Chapter 372: Offering Treasure (4,000 words)
Xiao Mao is not used to taking a shower bath, she went back to her room, and did not find a big wooden barrel for a long time, so she had to take her own towel and stand in the bathroom to scrub.
It's really just scrubbing, she turns on the switch and turns off the shower handle more than 20 times, turns off the towel after washing, and turns it on and off again when it is dirty.
In her concept, water is rare, and water has been provided upstairs, which shows how many pots Sister Lotus and Sister have to boil every day, and they can't waste it.
When she was lying on the wide double bed with the word "big" on her back, she sighed comfortably, and had to sigh that the girl's family conditions are good, not only in terms of eating and drinking, but also in the abundance of bedding. Also, it's good to eat two rice!
I don't know what Xiao Mao suddenly thought, but I heard her sigh: "Alas! ”
She said in pieces: "I only saw the thief eating meat, but I didn't see the thief being beaten." ”
Those honors that are praised have to be exchanged for their lives at critical moments.
Xiao Mao lay down for five minutes and straightened her waist, slowed down her spirits, shook off her half-wet short hair, opened her small cloth bag, turned out ginseng and clamped it on the waistband of her pants, and tiptoed out of the door.
First, he carefully pushed open the door of Summer's house, leaned at the door and looked at Summer's back as he fell asleep sideways, and then quietly closed the door and went downstairs.
"Big sister, you don't know, when they first came back, I almost didn't dare to recognize the summer girl when I saw it in the corridor. Not to mention the sallow face, the hair is messy, even the military uniform on the body is torn, and the hands are wrapped in white gauze, you are gauze. The back of your hand is full of bloodstains. My heart shook when I saw it. ”
Wang Hehua sat on the small bench and looked at the fire on the stove, which was the chicken soup boiled for Ye Boxuan.
Xiao Mao was sitting on another bench, boiling rock sugar sand for the summer.
"My brother-in-law was injured, and the two of them came back?"
"Well, there was a real shortage of manpower back then. One had just undergone surgery and was unconscious, and the other had just been diagnosed as pregnant, and her condition was not good. Even now I am taking medicine. ”
Xiao Mao, who had his back to Wang Lotus, made a pause in his hand.
"Sister Lotus. Just tell me about it. What is our sister's physical condition? My brother-in-law can really stand up in a few months, why not delay? ”
Wang Lotus was unconsciously tricked:
"Hmm. It is said that the recovery is very good, the bones are growing well, and then I can slowly resume training. As for the summer girl. Today, a doctor said that the fetus is stable. I'm drinking Chinese medicine to keep the fetus. The first few months have to be careful. In the summer, the girl is weak. I also heard her cry secretly at night...... Alas, I didn't ask, so I could only try to find a way to get her to eat more. ”
That's it. In the casual conversation with Wang Lotus, back and forth, in the summer sleeping time, Xiao Mao basically mastered everything he wanted to know.
She did not follow Wang Hehua's sad face of "reminiscing about the past", but looked forward to the "future" very realistically.
"Sister Lotus, I'm young, call me sister-in-law in the summer, but, it's just a matter of deciding that." Hehe, Xiao Mao's face was crimson.
Looking at Wang Hehua's clear and playful gaze, Xiao Mao forced his composure on his red face and continued: "So, I am not as good as your cooking skills, and I don't have much experience." But what's the matter, I have an obvious characteristic, that is, I am thick-skinned and big-hearted. ”
Wang Lotus hurriedly waved her hand, but pull it down quickly, this girl is careful, she speaks and does things well, she has a good personality, but it has nothing to do with thick skin.
Xiao Mao didn't dwell on this matter, after the prefix was finished, he said the key point:
"That's what I thought, in the future, we will be with my sister, and we will be more careful in our actions, heavy work, tiredness, and tired work are not allowed, but we can't remind her that she is pregnant all the time, and her face is full of words that she is very fragile. The more cautious we were, the more she felt that she couldn't eat anything. ”
Xiao Mao paused when he said this, after all, on the first day, he was afraid that Wang Lotus would think too much. She's here to help, not to mess things up. I hope Sister Lotus can understand what she means.
Wang Lotus was surprised: "But the doctor also said that you have to be careful." I drink medicine for the sake of my children. But these two days did say, saying that the summer girl went to the infirmary to report too diligently, and she just told her once a week, or something unusual.
You don't know, let alone summer, it's just that I am scared every time I go, for fear of hearing bad news.
I'm really scared, big sister, I'm really panicked, I'm afraid that there will be a case, you said that Aunt Song and Uncle Ye are not at home alone, and they are still lying in the hospital. ”
Wang Hehua, who never talks a lot and loves to talk a lot, caught Xiaomao today and opened the chatterbox, after returning from summer and Ye Boxuan, she was under great psychological pressure, running on both sides, busy on both sides, and worrying about both sides. I don't know what to do......
