The whole family sat together to have breakfast.
Qiuniang consciously placed her chopsticks, held the bowl, and filled the rice.
When the rice bowl was handed to Bai Erzhuang, he didn't even look up at him.
Eugene Gui felt a little better.
After finishing all this, Qiuniang was about to head towards the kitchen with the bowl in hand, wanting to hide in front of the pot door to eat.
Although she was nominally Mrs. Bai's grandnephew, she decided to position herself as the fire-making girl of Lao Bai's family.
How can a fire-burning girl eat with her master?
"Qiuniang, you sit at the table and eat, don't be restrained." Zhen stopped her with a smile.
"Yes, Sister Qiu, you're welcome, let's eat together." Xiao Fuyuan pulled her to sit down together.
"Yes, let's eat with Aunt Qiu." Dalang's children were very kind to their little aunt.
Since the little aunt said Qiuniang is a good person, then she is a good person.
Qiuniang sat on a chair and ate with the Bai family.
She took small bites of the steamed bun.
Old Mrs. Bai couldn't stand it anymore.
"Qiu Niang, does this steamed bun burn your mouth? You eat it in such a small bite?"
Bai family: "..."
Qiuniang took a big bite and swallowed it.
I drank the porridge until I choked.
Old Mrs. Bai continued unceremoniously: "You can't eat white rice in my house. You have to do farm work with me, chopping firewood, feeding pigs, and raising chickens. What can you do if you are so thin? You can't even carry water. You have to eat more." . From tomorrow on, your appetite will be comparable to that of Chun Tao Jin Gui."
"You have to do the work better than Chuntao."
Xie Chuntao's ability is beyond the reach of all the wives in Shenshu Village.
As for Eugene Gui, forget it and just eat the stuff that doesn't work.
Can't learn.
Qiuniang took another big bite of the steamed bun and said, "Auntie, I listen to you."
"Okay, bring me water to water the vegetable patch after dinner."
"good."
Xiao Fuyuan gave Mrs. Bai a piece of food with chopsticks, admiring her wholeheartedly.
After the meal, Qiuniang carried the bucket and followed Mrs. Bai into the vegetable field.
Old Mrs. Bai sometimes complained that Qiuniang walked slowly, and sometimes she complained that Qiuniang was not doing her job well.
"Don't say I treated you harshly. This is what you need to know to survive in the countryside."
"I know." Qiuniang burst into tears of gratitude.
Old lady Bai sighed.
If you don't understand, you are a stick.
This is how she taught Zhen before. It doesn't matter if Zhen doesn't learn well, there is a white wooden board that will follow Zhen around like a licking dog. Although Mrs. Zhen lived a poor life in Lao Bai's family, she had never been angry with a man or wronged by her husband's family.
Qiuniang is different. After coming out of the fireworks field, there is no man to rely on for love, but she has to rely on herself.
Xiao Fuyuan followed behind to scoop up water and said to Qiuniang: "Sister Qiu, my grandma looks fierce, but she is actually very good."
Old Mrs. Bai was worried that her granddaughter still understood her.
"Sister, come here." Bai Dazhuang called to Xiao Fuyuan.
Xiao Fuyuan came to Bai Dazhuang's "experimental field".
"Sister, the millet you gave me last time has sprouted. Take a look." Bai Dazhuang squatted happily in the experimental field and said.
Xiao Fuyuan squatted next to Bai Dazhuang and saw some buds sprouting from a small patch of ground. He couldn't tell them unless he looked carefully.
"As expected." Xiao Fuyuan pointed at Ya Ya and said.
"Sister, this swallow millet is drought-resistant. It only grows wild in the mountains. The seeds are hard to find. I have planted them twice before, but they did not sprout. Sister, the seeds you gave me sprouted. I deliberately did not water them. Look, in the dry land sprouts.”
Xiao Fuyuan saw that the small patch of land where the sprouts grew was indeed dry and cracked. The buds are growing tenaciously on the dry ground.
