The main reason is that he didn't lose a single penny during the trip back and forth yesterday, and there is no work in the field now. He is really too busy, so he might as well follow him to his brother-in-law's house for a delicious meal.
Second Aunt Qian saw that the heads of the first house and the third house had gone, and there was no reason for Second Uncle Qian not to go, so they simply came together.
However, the daughter-in-law who decided to bring along did not. They only brought a few grandchildren.
Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for a large family to come to my aunt's house to eat and drink.
Basically, relatives in the countryside brought eggs when they went to see their children or mothers. Uncle Qian thought that there were a lot of people going today, so he spent money to buy two pieces of meat to carry.
Before arriving at Lao Zhou's house, Da Ya Er Ya and others who were washing clothes by the river saw grandpa or uncle first, Da Ya threw the clothes away, let go of her feet and ran home, and ran back to inform Dad first. mother.
As soon as they left, many people in the village began whispering away from the old Zhou's family, "Why are you still here today? Didn't you just come here yesterday?"
"Also mentioned so many things, this time Lao Zhoutou and Qian's quarreled so fiercely? My mother's family actually brought so many things?"
"I can't, I'm very old, and my grandson is so old, so I can't do it because of such a small matter."
"Why isn't it worth it? A catty of wheat can give you two or two taels more. Uncle Jin is so frugal. It's okay to be anxious."
"If you get angry again, the Qian family won't be so low-key, and don't look at how many sons Aunt Qian gave birth to and how many things she did for the old Zhou family. At this age, the matter came to her mother's house. Could it be that Uncle Jin's face Looks good?" The village head's wife passed by the river, heard their discussion, and couldn't help but say to them, "You guys are also free, I think they are relatives to visit the children, and Uncle Jin went to see them yesterday It happened three times, obviously the old couple didn't quarrel."
Since Wednesday, he was approached yesterday, and Lao Zhou left with his head on the front foot, and the news on his back foot was known by many people like he had grown wings.
Even if you think about it with your toes, you know that it was said on Wednesday, and his mouth didn't pass the door.
A woman laughed loudly, and said happily, "Uncle Jin ran outside in such a hot day, I guess it wasn't Uncle Jin who was angry with Aunt Qian, but Aunt Qian drove him out?"
Everyone couldn't help laughing.
The village head's wife also scolded with a smile, "Don't let Uncle Jin hear this, or you'll be able to see it, okay, don't always stare at other people's things, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, do you make zongzi?" ?”
"Hey, none of last year's glutinous rice was confiscated. The glutinous rice in the grain store is so expensive. How can I afford it?"
"Yeah, my family didn't do it either. I'll bake a few more cakes tomorrow, and then I'll cut a piece of meat and come back."
"By the way, I went out early in the morning and wanted to go to the foot of Houtou Mountain to cut some wormwood and put it on the door, and smoke mosquitoes at night. I went to Houshan to see that piece of wormwood that grew quite well. The grass is all gone, do you know who mowed it?"
"Hey, my house hasn't been mowed yet, so I have to go a little further to the edge of the field to do it."
"Is it from Uncle Jin's family?"
"But pull it down, it's such a big piece, it's all cut off, even if Uncle Jin's house has more rooms, it doesn't take so many."
Not far away, Erya, who was silently washing clothes, thought to herself: That's right, it was my father who cut it, not only my father cut it, but my mother, my three uncles, four uncles, five uncles and six uncles all went to cut it...
Er Ya rubbed her clothes vigorously, and hummed, "If you speak ill of my grandparents, I'll ask my fourth uncle and the others to cut off all the ones on the nearby field ridges!"
Zhou Dalang, Zhou Yilang and the others are used to getting up early, mainly because the dawn is fast now, and everyone goes to bed early, making it uncomfortable to lie in bed.
So early in the morning, Zhou Dalang and Xiaoqian went to bed together and picked beans soaked in wooden barrels to grind soybean milk to make tofu.
They didn't plan to sell them in the county town, so they exchanged beans in the village, and it was a festival, and the family also wanted to eat them, and then brought some back to their relatives. Two buckets of beans might not be enough.
And Tuesday Lang was squatting in the yard in a daze early in the morning, helping his eldest brother grind beans together, and when he was resting, Man Bao came over with a bookcase on his back, and asked him to help plant more wormwood on her door. .
There are many requests, "Second brother, would you like to weave a ball for me with wormwood and put it on my bookshelf?"
Zhou Zhoulang asked: "Why do you need so much wormwood? Just put a handful at the door."
"The wormwood has the effect of dispelling the bad smell," Man Bao said, "Actually, our family should cut some wormwood and let it dry in the sun. The dried wormwood can be soaked in the feet to cool off the cold, and it can be sold at the pharmacy."
"Mogulum is available everywhere. It can be harvested and dried at any time, and the medicine shop just collects it. The price is probably not as good as that of Centella asiatica, right?"
"Then put it in the sun for two years, three years, five years." Man Bao didn't understand before, didn't he have been studying medicine, so he knew a little bit, "the older the AI, the better it is, and the more precious it is, don't believe it Second brother will go to the pharmacy in the county to ask tomorrow."
"Old Ai?"
"The wormwood that has been harvested and sun-dried this year is taken out again next year to be sun-dried and stored, and then dried again the next year. Year after year, it is said that the old wormwood that is more than three years old has a mild and strong property. "
Man Bao said: "This is a good thing. It can be boiled in water to soak your feet and bathe in winter and summer. It can also be made into strips to give people a body."
When Man Bao said this, he looked at Zhou Zhoulang with piercing eyes, and asked, "Second brother, why don't you try it just now, and your back is not sore."
"Not sour," Zhou Zhoulang said without even thinking about it: "Don't tell me, I almost forgot. Every household has to plant moxa during the Dragon Boat Festival. There are always lazy people in the county who don't like to go out of the city to find wormwood. Let's cut some more tomorrow." Go out and sell the wormwood."
Zhou Zhou Lang said: "If you can't sell it all, take it home to dry. As you said, dry it and collect it. After five years, you can sell it when the big head gets married."
Man Bao: "..."
Zhou Yilang did it when he thought of it, found the sickle, greeted Zhou Zhoulang who had just woken up and washed, and then went to wake up Siwuliu who was lying in bed, and everyone went to the back mountain to cut wormwood.
At that time, many people in the village did not get up.
At this moment, when the Qian family entered, what they saw was the wormwood piled up in the yard, one pile after another, it was very spectacular to look at.
Wormwood seems to be a plant that can grow anywhere, and it can grow well easily. Obviously no one fertilizes and waters it, but in some places with slightly thick soil, it grows tall and strong, with branches and leaves. Lush and thick.
Because of the idea of doing business, the wormwood that Zhou Zhoulang and the others cut back is of the best quality.
Uncle Qian liked it even after seeing it, and asked with a smile, "Why do you cut so much wormwood, can you use it up at home?"