Chapter 47
The sun was hanging in the middle of the sky, and it was almost noon.
The farmer had an early lunch, and the smell of food was already coming in from outside.
"The meal is ready."
Li Xiuxiu came in with a basket in her arms.
The table has been set.
Li Xiuxiu put the basket on the table, put it on her waist and started to curse.
"Wang Shoucai is really nothing."
"A dog's nose smells like food. He came over as soon as I finished cooking a plate of vegetables."
"You are so old that you are not ashamed to lick your face and ask me for food."
"No one has any leftover food now. What can we eat if we give it to him?"
"The old man has learned how to behave and roll around. I think if there weren't two men here, he would have come to snatch her away."
Zhao Laoer came in with a hoe and heard his wife's complaints.
"Why bother with him? That's all I have."
Carrying the big pot, Zhao Laosan also advised: "Second sister-in-law, there is no need to be angry about this kind of thing."
Mrs. Zhao was confused, "Wang Shoucai? Where did you build the stove? Didn't Wang Shoucai build his shed in the middle of the village chief? How could we meet him?"
Just as Li Xiuxiu shut up, the conversation started again.
"It's just the creek in the south of the village. There are usually few people there, so you wouldn't think of him wandering there."
"I get angry when I talk about him."
"I said this was a meal prepared for the county magistrate, and he got up from the ground."
"I didn't see him for a while, so I thought he was gone, but I didn't expect him to come with his little baby in his arms."
"What does a four-year-old kid know? He screams hungry when he smells it."
"Wang Shoucai just pushed the baby towards me."
"That kid was also an adulterer. When he came up, he hugged my thigh and cried. He kept shouting that he was hungry."
"I was so angry that I couldn't help it, so I gave him a few pieces of meat."
"This is the fight
Sent. "
He Sutong asked: "How many pieces of meat are you going to throw away?"
Li Xiuxiu rolled her eyes, "That's definitely not possible. Isn't Jia Xiang and his third brother here?"
"The third brother took the baby away and threw it to Wang Shoucai. He said a few vicious words before sending him away."
Wang Shouchai's family has come to Zhao's house to fight the autumn breeze, shamelessly asking for food.
After two bad sales, the Zhao family gave some of their surplus food to the family, but the more times it happened, the more it became annoying.
If you are so poor that you have nothing to eat, the same village will help you.
But that family had a strong preference for sons over daughters. The first four girls were hungry, and all the good things were reserved for the youngest son.
No matter how much they gave, the four girls could not get anything. They were so hungry that they looked for food outside every day, and all of them were sallow and skinny.
My son was so round and fat that he looked like a ball.
Zhao Miaomiao was washing dishes and joined the conversation, "Yesterday Wang Luni told me that a chicken was killed at home and all was eaten by her brother."
"Their sisters only smelled it."
Li Xiuxiu was surprised, "Is there such a thing?"
"I saw Wang Sini picking off the bark of a tree yesterday. She said she was too hungry."
Zhao Miaomiao finished washing the dishes and wanted to pick them all up, but Li Xiuxiu went to help her.
"Second sister-in-law, his family has always been like this. Before the flash floods, there was plenty of food, but now they have nothing to eat and have to work."
"Wang Luni said that occasionally she relies on her married eldest and second sisters for food, so she doesn't starve to death."
Li Xiuxiu frowned, "It's really heartless. The girl was born by herself. I really don't feel sorry for her at all."
Zhao Miaomiao quickly arranged the dishes and chopsticks.
"I made an appointment with Wang Luni to pick wild fruits in the afternoon. I asked about
Listen to the situation. "
"Oh!" Li Xiuxiu said angrily, "Aren't you going to listen to the sour scholar's story now?"
Zhao Miaomiao stamped her foot, "Mom!"
Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "People from the second family are not allowed to talk about Miaomiao like this."
Li Xiuxiu snorted.
"You little girl, you look much more pleasing to the eye now."
"It's so good now. In the past, it was like there was a blur in your head, and you couldn't see anyone being nice to you."
Zhao Miaomiao stuck out her tongue, "I know the second sister-in-law."
