pastoral life

Wang Juren came with the old housekeeper. After entering the door, he glanced at the furnishings in the room with disgust. Mingzhu pretended not to see it and just moved out the only grand master chair in the house for him to sit on. After all, it is a place that the elders in the family should respect. Still have to put on a show.However, Mr. Wang looked at the grand teacher's chair and had no intention of sitting down at all. Wang Mingchuan's face was not good-looking. The old butler thought about the purpose of his master's visit today, so he ran over with great interest and took out a piece of paper from his arms. The towel was spread on top, and Wang Juren wrinkled his nose when he saw this, and finally sat down reluctantly.

Mingzhu rolled her eyes.

"Cough, Mingchuan, uncle wants to talk to you about something."

After speaking, he took his clothes and brushed off the non-existent dust. After a long time since Mingzhu hadn't moved, he glanced at the latter impatiently, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with him not avoiding him.

"Uncle has something to say, Ming Chuan is here to listen."

Wang Mingchuan didn't mention the matter of Mingzhu's avoidance, and Wang Juren couldn't bear to say it clearly, so he could only look at Mingzhu in disgust, and added the word "unruly" to his impression of Wang Mingchuan.

"I mentioned it to you before, when your parents left earlier, I couldn't let go, but now that the conditions are good, it makes no sense for the elders not to help you juniors, but you still need a son to inherit the incense. Generally speaking, I took the big river and the small lake back to my knees, and from now on, I will specially ask my husband to teach them how to read and write, and the food and clothing expenses will all be paid by your elder brother. Naturally, you are also famous If you meet a suitable husband in the future, I will recommend him to you, and I won’t leave you brothers without someone to take care of you.”

After finishing speaking, he patted Ming Chuan on the shoulder very lovingly. Outsiders would surely praise him for his kindness, but Ming Chuan couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

Taking care of the younger generation, how come just seeing those two boys put the younger girl aside?Hmph, it's nothing more than looking for someone to inherit the incense and not wanting to say that my branch is about to die out, it's really kind-hearted and shameless.

Knowing the intention of Wang Juren's visit early in the morning, Mingzhu asked Dahe to take his younger siblings to Mrs. Jiang's house in advance. Now she is not afraid that those little ones will be sad when they hear it, but she is just in a trance.

"Uncle has a heart, but now that the younger siblings are getting older, it's not difficult to take care of them. Although Mingzhu and I can't get a lot of money, it's not a problem to support these mouths. They are used to being comfortable in the countryside. When they come to the city, they will inevitably give you Adding to the confusion, it's a pity for your kindness. Your kindness is appreciated by Chuanxin, as long as they live at home. The expenses and expenses in the village are ready-made. Although our family has had a difficult time, but now Supporting each other makes life better, but the family is used to being together, and it is as difficult as cutting out a piece of flesh in the heart if we really want to separate. Uncle is kind-hearted, and we will not want us to suffer from our loved ones again. The pain of parting."

The implication is that you have survived the hard times and now you are finally going to be separated from your siblings. If you really care about your face, you shouldn't do this immoral thing.

Wang Juren's face was ashen. According to his original idea, it would be a great good deed to adopt these two wild boys. No one else could ask for it. It was just to gain a good reputation by coming to the door in person, but he never thought that it would be a face-to-face meeting. He hit a soft nail, he was used to being flattered by others, so he couldn't bear it, so he stood up and flicked his sleeves and said angrily:

"Stupid thing! You only know that you are not willing to part with your brother, but have you ever thought about the future of the two of them? How much can you do if you stay in this remote village!"

Seeing that Wang Juren was really angry, Ming Chuan didn't waver at all, and still bowed his head very respectfully:

"Uncle, this is spurring Ming Chuan. Back then, Uncle was able to walk out of the mountains and gain his current status by relying on his own ability. Ming Chuan always wanted to use Uncle as an example."

Since you were able to walk out of Chuanshandang back then, why did you assert that others couldn't?Backcountry, this is the hometown where you were born and raised!

