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Chapter 61

It's a nice day today, the wind is gentle and the sun is shining.

In early March, the sun was warm and slightly warm.

It was still early at this time, so Chen Yuping moved the bamboo couch into the courtyard, and the four children sat in a row, basking in the sun.

He rubbed the top of their hair one by one, kissed their foreheads, and warned them gently: "You can't play on the ground. If you need something, just call me. I'll make delicious pumpkin cakes for you in the kitchen. If you don't obey, you won't get it." Eat the pumpkin pie, do you understand? "

" Dad, be good!" Brother Cao smiled sweetly.

"Third uncle/third uncle, be good!" An Ge'er and Qiao Niu'er said at the same time, with sweet smiles and crescent-shaped eyebrows.

Finally, it was Da Zhuang: "Third uncle, I will keep an eye on my younger brothers and sisters and not let them play in the fields."

"Well, I believe you." Chen Yuping patted his little head one by one and entered the kitchen room briskly.

Not far away, near the old house, nearly a hundred people were busy busy, their clothes were half wet with sweat.

The three brothers, An Ge, Cao Ge, Da Zhuang, were instantly fascinated and watched with gusto without blinking for a long time.

Qiao Niuer took a look, but she didn't seem to find anything interesting. She looked left and right, her eyes turned in circles, and then she looked at the crowd not far away, but she still didn't find anything interesting. , she pouted, stretched out her little foot and kicked Brother An next to her, but Brother An didn't react at all. She kicked Brother Cao'er on the right again, but Brother Cao also didn't respond.

All right. Qiao Niuer played with her little fleshy hands in disappointment and poked the fleshy hollows on the back of her hands. After playing for a while, it was no longer interesting. She lay down on the bamboo couch and rolled back and forth twice. Maybe she still felt uncomfortable. She got up again and glanced in the direction of the stove, as if she was thinking about something. .

After a while, Qiao Niuer lay down on the bamboo couch, rubbing her little body out little by little, and her fat little feet dangling in the air. She rubbed very carefully and skillfully. In a moment, she rubbed most of her body, with her toes on the ground. She saw the child grinning with joy, and then continued to rub. Soon, she succeeded in getting out of the bamboo. The couch stood on the ground.

Although the person was standing on the ground, Qiao Niu'er's hands were still holding on to the bamboo couch. This child was stable.

When Chen Yuping came out with the hot and fragrant pumpkin cake, he saw Qiao Niu'er holding on to the bamboo couch, spinning around it, walking quite decently.

It makes sense when you think about it. She turned one year old a few days ago, and among the three little babies, she is the best at walking.

"Qiao Niuer." Chen Yuping deliberately grimaced.

Qiao Niuer looked up and smiled sweetly: "Third Uncle." She stretched out her hand again and said in a coquettish voice, "Hug!"

Brother Cao, who was watching the excitement attentively, heard Third Uncle With two words, he quickly turned his head and looked to the side.

It was indeed my father.

"Daddy!" After shouting loudly, he crawled twice and opened his little arms like lotus roots: "Hug."

Chen Yuping held the pumpkin cake in his hand, and there was no way he could hold the two little babies. .

And it's not a question of whether to embrace it or not.

"Qiao Niu'er, why are you on the ground?"

Qiao Niu'er blinked, looked down at her little feet, then looked up at her third uncle, grinning and smiling, she looked cute and cute.

"It's impossible to get by with cuteness." Chen Yuping said seriously: "You can only eat half of the pumpkin cake."

Brother An and Da Zhuang each divided two pumpkin cakes, one in each hand. Just caught it.

As for Qiao Niu'er, Chen Yuping split the pumpkin into two, threw half into his mouth, and handed the other half to Baba'er, who looked at his little niece with a cold heart and a cold heart: "This is yours." As he said that, he hugged her. When she got to the bamboo couch, she changed out of her dirty shoes and socks.

Qiao Niuer looked at half a pumpkin cake in her hand, and then looked at her brothers and sisters next to her, each holding a pumpkin cake, and was stunned for a moment - bursting into tears.

"Be good, there's no point in crying." Chen Yuping rubbed the top of her hair: "You three brothers should be good and don't play on the ground."

Father Chen came back from the vegetable garden: "Why is Qiao Niu'er crying?" Oops , cried till I had tears and runny nose. I was so sad that I didn't forget to bite the pumpkin pie in my hand. Even my crying was muffled. I couldn't help but laugh and laugh.

"Disobedient." Chen Yuping raised the dirty shoes and socks in his hands.

There are shoes for walking on the ground. They are soft shoes to prevent children from getting cold feet.

"Grandpa." Qiao Niu'er cried so sadly that she ate and cried. She pointed at her brothers and sisters next to her and said something blatantly. Then she pointed at her third uncle who was standing under the eaves with a small mouth. Baby, baby, baby, tears rolling.

Father Chen - Father Chen only understood the word "grandpa".

An Ge'er understood and explained in a sweet voice: "There is no pie." He raised the pumpkin pie in his hand.

"Cake cake." Brother Cao also raised the pumpkin cake in his hand and nibbled it in small mouthfuls, like a little squirrel chewing nuts in the forest. He glanced at his sister with his little eyes, as if he felt that she was very pitiful. As if, every trace of sympathy can be seen.

Chen Yuping felt that he must have thought too much. How could the little milk baby have such rich emotions, but he still couldn't help laughing.

This smile caused trouble. Qiao Niu'er didn't pay attention to her when she saw her grandpa. Her fake sadness turned into real sadness, and she started crying even harder.

Father Chen put the food in his hand into the stove, mixed it with a basin of warm water, brought it to the bamboo couch, twisted the half-wet handkerchief, and washed his little granddaughter's face: "If you disobey me, you won't be able to eat the pumpkin cake. It's not your uncle's fault. There's nothing you can do about it. Your uncle made the pumpkin pie. If he doesn't give it to you, there's nothing I can do about it."

Qiao Niuer was still crying, hiccupping and sobbing, asking for her mother-in-law.

"It's useless to call you grandma. Even if your grandma comes, you still don't have pumpkin cake to eat because you are disobedient. Your third uncle said he won't give it to you, but he can't eat it. There is nothing you can do about it." , If you don't believe it, I'll take you to find your grandma."

Xu Shi understood the words "find grandma." Qiao Niuer's cry was a little quieter, her big round eyes were bright red, like a little baby. rabbit.

Father Chen picked her up and went to his second son's house next door.

Chen Yuping washed the dirty shoes and socks, brought out warm water, and fed Brother An and Brother Cao some. Da Zhuang could eat by himself.

"Do you want to pee?" Thinking that he hadn't peed for more than an hour, he first picked up Brother An, peed for him, and then picked up Brother Cao. Brother Cao was held in his father's arms, giggling. She smiled happily, even a little excited. She twisted around in Dad's arms and pressed her tender little face against Dad's. It was really delicate and intimate.

This is really his heart. Chen Yuping thought about it and asked gently: "Good boy, do you want to pee?"

Brother Cao'er kept smiling and called daddy in a soft and sweet voice.

Chen Yuping peed for him, just a little bit, and played with him for a while: "Be good, daddy wants to cook, you stay here to bask in the sun, call daddy if you need anything." He kissed his forehead and rubbed his little head. , put the person back on the bamboo couch.

When Father Chen entered the kitchen house, Chen Yuping asked, "Where is Qiao Niuer?"

"I'm not crying anymore. She's on the bamboo couch outside."

"Sure, I'll make a small wreath for her to wear." Chen Yuping was just thinking about making a wreath for his little niece, but his father happened to be back, which delayed him.

"Go."

In early March, lush green grass and beautiful wild flowers can be seen everywhere.

Chen Yuping didn't leave for long. He made a small garland around the house in a few strokes. It was colorful and pretty. He blew the flowers carefully to avoid insects inside.

"Qiao Niuer, look what this is." Chen Yuping took out a small wreath and waved it in front of his little niece.

The wiry Qiao Niu'er's eyes suddenly lit up when she saw the little wreath: "Uncle Third!"

"You have to be good. If you say you can't walk on the ground, you must not walk on the ground." Cut the garland on the little niece , Chen Yuping rubbed her head and went into the kitchen to continue preparing lunch.

Brother Cao'er glanced at the small wreath in his sister's hand, blinked, turned his head and continued to look not far away.

An Geer and Da Zhuang didn't even look at them.

When light smoke floats out of the chimney and the rich aroma of rice fills the air.

Cui Yuanjiu, who was sweating profusely, walked out of the crowd. He was wearing a thin t-shirt, revealing his strong bronze arms. He walked with his head held high and his chest held high. Among the nearly a hundred men, he stood out the most.

The bamboo couch has been moved under the eaves. At noon, the sun is slightly scorching, so it is not suitable for children to bask in the sun.

When Brother Cao saw Cui Yuanjiu, he grinned at him and stretched out his hands for a hug.

"I'm dirty. I'll hug you later." Cui Yuanjiu squatted in front of the bamboo couch, regardless of whether Brother Cao understood or not, and spoke to him slowly: "Be good."

Chen Yuping stood at the door of the kitchen house: "Come on. Take a shower and then eat?"

"That's fine."

There's no room for nearly a hundred people to sit at home, so we just eat on the construction site.

Chen's father, Liu Guixiang, and his uncle's three aunts and uncles packed vegetables in large earthenware pots, and the rice was steamed in wooden barrels. One pot of potted vegetables and one bucket of rice were brought to the construction site next to them.

This thing seems simple, but the work is not easy. The main reason is that there are many people. Of course, the least easy thing is preparing meals for nearly a hundred people. Fortunately, it only requires one soup, one meat and one vegetable, so it is not too troublesome.

Recently, Chen Yuandong's family of three also ate here.

Naturally, we can't open a small stove, so whatever everyone eats, the family will eat accordingly.

Chen Yuping is good at cooking, and the big pot dishes are also very delicious. The taste is strong enough. Although the dishes are a bit lacking, they are still delicious.

After eating, clearing away the dishes is not an easy task.

The uncle and the two sisters-in-law from the third uncle's family came over to help. Together with Liu Guixiang, Chen's father and Chen Yuping, they were all hands-on and worked quickly, so it was not too tiring.

Cui Yuanjiu, who had taken a bath, and Chen Yuandong, an old man, were playing with their children in the main room.

Each person has a baby, and Da Zhuang is watching from the side. He is really a very quiet and sensible child.

Cui Yuanjiu played with Brother Cao for a while and asked him to sit on the bamboo couch to rest. Then he picked up Da Zhuang and played with him, lifting him up high and letting him ride on his shoulders. Da Zhuang smiled happily. Brother Cao was a little bit Excited and giggling non-stop.

"Tomorrow I have to ask Zhang Zhiwei to come over and play with Da Zhuang." Old Chen had wanted to do this for a long time: "He takes it too easy as a father."

Chen Yuandong nodded: "Indeed."

Zhang Zhiwei said He also came over to help. He first finished his work in the fields and then came here to help. After dinner, he returned home and had to clean up the trivial things at home.

It's a bit busy.

But Old Man Chen felt that no matter how busy he was, he had to take some time to play with his children. It was just a matter of a while and it wouldn't delay anything.

"Speaking of which, brother-in-law has changed a lot recently."

Old man Chen was a little satisfied: "We can still make improvements. If we are half as old as the two of us, it will be enough."

"..." Father is praising himself, right?

Chapter 62

After playing wildly with the adults for a while, the children were a little sleepy and it was time to take a nap.

It happened that the stove room was also tidied up, and Chen Yuandong and his wife took Qiao Niu'er back to the next door room, while Brother An, the strong man, was looked after by Old Man Chen, and Cui Yuanjiu held Brother Cao and walked side by side with Chen Yuping.

"We have a lot of people and are very fast. The villagers work very hard and no one is lazy. I estimate that our three-sided courtyard will be completed by the end of April at the latest. The whole of May will be used to decorate the house and then select We will move in on an auspicious day in early June."

Chen Yuping took off his outer clothes and bent over to take him to the bed: "We are busy with farming in July," he thought and shook his head. : "It's not appropriate. You have to move into the new house with us. Otherwise, if we get married in May and move to the new house in early June, wouldn't it be too early?"

"Getting married in the old house?" Cui Yuanjiu I don't think it's appropriate either: "I won't move to a new house after the busy farming season. I'll live in the old house for ten days and a half, and we'll pick an auspicious day for us to get married. Moreover, we have to go to the groom's clothes for our wedding. Shen Jiawu, I don't know if Shen Xiu Niang will agree to it, and how long it will take for her to sew it."

Chen Yuping patted his forehead: "Forget about this, go to Shen Jiawu this afternoon?"

"Okay." Cui Yuanjiu. Glancing at Brother Cao in the bed, he was sleeping like a pink and tender little piglet and said, "Let's take Brother Cao with us, a family of three." The softness growing from the bottom of his heart warmed his stern eyebrows, Deep in her eyes is the lingering affection like spring blossoms.

Chen Yuping's face became slightly hot: "Do you want to sleep for a while?"

"Sleep here?" Cui Yuanjiu glanced at the bed.

"That's fine, as long as you don't feel crowded."

"Why are you crowded? Just don't feel hot."

"Move Brother Cao further into the bed." Chen Yuping took off his outer clothes.

Cui Yuanjiu, who has long arms and legs, picked him up easily and moved him carefully to the bed: "Try your own little quilt for him?"

"Well, he is very angry, and the sun is good today."

"I The anger is also strong, I will hold you, we don't need to cover you with a thin quilt."

Chen Yuping rolled his eyes and lay down on the bed, leaving some space next to him. He looked at Cui Yuanjiu's tall and strong figure and moved toward Brother Cao. I got slapped next to me.

The sleeping Brother Cao may have felt a familiar breath, so he turned over and leaned into his father's arms. Chen Yuping had to turn sideways to make Brother Cao sleep more comfortably.

Cui Yuanjiu also lay on the bed, looking at the father and son sleeping in each other's arms, with a soft heart. He turned sideways and put his strong arms around Brother Ping's waist: "I don't think it is crowded at all. We are a family of three, and we are sleeping Just right."

"Stop talking and go to sleep.

" After a while, Cui Yuanjiu asked, "Brother Ping, I can't sleep without your kiss." Very pitiful.

That is to say, he is afraid of disturbing Brother Cao. Otherwise, Chen Yuping really wants to look back and see how shameless this person is: "You have more things to do than Brother Cao."

