Chapter Sixty-Nine: Shameless Relatives Strike Again
Just when everything was ready and only the east wind was owed, an uninvited guest came to the Zhang family.
"Is Mei Niang at home?" A woman in dusty clothes stood outside the fence and shouted. Before anyone inside could be heard, the barking of the dog came out.
Then three and a half sized puppies, two black and one hairy, ran out of the fence yard and began barking at the two people outside the fence yard.
"This black dog is good, since it belongs to Mei's mother's family, let's take one back when we leave." The man looked at the dog on the ground with a greedy look in his eyes.
"Who are you?" Zhang Dandan, who was in the courtyard, ran out when he heard the voice and asked in an unkind tone.
She could hear that the man had just tried to snatch their dog.
"Xiao Qi go back!" Zhang Dandan's immature voice scolded, Xiao Qi wagged his tail and entered the courtyard, and the rest of Wangcai and Laifu also followed.
It's really a strange thing, among the three dogs, Xiao Qi is the thinnest and the smallest, but I don't know why, every time Wangcai and Laifu follow Xiao Qi in a circle.
"You're Dandan, aren't you? I am Mei Niang's aunt, this is her uncle, I also saw you when Mei Niang got married, and you were only four or five years old at that time. ”
The woman's face was full of wrinkles with a smile, Zhang Dandan nodded as if she didn't understand, although she didn't have a good impression of the two people in front of her, but her sister-in-law taught her to be polite.
"Wait a minute, I'll call my sister-in-law." Zhang Dandan turned around and ran away before he finished speaking.
"Hey......" The woman stretched out her hand to pull Zhang Dandan, but she didn't pull it.
"This little hoof, you don't invite us in yet." The woman said with a dark face.
"Wait, as long as this thing is done, we can make a lot of money." The middle-aged man on the side rubbed his hands and said.
"Sister-in-law, your aunt is here." Zhang Dandan ran to the edge of the kitchen, and Liu Meiniang was cooking.
The fish on the mountain grew the size of a palm, so Liu Meiniang asked Zhang Jihan to catch some and fry them to eat.
Zhang Jihan went to the river again and touched some crabs. So today's lunch is very rich.
Zhang Jihan often went to the river to touch the crabs was known by the people in the village, and they speculated whether the Zhang family was poor and couldn't afford to eat, and even ate insects, but as soon as the news of the Zhang family building a house spread, this assertion was overturned.
So some people began to speculate whether the worm could be eaten.
So some people began to catch the worm and go back to study.
Liu Meiniang does not feel that there is anything wrong with this, the power of foodies is infinite, Chinese can eat the overflowing crayfish as an endangered species, let alone crabs?
Sooner or later, eating crabs will become widespread, it's just a matter of time.
"My great aunt?" Liu Meiniang was stunned for a moment, and didn't react to Zhang Dandan's meaning.
After rummaging in the memory of the original owner for a long time, I found the memory of this uncle and aunt.
Liu Meiniang's uncle and aunt are also a pair of superb relatives, not much different from Zhang Jilin's uncle's family.
When Liu Meiniang was still at home, she often had to do a lot of work for the family, especially Liu Meiniang's aunt Wang, who was simply a superb, lazy and lazy, and a typical master.
I don't like to be clean, when I was in Liu's house, I often asked Liu Meiniang to wash her clothes, and I didn't even bother to wash my own small clothes, and every time I wore my clothes, the smell was ........ Even if he was eight feet away from her, he would ask.
Poor Liu Meiniang has a cowardly personality and doesn't dare to say anything, she often goes to the river to wash with a basin of clothes in winter, and her hands are so cold that she has chilblains, and she can't sleep at night.
Because she touched too much cold water, Liu Meiniang would have severe menstrual cramps every time she had menstrual cramps, and since she passed through, she had fainted once because of menstrual cramps.
Liu Meiniang misses modern ibuprofen a lot.
Later, she also went to see a doctor, and the doctor said that Liu Meiniang was born cold and weak, so she could only adjust slowly, and prescribed a few doses of medicine to let Liu Meiniang go back.
So every menstrual period is simply torture for Liu Meiniang.
In the Liu family, Liu Wang's family was the one who tortured Liu Meiniang the most, not only letting Liu Meiniang work, but also thinking that Liu Meiniang ate too much. is also a descendant of the Liu family, and the son of Liu Wang's was fed into a pig by Liu Wang's family, because he is fat and is not married now.
Liu Meiniang was barely full when she was in Liu's house at that time, after all, Liu Feng, the cheap father, was still there, but Liu Meiniang had to do a lot of work every day, most of which was asked by this aunt to do it.
As for Liu Meiniang's uncle, Liu Shan is a mason, but his skills are average, but he likes to brag about how powerful he is, and he makes a mess when he cuts the wall and scatters tiles.
People in ten miles and eight villages know that Liu Shan must not be found to build a house.
Both of them are well-known for their greed for small gains, especially Liu Shan, who also has the habit of stealing chickens and touching dogs.
What good can these two people do when they come to the door?
Liu Meiniang hasn't gone out yet, so she has almost guessed the intentions of the two, probably hearing that the Zhang family built a house and came to fight the autumn breeze.
Liu Meiniang's hand wiped on the apron.
"Dandan, you detain the food first, and I'll go out and have a look." Liu Meiniang instructed.
When Liu Meiniang hadn't taken a few steps, she saw Zhang Dandan holding a tray and running back to her room with all the food in the kitchen.
Liu Meiniang couldn't help laughing.
"Uncle, auntie, why are you here?" Liu Meiniang walked out and said with a smile after packing up.