In the past, she only had to obey orders, but now although she also obeys orders in the summer, she is in a hurry to get on the fire, and secretly eats gunpowder several times.
Xiao Mao nodded very understandingly, and after boiling the rock sugar sand fruit, he began to make noodles, glanced at the chicken soup on the casserole next to him, and got down to business first: "The chicken soup is almost, right?" ”
Wang Lotus immediately opened the lid of the casserole and took a look: "Why does it smell weird?" Big sister, you put too much ginseng, right? ”
"Uh...... It should be fine. I'm going to cut, cut a little bit. Heart, psychological effects. After Xiao Mao finished speaking, he felt a little reckless, and added: "Sister Lotus saw the doctor today and asked, how much is food supplement?" Don't make up for it. ”
Xiao Mao approached and threw a few jujubes and more than 20 wolfberries into the casserole.
"Sister, do you want to put longan?"
"Throw it in."
"Haven't you ever heard of putting apples? What about apples? What does that smell like? ”
Xiao Mao scratched his head: "It's all campy and nutritious, let's put it, put it." I won't leave it for my sister today. All of them were sent to my brother-in-law. ”
Test the water and see if your brother-in-law reacts......
At the critical moment, the brother-in-law can be abandoned, and the younger sister is her own sister.
Wang Lotus nodded in agreement, and gave a high-sounding reason:
"I don't like to drink chicken soup in the summer."
The two of them were busy with the chicken soup. Just let it continue to simmer on a low heat, it should have picked up a topic, but the two of them skipped it as soon as they broke through.
"I don't like dumplings in summer. As soon as I mentioned the meat dumplings, she was about to vomit. What are you going to do with this life? ”
Xiao Mao's movements on his hands did not stop, and he did not delay in chatting: "If you don't like to eat dumplings, dumplings will eat chaos." There are vegetables, meat, and nutrition. Can't keep clinging to her. Try it, let's avoid taboos, don't ask, ask her, ask her anything, she shakes her head, just sit in front of her and eat. Slowly. She was brought up. ”
Wang Lotus thought about the way she deliberately looked for a pot to eat in the summer just now, and seemed to understand Xiao Mao's intentions, and nodded very honestly: "Then it can't be just like this, we have it." You wait for me to scoop you some more. ”
Xiao Mao pressed Wang Lotus, who was about to get up: "Sister Lotus." That's it. Will be Baba three large bowls. Let's, let's have a bowl for each person, you have to make her not think enough to eat, think panicked, and can't eat enough at once. ”
"Oops. Big sister. The Ye family is not our rural family, people don't divide according to the amount, there is never a shortage of food, what to do if you really don't eat enough in summer, how can there be a reason for her to look hungry. ”
"Even, balanced. She's hungry and doesn't have enough to eat, so I'll make her chicken cakes and other things. ”
"Okay. The leftovers from noon were hot and sent to the hospital. ”
"Well, I, I see that there is bitter endive, and I will mix a detoxification for him." Chicken soup is not very accurate, so make up for it with green leafy vegetables.
Poor Ye Boxuan didn't know that his dinner at night was two "bitter vegetables", and it was particularly bitter if he put too much ginseng, let alone bitter endive. And most importantly, his daughter-in-law is his "life-saving benefactor", adding an extra program to his dinner, otherwise he can't eat it.
Thanks to Ye Boxuan's strong and young physique, if he catches up with the weaker ones, he has to have nosebleeds, and he has to secretly wipe off his eyebrows, thinking that his daughter-in-law "groomes and dresses" him every day, and he is holding back......
Wang Lotus looked at the ghostly little Mao, and suddenly laughed with a snort, why did she think this girl was so happy.
Xiao Mao followed Wang Lotus's laughter and giggled together.
As soon as I went downstairs to the living room in the summer, I saw the heat in the kitchen and the lively voice that I hadn't seen for a long time.
I sniffed it again, what did it smell like?
Summer entered the kitchen and asked, "Sister-in-law, you haven't rested?" After saying that, he went to the casserole.
Xiao Mao said nonsense: "I've rested, I've just gotten up." ”
"Oh, Sister Lotus, you bring me a soup spoon, I'll taste it."
Xiao Mao held a rolling pin in his hand, was in a hurry, and waved: "I can't do it." Sister, sister, don't taste it for your brother-in-law. "I don't know the bottom of my heart.
Summer frowned: "Where did the ginseng come from?" When I turned around, I was startled, because Xiao Mao was holding a wild ginseng with a beard.
"Oh my God!" In the position of patting the heart in summer, gold is priceless! grabbed Xiao Mao's arm, carefully took the ginseng, his face changed, and when he turned around, he instructed Wang Hehua:
"Sister Lotus, you change that small casserole to a large casserole, add more water, and continue to boil. Also, the original one can't be poured at all. ”
"Sister-in-law, you come into the house with me."
