"Sister-in-law." Aunt Mei smiled all over her face, "You can also teach me the palm art of making water tofu, and when I give birth, I will come to give you a hand!" ”

Jia Shi glanced at her, and said slowly: "Brother and sister, don't look at the idea of this shop, but this job is also tiring, in the second half of the night, I get up to grind bean grains, boil bean juice, my feet don't stick to the ground for a day, and all tired people can't move, and the money I earn is not a few except for paying rent and paying public taxes, and it's really better to grow crops at home." ”

Aunt Mei doesn't know where this is tiring, she is not a diligent person, she just wants to learn the craft and sell it to others at a high price.

"Huh." Aunt Mei responded and said to Jia's family: "Sister-in-law, give our mother three bowls of bean curd to taste, you have been doing business for a long time, and we don't know what the bean curd tastes like!" ”

Jia is not a stingy person, who comes to eat a bowl of bean curd and a bun or something, she is all willing to invite others to eat, even if she gives Aunt Mei three bowls of bean curd, Aunt Mei has a smile on her face, and walks to the store with a big cow and two cows.

"Eh, stay on." Sister Qiu stopped Aunt Mei by the door and said, "Second Aunt, there are too many people in the house, I can't sit down, I want the big cow and the second cow to squat under the eaves of the house to eat, you can go into the house and sit and eat alone." "If it weren't for Aunt Mei'er squatting on her stomach, Sister Qiu would still want her to squat and eat.

"Why, when your brother surnamed Mei comes to you, he only deserves to squat at the door to eat? Sister Qiu, even if you look down on your second uncle and aunt, and think that your second uncle and aunt are poor and have no money, you can't look down on your two little brothers, right? "Second Aunt Mei crossed her waist and opened a store at Sister Qiu's house, and it was not good to make things big in public.

The big cow and the second cow on the side didn't care whether they were squatting outside to eat or sitting in the house to eat, they saw someone peeling fresh meat dumplings, and the aroma of meat mixed with the fragrance of rice wafting far away.

"Mother, I want to eat fragrant dumplings!" The big cow and the second cow muttered.

Aunt Mei looked at Sister Qiu and said, "Sister Qiu, go get us a pair of fragrant rice dumplings to taste!" Your family's fragrant dumplings are different from the harmonious fragrant dumplings! ”

Sister Qiu glanced at Aunt Mei lightly, but anyone with some common sense should know that this fragrant rice dumpling is not a cheap thing, if a polite person, even if he wants to eat, he will either buy it himself, or wait for the main family to take the initiative to send it, like Aunt Mei's tone of entrustment, Sister Qiu wants to think about Mei Qu to eat white food that day, and the look she gives is the same condescending entrustment.

One is more annoying than the other!

Sister Qiu is also stubborn, in fact, it is not impossible to invite Aunt Mei to eat fragrant rice dumplings, but she is impatient to annoy Aunt Mei's tone of entrustment, as if it is natural for them to eat, and it is natural to provide them with it.

"I'll only tell you once, either you will eat the bean curd, or you will put my bean curd down and leave!" Sister Qiu sneered and said, "Do we owe you or should you?" ”

Aunt Mei was annoyed, glanced left and right, and wanted to mumble loudly when there were many people,

"You little girl......"

Sister Qiu took a step forward, her face full of fierceness, "You can call whatever you want, whatever you want, annoy me, find a random flower boy on the street to follow you, and kick you in the stomach when no one is around!" If you don't believe me, give it a try! ”

"You ......" Aunt Mei Er'er was full of anger, but she didn't dare to make any more trouble, and asked Da Niu Erniu to squat under the verandah to eat with a few croppers, while she slowly found a seat with a bowl and sat down to eat bean curd.

Sister Qiu glanced at the honest Aunt Mei, and felt that this person really couldn't be coaxed with good words, otherwise she would really think she was a dish. Look, how honest it is! Is it already so inconvenient?

There are more than a dozen people up and down the Mei family, and Sister Qiu feels that the most wonderful is these two aunts, although they are not beautiful, but they are always dressed up in bright and neat makeup, their hair is smeared with osmanthus oil, their faces are smeared with balm, and their clothes are all worn cleanly.

But the people who want to recognize her will know what kind of virtue she is, her husband and children are dirtier than the other, the clothes are dirty like the rags on the meat table, and they are all dirty and messy, in the end, this person is a light face, in fact, he has a virtue with Uncle Mei's second uncle, which is lazy.

