After the turmoil subsided, it was almost New Year's Eve. Every household was happily preparing everything needed for the New Year. According to custom, it was necessary to kill the New Year pig. This was the most important event of the year in the village, especially during the Spring Festival. A big deal. The slaughtered pork must be distributed to the villagers.
Song Silang and others arrived at Butcher Zhang's house excitedly. Butcher Zhang had prepared various tools, and Sheng Shi was extremely excited. You must know that this is the time when manhood is most tested.
The big fat pig was knocked down, and then its head was stepped on, and its blood was instantly bled.
Butcher Zhang was about to throw away the pig blood when he heard Sheng Shi say, "Uncle Zhang, don't give me this pig blood!"
Butcher Zhang curiously handed the pig blood to Sheng Shi and said, "What do you want this for?"
Sheng Shi smiled and said, "My sister ordered me!"
Butcher Zhang was a little confused and said, "I'll give it to you!"
Sheng Shi smiled and returned home carrying the pork and pig blood.
After returning home, Sheng Shi said, "Sister, I brought pig blood for you."
Sheng Guoer was cooking in the kitchen and said, "Oh, put the pig blood in!"
Sheng Shi walked in carrying a bucket.
Sheng Guoer and her mother Shen were making dumplings.
"Put the pig's blood in a basin, then light a fire in the stove, and put the big basin of pig's blood on the pot to steam it!"
Shen asked strangely: "Guo'er, what are you doing! This pig's blood is so dirty!"
Sheng Guoer smiled and said, "Mom, I'm going to make blood tofu and blood sausage for you to try. If the pig blood is ready, it will also be a good dish!"
Mrs. Shen smiled and continued making dumplings. Sheng Guoer looked at her mother's disbelief and thought, "You will know later."
Sheng Guoer especially likes to eat dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage, so she specially prepared a large vat to pickle pickled cabbage.
So, after making the cabbage dumplings, Sheng Guoer started to pickle the sauerkraut.
"Guo'er, what are you going to do?" Mrs. Shen helped her daughter arrange the cabbages neatly into layers one by one and spread them with salt. She asked with some confusion: "What are you going to do?" Pickles?”
Sheng Guoer pressed the cabbage firmly and said, "Yes, I want to make pickled sauerkraut!"
"What is sauerkraut?" Shen asked, "Is this thing edible?"
Sheng Guoer smiled and said, "Mom, you will know when the day comes!"
After finishing speaking, Zhou Rui shouted from the other side: "Mom, sister, Xiaotao, Shengshi, the dumplings are ready!" Sheng Guoer clapped his hands and prepared to wash his hands and eat.
The family sat together, and Mrs. Shen was filled with emotion when she saw that the fat white dumplings that she could not eat every New Year could be eaten at any time. A year ago, during the New Year at home, she could only drink them with a little sesame oil. The wild vegetables are mushy.
Today, not only did my family build a new house, Xiao Tao and Sheng Shi went to school, they had a workshop at home, and they even had dumplings before the festival!
Thinking of this, Mrs. Shen couldn't help but shed tears.
Sheng Guoer consoled her, "Mom, the good days have just begun. Don't cry!"
Mrs. Shen wiped her tears and said, "Don't cry. Why are you crying? Let's eat. Let's have a good holiday tomorrow!"
Sheng Guoer smiled and suddenly remembered that the blood tofu should be steamed, so she hurriedly ran to take out a large pot of blood tofu, then cut the jelly-like blood tofu into several pieces, then sliced them, and added minced garlic, soy sauce , vinegar are put together to make a sauce, then lard is put into the pot, and some chili oil is fried with chili peppers and put into the sauce.
"Sister, what are you doing? It smells so good!" the younger brothers and sisters asked in unison.
Sheng Guoer came in with blood tofu and sauce, put the dishes on the table and said, "Try this blood tofu! It's made with pig's blood. It's hot and delicious!"
No one dared to move, but Sheng Guoer naturally picked up a piece and dipped it in the sauce and took a bite. It was instantly delicious, extremely hot and delicious.
