Chapter 31： Peach's chance VS Yan Na...(1)

Tao Tao brought soybeans to play happily by the shallow river in the village.

After all, Soybean is still young. After being led by Taotao to play crazy for a while, he will laugh and talk, but he is not as fond of talking as before, only willing to say "um", "ok", "gu". ", "play", "shrimp", "more" such words...

The aunts and nephews were having a good time. Tang Liren waited for the two of them to go home for dinner. They waited left and right, but they couldn't wait, so they had to call Song Zhi and let Song Zhi go out to find someone.

Song Zhi readily agreed.

After walking around the village, I asked people again, and finally found the riverside.

The two aunts and nephews took off their shoes, rolled up their trousers and stood in the shallow, clear river that did not reach the insteps.

To be precise, it's more like playing.

You throw a hat on me, I throw a hat on you, and it's a competition to see who's hat leaks badly...

Song Zhi laughed, standing aside and watching them quietly.

The hot wind of midsummer blew down a piece of reed on the shoal not far away, rising and falling, like gentle waves in the wide sea, endless wave after wave.

Every household heard the clanging sound of chopping and cooking vegetables, and the smoke from the cooking wafted out. The aroma of all kinds of food wafted out of the village, mixed with the charming fragrance of Ye Laixiang, which I don’t know who’s grown… There is a kind of harmony. of fireworks.

In the distance, a team of production team members who came back from work walked barefoot and carrying farm implements on the field ridges, singing songs that changed the key in rough voices, and they burst into laughter without knowing who said something. up.

Nearby, I don't know which woman is scolding the cub, which sister is laughing, the sparrows on the branches are chirping, and the old cattle in the bullpen are mooing...

What a warm and plain picture of rural countryside!

Of course, the most melodious thing was Tao Tao's laughter.

In the end, all Song Zhi's attention was still on Tao Tao.

She has a bright smile and a roaring laughter, with a magic power that makes people forget all unpleasantness.

In the end, it was Huangdou who first spotted Song Zhi who was standing on the bank of the river. He pointed in the direction where he was standing and called out "Uncle", and Tao Tao saw him.

Song Zhi then waved to them with a smile, "Go home for dinner!"

Tao Tao took Soybean's hand, went ashore, dried her feet and put on her shoes—

Song Zhi suddenly handed something to Tao Tao.

Taotao looked at it, was it a piece of clothing?

—He took off his white shirt and was wearing a singlet vest.

Song Zhi looked at Tao Tao's eyes that were crystal clear like gems, and smiled, "Put mine on the outside, be careful of catching a cold."

He didn't feel embarrassed to explain it too clearly - she was soaked all over, and her slim and graceful figure showed off. Although it didn't make people fanciful, she looked young and beautiful.

Tao Tao looked down at the wet clothes on her body and understood.

However, Huangdou was younger, and his clothes were soaked through.

Song Zhi said, "I'm walking with soybeans on my back. With me protecting him from the wind, it shouldn't be... not cold."

Tao Tao nodded, opened the white shirt and draped it over her body. The hem of the white shirt covered her hips, like wearing a white short skirt. She bent down to clean up the back basket and bucket hat, and then put the small shrimps she caught into the back basket.

When she bent over, the hem of the white shirt was slightly lifted, revealing a sturdy figure, the wet trousers clinged to her body, and a pair of thin straight legs appeared under the "white skirt".

Song Zhi didn't dare to look any further, so he squatted down and carried soybeans on his back, and walked up the mountain.

Bai Taotao carried the basket and followed, and after thinking about it, she put one hand on Song zhi's arm and touched Huangdou's head with the other.

While frantically absorbing the spiritual energy of Song Zhi, he instilled the spiritual energy into Soybean.

"Soybean, did you catch more shrimp today, or did I catch more?" Taotao deliberately asked Soybean,

Soybean, "Me!"

"Who caught the biggest shrimp?"

"you!"

Taotao asked again, "By the way, soybean, what's the name of the fish you caught?"

