Chapter 121: Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner

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"Ah, Mu Lang is drunk," Caiyun exclaimed.

Da Fei also said disapprerovingly: "When I was as old as him, I had already learned to drink with adults, male baby, I practiced since I was a child, and when I grew up, I can use it greatly!" ”

Helian Sheng said: "It's okay, just wait for this wine to pass." ”

Mu Xiang got up and took an orange, peeled it off and handed it to Caiyun, "This wine is not good in the first place, and you have to taste it slowly for the first time, this time you will suffer hardship, right?" ”

"Oh, how can you drink secretly, I just said it casually, besides, no one drinks like you!" Caiyun patted him on the back.

"Ahem, the second sister is deceiving, this is so unpalatable, it's worse than a decoction!"

While they were talking, they picked it up and ate it in one gulp. The posture and momentum are quite fierce, but ......

Mu Lang kept watching them talk, and he had almost eaten, looking at He An's wine glass sitting next to him, very curious.

The wood fragrance is staggering, is the amount of alcohol that the two sisters drink really genetic?

Helian Sheng smiled: "It seems that your Caiyun is the same as you, it is also a wine jar, and the amount of wine is not shallow!" ”

Caiyun's little face was full of doubts, "It's okay, it's not as bitter as they say, it's not as sweet as they say, it's not too spicy, the hot pot you used to cook is much hotter than this, and it doesn't feel special." ”

"What's going on? Do you feel something? Mu Xiang asked with a faint smile.

With the encouragement of her sister, Caiyun had the courage to come back, took a small sip with the wine glass, and sighed her mouth, feeling that it didn't taste good, so she took another sip.

Mu Xiang ate some wild celery, looked at Caiyun's thoughts, and said to her with a smile: "It's bitter or spicy, you have to taste it yourself, it's okay, drink it, there is a sister, I'm not afraid of getting drunk!" She felt that Helian Sheng was right, especially when she saw Caiyun's hesitation and dilemma. I felt even more that what he said was right. If you haven't tried it, how do you know!

Caiyun was originally full of confidence, but when he heard them again, he was a little shaken and not firm.

Da Fei sat closest to Caiyun, and smiled, "Little Caiyun, they are all nonsense, it is cold in winter, drinking alcohol can warm up your body, look at me, after drinking two glasses, is your face red?" What are you afraid of if you are spicy, just get used to it. ”

Mu Xiangxiu raised her eyebrows, is this talking about her?

Wu Qing said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, the wine is very spicy, very bitter, not delicious, you are a girl, don't learn to drink if you have nothing to do." ”

Caiyun looked up at him suspiciously, not sure if what he said was true or not.

He An saw Caiyun smelling wine, and deliberately tricked her, "Wine is a good thing, and it is sweet when you drink it, otherwise why are so many people addicted to alcohol and become drunkards!" ”

Drinking alcohol is not a good thing, so why do you have to try it? She still wants Caiyun to be a lady, but it's good, Caiyun learns from her, and she is about to become a woman.

Mu Xiang hated to chew the meat, and then glared at him angrily.

"You have to let her taste everything, and after tasting it, she will know whether it is bitter or sweet, spicy or spicy, right?"

Another piece of duck with no bones, only meat, and stuffed it into Mu Xiang's mouth, stopping her from trying to stop it.

Mu Xiang opened his mouth to refuse, but Helian Sheng took a step ahead of her, poured a little liquor, and gave it to Caiyun, "Taste it first, and then drink it, if you feel that the taste is wrong and you can't swallow it, you will spit it out." ”

Caiyun bit the duck leg, saw the eldest sister drinking happily, and came up curiously, "Sister, give me a little taste!" ”

Mu Xiang is still very confident in his own amount of alcohol, but he doesn't know if he was born with a good amount of alcohol, or if this body has inherited some genes. In short, her alcohol consumption is not ordinarily good.

"This wine can't drink me down."

Wu Qing glanced at the master, Helian Sheng smiled and beckoned, took the wine jug, and filled it for both of them, "Since it's the New Year, you should also drink more, these days are hard, don't get drunk, and you have to keep the New Year at night." ”

But the amount of Muxiang's wine, even Wu Qing was embarrassed, he drank half a glass of wine in one sip, put down the wine glass, wiped his mouth very heroically, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why did you pour half a glass?" Pour some more! ”

Wu Qing only poured half a glass of wine in the wooden cup, afraid that the master would be angry, how dare she pour more.

