Li Xiaoran was full and in better spirits, leaning on Fu's arms to watch her brothers try their best to play treasure and make her laugh.

Li Xuesi grimaced in front of her for a while, and then went to get peanuts for her to eat, and she was very busy. Li Xiaoran looked at it with a smile and felt that these little radish heads were quite interesting.

She had a fever, her body was too weak, and she was drowsy after a while. Fu Shi hurriedly laid her down, let her lie down, patted her gently, and hummed a lullaby in his mouth. Li Xuesi also ran to her side and lay down side by side with her, staring at her without blinking.

When Li Xiaoran fell asleep, Fu Shi tucked the quilt for her again, and told her sons to take good care of her sister and not to disturb her, so she quietly went out to help prepare lunch.

Tian and Zhang were busy in the kitchen, and Qian was doing it. Zhang's leftover fried black and cabbage, fried mutton and shredded radish and stewed sauerkraut from last night were poured into the pot and heated, which is called a hodgepodge. This way of eating is a common thing in the villager's house, each dish is not much, mixed together with a heat, delicious and not wasted, the vegetable soup is full of oil and water, used to dip in dry food to eat, very attractive.

Although the fish and meat that should be there on Chinese New Year's Eve are prepared, some dishes are not allowed to be touched by the family, such as sauce elbows and buttoned meat, which are to be eaten for a year, and must be kept until the third day of the junior high school, when the eldest daughter Li Yufen's family returns to her mother's house for guests. Chinese New Year's Eve pork belly stewed sauerkraut, chicken stewed mushroom vermicelli can be eaten enough.

Tian was preparing to stew sauerkraut with button meat on Chinese New Year's Eve, which was originally intended to be eaten when the eldest daughter returned, but Li Xiaoran's words just now made Tian sad to hear and felt sorry for the second son's family, so he took it out at noon and prepared to let the children eat a full meal of meat.

Fu Shi came in, took the basket with dry food with great discernment, went to the warehouse to get bean buns, steamed buns, etc., and waited for Tian to add soup after stir-frying, put a pot curtain on it, put the dry food on it, and cover a pot lid. Tian took the time to ask, "Is Ran'er asleep?" ”

"yes, I just fell asleep." Fu Shi added a fire to the stove, picked up the potatoes, took a knife and beat the skin, her movements were very fast, she finished cutting one in a few strokes, and then put it in the water. There are many people in the family, and a small pot has been cut to the point. "Mother, how can you eat these potatoes?"

Tian thought for a while and said: "Soak it in water first, if Tian Langzhong comes after a while, you have to keep people for a meal, this New Year's will toss people over, how can you let people go back like that." Then the conductor said: "Isn't there still a piece of pork belly, let's make braised pork and stew potatoes in the evening, just to entertain guests, and also give the children some oil and water, this year is too harsh for the children, so I look forward to this year." ”

Zhang's guard the hodgepodge pot, watched Tian take out a piece of pork belly weighing a pound, rolled his eyes and said: "Mother, Xianggong is studying very hard, let him fry a shredded pork to make up for it!" ”

In the past, Zhang's family often asked to open a small stove with her father-in-law's study, but most of these foods fell on her and her children's stomachs, because Li Yiyuan felt that he couldn't stand the old father, mother and second brother's family, where would he be willing to eat Xiaozao again. He didn't eat it, and Zhang's wouldn't return it, so he shared it with the children.

