Xiaomai thought he thought he was blocking the way, so she stood up and turned sideways to let him pass first.Because no one else has touched the cracks in the rocks before walking, and the snails are usually touched quickly and many, so older children will take this opportunity first.Unexpectedly, he stood there for a long time, but the stone pillar did not pass, instead he stood up and rested, asking: "Did your brother beat you when I went back that day?"

Mai is a bit baffled, he has a reserved personality, and Da Niu, who plays best with him in the village, is also a wild boy who seldom talks about family affairs.But he didn't think there was anything he couldn't say about this matter, so he said, "No, my brother never beat me up."

Shi Zhu smiled when he heard this, as if he was very satisfied, and stared at his face for a long time: "The injury on your face has healed, and you can't see it at all."

A few days ago, Xiaomai got a bronze mirror that his brother bought for him from a peddler, and he could see the two faint colors.I thought that his eyesight is really bad, even a bronze mirror can show it, but he can't see it.But he himself didn't care, so he lowered his head and started groping again.My brother said that soaking too much in the water is not good, and he will have to go back in an hour at most, so he has to relax.

Seeing that he was silent, Shi Zhu felt unwilling to let Daniel call him out after thinking about how hard it was.

"Why don't you come out to play? There are a lot of grasshoppers on the grass now. Daniel and I caught dozens of them yesterday and took them back to feed the chickens."

Mai Mai doesn't like catching grasshoppers, but raised her head when she heard that she could feed chickens: "There's nothing fun outside, I'm making clothes at home. Where did you catch your grasshoppers?"

"Why isn't it fun? Now everyone has free time to play, and Lingjun is still teaching us to write names! Now Daniel and the others listen to me, if someone bullies you again, I will beat you back."

Mai Mai thought, if I was bullied by others, what's the use of you beating me back?What's more, from the people who came today, it can be seen that there are many boys in their team, and the brothers who are about the same age are forbidden by their parents to play with them.Even though his elder brother didn't restrain him, he himself didn't want to come out to play, so he said, "I don't like playing these games, and no one bullies me." As for Ling Jun teaching them to write, it seems that it has nothing to do with him, he and Ling Jun If you are not familiar with it, you will definitely not teach him first.If you wait for him to teach them one by one, don't say you don't have the time, I'm afraid he will become impatient.

Shi Zhu was at a loss for words, so he could only stare blankly and follow behind him.

This afternoon, the wheat came back with a full load, and the snails in the bamboo basket were already so full that they were sticking out.In fact, Zhang Xiaoliu can't do anything with this small snail. In the past, he would order two dishes of snails and a few bottles of beer at food stalls, just to pass the time, but now he can't eat like this.Fortunately, wheat knows how other families do it. When you can’t finish it, you can pour it into a basin with salt and marinate it for four or five days. When the thin slices on the top of the mouth fall off automatically, put it in a bowl and steam it. It’s quite good for rice.But because the old man said that this kind of thing is too cold, the child will hurt his body after eating it, so it's fine after touching it.

Zhang Xiaoliu felt that Zhao Zhengze was acting weird recently, and he didn't know what secret he had.In the past, I went to the fields every two or three days, and occasionally stayed at home to chop firewood or tidy up the vegetable fields together. Recently, I went out every day and came back late.Just like yesterday afternoon, I clearly said that I would get some bamboo strips to make bamboo strips while the bamboo was of the right size, but I went there for more than an hour and finally came back empty-handed.

"Tell me, what on earth have you been doing?" Actually, it's not too busy now, so it doesn't matter if he wants to take a rest.But what made it difficult for Zhang Xiaoliu to accept was that he was under the banner of going out to work, and he didn't know what he was doing outside.

"I... I just tried the knife when I was outside..." Zhao Zhengze stood in front of him and looked down at his toes, like a child who admitted his mistake.Although he seemed to have grown up a lot during this time and acted more calmly, he was still shy in front of Zhang Xiaoliu.

Hearing what he said, Zhang Xiaoliu believed it.Ever since he got these two small knives, he couldn't put them down. He wanted to carve two knives with a stone, and he had to take them into the house when he was sleeping.

"Since it's a knife test, you can play at home, so don't go out all day and forget the time when you come back. But you have to be careful with your hands, don't cut off your own hands."

After another seven or eight days, small lavender flowers had bloomed from the beans, and each thin vine was blooming in layers, which made Zhang Xiaoliu smile.According to this situation, they really can't finish eating the vegetables in the vegetable field in half a month.He protected the vegetable field as a key area, and he couldn't even put the chickens near it, for fear that they would accidentally get in and ruin it.

The Zhao family’s marriage was the first in the village since the beginning of the new year, because it was the slack time of the year and the manpower was sufficient, Zhao Bomo probably wanted to take this opportunity to earn some face, and it was very lively, almost half of the people in the village went up.It was also the first time Zhang Xiaoliu had heard of the marriage method here.

