Chapter Sixteen The Long Night
Uncle Xu introduced Qian Xiaoxing. The old one was his wife, the young woman was his daughter-in-law Yunmei, and the little boy was his grandson Goudan. Qian Xiaoxing saw it one by one. Uncle Xu's wife, Mrs. Xu, should be in her fifties, but she was already weathered, with wrinkles on her face and all white hair. The daughter-in-law looked in her twenties. Because of her years of hard work, her skin was darker and her appearance was also correct. When she saw Qian Xiaoxing lowered her head slightly, the child looked at Qian Xiaoxing naively and blinked her glasses and asked her mother, "Who is this person? Is it my father?"
The scared Yunmei hurriedly covered the child's mouth and yelled softly: "Don't talk nonsense, this is our guest."
Qian Xiaoxing couldn't help but laugh slightly, squatted down and asked the child, "Your name is Goudan, right? Where is your father?"
"Mom said my dad has gone far away. Have you ever seen my dad?" Goudan asked with innocent eyes.
When Qian Xiaoxing heard this, he immediately understood. Seeing Uncle Xu wanting to stop him, he waved to Uncle Xu and said, "I have seen your father. Your father is so amazing. This time I was sent by your father and told me to see you on his behalf."
"Mom, is what he said true?" Goudan looked up at his mother, but saw Yun Mei lowering her head deeply and choked, "It's true."
Seeing this, Uncle Xu hurriedly said, "Goudan, go out for a while, don't run far."
Seeing Goudan jumping out of the room, Qian Xiaoxing asked, "Uncle Xu, how many children do you have?"
Uncle Xu pulled Qian Xiaoxing down and said slowly: "I originally had three sons and one daughter. The eldest son is Goudan's father. You also know that Hu State attacked Si State a few years ago. All three sons went to the battlefield and none of them came back."
Seeing Uncle Xu talking, Qian Xiaoxing burst into tears and couldn't help but say, "Uncle Xu, I'm sorry, it reminds you of something sad."
After hearing this, Uncle Xu wiped his tears and said with a forced smile: "I can't help but think of them, which makes you laugh. But I don't regret it at all. If Hu Guo comes to bully him again, even if I get old bones, I will go up and compete with them."
Qian Xiaoxing was moved after hearing this. His three sons died on the battlefield. The white-haired man gave the black-haired man. The war really ruined the people's families and displaced.
"Uncle Xu, I believe it will get better in the future."
Then Mrs. Xu had cooked the meal, served it and greeted everyone to have a meal.
"There is nothing to be entertained at home, so don't laugh at the guests." Uncle Xu said hello.
"Uncle Xu, my surname is Qian, just call me Xiaoqian. There are so many dishes that you have spent." Qian Xiaoxing looked at it, and there was a pot of stewed chicken on the table. He thought he had killed the chicken at home for himself to eat. He was really moved.
Qian Xiaoxing pulled down a chicken leg and handed it to Goudan and said, "Goudan is tall when eating a chicken leg."
Goudan licked his mouth, but did not dare to reach out to take it. He looked at Yunmei for advice. Yunmei said softly, "That is for the guests, you can't eat it."
After listening to this, Goudan shook his head slowly at Qian Xiaoxing.
"Uncle Xu, give me some gobangs, everyone will eat them, otherwise I won't eat them anymore." Qian Xiaoxing handed the chicken legs to Uncle Xu and said.
Uncle Xu looked at it, handed it to Goudan with a chicken leg, and said, "Uncle has given you food, thank you for it."
After Goudan thanked him, he happily started to chew on the chicken legs. Qian Xiaoxing broke a few pieces of the stewed chicken and picked them up one by one before he started to eat it.
Qian Xiaoxing looked at the stewed chicken and found some mushrooms, and asked, "Uncle Xu, where were these mushrooms picked?"
"It's all picked in the mountains. I can pick some when I go there occasionally." Uncle Xu replied.
Qian Xiaoxing asked again: "This mushroom is a good thing, it must be very expensive."
"It's expensive, but the output is too small, so it can't be sold. Most of them pick some ingredients at home." Uncle Xu replied.
"Can't you plant it yourself?" Qian Xiaoxing asked.
"Can mushrooms still grow?" Uncle Xu lived a long life and had never heard of this before. He asked in confusion: "How to grow it?"
Qian Xiaoxing thought carefully and found that many modern mushrooms, mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, chicken leg mushrooms, etc. can be grown, and his relatives and uncles also had mushrooms, so Qian Xiaoxing still has a certain understanding of mushroom cultivation.
In fact, mushroom plants have spores. Let the spores develop into large pieces of mycelium and can be sown. But this is not sown in the soil, but in ingredients such as wood or wood chips.
Of course, it is simple to say. If you want to plant well and plant well, you will have more knowledge.
Qian Xiaoxing thought of this and replied: "This can be planted, but you must first find better mushrooms to plant. Uncle Xu tomorrow, please ask everyone to find some mushrooms. I will teach you how to plant them slowly afterwards."
After hearing this, Uncle Xu's mouth opened his mouth, he couldn't believe that mushrooms could be planted. He thought of the appearance of mushrooms growing in the fields, and those turned into white silver. He replied: "Okay, okay, no problem, let them find them tomorrow."
After everyone had dinner, it was already dark. Qian Xiaoxing stood at the door, watching the gray sky and the black mountains forming a curve, and the moon slowly exposed light from the valley. The small mountain village at night became silent, and there were a few roosters crowing in the distance, and it seemed particularly quiet everywhere. How to spend the long night?
Uncle Xu coughed twice behind Qian Xiaoxing and said, "Xiao Qian, it's too late, let's take a break early."
Qian Xiaoxing looked at the sky and probably it was only 7 o'clock in the evening. How could he go to bed so early? But Uncle Xu urged him and was embarrassed to refuse, so he had to answer: "Well, go to bed early and get up early, so let's take a rest."
Uncle Xu respectfully sent Qian Xiaoxing to the bedroom, which was just a wooden bed. It seemed that he was still a little old. Qian Xiaoxing sat beside the bed, waved his hand to Uncle Xu and said, "Uncle Xu, go back."
Uncle Xu hesitated for a moment, but if he wanted to leave, he turned around and said to Qian Xiaoxing: "Sorry, Xiao Qian, my daughter is out for visiting relatives and can't serve you at night. If you don't dislike me, I'll let my wife come to accompany you."
Qian Xiaoxing was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that there was such a custom in this countryside. He had to stay guests overnight and had to sleep with his family. This service was really in place. I remembered Uncle Xu's daughter-in-law Yunmei. Although her skin was a little dark, she often worked and had a strong and slim figure, especially her breasts, which were even tall and plump.
Qian Xiaoxing shouted strongly in his heart, come on, and replied politely: "It's better not to use this."
After hearing this, Uncle Xu shook his head, turned around and left, muttering silently: "Look, I'm so confused, why did Xiaoqian fall in love with Yunmei? I'd better wait for my daughter to come back."
Chapter completed!