"If you don't give me a kiss, Brother Cao will definitely do it. " Can't sleep."

"Kiss yourself."

"I'm coming!" said the voice happily.

Chen Yuping was inexplicably nervous.

Cui Yuanjiu came closer little by little, and Brother Ping's fair and handsome cheeks were very close, but he was a little greedy, and his eyes fell on Brother Ping's slightly pursed lips. The color was slightly lighter and pinker, and it looked very delicious.

It's not easy to kiss Brother Ping on the mouth.

Cui Yuanjiu took advantage of his tall stature, long arms and legs, and propped himself up as if he wanted to hold the father and son in his arms. He tilted his head slightly, found a suitable angle, and kissed Brother Ping on the mouth. He licked it with unsatisfied intention and smiled brightly, like a young man who got candy.

Chen Yuping was dazzled by his bright smile. His heart was beating very hard. He wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. His whole body was filled with heat.

"Sleep." Cui Yuanjiu lay back on the bed, put his arms around Brother Ping's waist, satisfied, and fell asleep soon.

Chen Yuping, on the other hand, was still very energetic, and the softness in his heart still lingered, disturbing him from falling asleep.

Chen Yuping was a little thirsty and woke up in a daze. There was no one around him, neither Cui Yuanjiu nor Brother Cao.

Where are people?

He rolled out of bed, picked up his coat and put it on. After taking two steps, he heard the idiot laughing outside the house. He laughed very excitedly and shouted in a milky voice: "Go high! Go high!"

He thought it was him . He raised it high, but when he went out to see it, he was throwing it high. Chen Yuping really admired Brother Cao, and he was not afraid at all. Boys are boys, even if they are brothers, they are still boys at heart.

"Your father is awake." Cui Yuanjiu hugged Brother Cao and smiled at Chen Yuping.

Brother Cao'er turned around and saw his father, he grinned and reached out for a hug.

Chen Yuping thought that he might have just woken up and his eyes were a little blurry. He actually felt that the smiles of Cui Yuanjiu and Brother Cao were very sweet, and the sweetness entered his heart. There were also faint smiles on the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, like spring breeze blowing flowers.

"How long have you been up?" Chen Yuping walked over, hugged Brother Cao, and took out the handkerchief from his pocket: "There is a layer of sweat in your hair."

"Gaogao." Brother Cao's fat little arms , struggling to make a high throw, smiling like a little fool.

"I just woke up not long ago."

"Brother An and the others are still sleeping?" Chen Yuping asked when he saw the bamboo couch was empty.

"No, my father took me to my second brother's house. I told my second uncle that we would go to Shen's house later."

"Are you leaving now?"

"Yeah. I'll hitch the ox cart."

Cui Yuanjiu hitched the ox cart. Slowly drove to the front of the house.

Zhang Zhiwei happened to come over: "Where are we going?"

"Go to Shen's house."

"Oh." Zhang Zhiwei went into the kitchen house to drink a bowl of water, and then went to the construction site next to him carrying a big hammer.

Chen Yuping felt that he had performed well recently: "Brother-in-law, have you finished the trivial matters at hand?"

"Yes." It was rare to see Brother Ping be so kind, so Zhang Zhiwei was a little cautious: "I'll come over to help."

"Brother-in-law ." Thank you for your hard work. We have potato braised chicken tonight. It is impossible to cook potato braised chicken. There are too many people. It is impossible to taste the meat without killing more than a dozen chickens. Chen Yuping bought dozens of kilograms of pork ribs. All in all. It is still slightly cheaper than buying pork belly directly, because the Chen family needs a lot of meat every day, so the price will be more favorable.

The most important thing is that the meaty ribs are particularly delicious.

Zhang Zhi smiled naively, feeling happy. He ate steamed pork belly with dried plums and vegetables at noon, and braised pork ribs with potatoes in the evening. He was a little tired from the day after day, but he still felt as if he had gained a little weight.

There was nothing much going on in the afternoon. Old Chen and Chen Yuandong were also helping to build a house, stirring mud, picking stones, and carrying trees, etc.

Zhang Zhiwei came over carrying a big hammer, and Old Man Chen and Chen Yuandong saw him.

"Father, second brother."

"Are you done?"

"Yes."

Speaking of which, Zhang Zhiwei is pretty good. Old man Chen was thinking about it, and spoke with a bit of gentleness: "You have been here to help every day these days, so you are interested."

"This is what I should do."

These words sounded comfortable. Old man Chen nodded: "You should give more attention to the two children."

"Ah -" Zhang Zhiwei was a little confused and a little panicked. Wouldn't you let him take the child home?

Chen Yuandong looked at him confused and explained: "After dinner, don't be in a hurry and take the two children to play. No matter how busy or tired Yuanjiu and I are every day, we will take some time to take care of the children." Da Zhuang and An Geer can only watch helplessly as they play. You, the father, hang out in front of them every day and don't know how to get close to them. "

"I, I, I understand." As he said so, he felt a little guilty and a little sour in his heart. These two little bastards are much more blessed than his father. Thinking about when he was a child, as long as he can remember, his mother and father called him, besides working, is he working or playing with him? Stop dreaming.

Cui Yuanjiu drove an ox cart and slowly left Kuzhu Village.

Brother Cao rarely goes out with his father, especially riding in an ox cart, which makes him a little excited. The ox cart drives slowly and smoothly. He crawls here and there, looking around in circles.

The wild flowers blooming in the fields swayed gently in the breeze, butterflies were flying and honey was buzzing, and birds flew quickly across the branches, leaving behind crisp bird songs and disappearing.

"Huahua!"

"Buzz!"

"Bird!"

Butterfly, Brother Cao pointed at the butterfly. He didn't know what it was: "Daddy, daddy." "

Butterfly." "

Mush."

​​"Butterfly."

"

"Butterfly. "

Brother

Cao chuckled and threw himself into Dad's arms. "Sweet."

"Chen Yuping." I pinched his nose and said, "I'll make some sweet paste for you to eat tonight."

Brother Cao understood. He smiled, showing his white rice-grained teeth, and stood up holding his father's arm, and put his arms around his neck. , rubbing his face: "Daddy."

Xiao Nai's voice was so sweet, Chen Yuping thought, this sweetheart is going to kill him.

Cui Yuanjiu, who was driving the bullock cart, pricked up his ears to listen to the noise behind him, and glanced back from time to time.

The eyebrows are soft and the corners of the mouth are raised.

It is not easy to meet Shen Xiu Niang. You must first find the patriarch of the Shen family.

Patriarch Shen knew that Chen Yuping had many foodies among the Shen family's children, and he was one of them.

Knowing their purpose of coming, Patriarch Shen happily allowed them to meet Shen Xiu Niang, but he had no way of deciding whether Shen Xiu Niang would agree to sew the groom's clothes.

Perhaps because she had stayed in the palace, Shen Xiu Niang had a very gentle temperament and spoke softly and slowly without haste.

She has an ordinary face and fair complexion, but she can also be called a beauty.

"A family of three, the same size and style?"

"Yes. I want to wear it on the wedding day."

Shen Xiu Niang thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "You can let me sew the clothes. I will decide the style. I can sew it however I want."

"No problem."

Chapter 63

I didn't expect that the groom's clothes would be solved so easily.

"Bring the materials to Shen Xiu Niang tomorrow. By the way, how much deposit do you need to pay and how long will it take to complete?" Chen Yuping had never been outside, so he really couldn't figure out the price: "You know a lot, how much will it cost?" "

Cui Yuanjiu

really couldn't tell. "I haven't paid attention to this aspect. It shouldn't be too little or too much." Chen Yuping said with a smile. "Fortunately, we have some wealth, so we don't have to be too nervous."

"If it's not enough, I'll find a way."

"We'll find a way together." Chen Yuping reached out to hold Cui Yuanjiu's hand and looked at him with a smile.

Cui Yuanjiu's eyes slightly curved, and he nodded seriously: "Yes, let's find a solution together."

When he got home, it was only half afternoon, and Cui Yuanjiu took Aniu back to the cowshed.

Thinking that it was still early, he said to Chen Yuping: "I'm going to go to the mountains to see if I can catch some game."

"Going into the mountains now? It's already the end of the day, what kind of game can I catch?"

"There's no game, so look for it. " Some firewood will do."

The firewood at home has indeed been consumed a lot. Chen Yuping nodded: "Cheng, go ahead and be careful."

Just as he walked out of the stove, Cui Yuanjiu looked back as if he had thought of something. He rolled his eyes and said, "If I don't come back in the evening, don't worry, I might have gone to the mountains."

Chen Yuping heard something: "You didn't just plan to go to the mountains, did you?"

"No. , I just want to look for it. If I find any traces of wild boars, I will look for them in the mountains. If I don't find any, I will come back when the time is almost up. "

" Are you going to catch wild boars alone?" Chen Yuping frowned. " Isn't it too dangerous?"

Cui Yuanjiu smiled and said, "I know what to do, don't worry."

"Go to the stall and take some steamed buns with you. If you don't make it back, I'll fry two more egg pancakes for you. " "It's too late."

"Put in two more eggs, it's delicious." Cui Yuanjiu smiled like a sunny boy.

Chen Yuping retorted: "You are so beautiful." In the end, he took out six eggs, put two eggs on a pancake, and pulled a handful of green onions from the vegetable garden.

Hearing that he was going into the mountains and might not be able to come back in time for dinner, Liu Guixiang took six steamed buns in one go, cut two more pieces of braised pork, and also wanted to get five-spice tea eggs.

"No, Brother Ping has baked egg pancakes." Cui Yuanjiu quickly stopped him.

Liu Guixiang neatly packed it with oil paper, wrapping it one layer after another, carefully and securely: "Our braised pork is also delicious when eaten with steamed buns. Just watch the weather and don't come back too late."

"Thank you, second sister-in-law. "

The family doesn't need to be so polite."

In the old house's kitchen, Chen Yuping packed up the baked egg pancakes and filled a pot of warm water: "If you want to go into the mountains, go into the mountains quickly. Don't wait too long.

" Hug you." Cui Yuanjiu put the bamboo shoots aside, reached out to hug Brother Ping in front of him, and kissed his forehead: "I followed my master into the mountains when I was ten years old. I was lucky and met a male wild boar. The master asked me Afraid or not, I said no, and then we caught the wild boar."

Chen Yuping touched his face and said, "I know what you are capable of, so hurry up and leave." Then he laughed again: "I found out. , you are becoming more and more delicate, just like Brother Cao."

"Because Brother Cao and I both like you."

Cui Yuanjiu had just left the house with the bamboo on his back when he saw an ox cart slowly approaching the house.

Sitting on it were two brothers, Chen Yuanqiu and Chen Yuchun.

The family needed an ox cart in the morning, so they were sent to the town early in the morning, and the ox cart was driven back immediately, so the ox cart was probably rented.

"Brother Ninth, where are you going?"

"Go into the mountain."

Go into the mountain. Chen Yuanqiu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Wait for me, I'll go with you."

Cui Yuanjiu looked at Brother Ping next to him.

"Go if you want. Just watch him, he might hold you back."

"Third brother! You don't think highly of me so much? It's not the first time you go into the mountains with Ninth Brother."

Chen Yuping told him: "The situation is different today. If you want to go, go now. My eldest brother and I will take care of these trivial matters."

"Yes, it won't take long to go to the mountain in the afternoon. Why don't you go in the morning?" Chen Yuchun was a little curious.

"Probably I thought I'd go there this time." Chen Yuping wasn't sure.

Chen Yuanqiu really threw away what he was doing and ran towards Cui Yuanjiu happily: "Brother Jiu, let's go." He smiled so hard that the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears.

Dinner is braised pork ribs with potatoes, braised winter melon, and wild mushroom soup.

"Are two winter melons enough?" Father Chen took the winter melons out of the cellar.

Chen Yuchun carried half a basket of potatoes: "Brother Ping, do you think these potatoes are enough?"

"It should be enough."

Father Chen said happily while peeling the winter melon: "Last year, I was worried that the winter melon was too big. I couldn't finish the food, so I was thinking about catching two piglets and raising them. I just counted them in the cellar, and there were only five winter melons and eight pumpkins left.

"Three meals a day for nearly a hundred people is not enough. " Just joking." Chen Yuchun said, and then added: "I still have a lot of winter melons, pumpkins, potatoes, taro, etc. I will ask Zhang Zhiwei to bring them over tomorrow. I don't cook at home now."

Liu Guixiang continued: "I also saved some at home last year. Let's bring them here together. Together, we should be able to wait until the vegetables in the vegetable garden start to grow."

As he spoke, the eldest uncle and the third aunt also came over. Without saying a word, they rolled up their sleeves and left. Help with the work.

"Go and check on the four children in front. If nothing happens, go to the stall and guard them." Father Chen said to his second daughter-in-law.

"It's okay." Liu Guixiang said with a smile: "There isn't much food left at the stall. I said hello and asked Sister-in-law Jin to keep an eye on it. If anyone comes into the hospital, she will call me."

The eldest uncle was happy after hearing this: "I He said, why is she sitting outside having sex today and not getting up for a long time? "

Sister-in-law Jin is her eldest daughter-in-law."

"Grandpa, Brother An has peed."

It was a strong voice.

Father Chen put aside what he was doing and said, "I'm going to go outside and take a look."

The four children in the family are all well-behaved and sensible. After all, they are a bit young and still need the care of adults.

After changing Brother An into a pair of clean pants, he washed the dirty pants in twos and twos. Thinking that there were enough people behind the house to be busy, Father Chen played with the four children in front of the house.

As evening approached, Cui Yuanjiu and the youngest did not come back. Chen Yuping thought that they might not come back for dinner.

Put the rice on the boil and start cooking.

Not long after, the rich aroma of cooking wafted from the kitchen house. The villagers who had been busy at the construction site all afternoon couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and their hearts were filled with anticipation.

What will be for dinner tonight? It smells so good!

Just smelling the aroma of the food, the fatigue seems to be swept away, the whole person seems to have come to life, and I have energy again. I look forward to starting the meal quickly and eating meat in big gulps. The taste is really delicious!

