By Jia Xiuzhen

There is another scene of Baochai in Xiangyun.It is not possible to pick the pods of the sesame seeds, they have to be pulled up one by one.Put it in the burden on the side, pick it up later and spread it on the hard ground to dry.When the pods are dried, the sesame seeds will burst out naturally.I have to grind it back and forth with a wooden roller several times.After all the grains are removed, they are dried in the sun before they can be stored.

Xiang Yun lamented: "I just want to pick up the one with the smallest head, but it's not as good as the sky!"

Baochai looked back at the rest of the people, and saw that they were busy with nothing else, so she smiled and said: "But it's just a joke, there's nothing to sigh about, let's do it now. I don't know how to get it out."

The daughter-in-law at the side pulled up two trees for a show. The field is well looked after, and the soil is fertile and loose. It is not difficult and does not require much effort.Both of them tried it once, and there were only two trees.The daughter-in-law taught the two of them to knock off the soil on one side of the ridge before putting it on the other side of the load.

Xiangyun pulled out a few trees, and suddenly realized: "We will have to carry this burden soon!"

The daughter-in-law just shook her head: "Grandma didn't say anything, she just said she wouldn't let her help. How can the girls carry the burden? This person who doesn't know how can't walk with the burden on his shoulders. Either he hit his front foot or his back foot .”

Qia Baoyu and Tanchun were plucking soybeans on the other side of the field ridge. After hearing this, he raised his voice and said, "Sister Yun, don't worry, if we really want us to carry it by ourselves, I won't be here."

Xiang Yun quickly shook his head: "I dare not bother you. If you scratch your head, the old lady will bring someone to smash our poetry club." He asked again, "Why don't you see Brother Lang?"

Baoyu's leading daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Our elder brother and the fourth girl took a 'groundnut', which had to be dug out from the ground. It's there! We're all squatting down, so we can't see it."

They looked up, and sure enough, they saw Li Xichun and Jia Lan squatting on the ground at the other end, each digging the ground with a short-handled hoe.The daughter-in-law at the side smiled and said, "I used a hoe to plan it, but my brother and the fourth girl are too young. Wherever I can swing a hoe, I prepared this."

Xiangyun took a look and didn't dare to complain anymore.Only the first two had fun, digging out the whole plants first, and stacking them in a row on the ridge.And I didn't forget to pick up the scattered ones on the ground and throw them into the small basket beside me.

For a long time, Baoyu's other end had lost interest. He stood there alone and looked around, and then asked the daughter-in-law next to him, "What are those people digging?"

The daughter-in-law replied: "It's sweet potatoes. I didn't dare to let the girl try it with the men. It's not easy to plan, and it's easy to dirty people."

Baoyu pointed around again and asked this and that. Tanchun pulled up another tree and threw it in a basket beside him. When it comes to business, you’re going to give up. It’s really frustrating to be with you. Now I’m going to regret it too.”

Baoyu laughed and said, "It's just stubborn, you still think it's true."

The daughter-in-law at the side smiled and said: "Second master, our grandma is serious this time. If you can't finish the stipulated amount, you can only use the lowest class when you eat communal meals. You won't have any share of those delicious meals. "

Baoyu was surprised: "There is such a saying?! The sister-in-law is too cunning!"

Tanchun then asked, "Is the number counted by head, or by partnership?"

The daughter-in-law said: "I'm afraid it's based on partnership."

Tanchun just looked at Baoyu, Baoyu didn't dare to be idle anymore, he bent over to pull out the soybeans, and said with a dry smile, "What are you afraid of, third sister, can I still lose if I'm a man?"

Tanchun laughed and said, "Second brother, you always wish you were a girl. It's funny to me to say such a thing now."

Baochai and Xiangyun over there also heard it, and Xiangyun laughed: "Third sister, what the second brother said can't be true. Because when you tell lies, your voice is louder and louder."

When it was almost time for breakfast, when did they move like this?The idea of ​​fine food in the morning is long gone, and I feel a little hungry.In this wilderness, there is nowhere to find refreshments.Just as I was thinking about it, I saw that the peanut trees that had been spread on the ridge in the peanut field just now disappeared without a trace.

A small figure, carrying the basket and walking fast, Xichun followed behind and yelled: "Slow down, Lan'er, slow down, we must be the fastest, why are you running!"

Jia Lan replied there: "Fourth aunt, don't you smell the smell? The steamed rice is ready! I can already smell it! I don't know how big the pot is, I'm going to eat at least three bowls right now!"

