Mrs. Ming smiled and sat down next to Mr. Ming - unless there were guests, the Ming family would not have any separate tables for men and women.

Of course, this is also because in the Ming family, Mrs. Ming will not make the food of men and women out of three, six, nine, etc.

For example, right now, including Yu Jiayan, who had a restrained face, and Ming Xue, who was still a small glutinous rice dumpling, everyone in the Ming family was given a big bowl of dumplings.

The dumplings are uniform in size and the number is the same, and no one suffers or takes advantage.

In addition, Mrs. Ming also used a coarse porcelain basin to fill two pots of pork kidney and cabbage soup and put them on the dining table.

This pork kidneys and cabbage soup is not eaten as much as anyone wants, and when everyone finishes eating the dumplings, Mrs. Ming will distribute the pork kidneys as evenly as possible to everyone in the family.

Whoever wants to eat more can only eat pickles and cold wild vegetables, and mix sorghum rice with leftover cabbage and soup.

Mrs. Ming's completely equal treatment is strictly unfair to the men who are the main labor force in the family, but none of the men in the Ming family objected - they worked hard all year round, so that the wives and children and the old father and mother could eat enough?

So when Mr. Ming and Mrs. Ming moved their chopsticks one after another, everyone also got off their chopsticks and picked up the dumplings in their bowls.

The women of the Ming family are very good at cooking, and they can always make a wonderful taste that other families do not have.

Good craftsmanship and rare meat and white noodles don't lift their heads even when they eat Erlang, Sanlang, Shiro and Goro.

Da Lang Mingxu, Mingyue who changed the core, and Yu Jiayan under the fence are far better than these four eaters, and Yu Jiayan even said that he can only eat a little cold wild vegetables.

Mrs. Ming was very fond of this child, and she persuaded him in a slow voice, so that he would treat it as if he was in his own home, and he didn't have to be polite to let go of the food. The three brothers of the Ming family, the Xie family, the Tao family, Mingyue, and several Xiaolang of the Ming family led by Ming Xu also echoed the gossip.

Yu Jiayan was so gracious that he replied with red eyes, and then half-hung his head, and cherished a dumpling into his mouth.

The aroma of pork and the freshness of wild vegetables filled his mouth, and he almost burst into tears with happiness. He didn't dare to disturb the good interest of the Ming family, so he held back his tears and only buried his head in eating dumplings one bite at a time.

He thought that he would definitely never forget the deliciousness of this dumpling in his life, just as he would never forget the Ming family's great kindness to him.

"Mother, these are for you and my father to eat." Ming Xue is young after all, so it's strange that she can eat such a big bowl of dumplings, Zhou left four for her, and then secretly sandwiched two into her man's bowl, and the rest of the dozen, she pushed them all in front of Old Man Ming and Old Lady Ming.

Mrs. Ming smiled, and sandwiched two of the dumplings pushed by Zhou to Old Man Ming, one for herself, and the rest for Xie, Tao and Ming Xu respectively.

It's not that she favors her daughter-in-law and eldest grandson, but that these three people divided a small half of their dumplings to Erlang, Sanlang, Shilang, Wulang, Mingyue and Yu Jiayan.

As an elder, she can't stop her daughter-in-law from loving her younger generations and her grandson from loving her younger brother, so she can only think of ways to subsidize those who "suffer".

I have to say that Mrs. Ming is really a very loving and wise elder. The Ming family has been able to maintain such a family atmosphere, and she and the old man Ming have made great contributions.

"Mother, let Jiayan sleep with us at night, and I will take care of him." After everyone put down their chopsticks, they took the initiative to ask Ying to take care of Yu Jiayan, "The third and fourth brothers are young, so they can be temporarily moved to you, so as not to get sick." When Jiayan is ready, I will help them move the bedding back, and the five of us will live together in the future. ”

Xie Shi did not express an opinion, she set her eyes on the head of the Ming family, the old man Ming and the old lady Ming.

Old Man Ming was very relieved to the eldest grandson, and he nodded to Ming Xu, "Then let's do it, you should be vigilant at night, don't let Jiayan burn again." ”

Ming Xu said "hey", "Don't worry." ”

Yu Jiayan blushed slightly and thanked Ming Xu, Ming Xu smiled gently at him, and then went to help his two younger brothers move things.

The courtyard of the Ming family, like most farmhouse yards in this era, was very large, and there were many people everywhere who built houses or planted vegetables.

The front yard of the Ming family has built a total of three main houses, three east wing rooms, a utility room, and two warehouses, and only three main houses have been built in the backyard.

Of the three main rooms in the front yard, the middle one is a hall house and a stove room, the east one is the bedroom of the old man Ming and Mrs. Ming, and the one in the west belongs to the Ming land and Xie family, who are the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ming family.

Of the three rooms in the east wing, the middle one was also a hall house and a stove room, and the one near the gate was home to the four sons of Ming Boss and Xie.

Those who lived in the east wing with them across the hall were Ming Lao's second Mingcheng and Mingcheng's wife Tao and daughter Mingyue. The family of three lived in the east wing closest to the main house.

Of course, their room was made with minor changes.

When Mingyue was 6 years old, Mingcheng made a wooden gate in his house. At night, when a gate is erected on the kang, the room shared by the family of three will be temporarily turned into two rooms.

This practice is not unique to Mingcheng, and in the ten miles and eight villages around them, almost every household will use this method to simply renovate their houses.

Ming Laosan and Xie, who were the latest to get married, have been living in the backyard since they got married, and now they live with them, as well as a son, a daughter and two children of his family.

The three main rooms in the backyard were newly set up by the old man Ming before the third Ming and Xie got married, although the materials are the same as the several rooms in the front yard, all of which are mud embryos and straw, but they look stronger and more reliable than the old houses in the front yard.

Because of this, Zhou always felt that she was taking advantage of the family, so she was usually quite humble to Xie and Tao.

He also explained that he moved the bedding, pillows, and clothes of his two younger brothers to his parents' room, and then took from his parents' room the set of bedding that Mrs. Ming found for Yu Jiayan, as well as a set of clothes that his mother Xie temporarily used old clothes to change for Yu Jiayan.

"You're going to wear it first." He stuffed his clothes to Yu Jiayan, and then went to Mrs. Ming to get cloth towels, green salt and other things for Yu Jiayan to wash.

Yu Jiayan hugged his newly padded shirt, and tears welled up in his eyes again.

Since his mother passed away, this is the first time he has gotten padded clothes.

In the two years at Zhao's house, Zhao not only did not give him clothes to wear, but also picked out his original old clothes and took them away.

He is too small to resist the Zhao family, although Yu Shouyi is good to him, his family is controlled by the Feng family, and Yu Shouyi can only secretly save some rations for him, so that he will not starve to death.

In the past two years, he has survived every harsh winter by standing up.

He would wrap his clothes in layers and even stuff straw in them.

It was so cold that he couldn't stand it, so he stayed in the stove all day, sometimes helping the Zhao family burn the kang, sometimes cooking on the bench, sometimes rubbing straw ropes, weaving straw shoes, and cooking pig food - so that the Zhao family could always sit peacefully on the warm kang, and Yu Jiayan could also take the opportunity to work to warm up.