Mingzhu applauds Wang Mingchuan secretly in her heart, she can't tell that this boy can talk like this, she usually sees the villagers who are shy and afraid to say hello, but seeing these bullies who come to the door are not stage frighted at all, Mingzhu listens, listens, A sense of pride welled up.

After being slapped in the face, Wang Juren shook his sleeves angrily and walked away. The old housekeeper hurriedly followed, and before going out, he spat and cursed for being incompetent.Although Wang Juren's family was offended this time, but the two boys in the family were saved for the time being, Mingzhu was very happy, and even her face was slightly flushed with joy, half of her fair face showed a layer of light. The light pink made the black grape-like eyes more lively. Mingchuan stared at Mingzhu in a daze for a while, then reached out his hand to fish Mingzhu into his arms.

"What's the matter? But you were scared by the battle just now?"

At this time, Mingzhu remembered that Wang Mingchuan was a 15-year-old child, and Wang Juren was regarded as a powerful person to him. Now it is unavoidable to be a little timid to face him for the sake of his relatives, so he doesn't care about Wang Mingchuan's intimacy at the moment. Instead, he stretched out his hand and patted his back, saying,

"I'm with you, and I won't let you face it alone."

Mingzhu thinks she is comforting the child with the mentality of an elder, but she forgets that she is the younger and younger one now, and the two of them are a registered husband and wife relationship.In the final analysis, it was because he was used to it. During the few months since he came to this world, he lived and ate with Mingchuan. Wang Mingchuan’s bad habit of cuddling is no longer a day or two. Mingzhu was still a little awkward at the beginning. In the end... Habit is a murderous thing.

Satisfied, Wang Mingchuan took his chin and rubbed it against Mingzhu's head, ummmm, don't worry about taking it slowly, after Mingzhu gets used to him, everything will come naturally.

The so-called boiling frogs in warm water is roughly the same. It should be slow and slow, and when it is time to heat up... it is absolutely unambiguous to start at the right time.

"That's right, you're always by my side."

The corner of Wang Mingchuan's mouth raised a beautiful arc, and Mingzhu's head was fixed on the neck by him, so he couldn't see it naturally, nor did he see the deep love and cunning hidden in those eyes.

**

Mingzhu delivered the hawthorn cakes that Tangpinzhai ordered this morning. Since she had a lot of free time yesterday and Wang Mingchuan helped her, Mingzhu also made an extra large altar. Naturally, he couldn’t move it alone, and Wang Mingchuan couldn’t go with him. Before leaving, he repeatedly asked Fang Tiezhu to help him carry them to Tangpinzhai.Dashun was naturally happy to see that the quantity of hawthorn cakes increased, and when Mingzhu proposed to advance part of the money, he agreed without thinking.

"The shopkeeper gave you an order early in the morning. If you are in a hurry to use the money in the future, you can send it on the same day. There are four jars in total. Ours is sold in boxes, one box and a half taels of silver, and you can pay twenty for this jar. box, the total is 40 taels of silver, which is 28% with you, so it is [-] taels."

Da Shunzi crackled his abacus, and when he had calculated it, he looked up at Mingzhu, only to find that his eyeballs were almost popping out.

28 taels...

...God.

Mingzhu's brains are boiling. Although I thought about putting it in a shop like Tangpinzhai for more money, it is absolutely unexpected that a jar can sell for ten taels. At this age, two taels of silver is enough for a family. Years of food and clothing have been spent, and now I have earned 28 taels of silver just by selling snacks that the rich love to eat. Who would believe this if I went to the village?Mingzhu felt a little fluttering, his first reaction was to exchange the 28 taels into copper coins to fill up his crock!

I need to stuff a few more earthen jars!

"There is brother Shunzi Lao."

