Chapter 15 Guests
The ribs were stewed for about an hour, and the fragrance came out of the kitchen, and the black beans smelled in the yard and ran over, screaming greedily outside the kitchen, wanting to go inside, but Lin Zhu didn't let it in, and it was too small to eat meat, Lin Zhu planned to give it hot bone broth again and make some rice to eat.
At this time, the village chief Lin Changqing and Aunt Li came over with Lin Youqing, Lin Zhu asked Ruyu to open the door, she fried the rest of the vegetables, and she could start the meal.
Lin Changqing and Aunt Li went to the table in the hall and sat down, and Youqing helped Lin Zhu and Ruyu bring the food to the table. There are two big bowls of stewed pork ribs, a bowl is placed in front of Lin Changqing and Aunt Li, and a bowl is also placed in front of the three children, the pork ribs are ruddy and oily, fragrant, neatly placed slices of pork heart and pork liver, golden omelette, and turquoise fried cabbage, and a big bowl of hot bone broth, Lin Zhu cut some fine shallots and put them in it, and the milky white soup is floating with green green onions, which is very attractive.
Even Aunt Li, who tasted Lin Zhu's craftsmanship yesterday, didn't expect that Lin Zhu would be able to make such a sumptuous meal today. And the color, flavor, and flavor are complete, even compared to the food in the town's restaurant. Lin Changqing was surprised when he looked at this, although he and Steward Lin only had a meal here, but the Wang family didn't seem to have such a skill. If the meal in front of her was really made by Lin Zhu, where did she learn it? Didn't she say that she grew up here and never went out? Lin Changqing is now more and more suspicious that the bad words about Lin Zhu that Manager Lin said should not be true. Because Lin Zhu seems to be a small person, he always thinks very well about dealing with people, and he does not rely on any performance, and he knows how to reciprocate when he accepts help from others. Judging from Lin Zhu's performance after they left, it was like two people in the mouth of Steward Lin. Lin Changqing didn't expect that the Lin Zhu he saw now had changed to a different person, and the Lin Xiuzhu in the mouth of the Lin steward had long since disappeared.
After Lin Zhu served the rice, he beckoned the family to start the meal. "I didn't expect your craftsmanship to be so good." After tasting a piece of pork ribs, Village Chief Lin said, "It's better than the food in the town's restaurant." "Yes, we used to think that there was no meat on these ribs, and no one wanted to buy them, but who knew that Lu Dao Xiaozhu was very fragrant." Aunt Li is also full of praise for this. Youqing and Ruyu, who were also satisfied, nodded their heads incredibly. Hearing that they recognized their craftsmanship so much, Lin Zhu was also very happy, "It's just that there is no wine, which is a bit of a fly in the ointment." ”
"yes, the one you cut the plate, it would be better if there was wine." Lin Changqing usually drinks some wine, and has such a good appetizer, but there is no wine, which makes him feel as if he has something shortcoming. "Xiaozhu, where is there any wine here, you can be content." Aunt Li looked at Lin Changqing's greedy appearance and was very funny, although her family's conditions were good in the village, but it was not to the point where there was wine and meat every day. "I'll get you ready next time." Lin Zhu felt that Lin Changqing, who wanted to drink, was much more approachable, not as serious as when he was at home.
"No, your Uncle Lin is just talking about it, it's so delicious, it's okay." Aunt Li didn't want Lin Zhu to break the bank again, she knew that she bought such a thing on the day of the market, Lin Zhu didn't keep it all, and invited their family to eat, this kid's heart is too real. It's just that no one expected the day of inviting wine to come so quickly, but the wine is not Lin Zhu's.
Ruyu ate a mouth full of oil, and also listened to Lin Zhu's suggestion to gnaw on the ribs with her hands, which was much more fragrant than eating with chopsticks. Compared with her, Lin Youqing is much more gentle, taking small bites, but the speed is obviously a lot faster.
Lunch ended happily, and unsurprisingly, Ruyu ate again, and the other four watched with a smile as she kept walking around the house to eat. Lin Zhu poured her a glass of water, "Don't eat so much next time, it's delicious and the same next time, it's so uncomfortable to eat like this." "People can't stop, who made you make it so delicious." Ruyu flattened her mouth and coquettishly slammed into Lin Zhu. At this time, the black beans who had eaten the bone soup and soaked in rice also came in to join in the fun, and looked around Ruyu with a lot of eyes. "I also want to say that Xiaozhu has no companion here alone, she is too lonely, so God sent her a companion." After Aunt Li learned the origin of the black beans, she was very happy for Lin Zhu.
"By the way, Xiaozhu has something to tell you." Lin Changqing, the village head, who was also very satisfied, remembered an incident that happened when he went to apply for household registration with Steward Lin, "Your name was originally Lin Xiuzhu, but now it has been changed to Lin Zhu." When Lin Zhu heard what he said, he realized that there was only one word between the original owner of the Dao and his own name, but fortunately it was changed to his current name, otherwise it would definitely make people suspicious, who could mistake his name. What a blessing.
