At night, Yingbao entered the cave.
The soybeans and wheat I planted last time are almost ripe, and the cabbage has grown quite big.
There are also lush shepherd's purse and leeks.
These crops are difficult to sell once winter comes, which is really worrying.
The golden ear and snow ear that had been planted earlier were also ripe, so Yingbao simply picked them and hung them to dry on a bamboo plate.
Sprinkle some Wudingzhi juice on the mycelium again and wait for them to germinate.
In the next few days, Yingbao resumed her previous life. She went to school in the morning, came back in the afternoon to teach her two younger brothers to read and write, and read a medical book herself. In the evening, she went to the cave to collect crops.
Early in the morning, I got up, washed up and went for a walk.
Chunniang was cooking in the kitchen.
The dough kneaded last night had already fermented. Chunniang grabbed some lye and mixed it with water. She dipped her hands in the lye water and began to knead the dough to steam the buns.
Yingbao Liulu came back, washed her hands and learned how to knead the dough.
"Let's make red date steamed buns today." Chunniang bought two pounds of dried red dates from the county town, and also bought a bag of brown sugar and osmanthus, which were just right for making steamed bun fillings.
"Red date steamed buns are delicious." Yingbao slurped her saliva. In her previous life, she had eaten red date steamed buns made by her mother. They were made by removing the pits from dried red dates and wrapping them in brown sugar before steaming them. They were fragrant and sweet.
At that time, the family was poor, and my mother only steamed it once during the Chinese New Year, and that was the only time she ate it.
The mother and daughter were kneading dough when Aunt Wang from next door came in and said mysteriously, "Mother Chun, let me tell you something."
"What's the matter?" Chunniang placed the kneaded buns on the bamboo tray.
Aunt Wang sat down on the bench, patted Yingbao's head, and said, "The second son and his wife of Chen Laoshuan from Xicun were beaten in the county town."
Chunniang and Yingbao immediately turned to look at Aunt Wang Er, their eyes burning, "Really? How badly did he get beaten? Are there any missing arms or legs?"
Aunt Wang laughed, "Chen Changping's head is broken, and his wife's face is swollen like a pig's head."
"It's what it deserves!" Chun Niang said with a smile, "Bad things should be punished."
Yingbao asked: "I wonder if the person who beat others up has been caught?" She always felt uneasy.
Aunt Wang said with a smile: "From the tone of voice, it seems that they didn't catch it. I went to West Village early this morning and saw a lot of excitement."
"What's the excitement?" Chunniang came over and asked.
Aunt Wang slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, you don't know, the sons and daughters-in-law of Chen Laoshuan are fighting over the division of the family property, and Chen Dalang has also returned from the county town, and they are going to fight with his two brothers."
Chunniang moved a stool and sat down, and asked curiously: "Tell me about it."
Yingbao also brought a bowl of brown sugar porridge to Aunt Wang, "Second Aunt, please tell me something."
Aunt Wang took the bowl of porridge and took a sip, then said, "I heard from the neighbors that Chen Changping and his wife came back yesterday and asked his parents for money. They asked for two hundred taels. Oh my God, two hundred taels, that's a lot of money. We can't earn that much in our lifetime."
Chunniang and her daughter stared at Wang Ershen without blinking, waiting for her next words.
"Guess what happened, Boss Chen got angry right away and said that it was fine that he had used the money he earned over the years to support his second brother's education, but now he had to pay off his sister-in-law's debts. Life was unbearable, so it was better to split up the family."
Aunt Wang drank another mouthful of porridge and continued, "Since the eldest son proposed to split the family, Chen Laoshuan's third daughter-in-law also asked to split the family and live separately. Alas, Chen Changhai, the third wife, went to serve in the army, leaving only his wife and a five-year-old child at home.
The third wife was also very capable. She immediately went back to her parents' home and invited the elders to come over, asking her parents-in-law to give her two hundred taels of separation fee as well. She also said that they were all sons of the same kind, and since they had given two hundred taels to the second wife, they must also give her three daughters two hundred taels, otherwise there would be no end in sight. "
Aunt Wang drank up the porridge in one gulp, put down the bowl and said with a smile: "Look, Chen Feng took a rope and was about to hang herself, but was stopped. Chen Laoshuan was so angry that he smashed all the pots and pans in the house and asked his second son to divorce his wife."