After Mingzhu took the money from Shunzi, she returned a tael to him. The latter was reluctant at first, but after Mingzhu insisted repeatedly, she still accepted it with a smile.The principle of mutual benefit and win-win is common at all levels. Although it hurts to share one tael of silver, at least they have 27 taels left. This amount is really enough for now, so Mingzhu doesn't care about giving it away. To be human, after all, no matter how much the business is in ancient and modern times, there are still some human lawsuits in it.

Before leaving, Mingzhu asked Da Shunzi to exchange for three pennies. The silver coins were kept close to her body, but the copper coins were thrown into the empty jar she replaced, covered with a lid and carried in a bamboo basket on her back.

Watching this high-profit pearl to make money began to grow. Although the hawthorn cake can continue to be made, it has to develop other things, lest people eat it for a long time and have no taste to change.There is still a lot of glutinous rice in the house, and I just make new snacks with dried wild sweet potatoes and glutinous rice, but this thing does not last long so I have to give it away once a day. The few little ones in the house were left unattended, and secondly, he had to be busy with housework, raising chickens and feeding pigs, so he couldn't just leave it all to Dahe.

Mingzhu thought for a long time but decided to move his idea to Fang Tiezhu. After spending some money in the city to buy necessities such as sugar and cloth, he went to the gate of the city to meet Fang Tiezhu. I told you my own thoughts.

"It's not a big deal, I told you earlier that you don't need to run here, and I'll bring it over for you. Doesn't your family feel sorry for you running into this city every day?"

Mingzhu blushed, and then remembered that if he was free, he could go to the field to help out, at least give Wang Mingchuan more time to read, after all, the rural exam is not as good as the college exam.

On the way back, Mingzhu negotiated the details with Fang Tiezhu, and forced him to give him half a penny, saying that it would be paid once a month in the future. In fact, Mingzhu wanted to give Fang Tiezhu more if he hadn't worried about revealing his wealth. These days, he and Li Sanniang have been troubled a lot, and they always look at the children of this family and don't ask for anything in return. Although the folks in the village should help a little, they have to be grateful.However, Fang's family is different from Dashun's. On the one hand, they are used to seeing distinguished guests. A tael of silver is nothing. Dare to take risks, so at the beginning, I still aimed at conservatism.

After Fang Tiezhu helped deliver the goods, Mingzhu let go of her arms to develop new foods, and the first thing to bear the brunt was the wild sweet potatoes in season.In fact, wild sweet potatoes have nothing to do with sweet potatoes, but they are called differently. This is also an extremely common wild fruit in Sichuan, except that it is different from wild hawthorn, which grows in the soil and has to be dug out with hands.The oval leaves grow close to the ground on the vines, and you can see more of them than the wild hawthorn when you look down at random in midsummer.

When grown-ups go to work in the field, they always like to plan a handful or two of wild sweet potatoes and give them to the little ones at home. Fresh wild sweet potatoes are only about the size of a coin. After they are ripe, they are red with white inside and are tender and juicy. You can break them apart to see the inside. There is a circle of white pulp, and the inner wall of the pulp is covered with small red beads. The pulp is sweet and the beads are sour. Throwing it into the mouth and chewing it all, the taste is not to mention how happy it is But among children, it is more marketable than wild hawthorn.Mingzhu ate a lot of this food when she was a child. If it hadn't been processed and dried in advance, he would have used it early in the morning so that it wouldn't be behind the hawthorn cake.

The author has something to say: A large part of the purpose of writing this article is to relive my childhood and let everyone know my hometown.All the food comes from my childhood memories. Those who are close to me should know these things. If you have the opportunity to travel to Sichuan, you can also ask the locals to find something to eat. It’s not poisonous. Look at me You will know if you are still alive and kicking.

Another: After all, it is a childhood memory. I may remember some confusion about the season of its growth. Welcome to correct me. If there are common-sense mistakes in the text, everyone is welcome to catch bugs, but please bring it up gently. The nest is a delicate flower. I hope you will take pity on me.

Don't forget to collect it, dears~╭(╯3╰)╮