Chapter 9
Early the next morning, before the horn sounded, Tang Guo heard the sound of washing outside the door. She was a light sleeper. Although the hard bed was covered with thick grass under the bedding, it was still not as comfortable as Simmons.
She was already awake, and she didn't intend to go to sleep. She put on her clothes and was about to get off the floor when the door rang and was pushed open with a creak, and Song Yingzi walked in.
"Ah, Guo Guo is awake. Just in time. Let's go to the village with my parents today!" This house is on the middle of the mountain. Yesterday, Guo Guo was left alone at home because she was worried that her daughter would be too weak just after waking up. But this girl and her husband yesterday afternoon She didn't even feel tired when she went back to Songzhuang. It seemed that her health had recovered, and she couldn't leave Guoguo alone at home.
Tang Guo had just woken up, with mist in her eyes. She opened her mouth and covered it with her little hands and yawned loudly. Her innocent look made Song Yingzi couldn't help but hug her and kiss her face.
Tang Guo:......
She had never had this kind of intimacy with anyone. Even her grandma only held her and coaxed her, and no one had ever kissed her on the face. Tang Guo was stunned. She reached out stupidly to touch the spot where she was being kissed, and looked at her mother with dull eyes.
Seeing her like this, Song Yingzi burst into laughter, "It looks like you haven't woken up yet? It's okay, it's still early. Guo Guo will be sleeping in the village later!" After saying that, he picked up Tang Guo and walked out.
Outside, Tang Jiahe had put out face wash. Tang Guo squatted on the ground and washed her little hands and face seriously. The cool water awakened her brain. She recalled the kiss just now. She seemed to have no idea at all. it's OK.
"Guo Guo, do you like roasted sweet potatoes? Dad roasted a sweet potato for you." Tang Jiahe pulled a sweet potato with a soft skin from the fire, pressed it with his hands to test the softness, and called Tang Guo over.
I brought back a bag of sweet potatoes yesterday. If nothing goes wrong, I'm afraid I won't be able to do without sweet potatoes for the next few days. But fortunately, the breakfast Tang Guo had before was very light. Basically, it was boiled corn, steamed sweet potatoes, and purple potatoes. Potatoes and a hard-boiled egg. She still likes this whole grain.
As soon as Tang Guo got closer, she could smell the enticing aroma of roasted sweet potatoes. The air was filled with a sweet smell, which made her stomach growl after an empty stomach all night. She lowered her head in embarrassment.
But this reaction was very useful to Tang Jiahe, which proved that the sweet potatoes he roasted were fragrant. He quickly took a bowl, carefully peeled the sweet potatoes, put them in the bowl and handed them to his good daughter, "Be careful, scald them. I'll give them to you." You put it in the bowl, but don't touch it."
Tang Guo nodded obediently. She had not gotten into the habit of eating roasted sweet potatoes. They used a spoon to eat roasted sweet potatoes. She still remembered that among the different ways of eating sweet potatoes in different places on Weibo, they only used a spoon. , she still found it novel.
As soon as she took it into her mouth, the sweetness of the sweet potatoes made her squint her eyes with satisfaction, "It's so sweet."
While the Tang family was lighting the fire, they saw their daughter puffing out her cheeks and eating roasted sweet potatoes with a satisfied look on her face, which made her feel as sweet as drinking sugar water.
"What the heck, when the new grain comes down, let your mother make white flour steamed buns, which will be sweet to eat!"
Song Yingzi laughed when she heard it. She was putting the kneaded vegetable steamed buns into the pot one by one to steam. The next few days were full of hard work. It was perfect for storage. She also fried a plate of beans brought back from her parents' house as a side dish.
The family had finished their breakfast and packed up. Song Yingzi was carrying a basket filled with steaming steamed vegetable buns and side dishes, and a pot of water ready to enter the village.
The loudspeaker in the village didn't sound until they were halfway through. Tang Guo, who had fallen asleep half asleep on his shoulders at Tang's house, couldn't help but wonder how early they got up.
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"Jiahe! This is Li Zhizhi, who was specially invited to give technical guidance, and the brothers who are helping to build the cow shed. How will it be built in a while? You have to listen, learn and watch more! These cows are not easy to come by. Don't be careless about the cowshed!" Tang Youwei, the old village chief, led a few people to the place where the cowshed was built. Seeing Jiahe and Yingzi arriving early, he nodded with satisfaction in his heart.
Tang Jiahe hurriedly responded, "Don't worry, village chief, I promise to complete the task."
