Village Flowers and Female Scholars

Before cooking, Cao E carried buckets to the spring to pick up a bucket of water and came back. Xie Yan marked one of the buckets for bathing, so as not to mix them up.

The fire is very big, and the hot water in a small frying pan will be boiled in a short while, and the temperature mixed with half a bucket of cold water is just right.

When I bought clothes, I sent a few pieces of soft cloth, and cut a few pieces to make towels just right.

Xie Yuangu is almost a five-year-old child now, and he usually wipes his body by himself, and now he doesn't need his mother and elder sister to help him take a bath, so Xie Yan will help her carry the bucket to the back of the big tree, take the towel and two Xie Yan and his mother sat by the fire, listening to the laughing sound of the little kid while washing, and couldn't help laughing.

After a while, I heard the child's weak voice calling from behind the tree: "Sister, I have finished washing, but I haven't picked up my clothes yet."

Xie Yan deliberately teased him, and replied: "Come over after washing, and get the clothes yourself."

When I was young, I was abandoned by my parents and lived with my grandma all the time. I don’t even have any brothers or sisters around me. Now that such a small brother suddenly appeared, Xie Yan couldn’t help itching and wanted to bully him. In Cao E’s eyes, all this was the relationship between siblings. The play in the room is full of warmth, which is what she lacked when she was a child. At this moment, this scene made her feel hot.

Xie Yuangu yelled a few times but still didn't see Ajie appearing. He didn't want to put on the old clothes now that they were dirty, so he had to cover the bird with a small towel and quietly appeared from behind the tree, but he didn't expect the fire. The elder sister with a smirk on the side of the pile turned around and caught her right.

When children in the countryside used to swim by the stream, they would dive into the water with their buttocks bare. Xie Yan has long been used to it, let alone Xie Yuangu, who is only less than five years old.

Xie Yuangu shrank shyly behind the thatched shed: "Sister, you are so bad, it's fun to tease me."

Xie Yan smiled and said: "It's fun, why isn't it fun, it's so fun."

After speaking, he threw the clothes in his arms to him: "Wear the trousers inside, the white thin jacket in the middle, and the outer thick jacket outside, and tie a ribbon around the waist, do you understand?"

The little boy hugged the pile of clothes in his mouth and went into the small hut with his bare buttocks in his mouth. Don't wait for a while to poke his head and show his head, and then a child with red lips and white teeth in a sky blue dress appears in front of him. Extremely.

Cao E looked at the beautiful little son in front of her, and burst into tears. The boy's facial features resembled his father who died early. He had suffered since he was a child, and he didn't live a good life with his mother. Now he can still look like this It's so good, it's really not easy.

"Mother, why are you crying? Stop crying soon." Seeing his mother crying, Xie Yuangu stepped forward and hugged her arm, "Is it because Gu'er doesn't look good in new clothes, or I'll change them."

Cao E hurriedly grabbed him: "Silly boy, how can you not look good, you are so handsome, mother is so happy, our Gu'er finally has new clothes to wear."

"Really, Gu'er is also very happy."

Xie Yan said to his younger brother from the side: "Your hair is still wet, come here and wipe it for you, otherwise you will be sick again when the wind blows."

Xie Yuangu hurriedly approached his elder sister and sat in her arms, lowered his head and let her wipe his hair, which felt extremely comfortable.

When the hair was dry, the little boy was going to wash his clothes with the basin in his arms. He was stopped by Xie Yan and looked at her puzzled. Although his mother washed his clothes before, he took the clothes to the water to soak in these things He can do it all.

"I don't want the old clothes. I will wear these new ones from now on. After my sister and mother wash up later, we will burn all of our clothes together, and we will say goodbye to the past."

Xie Yuangu didn't quite understand, but knowing that he would never have to wear that old suit again, he was still very happy. He put down the water basin and sat on the straw in front of the fire to warm himself, waiting for his mother to cook.

It has to be said that Cao E is an ingenious woman, and she is also good at cooking vegetables. Wash the wild leeks for later use, and cut a pound of pork belly into thin slices. Without a spatula, I used a sharpened wooden stick instead of a spatula. Come to stir fry.

There were no seasonings in ancient times, but the pork without any feed hadn't been eaten yet, and the smell of the meat alone could make the mouth water.