——In the past, she heard from Hongdou that the little fish with patterns on his body was called "Mo Degu".

As a result, Huangdou stared at Taotao blankly, opened his mouth, as if he was about to say it, but finally closed his mouth, looking a little embarrassed.

Tao Tao sighed, let go, and stopped absorbing and instilling spiritual energy.

The hot wind lifted the corner of her clothes, she suddenly remembered something, and asked Song zhi, "Hey Song zhi, have you always been wearing a white shirt?"

It seems that he has not worn other colors or other styles of clothes?

However, he took off his white shirt when he was hammering, and wore only a singlet and a vest with an apron of tattered old leather over his head.

Song Zhi: ...

He really hadn't paid attention to this detail.

Now that Taotao mentioned it, he was a little embarrassed, and explained, "It's mainly for convenience..." Saved the ticket for ready-to-wear, and bought four or five white shirts at one time, enough to change and wash, which is very convenient.

Tao Tao, "It's obviously lazy!"

She raised her face and said, "You're too lazy to match, so you think a pair of black pants is paired with a white shirt. No matter what you do or where you go... You can't be rude, right?"

Song Zhi smiled and said, "Yes."

"Then what do you do when you sleep?" Tao Tao asked again.

Song Zhi: ...

- Sometimes I wear a white shirt to bed.

Just, sorry to say it.

He had an idea, "Peach, can you buy me some pajamas, pajamas, or other styles of clothes and pants?"

Taotao is also a little worried: mainly in this world, in this era, everyone wears very simple clothes, either gray or black, or dark blue or white. Even girls, if they dress up too much, they seem to be spurned and pointed out by others.

So weird!

but!

Simple and simple beauty! You can be a little careful with your composure!

Tao Tao nodded seriously, "Okay!"

Seeing that she was not angry, Song zhi's courage became a little fatter, "Then, will you make clothes for me by yourself?"

After more than two months of getting along day and night, he knew her well. He knew that she could cut clothes and sew them herself, and her craftsmanship was very good. The stitches of the sewed clothes were denser than those of ready-to-wear clothes sold in supply and marketing cooperatives.

Taotao, "But we don't have any cloth at home! This time my mother went to the city to find some cloth pieces and came back... But you can just wait. According to her vision, she must think that those cloths are very suitable for making panties."

Song Zhi couldn't help laughing out loud.

Taotao was helpless, "I don't know why she has a special liking for panties, but whenever she sees a piece of softer cloth, she thinks it's especially suitable for panties..."

Talking and laughing, the three went home.

Soybean was still immersed in the fun of playing in the water just now, so he shouted at Tang Liren, "Milk!", and then pointed at the basket on Taotao's back, "Shrimp!"

Tang Liren said, "Hey—the good grandson of the milk! Yo, went to play in the small river? Did you fish for shrimp? I looked at it, and it looked like it was half a small bowl. Do it, go back and get some more, and let the milk make the shrimp chili sauce! Oh, look at your mud! Go take a bath first! The milk will pour hot water for you..."

While Tang Liren was taking the soybeans to take a bath, Taotao asked Song zhi, "Song zhi, did you hear when you were in the city... If the child is frightened, there is something abnormal in spirit or behavior. If so, how will it be treated?"

Song Zhi looked at Tang Liren who hurriedly left with Soybean.

Taotao, "Soybean can't speak anymore."

Song Zhi was taken aback, "He, he has something to say..."

As soon as this remark came out, Song Zhi quickly realized that in the past, Soy, who was naive, liked to talk and laugh, but these two days are obviously not in good spirits. He stopped laughing and talked less and less.

"What are you two doing standing here?" Bai Dongsheng sounded.

Tang Liren was afraid that her daughter-in-law would be hungry, so she had no milk to feed the baby, so she sent food to the second aunt's house for Dongsheng's couple to eat. By now, the couple had finished their meal, and Dongsheng brought a bowl, just in time to see Song zhi and Taotao stood together and muttered?

Although it looks handsome and attractive, Dongsheng doesn't want to marry his sister too early.