After the meal, because Youqing and Ruyu said that they would go back after playing with her for a while, Village Chief Lin and Aunt Li left first. Seeing that her father and mother were gone, Ruyu said loudly that she was going to go yo-yo to eat, so she took Black Beans to the yard together. Youqing took the clothes he brought over to Lin Zhu, and took out four purses, all of which were spliced together with rags. "This is made of rags brought back yesterday, in addition to Xiaoyu's one, these four are also made." Lin Zhu took the purse, looked at it one by one, and found that Lin Youqing's craftsmanship was really good, so many seams were sewn very smoothly, and no threads were missed. The color matching is good, I really can't underestimate the girls of this era, only twelve years old, just do so well, I didn't understand anything at the age of twelve, every day is to go to school, eat, sleep and play. It's like they've been helping the family since they were young.
Lin Zhu put away the two and gave the remaining two to Lin Youqing, "Sister Youqing, didn't you say that you and the eldest lady would leave one for you, you can take these two." Seeing Lin Youqing happily put away the two purses, "There are still some cotton rags, Sister Youqing, can you help me see what you can do?" Lin Youqing followed Lin Zhu to see the rags that were picked up, some of them can also be made into purses, and the texture is also good, and some coarse cloths can't be made, according to Lin Zhu's original idea to make insoles or soles, so Lin Youqing carefully taught Lin Zhu the skills of making purses and insoles. One taught seriously, the other learned by heart, time passed quickly, and when they remembered Ruyu, they found that she and Black Bean'er were not in the yard, so they looked left and right, and saw Ruyu who was asleep on the bed in Lin Zhu's house, and Black Bean'er when she was sleeping in her nest.
The two looked at each other and smiled, Lin Zhu covered Ruyu with a quilt, and the two of them went out lightly, and the black beans who heard the voices of the two moved their ears, opened their eyes and looked at their master, and fell asleep again without saying a word.
"This little jade." Lin Youqing shook her head helplessly, and smiled embarrassedly at Lin Zhu, "It's okay, just let her sleep for a while." Lin Zhu didn't care, Ruyi was still young after all, and he ate a lot at noon, so it was normal to be sleepy. The two continued to make purses.
After another hour, Ruyu, who was lying on the bed, woke up, and the eyes that had just opened looked blankly at the place where she was lying, and found that it was not her own house, and she closed her eyes and thought for a while before she realized that she fell asleep at Lin Zhu's house, and just started to play in the yard with Black Bean, and saw her sister and Lin Zhu studying the purse, she felt very bored, and chased Black into Lin Zhu's room, saw the bed, and a wave of sleepiness hit, and she fell asleep there unconsciously.
Ruyu, who had just woken up, rubbed her eyes and went out of the room to find her sister and Lin Zhu. "Yo, you're awake, little lazy cat." Lin Zhu couldn't help but joke like jade, and Lin Youqing also looked at her with a smile. Ruyu also woke up, Lin Youqing wanted to say goodbye and go home, Lin Zhu was afraid that it would not be good for Ruyu to go out to blow the wind as soon as she woke up, so he let them rest for a while, so he sent them away.
Lin Changqing, the village chief who returned home, sat with Aunt Li and also talked about the changes in Lin Zhu, "I think this Xiaozhu is quite capable, it seems that the Wang family has put a little effort into her." "What kind of effort is this, she must always be instructed to do this and that, my daughter's family should not be able to teach at all, Xiaozhu can't even take a needle and thread now." If she was really good to her, she should have taught these a long time ago, you see what she wears on her body, what is it on her head, what is wrong, Xiaozhu doesn't even have a decent dress on her body. Lin Changqing thought about it and felt that Aunt Li's words were right, the two Lin stewards he knew were dressed very well, and the Wang family was wearing silver jewelry that made Aunt Li often jealous, which had never been seen on Lin Zhu. It seems that I really can't believe Steward Lin's words. "That's it, but, I don't believe it's like this, Xiaozhu has nothing to do with them, let alone us."
Lin Youqing and Ruyu returned home, saw their father and mother sitting in the hall, and stepped forward to say hello, "Father, we are back." "Well, why did you come back?" Aunt Li looked at her two daughters, "Xiaoyu fell asleep there, and we won't come back until she wakes up." Youqing told Ruyu's troubles, "Sister, if you don't say it on the road, how can you tell it." "Ruyu didn't follow, on the way back, she repeatedly said good things to her sister, just to let her hide it from her father, don't let them know, who wants to tell her as soon as she gets home." Didn't Xiaoyu recognize the bed? I can't sleep at your grandmother's house, why did you fall asleep at Xiaozhu's house? "Ruyu has had a problem with recognizing beds since she was a child, and she can't sleep in other beds, Aunt Li is very curious about how she can fall asleep in Lin Zhu." I don't know what to do, after eating, I played with Black Beans for a while, saw Xiaozhu's bed, and fell asleep lying there. Ruyu was also wondering. Fortunately, Xiaozhu didn't care, she slept for an hour. also covered her with a quilt," Youqing told Aunt Li what she saw. Aunt Li touched Ruyu's hair, "I'll cover you with a new quilt, I must be sleeping very comfortably." "Well, Xiaozhu's quilt is soft and warm." Ruyu nodded her little head and agreed with Aunt Li's words very much.
At this time, Lin Youqing took out the two purses that Lin Zhu gave him, "Mother, this is what Xiaozhu asked me to take back, saying that it was for each of us." Aunt Li took the purse handed over by her daughter and looked at it, "Well, your craftsmanship has risen again, and you are doing well, she will take it if she gives it, it really doesn't cost much, but it is different when it is made, how can such a purse get ten cents." ”