Xie Yuangu's childish nature couldn't help it for a long time, he stared at the oily slices of meat in the pan without blinking, and kept swallowing his saliva.

Fry the pork belly until enough oil is produced, then pour the wild leeks in. As the oil blossoms make a small sound, a smell of meat mixed with the special smell of wild leeks penetrates into the nostrils, arousing the greediness of several people.

"Gu'er, let's scoop out the rice first, and eat around the stove later."

Wild leeks are easy to cook, and they can be eaten raw after a few stir-fries, Xie Yuangu greeted by Xie Yan.

Xie Yuangu hurriedly got up to get the bowls and chopsticks, Xie Yan lifted the lid of another stove, the rice was just right, and there was no spoon for the rice, but luckily what was cooking was dry rice, which could be picked up with chopsticks.

After scooping up the rice and handing it to him, the little guy put the mother's bowl aside first, then took his own bowl, obediently held the rice bowl and sat by the pot, waiting for the mother to cook the dishes.

Xie Yan also sat beside her with her rice bowl, her body was so hungry for meat, as soon as the smell of meat wafted out, her stomach would already be growling.

Seeing that the food was ready soon, Cao E took out the fire that was still burning under the pot and put it aside, and said to the siblings, "Okay, the food is ready, let's eat."

"Mother eats too." Xie Yuangu handed over the chopsticks.

As the sky gradually darkened, the torch next to the stove was on fire, the pork belly on the pot was still making a sizzling sound, and the smell of wild leeks lingered all around. The family ate very happily, and Cao E was willing to cook half a bowl of rice tonight , even the youngest Xie Yuangu can eat two bowls of rice, it seems that he is hungry and delicious.

"Mother, this pork is really delicious. I'm afraid there is nothing more delicious than this pork in this world."

Xie Yan smiled and said, "Don't regret saying this when the time comes."

"Is there any better meat?" Xie Yuangu asked with his eyes wide open, expressing his disbelief at all.

"That's because you haven't eaten it. Have you eaten chicken? Just drink a few sips of chicken soup. You haven't eaten duck, let alone beef, mutton, donkey, horse, and dog."

As soon as Xie Yan finished speaking, Xie Yuangu exclaimed: "Why do you want to eat dog meat, Da Mao and Er Mao are so cute, you can't eat dog meat."

"Just because we don't eat, doesn't mean others won't eat. When there's a famine, people can still eat people." Xie Yan couldn't help scaring him.

Cao E on the side said angrily: "It's not enough to shut your mouths while you're eating, your brother is still young, don't say such creepy things to him."

Xie Yan smiled and said: "I want to let Gu'er know that people in this world are sinister, just like your grandfather's family, who have bullied us a lot these years."

Xie Yuangu was chewing pork belly, his cheeks were twitching, he snorted and said inarticulately: "...Fortunately, I left my grandmother's house... Otherwise how could we have the delicious meat tonight? Cousin Tao gave it to me before. When we delivered the food, we still ate it on the way..."

Xie Yan knew that Cao Xiaotao often withheld food from the three of them in the past, but she didn't expect her younger brother to find out about it. Now that she brought up the past, she couldn't help complaining: "Why are there such vicious people in this world? We, the mother and the son, are starved of food, but she still has the nerve to say that, she and the grandparents of the Zhuang family are really in the same world."

"Sister Xiucai is so kind. When I was at their house in the morning, she gave me a piece of candy. It's so sweet. I've never eaten such a sweet thing." Speaking of this, Xie Yuangu was intoxicated again.

Xie Yan didn't expect that a cold person like Zhuang Wan would actually interact with children, she chuckled lightly and said, "Gu'er, your talented elder sister doesn't usually smile, why don't you be afraid of her like a big piece of ice."

"Sister Xiucai is good-looking, even if a good-looking person doesn't smile, she doesn't think it's fierce."

Dry--

Xie Yan was shocked by his younger brother's remarks in one fell swoop. Appearance is justice. Even such a young child is regarded as a handsome dog.

"Is it good-looking to eat? Also, aren't your sister and I not good-looking?"

"Uh--sister is naturally good-looking. There are only two people in our village who are the most beautiful. Sister Xiucai is good-looking, and sister is also good-looking." Xie Yuangu doggedly said.

"Then tell me, who is better looking, me or your talented sister?"