In the end, Tao Tao said, "Brother, soybeans are not quite right these days!"

Dongsheng was stunned.

Hearing Taotao talking about the symptoms of soybeans, Dongsheng recalled carefully, is it true?

——When he came back in the early morning, the child also threw himself on him affectionately, but if it was in the past, the father and father would definitely be shouting non-stop. The fact is, the child has been humming and chirping, like a baby who can't speak!

Dongsheng frowned.

At this time, Tang Liren came out of the bathroom at the back of the kitchen, and she turned around and shouted, "Soybean, don't splash water, I'll bring you a change of clothes..."

When he walked into the yard, he saw that his sons and daughters were all in the yard, especially Song zhi who was only wearing a singlet, and his white shirt was draped over Tao Tao? Tang Liren shouted again, "Tao Tao, go back to the house and change clothes!" Then she left in a hurry.

Taotao said to Dongsheng: "Brother, if mom and sister-in-law haven't found out, don't talk about it for the time being... You don't have to hide it from mom, but sister-in-law... At first, she was worried about red beans and couldn't eat or sleep. I don't even have any milk. My mother and my sister use porridge and milk powder to feed the baby. I heard that when the red beans woke up, she slept well and had a good appetite, so she could feed the baby with milk. right?"

"...But it's Soybean's turn now. If she is worried and can't eat or sleep well, then it's not good. I'll play with Soybean more these days to see if he is willing to talk more. If he still can't, then take him to the town and say that Soy Dou misses her sister, take him to see her. When you get to the town, take Soy Dou to see a doctor quickly." Tao Tao said.

Dongsheng nodded.

Song Zhi added a few words, "It's better to go early, before my sister-in-law, I didn't have any thoughts about Hongdou. Now that Hongdou is awake, my sister-in-law's mental state is normal, and I will soon notice that soybean is inappropriate... Besides, soybean situation, it is better to intervene sooner rather than later.”

Dongsheng, "I'll take him to town tomorrow."

Taotao, "We'll tell Mom about this when Soybean goes to bed at night."

While talking, Tang Liren went back to the house to get soybean clothes, and hurried to the bathroom, seeing her daughter still at the door?

"Tao Tao, hurry back to the house to change clothes!" Tang Liren roared again.

Tao Tao stuck out her tongue and ran back to the room.

There are many girls in the house, and the bathroom is crowded. When they were getting up before, the parents listened to the advice of their daughters and built a separate bathroom at the back of the house where they lived. They also opened the back door, and they could go directly from the back of the house to the kitchen to get hot water.

However, the weather is very hot today, and the peach is greedy for the coolness, so I thought of rubbing it with cold water.

When she's done taking a shower and changing her clothes—

Is there a faint noise outside?

There are not many people in the family, why is it so lively!

Taotao quickly opened the door—

As a result, as soon as the door was opened, a small person leaning on the door panel rolled into her room because of weightlessness.

"Soy beans?" Tao Tao asked in surprise.

She quickly picked up the soybeans.

Soy Dou stretched out her thin fingers in horror, poked outside, grabbed Taotao's clothes, and desperately pulled her into the room.

"Soybean, let's not be afraid, let's go out and see what's going on." Taotao grabbed her little nephew and walked steadily outside.

Soybean is still dragging her, not wanting her to go to the main room.

Tao Tao heard the cries of the third aunt—

"Why can't Tao Tao follow me? I-I'm Tao Tao's third aunt!"

Then Tang Liren's disdainful voice sounded, "Hey, I'm still her mother! Of course I can be her master! It's you, it's getting dark this day, and you want to take my peach to where? ? Hmph, don't think I don't know what shady idea you have in your heart!"

The third aunt stammered, "What, what? You know?"

"Your second brother is a kidnapper!" Tang Liren shouted loudly, "I asked you where do you want to take me Taotao, and you can't let go of a fart for a long time! Hmph, do you want to take my Taotao? Abducted to your second brother's house? Do you want to sell my peaches as if they were looking for gold?"

Aunt Bai: ...

