Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Cheating.
At this time, at home, Ji Zhu sat up, rubbing her eyes, her hair was messy, and her little face was yawning. She opened the door, but saw that it was locked from the outside and could not be opened, so she crawled back to the edge of the bed and sat down.
After a while, the door opened and Ji Feng came in, holding two pieces of red rope in her hands. She had just burned them in two with sparks in the kitchen, and the carbonized part was still hot.
With a delighted expression, he said, "Look, what a wonderful thing our sister got. Wouldn't this be a beautiful hairband?"
"Beautiful!" Jizhu nodded and looked at it lovingly.
"Second sister will tie your hair." After saying that, she picked up a bamboo comb from the window of the altar, dipped the side with fewer teeth in water, and tied her hair into buns on both sides.
She also untied one side of her hair and tied it up again with a red hairband.
The two of them gathered in front of the ceramic basin filled with water, tilting their heads and looking at the picture for a long time. They only saw a red hairband on one side and a straw rope on the other side, but they were very satisfied.
"One on the left and one on the right, people will know we are sisters when they see us."
"This red hair string is really bright. Even Mr. Tian is willing to use such a fine string to string his money."
Ji Feng said that Ji Zhu was a quiet person with a smiling face reflected in the water, which was very cute.
After a while, Ji Feng had to go to Feng's house to herd pigs. She pulled Ji Zhu aside and warned her, "Don't let outsiders into the room where we sleep, okay? If you leave, make sure you lock the door."
Ji Feng wanted to carry the steamed buns with her, but it was not a good idea. It would be inconvenient for her sister to make steamed buns.
After thinking for a while, he led Jizhu out of the door, locked the door himself, and hung the key around Jizhu's neck.
"If you're taking a nap, remember to bolt the door from the inside when you enter the house."
"Second sister, I've got it in mind."
Ji Zhu looked at Ji Feng's back and nodded obediently.
As Ji Xu instructed, she got up early every morning and took a willow branch from the bamboo tube on the firewood under the eaves to chew until the branch was chewed into thin strands before throwing it next to the stove to burn as firewood.
He scooped some water to wash his face, then picked up the empty basket and went to Niupi Mountain to pick pine cones.
Pine cones are easy to burn. Although the fire is not strong enough, they are very durable and suitable for boiling water.
She thought that she could pick up more pine cones to boil water in the cold winter, and she could chop the good firewood that her second sister picked up from the mountain behind Feng's house into pieces and use them to cook meals and make steamed cakes on weekdays.
Thinking this way, her small body was full of energy. Before leaving, she took out a still warm white jade steamed cake from the pottery pot.
There were two bottles of brown sugar left in the pot, which her sister had left for her to have breakfast with. She was thinking of picking up pine cones and eating the remaining two.
He carried the basket on his back and ate soft white jade steamed cakes as he headed towards Niupi Mountain.
On the way, I met Wang Li, Cui Guangyao, Chen Gou'er, Chen Sui'er and others.
Cui Guangyao is seven years old, Chen Gou'er and Chen Sui'er are twins, a boy and a girl, six years old;
Wang Li was the older one among them, holding a straight wooden stick as a wooden sword, and was directing them.
"Guangyao will be the vanguard, Gou'er will be the left general, charge! Defeat the Xiongnu!"
Cui Guangyao took a wooden stick and started to randomly cut at the weeds on the roadside.
Chen Gou'er scratched his head, "What kind of general is my sister?"
Wang Li stamped his feet, "You ignorant boy! How can there be girls in the barracks? Charge at me! The Huns are attacking!"
Chen Gou'er held his sister's hand and said, "But my sister needs to play too. Let her be the General of the Cavalry."
Wang Li refused, "I am the General of the Cavalry!"
He thought for a moment and said, "Let's make your sister a crossbowman."
Chen Sui'er saw Ji Zhu passing by and felt a sense of intimacy with her as a girl, so she ran over to talk to her.
"Xiaozhu, we are recruiting our troops, come and play too."
Ji-joo shook her head. “I want to go pick up pine cones.”
"Then I will accompany you to Niupi Mountain to pick up pine cones." Chen Sui'er didn't like the military play played by their little boy, so she turned her head and said to Chen Gou'er,
"Brother, Xiaozhu and I are going to Niupi Mountain to pick up pine cones."
With that, the two half-tall girls walked away.
Wang Li was eager to play without the girl, "Okay! Let's continue playing!"
However, he had sharp eyes and saw that Ji Zhu was holding a snow-white steamed bun in her hand and had torn off a small half for Chen Sui'er.
This must be the white jade steamed cake that his uncle Wang Mazi talked about last night. I heard that it can be sold for one penny each. Ji Zhu is really generous, unlike her second sister Ji Feng.
He rolled his eyes and waved his stick, "The Xiongnu are at Niupi Mountain! March towards Niupi Mountain!"
Cui Guangyao and Chen Gou'er followed him towards Niupi Mountain.
