Chapter 21: Destroying Someone's Reputation
The seventh day of the twelfth lunar month.
The sky is gloomy and there is no sun.
Lu Qingyao got up very early.
Light a charcoal fire.
Jiang Miaomiao had a full meal of milk.
Of course, she eats her fill every day now.
After returning to Taoxi Village, my mother seemed much more cheerful.
Although we only eat porridge and side dishes every day, there is occasionally meat.
But my mother has gained weight and become darker, but her complexion is better.
Naturally, there is more milk.
Jiang Miaomiao doesn't even need to drink goat milk.
My mother made the remaining goat milk into steamed cheese with sugar.
This thing is a rare thing.
Lu Qingyao made a bowl for each person.
As white as snow, with a light milky aroma.
The only ones missing were Jiang Miaomiao and three-year-old Jiang Wenxuan.
Babbling.
Want to eat... Want to eat...
Lu Qingyao had no choice but to boil goat milk for the two little kids.
Liu Yu Niang finished the meal in just a few bites, still feeling unsatisfied.
"Sister-in-law, how do you make this steamed cheese with sugar? I want to make it for my kids when I get home."
“Boil goat’s milk or cow’s milk, add sugar, filter it and place it in a cool place. Pour in fermented rice wine and steam it. Finally, condense it into jelly and eat it.”
Lu Qingyao glanced at Xuan Ge'er and smiled, "Sister-in-law, although the amount of fermented rice wine is not much, it is still not advisable to feed it to children under five years old."
After hearing this, Liu Yu Niang's face changed and she felt a little guilty.
She just took advantage of Lu Qingyao's inattention and fed Xuan Ge'er a few spoonfuls of food.
No wonder my sister-in-law doesn’t let the child eat it.
It turned out that it was fermented rice wine.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her son, she finally felt relieved.
Lu Qingyao didn't expose her.
There isn't much fermented rice in it, so it's okay to eat a bite or two.
I have no choice but to accept this sister-in-law.
No matter what is edible or not, it must be put into the child's mouth.
No need to worry about getting an upset stomach.
"Sister-in-law, you can learn this. When the ewes we raise grow up and produce more milk, we can make sugar-steamed cheese to sell. In restaurants in the capital, this stuff can be sold for 300 coins a bowl, but in Qingshi Town, it still costs 100 coins..."
Maybe there isn't any!
This is a precious thing that ordinary people cannot eat.
"What? Three hundred coins!" Liu Yu Niang looked at her empty bowl in disbelief, wishing she could lick it again with her tongue.
She felt that what she had just eaten was not cheese, but large coins.
So sad!
Jiang Miaomiao was startled by her exclamation and choked on her milk, "Cough cough cough..."
I peed...
Lu Qingyao quickly stroked the baby's back.
Liu Yu Niang felt a little embarrassed and asked Jiang Qiao'er to help change the diaper.
Changed the diaper.
Jiang Miaomiao was lying in the cradle, playing with her rag doll.
Jiang Qiaoer sewed it for her.
Ever since she refused the marriage proposal, she would go to Jiang Miaomiao's house whenever she had nothing to do.
Let Jiang Ziyan teach her to read.
Lu Qingyao took the diaper and roasted it on the charcoal fire.
It was a cloudy day and the sun was gone, so the little one's diapers had to be dried over a fire.
Otherwise it will be damaged by feces and urine.
She couldn't bear to do that.
Liu Yu Niang was embroidering a handkerchief, and Jiang Qiao Er was embroidering a sachet.
The two brothers Jiang Zifeng, one is studying and the other is practicing calligraphy.
Although Jiang Zifeng is not as talented as his younger brother, his mother asks him to learn.
Jiang Miaomiao pricked up her ears and listened to the birds chattering under the eaves.
A group of birds gathered again, chirping under the eaves.
Liu Yu Niang was also attracted by their calls.
"Sister-in-law, why do you have so many birds at home? Why don't you catch a few for the kids to play with..."
No...you are not allowed to...
Jiang Miaomiao shook her little head and babbled.
No arrests allowed...
Lu Qingyao smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, Miaomiao already has one. She loves birds very much."
Liu Yu Niang looked at the red birds chirping under the eaves and smacked her lips.
This sister-in-law dotes on her little girl too much.
What can a two-month-old baby play with?
She meant to catch a big one to play with.
