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120. Heart and Snake

Aunt Chen was daydreaming, and the third girl He Zijin looked for a short time to tell the matter to Mr. He. The third girl said this, "Cousin Chen always comes over. Although he is not related to me, I know what he is thinking. Maybe he is confused. Grandma and Grandma Chen have an unusual relationship with Grandma Chen, and he can't always look at Cousin Chen like this. It's better to think of a way to let Cousin Chen see clearly that I really don't match him. He understands in his heart, and can also study with peace of mind. Grandma Chen can rest assured."

Mrs. He sighed, "It's easy to say. He had understood it long ago. He had beaten and scolded him at home. His grandmother's tongue that his tongue was numb and it didn't work."

The third girl has her own achievements and laughed, "Don't worry, grandma, I have my own way, but this method is a bit tough."

Mrs. He was a little worried and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"It's just that I'm afraid of offending Cousin Chen's family." The third girl said, "He looked at me well, but he just felt that I looked a little better. How could he know that my personality is human. He is a gentle person by nature. If I have a temper that can curse me, I think he won't like it even if I become a celestial being."

Mrs. He hesitated a little, "Can this work?"

"Is it useful? I have to give it a try."

The third girl's method is actually quite useful. She showed a good face to Chen Zhi. Chen Zhi was so happy that he couldn't help himself. He dressed in a spotless and elegant manner during the day and wanted to talk to the third girl. One day, he saw embroidering flowers in the yard, Chen Zhi walked over and carefully laid a white ropa embroidered with a corner of lilac on the porch chair. He sat down spotlessly and looked for an opportunity to talk to the third girl about proposing marriage, saying, "Three sister, why are you not happy?"

The third girl looked at him with a smile and said, "I know nothing about my cousin. My cousin know nothing about me. Now I suddenly say the marriage, and if I agree, it will be me."

Chen Zhi looked at the third girl's smile in obsession and said, "My family and my cousin's family are close relatives."

The third girl laughed, "Yes."

As the two were talking, they saw Cui'er chasing a big rooster to the yard with a knife. The chicken was clever and majestic. Cui'er held the kitchen knife in one hand, her face was red with a breath, and she scolded, "Damn it, I didn't kill it, but I took me a bite!" This is a small family. The He family is a three-entry yard, but it is not very big. The kitchen is located in the west room where Mrs. He entered, and he could smell it when cooking. Chen Zhi couldn't help but frown when he heard Cui'er's vulgarity.

He Zijin came out of He Lao Niang's house and said to Cui'er, "Save the chicken blood, add some salt to make blood tofu at that time, and stir-fry it with leeks tomorrow morning, and it will be a good dish."

The rooster was majestic, while Cui'er held the knife but was a powerful man on the outside and was unable to catch it for half a day. He Zijin asked, "Where is Madam Zhou?"

"Madam Zhou went out to buy mutton. My wife said that Master Liu Zhi had to add two good dishes at noon." Cui'er was young and had a flexible body style. He Zijin helped her. It took her blood to catch the chicken. He Zijin repeatedly reminded him, "Keep the chicken blood."

Cui'er nodded with a head of chicken feathers, and finally caught the chicken. She raised her knife and wanted to kill but didn't dare to kill her. She asked quietly, "Miss, is there anyone in our family who can kill chickens?"

He Zijin shook his head, "If you don't wait for Madam Zhou to come back and kill her, she is a veteran."

"If you have to get your hair tight, otherwise you can't eat it until noon." Cui'er is honest and speaks directly and depressed. "It's a pity that Xiao Fuzi is not here either. The business of sour plum soup is good these days, so he went out early in the morning."

Chen Zhi waved his hands repeatedly, "It's okay, Cui'er, don't worry, what I eat at home, I'll eat whatever I follow."

The third girl stuffed the needle and thread in her hand into Chen Zhi's hand and said, "What's the difficulty? You'll be worried about you."

The third girl reached out and pinched the rooster's wings, took the knife in Cui'er's hand with one hand, and told Cui'er, "Get a bowl of chicken blood."

