Chapter 224: Lacking the Calf (3) (Rewards and extra updates for the leader who gnawed this book!)
Qu Jing spent her first night at the village chief's house huddled on the kang with the village chief's granddaughters.
Although there is no quilt and can only be covered with straw, at least there is a kang, which can still provide shelter from wind and rain in the house, and the conditions are much better than in the trees. Qu Jing happily ate sweet potatoes and eggs before going to bed, and slept until dawn.
The next morning, everyone drank glutinous rice with half a sweet potato. Only Qu Jing drank it with breakfast. The sweet potatoes and glutinous rice were enough to fill her stomach. She ate as much as she wanted and cooked it if it was not enough.
Seeing Qu Jing squatting in the yard, staring at the chickens and eating sweet potatoes, just like yesterday, the village elder's wife whispered to the village chief: "I think she really has a big appetite."
The village chief said that the food he ate was not his family’s food anyway: “It’s okay, Lao Qu can afford it.”
"Is it stupid?"
The village elder's wife wasn't very sure and stared at Qu Jing a few more times: "She shouldn't be too stupid."
The village chief thought this was enough: "Please tell me, there are two rabbits in the basket of grain that Lao Qu sent in the morning. Later the chicken will lay an egg and cook one for Qu Jing. Lao Qu said, he will exchange the skin for it." ”
Qu Jing heard about the eggs from afar and ran to the village elder's wife, waiting to eat the eggs.
The village chief laughed loudly: "I don't think this is stupid at all. He is much smarter than our dog Dan."
Dog eggs chewing sweet potatoes:?
In this way, Qu Jing stayed at the village chief's house for more than a week.
The village elder's wife is undoubtedly an expert in raising children, and she basically treats Qu Jing as a child. Teach you how to wash your face, teach you how to wash your hair, teach you how to put on clothes, teach you not to eat this, not touch that, and teach you how to use chopsticks.
It was just the first time for Qu Jing to act like an inexperienced person, and she was not really stupid. Of course, she could teach this kind of thing as soon as she learned it. Apart from not speaking and looking about 10 years old, she was just a smart kid.
After the lesson, the village elder's wife was confused and often muttered: "Is this stupid or not?"
"Is this smart or stupid?"
"Why do I think this girl is so stupid that she is actually smart?"
Finally, when the village elder's wife was wondering whether Qu Jing was a genius or a brain-burned fool, Qu Jing's bed was made.
Qu Orion came to pick up his granddaughter.
It was the first time to raise a child, and Qu Orion was a little excited as he was raising a granddaughter instead of children.
Orion Qu brought a snack - maltose.
Not much, just a candy bar as long as a little finger, which was an absolute rarity in this era. When the grandchildren of the village chief's family saw such a big piece of candy, tears of envy flowed directly from the corners of their mouths, and the flow was long. Looking at the posture, if their own grandfather was not present, they wished they could hug Qu Orion and call him grandpa.
"Jingjing, do you remember me? I am your grandfather." Qu Lihu was a little nervous, but also a little expectant.
Qu Jing nodded, staring directly at the maltose.
Qu Orion grinned happily and gave Qu Jing the candy. Qu Jing decisively stuffed the candy into his mouth.
The village elder's wife packed up all the clothes that Qu Jing could wear, not many, just three sets. But it is definitely a lot among children of the same age. The children of the village chief's family usually only wear two sets of changes of clothes inside and a thin coat on the outside. Whether they are dirty or torn, they are the outer clothes.
Unfortunately, this cannot be said for pants, which have a high wear rate. This may be why the child next door to the village chief has no pants to wear.
The village elder's wife not only packed away her clothes, but also gave Qu Jing the bowl where Qu Jing ate, telling him how much Qu Jing ate at each meal, and nagging Qu Jing that this child was a bit silly, but not particularly silly, silly. There is a bit of intelligence in him, at least he knows how much he can eat at each meal to be considered full, and he will stare at people when he is hungry.
He can recognize grains, make fire, and cook sweet potatoes by himself.
The village elder's wife asked Hunter Qu not to worry when he went hunting in the mountains. The children would cook for themselves when they were hungry at home.
Finally, the village elder's wife said that Qu Orion lived too close to the mountain, and she was worried about her children going there. If Qu Jing wants to find someone to play with, he can come to the village to find someone. All the children in the village know Qu Jing these days.
The only fool in the village and well-known.
Qu Orion led Qu Jing to the wooden house at the foot of the mountain.
Qu Orion's house is a wooden house, and there are a lot of prepared furs at home. Before, Qu Lihu said that he asked a carpenter to make a bed, and Qin Huai didn't realize it yet. After staying at the village chief's house for two days, Qin Huai realized that there weren't many families with beds in this village, and they basically all had kangs.
It's cold in the north and every family is poor. The village chief's family only has three quilts, and the children in the family sleep together with straw.
Compared with the conditions in the village, Du Fu's poem "The quilt has been as cold as iron for many years, and the delicate child is lying in bed and is cracked." ’ The conditions are already good. At least there is a quilt. Many families in the village only have half a quilt -
The quilt is made of cotton mixed with straw.
Qu Orion made a small bed for Qu Jing.
A small bed that looks ordinary but is very domineering.
A tiger skin was draped on the bed.
In addition to tiger skin, there is also a quilt that you can tell is newly made. As an Orion, Qu Shan's most indispensable thing is all kinds of leathers, so in addition to tiger skins, Qu Jing's bed was also covered with some other furs, which made him feel warm.
