Baoya looked at the thing in Yuanbao's hand and blinked, "Pearl?"
Yuanbao nodded: "Yes, this is called marbles."
Then he demonstrated to Baoya how to play marbles, and soon the two little ones dug a small hole outside the yard and started playing marbles.
Baoya saw marbles for the first time and was very curious about them. As she played, she gradually forgot about her brothers' reluctance to leave for school. However, Baoya was much smaller than Yuanbao, and her hands were also small. She had no strength to shoot the marbles, and they could never go far, so Yuanbao always won.
"Wow, I won again!" Yuanbao was so happy.
Baoya was not depressed even though she lost. Instead, she clapped her hands and applauded Yuanbao, with a happy smile on her little face.
After playing for a while, Yuanbao always won. Yuanbao finally felt a little bit like an older brother, and then he deliberately lost a game to let Baoya win.
"Sister Xiaobao, you win!"
Baoya didn't know that Yuanbao deliberately let her win, and she smiled shyly with her lips pursed.
In the afternoon, the two younger ones went to the place on the back mountain where Chen Yibei would go, found him, and the three of them played together.
Knowing that Bowen and Tianen had all gone to school, Shen Yibei lowered his eyes and felt a sense of loss. Since he was sent to the cowshed, he had not been to school. Only Jiang Qiuli and Zhao Rongsheng would teach him a little.
Although he didn't really like school, he wanted to learn more. However...
After Yuanbao finished talking about his brothers going to school, he looked at Shen Yibei and asked doubtfully: “Brother Yibei, don’t you want to go to school?”
Shen Yibei pursed his lips and said nothing.
Yuanbao didn't know that Shen Yibei lived in a cowshed, or even if he knew, he didn't quite understand what it meant to live in a cowshed. But he had heard his mother say that many people couldn't afford to go to school, so when he saw Shen Yibei didn't go to school, he thought he couldn't afford to go to school.
Suddenly, he frowned, feeling that he had said something wrong. Then, he felt that Shen Yibei was so pitiful that he couldn't afford to go to school.
“…” Seeing him like this, Shen Yibei had no choice but to say: “I study at home. My grandma and grandpa will teach me, so I don’t need to go to school.”
Yuanbao widened his eyes, then thought about the scenes when Bowen Boyu and others taught them to read, and he suddenly understood.
"So I don't have to go to school? Then I'll let my brother teach me in the future.
This way I don’t have to go to school?!” Yuanbao suddenly felt that he had found a good way to avoid going to school.
Moreover, he saved tuition fees!
By the time his brothers came back from school it would be very late, and they would have dinner together, so the time for him to learn to read would be much shorter. In this way, they would go to school for a whole day, while he would only need to go to school for a short while. Thinking of Yuanbao made him happy.
“…”
Shen Yibei looked at Yuanbao’s happy face, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Baoya stared at the two of them blankly and blinked.
Afterwards, Shen Yibei took the two children to dig shepherd's purse. Now is the season when shepherd's purse is edible. It tastes better than wild vegetables, especially when made into shepherd's purse cakes or shepherd's purse dumplings.
The two younger ones dug a small half basket, but Shen Yibei dug more than them, so he divided some of the harvest and put it in their own baskets. Seeing that it was getting late, he quickly sent them back.
Shen Yibei brought the two children down the mountain, watched them walk away together, and then turned back to the cowshed.
The two children returned home, put away the shepherd's purse they had dug, and then ran to feed the chicks and the bird. After these days of care, the bird had grown a lot and no longer walked crookedly.
The two children ran out to find some leaf rollers to feed it. Then Yuanbao remembered Xiaohong and ran to the well in the yard to see him. As a result, the small jar was still there, but Xiaohong was gone.
Yuanbao was dumbfounded and quickly ran to find Baoya: "Sister Xiaobao, where is Xiaohong?"
Baoya was a little stunned by the question, then stretched out her little hand and pointed to the yard: "Can."
"It's not in the jar!"
Baoya widened her eyes and ran out with Yuanbao to take a look. The jar was still there, but it was empty and Xiaohong was gone.
"Xiao Hong?" Bao Ya became anxious and started looking for her in the yard with Yuan Bao. But after looking around, there was no trace of Xiao Hong.
Baoya frowned and looked at Yuanbao with a flat mouth: "Xiaohong, no."
Baoya squatted down and looked at the empty jar, her mood getting depressed again. She frowned, but she couldn't understand why Xiaohong was gone.