Song Yingzi also stood aside with a happy face. The few people who came to help were all capable people in the village, and the wives were all easy to get along with. This is very important. If you meet someone who is cheating or cheating, or someone who likes to work as a foreigner. , it would be too tiring to build it. These people were personally selected by the old village chief. He could see the importance of building the cowshed this time and could not be neglected at all.
There is a lot of knowledge involved in building a cowshed. The place where the cows stand should not be too flat or in a low-lying area. It is best to be tilted a little. Then dig a long ditch behind it and the ditch is also tilted, so that the urine of the cows will flow down. Come down and gather in a large pool.
If there is little moisture on the ground, it will dry out easily. Cow hooves will not be immersed in a humid environment for a long time, making them less likely to get sick.
The adults were busy, and Tang Guo was not idle either. She lay on the simple bed made by Song Yingzi with straw, pretended to sleep with her eyes closed, and got into the game again.
Yesterday, she picked a lot of berries and various wild vegetables. She planned to use the agricultural product making machine to process all the wheat into flour. The wheat collected at the manor last time was *30, and the coarse flour required wheat *2, and the fine flour We need 3 pieces of wheat, and we don't know how much a pound of flour is. Tang Guo thought about it and decided to get 5 pieces of semolina first.
Semolina * 5 quickly appeared on the panel. Tang Guo clicked and put it back in her backpack. Her mother would definitely make a lot of cornbread later. She secretly put the semolina in, and her parents would not notice it.
As for Wild Vegetables, she has to find a chance to get out of her parents' sight.
Just as she thought this, Tang Guo heard the sounds of children playing outside.
"Brother Yishan, isn't that Tang Guo? Let's invite her to play in the mountains together!"
Tang Guo was extremely happy. This coincided with her thoughts. She pretended to wake up, rubbed her eyes and sat up.
When the children saw that she was awake, they gathered around her and said, "Tang Guo, we are going to play in the mountains, will you go?"
Just as Tang Guo was about to speak, a girl preempted her, "What are you calling her for? If you play with her, I won't play with you anymore."
Tang Guo looked over and saw a stern-eyed girl with twin ponytails looking at her with contempt. She searched for memories in her mind and found that she was Chang Shulan, the youngest daughter of Tang Jiaping and Chang Qiuxiang.
"Shulan, Tang Guo knows where to find delicious fruits. You were not here yesterday. The fruits Tang Guo gave were delicious. Brother Yishan has one. If you don't believe me, ask him."
Chang Shulan looked at Tang Yishan suspiciously, would Tang Guo have something delicious? Who are you lying to? Her mother said that Tang Guo's family is now poor and cannot get involved.
Tang Yishan nodded, "Yes, it's very fragrant, but I haven't eaten it yet." He put the fruit on the bedside last night and fell asleep smelling the aroma. In his dream, he had many, many fruits, but he was very happy. , he was embarrassed to say this.
"Tang Guo, do you want to go to the mountain together?" He really wanted to try his luck again.
"Go ahead, Tang Guo, maybe you can catch another pheasant today!" Yesterday, Aunt Wanghua told her daughter-in-law about Tang Guo catching a pheasant, but she didn't expect her daughter-in-law to tell her. Others' common words were spread out, and instantly the whole Tangjia Village knew that Tang Guo had great luck and caught a pheasant on the mountain yesterday.
Many people have made plans to go to the mountains after work at noon.
Chang Shulan felt a little unhappy when she saw everyone surrounding Tang Guo, "I have fried beans here. If you don't play with her, I will give you fried beans."
Tang Jiaping and Chang Qiuxiang have two children in total, the eldest son Chang Qiang and the youngest daughter Chang Shulan. Chang Qiuxiang's parents are still living in Jiannan. It is a lot easier for the family of four to earn work points and take care of the food of the two children. Normally, The children are often given fried beans and peanuts as snacks. Such treatment is really rare in Tangjiacun, so Chang Shulan has always been quite popular among the children.
However, the charm of fried beans is far less than that of fruits.
"Shulan, don't be like this, let's go pick it together!"
"Don't you want to taste the fruit?"
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Chang Shulan raised her neck and shook her head proudly. They were just wild fruits. If she was lucky, they would be sweet. If she was unlucky, her teeth would be sour. She had sugar water to drink, so why would she eat wild fruits? Do not care.
After waiting for a while, Chang Shulan looked at several children and looked hesitant. She even grabbed a handful of fried beans from her purse and said, "If you want to eat fried soybeans, follow me!"
