Bamboo said: "If the guy who called Laixi bullies you, your four brothers can beat him down with a punch - I see that Laixi's white and pure appearance is not beaten at all."

Liu Xiaomei glared at her and said, "According to what you say, Brother Changxing's black appearance has been beaten?" Then do you want to call my four brothers and try to punch him? ”

Chrysanthemum and Meizi smiled softly when they saw Bamboo's aggrieved appearance.

Liu Xiaomei said: "Hmph! You are in a hurry, I have told Laixi that when the Chinese New Year comes, I will stay at my mother's house for a few more days, and your family will have to take care of my meal. ”

Everyone said that it was easy, and when the time came, everyone would cook together and come every day.

Laughing, I saw that the little sister came to the door and called Liu Xiaomei's house to eat dumplings. Everyone asked in surprise, why did you eat dumplings when you had lunch in the morning?

The little sister smiled: "She is pregnant, she is always hungry, and she has to eat several meals a day." After speaking, he turned to his little sister and complained: "Don't say hello when you come out, you should let your third sister-in-law accompany you, you should be careful in the first few months, don't take it seriously." If there's a good one, how can you tell Laixi? ”

Liu Xiaomei saw that everyone was staring at her, and said to her mother ashamedly and embarrassedly: "Mother, look at what you said, where are you so squeamish?" Also, I haven't been eating for a while, and I'm not hungry. ”

Meizi's eyes widened and she shouted, "Ouch! You don't even tell us about such a big thing, really! Hey, why don't you react at all when you're pregnant? How many meals a day? Appetite so good? It took me a few days to throw up before I could eat properly. ”

Saying that, he turned to Chrysanthemum and said, "Chrysanthemum, look, I said she was also fast, right?" This is not to be conceived after Jin Xiang. Bamboo, you two have to work hard. ”

Chrysanthemum and Bamboo turned their heads away from her at the same time.

Ignoring Liu Xiaomei's embarrassed appearance, Xiaomeiniang said happily: "She's okay, she can eat." This is considered a blessing, and it is necessary to suffer less and lose a lot. After saying that, he urged his daughter to go home, saying that he would eat something first and eat it well at noon.

Liu Xiaomei couldn't, so she had to say goodbye to everyone. As soon as she left, everyone dispersed—in fact, everyone was very busy at home.

Bamboo and the little sister went out of the courtyard of the chrysanthemum mother-in-law's house together, and when they passed the door of the chrysanthemum mother's house, they saw the Yang family coming back with a large load of sunflower plates. I'm going to have dinner at my aunt's house, I'm going to call Chrysanthemum's house to accompany you. ”

The little sister hurriedly grabbed her, let her bother, and explained again.

Bamboo smiled: "Auntie, we just came from Chrysanthemum." Isn't Chrysanthemum just going to leave her little sister to eat, but her four brothers, the family can't finish one meal, where is the time to eat at other people's homes? I had to let her go. ”

Yang said with a smile: "You baby, it's rare to go back to your parents' house, of course, you have to talk to your father and mother first, but your aunt's family can't leave without eating." Do you stay one more night and turn around? ”

Liu Xiaomei hurriedly said apologetically: "Auntie, when I am so busy, it's not good for me not to return home outside." I'm going back to Liujiatang tomorrow, not to mention how much work I do, I can help my mother-in-law cook or something, Laixi has already told me. When the Chinese New Year comes, I will go back to my parents' house to stay for a few days, and then I will go to my aunt's house for dinner. ”

Yang didn't say anything after hearing this, and said a few words to the little sister's mother, and learned that the little sister was pregnant, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then told a lot of words, thinking that he would go back and catch an old hen and send it over

Bamboo and Xiaomei praised her family's sunflower plate for being so big and the rice grains were full, and several people stood at the door and said for a long time before parting.

Chrysanthemum cleaned up the house, looked at the sky, and after a while of cooking, she went back to her parents' house to see her sister-in-law.

When I entered the courtyard of the Zheng family, I saw that under the peach tree, the Yang family was pouring the sunflower plate outward, one by one like a small sieve, and the plate was densely arranged with gray-black sunflower seeds.

Liu Yunlan wrapped a flower turban, sat on a small bench, holding the boss's belly, because he couldn't bend over, he bent his body and picked up a sunflower plate from the side, first rubbed off the sunflower seeds in the corner of the plate with his hands, and after breaking out a gap, it was easy to exert force, and the rows of sunflower seeds were broken down in the direction of the gap with the root of the palm, and those melon seeds were separated from the plate and fell into the dustpan below.

Chrysanthemum hurriedly brought a small bench over, and also helped break it up, and while greeting Liu Yunlan, she praised: "Mother, this sunflower plate is so big, it's much bigger than last year; The seeds are also full. I'm afraid I can collect a lot this year, right? ”

Yang said with a smile: "It is estimated that you can collect two or three hundred catties." I have planted a lot of nests in the potato ditch, and I have made nests with duck dung pads, and I have a lot of energy, and I see how big they grow. Your dad is still chopping miles. It's always going to take a few trips to finish. ”

Liu Yunlan asked Chrysanthemum with a smile: "Your family also planted a lot, right?" When to cut? ”

Chrysanthemum said: "I heard my mother-in-law say that I will cut it in two days." Break out the melon seeds and it will be good to dry in the sun. ”

Yang put those sunflower plates in front of the two of them, so that they could take them, and she smiled: "The chrysanthemum family is also good-looking, and Huaizi Niang has also laid a lot of dung." Said that although this thing is small, the average person is really indispensable, when you are idle, you can also make a mouth when you fry it, it is used to entertain guests and save money to buy, and chrysanthemums are the favorite to eat this. ”

While speaking, Aoki picked up another load and entered the courtyard, and poured it on the ground, and it was a big pile, and suddenly Chrysanthemum and Liu Yunlan were surrounded by those sunflower plates; The two dogs came over and sniffed it, but it was not at all what they liked, and wagged their tails and shook them to the side.

