Dong Xiaoman received news that there would be distinguished guests coming to the door today. She had already been prepared, changed into a light blue dress, and sat in the front hall waiting.

Mrs. Mei came to the door with her two daughters-in-law, and saw Dong Xiaoman standing at the door of the front hall with a smile and waiting. Seeing her, he was slightly blessed: "Old lady! ”

"Hehe, this lady is polite. I heard that your craftsmanship is good, so the old woman was greedy and brought her two children to taste it. Mrs. Mei didn't have a fight at all, and helped Dong Xiaoman with self-deprecation.

Dong Xiaoman said with a smile: "It must be Zhu'er who is bragging outside again, this kid always does something embarrassing." ”

The guests sat down, and four maids came in with snacks. Seeing the four plates of small snacks on the coffee table next to her, the fourth wife of the Mei family covered her mouth and smiled: "I heard that Mrs. Zhang started by making dim sum, why does this dim sum look so ordinary." ”

Dong Xiaoman thought to himself: Ordinary? This is a dim sum that will only be available in later generations, and it has to be seven or eight hundred years ahead of it at the earliest, if you have eaten it, unless you have also worn it.

Mrs. Mei smiled: "My daughter-in-law is an idle person and never goes into the kitchen. You say you've eaten? I've never seen a snack like this in my life, and it looks like a small bowl. Is this the yolk inside? ”

The old man was holding Dong Xiaoman's signature egg tart, which was sprinkled with a few raisins. Looking flattering, the old lady took a bite: "Well, this puff pastry is crispy." The filling is fragrant and smooth, hot and sweet. ”

After biting half of it, the daughter-in-law next to her persuaded: "Mother, you are old, you should not eat more of this sweet and greasy thing." ”

Mrs. Mei put down the tart and picked up another piece of cheesecake: "This cake is quite different, this is pumpkin filling?" It doesn't look like it, oops, it still feels so soft. ”

After putting it in her mouth and taking a bite, Mrs. Mei said three times in a row: "Not bad, not bad, really good!" He said to his little daughter-in-law: "You try this, hey, it's a little sweet and it's not particularly sweet." It's a little milky, and it's a little peachy. Dong Xiaoman said with a smile: "The old man is really amazing, I made it with yellow peaches." Are you still eating? ”

Mrs. Mei finished all the snacks before shaking her head and saying, "Oh, I've lived all my life in vain." There are so many cooks in the family, and they can't do half the level of your family. ”

Dong Xiaoman hurriedly said modestly: "These are all things that can't be elegant, but the younger generations can't take it seriously if they usually do things in a mess." ”

Dong Xiaoman, who knew that the Taoist, deliberately asked people to cut the dim sum into smaller pieces, which was also convenient to eat. As Mrs. Mei spoke, she saw a bowl with a white piece in it, and I don't know what it was.

"This is tofu?" Seeing that the old man didn't mean to taste it, the lady sitting next to her hurriedly picked it up. Scoop it with a spoon and put it in your mouth.

"How's it going? Old everybody's? "It seems that this is the eldest lady of the Mei family.

"It tastes pretty good, it's tits!" This is the double-skin milk that everyone is familiar with in later generations, and it can be found at any Baidu when Dong Xiaoman sold very well when he was in Rongcheng.

"Don't say it, your stuff is really good." Mrs. Mei looked Dong Xiaoman up and down carefully, and nodded secretly, thinking it was very good.

"It's just a means of making a living, I'm just a housewife. Except for circling around the pot, there is nothing to do. I can't help it, my family is in trouble, and I can only find a way to get by. Dong Xiaoman sighed, as if he had really returned to his former appearance.

Maybe it's getting older, and now I always remember how hard I used to be. The things of the past life are becoming more and more blurred, and sometimes it even feels like a dream.

"This person, forcing to have a way out. If anyone is not promising, they are not forced to do their part. The old man seemed to like to reminisce about the past, and the two daughters-in-law looked at each other and smiled.

It seems that the mother-in-law is going to talk about it at length again, reminiscing about the past.

"When the old man of our family was gone, I was only twenty-five when I was gone. The eldest was only nine years old at the time, and I had five children with a big belly. My mother-in-law has no conscience, hmph, I always say she has no conscience. Mrs. Mei pouted: "I gave birth to four sons, and when I gave birth to Xiaoliu, I was a girl." The old lady is going to give it away, and she has to strangle the three girls to death. I didn't do it, hmph, the meat that crawled out of my intestines, whether it was a man or a woman, followed me, I had to feed myself. ”

Mrs. Mei said again: "I went to the ground on the day I gave birth to Xiaoliu, and I have to cook for these children." The eldest was only nine years old that year, and he had to go around the pot. Heck, I go out to mow the grass during the day, and I wash the children's clothes at night by moonlight. At that time, I usually saved a few taels of silver to wear clothes for a few years. ”

"The old man is blessed at first glance, don't you see that he is doing very well now." Dong Xiaoman personally gave Mrs. Mei a cup of chrysanthemum tea.