The two went away in a gust of wind.Standing on the ground here shaking his head in the wind: "Do you really want to carry it yourself?"

Xiangyun reacted quickly: "Brother Lan! Brother Lan! Take some for us too!"

Baochai said with a smile, "You are too daring to speak up, and you even made your nephew go."

But he didn't know whether Jia Lan was listening or not.After a while, there was a full load of sesame seeds here.Xiangyun tried the weight and said with a smile: "It's not very heavy." It's just who can choose?

Baochai said, "Let's try lifting it?"

I didn't know that the ties on the shoulder could not be picked up, so naturally there was no way to lift it.Just at this time, Jia Lan ran over again, looked at it and said, "I'll do it."

The others were only a head and a half taller than the basket. Baochai was about to stop him, but Jia Lan had already carried it on his shoulders. After a little trial, he straightened up and walked forward. faster.Everyone was at a loss for words, even though Baochai was knowledgeable, she didn't know whether the situation in front of her was common or not.

Seeing this scene, Baoyu couldn't help but want to call Li Guimingyan, only to realize that he was alone at the moment.He didn't have the face to ask his nephew to help, but he thought it was impossible to carry the pick of soybeans by himself.Fortunately, Jia Lan came again after a while, picked up the soybeans and walked away without saying a word.The remaining four people followed behind slowly towards Daoxiang Village.

It turned out that those things were all drying on the drying yard below the slope. Seeing Jia Lan waiting there, several people rushed to meet them.Baochai asked again, "Aunt Lin's place and you helped move it here?"

Jia Lan shook her head and said, "Aunt Lin and Second Aunt carried it by themselves. They thought they were weak, so they carried it back before they were full. It took four trips back and forth to complete the work."

Now the faces of the few people became more and more embarrassed, Xiang Yun muttered: "I usually look weak, but now I can't see it."

Baochai glanced at her, smiled and said to Jia Lan, "Thanks to you today, how can I thank you later?"

Jia Lan shook his head and smiled and said, "You don't have to thank me. I didn't really want to help. I just went home to ask for dinner when I came back. My mother said that I won't have dinner until everyone is here. There is no other way, I have to wait." You guys, when will you go!"

Tanchun laughed: "Lan'er, you are too honest, you don't accept such mediocre favors, what are you talking about!"

Everyone laughed.When going up, it really smelled all kinds of fragrances, and the first Baoyu couldn't help it: "Oh, what smells so fragrant!"

The daughters-in-law who followed said with a smile: "Second Master is hungry. There is a saying that 'you should eat when you are hungry'. I usually eat all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, and I have never heard whether they are delicious or not."

Jia Lan smiled and said, "It's really different this time. I'll know when the time comes."

Back in the courtyard, Li Wan came out with a smile and said, "Go and wash, and change into clean clothes."

After everyone changed their clothes and came out, they couldn't help but smile at each other when they saw that they were still wearing the same clothes as in the morning. "It seems that this day is a long day, and don't even think about being safe in the next afternoon."

He still wanted to go to the Danfeng Hall where banquets are held on weekdays, but was led to another small hall with thatched eaves. There was a big table in the middle, but it was not square or round.It was about six feet long and less than three feet wide. The logs were polished, but it was hard to tell what material it was made of.There are wide wooden benches on both sides, everyone still sits facing each other, forgetting to talk about the subject and the guest.Li Wan saw it and smiled secretly.

The maids all came up with food boxes, and in front of each of them was a three-inch-high round wooden bucket covered with a wooden lid.I couldn't help but take a deep breath, that's exactly what I smelled just now at the bottom of the slope.They each have a storage box, the shape of the storage box is also strange, it is not a plum blossom crabapple, but it looks like a long bean pod.Even the lacquer on the lid was the same color as the spots on overripe pods.That's all for the others, Yingchun and Daiyu watched together, laughing and chatting in a low voice.There is also a soup cup set in wood and white porcelain.The rest are the same as usual.

Li Wan said with a smile: "It's the dinner at night, so I just deal with it indiscriminately at this moment, and I'm still rushing to work in the next afternoon!"

Baoyu wailed, "Are you still doing it?!"

Tan Chun asked Li Wan: "Sister-in-law, is this partner definitely a pair of two? Maybe a group of three? I'm going to change to Fourth Sister and the others in the afternoon."

Baoyu stopped immediately, turned to look at Tanchun, and pursed her lips: "Third sister..."

