"Mother." Bai Ko stood behind her and looked at her with some concern, "Mother, don't go to your heart, wait...... When the third aunt is well, it will only take a few days of hard work, and the patience will pass. ”

"How many days?" Qian sneered, his eyes fell on the west side house, with resentment, "It's impossible, the old man has spoken, and when the Wu family is ready, the four of them will take turns cooking." If the old lady wants to say this, I still don't believe it, but the old man has spoken, which shows that he is serious. ”

"Mother, in the future, you will always cook?" Bai Ko was very surprised, "Well, what can I do about this......

"What can I do? Your third aunt is sick, and your second aunt is not willing to work, what can I do? Qian suppressed the discomfort in his heart, picked up an iron basin, filled half a basin of water, and went to the yard to pick two eggplants, as well as a handful of tender beans, and put them in the water to rinse.

"Mother, don't worry, when the third aunt is ready, she will definitely take the initiative to work, even if there is a master in front of her, it has nothing to do with us." Bai Ko squatted in front of Qian and whispered.

"Yes." Qian nodded, and didn't say anything more, "Chry, don't squat here, when your grandmother sees you, she will definitely let you work, hurry back to the house." ”

Bai Ko stood up, and before he could go back, suddenly, Liu lifted the curtain and said loudly to Qian, "Remember to stir out the five catties of fat pork that the third child bought yesterday, cut a little lean meat and fry it with tender beans, remember to put some garlic." ”

"Hey, okay." As soon as Qian saw Liu, he immediately smiled and nodded very obediently.

Liu nodded with satisfaction, put down the curtain, and went back to the hall.

Qian sighed, turned around, and went to the water tank to get meat.

In this weather, things are most likely to break, but there are no refrigerators, so people use their brains and come up with various tricks to store things.

If there is a well at home, they will hang things in the well, and the well water will be cold, and there will be no problem overnight.

If you don't have a well at home, put your things in a large tank that stores water, which is not as cool as well water, but it will not spoil it.

As soon as Bai Chuanbai got home yesterday, he saw that Wu was unconscious, and he was not in the mood to hand over all the things to Liu, so he only took a basin and put the meat in a large tank of water, and didn't care about it anymore.

Liu also forgot about this meat because of Bai Shao's big fuss and threats.

I didn't remember until today.

Qian sighed, walked slowly to the big water tank, lifted the lid, and saw at a glance the oil paper bag in the iron basin inside.

Bringing out the iron basin, Qian opened the oil paper bag and took out the fat pork and lean pork inside.

After a moment, she glanced at the hall with some confusion.

No matter how you look at it, these meats are not five catties.

Could it be that Liu said something wrong?

This is impossible, Liu's person takes money very seriously, five catties of pork is five catties of pork, it is impossible to tell lies.

If so, is it that someone secretly took the pork?

Thinking of this possibility, Qian was immediately shocked, strode to the hall, and told Liu about the incident.

"Mother, there's less pork." Qian opened his mouth to say a word.

Liu almost jumped out of bed, "What? Who stole our pork? This, this is going to die, there are thieves in Shilipu, there are thieves. ”

"That's more than half less." Qian breathed a sigh of relief and pushed the pot of pork to Liu's side.

Fortunately, Liu didn't think that she stole the pork, so she was relieved.

"Half?" Liu Shi was even more angry, "Where did the pickled thief come from, he actually stole so many ...... from my family"

At this point, Liu's voice stopped abruptly.

Qian raised his head with some curiosity, and saw that Liu's face was green and green, which was very ugly.

"Mother?" She asked in a low voice, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

Liu didn't answer her, and after a while, he dropped a sentence, "Call the third child, the eldest daughter-in-law, you go and stir-fry." ”

"Oh." Qian nodded, didn't ask any more questions, didn't take the pork on the table, and quietly exited the hall.

When Sun promised Qian to cook tomorrow, Bai Shao was already dressed and sat on the edge of Wu's bed.

Wu listened to the turbulent tide of Sun and Qian, and wanted to stand up to help, but she pressed it hard, and was not even allowed to get up with Bai Chuanbai.

If it is in an ordinary family, no matter how much you love your children, it is impossible for them to listen to their children like this.

But in Bai Laosan's family, Bai Shao said whatever he wanted, not only the Wu family, but even Bai Chuanbai agreed with a smile, without half a word.