"There should be potatoes tonight, I can smell it." "

How do you cook potatoes? Roast meat with potatoes? Have any of you seen what Brother Ping brought into the house this morning? I know there is wild mushroom soup, I see I asked Uncle Chen and the others to pick wild vegetables outside. "

"It's not roasted pork with potatoes," Zhang Zhiwei said proudly, "It's braised pork ribs with potatoes. The sauce is rich and tasty, much better than the potato braised pork. "

"It sounds delicious, but I haven't tried it before."

"It must be delicious. Who knows what the dish is?"

"I don't know, Zhiwei, do you know?"

Zhang Zhiwei shook his head: "We'll find out later." He sipped his saliva. He was hungry and wanted to eat potatoes. Braised Pork Ribs: "Let me tell you, the most delicious thing about this Potato Braised Pork Ribs is not the potatoes or the ribs, it's the sauce inside. Pour a spoonful of it on the rice. It's really delicious! I can Eat five bowls of rice at once!"

"Stop talking, I'm so hungry."

"When will dinner start?"

"I want to eat."

"I'm telling you, it's my day . I ate all three meals at Chen's house, and I gained weight in just a few days! My brothers wanted to trade with me, and they all wanted to come work at Chen's house. I'm not stupid. I won't let them out if I finally got them.

"Don't tell me I've gained weight too." "

My grandpa said yesterday that I finally have some fat on my face." "My grandpa

also said that I look like a human being."

Gotta be in full swing.

Father Chen was the first to walk in front with a large earthenware basin: "It's time to eat."

Braised winter melon and braised pork ribs with potatoes, both dishes were just out of the pot, steaming and fragrant.

"It smells so good!"

"It's time to wash your hands and eat. Are there two fishy dishes today?"

"It looks a bit similar, but I don't think it's possible. What is that in your hand, Uncle Chen?"

"Braised winter melon."

"It smells so good."

It was all a big bowl of rice, and in the time it took to speak, two buckets of rice were gone.

"Don't worry, the food will be here soon."

"Uncle Chen, I'll get the food."

"Yeah, yeah, count me in. I'll help serve the food and I won't eat it secretly."

"I'll go too."

"Come on, come on, Those who have eaten are waiting in line to serve the food," Father Chen said in a loud voice.

"I want some sauce to be poured on the rice."

"I want it too."

"Save some for the people behind us. Second uncle, if you shake your hands more, the people behind us also want to drizzle the sauce.

" As soon as the words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

Father Chen was particularly helpless: "There isn't much sauce, so just mix it in and eat it." What's going on today? He's not clamoring for meat or vegetables.

A bowl of rice, a bowl of vegetables, and a bowl of soup. The rice can be made repeatedly, but the vegetables and soup are only served once.

With so many people and three big bowls for each person, it is naturally not enough to rely on the bowls and chopsticks at home. It all depends on the help of relatives, who borrow from the east and the west.

"This winter melon is so delicious, why do I still taste meat? Brother Ping is really a genius! It's obviously a vegetarian dish, but I think it's more delicious than the meaty ones cooked at home."

"What's this? Eat it . After seeing the food cooked by Brother Ping, I can no longer look down on the food cooked at home. It's just like pig food."

"Brother Ping is willing to add oil and ingredients, which is why the food he cooks is so fragrant. You eat it at Chen's house. If you have a round belly, work harder and work harder. It costs a lot of money just to take care of three meals a day for us. If we build brother Ping's house a day earlier, we can also help him. He saves money and this Sanheyuan costs money!"

"That's natural! We are all conscientious people."

"Yes, Brother Ping is so kind. Who can build a house and cook such a practical meal? Everyone knows it very well."

"I build a stove in my home, but I don't work so hard. It's just that Brother Ping's food is so delicious and rich in oil. I feel sorry for not putting in some effort.

"Hahahahaha, what a coincidence, I thought so too." The

Chapter 64

The sky was completely dark, the night wind was blowing, and it was a bit chilly.

The moonlight tonight is not bright enough, like a layer of mist, hazy.

No one felt sleepy, so they were all sitting in the main room.

I lit two oil lamps. In the past, the orange light looked very warm, but now I felt that the light was really dim, not bright enough, and deserted.

Cui Yuanjiu and Chen Yuanqiu haven't returned yet.

"Light a torch and go into the mountains to look for it?" Chen Yuandong couldn't help but speak.

Old Chen hesitated for a moment: "Look! Burn a few more torches, and I'll go to your eldest uncle's house."

"Otherwise, wait a little longer?" Chen Yuping said in a low voice: "Yuan Jiu said before he left that he had his own sense of proportion. , I thought, maybe I'll be back soon."

Father Chen said softly, "Let's go look for him."

"Okay, I'll go too."

Liu Guixiang stayed at home to look after the four children.

A total of ten people from Uncle Chen's and Sanshu's family came, plus six members of the Chen family including Zhang Zhiwei, for a total of sixteen people and eight torches. The two of them shared a torch and hurried into the mountains.

This battle was not small, and it attracted the attention of the surrounding villages. They all came out to ask, but if something happened, they seemed ready to help at any time.

I don't know what the situation is at the moment, and Old Man Chen doesn't want to make a big fuss, so he just smiles and vaguely passes it by.

Everyone quickly arrived at the foot of the mountain.

It was so dark in the mountains that one could only see clearly the area covered by the torches.

The wind was a bit strong and the leaves rustled lightly.

Old man Chen tightened his tight clothes: "Don't get lost, watch your steps, it doesn't matter if you go slow."

"Let's go into the mountains, don't delay."

"Go directly into the mountains?" Sanshu Chen asked.

Old man Chen replied: "Yes, I haven't come back yet. I probably went into the mountains following the traces of wild boars."

"Two people go into the mountains to catch wild boars. They are very courageous." It was Uncle Chen who spoke.

Uncle Chen smiled: "When we were young, we always wanted to catch game in the mountains. Unfortunately, we have the heart but not the courage."

"Yuanjiu knows how to box and kick, and travels all over the country with the escort agency. I wonder if there is a big problem. Maybe it is. I got stuck by something." Father Chen said his thoughts.

Old man Chen agreed with his wife: "I think so too."

"Could it be that we really caught a wild boar? The wild boar is very big and would be troublesome to bring out?" Zhang Zhiwei muttered in a low voice.

I haven't eaten wild boar in years. If I really caught one, I would definitely have a good meal tomorrow with Brother Ping's magical skills.

Chen Yuchun nodded: "If that's true, it's a good thing."

"Maybe the elder brother is right." Chen Yuping said with a smile. He was quite optimistic and believed that nothing would happen to Cui Yuanjiu.

Chen Yuanqiu vaguely saw a light, and he was extremely happy: "Brother Ninth, I'll go ahead and take a look. It's probably my father and the others who are here."

"Go ahead, watch your step, and slow down."

"I know." "I know.

" Is that Father and Dad? I am Yuan Qiu!" Chen Yuanqiu ran towards the direction of the light and shouted at the top of his lungs: "We are here, Father and Dad, Brother Ninth and I are here, here! Dad, I'm Yuan Qiu, I'm here!"

"Did you hear that?" Dad Chen pulled his wife's sleeve: "I heard the youngest calling us."

Uncle Chen said, "I heard it too.

"This is the direction, come this way, come on." Chen Yuping took a few big steps to lead the way, and shouted back at the same time: "Youngest, Yuanjiu, youngest, Yuanjiu..." shouted one after another . With.

"Third brother, I heard your voice." Chen Yuanqiu saw several torches. Even though the distance was a bit far away, he still couldn't see how many people there were: "Father, father, second brother and third brother, you are here. I am here." I thought, I'll call you home first."

Father Chen trotted forward: "Boy, are you okay? Where is your ninth brother? Are you hurt?"

"Chen. The old man held a torch and chased his wife.

When he arrived, Chen Yuanqiu discovered that not only his family members, but also his uncle and uncle's family were also there.

He chuckled and greeted one by one: "Brother Ninth was slightly injured and was jumped by a wild boar. We caught a female wild boar and two piglets. Brother Ninth has difficulty moving. Sorry for that." It took a lot of strength to move out of the mountain."

"Why didn't you come out earlier and call us?" Chen Yuping walked quickly and quickly: "Is Yuan Jiu inside?"

"He is inside," he said. I had to get out of the mountains quickly, otherwise there would be danger. I finally got out of the mountains and found a relatively safe place. I planned to go out and call for people. Brother Jiu said that it was getting so late, and my family would probably come out to look for them, so it was better to just wait. "Chen Yuanqiu explained and laughed again: "Brother Jiu is really good at predicting things."

He is a little excited today, not a little excited, but quite excited. There is a female wild boar and two wild boar cubs. It's him and Jiu. The two of us caught him, how honorable we are!

"What a silly boy." Father Chen was helpless.

Chen Yuandong also laughed. In his eyes, his unmarried brother was just a half-grown child. What could he understand? "It's good that they are fine."

"Yuanjiu."

"I'm here."

Chen Yuping held a torch and approached: "Injury Where is it?" The light was too dark, so he had to squint his eyes and look carefully.

The eyebrows and eyes are quite energetic, the lip color is normal, and the complexion is okay.

"Sprained foot." Cui Yuanjiu said lightly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he seemed to be in a particularly good mood, as if he had eaten honey instead of hurting his foot.

"You can still laugh."

"I'm very happy that you're here."

Chen Yuping looked at the overly bright smile on his face: "Silly! Which foot was injured? Why wasn't it bandaged?"

"Not in time. "

Within a few words, everyone came over.

"How can I walk?"

"I'll help you walk." Chen Yuandong handed the torch to the person next to him.

"Do I need to go to Shen's house to ask Dr. Shen to come over?"

"Doctor Shen won't come, so we have to take Yuan Jiu there."

"We have a bullock cart at home, which is convenient."

"I'll be hurt if I go to Shen's house tomorrow. It's not heavy. The wild boar is in the cave behind, you have to let Yuan Qiu lead you there." Cui Yuanjiu stood up slowly, holding on to the tree.

Chen Yuandong came to him and put his arm on his shoulder: "Even if you lean on me, I'm not weak." "

Let's go first." Chen Yuping lowered the torch in his hand slightly so that he could see more carefully. underfoot.

Old man Chen raised his torch high to light up the road ahead: "Slow down, walk slowly, we are not in a hurry."

"Don't use any more force on your injured feet." Old man Chen reminded.

After a lot of trouble, I finally got home safely.

Father Chen went into the kitchen to boil water for tea: "Brother Chun, bring a bucket of warm water and bring a basin and a handkerchief for your uncle and uncle to wash their faces and hands."

Fortunately, he called his uncle and his third uncle to come over. , otherwise, this wild boar really won't be able to move back tonight.

"The two wild boar cubs are still alive, but the female wild boar is completely dead."

"The wild boar cubs are put in the pig pen behind the house. If you want to raise them or eat them directly, we will discuss tomorrow. This female wild boar will be killed by a butcher early tomorrow morning."

"This The wild boar is not small, it must weigh about two hundred pounds. "

"I couldn't stop looking at it. It was very difficult to carry it down the mountain. It's okay during the day, but this is night. Fortunately, there are many of us, so we can take a break."

"It's been a long time since I've eaten . It's a wild boar. Second uncle, don't give me wild boar tomorrow. I can just go to your house and eat the meat. How about that? My guy is not as good at cooking as Brother Ping."

"You're right, second uncle. I don't want wild boar meat, just come and eat it."

Before the wild boar was killed, a group of young and strong boys were already clamoring to eat it.

Uncle Chen and Third Uncle Chen smiled cheerfully and said to their second brother: "With the three of us, plus nearly a hundred villagers tomorrow, I think this wild boar can only feed one meal."

"Let Brother Ping know . He's good at making things at noon, so let's listen to him." Old Chen replied with a smile.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Uncle Chen and Uncle Chen led their children back home.

Chen Yuchun and Zhang Zhiwei simply lived in the Chen family.

Chen Yuandong, Liu Guixiang and his wife returned to the next door with Qiao Niuer sleeping in their arms.

The bustling old house suddenly became a little quiet.

"The hot water is ready." Father Chen came over and reminded: "Is the foot injury serious?"

"It's okay, it will be fine in a few days."

Father Chen looked at him, seeming to blame him. It's pity: "You can't be so messy in the future, and you can't take it lightly just because you know some boxing and kicking skills. You two will get married soon, and Brother Cao will call you father. You are a man with a family and a son." , I am the pillar of support."

"Second uncle, I was too careless this time. I won't do it again."

"Well, you know that." Father Chen smiled and turned around and left the house.

Chen Yuping asked: "Is it convenient to take a bath? If it's not convenient, I can fetch water for you to wipe your body and soak your feet."

"It's my left foot that's injured, so you can still take a bath. You can help me go to the bathhouse behind the house."

"I'd better go there tomorrow. "Shenjiawu, let Dr. Shen take a look."

"It's up to you. Let's go to Shenjiawu tomorrow to bring the materials to Shen Xiu Niang. We also need to ask about the deposit." Cui Yuanjiu leaned his whole body against Brother Ping. From a distance, he looks a bit like a little bird, but he is tall and majestic, which makes him very interesting to look at.

"Let's go early. We'll have wild boar for lunch tomorrow. I have to get ready early."

"Okay."

After taking a bath, he rinsed his mouth and tidied himself up.

Chen Yuping helped Cui Yuanjiu into the room: "Go to sleep and have a good sleep." He lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead.

"Hey." Cui Yuanjiu grabbed Brother Ping who turned to leave: "If I am seriously injured today..."

"Doctor Shen has good medical skills and we have money."

Cui Yuanjiu smiled after hearing this, with a pure smile, like Clear the clouds and see the sun.

"Brother Ping, do you like me a little bit?"

Some questions were left unsaid. It wasn't that he didn't want to ask, but he just didn't dare to ask.

The initial approach was due to Brother Cao's desire for home deep in his heart. It would be too false to say that he likes her or how deep his feelings are.

He likes the atmosphere of the Chen family, where they are harmonious, friendly, tolerant and consider each other. Brother Cao is in the Chen family, and Brother Ping is a very warm person.

Later, I really liked it.

Like it more and more.

Put it on the top of your heart, wishing you could tie it to your waist and carry it with you wherever you go.

Because of my deep love, I am timid, worried about gains and losses, and feel guilty and inferior...

