Four Foods in the Mountains

The days passed slowly. When Cen Ning first married into the Lu family, it was still a severe summer heat, and it was almost the autumnal equinox in a blink of an eye.

This year's weather is unpredictable. The first half of the year is full of good weather and the wheat grains are full, but it rains a lot after autumn. Even the old people in the village say that this day is very strange and not good.

I haven't seen the sun for several days, and there is a damp smell inside and outside the house, and the bedding feels like dripping water.

It didn't rain that day, but the sky was also cloudy. Cen Ning moved the bamboo frame into the house, spread the quilt on it, and lit a charcoal basin and put it under the quilt, intending to dry the quilt to remove moisture.

When Lu Yunchuan came back from the field, he saw Cen Ning drying the quilt and lowered his head and laughed twice.

"What are you laughing at?" Cen Ning annoyed him. It's been two months since they got married, and unlike the first time when he blushed every word, Cen Ning gradually showed some of the petty temper towards Lu Yunchuan that he used to have in front of his parents.

Lu Yunchuan was delighted to hear this, he didn't even think that Fu Lang was playing petty temper, that was obviously getting close to him.

"I'm not laughing at anything." Lu Yunchuan lowered his head and washed his hands.

After washing and wiping it with a cloth towel, he walked to Cen Ning's side and helped turn the quilt, as if casually said: "After drying it, you will not feel so uncomfortable when you sleep at night."

It made Cen Ning blushed and punched him on the back.

The sky is tide, there is no sun to dry the quilt, and the bedding is damp.Every night when he was sleeping, Cen Ning felt uncomfortable all over his body, tossing and turning, it was only when he was pulled into Lu Yunchuan's arms that he felt better.

Lu Yunchuan was young and powerful, with a high body temperature, being next to him was like being next to a stove.

Cen Ning was still shy before going to bed, and when he was hugged by Lu Yunchuan, he didn't move. When he fell asleep, he burrowed into Lu Yunchuan's arms, using both hands and feet. laughed.

After being punched in the back, Lu Yunchuan said honestly, "I'll go to the kitchen to light a fire."

Cen Ning ignored him and just baked the quilt by himself. When Lu Yunchuan walked out of the room, he couldn't help but curl his mouth.

On a rainy day, it was necessary to eat some hot food. Cen Ning went into the kitchen, scooped up a bowl of flour and kneaded it, planning to make a noodle soup.

The kneaded dough was rolled into noodle cakes, and cut into pieces with a knife. Lu Yunchuan didn't like to eat mushy ones, so Cen Ning cut them thickly.

I picked two tomatoes from the vegetable garden and a handful of green leafy vegetables. I washed the tomatoes and cut them into a pot. Then I cracked two eggs into them and stir-fried them together.

Wait for the tomato to fry juice, pour a ladle of water into the pot, wait for the water to boil, put the slices in, cenning simmer with the lid on, and wait for the slices to boil.

"It's warm here." Lu Yunchuan patted the bench next to him, and Cen Ning walked over to sit next to him.

The mountain became cold overnight, and Cen Ning said, "It was still hot at this time in previous years, but this year it was cold so early and it always rained, what should I do with the corn in the field?"

The field is too wet due to continuous rain, the corn in the field is prone to fall, and the grains will also become moldy.Lu Yunchuan has to go to the fields every few days to check for fear of stagnant water.

Lu Yunchuan also frowned slightly and said: "This day is really strange, but we are fine. It rains for a few days and there will be a sunny day. I heard that the sun has not been seen in Fucheng for more than a month, and it is raining heavily. , Even the house collapsed in several places.”

"So serious?" Cen Ning opened his eyes wide.

Lu Yunchuan nodded, seeing Fulang's dazed look, he liked it in his heart, his brows loosened, and he reached out to stroke Fulang's head.

Cen Ning was used to Lu Yunchuan's petty movements of touching his head and pinching his face abruptly, so he blushed but didn't hide.

When the noodles in the pot were cooked, Cen Ning got up and threw the washed green leafy vegetables in, and the vegetables were ready to eat when they were boiling.

The noodle soup just out of the pot was hot, Lu Yunchuan didn't let Cen Ning do it, and went to the main room with a big pot by himself.

Noodle soup is easy to get hungry, and it needs to be eaten with something solid to fill your stomach. Cen Ning took out a bowl and filled a few pancakes.You don’t need to heat the pancakes. Cold pancakes are soaked in the soup. It’s not easy to soak the soup, and it’s chewy.

After eating, Lu Yunchuan went to the field as usual, farmers, even if there is no work in the field, they can't let go.

Cen Ning went back to the house and put away the quilt, thinking that he had agreed with Brother Zhu yesterday to fish by the river, and was going to look for him with the wooden bucket.

