Chapter 32 Chapter 32 The candles are ready
"Dadan and the others gave it to me. They picked a lot, so I took it." There were many pear trees in the village, so this thing didn't seem to be very expensive. Xu Yunfan took it if he thought he could.
Qin Run was so busy that he had forgotten all about it. "Looks like everyone will start picking pears and selling them in town in a couple of days."
No matter how busy the farming season is, other households can still spare one or two people to sell pears. After all, it's good to have an extra source of income.
Xiao Qin's family only has one pear tree on the mountain. He planted the rest with persimmon trees. The persimmons can ripen until winter, which is the slack season for farmers.
Xu Yunfan took a bite of the pear. The skin was a bit hard, so he only ate the flesh. "Do we have a pear tree at home? Do we have to sell pears when the time comes?"
"We don't have many pears at home, just one." Qin Run took a bite and chewed it slowly, eating in a very polite manner.
Qin An was a little "rougher" than Qin Run. He held the pear in both hands and bit off all the skin with his two front teeth like a rabbit. Then he started to enjoy eating it in big mouthfuls.
Xu Yunfan looked at the pear in his hand and thought, if he didn't mind Qin An's saliva, maybe he wouldn't have to find it so difficult to eat.
Around mid-afternoon, the three of them had collected eight bags of corn. Xu Yunfan carried them one by one to the car, refusing to let Qin Run do anything. "You don't have to carry it. I can do it myself."
Qin Run was stopped twice, and turned back to collect half a basket of corn. He followed Qin An, each carrying a little, and walked back beside Xu Yunfan.
When they passed by Auntie Qin's cornfield, Dadan and Erdan saw Qin An on the other side of the field. The two little guys immediately ran over and said, "Brother An, are you going back?"
In mid-to-late July, the sky is still bright at 6:00 p.m., and it is not dark until 7:30 p.m.
Moreover, the weather is just right now, not too sunny, which is the most comfortable time to harvest corn, but Qin Run and the others actually want to go back.
Aunt Qin picked a bunch of red beans for Qin Run and asked them to take them back to eat.
Qin Run was embarrassed to take it and subconsciously looked at Qin's eldest daughter-in-law. The other party looked at the three blood-sucking bugs with disdain in her eyes. When she saw Qin Run looking at her, Qin's eldest daughter-in-law pursed her lips, rolled her eyes at Qin Run, and turned around to continue working.
Aunt Qin noticed that Qin Run's eyes fell on Qin's eldest daughter-in-law, and thought of what happened last night, "Brother Run, don't take your sister-in-law's words to heart. She is a good person in every way, just a little stingy, but she has a good heart."
Xu Yunfan sneered secretly. Is Mrs. Qin a bad person? She even criticized his cart-making skills. This guy is probably not much better.
"No, Aunt Qin, we don't want your beans, so as not to make some people unhappy." Xu Yunfan said this a bit too much, because he didn't like the disgusted and disdainful look that Aunt Qin gave Qin Run.
It was as if Qin Run had sucked blood from them.
Cheng Ran Qin Run has received a lot of help from the Qin family, but Qin Run did not always accept it with peace of mind.
When he was not busy, he would help the Qin family with what he could, and Qin An would also collect grass for the Qin family's pigs. He also returned the things he borrowed, even if it took a while, but he still returned them.
So, why does Qin's wife treat them like that?
If she didn't want to give it, she could have told Aunt Qin and the others instead of embarrassing Qin Run, and she shouldn't have said those unpleasant words to him, a man who was "marrying into the wife's family".
She was not giving Qin Run face. It was one thing for Xu Yunfan not to accept Qin Run's feelings, but he disagreed with others bullying Qin Run.
Xu Yunfan became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. He pulled Qin Run's hand and said, "Qin Run, An'er, let's go back."
Qin Run saw that Xu Yunfan was unhappy, so he could only say apologetically to Aunt Qin: "Auntie, I won't take your beans. We still have vegetables at home. We'll go back first."
Aunt Qin could see that Xu Yunfan was unhappy, and her face looked unhappy. She turned around and glared at Qin's eldest daughter-in-law, waved to Dadan and Erdan to come over, and whispered a few words in their ears.
Dadan and Erdan kept making "hmm" and "uh" sounds and nodded continuously. Dadan reached out and took the handful of red beans from Aunt Qin's hand, and when Aunt Qin wasn't paying attention, he stuffed them into his sack of pears.
That sack was made specially for him by Qin Er.
When the sun was about to set, Dadan picked up Sandan and took Erdan with them and ran out of the cornfield first.
On the other side, Qin Run and the other two returned home. Xu Yunfan pushed the cart to the backyard to unload the corn, then washed his hands and gulped down half a bucket of water.
Qin Run saw him drinking so fast that his throat hurt for him. He kept saying, "Drink slowly, don't drink so fast."
Xu Yunfan said nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's just a little water. Where's An Ge'er?" They came back together, but now he's gone.
Qin Run: "He went to dig earthworms."
As he spoke, Qin Run started to cook dinner. Xu Yunfan scratched his head. Qin An and Qin Run were both busy. Did this mean that he, who had the least time, would have to feed the pigs again?
Xu Yunfan sighed, took out the chopping board and the one specially used for pig food, grabbed a handful of pig grass and started chopping.