Sometimes I feel that Brother Ping is so good that I don't deserve it. Sometimes he felt that this was fate, destined by God. He thought for several years about what kind of companion he wanted to find in the future. He thought carefully and vaguely until he saw Brother Ping, and his eyebrows made him... His voice, his smile, and the desire in his heart suddenly became extremely clear.

He was thinking about this person for several years.

Chen Yuping thought about it seriously: "Probably."

I really can't explain my feelings in one or two sentences. I probably like him a little, so I am willing to be intimate with him, kiss, hug, and even get married. Life-long events will happen decades later. Nian, I am not disgusted but have some vague expectations.

He has been single for thirty years and has never been in love. He doesn't know what liking is or what love is. He followed his heart and got closer whenever he wanted.

This young man could easily stir up his heart and make his heart flutter.

It's probably his marriage.

I just never imagined that the real reason why he has been single for thirty years in modern times is because he is a gay?

Chen Yuping returned to his room in a daze. He was frightened by his guess.

So he is a crook?

Thinking about it carefully, he was really not very interested in women in his previous life. He thought it was because he was too stressed in life and had no time or energy to think about these things.

So he is a crook?

That's not right, he doesn't pay much attention to women, and he doesn't treat the male compatriots around him specially.

No matter what, his marriage probably happened in this time and space, otherwise, God would not have arranged for him to travel through it.

Chen Yuping couldn't think clearly and didn't bother to think about it in detail. It wasn't important anyway.

sleep!

He had to think carefully about how he would eat the wild boar meat tomorrow.

Chapter 65

The rooster crows three times, and the sky outside the window becomes bright.

Chen Yuping woke up. He lay quietly for a while, then looked sideways into the bed.

Brother Cao'er was sleeping soundly. His little hands were clenched into fleshy fists and held up to his ears. His face was pink and chubby. He was so cute that he wanted to take a bite. Maybe he would be very sexy.

Transformed into a crazy man, his own cub is really the cutest and most beautiful cub in the world, and he can't love him enough.

"My father is a sweetheart." A kiss on the forehead, a kiss on the tender cheek, and a kiss on the fleshy fist.

Chen Yuping got up contentedly.

After leaving the house, Chen Yuping did not go to the stove room. Instead, he came to the door of Cui Yuanjiu's house and knocked softly three times: "Are you up?"

"Come in."

"Has the injury on your foot gotten worse? How do you feel?

"It's almost the same as yesterday." "

I'll help you sit under the eaves, rinse your mouth and face, and then we'll go to Shen's house and have breakfast when we get back." "

Okay."

?" After holding him for two steps, Chen Yuping remembered this.

"Want to have sex."

Chen Yuping glanced at him: "Really want to have sex? Why didn't you say anything just now?"

"I'm afraid you were too shy." Cui Yuanjiu lowered his eyes slightly, looking a bit obedient.

"Bah!"

Cui Yuanjiu smiled as he listened, his teeth white and dazzling.

"Smooth talk."

Chen Yuanqiu saw that Third Brother was supporting Ninth Brother, as if it was a bit difficult, and he was walking very slowly, so he said enthusiastically: "Third Brother, I'm here to help Ninth Brother, do you want to go to the latrine?" He put his hand on it. He went up and said, "Brother Ninth, you are really tall. I'm afraid there won't be anyone taller than you in the whole village."

"Have you rinsed your mouth?" Chen Yuping asked.

What? Chen Yuanqiu was a little unable to react and nodded subconsciously.

"Have you washed your face?" Chen Yuping asked again.

"I washed my face too."

"Have you had breakfast?"

"No." Chen Yuanqiu shook his head blankly.

"Hurry up and go."

"Oh."

Father Chen looked at everything and said meaningfully to his younger son: "My youngest, when you have nothing to do, go for a walk in the village more often, and quickly find something for yourself. A companion."

"Dad! Why are you getting involved in my marriage so early in the morning?" Chen Yuanqiu was about to collapse.

"I'm doing this for your own good, you idiot."

Chen Yuanqiu: "???????"

Chen Yuchun wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Young man, the steamed buns are all steamed out. You go hitch the ox cart and clean up for us. Get ready to go. "

There are so many things at home, and after discussion, it's okay for the shops in the town to open later.

He took over steaming buns, kneading dough and other trivial tasks from his father, so that his father could sleep more and have energy to work during the day.

It's only March now, and the nights are cool, so the braised pork is still braised at night and sold the next day.

"Brother, Yuan Jiu and I are going to the Shen family's house to go out with you."

"What should we do when we come back?"

Chen Yuping smiled: "Just a ride, if not, please ask the Shen family to send one. "

Okay."

Breakfast is pancakes, without eggs, and some juicy green onions from the vegetable garden.

The baked pancakes are also very fragrant.

There is also a pot full of fresh spicy sauce, brush it with a layer of sauce, and then roll up the pancake. The more you chew, the more delicious it becomes.

When the sky was slightly bright, Father Chen was preparing pancakes. He used a big pot and Liu Guixiang used a small stove. The cauldron needs someone to watch the fire, and Old Man Chen will light the fire.

Three cakes per person means hundreds of cakes need to be baked.

Not far away, many villagers rolled up their sleeves and worked hard.

It has never been so early in the past, and the Chen family's food is so good. There are three meals a day, and they are all very practical. It can be seen that they have put a lot of effort into preparing them. The villagers felt happy while eating, but also thought that the Chen family was really kind and stupid and didn't know what to say, so they let their actions speak for themselves, just like rushing to harvest in a busy field. When the rooster crows, they tidy up and rush to the Chen family.

Chen Yuandong carried Qiao Niuer into the kitchen house.

"This kid woke up very early." Father Chen said with a smile.

"Grandpa, grandpa, grandma." After shouting, Qiao Niuer stretched out her fleshy arms in the direction of Xiaozao: "Grandma, give me a hug."

Liu Guixiang was busy making pancakes: "I don't have time, let your father hold me. I'm hungry. "There's egg custard steamed on the stove. Brother Ping steamed it specially when he left."

"Girl, your mother doesn't have time to hug you." Chen Yuandong discussed with his daughter, "How about we go see my brother and brother?

" The father said: "Brother Cao is sleeping alone. Let Qiao Niuer sleep with him for a while? Who is guarding the stall?"

"Sister-in-law Jin is helping to watch."

Chen Yuandong carried his daughter into the third brother's house.

Brother Cao'er slept soundly.

"Are you going to sleep or not?"

Qiao Niu'er didn't know whether she understood or not. She grinned and struggled to get to bed.

"I think if you act like this, you will most likely make a noise with Brother Cao." Chen Yuandong hesitated: "Girl, I'd better hold you and take you to play." After saying that, he quietly left the house.

"Father, have you called the butcher to come over and help kill the wild boar?"

"No, prepare to go in a while."

Chen Yuandong said, "I'll go, Brother Cao is sleeping, and I'm worried that Qiao Niu'er will disturb him. The child was very energetic and didn't look like she was going to sleep. I carried her around the village and called the cattle butcher over to kill the wild boar. I don't know if he was free. "

" Go and see, our village can kill pigs. There are several. "There is only one serious butcher, and that is the cow butcher.

"Sister-in-law Jin, I have to go to the village to call a butcher to help kill the wild boar. I'll need you to look at the stall in a while."

"Go, your auntie said she would come to do some business at breakfast today. I don't have anything to do, Qiao Niu. "Watch her for me?"

"That's not necessary. I'll carry her around the village."

Chen Yuping went home in a bullock cart. When he was about to reach the house, he met his second brother who was holding Qiao Niu'er. Where are you going?"

"Find a butcher to help kill the pig." Chen Yuandong greeted Cui Yuanjiu and asked, "How is the foot injury? What does Doctor Shen say?

"

"Take good care of yourself these days. If there's any inconvenience, just ask."

Cui Yuanjiu smiled and nodded.

When he arrived at the door of his house, when the ox cart stopped, Chen Yuping helped Cui Yuanjiu to the main room and shouted to the kitchen: "Dad, help me greet Uncle Liu." Then he turned back and shouted: "Uncle Liu, come in and sit down. Yes."

"No, I have to go home. There are a lot of things in the fields."

Father Chen came out in a hurry: "Let's go. You haven't had breakfast. There are freshly baked scallion pancakes. Eat two before leaving."

"Breakfast is prepared at home." Old Man Liu smiled kindly: "I Let's go."

"I've troubled you so much that I didn't even drink the tea." Father Chen felt embarrassed.

Old man Liu waved his hand and drove the ox cart slowly away.

Chen Yuping was helping Cui Yuanjiu into the main room when he heard Cui Yuanjiu say: "Help me into your room. Brother Cao is still sleeping. I'll look at him."

"That's okay."

Brother Cao was indeed still sleeping, sound asleep. The fragrance is fragrant, just like a pink and tender little piglet.

Chen Yuping kissed his sweetheart and couldn't help laughing when he saw Cui Yuanjiu looking at him eagerly. He didn't make fun of him. He pecked him on the mouth and reached out to touch his head: "Be good." He walked out of the room with a bright smile.

Chen Yuping entered the kitchen room and took a look: "Zhang Zhiwei hasn't woken up yet?"

"No." Liu Guixiang curled her lips.

"I'll call him." Chen Yuping was not polite at all: "It's really inappropriate."

The door of the house was banged by Chen Yuping, which was deafening and a bit scary.

"Who is it?" Zhang Zhiwei woke up in a daze, still a little confused.

Chen Yuping kicked open the door of the house without going inside: "You can really sleep."

"Ping, Brother Pingping..."

"Take a look at the sky outside, and then listen to what's going on not far from the old house. "Everyone is awake, but you are still sleeping."

"I, I, I, I, I, I..." I waited for a long time, but Zhang Zhiwei didn't give me any explanation.

Chen Yuping was too lazy to answer him: "Hurry up, there are no freeloaders in the Chen family."

"Father, please don't spoil Zhang Zhiwei." Chen Yuping was angry: "I'll give him a piece of cake for breakfast today. , whether you like to eat or not, everyone is exhausted and sweating, but he is doing well, and he has an amazing sleep."

Zhang Zhiwei, who got up in a hurry, heard Brother Ping's words before he entered the kitchen room. He paused slightly: "Father, Dad."

Chen Yuping snorted coldly: "Father, I'll bake the pancakes, you can take a break."

"It's almost done."

"Just in time, tell the folks to take a break, and we'll bring breakfast over right away."

It really doesn't matter how late it is, it's daylight and not even the sun has come out.

However, farmers get up early, and since it is spring plowing, they will go to the fields before breakfast.

There is really no young adult in the family who would sleep for a while before getting up.

The cattle butcher was not free in the morning, so he had to find time in the afternoon.

They had to eat wild boar meat at noon, so Chen Yuandong called another butcher in the village. In the early years, he had also killed pigs for food. Later, after making some money, he stopped and became a farmer An Xin.

After breakfast, the next step is to kill the wild boar.

The villagers who came to Chen's house to help build the Sanheyuan heard that there was wild boar to eat at noon today. One or two of them looked very excited. They worked as if they had eaten spinach. They all became strong men, tireless and tireless.

Wild boar! You can get a lot of money in exchange for it in the town, and the Chen family actually uses it as lunch dishes, which is so kind!

"At this rate, I think the Sanheyuan will be completed early next month." Old man Chen said with a face filled with joy.

How much money would be saved? When they first looked at the food prepared by their third son, he and his wife tried to convince him that the oil and water were too rich and expensive, so they had to save some money. No other family had ever built a house so lavishly. Furthermore, there is no need to feel embarrassed at all. This has always been the case for every household in the village. When a household needs to build a house, one person from each household will help with it without having to pay for food. This has been the case for generations.

Brother Ping won't listen to advice, so it's okay to just say it.

Who would have thought, the folks are kind enough to work hard, it's not a loss!

A pig is being slaughtered here at the old house, and the scene is a bit bloody, so I'm afraid it will scare a few children.

Liu Guixiang took the child to her courtyard.

Wild boars are no fatter than domestic pigs, and are mostly lean meat.

"How do you plan to make use of this wild boar meat?" Father Chen asked his third son: "How about using the pork bones to stew the pot soup? If you don't put anything in it, it will taste sweet after simmering it all morning."

Chen Yuping thought for a while: " We still have old dried bamboo shoots at home, so I took half a bucket out to soak them, and made a dry pot of wild boar meat. But the meat wasn't fat enough, so I went to the third uncle's house to buy twenty kilograms of fat meat, and cooked it and ate it. It's just delicious. It's just two dishes for lunch, I think that's enough."

"Okay, I'll get the dried bamboo shoots." I

picked up more than 100 pounds of meat from a 200-pound wild boar. The rest will be used to stew the soup, and the corner pig will be put aside for the time being.

More than a hundred kilograms of meat plus two shallow buckets of dried bamboo shoots soaked in water, it takes two full pots to cook it.

It was still early in the morning, so Chen Yuping boiled twenty pounds of fat meat to make lard. This little oil was definitely not enough, at most it just added flavor.

Then it's time to cut the dried bamboo shoots into two shallow barrels. Cutting the bamboo shoots into slices also takes some effort.

Busy and busy, it's noon in a blink of an eye.

Father Chen reminded his third son: "Make a fire to cook? I've just cooked the rice. Our stove is not enough. Let's cook it at your aunt's house. Your aunt will watch."

"Start making a fire. I'm going to prepare it too. " It's ready, just put it in the pot and stir-fry it. "

Grid-pot dishes are spicy, fresh and fragrant.

It has a strong taste and is very enjoyable to eat. It is very refreshing.

Wild boar meat has a strong flavor and is quite suitable for cooking dry pot.

The overbearing spicy aroma wafted from the old house, which was a bit pungent.

The working folks knew that Brother Ping was preparing lunch, and what he had for lunch today was wild boar meat.

"This smell is so strong!"

"It's so fragrant."

"I'm not hungry yet, but I want to eat."

"Smelling this smell, I bet that the wild boar meat will be a special meal at noon today. I don't know. Uncle, did you cook more?"

"If there's not enough rice, let's eat less. We'll eat three bowls at most."

"Bah!"

"If there's not enough rice, we can go home and serve it

. That's right, it's close anyway."

"That's a good idea. I can eat it with all my heart."

At half past noon, the food was served.

Uncle Chen's family, Uncle Chen's family, and Liu Guixiang all came over to help carry the earthenware basin and soup to the construction site. Two people carried the wooden buckets of rice, one bucket after another.