Cui'er hurriedly ran to get the bowl. When the third girl saw the bowl, she grabbed the feathers on the rooster's neck with one hand, aimed the celadon bowl in Cui'er's hand at the celadon's neck, and pulled the knife horizontally to the neck of the chicken, and pulled the wrist obliquely. The chicken screamed with a long scream, and the red chicken blood sprayed into the bowl along the edge of the knife. The rooster struggled desperately. The third girl was very steady and did not move at all, just waiting for the blood to flow almost the same. The rooster kicked her legs, and the third girl handed the chicken and the knife to Cui'er and said, "Get the chicken blood in a cool place. When the weather is still cool, clean the chicken feathers and wait for Madam Zhou to come back to clean up some good dishes."

Cui'er answered, responded loudly, flattering the third girl, "It's better for cousin!"

Seeing that she had too much stuff on her hands, He Zijin took over half a bowl of chicken blood and said, "I'll make blood tofu, Sister Cui will take off the chicken feathers."

He Zijin and Cui'er went to the kitchen. Chen Zhixin jumped and shivered without realizing it. His face was a little pale. The third girl said calmly, "Cousin, wait, I'll go wash my hands."

That night, Chen Zhi woke up from a nightmare.

He really had never seen killing chickens. If it were his father Chen Dalang, he would be familiar with it. Chen Dalang was the eldest son. When he was a child, his family was still in the entrepreneurial period. Killing chickens was the New Year. Not only was he completely familiar with this matter, he was also very happy. When Chen Zhi was born, Chen's uncle had achieved some success in his business. His mother only made needlework and thread, and lived a good life as a wealthy grandmother. He had his own cooking. Chen Zhi had studied since he was a child, so he had never seen this.

The cold and calm appearance of the third girl when she killed the chicken was really unforgettable to Chen Zhi. Whenever she thought of it, her heart would be beat faster, her legs would become weak, and she would occasionally shivering.

After this incident of killing chickens, Chen Zhi didn't go to He's house for several days to report.

But the third girl He Zijin followed Mrs. He to the Chen family to talk to Aunt Chen. Aunt Chen smiled, "We old lady talks, what's the fun of your little girl's house? Big girl, take your sisters to your house to play."

Chen Daniu agreed, knowing that her brother was going to marry the third girl, but she refused to marry her. She was so angry that she was half-hearted. At this moment, her grandmother asked her to entertain the third girl and He Zijin. Chen Daniu was really not angry, but the second girl, three girl and four girl were very happy, especially Chen Erniu, holding He Zijin's hand and talking warmly. The third girl sat in Chen Daniu's house, enjoying pastries safely. Chen Daniu really didn't like this vixen. Since she didn't want her brother to marry her, why did she come to her house? Could it be that she saw that her brother didn't go, the slutty fox became lonely. So Chen Daniu said with a slutty smile, "I heard that many people talked about the third sister's family, but I don't know if there is any noble family that has the eyes of the third sister?"

The third girl smiled, "I'm not in a hurry, but Sister Da Niu is one year older than me. It seems that she is going to marry a noble family." Now the third girl is not going to be polite to Chen Da Niu.

Chen Daniu looked embarrassed. She wanted to marry a noble family, but no one knew her keen eyes and said that the relatives were all rich people. Chen Daniu claimed to be full of poetry and books, and was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. How could she like those local families? Therefore, the 16th is not yet decided. Of course, 16th is not big, but she is older than the third girl.

The third girl picked up a piece of dried apricots and ate them slowly, without even looking at Chen Daniu. Chen Daniu's face turned green.

He Zijin talked to Chen Erniu and said, "Is the second uncle about to give birth? How are you feeling now?"

Chen Erniu smiled, "I can't say it either, I just have a big belly. I asked Dr. Zhang from Ping'an Hall to take a look and said it was twins. My mother always wanted to lie down. Dr. Zhang said she could walk or go for a little longer, so that she would give birth in the future."

He Zijin asked, "Doctor Zhang is the best doctor in our county, can it be said that he is a man or a woman?"

Chen Erniu pursed her lips and laughed, "It was said that it was two younger brothers. My father came back from the prefecture early in the morning. He changed his third uncle to watch the business. The midwife also invited him to live in the mansion."

He Zijin smiled, "My second uncle is a careful person."

The third girl came here and Chen Zhi came out to see her off when she left. He glanced at the third girl contradictoryly. The third girl was wearing a dress embroidered with lotus flowers. Although it was just the old clothes left by Aunt Jing back then, it was still unconcealed. She seemed to have not noticed Chen Zhi's look and held Mrs. He's arm and left. After returning home, she said to He Zijin, "I think he has deep affection, but I just look at me killing a chicken."