Besides, isn't it just a lively New Year?

Originally, after sending things, Yan Zhong was about to leave, but it was Mu Xiang who left him behind. The difference between respect and inferiority, the difference between master and servant, in her eyes, there is no difference.

As a person from the Xiangwang Mansion, being able to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the master is something they never dreamed of.

Wu Qing and Yan Zhong did not lag behind, and the two drank the wine in the cup one after another.

"Okay, have a drink!" Da Fei slapped the table and replied rudely. He ate and drank happily, and drank a glass of wine, and drank it with his neck tilted.

Except for Mu Lang and Caiyun, everyone else raised their glasses.

Mu Xiang saw him frowning and pondering, and interrupted: "Oh, don't think about it now, think about it when you have time, eat now, have you poured all the wine?" Let's have a drink! ”

I have to say that he is very interested in the round shaft she said, and the principle should be similar to the axle, and it seems that this is worth his study.

Helian Sheng looked at what she had drawn, touched his chin, and pondered carefully.

What she focuses on is the top, the table top that can be rotated, that can be rotated.

She didn't finish yet, "The top is a small round table top on a round axis, placed on a large round tabletop, which can be rotated, this is not difficult to do, right?" ”

"It's just a wooden panel, you can move it down at any time and put it aside, so it doesn't take up space, and it's very convenient to put it on when you use it?"

"The turntable is like this, you see......" Mu Xiang dipped his fingers in the wine and drew a figure in the corner of the large table, "At the bottom is also such a square wooden table, and there is a wooden round table top on the wooden table, just like the round table top in the private room of Fushou Building......"

In essence, they both have similar starting points, so there is no essential difference between them.

And Helian Sheng, since he found the sutures from her, is also very interested in her strange ideas.

She likes new things to study, and she naturally hopes that Helian Sheng will be interested, otherwise one day, he will be impatient.

Mu Xiang smelled the oil smoke all afternoon, but he was not hungry, so he talked to him with great interest.

So, they didn't notice when they spoke.

Wu Qing was pouring wine there, and He An helped him take the wine glass. Da Fei had already started eating, so did Caiyun and Mu Lang, Yan Zhong sat still, but his eyes were staring at the dishes on the table.

Helian Sheng's attention was always on her, and when he heard her muttering, he turned his head sideways and asked her, "What turntable?" ”

"Well, if only I could make a turntable, it would be very convenient to pick up vegetables," she muttered.

Not only that, Mu Xiang also found that it was very inconvenient to pick up the dishes, and if he wanted to clip the dishes on the other side of the table, he either stood up, or he got off his seat and turned to the other side of the table to clip them.

That is, when there are many people, the table is small, and there are many dishes on the table on Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is no place for dishes and chopsticks.

Mu Xiang beckoned the big guy to sit down and eat, put the door shut, and lit candles in each room.

Da Fei's steps were fast, and in the blink of an eye, he saw him come in with a jar and a few wine glasses.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and there was warm love flowing in between. The people in the room who watched had goosebumps falling to the ground.

Mu Xiang was amused by him, so he replied to him as embarrassed, "During the New Year, you can drink it, but at other times, you are not allowed to drink it without permission!" ”

Helian Sheng suddenly turned his head to look at her, so he asked in embarrassment: "Lady, can you drink tonight?" ”

"Okay!" Da Fei responded loudly and ran out with great strides.

"Okay, things are on hold, hurry up and wash your hands and eat, Wu Qing, you go and bring a pot of wine."

Last time, she made kimchi, and the apples she got made Tang Mo feel distressed for a long time, and this time Tang Mo was afraid that he would bleed hemorrhage again.

Mu Xiang knew that it was not easy for ancient people to eat a fruit, especially in winter.

Yan Zhong hurriedly said: "My subordinates didn't go far, they searched in the town, most of them were from Fushoulou, and the pastries were freshly made, so it took some time." ”

Helian Sheng nodded and smiled: "I always have to show something." "He can't just watch and can't help anything, can he?