After all the villagers had eaten, the Chen family returned to their old house.

There were a lot of people, so we divided two tables, and there were only two dishes on the table, a pot of fresh and sweet bone soup, and a pot of spicy and delicious wild boar meat in a dry pot.

In the corner of the kitchen house, Zhang Zhiwei was miserable. The excitement outside belonged to others and had nothing to do with him.

In front of him was placed half a rice bowl with wild boar meat in a pot, two chopsticks at most, a bowl of bone soup, and a bowl of white rice. This was his lunch.

Chen Yuping brought it in front of him and said bluntly: "You didn't perform well today. I'll give you a taste of this small bowl of dry-pot wild boar for the sake of my elder brother."

"..." Two lines of clear tears flowed down, and Zhang Zhi regretted it. If he had known that Brother Ping was so cruel, he should have gotten up quickly when Brother Chun told him to get up.

"I'll have a sip of wine first." Uncle Chen laughed. He had a habit of drinking a sip of wine first when encountering something delicious.

Uncle Chen stretched out his chopsticks to eat into the earthen basin: "I have to taste this first. I haven't eaten wild boar meat for a long time."

"Then I'll drink strong tea first." Old Chen was in a very good mood.

The elders moved their chopsticks, and the juniors, who were all drooling, quickly picked up the meat with their chopsticks, put it in the bowl, and ate the meat with big mouthfuls.

"It's delicious!"

"It tastes really, really, I really don't know what to say."

"It's so delicious!"

There are no words to describe it. Not only is the meat delicious, but also the bamboo shoots inside are particularly delicious. The taste is delicious.

This meal is eaten like a battle, one or two are like agile knights in the world, hurry up! ruthless! allow!

In a short time, a pot full of wild boar meat in a dry pot was finished, and half a bucket of rice was also finished.

He burped, then burped again, and while he was talking about being satisfied, he picked up a spoon and started to serve bone soup.

Soon, the bone broth was also finished.

I really ate too much, and for a while, I collapsed on the chair. The look on my face was a bit... an afterthought.

No one said anything, they were all thinking about it. Maybe they really ate too much and didn't have the mood to talk.

Chapter 66

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The sun was a little brighter in the afternoon.

The bamboo couch was moved into the main room, with a circle of old bamboo mats spread around it and a circle of chairs. The children either sat on the bamboo couch and played, or walked back and forth on the old bamboo mat holding the chairs.

Cui Yuanjiu was lazily nestled in a wicker chair. He injured his foot. Although it was not serious, he had to take good care of it.

These days, he takes care of the four children at home.

With the four children being watched by someone at all times, everyone in the Chen family can concentrate on their work, which makes them much more efficient.

After Chen Yuping finished the work at hand, he could still take a breath. He went to the main room, moved a stool and sat next to Cui Yuanjiu: "Do you want to go to the latrine?"

"No." Cui Yuanjiu felt a little distressed when he saw that he was sweating profusely from exhaustion, so he took his tea bowl and handed it to him.

Chen Yuping continued casually and drank several sips: "Is there still water in the teapot? I'll add more."

"There's still half a pot, don't worry." Cui Yuanjiu took his hand and took out the handkerchief: "Brother Cao. Take the handkerchief and wipe off your sweat."

"I'll wash your face later."

Brother Cao, who was sitting on the bamboo couch playing with cloth tiger, turned his head and looked back with a sweet smile. Smile sweetly.

Then, he turned over neatly, crawled to the end of the bamboo couch with a squeak, and sat down neatly: "Dad." He happily raised the cloth tiger in his hand and said, "Brain." He slurred his speech. Xiao Naiyin said with great difficulty.

"Tiger."

"Brain muddle."

"Tiger."

"Mush."

​​As he spoke, it turned into mush again. Brother Cao chuckled, his eyebrows crescent like crescent moons.

"Teach him that everything he says can turn into mush. It's magical." Chen Yuping couldn't wait to pick up his sweetheart, place his tender face and kiss him twice. How could he be so cute!

Cui Yuanjiu was also very depressed: "I don't know either."

"Silly." Brother Cao was still talking, and the more he talked, the happier he became, smiling like a little sun, warm and sweet.

"Okay, I'll be confused as you say." What can I do? It's just that big, Chen Yuping doesn't take it seriously, just be happy as a good boy.

Qiao Niuer held the chair and walked towards the wicker chair: "Third uncle, hug me."

"No hug. I'm dirty and sweaty."

"Third uncle."

"Yes." "

Third uncle. "Yes. "

Chen Yuping was very patient.

After calling Third Uncle several times, Qiao Niuer finally walked to the wicker chair, holding the wicker chair with both hands, her eyes shining brightly: "Uncle Third, cake."

"I knew this kid was greedy for cake." Chen Yuping teased her, Shaking her head: "I didn't make biscuits."

"Eat biscuits."

"I didn't make biscuits."

Qiao Niuer sat on the ground, which was covered with old bamboo mats and was relatively clean.

She patted her belly with both hands and frowned: "Hungry."

Chen Yuping thought that his niece was also very interesting. He didn't know where he got it from, so he continued to tease her: "Qiao Niu, are you hungry? Let me Listen, is your stomach growling?" As he said that, he got up and walked over.

Qiao Niuer watched in confusion as her third uncle came closer and closer.

Chen Yuping stretched out his hand and tapped her belly, and said matter-of-factly: "Your stomach says it's not hungry yet, it's not growling."

"Hungry." Qiao Niuer patted her belly: "Uncle Third, Hungry ."

Brother Cao, who was sitting at the end of the bamboo couch, looked at his sister and then his father, then looked down at his belly. Then, he saw him throw away the cloth tiger, lift up his small clothes, and look like a baby. He imitated the same pattern and patted his belly: "Daddy, I'm hungry." He said loudly, saying he was hungry, but his eyebrows were crooked with a smile. He didn't understand what it meant, thinking that daddy was talking to his sister. Play.

"Brother Cao is hungry too?" Chen Yuping knew what his sweet boy was thinking, so he walked over, stretched out his hand and tapped his belly, and then put down his clothes: "You can't lift your clothes casually."

Xu Shi was tapped on his belly. , a little itchy, Cao Geer giggled, fell down on the bamboo couch, and rolled a little, shouting daddy, daddy, he was such a delicate little guy.

Brother An on the side also followed suit, patting his belly and shouting that he was hungry.

Da Zhuang is bigger, but it's different. He knows what it means to be hungry and doesn't follow his younger siblings around.

He also found it interesting and smiled brightly.

"Little ancestors are hungry, Cheng. I'm going to fry an egg pancake for you to eat." Chen Yuping smiled and walked out, raised his eyebrows at Cui Yuanjiu and asked, "Do you want to eat, Grand Ancestor?" "Do you

want to kiss me, Grand Ancestor ?" Cake."

Chen Yuping scratched his face with his index finger: "Are you ashamed?" He walked out of the room happily.

I don't dare to feed the children too much for fear of accumulating food.

Just an egg pancake from an egg stall, put a little flour, sprinkle with a few chopped green onions, cut the palm-sized pancakes into four parts, put them in a bowl, and put them in a bowl. After they were no longer hot, they brought them into the main room and gave them to them one by one. He washed his hands and let them take the bread and eat it.

After eight days of nursing, Cui Yuanjiu's foot injury healed. In fact, he could walk in five or six days. Chen Yuping and the rest of the Chen family all said that it would be stable for another two days.

As an injured person being cared for, he could only be obedient and continue to care for her honestly.

As the end of the month approaches, I am finally allowed to go to the ground.

Cui Yuanjiu stretched out and said, "My bones are starting to itch."

"What do you want to do?"

Seeing Brother Ping's vigilant eyes, Cui Yuanjiu smiled: "I didn't want to do anything, just help clean up the inside and outside of the house.

"Even if you want to go to the construction site, I will definitely not agree to it." "

No, my foot is just fine, so I have to do something easy.

" Silent.

Cui Yuanjiu looked honest and honest.

Chen Yuanqiu drove the bullock cart slowly towards the old house.

With sharp eyes, Chen Le saw Cui Yuanjiu and Chen Yuping standing under the eaves from a distance. He shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brother Jiu, Brother Ping."

After shouting, he jumped out of the oxcart and jumped. Rush forward.

"Brother Le." Chen Yuping remembered this smiling guy and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Brother Ping, I'm here to help you with the meal." He said with a smile, and his demeanor was generous and magnanimous.

"Welcome, welcome."

Cui Yuanjiu led him to the main room: "Why are you here?"

"I just sent the escort." Shen Le poured out her bitterness: "Brother Jiu, you are not in the escort agency. This escort agency is really helpless. Come on, I followed him out this time, and almost got killed. Fortunately, I was smart and reacted quickly. Although no one was killed, two were seriously injured and three were slightly injured. I was afraid of death, so I decided to quit the escort agency. "Brother Ninth ,

how about I come and hang out with you?"

Cui Yuanjiu was indifferent to his wails. He raised his eyelids and said two words: "It's too fake."

Shen Le pursed his lips, looking dejected.

Chen Yuping came in with a bowl of tea: "Brother Le just came back from the county town?"

"Yes, narrow escape from death." Shen Le patted his chest and said in an exaggerated way: "Brother Ping, are you short of manpower? I'll hang out with you. " How about food?"

"Don't pay attention to him."

"Brother Ninth!"

"The two shops in your town are not enough for you."

Shen Le said, "Is this the same?" I don't want to be at their mercy."

Cui Yuanjiu's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't know what he thought of and said nothing.

"It's Brother Le. The voice sounds familiar to me. I haven't seen Brother Le here for a long time. I'm staying for a meal tonight." Before Chen entered the main room, he stood at the door to talk. He was still holding a hand in his hand. A basket with red beans in it, some good and some bad, ready to pick and choose.

"Okay, okay."

Father Chen liked his cheerful temperament: "Right now, the Sanheyuan is being built at home, so it's not easy to open a small stove. Let's eat together with the villagers, one meat, one vegetable and one soup. The Sanheyuan will be completed tomorrow. "When you come back, let Brother Ping prepare two more dishes."

"It's good enough with meat, vegetables and soup. It's Brother Ping's good work. I'm a little greedy now.

" Eat more dinner." With that, Father Chen left.

Dinner is fried bacon with dried beans, steamed taro, and wild mushroom soup.

Knowing that his third son was going to build a house this year, Mr. Chen deliberately smoked an extra hundred pounds of bacon and dried a lot of dried vegetables.

I couldn't stand the crowd, so I only ate the bacon and dried vegetables two or three times and there wasn't much left.

Chen Yuping sliced ​​the bacon very thinly. After the oil was hot, he poured it into the pan and stir-fried briefly. Soon, the unique and charming flavor of the bacon came out of the pan. In one word, it was fragrant!

The fried bacon is lightly browned in color and exudes a rich aroma of oil. It is completely different from the aroma of fresh pork. The aroma of the oil is like a hook, which can penetrate into the bones. , attracting greedy insects.

The bacon is very thin and smells oily. Quickly add the dried Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers, onions, ginger and garlic into the pot. Stir-fry twice. The aroma is fragrant and the layers are distinct. It's refreshing! Intoxicating.

Finally add dried beans.

Add a small amount of water, cover the pot and simmer for a while.

The moment I opened the lid of the pot, scorching heat rushed towards my face, and a burst of extremely overbearing spicy food hit my sense of smell like a tornado.

——Ah,

Chen Yuping couldn't help it. He picked up some chopsticks and put it in his mouth: "Let me have a taste."

It's so delicious!

Thank God for the golden finger that allowed him to eat such delicious home-cooked food.

"Dad, you should try it too." He was less happy than everyone else. Chen Yuping gave his father a chopstick and said, "This dish is specially made for rice. It's even more delicious than the hot pot wild boar meat last time."

Mr. Chen Dad smiled cheerfully: "If you like it, let's dry more dried beans this year. Bacon is inherently more fragrant than ordinary meat, and this taste is perfect!" He gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely: "Your father today I'll definitely have to add another bowl of rice later. "

"It's okay, I have experience, so I cooked half an extra bucket of rice."

Shen Le looked at the stove frequently, as if he had been hungry for eight lifetimes: "You're so happy, maknae. , I can

smell the food cooked by Brother Ping every day. This is fried bacon with dried beans. It's my favorite dish. It's so delicious! The happiest younger brother!" Chen Yuanqiu was extremely proud.

Shen Le deeply agreed with this and nodded his head: "When can dinner be served? Go and ask, maknae."

"It should be soon. The vegetarian dishes are steamed taro, which has been steamed on the stove for a long time, and dried beans. The fried bacon is out, but the only thing missing is the wild vegetable and mushroom soup."

Shen Le's eyes widened: "Did you add chili sauce?"

Chen Yuanqiu thought for a while: "I really don't know, maybe not. Come on, the kids can eat some steamed taro. If you want, you can do it yourself. We have chili sauce at home."

"That's great! You are so lucky," Shen Le said excitedly. He glanced at Cui Yuanjiu, who was not far away, and muttered eagerly: "I also want to live in the Chen family. Brother Jiu's life is so good. No wonder he is willing to leave the prosperity of the county and leave the escort agency."

Cui Yuanjiu looked at the two foodies coldly.

The happiest younger brother in the world? Oh!

Chapter 67

In spring, it gets dark early.

When the food was served, the sky was bright and bright, but by the time the dishes were put down, it was already gray outside.

Shen Le didn't dare to delay any longer, so he stood up and said goodbye, and then asked shyly if he could come over for dinner tomorrow.

Father Chen responded with a smile, thinking about setting up a bullock cart at home to send him off.

"No, no, no, I'm fast on my feet." Shen Le didn't dare to go to such trouble, it seemed so shameless.

Cui Yuanjiu said: "The youngest and I will send him back to town."

What do you want me to do? Chen Yuanqiu was a little confused: "Okay, I'll hitch the ox cart." It was just two people sending it off, although he didn't understand why.

"Okay, the bullock cart will drive slowly, don't be too anxious." Father Chen smiled cheerfully. The third son-in-law was really satisfied with it. The more he looked at it, the better he felt. Brother Ping was lucky enough to have found a very good man. .

Shen Le glanced at Ninth Brother.

He thought happily that Brother Jiu said this himself and had nothing to do with him.

Riding in an oxcart is naturally better than walking.

He's not stupid.