"Mother, you said you can read, I heard that it is easy to memorize in the morning, so you can teach us." Bai Shao didn't want the Wu family to think about the outside matter, so he deliberately took the three-character scripture he bought yesterday and coquettishly played with the Wu family.

"Okay, okay." Wu looked at her very dotingly, "Mother will teach you." ”

After speaking, he turned the first page, pointed to the first line, and said softly, "This thought, at the beginning of man, nature is good......"

After reading the first face, Wu was turning the pages of the book, and Qian came over there.

"She's the third uncle." Qian smiled very gently, "My mother said to look for you just now." ”

"Ah, yes, yes, here we go." Bai Chuanbai hurriedly sat up from the bed, shook his coat, and when Qian left, he quickly put on his clothes.

"This early in the morning, is there anything wrong with my mother?" Wu Shi took the three-character scripture and looked at Bai Chuanbai with some concern, "Why, I always feel that my left eyelid is jumping." ”

The locals believe that the left eye jumps for disaster, and the right eye jumps for wealth.

"What's the matter?" Bai Chuanbai didn't take it seriously, "Maybe let me do something, I'll come if it's okay." ”

After speaking, he straightened his clothes and went out of the west side house.

Bai Shao, who had been sitting quietly listening to Wu's recitation of the three-character scripture, suddenly stood up, "Mother, you teach my brother and my sister, and I will follow my father over." ”

After speaking, without waiting for everyone to react, he followed Bai Chuanbai into the hall with a smoke.

"I'll go too." Bai Wei followed.

In the end, only Bai Yunshi, who was silent, and Wu who smiled bitterly were left in the room.

"Wei'er, this child, has also learned to be lively with Shao'er, and I don't know if it's good or bad......" She sighed, lowered her head, looked at the familiar three-character scripture in her hand, and suddenly appeared in her mind, a little boy with red lips and white teeth, shaking his head and reciting this book.

Slowly, a touch of nostalgia welled up in Wu's eyes, and crystalline.

In the hall.

Liu Shi took a full posture and sat solemnly on the stool, looking like a three-hall trial, which startled Bai Chuanbai.

"Mother, what's wrong." He asked, a little sneering.

"What's wrong?" Liu's voice was very loud and cold, "Look at this pork, this is the pork you bought!" ”

After speaking, he pushed the meat in the iron basin to Shirakawa Kashiro.

Bai Chuanbai lowered his head, and looked up and down the big piece of fat and a small piece of lean meat with some puzzlement, there was nothing wrong with it.

"Mother, I put this meat in the water tank, it's not bad." Bai Chuan Bai Han said.

Liu almost didn't mention it in one breath.

"You, look at it, is it a question of whether it's bad or not?" Liu Shi hated iron and looked at this stupid son, "Look at this meat, is there six catties?" Did I let you buy five catties of fat meat and one pound of lean meat, what you bought for me, what you bought for me, you can see for yourself! ”

Speaking of this, Shirakawa Kashiwa suddenly fell silent.

Some memories that he deliberately didn't think about resurfaced in his mind.

Thirty-eight texts, and seventy-five texts.

And, bleak and embarrassing in front of the pork stall.

Liu didn't notice his abnormality, and he was still chattering, "Are you going to do the other way around this year, I want five catties of fat pork, one catty of lean pork, what did you buy for me?" This is not even three catties, the third child, you have also learned to fool your mother, haven't you? I'm old, I'm not a person anymore, you all bully me, you all lie to me, don't you? ”

Bai Chuanbai still didn't say a word.

The old man Bai on the side saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly interjected, "Okay, okay, it's not a big deal, just buy less meat, and buy it later." ”

"Is that less?" Liu's voice said sharply, "Third child, don't even you listen to your mother?" Are you going to follow your daughter-in-law against the sky? One burns my hands, the other buys less pork, and the worse ones all threaten me, threaten me......"

"Mother......" Bai Chuanbai lowered his head and said sullenly, "Mother, how much does it cost to have five catties of fat and one pound of lean meat." ”

"Lean meat costs ten cents a catty, fat meat is thirteen cents a catty, six catties is just seventy-five cents, what's wrong." Liu quickly figured it out.

"Then, mother, how much text did you give me?" Bai Chuanbai was silent for a moment, and finally asked.