"Hello sister-in-law, Aunt Qiaoyun, are you also there?" Pang Jingbo smiled, his fair and handsome face was stained with the smell of sunshine, and his white teeth shook people's eyes.

One side of his body revealed the tricycle behind him, which was filled with iron objects.

Du Xuqing hurriedly removed the threshold, helped Pang Jingbo push the car into the yard, and saw the hairy head poking out of the door next to him, and sighed, "Watchdog." ”

Du Xuhong blushed, cried and ran into the courtyard next door, and then Meng Guixiang's sharp voice of scolding Huai was heard.

"What are you messing with him for?" Du Qiaoyun rubbed Du Xuqing's head helplessly, "Split up, you and that side also belong to the Du family, how much hatred can there be between relatives?" Could it be that during the New Year's holiday, you can still go to see your grandfather and third uncle and aunt? ”

Du Xuqing snorted twice: "They also have to look like elders." ”

Du Qiaoyun nodded his forehead: "You, don't do this in the future, don't make trouble for your sister-in-law, huh?" ”

Du Xuqing responded and ran to the kitchen to help Pang Jingbo unload the car.

Zuo Ranjia looked at the slightly bulky iron products, which were similar to what she had drawn, but she ignored the current industrial restrictions, and suddenly flashed the most primitive hand-cranked popcorn machine on the street in her mind, and sighed lightly in her heart, at most, it is better than nothing, right?

"Sister-in-law, I won't sit down, there were a lot of things going on in the past," Pang Jingbo washed his hands, pushed the car and left directly.

Zuo Ranjia didn't politely let it go again, after sending people out, he returned to the kitchen to put things in order, looking at the two heavy iron plates with grids on the roasted egg rolls, and couldn't help but want to make some golden and crispy egg rolls.

She first washed the board and controlled the water, then took out flour, eggs, sugar, black sesame seeds, sunflower oil and rinsed milk.

As soon as Du Xuqing's three little guys looked at her posture, they understood that her sister-in-law was going to make something delicious, and they all wanted to share it with their friends, so they watched expectantly by the stove.

Du Qiaoyun washed his hands and waited next to him to help, but Zuo Ranjia acted very quickly, he had already beaten the eggs with a whisk, and added sugar, oil, noodles, sesame seeds and milk to stir well, and finally formed a liquid pale yellow batter.

Zuo Ranjia put the iron plate on the gas stove and turned on the fire, put on thick gloves and gently wiped the surface of the two boards with a fine cotton cloth soaked in oil, and when the temperature came up, he scooped a spoonful of batter with a spoon and poured it on it, closed the iron plate and stopped for half a minute, then turned it over and continued to roast on the fire.

Although it is possible to make an egg roll with a pot, it is not as thin and uniform as it is pressed out on an iron plate, and it is not a minute for an omelet to be baked. She lifted the iron plate on it, and the rich aroma of milk mixed with eggs hit her face, causing the children to swallow.

Zuo Ranjia didn't stop, using chopsticks and a rolling stick to roll the omelet into a slender tube and put it on the board to dry, and continued to make the next one. "The egg rolls come out of the pot and wait for a minute or two to eat before they are crispy, Qingzi, you just take your younger brothers and sisters to wash their hands first, be careful not to burn them when you eat."

Under the children's excited little screams, Du Xuqing led them out to wash their hands carefully, and then he picked up one and broke it into many pieces, everyone took a small piece and put it in their mouths and chewed it carefully, it was crispy and fried sweet on the tip of the tongue, which was better than any pastry and candy they had ever eaten.

"Aunt, you can also taste it," the children washed their hands, and Zuo Ranjia had already branded out two of them, beckoning Du Qiaoyun. "I make a lot, don't save it, this thing won't taste good if it is left for two days, then it's called spoiling food."

Du Qiaoyun broke a small half, stuffed the baby in his arms, and bit it himself, "Well, it's strange that eggs and milk don't taste good." She nodded again and again, this thing is very simple to make, but the people in the city are reluctant to put things on hold like this, right?

"Aunt, people live with one mouth, and you can't usually be too yourself. Good health is the capital of leather and life," Zuo Ranjia also pinched a little and put it in his mouth, although no butter was added, but the ingredients used were good, and the sweetness of eggs and milk was highlighted. She smiled and continued to make, and the batter of the half-plastic bucket was baked into a half-table egg roll in less than half a minute.

She turned off the gas, washed the iron plate, plucked a bamboo basket from the wall, spread a clean muslin cloth on the bottom, and carefully picked up the egg rolls. A bamboo basket was filled, and the egg rolls on the stove did not decrease.

Du Qiaoyun understood what she meant, took it with a smile and said, "Xiao Ze is blessed to be able to marry you!" Relatives can't be too stiff, the current society is much stronger than in the past, what big contradictions can there be between people? Besides, you have separated and distanced yourself, so there is no need to worry about it. ”

Zuo Ranjia hummed, "Aunt, I understand." ”

It is impossible for people to live in black and white, and they must know how to be accommodating and have scruples.

Du Xuqing resigned himself to carrying the bamboo basket out of the door, turned to the left, and knocked on the door.

"Who? Hongzi, go open the door! Meng Guixiang responded loudly, and the sound of Du Xuhong's shoes grinding the ground came from far and near.