Mu Xiang was surprised, "Yan Zhong disappeared for so long, is it just to find these things?" ”

In addition, there are many pastries, all of which are packed in delicate snack boxes with beautiful patterns engraved on them, and when opened, the pastries inside are also very exquisite.

For they saw many fruits in their baggage, bright apples, purple grapes, and orange oranges.

After opening it, Caiyun and Mu Lang were pleasantly surprised.

Before eating Chinese New Year's Eve, Yan Zhong came back with a big burden.

Leeks are fried with mung bean sprouts, and leeks symbolize longevity.

Mu Xiang pondered that when the wild celery bloomed and set seeds the next year, she could keep the seeds, and in the fall, she could plant more celery.

Xuanwei is wild and the fragrance is very authentic.

She thought so, and she did. The wild celery was in her garden, taking root and sprouting new leaves.

Wild celery was found on the ridge of the field a few days ago, and then I thought, why not dig them back, and plant them in the vegetable garden after dividing the plants, and after fertilizing and watering, they must rise out.

A plate of cold coriander, a plate of cold preserved eggs, and stir-fried wild celery are also essential.

Of course, you can't just eat meat. I also have to burn a plate of cabbage and tofu to pray for peace and security in the coming year.

This kind of clay pot steaming vegetables is good and convenient, especially steaming some meat things, which can really melt in the mouth, and the taste is three points into the bone.

The rice noodle duck is also steamed, and the whole two large plates of rice noodle duck are steamed in a large pot and are crispy.

Because the meatballs are smaller, they cook faster, and with the technique of woody fragrance, the meatballs look attractive in color, and when you poke them open, the fragrance is even more attractive.

It is made of pure pork, ginger is added, and no other ingredients are put on the frying pan until it is fully cooked.

Among them, a whole plate of meatballs with a golden color is the most eye-catching.

When it was dark, the Mu family's Chinese New Year's Eve meal was ready.

Creation makes people, and everything is unpredictable.

At that time, how could he have thought of it. One day, I felt the taste of home for the first time in a small mountain village, thousands of miles away.

On Chinese New Year's Eve before that, he did not like the flattering royal banquet in the palace, and preferred to drink alone in the mansion and spend it in front of a round of cold night sky.

Beauty is beautiful, wealth is rich, but the only thing missing, the simplest, but also the easiest to get warmth.

There is a gorgeous capital, singing every night, drunk and dreaming of death.

Smelling the fragrance wafting from the kitchen, and then looking at the simple but very warm courtyard, he slowly raised his eyes, and the direction he was facing was due north.

He Liansheng stood under the eaves of the porch with his hands in his hands, listening to the sound of ping-pong and chopping vegetables in the kitchen.

The fragrance wafting from the kitchen of the wooden family spread far away.

She doesn't want to be perfunctory, she just wants to take it seriously and have a good year.

This is her first New Year in another world, what she couldn't do in her previous life, her unfulfilled wishes, and this life has finally fulfilled her wishes.

As for the meat balls, it is also essential to eat them during the New Year.

Simple recipes, simple seasonings, but can make a different taste.

Finally, put it in a large pot and steam it with rice, and it's done.

The amount of this fried rice noodle should not be too much, and it is advisable to wrap it with duck meat.

The duck has been stamped into pieces, first add soy sauce, vinegar, salt, ginger, mix well, marinate for a while, and then wrap it in fried rice noodles.

Chilled fried rice, then ground with a small stone, slowly grind into fried rice noodles, and then you can use it to cook.

He now wishes that Mu Xiang would hurry up to cook, what he needs, or what he wants to do, just order him, just hope that the Chinese New Year's Eve meal will be done soon.

Da Fei originally still had a reluctant expression of the boss, but as soon as he heard that he was eating meat balls at night, his reluctance immediately turned into a wish, or a great wish, and patted his chest, "Leave it to me!" Isn't it just stomping on the stuffing, it's nothing, I'll sharpen the knife for you when I go back, so that you can use it well. ”

Da Fei was hanging the pork to the old house, and Mu Xiang said to him: "You will help me stomp some pork stuffing later, I will wash the pork, you are responsible for stomping it into minced meat, get more, and you have to make meat balls at night." ”

He also instructed He An to go to the vegetable garden to dig some coriander, green garlic, and green onions. I will make dumplings later, and I have to make dumplings on the morning of the first day of the new year.