And these alone, it is not enough for Sister Qiu to feel that she is a wonder. Sister Qiu felt that in the heart of Aunt Mei's second aunt, she must be a daughter-in-law of a rich family or a young lady, and she was a person who felt very good about herself.

Look at the way she is now eating bean curd with a spoon, cocking her orchid fingers, unhurried, and after two bites, she felt out the rice residue that did not exist on the corner of her mouth with a silk handkerchief, and compared all the country women who were laughing loudly while eating on a wooden table.

Don't realize that she eats like this when she is at home! When it was time to grab food and eat, Aunt Mei gave full play to the combat effectiveness of her daughter-in-law in the countryside. She's only in front of outsiders.

Forget it, forget it, Sister Qiu hurriedly turned her face, and then she couldn't help but laugh.

After eating the bean blossoms, Aunt Mei stood up, walked outside with her waist up, and when she went out, she went straight to Jia's and said to Jia's: "Sister-in-law, cut me five catties of water tofu and five catties of soybean sprouts." Seeing Jia Shi looking at her in surprise, Aunt Mei hurriedly said, "It was our mother who asked me to ask for it." ”

"Why does my grandmother cook at noon?" Sister Qiu said on the side, the Mei family eats all noodles at noon, even a thin and thick piece, which can not only fight hunger, but also save food, and will boil vegetables and kang pancakes at night. "And it will cost ten pounds at this moment, which is too much."

Aunt Mei'er's face turned red in an instant, and she bent her neck and said, "Your milk wants what I want, where do I know why I want so much!" You ask your to go! ”

Jia Shi also saw that something was wrong, and said politely to Aunt Mei: "Second Aunt her, it is inconvenient for you to carry such a heavy thing with your body. ”

"It's not that there are big cows and two cows to follow, it's convenient and convenient! Don't look at them

The body is small, but the strength is not small. Aunt Mei hurriedly spoke.

Jia Shi frowned, "She doesn't need water tofu to cook rice at noon, on such a hot day, the water tofu will not be fresh in the afternoon, if her mother wants, she will stay until the afternoon, and I want Sister Qiu to send it over." ”

Aunt Mei couldn't speak, she felt that Sister Qiu was ruthless and difficult to speak, so she didn't ask Sister Qiu for it at the beginning, but went straight to Jia's family, but didn't expect that Jia's was also unwilling to give her water tofu and soybean sprouts. Aunt Mei scolded Jia's stinginess in her heart, and she was desperate, and she had nothing to do.

"Second aunt, is it my grandmother who wants you to ask for it? Why don't I go back at noon and ask about my milk? Sister Qiu opened her mouth with a smile on the side, she still had a little bad thoughts, Aunt Mei pretended to be Mao's entrustment, if Mao knew it, maybe how to scold Aunt Mei, she was still waiting to see a good show!

Second Aunt Mei glanced at Sister Qiu with an embarrassed face, and stumbled to Jia's words: "Sister-in-law, I'll tell you the truth, this water tofu and soybean sprouts are not what her milk wants, yes, it's what I want for myself." ”

"What do you want so much tofu and soybean sprouts for?" Jia Shi asked in surprise, Second Aunt Mei doesn't cook or cook, could it be that she wants to sell it secretly for money?

Second Aunt Mei was a little embarrassed, but she still stubbornly said: "No, no, I want to go back to my mother's house to have a look...... Sister-in-law, you are also a person who has come over, you know, our mother kissed that person, everything was in the palm of her hand, everything was left to her three sons, I, I can't go back to my mother's house empty-handed......"

Wushi Jin water tofu and Wushi Jin soybean sprouts are very good gifts for taking out your hands. In recent years, there are many daughters-in-law who have picked up a few handfuls of vegetables from the fields and taken away from their mother's house.

Jia looked at Aunt Mei and was silent, she was indeed a person who came over, Mao firmly held all the things in her own hands, and her daughter-in-law did not give money when she returned to her mother's house, either empty-handed, or she had her own ideas, whether she was a marrying party, looking for someone to borrow money, and she didn't want to get money or gifts from her.

In these, Sister Qiu is also very sympathetic to Aunt Mei, but she can't help her, and she has to do a good job in Kaishantang, so she wants Aunt Mei and her two cousins to eat for nothing, and even have to pack all the gifts for Aunt Mei to go back to her mother's house? It's not such a bad person!

"Sister-in-law, you should pity me, you have so many water tofu and soybean sprouts, sell less, and there is nothing wrong?" Aunt Mei smiled.

