if there is a live head?"

Xue Yinsong went into the room and chatted with his father, Xue's father said: "Since he came to the door, I must go, you go and tell him, I will get up immediately." Xue Yinsong had never seen this boy before, thinking about it A little worried: "Let me walk with you, and this big black sky can help you hold a torch."

Father Xue put on his clothes, and the three of them walked towards the east of the village with a lantern. Before entering the courtyard, a man ran out head-on and almost bumped into each other: "Oh, it's you, hurry up! The big pig is dying, I think it's just a matter of time." I'll hang on to the butcher, I'll go find the pig butcher, and I'll kill it before I lose my temper, and the pork won't be worth much when it's dead!" The man ran outside as he said that, and Shunzi became anxious when he heard that. : "Father Xue, you must save my family's Dahua. The piglets produced by Dahua are the number one in Chenjia Village every year. What if they die!"

When Father Shunzi heard that Father Xue was coming, he rushed out to greet him and said, "Father Xue, as long as you can save our big pig, the two piglets will be divided equally between the two families! Hurry up, go in and have a look, I don't think it will work!" Shunzi jumped up anxiously: "Why did you ask the second brother to hire the pig butcher? Our family can count on this big sow!"

Shunzi's father was also in a hurry: "Then what to do! If the pig is going to die, we can only bury it, and how much money can it sell for if it is killed alive! You think I want to kill a pig!"

When Father Xue walked into the yard, he saw three or four lanterns lit in the pigsty, lighting up the hall, the old man and the little girl were all standing in the pigsty anxiously: "You all go out, let me take a look. "

The family was a bit reluctant, and was coaxed out by Shunzi's father. Shunzi said: "Father Xue, do you want to drink?" , go and pour some hot tea!"

Father Xue hurriedly said: "Don't drink, don't drink, you all don't talk, stand far away, let me look at the pigs first." He greeted his son and entered the pigsty.

The big sow was lying on her side, her belly swelled like a big ball, her eyes were half-opened, and she looked at the side blankly. The birth canal had already opened, and a little half of the amniotic fluid and afterbirth had flowed out.

Father Xue frowned and asked, "How long has the afterbirth been broken?"

"Almost half an hour."

"You are probably hopeless," Father Xue shook his head, "We can only kill pigs now, if it is in time, maybe the piglets that are killed may survive."

Shunzi's father's legs went limp when he heard this, and he was about to sit on the ground. Shunzi hurriedly helped his father to sit aside, then walked over and said, "Father Xue is also our family's last hope, since you said no, Then wait for the second brother to ask the butcher to come back."

Xue Yinsong suddenly said: "Don't worry, I have a recipe, if you are willing, I will give it a try."

Shunzi hurriedly jumped up and said, "Yes! Yes! A dead horse is a living horse doctor!"

Xue Yinsong said in a deep voice: "Go and get baijiu, the strength should not be too high, old-fashioned incense is fine, take two or three catties." Shunzi hurriedly went to the back kitchen to bring a large jar of wine, Xue Yinsong took it and said: " Come two people, help me lift the pig's head up, find a hollow bamboo tube, and pour the wine into it."

Shunzi and a few strong laborers in the family rushed over to help the pig's head, and inserted a bamboo tube into the pig's throat. The pig seemed to be a little weak, and did not resist after grunting a few times.

Xue Yinsong poured the wine in spoonful by spoonful, and the big pig drank it gulply. After the three catties of white wine was poured, the big pig was a little drunk, humming wildly, and spit out some foam.

There was a sound at the courtyard door, but it was the pig butcher invited by Er Shun who came. As soon as the pig butcher arrived, he ordered to boil water, sat in the courtyard by himself, lit a lantern and began to sharpen a thin knife.

Xue Yinsong washed his hands and stood beside his father, who asked suspiciously, "Where did you find this idea, is it useful?"

Xue Yinsong nodded: "The absolute folk prescription is what I read in a strange book. There is a magical land called Taiwan in the south of the Celestial Dynasty. There is a strange woman named Sanmao in that place. She likes to travel around the fairy mountain archipelago. She has written many books, but unfortunately I have only read one of them. It is about how she cured a goat with torn clothes with red wine in the desert. Now I can only give it a try and see if it works for a while. I will know."

Father Xue stared at his son: "Tiger, you haven't slept in the middle of the night, have you? You haven't even been to private school for a few days, how can you know anything?" Xue Yinsong snorted disdainfully: " That old master looked down on people too much, I asked him a question, but it was rare that he couldn't answer it, and even reprimanded me for being ignorant."

Father Xue said, "Is it always you who are naughty in class?"

"What's the matter, I asked him, since the sage Confucius said that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen, why do you cook at home? Cooking means that you are not a gentleman. Since you are not a gentleman, how can you teach us? Get out."

"You child, how can you talk to your husband like this?" Father Xue was so angry that he wanted to hit him, thinking that Shu Xiu, who had managed to collect the money back then, was kicked out after only half a year of school.

Xue Yinsong snorted and said, "He can't answer by himself, what can I do, besides, half a year is enough for me to read the characters. Didn't I also read a lot of books afterwards?"

Father Xue was even angrier when he mentioned this: "What kind of bullshit books are you reading! What are you reading? What are you reading? Wild Fox Zen? What Lotus Sutra? What bullshit Chronicles of the Four Kingdoms, what bullshit books! In the past many years, it may not be possible for half of the children to be admitted!"

Xue Yinsong didn't bother to defend himself, and only lightly gestured with his hand: "Shh~~, look, that pig has started to move."

Old man Xue looked over, and sure enough, the big pig stretched its legs, as if giving birth forcefully, and turned to call Shunzi: "Quick! Shunzi! You all come together! Help push the belly, this pig is about to give birth Already!"