After a long conversation that night, Zhao Miaomiao realized that she was also a member of the Zhao family, and her family members all cared about her.
After another round of conversations between Mrs. Zhao and He Sutong, and Li Yuebai's gentle comfort.
Zhao Miaomiao is now much more cheerful and can actively join in chats at home.
I can even have a few words alone with Li Xiuxiu.
In the past, what Zhao Miaomiao was most afraid of was this second sister-in-law.
But when she was teased and bullied by other boys and girls outside, the second sister-in-law scolded her back and defended herself very much.
Sometimes when he was bullied, he secretly came back to cry, and his second sister-in-law would help him come to his home to ask for an explanation.
In the past, Zhao Miaomiao only saw Li Xiuxiu rolling her eyes and criticizing her. Now that she has opened her heart, she can even discover Li Xiuxiu's good intentions.
The food was put in the basket. Li Xiuxiu was afraid of the cold and did not put it out, but the basket was not kept warm after all.
"Mom, do you want to go see dad and the others?"
"The food doesn't taste good when it's cold."
Zhao Yigui raised his hand, "I'll go take a look."
Before Zhao Yigui went out, Zhao Changan ran in.
"We're back!"
"Have you eaten yet? I'm so hungry."
Li Xiuxiu smiled and put out the vegetables in the basket.
"Little glutton, I want to eat when I get back."
Zhao Changan said sweetly, "That's because
The food cooked for my mother is delicious. I love eating the food cooked by my mother the most! "
Li Xiuxiu was coaxed to smile, "Go wash your hands quickly and get ready to eat."
Zhao Changfu and Wu Yang came in arm-in-arm.
"It smells so good!"
"Of course, the food cooked by my mother is delicious."
Chen Jingzhi patted Wu Yang on the shoulder and said, "Go wash your hands with your brother."
Wu Yang said yes obediently, and he and Zhao Changfu went to get a ladle of water to wash their hands. After rinsing their hands, they greeted their younger brothers and sisters in line.
"Come on, I'll flush your hands for you."
Mr. Zhao stood behind with a smile, "Wu Yang is such a good boy, he looks like a big brother."
Chen Jingzhi smiled helplessly, "He is indeed a good boy, but sometimes he is a bit naughty."
Mr. Zhao praised: "It's normal for children of this age to be naughty. It's fun to be around."
"This would be nice to be more lively."
"Time to eat!"
The tables, chairs and benches are all set up and the dishes are served.
There are two more people and more pairs of chopsticks. Li Yuebai also got out of bed to eat today. It is rare that the table is so crowded.
"Wow, today is so rich!"
Zhao Changan sat obediently on the stool without moving his chopsticks, drooling as he looked at the dishes on the table.
Each person had a bowl of rice, two large plates of spicy rabbit cubes, a large pot of pickled fish, and three stir-fried vegetarian dishes.
Mrs. Zhao called to everyone: "Eat it, eat it when it's cold and eat it while it's hot."
After Mrs. Zhao spoke, the others picked up their chopsticks to eat.
Wu Yang picked up a piece of spicy rabbit with chopsticks, ate it in one bite, and his eyes widened.
"too delicious!"
"It tastes better than the spicy rabbit dices I had before."
While talking, Zhao Changfu picked up and returned several chopsticks, and finished chewing the meat in his mouth before speaking.
"Let me tell you, my mother's cooking is delicious!"
Wu Yang tried every dish
again.
“Really delicious!”
"Aunt Xiuxiu is so amazing!"
Chen Jingzhi also praised a few words, "It's really delicious."
"It tastes better than the ones in my house."
Li Xiuxiu was embarrassed by the praise.
"It's all farm food."
"It's not as exquisite as the one in your mansion."
Li Xiuxiu once went to help at the house of a wealthy businessman in the county, washing and chopping vegetables.
Looking at the dishes brought out from the kitchen, they are so elegant and exquisite that even if you eat a fruit, you have to carve a flower.
Wu Yang was full of praise, "Aunt Xiuxiu, your skills are enough to open a shop."
"If this store opens, it will definitely sell well!"
Li Xiuxiu laughed and said, "Then I have a dream. I can open a restaurant in the county and everyone will come to eat the food I cook."