Chapter 264: Enough Vegetables
Si Niang was not interested in the boys' bird hunting activities, so she pulled Jinhua into the back of the carriage.
Pointing at the bags in the car, he looked at his sister expectantly and said, "Sister Jinhua, I brought you a lantern. It will look really nice when you put it by the bed at night, and you don't have to worry about getting up at night."
As she expected, Jinhua showed a look of surprise, "Si Niang, you are my best sister!"
Si Niang giggled and showed her little white teeth. The two sisters immediately hugged each other and were very close to each other.
Liu Fei patted Liu Ji's arm. Liu Ji, who was bragging to Liu Bo and Liu Zhong, turned back with a smile and asked, "What's the matter?"
Liu Fei said seriously: "Don't be too sad, Third Brother."
Liu Ji grinned: Look at my big smiling face, do I look sad?
Liu Fei felt that he was forcing a smile, trying to make his expression look less sympathetic, and added: "If you didn't pass the exam this year, you will definitely pass it next year. Liu Li has studied for more than ten years, and you have only studied for a short time. It's normal that you can't compare with him."
The smile gradually disappeared from Liu Ji's face. This time he was really sad. He was so sad that he wanted to tear Liu Fei's mouth apart. He was really talking about things that were irrelevant!
Noticing that Liu Ji's smile was gone, Liu Fei immediately pointed at his droopy face and said, "Look, you still say you're not sad. Third brother, you're the toughest person in your body."
Qin Yao's ears twitched slightly, as if she heard the sound of "crunching" teeth. She turned back suspiciously and saw Liu Ji clenching his teeth, his eyes wide open, staring at Liu Fei, with anger burning in his eyes.
Liu Fei was completely unaware of this and was still telling his third brother not to think too much, saying that going to high school was their own business and that if we didn't get in we had to work even harder and so on.
Although he did not mention failing the exam, every word hit Liu Ji's heart.
"Let's go. Let's go home and put our luggage away before coming back." Qin Yao shouted at the right time, otherwise she was afraid that the two resentful brothers would fight on the spot.
Liu Ji took a deep breath, then another deep breath, tapped Liu Fei's forehead hard, and then responded with an "ah".
After being away for nearly a month, nothing at home seems to have changed.
Qin Yao sat on the shaft of the cart and looked back. It was dark at night and she couldn't see people clearly, but the familiar voices of concern and greetings made her heart warm, and even the tiredness of the journey disappeared.
Dalang and Erlang stood on each side and pushed open the tightly closed door. The wooden door opened with a creaky sound.
A familiar courtyard came into view, and a family of six stood in front of the door with smiles on their faces.
"Finally!" Qin Yao stepped over the high threshold and walked into the door. She took a deep breath of the familiar air and sighed comfortably, "This is truly home."
Afterwards, the lights in the house were turned on, and the family of six ran around in and out of the house. The courtyard, which had been silent for a long time, quickly regained its vitality.
Qin Yao was responsible for unloading the carriage and feeding the horses, while Liu Ji and the four children moved the luggage into the house and selected the gifts to be given away and put them aside to take with them when they went to the old house for dinner.
The yard had been uninhabited for so long that a layer of dust had accumulated. The tables, chairs and benches in the house were also covered with dust. Liu Ji wanted to clean up, so he went to the large water tank next to the kitchen and saw that he had forgotten to cover the tank before going out. Now it was full of rotten grass that had flown in from outside the yard and was completely unusable.
I had to roll up my sleeves, find a feather duster and sweep the dust in the room.
Qin Yao parked the carriage, fed the horses, checked the granary, and opened all the doors and windows of the rooms for ventilation.
The granary was intact and the grain inside was dry, so Qin Yao finally felt relieved.
After checking the utility room, he closed the door again, picked up his hoe and went out to the toilet.
The vitality of wild grass is extremely strong. It has only been a month since it was cleaned up, but the back slope has been completely covered by weeds.
Fortunately, she had the foresight to bring a hoe and successfully reached the toilet.
The ox cart was parked at the old house and had always been in the care of Liu Bo. It was used to take the children to school and transport goods to the stationery factory.
When Qin Yao came back from the toilet, the house had already been dusted by the five people, father and son, and it finally looked a little tidy.
"Let's go." Qin Yao clapped her hands. There was no water to wash her hands, so she didn't care. "Let's go to the old house to eat first, and then come back and clean up slowly after eating."
The father and his sons had been growling with hunger for a long time. When she went to the toilet, Liu Ji had already taken out the remaining baked cakes from the road, and the five of them, father and son, each got a small piece to fill their stomachs.
But how can hard, dry scones compare to hot, fresh meals?
Nodding hurriedly, Dalang and his two siblings took the gifts they wanted to give to everyone in the old house, and rushed out of the house crying.
Liu Ji chased after them with a lantern in his hand, yelling, "Stop right there, you little bastards! You'll cry if you fall!"
Qin Yao smiled, calmly picked up the oversized bucket at home, locked the door, and followed slowly.
She brought a bucket with her and fetched some water on the way back. She had been running all the way and had no mood to take a shower. If she didn't take a shower, Qin Yao felt that the wind she brought with her when she walked would be stinky.
The wooden barrel was placed next to the door of the old house. Qin Yao glanced at the father and his five sons who were distributing gifts to everyone in the main room, smiled faintly, walked towards the kitchen, washed her hands, and went straight to the stove.
"What are you looking at? The city is so big that it's not enough for you to see. Come and look at my egg noodle soup." He joked.
Qin Yao leaned closer to the pot and took a deep breath. She hadn't had a normal hot meal for several days, and the food smelled so good that she wanted to dive in and eat her fill.
"Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are more than enough for you to be the head chef in a big restaurant." Qin Yao praised with a smile.
"Go, go, go!" He thought she was in the way and pushed her aside. "Take out the dishes and chopsticks. They are almost ready. Do you want to eat inside or in the yard?"
The yard is cool and the house is bright, each has its own advantages.
However, Qin Yao decisively chose the yard. It was almost June, and the wind in the mountains was dry. Once she swallowed the hot soup noodles, she would definitely sweat profusely.
Wandering over to the kitchen chopping board, Qin Yao's eyes lit up when she saw the green vegetables in the basket. She hurriedly called out to her sister-in-law to wait a moment before taking the vegetables out of the pot, and let her put them in first.
"What did you eat on the way back?" He asked suspiciously.
It's just a bunch of vegetables, why do you look like a starving ghost?
Qin Yao quickly washed the vegetables while sighing, "Sister-in-law, you don't know if you haven't gone out. All the edible grass outside has been picked up. We didn't eat a single leaf of vegetable on the way back."
Mrs. Qiu carried the awakened Damao on her back with a cloth belt to the kitchen to help. When she heard what Qin Yao said, she looked at Mrs. He and said "tsk tsk" twice. This was too miserable.
I was also thankful that my family had stockpiled enough food early on, so even if I ate to my heart's content, there would still be plenty left.
The 1,000 kilograms of wheat that were purchased earlier have not been touched and have remained in the granary.
He said to Qin Yao pitifully, "Then wash a few more leaves. There are enough vegetables in our vegetable garden. We don't need to save."
(End of this chapter)
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