Sister Qiu put a smile on her face and said to Aunt Mei: "Second aunt, why don't you pity us?" My father is gone, you uncles and aunts don't think about how to take care of us, see the sky changing and think about how to scrape us, you have to scrape us dry and clean, do you have to be uncles and aunts like you? ”

"What is this Nizi talking about!" Second Aunt Mei said, "No, isn't this your ability and money?" If I have the money to go to my mother's house, I still ask you for something? ”

Sister Qiu said, "You don't have the money to go to your mother's house

Is it our fault? If you want money and things, ask your second uncle for it, but don't you ask for it? Didn't you take the things of the concubine's house home to support the façade? Before, my mother went to my uncle's house, where didn't she go empty-handed? Why can't you get to your second aunt? ”

Aunt Chunhua listened to Furong who came in with a bucket in the small kitchen talk about the things outside, and immediately washed her hands and came out, pointing at Aunt Mei and scolding, "Why are you cheeky?" Are you ashamed to say this in front of a child? Sister Qiu's older children all understand the reason, do you really don't understand or pretend not to understand? People have money, it is earned by hard work, the next time I see your father, mother and sister-in-law, I will ask them, is the Wei family admitting such a crooked reason? ”

"Forget it, forget it." Jia Shi pulled the angry spring flowers, and said to Aunt Mei: "Her second aunt, you have all opened your mouth, I won't say anything, but I can't give you so much, cut two catties of water tofu for you, and weigh two catties of soybean sprouts, I think it is enough for you to go back to your mother's house." ”

The Zhuang family doesn't have so much money, and they don't have so much etiquette, and the two catties of water tofu and the two catties of soybean sprouts are enough to be decent, if it weren't for Aunt Mei'er opening her mouth at the beginning, Jia would not ask a few more words, and just called her.

Second Aunt Mei was a little reluctant, "Sister-in-law, my mother-in-law has many brothers, and the two cities are ...... Not enough points. ”

"Her second aunt!" The good* Jia Shi was also annoyed, and threw the knife that cut the water tofu on the board, this second daughter-in-law was too much! It is not an exaggeration to say that she is on her nose and face, and she dares to make such an inch of progress towards her, looking at her in front of Chunhua and Sister Qiu, there is no such unknown advance and retreat.

"Forget it, the second aunt wants a lot, so I want her to buy it elsewhere." Sister Qiu preached coolly. Aunt Mei saw that she had gone too far, so she only said: "Okay, okay, two city catties will be two city catties." "I'm afraid that Jia's won't even weigh her in the two cities.

"Let's give her this time, and the favor has been done." Jia Shi smiled and said, "If you ask for it later, we won't give it." ”

After finishing most of the day, after the students finished eating and leaving, Dazhun sat down with Zhang Ruoxu to eat, and Sister Qiu specially made braised crucian carp river fish for the two, for school students, river fish is the best thing to replenish the mind.

"You don't have to cook specifically." Dazhun was very reluctant not to go, he didn't have much physical strength to study, but Sister Qiu was young, so she followed the adults to do the work.

Sister Qiu looked at Lin Zhun with a smile, "I made it for you to eat, taste it or not, and I don't open a small meal stove for the two of you every day!" ”

Lin Zhun smiled, his eyes were soft, he thought about the poem in the book, "The son is home, it is appropriate for his family", it is about a woman like Sister Qiu, he suddenly felt that he was very lucky, he met a good lady like Sister Qiu, and set her down early, otherwise, when everyone else found out that Sister Qiu was good, would it be his turn to be a farmer?

When it was time to finish work, Aunt Chunhua also picked up the swill back

But it's a good thing to feed the grass pigs. started to do business from Sister Qiu's house, tofu dregs, swill and donkey dung were all given to her, tofu dregs and swill can be used to feed grass pigs and chickens, donkey dung can be composted, so calculated, the grass pigs on both sides of her house almost don't have to spend any money. Aunt Chunhua thought happily, and decided to wait for the New Year to kill the grass pig, and pick the best hind leg meat and tenderloin on the grass pig for the Jia family.

In the past few days, Jia Shi has been desperately talking about winter clothes and quilts, "I see that I am about to go into ambush, I will dismantle and wash the quilt, the cotton in our quilt should be bounced, and Sister Qiu's little jacket is not warm, and after wearing it like that, it should have been replaced with a new one...... I didn't have any money before, but now I can't ask Sister Qiu to freeze anymore. ”

"That is, Yuxiu's cotton jackets and pants should all be replaced." Li Ailian followed.

(End of chapter)