"I'll drive the bullock cart." Cui Yuanjiu said.

When tying the ox cart, Chen Yuanqiu thought for a moment and thought that Brother Ninth called him because he might have something to tell Brother Le. Since he was about to get married to Brother Le, he had to avoid suspicion, so he called him to be the driver.

Turns out he was wrong? Isn't that what happened?

I can't guess what Brother Ninth is thinking.

Cui Yuanjiu drove the ox cart and slowly left the Chen family's old house in the night.

Liu Guixiang smiled and said: "Brother Le has such a good temperament, he is lively and cheerful. I saw that he and the youngest seemed to have a lot of conversation."

"I looked at him and he looked pretty good too." Father Chen said warmly He spoke gently, thinking a little more in his heart, but did not show it.

"My family is still short of manpower, maknae? It doesn't matter how much the wages are, just take care of food, food, and housing." Shen Le, a familiar person, shouted one after another.

However, Chen Yuanqiu was also clueless and didn't realize anything was wrong.

He smiled like two good brothers and said, "You have to ask my third brother about this. You can also ask your ninth brother." "Ninth brother. I'm serious. I don't want to stay in the escort agency. I followed you into the escort agency. Now that you're gone, it's pointless for me to stay. Over the years, I've been away from home all the time and I'm not used to staying at home. Ask Brother Ping if you can keep me here. In the Chen family, it doesn't matter if you have money or not, as long as you take care of food and housing, I'm a neat person and I have a lot of strength, so I won't lose anything!" Shen Le patted his chest and said seriously.

Cui Yuanjiu looked back at him: "You should make it clear to your family first."

"If I can make it clear, why should I live outside my home and run around all day? Brother Jiu, you don't know that my stall is a mess. "

After all, they are your family. They have given birth to you and raised you. They have had no shortage of food and clothing since you grew up. You have your own ideas, and they have theirs. They should make it clear instead of just escaping." Cui Yuanjiu said earnestly. He said: "You're not young anymore, don't be too willful."

Shen Le pursed his lips and was silent for a while, then replied languidly: "Okay."

Chen Yuanqiu was confused after hearing this, and he didn't dare to ask, Don't dare to say anything.

Thinking about it, Brother Ninth asked him to send Brother Le home together, just to avoid suspicion.

We were speechless all the way to town.

After seeing Shen Le home, Cui Yuanjiu didn't stay long and drove the bullock cart back.

"Youngest." What a stupid person.

"Ah -"

"What do you think of Brother Le?"

Chen Yuanqiu thought for a moment: "This guy is a bit interesting. He has a big mouth and talks very lively."

Cui Yuanjiu heard the joy in his words and saw him again The smile on the corners of his eyebrows and eyes gave him a general idea, but he didn't say anything more.

The two on the left and right have wooden heads, so don't point them out first, let them deal with it, and you will be happier if you find out on your own than if others tell you.

Early the next morning, Shen Le rode a donkey and walked to the door of Chen's house.

"Second Uncle Chen, good morning." He smiled brightly.

Father Chen didn't expect that the child would come so early. He was a little surprised but more of a surprise: "Morning, have you had breakfast? This donkey is really energetic."

"It's also very good at work. Second uncle, feel free to do whatever you want. "

Chen Le is here to make a living, so naturally he can't just eat for free. He didn't regard himself as an outsider, he had a lot of work in his eyes, and he helped clean up the trivial things inside and outside the house. Seeing that there was nothing to do, he couldn't stay idle, so he went to the nearby construction site again, immersed himself in the busy work without taking a break. .

"I really can't tell, but he is still a real person." Chen Yuping whispered.

Cui Yuanjiu smiled: "He's just a little left-wing, but everything else is good."

"You want to put him and the youngest together?"

"Where did Brother Ping find out?" Cui Yuanjiu stared at Chen Yuping with burning eyes, affection in his eyes Turbulent, his heart was hot and hot, and he was a little excited and excited: "I feel that I didn't show the slightest trace."

Chen Yuping glanced at him inexplicably: "Guess." Why are you so excited all of a sudden?

"Brother Ping, let's go into the house."

"What are you doing?"

Cui Yuanjiu said nothing, his eyes sparkling, he took Chen Yuping's hand, happily entered the house, and closed the door, and then , turned around and hugged the person into his arms, exerted a little force on his arms, and put his side face against his neck, his posture was very intimate: "I'm very happy."

"I can see that you are not a little bit happy, most likely you are. I'm so happy that I'm going crazy. What are you doing?" Chen Yuping didn't struggle.

"Because you can easily see what I'm thinking when I don't show the slightest trace."

Chen Yuping was stunned for a moment: "That's it?"

"Brother Ping, you have me in your heart." He said with certainty.

"Without you, how would I want to get married with you." Chen Yuping really doesn't know what love is, he is not interested in these, and rarely pays attention to this aspect. But he knew his own heart, he had Cui Yuanjiu in his heart, and he was not disgusted at all about getting married and was even vaguely looking forward to it.

"Brother Ping, you are my sweetheart."

"Nasty!"

Cui Yuanjiu felt that it was not disgusting at all: "You call Brother Cao every day, sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart."

"Can this be the same?"

"Same. . It's the same with me. Brother Cao is your sweetheart, sweetheart, and sweetheart. You are my sweetheart." After a pause, Cui Yuanjiu said, "I am your sweetheart. You have to ask yourself." There was still some resentment in his words.

Chen Yuping was amused by his words and couldn't help it. He laughed hahahaha: "How old are you? Why do you love to compare with Brother Cao so much? You are his father!"

"After we get married, I will be yours ."

" Husband, you are my husband, we are the closest." "Okay, okay ."

"Really?"

"One hundred percent."

Cui Yuanjiu showed a bright smile: "Kiss me, with the tip of your tongue touching the tip of your tongue."

"What a beautiful idea."

"Brother Ping~"

Chen Yuping held Cui Yuanjiu's face and kissed him quickly on the lips: "Are you ashamed? Let's talk like Brother Cao."

"As long as it works." Cui Yuanjiu lowered his head and put his lips in his mouth. The tip of his tongue was like a flexible fish, swimming and swimming...

Because the villagers worked hard, the bright and spacious Sanheyuan with a wealthy and aristocratic style, It was built in just one and a half months.

Chen Yuping has a lot of requirements, especially the details, which are quite wordy.

Otherwise, the yard will be completed in more than a month.

After the triheyuan was built, the village neighbors came to see the wonders one after another.

"This courtyard looks even grander and richer than the village chief's house."

"How much money does it cost?"

"The Chen family is really prosperous. I never saw it before. Brother Ping has such great ability and is full of calculations. In one year, the entire Chen family has been brought together. Even Brother Chun, who is married, is looking to be more and more prosperous. "

"Speaking of which, Brother Ping is the God of Wealth. Can he have children? In fact, it's not a big deal."

"Brother Ping has to like it." "

What are you thinking about? I'm dreaming in the blue sky. I didn't see the stature and imposing manner of the man living in the Chen family. It's not like our bankers, who disliked Brother Ping so much when he didn't show his ability, and wanted to stay as far away as possible for fear of getting a small fortune. Now that he sees Brother Ping making money, he starts to think about it. "

Speaking of which, besides Brother Ping, there is another man in the Chen family who is not married."

"I know his name is Chen Yuanqiu. He is a very good man. What a pity."

"He is just a fool ." I have never seen a young man of 17 or 18 years old who is so clueless."

"The Chen family even spread the word that they wanted to see him, and they looked at each other. My brother talked to him twice, and he always said it. I was so angry that I almost died."

"My girl is the same..."

"My house..."

It's only April and the three-heyuan has been completed.

After a busy month and a half, I can finally take a breather.

After resting for two days and regaining his composure, Father Chen began to whisper to his third son: "You guys, what do you think about getting married? It's only April, and if you want to get married, it's not too late."

"The groom obeyed . It's not ready yet. Shen Xiu Niang said that the fastest time would be after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Is it so laborious?"

"Well, she and her maid are the only ones working, so naturally they have to work more slowly. Besides, you will be married for a lifetime if you work slowly and carefully." It's a big deal."

Father Chen nodded: "That's right. Do you think we can get married after the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"We'll see what happens then."

At night, Cui Yuanjiu couldn't bear to leave.

Every night I grind for half an hour.

Tonight, I talked about something serious: "I was thinking, should I take some time to go to the county? The county is more prosperous than the town, and we have plenty of time now. Let's decorate the entire Sanheyuan."

"If you want to go, take advantage of the recent farm work in the fields. It's not much. Let's go to the county and look around carefully."

"Ask Dad, if it's okay, we'll leave tomorrow." Cui Yuanjiu glanced at the bed and said, "Brother Cao, will you take it with you?" "

Chen Yuping looked at the cute little sweetheart and said, "Take him with you. I don't know how many days he will be away. He will definitely cry if he is left at home."

"Okay,"

Chapter 68

In his sleep, Chen Yuping seemed to hear the patter of rain, faintly distant and sometimes near. He felt that he was dreaming, but also as if he was about to wake up.

I didn't sleep well and felt a little uncomfortable.

Finally, Chen Yuping opened his eyes, propped himself up against the bed, and looked towards the window.

It was still early, the roosters had not crowed, it was still dark outside, and the sound of rain could be clearly heard.

Sure enough it was raining.

Chen Yuping thought quietly.

I'm afraid I didn't go to the county seat today, so I don't know how many days it will rain.

Fortunately, the time is flexible, so it doesn't matter if I can't go to the county town in the near future. The wedding of the left and right will be after the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is still far away.

In the end, it still added a bit of sadness.

Chen Yuping is still looking forward to going outside to take a look. When he comes here, he has only been to the town as far as he can.

I really can't imagine what a county town was like in ancient times. I heard Cui Yuanjiu say it many times. Every time I heard it, I felt yearning for it. Whenever I had the opportunity, I would go out and see the world.

Yesterday I was still thinking that Brother Cao was lucky enough to be able to go to the county town to play without even walking very neatly. The county town was prosperous, and the child didn't know how happy he was. If he likes it, every year when things are not busy, the family of three can take a trip and go out more often.

Thinking of these, he fell asleep in a daze, feeling happy.

As a result, it rained.

Chen Yuping turned sideways, lay down gently on the bed, hugged the sweetheart next to him, and kissed his forehead.

The emotion dissipated, and sleepiness returned.

Brother Cao'er is his darling, a magical healing medicine.

When I woke up again, the sky was bright.

Chen Yuping pricked up his ears and listened carefully to what was going on outside the house.

The patter of rain is like the music played by nature, sometimes crisp and sometimes slow.

It's still raining.

Chen Yuping lifted the quilt and got up, tucked his precious son into bed, put on his clothes and tied his hair and went out of the house.

Old man Chen was sitting under the eaves of the corner, holding a bowl of hot strong tea in his hand, his eyes slightly squinting, looking at the misty rainy day, his expression blank, he didn't know what he was thinking, or maybe he was not thinking about anything at all. Just in a daze.

"Father."

"I'm awake."

"Father, you're fine. Are you going to pick some shepherd's purse? Are you going to eat shepherd's purse dumplings for breakfast tonight?"

Old man Chen, who had something to do, obviously felt a little more energetic and put down the strong tea in his hand. : "Okay."

"Are you having shepherd's purse dumplings for breakfast tonight?" Mr. Chen stood at the door of the stove and spoke.

Chen Yuping nodded: "Dad, do you have any arrangements?"

"No. It rained today. Brother Chun and the youngest got up a little late. They were worried that the oxcart would move slowly in the rain, so they didn't even eat breakfast, so they packed up delicious food. He hurried out of the house and said he was going to the store to take the braised pork buns and make them together. "Dad Chen said nonchalantly, "If you want to make dumplings, I'll knead the dough for your second brother. They also called out. Everyone was very tired these days. The three-sided courtyard was built and we had some free time. It was time to prepare some good food. Now that there was more farming in the fields, Brother Cao and the others were the ones enjoying the most. "He smiled, turned around and entered the kitchen house.

Cui Yuanjiu came from the back of the house and saw old man Chen putting on his raincoat. He asked, "Second uncle, are you going out?"

"Pick shepherd's purses and make dumplings to eat."

"I'll go too."

Chen Yuping added: "Pick more, that's it. It's a good time to eat shepherd's purse."

"When you go out, remember to go to the next door and ask Qiao'er to stop having breakfast and come over to eat dumplings together."

"I know."

Not long after, Liu Guixiang came over with Qiao Niu'er in her arms.

"Dad, Brother Ping."

Father Chen smiled: "Qiao Niuer woke up very early because she didn't have enough sleep. The three of them were still sleeping. You put her on the bamboo couch while we worked in the kitchen. "

It's raining, and no one is coming to the stall." Liu Guixiang put the child on the bamboo couch anyway.

There were two people going out, and Cui Yuanjiu was the only one who came back. The bamboo shoots were filled with juicy and tender shepherd's purse. Just looking at it made me very appetizing.

"My father and my second brother went to the fields."

"It rained heavily suddenly. It's time to release water in the fields." As he spoke, Father Chen poured the shepherd's purse into the barrel, moved a small stool and sat on it, carefully Pick carefully.

Cui Yuanjiu hung up his raincoat and hat: "Where's Brother Ping?"

"I went to his third uncle's house to buy meat. You go and see the three children. When they wake up, bring Zaowu."

"Okay."

Shen Le Wearing a hat and a raincoat, riding a strong donkey, he walked to the door of Chen's house: "Second uncle."

Listening to this cheerful voice, Mr. Chen couldn't help but smile with joy. With a smile on his face, he walked to the door of the house and looked out: "I was still wondering if Brother Le would come this morning. It's not convenient on a rainy day. Brother Ping was in a good mood this morning and planned to make shepherd's purse dumplings. Do you have any?" " It's so delicious."

"Where can I go if I don't come to my second uncle's house?" Shen Le got off the donkey and ran happily to the kitchen house: "Shepherd's purse dumplings, my favorite dumpling filling, fresh and sweet. Crisp and juicy, one bite is really delicious. Second uncle, I know how to make dumplings. I'll help you make them. I'm not good

at cooking , but I can make dumplings perfectly! If you know the way, go to the back of the house.

A Niu lazily nestled in the cowshed and saw the donkey walking over: "Moo——" as if to say hello.

