Chapter 31 The snarky mother-in-law
"My children and grandchildren will be blessed by themselves. Why should I worry so much?
The five and six elders haven't come back yet, so I'm going to help them. "
"My five and six children are all people with ideas. They will not accept the marriage I arranged for them. You aunts don't have to worry about them." Mrs. Su politely refused.
Aunt Wang was sitting with a group of people at Su's house for about half a year, but she disappeared and the Su family returned to the fruit bowl.
They all secretly cursed in their hearts that the old Su family was really stingy, so they just slapped him, stood up and said they were going back.
Mrs. Su sent the group of women out of the door and immediately turned her face away.
The child who was playing outside would see his grandma's face changing as soon as she turned around. The speed of the face change was staggering.
They have never seen such a magical operation, but they can change their faces just like the people in the troupe.
He put away the smile on his face and walked into the house. As soon as the three sisters-in-law entered the door, they heard the old lady cursing.
The old lady spat, "Bah, it's really unlucky to meet a picky person during the Chinese New Year. The old lady even came to my house with all her tricks."
The three women looked at each other. They had never seen an old lady scold someone before. They walked into the house and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Have you made you unhappy?"
"You're back, are you all okay?"
"The attitude of the people in the village has changed a lot this year, and they are quite polite to us. We went to their homes and invited us in to drink tea." Xie Lianhua described to the old lady this year's New Year greetings.
"Mom, we are curious about what made you so angry."
"Hey, it's not like those people. They came to our house to fight against the autumn wind. I really feel that our family is easy to bully.
When we distributed fruits to the children, word spread in the village, and the gossipy women in the village who loved to take advantage came to visit us. "The old lady with little feet was sitting cross-legged on the kang.
"Ouch, I don't even know what to tell you. As soon as you arrive at our house, your eyes can't stop looking around.
As soon as I saw the fruit plate on the table, I couldn't move it and put it into my pockets one by one. I felt embarrassed just looking at it. "
When the three women heard this, they all felt ashamed and panicked. They didn't understand the rules.
Going to someone's house to pay New Year's greetings is like a bandit.
The Su family was even more disgusted with Aunt Wang.
"Oh, it's finally time to rest." Boss Su lay on the kang, resting his head on his hands.
"Brother, we feel panic even if we stay at home.
How about we go to the ground to catch some loaches and bring them back. There are a lot of loaches in this world. "
“It’s such a winter to catch loaches in the fields, the soil is frozen, so it’s very laborious.
Going to the lake to break holes in the ice to catch fish is more or less the same, forget about catching loaches. "
That thing consumes oil. If all the loach is deep-fried, it will taste like gaba, but I will definitely talk about it when I turn around.
"That's alright, let's go catch fish in the fields. It's idle time. I can't stay at home any longer. I haven't done much work this whole winter, so I've just been lying around."
"I am free and at ease. You are just working hard and don't know how to enjoy it. When spring begins, there is a lot of work in the fields." Mr. Su shook his legs.
"Are you leaving or not? Brother, just give me a word."
"Let's go, let's go dig some loaches and bring them back. Otherwise, how will the fish take the bait in this winter?"
"Cut some pig liver. Wouldn't that thing be better as bait than a loach?"
As soon as the two brothers combined their energy, they stood up immediately, put on their clothes, shoes, socks, and felt hats, and were ready to dig holes in the river to catch fish.
Mrs. Su asked after seeing the two brothers carrying buckets and bamboo poles in such a bold manner.
"You two are on the first day of the Lunar New Year, what are you doing here?"
"The second child is just lying around at home. It's so free. He asked me to accompany him to the river to catch fish.
I thought that since we haven’t caught a fish yet this year, we might as well stop being idle and go to the lake to try our luck. "
Mrs. Su snorted coldly, "I see you guys are really free. Go ahead and pay attention to your safety."
"Take your father with you so that you don't have to smoke cigarettes in the house and harm your bones.
Let him also stretch his muscles and bones. Old man, old man, come out. "
The father and son went out, followed by a group of children from the Su family.
There were a lot of things in the three belts, and the whole family fell into silence.
"Mom, if you want to be idle, you are idle. How about we peel the corn and grind it into cornmeal later.
Spring is here, and we don’t have that much time. "
With Su Hanlin's blessing of good luck, the three fathers and sons of the Su family returned home with a full load after spending three sticks of incense, and even asked their children to go home and get a tarpaulin.
I went home when the night was dark.
With the fish caught in the river, the species in the space are also rich. Suddenly, the water in the river is splashing with crucian carp, snakehead fish, carp, silver carp... there are all kinds of them, as well as many shrimps and field snails.
"Why are you back so late? Wash your hands and get ready for dinner." Mrs. Su didn't know, she had been busy in the kitchen just now.
"Mom, come on, stop working now, come over and see what our brothers have come back with."
As soon as the tarpaulin was lifted, there were densely packed fish, big and small.
The old lady was so frightened that the dustpan in her hand fell to the ground. Fortunately, it was filled with steamed buns, otherwise she wouldn't be able to eat it.
"Lotus, Chrysanthemum, Xia Ying, come out quickly."
"Mom, what happened?"
"Mom, what's the matter?"
The lively fish jumped out of the basket and jumped in the snow.
The three sisters had never seen so many fish before, and they were stunned.
"Oh my god, are you going to dig out the fish nest? Are you bringing back the entire family?"
"Boss Su, you are getting better and better! This year you are not only good at hunting, but also catching fish."
Hearing his wife praising him so much, Mr. Su felt a little embarrassed. The naive man had a touch of red on his face.
"No, no~~~"
"I compliment you, and you're really out of breath. How can I know about your virtue? You must not have caught this, it was the work of my father and my second son."
Boss Su was aggrieved and pursed his lips like a child.
"Mom, I can testify to dad. Most of these fish were caught by dad.
Dad is very powerful. When he catches the fish with a big net, the fish is immediately hooked. "
"Yes, dad is awesome."
"Uncle, this is amazing."
"Uncle is very powerful."
Xie Lianhua was surprised, how could this year be so magical?
When did my man become so capable?
"Okay, stop talking and put the fish in the tank quickly. I remember, don't we have a big water tank at home?
Just put the fish there and keep it. Let's make a sweet and sour fish dish for you as an extra meal tonight. "When Mrs. Su spoke, this topic was finally changed.
During the night, Xie Lianhua coaxed Boss Su into this awkward situation for a long time.
"Mom, let's fry some dried fish later. There are a lot of small fish in it."
"Milk, I also want to eat fried fish."
"I want to eat sweet fish from the wine trough, grandma."
"Okay, okay, all of you are greedy little cats. After dinner, grandma will arrange it for you."
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