Seeing that my sister was eating so deliciously, everyone couldn't help it. They all picked up a piece and tasted it. It didn't matter if they ate it. The deliciousness of the pig's blood tofu made everyone addicted. Plus, they could eat it in this winter. Such delicate, fresh and hot food is a double blessing for the taste buds and stomach!
Not long after, the family was eating a lot of food. Zhou Rui said: "Sister Guo'er, your blood tofu is so delicious. When we go to the countryside to open a restaurant in the spring, we can just sell this!"
Sheng Guoer said: "Let's talk about it later. There is one more thing. We can't just pick the cabbage from the greenhouse for the spicy ones. Sheng Shi and Xiaotao go door to door and send two cabbages. Zhou Rui, go and pick them up. Send some fresh vegetables to Mr. Meng’s house in Xifeng Village.”
The younger brothers and sisters followed the order and left.
On the eve of New Year's Eve, the girls were preparing all kinds of window grilles and decorations needed for the New Year at home, but the most surprising thing was that Sheng Guoer actually gave two cabbages to every household!
You must know that it was extremely difficult to eat fresh vegetables in winter at that time. Sheng Guoer not only gave them away, but also gave them two pieces at a time!
Even more surprised than the villagers of Dongxiang Village was Meng Zhengtang.
When Meng Xingzhou happily returned home with fresh cabbage, radishes, leeks, etc. for everyone to see, the Meng family were a little surprised. Meng Zhengtang's second brother Meng Wuhu's daughter-in-law Liu said in disbelief: "My eldest nephew , where did you buy the fresh vegetables? They are very expensive, right?"
Meng Xingzhou smiled and said: "It's the greenhouse vegetables from Sheng Guoer's family, given to us for free!"
What! People in Xifeng Village actually rely on Dongxiang Village to deliver food!
This reversal of status made the Meng family instantly remember the name Sheng Guoer.
Mrs. Liu asked: "Who is this Shengguoer? How can we grow fresh cabbage in the middle of winter?"
Meng Zhengtang's face felt a little hot at the moment. He had never believed Sheng Guoer's so-called greenhouse before, but when the facts were in front of him, his face was burning and painful.
What's even more disgusting is that this guy Meng Xingzhou is still telling his family what greenhouse vegetables are.
"That's enough! Throw all these vegetables out! Let's just eat pickles!" Meng Zhengtang waved his hand and shouted angrily.
"Hey? There are fresh vegetables!" Mrs. Meng, Mrs. Jing, was helped in by the maid.
Meng Xingzhou hurriedly came forward to say hello and said, "These are the fresh vegetables that Sheng Guoer has given you to honor your old age!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Jing touched the fresh vegetables in disbelief and said with some excitement: "I have lived for almost seventy years and have never seen fresh vegetables in winter. How do you make such fruits?"
Meng Xingzhou took the opportunity and said, "How about I invite her to come and talk to grandma another day?"
Meng Zhengtang shouted: "How dare you! How can a villager from Dongxiang Village enter our Meng Mansion!"
At this time, Mrs. Chen said: "Didn't I come here last time? And I saved my mother and our Feng Shui fish!"
Xu Cuiyu walked out at this time and said: "Logically speaking, I shouldn't speak, but my sister still has to take care of my face."
Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "Since you know you shouldn't speak, just shut up. Sheng Guoer has done great service to the Meng family. How can we, the Meng family, not repay the favor? You think so, mother?"
After finishing speaking, Ms. Chen bowed to Mr. Jing and said, "This woman is very talented and has great admiration for you. She wants to meet you."
When Mrs. Jing was happy, she said, "Okay, okay, just across the Fuyu River, ask her to come and let me take a look!"
Meng Zhengtang frowned and said, "Mom, have you forgotten the rules set by my father? She is an inferior!"
Jing said angrily: "You are a superior person, have you saved my Feng Shui fish? You are a superior person, can you let me eat fresh vegetables!"
Meng Zhengtang was speechless at these words.
