Xu Youyin circled around her niece twice:
"Did your hair get permed in the stove when you were cooking just now?"
Xu Tianxin avoided her brother-in-law and touched her bangs awkwardly.
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Two days ago, on her way back to the village after catching fish, grandma asked Grandma Pepper if she had any yellow rice noodles and glutinous rice noodles at home. If so, she wanted to borrow some.
Anyway, I already owe a lot of money, so I might as well borrow some more. Buying grain from the Liu family is a few copper coins cheaper than buying it in the town or county. The main thing is that it is convenient and does not require transportation.
Grandma Pepper asked Grandma what she was borrowing that for. Grandma asked Grandma Pepper, "Of course I want to make sticky bean buns. If your family has some extra money, wouldn't you make some sticky bean buns in previous winters?" Then her hair suddenly caught fire next to her.
At that time, I covered my smoking hair and ran home quickly. Thanks to the rain outside, I didn't spontaneously combust in front of the whole village.
Only then did she and her grandma realize that there were no sticky bean buns here.
I even regretted it so much that my grandma said she had made a mistake and opened her mouth to reveal the secret recipe.
I just thought that although I didn’t remember it, it was because my family was poor, and rich people were designated to eat it. How could I have thought that there were rice dumplings but no sticky bean buns.
Later, I asked family members in the live broadcast room to help inquire and found out that it was Qing's business to co-author the sticky bean buns, and it is said that he helped Qing complete the unification. Half of the Qing Dynasty had half the credit for sticky bean buns.
This is true, don’t use sticky bean buns as dry food.
So Xu Tianxin's hair looks miserable now. His newly grown hair is bent and sticking to his scalp, and he is being stared at by the whole family.
"Uncle, what do you smell like? Go and wash yourself."
Xu Laosi immediately scratched his head: "Hey, you girl."
There was laughter in the kitchen, and everyone in the family felt that Tian Xin'er was ashamed.
But in fact, Xu Tianxin is not ashamed, she is really happy.
It's just that as an adult, her core is about to collapse.
Especially since the uncles came home today, Xu Tianxin thought it might be God's will.
On grandma's modern birthday, God gave grandma three sons.
In the past, in modern times, whether it was New Year's Eve or grandma's 50th or 60th birthday, it was just the two of them.
This time is different, there are three uncles and a daughter-in-law who is no worse than a daughter.
Xu Tianxin took advantage of her aunt to look for a change of clothes, and when her uncles lined up to wash their faces and hands in the hut, she suddenly hugged Mrs. Xu who was serving dishes, hugged her grandma's waist from behind and said, "Grandma, happy birthday, please smell it Is the fish I stewed delicious?"
Mrs. Xu paused in scooping up vegetables, and her heart felt so hot that it rushed into her eyes.
She wanted to make her voice as quiet as possible and didn't dare to say more: "...Well, it smells good."
After answering, Mrs. Xu pretended to be busy, hurriedly serving vegetables, using a spatula to shovel pots into small bamboo baskets, and then squatted down to add firewood to the stove.
When Xu Tianxin and her aunt went to set the dinner table, Mrs. Xu wiped her eyes with her sleeves and cried and muttered: "Why do I have so many mixed emotions today."
Her granddaughter, whom she depends on for life, always brings sweetness to her heart.
Let her not be afraid of starting from scratch, so that she can do it again with all her strength.
Originally, Mrs. Xu was in a terrible mood because she was disturbed by that bastard.
The environment here is too classy, too privileged, and too harsh. If I hadn't known Zhao Dashan, who was standing in front of me, I would have felt like a little bastard, and even a small villager might have made her fall into trouble. This is very discouraging and feels like a little bastard. Fell into the mudflat.
As a result, the three sons came back and made things worse than modern beggars.
Then came her sons.
And could her son look like this? Then we must not allow ourselves to suffer like this again.
The return of these three boys immediately made her take a breath.
Later, a granddaughter said happy birthday, which made Mrs. Xu burst into tears.
All of a sudden, I felt that I had unlimited strength.
I have a granddaughter, so many people with me, and a family.
She had to take this family and crawl out of the muddy beach bit by bit.
For my granddaughter, I have to find a way out.
When she heard her granddaughter quietly introducing the three uncles to the family members in the live broadcast room, Mrs. Xu secretly burst into tears and laughed again.
Xu Tianxin introduced to his family members with a smile:
"The person who was 1.75 meters tall was asking my aunt in disbelief: What the hell? Are these water basins replaced with fish? Why do you spend money to buy everything? I'm the one who is clamoring to go back and make ten or eight wooden basins. Second uncle.
He is self-taught and can do some carpentry work, and he is the best in the family.
As the only one with a wife, he suffers from a common problem here, male chauvinism.
According to my memory, he would always tell my aunt to shut up, and he would also frown and glare at her.
We don’t know whether it was because I was protecting my aunt, because I was afraid that I would be angry and my wife would be punished to kneel down, or because I really felt that women should not interrupt in front of others. Family members, let’s observe together in the future.