Baochai smiled and said, "My sister-in-law hasn't said what I'm going to do in the afternoon, why are you all in a hurry? Also, we are a poetry club after all, but when are we going to compose poems?"

Li Wan said with a smile: "It's not urgent. It's just to help you enjoy the whole set. I'm not afraid that you won't have a good sentence." He said and signaled the maids to come up to serve.

Several lids were lifted, and the log tube was full of steamed rice.Seeing the green ginkgo, pink water chestnut, crushed walnuts, whole peanuts and diced ham the size of a fingertip, scattered in a pot of fresh rice that is crystal clear and oily.The new fruit food is paired with the aroma of steamed meat oil, which is suitable for the coolness of autumn, and has the practical warmth of fireworks in the world.

Put a bowl of them all, take a sip and put it in your mouth, powder, crisp, waxy, crispy, moist, salty, fresh, slightly sweet and all kinds of flavors turn over on the tip of your tongue.Daiyu tasted it twice, then sighed, "Sister-in-law, is this called being treated carelessly? Then I really don't know what it means to have a serious meal."

Xiang Yun also said: "It looks like nothing more than these few things, but when combined together, it tastes like this!"

Jia Lan said with a smile: "Aunts, don't be coaxed away. If you look closely, there are small pieces of dark brown, oily yellow, and milky white inside. They must be three or four different kinds of fungus. I'm afraid it's still Zhuang. What about the seasonal products delivered by the website! The meat is not only ham, but also meatballs the size of a grain of rice. I tasted it should be chicken. Not broken.

There are seven or eight kinds of aromas and tastes but nothing can be seen. I thought, it must have been tampered with in the steamed rice soup.It must not be steamed rice.I think it is specially boiled broth. "

Xichun said helplessly at the side: "Look, last time I said that the sauce for steaming eggplants, if Lan'er tastes it, I can tell you a few things in it. Only I have practiced for a long time and still can't make it. Lin Sister, take me back to your house next time. I still have to ask Yanyue to listen to Rong and the others to learn from them."

Li Wan said with a smile: "They are fresh mushrooms such as pine mushrooms, trichomonas, morels, and frondosa frondosa. The dried ones are not easy to get, and the fresh ones are even rarer. Except for sending some to the old lady, the rest All of them are in front of you. The juice of the steamed rice is boiled out with several kinds of vegetables in the field at that time, together with chicken racks, eel bones, shrimps, and meat crabs. How about it? Although I was tired this morning, I didn’t It's a loss.

It's just that although the food is good, if you don't move, it's just a bite or two. Wouldn't it be a pity?That's why I let you work first, which is also a down-to-earth way, to get a close-up taste of the taste of autumn. "

Xiangyun had already eaten a bowl, and said with a smile, "I was just screaming tired, but now I'm too embarrassed to say anything."

Seeing that Cui Ling was about to add more to her, Li Wan reminded: "Dig down, there are still good things!"

Xichun on the other end snatched the green bamboo rice spoon from Ruhua's hand, and dug under it, a burst of strong fragrance came up, she smiled and said: "Ha! There is burnt rice underneath!"

Jia Lan said with a smile, "Fourth aunt, that's called crispy rice!"

Several people took their spoons to scoop it up. It turned out that the wooden barrel was just an outer circle, with a rough clay pan lining the inside.The bottom of the pot should be extremely thick, and now there is a layer of browned and crispy rice grains on it.Li Wan said with a smile: "It's just roasted on charcoal fire, and it's fragrant after digging out that layer."

Where can she say it?They all went to that one.Li Wan laughed again: "You guys are eating food!"

Everyone looked at the box again, which contained five dishes: lotus seed fire recipe, cucumber shredded duck, sour ginger fish fillet, stewed raw eggplant, steamed tender eggplant and a plate of salty and sour side dishes.Each one is only one in a palm-sized celadon lotus flower cup.But it looks upright, red and green.

Stretching out his chopsticks to take a sip, Baoyu couldn't help it: "Sister-in-law, why is there no wine?"

Li Wan said with a smile: "Now that you've had wine, who will do the work in the afternoon? Suppress the wine bug first, and then drink it at night."

Xiangyun also sighed: "It's a pity that the dishes are so good."

When I arrived at the soup, it was a vegetable soup with several kinds of melon, eggplant and fresh mushrooms. I ordered a chopstick of light rice sauce, and even felt full, I still drank it all.

After everyone has used it, they are allowed to sit in the outer hall, and the girls make tea.