Chapter Fourteen: Gentleness(1/2)
Not long after going down the mountain, Chen Wen and Sun Yu finally arrived at the west entrance of the village.
The village is built on the mountain, with thatched huts and adobe houses distributed in a mess, and it is particularly obvious that a village road from west to east. Sun Yu's home is in the east of the village, so he has to pass through the village.
In the small village, smoke was everywhere in the cooking stove, and the farmers carrying hoes and men carrying shoulder poles were all walking home slowly. During this period, a group of naked naughty children stepped on their short legs and ran around the crowd. However, the child voice chasing behind them was the child who said, "It's time to have a meal, be careful not to be spanked by your mother if you don't go home."
The year is good, and the foot of Dalan Mountain is considered peaceful. Eat breakfast and have leftovers of lamps and oil, and live a life of thrifty life.
"Wow, it's the scholar named Sun. He is so handsome."
"You dead girl Sichun is here. When you go back, tell your mother that you can get you out soon."
"Tsk, you still said to me? You obviously looked at me just now, but I called you a few times before I heard it."
The quarrel between the two small village girls around him faintly penetrated into Chen Wen's ears.
There is really no shortage of idiots in any era. Thinking about the girls and aunts in modern times who screamed so hard that they could not help themselves when they saw handsome men. It seems that the ancients were still too reserved.
"Did you see the man behind him? He's so tall."
Hearing this, Chen Wen unconsciously raised his ears.
"Probably a new follower."
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I, Zhao Ritian, are not convinced!
However, even though the eggs were mixed, the big girls and wives around were still discussing Sun Shusheng. In this backward era when the concept of "tall, rich and handsome" has not been effectively popularized, Chen Wen has not yet been able to compare him with Sun Yu's only advantage, or the general advantage of human beings in the 21st century and human beings in the 17th century - height and weight, from quantitative change to qualitative change.
Since this is the case, Chen Wen had to follow Sun Yu, who was still expressionless, and play the new role of "super" with peace of mind.
The actors started acting from Passerby A, so they endured it.
At the Sun family at the east end of the village, a little woman in coarse cloth clothes was busy in front of the stove.
Sun Yu pushed open the gate of the courtyard and walked in with the donkey, while Chen Wen followed the end.
"My husband is back." When the little woman saw Sun Yu coming home, she quickly wiped her hands and ran over to pick up the reins of the donkey in Sun Yu's hand.
"Madam, I'll do it myself." Sun Yu shook his head, took the donkey to the cattle shed, and added some hay to the trough.
Seeing this, the little woman immediately turned around to get the duster. When she came back from the feather duster, she noticed that there was one more person in the yard.
"This is the uncle of the Chen family, right?"
It seems they knew they were coming long ago.
But is my sense of reality that low?
"My younger brother Chen Wen, I have met my sister-in-law's wife." Chen Wen performed the etiquette like a ritual.
The little woman immediately said good fortune, and stopped talking to Chen Wen, and hurried over to help Sun Yu dust the soil.
It is impolite to stare at other people's wives in any era, but this does not prevent Chen Wen from observing with his eyes.
But I saw that the little woman was dressed in a coarse linen, and her fingers were not as delicate as doing housework for a long time. There was a touch of black gray on each of her cheeks, which was barely symmetrical. It was probably rubbed from her sleeves, but she made herself look like a little cat. But when she looked closely, she was tender and graceful, with her face, white teeth and red lips, bright eyes and kindness. She was a beautiful couple with Sun Yu.
I saw Sun Yu lifting his hand and twisting his sleeves to help his wife wipe off the stove ashes from his face. Although he was still expressionless, his eyes were full of tenderness.
Is this dead face paralysis popular to abuse single dogs in a fancy way?
At this moment, a super-sparkled thought suddenly appeared in Chen Wen's mind - if you wipe it with your sleeves, will your wife still have to wash clothes for you? It is not a wise man to increase his workload in vain.
"Okay, my husband, uncle Chen is still here." At this time, the little woman's face was flushed with shame and almost bleeding.
This is indeed not the era of the 21st century where love can be shown without any scruples.
Seeing this, Chen Wen immediately looked up at the sky at four or five o'clock in July, and said to anyone loudly: "Today's moon, yes, it's so round."
At this moment, he suddenly understood Sun Yu. No wonder this guy never gave me a good face along the way. His wife was grinding her bare hands, adding fragrance to her red sleeves, etc. What's the matter with such a light bulb?
Wang Yi really doesn't know how to do things.
At this time, it seemed that he had heard the movement outside, and a eleven-two-year-old boy rushed out of the room. "Brother is back."
It turned out that there was another light bulb hidden, and I felt at ease.
Sun Yu frowned and said, "I'm not young anymore, I'm still so irritable. Have you finished your homework today?"
The old man suddenly became embarrassed and whispered: "It's still a little bit."
Hearing this, Sun Yu shouted sternly: "Go back and do it well, you won't be allowed to eat if you can't finish it!"
"Oh." The half-baby immediately turned around and walked back dejectedly.
It turns out that this is the legendary elder brother like the father.
At this moment, a smell came from the kitchen. The little woman's face suddenly changed and she immediately ran back to the kitchen in a hurry, but she was still holding the feather duster in her hand...
