Lu Xingping hurriedly took the bowl and served Yun Cuihe a bowl of soup first, and then gave her a piece of fish.
"Mom, please eat more fish soup to replenish your body."
Lu Xinganyi filled a bowl for Chu Yue.
"Sister-in-law, you have worked hard today."
There was a trace of nervousness on the serious-looking little face, as if she was afraid that Chu Yue would dislike her, and no pair of eyes dared to look in her direction.
Chu Yue generously took the soup from Lu Xingan.
"Thank you Xing'an."
Lu Xinghe glanced at his two younger brothers, without saying anything, lowered his head and took the brown rice porridge into his mouth.
Thanks to this big pot of fish soup, the family rarely ate until they were 70% full.
Yun Cuihe looked at the sky outside. Although the sun was no longer visible, the sky was still bright.
"Xinghe, have you taken care of all the wild boars?"
Lu Xinghe hummed.
"Already killed."
Yun Cuihe turned to look at him: "While it's still daylight, chop some of the pork into small pieces, not too much, and send them to a few uncles and aunts nearby who have good relations. For the folks in the countryside, thanks to their care on weekdays, I cut two larger pieces, about two or three pounds, and send one to Li Zheng’s house and the other to your grandma’s house.”
"By the way, bring a bowl of pig blood to your grandma too. Your grandpa likes this, and we can keep the rest for ourselves."
Originally, their family lived at the foot of the mountain, so no one would know if the wild boar was brought back. If they borrowed a cart later, they could push it to the town to sell it at dawn tomorrow morning.
But when Mrs. Li made such a fuss, everyone knew about it, and it was a bit unreasonable to go out at any time.
Lu Xinghe nodded repeatedly in response to Yun Cuihe's instructions.
"OK."
After saying that, he went out to divide the meat. Lu Xingping hurriedly ran to help, while Lu Xingan consciously started to pack up the dishes, put them in the basin and took them out to wash.
Chu Yue came out of the kitchen and immediately saw the pig intestines that Lu Xinghe had piled in the corner along with the pig hairs as if they were throwing away garbage.
This is a good thing, do they want to throw it away?
Chu Yue immediately came to the pile of rubbish and squatted down, reaching out to fish out the pig intestines, but she heard Lu Xinghe's voice coming from behind: "Don't move, you're dirty."
Chu Yue turned her head in confusion.
"Don't you want any of these?"
Lu Xinghe hummed.
"They are all dirty things. Don't touch them. I will clean them up later."
Chu Yue bit her lip with a slightly tentative tone.
"Can I keep the pig in the water?"
Lu Xingping, who was on the side, had already put the pork that was going to some uncles and aunts' homes into baskets. Hearing Chu Yue's words, he looked at her with some confusion.
"Those dirty and smelly things, although our Banpo Village is poor, no one can afford them. What do you do with them, sister-in-law?"
Chu Yue looked regretful: "It's a pity to lose it. How about keeping it? Maybe I can make it more delicious."
After thinking for a moment, Lu Xinghe nodded.
"Let's keep it for now."
It's just a waste of oil and salt. If you really can't eat it, just feed it to grandma's chicken.
My grandpa divided their families back then because the three uncles, aunts and uncles disliked the fact that the four of them couldn't work and had to spend money. I would think of giving them a little bit of everything, and it would be okay.
Lu Xinghe threaded the other two larger pieces of meat with several pieces of platycodon twisted together. He was about to pick up the pig intestines in the corner when he heard a familiar voice coming from outside. .
"Xinghe, I heard that Granny Li came to your door to bully you today?"
Lu Xinghe looked back and saw his grandmother Wang Xuelan.
"Nai, why are you here?"
Wang Xuelan frowned: "Didn't you hear about Granny Li? You three brothers are all boys. Your mother's stubborn temper didn't suffer at the hands of that shrew, right?"
Lu Xinghe recalled the scene of Chu Yue protecting his mother, and pursed his lips for no reason.
"Don't worry, my mother is fine."
"Mom is here?"
Hearing the sound, Yun Cuihe came out of the house, hurriedly welcomed Wang Xuelan in at the door, and poured water for her.
"I was just about to ask Xinghe to send you two a piece of meat. Now that mother is here, it saves him having to make another trip."
After she finished speaking, she turned to look in the direction of Lu Xinghe and asked him to bring the dressed meat and pour a bowl of pig blood on it.
Wang Xuelan sighed.
"I'm not here to ask for your meat. I just heard people say that Mrs. Li bullied her to the extreme. Come and take a look. If the boss, second, and fourth hadn't insisted on letting you separate your family, how could you have been bullied by that rogue? She looked at Yun Cuihe, "If something like this happens again in the future, just ask Xingping to go to the village to find me. Your family lives far away, and there are many things that my mother can't care about."
Even if the third son is gone, the three grandsons are still descendants of the old Lu family. How can there be any reason for an outsider to step on their heads?
Yun Cuihe listened and nodded.
"I remember it, but mother, don't talk about what happened in the past anymore, so as not to make the elder sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, and younger siblings feel unhappy after hearing this. Besides, our family didn't suffer a loss today. Mrs. Li was spilled when she left. It’s so big and covered in mud and water.”
Wang Xuelan sighed bitterly.
"She deserves it!"
He turned to look at Chu Yue, who was standing aside silently.
"Is this Xinghe's wife?"
"Yes." Yun Cuihe waved to Chu Yue and introduced to Wang Xuelan, "Yue Yue is the second daughter of the Chu family in Niutou Village. Life is not easy in her parents' family, but she is lucky. When she comes, Xinghe just caught the wild boar."
After saying that, he winked at Chu Yue again.
Chu Yue understood the idea in her heart, came to Wang Xuelan, and screamed: "Milk."
Because it was their first time meeting her, and looking at the little girl in front of her who was young but had outstanding facial features, although Wang Xuelan couldn't say she liked her very much, she definitely couldn't say she didn't like her.
She touched her sleeve and took out a small piece of silver and stuffed it into Chu Yue's hand. She estimated that it weighed a penny.
"You use this to supplement the family income. My grandparents are old and there are many people in the family. They haven't saved anything valuable in these years. From now on, you and Xinghe will live a good life. The family should be harmonious and beautiful, so that they can live happily ever after." good."
One penny of silver could be exchanged for a hundred coins. Chu Yue had never taken so much money before. She looked at Yun Cuihe at a loss.
Yun Cuihe also seemed to feel that her mother-in-law gave her a little too much.
"Mom, your life is also difficult..."
Wang Xuelan waved her hand.
"This is what your father meant. Let Yue Yatou take it." She stood up, "Since you are fine, I will go back first. There are still a lot of things at home."
Seeing that Wang Xuelan was about to leave, Yun Cuihe hurriedly shouted: "Xinghe, I will cut two more pounds of meat for you and take it with you."
In the end, Wang Xuelan couldn't resist, and went home happily carrying four or five kilograms of wild boar meat and a bowl of pig blood. When she passed Sun Dazhu's house, she stood outside and scolded Mrs. Li for a long time.
Mrs. Li wanted to go out and scold her at this moment, but because she hadn't eaten dinner, she couldn't bring herself to do it, so she could only lie in bed and sulk.
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