Mu Xiang filled the fried rice in a sieve and placed it at the kitchen door to dry.

Caiyun nodded, turned around and went to brush the pot with a water scoop.

Mu Xiang stir-fried quickly, watching the rice in the small pot gradually turn golden brown, and it was ready to be served, "Caiyun, you brush the pot, you will find some rice later, it's time to cook." ”

"It's fried rice, but it's not the way you said to eat it, wait and see!"

Fried rice is in the countryside, just like fried melon seeds, and can also be used as a snack.

Caiyun stood by the stove and watched her fry rice, "Isn't this fried rice?" The rice is fried and delicious! ”

Try to pour the rice into the small pot when the temperature is about the same. At this time, you have to copy it quickly, otherwise the rice will easily become mushy in the pot.

Heat up the small pot, and feel that the temperature is about the same, so you have to remove the fire, and only leave a little spark.

Mu Xiang rolled up her sleeves, tied her apron, and prepared to roast the duck. She asked Caiyun to scoop some rice without washing.

Washed ducks are also placed in the kitchen.

As for the pork, after Da Fei came back, he removed the half of the meat, a pile of ribs, and a pile of big bone sticks. The meat and pork belly in the back seat are also placed separately.

That big fish naturally has to be braised and burned out completely, but you can't eat it, you can only watch it, because there is more than it every year! It's a good picture.

It's not pretty, though. But if you eat well and eat well, that's it.

Therefore, when she cooks vegetables, she not only has to pay attention to the taste, but also in the portion, and it is best to cook enough food, preferably in a basin.

Cooking Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is a very heavy job, and in addition, there are many people at home this year, and several of them are big stomachs.

When she got home, she had to prepare dinner.

His ideas are simple, and so are his people.

Mu Lang didn't have any ideas, the outside world, for him, was just out of Yuhe Village and into the town, which was only so far away.

On the way home, I didn't slow down, and I kept thinking about my thoughts.

"Oh, that's fine," Caiyun looked a little dazed!

Mu Xiang looked at her incredulous appearance, and smiled gently, "Yes, it's a big boat, Helian has something very important, I also want to go to the capital to see, leave the two of you at home for a long time, I don't worry, then go together, please Damei and Wang Xi them, come over to help us look after the house, anyway, there are only a few chickens to feed at home, the things in the workshop, only the meat grinder is the most valuable, please Wang Xi come over to sleep at night, and we will pay him when we go back." ”

Beijing, for Caiyun, is just a noun. That place was too far away from her, and too mysterious. There were emperors, princesses, and many gorgeous and beautiful houses.

Caiyun was a little confused, "That...... Well, are we really going? Do you want to go on a big boat? ”

Mu Xiang smiled: "Not only me, but also you and Mu Lang, let's take the waterway and go to the capital, at most in a month, at least half a month and back." ”

Caiyun stood up suddenly, "Sister, are you going to the capital?" ”

Mu Xiang stood on the edge of the slope and looked due north, "What you said may be right, it seems that it is necessary for me to go to the capital." ”

"Due north is the direction to go to the capital, or your mother's wish when she was alive was to go to the capital to see, so she erected the wooden monument there," Helian Sheng guessed. Since it is speculation, there is not much basis, just to comfort them.

It's just that this north, due north, where is it?

Otherwise, it would be impossible for none of their Mu family to have no one come forward.

Mu Xiang thought to herself, it seems that the matter of their mother is very mysterious!

"No," Caiyun shook her head gloomily, "When I was very young, I didn't hear my mother say to go to the grave, and I didn't know what a grave was until my mother died, and I didn't know that my father was like that, and I never asked again." ”

"Caiyun, where is the grave of my grandparents? Not here? ”

Mu Xiang also saw that something was wrong, she remembered, since she woke up, she didn't seem to have heard Caiyun or anyone say anything about me, Mu Ying's maiden family, the original Mu family seemed to have disappeared, and there was not even a trace left.

