Chapter 31: The Fight for Food
In the end, Tang Yujun came up with an idea, he begged Mai Xiaofang to cook a few more sweet potatoes for the three of them, in case the meal was not palatable, and he would not be hungry all night.
Not to mention that sweet potatoes are okay, as soon as he said it, Mai Xiaofang suddenly remembered that this guy hadn't paid for his own sweet potatoes yet!
"A basket of sweet potatoes is five hundred dollars, bring a copper plate." Mai Xiaofang stretched out her hand to ask for money, and she was not ambiguous at all.
Tang Yujun laughed and said: "Raise money and give birth!" I thought that the two of us had become a gang through what happened just now, how could I expect you to be so ruthless. ”
Who is in a group with you, Mai Xiaohuan picked up a wooden stick and chased Tang Yujun, and the two of you chased me all over the yard. At first, Tang Yujun kept saying angry words, and after running for a while, he could only hear Mai Xiaofang's voice, Tang Yujun couldn't run anymore and had to beg Mai Xiaofang for mercy: "What do you do every day!" I'm convinced, but I can't outrun you. ”
"Can you compare with me! Every day I either go up the mountain or up the tree, can you? ”
"Xiaofang, when are you going to climb a tree again, I said how are your shoes worse than Xiao Huan's, it turns out that you are climbing a tree again, do you still have the appearance of a girl's house, look for a fight!" Shan Cuihua carried a feather duster and began to chase Mai Xiaohuan.
After frying the vegetables, Mai Xiaohuan, who took off her apron, said to the three boys with their mouths wide open: "Now you know why my second sister ran so fast!" She didn't say one thing just now, that is, my mother chased her in the yard almost every day, can she not run fast! ”
I see! Tang Yubo and Qu Hao watched the excitement with a smile, and Tang Yujun watched while instructing Mai Xiaofang how to avoid Shan Cuihua's pursuit. If someone passes by outside the courtyard now, maybe they will think that the Mai family is fighting!
Mai Yonghai took the wild boar meat to the third uncle Mai's family first, not only because his family was close, but also because if he went to the uncle's house first, with the temperament of the eldest mother, maybe both pieces of meat would have to be deducted.
Qiao's enthusiastically asked Mai Yonghai to drink saliva before leaving, and asked about the identity and origin of those young masters from time to time, and Mai Yonghai replied with the word "I don't know". Qiao's also vaguely mentioned that her mother-in-law was partial to the boss Mai Xing, and she didn't regard Mai Xiaofang, Mai Xiaohuan and Mai Xiaomiao as her own granddaughters at all, Mai Yonghai just didn't understand her words, put down her things, said a few words politely, and turned her head and walked out of the third uncle's house.
The eldest aunt is not good, and the third aunt is not much stronger, the difference is only that one is mixed everywhere, and the other is secretly bad. None of them are people who can be deeply acquainted, as long as they maintain an ordinary relationship.
When I arrived at the uncle's house, Wu was directing the two daughters to cook, and a girl as big as Mai Xiaoling had to ask her mother how much salt to put in the stir-fry, which was far worse than her sisters.
"Yo! Why didn't Yonghai stay at home to accompany the guests! Your Xiaofang and Xiaohuan are really capable, they can bring home three young masters in one day's work, tsk, they can't compare! ”
Mai Yonghai originally wanted to hand over the wild boar meat to the Wu family and leave, but he was so angry by her words, the eldest mother's tone was sour, and this basin of dirty water was deducted, and the sisters couldn't say it even if they had long mouths.
"Those young masters spent money to buy the wild boar we hunted, and because they didn't know how to get it, they stayed and asked my mother and sisters to help make it." Hearing her grandson speak, Mai Liu came out of the inner room, and when she saw the wild boar leg that Mai Yonghai was holding in his hand, she had a smile on her face, and this thigh was enough to gnaw on herself several times.
She didn't feel embarrassed or embarrassed at all because she wanted to sell her granddaughter today, she walked over and took the pork leg with her own hands, and also inquired about the identities of Qu Hao and several people. Mai Yonghai lied and said that the people would go back to the county seat after eating in a while.
"Yo! What an opportunity! Your mother should keep them for two more days, even if it is only for one night, she can pay you a lot of money! ”
"The family is the son of the county guard, how can we be embarrassed to ask for money, I have to go back to eat, so I will leave first." Mai Yonghai didn't want to listen to Wu's words that were not boundary, and he had nothing to say in the face of his grandmother who wanted to sell his sister.
Before he could get out of the yard, he heard the eldest lady and daughter belittle their sister, saying that Qu Hao and the others might be liars, and they were waiting to see if Shan Cuihua's mother and daughter were deceived and deceived......
These two people really deserve to be mother and daughter, the same can't see others better than them, and the same knows that they are talking bad about others behind their backs. Whoever eats better and dresses better than them will definitely be scolded by their mother and daughter for three days and three nights.
"Yonghai, why don't you let Xiao Ling go over to help your mother and Xiao Huan with their work!" After weighing it several times, although Wu was not sure that Qu Hao was really the son of the county guard, she was also sure that the three teenagers were not the children of ordinary people. Looking at the carriage they rode in and the people they carried, even if these people were not the sons and daughters of the official family, at least they were the young masters of the rich family.
I've always wanted to find a rich young master for my daughter, isn't this just an opportunity? Good things can't all be cheaper than the second girl, and besides, there are three young masters, and it's just right for each sister to be one! It would be nice if there was one more, in that case, Xiaohui would also have a fall.