Seeing Du Xuqing with a cold face outside the door, Du Xuhong's first reaction was to close the door, but the tempting aroma of milk and eggs that had been hungry for him for more than half an hour wafted under his nose, making his eyes keep looking into the bamboo basket.

Du Xuqing pushed open the door and walked around him to the courtyard.

The sandwich passage between the wall built along the original kitchen and the original courtyard wall was very narrow, so that Du Xuqing, who was used to living in a large courtyard, not only raised his eyebrows a little gloatingly, but also strode happily towards the original backyard.

Behind the narrow passage was a slightly desolate courtyard, and under the newly opened door were three-foot-wide steps made of cement, and the hall was divided into a small room and a suite at Meng Guixiang's request.

Du Xuqing saw that there was a bed made of wooden planks in the room that was not as big as the cubicle of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and the old man Du was trembling against the base of the wall with his sleeves.

He pursed his lower lip and pushed the door in, the cold and damp feeling was more uncomfortable than the howling north wind outside. It stands to reason that he should have been used to the cold for more than ten years, but he who lived in a spacious room with a briquette stove all day was a little unbearable.

"Grandpa, how do you live in this small house? Don't even have a decent bed? Du Xuqing put the bamboo basket on top of a pile of grain at the end of the bed, and felt a little helpless pain in his heart.

"Qingzi," Old Man Du opened his eyes and saw his grandson coming, and patted him next to him with some joy and asked him to sit over.

The sour smell of sweat accumulated from the bedding that had not been dismantled and washed for many years, coupled with the fact that the old man would have emitted some unpleasant smells, was blown by the cold wind, and drilled into people's noses more clearly.

He frowned, and couldn't help but say, "Grandpa, why don't you live with us?" My sister-in-law was very nice and made new clothes for me, Yuanzi and Kiki, and the beds were also changed. ”

Old Man Du's eyes widened, and he snorted: "Qingzi, your new sister-in-law is not a good one, she just got married and broke up the family, she just expects you to be a young man who can help her work." Don't be stupid enough to be sold and help count the money. ”

"Grandpa, why do you have such thoughts? My brother proposed to divide the family, and all the money he earned outside was handed over to his aunt, but his aunt withheld the money and didn't give us food and clothing. My brother couldn't see it, so he brought it up, what happened to my sister-in-law? Du Xuqing patiently explained, thinking that his grandfather had been brainwashed by his aunt.

"Anyway, I'm not going," Old Man Du shook his head, he was in the third family, and the eldest grandson who went out of the family could take care of the third family for the sake of the old man who walked into the coffin with half his feet.

"Sister-in-law asked me to bring you some food, you can take it well and eat more yourself! As soon as other people's mouths are sweet, you will give them all. Du Xuqing instructed a few words, sighed again, and knew that what he said was in vain, so he lifted the blue and white floral cloth on it and took out some of it and put it into the half-old and gray basket above the old man's head, found a white flour bag and spread it on the table with a lame leg, picked up the remaining egg rolls one by one, and freed up the bamboo basket and cloth he brought.

"You taste it first, it's crispy when it's just made, and it's not delicious if you put it back for two or three days." Du Xuqing took out one from the table and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

The old man sighed happily, clicked and bite, and chewed with red circles: "Qingzi has grown up, and he knows that he loves grandpa." You have to be obedient at your eldest brother's house, and you can endure it if you are wronged, and when you are older in a few years, your grandfather will support you and marry a good granddaughter-in-law! ”

"Grandpa," Du Xuqing's swarthy face flushed a little, and he shouted helplessly, "You, alas, you can do it well, I'll go first." ”

When Old Man Du heard this, he hurriedly stood up, took out three deformed sugar cubes from the basket on his head and stuffed them into his arms.

"Grandpa, I've grown up, I don't like to eat this anymore," Du Xuqing took a look, refused stubbornly, and ran out of the door directly, glaring at Du Xuhong and Du Jinxiang who were guarding the door and walked towards the gate. A few days ago, he would have been looking forward to eating a few pieces of sugar in his grandfather's basket, but now he has only lived a few days of warm clothes and full food, and he can't even look down on this inferior fruit candy.

He hated himself in his heart, Comrade Mao said that he would resist sugar-coated shells, and he had lost his hard character under his sister-in-law's Huairou policy and sugar-coated offensive.

Zuo Ranjia saw that Du Xuqing was back, and beckoned him to eat egg rolls together, and he began to work on dinner.

Du Xuqing responded with low interest, stood at the kitchen door with his shoulders crossed, and pondered for a long time before he said quietly: "Sister-in-law, why don't you give me steamed noodles to eat." ”

"What's wrong?" Zuo Ranjia cooked millet porridge, took the dish that Du Qiaoyun had washed, cut it very quickly, and asked funny without raising her head: "Are you angry over there again?" Or did you hear something that you don't like? ”

Du Qiaoyun also stood up a little anxiously, rubbed his hand on his body, and pulled him to look.

"Auntie, sister-in-law, I'm fine, it's just that I found that since the separation, I have lived a good life for a few days, and I can't stand the previous life. I have to reflect and resolutely not become a hedonist! ”