Chapter 132 Chapter 132 Sister, there is a shop over on Sifang Street...
Chapter 132
After the serious business was settled, the two sat in the yard and chatted for a while.
Lin Qingqing learned that Lin Chunxing's uncle had come to help break the corn, and since the family was a bit busy, she didn't want to keep her talking to Lin Chunxing. She just said, "Since you're busy, I won't chat with you any more. If you finish work early tomorrow, come to the shop and play. We're not too busy at noon."
Lin Chunxing agreed with a smile, and Lin Qingqing stood up to say goodbye.
After seeing Lin Qingqing off, Lin Chunxing sighed and went back to the kitchen to prepare things.
Lin Chuntao made half a basin of noodles in the morning, and it has now fermented.
After lunch, my uncle and his family prepared to go to the fields. Lin Chuntao handed the task of steaming buns to Lin Chunxing, called Pei Ying, and followed my uncle and his family to the fields.
Lin Chunxing would make braised eggs at home first. While waiting for the eggs to be cooked, she could knead the dough, make the steamed buns and put them on the steamer.
When Lin Chuntao and her uncle came back at noon, the yard was filled with the aroma of braised eggs and the sweet smell of steamed buns.
Xu Sheng swallowed and felt that it was too fragrant. He felt like he was going to heaven just by smelling the aroma.
My aunt and her friends were husking corn in the fields. Pei Ying and my eldest uncle and the other men were carrying the corn back. As they waited for them to bring it upstairs and put it down, Lin Chunxing poked her head out of the kitchen and greeted the uncles. Then she said, "The steamed buns are almost ready. Uncle, take a break and have some lunch."
Pei Ying said, "Then I'll go back and call my aunt and the others."
The two of them said this, but my uncle and the others refused to listen.
"You're not hungry even though you just had a meal. Let's go back and have some more."
He ignored Lin Chunxing's shouts and quickly left the courtyard. Lin Chunxing could only shout, "Brother-in-law, tell my sister to call my aunt and the others to come back together."
Pei Ying responded and quickly followed.
When they returned to the fields, their aunt and the others had already filled several baskets with peeled fruits. Pei Ying brought back Lin Chunxing's message, and Lin Chuntao said to her uncle and the others, "The sun is too strong right now. Let's go back and rest for a while and have lunch before returning."
After hearing what Lin Chuntao said, the aunt looked up at the sky. It was blue, the clouds were low, and the sun was strong, but it was not as hot as in the scorching summer. She looked at the corn in the field and said to Lin Chuntao, "It's not too hot yet. Let's harvest it while the weather is good. We had a big meal at noon and we're not hungry yet. We can eat it later in the afternoon."
Lin Chuntao was about to persuade him when the uncles next to her echoed, "That's right, it's not too hot now. Break it first. When you're done, you can go back and have lunch if you're hungry."
Lin Chuntao had no choice but to follow their lead. She worked until 3 p.m., but they still hadn't returned. So she asked Pei Ying to bring some steamed buns and two gourds of water. She washed her hands in the field and ate directly.
Lin Chuntao put a little bit of buckwheat flour in the steamed bun, so the color is not so white and not particularly eye-catching, but it is well fermented. When you break it open, you can tell that the steamed bun is very soft and has a strong wheat aroma. It smells very fragrant.
Xu Sheng had been greedy when he smelled the corn he carried back before, and now he was a little hungry too. He quickly put the steamed bun into his mouth. Not only was it fragrant and soft, it was also sweet!
He had eaten steamed buns before. They tasted a little bit sour, but the flour was very fragrant, so he always thought that all steamed buns tasted like this. He didn’t expect them to be so sweet!
Before he could open his mouth, his aunt-in-law exclaimed, "Chun Tao, did you put sugar in it?"
Lin Chuntao responded, "Yes, Second Aunt, I put a little in."
Second Aunt: "How much did you put in it? It doesn't taste sour at all, it's so sweet."