In the summer, he directly dragged Song Yaping's house to Xiao Mao, who was blushing and blushing.
Xiao Mao thought that he was in trouble, and he didn't understand anything, so he was kind enough to do the wrong thing.
Sitting on the bed in the summer, I was very distressed, looking at the good ginseng beard a little less, I really felt a pity.
"Sister-in-law, where did you come from?" In summer, I carefully held the old mountain ginseng, lowered my head and carefully checked if there was anything missing.
Xiao Mao was like a child who made a mistake, and his two hands stirred the corners of his clothes: "I, my deceased father and mother left it to me." ”
Summer was stunned for a moment, sighed, and then turned his head to look at Xiao Mao: "Sister-in-law, do you know the value of this thing?" ”
"What, what's worth is also eaten with people, isn't it?"
Summer was suddenly speechless, and she pondered for a while before saying, "It may give you several homes in the near future." ”
"Otherwise. I, in my life, I have recognized you and your brother. After saying that, he covered his face. Oops, I haven't said this to Xia Qiu, so I confessed to my sister first.
Summer smiled at first, then grinned slowly. After coming back, she laughed out loud for the first time, and her heart was much more relaxed when she laughed, there was a gap, and she entered the sun.
Xiao Mao tugged at his short hair, and was a little hairy by the summer's laughter:
"Oh, you're almost, a little more. What is this for? Just, just one sentence, you can. ”
Summer wiped the tears from laughter:
"I mean, it allows you to buy a couple of houses. It won't take long for you to become much richer than usual. If it's all bearded and full-tailed, it's worth more.
Even if you sell it now, I can sell it for you at a good price in Kyoto. Let you eat, drink and live no worse than others, and have your own home. But it's not right now, it's better to wait a few years.
If I'm not mistaken, it's so big, at least a few decades, and 50 percent maybe a hundred years! We have to sneak to the master to inspect the goods. ”
Summer was full of sighs in her heart and mouth.
Xiao Mao listened to it in a daze, and after listening to it, he felt confident in his heart, Dongzi will have money to go to school in the future? Can she and Xia Qiu build a big brick house by themselves?
Xiao Mao took the ginseng from Summer's hand again, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and looked sideways at Summer and stopped.
Summer understands that it is so difficult to hear such news coldly, it is a mental shock. Human.
"Girl, I know it's valuable, I don't know, I know it's so valuable. Anyway, too, I pulled off my beard, and it's not all beards and tails anymore. What, if I cut off half of it, you sell it to me, and you will make up for the rest, the leftover, and the rest, do you see it, okay? ”
Xiao Mao's face turned even redder after speaking. What do you call this? I brought it, and I had to take half of it again. Oh, she didn't do it for herself, for her sister's mother's family, and her own family, so her sister shouldn't have much opinion on her, right?
In the summer, she grabbed Xiao Mao's hand and kept twisting the corner of her clothes, she was very moved, and the warmth of her heart made her eye sockets hot, it was a matter of ginseng, not a matter of ginseng.
Ginseng can be valued, but the love of my sister-in-law, she can say this at this moment, it is priceless. This is a "treasure" of the Xia family.
"Listen to me, sister-in-law. I'm too weak to make up for it. Ye Boxuan doesn't need it. This is the thought left to you by your uncle and aunt, don't sell it easily. ”
Xiao Mao interrupted anxiously: "Just, just make up for it." Don't force me, force me, I'll break two petals now. ”
Summer snatched the ginseng: "You believe me, I'll keep it for you." I'll break my beard and eat it when I need it. The rest of the trunk parts, I will help you sell them when the market is good. ”
Xiaomao still wants to convince people with virtue, so Xia hurriedly waved his hand to stop it: "Sister-in-law, don't let me be a pregnant woman in a hurry." One day, it could come in handy. ”
In the end, after discussing it, I listened to the summer, and before Xiaomao came out of the bedroom, he asked a question:
"Don't sell it now? Selling, selling, and having money to make your brother active when he is looking for a job. Our family can and can live a better life. "The eldest lady doesn't have to fall ill on the kang, and she is distressed and has no money.
Yo, Xiao Mao's image once again refreshed the height in the heart of summer.
What era is it? People are upright, and my sister-in-law can think of "human feelings" in the current era, and think of "gifts are easy to do". There is development. Much stronger than her.
But in the summer, I instantly felt sorry for the smiling girl in front of her, she had to see how many people were warm and cold, in order to have this "scheming".
Xia changed the way he spoke, no longer communicating with Xia Aiguo and them, but said to Xiao Mao straightforwardly: "It's not appropriate now." Sister-in-law, in a few years, our Xia family will not be worse than those rich families! Do you believe it? ”
Xiao Mao looked at Xia very seriously: "I, I really believe it!" (To be continued......)