"Old lady, I'll get up now...... Let's get up......" Sun covered his face, unable to see his expression clearly, but quickly admitted that he was wrong.

It made Mrs. Li scold again, and snorted, "Don't be a demon for the old lady, otherwise the big-eared melon seeds will serve you!" ”

Shook his hand and went out the door, and went straight to the third room.

Sanfang Mei Changqing was still lying on the kang on all fours, snoring like thunder.

Mrs. Li only felt that it was worse than seeing Sun's, so she searched in the three houses, and only found a feather duster that was about to go bald.

Pick it up and pump it on Mei Changqing, but knowing that today is a major event in the autumn harvest, he also left a little strength, so as not to break people, and the third child can have an excuse not to go to the ground.

As soon as the feather duster went down, Mei Changqing jumped up from the kang with a snort, and without opening his eyes, he shouted, "It's that turtle grandson, sneak attack your grandfather Wang-"

This can stab the hornet's nest, and Mrs. Li's subordinates don't retract their strength, "I can't kill you little rabbit cub, who are you grandfather?" Yes? I'm still your grandmother! ”

Mei Changqing took a look, hey, I'll go, dear mother!

Holding his head and running away, he ran out of the house with a puff of smoke.

Mei Xiaotong went to the stove house early in the morning to help Wen's, and by the way, she learned how to use this firewood stove.

Wen saw that Mei Xiaotong really wanted to learn, so he taught honestly, and he didn't feel at ease, "Little sister, or I'll come back at noon to cook, I won't be able to delay anything." ”

Zhou, who has always been at odds with Wen's, also echoed, "Yes, little sister, in this weather, cooking in the stove house is a crime." You just have a good rest, it's really not good, my third brother and sister and I came back to cook at noon, and the two of us were fast. ”

Zhou's is not distressed about his sister-in-law, but worried.

Now this autumn harvest, people are the hardest, and the only hope is three meals a day, to be able to eat and drink enough, and to have meat.

The third family doesn't say anything else, she really has a hand at cooking, she cooks every autumn harvest, and everyone is used to it.

But this sister-in-law, on weekdays, she is a character who can't help when the oil bottle is poured, she wants to cook?

Zhou thought about his sister-in-law's strong strength, if one of his subordinates might break the pot, what would the family eat?

I'd rather be tired myself, with the third family, and kneel down and beg my sister-in-law to let go of the stove house.

Mei Xiaotong knew that they just didn't believe in themselves, and they didn't bother to say anything, and when everyone left, she and the fourth brother were in this house, didn't she do what she wanted?

I just heard that in the courtyard outside, Tianlong and they called Uncle Hua Hao, and estimated that An Hua Hao was coming.

Patting the dust off her clothes, she got up and walked out of the stove house.

Behind him, both Zhou and Wen breathed a sigh of relief.

In the yard, An Huahao carried two pheasants and a rabbit in his hands.

Seeing Mei Xiaotong coming out of the stove house, he nodded at her, and then handed the prey in his hand to Mrs. Li, "Auntie, this is what I brought back from the mountain in the morning to add a dish to the house."

。 ”

Mrs. Li was so happy that she couldn't see her eyebrows, oops, this is a good thing.

This kid from the An family has eyes, he came to his house to help, and he brought things with him, he didn't eat food in vain, and Lingshan Village was a good posterity.

Seeing that An Huahao was also pleasing to the eye, he took the prey and took it to the stove house for Wen to clean up.

At the same time, he asked Xiaoque to pour tea.

Mei Xiaotong saw An Huahao change into a green cloth gown, and his trousers still showed signs of being wet with dew, and even his hair was semi-wet.

I knew that he estimated that he would go up the mountain in the middle of the night.

I couldn't help but say, "What are you doing with your help?" Did you go up the mountain in the middle of the night? You won't be afraid ......" Speaking of this, seeing An Huahao drinking tea and showing a slight smile, the rest of the words were not easy to say.

"If you bring anything more tomorrow, don't come." Mei Xiaotong can only say this.

An Huahao nodded very happily, "I know." ”

A smile flashed under her eyes, Yongzhu felt sorry for herself, right?

As soon as it was dawn, Wen and Zhou brought breakfast to the table.

Steamed a basket of steamed buns, a large pot of thick white porridge, a pot of finely chopped pickles, mixed with a few drops of sesame oil, and a pot of scrambled eggs with chives, sprayed fragrantly.