The donkey opened his mouth: "Ang——" he swept his tail and swaggered into the cowshed.

Cui Yuanjiu was dressing Brother Cao'er. Brother Cao heard A Niu and a donkey braying, and started to imitate him.

"Moo——"

"Ang——"

After finishing his lesson, he still giggled at Cui Yuanjiu. His fat, lotus-like arms were around his neck, and he rubbed his face delicately.

"Your father said that you are a coward, and that's not bad at all." Cui Yuanjiu spoke softly, neatly dressing the little baby in his arms.

Qiao Niu'er, who was lying down, crawling, sitting and standing on the bamboo couch, changing her posture countless times, was so excited when she saw Brother Cao enter the stove room! Holding on to the wall, he stood up and waved his hand: "Brother, brother, brother." A pair of eyes sparkled.

"Sister." Brother Cao smiled happily.

The quiet kitchen suddenly became lively.

For breakfast, the adults ate shepherd's purse dumplings, the children ate shepherd's purse and meat porridge, and Da Zhuang ate a few dumplings and half a bowl of porridge.

"The shepherd's purse dumplings are really delicious, with a crispy texture. One bite at a time, you put it in your mouth and bite it. It's so fresh that it makes you shiver." Shen Le couldn't bear to put down his chopsticks. Unfortunately, he really couldn't eat anymore, and his stomach was about to burst: "Brother Ping, the shepherd's purse dumplings you made are the most delicious shepherd's purse dumplings I have ever tasted."

"One more thing, if you like them, I will steam them for you at noon."

Shen Le was really not polite, Not feeling ashamed, he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Okay, okay."

Brother Cao said, "Porridge, delicious!" After saying that, he smiled at Dad, his white teeth were so cute.

"The meat is delicious."

An Geer thought for a while: "The vegetables are delicious."

Liu Guixiang hugged Qiao Niuer and weighed her, a little worried: "Among the three children, she has the biggest appetite and eats the most. The meat also grows the most. "

I'm still young and can draw strips." Father Chen is very experienced.

With the completion of the Sanheyuan, everyone in the Chen family no longer has to be busy, and all the work inside and outside the house can be taken care of in time.

Shen Le couldn't get much work, and he couldn't bear to part with the food cooked by Brother Ping, so he had no choice but to shamelessly follow Brother Ninth, and he would do whatever Brother Ninth did.

Chen Yuping is going to pick some wild cress. The wild cress in this season is also quite crisp, tender and delicious. It can be used to stir-fry bacon. It is delicious and goes well with rice.

Cui Yuanjiu went with him, and Shen Le leaned forward with a shy face like a little tail, smiling.

"Brother Le, have you really decided not to go to the county?" Chen Yuping has a good impression of Shen Le. After spending some time together, he feels that this young man and the youngest have very similar temperaments. They are foodies at heart. If the two of them have something to say, they will get along. If it can really work out , the days after marriage should be very happy.

The troublesome thing is that both of them are stupid, and they are not enlightened.

"No. I have resigned from the escort agency, and I just want to continue to make a living with Brother Ninth."

Chen Yuping teased him: "Your Brother Ninth has no way of making a living now."

"Brother Ping doesn't dislike me, so I'll follow you. It doesn't matter if you have wages or not, just take care of food and housing."

"I heard that your family has two shops, you can go back to work as a young boss."

Shen Le curled his lips and said, "My brother is obsessed with it. Thinking of studying to gain fame, my father and mother-in-law thought about finding a husband-in-law for me to take charge of the two shops at home. The two brothers were not allowed to separate the houses. This meant that I would be able to support my brother. I thought I didn't even look at the biased ones, and I said I wasn't biased."

Chen Yuping regretted that he should not have asked: "We are planning to open a larger store in the town for food business. There is no news about the store at the moment. If you are willing, you can do it then. I will work in the store and take care of my wages. "

"Yes! One hundred and ten thousand are willing!" Shen Le was as happy as a child, jumping three feet high.

Stir-fried bacon with cress, steamed bacon with black bean sauce, cold folded ear root, and stewed red beans with tube bones.

By the way, I steamed some jujube paste cakes for the children, and tasted them. They were mainly kept for the afternoon. Each person had a bowl of steamed eggs, fragrant fish porridge, and tube bone stewed red beans. They only sprinkled a little salt and fed them to the children. After two sips, Qiao Niuer drank less than half of the bowl, licked her lips, and still wanted to eat. Liu Guixiang did not dare to feed her any more.

Not long after lunch, brothers Chen Yuanqiu and Chen Yuchun came back.

It turns out that I met a big customer today and bought a lot of food in the store at once, so I closed the store early.

There is no food left. As long as Brother Ping is in charge, the food at home can be eaten cleanly.

On the one hand, he is good at cooking, and on the other hand, he is very good at cooking and cooking, and the food is just right.

Father Chen asked his third son to rest, and he gave the eldest son and the younger a bowl of braised noodles.

Brothers Chen Yuanqiu and Chen Yuchun were very hungry. They finished a bowl full of braised noodles in just a few puffs.

Later, they each took a steamed bun, dipped it in the remaining noodle juice in the bowl, and ate it in a few bites.

"The food at home is still delicious." Chen Yuandong patted his bulging belly, satisfied.

Shen Le couldn't stay idle, but there was indeed no work to do inside and outside the Chen family's house.

His eyes rolled around in circles, and he ran to persuade Chen Yuanqiu: "Youngest, everything is fine, how about we go look for wild vegetables? This morning when I was picking wild celery, I saw a toona plant that was growing very well. I asked Brother Ping to do it tonight. I made omelette with Chinese toon, and you didn't eat the fried bacon with wild celery at noon. It tasted really good, and it was so delicious! The cat's claws were also very tender, not to mention how delicious they were when fried." The more I talked about it, the more excited I was. Pushing the person in front of him: "Are you going?"

"Go! Go now!" Chen Yuanqiu drooled as he listened, unable to sit still: "Let's go, let's go." Seeing that it was just drizzling outside, he didn't even wear a raincoat. He put on a hat and said, "Dad, Brother Le and I went to the mountains to find some wild vegetables."

Father Chen got up and walked out: "You two, be careful, especially the youngest. It's raining and the road is slippery, so be careful." Brother Dianle, don't go into the mountains."

"Don't worry, uncle, we know." Seeing Chen Yuping coming out, Shen Le said with a smile, "Brother Ping, the youngest and I will find some wild vegetables to cook tonight. " Let's eat."

"Okay. You can find what you want to eat, and I'll prepare it for you."

Chen Yuanqiu urged from the side. "Let's go."

The two young men could still hear them chirping. He muttered, "What is delicious? Should it be fried, stewed, or served cold?" He said it with an experienced look. As he walked farther away, he gradually couldn't hear what he was saying.

Father Chen went back to the house: "These two children are really two children."

Chen Yuping smiled and joked: "Stupid people have stupid blessings."

Chapter 69

It rained continuously for several days.

Sometimes it stops raining early in the morning, sometimes it rains heavily in the afternoon, sometimes it's drizzle with a cold wind in the evening, and there are rare quiet moments at night when you can always hear the patter of rain, or raindrops falling along the eaves. .

Chen Yuanqiu and Shen Le have recently been keen on going into the mountains to find various wild vegetables. With enough rain, mushrooms are sprouting in the mountains, and they can come back with a full harvest every afternoon.

The family members can just let the two of them mess around and be happy.

It also saved Chen Yuping a lot of things. He didn't have to think about daily dishes, he could just eat whatever he picked from the mountains.

In late April, the weather cleared up.

The mountain forest, which has been moistened by rain, is like a treasure. New and tender wild vegetables grow wildly, and mountain fungi and wild mushrooms are everywhere.

Father Chen was peeling the bamboo shoots while talking: "I guess the sun will be available for several days to dry some bamboo shoots and mushrooms, as well as Houttuynia cordata and purslane. The honeysuckle will be in full bloom in the mountains at the beginning of next month, so we can dry it for two days." Pick more and dry them to make herbal tea in the summer.

"It's good to dry them more and you might be able to sell them for food." Chen Yuping was talking about bamboo shoots and mushrooms.

"There are more Yuan Jiu and Le Ge'er this year. We are all brothers and sisters. It won't take much effort to dry more."

Chen Yuping picked up the bamboo shoots clothes and put them into the basket: "The bamboo shoots clothes are also delicious after being dried and fried with meat."

"You like to eat them. "Let's dry some bamboo shoots."

"Dad, it's smelly,"

is Brother Cao's little voice.

Chen Yuping put down the bamboo basket, stood up and walked to the main room: "Want to poop?" He picked up his sweetheart and hurried to the back of the house.

"Dad." As if he wasn't making trouble, Brother Cao was leisurely looking left and right.

"Yes."

"Dad, swallow."

Chen Yuping took a look and said, "It's a sparrow."

Another bird flew past, and Brother Cao'er stretched out his hand and pointed far away: "Swallow!"

"Yes. It's a swallow." Chen Yuping's hands were a little sore: "My dear, do you want to poop on Smelly?"

"Pull."

You did. Chen Yuping thought about it, but he definitely couldn't say this: "Dad can't hold you anymore, you can only squat on the ground and poop."

His precious son is about to turn one year old, and he doesn't dare to let the child squat and poop. Unless he can't be held, let him squat for a while. If he doesn't pull, let him play with it first.

A rather irritating smell hit his sense of smell. Chen Yuping frowned subconsciously and turned his face slightly back.

It's not easy to be a father, and his little ancestor finally got into trouble.

"Pull it." A sweet little voice said: "Daddy, it's done."

"Brother Cao is awesome." Chen Yuping lowered his head and kissed his son's tender face.

Brother Cao was very happy when he heard the compliment, grinning and giggling.

Chen Yuping put Brother Cao back on the bamboo couch in the main room. When he came out again, he happened to see his father turning into the kitchen house. He hurriedly trotted: "Dad, I will clean it up."

Father Chen poured the plant ashes on the smelly house. Shang Shang asked, "What are you doing here?" As he spoke, he scooped up Shang and went to the latrine.

Chen Yuping took out half a bucket of water, took a broom and washed it, and the bluestone was quickly restored to cleanliness.

"Just because you are such a picky person, our child is well-behaved and obedient. You really coaxed him to do it. He knows how to say "stinky" when he pees, and he knows how to shout when he pees. It's strange that he is only a little over one year old. "Son, why do you really understand? It's just a child. Brother An, Qiao Niu'er also believed in your lies." Father Chen was very depressed.

Chen Yuping said proudly: "I can teach children."

"The tail is raised to the sky."

He was busy with trivial tasks all afternoon, but it was easy and not tiring. The four children were well behaved and rarely cried at most. In the afternoon, they shouted that they were hungry and asked for cakes and cakes.

I learned it all from Qiao Niu'er, and I really can't change this habit. If I don't give them something to eat in the afternoon, it feels like I'm wronging them, and they moan like little pigs. The problem cannot be corrected, so I can only give them less food for lunch. I am afraid that they will accumulate food and enlarge their stomachs at a young age. It is said that this is not good, and I don't know whether it is true or not.

The life of a farm family goes by slowly or quickly.

Day after day, when I open my eyes, it's early morning and then it's noon. It seems like I've just sorted out the things at hand and it's time to make dinner again.

Small pieces of work, an ordinary life.

There is a sense of peace and happiness that cannot be expressed in words.

At the beginning of May, the morning sun was shining, and there was a hint of summer heat.

It's already the beginning of summer in April, but it still seems like spring. Things are different in May, and you can clearly feel the approach of summer.

Cui Yuanjiu went to town early in the morning with an ox cart.

The east wing of the Sanheyuan could originally have three rooms, but Chen Yuping only built two, one of which was as big as two rooms.

This house is specially used for the children of the family to play, a small playground.

We specially hired the most skilled old carpenters in the town to create slides, wooden horses, seesaws, swings, etc., all of which are meticulous and compact, with no safety hazards.

The old carpenter said it could be finished in early May.

Cui Yuanjiu came to town today just to pick up these children's toys.

Three old carpenters and apprentices will come together and they will be needed to help install it. After the installation is completed, a soft blanket will be spread.

Not to mention putting it in the village, even putting it in the town from ten miles away and eight towns is still a very generous act.

If others knew about it, they would 100% say that the money was too much to burn. Fortunately, no one except my own family knows.

Installation was effortless and took just one morning.

Chen Yuping and Cui Yuanjiu checked back and forth carefully, trying again and again to make sure there were no omissions.

He happily settled the remaining money to the old carpenter, and prepared a sumptuous lunch for the three masters and apprentices.

While the children were taking a nap, everyone in the Chen family happily ran into the Sanheyuan to see the strange things.

You have to take off your shoes when entering the house.

"It's so small, it looks so cute." Liu Guixiang's eyes lit up: "It's so interesting." She became playful, put her hands on the small swing, and swung it back and forth twice. Then she saw the seesaw next to her: "What's this? "Fun?"

Chen Yuping put a hand up and said: "You sit on one side, you get up and I get down, we adults can only let go, we can't sit up."

"It's fun, brother Ping, how did you come up with this?" It's so interesting."

"What are these colorful pieces of wood used for?" Father Chen looked over them and couldn't figure it out.

"These are building blocks." Chen Yuping started to play with them: "You can play with them as you like, they won't break, they are very strong."

Father Chen took a look and asked: "This, is this a house?" It looked a bit like it.

"Yes."

Chen Yuandong was sitting on a wooden horse. The tall man looked very amused: "This, I can sit on this too." Of course, he didn't dare to actually sit on it, with his feet supporting his upper body.

"Be careful, don't break it." Liu Guixiang reminded: "You'd better come down. I'm afraid you'll fall. It's very uncomfortable to think about it."

"It's really uncomfortable." Chen Yuandong laughed. : "Children must find it fun when they play."

"This little old man is a bit interesting. He can't knock it over no matter what, and he still smiles at me. Brother Ping, did you draw it?" Old man Chen was playing with it and became addicted to it. An index finger moved back and forth: "Look, it just won't fall over."

"The tumbler is the little old man I drew. Father, it's funny."

Old man Chen smiled so much that wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes, and he looked a little like an old boy. Looks like.

"My brother Ping, you are so awesome." Seeing everyone looking at the toys in the room, Cui Yuanjiu leaned into Chen Yuping's ear and said with a smile.

Chen Yuping smiled and nodded: "Just so so." He said modestly.