Sometimes, Xu Yunfan had to admire his own adaptability. Look at him before. He was a prince after all. He lived a carefree life and didn't know what hardship was. Now, he knew how to feed pigs and harvest corn, and he was even more caring.
If he didn't feel sorry for the Qin Run brothers, he would be content to live off them, doing no work and just waiting to be served every day.
Xu Yunfan chopped about half a bucket of pig grass and added a spoonful of rice bran before carrying it to the backyard.
The weather was too hot in the summer, and there was leftover water in the pig trough. Because the water had been mixed with pig grass, it had turned sour after an afternoon.
As soon as Xu Yunfan got close, he could smell the sour smell, which was quite disgusting. He pulled out the corn cob that was blocking the drain hole, filled a bucket with water, and flushed it randomly. After the water was drained, he put the corn cob back in.
Pigs also know when it's hot. When he was flushing the toilet, the little black pig grunted and ran over. Xu Yunfan was not paying attention and poured half a bucket of water directly on the pig's head.
As is the animal's habit, the little black pig shook its ears. Xu Yunfan, who was standing next to the pigpen, didn't know how to hide until a few drops of water were splashed on his face. Then Xu Yunfan took a few steps back, bent his waist in nausea and made a few dry heaves.
Damn, that's disgusting.
Xu Yunfan even felt a drop of liquid splashed on his mouth, which made him feel nauseous.
Qin Run made a fire and went to the well to fetch water to wash the pot when he heard retching sounds. He was startled and rushed to the backyard, where he saw Xu Yunfan, who was furious. He took the special wooden stick that Qin An usually used to deal with piglets, jumped into the pigpen and chased the pigs, occasionally hitting them on the butt.
The piglet was whimpering and running around the pigpen, and Xu Yunfan chased after it and beat it.
"What's wrong?" Qin Run didn't know how his pigs had offended Xu Yunfan, making Xu Yunfan so angry that he went into the pigpen and beat the pigs himself.
Xu Yunfan grabbed his collar and rubbed his reddened lips with the inside of his shirt. "Qin Run, this pig is bullying me."
Qin Run: “…”
Xu Yunfan was bullied by a pig?
"How did it bully you?" No matter how you look at it, it was Xu Yunfan who was bullying the pigs at home. Didn't you see that the tools were still in his hand? Moreover, he said that when he was being bullied, his hands didn't stop. With a snap, the wooden stick hit the pig's butt again.
Perhaps having vented enough anger, Xu Yunfan jumped out of the pigpen and said to Qin Run with a slightly aggrieved tone, "When I was cleaning the pig trough... do you think it did it on purpose?"
Qin Run: “…”
Aren't all pigs like this?
But he absolutely could not say such words. On one side was Zhu and on the other side was Xu Yunfan, so his heart naturally leaned towards Xu Yunfan.
Is it possible that Xu Yunfan, whom he likes, is not as good as a pig?
Qin Run snatched the stick from Xu Yunfan's hand and slapped the pig's butt again, comforting him: "Don't be angry, look, I'm helping you vent your anger by hitting it."
Xu Yunfan: “…”
The pigpen was quite clean. Qin An would clean it every day when he fed the pigs. Xu Yunfan ran around there and didn't step on any pig manure, but he just felt uncomfortable.
Qin Run poured the pig food into the trough and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, go take a shower! There's no hot water, but can you use cold water?"
"I can use cold water." Xu Yunfan felt that he was covered in the smell of pig manure at this moment. He didn't even want to enter the room. He filled a bucket of water and went into the bathroom.
Seeing this, Qin Run forgot about washing the pot and hurried into the room to get clothes for Xu Yunfan.
Xu Yunfan opened the door and stuck out a wet head. Qin Run, who was holding clothes, was about to hand them over when Xu Yunfan said, "Qin Run, there's not enough water. Can you help me get some more?"
When Xu Yunfan came out of the shower, his hair was wet. The wet hair that had not been dried slowly gathered together, forming a drop of water at the end of his hair, and finally dripped into Xu Yunfan's open chest.
Qin Run silently shifted his gaze. In order to divert his attention, he quickly washed the pot with a bamboo brush and took out the chopped half duck from the cupboard.
When the pan was heated, Qin Run added a little bit of oil. After the oil was hot, he put the ginger in and stir-fried it until fragrant. Then he poured the duck meat in and stir-fried it quickly.
The chickens and ducks raised by farmers are not as fat as the feed-fed chickens and ducks in the world today, and they taste more fragrant when fried.
While the duck meat still needed to be fried, Qin Run took out two pickled radishes from the ceramic jar and cut them into pieces for later use.
The duck meat was fried until it released oil. Qin Run scooped a ladle of hot water from the pot next to it and put it in. He covered the pot with a wooden lid and started stewing.
After taking a shower, Xu Yunfan was not idle. He went to check his candles and found that they had solidified. He turned around and took a hatchet to split the bamboo outside.
When Qin Run heard the sound, he was curious whether Xu Yunfan had really made the candles. He wiped his hands, ran out of the kitchen, and watched from the side.
When Qin Run saw the slightly dark candle in the small bamboo tube that Xu Yunfan had split open, his eyes lit up and he asked excitedly, "Is this the candle you made? Why is it different from the ones sold in town?"
As Xu Yunfan split the bamboo tube, he replied, "Of course they are different. The candles sold in town are made of paraffin wax, and mine are made of pine oil. They are naturally different, but they can be used in the same way."
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