For a while, it takes effort, and in a year, there are only these few days and the New Year, and everyone can eat as much as they want.

Even the Sun family also divided two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge.

Sun was scratched by Zhou's broom yesterday because his face was scratched, so he hid in the house and didn't go out, and finally waited for everyone to finish eating, and only then did he find a little leftovers left by Wen in the stove house to make do with it.

I've been hungry for a long time.

When she arrived at Mei's house these days, she hadn't eaten well, and when she smelled the fragrance of this white porridge, she couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't care about the scalding, so she first took a big bite of the steamed bun and drank a big mouthful of porridge.

The hot and sticky white porridge made her face red all at once, and she was reluctant to spit it out.

I finally swallowed it, and my throat hurt so much that I had to eat it in small bites.

While looking at the strange man who appeared in Mei's house with his eyes.

At the beginning, she also inquired about the population of the Mei family, and Mei Changqing also said a few words briefly at that time, only remembering that Mei Xiaotong had a fiancé.

After arriving at Mei's house, I learned that this fiancé had originally withdrawn, but later saw that Mei's family was developed and Mei Xiaotong could make money, so he came up again.

Listening to the Mei family's Song brothers, the Sun family knew that this man was afraid that Mei Xiaotong's fiancé who quit and regretted it.

This is about to be harvested in autumn, I'm afraid this man is here to curry favor with the Mei family and help the Mei family, right?

Sun didn't dare to look directly, but only secretly glanced at it, only to find out that Mei Xiaotong's fiancé was actually a rare handsome offspring.

Sun has been well-informed in the county for so many years, and there are students from all walks of life in Jing County who come to study, so naturally there is no shortage of handsome sons and handsome scholars

class.

But I've never seen a man as good-looking as the man in front of me.

Sun couldn't help but feel a wave of jealousy in his heart, this Mei Xiaotong is just like herself, she is just a country girl, why is she so good?

Mrs. Li, the dead old woman, spoils her like spoiling her eyeballs, and the whole family together can't compare to Mei Xiaotong's fingers.

Just dyed a cloth so indiscriminately, you can get the attention of the lady in the palace, and then take the nobles and start a business.

In Mei's family, a girl's family, everyone listens to her.

Forget it, there is such a good-looking fiancé, and now he is revolving around her.

How much virtue did Mei Xiaotong accumulate in her last life, and she is so good in this life?

She is also a girl in the countryside, and her father and mother are also her own daughter, but she treats herself either by beating or scolding.

At the beginning, the family fled to the county seat, why did they get sick and have no money to see a doctor? It's just a minor disease, and the usual anti-primary antibody is over.

But at that time, my father and mother looked like they couldn't even get out of bed every day, didn't they just want to force themselves to sell themselves and give them the silver?

Sun knew that they had taken a fancy to a little beggar who was also a refugee and wanted to take the little beggar as their son.

Therefore, his own daughter was forced by them to sell to others as a maid, so that she could use her own money to feed the wild beggars outside.

She was ruthless at the time, since her father and mother didn't want her for outsiders, she should have no father, and took the opportunity to give them the last opportunity to boil medicine, and threw it into it as if she had heard someone say that the cow would fall to the ground and weeds if she ate it.

Sure enough, my father and mother drank the medicine and went.

Thinking of everything he had suffered, and then looking at Mei Xiaotong enjoying this, the Sun family, who had been suppressed for too long, looked at Mei Xiaotong's eyes, and brought jealousy and malice that he didn't even know.

Mei Xiaotong had already noticed it, but she pretended not to know.

An Huahao also quickly felt it, turned his head, and looked at the Sun family before he had time to retract his eyes.

Sun had never seen such a pair of eyes, they were dark and cold, and when he looked at them, it was like suddenly entering the thirty-nine days from dog days, and his back was cold.

The reflexive Sun squeezed out a smile that he had been entertaining in the past, if it was before, with her good color new clothes, painted with fat powder, it would still be a bit amorous.

But at this moment, she is wearing white-washed clothes, her hair is unkempt, her face still has the blood scab left by the scratch last night, and her skin is black and yellow.

It was also thanks to An Huahao that he was able to hold on, and withdrew his eyes expressionlessly.

Over there, the Sun family didn't dare to look at it anymore, so after eating the steamed buns and white porridge, he touched his stomach that was finally full, and went back to the house to prepare.

Soon, everyone finished eating.

