On the woman's side, it was the first time for Liu to eat the noodles made by the duck and duck village kitchen. Maybe I wanted to give some advice or something, so I subconsciously ate with a sense of pickiness.

It's just that when she tasted them one by one, she found that the taste was better than she imagined. Only then did I understand that the business of Yaya Township Kitchen was not blown, but relied on real skills.

For example, this potato stewed pork ribs, which looks simple, is also pork ribs and potatoes. But if she was allowed to, she wouldn't be able to make it taste like that. In addition to the taste of chili oil, it seems that there is a different aroma when you taste it carefully.

It's just that she can't tell what it tastes like.

"I'm not very good at talking, but today I have to toast you, girl." Liu Shi stood up with a wine glass as he spoke, which made Ye very uncomfortable. It's just that everyone gets together to have fun, and she's a little too formal.

"Everyone knows what kind of life my family is having. To put it mildly, I was so worried that my hair turned gray before. Now it's okay, our Qianshui follows Ye Feng, the kid, to buy and sell chopping boards, and the third child follows you to cook. During this time, our family saved some silver, and the boss's family affairs were settled. Say a thousand things, this glass of wine is my respect for you. ”

With that, Liu drank all the wine in the cup.

This wine is a fruit wine bought in the city, which is not high in strength and sweet, and is most suitable for women.

Seeing Liu like this, Ye had no choice but to stand up, say "polite", and drank all the wine in the cup.

Unbeknownst to him, Liu Shi did not sit down, but filled the cup with wine, and continued: "After all, the third child of our family and the sister of the Ye family are the youngest in the kitchen of Yaya Township, and their qualifications are also shallow. The reason why they were able to gain a foothold is not because of the cooperation of a few of you. So, I salute you both with this cup. ”

As he spoke, Liu took another drink.

Seeing this, the pride of the big cow's mother was also completely stimulated, and she said, "Seeing the outside, that child in Qianshan is the most sensible, and I can't complain about the pain of us as aunts." "Drink it all in one go.

Zhao had no choice but to drink it, but she didn't dare to be so arrogant, so she just took a shallow sip.

In this way, the women's chatterbox was completely opened, and they began to talk about each other, and the atmosphere was very warm.

And the men's side is not far behind.

Looking at the table full of good wine and food, the men chatted and ate meat while drinking. Although they are all surnamed Chen and are in the same village, they don't have much opportunity to get together on weekdays.

It's the first time the whole family has gathered like this to eat, drink and chat.

There are enough dishes and enough wine, and for a while, the wine makes the men completely let go of the restraints on weekdays, talk about crops, talk about harvests, and the atmosphere is warm.

This meal, I ate it directly from before it was dark to the night.

The well-fed men were carried home by their children, while the women stayed behind to clean up. In the end, a few people divided the leftovers again, washed the pots and pans, removed the cutting board, put the kitchen utensils together, and then dispersed.

The Zhao family and Da Niu's family are close, so they are the last to leave.

Liu's family lived far away, so after doing most of the things, in the "driving people" of Zhao and Da Niu's mother, Liu excused himself slightly, and left with Qianshan.

As for Chen Qianshui, he had already helped the drunk Chen Jiqin to leave.

Along the way, Liu, who drank the wine, said with emotion: "If you want to say that this village chef is really done, I still know how much silver these ingredients are worth today." Just look at this year, but in less than two months, the lives of several of our families have changed for the better. ”

In this regard, Chen Qianshan said: "Mother, what you said is good, but it is easy to do this time before the Chinese New Year in a year, and business is not so easy in the rest of the time." ”

"Of course I do. But, you think, isn't there no one to get married in the summer, and no one to do longevity? If you want to talk about these ten miles and eight towns, when it comes to cooking, who doesn't know our duck and duck village kitchen! ”

When Liu said this, Chen Qianshan thought it was good. The fame of the duck duck country chef is completely out.

"So, you have to follow your aunts well, and don't do anything that is sorry for them. If I had known, I wouldn't have spared you. ”

"Mother, how dare I. Besides......"

