ebookland Chapter 196 Ask Again
Chapter 196 Ask Again
After taking a quick look at the crops, Xia Qingyue felt hungry, so she went back to feed the poultry and make breakfast. When it was almost ready, the two little ones who had played enough came back. They had no idea where they had gone, and some dirt and leaves were on their bodies.
"You made it so dirty. I'll take you to the river to take a bath after dinner."
Heihei hasn't had a good bath for a while.
Dogs, like people, need to be kept clean to avoid getting sick.
After breakfast, Xia Qingyue took some tea dregs powder and a brush she found at Han's house, and washed the two little ones separately in the shallow water of the river.
They are very well behaved when washing. When they see that the washing is finished, they will consciously run to the other side to shake off the water on their bodies.
The sun was high in the sky and it was getting hot. She asked the two little ones to lie down under the eaves and wait for their fur to dry and not run around. She put on a straw hat, took a backpack and a big wooden barrel, and went to the vegetable garden in the backyard to harvest the tender vegetables.
The vegetables in the front yard vegetable garden are kept for daily consumption.
The crops in the vegetable garden are growing well. Although there is a trellis, there are many vines and leaves, and it is easy to be rubbed by them while walking. It is ok to wear long sleeves and long pants, as they protect the arms and legs, but the face is easily rubbed. Once rubbed, it feels like being pricked by needles, itchy and painful.
In addition to this, you can sometimes see wriggling black caterpillars and emerald green cabbage worms among the grass leaves.
Whenever she saw insects, she would suppress her nausea and knock them down and step on them to death.
Before it got even hotter at noon, she picked more than 100 kilograms of cucumbers, cowpeas, loofahs, gourds and pumpkins. Feeling tired and hot, she ran to the kitchen water tank to get a basin of water, scooped up the water with both hands and poured it on her face. The cool water instantly relieved the heat and itchiness.
"We still have to get up early tomorrow. It won't be so hot in the early morning."
After working for a whole morning, she was very hungry, so she killed three big fish and filleted one of them.
I took out some pickled sour peppers from the jar in the dark corner of the kitchen, cleaned the jar, and put new vegetables in it later.
I made a dish of pickled fish and a dish of fried eggplant with green peppers.
The two little ones ate steamed fish and steamed eggs, and after eating, they fell asleep in the main room.
In the afternoon, amid the noisy chirping of cicadas, Xia Qingyue washed herself, changed into sleeping clothes, went back to her room and went to bed. She was worried about Han Zhibai and the others, and fell asleep unknowingly.
She woke up feeling refreshed while the two little ones were still asleep. She washed, dried, and cut the vegetables she had picked in the morning. She drained some of them and put them into jars to make pickles, and made the rest into dried goods.
I made dried goods last year and had a lot of experience, so it was not difficult to make them this year. I blanched the cowpeas and dried them in the sun, sliced the cucumbers, sprinkled salt on them to kill the moisture, and pressed them with heavy objects. After pressing, I dried them in the sun, and sliced the eggplant, loofah, and gourd directly in the sun.
After an afternoon of exposure to the sun, the thinnest cowpeas were about 80% dry, and the drier they were, the darker their color.
The cucumber slices, loofah slices, gourd slices, pumpkin slices and eggplant slices are 70% dry.
The sun was about to set and it was getting dark. After putting away the things that needed to be put away, she went to the river and cut a few baskets of wild grass to feed the poultry.
When it got a little darker, she tried her best to fetch water and water the drier vegetable patch outside the backyard fence, just as a form of exercise.
After dinner, I cleaned up and went to bed early.
In the following days, Xia Qingyue's daily life was basically like this: get up early to do morning exercises, tend to the crops, pick vegetables, or go to the river to fish, wake up from a nap to dry goods, and try to water the vegetables in the evening when the sun sets.
Every three days, she would get up at five in the morning and take the two little ones back to the tiankeng to take care of the poultry and vegetable garden at home.
Every day is compact and fulfilling.
