For a period of time, the sun was shining brightly every day, and the mushrooms and black fungus in the yard were gradually drying up. I estimated that after drying for a while, they could be packed and sold in the town.
Zhou also listened to Xiao Mian and began to take the initiative to get along with Jiang Sui and Xiao Lanlan.
She is good at needlework, especially at embroidering shoe pads.
When she had nothing to do, she taught Jiang Sui and Xiao Lanlan how to embroider shoe pads. Jiang Sui knew nothing about needlework, and she would prick her hand from time to time while holding an embroidery needle.
Sometimes the needle was stabbed too hard and blood oozes out.
When Jiang Sui pricked her middle finger again, she couldn't help but hiss, and a bright red drop of blood appeared on her finger.
Xiao Hechuan was watching his nephew Goudan writing. When he heard the sound, he immediately ran to Jiang Sui and squatted down.
"Fourth sister-in-law, why did you stab yourself again?" Xiao Lanlan looked at her helplessly.
It seems that her fourth sister-in-law is really not suitable for needlework.
I've been studying for a few days, but not only have I made no progress, my hands are now as scratched as a sieve.
"Fourth brother's wife, don't be anxious, take your time. Needlework is delicate work and you can't be impatient." Zhou also smiled and comforted her.
Jiang Sui smiled embarrassedly. She thought she was quite smart, but she just couldn't do needlework well. It was really strange.
"Got it. I'll pay attention to it."
As she was speaking, Jiang Sui suddenly felt her fingers getting hot. She turned around and saw Xiao Hechuan holding her finger that was pricked by the needle and sucking it in his mouth.
He was so focused that Jiang Sui's face and heart were flushed.
After watching it, Zhou and Xiao Lanlan looked at each other and laughed secretly, eating melons on the side.
"Oh, Hechuan, my hands are dirty." She quickly pulled her hand back.
But she was not as strong as Xiao Hechuan. When he exerted a little force with his big hands, she couldn't even pull her body away. Seeing that her second sister-in-law and Lanlan were laughing at her, her face almost turned as red as a boiled shrimp.
Xiao Hechuan let her go only after he was sure that there was no bleeding. Afterwards, he held her hand and looked at her with a distressed expression:
"Wife, please stop embroidering. You have pricked your fingers." He frowned, looking very conflicted.
He looked at the insole his wife had embroidered. It wasn't a flower at all; it was clearly a centipede. It didn't look pretty at all.
But he didn't dare say this, feeling that he would be scolded if he did.
"What's wrong? Doesn't the embroidery look good?" Jiang Sui looked at it again and again in his own rhythm.
She felt good about herself.
Xiao Hechuan scratched his head, not knowing whether he should say something or not.
Jiang Sui looked at his conflicted expression and had the answer in his mind, and shrugged helplessly.
"I know I don't have the talent, but it's too boring to do nothing at home."
All in all, it has been almost a month since Jiang Sui married into the Xiao family, and a lot of things have happened in just one month.
Recently, the third brother Xiao Yi went to Liu's place again to deliver something, but was still not welcomed.
Liu said that if he brought five taels of silver, she would go home with him.
Xiao Yi was furious, and his face looked particularly bad when he came back. He used to go up the mountain to chop firewood every day, but now he changed to chopping bamboo, preparing to weave a few new winnowing baskets for his home.
He was cutting bamboo at the moment, and when he heard Jiang Sui say this, he interrupted:
"Fourth sister-in-law, if you feel like you have nothing to do, I know a place with a few wild apricot trees. I think they are ripe. You can go there with Lanlan to pick the wild apricots.
That place is quite hidden, not many people know about it, but the wild apricots there are a bit sour, you might not like to eat them if I pick them for you."
As soon as he heard about picking wild apricots, Xiao Hechuan immediately became excited.
"Picking wild apricots? I want to go." He was the first to raise his hand in agreement.
Not to mention, Jiang Sui was also a little interested, so she glanced at Lan Lan, and Lan Lan knew that she couldn't sit still, so she nodded:
"Then let's go!"
"Okay, let's go pick wild apricots. It's okay if they're sour. We can make sour dried apricots, which can be preserved for a long time."
Jiang Sui was actually thinking that since there was a pregnant woman at home, the sour dried apricots might come in handy.
Even if she didn't say it was for Liu, there was still her second sister-in-law, and she might get pregnant one day.
Don’t pregnant women love sour food?
Let's go when we say we're leaving. Jiang Sui, Xiao Lanlan and Xiao Hechuan changed their clothes and went to look for the wild apricot tree.
Xiao Yi told them the approximate location. It was indeed a bit remote, at the foot of a cliff, and it would take half an hour to walk there.
It was already afternoon.
"You guys better come back early. It's not safe after dark."
Before leaving, Xiao Yi did not forget to instruct them.
Xiao's mother went to the vegetable garden. When she came back she found out that they had gone to pick wild apricots, but she didn't take it seriously.
Anyway, these kids can't sit still, so let them be.
This time I only carried a backpack and didn’t expect to pick many wild apricots.
The wild apricot tree is hidden in a mountain stream, inside which there is a small pond of moderate size. Spring water from the mountain flows down from the pond in several streams.
In May, the mountains are full of flowers, and you can always see a few clusters of red in the mountains, creating a beautiful scenery.
The scenery in this mountain stream is even more unique, and the wind brings a sweet fragrance when it blows over.
After Xiao Hechuan arrived at the place, he scooped up a handful of water from the pond and drank it. The spring water was sweet and clear, and he felt refreshed after drinking it.
Jiang Sui also followed his example and drank a handful of it. Wow, she could never drink such good spring water in modern times, only mineral water.
Xiao Lanlan has already discovered those wild apricot trees. The number of fruits on the trees is not many, but not a small number either.
Xiao Hechuan was responsible for climbing the tree. After climbing up, he picked an apricot and threw it to Xiao Lanlan.
Xiao Lanlan took the apricots, washed them, and broke them in half. A sour taste came over her, making her drool. It was not because of greed, but because of the sour taste.
She took a bite first, and it was so sour that it made her look painful, and she shuddered.
Jiang Sui saw that she had her back to him, so he came up to her and asked:
"How is it? Is it delicious?"
When Xiao Lanlan heard Jiang Sui's words, she had the idea of playing a prank on him and immediately adjusted her facial expression:
"It's not sour, not at all, look." She took another bite in front of Jiang Sui, trying hard to control her expression, and handed the other side to her naturally.
Jiang Sui believed her and took a big bite out of courtesy. After the bite, his mouth was watering and his facial features were twisted.
She vomited quickly because it was too sour and most people couldn't accept it.
"Bad Lanlan, you're so annoying~" Jiang Sui came to his senses and gave her a reproachful look, and gently pushed her shoulder.
Xiao Lanlan's prank succeeded, and her laughter was very loud, like a silver bell.
The sour taste in Jiang Sui's mouth lingered for a long time, but she felt very happy at the moment and liked this simple little beauty very much.
During the month she had been at the Xiao family, her appetite had improved greatly, she ate a lot every day, and she ate meat from time to time. She now looked much better than when she first arrived, with more flesh on her face and a rosy complexion.
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