Nine o'clock in the morning.
The sunshine in July is particularly dedicated.
Song Jiayu returned to Tianwen Lane from Lushan Village and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve. After two days away, the No. 14 compound had not changed in appearance, except for a few more things.
"Little Li Ba, are you standing at the gate like a pillar? You're not even as tall as the pillar. Be careful not to burn your head standing in the sun. Then you'll just be able to calculate one plus one equals two."
Five-year-old Li Ba has a round head. A few days ago, Xiong Cuihua dragged him to get a haircut. He looked like a little monk, stiffening his neck and shouting, "I'm very smart~"
But I felt it wasn't powerful enough, so I raised my voice so loud that it almost broke.
"Smarter than all of you adults—"
Song Jiayu forced herself to turn her head away so that the child wouldn't see her expression, and then she burst out laughing. It was really adorable.
Children have self-esteem. In order not to let Xiao Li Ba laugh and break her defense, she stopped laughing, went up the stairs, and pulled Xiao Li Ba into the eaves at the gate of the compound. The feeling was different in a place without sunlight.
"What's wrong? Did you quarrel with Aunt Cuihua again?"
"Humph, she scolded me and hit me."
This little mouth is so pouty that you can hang a soy sauce bottle on it.
Song Jiayu asked again: "Where did I hit you?"
The little monk rolled his eyes and insisted, "My mother beat me!"
Song Jiayu nodded: "Okay, I'll help you. Go in and settle the score with Aunt Cuihua. I'll fight back for you!"
Looking at Sister Song's raised arm, Li Ba's eyes widened and he shook his head vigorously: "You, you just need to say a few words to my mother, no need to fight."
"Really?" She asked while clenching her fist. Song Jiayu felt... she was so bad.
Li Ba nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes."
After entertaining the child, he grabbed a handful of mulberries from the basket on his back and said, "Okay, then you wait for me outside while eating the mulberries. I'm sure your mother will call you in."
"Yeah." Li Ba nodded subconsciously. That's not right. He shook his head again, like an old man, and corrected himself: "I ran away from home, not because my mother didn't let me go back!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Song Jiayu said perfunctorily, as if saying, "You are right."
After entering the compound, those who had to go to work went to work. Gu Lingling was walking around the compound with the baby in her arms. When she saw him, she smiled and said, "You're back." The baby also looked over, revealing an angelic smile, and his two little white teeth were so cute.
"Yes, I'm back." Song Jiayu responded with a smile.
Old Mrs. Qian and Old Mrs. Wang got together again. Listening carefully, they heard that they were talking about Wen Yun and Chang Shi from the compound No. 15 next door.
"Then Wen Yun is not suitable to be a wife. Last time, she bumped my Youfu's forehead and made a bump."
"I heard that she doesn't recognize her parents anymore. How could she do such an unfilial thing? She's so cruel."
"Yes, people like this would be beheaded in ancient times."
The two old ladies were talking more and more excitedly. Song Jiayu walked over and startled them: "Hey, sitting together and chatting again? Didn't Mrs. Qian say last time that she didn't want to play with Mrs. Wang?"
Old Mrs. Wang: Bad luck!
Old Mrs. Qian: We have only had two days of peace!
Then the two old ladies moved their chairs and walked away.
Song Jiayu shrugged her shoulders and walked to her home. She opened the lock first and pushed open the door. The room looked a little dusty, but it was not a big problem. She put the basket on her back on the ground and took out fungus, yam, kudzu root powder, dried vegetables, chestnuts, mulberries, etc. from it one by one and put them away.
I carried the bucket to the edge of the pool and while waiting for the water to be drained, I started chatting with Aunt Cuihua who was also washing the mat.
"Aunt Cuihua, what are you doing?"
"Are you back?" Xiong Cuihua asked after hearing the voice, and then answered: "I'm washing the mat for my boy."
Song Jiayu probably understood now and gently bumped Aunt Cuihua's arm. "Did Little Li Ba wet the bed?"
"It's just bedwetting. It's nothing for this kid to wet the bed. Isn't it enough for me to wash his mat? But he went to the cupboard to get clean sheets, wiped the urine, and then hid it in a jar that has not been used for years. It's because Li Dong always complains about the odor at home, otherwise the smell will remain until winter!"
The moment Comrade Xiong Cuihua discovered it in the morning, she had already roared like a lioness. Now her tone was a little complaining, but her expression was still okay.
Song Jiayu comforted her, "Auntie, you should be thankful that Xiao Liba only put the soiled sheets into the tub instead of putting them back into the cupboard. Otherwise, you would have to wash not just one bed, but many."
Xiong Cuihua: ...
"You're such a comforter!"
"It's okay, it's okay. Comforting people is one of my kind qualities."
Song Jiayu's shamelessness made Xiong Cuihua unable to bear it.
"I think Little Li Ba has learned his lesson this time. He's willing to be a pillar outside the courtyard under the sun. Poor little thing."
"Humph, I'm his mother. He did something wrong, so I just scolded him and spanked him twice, and now he wants to run away from home!"
"How could you bear to let him stand in the sun? He's only five years old, and it's time to learn to be sensible. Children also have self-esteem. He wet the bed and didn't want others to know, so he had to destroy the body, but he didn't choose the right method."
Xiong Cuihua just felt that the adults' authority was too much to bear. She was the one who loved the child the most in the family. She followed the steps Xiao Song had given her and said, "I'll go get that kid after I finish this one."
Later, when Song Jiayu was cleaning the house with a rag, she saw Xiao Li Ba being taken home by Aunt Cuihua. The child hugged his mother's thigh and said that he was wrong and would never do such a thing again. He was as well-behaved as before!
What we mean is that no matter how well-behaved a child is, he or she will have a dark history in childhood.
This lunch is to replenish the body of someone who is going on a business trip to the next county. I'll give you three wood-type supernatural vegetables.
I gave birth to beans, pumpkins and cucumbers one after another, and used the excuse that I brought them from my mother's house.
Cut the big pumpkin in half. In addition to making porridge, you can also make pumpkin pancakes. The pumpkin porridge cooked with rice has the mellow aroma of rice and the sweetness of pumpkin. It is perfect to eat a bowl of it in the hot summer.
Pumpkin pancakes are made by mixing the crushed pumpkin puree with flour and kneading it into the shape of a pancake. Then, they are fried in a large pan until both sides are golden brown, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The sweetness of the pumpkin itself infuses the pumpkin pancake with soul.
There were also stir-fried green beans with chili peppers and scrambled eggs with cucumbers. The table was full. Song Jiayu felt a sense of accomplishment after making all this.
Jiang Baizhou, who came back from the next county by car, rushed home without stopping. After seeing Song Jiayu, the emptiness in his heart was satisfied.
Enter the main room and close the door first.
"Jiang Baizhou, you're back, um——"
As soon as he spoke, he received a passionate kiss.
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