Chapter 149 Xu Laoer left home

Early the next morning, Xu Xinger got up and pushed open the window and saw a thin layer of white frost on the ground outside. The weather was much colder than the day before. The morning wind made her tremble and quickly closed the window.

I found a thicker coat for Taoer and put on two smaller quilts, and then I also added an extra clothes inside. As I combed my hair, I came out and asked, "Mom, it seems to be frosted outside. Should we collect our cabbage and radishes?"

Ye was very surprised to hear this. He pushed the door and saw that there was indeed frost outside. He quickly closed the door, rubbed his hands and said, "Is the frost so early this year? Fortunately, it's just light frost. It's time to collect the vegetables.

Xu Laosan didn't wake up from a hangover. Ye found the broth he brought back yesterday, casually put some noodles for breakfast, and also put a spoonful of broth in the steamed buns in the rice porridge and patted its head.

Xu Xinger took care of two small noodle soups. Now she is five months old and can turn over herself. Sometimes she grabs people's fingers and put them in her mouth. Xu Xinger slowly begins to add supplementary food to him. In addition to the crushed egg yolks, there will also be a small amount of chopped mashed vegetables, chestnut rice paste or noodle soup, and gradually begins to add vegetables. Juice.

Ye began to feel that it was too early to feed these, but when he saw that the two small ones ate well, he no longer careed about anything.

"Oh, it was Bailu yesterday." After cleaning up the stove, Ye suddenly patted his forehead, "I thought about it a few days ago, but I forgot it yesterday."

"What's wrong with Bai Lu?" Xu Xinger teased the lock with a rattle drum and asked.

Ye Shi said regretfully, "I forgot to grow white dew onions."

Xu Xinger stuffed the rattle drum into Taoer's hand and asked her to coax two small games. She got up and went out and said, "I planted it yesterday."

"It's good that you think about it." Ye said with a smile, "I'm really old, and my memory is getting worse and worse."

"I've been busy with my family recently." Xu Xinger scooped water to wash her hands.

In fact, white dew and green onions do not have to be planted on that day, and the days before and after are almost the same, but Ye has always paid attention to these solar terms and has always been working according to the day.

In Xu Xinger's opinion, Ye has some mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, but this was in ancient times, and there was no such statement at all.

Cabbage and radishes generally have to wait for light frost before they begin to harvest. It is said that radishes with light frost will be more crispy and cabbage will taste better.

Most of the front and rear courtyards of the house have been opened. Originally, all kinds of vegetables were planted in the front yard, potatoes planted in the backyard, and after the potatoes were harvested, it was the right time to grow cabbage and radishes.

The growth of both dishes this year is not bad. Although the frost has fallen a little early, the cabbage has been wrapped, and the size of the radish is not small.

Because Xu Xinger's strength is small, she cuts cabbage in the front yard, and Ye pulls out radishes in the backyard.

After three poles, Xu Laosan got up and washed his face with well water. Seeing that the front and back yard were busy, he quickly went to help.

Xu Xinger saw that the cabbage had almost been collected, so she said, "Dad, go and clean up the vegetable cellar and put the vegetables in later."

"Your grandfather has cleaned up the vegetable cellar." Xu Laosan opened the vegetable cellar and tied the basket with a thick hemp rope.

"Then go to the backyard to help my mother pull out the radishes. I'm almost done." Xu Xinger straightened up and wiped her sweat, moved a few cabbages that had just been cut off to one side and piled them up.

Xu Laosan helped Ye pull out all the radishes, and Xu Xinger in the front yard has also finished it.

Xu Xinger went down to the bottom of the vegetable cellar. Xu Laosan and Ye Shi put the cabbage and radish into the basket and went to the bottom of the vegetable cellar. Xu Xinger moved the vegetables out and put them on the shelf in the vegetable cellar.

The three people were busy until noon, and then they put all the vegetables to be saved in the vegetable cellar, which needed to be neatly stacked with pickled cabbage and dried radishes under the eaves.

Ye hurriedly washed her hands to prepare lunch. Xu Xinger looked at the cabbage and thought that there were still a lot of peppers left after making dried radish, thinking that maybe she could make some spicy cabbage to try.

"When will the second brother leave? Do we have to get some money or something?" Ye poured water and some corn noodles, stewed beans and potatoes in broth in the pot, pasted cakes on the wall of the pot, and covered the pot.

"I heard from my mother that everything had been packed up. I should have left today, but didn't I drink too much last night, so I said that I would leave." Xu Laosan said, and his face was a little hesitant. "Now that we haven't separated, will our eldest brother and sister-in-law be unhappy if we pay separately?"

Ye thought for a moment and said, "Why don't I ask my sister-in-law? That's all our two families gave.

"Ask the aunt?" Xu Xinger changed her dirty clothes and came out and sneered when she heard this, "It's strange that she will tell you. Maybe she has to say some messy gossip behind her back."

