Another World Baixin

29 On this day, Bai Er didn't rest, and took his whole family to the market.Zheng Shi didn't say anything, but he was definitely not happy in his heart.When a child goes to the street to see everything new, she wants everything new. She knows her son's temperament clearly. She must not be able to bear the distress of the child, so she bought it. Well, what a prodigal, it's better to leave it all to her to help save.

Wan Chunhui and Bai Baoyuan returned to their father's house with their two children in their arms.Wan Chunhui's home is in Shitou Village, which was severely affected by the earthquake a few months ago. Fortunately, the old couple of Wan's family went to the town at that time, and Wan's family is one of the few remaining houses in Shitou Village. The old couple heard about it. What happened before the two grandchildren were born also regarded them as lucky stars.Knowing that the children are going to go, I prepared early.

As a result, the Zheng family and Dafang's family also went to the market, leaving only the old man at home in the Bai family.The old man sat quietly in the yard doing his handicrafts - weaving various items.

"Daddy, you're the only one at home? Where's Dad?"——It turned out that it was Qin Shuangping who came.

The old man noticed the things in his hands and said, "Bao Yuan and the others went to Stone Village, your father went to the market with others, and Ah Xin went out."

"What a coincidence," Qin Shuangping brought a basket in front of the old man. "This is the fried fruit and egg crisps that my mother just made. They are still hot, but I'm afraid they will be cold when they come back."

"What are you doing with so much? Keep it for yourselves to eat. You will also make these when your father comes back." The old man said, seeing that the egg crisps were fresh, he took one to taste.

Qin Shuang smiled, "Then you can tell Dad to cook less. Besides, the fried fruit can last for a long time, so eat slowly." Seeing that the old man was satisfied with the meal, he continued, "My grandpa's house is in the east of the next town. Zhaocun, I heard that this kind of egg cake is popular over there this year. I tasted it and thought it tasted good, so I went to learn from others, and now I taught my mother how to make it. It was originally called butterfly cake, and Ah said: "Isn't it made of eggs? What are they called butterflies and moths? We are not from the city. Why do we call them so elegant?" The old man changed it to "egg cakes", haha! If you like it, Dad, I went back and told Eminem to wait for her to come and make this for you."

The old man waved his hand, "I'm not busy, come back when I'm free. Your mother is not in good health. She was ill for so long last time and finally recovered. Don't be tired again now. Tell her Rest, rest, and just say what I said."

Qin Shuangping agreed very readily: "Hey, then I'll talk to Eminem when I get back." Turning around, seeing Bai Xin was about to enter, he greeted him: "Ah Xin! It's just in time, there are good things to eat."

After hearing this, Bai Xin came over to take a look: the basket of food was golden in color, crispy and fragrant.He took a bite of a dumpling-like potato with a bulging belly, and his mouth was full of sweet potato crumbs—the potatoes were peeled off their shells, crushed and mixed with sugar, the outer layer should be fried flour skin, the skin is very thin—presumably It is because the flour is expensive, so the skin is made thin and the potato dices are stuffed in the belly.

Qin Shuangping pointed to the egg cake and said, "Ah Xin, try this, it's only available this year. It was originally called butterfly cake, but it has been called egg cake since my house, haha!"

Bai Xin glanced at the egg custard he was talking about with interest: the color is more yellow, probably because of the addition of eggs, and it looks like pasta, with long strips crossed at both ends to form a "you".

I haven't finished eating the one in my hand, so I took another egg crisp to taste - it's salty, it's salty and fragrant, and it's very good.Bai Xin nodded greatly at Qin Shuangping and praised, "It's delicious!"

Qin Shuangping was very satisfied with his attitude.After sitting for a long time, he said he was leaving.

Bai Xin swallowed what was in his mouth, and asked, "Brother Ping, are you going back? I still have something to go out, so let me see you off along the way."

Qin Shuangping said without exception: "Okay."

After talking to the old man, the two went out together.On the way, Bai Xin took the opportunity to ask some questions. Only then did Qin Shuangping know that Bai Xin was working in the Lin family. He couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and praised him again and again. Then he carefully told him a lot about farming: when to grow what vegetables, and which vegetables are easy to attract insects. Bamboo vegetables planted near the water are easy to climb and grow in the water, but they can’t be eaten. You can feed them to chickens and ducks. Chickens and ducks release more eggs and lay more eggs. Hens eat too much and grow fat and don’t lay eggs. What is there on the mountain in spring? Medicinal materials can be collected and so on.Bai Xin really didn't expect Qin Shuangping to know so much. He was only 12 years old and only [-] years old!

Bai Xin sighed secretly, but Qin Shuangping saw an acquaintance in front of him and shouted, "Ah Shui!"

Bai Xin was slightly surprised, Chang Liushui was in front of him, he never thought that the two of them would know each other.

Chang Liushui stood still and waited for them to come to him, and asked happily, "What are you going to do?"

Qin Shuangping responded, "I just went to my dad's house to deliver fried fruit and egg custards, and now I have to go back. By the way, you can come to my house when you are free, and I will teach you how to make egg custards."

"Okay! It's the first time I've heard of egg crisps." Chang Liushui said again: "Otherwise, I'll go with your house now. This meeting is free, did I bother you?"

Qin Shuangping laughed, "What a coincidence, the frying pan is being turned on at home."

Chang Liushui was even happier; he turned to Bai Xin to thank him: "Thank you for the food last time. It tasted so good that I didn't want to eat it. Except for Aping, no one ever gave me food!"

Bai Xin put on an embarrassed look, and said with a simple smile: "It's just as long as you don't dislike it."