Damn, Tang Liren is so powerful, she didn't say anything, how could she be guessed?

"One, one thousand yuan! Woohoo, one thousand yuan..." Aunt Bai burst into tears.

Bai Taotao looked at it and found that there were only her mother and third aunt in the yard. Brother Dongsheng and Song Zhi were not there.

Aunt Bai saw Bai Taotao who had taken a bath and was wearing a floral gown and knee-length culottes, her eyes lit up!

"Tao Tao! Tao Tao... Come to the third aunt, and the third aunt will take you out to play, okay?" Bai San aunt stretched her neck and shouted at Tao Tao.

Peach:  …

——There is no electricity in the countryside at night. When it gets dark, everywhere is dark and the lights are on. Where can I go to play? Are you going to play with the blind bear in the jungle? Besides, the conflict between my family and the third room has been small in the past few days? At this juncture, the third aunt wants to take her out to play at night? Does this third aunt think that others are as stupid as she is because she is so stupid?

Tao Taoli ignored her, and took the soybeans to the kitchen, preparing to move the meal. After walking a few steps, he met Song Zhi who came out of the bathroom behind the kitchen.

He must have just finished taking a shower, his hair was wet, and although he was still wearing a white shirt, his body was soaked with dampness, and there was a faint scent of jasmine soap.

Song Zhi also heard the dispute between Aunt Bai and Tang Liren, and asked Tao Tao, "What does she want to do?"

Taotao, "She said she wanted to take me out to play! I'm really sick!" So she took soybeans into the kitchen.

Song Zhi frowned.

There, Tang Li and Aunt Bai had already fought.

Aunt Bai desperately wanted to rush into the yard, "Tao Tao has agreed! She wants to go out to play with me!"

Tang Liren stretched out her hand and gave it to her, cursing, "You are sick! Get out of here! Did I let you in?"

Song Zhi walked over quickly, trying to help stop Aunt Bai.

As a result, a loud and resounding voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "Liren, Taozi...Are you in the house?"

Everyone was stunned.

Tang Liren immediately smiled and said, "Big brother! Big brother, come in, where are we at home!"

Tao Tao also heard it, and stuck her head out from the kitchen door, saw who was coming, and shouted in surprise, "Uncle!"

The person who came was Tang Liren's elder brother, Uncle Tang. He is an old-fashioned farmer, tall and strong, in his fifties, his body is as strong as a cow, and his muscular arms are thicker than Tao Tao's waist!

Uncle Tang entered the courtyard.

I saw that he was carrying an oversized large backpack, a large burden hanging on his chest, a huge burden on his shoulders, and a burden in his hand...

Aunt Bai was very frightened by Uncle Tang, dissatisfied with making trouble again, and quietly took two steps back.

Uncle Tang smiled and unloaded the clothes that were all over his body, and suddenly saw Aunt Bai?

He instantly widened a pair of bull's eyes and asked Tang Liren, "Big sister, haven't you already separated? Why is this stuff still around?"

Aunt Bai's legs trembled a little.

Tang Liren, "It's getting dark, she came to me and told me to take Taotao out to play! Who knows what she's thinking!"

Uncle Tang yelled, "Get out of here!"

——Many years ago, the rich and noble of the fourth family robbed Taotao's eggs to eat. Later, under Chen Juxiang's partiality, it evolved into a melee between the four families of the Bai family. Uncle Tang led his relatives to cheer on Tang Liren. When he was tired of quarreling and arguing, he leaned against the courtyard gate and dozed off. The next-door neighbor's hound suddenly saw Uncle Tang and barked at him because he was a stranger. Uncle Tang was in a daze, thinking it was a wolf, he jumped up and punched the two vicious dogs to death!

Of course, Uncle Tang also lost money to the owner of the hound, so nothing happened.

But Uncle Tang's bravery still awes all Ruyi villagers.

Aunt Bai is most afraid of Uncle Tang.

After being yelled at by him, he was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he ran away.

Tao Tao jumped over with soybeans, "Uncle!"