It turned out that the two parties had chosen an auspicious day, and the day before they crossed the door, they had to hold a banquet at the elder brother's house.On this day, the main banquet is for the relatives and friends of the other party, and the husband only needs his parents and close elders to attend.On the second day, it was the Zhao family who held the banquet, and when my brother came to eat the banquet and accepted the door gift, the marriage was considered half done.On the third day, you have to get up early to worship the ancestors and ask the gods. After this day, you will be considered a newcomer.

Hearing people praise how handsome the newcomer is, Zhang Xiaoliu just smiled and passed.He was not very relaxed, Cao'er's health was up and down, and sometimes he was out of breath when thinking of doing something, and his eyes were sunken due to thinness.There are six children in his family, the older one is also desperately helping his father with work, the two younger ones are full of worries all day long, only Xiaoliu, who is only a few months old, is still ignorant of world affairs and cries every day.

When the bean sprouts pods, Wheat's greatest interest is to take his younger brother around the fence to count which bean plants have the most bean sprouts.At this time, when I came closer, the vegetable field in front of the house was already very decent.Beans, bitter gourd, and eggplant each have two ridges, accounting for half of the vegetable garden.Unfruitful catkins and cucumber vines were crawling on the fence, and the six saplings planted outside had grown a lot.Of the first two ridges of vegetables planted, there are only dozens of sparse ones left, and each leaf is bigger than the palm of an adult. It was left by Zhang Xiaoliu to pickle sauerkraut.Even Dashun was amazed after seeing it. It was hard to believe that a few children could take such good care of a vegetable field.

"Haven't you counted yet?" Zhang Xiaoliu asked amusedly when he saw them still circling around when he came out with the basket.

"Brother, I counted, and there is a tree with more than a dozen beans on it!" Xiaosong ran over cheerfully and said happily.

"Don't count them, they won't grow big if you count them any more, come and help me pick the vegetables." Pit snails can only eat a single meal, and the tofu in the pot can't be counted. Say the words to the children, so that they don't just count the fruit and cooked things.Zhang Xiaoliu had listened too much, and at this time also learned to scare his younger brother.After hearing this, Mai Mai quickly put down her counting hand and ran over to help.

The three of them quickly picked all the vegetables together, and it still felt uncomfortable to put them in the mud in front of the house to dry. Zhang Xiaoliu simply took out all the baskets at home, spread the vegetable leaves on the ground to dry.

Zhang Xiaoliu used to be a southerner, so he is good at pickling sour things.In such a good weather, the vegetable leaves will wilt after a day in the sun.If the weather is bad, you can dry it in the shade for two or three days, and when the moisture of the vegetable leaves is slightly dry, press them into the urn in layers.The last procedure is fried rice water, which is the only thing to be added to pickled sauerkraut.Heat a dry pan and fry the rice until it starts to burn and change color, then put a spoonful of water to boil.After the fried rice water is completely cooled, pour it into a jar filled with dried vegetables, tie the mouth tightly with a rope, and let it sit for half a month.If the vegetables marinated in this way are not opened, it will be fine for half a year.Even if opened, it can be kept for a long time as long as it is not mixed with uncooked cold water.

The dishes made in this way are sour, crispy and delicious, very appetizing, and it is also a unique memory for Zhang Xiaoliu.If he was sick and had a bad appetite when he was a child, his mother would cook such a dish of sauerkraut for him, and he would be able to take care of it for a day.He's been thinking about this ever since he heard that Cao'er couldn't eat.Originally, these dishes could wait for a while, but at this time, he was in a hurry to get them to cook.

"Xiao Liu, are you still going to the market tomorrow?" Zhao Zhengze came back as soon as the vegetables were dried.Ever since Zhang Xiaoliu asked him, he never forgot what he was doing when he went out.In the past few days, he has brought home the bamboo he needs to use one after another, and is going to start weaving baskets.

"Maybe I have to go there. The family hasn't bought meat for half a month. I want to cut some meat and buy an oil lamp." Zhang Xiaoliu thought for a while and said.Now the only oil lamp is placed in their room. If Zhao Zhengze wants to do anything in the dark, he has to do it by the moonlight, which is very inconvenient.

"Ah, I don't need oil lamps, can you buy some five-color ropes?" Zhao Zhengze asked with a twinkle in his eyes.Afraid of forgetting the time these days, he can only spend a little time a day doing his own things, but fortunately, it's still early to catch up.

"Five-color rope? What is it?" Zhang Xiaoliu thought about it carefully. It seemed that he had never heard of such a thing in several episodes, and he didn't know what it was used for, so he could only ask him suspiciously.

"It's the colorful rope that Momo brought us during the May Festival. At this time, there should be many people selling it in the market. Brother, buy one for me and Xiaosong too!" Mai Mai interjected.Because life used to be tighter than it is now, it is not easy to get what adults buy.So this is one of the very few things that impressed him deeply. In the past, everyone had to carry them on their hands every year, and they could only take them off after May.

"Okay, if I see it, I'll buy it for you." It was already May at this time, and Zhang Xiaoliu didn't know what the May Festival they were talking about.But since Xiaomai said it, it must be a habit here to wear this five-color rope, but unfortunately he himself has no impression.

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