Although Chen Sui'er coveted Ji Zhu's steamed bun, she didn't expect her to tear off half of it and give it to her. She blushed and said:
"I had breakfast at home and came out to play. You can eat by yourself."
Jizhu said, "I still have some at home. Try it. It's delicious."
The fermented black beans dried by Sui'er's mother are extremely fresh and spicy. Some children would even steal her dried black beans to eat. In the past, when Sui'er played with her, she would bring fermented black beans to her to eat, and Jizhu also wanted to share some of the things she thought were delicious with her.
Chen Sui'er hesitated for a moment, took it, took a small bite,
“It’s delicious.”
"My sister made it, and the one with brown sugar is even better."
Chen Sui'er was extremely envious. "Your sister is amazing! I heard from my grandmother that your white jade steamed buns can be sold for one penny each."
Ji Zhu also nodded, "I also think my sister is amazing. She can also make a lot of delicious food."
As she spoke, Chen Sui'er's eyes widened, and she said to the hair tie on the side of her head: "Your red hair tie is really beautiful. I've only seen Feng Fuzhen tie a hair tie of this color."
"My sister got it from outside." Ji Zhu said, her tone full of admiration when talking about her sister.
"It would be great if I had a sister too." Chen Sui'er said enviously.
"You have a brother." Ji Zhu said in a childish voice.
By the way, brother.
Chen Sui'er turned around and found that Chen Gou'er and the others were still following behind, so she waved to Chen Gou'er.
"Brother, come."
Chen Gou'er ran over and Chen Sui'er gave him half of the steamed bun.
"Xiaozhu, give me half a steamed bun and let you try it too."
Chen Gou'er took it awkwardly and muttered, "Thank you, Xiaozhu."
Then he ran back and went with the young men.
"Good dog, please be merciful to me." Cui Guangyao put his arm around his shoulder.
"Give me a piece too. I am the General of Cavalry, and you have to listen to me." Wang Li was also very greedy. What does this white jade steamed cake taste like?
Chen Gou'er had no choice but to break off a finger-sized piece for each of them.
After tasting it, the two of them's eyes lit up and they were even more eager to follow to Niupi Mountain. They both waved their sticks and said:
"Go to Niupi Mountain to fight the Xiongnu!"
Actually, I was craving Ji Zhu’s steamed buns.
When they arrived at Niupi Mountain, where Ji Zhu was picking pine cones, Wang Li and Cui Guangyao were nearby, shouting and charging, chopping at the trees and weeds.
Chen Sui'er was helping Ji Zhu pick up pine cones. She was annoyed by their noise and drove them away, saying:
"Either help Xiaozhu pick up pine cones! Or go play somewhere else!"
Wang Li had been wanting to pick up pine cones for a long time, otherwise Ji Zhu would have ignored them. Upon hearing this, he immediately shouted, "Men! Pick up pine cones!"
The three boys also joined in picking up pine cones. Whoever picked up a large one would hold it up.
"Look! My pagoda pine cone!"
Ji Zhu's small basket was soon filled up.
They had all gone into the mountains with their parents to collect firewood. When they had no place to put the pine cones, they each picked up some dry branches and piled them together.
Wang Li couldn't help but ask, "Xiaozhu, we've all helped you pick up pine cones. Do you have any steamed buns?"
"Okay, so it's for the steamed buns!" Chen Sui'er wiped her index finger at him shyly.
Wang Li blushed. "Who said that? It would be better if we had steamed buns!"
Ji Zhu thought about it and realized that there were still two brown sugar steamed buns at home. She would be full after eating one more. Since they helped to collect firewood, it would be okay for her to share one with them. She nodded and said, "I can share it with you."
Upon hearing this, Wang Li and his companions worked even harder to collect firewood, which they tied up with vines and carried down the mountain on their backs.
A group of children were walking along a dirt ridge carrying firewood on their backs. A neighbor working in the fields saw them and said to the side:
"Wang Mazi, look, isn't that your Wang Li? He's gone to collect firewood."
Wang Mazi's family had few fields, and although the couple were not very agile, they could finish harvesting the rice in two days. They left Wang Li at home to look after his younger sister Wang Mian. If Wang Mian fell asleep, Wang Li would lock the door and go out to play.
Unexpectedly, he would take the initiative to collect firewood. Wang Mazi wanted to show off, "My sons in the Wang family are the most hardworking."
Someone was secretly complaining, "Did you steal cucumbers from Tian's family before?"
Wang Li naturally didn't know that his uncle Wang Mazi had seen him. They all followed Ji Zhu home in a mighty procession, unloaded the firewood in front of the house and placed it in a row.
Ji Zhu carried the basket on her back and went to the kitchen. She pushed the wooden door open and immediately clenched her fists when she saw what was happening. She shouted:
"Ji Hu Hai!"
Ji Huhai, wearing brown shorts with some dust on his clothes, and barefoot, was lying in front of the pottery stove.
He was holding a brown sugar steamed bun that should have been in a clay pot, but only half of it was left. His cheeks were full and bulging, and he was not afraid of choking at all.
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