Soybean, "Uncle-gong!" Anyway, two words popped out of his mouth.

Uncle Tang let out a "hey", smiled and patted Taotao's head, then Huangdou's head, took a few twig-like things from his back basket, and handed them to Taotao and soybean, "Take them. eat!"

At first glance, the peach is a ripe wild mulberry fruit?

Uncle Tang looked left and right again, "Song Zhi is at home!"

"Hello, uncle!"

"Okay, okay!" Uncle Tang and Song Zhi said hello. Seeing that the house was deserted, they asked Tang Liren, "My pear and my apricot?"

Tang Liren, "The two of them went to town, and Dongsheng came back for a rest. Ah yes, Hongdou is awake! Your brother-in-law's waist is not a big problem... By the way, brother, why are you here so late today?"

Uncle Tang breathed a sigh of relief, "It's fine! Your sister-in-law asked me to come and deliver something to my nephew and daughter-in-law!"

Tang Liren was a little embarrassed, "Didn't you just give it away a few days ago?"

"That's different. Last time, it was sent by my mother, and this time, it was sent by your sister-in-law... I tell you, there are two laying hens in the sack, so you quickly take it out and shut it in the cellar, don't let it go. It's so boring! There is also a pheasant and a fat rabbit, which your nephew caught up the mountain. It is estimated that he died not long ago, and you will quickly deal with it in a while. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, one will be stewed to make up for my nephew's daughter-in-law... …”

Uncle Tang babbled about what was all over the ground...

Tang Liren winked at Taotao, and pouted again in the direction of the kitchen.

Tao Tao understood, and quickly ran into the kitchen.

——Uncle arrived home at this time, he must not have had dinner! But home cooking has always been based on the number of people. If you don't prepare at this time, you will definitely not have enough food.

However, Tao Tao walked around in the kitchen and was stumped by the fire.

Usually the third sister is too capable, and the housework is all covered. Even Xing Xing has few opportunities to cook, not to mention Tao Tao, who is spoiled by the family.

Taotao gave it a try and resolutely conceded defeat, and asked Huangdou to call Song zhi in.

She started rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find ingredients.

Soon, Soybean came with Song Zhi.

Tao Tao also found a bag of flour.

"Song zhi, can you make a fire?" Taotao poured the flour into the basin, added water and started kneading.

Song Zhi, "Yes."

——Actually, he wouldn't, but seeing people over-burning and knowing what the steps are, shouldn't be a big problem.

So he first found a matchbox, and then a small piece of dry wood for starting the fire. Then he went to the firewood to draw a few sticks of wood, stuffed it in the stove first, and lit the small pieces of dry wood with matches, and waited until the fire was a little brighter. After a while, I stuffed the small pieces of firewood into the stove, and finally took the torch and blew it gently...

Slowly, the fire started.

Taotao arranged Song Zhi again, "Song Zhi, add water to the pot, let's steam the noodles and eat them!"

Song zhi set up the pot according to his words again, and added water to the pot.

Seeing her struggling to knead her face, he went to wash his hands and said, "...I'll come."

Tao Tao gave way, washed her hands and hurriedly went to adjust the filling.

She is going to make two kinds of fillings, salty and sweet.

It's salty, just use the small fish and shrimp she caught with Xiao soybean today, mix it with her own pickles and chili sauce, it must taste good!

Sweet, just use these mulberry fruits that my uncle picked up on the way, mix them with white sugar, mash them into mud, brush them with a spoon and roll them up on the cakes, it must be delicious!

Taotao instructed Xiaodou, "Soybean, go to the vegetable garden and grab some onions!"

Soybean nodded, spread his feet and ran away.

Tao Tao first picked the few branches of mulberry fruit, washed it with water, put it in a basin, scooped two spoons of white sugar and sprinkled it on the surface, and then began to deal with the small fish and shrimp caught today.

Seeing that Song Zhi had already kneaded the dough, she asked him to use a rolling pin to push the dough into four or five large dough cakes, then brought the steamer, put it in the pot, and covered it with clean gauze.