He Zijin smiled, "If you know this, I'd already asked my sister to kill the chicken for him."

The third girl laughed quietly, "At first, I didn't expect this method. A Nian and A Lie were all kids' houses, and they were not as clean as him. I only thought it was because of scholars, but later I thought that I liked to be very clean. This was just killing a chicken, and many methods were useless, so he would have been like this. If I had known, I probably wouldn't have been digging a nostril in front of him."

When Chen Zhi overcomes the third girl killing the chicken, it is already July and the weather is not getting hot anymore. Chen Zhi is wearing a clean blue robe, a jade crown and a brocade belt, clean and gentle. Seeing the third girl helping He Zijin take care of the flowers and plants, his heart is filled with admiration again.

The third girl had an idea when she moved her heart, and she was still the same as before and smiled, "My cousin is here just right, I have something to eat today."

Chen Zhi followed the third girl's words and asked, "What good thing?"

The third girl cut the branches and leaves for a pot of green chrysanthemum, smiling like a flower, "I've said something else now. I thought I'd only eat it in the evening. Since my cousin is here, I'll ask Mama Zhou to fry it later. The taste is very good, so I'll keep my cousin from eating it."

Chen Zhi stayed for lunch. When he saw the plate of black insects on the table, Chen Zhi was a little uncomfortable. Old lady He asked with a smile, "Didn't you say you should eat it tonight?"

The third girl smiled, "I'm a rare cousin, so I'll let my cousin taste it." As she said that, she also put one in Chen Zhi's bowl.

Chen Zhi's voice was incorrect and he asked, "What is this?"

He Gong laughed, "Cicadas. Last night, Xiao Fuzi took A Nian Alie to find it under the roots of the tree. There are also some at home. It drilled out of the hole and the skin faded. It will be cicadas. First marinate it with salt and then fry it with oil. It doesn't need to be seasoned specifically, and it will be very fragrant."

He Lie said, "Last night, Brother Xiaofu took Brother A Nian and me to the street in the south of the city, and brought a big bag. He lit a fire under the tree and dropped it down. We found a pot. Brother Azhi, try it, it smells so delicious. We will come to eat it every year."

He Zijin smiled, "Don't be afraid of cousin. This thing drinks dew in the wind and eats dew only. No matter how clean the cicada is, it is still a Chinese medicinal herb."

"Drinking on the clear dew, the stream of sparse tung trees sounded. The loud sound was far away, not by the autumn wind. Yu Shinan's poem is about cicadas." A Nian shook her head and pointed to the middle section of the cicadas, "especially the middle section, the most fragrant."

He Zijin nodded, "My uncle also likes to eat this."

Shen smiled and said, "Asu has nothing to eat. In the whole summer, not only fishing and shrimping, but also a plate of them every day. After the beginning of autumn, the grasshoppers are fatter. I just think that they are dirty and not as clean as cicadas. Asu also likes to eat them."

He Zijin said, "I like it too. Grasshoppers also need to be fried in oil, it is very fragrant."

Mrs. He smiled, "When I was a child, I was famine and war. In the mountains, I didn't eat anything. I dug out mice and peeled them and stewed them all, which are good dishes."

Chen Zhi is about to vomit.

The third girl hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid of cousin, it's not the mice at home, there are all voles in the mountains, and voles can eat them." It seems that she has eaten them.

Mrs. He smiled, wondering if he didn't see Chen Zhi's appearance, or did it on purpose. Anyway, the old lady said more vividly, "Azhi is too timid. Don't talk about the mice in the field, can't eat the ones at home? Not to mention others, your father had eaten them when he was a child. At that time, your grandfather was in a difficult situation. She wished she could use a copper cob in half. It was very difficult for your grandmother to live with her. She took your father, your second uncle, and your third uncle and your mother to live. All the money at home was renting a shop for your grandfather to do business. Don't talk about this snow-white rice. It is also a blessing to be full of brown rice. Your grandmother raised a child's chicken, but she was so angry that she was half a big chicken. She told the mouse that she felt sorry for her. She looked for the rat that steals the chicken. Unfortunately, when she was searching for the mouse, the mouse ate most of the chicken. Otherwise, your grandmother would be able to live, just peel the rat's skin and stew the leftover chickens in the pot. Your grandmother loves the child, so she can't bear to eat it by herself, and eat it for your father and your two uncles. If you want to talk about a good day today, you can't forget the difficulties in the past. Where can you know how to cherish your blessings?"

