Smoke curls from the kitchen.
The soup started to be stewed in the kitchen, and the large bones bought were stewed with jade bamboo shoots. This is a nutritious meal soup.
Stir-fry pig's blood and wild vegetables together, add more oil, and it tastes very good.
The pork belly is cut into small square pieces and stewed in a pot to make sweet braised pork.
White rice is simmering in the pot, and the fragrance of rice mixed with the smell of meat fills the yard.
Zhao Sidan was chopping wild vegetables to feed the ducklings. As soon as he smelled the fragrance, he couldn't help but drooled.
Cheng Wanwan glared at him: "We can't start eating until your eldest brother, second brother and third brother come back."
Zhao Dashan went to the fields to weed and fertilize. No matter how much money he made during the day, the first thing he did when he came back was to go to the fields. For farmers, land is the most fundamental thing.
Zhao Ergou went to the mountain to carry water. Li Zheng arranged for someone to dig a reservoir halfway down the mountainside. The people in Dahe Village were very close to carrying water, and it took about a quarter of an hour to go back and forth.
After Zhao Ergou came back from carrying four buckets of water, he went up the mountain to help Zhao Sanniu chop wood. The wood was chopped and piled in the yard, and he would chop it after dinner.
Cheng Wanwan walked to the door of the yard, ready to ask Zhao Dashan to come back for dinner. As soon as he walked out, Aunt Wang next door whispered to her: "Da Shan's wife, after you go out, Dashan's wife will go to the field to pull weeds alone. She fell down, but luckily my Damai saw her and helped her up, otherwise something might have happened."
Cheng Wanwan was stunned for a moment.
After she came back from the town, Huiniang looked no different from usual. She also directed Huiniang to cook and was very busy.
"Thank you Loach Girl."
Cheng Wanwan turned around and entered the house.
She saw Wu Huiniang sitting on a stool and resting. As soon as she saw her coming in, Wu Huiniang stood up immediately and quickly checked the meat in the pot.
Her eyes narrowed, her eldest daughter-in-law was forcing herself.
She walked over and sat down with Wu Huiniang: "How do you feel?"
Wu Huiniang shook her head hurriedly: "Mom, I'm fine, nothing's wrong."
"Si Dan, go and invite Dr. Zheng over." Cheng Wanwan ordered and forced Wu Huiniang to lie on the bed. "If something like this happens again in the future, you are not allowed to hold on alone."
Wu Huiniang's voice choked up: "Mom, I'm so useless. I have no ability. I can't help the family with making money. I even fell down and made my mother worried..."
"Who says you can't help?" Cheng Wanwan said, "Didn't you help prepare the ice powder every night? Didn't you cook every meal at home? Clean the yard and wash clothes, what kind of thing didn't you do? We did it during the day You went to town to sell ice powder, and you dug so many wild vegetables... If you fall, no one will do the work, and the family will be in a mess. Hui Niang, don't underestimate yourself in the future."
Wu Huiniang's eyes were red.
She was really frightened today. She originally wanted to pull weeds in the fields so that she could relax a little after the mountains came back, but the field ridges were wet and she fell to the ground without stepping firmly. Fortunately, Barley passed by, otherwise I don’t know how long I have been lying in the paddy field.
As soon as she came back, she found that her body was red. She was so frightened that she lay in bed for two hours before she recovered. After she felt better, she hurried up the mountain to dig wild vegetables to feed the chickens and ducks, and then started cutting cloth and making clothes... In short, the whole day They were all busy, so busy that they forgot about seeing red under their bodies.
It wasn't until her mother-in-law asked her that she felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen.
She suddenly began to be afraid, what if the child could not be saved...
Not long after, Doctor Zheng came.
Doctor Zheng is a barefoot doctor in Dahe Village. However, he is young and every family is poor. If there is a headache or fever, everyone has to deal with it on their own. Doctor Zheng has not seen a doctor for a long time.
Hearing that Wu Huiniang was in trouble, some women in the village who were not in trouble came with her.
One doctor, Zheng, attracted seven or eight women who were watching, all waiting in the yard to see what was going on.
There are no rules on the protection of men and women in the village. Doctor Zheng put his finger directly on Wu Huiniang's pulse. After a long while, he said: "The pulse is a little unstable, but it's not serious. I'll just prescribe some anti-fetal medicine. But the anti-fetal medicine It’s not cheap. If Dashan Niang is sure she wants it, she can ask Sidan to go back with me to prepare the medicine.”
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "Of course I want it, Doctor Zheng just asks the price."
Doctor Zheng said slowly: "The consultation fee is three cents, and a pack of anti-fetal medicine is five cents. Dashan's daughter-in-law has to take it for at least three days, three meals a day. There are nine packs of anti-fetal medicine in total, which adds up to forty-eight cents. "
Wu Huiniang's face turned pale: "Mom, I feel much better. I don't need anti-fetal medicine..."
"It doesn't matter what you say."
Cheng Wanwan pushed her back, turned around and went to the next room to get the coins. The coins she earned today were all locked in the cabinet. She counted out forty-eight coins and walked out and handed it to Doctor Zheng.
The women standing at the door saw dozens of coins pouring into Mr. Zheng's pocket.
"Who said Dashan Niang abused her daughter-in-law? I will look down on anyone who says this in the future."
"Da Shan Niang must have made money. Smell it, there is the smell of meat in the kitchen. You can still eat meat these days, so you can see that you have made a lot of money."
"I just took a sneak peek. It was stewed with jade bamboo shoots made with big bones. Big bones are not expensive. You can buy a big one for ten cents."
Bone soup was boiling in a broken pot in the kitchen, with other meat and rice covered with a lid. Others were too embarrassed to open it to see what it was, thinking that the meaty aroma in the yard was coming from the pig bones.
"It's not like we can't afford it for ten cents. We have jade bamboo shoots at home, so we can make a pot of soup later."
"Oh, I remember. Yesterday, my girl sent two kilograms of lantern grass over. Dashan Niang still owes our family four cents. Dashan's wife hired a doctor. Dashan Niang won't have any money to pay us, right?"
"Speaking of which, Dashan Niang hasn't even given us the eggs from the past few days!"
Cheng Wanwan sent Mr. Zheng out, and Zhao Sidan followed to get the anti-fetal medicine.
Wu Huiniang was fine. The big stone in her heart fell, and a smile appeared on her face: "Sisters-in-law and aunts, please wait for a while. I will settle the account for everyone now."
After she said this, many people came to the village. The lanterns were brought by the children, and the adults who came to settle accounts were all adults in the family.
Cheng Wanwan asked Zhao Ergou to move a table and place it in the yard. There were forty or fifty copper plates in one bowl and seven or eight eggs in the other bowl.
She smiled and said: "Come one by one, don't be in a hurry."
"Loach girl, four cents and two eggs, take them."
"Tiezhu Niang, two cents, an egg..."
Cheng Wanwan's memory was very good, and he remembered exactly what these people did, and he quickly settled all the accounts.
The women in the village were worried that Cheng Wanwan would default on the debt, so she came to collect the debt in person. Now she settled the account clearly. The women couldn't help but asked with some worry: "Sister-in-law Zhao, do you still have this lantern?" Receive it?"
Cheng Wanwan still smiled: "Of course I'll take it, it's still the old price, two cents a pound."
The women in the village are very satisfied with the price. There are a lot of lanterns on the mountain. As long as you pick them, you will get money. All the money is free.
On the other hand, Sister-in-law Zhao worked hard all day and finally earned a few copper coins. After seeing a doctor and settling her account, she had nothing left.
A discordant voice came from the crowd: "Sister-in-law, is it too little to pay two cents per pound?"
