Chapter Twenty-Three: The Head of the Family
If Lin Ying's mouth is sweet, it will be like smearing honey, and grandma will be long and short, and the old lady will be coaxed into a smile on her face.
When she came back from a walk around the village, the old lady was already talking and laughing with her granddaughter.
"This side is better than our house, there is water, unlike our side where the water is far away from the river, and it is difficult to carry water. The vegetable garden is planted with vegetables and watered. Wait for me to go back and find some noodles and melon seeds, and a variety of those things can be used as food. ”
While the old lady was talking, her son and the two girls arrived together.
"Mother, why are you here?" Lin Guilan is the eldest in the family, and the old lady is more pampered by this little girl, which also makes her temperamental and unwilling to suffer.
"I'll come to see the third sister-in-law and your little nephew. When the old lady saw the little girl, she smiled very happily on her old face, but when she saw her empty-handed, she frowned again, "Your third sister-in-law gave birth to a child, what do you use to give your third sister-in-law milk?"
Lin Guilan pouted, "Mother, you let us come just to give milk to the third sister-in-law?"
"What's the matter, we have few children, and we have a good life, so I don't want to give up this little thing? The old lady had a blank face and said to her unceremoniously: "If it wasn't for your third sister-in-law to let you do that job, you would have a good life now?
Lin Miao and Lin Ying glanced at each other, is there anything else about this? The two of them hurriedly pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
Lin Guilan was not very happy, "Mother, what do you say it is about Chen Sesame and rotten grain, what do you still say it does? Besides, this is not my third sister-in-law, who made her not know how to read and write?" for fear that the old lady would open her mouth again, and hurriedly said: "I took millet seeds yesterday, and all the little money at home was given to the third sister-in-law, I don't believe you asked my second sister." Oh, the third brother knows too. ”
"Grandma, I know, fortunately, there is half a catty of millet from my sister-in-law, otherwise my mother would have only eaten noodles yesterday. Lin Ying smiled at them, "And my second aunt, I helped a lot yesterday, and my mother said yesterday that let's remember the two aunts!"
A trace of displeasure flashed in the old lady's eyes, and she didn't know whether she was angry with the girl or angry at her granddaughter for not saving face.
Lin Ying looked innocent, I am repaying you for my merits, why is my sister-in-law glaring at me like this?
Lin Guilan scolded: "You owe Erden." Adults can't interject when they talk, don't you know?
Lin Ying sighed, took two steps back, and covered his mouth with both hands, "Then I won't speak." "She looks like an innocent little girl.
She didn't pretend, although she was poor, but now that she was a child, she was with her mother, and she was indeed happy in her heart.
Lin Guizhi didn't come empty-handed today, she took a pound of fine white noodles, as well as a pound of rice and a pound of food stamps.
These things are not lacking, and now the grain stores supply very little white flour, and rice is even less important.
Lin Xianliang rubbed his hands, "Guizhi, third brother, thank you, you have helped a lot in the past two days." Where did you get this rice? Jing and Jing Guo went to the grain store and didn't buy it. ”
"Now how can there be rice sold in the county grain store, but there is, and we are gone before we get in line. Lin Guizhi handed the rice to Lin Miao, who was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, "This rice was bought for him by Limin when he went to the provincial capital a few days ago." I didn't want to eat it when I got it back, so I kept so much, just cook porridge for my third sister-in-law!"
The old lady listened and hurriedly asked, "Limin has gone to the provincial capital?
"I went, but he was short on time, so he didn't eat there, so he took a look and left. Lin Guizhi actually didn't tell the truth, not because of the tight schedule, but because the sister-in-law didn't keep food at all, her family Wu Limin is an honest person, and she can't do that kind of thing that pretends to be stupid.
Not to mention the meal, the sister-in-law didn't even give saliva, and she was afraid that he would sit down and refuse to leave.
The old lady sighed, obviously knowing that the second girl's words were to save face for the eldest daughter's family, the eldest daughter-in-law used to be fine, but in the past few years, the children have grown up, maybe the burden is a little heavy, and they are getting more and more picky.
The old lady talked to the two girls again, and then began to tease people, "Let's all go back, don't cook for the children? ”
Lin Guilan choked angrily, "Mother, this big man, you toss us to come here just to say these few words?"
Lin Guizhi pulled the little sister and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Aren't we coming to see my mother? Mother, you stay for a few days, go to my house for a day, and let a few children meet grandma." ”
The old lady pointed to the little girl, "It's all because my father is used to you." Look at you, bear color, the mother is here, can you come and take a look?" ”
When the two daughters left, the old lady sighed with the third child, "Lanzi, let your father be spoiled, fortunately, your brother-in-law is willing to take care of her and does not live with her mother-in-law." Otherwise, with this bear's temper, where can I not fight with my mother-in-law? The second sister has a good temper, but she is still the one who is angry at home!"
Lin Ying looked at the white rice that was not white, and the white noodles that were not too white but had a wheat fragrance, and thought to himself who was really angry, this is really not easy to say.
If the second aunt is really angry, can she get these things?
What is most lacking now is food, especially refined food, which is a good thing that cannot be bought.
Lin Xianliang thought to himself, this is not just her father, but her mother is more accustomed to her.
In addition to the millet seeds and old hens brought by the old lady, Jinghe went to a few uncles, and the uncle gave him five yuan, two catties of grain stamps and two catties of refined white rice. The second uncle took three or four catties of cornmeal and ten eggs, and the third aunt took eight eggs.
It seems that these uncles have a good relationship with this sister.
With these things, at least within ten and a half days, my mother's nutrition can keep up.
The old lady stayed here for three days.
Lin Xianliang used to care about family affairs, but his daughter-in-law gave birth to a child these days, and he was a little in a hurry.
The old lady came, and everyone was much more relaxed.
In the past three days, Lin Miao has also been liberated, the cooking is done by the old lady, she doesn't need her, she goes to collect firewood with Jinghe and Jingguo every morning, digs wild vegetables during the day, and chops some of them for chickens to eat, and most of them are dried and ready to be eaten in winter.
I forgot to mention that the chicken was the old hen brought by my grandmother, and she was enclosed in the yard, because she had killed a chicken to make soup before, and the chicken was left by the old lady. "Wait for the beginning of spring to hold a few chicks and lay eggs for the third child to eat. These were the old lady's exact words.
Lin Ying opened her mouth and wanted to refute her, but her mother shook her head to stop her. She thought about it, the old lady would stay for three days, there was no need to make her angry because of this, and when she left, it would not be too late to stew the chicken for her mother.
The old lady also sprinkled spinach seeds, lettuce seeds and coriander seeds in the vegetable garden, and you can eat a crop of vegetables in autumn.
In the past few days, Lin Ying found that although the old lady was mean, her speech was not good, and the food for her daughter-in-law who was confined was not good, and she was reluctant to give more eggs and old hens, but she herself was reluctant to move.
"These are kept for my father to eat slowly, he is the head of the family, he has to go to work every day, and his body must be well maintained in order to earn money to support them. Don't be greedy! How old are you? When you grow up, you can eat more good things. ”