Yuanbao couldn't understand why the little red inside the jar suddenly disappeared when it was placed there safely.
When the children came back from school, they still hadn't found Xiaohong.
I looked around but couldn't find Xiaohong.
"Maybe, maybe Xiaohong has gone home." Boyu looked at the depressed Baoya and said comfortingly.
"Yes, sister Xiaobao, Xiaohong is going home, just like us going home too."
"Maybe Xiaohong will come back in a few days."
"right."
Listening to what her brothers said, Baoya thought that Xiaohong had returned home, and she gradually felt less sad.
"Sister Xiaobao, let's play marbles." Yuanbao also said.
After dinner, Baoya and Tianen returned to the west room. Tianen happily talked to Yang Yulan, Song Jianye, and Baoya about what happened at school today. He said the teacher handed out textbooks and asked everyone to say their names, and...
Seeing that Tian'en got along well with his classmates at school, Yang Yulan and Song Jianye felt relieved.
The next day was Saturday, and the children stayed home for the week instead of going to school. Song Jianshe thought that he and Li Qingyan had to leave early the next morning, so he took advantage of the free time today to take the children out.
I took them out for a walk, found a small river, went down to catch some fish, and then went to a shallower place to catch snails.
Now is the time when the snails are at their fattest and taste the best.
The river was shallow, so the little ones went down, bending over to feel for snails at the bottom. Yunduo was also searching by the river, but Baoya, being too small, waited for them on the bank.
"I felt it. There are so many here."
"I felt it too!"
"Let's see who can catch the most snails."
"good!"
Several little boys started competing again, and Song Jianshe watched from the side with a smile but said nothing. Because there were so many people, it didn't take long for them to get half a basket. Seeing that it was quite a lot, Song Jianshe called a few of the little ones to go up.
Baoya saw a small snail by the river, so he bent down, picked it up carefully and put it into the small basket.
After running around outside for most of the day, Song Jianshe finally returned home with the children. Their trouser legs were so high that it was obvious that they had gone down to the river.
It was already September, and although the weather was still a bit hot, the temperature would drop significantly in the afternoon when the sun went down. In addition, the river water was not very clean, so after returning home, Song Jianshe asked them to wash their legs and feet carefully with the warm water from the sun, while he poured the half basket of snails into a
Pour clean water into the basin for soaking.
There is a lot of dirt in the snails, so you have to soak them in bubbles to make them spit out all the dirt.
That evening, Feng Guizhi looked at the half basin of snails and thought that Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan would be leaving tomorrow, so she wanted to cook them. However, the snails had been soaked for a short time, and she was worried that they might not be clean inside.
In the end, Feng Guizhi didn't make it, and instead made shepherd's purse pancakes with the shepherd's purse Baoya and Yuanbao had dug the day before. She kneaded and rolled out the dough, poured the shepherd's purse and egg filling into the pancake, flattened it with chopsticks, and then folded the dough in half and sealed it.
Feng Guizhi was a skilled cook, and she quickly finished folding the beautiful shepherd's purse pancakes. Then she poured oil into the pan and fried the pancakes, which made them even more delicious.
After finishing the shepherd's purse cakes, Feng Guizhi stir-fried a few more dishes and cooked a few heads of corn. After putting them all in the pot, Feng Guizhi thought for a moment and cooked a few more heads.
At dinner time, the kids all liked to eat shepherd's purse cakes. Shepherd's purse is delicious in itself, and when eggs are added to it and fried in oil, it tastes so delicious.
The little ones were thinking about going to school. These were dug up by Baoya and Yuanbao. They praised them for being delicious and for being great.
"Sister Xiaobao and Yuanbao are really great. They dug up some delicious shepherd's purse for us."
"Yes, this shepherd's purse cake is really delicious. I have to thank Xiaobao and Yuanbao."
"Sister Xiaobao and Yuanbao both know shepherd's purse, but I don't."
"It's delicious, Xiaobao sister...sister, and Yuan...Yuanbao is awesome!"
Yuanbao was grinning with joy at the praises of his brothers, while Baoya took a small bite of the shepherd's purse cake and smiled shyly with her lips pursed.
Boyu added, "We don't have school tomorrow. Let's go pick shepherd's purse with Xiaobao and Yuanbao."
"Okay, I want to go dig too."
"Okay! Let's go together."