Besides, the person he likes in his heart. If it really happens, it will be a family in the future, how can there be a reason for a family to pit a family.

Fortunately, Liu is drunk now, so he didn't notice Chen Qianshan's strange appearance and words.

On the second day, Ye got up and made noodle soup, and Ye Feng and the others ate the leftovers from last night. After the three of them finished eating, Chen Jixing hadn't gotten up yet, and it seemed that he had drunk a lot last night.

Today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month.

Ye Shi saw that Chen Jixing was still asleep, snoring, thinking that he would drink and sleep like last night all year round, so he would go.

It's just that this work must be done, and it can't be delayed. If it hadn't been for last night's dinner, she and Chen Jixing would have finished it yesterday.

Ye took a knife, went to the back mountain to cut a bamboo, quickly shaved the bamboo branches, carefully picked up the appropriate length, surrounded a handful, and fixed it on the top of the bamboo pole with a strip.

After doing this, he put on a straw hat and began to take the broom and carefully clean it in the stove and in the various rooms.

Because the cooking is made of firewood, the top of each house is covered with ash.

For a moment, the house was full of dust.

As for Chen Jixing, perhaps because of the shelter of a mosquito net, he was not affected and continued to sleep with him.

After doing this, Ye began to take a rag and carry water to scrub the house thoroughly. The dust was so dirty, just the black and dirty water, Ye Shi poured several pots.

When Ye Feng and Qianyan were tired of playing, when they returned home, they saw a new home.

At this time, Chen Jixing staggered and got up.

He scratched his head, a little confused.

While fetching water for him to wash his face, Ye quipped: "Yo, I'm willing to get up." Look at what time it is. As he spoke, he put a handkerchief on his face and rubbed it.

Enjoying Ye's service, Chen Jixing was a little embarrassed, looked around and said, "Hey, I was happy last night, so I drank too much." A few of them probably haven't gotten out of bed yet. You've finished cleaning the house? ”

These things, especially cutting bamboo, have always been what he has been doing.

Hearing this, Ye Shi smiled and did not speak.

"Let me tell you something...... Forget it, guess first, who is in charge of the silver in the Da Niu family? ”

"Hey, what's there to guess about this kind of thing, I don't guess."

"Just guess, quick, quick!"

"Okay, don't shake it, I guess that's it. With the character of Da Niu Ma, she is naturally in charge of the silver. ”

"Look, I'll say you'd think so. Actually, it's just the opposite, it's Chen Jiwan who is in charge of the silver. Didn't he drink too much last night, he said it himself, and said that Da Niu's mother still had to wash his feet. ”

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Ye Shi rolled his eyes and poked Chen Jixing's forehead with his finger, "You said he drank too much, so can you believe what he said!" I went to the basin, there is a bowl of noodles and heat in the pot, it should be hot, you go and eat it. Otherwise, it will be noon again. ”

These men are really trying to save face.

There are no pigs at home, and most of the chickens and ducks are missing, so the day is very leisurely.

The second day is the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month.

There is an unwritten custom in Chenjia Village, that is, if you kill a chicken or something, you must either kill it on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, or kill it on the previous day, or you can only kill it twenty-nine.

However, chickens are generally not killed on the 28th, because "killing seven does not kill eight". In this regard, Ye Feng pondered for a long time and didn't know why.

On this day, Chen Jixing got up early in order to kill the chicken before the two children got up. He was a little reluctant for the two children to see this.

Therefore, by the time Ye Feng and Qianyan got up, the three big roosters that were still lively yesterday had now been plucked and lying on the cutting board.

Ye wanted to take advantage of the fact that it was still hot and dispose of the internal organs.

These three chickens are extremely fat at first glance, and the largest one may be about ten catties. In particular, the two chicken paws, black and black, are extremely long and huge.

Yip quickly disposed of the two chickens, washed the internal organs, and then cleaned up the cutting board.

Then, Ye took out another bamboo basket, put a fat chicken into the basket, and took four pieces of cloth, some snacks, and thirty eggs. Ye Shi calculated carefully, counted the eggs, and then said to Ye Feng and Qianyan: "Let's go, let's go to the old mansion." ”

Ye Feng suddenly understood that this was going to give a gift.

