When the pears are green

After Song Changhe and Zhang bought cotton from Heihe Town, Zhang started looking for someone to make a quilt for Song Li.

Zhang found Song Tian, ​​Song Changsong's wife and her neighbor Li Zhang, who also married from Zhangjiagou. They spent the whole morning chatting and laughing and made the quilt.

Zhang invited Song Tian and others to have lunch at her home.

After Song Tian and the others left, Zhang carefully touched the quilt. Song Yue stood aside and asked curiously, "Mother, why are you touching them? And you touched them so carefully, bit by bit."

After hearing this, Zhang smiled and said to Song Yue, "Mother is afraid that someone will be careless and forget the needle in the quilt. You little girl don't understand. Come, carry the quilt to the cabinet."

Song Yue began to carry the quilt into the closet, and then asked, "Mother, why did you look for Second Grandma instead of Aunt Changrong?"

"Silly girl, the men your mother has found all have a son and a daughter. Lianlian's two children both died young. No matter how good our relationship with her is, we can't find her, otherwise it will harm your sister." Zhang said as she handed the quilt to Song Yue.

After hearing this, Song Yue said "Oh", then thought of the cheerful Lianlian, and felt a little sad.

Song Changhe also started to make furniture for Song Li. The Song family had ready-made wood that had been stored for several years and could be used directly.

Song Changhe and Song Changming used two saws to slowly saw the locust tree into wooden boards, and then used a planer to smooth the rough boards.

Song Changhe looked at the sawdust on the ground and said to Song Changming, "Thank you so much, Changming. I definitely can't do it alone."

Song Changming said hurriedly: "Brother, we are all family. I will come to help you make furniture every day in the future."

Song Changhe declined Song Changming's kindness and said to Song Changming: "Changming, my sister-in-law just gave birth and is still very weak. She needs you right now. There are still about two months before Xiaoli gets married. I will do it slowly and it will be ready before Xiaoli gets married. You can just take care of them and their child."

Song Changming thought about it and felt that what Song Changhe said made sense, so he said goodbye to Song Changhe and went back.

The Song family's courtyard returned to its former tranquility. Song Changhe was making furniture, Song Xing was helping Song Changhe, Zhang was making clothes for Song Li and her brother, and Song Li and Song Yue were embroidering handkerchiefs.

Time passed slowly, and the corn slowly turned from green to yellow. A month later, Song Changhe made two wooden boxes and a set of tables and chairs for Song Li.

That night, when the family was having dinner, Song Changhe said to Zhang: "Xiangxiang, we have run out of wood at home. I want to make something else for Xiaoli. Go ask who has usable wood tomorrow and we can go buy some."

After hearing this, Song Li hurriedly said to Song Changhe, "Dad, I think these are enough. You don't need to make any more. Mid-Autumn Festival is only half a month away, and then we will harvest corn. You have been tired for a month, take a break. When I want something else later, you can make it for me, okay?"

Zhang and Song Changhe both laughed after hearing this. Song Changhe smiled and said to Song Li, "Okay, I'll do it for you when the time comes."

The corn in the field is becoming more and more yellow day by day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon.

Early that morning, Song Changhe and Zhang went to visit relatives in Zhangjiagou. They planned to take Old Man Wang's ox cart to the town first, buy gifts, and then walk to Zhangjiagou.

The weather is now much cooler. After breakfast, Song Xing ran out to play with his friends.

Not long after, Song Li and Song Yue, who were sitting in the yard embroidering handkerchiefs, heard Song Xing knocking on the door: "Big sister, second sister, open the door quickly!"

Song Yue stood up and said to Song Li, "Sister, I'll go open the door."

Song Li nodded, and then concentrated on embroidering her handkerchief. When she heard Song Yue open the door, she asked loudly, "Xiaoxing, why are you back so early?"

No one answered Song Li. She only heard a burst of hurried footsteps. She was about to look up when she saw Jiang Qingzhou squatting in front of her with a smile.

Song Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said to Jiang Qingzhou: "Why are you here? You look thinner again, didn't you eat well?"