My uncle and his family hadn't started eating yet. Listening to them talking, I was very curious and hurriedly took a bite. It was soft and sweet, not like steamed buns at all, but more like the snacks from the county town snack shop.
I knew before that Lin Chuntao was generous with her cooking and had good cooking skills, but I didn’t expect that she could make steamed buns with such a different taste.
After lunch, I sat in the field and continued to break some corn. It was almost dusk when I finished.
On this day, one of the two plots of land on the back mountain had been broken, and about one-fifth of the other plot had been broken.
After dinner, Lin Chuntao asked them to stay at her house, but they refused and hurried home.
Lin Chunxing told Lin Chuntao what she had talked about with Lin Qingqing, and Lin Chuntao smiled and nodded.
She had no problem with Lin Qingqing, but Wang looked like she was on the verge of madness. The wages at the sauce shop were not low, and it would be good for Lin Qingqing to continue selling sauce. If Wang really became possessed and made trouble, she would not get anything good.
But if she opened a shop with Lin Chunxing, and Wang made trouble in the shop all day, not only would their business fail, but they might also develop a rift. It would be better for them to do their own thing, just like now.
The next day, the roosters just crowed and it was still dark.
Lin Chunxing got up as usual and prepared her things. Lin Qingqing had made an appointment to go to the county town with her, so she also got up early.
The yard was quiet. Lin Qingqing thought no one was up, but she didn't expect to see a faint fire in the small kitchen. She went over to take a look and saw the old lady squatting in front of the stove adding firewood and boiling water in the pot.
"Grandma, why are you up so early?"
The old lady turned around and saw Lin Qingqing. She patted the dust off her hands, stood up, scooped a bucket of water from the side and washed her hands, then went to get a few eggs.
"You kid, you're going to go out hungry if you can't get milk?"
"In the past, when your grandfather and his family went to the city to work, they would have a bowl of sugar-water eggs, and grandma would cook a bowl for you too."
Lin Qingqing hurriedly said, "Grandma, I don't want to eat."
The old lady didn't listen to her. She looked at the water in the pot and saw that it was starting to bubble. She went to get the sugar bowl and put sugar into the pot. She waited until the sugar dissolved in the water before she beat in the eggs.
The old lady's sugar-water eggs were cooked perfectly. Lin Qingqing looked at the doorway, but there was no sign of Wang and the others. The old lady said, "Your father went to the fields and said he would bring you some vegetables. He also packed some buckwheat noodles and potatoes for you. Bring some home so you don't have to buy any."
Lin Qingqing was a little dazed. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Lin Changhua sneak into the yard from the darkness. He whispered, "Mom, is Qingqing awake?"
Lin Qingqing came out of the kitchen and called softly, "Dad, I'm up."
Lin Changhua looked at Lin Qingqing in shock for a moment, then said, "Qingqing, I've got some vegetables for you. Take them with you later. They'll last you a few days."
"Okay, thank you, Dad."
After Lin Qingqing finished eating, the old lady picked some vegetables and piled them together. She put the food into the backpack and placed the vegetables on top. After that, the old lady took a small bamboo basket to get a dozen eggs and handed them to Lin Changhua. She turned around and said to Lin Qingqing, "Your father will carry them for you later."
Lin Qingqing looked at the things and found they were not very heavy. She said, "I can carry them. I won't bother Dad to make the trip."
The old lady and Lin Changhua paused when they heard this. Lin Qingqing reacted and felt that the two had misunderstood her meaning. She could indeed memorize this little thing, but the old lady and Lin Changhua thought that Lin Qingqing didn't want them to know where she would remember it.
Lin Qingqing didn't explain, and Lin Changhua didn't insist. He just said, "Then I'll help you send it to Chunxing's house."
The father and daughter walked on the small path in the village, Lin Changhua walked in front with a basket on his back, and Lin Qingqing walked behind.