Chen Zhi was old at the end and he couldn't vomit. He couldn't eat lunch anymore. There was also the fried summer cicada made by the He family, and Chen Zhi didn't touch it. Old Mother He even gave someone a plate to his elder sister-in-law, Aunt Chen.

Chen Zhi returned home disgustedly. Unexpectedly, his grandmother called him to taste the fried summer cicadas at night. Due to the sequelae of hunger strike a few days ago, Chen Zhi lay down on the bed and drank the soup for two days. Moreover, when he thought of his father, his second uncle and his third uncle ate mice when he was young, Chen Zhi also had the problem of seeing his father and his uncle unable to eat.

It was autumn in a blink of an eye. On the first day of August, Grandma Chen gave birth to twins. Chen Jiaxi's grand ceremony was so happy that Aunt Chen couldn't stop talking, and her face seemed to have lost a lot of wrinkles. What Mrs. Chen was most grateful to was Shen. She was still in the confinement period and took Shen's hand and said, "Sister is my benefactor."

Mrs. Shen did not take credit, laughed, "It's the second sister-in-law who has her own blessings."

Grandma Chen sighed, "I finally deserve Erniu's father." A man has not had a son for 14 or 5 years of marriage, and he still has no intention of developing outwardly. Mrs. Chen knows her husband's friendship in her heart.

Shen smiled, "Good days are coming, why are the second sister-in-law sighing?"

Grandma Chen smiled, "Yes."

Aunt Chen was also very happy and said to Mrs. He, "I will feel relieved after I have the second child."

For Chen, this is a sign of prosperity in the people. After three wines, he put a table for three days. In sharp contrast to the Chen family's happy events, the He Xin family. Du, the eldest son He Tang's daughter-in-law, died of illness. Therefore, the children in the eldest son's house must keep their mothers filial piety, and He Zhenzhen put aside the undecided marriage.

Du's death did not make a big fuss, but he was too cold and did not feel decent. The reason why the He family had never rested was because of the children. Now that Du has gone, he has left a decent look for himself. Looking at He Xin's face, those who know whether they know the inside story have gone through the motions.

Mrs. He was mentally prepared for Du's death. This kind of evil woman, said that she shouldn't have lived long ago!

Mrs. He didn't go there at all. One reason was that she had a high generation, and the other was that she was so tired of Du's family that she was so tired of it. Even Mrs. He didn't ask her to go. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed the production in the fields. Because A Nian had more than 100 acres of land, Mrs. Shen simply included the production in her fields and the production at home. Shen Shan's younger brother Shen Shui was a good player in making food, vegetables, vegetables, melons and fruits, so he simply asked Shen Shuihe to sell them in one place, and then he would just share his own money.

My mother He had no objection. Although she was stingy, she had a clear personality. She should be hers. She could not make any money. She didn't want to be hers. She didn't want to be jealous. She could tell from the collection of the third girl's income and putting land on the third girl. He was not easy to share with her face, but she knew more than most people. Just like after the autumn harvest, the fields produced at home were produced, and she had to put them away by herself. She is still the family now. Shen's private house belongs to Shen, and He doesn't want them. Besides, A Nian's income in the field is calculated clearly, and asked Shen to take notes and give it to Shen Su in the future.

It was an explanation for A Nian. Of course, A Nian paid one tael of silver a month as his money for food and accommodation. Not to mention food and accommodation, even the ink paper was covered in it. To be honest, Mrs. He collected a lot, but not much. Mrs. He said it clearly that this is that A Nian had not yet studied in school, and if he went to study, he would naturally have to pay the tuition himself. The remaining money would be left for the money to sow and add things to the tenants in the next year, and the remaining money would be paid for the rest of the money to be distributed to the tenants during the Chinese New Year and the holidays. The rest would be relocated. How many acres could be purchased is a few acres. In recent years, Mrs. He did this, and Mrs. Shen did it.