No wonder the Ye family bought so much cloth when he entered the city that day, and he thought that this was to make a new clothes for the family. Now it seems that it was given to that group of people.

Maybe it's because I made money to buy land, and now I have confidence. Or maybe the Ye family has completely "let go" in the treatment of the group of people in the old mansion, in short, the three of them talked and laughed along the way, and they were not as depressed as they were last time.

When I arrived at the old house, the courtyard door was not locked. It's just that the whole yard is quiet, and I don't know what the people in the house are doing, so I guess it's resting.

Seeing this, Ye Shi glanced at Ye Feng.

Ye Feng understood, so he shouted loudly: "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, are you at home?" We're here for a New Year's gift. There's fat chicken, there's pastry......"

Hearing this, Ye Shi couldn't help but laugh, only holding his finger at Ye Feng, but he didn't speak. This kid doesn't know who to learn from, so just give a gift, you have to shout loudly at the top of your voice.

As far as he is, it is estimated that everyone in the neighborhood should know.

Zhu came out first.

Seeing Ye holding a big basket, he was a little happy in his heart. Although she didn't hear what Ye Feng had just shouted, she had heard that the Ye family had made a lot of money as village cooks this year.

Now, just by looking at this basket, you can see that in the past it was only thirty eggs, but now there is more than that.

"Yo, it's my brother and sister here, come on, come on, come in and sit." As he spoke, he let a few people into the hall, and took the initiative to reach out to carry the basket.

This mention is even more happy, this weight is really enough. She had a sharp nose and smelled that there should be chicken in it. After all, whoever kills a chicken will burn it with fire. And that's the smell.

As soon as he sat down and chatted for a few words, the Huang family came out, and even Mrs. Liu came out. It's just that Chen Wumei is supporting her, and it seems that her legs and feet are a little inconvenient.

Ye hurriedly stood up with Ye Feng and Qianyan, and shouted "Niang" without being salty.

Mrs. Chen sat down on the main seat, and when she saw that several people were standing, she said, "Everyone sit down." ”

She is still very happy that everyone knows how to do it.

Ye said: "I fed a few chickens this year, kept three in front of me, and sold the rest." Qianyan's father was killed when he got up early today, and as soon as it was dealt with, I took one over. This year's chickens are growing well, this is the biggest. ”

As he spoke, Ye pointed to the basket and said, "There are four pieces of cloth here, and these two pieces of blue muslin are for the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law, and they are just right to make clothes; This piece of silk cloth is for the mother, and this piece of flower cloth is for the fifth sister. I saw that the fifth sister had grown a little taller, come, come to my sister-in-law, and try this cloth. ”

Chen Wumei glanced at Liu, and soon walked over, letting Ye take the cloth and gesture on her.

This cloth is pink, and there are some white flowers on it, which is really good-looking, and Chen Wumei said happily, "Thank you, third sister-in-law."

"Oh, and thirty eggs, and I don't have much to save. As you know, chickens aren't laying a lot of eggs lately. Yip added.

Mrs. Liu naturally knows about the movements made by the Yaya Township Kitchen, as long as she is not a fool, everyone knows it.

Seeing the third daughter-in-law talking more and more calmly, she also felt some feelings in her heart. When the days are good, people will be in good spirits. Looking at Qianyan and Ye Feng again, they have already changed into new clothes, and standing together at this moment is much more pleasing to the eye than the few dirty grandsons in the house.

Because of the rare said: "The third family, you have a heart." Otherwise, let's eat here at noon. ”

Hearing this, not to mention the Ye family, even the Zhu family and the Huang family were particularly surprised.

Since the family separation, it was the first time that the Liu family had spoken to the Ye family in such a pleasant manner. Although it is not as strange as the thousand-year-old iron tree blooming, it is rare enough.

Zhu was originally very happy, because the muslin cloth was very comfortable to the touch, and thick, but not bulky, and it was the most suitable for making cotton clothes. Now listening to Liu's words, I know that the old lady has changed a little in the treatment of the third room. In the final analysis, it's not because the Ye family is making money.

