"Qiao'er, hurry up and fetch water for your sister-in-law so that she can wash her face and eat." Li Weiniang also thoughtfully asked Li Qiao'er to fetch water for Xiu Xiu and serve Xiu Xiu.
Li Qiaoer responded and hurried over.
Xiu Xiu said, "I can just go to the kitchen and wash myself. There's no need to bring it over."
Li Weiniang reminded them again: "Remember to bring the fragrant rice noodles with you."
Xiuxiu nodded, and then she followed Li Qiaoer out of the main room.
When she was leaving the main room, she heard Li Daner's mother's lowered voice coming from behind her. She must have been whispering to Li Weiniang:
"Why does your daughter-in-law have to wash her face and hands after eating? And she also uses spices? Isn't this too extravagant and wasteful?"
Xiuxiu paused and was about to turn around and fight back when she heard her mother-in-law's voice.
Although her mother-in-law's voice was also very low, it still reached Xiu Xiu's ears clearly.
"Don't say that, my wife here is spoiled and spoiled, so she married into my family and suffered a lot!"
"Besides, Xiangjizi is her own dowry. She can use it however she likes, as long as she is happy!"
Later, Li Dan'er's mother had nothing to say.
The corners of Xiuxiu's lips also raised slightly, and she left the door of the main room without looking back and went to the kitchen opposite to wash her face and hands.
This midday meal was extremely comfortable and comfortable. After they were full and full, Li Daner and her daughter returned to their home. Li Qiaoer and her mother-in-law cleaned up the bowls together and then went to the vegetable garden to water the vegetables. Xiuxiu yawned. Returned to the West Room and prepared to take a nap.
Then, Li Wei came in and brought a footbath.
"Come, soak your feet before going to sleep." He said.
Xiu Xiu was very surprised and pleasantly surprised, "This is not sleeping at night, why do you need to soak your feet?"
Li Wei said: "You must have been tired from walking for such a long distance, and maybe you have blisters on the soles of your feet."
"Soak your feet and I'll knead them for you."
Xiuxiu's whole body was wrapped in tenderness and happiness.
She obediently did as she was told.
Looking at Li Wei who was squatting in front of her and carefully pinching her feet, Xiu Xiu felt that she was really the happiest woman in the world at this moment.
When she was a child, she stayed with her parents. When she saw the elder sisters in the village getting married, dressed so beautifully, and being led out of the house by the groom, she was both envious and afraid.
Afraid of making things difficult for her husband's family and afraid of being rejected in various ways.
Now, she feels that she really thought too much before. Fortunately, she has a warm haven like her husband's family and a caring and good man like Li Wei!
"Xiu Xiu, why don't you come back after lunch at your parents' house today?" Li Wei raised his head and asked patiently while squeezing Xiu Xiu's feet.
Xiuxiu held her hands on the soft sheets beneath her, raised her neck, and squinted her eyes, feeling particularly comfortable.
When she heard Li Wei's words, her thin eyebrows frowned.
"What's wrong? Who made you angry?" Li Wei asked again immediately.
Xiu Xiu shook her head, "Stop it now, it's all your fault. I've been waiting all day for you to come over. Didn't we originally agree that you would come over for lunch and pick me up?"
Li Wei laughed and said, "I originally wanted to go there, but my aunt suddenly came and brought a big fish with her."
Xiu Xiu opened her eyes and looked at Li Wei displeased: "What? Your aunt is more important than my aunt than me? Didn't you say before that I was your daughter-in-law, and your daughter-in-law came first?"
The smile on Li Wei's face became a little thicker, and he said repeatedly: "Daughter-in-law, don't think too much. Originally, I didn't plan to stay at home to entertain you. I just wanted to pick you up."
"But my aunt said that today was her birthday, and it was just mother and daughter at home. It was too deserted, so she brought a fish to our house to join us for dinner. It would be more lively if there were more people."
"Oh, by the way, the money belly old hen soup in the black pottery clay pot was also an ingredient they brought here. I heard that you like money belly, so my aunt went to buy it from your aunt's meat shed on the other side of the river early in the morning. It’s coming!”
"Ah? According to you, your aunt bought it just for me?" Xiu Xiu asked again.
Li Wei nodded without hesitation.
"But, I just accept this love." Xiu Xiu said, "But, she is also very good at choosing the day, isn't she? Today happens to be the day you pick me back..."
Li Wei smiled, rubbed Xiuxiu's feet, and coaxed: "Hey, don't tell me, my aunt is really good at picking dates. Today happens to be her birthday."
"On her birthday in previous years, she would come to my house to have dinner together, but my father was at home at that time. Sometimes, my aunt would not have to ask for it. My father would ask my mother to prepare the ingredients in advance, and then he would pick up their mother and daughter. come over……"
When he mentioned his father, the smile on Li Wei's face became obviously darker.
But then he realized something, forced a smile again, lowered his head and continued to feed Xiuxiu and rub her feet.
But his pretending to be nonchalant still couldn't escape Xiu Xiu's eyes.
Xiu Xiu knew that he must be unhappy, but she didn't dare to tell her, and Xiu Xiu didn't want to get into more trouble on this sensitive topic, so she changed the topic and said, "Xiaowei, how many times have I argued with my mother and the others today?" "My head was so hot that I even beat my brother and sister."
"That damn girl Xiuhong, she probably hates me to death, right?"
"Haha, but it doesn't matter. I've beaten her, but I can't let her fight back, right?"
"Also, I told my mother that we won't go back for the Mid-Autumn Festival and let them celebrate by themselves!"
The waves of news that Xiu Xiu brought back shocked Li Wei, and his jaw almost dropped into the footbath in front of him.
"No, my wife, what are you doing? How did you manage to get into a quarrel with your mother-in-law and your sister-in-law and brother-in-law?"
Xiu Xiu looked aggrieved and turned her face to the side: "I don't want to say it!"
"My dear daughter-in-law, tell me quickly, you are trying to make me anxious to death!"
Xiuxiu couldn't stand Li Wei's insistence, so she finally had to tell Li Wei the whole story...
When the sun sets, every household in Changping Village is filled with smoke and birds.
In the yard of Cao Bamei's house at the entrance of the village, the chimney is very quiet, and the kitchen is also cold.
Cao Bamei was sitting at the door of the kitchen, breaking lentils, surrounded by a few chickens that were clucking with hunger. Seeing that the hostess was in a daze, the chickens bravely came over to peck at the lentils in her hand.
It wasn't until a chicken accidentally pecked Cao Bamei's finger that she suddenly came to her senses.
"Go, go, you little beast, you are seeking death!" Cao Bamei grabbed the small bamboo sieve at her feet and raised it, waving it to drive away the chickens.
After the chickens were driven away, she looked up at the still deserted backyard and sighed depressedly.
Normally at this time, the girl Xiu Hong would be burning the yard, or driving the chickens into the chicken coop with her mistress.