"Yo, Mei Niang, I haven't seen more and more water in a few years." Liu Wang stared at Liu Meiniang for a long time and spoke.
"The eldest aunt said and laughed, uncle, eldest aunt, quick, sit in the house." Liu Meiniang hurriedly turned sideways to open the door and welcomed Liu Shan and Liu Wang in.
"Mei Niang still lives in a thatched house?" Liu Wang entered the hall and looked around for a week, and said in a disdainful tone.
Liu Meiniang smiled and did not speak. Liu Shan's house is also full of mud embryo rooms, what is there to show off.
"Also, where is this thatched house where people live, it's time to change the residence, the eldest aunt heard that your family is going to build a new house?" Liu Wang stepped forward and grabbed Liu Meiniang's hand, looking at the pair of dark and muddy hands, Liu Meiniang only felt disgusted.
Liu Meiniang doesn't have any prejudices about rural people, who is not a rural person for several generations? On the contrary, Liu Meiniang likes the simplicity of rural people very much, but whether it is a city person or a rural person, they must always pay attention to hygiene, right?
Liu Wang's hands looked like they hadn't been washed for many days, there was not only mud in the nails, but also some other dirty things.
Rural people brush their teeth with wicker branches, bite one end directly with salt whitewash, although the brush is not clean, but every day brushing teeth will not have a taste in the mouth, teeth will also turn white.
Liu Meiniang found that several children of the Zhang family did not like to brush their teeth very much, but under her compulsion, even Zhang Tongtong realized how bad it was not to brush her teeth, and several people had to brush their teeth every morning and evening.
As soon as Liu Wang's grinned, Liu Meiniang saw a mouthful of yellow teeth, as well as leftover vegetable leaves that she didn't know when, Liu Meiniang said that she really couldn't accept it.
"The eldest aunt is well-informed." Liu Meiniang quietly withdrew her hand and distanced herself from Liu Wang's family, she was afraid that if she continued like this, she would suffocate to death.
"Hmph, I don't know how to tell my mother about such a big thing, if I don't come today, how long are you going to hide it?" Liu Shan hammered the table and said dissatisfiedly.
Liu Meiniang rolled her eyes, is this relying on the momentum of the elders to come to their family?
Don't say that Liu Meiniang doesn't need to tell her mother's family to build a house, Liu Meiniang is a daughter who has already married, even if she doesn't tell Liu Feng, it won't be good.
"The master, what you said, Mei Niang didn't mean it, did you say Mei Niang?" Liu Wang's played a round.
"Uncle, aunt, is there anything to do this time?" Liu Meiniang no longer paid attention to the singing and harmony of the two, and asked directly.
"It's okay and can't come to see you?" Liu Wang's eyes flashed and he said.
"Yes, it's too late for my aunt to come to see me."
"By the way, it's noon, it's time for lunch, right? Mei Niang, let's talk about what you have to eat. Liu Wang diverted the topic.
Liu Meiniang's face changed slightly, sure enough, she wanted to take advantage of any small bargain, and ordinary people would avoid meals when they went to other people's homes as guests, which was basic politeness.
"Auntie, you and Uncle Boss will rest here for a while, and I'll go cook." Liu Meiniang walked out of the room after speaking.
"Hey Mei Niang, the eldest aunt is here to help you." Liu Wang's eyes rolled and he followed Liu Meiniang out of the hall.
"Where's my mother?" The eldest aunt followed Liu Meiniang and asked.
"My mother went to Aunt Li's house and hasn't come back yet." Liu Meiniang said casually.
"Your mother-in-law is really, why do you visit the door every day, and let you do all the work at home alone." Liu Wang's family seems to be upset with Liu Meiniang. In fact, it is sowing discord.
Liu Meiniang didn't squeak when she heard Liu Wang's words.
After entering the kitchen, Liu Wang began to rummage through boxes and cabinets, turning over and over that. Liu Meiniang stood aside and asked the sky speechlessly, just in time to see Zhang Jihan and Zhang Dandan standing at the door looking at this side. Liu Meiniang also laughed, how could she have a feeling of being a thief.
"Yo, Mei Niang, have you eaten white flour rice? It's a good day. Liu Wang exclaimed.
"The eldest aunt said with a smile, how can you eat white flour rice at once, just eat a meal once in a while to satisfy your cravings, isn't this all brown rice and black noodles eaten." Liu Meiniang pointed to the rice and noodles in the bag next to her, which were the feed that their family used to feed the chickens and dogs.
As soon as Liu Meiniang entered the kitchen, she found that there were still two unopened bags of white noodles and one bag of white rice in the kitchen, and Zhang Jihan must have moved to the room while she was talking to Liu Wang.
Only a small part of the rice bowl and noodle jar remained, Liu Meiniang gave Zhang Jihan a thumbs up in her heart, if she didn't hide it, I'm afraid these rice and noodles would not be saved. Sure enough, as soon as Liu Meiniang thought of this, she heard the voice of the eldest aunt.
"Mei Niang, is there a bag, fill some white rice and white noodles for the eldest aunt, and the eldest aunt will eat it when she goes back, the eldest aunt's family has not eaten rice and white noodles for a long time."
Liu Meiniang's face began to change in an instant, saying that she couldn't afford to eat white rice and white noodles, who would believe it? Just like the Zhang family in the past, they could eat a meal of white rice and white noodles to improve their lives in a few days, not to mention the Liu Wang family.
It's just that these people are used to being greedy for small gains, and they see that Liu Meiniang is easy to bully, so they dare to say so.