Yingbao blinked, thinking about something.
In his previous life, the Chen family never asked their second son to divorce his wife, and his family never split up.
Until Chen Changping passed the imperial examination and moved to the county town, the two brothers of the Chen family funded him to buy a house and a yard in the county town.
That's strange.
But it’s good that his family is making such a fuss. Let’s see if Han will still dare to think about this human-shaped tool in the future.
"Hey, Chunniang, I came back specially to tell you. I will go check it out later."
Aunt Wang stood up and patted Yingbao's little head again: "How dare he come to snatch our little fairy boy? Bah! May his whole family be in trouble!"
After saying that, he walked out with his waist twisted.
Yingbao straightened the crooked little girl and said to Chunniang, "Mom, how about we go and see what's going on?"
Chunniang smiled and said, "What's there to see? It's just a waste of time. Let's kill a chicken later and stew it at noon to celebrate."
Of course, it is impossible to kill the chickens. The hens at home are all raised to lay eggs. If one is missing, there will be one less egg every day.
Today was the market day, so Chunniang gave her eldest nephew two strings of coins and asked him to go to the market to buy a leg of lamb, two pork loins, and an old goose.
I cooked a big table of delicious food at noon and invited my parents-in-law, sister-in-law, nephews and nieces to come over for dinner.
After dinner, Dani and Erni sat on the Yingbaokang and chatted.
Da Ni was embroidering on a flower frame, while Er Ni was crocheting a belt: "Brother Dacheng is getting engaged tomorrow, and there will be many guests coming to our house."
Yingbao was not surprised at all that Jiang Cheng was engaged. He was almost sixteen years old, and if he didn't get married soon, he might be conscripted if the imperial court called for conscription one day.
Therefore, he must marry him off as soon as possible so that he can have children.
"Is she a girl from Chujia Village?" Yingbao asked.
"Yes, it is said that she is the daughter of the village chief of Chujia Village, and her name is Chu Man."
"Chu Man?" Yingbao raised her eyes from the book.
Why is it different from the previous life
The wife my eldest cousin Jiang Cheng married in his previous life was not called this name, and she was certainly not the daughter of Chujiacun Munzheng.
"Yes. I heard that Chu Man is the youngest daughter in the family. Her two older brothers and one older sister are already married."
Erni changed the subject and talked about Dani again: "My aunt said that after my eldest cousin is engaged, she will also arrange one for Dani."
Dani's face instantly turned red with embarrassment, and she pinched her sister, "You're not good for talking too much."
"No." Erni giggled and dodged, "Isn't it true? I saw my brother-in-law that day."
"Keep talking!" Dani threw her sister down on the kang and tickled her armpits.
Erni giggled and pulled Yingbao over to block it.
Yingbao asked curiously, "Who is the one that eldest sister is engaged to?" How come she didn't know that sister Dani had already arranged the marriage.
"Don't say that!" Dani covered Erni's mouth.
Erni pulled her elder sister's hand away, turned her face away and said with a smile: "His name is Zhang Shaodong, and he is the grandson of the town's doctor Zhang."
Yingbao was stunned.
This doesn't seem right either.
In her previous life, Sister Dani’s husband seemed to be the young man from Liujia Village. His family was not well off and could not be compared with Doctor Zhang’s family in the town.
Dani pretended to be angry, patted her sister and ignored her, continuing to embroider.
After the sisters finished laughing and joking, they continued talking.
"Yingbao, today I saw Chen Zhao from Xicun standing on the stone arch bridge and looking at our school." Erni's gossiping heart never faded.
Yingbao wasn't interested at first, but when the Chen family split up, she really wanted to know what would happen next.
I wonder what will happen to Chen Zhao in the future without the protection of the Chen family.
"How about we go to West Village in the afternoon to see what's going on?" Yingbao looked at Sister Erni.
Erni shook her head: "No, grandma won't let me take you around. It would be terrible if we run into bad guys again."
The shadow of the last incident is still there, and Erni can't forget that scene.
What happened that day almost scared her to the point of peeing her pants. It was a lifelong trauma.
Moreover, one of Hu Zi's front teeth was knocked out, and he still has a lisp when speaking.