The father and daughter were silent. When they were almost at Lin Chuntao's house, Lin Changhua said, "Qingqing, your mother hasn't been having a good time lately. Don't take her words to heart."
Lin Qingqing hummed lightly.
Lin Changhua was silent for a moment and said, "She's actually quite pitiful. You don't know what your aunt and grandmother looked like when they came to visit. Your mother hasn't recovered for several days."
Lin Qingqing didn't respond. Lin Changhua talked about the absurdity of the Wang family, believing in some master, and it just happened to be such a coincidence.
When she heard the word coincidence, Lin Qingqing laughed.
Lin Changhua turned around and looked over. Lin Qingqing looked at Lin Changhua and said, "Dad, do you believe it was a coincidence?"
Lin Changhua frowned slightly, and an indescribable emotion surged in his heart, but he had nothing to say and could not refute.
I could only walk forward in silence.
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Your uncle and his friends came to help you harvest corn. We didn’t buy any vegetables yesterday, so it was a little late for Lin Chunxing and the others to bring back the vegetables. Lin Chuntao went with them, but she came back early after buying the vegetables.
Seeing Lin Changhua sending Lin Qingqing over, he smiled and greeted: "Second uncle, are you going to send Qingqing away?"
Lin Changhua glanced at Lin Qingqing, and seeing that she didn't change her mind, he had no choice but to say, "I'll send her over here, and I won't go to the county town."
Lin Chuntao sensed the subtle atmosphere between them and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Er, it's okay for us to go together."
Lin Changhua looked at the night, then at Lin Chuntao and the others, and then at the yard. He didn't have any real feelings before, but now he thinks that Lin Chuntao is really amazing. Not only does she have the ability, but she also has courage, which is incomparable to ordinary people.
He had already learned from the old lady that Lin Qingqing worked in a sauce shop. Thinking about what Lin Qingqing had just said, she had only been away from home for a few days and had not returned, but she had settled her marriage. He didn't believe that this had not been done with the help of Lin Chuntao and others.
He pursed his lips and said, "Chun Tao is young and it's her first time going out. Second uncle thanks you for taking care of her."
Lin Chuntao was a little surprised. She glanced at Lin Qingqing, only to see that Lin Qingqing was also looking at Lin Changhua in surprise.
Lin Chuntao knew that Lin Changhua was just guessing, so she smiled and said, "We sisters keep each other company when we go in and out, so there's no need to be polite, Second Uncle."
Lin Changhua looked at Lin Chuntao's eyes and knew that he had guessed right. He felt a little fortunate. He was fortunate that Lin Chuntao and the others did not care and still helped Lin Qingqing. It was just that Lin Chuntao and the others helped Lin Qingqing but were unwilling to tell them.
"Then drive slowly and be careful," Lin Changhua reminded.
Lin Chuntao and the others agreed, and Lin Qingqing took the backpack from Lin Changhua, and they set off together.
Lin Chuntao and her friends harvested corn for five days, and only a few tender corns were left. Her uncles and his family saw that her corn harvest was good, so they agreed to plant the same variety next year. Lin Chuntao smiled and said she would save some corn seeds for them.
On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Jialang burned a kiln of charcoal. The smoke had been blocked for several days. According to Lin Chuntao, the kiln could be opened, but he was very nervous and went to invite Lin Chuntao over.
Lin Chuntao came and took him to open the kiln. The first firing was successful. They built a large kiln, and the charcoal they fired weighed 743 kilograms according to Fan Niang. Lin Jialang was so excited that his cheeks turned red.
Lin Chuntao had just finished collecting the charcoal and washed her hands, and was about to go home when she saw Lin Chunxing coming over.
Lin Chuntao asked, "You guys came back so early today?"
Lin Chunxing smiled and said, "Business is pretty good this morning." After she said that, she couldn't wait to say, "Sister, there's a shop for sale over on Sifang Street. I wanted my eldest brother to take me and my brother-in-law to see it. I think it's very good. Can you go take a look tomorrow?"
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