53. Liu's family difficulties
Xu Wenyuan listened to Tong Xue's words, didn't say much to Aunt Liu's family, and came back soon, and after coming back, he took the initiative to say to Tong Xue, "I sent things back, but I think the atmosphere of Aunt Liu's house is weird." ”
When Xu Wenda heard Xu Wenyuan's words, he immediately asked with concern, "Aunt Liu, what's wrong with her family?" ”
Xu Wenyuan shook his head, "I don't know, the stay is too short, I didn't ask." But when I arrived at Aunt Liu's house on weekdays, Aunt Liu and Uncle Liu were very enthusiastic, and today I saw Uncle Liu sitting at the door, his face was not very good-looking, so I put my things down and left, saying that Huzi was back, but I didn't see anyone. ”
Since people didn't say anything, maybe there was something wrong, Xu Wenda said, "I didn't say anything when I saw Wenyuan today, I guess it's not too much of a hurry, go to Aunt Liu's house and ask after harvesting the wheat, and help more if you can......"
Seeing that the two brothers didn't say anything, Tong Xue also silently suppressed her thoughts, she was still thinking just now that maybe Aunt Liu sent the hoof over on her own initiative, and the Liu family knew about it, so she turned pale and was unhappy.
After all, Tong Xue has not been with Aunt Liu for a long time, and she is friendly to Aunt Liu, just because Xu Wenda said that Aunt Liu is good to them.
But now that something like this has happened, Tong Xue has to think crookedly, she sometimes has a more pessimistic idea about human nature.
So I thought so just now, but since the Xu family brothers all thought that the Liu family was in trouble, she wouldn't say it, in case the Liu family really didn't think so, wouldn't she increase the gap between the two families if she said it.
Tong Xue thought to herself for a long time, and as soon as she looked up, she found that Xu Wenda and Xu Wenyuan were looking at her, Tong Xue immediately came back to her senses and nodded violently, "It's okay." ”
Although that sauce hoof seems to be a little inferior in the mouth of Tong Xue, a person who has eaten a lot of delicious food, for the Xu family, these meats are indeed a huge improvement.
Even when the Xu family was the richest, they would only buy pig's trotters with sauce in Fulin Building during the Chinese New Year, but that was many years ago, when Xu Zhengyong was still alive, and Xu Wenzhao and Xu Jing didn't know how to eat meat.
So for the Xu family, it is extraordinarily delicious.
The Xu family felt that this wheat harvest season was extremely relaxed, with the straw hat, Tong Xue's summer soup, and Tong Xue's cakes and dry food that were different every day, plus the whole family, it seemed to be much easier.
Xu Wenyuan couldn't help but sigh, what Aunt Liu said made sense, there is a woman in charge of the family is different, he used to be more tired every year than now, and it will take at least a few days to recover after harvesting the wheat, this time the speed is not slower than before, but it is still alive and well, Xu Wenyuan even thinks that he can grind another twenty catties of tofu.
Compared with the happiness of the Xu family, the Liu family is sad, although it is said that the son is back, there is more labor, and the wheat in the field is harvested quickly, but everyone's hearts are still very heavy.
When the Liu family finished harvesting the wheat, Aunt Liu came to chat with Tong Xue, and Tong Xue knew what had happened.
Tong Xue never expected that the Liu family's sad face was because Liu Hu was dismissed. She still has to think about how to operate her plan, and she will be stillborn first.
Aunt Liu grabbed Tong Xue's hand and began to nag, "You said that Huzi and his master are so ruthless, Huzi has been an apprentice with him for six years, although he said that he has food and shelter, but what kind of life was it under his hands in the first three years, although Huzi came back and didn't say it, but in the first few years, he came back thinner than at home, and his whole personality has changed, and he doesn't like to talk anymore, I feel distressed when I look at it." ”
Aunt Liu's situation Tong Xue knows that the Liu family is an outsider, and they have no land, so they can only live by renting other people's land, and the Liu family rented the Xu family's land at that time, and Xu Zhengyong took care of them, so later, they were always very close regardless of how the whole village thought of the Xu family brothers.
The Liu family originally wanted to plant the land first, and then slowly save money to buy land and buy a house, but there was an accident six years ago, Xu Zhengyong was a little devastated by his wife's death, and Xu Wenda's second uncle Xu Zhengyang was replaced to take care of the family's affairs.
As a result, Xu Zhengyang asked for an extra 20% of the rent, and the couple also knew that Xu Zhengyong's family had changed, so they didn't go to Xu Zhengyong, gritted their teeth and agreed.
Originally, Xu Zhengyong's conditions were lenient, and they could get it by gritting their teeth, but it happened that the harvest was not good that year, and there was not much grain left at home.
There is no food at home, and there are children to raise, so I have no choice but to send my son to someone as an apprentice, thinking that when I go out, I can always eat a bite of food, and I don't have to go hungry all day, and although it is hard, it is always a craft.
That's why Aunt Liu knew that her son was having a hard time, and she didn't say that she wanted to take her son back, and the only thing she could do was to keep wiping her tears when she thought of her eldest son.
But fortunately, Liu Hu was competitive, and many people sent their children to the master as apprentices, but Liu Hu finally stayed, and he took him to the restaurant to be a cook.
Aunt Liu thought that this hardship would come willingly, and life would gradually get better, but now Liu Hu has been dismissed, this is simply a bolt from the blue, "After surviving these three years, it was finally easy for the master to use it, became a cook, and he also had his own salary every month, and he was about to have a bright day, and it was only a few years before he was driven out by the master." ”
Tong Xue saw that Aunt Liu's eyes were wet, as if she wanted to cry, so she quickly patted Aunt Liu's hand and asked, "Aunt Liu, you say it slowly, what the hell is going on?" ”
"Huzi said that a few days ago, there was a time when there were no guests in the middle of the morning, and the chef didn't come at that time, Huzi saw that the guests were waiting in a hurry, so he fried a dish, which angered the chef, saying that Huzi stole the teacher, and then let the shopkeeper send Huzi away."
If Liu Hu is not wrong about doing this, is it just to let the guests wait? At least in Tong Xue's thinking, she felt that Liu Hu was right.
But from the master's point of view, Liu Hu is crossing the line, that is, he is coveting his position as a cook, why does a chef apprentice who washes and cuts and hands seasonings on weekdays stir-fry?
At this time, pay attention to a church apprentice, starve the master, so the masters must keep a hand in everything, and cannot learn all the apprentices, so as to maintain their authority and maintain their market competitiveness.
Even a real apprentice has to keep a hand, not to mention, the chef didn't regard Liu Hu as an apprentice at all, he said that he would accept an apprentice, just to find someone who was good to serve him.
To be able to let Liu Hu be a cook, I also feel that for so many years, only Liu Hu is the most convenient to use, otherwise how could Liu Hu be selected among so many people, I didn't expect Liu Hu to be a big heart, and he actually learned from him to cook.