After the children finished discussing, they happily began to eat. Baoya also felt happy when she saw that her brothers were still going out to dig vegetables with them as they did during the summer vacation.
After dinner in the evening, Feng Guizhi cut three large corns into sections and put them in the bowl, and then added two fried shepherd's purse cakes.
This pancake has been in the pan and is still warm.
After finishing, Feng Guizhi picked out a few smaller raw corns and asked Song Jianshe to give them to the cowshed.
And sent it.
Seeing no one around, Song Jianshe went into the cowshed and placed all the things Feng Guizhi had packed on the table. Three large corns, cut into small pieces, looked like a lot when placed in a basin. Add in a few raw corns, and the small table was almost full.
"My mother sent it over. It's nothing fancy, just some corn and two shepherd's purse cakes. It's corn season right now, when it's at its tenderest and most delicious."
Zhao Rongsheng saw that there were many things inside, but nothing valuable, so he felt relieved and accepted them without hesitation.
"Please thank Aunt Feng for us." Jiang Qiuli felt very grateful when she saw the old Song family sending things over again and again.
Although they were not valuable things, they were what they needed most right now. She felt Feng Guizhi's attentiveness and consideration, and wanted to get to know Feng Guizhi even more.
But thinking about her current status, she had to give up the idea.
Zhao Rongsheng turned around and handed the crutch he had just made to Song Jianshe: "It's done. I said I'd send it over but it hasn't been delivered yet. Since you're here, you can bring it to Jianye. If there's anything that doesn't fit, bring it back and I'll fix it."
Song Jianshe took it in his hand and was also very happy: "Thank you, Uncle Zhao."
As he was talking, Song Jianshe remembered the preserved eggs and quickly told him, "Uncle Zhao, my mother said you made those preserved eggs. Our family all likes to eat them. I wanted to ask if it's not too difficult to make them. I'll bring some duck eggs next time and you can help make some for us."
The two families were familiar with each other, so Song Jianshe did not mention the issue of compensation. After all, whether it was duck eggs or something else, they would definitely give him some when the time came.
Hearing that they liked it, Zhao Rongsheng was also very happy: "It's not a big deal. If you want to eat it, just bring it over. Xiaobei and I will make it for you."
"Besides duck eggs, do you need anything else? I'll bring you back next time if you need anything."
Zhao Rongsheng turned his head and looked at Shen Yibei. In fact, it was Shen Yibei who was mainly busy making preserved eggs. He was just helping a little, so he didn't know whether there was anything missing.
Shen Yibei thought for a moment and said, “It should be enough. If you want to make a lot, then bring some stone alkaline.”
Song Jianshe took note of it, and without staying any longer, he said goodbye to them and left in a hurry.
After returning home, Song Jianshe saw that the light was still on in the west room, so he knocked on the door and went in.
He gave the crutch made by Zhao Rongsheng to Song Jianye.
"Zhao Shurang brought it here, see if you can use it."
Song Jianye took the crutches, supported himself on the ground and tried them out, finding that the length and everything were just right. Walking was no longer as strenuous as before, and after a while he was able to walk much more smoothly.
"It's just right, and it's easy to use." Song Jianye said happily.
Song Jianshe also smiled and said, "When I come back next time, you probably won't need this anymore." He heard from Zhao Rongsheng that his third brother's legs had recovered very well. If it weren't for the safety reason, he could actually walk slowly without crutches now.
He thought that the next time he would come back would probably be during the Mid-Autumn Festival, by which time Song Jianye's leg would surely be almost healed.
Song Jianye was also happy in his heart, and he was looking forward to the day when he could walk normally without crutches.
The next morning, Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan packed up and left. Feng Guizhi cooked a few heads of corn for them, a small amount to fill their stomachs and enough for the journey. She also gave them some raw corn, not much, as it would be too heavy to carry on the road.
As for grain, oil and other things, they are all available in the city, but eggs will rot easily, so I didn’t bring any.
After seeing them off, she turned and went into the east room to look after Tiantian, fearing that she would be scared when she woke up and couldn't see anyone.
When daybreak came, there were noises coming from several rooms. After the whole family finished breakfast, they started to get busy with their own things.
A few of the younger ones were still thinking about going to dig shepherd's purse. Fortunately, the weather was not hot today, so they went together in the morning.
Tiantian was left in the care of Song Jianye at home, and Bowen also stayed behind to help look after her. He had to go to school tomorrow, so he looked at his textbooks beforehand.