The graves in the village, because they are buried in the village, so the direction of the grave is basically the direction of the village, only Mu Ying's grave is facing the deep ditch next to it, which is also the north, impartial, and due north.

Helian Sheng also looked over, and at a glance he found out what Mu Lang meant differently, "The direction is wrong!" ”

"What's different?" Caiyun was still immersed in sadness, and this was asked by Mu Xiang.

Suddenly, Mu Lang, who was playing, exclaimed as if he had discovered something new: "Eldest sister, look, my mother's grave is different from theirs!" ”

Mu Mu's grave is located on the edge of the cemetery, next to a ravine more than ten feet deep. The water in this small ditch is also going to converge into the Yudai River.

When they were facing the wooden monument, Mu Lang was playing next to them.

Helian Sheng looked at the wooden tablet, nodded, and only said, "Please rest assured, I will take good care of the three of them." ”

Caiyun also squatted down to burn paper together, and chanted at the wooden tablet, "Mother, the eldest sister may be doing it now, our family's life is better, and now we don't have to worry about food and clothing, the eldest sister also said, send me and Mu Lang to the school tomorrow, and also, this is my brother-in-law, have you seen it?" ”

What is more important than the safety and happiness of children.

She thought, the Mu family's mother who is far away in the sky, what she wants to hear and see the most, that's it!

There are some things that she can't say in front of the three of them, so she can only say to the deceased Mu Ying in her heart: "I should also call you a mother, and the matter of occupying your eldest daughter's body is not out of my will, but don't worry, since I occupy her body, I will definitely take good care of Mu Lang and Caiyun, so that they can live a worry-free life and live a peaceful and stable life." ”

Mu Xiang squatted down, took out the yellow paper and the dark coin, and lit it in front of the grave.

Only Caiyun bit her lip and stared at the tombstone, tears rolling in her eyes.

Mu Xiang's expression was faint when he heard his words. Mu Lang too, in his eyes, the grave bag is just a grave bag. Although he also knew that his mother was buried inside, he was not impressed!

There are only four words 'deceased wife Mu Ying', so you can imagine how Li Dashan views her. No matter what, I also gave birth to children for him, raised a few children, and did not care what to do when people died.

He Liansheng looked at the simple tombstone and frowned slightly, "After I go back, let Wu Qing re-engrave a tablet and write it with a different name, you can't just have a name, build a tomb, and circle this place." ”

Except for the name of 'deceased wife Mu Ying', there are only eight characters of birth, and there are no other words.

Until this meeting, Mu Xiang didn't know that their mother's name was Mu Ying.

Mu Xiang walked over and saw that the tomb was very simple, there was no stone tablet, only a woodcut tablet with their mother's name written on it.

Caiyun found their mother's grave in a grave bag.

Dozens of bags of earth were buried, some of which were new graves, and the graves were clean and tidy.

Mu Xiang stopped arguing with him and looked up at the cemetery in the village.

"Sister, the cemetery has arrived," Caiyun suddenly shouted in front.

"I said it shouldn't be, it's not supposed to be, don't call in the future, you know?" When Helian Gongzi was domineering, he really had nothing to say.

"What's wrong with calling brother, he's older than me, shouldn't he be called brother?"

Helian Sheng raised his eyebrows, "He is afraid of what I will do, and he hasn't done anything wrong, unless he has something in his heart, you too, don't call other people's brothers." ”

After Mu Xiang walked a long way, he suddenly came to Helian Sheng and said to him with a smile: "You look at Brother Changshuo's appearance, it seems that he is very afraid of you." ”

"That's because you're cowardly," Da Mei didn't see it, she could see that Helian Sheng was kind to Mu Xiang.

Lin Changzhuan shook his head with a deep expression, "I don't know why, I just feel that he is different from us, not only his identity, but also the momentum on his body, anyway, it is different, seeing him, I can't help but feel a little scared." ”

When he left, Da Mei pulled his brother's sleeve and asked him, "Brother, why are you so afraid of Helian?" ”

When Lin Changxuan saw Helian Sheng, he seemed to be a little afraid of him, and he stood far away to talk to them, but he didn't dare to come closer.

On the way, I met Da Mei and Lin Changshuo who came back from the grave of the previous year, and several people greeted each other with a smile.