However, I once saw him secretly pouring water for my aunt's feet in the middle of the night.
Grandma and I also knew that he had secretly helped his aunt's family to work.
Everyone who knows my aunt calls me Qin Niang, and only my second uncle calls me aunt: Xiao Qin, hehe. "
Mrs. Xu couldn't help but feel happy while listening to her granddaughter's words while cooking noodles.
Must make some more staple food.
The pot Chuluo made by the granddaughter was only enough for the three of them to eat, but they didn't expect that the three of them would come home suddenly.
Mrs. Xu didn't show off her cooking skills when cooking this time. She didn't think about how fragrant the food should be.
She only cooked noodles the way she originally cooked them. She put salt at the bottom of the bowl, some soy sauce, a spoonful of vinegar, chopped green onions, roasted dried chili peppers over a pit fire, smashed them into pieces, and put them in the bowl. Then she scooped out a little lard and poured the heat over it. Boil water, put the cooked noodles in a bowl, and you're done.
It is indeed not as delicious as the noodles she used to make, but the "mother" is gone.
Mrs. Xu hopes that the taste of noodles made by her "mother" for her sons will become a memory in the lives of the three brothers. That is the taste of home, and she will cook them like this forever.
When Mrs. Xu put three bowls of noodles on the table, she heard her granddaughter tell the family members in the live broadcast room that the third child, who is 1.85 meters tall, eats the most, is very righteous, and has a character that eats meat, drinks wine, and sleeps with a pillow. He is definitely the one who least likes to ask questions among his uncles.
As for the fourth child, Mrs. Xu laughed again.
"My brother-in-law is more capable than me. When my grandma comes to the house to take care of things, and my grandma is so angry that she can't speak, and I don't know what to do, my brother-in-law comes in.
Didn’t you owe Tai Nai two taels of silver when you built a house not long ago? The uncle and uncle came to ask for it, but my brother-in-law said, give it back to you.
That time, my grandma misunderstood my grandma and thought she was getting married again, so she scolded her in front of the whole village. My uncle also said, "Isn't it just two taels of silver?" If you want money, just say what you want. I'll give it to you even if I squeeze my bones, but you can't scold my mother. No matter whether my mother is married or not, it's not your turn to scold me, and it's not your turn to be my grandma.
My grandma was so angry that she covered her heart. She almost didn't want to take her uncle out when she went out to work this time.
In my memory, my uncle is sometimes like a caring little cotton-padded jacket, who can chat with me about everyday things and tell me to wear more clothes when it’s cold. "
So when dinner started, the fourth child came a little later, and Xu Youyin was digging her fingernails hard with plant ash water. Mrs. Xu shouted, "Where's my little cotton-padded jacket? Dinner is ready!"
"Here you go, mother!" The little cotton-padded jacket came.
At the dinner table, the fish stewed by my niece was so good that I have never tasted it during the Chinese New Year. It was stewed on a large plate.
My mother made three more bowls of hot soup noodles with lard.
And Yu Qinniang specially washed the cabbage core, cut some radish strips, and boiled some spinach for dipping sauce.
Yu Qinniang heard that people who went out to work came back and said they really wanted to eat vegetables, because when they worked outside, they were given some dry food and just drank water. Not to mention meat, they couldn't even take a bite of vegetables, so she prepared these.
The three brothers looked at the fragrant food on the table and suddenly couldn't move their chopsticks.
From the moment we set off, we start mentally calculating how many days it will take to get home.
When we finally got home, it seemed that it was a relief not to eat these good things.
In addition, I don’t know if they are sleepy or something. Is this something they can eat? I eat dry black flour every day, and even the sight of meat makes my eyes dazzle. It always feels like a dream.
Xu Laoer picked up a large piece of fish and said, "Tian Xin'er, come on, you eat. I haven't used these chopsticks yet."
Xu Tianxin said, I know you haven’t used it, but second uncle, what’s wrong with you?
Xu Tianxin sat next to her uncle, then turned to look at Xu Youyin and found that he was observing her.
Look what she does.
Xu Tianxin picked up a whole fish with chopsticks and put it in his uncle's bowl: "Eat it, don't tell me it's not delicious, I stewed it."
Xu Youyin hurriedly lowered his head to eat the fish, hiding the red circles under his eyes, and thought to himself: Look, my niece really misses him, she thought aloud.
In the past, I was reluctant to give him fish heads, but now I give him fish meat.
Xu Tianxin stood up again and served his third uncle some fish meat.
The second uncle was given the meat by grandma.
Grandma said: "Don't think about eating so much if you don't work in the middle of the night, and don't think about saving it for tomorrow. Tonight our family will not think about anything, just have a good meal. Come, I will take the lead and try my granddaughter's cooking." Oh...oh, it smells so good, just follow me."
Yu Qinniang was delighted, "Then it's up to you, including me, and all the good people in our family will follow my mother."
Then she advised her man: "Eat quickly. I haven't thought about anything recently. I will eat when my mother tells me to eat, and I will drink when my mother tells me to drink. You are right to listen to your mother."
