Chapter 14: Treated as a Servant
It was late at night, but Zhang Xiaohua didn't feel sleepy.
Others would sleep well at night when they were tired from work, but she found that the more tired she was, the more excited her head became, and she couldn't sleep at all.
It wasn't until the second half of the night that Zhang Xiaohua fell asleep in a daze.
However, Zhang Xiaohua only felt as if she had just fallen asleep, and was woken up by a frantic knock on the door.
"Qiu Mo, what time is this, ask your daughter-in-law to get up and cook, do you want to eat?" Immediately afterwards, Hu Qiuxia's scolding voice came from outside the door.
Zhang Xiaohua was awakened. When she woke up, she found that Qiu Mo had gotten up and was sitting on the ground, covering her ears with both hands. And the quilt she gave Qiu Mo came back to her at some point.
"Qiu Mo, why did you get up so early?" Zhang Xiaohua pushed Qiu Mo's hand away and looked out the window, it was gray outside, and she couldn't see anything.
But Hu Qiuxia's voice outside became more and more harsh. "Zhang Xiaohua, hurry up and cook, otherwise you won't want to eat today."
Qiu Mo timidly looked in the direction outside the door, then looked at Zhang Xiaohua, and said, "Xiaohua, you fall asleep first, I'll go out to cook now." ”
"Qiu Mo, what do you mean, don't you understand what I mean? What are you doing when you marry a daughter-in-law and come back, there is a daughter-in-law who doesn't let her daughter-in-law cook, what kind of rice do you cook as a big man? If you're too idle, go work in the fields. Hu Qiuxia, who was outside the door, was immediately unhappy when she heard Qiu Mo's words.
The reason why she came over early today to ask Zhang Xiaohua to get up and cook rice was to prevent Zhang Xiaohua from using Qiu Mo to work for her.
She asked Qiu Mo to marry Zhang Xiaohua back, but she didn't let her come to eat rice. She must stand up well and let Zhang Xiaohua know her responsibilities and obligations in the Qiu family.
"Mother, Xiaohua was too tired from work yesterday, you just let her sleep more!" Qiu Mo didn't dare to open the door, and he prayed cautiously through the door.
"Tired? How much work do you have to do to get tired? Hurry up. Qiu Mo, if you dare to help her, you won't eat today. Hu Qiuxia dropped this sentence and left.
"Damn, the ancient mother-in-law is simply a vampire! It's so inhuman. Zhang Xiaohua got up from the bed and said angrily.
"Xiaohua, don't be angry with your mother, she just wants you to be a good daughter-in-law and will ask you to do this." Qiu Mo hurriedly said.
Qiu Mo's heart is towards Zhang Xiaohua, but Hu Qiuxia is his mother, he can't speak ill of her, and he doesn't want Zhang Xiaohua to hate Hu Qiuxia, otherwise it will make him very embarrassed.
"Do you really think she treats me as a daughter-in-law? I think she's treating me like a maid. Tell me to get up and cook before dawn, are you sick? Zhang Xiaohua said with an unhappy face.
Qiu Mo kept wanting to reach out and cover Zhang Xiaohua's mouth to prevent her from continuing, for fear that Hu Qiuxia would hear it. But he didn't dare to really let Zhang Xiaohua say it, for fear that Zhang Xiaohua would also be angry with him.
"Xiaohua, don't say it, let my mother hear that you are going to be punished again. You just go to the kitchen and I'll cook the food. Qiu Mo said.
"You want to help me? But didn't your mother say she wouldn't let you help me? She'll not give you anything to eat. Zhang Xiaohua said.
"Don't be afraid, I'm strong and not afraid of hunger, hehe!" Qiu Mo said with a smile.
But how could his little trick escape Zhang Xiaohua's eyes! Qiu Mo's body consumes a lot and is fast, and he is the most likely to get hungry. The reason why he said that must have been because he didn't want her to worry about him.
I really didn't expect that a fool could be so sensible and caring.
"Forget it, it's all up, let's go cook! Yesterday I didn't eat rice for a day, and if I don't have food today, I'll starve to death sooner or later. Saying that, Zhang Xiaohua got out of bed and put on her shoes, and then straightened her hair and clothes and was about to go to the kitchen.
Seeing this, Qiu Mo was about to get up and follow out, but was stopped by Zhang Xiaohua.
"You don't have to go, just rest in the house. Otherwise, your mother will see it and have an excuse to punish you. Obedient! Zhang Xiaohua stood on tiptoe and raised her hand to touch Qiu Mo's head and said, and then went to the kitchen alone.
Qiu Mo looked worried.
Although Zhang Xiaohua's reputation for being very capable spread throughout the village, Qiu Mo never paid attention to these gossips and news, so he didn't know if Zhang Xiaohua could cook. And he was also worried that Zhang Xiaohua would be too busy to be alone.
Thinking that he was resting in the house and letting Zhang Xiaohua be busy in the kitchen alone, he was inexplicably irritable in his heart, he didn't like this at all.
Zhang Xiaohua came to the kitchen, which was much cleaner than she expected.
Yesterday she only stole the salt shaker from the kitchen window, and did not look at the scene in the kitchen, but today it is quite strange.
In the kitchen, two large connected stoves are located in the innermost corner, and on the side of the large stove is a separate small stove, and the corner to the left of the stove is full of split firewood. On the left side of the wall are several large and small jars, and on the shelves behind her are kitchen utensils and various vegetables.
Zhang Xiaohua has never cooked this kind of big pot of rice, and it is still wood-burning. But just because she hasn't done it doesn't mean she hasn't seen it.
In her previous life, in that era of developed networks, she watched a lot of various videos of agriculture and agriculture. I didn't expect that one day she would have the opportunity to get her hands on it herself.
Zhang Xiaohua learned in the video before, she first cooked with a large stove. Then I chose some vegetables on the shelf and took them to the well to wash.
Zhang Xiaohua didn't know what Hu Qiuxia wanted to eat, she saw green peppers, beans, eggplant and cabbage on the shelf, so she took them out and washed them.
By the time the rice was cooked, Zhang Xiaohua had already washed all the dishes, folded what should be folded, and cut what should be cut.
Since Zhang Xiaohua had used up all the salt in the salt shaker yesterday, she was now facing an empty jar and suddenly fell into deep thought.
That's how to do it.
At this time, she suddenly thought that when she took the rice, wasn't there a jar of salt next to the rice jar?
Zhang Xiaohua came to the place full of jars, only to find that these jars were filled with good things!
There are those with rice, salt, oil, and wine.
Looking at these jars, Zhang Xiaohua didn't know what to think, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
During the time when Zhang Xiaohua was cooking, Qiu Mo was simply tormented. He was always worried about Zhang Xiaohua's condition, afraid that something would happen to Zhang Xiaohua and he would be caught by Hu Qiuxia.
He wanted to go out and have a look several times, but when he thought of Zhang Xiaohua's instructions, he hesitated again.
In the past, every time he didn't do things according to Hu Qiuxia's words, or didn't do a good job, Hu Qiuxia would abuse and get angry with him in various ways.
He was worried that if he didn't listen to Zhang Xiaohua, Zhang Xiaohua would also be angry with him and ignore him. So although he was very worried about Zhang Xiaohua, he didn't dare to go out without permission. Because Zhang Xiaohua told him to stay in the house.
Just when Qiu Mo couldn't help but go out, Zhang Xiaohua pushed the door and came in.
"Qiu Mo, the meal is ready, go and ask your mother to come out for dinner!" Zhang Xiaohua said.