On the other side, there are three Mu Xiang sisters and brothers, plus one Helian Sheng. The four of them talked and laughed and went to the village cemetery.

"Alright," Su Xiu turned around angrily and left. What if she doesn't leave, her mother won't let her in.

"But look at your recent appearance, your temper is so big, it's a man who has to hide away when he sees it, okay, my mother has said enough, go back quickly, even if you don't help your mother-in-law cook, then you can also burn a fire for her, you will always do this job!"

"Xiu'er, men are the same, when he comes back, don't always be fierce to him, be gentle with him, be kind to him, coax him a little more when you go to the kang at night, didn't my mother tell you before, coax the man on the kang, it's easy to say anything!"

Chen Mei'e was angry, but the girl who got married and the water that was spilled out, she had no reason to take care of her daughter's family affairs now, so she could only turn around and persuade her.

"Mother, what's the use of talking about this now, he doesn't want to go back, what day is it, he doesn't want to come back when he is in town, he has to go to his brother to find it, what do you call it," Su Xiu stomped his feet angrily.

Speaking of these things, Chen Mei'e was furious. Seeing that Wang Xi, Lin Changshuan, and even a few mothers-in-law in the village have made a lot of money in Muxiang's processing workshop, but this Zhao Xiuwen is still like that.

"Xiu'er, my mother didn't think that after Zhao Xiuwen got married, she would take you to live in the town, and there must be a cook and maid waiting for you, who would have thought, his transfer was yellow, and he could only mix a small official position in the county government, I can't blame your mother for this, I want to blame Zhao Xiuwen for his lack of ability, ten years of cold windows, in the end, the silver they earn is not as much as Wang Xi and they earn more by working in the sausage workshop!"

After all, she was born by herself, Chen Mei'e heard her say this, and she guessed a rough idea, but she was not allowed to enter, she was not allowed to enter, she stood at the door and enlightened Su Xiu.

Su Xiu's one foot entered the yard, and when she heard that Chen Mei'e didn't even let her in, she suddenly became angry, and stood and yelled at her, "You said that I came back, I blamed you, I didn't teach me anything, my mother-in-law thought I couldn't even kill fish, and I was counted down by her because of my work all day long, you said, you said I was going to live this day!" ”

Seeing that Su Xiu was about to enter the house, he quickly stopped her, "If you don't help your mother-in-law cook, what are you doing when you come back?" Don't come in, you can't go back to your parents' house today, it's unlucky, you can only come back in the second year of junior high school! ”

"Huh? What did she come back to do? Chen Mei'e walked out with a basket of vegetables in her hand.

Chen Mei'e was also busy in the kitchen, so she heard Li Yuanbao pointing to the gate and said to her: "Mother, the eldest sister is back!" ”

Su Xiu covered her ears, lowered her head, and ran to the door of Li's house regardless of the strange eyes of the people in the village.

Behind her, Mrs. Zhao was still muttering, just like the old nun's mother chanting, which was annoying.

Su Xiu was also a little angry, and stood up and went out without even washing his hands.

"Stop, this can't be stomped," Mrs. Zhao screamed and rushed out, snatched the kitchen knife from her hand, and opened her mouth to scold, "Are you wrong, or what's wrong, can this fishtail be stomped on?" Chinese New Year's Eve rice and grilled fish, that has to have a head and a tail, I don't even know this, I really don't know, what your mother teaches you all day! ”

But when she stretched out her head, Su Xiu scraped the fish scales, and even the fish meat had to be scraped together, and she raised her knife and was about to stomp the fish's tail.

Mrs. Zhao was not at ease after all, and when she was working in the kitchen, she ran out from time to time to take a look at the fish she ate at night! You can't break it.

The maid's life has to be raised by the young lady, and Chen Mei'e is simply harming her by doing this.

This job is nothing to Mu Xiang and Caiyun, but for Su Xiu, it is difficult.

The scales have to be scraped backwards, from the bottom to the top.

Looking at the huge fish, Su Xiu held the knife, bit it secretly, and began to scrape the scales.

What she didn't know was that Mrs. Zhao didn't knock the fish to death, but knocked the fish unconscious.

Su Xiu was stunned for a moment, so it was done?