At this time, soybean went to the vegetable garden, pinched the green onion, and ran back, and Taotao taught soybean to hold a spoon and mash the mulberry fruit in the bowl.

Tao Tao quickly washed the ginger, onion and garlic, chopped it up, took another small pot, put the cleaned small fish and shrimp, minced ginger, onion and garlic, and oil and salt sauce, and stuffed it directly into the stove.

After a while, the fryer began to crackle in the small pot.

Taotao was quite afraid that the exploding oil flower would hurt herself, so she kept hiding back——

Song Zhi, "I'll change it with you. The noodle cake is already spread out. When you see this one is cooked, take it out and put another noodle cake on it for steaming."

Peach can't ask for it.

The two switched places.

Soon, the noodle cake in the pot was steamed, and the peach was caught with a bamboo clip, and a piece of raw noodle cake was put down and steamed. The cooked cake was cut into quarters and placed on a plate; after steaming five cakes, Tao Tao simply knocked two more duck eggs because he saw that there was still half a pot of boiling water in the pot. Go in, add salt and chopped green onion to taste.

Song Zhi has also processed the small fish and shrimp paste. Tao Tao tried a bite. It was fragrant and crispy, and it was super delicious!

She rewarded Soybean with a "Mo Debone", and rewarded Song zhi with a crispy fried shrimp, and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Soybean and Song Zhi nodded again and again.

Tao Tao pursed her lips and smiled.

The weight of this shrimp paste is still a little less, she took out the sauce and pickles made by her mother and put them on the plate.

The three moved to the main room with their meals.

Tang Liren was a little uneasy, worried that the girl who had never worked would blow up the kitchen...

This will see three people not only moving out the rice she made earlier, but also steamed noodle cakes, a plate of fragrant pan-fried small fish and shrimp, and a large bowl of duck egg and chopped green onion soup, a few pickles and a bowl of I don't know what the dark stuff is?

"It's good! How many of you!" Tang Liren said with a smile. Then he instructed Tao Tao, "Tao Tao, go to the gate of the yard and shout down, saying that your uncle is coming home, and ask your elder brother to come and sit with you."

Tao Tao went to shout.

Brother Dongsheng heard it from below and said he would come back soon.

The family sat on the kang bed and had dinner.

Taotao demonstrated for everyone to see, and personally rolled shrimp paste pickled vegetables with dough and handed it to my uncle. Rolled up another sweet one for the little soybeans.

The uncle took a bite and said, "It's delicious! This way of eating...it's so delicate! Did you see Taotao in the city? How can we country people eat so expensively!"

Tang Liren felt embarrassed with Yourong, "Hey! She just likes to mess around..." Her tone was full of pride and pride.

It was the first time Xiao Huangdou had eaten a burrito with mulberry sweet sauce, and he was astonished. His little mouth was stuffed with a bulge. To Tang Liren.

Tang Liren was so happy that she took a bite and praised: "Is this sweet mulberry?"

Tao Tao nodded.

"Good! It's delicious!" Tang Liren was full of praise.

Bai Dongsheng passed by in a hurry, "Is Uncle here?"

"Hey, sit down," Uncle Tang asked with concern about Bai Zhenggan and Xiao Hongdou, and then started talking about the business.

"Dongsheng, I was originally sending you a message. Just as you were here, I'll tell you face to face! Recently, the quota for workers, peasants, and soldiers is about to drop. More than 300 people in our Jixiang Village were all allocated last year. There are five or six hundred people in your Ruyi Village for one quota, and it is the same as last year, there are at least two quotas..."

"I've been thinking about it, there's no one but you among the top-notch younger generation in your village! But that's right, you still have to beware of those educated youths. They're your competitors!"

Bai Dongsheng hesitated a bit, "I heard about this too, but the family is not peaceful recently, Nan Sheng has joined the army again, I still..."

Tang Liren gave her son a shudder, "You still honestly try to get me a recommended spot! This is a good opportunity to learn advanced and cultural techniques. Would you like to send it to you?"