After saying that, she took the lead and turned around.
The children looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Tang Guo looked at Chang Shulan's back speechlessly. She had experienced such treatment many times when she was a child. Many children thought she had no father or mother, and deliberately excluded and bullied her. She, she felt sad and lost at first, but slowly she figured out that it was better not to have this kind of unequal friendship.
Children passed by one after another. Tang Guo looked at Tang Yishan standing next to her and felt a little strange, "Why don't you go with her?"
Tang Yishan said disdainfully: "What's so delicious about fried beans? My mother said that if you eat too many beans, you'll easily fart. The fruit is better and fragrant."
Tang Guo couldn't help laughing. She reached out and grabbed a handful of fruits from her pocket, "Here you go! You may not be able to pick them in the mountains, but if I want to play in the mountains, I have to tell my parents first."
A handful of berries, all bright red. Why didn't he smell the aroma just now? Tang Yishan happily put the fruit in his pocket, "Don't worry, if you give me the fruit to eat, I will definitely protect you. Who bullied you?" I'm going to teach him a lesson!"
As he spoke, he patted his chest.
The friendship between the children was established quickly, and Tang Guo was also very happy. He was the first friend she made in this world, "Then I'll go tell my parents."
When Song Yingzi saw that it was a child of Liu Lan's family, she told her to pay attention to her safety and remember to come here for lunch, and then agreed.
So Tang Guo followed Tang Yishan up the mountain, joining a few strangers on the way, but they seemed to be very familiar with Tang Yishan.
When passing by the house, Tang Guo went in and got a small basket. She had to be very pretentious so that she would have an excuse if her parents asked about it.
A few children walked up and down the mountain, but they didn't see the kind of fruit Tang Guo picked, but fortunately there were some other wild fruits.
"There are black bubbles here! Come and pick them!" A friend shouted, attracting Tang Guo's attention.
Tang Guo took a look and saw that it was the wild strawberry they were talking about, and there was also a kind of snakeberry that looked very similar. The snakeberry vines had no thorns, no soft hairs, and the color was not as bright as the wild strawberry. It was easy to distinguish. .
"This is also delicious. I haven't found any fruit, so this can satisfy my craving." Tang Yishan handed one to Tang Guo.
Tang Guo took it and fed it into her mouth. The sweet and sour taste instantly stimulated saliva secretion. She squinted her eyes, "It's so sour and sweet at the same time!"
Seeing her hissing from the acid, Tang Yishan and several children bent over with laughter.
"It's just some rotten fruit. What makes you so happy is that you are so short-sighted!"
A shout instantly broke the pleasant atmosphere. Tang Guo looked over there and saw Chang Shulan and the others.
"What rotten fruit? Chang Shulan, don't underestimate this fruit. My grandma said that everything on the mountain is God's will. It can save lives at critical times!" A little boy was unhappy, and he picked a lot. Utopia!
Chang Shulan curled her lips: "That's still rotten fruit."
"You!" The boy usually didn't quarrel very much. He was blocked by Chang Shulan and his face turned red.
Tang Guo didn't want him to be teased in vain. This kind of wild strawberry was not a rotten fruit. "Let's pick more black strawberries and make jam later!"
"What is jam? Is it delicious?"
Sure enough, when we talked about food, the children were very excited!
Tang Guo explained how to make jam, which immediately aroused everyone's interest!
"Wow! Tang Guo, you are so awesome, we listen to you! Pick it quickly!"
A group of children hurriedly squatted down and carefully picked off the black bubbles and put them into Tang Guo's basket.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Chang Shulan's face turned red with anger, "Are you all fools? She doesn't know how to make jam, I'm afraid she has never even eaten it!"
She has never heard of jam, how would a poor Tang Guo know that?
"Then we have to give it a try. Grandma said, if you don't give it a try, you'll never know what will grow in the ground!"
Tang Guo was a little curious about who his grandmother was, and that he was so wise.
"What you said is right! Tang Guo, we believe you!"
They just do what they say, and they don't care that Tang Guo is only a 4 or 5-year-old child. Anyway, whoever has good food these days is the boss!
Seeing that they did not listen to the advice, Chang Shulan angrily turned around and went down the mountain. The children with her couldn't stand the temptation of jam, so they joined the army of pickers.
There is strength in numbers, and within a short time, more than half of the basket was filled with bubbles.
The author has something to say: Dear little angels, please collect it~
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