After knocking the fish, she didn't squeak, threw the knife to Su Xiu again, and turned around and went into the kitchen.

Mrs. Zhao angrily threw the iron spoon in her hand and stamped her feet out. snatched the kitchen knife, pointed it at the fish's head, and slapped it twice, and the fish immediately stopped moving.

"Ah, this fish is so strong, mother, mother, come on, I can't catch it alone!"

But this fish is alive, lying on the ground, it will still be bouncing.

Su Xiu wanted to reach out and catch the fish, but the fish was very slippery, and she worked hard for a long time, learning from her mother's previous way of catching fish, and got a body of water, so she finally caught the fish out.

Those rough jobs, which turn can she do. Since he was going to marry a big family, he couldn't always do rough work, but he had to be like the ladies in the city, only embroidering and threading all day long.

Because in Chen Mei'e's opinion, her daughter is going to marry a big family, and there will be girls waiting for her at home or when she goes out in the future.

In the past, when she was at her mother's house, her mother did all these jobs.

"Where did such a fat fish come from, and how do you scrape the scales?"

She endured the hard work, but Su Xiu didn't seem to be excited enough. Against the fish, I began to pick and choose.

When Mrs. Zhao heard her complaining tone, her whole person was not good, and she was on the verge of anger. If it weren't for the fact that it was the New Year and she couldn't quarrel, she would have gone to smack her twice in the morning.

"I'm coming, I'm not here!" Su Xiu was sad, and her temper came up, so she reluctantly went into the kitchen and got a kitchen knife.

"Why are you standing stupidly, don't hurry up, quickly grab a kitchen knife, first scrape the horse fish scales and then cut the stomach!" Zhao couldn't help yelling at her. She's busy here, but her daughter-in-law here is good, standing with her sleeves folded and watching, you say it's not annoying.

The original fire has not gone down, and a new fire has come up.

I accidentally saw Su Xiu holding her hands and standing there, just staring at the fish, motionless.

Scoop out the soup from the pot, put it in the basin, and prepare the noodles to be put in as oil tomorrow morning.

Mrs. Zhao cooked the preserved goods, a piece of salted meat, half a salted chicken, and a salted pig's face.

In the morning the pond was frozen, and the old thick layer. When my hand reached into the water, it was red and painful from the cold.

What kind of weather is this?

Seeing the big carp jumping in the big wooden basin at the door of the kitchen, she didn't want to do it for a long time.

Su Xiu heard that Zhao Xiu had gone to the door, and washed his face in the house before coming out.

If you want to say that his eldest brother is really, he won't come back for the New Year, he is in the town, and he can hide for a while, is it possible that he can still hide for a lifetime?

Zhao Xiujie went to look for steamed buns in frustration, but it was still the same sentence, it was better than nothing.

"There are no buns, there are still two cold steamed buns in the kitchen, you bring them, come back early, and wait for your Chinese New Year's Eve dinner," Zhao sighed and said.

"Uh, it's nothing, I'm going to borrow a donkey cart, and I can't eat lunch anymore, do you have buns?" He didn't dare to mention the Mu family in front of Su Xiu and his wife. It is better to have no horses and donkeys than to run on two legs.

"What do you say? What horse? ”

"There are still horses in the village, borrow a horse, how fast," Zhao Xiujie muttered quietly.

Mrs. Zhao turned around and saw Zhao Xiujie looking like he was watching a good show, and he didn't come anywhere, "Why don't you hurry up and get your brother back, it's too late to go to the town now, or you go to Lin Fugui's house to borrow his donkey and drive the donkey cart to go, anyway, no matter what, you have to get your brother back for me, and if you don't go home for the New Year, what will it look like." ”

Mrs. Zhao had a gloomy face and counted her down, "I'm really going to be angry with you, go out well, you can also wrestle, and you fall so hard, don't you look at the road when you walk?" Alright, don't stay in the house, there's a lot of work in the kitchen, come out and clean up the fish for me. ”

Su Xiu's crying stopped abruptly, "I just fell and hurt, and I couldn't hold back for a while." ”

Mrs. Zhao also heard it, and ran over and knocked on the window, "I said I fell again just now, and now I'm crying again, Su Xiu, Su Xiu, I think you are deliberate, and you want to curse our family for not having a good time next year, right?" ”

It happened that Mrs. Zhao came over with a dustpan, Zhao Xiujie pointed to Su Xiu's window and said to his mother: "Why are you crying again, we won't be New Year's Eve today?" ”

Zhao Xiujie came out of another room, and as soon as he walked under the eaves of the porch, he heard a faint red cry coming from his sister-in-law's house.