After calculating the income from the fields, Mrs. He was happy for several days, which shows that the harvest was not bad. Everyone took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to go to Furong Temple to burn incense and take out for an outing. Besides, they also accompanied A Nian to see his fields. The area was also at the foot of Furong Mountain. It was not fat, but it was fine. They were allocated to several tenants to plant them. These tenants jointly launched a manager named Lin to report on the fields to A Nian.

A Nian listened as if she was right, and then said, "I know you have worked hard this year. For the Mid-Autumn Festival, each household will have two jars of wine and two pig legs. Tomorrow, Uncle Lin, you can come to my house and give everyone a share of it, which is also the meaning of celebrating the festival."

Manager Lin smiled happily and thanked him. Thoughtful that the master was young, he was very open-minded. Of course, Manager Lin also understood that although the field was A Nian's, the He family was in charge of him later, but the He family asked him to come and win people's hearts, which shows that it was A Nian's in the end. Therefore, Manager Lin respectfully told A Nian about the matter in the field, and asked the woman at home to kill chickens and sheep to entertain A Nian and her party for dinner. A Nian politely declined. Manager Lin sent them far away and saw that they got in the car.

A Nian asked He Zijin in the car for his answer to Manager Lin, "Sister Zijin, is it still true?"

He Zijin smiled, "It's quite like that."

A Nian was so happy.

He Lie said, "Brother A Nian, you are so generous, you have two pig legs in your family." There is also wine.

A Nian said, "Sister Zijin said, this is called having gains only when you have to give up. Now we are generous. The tenant knows that we are a good master and will naturally work hard. But there is a limit for good. People should be good all the time. Those who are bad-minded will think you are easy to bully. Therefore, if you are good, you cannot make people feel easy to bully."

He Lie nodded in a slight understanding and said seriously, "I haven't seen my sister so careless before."

He Zijin said seriously, "I can't understand my wisdom by myself?"

He Lie retching twice to the outside of the car, but He Zijin whispered his fingers and thrust his thunderously. He covered his forehead and screamed in pain. A Nian laughed loudly. He had harvested this year and wanted to collect the harvested silver for Sister Zijin. After Sister Zijin left him a few taels of pockets, he asked his aunt to pay attention to the land. A Nian really felt that there must be no better person in the world than Sister Zijin. In the future, he would not want any acre of these fields, and he would dowry for Sister Zijin.

The third girl looked at the autumn light, and when she arrived at the Bishui Pond, everyone stopped and walked to see the scenery of the Bishui Pond. It was the season of harvest, and there were many people coming to Bishui Pond to visit. At the beginning, the third girl and her group really didn't notice the Chen family, but since they saw him, they couldn't pretend not to know each other. Especially when Chen Daniu saw the third girl, she smiled brightly and said, "Oh, it's such a coincidence."

The third girl was wearing a blue shirt and apricot flower skirt, which was beautiful and beautiful. She just pretended not to hear Chen Daniu talking and laughed, "It's a coincidence."

Chen Zhi still looked spotless and clean, with a little embarrassed look on his face. His eyes looked at the third girl and couldn't help but look at him with a little yearning and smiled, "Sister Zi Jin and Sister Jin bring A Nian A Lie to visit the lake?"

"Yes." The third girl saw that in addition to Grandma Chen, there was also Mrs. Xu and Miss Xu. Grandma Chen smiled when she saw the third girl and wanted to send the person away with a word. "I just saw your grandmother looking for you in the temple."

He Zijin pretended to be innocent and didn't want to get into trouble with this blind date group, saying, "Then we'll go now."

The third girl said with a slight head, "Uncle, cousin, cousin, Mrs. Xu, Miss Xu, you can chat slowly." It turned out that this was Chen Zhi's sincerity, and the third girl was finally at ease. She didn't use many methods, and it was easy to solve it, which saved her a lot of trouble.

As soon as the group was about to leave, Chen Daniu screamed. It turned out that a bean green snake fell from the Hehuan tree, and it was right on Chen Daniu's head. Chen Daniu's throat was broken, her face was pale, and she was about to pass by. Grandma Chen was so scared that she didn't dare to help her daughter catch the snake. Chen Dalang was so despair that the third girl walked over two steps, and her hands were like lightning, and she pinched the snake seven inches at once. The snake looked about one meter away. Chen Daniu had goose bumps all over her body, and pointed at the third girl and screamed, "Is it you? Did you bring the snake here! You vixen!"
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