XVII. The old man is hungry and faint
If you want to talk about children's family affairs, Aunt Gui really hasn't thought about Manqing. I won't talk about it before, where is the rigid old man and the rigid Chai standing, she even has to worry about whether her daughter will be damaged if she comes over to look at her twice - now that the Chai family is gone, I heard her daughter say that Manqing is very capable of being the master of the house, isn't it a bit of a door?
And I saw my son's blushing face just now, isn't it-
Aunt Gui took a small dustpan for feeding the chickens, scooped the buds with a lawsuit, and walked to the open space next to the firewood room. The chickens and ducks of the Gui family hate to be smart, and when they saw this, they rushed from everywhere, gathered at Aunt Gui's feet, stretched their necks and chirped and waited for her to scatter delicious buds. I didn't want Aunt Gui to think about it, and when it was hot on her feet, a bold old female duck sprinkled a bubble on her feet before she reacted. "Kill it these days, my mother will kill you today!"
As early as when Aunt Gui's big feet flew over, the alert female duck fled. But it didn't run far, it stretched its neck on the periphery and continued to wait for food.
The bud in Aunt Gui's hand finally fell from the sky, and the female duck seemed to forget the danger just now, and squeezed into the flock of chickens and ducks with her wings to grab food.
Chai's is gone, but Gao Lao is still there. Aunt Gui frowned, she had a headache. Manqing is a good girl, not squeamish, measured, can afford to take it, and her small appearance is not bad, if she gives birth to a little grandson in the future, the little grandson will look good. But that's it.
It's too close!
If the family marries Man Qing in, wouldn't they have brought Gao Lao to the door of the house? If Gao Lao picks out that clothes to stretch out his hand for food and open his mouth, it will be strange that he will not come over to eat when the time comes? Aunt Gui remembered that when her family sat down to eat together, Gao Lao sat upright on the upper seat, and was still dissatisfied with this and that, and called this rice and that soup...... Aunt Gui shook her head and quickly threw out this scary scene.
Their family just likes to be lively. There are not so many rules when eating together, there are people who talk and laugh and quarrel and scold, so that life is called a day, otherwise they are all immortals, they don't need to eat or drink water, just put on a show.
Therefore, as long as Gao Lao Lu is still alive for one day, Manqing's girl will not be able to marry! Moreover, Gao Lao Li is said to not even have a minor illness, and it is estimated that he can live for a few decades -- to serve this ancestor for decades?
Forget it. It doesn't matter if you help her, anyway, the strength is inexhaustible, and the girl in Osmanthus is too jumpy, let her learn more from Man Qing, maybe she can be like Man Qing sooner and be able to take charge alone. But Gui Fu still has to avoid it in the future, and it's a big deal to pick up firewood and let Osmanthus her father go......
Not to mention that after Aunt Gui thought about it here, Man Qing and Osmanthus over there were tired and had a sore back, so they finally made a small piece of land in the vegetable field in the backyard and planted the pepper seedlings. Man Qing saw that the time was not early, so she hurriedly let the osmanthus go home, she wanted to continue to sort out the ground, and the next morning she could go to Gui's house to order beans and seedlings.
If she doesn't work hard to grow vegetables now, the family will not even have vegetables to eat in two or three months. As for eating meat, let's see if Aunt Gui can help you buy a few ducklings tomorrow, and then wait until they grow up.
I was done with the work in the field, and it was almost dark. Man Qing pounded her sore waist and returned to the kitchen, ready to make some porridge to cope with her stomach.
She planned to do so in the past three or four days, and then spend three or four days planting that acre of land, and finally there were five or six days left, so she hurried to do some embroidery work and sell it in the town, so that she could catch the almost empty rice jar.
Her embroidery work is completely inherited from the Chai family, and there is even a blue posture. Chai's and her embroidery work have been an important source of income for the family in recent years.
Man Qing boiled water while cooking, preparing to wash well for a while. After tossing back and forth several times a day, her body is no longer the same. was in a daze at the fire burning in the stove, and suddenly there was a light cough from the dining room dedicated to Gao Lao Pick next to him, and then Gao Lao finally couldn't hold back the inquiry: "How long has it been, why hasn't the meal been good yet?"
