Chapter 54
Lihua Village became busy again.
After finishing the burial matter, they had to busy repairing their own house.
Nanzhi was a little curious as he watched the villagers forming groups and walking towards the end of the village early in the morning.
"Girl, what are you doing?" Aunt Guihua followed her family towards the end of the village and saw Nanzhi stretching her neck and looking at the door.
"Aunt Osmanthus." Nanzhi felt a little embarrassed when she was caught peeping. After a moment of hesitation, she asked the question in her heart.
"What are you doing here?"
Aunt Guihua smiled at Nanzhi's embarrassed look, pointed to the long team and said: "We are going to the West Mountain to cut down trees to make beams. Di Niu turned over and the house at home has almost collapsed and needs major repairs. , but how is your house? Two days ago, I saw your two brothers coming over to help you repair the house? "
Nanzhi was stunned for a moment, then stepped aside so that Aunt Guihua could see her yard clearly: "My house is fine, but half of the roof collapsed. My two brothers came over and helped me repair it."
Looking at the room, Aunt Guihua was a little stunned. It took her a long time to react, with surprise on her face: "Ah, your two brothers are so good at their craftsmanship? It seems to me that they are no different from before."
Nan Zhiqian laughed twice and said nothing.
If you say as much as you want, just think of it as your brother's craftsmanship.
Lin Yicheng, who had just sat down in Dashi Village to have breakfast, suddenly sneezed.
Mother Lin glared at him with some disgust: "Is it possible that you are still catching a cold in this hot day? Don't offend Doudou and Maomao."
Being disliked by his mother-in-law, Lin Yicheng scratched his head, no, he wouldn't catch a cold even in this weather.
Lin Ercheng was about to laugh twice, but his nose felt itchy and he sneezed twice in a row before stopping.
Seeing his eldest brother gloating about his misfortune, Lin Ercheng curled his lips and just continued eating.
After saying a few words, Aunt Guihua followed her to Xishan. Nanzhi cooked two bowls of potato paste before going to wake up the dog.
"Mom, I'm sleepy." The dog yawned.
"Does the dog want to continue sleeping for a while?" Nanzhi asked looking at the dog.
It's still early anyway, so it's okay to let him sleep a little longer.
"I need to get up and be with my mother-in-law."
Looking at the dog's dazed appearance, Nanzhi just shook his head and coaxed the dog to continue sleeping before eating the potato paste.
After putting the dog's portion in the pot to warm, Nanzhi went to the backyard again.
The big river clam in the wooden basin has some white flesh exposed, and occasionally spits out two bubbles.
After checking that there was nothing wrong with the river mussels, Nanzhi went to the water tank again. The river shrimps in the water tank could be regarded as the family's reserve meat, so nothing could happen to her.
After opening the wooden board covering it, the water tank suddenly became brighter. The shrimps were so surprised that they ran around and gathered under the water plants that Nanzhi pulled back from the river.
After confirming that all the river shrimps were still alive, Nanzhi washed her hands and looked at the chestnut paste she had hung out to dry yesterday afternoon.
The chestnut paste in the dustpan has now dried and turned into a large piece of hard brown flakes.
Seeing that the color was similar to the chestnut noodles she had eaten before, Nanzhi felt relieved.
It should be done, right?
I carefully broke off a small piece with my hands and put it into my mouth to taste it. I only felt a slight sweetness. Next, I only need to grind these chestnut lumps into fine powder and it is almost ready.
When the dog woke up, he found that his mother-in-law was not around, so he quickly got out of bed with his butt naked and looked around for someone.
"Aniang! Aniang!"
Nanzhi was pushing the stone mill and tossing it when she heard the dog's voice calling her in panic.
Knowing that the little guy was sensitive, he quickly walked out of the utility room and waved, "Dog, grandma is here."
When the dog saw Nanzhi waving towards him, he immediately stopped talking and rushed over with bare feet.
"Grandma, the dog thinks that Grandma doesn't want the dog anymore."
Hearing the dog's coquettish words, Nanzhi wanted to rub the top of his head with his hands, but was afraid that the chestnut noodles on his hands would get on his hair, so he only said softly: "Why don't you want the dog? Go and wash up, Aniang." I left breakfast for you.”
"Yeah." The dog just nodded while hugging Nanzhi, then let go and went to the backyard to wash up.
When it came to washing, he just wiped his face with a handkerchief. Since there was no toothbrush or toothpaste here, Nanzhi taught the dog to wipe his teeth with cotton strips dipped in salt water.
After washing, the dog went back to the room to put on his clothes and pants. Finally, he went to the main room to wait in his little cloth shoes.
Nanzhi had already taken out the warm potato paste from the pot and put it away so that the dog could eat breakfast directly after washing.
She went to the utility room to grind noodles again.
The dog finished his meal obediently, and then went to find Nanzhi with a small stool.
Watching Nanzhi wiping sweat and grinding her noodles, Gou'er felt a little sorry for his mother-in-law.
"Does the dog want to eat chestnut noodles?" Nanzhi asked with a smile, fearing that the dog would be bored sitting there.
"I want to eat." The dog nodded.
"Okay then, grandma will make chestnut noodles for the dog to eat at noon."
Nanzhi smiled and nodded, and it took another quarter of an hour to finish.
Looking at the slightly brown chestnut noodles, Nanzhi felt happy.
At noon, she would try to see if she could make chestnut noodles. If it worked, she would tell Li Zheng about it in the afternoon.
Nanzhi shook the chestnut noodles she finally ground. She remembered that she used chestnuts that weighed more than ten kilograms. After removing the shells, they should have weighed a little more than ten kilograms. Now they are ground into powder and only weigh about five or six kilograms.
The amount of flour produced was only one-third. Nanzhi didn't know whether it was too much or too little. He just wanted to ask Aunt Liu at noon.
After putting the chestnut noodles into the kitchen, Nanzhi took the dog out again.
Since chestnuts can be ground into chestnut flour, she has to go to Dongshan to pick some chestnuts.
She and Gouer have no land now, and there is no one in the family who can make money. They can't rely on that river oyster to spit out pearls to support the family.
Looking at the current situation, it will never go wrong to collect more grain.
After asking Gou'er whether he would go to Aunt Liu's house to play with Doudou, or follow him to Dongshan, Gou'er thought for a moment and said, "Gou'er and Auntie are going to pick up chestnuts!"
Nanzhi nodded and led the dog into Dongshan with the basket on his back.
The weather now is a few degrees warmer than when he first walked through it. Nanzhi was afraid that the dog would get heat stroke as he walked. Finally, when he arrived at the chestnut forest in Dongshan, Nanzhi hurriedly took off the dog's outer clothes. .
"Dogs, be good and don't go out into the sun. Do you understand?"
Nanzhi looked at the dog whose face was red from the sun and gave instructions carefully.
"I know, grandma." Gou'er also wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The chestnuts outside were picked up by the villagers. Even if they had become more ripe and fallen in the past few days, there were still not many.
"Nanzhi."
After picking up chestnut branches for a while, I felt that my waist and legs hurt. As soon as I stretched, I heard someone calling me.
Turning around and looking over again, who is it if it’s not Wu?
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