The first visit to someone's house was not empty-handed. Brother Zhu loves to drink honey water. Cen Ning opened the cupboard, took out a honey jar and poured a bamboo tube of honey.

The Qian family is considered a well-off family in the village, and their house is a brick and tile house newly built by Brother Zhu when his brother married his wife.

When Cen Ning came to the door, Brother Zhu was teasing his little nephew in the yard, holding a piece of caramel the size of a fingernail to fool his nephew around, and finally stuffing the candy into his mouth.

The fat boy who was only two years old opened his mouth wide and cried out of sadness. Mrs. Li couldn't say anything while hugging her son.

"What a man! What a man! You're still teasing your nephew, you bastard! Your sister-in-law is working so hard to coax the child, and you still make him cry."

At noon, the whole family ate a delicious meal of stewed pork vermicelli, and Aunt Qian's slaps were particularly powerful these few times.

"Aniang, it hurts to death! Can I spit it out?"

All of a sudden, the courtyard was crying, shouting, and persuading. Cen Ning stood at the door with his things in his hands, at a loss for what to do.

It was Mrs. Li who saw him first and hurriedly said, "Brother Ning is here? Come in and sit down."

Only then did Cen Ning break in and say hello: "Hello, auntie, hello sister-in-law, I'm here to find Brother Zhu."

"Brother Ning, sit down, sit down, oops, I'm making you laugh." Aunt Qian stopped her hands when she heard her daughter-in-law's words, and straightened her clothes a little embarrassedly.

When he saw the things in Cen Ning's hands, he frowned again and said, "Come here, what are you doing with such precious things as honey, you quickly take them back and keep them for yourself."

"Chuanzi doesn't like sweets, and I can't eat much by myself. Auntie just accept the water and drink it, it's not too much."

When Brother Zhu saw Cen Ning coming, he went to the kitchen to get the fish bucket, came out and saw the honey, dipped his finger in some and brought it to his little nephew's mouth.

The little nephew was still sobbing sadly, there was something around his mouth and he subconsciously wrapped it around his mouth, his eyes lit up when he tasted the sweetness, he stopped crying, and smiled and turned his fat face covered with tears to Brother Zhu Rub hands.

Everyone in the family loves to pinch his cheeks. He is small, but he knows he doesn't like it. He only pinches him twice when he is happy.

Brother Zhu smiled, squeezed his hands twice, and hurriedly pulled Cen Ning away before his nephew pouted and cried again: "I'll take Ning'er to the river to fish!"

Only the loud cries of children and Aunt Qian's scolding came from the courtyard of Qian's house: "Little bastard, you owe me a lot!"

Rising water to catch fish, falling water to catch shrimp, it has been raining for several days, and the river in the village has risen, which is a good time to catch fish.

The river in front of the village is wide, and there are many people fishing. Brother Zhu took Cen Ning to detour to catch fish in the small river behind the village.

"There are a lot of idle men in front of us with shirtless shirts. They are so ugly that their eyes hurt. Let's go to a quiet place and catch them slowly."

Cen Ning naturally agreed.

After walking a section of the mountain road, there was no one in the small river behind the mountain.

Brother Zhu put down the bucket and rolled up his trousers: "It didn't rain today, no one was there, many aunts came to catch them yesterday, one after another, just like practicing kung fu, I can only pick up the ones that slip through the net when I stand below. "

Yesterday, Brother Zhu touched a bucket of small fish and mixed half of the bucket with Cen Ning.

The fish was small, Cen Ning picked out the fish meat, and cooked a pot of porridge with sliced ​​fish with chopped green onion and ginger. It was so fragrant that Lu Yunchuan drank three big bowls with pancakes.

People in the village used to catch fish, but Cen Ning's family had never done it. His father said that since the family can hunt and there is no shortage of meat, don't compete with the villagers for fish.Many families are usually reluctant to cut meat to eat, so they rely on touching a few fish to go back and feed their family members.

Cen Ning saw that Lu Yunchuan liked to eat fish, so he asked Brother Zhu to bring him to touch some fish.

Following Brother Zhu's example, he took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers and went down the river.

Brother Zhu looked back and smacked his lips: "Ning'er, you are so white. Compared with Brother Chuanzi who took off his clothes, how bad is your color?"

Cen Ning scolded him: "You are not married yet, what are you talking about?"

Brother Zhu smiled: "It's just the two of us, I won't talk about it if there are others around."

The river was rising, and the two of them did not go deep, but bent over to touch the shallow ground.

Brother Zhu is proficient, although he is slow but accurate.When Cen Ning touched it for the first time, the fish was slippery, and often ran away before it was put into the bucket, and his tail would splash water on his face.Brother Zhu taught him to practice for a while before he figured out the strength, and after a while he managed to figure out a few skills.

