In this way, Jiang Juan and Xiaobao settled down in the Chu family's old house with peace of mind. The next day, when Shen Luzhu woke up, packed up and left the house, the breakfast that Jiang Juan specially made early in the morning was already served on the dining table in the main room. .
"Didn't I tell you yesterday that my cousin is not allowed to work or cook while living at home!"
Jiang Juan saw Shen Luzhu enter the main room, and hurriedly stepped forward and helped him to a chair, half-supporting and half-pushing him, and sat down: "Cousin, I'm used to getting up early at home. I'm already up and I can't make breakfast by the way." Something like that."
Shen Luzhu didn't believe Jiang Juan's words: "Your cousin told me. When he came out of the house, he saw you already busy in the kitchen. You must have gotten up early on purpose. You will not be allowed to come to the house again. I'm a guest, how can I let you do the work?"
"Okay, listen to my cousin."
The Chu family had just finished breakfast when there was a knock on the courtyard door over there. Chu Li, who had already picked up his schoolbag, ran over and opened the courtyard door from the inside. The people who came were the Qian family next door and the newlyweds. Yuan Shuang was followed by an aunt who was dressed a little too plainly.
Qian passed Chu Li who opened the door and greeted the young couple standing in the courtyard: "Ayi, Lu Zhu, this is the aunt named Han I mentioned yesterday. She came to knock on my door early in the morning. Door, why don’t I just bring the person over here, do you think it’s convenient now?”
Shen Luzhu stepped forward with a smile: "Auntie, please call out in the courtyard and we can go pick up Aunt Han ourselves. Why go all the way here!"
"I just live in the east and west courtyards. I can walk over a few steps. I happen to have nothing to do, so I came over to join in the fun with you!"...
Yuan Shuang, who was beside Qian, also said: "Yes, cousin, I heard that you are doing something new and there will be delicious food soon, so I quickly asked my mother-in-law to bring me over. My husband is going to follow my mother-in-law. They didn’t even give in!”
After hearing Yuan Shuang's words, the young couple looked at each other in tacit understanding. No wonder Chu Ping complained when he came over a few days ago. There are countless benefits to marrying a daughter-in-law, but there is one thing that everyone said. It’s because the son has a daughter-in-law and he forgets his mother-in-law. How come when he gets to his house, his mother-in-law has a daughter-in-law and forgets her son? In the eyes of his mother-in-law, her daughter-in-law is a treasure and her son is nothing!
Aunt Han, who had been standing behind Mrs. Qian and Yuan Shuang with some restraint, saw that everyone had finished their greetings, and then stepped forward to talk to the young couple: "Boss, madam boss, my family lives in the back of our village, and I have been here before. We buy paper money in our shop. My husband’s family name is Han, just call me Aunt Han.”
"Aunt Han, don't be formal, just call me Lu Zhu. My cousin must have told you that the shop and workshop at home have been a little busy recently, so I wanted to hire someone to help with the three meals a day. "
The news of Shen Luzhu's pregnancy was kept secret for the time being. Before going out to help find someone, Qian came up with such an excuse for the young couple, which was reasonable.
Aunt Han nodded: "Say, Sister-in-law Qian told me, so I thought I would make a meal for you to try earlier today, but unexpectedly it seemed to be a little too early, but don't worry. Don't delay your business, I'm really sorry."
"It's okay, Aunt Han. We'll have a taste of it when you finish it later. The rest can be warmed in the pot and eaten at lunch. Everything is ready in the kitchen. I'll trouble you later." Shen Lu Zhubian said while pointing to the location of the kitchen.
Aunt Han responded repeatedly: "Hey, hey, that's great!"
"Wait a minute." Before Aunt Han could move towards the kitchen, she was stopped by Chu Yi. The family didn't have many requirements for food. They just wanted it to be something that wasn't too hard to swallow. After all, Chu Yi felt that the most important thing was his wife, and he had to satisfy her first.
"My wife has been feeling unwell recently and is drinking soup and medicine. She cannot eat oily or meaty dishes. I would like to ask my aunt to prepare a light meal for her later and let her try it."
Aunt Han had previously heard that the young couple at Chu's Paper Money Shop were in a very good relationship and were very loving. Now that Chu Yi said this, she didn't think much about it and just nodded and said, "Okay, don't worry, boss." Bar!"
Aunt Han walked to the Chu family kitchen. After the others sent Chu Li out to school, they filed into the main room and chatted while waiting for the food cooked by Aunt Han.
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Shi first talked about the origin of Aunt Han: "The Han family is also a hard-working person. The Han family used to live in the back of our village. Not to mention the low terrain, the backyard wall was built at the foot of the mountain. Yes, the heavy rain and flash flood in the early years directly destroyed her house and yard. The youngest son was directly smashed under the beam and could not be rescued. Her husband got angry and passed away. After waking up, she was half-stretched and unable to move. She had many children in her family. From then on, she had to save money to buy a new house, raise a lot of children to eat and drink, and take care of a paralyzed man. Life at home was difficult. Not easy."
Shen Luzhu sighed after hearing this. Natural and man-made disasters are the most ruthless.