Jiang Qingzhou reached out and took the handkerchief from Song Li's hand, took a closer look, and said with a smile: "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. Didn't you say before that you were going to grow bean sprouts to sell at the market? I was afraid that you didn't have beans, so I came to give you some. Xiaoli, is this bamboo?"

Song Li glanced at the crooked bamboo poles embroidered on the handkerchief, smiled, and then nodded.

Song Li stared at Jiang Qingzhou intently. Jiang Qingzhou blushed. He lowered his head and said to Song Li: "I'm not thin, I just grew taller."

Song Li then turned her gaze to the back of Jiang Qingzhou and asked him, "Where are Xiaoyue and Xiaoxing?"

Jiang Qingzhou recalled the scene where Song Xing dragged Song Yue out. He smiled and said, "Xiao Xing asked Xiao Yue to go out and play with him."

Song Li silently made a note of Song Xing in her heart, and then asked, "Where did you get the beans? Did you buy them in town?"

Jiang Qingzhou didn't dare to look at Song Li. He looked away and said softly to Song Li, "I, I went with the eldest brother in the village, not alone. I was afraid that Xiao Li would need it urgently."

Faced with such a sincere young man, Song Li couldn't bear to say any words of blame. She smiled, then picked up a stool and asked Jiang Qingzhou to sit down.

Song Li saw Song Xing and Song Yue secretly looking inside the door. She smiled and said loudly, "Both of you come in."

Song Yue pulled Song Xing, who was running outside, in. Song Xing looked at Jiang Qingzhou with anxiety. Jiang Qingzhou smiled knowingly. He took the basket and took out two paper bags from it.

Jiang Qingzhou opened one of the paper packages and asked with a smile: "Is your aunt not at home? I bought a few mooncakes for you to try. They are delicious."

Song Xing quickly replied: "Brother Dahu, my mother and father went to my grandmother's house."

After hearing this, Jiang Qingzhou asked again: "Uncle is back too. When did he come back?"

Song Xing added: "I came back on the day of the Beginning of Autumn. I was the first one to pick up Dad."

Jiang Qingzhou smiled and said to Song Li and her brother, "Let's eat one pack first and save the other pack for uncle and aunt."

After Jiang Qingzhou finished speaking, he handed the mooncakes in his hand to Song Li, Song Yue, and Song Xing respectively.

Song Li put the pear in her mouth and tasted it. It was crispy and sweet, similar to the wife cake she had eaten before. It was delicious.

Jiang Qingzhou saw that Song Li had finished eating what he had in his hand, so he quickly handed his own to Song Li. Song Li smiled and said to him, "Qingzhou, eat it yourself. I'll go get you some water."

After Jiang Qingzhou finished drinking the water, he took out two cloth bags from the basket and handed them to Song Li. After Song Li took them and opened them, she saw that one bag contained soybeans and the other contained mung beans.

Song Li originally wanted to give some of the remaining soybeans at home, but she didn't expect Jiang Qingzhou to give her so much. Song Li was so excited that she didn't know how to express her gratitude to Jiang Qingzhou.

Jiang Qingzhou looked at the helpless Song Li and said to her with a smile: "I remember Xiaoli said that mung beans are also okay, so I saw they were for sale, so I bought some. I saw that others were selling bean sprouts, so I bought five catties of soybeans and some more mung beans. I bought eight catties for you and brought them over to Xiaoli."

After hearing this, Song Yue whispered to Song Li, "Sister, Brother Dahu is so good to you!" After hearing this, Song Li's face turned slightly red.

Jiang Qingzhou had lunch at the Song family and then went back. Before leaving, he stuffed a paper bag into the hands of Song Li. When Song Li opened it, she found that it was the mooncake that Jiang Qingzhou had not eaten before.

Song Li cut the mooncake into two halves and quickly caught up with Jiang Qingzhou. Song Li grabbed Jiang Qingzhou's arm and stuffed half of the mooncake into Jiang Qingzhou's mouth.

Jiang Qingzhou took the mooncake out of his mouth with a smile, and Song Li put the other half of the mooncake into his mouth. Neither of them spoke, but just watched the other finish the mooncake.