"Who is coming?" The old lady who was waiting for her daughter to come back in the house heard a movement in the yard, and then it didn't take long for the girl to come back but she didn't enter the house, she went directly into the kitchen, she didn't understand what was going on, so she quickly put down the work in her hand, and also got off the kang and put on her shoes, and came out to take a look.

"Your son-in-law has come back, and he has brought a colleague with him to help me come back to cook. Yuan Si lit the fire in the kitchen, not forgetting to shout to the old lady outside.

"Huh? Xiaowen is back. The old lady walked briskly to the gate of the courtyard with her little feet on her feet.

"Mother, I'm back. At this moment, Xiao Fuwen had already unloaded a few sacks from the carriage and prepared to move them to the yard one by one.

"Okay, just come back. The old lady happily agreed, "This is ......"

Brother Da Ping is holding the feed prepared on the ox cart and feeding the cattle grass.

"This is a comrade who went to the countryside with me. Xiao Fuwen explained.

"Auntie, I'm not a comrade, I'm just a coachman, give Comrade Xiao Xiao a hand, you just call me Daping. ”

"Hey, okay, don't care what you're doing, they're all colleagues, hurry into the house, enter the house, drink hot water, his daughter-in-law is cooking in it, you two have a good meal in a while, relieve fatigue, it's really hard to go out this time." The old lady smiled and greeted him.

"Then bother the aunt. Daping was not polite, just on the way, Comrade Xiao Xiao told him to let him stay for dinner, he intended to make friends with Comrade Xiao Xiao, so he cheekily agreed.

"What's the bother, just treat this as your own home, come, you don't have to worry about this, just let Xiaowen do it himself." The old lady let the man in.

In this moment's effort, Xiao Fuwen has already carried the several hemp bags placed under the ox cart to the yard with a few trips in one hand, and there is only the sack left by Brother Da Ping.

"No, no, I deserve it. "Brother Da Ping is a little embarrassed, he is running errands, how can he be like a leader, but Comrade Xiao Xiao, this dirty work has been done for him.

"Eldest sister, is your son-in-law back?" At this time, suddenly a crack opened in the courtyard door next to it, and the landlady's daughter-in-law poked her head out.

"Whoever does this work is the same, okay, I have a lot of strength, I'll bring it in, Brother Daping, you just serve the cow well." Xiao Fuwen first finished answering this, picked up the sack in front of him, and walked into the yard before turning his head to greet the landlord's daughter-in-law, "It's noisy, auntie, I just came back from the countryside, and I won't talk to you about the dirt I have, and I will play at home when I have time." ”

After saying that, the man also walked into the courtyard.

"My son-in-law is back, and the movement is a little louder, what's the matter, it's noisy to you. The old lady saw that Brother Da Ping was still fiddling with his cow there, and she couldn't leave the guest outside alone, so she took the time to say a few words to the person opposite.

"No, I just heard what seemed to be your son-in-law's movements, so I came out to take a look. The landlord's daughter-in-law came out to see that she was also concerned about their family, for fear that their mother and daughter would not be safe at home, "It's okay, I see that you are also busy, let's not chat, when I am free, I am looking for you to chat." ”

"Hey, okay, we'll be chatting when I come to my house tomorrow. "The old lady likes people who are so knowledgeable.

When the landlord's daughter-in-law closed the courtyard door, Brother Daping also served his baby cow.

"Let's go into the house and rest, you're coming home for the first time, so you have to try my daughter's handiwork." The old lady enthusiastically pulled Brother Da Ping to the yard.

As soon as the two of them walked into the gate of the courtyard, they saw the sack belonging to Brother Da Ping standing on the side. Xiao Fuwen just carried the sack into the yard, after all, people were going to go into the house to eat for a while, and it was possible if things were stolen if they were placed outside, but he didn't carry things that were not his own inside, for fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

Brother Da Ping looked at his sack and put it away, and his heart was relieved. Just now he was thinking, if Comrade Xiao Xiao also carried his sack to his home, and when he forgot after eating, would he remind him or just forget it, but he didn't have to think about it, and people would think about it.

Yuan Si was quick with his hands and feet, and served four dishes and one soup to two people in more than half an hour, of course, they were all stir-fried dishes, and he didn't do stews in a hurry.

The old lady also took out a bottle of wine from the house, but she was reluctant to take the soaking wine she often drank, and only brought out a bottle of ordinary liquor, which was enough to move Brother Daping.

"You two have worked hard for so many days, and you don't have time to cook any good dishes today, so just take a sip and drink something to relieve your fatigue. The old lady didn't eat, but she also sat at the dinner table, after all, she was the oldest in the family, and she needed to accompany the guests for a while.

"That's good enough, auntie, you tell your brother and sister, don't be busy. "Brother Da Ping really thinks it's good, just look at the dishes on the table, a plate of fried shredded potatoes, a plate of fried shredded eggplant, a plate of scrambled eggs with loofah, a plate of fried peanuts, and a radish ball soup with oil flowers floating on it. Although it sounds like all of them are vegetables, there is a lot of shredded meat in each dish, and the meat eaten by my family during the New Year is not as much as that used by people to stir-fry a few dishes.

"I'm not busy, try it, it's not my old woman who blows it, my daughter's craftsmanship is the best, and there is no one who has eaten it that is not good." ”

"Well, indeed, my brother and sister's dish is delicious, it's delicious. Brother Da Ping took a bite, and then praised him very much.

"Hehehe, if it's delicious, you can eat more, don't be polite. The old lady was so happy that her teeth were exposed.

After the two men at the dinner table drank two glasses of wine, the conversation box opened, chatting from all over the world.

This meal lasted for more than an hour, but Xiao Fuwen saw that it was completely dark, and he was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Brother Daping to catch the car in the dark, so he hurriedly finished eating, and then sent Brother Daping, who was a little dizzy, away. Of course, the hemp bag at the door must not be forgotten, and it has to be loaded into the ox cart again.

By the time he entered the house, the mess on the table had been cleaned up, and the old lady and daughter were unpacking the sacks.

"Didn't you go to the countryside to choose some show, why did you get so many sacks of stuff back. ”

"When I saw something that our family could use, I got some, and it wasn't anything valuable. ”

The old lady had managed to untie a sack and took out many bundles of dried vegetables from it.

"I see that the members have dried vegetables at home, which is very good, so I changed some with them, and when there are no fresh vegetables in winter, let's soak a little, put more meat, and the stew can be delicious." Xiao Fuwen explained.

They don't have their own land in the county, and although the yard is placed by the old lady, they can also vacate a few green onions. They used to go back to the village every week, and they had their own land there, and they came here on Monday with a week's worth of food. It's just that it wasn't so fixed to go back once a week, plus I didn't always go back, and the vegetable garden was not careful, so I simply bought vegetables in the city to eat.

In the summer, there was no opportunity to dry vegetables, and in winter I could only hold the radish and cabbage to gnaw, and the days were not very wonderful.