Around noon, Yu Ying borrowed a clay pot from Aunt He to cook.
Two clay pots, one for cooking and one for stew.
When she went into the house to get rice, she found that the plum blossoms on the ground were missing.
Yu Ying thought about it for a while, seemed to have guessed something, and went to the thatched house next door.
Behind the straw curtain, she whispered: "I'm going in."
After being reminded, I entered the house.
In the yard, the eldest daughter-in-law of the He family felt strange when she saw the bride of the Fu family coming out of another room and saying something before going to the main house.
She lowered her voice and asked her mother-in-law beside her: "Mom, why doesn't the Fu family's bride live with Fu Erlang?"
Aunt He raised her head and glanced at Mrs. Yu who had opened the straw curtain and entered the house, and explained in a low voice: "It's not like these two young people are not getting married seriously, let alone the legs of Erlang of the Fu family... Hey, don't ask either. Don't even mention it in front of them."
The He family's daughter-in-law didn't dare to ask.
When Yu Ying entered the house, she saw that the table was covered with clean peels of lychee fruits, and the new wooden basin was almost full of seeds.
Yu Ying's eyes moved upward from the basin of seeds to Fu Wei.
Fu Wei's face still had a deserted expression, probably because the fruit had not been rinsed well, and his originally white hands were a little dirty.
He put his hands flat on his chest, tilted his head slightly towards the fruit seeds on the table, looked at Yu Ying again, and said in a calm tone: "I've done it for you. Could you please bring some water in so I can wash my hands."
Yu Ying wanted to say something, but Fu Wei seemed to have seen through her thoughts and said calmly: "I have done some work, and I don't feel like a useless person anymore."
Yu Ying's words "Do you still think about it?" came to her lips. After hearing his words, she swallowed them back.
He said, "You'll wait a minute." Then he went out of the house to get some water.
After returning with water, she glanced at the peels on the table, put the water on the bamboo bench, and said: "If you don't do it, I will let you do the work after a day or two of rest. It's too showy." It’s the same as Fu’an.”
Fu Wei put his hands stained with sticky juice into the basin to soak, and asked: "How can he and I be the same?"
Yu Ying: "They all love to show off their strength. With such a thin body, he only needs to fetch water once, but he fetches water every day in the morning, noon and evening."
If you do too much heavy work, it may affect your future height.
Fu Wei didn't care much and just said: "He is already in charge, I just don't want to let myself be idle."
Yu Ying murmured in a low voice: "Those who love to show off will never admit that they are being pushy, just like a drunk person who never admits that he is drunk."
Fu Wei:......
He didn't continue to argue with her, and just asked: "The seeds have been dug out, what should I do next?"
Yu Ying said: "I will do the rest of the work, and I will teach you in two days."
After thinking for a while, he added: "I'm too busy in the morning. I'll come and apply medicinal wine on you after lunch."
Fu Wei didn't say anything. Yu Ying waited for him to wash his hands and then left the house with the basin.
While holding a new dry handkerchief to wipe his hands, Fu Wei seemed to have thought of something and frowned.
He turned his head and looked at the medicinal wine on the bedside, then looked down at his shoulders and chest, and was silent for a moment.
She just said that after lunch, she came to apply medicinal wine on him...?
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Because the house was being renovated in the yard, Yu Ying could only bring the pottery stove into the house, then opened the curtains on the windows and doors, and cooked in the house, while little Fu Ning followed her. Add fuel to her fire.
Yu Ying planned to use a cabbage head and more than 40 taels of pork to make a pork stew with cabbage.
Then boil the radish in water. After cooking the radish, take it out, pour the hot lard in, and finally mix it briefly with salt.
Finally, the staple food.
Since they only had less than three kilograms of rice left at home, if they cooked it all, they would have no food left, so Yu Ying only scooped out one and a half kilograms of rice, washed seven or eight taros that were smaller than a fist, and peeled them. Cut the skin into cubes and cook it with rice to make taro rice.
After a while, the fragrance wafted out of the house. Everyone was already hungry after working all morning, and they became even hungrier when they smelled the fragrance.
Aunt He thought about it for a while, and found that the kitchen and huts were basically ready. All she needed to do was put in the thatch and reinforce the two old thatched huts. It could be done in an afternoon.
After making a plan, he said to several other people: "Let's go back and have a rest first, and then we can start working again when the sun is not so bright in the afternoon."
Others put down what they were doing and prepared to go back to have lunch and take a nap.
Yu Ying in the room heard Aunt He's words and probably understood that they were worried about the Fu family's life, so she didn't want to burden the Fu family, so she planned to go back to eat Chinese food.
Yu Ying hurriedly wiped her hands, came out of the room, and shouted: "The meal is almost ready, why did you go back?"
Aunt He smiled and said: "Let's go back to eat Zhongshi and take a rest for a while. Zhongshi will leave you to make evening food."
Yu Ying was helpless: "Aunt He, I made too much. Our family just couldn't finish it until it went rancid."
Then he walked up to Aunt He and said, "I've been helping a small restaurant in Yuxian County to make food these days and I've earned enough money to eat, so Aunt He, you don't have to worry about us going hungry."
Yu Ying went to Yu County to deliver food secretly, and now no one else in the village knows about it except the Fu family.
Now, Yu Ying also knew about the He family, and with their help, she told half of the story to make Aunt He feel at ease.
Aunt He looked surprised: "You cook for a small restaurant in Jade County?"
Yu Ying smiled and said: "Of course, if you don't believe it, just ask my mother and Fu'an."
Aunt He looked at the grandparents and grandson, and saw Fu An nodding, and then heard him say: "What Auntie said is true. We also ate rice and oil residue yesterday, and it was delicious."