Since I want to marry so much, I regret it now. She thought it was a little baby playing at home, she could leave if she wanted to, and she wouldn't do it if she wanted to?

When the Zhao family was rumored to be retiring, she also ran to the door of someone's house to hang herself!

She hated so many people, but she never thought that today's qiē was all chosen by herself, and no one forced her.

Su Xiu lay on the kang and cried sadly.

Thinking of these, and thinking of Helian Sheng's treatment of Muxiang today, meticulous care, the two holding hands, intimate appearance.

Su Xiu didn't have much silver to marry, except for a few pieces of jewelry, almost all of them were taken by him.

And that's not all. He never took a cent of the money he earned back home, but on the contrary, he turned back to her and asked for money. First it was a few dozen dollars, then a few dollars, and then a few taels.

Zhao Xiuwen went home for fewer and fewer days, and every time he came back, Su Xiu could smell the thick fragrance of fat powder on his body.

That night, they slept separately. This point has become a matter of course.

How could Zhao Xiuwen tell her who the master of Champa was. He just pounced, snatched the champa and hid it in his arms.

She took out a champa and questioned Zhao Xiuwen, crying and questioning him.

At night, the door was closed.

It was not an ordinary champa, and it was not embroidered with mandarin ducks, but a beautiful peony flower, and the name was embroidered on the corner of the champa, which in her opinion was a very rustic and vulgar name, called Chunxiang.

She knew that Zhao Xiuwen had changed her mind, and she found out on the third day after they got married. Because there was a piece of champa hidden in the cabinet where Zhao Xiuwen put his clothes.

Looking at the empty and deserted room, Su Xiu's eyes were full of resentment.

Su Xiu clutched her chest and walked into her and Zhao Xiuwen's new house step by step.

Why was she blind at the beginning, and she made this family affair with Chen Mei'e, but after getting it, she couldn't get rid of it if she wanted to.

Thinking of these bad things, Mrs. Zhao sighed.

A woman who can't do housework and housework, and her husband can't stand it, what use can she have?

What's more, I don't know what's wrong with these little couples, three days of big noise, two days of a small fry. Zhao Xiuwen didn't want to go home.

The needlework is okay, and the new clothes they wear at home during the New Year are all made by Su Xiu. But this needlework is good, and it can't be eaten, so the peasant woman has to go around the stove and turn around the kang.

When you go into the kitchen, you will only burn a fire and stir-fry a dish, which is either light or salty. Roll out the dough to make steamed buns, even the dough is not good, and the steamed buns made are either sour, or there is no taste and sticky teeth.

This daughter-in-law is married, she doesn't say anything, she doesn't know anything.

Mrs. Zhao was really angry when she looked like she was going to die.

"Go, go, go for the New Year, don't look like that, just lie down and get up for me, I'll let Xiujie go to your father-in-law, and you will come in and help me cook later!"

Su Xiu wanted to scold her back, but she really didn't have the strength, so she had to make up a lie for her, "I went out and fell just now, and my chest hurt very much, mother, you are busy first, I'll go to the house to lie down, and when I get relieved, I'll go to Xiuwen again." ”

She doesn't care about any contradictions between their young couple, she only knows that the New Year is over, the family has to be reunited, and the two sons have to come back.

Mrs. Zhao heard movement in the courtyard, probed out to look, and saw her sitting there, regardless of whether she was in pain or not, she opened her mouth and scolded, "Su Xiu, why did you come back so soon, I asked you to find Xiuwen, what about the person you were looking for?" During the Chinese New Year, your husband is not here, can you still sit? ”

Helian Sheng's palm was too heavy, she only felt as if her internal organs were about to explode, the fire was burning, and her blood was rolling.

After entering the door, Su Xiu thanked the villagers, supported the wall, walked to the courtyard, sat on the small bench, and gasped weakly.