She smiled at the red pepper and said: "You keep digging like this, you won't know about it in the garden next year, and you will be called to dig up and plant extinct." ”

He said happily: "Isn't that just right? Save them from noon, shouting at the top of their throats, making people dizzy, and they can't sleep well if they want to sleep for a while. Our red pepper has helped grandma a lot. ”

Red Pepper was overjoyed when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Grandma, after eating, I used spider webs to stick to it, so that they can't make noise." ”

Seeing that there was fine sweat on her forehead, Chrysanthemum took out a handkerchief to help her wipe it, and said angrily: "Girl, why don't you always take a nap?" After eating at noon, people are in better spirits after a while. Under the sun, you always like to go crazy everywhere, and you are not afraid of the sun. ”

Red Pepper turned around a little embarrassed and went to talk to the grapes, and the two muttered that they wanted to ask Aunt Liu to blow up.

He propped his elbows on the bamboo table, held his chin, and asked Chrysanthemum with a smile: "Those four little girls sent by people in the morning?" ”

Chrysanthemum said: "I asked Wu Ying to take it to the bamboo garden." Mother wants to see them? ”

He Shi hurriedly shook his head and smiled: "Mother just asked, I didn't want to see them." ”

Seeing that she was a little curious and gossipy, Chrysanthemum was amused, and asked tentatively: "Does my mother want to leave them as concubines for Brother Huaizi and have more grandchildren?" ”

He was thinking about asking Chrysanthemum, what were you doing sending those little girls to the bamboo garden, when he suddenly heard this, he was startled, hurriedly withdrew his arm from the bamboo table, raised his body and confessed: "There is no matter." My mother didn't think about it that way. Chrysanthemum, don't think too much. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled and nodded, not asking any more.

Seeing that she didn't speak, He Shi was a little uneasy after all, thought about it, and said to her solemnly: "Chrysanthemum, you have given birth to four babies, more than your mother." The mother is very content, so that her brain will not be dizzy. felt that there was a lot of stinky money in the family, so he became frivolous, and went to a big family to help his son take a concubine, which made the family jump. It makes your heart clogged. ”

Chrysanthemum was indescribably moved and happy when she heard it, and smiled at her: "Thank you, mother." My mother often said that if I have a mother-in-law like you, it is a blessing that I have cultivated for eight lifetimes. ”

When it's time to be a sycophant, she must not be stingy, and besides, she is not a sycophant, she is telling the truth.

Saying that only big families take concubines is not like that at all. But it's because of poverty. can't afford it, but anyone who has a little money wants to take a concubine. The concept of having more children and more blessings is deep-rooted and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and this place used to be too poor, so concubinage has become a novelty, but now it is everywhere.

Chrysanthemum thought it was funny, she listened to Meizi. There are several families in Qingnan Village who take concubines. Like Li Changyu, Li Changming, Huaizi, Aoki, and the three sons of the Liu family, these families are rich, and they don't have concubines. On the contrary, those small families who added ten acres or dozens of acres of land, because they thought that they had few sons, they took concubines and came back to give birth to sons.

That "dead dog" is one of them. He sold two pigs, bought back a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, and took over the house. The daughter-in-law in the village scolded him for not being human, and the old cow gnawed on the tender grass.

Chrysanthemum has seen a dead dog, thinking of his sloppy appearance, he cursed him in his heart that he had better be exhausted, otherwise he would harm the little girl for a lifetime.

He listened to Chrysanthemum's words. smiled proudly, wanting to be modest, but she had nothing to say, mainly because she felt that she was worthy of Chrysanthemum's words.

Chrysanthemum saw her fluttering appearance, a little funny, really an old child. When people are old, they like their children to hold them.

She deliberately frowned and said, "Mother, what if Brother Huaizi wants to take a concubine?" ”

He Shi raised his eyebrows, slapped the bamboo table, and said loudly: "He dares!" Look I don't smoke him! Yang Zi's mother can't manage it, but your mother can still manage it. Mother promises you that she will definitely not let Huaizi take a concubine. ”

Seeing her grandmother's fierce appearance, Shan Yao was startled, shrank her little head into her mother's arms, and turned her head to look at her in horror.

Chrysanthemum hurriedly touched his ears and coaxed, "Grandma didn't mean you." He said embarrassedly, "Mother, I'm just joking, let's see if you take it seriously." ”

The two talked and laughed for a while, and then went to the courtyard of Sanjin to check the layout of the house, to see if there was anything missing, to buy utensils, and the grapes led the red pepper to the kitchen to clean up the cicada chrysalis.

Xiaoxi was drying the quilt in the yard, and when she was done, she used chopsticks to copy the moldy bean cakes in several large bamboo plaques, which were used to make sauce.

Despite wearing a finely woven visor, she was sweating from the tip of her nose, her little face was flushed, and her light blue silk clothes and pants were also a little sweaty. After a busy circle, I took off my hat, went to the pool next to the kitchen to scoop up some mountain spring water, washed my face, and then went to the kitchen.

Still at the door, I listened to the laughter inside, and the soft voice of red pepper: "It's only a small bowl, too few miles!" I'll dig some more with Aunt Xi. ”

"Enough. You eat with the yams, but the lord and wife don't eat it. If they want to eat it, they just let the yellow and green barley dig in the woods. It's so sunny outside, don't go out with red peppers, otherwise, it's not good to tan it. "This is the voice of the cherry to comfort the red pepper.

