After An Ning finished cooking, she shouted to the old man next door, "Dad, the meal is ready, come back and eat!"
An Dashan had just finished feeding the rabbits and cleaning the rabbit cages when he heard his daughter calling him, so he said, "Hey! I'll go back right away."
Gao also heard An Ning's cry, quickly sewed a few stitches, and then bit off the thread. She unfolded the clothes and looked at them, nodding with satisfaction. Although there was no embroidery, the color of the material was beautiful, so the clothes were also very beautiful.
She said to An Ning who came in with a porcelain basin, "Ning Ning, come try on your new clothes after dinner to see if they fit you."
An Ning nodded and said, "Mom, I have enough clothes to wear. Please don't make them for me. Be careful not to hurt your eyes."
Gao smiled and said, "I know, mother. When I get tired, I will take a break."
At this time, An Dashan also came in and said, "Yingniang, listen to Ningning, otherwise you will cry if your eyes get damaged."
Gao knew that the father and daughter were worried about her, so she could only nod and said, "Okay, I got it. I'll only do it for a short while every day from now on."
The father and daughter knew that Gao couldn't sit still, so they didn't persuade her any more. An Ning said to An Dashan, "Dad, you serve the noodles, and I'll go get the dishes."
After that, she went back to the kitchen. An Ning cut a plate of pig head meat, and then cut a plate of offal, and An Ning prepared a dipping sauce. The three had just finished dinner when Gensheng's mother came. When they saw Gensheng's mother, they remembered that they forgot to tell her. Gao smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm so sorry, I've been too busy these days and forgot to tell you. We found Gensheng, he is in the same team as Dayong, he is fine, and he has grown a little taller. The clothes you made for him are just right."
After hearing what Gao said, Gensheng's mother felt relieved and said, "I'm relieved that you're fine. I just heard about your return. You must be exhausted after such a bumpy journey, right?"
Gao nodded and said, "Yes, you don't know how hard it is to travel until you go out. Even though I was riding in a mule cart, I was still exhausted."
Because there was a custom in ancient times that pregnancy could not be told to outsiders within three months, Gao did not tell Gensheng's mother about her pregnancy. The two chatted for a while, and then Gensheng's mother got up and went home.
After seeing Gensheng's mother off, An Ning and the others went back to their rooms. An Ning tried on the new dress that Gao had made for her. The dress fit her perfectly. The fabric was aqua red, which was not as eye-catching as red, but it was also suitable for An Ning at her age. An Ning took off the dress and hung it in the closet, saving it for the New Year.
After breakfast the next day, An Ning hung up the pickled meat to dry, and then went to the field with An Dashan to see what the wheat looked like. When they arrived at the field, they found that the wheat leaves in the field were covered with a thin layer of frost, and there was still snow on the ground, which made the wheat look even greener.
An Dashan was surprised to see that the wheat was not frozen to death, and exclaimed: "You are worthy of being an old immortal, it's amazing."
An Ning laughed for a while after hearing this and decided to let this beautiful misunderstanding continue like this!
After they finished looking at the wheat, there was nothing else to do, so they went home.
An Ning thought that since he was idle anyway, he might as well learn some self-defense skills from An Dashan. So he said to An Dashan, "Dad, please teach me martial arts, so that you won't worry if I go to the mountains or town alone."
An Dashan had never favored boys over girls. After hearing An Ning's words, he nodded and said, "I wanted you to practice martial arts before, but your mother said that it would be difficult for you to find a husband if you practice martial arts as a little girl. That's why I gave up the idea. Now that you want to practice martial arts, your mother won't say anything. Besides, you are not too old now, so it's not too late to practice martial arts now."
An Ning was very happy to see that An Dashan agreed, and the two of them went home chatting and laughing all the way.
An Dashan was also a man who would do what he said, and when they got home, he asked An Ning to do horse stance for half an hour. An Ning was a little excited at first, but the excitement disappeared before it lasted for a quarter of an hour.
After squatting for half an hour, An Ning's legs were shaking as if they were not her own. An Dashan felt sorry for his daughter who was so tired, so he took the initiative to make lunch. An Ning was very happy to see An Dashan like this.
At noon, after An Ning had eaten the worst meal she had ever eaten, she regretted her early happiness. So An Ning silently thought in her heart whether she should buy a cook or hire a woman from the same village to help cook three meals.
Seeing her daughter's expression of despair, Gao asked quickly, "Ningning, what's wrong with you? Are you exhausted?"
An Ning shook her head and said, "No, I'm thinking about whether to buy a cook or hire a woman from the same village to cook three meals for our family."
Gao was shocked when she heard this and said, "Ningning, has our family reached the point where we can afford to buy something scary? Wouldn't that be too ostentatious?"
An Ning shook her head and said, "Mom, don't worry so much about what others think."
Gao nodded after hearing this, and after thinking for a while, she said, "I think Ningning is right. I see that you have been busy preparing preserved meat and practicing martial arts these past two days, and Ningning has to cook. It's really too hard. Otherwise, I will ask Gensheng's mother tomorrow to see if she is willing to come and cook for us."
When An Ning heard that Gao supported her, she said excitedly, "Okay, then we'll pay him twenty cents a day. Mom, go ask Gensheng's mom this afternoon if she agrees."
Gao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be there after lunch."
An Ning quickly finished the rice in her bowl and went back to her room to rest. An Dashan looked at An Ning's back and said, "Ying Niang, is the rice I cooked so bad?"
Gao laughed when she heard this and said, "Don't you know whether it tastes bad or not?"
An Dashan took another bite of rice, chewed for a while, nodded, and said, "Although it's not as delicious as what you two made, it's not that bad either!"
Gao ignored him. Life was better now. Although the food was bad, it was fine grains, not like the bran and vegetables she had eaten before. Even if the food was bad, it was not that bad. The two of them quickly finished their meal and went back to their own work.
An Dashan went to clean up the dishes, while Gao went to Gensheng's house.
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