Because he lives alone, Qu Orion's wooden house is not big, but it has many things. There are shotguns, knives and bows hanging on the walls. There are no hoes that every household in the village has. Food and other items are not locked up. Sweet potatoes and rice noodles are placed in the bedroom, salt shakers are placed on the cabinet, and firewood is piled everywhere. Yes, there are everything from the bedroom to the hall to the kitchen. It can be seen that Qu Orion didn't pay much attention to tidying up when he lived alone.
At the same time, it can also highlight the wise decision of the village elder's wife in trying to teach Qu Jing to cook sweet potatoes.
Qu Orion led Qu Jing around the house, told Qu Jing where everything was, then gave her the key, gave Qu Jing two newly bought wood carvings, and went to the kitchen to cook.
Qu Jing and Chen Huihong both liked wood carving very much. They had a great time playing with wood carvings. They held it in their arms like a treasure and waited until Qu Jinghu entered the kitchen before carefully looking at the room.
Qu Jing avoided the knife hanging on the wall, stretched out her hand to poke at the tiger skin used as a quilt on the bed, sat up happily, and continued playing with wood carvings.
For dinner, we had boiled cornmeal with wild vegetables and cured meat added to it.
Compared with the wild vegetables and sweet potatoes, this was undoubtedly a luxurious meal. Qu Jing took the big bowl she brought from the village chief's house and ate three large bowls in a row. When she was full, she put down the bowl and didn't eat more. When Qu Lihu saw that Qu Jing really knew how to stop eating when she was full, as the village elder's wife said, he felt relieved and praised happily: "We Jingjing are so smart."
Qu Jing opened her eyes wide and saw that Qu Orion didn't respond. She silently fetched water to wash her own bowl, then sat on the bed and played with wood carvings.
Seeing that Qu Jing could still fetch water and wash dishes, Qu Orion praised him again: "We Jingjing are really capable."
Qu Jing still didn't respond, but Qin Huai keenly noticed that the corners of Qu Jing's mouth raised slightly.
In the next few days, Qu Jing lived normally at Qu Orion's house.
Hunter Qu goes up to the mountains to hunt almost every day. He goes out at dawn every day and doesn't come back until mid-afternoon or late at night.
Of course, not every day brings success.
When you are unlucky, you will not catch anything. Generally, you can catch a few hares and touch a few bird eggs. If you are lucky, you can catch pheasants and foxes.
People in the nearby villages knew Qu Orion's daily schedule very well, and they would always come in at night to change things. Basically, they bartered, exchanging food, salt, and cloth for prey or fur.
Basically, every villager who exchanges things will look at Qu Jing curiously, and then sigh in a low voice that Orion Qu actually adopted a little fool. This fool's life is too good, at least he has no worries about food and clothing in the past few years.
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On the fifth night of Qu Jing's stay in the wooden house, another family tried to take a chance and threw their child who could not walk yet at the door of Qu Jing's house.
Hearing the child's cry, Qu Orion didn't even light the lamp. He stood up skillfully, hugged the child and walked to the village chief's house.
Qu Jing sat quietly on the bed, watching Qu Orion's retreating back in the moonlight. Then get up and get dressed, sit at the door and wait.
When Qu Lihu came back, he was startled when he saw Qu Jing at the door, and said with concern: "Jingjing, it's so cold outside, let's go in and sit down."
After saying that, Qu Orion led Qu Jing into the house, lit the kerosene lamp, and went to touch the cornmeal in the room.
"You're hungry, aren't you? Grandpa will cook cornmeal for you."
"Why don't you raise him?" Qu Jing asked.
Qu Jingdi suddenly spoke, which startled Qu Orion and froze him in place.
"I heard them say that adoptions are all about raising children who can't remember anything. He's a boy, he doesn't remember anything, and he eats less than me. It's more cost-effective to raise him than to raise me," Qu Jing said.
Qu Orion was ecstatic: "Quietly, you can speak!"
Qu Jing:…
After the ecstasy, Qu Orion calmed down and explained patiently: "I have no fate with that child."
"Are you destined to be with me?" Qu Jing asked.
"I picked you up in the mountains, of course you are destined."
Qu Jing looked at Qu Orion: "Will you sell me?"
"Of course not."
"Will you eat me?"
Qu Orion frowned: "Your parents are trying to scare you with such words? It's not like you can't survive the drought for several years. Who would be willing to eat their own children?"
"Don't believe this nonsense. You really don't hold back your words. You tell your children everything."
Qu Jing stopped talking.
Qu Orion hesitated for a moment and said a little embarrassedly: "Jingjing, you know that I am your grandfather now, right?"
Qu Jing nodded.
"Can you call me grandpa?"
Qu Jing said nothing.
Qu Orion was a little disappointed, but said nothing. He found the bag of cornmeal and walked to the kitchen with the bag.
"Grandpa." Qu Jing said crisply.
"I heard them say that you raised me so that I could support you until you die."
"I will, I swear."
"As long as I live, I will definitely provide for you until the end of your life."
Orion Qu smiled so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth: "You kid, why do you still swear to live? Bah, bah, bah, don't talk nonsense."
"You follow my surname. The name I gave you is my granddaughter. Grandpa doesn't need you to provide for me until I die. I have saved a lot of money. I will prepare a copy for you in a few years if you fall in love with some young man. The dowry is better than marrying in a village and not having to live at the foot of the mountain. "
"Jingjing, can you call me grandpa again?"
"grandfather."
"Hey!"
(End of chapter)