After dusting the soil with his hands, Sun Yu turned around and said to Chen Wen: "Brother Chen, I'm a small family in my hometown. I have to ask you to live in the same room with my younger brother these days. I'm really sorry."
The courtyard faces north and south. If you look clockwise, on the north side is a large house, which combines the main bedroom, living room and study; on the east side is the kitchen, woodshed and a livestock shed; on the southwest is the toilet, and on the west side is the house that the half-baby just returned, which is also the house arranged by Sun Yu for Chen Wen.
"Brother Sun, you are polite, I like the excitement." The two light bulbs are luminous and hot, how can they not be lively?
Upon hearing this, Sun Yu led Chen Wen to the room, and Sun Yu's younger brother was writing on the table on the front of the west room.
"This is my younger brother Sun Ming." Sun Yu turned around and introduced Chen Wen to his younger brother: "This is Mr. Chen."
After seeing the ceremony on both sides, Sun Ming went back to continue his homework, while Sun Yu led Chen Wen to one side and signaled that this was Chen Wen's residence.
Chen Wen thought about it, then took out five taels of silver from his arms and said, "This is the living expenses I have to pay, I hope Brother Sun will accept it with a smile."
But Sun Yu pushed the silver back, and pointed to the cloth bag carried by the donkey with expressionless expression, saying, "Brother Chen just stay with peace of mind, there is no need to worry about the rest. It is the share that Vice Xian gave you, so you don't need to give me this, well, living expenses."
I thought so thoughtful.
What is this? Is this the guardian?
Then should I call you timidly "Senior Brother Ruobai".
Seeing the refusal, Chen Wen had to say, "Then I will thank Vice Xian for my behalf."
"Brother Chen, you should be so."
At this moment, a sound of "The rice is ready." suddenly came from outside.
I saw Sun Ming quickly finished the last few words, stood up and said to Sun Yu, "Brother, I have finished my homework."
"Yes." Sun Yu glanced at Chen Wen and said, "Go to have dinner first and check it in the evening."
There was a big table in the middle hall of the north room. Sun Yu's wife put the food on the table in turn, and then returned to the kitchen.
After all, this is a feudal society. Both sides cannot be called a family-friendly relationship. It is a forced meeting, and it is definitely impossible to have a meal with the same deskmate. Of course, there was no exception in the late Ming Dynasty. For example, Hedongjun from Qian Qianyi's family was not subject to such constraints, and Qian Muzhai herself has always been allowed to do so.
There were three dishes and a soup on the table, stir-fried potatoes, stir-fried pork, stir-fried eggs with leeks, and a small pot of green vegetables and tofu soup. The one that had been burnt before was stir-fried potatoes.
The food smelled very good, which reminded Chen Wen of the meal he had with Wang Yi and Wang Jiang the night before. However, there was no white lotus, red lotus, etc. he had seen through the window that opened in the kitchen.
By the way, those things should be tributes tonight.
In fact, there is also a boiled chicken in the kitchen. According to the tradition in Jinhuafu area, every family will kill a chicken on the Chinese Valentine's Day, which means that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on this night. If there is no rooster to dawn, they will never be separated.
The meaning is very beautiful, but the fate of the chicken will be much more painful. Because today it has other tasks to be put on the dining table in addition to its lack of life today, so it will not be put on the table until tomorrow.
There is no refrigerator in this era, what should I do if it breaks?
"Brother Chen, why don't you move your chopsticks?"
"Oh." Chen Wen reacted and got up to serve a bowl of soup. Southerners drank the soup first and then ate, and he still understood this.
Although the ingredients are only green vegetables and tofu, the soup tastes very delicious, especially since there is no MSG in this era, so it is even more rare.
After taking a sip, Chen Wen immediately complimented: "This soup tastes great. Brother Sun's blessing is really envious. When my younger brother gets married in the future, he will definitely let his younger brother and sister-in-law learn this craft."
These words were heard, and Sun Yu's gaze was much softer. "Brother Chen is just a trick."
If you can't flatter you, then pat your wife. Do you dare to say "no" in your mouth?
The young and handsome children's shoes are broken.
Chen Wen, who felt that he had won the game, picked up chopsticks and stir-fried pork shreds. He just put them in his mouth and chewed them twice, his face suddenly changed.
This dish is too salty, it's so terrifying to the baby.
So Chen Wen immediately served another bowl of soup and drank it all in one go.
Didn’t it mean that salt and iron were sold in ancient times, and the price of salt was very expensive? This young wife was too expensive to put salt like this.
However, Sun Yu, who also had shredded pork, still had a happy meal, and there was a faint sense of tenderness in his eyes.
Is there any problem with his taste in addition to facial paralysis?
This child is so pitiful.
Soon, Chen Wen found another ally, which made him even more determined.
But after seeing that Sun Yu's younger brother had taken a bite, he immediately spitted it into the bowl. However, his little movement ended here. Sun Yu glared at him with a cold face, and the poor little guy immediately swallowed the shredded pork again, quickly took a few bites of the rice before he could end up like Chen Wen.
Kids have experience.
Then, Sun Yu hurriedly came to Chen Wen's ear and whispered, "I'm not good at cooking, I hope Brother Chen will be willing to do it." There was a bit of guilt in his voice.
What else can I say? Chen Wen immediately replied in a low voice: "Brother Sun is too worried. I am from the north and I have a heavy mouth. This tastes just right."
To be continued...