Thinking about it like this, I was a little displeased, but I was helpless, who could let the family make money. She heard that in the past two months, the kitchen in Yaya Township has been busy with her feet and not touching the ground, so she should have taken over a lot of business.

Speaking of which, she had talked to Ye and Zhao several times in private. But every time it was a feather, and there was no progress.

But this time it was different, with Mrs. Liu here, presumably the Ye family had to give face.

After thinking about it, he said: "Brother and sister, you see that your nephews are like a day by day, and there is no income in the family, are you still short of people in the village kitchen, if there is a shortage of people, how about counting me?" You know, I'm pretty good at cooking. ”

Originally, she wanted to directly say that I would be counted, but looking at Huang's greedy gaze, she was reluctant again. So, I changed my mouth to say that if there was a shortage of people or something, I also added the advantage that I could cook.

Now the dishes at home are basically made by the Zhu family, and the Huang family doesn't care about these.

Ye was a little embarrassed, she didn't expect Zhu to say this in front of Mrs. Liu.

Not to mention that there is no shortage of people at all now, even if there is a lack of people, it is impossible for her to let the Zhu family in. However, in front of Liu, she couldn't refuse directly. Anyway, she doesn't speak, and many times silence means everything.

Seeing Ye's embarrassed face, Ye Feng was not afraid, and said directly: "What my sister-in-law said is also reasonable, they are all a family, if there is a shortage of people, we will consider you first." But there is no shortage of people right now. As you know, we don't have ox carts, so it's inconvenient to go back and forth, so Uncle Chen Jiwan also joined. ”

Hearing this, Ye Shi also hurriedly continued: "Yes, yes, yes, if there is a shortage of people in the future, we will give priority to you, sister-in-law." ”

Huang knew that he was not good at cooking, and he still hated a few people in his heart, so he originally planned to take one step at a time. If the Zhu family succeeds, she will naturally have to play tricks. Now seeing that the Zhu family didn't succeed, she naturally pretended to be dumb.

Zhu didn't know that this was just Ye's excuse, but everyone promised like this, and she couldn't say anything.

This time, in the face of Ye's euphemistic refusal, Mrs. Liu did not help Zhu at the critical moment, but acquiesced to Ye's reply and approach.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu didn't intend to intervene, Zhu was a little disappointed, but he also smiled reluctantly: "What my brother and sister said is that since there is no shortage of people for the time being, I can't make it difficult for you." But when there is a shortage of people, my younger siblings must remember me. In the end, it is a family, and it must be better than outsiders. ”

In this regard, Ye Shi smiled gently: "I must consider you when there is a shortage of people." ”

After a few more pleasantries, several people quit and went home.

Eating here, several people are unwilling, not to mention the quality of the food, the atmosphere alone is depressing.

Coming out of the old mansion, the Ye family has not changed much.

If a person doesn't care about one thing, then no matter how this thing changes, she naturally doesn't care in her heart.

The Zhu family and the Huang family, including Ye Feng, would be surprised by the "kindness" that Mrs. Liu showed today, but the Ye family would not.

Because she had long lost hope for Mrs. Liu.

As for the others, Ye doesn't care.

Left and right do not live under the same roof, all she needs to do in the future is to do her filial piety and maintain a superficial peaceful relationship with the two concubines. For example, when she came over today to give a New Year's gift, it was just a good etiquette for the younger generations.

As for whether the other party accepts it or not, whether she is happy or not, it is not a question that she needs to consider.

In this family, strictly speaking, the Zhu family is not difficult to get along with, let alone the cheating and tricksters, just look at most of the housework in the old mansion now is done by the Zhu family.

To put it bluntly, Zhu is just a typical egoist, if she likes someone, she will be good to you wholeheartedly. But if she doesn't like you, then your life won't be easy.

As for the Huang family, they were the natural enemies of the Ye family, and the relationship between them seemed to be irreconcilable.