Mai Yonghai didn't respond a word, and left the courtyard of the uncle's house as fast as he could, he didn't know what the eldest mother thought. Let's not talk about whether the three young masters can take a fancy to Xiao Ling, let's take the fact that she wants to betray Xiao Huan, what kind of face does she have to go to the door of her house, the eldest lady's face must not be made of flesh, and it is almost the same as being beaten by iron.
When he went home, the dishes and chopsticks had been set, and Mai Wang took Shan Cuihua and Mai Yonghe into the back room to eat, and the matter of accompanying the guests outside was handed over to Mai Yonghai and the sisters.
Because it is in the countryside, there is no saying that men and women are not at the same table at the age of seven, Mai Xiaohuan first served each of them a bowl of rabbit meat pumpkin rice, Tang Yujun refused to eat it, and Qu Hao and Tang Yubo frowned and did not dare to accept it. If you don't eat and pull down, it's not you who are hungry anyway, the brothers and sisters of the Mai family are eating and gnawing on the meat, giving people the feeling that what they eat is not ordinary dishes, it is clearly a palace banquet.
Is it that fragrant? Qu Hao picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of braised pork and chewed it in his mouth, although it was not as soft and glutinous as the braised pork made at home, the taste was really good, and the ingredients were fresh, and the taste was naturally first-class.
The stir-fried wild boar meat is spicy but not greasy, the pheasant stewed mushrooms are delicious, and even the wild vegetable soup has a special fragrance, which is not the fragrance piled up with oil and condiments, but the taste of the ingredients themselves, which can greatly increase people's appetite.
Seeing that Qu Hao couldn't stop after taking a bite, the Tang brothers also hurriedly picked up the dishes, but they knew that Qu Hao's eating mouth was well-known in Qingcheng County, and those that were recognized by him were all gourmet-level.
With the addition of three big boys, the dishes on the table are decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye, Tang Yujun is especially excessive, he brings the small fried wild boar meat to himself, one chopstick after another, and does not give others a chance to reach out at all.
Others are embarrassed to grab, it doesn't mean that Mai Xiaofang will honestly look at it and not move, she used her chopsticks to hold down Tang Yujun's chopsticks, so that he couldn't catch the dish, and then greeted everyone proudly: "You guys quickly clip, don't leave this guy at all." ”
"Xiaofang, let go, can't I put the plate in the middle of the table?" Seeing that Qu Hao and his cousin really went to pick up their favorite dishes, Tang Yujun begged Mai Xiaofang to spare him, and even the meat scraps would be gone after a while.
He also begged Mai Xiaohuan to fry another plate, five or six people grabbed a plate, and one person could get a few bites.
Mai Xiaohuan ate the fastest, she put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said indifferently: "It will be uncomfortable to eat too spicy meals at night and go to bed, if you don't eat enough, you can take wild boar meat tomorrow and copy a recipe back." ”
"yes!" Tang Yujun glared at his cousin and Qu Hao, and with a few words on his own, the dishes bottomed out, and these two people were too much.
A few people had to switch to the dish of pheasant stew with mushrooms, and there was some chicken left, and all the mushrooms were picked. Qu Hao asked Mai Xiaohuan what kind of mushroom this was, and how it was different from what he had eaten before!
Mai Xiaofang badly told a few people that the mushroom was picked from a tree.
Tree ...... They had heard that the mushrooms on the trees would kill people if they ate them, and even Tang Yujun was stupid at this moment.
Mai Xiaohuan slapped the second sister who was holding her stomach and laughing endlessly, and explained to the three people: "There are also several kinds of mushrooms on the tree that can be eaten, but they are not known by ordinary people, so you can eat them with confidence!" Our family has been eating this mushroom for half a year, and there has been no poisoning so far! ”
Qu Hao nodded, he also saw the sisters eating mushrooms just now, if they wanted to harm others, they wouldn't eat it, and besides, they had no motive to harm themselves, unless the whole family was tired of it.
After dinner, the three boys sat by the stove, watching the sisters clean up the dishes and chopsticks, eating steaming hot sweet potatoes, and then listening to Mai Xiaofang and Tang Yujun occasionally quarrel and quarrel, until it was too cold outside, and then went into the house to rest.
Mai Xiaofang's sisters went to Yu Ni's house to borrow the night, it is inconvenient to have several big boys in the family, the two sons of Zhao Tuhu's family have already married, and there is a little girl left in the family who is the same age as Mai Xiaofang.
The two of them brought some wild boar and sweet potatoes to Yu Ni's family, and after Zhao Butcher ate them, he decided to go up the mountain tomorrow to dig some back. He went to the East Village, the West Village, and knew that there were sweet potatoes on several mountains, so he promised to take Mai Wan and his son up the mountain tomorrow.
didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain by borrowing a night, Mai Xiaohuan also planned to follow up the mountain, her purpose was not to dig sweet potatoes, but to pick monkey heads and fungus.
Early the next morning, the Mai sisters quietly dressed and went home, Qu Hao and their master and servant ate their own stalks last night, and they had to eat pasta this morning. Mai Xiaohua was going to make burritos, roll bean sprouts and pickled cucumbers, she thought as she said to her, she didn't know if Siri had potatoes, it would be great if she had, potatoes were more useful than sweet potatoes.
If she has the opportunity, she must go out for a walk, potatoes and corn are the two things she wants the most, with them her dream of making a fortune will definitely come true.