Qin Shuangping asked in surprise, "How long have you two known each other?"

Speaking of this, Chang Liushui didn't know how to speak for a while, and then heard Bai Xin say: "One time he encountered something on the mountain, and I helped him." Immediately, he felt that Bai Xin was a good friend, so he followed His words said: "It was a small trouble, and it was really thanks to his help. He is now my first friend."

Qin Shuangping stared at Liu Shui dissatisfiedly: "Aren't I your friend?!"

Chang Liushui said with a funny smile: "Of course you are now. It's just that I was able to get along with you at first because of the relationship between my father and your grandfather."

Qin Shuangping added: "At that time, if you were not good, I will ignore you."

The Qin family and Qin Shuangping's grandfather, Qin Guangyao, are cousins, and the Wu family at the head of the eldest family is the younger brother of Qin's father's nephew, but Qin's nephew died early.The Qin family returned to Dongxi Village with Chang Liushui, and Qin Guangyao took good care of this cousin.Qin Shuangping saw that Chang Liushui was quite similar to himself in temperament, and that he was one year older than him, so he took care of him as an extra brother. Anyway, herding three sheep was not much different from four sheep - there were already three younger brothers and sisters in the family.

Bai Xin remembered the full moon balls a few days ago, so he asked Chang Liushui: "On the first day of December, my eldest brother and I sent full moon balls around the house. At that time, there was no one in your house, and Wu Jun in front of you said that you can leave them in her." Home, I will give it to you when people come back. Have you received it?"

Without even thinking about it, Chang Liushui said, "If it was that Aunt Wu, she would have been eaten by her family long ago. That person likes to come to my house to beg for things the most. For a while, he came over at mealtime and said there was no salt. I asked her: 'You don't buy salt at home?' But she told me: 'Salt will go bad if left alone!'”

Bai Xin was speechless, what kind of person is this? Does salt cause mildew and hair, or does it stink?

Qin Shuangping obviously also knew this Wu family, and carefully told Bai Xin: "Ah Xin, try not to talk to her when you see her in the future, try to hide as much as possible, if you accidentally provoke her, it will spread your bad reputation!"

Bai Xin didn't care at all, "Brother Ping, have you forgotten my previous reputation? It's still like this, how could it be any worse?"

Qin Shuangping was dumbfounded, he forgot about this.Even Chang Liushui said happily: "I am similar to Ah Xin."

This made Qin Shuangping pat his hand, frowned and reproached, "Don't talk nonsense, you don't have to care if Ah Xin is a man, but you and I are good sons, so we'd better be careful." After speaking, he thought of the three of them here It's really not good to talk for so long, so I let Bai Xin do his own thing, and left with a long flow.

Leaving Bai Xin standing there alone for a while, he calmed down and thought: Ah Shui is indeed simpler, although he is a bit like Brother Ping, but he is not as stable as Brother Ping (probably because Brother Ping takes care of his younger siblings at home more and loves her like Baoli) Worry); if you don't think about why you have a crush on Ah Shui for no reason, for a simple person like him, if you treat him well, he should pay the same, right?In this life, forming a family to raise children and talk about feelings by the way, Bai Xin's mood is soaring just thinking about it.

Qin Lizhong, who was passing by, couldn't help but patted Bai Xin's head, "Ah Xin! Why are you smirking here alone?!" He wondered if the child was stupid.

Bai Xin came back to his senses and explained, "It's nothing. What good food can I have for Chinese New Year?"

Qin Lizhong smiled knowingly: "Sure enough, children are children, and when it comes to eating, they can't pretend to be adults."

Bai Xin smiled and said nothing, and turned to go to Lin's house.

Qin Lizhong wanted to say: "Why does it seem that you are having a good chat with the child from the elder's family!"

Then I heard a voice from behind: "Who is talking happily with Chang Liushui?"

Qin Lizhong replied without thinking, "Bai Xin."

Behind him, Bai Weiqiang's Xijun Baishi had a ghostly expression on his face. 'Then Wu's saying that the bastard from the Chang's family fell in love with Bai'an's family's bastard and wanted to recruit him into his family, it turned out to be true? ! I wanted to ask again, but Qin Lizhong had already left.

Bai Xin returned to Bai's house after working at Lin's house for a long time, and all the people who went to the market came back.All the children were smiling, and it seemed that everyone had bought something.

Mrs. Zheng began to cook and eat, this cake and that fruit, Bai Xin honestly lit the fire.After hearing about Qin Shuangping's arrival, Mrs. Zheng drove Mrs. Fu to the Qin family to study art.Mrs. Fu went there reluctantly, and when she returned from her studies, the Bai family had already fried several dishes under the auspices of Mrs. Zheng: “Potato granules pancakes” made of potato granules wrapped in flour and spread out in a frying pan. There are "taro cakes" fried with taro slices, and "caitou" (that is, white radish) steamed and smashed, mixed with the same steamed rice noodles, kneaded into long cubes and fried in a pan to form "caitou cake".Just these three things made the children who deliberately stood by the stove to help eat their mouths full of oil.

Afterwards, I also made fried fruit, egg crisps, and five snacks. The money spent was only affordable by the Bai family this year. They were all rice, noodles, and oil, and each was more expensive than the other.In previous years, it would be good to make fried fruits and taro cakes (the fried fruits can be stored for several months if they are well preserved, and they can be taken to work in the field to fill their stomachs).

This year, Mrs. Zheng also bought an extra thin and long dried fish, bought a bundle of kelp and slowly soaked it to eat.Compared with the salty mud snails she bought at the August Festival, which were only salty and unappetizing, this time it can be said to be extremely generous, after all, Chinese New Year is unusual.