"Goudan, please agree!"
Tie Wa couldn't help but get out of the reeds and wink at this silly brother.
You can eat just by running errands. Why are you still hesitating about such a good thing? If this was his lobby aunt, he would have agreed long ago without saying a word.
Hu Zi behind him also had the same expression.
Looking at the big grass carp jumping on the grass, I was so greedy that my mouth watered.
Xu Yin was delighted: "They are all good kids! Let's do this. You guys go to Lao Cui's house with Goudan, talk to your family, and then come to my house for dinner together. I'll go back to handle the fish first, so remember to come here early. Oh yes. Okay, Huzi, did your family grind tofu today? Grinded it? Then bring me a piece of tofu."
She gave Huzi two copper coins and went home.
Three Iron Triangle brothers, you look at me, I look at you:
"She asked us all to go to her house for dinner?"
"Yo ho! There's fish to eat!"
"Hurry! Goudan, hurry up and deliver the fish!"
"oh oh!"
Now Goudan is not afraid anymore, there are two good brothers accompanying him! Also ask them to tell their families.
Everyone in the family knows, Uncle Meng Jin’s fat wife won’t eat him, right?
The three children carried a big crucian carp and went to help Xu Yin run errands and deliver the fish.
Xu Yin also came up with it on the spur of the moment. Wasn't this being noticed by relatives and children? If she went back and told her family, Dawa Village is such a big place, and everyone would probably know that she caught a fish in one night but she only cared about herself. I won’t give one to my mother-in-law when I eat alone.
This kind of thing would be criticized by three aunts and six grandmothers in modern times, let alone in ancient times where the word "filial piety" is overwhelming.
After all, it is just a separation of families, not a severing of relations and no contact until death.
On the contrary, if she asked her children to run errands and deliver fish, someone would definitely see it and spread the word. Everyone would know that she caught a fish and gave one to her mother-in-law. If Ms. Cui then criticized her in front of others, she would be in the wrong. It's not her anymore.
Xu Yin carried the fish home to cook, and Goudan and the other three carried the fish through the village to deliver the fish to Lao Cui's house at the east end of the village.
Sure enough, many people stared at the fish in his hand along the way and asked: "Hey! Goudan, where did you catch such a big fish? I'm afraid it weighed three kilograms, right? Which river has such a big fish?" "
"I didn't catch it, it was my uncle Meng Jin's wife who caught it. She asked me to give it to my fourth aunt to eat."
"What? Meng Jin's wife? That fat lady who is too lazy to eat?"
Goudan pursed his lips, not knowing how to deal with these talkative women, so he simply dragged Tiewa and Huzi away.
He ran to the door of Lao Cui's house in one breath and shouted breathlessly: "Fourth aunt! Fourth aunt!"
"Who is it?"
Mrs. Cui was preparing to light a fire to cook when she heard the call and came out of the house.
"Fourth Aunt, here it is! This is the fish given to you by the lobby aunt."
Cui's eyes widened: "Yo! Such a big fish? Who do you think gave it to me?"
"Auntie from the lobby! She is my uncle Meng Jin's wife."
Ms. Cui: "..."
Her meatless daughter-in-law?
How can it be!
Unless the fish is poisonous!
Seeing that she was not picking up the fish, Goudan became a little impatient. He handed the fish to her, grabbed his friend, waved and ran home.
They told the adults at home that they were going to Uncle Meng Jin’s house to eat fish!
"Hey, Qiuhua, your daughter-in-law has become more sensible after she has divided her family. She even catches a fish and gives you one as a gift. This fish is really big!" The neighbor next door saw it and said with envy through the fence. .
When Cui heard this, she was extremely confused: Is this fish big, but is it poisonous?
"Mother! Mother!"
Cui Jikang came back from pulling weeds from the field happily.
"Mom, I heard someone said that my sister-in-law sent fish to our house. Is it true?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the big crucian carp in his mother's hand, and his eyes widened in surprise: "It's actually true!"
"mother!"
Cui Qiaoqiao is also back.
She went to town today and sold all the wild goods she had picked up by luck a few days ago, in exchange for half a pound of money and five kilograms of grain.
She couldn't carry any more, and even carrying just five kilograms left her breathless and worried about being robbed. She was on tenterhooks along the way, and she didn't let go until she entered the village.
Just as I slowed down, I heard Granny Wang, who was selling tofu, say: "Qiaoqiao, your sister-in-law is quite conscientious. They have already separated their families. When she catches a fish, she doesn't forget to give one to your mother."
Mrs. Xu gave fish to her mother?
Cui Qiaoqiao glanced at the golden crow falling in the west. The sun had not risen from the west, so how could it be possible?
She didn't know what she was thinking of, but she frowned, and her pace slowed down and picked up again, and she finally trotted all the way back home.
It's not that I'm worried that the fish is poisonous, but I suspect that Xu has other intentions.
She must have lost all the grain that was given to her when the family was separated. She couldn't find anyone to borrow it from, so she just wanted to go to her husband's house to enjoy the autumn breeze.
"Mom, Mrs. Xu gave you a fish? Don't agree to give it to her in exchange for food! A small fish as big as a baby's palm just wants to exchange for a bowl of fine food. She is so beautiful!"
Ms. Cui: "..."
Cui Jikang: "..."
My little sister has a huge appetite now. In her eyes, such a big fish is about the same size as a baby's hand?
After Cui Qiaoqiao finished speaking, she saw clearly that her mother was holding the fish, and she was so surprised that the rice bag almost dropped to the ground.
"This, this, this...is this from that woman?"
Why didn't she keep such a big fish for herself?
The picture is definitely not small!
"Mom, what did she tell you? Did she want something?"
"No." Ms. Cui looked confused, "She didn't come herself, she asked Goudan to bring her."
"???"
Even Cui Qiaoqiao was puzzled now.
"Qiao'er, is there something wrong with this fish? Is it possible that she has been poisoned? Does she want to poison us three?"
"That's not the case." Cui Qiaoqiao muttered, "If she wanted to poison us, she wouldn't be so ostentatious about letting Goudan be delivered. I heard several people talking about it when I came back."
"That means this fish is no longer poisonous?"
When she heard that it was not poisonous, Cui's eyes lit up and her saliva secreted instantly. She hadn't encountered such a big fish in many years. She thought about how to stew it deliciously.
Cui Jikang put down the farm tools excitedly and followed the kitchen excitedly: "Mom, let me help you!"
Cui Qiaoqiao was still thinking about when the sister-in-law of Hob Pork became so filial. She didn't eat the big fish she caught, but sent it to her husband's house.
To be honest, this was the first time she had seen such a big fish.
I had never seen such a big fish on the Wang family’s dining table in my previous life.
She has been blessed with good luck in this life. She went up the mountain and was never empty-handed, but she never caught such a big fish when she went down to the river.
Will she eat or not eat soon?
It’s so confusing!
Xu Yin doesn't have these worries anymore.
When she got home, she first steamed a pot of dry rice, but it wasn't all rice. It was also mixed with sorghum and millet, which made it three rice.
But in an ordinary farmhouse, it would be good to have one dry meal a day.
After the rice was boiled, she took out the excess firewood from the stove, leaving only a piece of bamboo that could withstand burning, and simmered it over low heat while she began to process the fish.
(End of chapter)