Xu Laoer looked at his stupid wife, his eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes, and thought: This heartless girl can really tell. She is enjoying herself at home, but this woman seems a little fat.
The most irritating thing is that he just asked Yu Qiniang how his life was at home while his family was away. Yu Qiniang asked him if he wanted to hear the truth or what he wanted to hear. He was stunned for a moment. What did he mean?
Then the mother-in-law said that the truth is that the three of them are very happy at home.
Listen to what you want to hear, "Husband, why did you come back? The three of us are thinking about you."
He understood, and there was another sentence in the co-authored truth, it doesn't matter whether he comes back or not, right?
Fortunately, in the end, the woman still had some conscience, she cried, feeling sorry for how thin he was, and insisted on taking off his clothes. He was so frightened that he hurried away.
Xu Laoer planned to sleep with his brothers these days and wipe himself without the help of his wife, otherwise the whiplash would not be hidden.
In fact, what Xu Laoer didn't know was that Yu Qinniang cried because she was afraid. She had many things to say to her husband and she cried because she was a little emotional.
Queen Yu Qin was afraid that her mother-in-law and Tian Xin would almost die, thanks to Long Yiwan.
She also wanted to say to the man, you don’t even know what kind of life we live at home.
After my mother and Tian Xin got better, we started fighting.
A lot of sugar can be earned from a scolding battle.
Two fights earned a lot of money.
The three of us have eaten chicken, fish balls, pastries bought by Zhao Dashan, meat buns bought by Liu Lizheng, and she and her niece also ate fish floss together.
Do you dare to think about catching big fish? The biggest fish in the house weighs more than thirty kilograms, and you also dug up twenty taels of silver from your eldest brother under the tree.
My mother is the second boss in the village, and we also bought land to build a house.
The last thing is the key. Another famine has happened. I owe more than seventy taels of silver. Do you dare to owe it?
As someone who participated in the whole process, she feels...exciting every time she thinks about it!
Even when she went back to her parents' house a few days ago to learn these things with her mother and younger brother, she could feel the envy in her younger brother's eyes.
In the words of my younger brother: We country people always face the loess and turn our backs to the sky. We feel that we live our lives digging holes and burying holes day by day, and in the end there is nothing left. But sister, you are different in the Xu family, you sound bright.
Yes, it's bright.
Yu Qiniang has been mentally prepared. No matter whether the family is ups and downs, even if it ends badly one day and they end up selling the house and land together, she will stay with her mother-in-law who brings brightness to her life. She never told anyone that she even thought that she would rather live to be thirty or forty years old than to live to eighty as miserable as before.
But now Yu Qiniang is worried that her man will be too worried to eat, so she is busy catching fish for him.
Didn't you ask her how much she earned without looking at her?
One, this aspect is not her responsibility.
Second, if you don’t earn enough to survive the famine, why bother asking?
It’s still important to have a good meal.
As for this meal, it was so painful for the family members in the live broadcast room in the middle of the night. They could clearly hear the sound of eating.
Xu Laosan soaked up the chili peppers in the braised fish with gusto.
He felt that this meal would never be forgotten in his life.
Maybe this is all the emperors and princes can eat.
He also felt that after this meal, he still had the strength to go back to carrying wood to earn money.
Xu Laoer was chewing the fish bones and thinking:
To be honest, my niece’s cooking is better than my mother’s.
It seems that as he gets older, his abilities begin to show.
In the words of the elders, it is enlightening.
And he had already said that there was something a little different about the eldest brother's daughter. It’s just not time yet.
Take a look and let him say it correctly.
Uncle Xu chewed up the fish head, looked at Xu Tianxin and gave a thumbs up and said:
"Gagaxiang." No one else.
Xu Tianxin: "..."
Uncle, please pay attention to your appearance. We are too close and you have a mouth full of fish soup. Everyone in the live broadcast room can see it.
Originally, there were many family members praising you in the live broadcast just now, saying that you should stop being so sloppy and that the skin on your face should be improved and become whiter. If you clean it up, you will look handsome.
Finally, after the three Xu brothers finished eating the noodles, they wiped the fish plate clean with a pot, leaving not even a chopped green onion left.
After eating, I didn't bother to take a sip of hot water, so I stood up, found the bag and started pouring money out.
There are copper plates and loose silver.
This is the most exciting moment, isn't it?
Don't ask anything, mother, niece, daughter-in-law (sister-in-law), just count the money and praise.
As long as you smile happily, we will be willing to work no matter how hard you work.
My mother, niece and daughter-in-law (sister-in-law) were really excited and felt that they should report it to those three people.
They led the three brothers to the house where the third and fourth brothers lived. At present, there is no sleeping place in this house, and all the food is stored.
Xu Tianxin: "Look, uncles, these are all the achievements of grandma."
Mrs. Xu nodded to her three sons: "Yes, I got them all on credit."
Yu Qinniang waved her hands hurriedly and said: "Don't be afraid, my mother said you would at least double your money."
The three brothers of the Xu family staggered and almost fell over: "Ow, what do you owe?!"