"As soon as I mentioned this matter to your fat aunt, she thought of the Han family. I even went to her yard to look around. Although she lived in poverty, the yard was kept clean and tidy. , the young men in the family are also very strong, which shows that she should be good at work and craftsmanship, so I went to ask her, and when she heard that your family wanted to hire someone, she agreed without even hesitating. , saying that she wanted to come over and give it a try when we were recruiting female workshop workers, but the man was still lying on the kang and needed her to take care of him. He really couldn't get away. This time, he didn't want to miss it anymore. I even rushed up early today!"
"Auntie, don't tell me that Aunt Han's man is still lying on the kang. If Aunt Han spends all day cooking at our place, what will her family do?"
Mrs. Qian sighed: "Well, her man left in the winter months of the previous year, and the eldest and second child in the family have reached the age to get married. It's just her family's situation. Otherwise, she just wants to earn some money."
Shen Luzhu didn't know if it was because of the pregnancy, but Shen Luzhu felt that he seemed a little sentimental recently. After hearing what happened at Aunt Han's house, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. He thought they were in a wealthy place, but who I thought that in a place like this, every family would still have all kinds of hardships to go through.
Seeing that his wife was lost in thought, Chu Yi quietly whispered in her ear and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Shen Luzhu shook his head: "No, I just think it's not easy for Aunt Han. Chu Yi, tell me, if the food cooked by Aunt Han fails later, should we recruit her to work in the workshop?"
"Okay, listen to A-Zhu."
Qian heard the young couple's conversation from the side and couldn't help but blame herself for a moment. She did have the idea of helping Aunt Han, but that was only on the premise that Aunt Han really met the young couple's requirements for hiring someone. She still knows the difference between foreign relatives and strangers very clearly!
"Luzhu, Ayi, don't listen to my nonsense, Auntie. I just said a few more words when I had nothing to do. The Han family is indeed pitiful, but there are so many poor people. We can't just help each one we meet. If she If it meets the conditions for you two to hire people, then there is no problem in keeping her here. But if it doesn't work, our workshop is not short of people right now, so there is no need to recruit more people. She can help, but don't make us suffer. If In that case, Auntie, what I did today is a sin!"
Seeing this, Shen Luzhu hurriedly smiled and explained: "Auntie is right. That's what I just said. Don't take it to heart. Besides, Aunt Han hasn't finished cooking yet. How do we know that? It must not be possible, my cousin said that all her children are very strong, and they can raise them to be strong even though they live in poverty, which means that the cooking skills must be quite good!"
Qian clapped her hands and said, "That's the truth. I thought the same thing when I saw her children!"
Yuan Shuang listened for a long time and felt that Aunt Han's craftsmanship should be good. After all, not everyone dared to accept the job of cooking for people at their door. The more she thought about it, the more she couldn't sit still and always wanted to go to the stove. They wanted to see if it was what they expected, so they turned to Qian and Shen Luzhu, who were still chatting, and said, "Mom, cousin, I want to go to the kitchen and have a look, is it okay?"
Shen Luzhu had spent a lot of time with Yuan Shuang, so he had a certain understanding of her temperament. Seeing her like that, he could guess what she wanted to do, so he winked at Yuan Shuang and said, "Go ahead, help me." Cousin, let me take a good look."
Yuan Shuang looked at Mrs. Qian again. Mrs. Qian liked her daughter-in-law very much, so naturally there was nothing wrong with her. Otherwise, Chu Ping would not have complained about her. After Yuan Shuang got the permission, he didn't forget to grab Chu who was sitting next to Uncle Chu.
Xiuxiu kept company, and as soon as she left the main room, she rushed to the kitchen.
After a while, the two little sisters ran back from the kitchen excitedly. Yuan Shuang hurriedly reported the results of her investigation to everyone before she could sit down: "Sister-in-law, I just took a look. This Aunt Han is indeed with A Niang." As expected, the work was done very quickly. Even though the meal was being cooked, there was no mess on the chopping board next to the stove. What's more, I don't know what was being cooked in the pot. It smelled very good. Not cousin Xiuxiu?"
"Well, that's right! Aunt Han just asked me, cousin, if you can eat eggs, onions and garlic."
Hearing what Yuan Shuang said to Chu Xiuxiu, Shen Luzhu's expectations were instantly raised even higher. He sat on the chair and swayed his feet, waiting for Aunt Han to bring over the prepared food.
After almost two quarters of an hour, I heard footsteps coming from the yard, and then I saw Aunt Han walking over with a large wooden tray. Seeing this, Chu Yi hurriedly stepped forward to take it.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Han shook her head: "It's okay, boss, I'll do it."
As she spoke, Aunt Han had already placed the tray in her hand on the small side table next to Shen Luzhu, and began to introduce the dishes to her and everyone: "Madam boss, I know you can't touch the oil star now, so I'll cook it first. I have something for you to eat. This is cold zucchini. Boss lady, you are still drinking the soup. I didn’t put in the chili pepper and just added some minced garlic. These are steamed balls with tofu, flour and vermicelli, and this one. The soup is made with pickled radish, mushrooms, tofu and corn kernels. There is no fresh corn rice at the moment, otherwise it would taste better. It is all made without adding any oil. Boss lady, please try it and see what I make. How's it going?"
"Aunt Han, you don't need to be so polite. Just call me Luzhu. You sit down and rest for a while. I'll try it right now."
But Aunt Han waved her hand: "No, no, the pot is still stewed with dishes waiting for others to taste, so I will go back to the kitchen first."