After finding enough food for him and Lu Yunchuan, he found a few more for his eldest brother and sister-in-law. Cen Ning saw that he had half of the bucket, so he was ready to go ashore with the bucket.

Almost at the shore, he stepped on a loose rock, and the sole of his foot slipped, and Cen Ning fell into the river and squatted.

Brother Zhu was startled, and quickly threw the bucket over to help him.

"Ning'er, are you okay?"

Cen Ning didn't realize it until his butt hit the ground, and his butt fell firmly. The pain was secondary, and the main reason was that he was frightened.

Pulled up by brother Zhu, he stretched out his hand and found that the back of his trousers was full of mud.

"It's also strange. It's all fallen like this, but none of the fish in the bucket escaped." Brother Zhu carried the bucket in one hand, and supported Cen Ning to the shore with the other, marveling.

Cen Ning blushed and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and just about to say that he should go back and wash it quickly, Brother Zhu suddenly opened his eyes and pointed: "Ah, it's broken."

"Where is it broken?" Cen Ning quickly looked in the direction of the finger.

It was probably scratched by something, and a large piece of the clothes on the outside of Cen Ning's thigh was torn, exposing the entire thigh.

"Oops." Cen Ning covered his legs, feeling really anxious now, "What should I do?"

This is the most taboo in the village. A newly married brother walks back with bare thighs like this, and is looked at by other men. How can he be innocent, and how can Lu Yunchuan have any face.

Brother Zhu was also in a hurry, thinking that he would go home to get the clothes, but also thought that in case a man came later and met Cen Ning alone, he would not be able to tell.

The two of them were in a state of desperation, and Cen Ning was so anxious that he was about to cry while clutching his legs.

Suddenly there was a sound in the nearby woods.

Brother Zhu shivered and blocked Cen Ning from behind and looked over. A girl came down from the forest, black and thin, carrying a big basket on her back.

"Sister Lan?"

Cen Ning looked over, and Brother Zhu whispered, "This is the daughter of Brother Chuanzi's stepmother."

Sister Lan heard Brother Zhu calling him, and saw Cen Ning behind him, she stopped in her tracks, but she didn't come forward, she just stood there and looked at them.

Perhaps it was the reason why she always shrunk her shoulders, Sister Lan always looked timid.

There is no other way, Brother Zhu said to Sister Lan: "Sister Lan, we accidentally fell down when we were fishing in the river, and our clothes were dirty, can you—"

When Brother Zhu was talking, Sister Lan kept staring at Cen Ning. After all, Cen Ning's movement of bending over and covering his thigh was weird, and the skin was exposed between his fingers. Coupled with what Brother Zhu said, one could immediately understand what was going on. thing.

Before Brother Zhu could finish speaking, Sister Lan nodded silently, and then ran away sullenly.

Seeing Sister Lan's back running down the mountain with a big basket on her back, Brother Zhu was stunned, tongue tied and said: "This, this - what does it mean?"

"Brother Zhu, this is the daughter of my stepmother." Cen Ning whispered.

How could Wang Fengyu's daughter help him?

Brother Zhu also heard what Cen Ning meant, and hurriedly said: "Sister Lan is not the same as her mother, she is not black-hearted, since she nodded, let's wait for a while."

After hearing this, Cen Ning could only nod his head.

The two sat by the river and waited. Their clothes were torn and their buttocks were still burning. Cen Ning felt a little bit wronged, not knowing where Lu Yunchuan was now.

On the other side of the Lu family, Lu Yunrui was lying on the bed reading a script.A while ago, he went to Fucheng to take the college exam and came back. He either went to the town or rested at home every day.

Lu Yunrui was fascinated by the exciting place when he saw the story book, and was intoxicated with it, when suddenly there was a loud noise in the yard.

The taste was interrupted, Lu Yunrui became a little angry, dropped the book and went out, only to see Sister Lan running into the room and a basket of wild fruits on the ground.

Lu Yunrui went to the door of Sister Lan's son's house and reprimanded her: "What's the matter? Don't put things lightly, I'm reading a book."

"Yes, I'm sorry, brother, I'll pay attention next time." Sister Lan was rummaging through something in the box when she heard the voice and turned around in a panic, stammering.

"Like a thief, what are you holding in your arms?" Lu Yunrui asked.

"No, it's nothing." Sister Lan was always afraid of her brother, and she couldn't speak well when asked by her brother, "I, I'm looking, looking for clothes, my own."

Seeing Sister Lan's appearance, Lu Yunrui felt disgusted: "You're hesitating, you're petty."

Sister Lan lowered her head and did not dare to make a sound.

It wasn't until Lu Yunrui returned to her room that Sister Lan ran out the door.

Lu Yunrui went back to bed and picked up the storybook, and was about to find his feelings again when he suddenly frowned.

"It's broad daylight, what are you doing with your clothes?"