Then, Mrs. Jing smiled and said to Meng Xingzhou: "Zhou'er, we are kind to us, so we can't lose our etiquette. Go up to my room and get some Ganlinji snacks to give to Miss Sheng."
Meng Xingzhou smiled and saluted: "I want to thank grandma on behalf of Sheng Guoer!" Then he turned around and went to Cuiwei Hall.
Xu Cuiyu saw the situation clearly from the sidelines. Sheng Guoer was the daughter-in-law appointed by Mrs. Chen and did not run away. Everyone can understand Meng Xingzhou's attitude towards Sheng Guoer.
This Sheng Guo'er has already won the favor of the old lady before she entered the house. If she did, Mrs. Liu is a big pustule, and her second uncle is also an honest farmer, but Mrs. Chen is a figure. If these two people join forces, Can I and my youngest son still have a good life in the Meng family?
Moreover, this Sheng Guoer also killed her uncle, Wang Banxian, a good friend of Master Xu, the inspector general, and the township security chief, cutting off her Xu family's financial path.
Therefore, Sheng Guoer must not enter the Meng family.
Xu Cuiyu thought that she still had to discuss this matter with her uncle Mr. Xu.
So Xu Cuiyu avoided going to her parents' house to pick up some New Year items and went straight to Mr. Xu's house.
In Mr. Xu's house, when Xu Cuiyu told the whole story, Mr. Xu blushed and said: "This Sheng Guoer and Meng Xingzhou are not in the same family. If they want to get married, don't even think about it." !”
Xu Cuiyu said: "But the old lady likes her, and the eldest lady also likes her. I think if this continues, the position of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Meng family will definitely belong to her Sheng Guoer!"
Mr. Xu slapped the table and said: "No, we can't let her succeed. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Meng family must come out of our house. If the township security chief hadn't been strict about his loyalty last time, our embezzlement of the Meng family's property would also have been exposed." Exposed! If Sheng Guoer comes, with her ability, will we still have a good life?"
Xu Cuiyu thought to herself that she would cause some accident to make Sheng Guoer disappear, but then she thought that if she did this, she would leave a lot of clues. If she kills people and silences her, there will be too many involved.
Instead of doing this, it is better to directly cut off Sheng Guoer's upward path, which means cutting off the possibility of her entering the Meng Mansion and becoming her daughter-in-law!
At this time, Xu Cuiyu thought of someone, her niece, Xu Shuxin.
Xu Shuxin is a gentle and generous girl, and she is also very beautiful. She is sixteen years old this year. She is dignified and beautiful, and she has a unique cooking skill. She studied under Xingzhengyuan in northern Sichuan. The master of Xingzhengyuan was from the palace. The chef of the imperial kitchen, so he has superb skills.
Xu Cuiyu said: "Uncle, I heard that Master Lang of Jinlong Mansion will return to his hometown to worship his ancestors after the Chinese New Year. Why don't we make a fuss about it at the reception banquet?"
Master Xu nodded when he heard this and said, "What is your plan?"
Xu Cuiyu said with a smile: "I planned Sheng Guoer's embarrassment, and then pushed our family's Shu Xin to the front of the stage. When the old lady was happy, she liked Shu Xin, and I stood beside her. The master must agree. After all, our family can be regarded as You are a middle-class person! You are still a master now!"
Lord Xu smiled and said, "Isn't it because you married into the Meng family that you bought this adult status with money?"
Xu Cuiyu said: "Our family must surpass the Meng family in the future!"
They both smiled.
Mr. Xu clapped his hands and said: "Okay, you go back first. Tomorrow I will take Shu Xin from Fenghuanggang, my hometown, in the name of Chinese New Year. Oh, when you put it this way, it is true that Fenghuanggang produced a phoenix. If Shu Xin and Pingzhou become one, Yes, then our family will be completely prosperous!"
Xu Cuiyu gave a thumbs up: "Uncle is brilliant!"
Mr. Xu looked at the heavy snow falling outside the window and thought to himself: "The midwinter for Sheng Guoer is coming!"