Mei Zhongzhong took the male members of the family and An Huahao to the Mei family ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.

Mrs. Li took it

The two daughters-in-law, as well as Xiaoque and Sun, went to the fields and made preparations first.

Mei Xiaotong stayed at home, and before going out, Mrs. Li also told Mei Changgui to let him watch Mei Xiaotong and not let her enter the stove house.

Mei Xiaotong couldn't cry or laugh.

After sending the family away, Mei Xiaotong looked at the sky, went into the house and touched some copper coins, and was about to go out.

Mei Changgui held on to the door frame, "Little sister, where are you going?" ”

"I'm going to buy some food, everyone has worked hard these days, no oil and water, fourth brother, you take good care of the house at home, I'll be back in a while." With that, Mei Xiaotong walked towards the entrance of the village.

From a distance, I saw that the ancestral halls of the Mei family, the An family, and the Li family were very lively.

A group of men, singing the ancient tune, first respect God, and ask him to bless Lingshan Village with smooth weather and a bumper harvest every year.

Respect your ancestors again, and ask them to bless future generations.

Finally, the prepared sacrifices, the three animals tied with paper, and the fruits were brought up for God and the ancestors to see.

Then toast to the ground, and it is finished.

Seeing that they were all sacrificed, Mei Xiaotong went to the house that sold tofu and fish.

In the past few days, the business of selling tofu is very good, and it is all when the farm is busy, and at this time, the stomach is lost, and there is no strength.

Therefore, no matter whether the family is good or bad, every family will buy some tofu home these days to give their family a tooth sacrifice.

When Mei Xiaotong arrived, the tofu was almost sold out.

There are two big pieces left, and Mei Xiaotong is all round.

took away a big herring, plus the pheasant and rabbit brought by An Huahao, and it was considered to be alive.

When she got home, Mei Xiaotong began to work, putting the fish in a pot and raising it, and the tofu was also iced with well water.

After packing up, Mei Xiaotong looked at the sky.

dug out a small half scoop of mung beans from Mrs. Li's upper room, and coaxed Mei Changgui to sit on a bench in the stove house, and lit a fire for Mei Xiaotong and added firewood.

Mei Changgui was disobedient, but looking at the girl's fist, she was very cowardly.

Mei Xiaotong first fried the mung beans, then put half a pot of water, covered the lid and simmered.

In such weather, it is hot and dry, and when the autumn tiger is the most powerful, cook a pot of mung bean soup and send it to the ground, so as not to prevent the family from being sunstroke.

In the morning, I ate steamed buns, and now it's too late to make noodles, Mei Xiaotong simply plans to make stewed noodles, broth, vegetable juice and noodles are blended together, which is convenient and delicious.

While scooping the noodles, Mei Xiaotong took out the beginner's home-made recipe, found the page of braised noodles, and memorized the steps by heart.

Then I kneaded the dough, which was a little uncomfortable at first, but after a few tries, I found the feeling.

Mei Xiaotong felt that she still had the talent for cooking, especially because she had a lot of strength, and it was not too easy to knead dough or something.

It didn't take long for a large ball of dough to be kneaded and set aside to wake up.

And some of the mountain goods collected a few days ago are in good condition

Not good, the dried mushrooms that were picked out were grabbed out in two handfuls and soaked in warm water.

The pheasant brought by An Huahao in the morning has been plucked and cleaned by Wen's family. Rabbits too, put salt in a basin and pickle.

Mei Xiaotong fished out the pheasant, brushed and brushed a few knives, and the two chickens lay flat.

Her five senses are super strong now, and it is easy to do these things, and almost every piece of chicken she cuts is about the same size.

Mei Changgui originally wanted to say that this kind of rough work would be done for me, but before he could say anything, he saw the knife flashing a few times, and there were neat chicken nuggets on the cutting board.

If you don't say it, you swallow it with your saliva.

Wiping the sweat on his forehead, Mei Changgui decided not to say anything, no matter how unpalatable the food my sister cooked today, think about the knife work, for the sake of his life, he has to say that it is delicious.

The mung bean soup is cooked, there is no rock sugar, add a little brown sugar, and adjust the taste.

Then serve it in a clean wooden barrel and set it aside to cool.

The firewood stove in the countryside has two pots, Mei Xiaotong's two pots are cleaned, add oil respectively, add green onions, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, and then throw in the chicken pieces and fry them until they are browned and discolored, then put in water, boil over high heat, and put in soaked dried mushrooms.