"I'm trying to see if the buds can grow into ears. If so, we will try planting them next year." Bai Dazhuang told Xiao Fuyuan his thoughts.
It would be great if it really yields ears and a harvest.
In Bai Dazhuang's memory, there have been at least four major droughts in the Nanguan Mountain area.
The most recent severe drought occurred two years before Xiao Fuyuan was born. There was no rain for half a year, the land was cracked, all the crops died, and there was no harvest.
All the bark on the mountains has been eaten away.
Ever since my sister was born, the weather in Shenshu Village has been smooth, and everyone has forgotten the famine caused by drought in the past.
Bai Dazhuang has always wanted to cultivate Yanshu seeds.
Although millet is not as delicious as wheat and corn.
In this way, even if there is a severe drought, with swallows and millet, at least they will not starve to death.
But before, he had a hard time finding an ear, but it didn't sprout even after planting it twice.
This germination shows how much hope it brings to Bai Dazhuang.
"Brother, this seed will sprout and bear ears." Xiao Fuyuan pointed to the buds in the ground and said.
My sister's words speak volumes.
Bai Dazhuang's eyes lit up.
At this time, there was a commotion in the yard, and Xie Xiaolian came in.
"Master. What do you think of this move of mine?" Bai Zhaomei studied Kung Fu with Xie Xiaolian extremely seriously.
I haven't seen Xie Xiaolian these days, so I caught him for advice.
Xie Xiaolian gave Bai Zhaomei some pointers, then walked to Mrs. Bai's vegetable field and said with a smile: "Grandma Bai, I need Qiuniang to go home."
Xie Xiaolian glanced at Qiuniang's face with sharp eyes.
Old Mrs. Bai said: "What do you want her to do? She belongs to the girl's family."
Since she is her niece, she has to protect her.
"Grandma Bai, I just want to ask a few words."
"If you ask anything, just ask at my house."
"My young master was kidnapped some time ago. I need to ask Qiuniang a few words."
Old Mrs. Bai thought for a while and said to Qiuniang: "You can follow, it's just opposite. His child is A Zhen, who was abducted together with my granddaughter."
Qiuniang nodded.
Old Mrs. Bai said to Xie Xiaolian: "Qiuniang is my niece now, you can't scare her."
Xie Xiaolian said: "Don't worry, we are not a three-party interrogator. Why scare a girl? The kidnapper that day had nothing to do with Qiuniang. He just asked her a few words about the iron ore."
"Also, no one else will know about Qiuniang's stay in the mine. She is your great-niece."
Mrs. Bai is satisfied!
Xie Xiaolian took Qiuniang to the opposite side.
Mrs. Bai greeted Xiao Fuyuan: "Xiao Yuanbao, you go with your sister Qiu."
Xiao Fuyuan nodded and took Qiuniang's hand to the other side.
When they arrived at the big house, they were invited to the study room, where A Zhen sat on a rosewood chair.
He Shun was waiting on the side and said to Xiao Fuyuan with a smile: "Xiao Yuanbao, how about I ask Aunt Chen to take you to the back kitchen and ask Liu Yishou if he wants something delicious? He made a few more novel dishes. I will talk to the young master later. Play."
Ah Zhen said apologetically: "Sister, brother, I have something to ask Sister Qiu. Can I play with you again later?"
Xiao Fuyuan nodded obediently and said to Qiuniang: "Sister, you don't have to be afraid, they are all good people." Brother Azhen, you have seen him. "
Qiuniang nodded, relieved from the pressure she felt when she first entered the door.
Xiao Fuyuan happily followed Aunt Chen to the kitchen to find Liu Yishou.
"Miss Qiu, don't be nervous. The main reason I came to you is to know about the iron ore. Apart from the secret passage, how much else do you know?" He Shun asked for A Zhen.
Qiuniang glanced at A Zhen for a few times. Although she didn't know his identity, she had an idea of what he was like from the moment he entered the door to the layout of the room.
She blessed Fu and said, "I know."
