Chapter 44: The Banquet
Chu Yuqin put the finished cream into the bottle.
After loading, the number was counted again.
"There were two more bottles. There is not much time left until the market day, so I don't get the balm first, and make some perfume and mask at the rest of the time to try it out. ”
Chu Yulan sat opposite, looking at the exquisite porcelain vase in front of her, her eyes were full of light.
"Little money fans."
Chu Yuqin tapped Chu Yulan's nose.
"I used to be so poor that I didn't have enough food and clothing, but now I not only eat and dress well, but also buy an ox cart. After a while, I will be able to live in a new house. Sister, I must be dreaming. This dream is so beautiful, don't let me wake up. ”
"Silly girl, since this dream is so good, let it maintain its truest appearance, and don't let it break."
"What should I do?"
"When my sister is working hard, just be a confidant sister who helps my sister beat her back."
Chu Yulan laughed: "Then I'll help you beat your back every day." ”
Chu Butterfly walked in with a basket on his back.
"What's wrong with your leg?"
Chu Yuqin saw that Chu Butterfly was limping and limping, and his face was worried.
Chu Butterfly put the back basket on the ground, jumped twice in place, and said with a smile: "My leg is fine." ”
"Then you just ......"
"When I came back, I met my stepmother, and in order to make her happy, I pretended to be injured. She was really happy to see it. ”
Chu Yulan burst out laughing.
"Butterfly, you've gone bad."
Chu Butterfly touched her head embarrassedly.
"Isn't this what Sister Qin said? If you can get a better life in a different way, why not be flexible? If I fall and get hurt, she will know how hard I have worked, and she won't call me again at night so that I can help her earn money. So I can get a good night's sleep. ”
Chu Yuqin gave a thumbs up to Chu Butterfly.
"You can teach."
"Sister, if Master Ling next door knew that you were using the 'Teachable Son' here, he would definitely dislike you for insulting Sven."
'Master Ling next door' squatted in the corner of the courtyard while the students were reading to look at the freshly planted vegetable seedlings, listened to Chu Yulan's words, and raised his eyebrows.
Could it be that in the eyes of others, he is such an 'inflexible' person?
How did this stereotypical impression come about? He didn't remember saying anything superfluous, let alone doing anything superfluous.
"Come with me next time you catch butterflies!"
Chu Yuqin said.
"Me?"
Chu Butterfly surprise.
"Is that okay?"
Chu Yuqin smiled and nodded.
"Great. I haven't been to the bazaar in two years. ”
"If you have something you like, you can buy it. You've left me with quite a few little vaults. ”
"Thank you, Sister Qin."
"What did you find today?"
"Didn't Sister Qin say that she wanted wild fruits to refine perfume? I picked different wild fruits. By the way, you said that mint tastes good, and I found a good large mint. ”
Chu Butterfly took out the contents of the basket as if offering treasure.
After taking it out, he found that Chu Yuqin's expression was serious, and the smile on his face froze.
"Isn't it...... Isn't that good? Is peppermint bad or wild fruit bad? ”
"How many wild fruits there are in this mountain, others don't know, but our family knows. The younger brother had just gone up the mountain and found a few very small wild fruits. You have found so many wild fruits, which means that you have been deep in the mountains. Isn't it? ”
Chu Butterfly wrung her fingers.
"Sister Qin......"
"I did say that wild fruit can be used to make perfumes, but I also said that it doesn't matter if you can't find it, there are other things that can be replaced. If it's not a must-have, why venture deep into the mountains? Even the adults in the village don't dare to go deep into the mountains, how did you have the courage to run into it? ”
"Sister Qin, I know it's wrong. I won't go after that. ”
Chu Butterfly was so frightened that she was about to cry.
Chu Yuqin had never spoken to her in such a tone.
In her eyes, Sister Qin is gentle and kind, just like her own sister.
"Sister, the butterfly knows it's wrong. I'll talk about her later. Don't scare her. ”
Chu Yulan weakly persuaded beside her.
"Forget it this time, don't do it in the future. Otherwise, I won't keep you. ”
"I'll definitely listen to my sister in the future." Chu Butterfly hurriedly assured.
Yu and Chu Dashan came back with hoes.
The two looked sluggish and didn't look very happy.
Chu Yuqin hadn't seen them like this for a few days.
"Your grandmother's birthday, let's go over for dinner."
"Birthday?"
Chu Yuqin was at a loss.
"Dad, is it really a birthday?"
Chu Dashan frowned: "Her birthday has long passed." But just now he told me that he wanted to make up for his birthday. ”
Chu Yu was surprised.
"You mean, you're coming at us again?"
"Listening to the tone of what she said just now, our family has recently earned silver, so we should give a birthday gift or something." Yu's Road. "In previous years, on her birthday, she boiled an egg at home, and she didn't say what birthday banquet she was going to have."
"I really don't give up." Chu Yuqin was helpless. "Why can't she learn well?"
"I think grandma's actions this time are different from usual." Chu Yulan spoke beside her.
"How?"
"Didn't come to rob her, didn't take it for granted that we should give it to her, but in some way made us 'have to' give it to her."
Chu Yuqin pondered.
Chu Yulan's words are very reasonable.
It's a strategy.
In her mind, she certainly didn't have such an awareness. But Chu Guangsong and Chu Kangze are smart, and they should have mentioned something about her.
"Dad, mother, what do you think?"
"We listen to you." Chu Dashan said lightly: "If I still had a little expectation of her before, I don't have it now." Do what you say. ”
"She's going to celebrate her birthday, invite us to dinner, then let's go! As for the gift she was looking forward to...... Don't we have eggs at home? Just bring ten eggs. ”
"Ten eggs?" Chu Yulan said: "Ten eggs are also worth ten yuan. In the future, she often asks us to go back to make up for our birthdays, what should we do? ”
"If she doesn't bother, she will go through the birthday of the whole family, and it will only be a few dozen dollars. It's quite cost-effective to exchange a few dozen dollars for peace. ”
"What Qin Yatou means is that she is looking for us to go back in the right name, and we are also giving gifts seriously. In the countryside, ten eggs is not a light gift. It is only usually given when there is a wedding banquet. Even if we say it, no one says that our etiquette is inappropriate. Chu Dashan understood the meaning.
"Then I'll prepare." Yu said.
Chu family, mansion.
Fang Shi watched Jin Shi's movements and called out to the side: "There is too much oil." What do you do with so much oil? ”
Jin rolled his eyes while stir-frying.
Fang could only see the back of her head, but didn't see the disgust in her eyes.
"Mother, you want to coax the things in the hands of the second brother, and you don't want to spend some money, so how is it possible? He's stupid, but his daughter isn't stupid. ”