Reborn Little Carpenter

Chapter 19

After a while Wu Xiaoxi also appeared in the kitchen, Qi Yue came to his senses: "Cousin and the others gone?"

Wu Xiaoxi nodded, then secretly glanced at Qi Yue: "You don't like eldest brother-in-law?"

Qi Yue just smiled, he didn't like Zheng Jiabao, obviously Zheng Jiabao looked down on him, but they won't have much interaction in the future, so don't worry about it.

"I'm only concerned about whether the glutinous rice in the pot has been steamed." Qi Yue said.

Wu Xiaoxi opened the lid of the steamer and poked it with chopsticks: "Well, well, what are we going to do now?"

"I'll do it." Qi Yue stood up and said excitedly, "Now it's time to make glutinous rice cakes."

He took the right amount of glutinous rice outside and poured it all into the prepared wooden trough, then picked up the wooden stick and began to knock.

Only then did Wu Xiaoxi realize that the newly dug wooden trough in the yard was not used to feed chickens.

Qi Yue knocked for a while, looked up at Wu Xiaoxi with bright eyes and said, "Come and try?"

Wu Xiaoxi rubbed his belly.

"It's okay." Qi Yue stuffed the wooden handle into Wu Xiaoxi's hand, then embraced him from behind, held the wooden handle together with him, bowed his head and whispered in his ear, "I will protect you."

Wu Xiaoxi's ear tips were red.

Liu Fang packed up the gifts and came out, and saw this scene: "Ahem."

Wu Xiaoxi withdrew his hand instantly, stepped back and crashed into Qi Yue's arms.

Qi Yue: "..." Then I won't be polite.

Silently hug people.

Liu Fang: "Ahem, Xiaoyue, send these things to your sister and brother-in-law."

Qi Yue let go of his hand regretfully: "Got it."

Qi Yue sent a gift in return, and by the way, Qi Quanduo and Qi Quansheng were recruited to be young men. Anyway, they have a role in their family, so it is appropriate to put in some work.

The three of them were pounding halfway through, and the 'moon cake' that Qi Yue had been thinking about was ready.

Wu Xiaoxi took it out for the three of them to taste. It was a bit beyond Qi Yue's expectation. It was not just white and transparent, but also yellow, green, purple, and brown. Although they were not pure and bright colors, they were placed together on a wooden plate. It's pretty pretty, especially with the printed flowers on it.

This surprised Qi Yue: "How did you do it?"

Wu Xiaoxi: "It contains honey, green vegetable juice, purple amaranth juice and brown sugar."

Qi Yue turned his hand and picked up the brown one, Qi Quan Duo quickly picked up the light yellow one, Qi Quansheng hesitated and chose the light green one.

Qi Yue: "It's delicious!"

Qi Quanduo: "If the third brother is here, I will definitely ask you for a prescription!"

Qi Quansheng: "It's no exaggeration to say that the county town tavern did it!"

Wu Xiaoxi narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Then I'll make some more, and you will take them back later."

Qi Yue quickly called people to stop: "Don't make too much, there are still glutinous rice cakes here, it will be wasted if you can't finish them."

Wu Xiaoxi looked at the wooden trough: "OK."

The three of them continued to work after eating the 'moon cakes' in their hands. The glutinous rice dumplings the size of a moon cake were nothing to the three big men, but they still felt a little greasy after eating them.

Although the added sugar is a bit sweet, it tastes really good, just like the mochi that Qi Yue has eaten before, but he is not the mooncake that Qi Yue wants. Qi Yue thinks about it and carves a few smaller molds when he is free. It is also a good choice to make a dim sum, after all, there are too few delicious foods in this place.

The mid-autumn weather was still a bit hot, and Qi Yue was sweating all over, which reminded him of the time when his Wu Xiaoxi and Qi Yougen were in the quarry, it was much hotter than now, and the air was full of flying Lime, not like rice fragrance now.

When the glutinous rice cakes were made, Qi Yougen also came back from Uncle Qiyue's house. The glutinous rice cakes were divided into three parts, and Qi Yue divided some of his own, plus Wu Xiaoxi's five-color 'moon cakes' as a gift to Tian Tang's family. .

Then the whole family went to Qi Youwang's house to have dinner, and went to Qi Youfeng's house for dinner, and then the whole family enjoyed the full moon at Qi Youfeng's house. Huo, people who usually fall asleep early, are still carnival at this moment.

The next day, Qi Yue was woken up by a burst of noisy voices, and Wu Xiaoxi, who was lying in his arms, was also woken up by the noise, frowning and crawling under the covers.

Qi Yue carefully recognized the voices of his cousins, and then remembered that he told them to come over today, Qi Yue opened his mouth and yawned, then got up.

However, he had given Liu Fang full authority over spinning wool, so he got up, had breakfast, and went into the carpentry room.

Around noon, a gray-haired, short, stooped woman entered Qi Yue's carpentry workshop. She was Qi Youfeng's wife and Qi Yue's uncle, Li Xiao'e.

Qi Yue was a little surprised that Li Xiao'e would come to him. After all, in his impression, his uncle was a shy and quiet person. Except for him taking the initiative to say hello, the two of them didn't talk to each other.

Qi Yue stopped what he was doing and asked, "Auntie, what do you want me to do?"

Li Xiao'e pinched the corner of her clothes nervously, and asked carefully in a soft voice: "Are you free this afternoon?"

"Ah?" Qi Yue looked at the half-planed board: "Yes."

Li Xiaoe hesitated: "I..."