She walked in and saw cherries and grapes being fried in a small pot on the stove, red peppers watching the excitement on the side, and Aunt Liu was busy on the big stove.

Red Pepper didn't give up, and said to the cherry: "Aunt Grape is a little black, but my mother said that she is a black beauty with a unique taste." ”

The crowd laughed, and the grapes turned red, but they were happy.

Xiao Xi smiled and asked, "Red pepper, what did Mrs. say the grape tasted like?" Sour, or sweet? ”

Red Pepper didn't know that she was deliberately making fun of the grapes, and explained: "It's not like that, it's ...... It is very good-looking. ”

Grape held a pair of chopsticks in his hand and glared at her: "Look at me throwing two drops of this hot oil on your face, and scalding your white and tender face out of two pits, so as to save me from greed." ”

Xiaoxi smiled and dodged, ran to Aunt Liu's side, and said, "Aunt Liu, I'll help you." ”

Aunt Liu smiled: "No." With Huang Mai Niang helping me, it will be. You take the second lady out, the kitchen is full of smoke, and there is oil on your hair when you look back. ”

Xiaoxi turned around to take the red pepper out, but saw that the red pepper was eating fried with a pair of small chopsticks, and hurriedly instructed: "Red pepper, it's hot, this fried know, eat a few." It's easy to get on fire! ”

Red Pepper nodded, and said vaguely, "Just eat two." Aunt Cherry will fry cucumber juice and peach juice later, and I'll just drink some. ”

Xiaoxi nodded, and listened to Cherry and Grape muttering something "Sister Yingzi took it away", rolled her eyes, and hurriedly leaned over and whispered, "But those girls who were sent?" ”

Grape glanced at her, deliberately ignored her, and picked up the small pot on the stove and laid it on the wooden shelf beside it; Cherry added a few pieces of charcoal to the stove and stewed a casserole with an unknown amount of meat.

Xiaoxi didn't care, and sneered: "I'll go to my house at night to see how they are doing." Don't be able to work and kill all the chickens my sister fed, then it's troublesome. ”

Cherry was quieter and asked in disbelief: "Isn't it just feeding the chickens, just scattering the chicken food on the ground, and not letting them feed them with spoons, this won't do?" ”

She pursed her plump red lips and looked at Xiaoxi cutely, waiting for her to answer.

Xiaoxi said: "I'm talking about chickens, and chickens are not easy to put away." They haven't worked, how can they serve the chicks. My sister only hatched a few hundred chicks, and the previous batch was sold. The wife said that it was hot and she was afraid of the plague, so she asked to sell it earlier. ”

Cherry sighed, "What a pity! ”

Grape and Xiaoxi glared at her at the same time, and Xiaoxi said, "Why is it pitiful?" Eat well and dress well, and feed a chicken is pitiful? Then when we are usually poor, we simply don't live. Are they born rich? Hmph, I'm afraid I haven't been able to read for more miles, why can't I feed the chickens? What do you want to do if you don't feed the chickens? If you don't do any work, you just want to come to the ready-made happiness and die beautifully. ”

Cherry hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I mean she won't feed the chickens, not that she will feed the chickens." ”

Grape and Xiaoxi couldn't help but laugh when they heard her amusement.

Aunt Liu came over and knocked on the head of the grapes, and whispered to a few people: "The little girl doll's family, the daughter-in-law of the learner is gossiping." I talked about this outside, and those who didn't know thought that my wife was torturing them. Just like Xiaoxi said, why can't they feed the chickens, can they be blesser than their wives? When the chicks are hatched, even the wife has to go to see them. ”

Xiao Xi hurriedly said: "That's it, that's it." Aunt Liu, we won't talk outside, just a few of us at home, just these few people at home, suffocated without talking. ”

Aunt Liu said: "Then you have to be tighter." The second master is coming home, he is an official, and the second wife is an official lady, and he will definitely bring a lot of servants to the subordinates, you don't pay attention to what you say, people have heard some misunderstandings, but it's not for our wife to find trouble. I heard my wife say that the subordinates who work in the rich and wealthy families are all thieves and shrewd. ”

The three of them were stunned for a moment, and nodded in unison.

Grape was about to speak, when he heard the hurried footsteps outside, and then Huang Mai shouted, "It's back, it's back." The second master is back. ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Red Pepper threw down his chopsticks and flew out like a butterfly. Grape also reacted, dropped the sentence "I'll call the lady and the old lady" and trotted out.

Aunt Liu smiled and squinted, and hurriedly said to Cherry: "Hurry up and prepare some more meals, I'm afraid it's not enough." Xiaoxi, you go out and have a look, see how many people there are, and then ask your wife what kind of meals she wants to prepare, and come back and tell me. Just go! ”

"Whoa!" Xiaoxi ran out excitedly.

Cherry asked a little confused, "Auntie, what are we going to do?" Cook another pot of rice? ”

Aunt Liu instructed: "Huang Mai Niang, you go to the yard with the cherries to pick some vegetables." No matter what you eat, the food is definitely indispensable. I'm afraid I'll have to catch some fish and catch two chickens to kill. ”

From behind the stove stood up a short black daughter-in-law, tore her clothes, took an empty basket from the kitchen wall, and Cherry also took a smaller basket, and the two went out together.