Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 235: Calling Zhu Danian home for dinner

"I'm in town too. I don't know if I'll be back tomorrow."

Shen Ruoyan entered the house and took out the things in the basket: "Mom, we don't have much money at home, so I'll give you half a pound of fatty pork, three pounds of dark flour, and two pounds of brown rice. Please don't despise me."

"Mother doesn't mind, I'm glad you can come back."

After saying that, he took the things into the kitchen with a smile.

When he returned to the house, he looked at her belly and asked quickly, "Are you pregnant?"

She smiled and nodded: "Yeah, more than a month."

Her husband wanted to go back with her, but his employer wouldn't let him go and refused to pay him for half a month's wages.

There was no other way, so he asked someone to tell her to ride on the villagers' donkey cart for a while.

"Mom, I have to go. It's too late and the donkey cart won't wait. I want to walk home by myself."

"You're leaving right after you came back." Wu Caifeng followed her out, "Wait until your husband comes back and finishes farm work at home, and ask him to come to our house to help."

Shen Ruoyan walked in front with a blank expression on her face: "Mom, we also have two acres of land at home. Now that I am pregnant, the family has to rely on him alone."

She had finally gotten pregnant, so she didn't dare to be careless and did everything very carefully at home.

"When mom was pregnant with you, she still went to work in the fields. She wasn't that delicate. Go back and talk to her."

She didn't answer: "Mom, I'm leaving."

She went out and headed east, avoiding passing by the shops because she didn't want the villagers to stop her and ask her questions. She just wanted to go home quickly.

Wu Caifeng looked at her from behind and muttered, "After getting married, she became less and less obedient to me as her mother. I really raised her for nothing."

When she reached the entrance of the village, Shen Ruoyan met Niu Guilan and sighed helplessly in her heart. What you fear will come true.

"Aunt Niu."

"Hey, Ruoyan is back with gifts, where's your man? Why didn't he come back with you?"

"He went to work in town and won't be back. Aunt Niu, I'm leaving. It's too late to ride on the donkey cart."

"Wait." Niu Guilan stopped her, "Ruoyan, are you pregnant?"

"Well, it's been more than a month, Aunt Niu, I really don't want to tell you anymore. It's getting late, I have to go home quickly, I'm leaving first."

After saying that, he turned and walked away, his pace unconsciously quickening.

Niu Guilan stopped trying to stop her and came to the shop excitedly: "Did you see that? Shen Ruoyan is back. I ran into her at the entrance of the village."

Wang Erfeng glanced at her and said, "I saw her, but I didn't see her coming."

I was thinking of waiting for her to come over and ask.

"I asked her, and she said she was more than a month pregnant, and she didn't know what gift to bring back."

"It's none of our business what gift we give her. As long as she gets pregnant, she's already sixteen."

There was no news of her pregnancy for a long time, and Zhou Xiaoyu thought there was something wrong with her health.

Wu Caifeng can now rest assured.

"No, I have to go and ask around." Niu Guilan turned around and went straight to Wu Caifeng's house.

Ji Wenhe sometimes really admired her. She had endless energy all day long. She ran around this village today and that village tomorrow.

Her son is only twelve years old, so it's too early to get married and there's no pressure at the moment.

……

The next morning, Shen Yuanshan prepared the meal and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, it's time to eat."

Ji Wenhe walked out of the house: "Brother Shen, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day for family reunion. Why don't we not go today and go tomorrow."

Shen Rongshan stood beside the clothes drying pole and thought for a while: "I'll be at home in the morning, so I can go in the afternoon. There's not much to do at home, so I'll just stay here anyway."

It’s better to go out and sell goods and make more money.

He put the washing basin against the wall and said, "Wen He, you and Yuan Shan will be at home in the afternoon. We will be back early in the evening."

"Okay then, I'll listen to you." She turned back and looked at him, "After breakfast, go call Uncle Da Nian over and have lunch at our house."

"Okay." He was just thinking about this and wanted to tell her.

Because today is Mid-Autumn Festival, no one comes to buy things, so the goods are not displayed.

After dinner, the two twins went to the mountain to see if there was any prey in the traps today.

Shen Rongshan went to Zhaojia Village.

Ji Wenhe took out the dried winter melon slices, dried bamboo shoots, and green beans and soaked them in water.

Slice one pound of fatty pork and cut half a pound of lean meat into strips and slices, then put them on a plate.

I picked the smallest pumpkin, dug out the seeds, and put it in the sun to dry.

The dried seeds are edible and taste particularly fragrant, much better than the fried ones sold in supermarkets.

Cut it in half and use the rest to cook porridge in the evening.

At noon, cook it with brown rice porridge and steam some pumpkin slices.

I went into the house and took out a goose egg and three chicken eggs, beat them into a bowl, stirred them evenly with warm water, skimmed off the foam, and added a little salt and chopped green onions.

When it comes out of the pan, drizzle a little soy sauce on it and the delicious egg custard is ready. It would be even better with sesame oil.

Ji Wenhe prepared all the dishes and poured the brown rice and pumpkin porridge into the pot and started cooking first.

Here, Shen Rongshan came to Zhaojia Village, saw that the door of the house was locked, and walked up the mountain.

After going around in circles, I finally found Zhu Danian.

The two big black dogs spotted him first. They stopped chasing the hare and turned around and barked at him.

"Rongshan, why are you here?"

"Master, today is Mid-Autumn Festival. Wen He asked me to invite you to our house for dinner."

"I thought today is a holiday, so I'll take these two dogs up the mountain and let them have a good meal." Zhu Danian patted the black dog's head, "Go and catch the rabbits."

When the two big black dogs heard this, they immediately turned around and chased after the rabbit.

Shen Rongshan walked up to him and said, "Master, come to my house for lunch."

"Okay, I'll let them catch two rabbits."

The two found a rock to sit on.

Zhu Danian looked at him and asked, "Aren't you going out today?"

"I went out after lunch and finished weeding the fields. There wasn't much to do at home, so I just stayed here anyway."

"That's right, staying at home is very annoying."

All the men in the village, except the old ones, went to the town to find work.

When doing business, one more day spent means one more day of earning.

On the other side, the two twins were also catching rabbits.

"Brother, I'm going to your side, quickly!"

Shen Wenshan looked at the rabbit running towards him and pounced forward suddenly...but he missed and the rabbit ran away.

He stood up helplessly and patted the dirt off his body: "Let's go, the rabbit runs so fast, how can we catch it with bare hands?"

Shen Yuanshan followed him down the mountain: "Borrow the two big black dogs from Uncle Da Nian's house. They are good at catching rabbits."

"Then go back and tell Uncle Da Nian later."

His elder brother should have gone back by now.

When they returned home, Zhu Danian had just arrived with two big black dogs.

Ji Wenhe heard the voice and walked out of the kitchen: "Uncle Danian, where is Brother Shen?"

"He's at the creek, skinning a rabbit. He'll be back soon."

Looking into the kitchen, there was no sound from the twins.

"Where are Yuanshan and Wenshan? Are they out?"

"Uncle Da Nian, we went to the mountain." Shen Yuanshan trotted forward, "We saw a rabbit, but we didn't catch it."