Chapter 30: Doing Good (1)
In the other pot, the bone soup had been boiled into a milky white color, which was appetizing at first sight. Then some salt, chopped green onions, and dried fennel were added... After a while, the rich aroma of broth overflowed from the kitchen, making people salivate.
Caiwei found a small jar, cleaned it, and poured the bone soup from the pot into it. Then she found a pig bladder at home, sealed the jar tightly, and put it aside.
There was still some bone soup left, so she used the remaining soup to make a few bowls of water-pulled noodles. The noodles were dipped in cold water and pulled very thinly, so that they would be chewy in the mouth. In addition, the soup was excellent, so the water-pulled noodles tasted very authentic, comparable to the "Xu Ji Old Noodle House" in Beijing.
Because she was busy going to the town, Caiwei hurriedly ate a bowl of water-pulled noodles and was eager to prepare for the trip to the town.
She first cut a piece of the crystal jelly she had cooked last night, put it on a plate, put it in a basket with the fried pork and eggs, covered it with a tarpaulin, and then put the noodles left for her mother and brothers and sisters in the pot. After covering the pot, she carried the bamboo basket and the jar out of the kitchen.
When she passed by the big house, she saw her mother and brothers and sisters were still sleeping quietly. The whole family, huddled together without any grudges, slept very soundly...
The morning sunlight penetrated the Korean paper on the window and melted into their bodies, looking very beautiful and warm...
Caiwei's heart moved softly - it was great for the family to stay together so closely!
...
"Good morning! Brother Jiujin!"
"Hehe... Good morning, sister Weier..."
Jiujin had been waiting outside the fence. When he saw Caiwei coming out, he jumped off the ox cart, took the jar and bamboo basket from her hands, put them on the ox cart, and grabbed a sheepskin coat from the cart and handed it to her. He blushed and said, "Sister Weier, it's very cold today. Put it on quickly to keep warm."
Caiwei took the sheepskin coat and put it on without hesitation, then climbed onto the ox cart.
The ox cart had obviously been cleaned deliberately. The body of the car was wiped clean and spotless. The car was padded with thick straw. Sitting in the dry straw, it was warm, no worse than a carriage with a shed.
Caiwei was grateful for Jiujin's attentiveness, and at the same time, she was glad that he did all this. It had just snowed heavily yesterday, and it was so cold today that it could freeze her chin off. If the ox cart had not taken any warm-keeping measures, she would have been frozen to death before reaching the town!
"Squeak-squeak--"
The ox cart, carrying two people with a lot of thoughts, slowly walked on the village road, pressing the thick snow. At first, Caiwei was still in the mood to look at the rugged village road, overlook the mountains covered by heavy snow, or answer a few questions raised by Jiujin that didn't need to waste any brain cells...
But gradually, as the sun continued to rise, Caiwei became anxious, and finally she looked up at the sun and almost went crazy!
When she left yesterday, the old beggar was already not well. She wanted to go to the town earlier to see the poor old man, maybe she could see him for the last time, but at the speed of this car, it would take two hours to get there. What
made her even more depressed was that although she was anxious to death, she couldn't urge Jiujin. After all, an ox is not a horse. The speed is the result of Jiujin's hard work.
After walking for nearly two hours, Caiwei's heart was also anxious during these two hours. Finally, she arrived in the town before noon.
Caiwei wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and secretly made up her mind that when she had money in the future, she would definitely buy a carriage, definitely!