Bai Dongsheng, "Then you might not be able to get it, right?"

Uncle Tang said in a low voice: "Your father will give you a lot of points for his courageous actions! Look at your village again, who else can surpass you! Your competitors are not from this village? The descendants are the ones in the educated youth station. They can go crazy just because they want to go back to the city!"

Tang Liren, "The educated youth are already intellectuals, can they still go to the University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers?"

"There is no such thing in our village, but last year, there was a village next door, and there was really no way to find advanced young people. In the end, an educated youth in the village spent 200 yuan, bought a place, and left! I guess Well, they didn't know it before, but after opening that opening last year, they will definitely grab this spot this year!"

Bai Dongsheng fell into deep thought.

Uncle Tang was full of the burritos, drank half a bowl of duck egg and chopped green onion soup, wiped his mouth and said he was leaving.

Tang Liren hurriedly rushed to look through the dry goods that she usually dried at home, and wanted Uncle Tang to take it back, but Uncle Tang refused to live or die, "Look at your house, you are sick, sick, weak... Your mother is seventy There are too many people, crying at home every day, saying that you are also fifty years old, and you are still suffering with him for nothing, and now he is hurt, so let's not blame him! After he recovers, you will still eat with him like this If you are choking vegetables, then our family will not agree!"

"Besides, these things are not for you, but for the children! You like to eat with Bai Zhenggan and eat it yourself. I won't stop you. Don't make the children suffer!" After speaking, Uncle Tang took it. Go away with an empty bag.

Tao Tao ran out quickly, "Uncle!"

She handed the two wrapped handkerchiefs to her uncle, "Uncle, these two bags, one is a headband I made myself, and I will share it with my cousins ​​in the third room. The buttons and buttonholes made of cloth heads are shared among the three aunts and the seven cousins... Bring them back for me, don't lose them."

Uncle Tang raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's still me, Tao Tao, who is thoughtful!"

——What is lacking most in rural areas is small daily necessities. Most women use the apron directly as the headband, but that kind of hair is especially entangled. Taotao used colored wool to wrap the rubber ring, and sometimes mixed with other colors of wool. It looked good, but it was not ostentatious, and was very popular with relatives.

Buttons are the most popular little things for rural women. Basically, no one can own clothes that cannot be buttoned. Once the button is dropped, the exact same button will never be found again...

With the help of small vines, Taotao found a shrub plant in the back mountain. The fruit of this plant is a round woody fruit with a very beautiful gray and white pattern on the skin, and it is also a natural hollow fruit.

Taotao collected a lot of these small fruits, and after drying them, they were sewn with floral cloth, and they became beautiful cloth buttons.

When the Taotao family split up and started a new house last time, Uncle Tang brought dozens of male and female relatives over to help. Aunt Biao saw the buttons on sisters Taotao's clothes and was amazed. She kept asking Taotao about this. how to do things...

So Taotao had the heart to make about two or three hundred buttons, and this time all of them were given to relatives over there.

Uncle Tang took the headband and buttons given by Taotao and left with a smile.

Tang Li and Bai Dongsheng went to deliver it.

Bai Taotao took Song Zhi's hand, "Song Zhi, what's the matter with the University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers?"

——If brother Dongsheng can go to the University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers, can she?

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Standing on the hillside, Aunt Bai looked at the yard of the big house with a flat mouth, thinking angrily: A thousand yuan, a thousand yuan!

For a time, she was in a state of turmoil.

——If you go back empty-handed, will the second brother release Jade? I couldn't deceive Taotao, it's a pity to lose a thousand dollars!

Aunt Bai's eyes rolled, and a plan came to her mind: Or, just find a girl? She doesn't have the ability to take Tao Tao, which is worth 3,000 yuan, so why don't she try to take a girl with her? If you can't get 1,000 yuan, you can get 200 yuan! The most important thing is to bring back the jade.

But where should she go to find a girl?

Aunt Bai thought about all the people in the village who had school-age girls, and felt that no one would want to let a seventeen-eight-year-old girl go out at night...