Even Luo Shi said: "Just obey Liu Niang and stay and eat."
Aunt He was surprised. The Fu family seemed to be all oriented towards the Yu family. This was not the case a month ago.
Is it possible that the Fu family's life is really getting better?
At this time, Yu Ying continued to talk to Aunt He: "Aunt He, please wait for a while. I will move the table out with Fu An and eat outside. If you leave, we will take it to your house to eat."
After that, he looked at Sanlang of the Song family and said, "You are the same, Sanlang Song. If you don't want to stay, I will ask Fu An to be sent to the Song family."
After saying that, Yu Ying let go of Aunt He's hand, then turned and walked towards the house, followed by Fu An.
Everyone in the He family looked at Aunt He, and even Song Sanlang also looked at Aunt He, as if waiting for her to make up her mind.
Aunt He was speechless for a while.
But now that the Yu family has said so, what else can we do, we can only stay.
At most, if the food is not enough, just eat less.
Aunt He nodded: "Then stay."
After a while the bamboo table was carried out and placed under the tree.
The Fu family's yard is very large. It used to be overgrown with weeds, but now it is clean under Yu Ying's care.
There are two trees that Yu Ying cannot name in the corner of the yard. During the day, she works in the shade of the trees, which is quite cool.
Yu Ying and Fu An moved the long bamboo bench out again, and then put all the food on the table.
Although there are only two dishes, the victory lies in the quantity.
Although there was little meat, my family and Song Sanlang were stunned when they saw meat in the dish.
This cabbage stew is also the first dish when Lingshui Village holds banquets.
How much money can you make by cooking for a small restaurant?
Mrs. Yu must have subsidized the dowry she brought with her. Everyone knew it but didn't reveal it.
I thought that if the Yu family valued them so much, if they needed help with anything in the future, they would definitely not refuse if they could do whatever they could.
Besides, there were not enough bowls and chopsticks, so the He family’s wife went back to get them.
The three men who do heavy work have big appetites, so the bowl of taro rice is full. After all, the female family members have smaller appetites, so they are only 70% full.
Yu Ying knew that Fu Wei was controlling his eating in order not to relieve himself frequently, so she only filled half a bowl for him, put some vegetables on top, and asked Fu An to bring it into the house for him.
After a good meal, they went home to rest.
Yu Ying and Fu An cleaned up the dishes, and before Yu Ying could react, he put the bowls in the basin and took them to the river to wash.
Yu Ying glanced at his retreating back, withdrew her gaze, and said to Luo Shi, "You take Ning Ning to my room to sleep for a while, and I'll give Erlang some medicinal wine."
When Luo Shi heard that medicinal wine was to be applied, he asked, "Did Erlang fall seriously?"
Luo Shi couldn't bear the stimulation, so Yu Ying didn't tell the truth: "It's not a big problem, it's just that my arm is a little blue, just rub some medicinal wine to remove the blood stasis."
"Is this really it?" Luo Shi was a little unconvinced.
"I don't need to lie to you?" Yu Ying looked at Fu Ning and said warmly: "Help grandma into the house for a lunch break."
Fu Ning nodded lightly, then took her grandmother's hand, and Luo Shi followed her granddaughter into the house.
After watching them enter the house, Yu Ying turned around and entered the house next door.
Fu Wei almost stayed up all night yesterday. He was busy all morning. Not only did he cut a bunch of wild fruits, but he also dug out fruit seeds all morning. He was naturally tired, so he took a nap after lunch. .
When Yu Ying entered the room, he was squinting in sleep, but he vaguely heard some noises. He was so alert that he opened his eyes for a moment, and almost at the same time grabbed the stick beside the bed, with a strong look of caution in his eyes.
When it became clear that the person who came in was Yu Ying, the vigilance dissipated.
When Yu Ying saw him being so defensive, she knew that he had suffered a lot since he became the son of a sinner, not only physically but also psychologically.
The people he was closest to had abandoned him, how could he not be heartbroken?
Because of this, he was wary of everyone. Even when he returned to the Fu family, he was always wary of his biological mother and two nephews.
In the past ten days, Yu Ying has seen everything.
Yu Ying pondered and said to him, "I'll come over and give you medicinal wine."
Fu Wei regained his consciousness and said, "No need, I can do it myself."
You also need to pay attention to strength and massage techniques when applying medicinal wine, so that the blood stasis can be removed faster. Yu Ying suffered from an occupational disease, so she said: "I will help you apply the medicinal wine and give you a massage along the way."
After thinking about it, he added: "You have been sitting for too long. You need to relax your shoulders, neck, and back, otherwise it will be stiff and uncomfortable, and it will be difficult to sleep at night."
Fu Wei frowned slightly: "No need, I'll do it myself."
Yu Ying didn't understand why this person who usually seemed so indifferent and had no desires or desires suddenly became so insistent?
After speculating for a moment, I suddenly remembered where the blood on his body was accumulated, and also remembered that the book said that when he was the son of the prefect of Wuling County, he was extremely clean and self-sufficient, even though the people who served him closely were all young men, not maids.
Yu Ying vaguely guessed why he refused.
He glanced at her and said in a cold voice: "Men and women cannot be intimate."
Sure enough.
However, Yu Ying directly picked up the medicinal wine placed on the bedside and said: "Although we are in name but not real, we can still be regarded as husband and wife. The relationship between men and women is not suitable for us."
When she was an intern at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, men and women were not given massages. She didn't know what would happen in this generation, but at least now she didn't care.
After all, the family lacked workers. Although he was disabled, he could still use his hands. If she handed over the plum blossoms to him, she could do other things.
Thinking of this, Yu Ying's voice was soft but there was no room for negotiation: "Take off your clothes and apply medicine."