Jiang Miaomiao felt that her aunt was a little noisy, and waved her little hand at Danque.
He tugged at his second brother's sleeve.
Blinked.
Jiang Ziyan looked at the birds under the eaves, then looked at Jiang Miaomiao, and seemed to understand.
Carrying Jiang Miaomiao outside the house.
The little guy looked at the birds quietly.
Landlord Liu said that the girl from the Jiang family was precious, and since she didn't want to be his wife, then... let her be his concubine...
[I gave Aunt Wang a lot of silver...]
【Puji Temple...】
The birds chirped and talked.
He spoke incoherently and didn't explain himself clearly.
Jiang Miaomiao sorted out their words.
Jiang's girl...
I'm talking about Sister Qiaoer.
Want her to be a concubine... Puji Temple...
What does it mean?
Jiang Miaomiao had a bad feeling in her heart.
I don’t know what Landlord Liu and Aunt Wang are plotting.
Jiang Ziyan held his sister for a while, but he couldn't hold her anymore.
Put it back in the cradle.
My sister, who was originally as thin as a kitten, seemed to have gained weight.
There are lotus root nodes on the hands and calves.
"Sister-in-law, tomorrow is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and we have the La Festival. The custom in the village is to hunt wild animals to offer sacrifices to the gods to ward off disasters and usher in good fortune. But since we have pheasants at home, we don't have to go."
"Don't you have to go?" Lu Qingyao was afraid that the shepherd would come looking for her.
I haven't been out much these days.
I originally thought of following the local customs and going hunting for some prey for the Laba Festival on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
It’s also better to save some bacon for the New Year.
"No need to go. There must be a lot of people going up the mountain to hunt these days, and there's no need for us to join in the fun."
Liu Yu Niang had been raising the two pheasants and was reluctant to slaughter them, as she wanted to keep them for the New Year.
But Jiang Miaomiao's family had only one left.
No wonder everyone in the village is talking about how Jiang Laoer’s family has meat to eat every day.
The children are all raised to be plump and white.
Naturally, some people envy and some people are jealous.
Every time Liu Yu Niang heard this, she would say that her sister-in-law needed to be breastfed, and if she didn't eat meat, how would she get milk?
"Sister-in-law, the Puji Temple in town holds a Dharma Assembly every year on Laba Festival, where they prepare five-flavor porridge for the disciples and believers. Let's go to the temple tomorrow to chant scriptures and pray for blessings, and ask for a few bowls of five-flavor porridge."
"They say that drinking this porridge can bring blessings from the Buddha. Let's go early tomorrow."
In the past, every year on this day.
Liu Yu Niang always gets up early and takes her children to eat a few big bowls of five-flavor porridge.
In this way.
This will save a day's food rations.
Although life is better now, there is no reason not to go when there is a chance to eat for free.
Lu Qingyao looked at Jiang Miaomiao who was trying to lick her hand again.
A little hesitant.
Buddhism is a quiet place, and it doesn't seem good to bring a baby there and let him cry or urinate or poop.
I also heard that young children can see things that others cannot see, so it is not advisable to bring them along.
"Sister-in-law, I won't go. I'll stay at home to take care of the baby. Yan'er and Feng'er can go with you."
"That's fine. I won't take Xuan Ge'er with me either. Let his father look after him."
The old abbot of Puji Temple knew Liu Yu Niang's family situation and asked her to bring some back every year.
When Jiang Miaomiao heard Puji Temple, it sounded so familiar.
Recalling what the bird just said.
I was shocked.
Yea-yea-yea.
Sister Qiao'er can't go to Puji Temple...can't go...
The shameless landlord Liu wanted to take revenge on Qiao'er and ruin her reputation.
Jiang Miaomiao was a little excited and tears started to flow out of her eyes.
He opened his mouth and burst into tears.
what to do?
I am running out of brains. How can I stop Sister Qiao'er from going to Puji Temple?
Jiang Miaomiao hadn't cried like this for a long time.
Lu Qingyao was so scared that she quickly picked her up and fed her, but she refused to eat.
I touched her butt, it was dry, and then rubbed her belly.
"What's wrong with Miaomiao? Is it hurting somewhere?"
Jiang Miaomiao kept crying.
Liu Yuniang frowned, "Sister-in-law, does Miaomiao want to go with us?"
The little baby stopped with a sound...
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