Where did Manqing, who was tired all day, be in the mood to deal with him. And after the past two days of resistance, she is now getting bolder and more fearless.
To tell the truth, she was surprised, how could there be such a person in this world? His family was like this, he was still holding a poor shelf, he was still counting on others to serve him, and he was still dreaming of his imperial examination -- how did this kind of person survive to this day?
Man Qing suddenly felt very tired. She was only a little girl who was not yet fourteen years old, and she really couldn't afford such a big borer.
She remained silent and continued to burn her own fire. After a while, she saw that the meal was almost over, so she took out her usual dishes and chopsticks, served the rice, and took out a piece of moldy tofu from the jar, and ate it with relish.
Gao Lao Yan had been sitting at the table for a long time and waiting. However, after waiting for a long time, I heard the sound of Man Qing moving the dishes and chopsticks, why hasn't his food been delivered yet?
This is followed by the fresh aroma of rice.
Then there is the characteristic aroma of moldy tofu.
Then there is the sound of chopsticks touching the bowl.
Okay, finally it's the sound of finishing the meal and cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks.
Gao Lao was angry and hungry, and finally couldn't help it, stood up and raised his legs and walked to the kitchen, "Who taught you the rules?! The elders haven't eaten yet, so you eat first?! Do you still have a father like me in your eyes-you, you, you, you are rebellious!"
Man Qing had already eaten and drunk enough, and brought the bucket to pour the bath water. Hearing this, she glanced at her angry father, and said kindly: "I'm tired for a day today, and I really don't have the strength to serve your meal." If you want to eat it, you can serve it yourself!"
"Is that how your mother taught you when she was alive?
"My mother has passed away. She's just tired to death by you. Man Qing shook her head slightly, "I'm tired and don't have the strength to talk to you." You can eat it if you want it, and forget it if you don't eat it. With that, she went to fetch water, and turned her thin back towards Gao Lao.
"You, your—how can you talk to your father like that?!, are you still the way a human being is—"
Manqing fetched water, a heavy bucket, and she had to move step by step to the shower room. After Gao Lao's picking, which had a very bad face, she thought about it and informed him: "In the future, when you go into the kitchen and take something, you must wash it and put it back in its original place." If you don't wash it, you will use it again after the next meal, and I will not wash it for you. Oh, also, my hands are sore today, and I only mentioned the water I used to take a shower, you have to rush yourself to fight, while there is still a little fire in the stove, the water is boiled very quickly. ”
She felt benevolent and righteous, and after taking a bath, she didn't care about the things in the front yard, shrunk into her bed, and slept until dawn.
As for Gao Lao, he was so angry that he didn't eat or wash, so he retracted into the room.
The next day was another busy day. In the evening, Aunt Gui really sent ten ducklings to Manqing, and ran to the small pond in the backyard. Here, Manqing was busy working, busy thanking Aunt Gui for busy planning the next things, and she was very happy, but Osmanthus's words made her realize that something was wrong.
"Man Qing, what about Gao Lao, why haven't you seen anyone else all day?" Osmanthus looked at the room with closed doors and windows, "We were so noisy, and we put the duck behind his study, why didn't he come out and cough?"
That's right, the only small pond in the backyard is located behind Gao Lao's study. That's what he used to nourish his temperament and recuperate when he was tired from studying! There was also a rockery on the pond, and a few goldfish were put in -- they were already dead. This pond belongs to the most elegant place in the Gao family, and there is no one, and now it is waved by Manqing and raised ducks.
Speaking of which, Manqing is also a little strange, no, she also expected how to push back the protesting Gao Lao, and she didn't want him to be silent-
Suddenly, a thought jumped into Man Qing's mind: Gao Lao will not be so angry with himself that he refuses to eat, and then faints in the room with hunger, right?
She endured the fire in her belly, found the key, and opened the door with the worried osmanthus to take a look, hey, no, fainted on the table in front of the bed!
In the face of such a superb father, Man Qing wanted to faint to death at that moment!