Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Concubine

86_86276The meals were placed on the two round tables in the hall, chickens, ducks, fish, vegetables, melons and fruits were very complete, seeing so many people coming in the empty room at once, the woman who was moving the stool turned around a little stunned, and then grinned at the old man in the lead: "Mother." ”

She is very clean, and her work is refreshing, but this smile is silly. Seeing her like this, Zhao Qing and Zhao Hua immediately shouted: "Why are you still here, did my second brother deliver food there?" ”

Xia Ruo, who was following behind, beckoned to the woman who was at a loss, the woman's eyes lit up, and she didn't care about the eyes of others and the shouting voices of the two sisters-in-law and walked out, not even caring about the halfway chair.

"Don't talk about it two of you, no matter what she says, she will be your second brother's daughter-in-law." The old man would definitely not be happy to see a somewhat stupid daughter-in-law, but the daughter-in-law is quite diligent and filial, and it is more than enough for her son, but the two daughters are shouting vigorously next to her, and she has a headache when she listens to it.

"Concubine, you made all these meals, it's amazing, you're busy working here, Yuanyuan?" If you come over once when your uncle got married, at that time the concubine was wearing bright new clothes, her hair was neatly combed, and she had a happy smile on her face, and she couldn't see her stupidity at all.

But my uncle has some problems with his legs and feet, and he speaks with a big tongue, and he has always been silent, and it is also a blessing to have such a person who does not know how to worry and will be happy for a few days with a little thing.

Listening to Xia Ruo praise her, Wang Xia smiled and couldn't see her teeth, pulled Xia Ruo to the kitchen, pulled out a blackened thing from the stove, and was not afraid of burning her hands, she directly blew the ash on the outside with two hands, and the kitchen space was already filled with the sweet fragrance of burning sweet potatoes.

"Yuanyuan is at home, if you eat." Wang Xia smiled and handed the sweet potato to Xia Ruo, she knew that those people didn't want to see her, so she didn't think about sitting at the table.

Xia Ruo saw that her palms were red, and immediately took it, and she would only come to her grandmother's house during the New Year's holidays, and she had never eaten a few times of burning sweet potatoes, so it was difficult for her to keep this in mind, Xia Ruo opened the sweet potatoes under Wang Xia's eager eyes, and the heat came with sweet spray noodles, seeing Wang Xia looking at herself with a smile, Xia Ruo pointed to the basin shelf at the door: "Sister, you wash your hands first, let's take the food to find Uncle and Yuanyuan." ”

Yuanyuan is their daughter, she is four or five years old this year, and she usually looks at the two of them, but now Yuanyuan is not here, she must be at her uncle's.

Wang Xia nodded, and as soon as she put her hand into the water, she heard someone in the hall shouting: "If you eat, what are you doing in the kitchen?" ”

It was Xia Ruo's aunt Zhao Qing who shouted, everyone sat down and prepared to start, but the old lady who was sitting in the middle and didn't have a good look didn't know how to find that Xia Ruo was not there.

With so many people in the room, what does it matter if there is one less child.

The woman is in the hall, the men's table is in the east room, and now the sound of persuading the wine can be heard over there, and the children at the table next to this side also began to eat with laughter, but their old lady still looked at the door and didn't say anything about eating, complaining that Zhao Qing was in a hurry.

Zhao Lan saw Xia Ruo and Wang Xia go to the kitchen together, and saw that Zhao Qing was about to get up and go over to look for her, so she hurriedly grabbed her: "Don't move, I'll take a look, Mom, she can't sit still as a child, just eat something for a while, let's not wait for her." The latter half of the sentence was addressed to the old man.

The old man nodded and looked at Zhao Yue beside him: "Well, let's eat, Yueyue wants to eat, grandma will clip it for you." ”

After a while, Xia Ruo put a plate of golden corn tortillas on the table, and said to Zhao Qing, who was looking at him: "Auntie, the cakes just out of the pot are fragrant, you can taste them." ”

"You little gluttonous cat, are you waiting for this cake?" As soon as Zhao Lan spoke, the others also laughed, didn't the child just want to eat and play, it wasn't worth it.

Zhao Yue reached out and took a piece of cake, took a bite and put it in the bowl, chewing slowly in his mouth, but his brows were furrowed.

"Yueyue, don't eat it if you're not used to it, this kind of thing is a little tiring, and I don't know how to make this thing for the New Year." Zhao Hua reached out and put the cake in Zhao Yue's bowl back on the plate.

Xia Ruo didn't care about eating a piece of cake, this is a tortilla attached to the side of the pot, the side baked by the fire is crispy, and the other side is soft, she likes to eat it. Besides, Wang Xia's concubine didn't make these New Year's foods, it was her uncle who liked to eat them, so she made some of them, if they all liked them, the rest of the kitchen would not be saved.

Xia Ruo smiled and squinted her eyes, so Wang Xia's concubine would deliberately cook it for her husband when she was cooking in her mother-in-law's pot. Thinking that he was going to see Yuanyuan for a while, Xia Ruo sped up his meal.

Rural people always like to have more children, Zhao Lan's family has three, Zhao Qing's family has four, Zhao Hua's family also has three, it is said that she wants a fourth, the third is just over a year old, and she is still holding her arms when she eats. The few others who were able to sit at their own tables were at the children's table.

Adults have to talk when they eat, and it is impossible to take care of them all the time, so they simply put a table for them, and now in addition to Xia Ruo and Zhao Yue on the big table, they are still ignorant in Zhao Hua's arms.

In the past, there was only Zhao Yue at this table, but today it was entirely because Xia Ruo also went to school in the county, and it was such a good grade, so the elders sitting at the big table didn't say anything.

Only his fingers were injured, and Zhao Yue, who didn't know how to eat, was the most depressed in his heart, wasn't he going to school in the county seat, wasn't he the first in the exam, what was good. Thinking of Qin Feng, who had been hiding from him, he could only be more depressed in his heart. If the eye knife can kill, she will be able to see Xia Ruo's body for a while.

"I'm done." Xia Ruo couldn't eat two more tortillas because she had a sweet potato to cushion her stomach, and there were already two or three children on the small table who ran to play, and the table was messy, but the food was not eaten much.

"Don't run around, we'll leave in a moment after dinner." Because the weather is cold, it is not easy to ride a bicycle, and I don't worry that there are no adults around, so I didn't let Xia Yu drive it, Zhao Lan led Xia Ruo from home with a gift, although it was only seven or eight miles away, but it was dark early in winter, and they had to leave early.

Xia Ruo responded, greeted her grandmother, aunt, and second aunt and left first.

The elders are still there, of course it is not polite to leave the table early, but the village does not pay attention to this, and besides, the other children can't sit still, and the adults don't care, so they continue to laugh and eat.

"It's still Yueyue and well-behaved, and I accompany my grandmother to the end every year." Zhao Hua, who was feeding the child in his arms, had an unintentional sentence that put an end to Zhao Yue's idea of getting up and going over, yes, he sits at the end every year, and Zhao Yue, who was holding the meal, couldn't help complaining that Xia Ruo was too impolite, where would he be sensible? .