"Xing'er, don't talk nonsense!" Ye scolded, "How can you say that to the elders?"

"Now that the second uncle and the second aunt have separated, there must be no shortage of bedding and so on, and it must be too late to do clothes now." Xu Xinger stuck out her tongue and changed the topic and said, "It will take a long time to go back to her hometown. My mother will bake some cakes and bring me a jar of radish strips and pickles. It's almost enough."

Ye thought for a moment and thought it was not bad, so she nodded and said, "I'll go to my parents' place in the afternoon. If my mother hasn't prepared anything to eat, that's fine."

Speaking of this question, Xu Xinger was more interested in the situation in her hometown. She sat opposite Xu Laosan and asked, "Dad, how about your hometown?"

Xu Laosan's expression was a little strange. He cleared his throat and said, "My hometown..."

Xu Xinger saw that he looked strange and aroused more curiosity. She leaned forward and asked, "Are there still many relatives in your hometown? Why didn't I go to my hometown and come so far away?

"There are few people on the other side of my hometown, surrounded by stone mountains, and the land is not as fat as here. There are too many brothers. If you want to come out by yourself and hit it by mistake, you will come here to the north."

"Shi stone mountain? Isn't it long?" Xu Xinger said in surprise.

"Well, the mountains over there are different from ours. Not to mention trees, even grass is less, most of them are stones, and even yellow mud are less. Although it is indeed difficult to build houses and courtyard walls, your grandfather built houses and divided the land for all his sons."

Xu Laosan touched his nose and continued, "It's just that my father has never gone back, so the house and land have always been used by relatives of his hometown. The last time we went back, the patriarch also said that if someone in our family wants to go back, take back the house and land and give it to us, and then give us the house and land deeds. So your second uncle must have a place to live and grow land when he goes back. As long as he doesn't fool around, he will definitely live a good life.

Xu Xinger said to herself that if he could really live an honest life, it would be a ghost, but she just thought about it in her heart and couldn't say it casually.

Ye went to the old house once in the afternoon. After coming back, she baked two pots of corn cakes, then put them on the curtain to cool down, put them in a clean cloth bag, and asked Xu Xinger to fill a jar of pickles and take them to the old house together in the evening.

Mr. Xu's family of four happened to be there. Chen was saying, "... I wanted to make a suit of luggage or clothes for my second brother, but my mother said that these were not lacking, and she said that I have a body now and won't let me use needles and threads..."

Xu Laoer's face darkened imperceptiblely, but he still smiled and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law, my mother and little sister have packed up for me. Don't worry, but I don't have time to watch my little nephew born."

As soon as the child is mentioned, Chen's face immediately showed a proud smile. He stretched out his hand on his stomach and said, "The second brother comes to his hometown and quickly brings back a message back. Let's also reassure us. It's better to find a younger brother and sister earlier and have more children..."

After the two of them finished speaking, Ye took the cloth pocket and said, "Second brother, there is nothing good at home, so I branded some cakes and filled a jar of pickles for you to make dry food on the road. Fortunately, it's not hot now, and you don't have to worry about breaking it on the road. When you eat, you can bake it raw, or make some. You can eat it with hot water. Don't worry, we will take good care of our parents and children.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law!" Xu Laoer got up with a smile and took something, then opened the jar and looked at the radish strips inside. "I don't know how my sister-in-law marinated the radish strips are much better than others. It's just that Xing'er looked closely at this radish stick, and she was usually still in the house. She was about to get a jar of radish strips when she was about to go back to her hometown. I took advantage of it.

Hearing this, Xu Xinger raised her eyebrows and said thoughtfully, "Second uncle, how do you know that I locked the pickle jar at home? My family usually has people at home. Only on the day I went to my grandma's house, no one locked the door, and that day... someone turned over a stick into my house and left several footprints in the back yard..."

When Xu Laoer heard this, his face suddenly changed his face. He quickly smiled and joked bluntly and joked, "I really turned over the stick when I was a child. At that time, I wanted to sneak out to play or play crazy outside and came back late. I was afraid that your grandfather's milk would hit me, so I turned the stick from the backyard and entered the house. Now I haven't turned it over for many years."

Xu Xinger has long guessed that this was done by Xu Laoer. Now when she hears this and sees his reaction, it just confirms this matter more.

She hooked the corners of her mouth and said to Xu Laoer, "Second uncle, the past has passed, and now you are going back to your hometown. I wish you a good journey and a better life in the future."

Xu Laoer was really shocked and broke out in a cold sweat just now. He was relieved to see that Xu Xing'er did not let it go.

Early the next morning, the previously hired ox cart came to pick up Xu Laoer at the door. Mrs. Xu put the prepared things on the car in the same way, then took Xu Laoer's hand and whispered, "I put all the grain and so on for you. I discussed with your father and brought you the money returned by the Li family before. , the family also gave you a pendant of money, and the deed, household registration and road guide are all in this burden. You must take good care of it on your way and don't lose it.