Chapter Twenty-Five: The Weasel Greets the Chickens
Chen glanced at Xiao Han with disgust and hurriedly chased out the door. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Xiaohan stuck out her tongue, it was better to go, save trouble, anyway, she didn't regret it at all.
In the courtyard, Chen pulled Lin's and kept her with kind words, only saying that the child's family was not sensible and told her not to worry about the child. Seeing that she was soft, Lin Shi also got off the donkey: "It's really unreasonable, if it weren't for my brother's face, I would have left a long time ago, when I rarely had a meal for you." ”
Chen held back his breath and was silent, and Xiao Han heard it in the kitchen with even more contempt.
At noon, because the Lin family came, Chu Zhao was inconvenient to come out to eat, so Xiao Han sandwiched half a bowl of braised pork, a small plate of spicy fried fat sausages, half a bowl of radish and a large bowl of rice into Lixia's house. Now that his wounds are all healed, Xiao Han allows him to eat less spicy food at his strong request.
When Lin saw it, after asking the reason, he muttered dissatisfiedly: "I eat and drink here for nothing all day long, the amount of food is still so large, and I have to spend money on medicine, and I don't know how to be ashamed." Why didn't his family come to pick him up? ”
Chen was afraid that Chu Zhao would be embarrassed when he heard it, so he hurriedly told her to be quieter.
"I'm telling the truth, what do you hear?" Lin shouted.
"They are all relatives, and they came to see us sincerely, but they suffered such a big crime on the way, and it was just a matter of some food, and they didn't spend a lot of money on medicine, how can they care so much?" Chen whispered.
"It's just your father's godbrother, and what kind of relatives are we in the Lin family, and it's already very good to serve these days. Why, the hard-earned money you work so hard every day is what you want to spend on this irrelevant person? ”
Chen's anger froze, Xiao Han and Chu Zhao in that room had already heard it. Chu Zhao's face flushed, thinking that he was a swordsman who fought swords and rivers and lakes in his life, and was happy to be revenge, and for the first time he was said to be a scoundrel who ate and drank for nothing, and suddenly felt that the delicious meal in front of him was difficult to swallow.
Xiao Han hurriedly persuaded him: "My aunt is a mean-talking person, don't listen to her." Go your own way and let others say go! Isn't your nickname 'Easy Swordsman'? I like the word 'leisurely' the most, because being free and easy is my greatest wish in my life, you have achieved it, and I envy you. I envy you for your martial arts, but also envy you for coming and going freely and freely. So don't pay attention to the words of some ignorant village woman, just let her fart well. ”
"Haha", Chu Zhao laughed, "Well said, feel free, I didn't expect that I boast of being quite knowledgeable, but I can't see as much as you as a teenage girl, I really lived so many years in vain." After speaking, he looked at her with bright eyes, he already knew that this girl was not simple, she spoke and acted calmly, and only occasionally showed a naughty energy commensurate with her age.
Xiao Han muttered in his heart: I was actually not much younger than you in my last life. There was a slight smile on his face: "That's because I'm smarter." Okay, you eat, I'll come over and collect the bowl later. Although I told you not to care, I still have to worry about this kind of person. ”
Lin Xiaohan walked out and came to the hall, seeing that everyone was already seated, waiting for her to come over for dinner. On the left of the mother is the aunt, on the right is the cousin Amei, and next to it is an empty seat, which seems to be for herself, followed by the beginning of summer and the spring equinox. Lixia was older, and he had reached the age of shyness, so he only looked down at the bowl in front of him, and did not squint. The vernal equinox is smaller, there are not so many scruples, and the eyes are rolling drippingly, looking at this, looking at that.
"Hmph, it's been so long to deliver a meal, I thought you ate there. Let everyone wait for you, you are embarrassed. Because Amei was hungry, she was already dissatisfied in her heart, and when she saw Xiaohan come out, she sneered.
Xiao Han responded unceremoniously: "There is an idiom called 'guest is as the host goes', the vernal equinox, explain to my cousin what it means." ”
"Okay!" The vernal equinox was glad to see the opportunity to perform, and he looked at his cousin and said seriously, "'Guest as the host' means that the guest acts according to the host's convenience or arrangement, and this is polite behavior. ”
"You two mean to say that your cousin has behaved rudely?" The aunt said angrily.
"I didn't say that, you said it yourself. However, I think that people who speak ill of people behind their backs may not be much better in their own conduct. Xiao Han said lightly.
Isn't this a mockery of the bad things you just said behind your back? Lin was furious: "In the end, this is not allowed to let people eat, and they talk like this." We're not welcome, we're leaving! He stood up with a gesture.
"Auntie, 'come and don't be rude'!" Xiao Han squeezed his eyebrows and said.
Seeing that the smell of gunpowder on the dinner table was strong, Chen quickly stood up and said, "Okay, Xiaohan, you don't have to say a word, let's eat quickly." Eldest sister, Amei, don't be like a child. Come, you're all hungry, eat. As he spoke, he picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in Ah Mei's bowl, and gave another piece to Lin.
Seeing this, the Lin mother and daughter didn't speak, they buried their heads in eating, and the chopsticks frequently stretched into the bowl containing the braised pork.
Xiao Han glanced at each other tacitly, and tacitly did not eat braised pork, but drank bone broth and ate spicy and fragrant pig water.
After a while, the braised pork bottomed out. The mother and daughter saw that the Lin family was eating pig water with relish, and they also tentatively took a bite to eat. This temptation was out of control, and the speed of the wind and clouds made Xiao Han stunned. And the Chen family was not used to it, but just smiled bitterly helplessly.
This is indeed the legendary best relative, and it can't be compared with my aunt's family!