This day, cottage.
Qian Wentao, with a bruised face and nose, walked into Qian Yurou's room angrily.
She sat on a small stool by the window and looked up at the sky outside. Even when she heard the noise, she didn't react at all and just stared at the sky blankly as usual.
"The dog I found with so much effort turned out to be a useless beast. I tracked it with it for more than half a month and still got nothing. It really pissed me off!"
He slapped the table with such force that he was so angry that he cried out in pain when he raised his hand.
The dog was found some time ago. It was let to smell the scent of Chen Youmao, and then taken out to look for him. After searching for a long time, nothing was found. It has been so long, and there has been no progress in this matter. Guan Jianshan, who was having a headache over the issue of reinforcements, was very annoyed.
Just now, Qian Wentao went to report the missing person matter to Guan Jianshan as usual. The latter, who was so angry that he had no place to vent, grabbed the former's collar and beat him up, angrily scolding him for being incompetent and ordering him to build a wooden house outside the village from now on and not to worry about this matter anymore.
In Qian Wentao's view, not being able to intervene in this matter meant that he was getting further and further away from his family's money and food.
Guan Jianshan's temper has been getting more and more irritable recently. Although he doesn't know the specific reason, he knows that it will be very disadvantageous to him if he continues like this, so he comes to find Qian Yurou.
Qian Wentao could see that Guan Jianshan treated his sister a little differently than other women.
If Guan Jianshan were the emperor, his favorite among all the concubines would be Qian Yurou.
A few days ago, Qian Yurou led people to harvest a batch of vegetables, and personally prepared a big pot of meals for the people in the village and the refugees outside to eat. Before the meals were distributed, they were tested for poison as usual. Unexpectedly, the person who tested the meals was poisoned to death on the spot after eating.
Qian Yurou, who was cooking, immediately became the target of everyone's criticism. Amidst the arguments and accusations, Guan Jianshan grabbed Qian Yurou and made his attitude clear on the spot, saying that she was definitely not the one who poisoned the food.
Most people knew that Guan Jianshan was trying to protect Qian Yurou, so they said nothing more. However, there were some who were not afraid of death, two of Guan Jianshan's more than ten women. They jumped out and said something bad about Qian Yurou in a sarcastic tone.
Guan Jianshan didn't say a word, he just drew his sword and chopped off the heads of the two women.
"Make some delicious food these days and send it to him every day."
Today, Qian Wentao was too lazy to pretend and spoke in a commanding tone.
Qian Yurou turned her back to him and did not respond.
"Qian Yurou!" Qian Wentao was filled with rage. He quickly walked to the bedside, raised his hand and twisted her shoulders, revealing his vicious side:
"It's been so long, and you're still here mourning over the passing of time. What's the point? Dad's dead, our belongings are scattered around, and our enemies are right in front of us, but you've done nothing. You're so cruel and heartless!"
Qian Yurou looked at him calmly, "I want to ask you again, if possible, let's go back to our old home together, away from the hustle and bustle, and live a simple and ordinary life, okay?"
He looked stunned, as if he had heard a huge joke, with a mocking smile in his eyes, "You are really stupid and stubborn. Now that things have come to this, go back? Where to go back?
Everything has been destroyed by those people, and there is no going back. I must take back the money and food and make them pay a heavy price!
Ever since my father became an official, our family has become a family of power and authority. Now that we are in a high position, there is no way we can go back to the past!
All those who bullied us in the past come to us to curry favor with us with their tails between their legs. Whatever we want, someone will naturally give it to us. How can those who stand on high places and see farther and wider scenery be willing to return to the ground and only see that small piece of sky, like sitting in a well?
If Dad were still alive, his choice would be the same as mine, so if you really respect and love Dad, you must obey my arrangements!"
Seeing the crazy side of the person in front of her, Qian Yurou's eyes were filled with horror and strangeness. At that moment, her heart, which still had a glimmer of hope, died completely, became harder than ice and icy cold to the bone.