If it was usual, Tian would definitely agree without saying a word, but just after this incident today, Li Xiaoran's words made her heartbroken, so she said angrily: "This is a big New Year, and it's not enough to make up for it?" Your father and I are eating eyes, and I am tired and tired and I haven't opened a small stove to make up for it, and you are not afraid of the boss making up for it. This meat is reserved for entertaining Tian Langzhong in the evening, do you also care? ”

After speaking, he instructed Fu Shi, "Ran'er should not eat oily ones, take one, no, two eggs, and give her a steamed bowl of egg custard." Look at that little face, pitiful, not even bloody. ”

Zhang's stubble was not good when he heard this, and he didn't dare to speak, and when Tian entered the main room, he looked at Fu and said sourly: "Our mother just feels sorry for Ran'er, according to the words, it's not that there is no granddaughter, my sweet, Qiao'er, which is not more obedient and capable than Ran'er, why can't you get into our mother's eyes?" ”

Fu Shi was angry in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to her, just went to the basket to get the eggs, broke them up, added salt, and put a drop of oil into the pot to steam.

Zhang's eyes rolled, and he sighed deliberately, looked at Qian and said: "Pity the two of us who study until midnight every day, just to glorify our ancestors for the old Li family, but now, even a girl is not as good, and even an egg is reluctant to eat." "She doesn't talk to her daughter, and she dares not to talk to her husband? You must know that the whole family is pointing to Li Yijiang to raise people, be admitted to the Jinshi, and be an official and glorious lintel.

Since Li Yijiang won Xiucai, the Zhang family has regarded herself as a talented lady, and she opened her mouth to call me Xianggong, as if she could be superior to others by calling Xianggong, as if she was different from those women in the village.

If she had said this before, Fu Shi would definitely have eaten half of it, but today Fu Shi was so angry that he gritted his teeth and didn't hear it.

I thought about what my daughter said - "thin". A few of his children are usually rarely oily, but if there is a little bit of food, they must first be able to read, and then Li Laoshi, the head of the family, when it is their turn to be husband and wife, there is often the bottom of the plate left, so Zhang is not satisfied, and the words are out, the money given to Li Yiyuan is less, and he can't eat oil and water in the town, so Li Yihe hunted rabbits, pheasants, etc., except for the money exchange, the rest were taken to the town.

Qian secretly disdained when he heard this, this sister-in-law is really dissatisfied, look at the food and clothing in this house, which is not close to the old family, just such an egg has to fight. It's just that she is a new daughter-in-law, of course she won't offend the talented lady by saying this, but she is not worth it for the second family in her heart.

Fu didn't say anything, and Qian's new daughter-in-law who had just entered the door wouldn't take the initiative to talk, and the atmosphere in the room was a little stiff for a while.

Seeing that Fu Shi was not as usual, Zhang took the initiative to divide the food, and muttered angrily, "It's really something that can't be put on the table, but it's just a little custard, what kind of good thing is it." ”

Fu Shi was angry in his heart, and he said to her at the moment: "We are ordinary Zhuang households, it is not easy to eat egg custard, which is like a sister-in-law is a talented lady, I have never seen anything delicious." ”

After she finished speaking, she returned to the room with the custard, leaving Zhang angrily stamping her feet behind.

It was almost dark, Li Yihe was carrying a forty-year-old Lang Zhong in one hand, carrying a medicine box in the other, and came back from the deep snow shell with one foot and one foot shallow, this cold day, he actually walked with sweat on his forehead, and shouted loudly when he entered the yard: "Dad, mother, Tian Langzhong is here." After shouting, he walked to the door of the main room, pushed open the door and gently put the person down.

Li Laoshi and Tian hurriedly greeted him, there was no doctor in the village, and anyone who was sick or something went to Erdaogangzi to invite Tian Langzhong. There is a doctor in the town, surnamed Gu, but this doctor only sits in the countryside and does not go to the countryside, and he only goes to large households.

"Doctor Tian, I'm really bothering you, this New Year's Day still tosses you over." Li honestly rubbed his hands and let people into the house, "Hurry up and go into the house to warm up." Second daughter-in-law, boil some hot water. ”

Tian Langzhong arched his hand, "It's okay." Brother is happy for the New Year! It's all your own family, so you're welcome, let's take a look at the patient first. He looked at Tian again and smiled: "The old sister is so good for the New Year, and her body is still tough." "Tian Langzhong and Tian have the same surname, and they are called old sisters to show respect