"You have put so much effort and energy into Brother Cao that you even thought of this."

"What do you want to say again?" Chen Yuping had seen through him a long time ago. He is a father who is even jealous of his own children. !

"Would you like to pay more attention to decorating our wedding room?"

Still thinking it was something, Chen Yuping patted his chest: "Don't worry! I will definitely decorate it properly. We will go to the county town in two days to buy the things we need to buy." I'll take care of everything after buying it."

"It's done!" Cui Yuanjiu was happy, smiling brightly.

After staying in the Sanheyuan for less than half an hour, everyone left without feeling satisfied.

"The four children in our family are so happy."

"Brother Ping is a great father. I'm afraid no one can compare with him."

"When the children woke up and came into the house, they were probably going crazy with joy. Go."

After the children woke up one by one, everyone in the Chen family put aside their work and carried them to the Sanheyuan.

Liu Guixiang stopped guarding the stall and called Sister-in-law Jin to help take care of it for a while.

Everyone wanted to see how the children would react.

The children should wear new shoes that have not been used on the ground. They are one year old and can stagger a few steps, so soft shoes are not suitable.

Cui Yuanjiu specially bought these new pairs of shoes in the town and put them in the children's room to wear.

The adults put the children inside.

The children blinked their big round eyes and scanned around the room, then looked back at the adults, their little faces dazed.

"Let's play." Chen Yuping was not in a hurry to teach them how to play, and wanted to let them explore on their own first.

Brother Cao'er chuckled after listening to his father's words, and quickly climbed into the house, and climbed to the short swing. Curiously, he lay down on it, and put a little force on his toes on the ground. Then, he The whole body swayed slightly, and the silly child smiled even more happily.

With Brother Cao in front, the remaining three children started to move and crawled towards what they were most interested in. Well, Da Zhuang walked. He walked to the little wooden horse, looked at it, hesitated, turned over and sat on it, and then he smiled.

Qiao Niuer climbed to the side of the slide, while An Geer climbed to the side of Cao Geer.

"Brother." Brother Cao called sweetly, with a sweet smile. He twisted his body twice and slipped to the ground. He sat up neatly and pointed at the small swing: "Brother, play." Pulling the rope of the swing, I stood up, swinging my little arms, and the swing followed.

Brother An followed suit, pulling the rope of the swing on the other side, swinging his little arms, and the little swing swung higher.

The two children laughed loudly, and the more they played, the happier they became.

"Two little fools." Upon seeing this, Chen Yuping entered the house in no hurry.

Liu Guixiang couldn't help laughing: "They are really two fools."

"I have never played, and we have not taught you, so I definitely don't know how to play." Father Chen said, and then added: "It's okay to just play like this, I'm afraid they will fall." "

The adults speak in a lowered voice, but the children are very clever. When they listen to them, they will subconsciously turn around and prick up their ears.

Qiao Niu'er had no one to teach her how to play on the slide. After playing for a while, she understood how to play and had fun. She waved her little hands and shouted quickly: "Brother, brother." Then she shouted to Da Zhuang: "Brother." , play."

Brother An and Brother Cao, who were swinging with their arms, looked at their sister and saw her sliding down the slide.

Wow!

He immediately threw away the swing rope and climbed up to the slide.

Chapter 70

The children had fun and the adults enjoyed watching.

Suddenly I felt that the money was well spent.

What Brother Ping said makes sense. Money can only be earned if you spend it. It can never be saved.

Cui Yuanjiu and Chen Yuping stayed to look after the children, while the others went about their business at hand.

The ladder for the slide is very short and the treads are very wide, so the little ones can climb even though they can't walk yet.

Qiao Niuer skillfully climbed to the front, and climbed onto the slide in a few moments. It was a wide platform, and she had to move a few times before she could slide down the slide.

"Brother. Brother." She turned her head and looked back, waving her hand.

Brother Cao climbed in front and Brother An climbed behind. The two little guys were also very curious about the wide ladder. Brother Cao climbed to the second step. As if he was tired, he sat down and smiled at his sister above. , and smiled at the brother below.

Angor raised his little head, chuckled, and sat down on the first step of the ladder as he had done.

This made Qiao Niu'er very anxious, but she could only speak a few words. When she opened her mouth in a hurry, she would say ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, and slapped the railings on both sides of the stage with her right hand: "Brother!"

Looking at her sister's furious look , Cao Geer An Geer also found it very funny, showing his white teeth and smiling so that his eyebrows were as curved as crescent moons.

"What do you think Qiao Niu'er will do?" Cui Yuanjiu asked with interest: "Will she lose her temper at her two younger brothers?"

Chen Yuping recalled the four children's daily interactions and shook his head affirmatively: "No."

Qiao Niu'er looked at the two silly brothers who were grinning at her, and slid down the slide angrily. Then, her little arms and legs crawled very fast, and she was in front of An Ge'er in a blink of an eye. But what should she say? ? She didn't know how to crawl, blah blah blah, gurgling, gurgling -

"Sister." Brother Cao patted the pedal he was sitting on and even moved his butt.

An Geer just kept laughing, and he was so happy.

Qiao Niuer almost cried!

Da Zhuang got off the wooden horse, walked to the front of the slide, and said to his two younger brothers, "My sister wants you to climb up." He pointed to the top platform.

Qiao Niu'er nodded quickly, reached out and pushed An Ge'er who was sitting firmly, climbed forward twice, and pointed to the top platform.

Brother Cao'er blinked, twisted his body and climbed to the third step, then looked back at his sister.

Qiao Niuer clapped her hands as if applauding, with crystal tears still hanging on her long eyelashes, and a bright smile appeared on her face.

Brother Cao climbed two more steps and came to the wide platform. He sat with his hands on the fence next to him and smiled at his brothers and sisters below.

An Ge'er also started to crawl. He climbed slowly, and Qiao Niu'er followed him: "Brother. Brother. Brother." He shouted one after another.

Soon, An Geer also climbed onto the stage and sat down.

The table is not small, and it is quite spacious with two little babies sitting on it. If Qiao Niu were to sit on it, it would be a bit crowded.

Qiao Niuer didn't get up. She seemed to be tired and sat down on the wide pedal.

Chen Yuping pushed the boy next to him with his elbow: "Tell me, does this look like driving a piglet into a pig pen?"

"It does." Cui Yuanjiu nodded.

"I think we can build handrails in the house. The three children can walk, but they have to hold on to something. It's not a problem to climb like this."

Cui Yuanjiu glanced at the house: "We can build a narrow railing along the wall. A walkway with handrails is considered a toy in the eyes of children. You can also build two walkways in the middle of the house with handrails on both sides. You can also use the four corners to build a round wooden house? Better than I would think. Think about it. Our house is big enough, but it seems a little empty now. Since we have a place to play, we might as well tidy it up so that the children can have fun. "

" OK. I'll think about it carefully."

The next day, Cui Yuanjiu went to the town and asked the old carpenter and his apprentice to go to Sanheyuan again.

In the children's room, Chen Yuping talked with the three old carpenters and his apprentice for more than an hour, talking and gesticulating like this.

The final plan was finalized.

After having lunch in the old house, the three masters and apprentices of the old carpenter went into the children's room of the Sanheyuan and started knocking, ding, ding, dong dong.

Build a cute mushroom house in a corner, and build a narrow walkway with handrails on both sides of the wall. A corner at the end of the walkway is dedicated to toys, such as roly-poly blocks, etc. There will be a wall and a small door for toys. It can be played inside, but cannot be taken out to prevent them from stepping on or dropping it.

In another corner, a wooden basin for bathing was set up along the corner. There were quilts in it. It was considered a sleeping place. It would be no problem to sleep four children.

In the last corner, there are colorful and childlike paintings to enrich the children's imagination. We will prepare charcoal pencils and cardboard for them. When one paper is full, change it to another. We will keep it for them until they become sensible. Take it out and show it to them.

"When the weather is good, we have to take the children out from time to time to see nature, flowers, trees, birds or poultry and livestock in the mountains. The more children are exposed, the more they will understand and learn to speak. You can learn faster."

Cui Yuanjiu reminded him: "You don't want to do business in the abacus shop? Are you going to focus on a few children?"

"Business must be done, and there will always be time and pressure. Do this every day, just take them out for an hour or two every now and then. "

"Yes. Just make sure you know what you want. I'll listen to you."

The three old carpenters and apprentices need to work in Sanheyuan and come back in the morning and evening. Lunch, wages are calculated separately.

Therefore, when going to the county seat, we have to push back.

"What else do you plan to do with that house?" Father Chen asked while choosing vegetables: "If you have some money in hand, don't invest too much in it. Children grow up when the wind blows. How long can they play? One or two years? It's just hard work."

Chen Yuping smiled and said: "Dad, I know it, and it won't cost much. The children will not need it when they grow up. There will always be younger brothers and sisters in the back. They are just wood, and they won't break down if left alone. "

You always have a lot of lies, let's do whatever you want."

The house was tidied up in a few days, and Chen Yuping happily settled the money and gave Feng Hong extra.

The three masters and apprentices of the old carpenter did a pretty good job and deserved to be given a red seal.

Once again, we went to play in the children's house in Sanheyuan. Several children were obviously very excited.

After putting them down, he crawled into the house.

As he crawled, Brother Cao's eyes rolled around when he saw the handrail. It was very strange. He clasped his hands, stood up slowly, and then chuckled.

Chen Yuping followed them into the house today and taught them how to speak in a gentle voice.

"Climb."

"Go."

"Swing."

"Slide."

Chen Yuanqiu and Chen Yuchun came back from the town and heard that the children were all in the Sanheyuan. They packed up what they were doing and came over.

Also coming was Shen Le.

"Wow!!!" Shen Le saw the children's house for the first time, his eyes widened with shock.

He seems to have something to do these days and has not come to Chen's house.

Chen Yuanqiu was very proud: "No matter what, my third brother came up with it. My little baby is the happiest little baby in the world. Take a look at this house. It's so exquisite, strange and interesting. I'm afraid I'll never find it again." "I 'm

so happy! Why am I not the cub of the Chen family? I also want to be the cub of the Chen family." Shen Le touched this and that with envy in his eyes. She was about to become popular: "How can you be so happy? Third brother, I want to play too..."

"You are too big to play." Chen Yuanqiu muttered.

He still wanted to play -

Shen Le refused to give up and walked around the room. His eyes fell on the wooden basin in the corner, and he suddenly felt happy: "I think I can sleep in this place." As he said that, he He ran over and curled up into a ball, letting him fall asleep.

Chen Yuanqiu: "..."

While eating dinner, Chen Yuping mentioned that he would go to the county town tomorrow.

Today is the eighth day of May, almost the middle of the month. If we delay any longer, the weather will be too hot to go out.

"Yuanjiu and I want to take Brother Cao with us. It will probably take several days to come back."

Old Chen had no objection: "Go ahead." With Yuanjiu here, he was very relieved.

"Would it be too troublesome to take Brother Cao to go?" Father Chen hesitated: "He is only over a year old. He has to keep an eye on you all the time. It will be very tiring for just the two of you."

"Anyway, I am alone, I can accompany you . Let's go together." Shen Le said casually: "I know the county town."

Cui Yuanjiu nodded: "Brother Le, we can go together." Then he looked at the youngest who was serious about eating: "Do you want to go to the county town. ?"

"Let's go. I haven't been to the county town yet. What a great opportunity. The county town is so prosperous and lively that none of the ten towns can compare." Shen Le fanned the flames.

There was light in Chen Yuanqiu's eyes, and he was very moved, but he hesitated: "I, I have to guard the store. I can't leave."

"You can go if you want. The family is not busy at the moment. Brother Chun and I will go to the town to guard the store. " Shop." Father Chen said, and then added: "Let your second brother's house keep the three children for your second sister-in-law to look after. By the way, tell your uncle and your third uncle's two sisters-in-law to take care of them from time to time. Look, when you come back from the county town, remember to bring some fresh stuff to you."

Chen Yuping felt that this arrangement was quite appropriate: "Okay, that's it."

It's early morning on the ninth day of May.

Cui Yuanjiu and the others took Brother Cao away not long ago, probably less than an hour.

A carriage stopped in front of the old house of the Chen family, and a rich and handsome young man stepped out of the carriage. Next to him stood a middle-aged man.

It's a pity that the door of Chen's house is closed and no one is here. If he were there, he would definitely recognize this middle-aged man as the shopkeeper of Manxiang Garden.

"There is no one at Shaodong's house. Why don't you go next door and have a look? I heard that Chen San gave the food stall at home to his second brother, which is in the yard next door."

The young master nodded.

Sister-in-law Jin and Liu Guixiang were talking. There was a bamboo couch next to them. There was a layer of old mats around the bamboo couch, and the three children were playing on the mat.

"But the Chen Er family?"

Liu Guixiang looked at the two of them with confusion: "Who are you looking for?"

"Let's talk to Chen San about something. Where are they?"

"Brother Yaping?"

"Yes."

"Who are you? ?" Liu Guixiang asked without answering.

The middle-aged man said kindly: "I am the shopkeeper of Manxiangyuan. I came here once before. Brother Ping knows me. Your father was also there at the time." After that, he introduced the person next to him. Young Master: "This is my eldest young master. I heard that Chen San wanted to open a shop in the town, but he has never been able to find a shop that suits him. The young master came here just to talk to Chen San about the shop."

"No. What a coincidence, Brother Ping and the others just went to the county town today, and it will take several days before they can come back." Liu Guixiang smiled and said, "Let's go in and have a bowl of coarse tea."

Brother Gongzi said, "Ruo Chen San. Come back and tell him whether my store on the upper and lower floors of Manxiangyuan is what he wants. If you are interested, come and see me at Manxiangyuan. I will leave the town at the end of the month and will not wait for you."

Liu Guixiang said . He responded with a smile and sent the two of them off.

"I know Manxiangyuan. It's the restaurant opposite Shenji. It's so open and grand. What does this young host mean?" Sister-in-law Jin couldn't help but murmured.

"I don't know either. I'll tell him about this when Brother Ping comes back and see what his plans are."

"Do you want to rent it to Brother Ping? How much rent will it cost?"

Liu Guixiang had other ideas . : "If you want to rent it to Brother Ping, the young master won't come here in person. I'm thinking that he might have other plans."

"I just think it's not simple."