After dinner was ready, the Niu Lizheng family, except Niu Shanma, all sat neatly around the table, their eyes unable to stop looking at the only meat dish.
Bird stew.
But just watching, no one dared to move the chopsticks first.
Niu Lizheng's family now implements a meal sharing system, and each person's share is limited. The labor force eats more, and the children eat half full.
It's up to Grandma Chen to tell the difference. With her piercing eyes, everyone can tell the difference.
The first thing to share is the plate of meat and vegetables. After everyone has divided it, the soup in it can't be wasted. Some of it is given to Niu Sanya, and some of the rest is poured into everyone's bowl.
After all the dishes were divided, Niu Li was the first to use his chopsticks, and everyone couldn't wait to pick up their bowls and start eating.
Niu Shanma's food had been divided long ago and had been handed in through the crack of the door, including brown rice porridge and a chopstick of pickles.
He looked bitterly at the unchanging meal in his hand, and when he smelled the aroma of meat outside, saliva secreted in his mouth: "Auntie, I am your biological son, why are you so heartless? I already know that I was wrong Yes, I’ve changed it, just give me a bite of meat! Auntie, just feel sorry for your son~"
Niu Shanma screamed heart-breakingly in the room, and it was difficult for people eating outside to pretend not to hear him.
The smell of meat in my mouth is delicious, but it just doesn't feel that easy to swallow.
The first person who couldn't stand it was Ms. Qin. She looked at the meat in the bowl and couldn't take it down. The head of the house was still suffering in the house. How could she eat the meat? So she mustered up the courage and looked timidly at Grandma Chen. : "Auntie, I will keep this meat for you..."
Before she finished speaking, Grandma Chen's eyes widened and she couldn't even say anything out of her mouth.
Grandma Chen looked very ugly: "Shut up, I'm not dead yet. It's not your turn to make the decision in this family. If you don't want to eat, give it to me!"
This daughter-in-law really married the wrong person. She shouldn't have been soft-hearted in the first place and followed the second son's wishes. It was really sad to see her.
"And you, please stop howling. If you continue to howl, don't eat today."
As a couple, one is worse than the other.
Seeing her mother-in-law trying to take away the meat in the bowl, Mrs. Qin couldn't help but stretched out her hand to protect her: "Master, I'm sorry." This meat is so delicious.
Niu Daya and Niu Erya gnawed the bird meat in the bowl happily. Hehehe, it tastes so good.
On the other side, the Niu Caohua family was also eating bird meat, but instead of stewing it in water, they slowly roasted it over charcoal fire.
Marinate the prepared birds with spices for half an hour. When they are fragrant, place them on the charcoal fire and roast them slowly. When they are almost roasted, sprinkle a little salt on them.
It's fragrant, crispy, salty and spicy.
The four people in the family who were eating didn't even raise their heads.
Niu Xiaobai originally stayed in the room waiting for food to be delivered to him, but the smell coming from the kitchen was so fragrant that Xiang's limbs seemed to have a consciousness of their own, so he couldn't help but wander to the kitchen. , nestled next to the charcoal stove, unable to walk.
After dinner, it was getting dark, and the few snowflakes that had been there began to fall again.
"If the snow keeps falling like this, will our house be able to survive?" Niu Caohua couldn't help but worry.
Our house is just an ordinary thatched house, and the only thing that supports all the weight is the few beams inside. If the snow is too heavy, it will collapse!
"It's okay." Niu Dadu didn't look too good, but he still comforted him.
The weather was really too cold. After dinner and footbath, Niu Caohua took Niu Xiaodi and got into bed, covering her head in the quilt to prevent the cold wind from getting in.
"卟~"
"...Sister, your fart smells so bad, porcupine~"
"Your farts stink even more!"
You farted and I farted one after another in the bed. The stinky Cow Grass, Flowers, Niu Xiaodi and Niu Xiaobai couldn't help but stick their heads out, and kept shaking the quilt with their hands, so that the stinky smell in the bed could be dispersed quickly. It also dissipated the heat that had just come out of the room.
When the quilt was warm again and they were drowsy, the door next door opened. Niu Dadu, fully clothed, carried a ladder to the roof, took a broom and began to sweep away the dirt on the roof bit by bit. snow.
Niu Caohua listened to the sounds coming from the roof, then looked at her brother who was sleeping with his mouth open, and silently prayed for Niu Dadu's safety.
I don’t know if her prayers had an effect. The heavy snow that had fallen down gradually became lighter. Finally, the heavy snow stopped, leaving only the strong wind raging in the mountains and roaring away.
The hot and sweaty cow belly also put down what he was doing, climbed down from the roof, wiped his body clean, and went back to the house to rest.
In addition to Niu Dadu's family, many people in the village were still awake. It was not until the heavy snow stopped that they closed their eyes in relief and snored soundly in the next second.
Early the next morning, the sun's rays filtered in through the cracks in the window and fell on the face of Cowgrass Flower, who was still sleeping soundly.
The cow grass flower was pierced by the eyes and reluctantly opened her eyes, lying lazily on the bed and yawning.
Niu Xiaodi beside him had also woken up, and he was also lying in bed unwilling to get up.
"You get up first and go get my clothes."
"No, no, sister, get up first."
"Hey, the little guy is now brave. If you dare not listen to my sister's words, let's see how I can do it."
"Hahahaha... Sister, I was wrong, I was wrong, the bed is not warm anymore."
Just as the two of them were fighting, the door was pushed open, and Xiao Cuier came in with warm clothes and put them on the bed: "Get up and eat quickly."
Seeing that the clothes had arrived, the brother and sister stopped playing and got dressed obediently, leaving only Niu Xiaobai who was still in bed.
Breakfast is white porridge with pickles and an egg for each person.
In the yard, the rabbit, which has grown up a lot, is also eating breakfast, chewing with its three-petal mouth.
The mule lay on the hay, eating breakfast. When he was thirsty, he turned to drink water. I don't know how comfortable it was.
The snow in the yard has been shoveled clean and piled in the corner. The yard door is open, and you can vaguely see the figure of the cow with a big belly bending down to shovel the snow.
Fortunately, the snow stopped for a while yesterday, and the snow on the ground was not deep. Now the sun is shining and it is starting to melt.
After eating, Niu Caohua took Niu Xiaodi and started to read. She had finished studying the Three-Character Classic. She recognized all the words in it and could memorize them. It's just that the meaning inside needs to be learned slowly later. Now he is too young to understand the meaning at all.
What I am reading now is Baijia Surnames.
Seeing Niu Xiaoxiao reciting what he learned yesterday fluently, Niu Caohua nodded and taught him new content.
Halfway through the lesson, someone suddenly came outside and was talking to Niu Dadu, but their voices were too low and they were a bit far away, so it was difficult to hear what they were saying.
Niu Caohua asked Niu Xiao to put away the books and ran to the entrance of the courtyard to observe secretly.