Aoki first glanced at his big-bellied daughter-in-law, saw her smiling sweetly at herself, and gave her a warm smile back, and then asked Chrysanthemum with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you help your mother's family work, no matter if your mother-in-law's family eats?" ”

Chrysanthemum said with a smile: "Call them all to come over and eat, so you can save a meal." ”

Yang and Liu Yunlan saw the brother and sister laughing and joking, and watched with a smile on the side.

Aoki also looked at his sister funny, and sighed deliberately: "I raised you for nothing, and I don't know how to move things to my mother's house."

Chrysanthemum hurriedly asked, "Brother, what do you want?" You say, I'll move back whatever you like. She said very seriously, as if she was taking care of things.

Aoki couldn't help laughing, he wanted to say something but didn't say anything, glared at his sister, went into the kitchen to drink some water, and went out again with an empty rice basket.

Yang washed his face and sat down to break it.

Liu Yunlan saw that her back was wet with sweat, and hurriedly said: "Mother, you go and change into dry clothes, it's easy to catch a cold when it's blown by the wind." ”

Yang smiled: "Where is it so squeamish." It's still very hot this day, and my body will dry out after a while. Chrysanthemum, why don't you wear gloves? Let's put it on—it hurts your hands a lot. ”

Chrysanthemum woke up like a dream when she heard this, and hurriedly said to Liu Yunlan: "Sister Yunlan, why didn't you think about it?" Wait for me to get it. With that, he got up and went to his original boudoir - Yang kept this room so that she could come back and live well.

She took out two pairs of cloth gloves from the cabinet, turned her head and threw one to Liu Yunlan, and broke the melon seeds after putting them on, so she didn't grind her hands so much.

It turned out that she thought that washing vegetables and doing housework was nothing, but if she didn't pay attention to work like pulling grass in the vegetable garden, it was estimated that it would not take until she was twenty years old, and her hands would be like old bark.

It doesn't matter if she doesn't dress up, she can't accept that her hands will become like old bark at a young age, so she sews several pairs of gloves and keeps them ready for use; Liu Yunlan naturally used it.

Liu Yunlan said with a smile: "I don't go to the field to pull grass for a while, my mother is taking care of the vegetable garden, so I forgot about gloves." ”

Chrysanthemum skillfully broke the sunflower seeds, and then heard the sound of "whooshing", and said in her mouth: "It's better to break some miles with gloves, it's a lot faster - has the friction increased?" Mother, go find out your sister-in-law and wear it. ”

Yang shook his head and said that he didn't want to trouble, it was hot like this, so it was better to be bare and sharp.

When Aoki picked up a big load again, Zheng Changhe also came back, and also picked a load of sunflower plates. He saw Chrysanthemum sitting in the yard and said with a smile: "Girl, why do you help your father work?" Don't you have to cook today? ”

Yang smiled: "Aoki was still talking just now, and it will be time to cook at home in a while." His father, will the sunflower stalks be left in the ground to dry? ”

Zheng Changhe said: "Just put it in the ground to dry, save you from having to get a home and occupy the space." When it is dry, pick a house and use it as firewood directly in the stove house. ”

He lifted the placket of his clothes and wiped his sweat, took the bamboo tube handed over by Aoki, poured a breath of tea fiercely, and let out a sigh of relief, and then looked at the sunflower seeds broken out by several people, spread out in the big dustpan and exposed to the sun, black skin with white edges, one by one big and full, and couldn't help but smile and stretch his eyebrows.

Chrysanthemum has become accustomed to the fact that her father is very happy every time she has a good harvest, and said with a smile: "Dad, in the future, if you have nothing to do, you can take a bag of fried melon seeds and eat hard." ”

Zheng Changhe grinned and said: "That is, when you gossip with your father-in-law in winter, there will be something in your mouth to chew." The chrysanthemums, the hairy chestnuts are also almost ripe, and many of them are cracked. I saw rabbit poop next to a few trees, and I thought the rabbits were running over to eat the fallen chestnuts. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled and said, "Why don't you dig a few traps?" If you can catch a few rabbits, you can also fight tooth sacrifices. ”

Aoki also sat down next to Liu Yunlan, picked up a large plate casually, and said while breaking it: "It's not easy to get it." It's no better than the mountains, and if the rabbits don't catch them, it won't be good if people fall into them. ”

Yang Shi hurriedly said: "That's still a toss, I turned around and hurt someone, and I have to help someone see the doctor." ”

Talking and laughing, Chrysanthemum broke a handful of sunflower seeds again, and Yang urged: "Hua'er, it's time to go cook at home - let's break the rest quickly, you can go busy." ”

Zheng Changhe smiled: "What's the hurry? Are you afraid that they will starve to death? Wait for Huaizi's mother's family to come and cook again. He wished that Chrysanthemum would stay at home for a while.

Yang glared at him and said, "You have a hard mouth, and your son-in-law's family has nothing to eat." If Chrysanthemum stays at her mother's house, I'll be more anxious than anyone else to keep you. (To be continued)