To be honest, compared with the previous Ye family, Ye Feng likes the current Ye family more, knows how to advance and retreat, and has self-confidence. If the Ye family could be like this at the beginning, then she would not have lost an unborn child.

However, the past is gone, and it is not a good thing to overindulge in something that has become irreparable. If Ye and Chen Jixing don't give birth, run around thinking about the lost thousand words every day, and grieve at the unborn child and wash their faces with tears, that is the most terrible.

In such a time and space where there are no modern means of finding relatives, whether it is the Ye family, or Ye Feng himself, or the vast number of people who have lost their relatives, in addition to hiding their sorrows, living well, making themselves strong step by step, and then looking for their relatives when they have strength, that is advisable.

Otherwise, if you are depressed all day long and are obsessed with lovesickness, not only will you not be able to find your relatives, but even if you do, the other party may not be willing to accept you.

What if you're a relative? In the past time, he has had enough of the torture of life, and finally found you, but you greeted him with a person who is not a ghost or a ghost, why!

As long as people live, there is hope.

Take the current Yaya Township Kitchen as an example, although there are few places to go, but it is in the village near Chenjia Village, but it is much better than before, and the key is that there are more people in contact.

More people means more well-informed, and finding relatives may not be impossible.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng couldn't help but smile.

Ye Shi saw Ye Feng smiling, she didn't know why, she felt that she vaguely knew what Ye Feng meant, and after thinking about it, she also smiled.

Qianyan saw that her mother and uncle were laughing, and she laughed too.

And so the family went home.

It's just that what they don't know is that today, in the old mansion, the Zhu family is on a par with the Huang family.

was rejected by the Ye family just now, and after thinking about it, no matter how she thought about it, she felt that it was the Huang family and Mrs. Liu who supported her hind legs. It stands to reason that Ye is a very talkative person, and there is no major misunderstanding between her and Ye at all.

In other words, the fundamental reason why the Ye family rejected her was because of the two people in front of her.

Only by drawing a clear line with them will Ye accept himself.

In line with such a god-like logic, Zhu made up his mind in his heart.

As soon as the Ye family left, Huang took the muslin cloth, and took advantage of Mrs. Liu's inattention, quietly smoothed the two eggs, and then said to Mrs. Liu and Zhu: "Mother, I'll go back to the house first, Qianqi, this kid kicked the quilt last night, and I saw that he was a little cold." By the way, brother and sister, how about making this chicken for lunch? Well, remember to put some pickled peppers, I remember there in the kimchi stalls. ”

In this regard, Mrs. Liu had nothing to do, but Zhu didn't do it: "Yes, I also think that fried fresh chicken with pickled chili peppers is the best." However, sister-in-law, I haven't been feeling good these days, and you know it...... So, you'll have to cook the meals for the past few days. ”

With that, Zhu took the cotton cloth and walked to his room.

When Huang heard this, he immediately quit.

She understands what Zhu means, after all, they are all women. However, she used to be able to cook when she was like this, so why can't she cook it today? If you want to learn from the Ye family, hmph, I'll talk about it when you earn money.

"Yo, they're all women, who hasn't had a little time to come. Why can't you cook? I'm your sister-in-law, is this the attitude you should have? ”

"Attitude? So what attitude should I have? Should I kowtow to you, or help you get eggs and cotton back to the house? ”

"What did you say?"

"The deaf can't hear. But you're not afraid of losing face, so I'm welcome. Mother, just now my sister-in-law secretly took two eggs in the basket. ”

Hearing this, Huang was so angry that he almost smashed the egg on Zhu's face. It's just that she did it so secretively, how did this woman find out?

"Since my sister-in-law took it, I want it too. You have children, and so do I. With that, Zhu also took two eggs without showing weakness, twisted his waist and went back to the house.

Seeing this, Huang also hurriedly slipped away.

It made Mrs. Liu tremble with anger, but she was helpless. I don't know why, she suddenly remembered the former Ye family, the filial and obedient Ye family.

It's just that she knows very well in her heart that this family will never go back to the past.

Naturally, this lunch was made by Chen Wumei.