Qi Yue: "Auntie has something to say, if I can help, I will definitely help."

Li Xiao'e hesitated for a long time, but she still talked about the purpose of her coming to see Qi Yue, because her daughter Qi Yuan did not come back from the mid-autumn festival, she was a little worried about her daughter's health, and wanted to see her.

But the men in her family were busy these days, and no one accompanied her, but she was really anxious, and after asking around, only her nephew, Qi Yue, was free at home, so she mustered up the courage to come to him.

Lacquer, idler, real otaku, carpenter, Yue: "..."

His aunt was one who cared about her children wholeheartedly, although she didn't really want to see Zheng Jiabao, but because of this deep maternal love, Qi Yue agreed without hesitation.

He asked Liu Fang to help him wrap the glutinous rice cakes and 'moon cakes' he made yesterday. He even heard that his cousin, Yuan'er, had a teenage son. He also prepared a red envelope, and set off with Li Xiao'e after lunch.

Zhengjia Village, where Zheng Jiabao's family is located, is also along the Qingwu River, between Yanhe Village and the county seat, and is relatively close to the county seat. It is only a few miles away from the bank on a bamboo raft.

Qi Yue fixed the boat on the shore. Since he was free, he also went to learn how to hold a bamboo raft. He couldn't trouble others every time he went out. He also learned to swim while learning. After all, if the time comes He was able to swim to the bank by himself after the bamboo raft was overturned.

Li Xiaoe's legs were not very good, so Qi Yue walked slowly behind her, visiting other villages by the way.

In fact, it is similar to Yanhe Village. There are some fields by the river. There will be many people harvesting rice in the fields. When they see them, Qi Yue may look strange. Someone stands in the field and asks: "Who are you looking for?"

Qi Yue replied: "We are from Yanhe Village, we came to Zhengjia Village to see my eldest sister."

Someone asked, "Whose house?"

Qi Yue: "Zheng Jiabao's house."

"His family," the man showed a little disdain when he heard Zheng Jiabao's name, and lost the desire to talk.

Qi Yue didn't care either, after all, he didn't have a good impression of that big brother-in-law, but Qi Yue frowned. It seemed that his big brother-in-law's reputation in his village was not very good, and he didn't know why.

Those people continued to work with their heads down, and Qi Yue followed Li Xiao'e and continued to walk forward. He didn't pay much attention when he saw someone rushing to the village from the corner of his eye, but unexpectedly, he ran into that person again after walking for a while.

Qi Yue showed a business smile, but the man quickly lowered his head to avoid the stares, and left in a hurry, Qi Yue's smile came back halfway through the business.

A surprised female voice exploded in the air: "Mother-in-law, what kind of wind brought you here?"

Qi Yue followed the voice and saw a woman with her hair wrapped in sackcloth standing at the gate of a yard, looking at them with surprise.

Li Xiao'e walked there and said softly, "Mother-in-law, let me come and see Yuanyuan."

"Well, that's really a coincidence, Qi Yuan and Wen Hao went to the county seat." Zheng Liushi looked regretful, and greeted: "Come in first, come in and sit for a while."

Li Xiaoe looked astonished: "Didn't you say you were sick?"

"Hey, I just got cold at night. No, it's good to have a day off yesterday. Today, I have to take Wenhao to the county town to buy the sauced duck from Deqinglou. I can't stop it." Zheng Liu took it neatly Looking at the thing in Li Xiaoe's hand, she looked at Qi Yue and asked, "Who is this?"

Qi Yue also handed over the gift in his hand: "Hello, Auntie, my name is Qi Yue, and I'm the younger brother of the elder sister's uncle's family."

"Oh, hello, hello, come in and sit down."

Qi Yue and Li Xiao'e followed Zheng Liu into the courtyard gate, Zheng's family seemed to be in a good situation, and there were two pigs raised in the courtyard, who were eating pig food right now.

Mrs. Zheng Liu took them to the main room: "Sit down, I'll pour you a cup of tea."

Qi Yue hurriedly said: "Don't be too busy, Auntie."

"It should be, it should be," Zheng Liushi was very enthusiastic, and brought two cups of hot tea after a while.

Li Xiaoe took the hot tea and asked hesitantly, "When will my mother-in-law, Yuanyuan and Wenhao be back?"

Zheng Liushi looked at the sky outside: "It will take two or three hours to come back."

"Ah?" Li Xiao'e rubbed her hands in frustration. It was dark at that time, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see my daughter this trip, but it's good news to know that her daughter is in good health: "Then we ..."

Qi Yue suddenly asked: "When did the eldest sister and the others leave?"

Zheng Liushi: "Just left, not long ago."

Qi Yue: "Can I get it back? My uncle's legs are inconvenient, so it's not easy to come here."

Zheng Liu obviously didn't expect him to ask such a question: "I can't catch up, I've gone too far."

"Okay," Qi Yue could only helplessly accept this fact, he looked at Zheng Liu and said, "Then can you let my aunt stay here for one night, I will pick her up tomorrow."

Zheng Liu's complexion changed, Li Xiao'e pulled Qi Yue and whispered, "This is not good." Although she missed her daughter very much, it is really unreasonable for the mother-in-law to live at the son-in-law's house.

Zheng Liu breathed a sigh of relief: "What my mother-in-law said is that I know you miss your daughter, so when she comes back, I will ask Jiabao to take her to Yanhe Village to see you."

Li Xiaoe nodded.

Now that Li Xiao'e agreed, Qi Yue didn't say anything more. He put down the cup in his hand and looked around for a week: "Big brother-in-law isn't there?"