In the end, she thought of the third daughter, Bai Zhenzhu, who lived at the Zhiqing Station.

The only person she has a chance to convince is Pearl!

Then why don't you let Pearl accompany her on a trip? As long as the jadeite can be exchanged, everything will be fine.

Aunt Bai couldn't care anymore, and hurried to the educated youth station.

Unexpectedly, when I walked to the educated youth station, I happened to see a figure lingering at the entrance of the educated youth station?

Taking advantage of the faint moonlight, Aunt Bai recognized that the person who had been hesitating at the entrance of the educated youth station was Yan Naqian? !

A bold idea popped into Aunt Bai's mind.

"Yan Zhiqing, what are you doing here?" Aunt Bai asked.

Yan Naqian turned her head suddenly, and saw that it was Aunt Bai?

She breathed a sigh of relief, "I, I..."

"For a walk?" Aunt Bai asked.

——There are so many things happening in the village these days, she didn't even notice that Yan Naqian hadn't returned to the village for several days.

Yan Naqian laughed twice, "Yes, come out for a walk hahahaha..."

——Yan Naqian went out for several days and just came back today. However, she didn't think about how to prevaricate Jiang Hongzhi's inquiry, so she stood at the door and hesitated.

"Auntie, what are you doing here?" Yan Naqian didn't know what happened in the village recently, nor did Bai Zhenzhu live in the educated youth station now.

Aunt Bai was anxious and took Yan Naqian aside, "Naqian, that's what happened! My pearl accidentally fell down the mountain, I, I'm not in a hurry to go to her uncle's house to get the money! I have money. , can I send Pearl to the hospital to see a doctor?"

Aunt Bai tried her best to look sincere, "Naqian, can you...can you accompany my aunt to go to Huangcun? It's not far, you can walk there in an hour! Then my aunt will give you ten yuan. Money is hard work, okay?"

Yan Naqian wanted to refuse—

I heard that there is a ten-dollar hard work fee?

Yan Naqian asked, "Aren't Uncle Bai and Jade at home?"

Aunt Bai, "Your third uncle Bai... went to Chenjiacun to borrow money! Is it Jade... She, she quarreled with her aunt and wouldn't say anything..."

Yan Naqian was very moved, "Oh, it takes an hour to walk to get there? I'm afraid it's unsafe this, this big night."

Aunt Bai said, "It's safe and secure! The villages and townships near us have the best public security! Naqian, thank you for your hard work... When we get to my brother's house, take the money, and borrow his bicycle, Let's ride the bike back, shall we?"

Yan Naqian, "This..."

Aunt Bai, "I'll give you twenty dollars for your hard work!"

Yan Naqian, "Let's go now, auntie."

——In addition to the hard work of getting 20 yuan, Yan Naqian feels that she can find out something from the mouth of Third Aunt Bai later, and she can help her find a way to track her whereabouts these days. Cover it up!

Aunt Bai was overjoyed, and happily took Yan Naqian out of the village.

After a while of silence, Yan Naqian asked, "Auntie, has something happened recently?"

Aunt Bai was stunned, "Huh?"

——There is such a big thing happening in the village, Yan Naqian is... knowingly asking?

Yan Naqian was taken aback by the reaction of the third aunt Bai, and suddenly reacted - did the third aunt Bai know that she was not in the village these days?

That's good that's good!

In this day and age, girls who are not married and have no partner run out without saying hello and disappear for a few days... The reputation is very bad.

Yan Naqian hurriedly said: "I-I mean, did I mean that there is any news in Huangcun recently? Hahahaha..."

Aunt Bai thought to herself: What news can there be in Huangcun? In two days, maybe the police will come to arrest her second brother, the trafficker!

Seeing that Aunt Bai didn't say anything, Yan Naqian had nothing to say, "By the way, Auntie, I heard that Uncle Pearl seems to be a well-known matchmaker?"

Aunt Bai felt bitter in her heart, but in order to successfully deceive Yan Naqian to Huangcun, she continued to say, "Isn't it true, there are many people