After eating, Lin's mother and daughter hiccuped, Lixia felt uncomfortable, and hurriedly said that she was going to take care of her uncle and grandfather, and she slipped away, and she didn't like her aunt and cousin at the spring equinox, so she also followed her brother.
Xiao Han listened to the hiccups and constantly felt uncomfortable for them, got up and poured tea for them, saying that drinking this could stop the hiccups.
The mother and daughter didn't feel embarrassed at all, took a few sips, and sure enough, it worked, and they stopped burping immediately.
"This tea is so delicious, where did you buy it?" Only then did Lin Shi notice that the tea in his hand was green and fragrant, and he hurriedly asked.
"It was sent by the shopkeeper of Yingkeju, where can we afford this kind of good tea." Chan returned.
"Oh, it was given by someone. Anything else? When you leave, give me some bags and take them back to your brother-in-law to drink, he loves tea. Lin was rightfully authentic, because she was used to it.
Chen was about to answer, but Xiao Han preemptively said: "No, the shopkeeper doesn't have much tea in the first place, and people are reluctant to send too much tea like this." I heard that such a tael of tea leaves costs ten taels of silver. We are usually reluctant to drink it, but we just use it for hospitality. Today, when my aunt and cousin came, I took them out to entertain you. Mother, right? He winked at Chan as he spoke.
"Oh, yes. Not really! Chen said, his face slightly hot.
"None? Don't be reluctant to give it to me, if you don't want to, just say it, and I won't force you. Lin asked incredulously.
"It's really gone, it was really not much at the beginning, only two taels. Because my grandfather loved to drink, I gave him all to drink. I saw you coming, so I took the rest from him to make tea. If you don't believe me, come with me to him. Xiao Han stood up and wanted to take them, of course the Lin family was embarrassed to go to the men's house.
"Mother, isn't it just a broken tea? What's rare, it's still what people have left. Amei's sarcastic voice rang out.
"Cousin, your family must be relatively wealthy, and tea like this must be drunk often, so it is not rare. But I rarely drink it, so I'm rare, so why don't you send me some. Xiao Han said with a smile.
Ah Mei said with a little embarrassment: "I don't know where to buy it." ”
"I don't know, but the money shopkeeper knows, why don't my cousin give me the silver, and I ask him to buy it back for me. My requirements are not high, only one or two teas are enough, and my cousin can give ten taels of silver. Xiao Han said sincerely.
Ah Mei was even more embarrassed, and when the Lin family saw this, she hurriedly diverted the topic: "Qiu Ju, I heard that your family sold the spicy cabbage recipe to Yingkeju and got a hundred taels of silver, yes or no?" ”
Xiao Han's eyes widened in surprise: "Auntie, who did you listen to?" This cow is blowing too big, and I'm not afraid of blowing the cowhide out. You find him, and if he gives him a hundred taels of silver, I will sell him the recipe. Isn't that a joke? ”
Chen also nodded hurriedly. Lin didn't look like a fake when she saw the two of them, and besides, she didn't believe that a spicy cabbage recipe could sell for so much money.
"How much did that sell for?" She asked with concern.
Chen was asked, and she didn't know how much to say.
Xiao Han hurriedly replied: "It's not much, it's not enough for our family to build a house next year and the shackles of my brother and brother going to school." ”
Lin was immediately distracted by this topic, and said in surprise: "You are going to build a house next year?" Lixia and his brothers still have to go to school? Ouch! That's at least twenty taels of silver. ”
"Who said no, we were not afraid that it was enough, and we said that we would borrow some from my aunt when my aunt came." Xiao Han said deliberately.
Lin pondered for a while, Chen and Xiao Han thought that she would definitely refuse, they both knew her personality very well.
"Okay, although our family doesn't have much money, but my brother builds a house and my nephew goes to school, of course I have to support it. Qiu Ju, when the time comes, you will be short of money, you tell me, I can still take out one hundred and eighty yuan. Lin said generously.
For a moment, the two of them thought that there was something wrong with their ears, and they both looked at Lin in a daze. Amei also glared at her in disbelief, and said dissatisfiedly: "Mother, what nonsense are you talking about, where did our family get the money?" ”
She usually relies on the fact that she is the only daughter in the family, and her parents dote on her, so she talks to her parents more directly.
Lin Shi glanced at her, she was stunned, lowered her head and shut up.
Seeing this, Xiao Han and Chen glanced at each other: there is a situation. It seems that the weasel is not happy to greet the chickens for the New Year.
The two of them waited for the Lin family to make a request, no matter what she wanted, then the soldiers would come to block it and the water would cover it.
But I didn't expect that the Lin family had been chatting with the Chen family about some short things in the village, but they didn't ask for it.
After a while, Xiao Han felt impatient, so he said to the Lin family: "Auntie, it's not too early, your village is not close, if you don't go back early, it will be dark when you get home." ”
"It's okay, I'm going to wait for your dad to come back, I haven't seen him in a long time. I'm going to stay at your house for one night tonight. What, are you going to drive your aunt away? Lin glanced at her dissatisfied.
"How can it, Xiaohan is afraid that you will go back late, and the road will not be easy to walk." Chen hurriedly explained.
Xiao Han thought to himself: I just want to drive you away, who knows what ulterior motives you have for coming today.
But she couldn't say it clearly, so she had to say vaguely: "But mother, we don't have any extra room to live in at home." You can't ask your aunt and cousin to lay on the floor, right? ”
If you'd rather lay on the floor, why not just stay?
As soon as her cousin Shi Mei heard that she was going to lay the floor, she was immediately anxious and pulled Lin to go home. Lin pressed her shoulders and motioned for her not to worry.
"Let your cousin sleep in the bed with you, and I'll make the floor." Lin said with a resolute face.
Seeing this, Xiao Han was even more suspicious, but it was not good to say anything.