"Yes, a few uncles still want to occupy our family's land. Hmph, can I do it? My four sons must not starve to death? My mother-in-law has to pass on my sons to a few brothers-in-law, and I will quit and divorce me," said Mrs. Mei, her eyes bursting with hatred.

"I took a torch and stood at the door of my mother-in-law's house and shouted: If anyone does not give me a way to live, and if I don't give my child a way to live, I will let him die a good death. Their third uncle still doesn't believe me, and they want to occupy my land. I rushed into their house and lit their firewood, and I asked the boss to hold their torturers. The two of us were standing next to the firewood stack, and his third uncle later promised me that I would definitely not occupy our land, so the eldest returned the torture. From then on, no one dared to bully our mothers. Hey, I also had a grudge against my in-laws, and I never had any more contact with him. Mrs. Mei sighed, as if she remembered something from the past that she did not want to recall.

It happened that Zhu'er came back, and when she entered the door, she asked Dong Xiaoman: "Mother, what are you going to do for Mrs. Mei?" ”

Dong Xiaoman said with a smile: "I heard that an old man came, and he didn't call someone to prepare the freshest fish early." I want to make my best steamed fish and let the elderly often. ”

As he spoke, he said to Mrs. Mei: "The old man is old, so he should eat more fish." The arms and legs and bones are loose, and eating more fish can supplement calcium. ”

Seeing that everyone didn't know what it meant to supplement calcium, Dong Xiaoman didn't explain, took a recipe full of dishes and retreated.

When he walked to the door, he said to Mrs. Mei: "If the old man feels bored, you can take a walk around our house." There is no one else in this house except the children. ”

When Zhu'er heard this, she immediately stepped forward and grabbed Mrs. Mei's arm: "Old lady, I'll take you to the back garden to have a look." ”

Who would have thought that Mrs. Mei seemed to be immersed in memories and couldn't get out, and muttered vigorously: "At that time, if I had been gentler and not so powerful, Xiaoliu's body bones would have been a little harder." ”

Mrs. Mei said: "Mother, you see that you always think about these things. It's all in the past, how good my sister-in-law is now. ”

Mrs. Mei said, "Where is it?" It hurts here today, it hurts there tomorrow. Lying in bed for most of the year, where is it? ”

When Zhu'er heard this, she immediately spoke: "Old Madam Mei, the weather today is particularly good. My sister has a lot of bamboo in her yard, maybe we can dig some bamboo shoots to eat. ”

Zhilu said that the child was coaxing himself, and Mrs. Mei was not good at losing her temper. Shun Zhu'er said: "That's what you said, the weather is very good, let's go shopping in the yard." ”

Walking along the way, he also said to Zhu'er: "As soon as I looked at your mother's eyes, I remembered me back then." Did you say your mother suffered a lot? Hey, in my life, I just told myself that I must not bully my daughter-in-law. said that she had become a daughter-in-law for many years, how could she be a mother-in-law and bully people. I heard you say that you are divorced, hmph, I don't want to listen to other people's gossip. Which woman is willing to do this, and it's not her in-laws who bully people? Let me tell you, your mother is doing the right thing, and your mother is not in charge, who do you expect to call the shots? ”

The two daughters-in-law walked behind, and the fourth lady said, "Sister-in-law, look at your mother-in-law." How can you tell people everywhere about the private affairs of the family, I am afraid that I don't know that we are from a small farmer. Really. ”

Mrs. Mei is different from the fourth lady, she is also from a poor family, and she is a miserable husband and wife with the eldest master. After making a fortune, Mrs. Mei stood in the way, and a woman from outside didn't come in.

gave her a lot of decency, such a mother-in-law is a rare good mother-in-law, and naturally she is unwilling to let others say that she is broken.

"Mother-in-law has good intentions, you listen to this. Besides, this is the truth, who doesn't know the Tao in the whole Qingzhou? Afraid of what? We were not a wealthy and noble scholarly family, and we must not forget this now. Hearing her sister-in-law teach herself, the fourth lady was quite unimpressed.

"But now we are a big family in Qingzhou, so we have to pay attention to it. You see, as soon as we go out, we walk, not even a sedan chair. Whose wife is like this? What's the difference with a shrew? We all know our identity, we don't even bring a family, one person and one girl, what use can we have. The fourth lady watched her mother-in-law walk farther and farther, her steps were fast, and she did not look old at all.

I am panting, I am already in my forties, where is the strength of those individuals?

"I only go out two or three times a month, so be patient. Mother hasn't shouted tired yet, what do we say? The eldest lady wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead with a handkerchief, gasping slightly.

"Their garden is less than half the size of ours, why are they so tired from walking?" The fourth lady was a little surprised, and the eldest lady smiled: "It's not because the sun is very hot now, you and I are hungry and have no strength." ”

I see, it's already noon, no wonder I have no strength. But seeing that Mrs. Mei turned a corner and disappeared, she should have gone to that courtyard, and it was not good to stand here and wait.

The fourth lady said with a displeased face: "I won't come out again in the future, let the third family accompany me." ”

The eldest lady shook her head and said to herself: "Then my mother must be willing to take her~"