Chapter 184: Born on the ninth day of the eighth lunar month
The Douban that had been moldy for a few days has been made. This time, a lot of it was made. Song Qiu, along with Lao Yuan and Zhang Lihua and Aling, worked all morning before breaking up and kneading all the moldy Douban.
, use a sieve to remove the mold dust, and put it in the sun to dry.
The sun in early August can still dry out things.
The red peppers that have been hanging in the sun for day after day have all dried up, and the earliest batch is even softer to the touch.
Song Qiu had to be thankful to God that it hadn't rained for half a month.
It's better if it doesn't rain. Wait until all the dried chilies are exposed and it won't be too late for it to rain again.
The red peppers from my own family and those from the Zhang family were also picked and skewered for drying.
In the past two days, I also heard from the daughter-in-law who was married to a red pepper seller. She knew that her family collected red peppers, and she picked them herself and carried them to her door to sell. Song Qiu also collected them.
I'm glad I don't have to make the trip myself.
I have received quite a few.
Taking advantage of Mo Douban's time to bask in the sun, Song Qiu drove the mule cart, taking Zhang Lihua and Aling with him, planning to collect the last batch of red peppers.
You can take whatever you can get, this year's harvest is the last one.
Everyone is starting to prepare their vegetable plots to plant various vegetables for the second half of the year. The pepper trees that are still in the ground will be left dry for harvesting. However, not all of them are left in place. Some of them have been pulled out to make room.
When the land came, only a ridge was left.
So Song Qiu and the others walked far away, to the Xiaojiachang area, walking from village to village, and finally returned to the village after dark, but only received a mule cart of red peppers.
It's only about five or six hundred kilograms, but it's enough.
Song Qiu didn't plan to run anymore. After running for a day today, he was tired, and Xiao Hei was tired too.
In addition to the remaining skewered peppers at home, it is estimated that it will be enough to fill the remaining five large pottery jars.
By then, she will have seven large vats plus three small pottery jars of bean paste.
Well, there are also a lot of dried chili peppers.
These bunches are probably all dried in the sun, and there are still several hundred kilograms of them weighed, which is enough for her to harvest peppers next year.
After all the peppers were taken back, Song Qiu went to the village and shouted. The women who had helped chop peppers for a whole day came to the door with wooden basins and kitchen knives.
We already know how to do it, so there is no need to teach us anymore. We all worked together to cut off the stems of the peppers, pick out the bad and rotten ones, rinse them in clean water, and dry them in the sun.
After all the peppers have been washed and dried, and the surface moisture of the first batch has dried, you can start chopping.
For a moment, the Song family yard was filled with the sound of chopping.
After lunch, we continued to chop chop chop.
Liu Caihua, who had gone back to her parents' house to have a feast this morning, could not come with her early this morning. Now she hurried over with a wooden basin and a kitchen knife. She smiled at Song Qiu and said, "It took me a long time to have a feast, so let's forget it today."
How about half a day?”
Song Qiu also smiled, "Okay!"
Liu Caihua nodded, found a place to sit down, and started to chop the chili peppers in the wooden basin.
"You haven't left the village today, so you haven't heard about it yet!" Liu Caihua couldn't help but talk mysteriously as soon as she sat down.
Mrs. Zhang is the most lively person. When she heard this, she raised her eyes and came over to cheer, "What's going on? What's so lively about it?"
His face was bright red, and he looked so excited, which made everyone laugh for a while.
However, everyone also looked at Liu Caihua. Liu Caihua was not someone who liked to take time off. When she wanted to do something, it was bound to be a big deal!
It is naturally impossible to ask women to work in a group without talking the whole time.
Song Qiu was also happy to listen to the hilarious remarks made by everyone's parents. It was interesting to hear it, wasn't it?
As long as you keep working and talking, it will be fine.
Liu Caihua couldn't sell it, so she immediately said, "It's the Cheng family's business! Why didn't the boss say it? There are many families from all over the country who brought their daughters to the Cheng family village, and they just said that their family
My daughter was born in August, I hope she can be chosen by the Cheng family!"
"It stands to reason that after these days of busy work, I heard that many girls born in August have been found, but there is no news in the Cheng family about who is the right one. Everyone is watching, right?
?”
"Early this morning, someone from the Cheng family spread the news! A mother-in-law from the Cheng family came to the village to announce it. My mother-in-law's family is close to Chengjiazhuang, so she came quickly, so she happened to be the first to hear it. No, I'll eat it.
I rushed back right away!”
"The Cheng family has made it clear this time that the baby girl to be born should be born at the eleventh hour of the ninth lunar month in August. People are very clear about the rules. One day and a quarter away will not do!
He also said that as long as she is a girl at this hour of the day, she will be given a thousand taels of gold as a betrothal gift! If she succeeds, she will be a serious young lady of the Cheng family, and she will not give up. If she does not succeed, the Cheng family will treat this girl as her own.
My daughter, not only did I find her a husband, but I also gave her a generous marriage!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Mrs. Zhang immediately said: "Hey, what a great thing! How much is a thousand taels of gold? Old lady, I have never seen what gold looks like in my life. I heard it is worth more than silver.
Quite a few, right?”
"Also, this is not a good idea. Do you really treat this girl as your own daughter and find her husband's family to marry her off? The Cheng family is indeed a kind person! They are really considerate of others!"
"Such a good thing, if it were me, I would be willing to do it ten thousand times! Not only can I get a thousand taels of gold, but after I give my daughter away, someone else will worry about marriage and marry her off. What a good thing? And if it goes well,
But we are related to the Cheng family!"
"I've been searching for several days and still can't find it. You have no chance! Who would deliberately hide their daughter's birth date and not tell her?"
"It must have been a mistake? Otherwise, the Cheng family wouldn't have waited so long to increase the benefits and clearly stated the specific time!"
"It just depends on whether we can find it this time."
"But why are these horoscopes so specific? What about the true spirit of Chengyang Taoist priest? He was born at the ninth hour of the eighth lunar month. Who remembers it so clearly? It's my Niuwa. It's only been two years, and I can't even remember him.
Was the baby born at a quarter or two? At that time, my daughter-in-law couldn't give birth even after giving birth for a long time. The house was in a mess, and everyone was wondering why she hadn't given birth yet. How could she care about when she gave birth? Mrs. Yuan, do you still remember?"
Liu Laomeng's mother-in-law clicked her tongue.
Old Yuan was so shocked by the ninth day of August that her heart was in a mess. Mrs. Liu asked her, but she didn't hear her.
It was Mrs. Liu who shouted twice more before she came back to her senses, "Remember what? Your daughter-in-law screamed so hard when she gave birth to her first baby. I couldn't even stop shouting. I was busy delivering the baby, waiting for the baby to come out.
I hugged you again, but I forgot whether it was one moment or two moments."
"That's right, who remembers this so clearly?" Mrs. Liu nodded matter-of-factly, "I'm not telling you, if someone is born in the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, but not in the first year of Zizheng, where can you tell the Cheng family to confirm it?
Yes or no?"
The women all talked about it, and it was a lively affair.
Suddenly, Golden Juhua screamed, "Oh! Aunt Zhang, I remember that Lihua was born on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, right? It was at night, and I collected the red eggs the next morning. My Taozhi had diarrhea after eating those red eggs, and she had diarrhea.
It took a few days to get better, so I remember it clearly!"