The children followed Baoya and Yuanbao to the back mountain, but as they walked, Yuanbao stopped, scratching his head. He had forgotten which way he was going.
The last time they came, Shen Yibei brought them here, so Yuanbao didn't remember the way very well. After walking for a while, he couldn't remember which direction he was going.
"Yuanbao, why don't you leave?" Boyu asked.
"Where's the shepherd's purse? Is it almost time?"
The little ones looked around, but the ground was bare, not like shepherd's purse. They all looked at Yuanbao, waiting for him to speak.
Yuanbao scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "I, I forgot
Remember the way.”
"ah?"
"Have you forgotten where you dug the shepherd's purse?"
They had come all the way here, thinking that Yuanbao knew the way. But he had forgotten it halfway. The children looked at each other and asked:
"Well, what should we do now?"
"How about we just pick a direction and look for it first?"
When the little ones didn't know which way to go, Baoya looked around and pointed in a direction with her little finger: "Vegetable~"
The younger ones didn't know whether Baoya was pointing to the right path or not. After all, she was too young. Yuanbao couldn't even remember the way, so the amount Baoya could remember might be small.
But the brothers all dote on Baoya, and since they didn’t know the way anyway, they might as well just follow the direction Baoya pointed.
"Then let's follow the direction pointed by Sister Xiaobao."
The others all agreed and went over together. Baoya opened her eyes wide and tried hard to identify the direction. Soon she led a few people to the place where they had dug shepherd's purse last time.
"I remember now, this is it. I dug shepherd's purse here last time." Yuanbao remembered it when he saw the familiar place.
The little ones were very happy when they heard this. They walked forward a little further and found a large field of shepherd's purse not far away.
"Found it."
“So much shepherd’s purse.”
"Little Bao is such a great sister!" The little ones were so happy that they didn't forget to praise Bao Ya.
Tian En also quickly agreed: "Little Bao sister...sister is great!"
Yuanbao also thought Baoya was amazing. He didn't even remember the way, but she knew it. For a moment, he felt that his brother didn't seem like a brother.
But he immediately forgot about this idea and happily started digging shepherd's purse with a few other kids.
Seven people dug together, and soon the small basket was full. Fearing that there was too much to eat and it would go bad, Boyu quickly stopped them.
"That's enough, that's enough for us to eat. We can come back here to dig more next time after we finish eating."
The younger ones all nodded.
"Let's go, let's go home." Seeing that it was almost noon, the children went home carrying a small basket full of shepherd's purse.
In the evening, Feng Guizhi cooked snails.
I made a lot of snails, so I can split them into two batches. I'll set half aside and cook the other half today so the kids can have a taste.
The snails had been soaked in clean water for more than a day, and a lot of mud had been spit out. Feng Guizhi changed the water again, then used a small brush to clean the outside, and then used scissors to cut off the tail.
. Then, soak it in clean water for an hour.
When it was time to cook dinner, Feng Guizhi fished out the snails and drained them. She also minced the green onions, ginger, and garlic, and cut the dried chilies into sections before she began cooking.
First put oil in the pot, then stir-fry the peppercorns, bay leaves, star anise and some spices, then pour the snails in and stir-fry.
If you want to make the snails delicious, you have to stir-fry them with spices. Otherwise, only the outer shell will have flavor, while the inner snail meat will be bland, which will not be very tasty.
After pouring the snails, add chopped green onion, ginger, garlic, dried chili peppers, and dark soy sauce, and stir-fry over high heat. After stir-frying, add a bowl of water, cover the pot and start simmering until the snail meat is soaked with flavor.
At dinner time, two large bowls of snails were served on the table. Several children were busy running around with chopsticks, moving stools and serving bowls, but they were not very active.
After all the dishes were served, the two tables were full. Not only the children, but even the adults were a little greedy just looking at them.
Although snails are not rare, they are relatively time-consuming to prepare. Besides, everyone has to work during the day and there are a lot of things to do after work, so the people in the team don’t think about making this food.
Come to think of it, the last time the Song family ate here was two years ago.
......
The family sat in the main room, with a plate of scrambled eggs with green beans, a plate of fried radish and vermicelli stew, a bowl of stir-fried snails, and a bowl of corn porridge on the table. In today's situation, being able to eat these is already satisfying.
Especially the bowl of snails, fried with spices, with a rich aroma that wafts from far away.
And because it smelled so good, it attracted people before they even started eating.
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