Let the chicken broth boil like this, and after it is fragrant, add the beans and eggplant, then cover the pot and simmer until the soup boils.

When the soup was boiling, Mei Xiaotong was busy rolling out the noodles, cutting the noodles evenly, then uncovering the lid, spreading the noodles, and evenly pouring them on the beans and eggplant.

Then cover the pot, let Mei Changgui change to low heat, simmer slowly, after a few minutes, open the lid of the pot, pick it with chopsticks, and let the noodles evenly absorb the flavor.

Mei Changgui sat in front of the stove, listening to Mei Xiaotong's command, adding or subtracting firewood at any time, originally he didn't have any expectations for his sister's craftsmanship.

But smelling the increasingly strong fragrance in the kitchen, his saliva was almost unbearable.

In the end, Mei Xiaotong picked out a noodle and tasted it, it was perfect!

I have to admire myself.

First put out the weight of himself and Mei Changgui, and the rest, two large pots, before I began to worry, these two large pots of noodles and a bucket of mung bean soup, how to move them to the field?

In the Mei family's field.

After sacrificing God and ancestors, Mei Xiaoque drove the carriage and dragged the Mei family to the ground.

Mei Zhongzhong looked around, looking at the dozen or so people in his family, and the golden rice field in front of him, and his heart was happy.

Pull a handful of ears of rice in your hand, heavy.

This year's harvest was good! Mei Zhongzhong has a bottom in his heart.

At the sound of the order, the Mei family went down to the ground one after another, and one of them stood still, and began to bury their heads in cutting rice.

When the sickle goes down, it falls down in pieces.

Zhou is now in the time of the picture, she is originally a good hand at farm work, and she can cut rice quickly and well.

Beside her were Tianlong and Tianhu, although the two of them were not as fast as Zhou's, they were also chasing after her.

Mei Changqing and Sun are too different, Mei Changqing is slightly stronger, although it is slow, he was scolded by Mrs. Li twice, and threatened not to eat at noon if she was so grinding, so she sped up.

Only the Sun family, who was not very old when he was in the countryside, was later used as a maid for others, and he was really in a hurry with a sickle.

For a while, the sharp straw cut his face, and after a while, the rice mangs got into his neck, itching and hurting, and he was worried that the sickle would not be easy and cut his hands and feet.

There are also cloth shoes I wear, although the water in this rice field is finished, but it is still wet, and when I step on it, the soft mud will not pass the instep.

It was still hard to wear cloth shoes, but she took off her shoes and stepped barefoot in the mud, and she didn't dare.

One moment scared of this, one moment afraid of that, and soon fell behind.

Because it is lined up, it is clear who is fast and who is slow.

Zhou's furrow is almost half cut, and Sun's furrow is still rubbing on the ground.

That's slower than a turtle crawling.

Mrs. Li couldn't help but scold with her waist in her hand, "Didn't you eat?" The old lady fed the two steamed buns and chopsticks in the morning that didn't fall over the thick porridge to the dog? If you feed the dog, you can still wag your tail at the old lady, what about you? What can you do? Look at you, do you want to be ashamed? My teenage grandchildren are better than you! Look up for yourself and see! Where do you nest and hatch eggs? ”

"Don't be weird to the old lady and demon Qiaoqiao, and think that you are a pretty widow in the county, coaxing the men to give you food and drink? Now in my Lao Mei's house, put away those unsightly thoughts, and then grind and chirp like this, if you don't finish cutting this furrow today, don't want to eat! ”

Sun lowered his head, bit his lip stubbornly, and couldn't help but look at Mei Changqing in front of her left with a look for help, and whispered, "San Lang, I won't~~"

Mei Changqing himself is difficult to protect, he can't complete the task, and now his mother-in-law, who has become ruthless, will definitely not give him food, where is there any air to manage the Sun family.

Immediately said impatiently, "What are you shouting?" What's not to do? Won't you look at it? Or can you just watch me and finish it? Hurry up and cut, you will have food after cutting......"

After saying that, he only cared about himself.

Because the Mei family has a carriage, Shimoda is the fastest and the earliest.

All of them have been cut out of a big section, and the people from the adjacent rice fields are hurrying over.

If you don't look at anything else, just look at the row of people in the Meijia field, and you will be envious.

Mei Zhongzhong just cut a section and got up to take a breath.

(End of chapter)