"Naturally it's Xiu——Sister is more beautiful." As soon as Xie Yuangu said the words, he felt that the eyes of the sister on the other side were cold, so he hurriedly changed his words.

"Hmph, you're not blind yet."

The two siblings were chattering without saying a word, and they didn't even notice a figure that was approaching.

Zhuang Wan was holding a few big steamed buns in her hands, and by the light of the fire, she saw that the whole family was happily eating by the stove. It seemed that the food was not bad today, and when she looked at the few steamed buns in her hand, she inexplicably felt a little Shabby, hesitating on his toes, not knowing whether to go or turn around and go home.

At this moment, Da Mao at his feet was about to move. Da Mao had been staying with Xie Yuangu for the past two days, watching the fire not far away and running happily, Zhuang Wan couldn't leave even if she wanted to. .

At this time, Xie Yan saw Zhuang Wan who was following Da Mao, her face was filled with astonishment, followed by a burst of burning, I don't know if she listened to the conversation with Xie Yuangu just now, if she really listened to it , I still don't know what this person thinks about himself.

"Hey, Xiucai Zhuang is here. We're having dinner, do you want to have dinner together?" She hastily said something polite to hide her embarrassment.

Hearing this, Zhuang Wan glanced at the pot on the stove, then squinted at her, and shook her head.

Following her eyes, Xie Yan also saw the bottom of the two clean pots in her family, and her old face blushed again, but before she could make a sound, she heard the woman say: "Are you not full yet? My mother-in-law steamed the steamed buns and asked me to bring some over."

Even if you are full, if someone kindly comes to deliver food, how can you turn him away, Xie Yan hurriedly stood up to pick up the steamed buns.

"I'm full right now, but the steamed buns can be saved for tomorrow morning. Please go back and say thank you to Granny Yu, and I'm brazen enough to ask you for food. But right now, we have some food and oil at home, so she doesn't have to worry about it." , food and clothing can always be taken care of in the future.”

Zhuang Wan understood what she meant, hummed to show that she understood, and then looked at the arrangement in front of them, and they didn't seem to be short of anything, and after handing her the steamed buns for Da Mao to keep, she was about to go back home.

Cao E felt that she had been taken care of by the Zhuang family many times. She was grateful but also felt sorry. Now that it was dark again, she hurriedly said to Xie Yan, "Jin'er hurry up and send the torch to Zhuang Xiucai."

Xie Yan obediently obeyed, put steamed buns and lit a handful of dried bamboo from the stove, followed Zhuang Wan and walked towards the dealer.

Who knew that it was dark and Xie Yan was still thinking about the conversation with his younger brother just now, when he walked near the big rock beside the road, he accidentally tripped over a plant under his feet, staggered and almost fell, and the person walking beside Zhuang Wan had a sharp eye and quickly grabbed her body.

Xie Yan felt that he was really stupid. First, he was caught talking behind his back, but now he was going to be embarrassed when he walked and wrestled.

It's just that there was no time to be annoyed, the beautiful face without any blemish in front of her was instantly magnified due to the sudden approach, and the cold fragrance from the woman's body also rushed to her face, making Xie Yan's heart twitch inexplicably.

At the same time, the hand on the waist slid up unconsciously following the rustling movements of the two of them. Xie Yan couldn't help but move because of the strangeness of her body. At this moment, the human hand is pressing where it should not be.

Zhuang Wanshou, who was also aware of this, quickly withdrew her hand and stood a little to the side. Her whole body instantly became cramped, and she stammered, "I don't know how to put it there. I'm in a hurry, I don't mean that..."

Seeing her like this, Xie Yan's originally hot face dropped a little, and he laughed and said: "Isn't it just carelessness, I didn't say anything to you."

Seeing what she said, Zhuang Wan lowered her eyebrows and couldn't see her expression clearly, coughed lightly and said, "Stop walking, give me the torch, the torch will be burned up after a few steps."

Xie Yan didn't want to go alone with her at this time, so he handed her the torch and watched the other person's figure walk away slowly.

She touched her heart unnaturally, scolded the dog Xiucai softly, then turned and ran towards her small thatched shed.

The author has something to say: A lot of cuties ask for double updates, my poor manuscripts are not allowed, and I may do double updates on weekends in the future, and there are some things that can't be finished in one chapter, so I will try my best to put together Send a one-time solution. _