The people she looks down on the most in her life are those who are pretentious and noble, even if they are down, they still have a disdainful face, really smart people, they know how to introspect when they are in the limelight, and when they are down, they also know how to bend down, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity.

If Wu Yu was an adult, she would definitely not care about this idle matter, and she would not even save him at the beginning, but he was still a twelve-year-old child, maybe a few blows with a heavy hammer could make him wake up and become truly strong and pragmatic, instead of living in the vanity of refusing to accept reality.

Rui Xue took the basket and went to the stove room, checked it around, and was very glad that the wooden utensils for making tofu were not affected, only the firewood under the window was half burned, and the window was blackened, and there were a few wet wooden stumbling blocks outside the stove next to it, which were curling with smoke.

She let out a long sigh of relief and walked back to call Wu Yu, "Since there is no loss in the family, and you are a first-time offender, I won't beat you." Come out and light the fire and help me cook. ”

Wu Yu hung his head, his chest rose and fell a few times, and finally followed, Rui Xue added rice and water to the small pot, and then first took a handful of bean straw and put it under the stove, and added a finger-thick branch on it, knocked on the flint and lit it, signaled Wu Yu to come over and sit on the small bench in front of the stove, and said, "It's very simple to burn the fire, first use easy-to-burn bean straw or grain leaves to light the fire, and then gradually add branches and the like, remember not to add too much at once, otherwise there will be no gaps in it, and it will be easy to erupt fire." ”

A flash of horror flashed in Wu Yu's eyes, he added too much firewood under the pot at noon, and saw that the fire inside seemed to be extinguished, so he lowered his head to blow, and as a result, a ball of fire erupted out, burning his hair, if it wasn't for his quick reaction, I'm afraid he would have become bald now.

"Now there is japonica rice porridge in the pot, and when there will be heat coming out, that is, the water in it is boiling, you have to slowly subtract the firewood and turn it to low heat to boil, so that the japonica rice porridge can be boiled well and sticky." Rui Xue didn't care if he listened to it or not, everything he thought of was told to him in detail, Wu Yu lowered his head and pouted, but he also listened carefully with his ears, General Zhenbei was out on the march, who knows how many years he can return, if he wants to be fed and clothed, and save his life, he can only live in this house, the most important thing is that he reached out and touched the burnt hair on his forehead, he didn't want to be burned again...

Ruixue cut the salted radish strips, fried a vinegared shredded potato, estimated that the porridge was almost ready, took out the dumplings in the basket, put them in a large pot and fried them in oil, until a layer of golden shell was baked under the dumplings, and then put them on the plate, along with the steaming rice porridge and side dishes.

The three of them sat around the table, Zhao Fengnian was at home these days, idle, often went to the stove to secretly look at the sauerkraut in the jar, and had a full stomach of suspicions about this moldy and bubbling thing, and heard Rui Xue say that this dumpling was made of sauerkraut, and his brows furrowed, but because Rui Xue enthusiastically put it in his bowl, he barely took a bite, and immediately liked this slightly sour taste, as if his stomach was stimulated by something, and his appetite was wide.

Wu Yu was originally with a revenge mentality, thinking of eating up the only food on the table with meat, but he had to admit in annoyance that although this vicious woman's skills were not as good as the imperial chef in the palace, it was also... Well... It's delicious.

Rui Xue was worried about finding someone to make dumplings, hurriedly ate two bites, and told Wu Yu to finish brushing the bowl for a while, and then go to Zhang's house to sleep, so she went into the kitchen to fish for five sauerkraut, and dug out a large piece of pork in the snowdrift outside the door, together with cabbage, radish and even oil and salt and other seasonings, filled with a large bamboo basket, and then went to the west courtyard with her shoulder.

Sister-in-law Zhang also just finished cleaning, when she saw her come in, she hurriedly stepped forward to take the basket, and went to the stove to be busy together, Da Zhuang was originally boiling water, and when she saw Shi Niang coming to the door, she remembered that she deliberately did not remind Wu Yu during the day, which almost burned the stove, and she felt ashamed, her face was red as if she was going to drip blood, and she didn't dare to look at Shi Niang's face, so she ran out of smoke after saluting.

Rui Xue smiled faintly, she never planned to meddle in the affairs of the children, they were all half-grown children with undecided temperaments, don't look at today's fun, tomorrow may be good enough to wear a pair of pants, and besides, Da Zhuang is pure-hearted, even if he doesn't like Wu Yu, he won't do anything too out of line.

Sister-in-law Zhang didn't know that her son almost got into trouble today, so she scolded with a smile, "What's wrong with this child, I almost lost my job just now after eating, and I don't know where this soul was lost?" ”

"Children are just playful." Ruixue answered, and began to cut sauerkraut, while Sister-in-law Zhang chopped up the meat filling.

Soon, the three small pots of dumpling stuffing were ready, according to the usual amount, it was estimated that almost 600 dumplings could be wrapped, Rui Xue continued to make noodles, and Sister-in-law Zhang washed her hands and went out to invite Cuilan and Wu San's sister-in-law.

In winter, the farm work is the least, and the men mostly get together to play something similar to chess, which is called Yelu by the locals, and Ruixue has not had time to study the gameplay, but has only heard Zhang's sister-in-law say it a few times. Of course, there are also ways to gamble in other villages, but it is the same as in the previous life, it is a dice engraved with points on six sides, but the village elders and Li Zheng are very reasonable in this regard and look very strictly, so no one in Yunjia Village dares to disobey, and there is no such thing as a family unrest because of gambling.

This year, every family in the village has a kang, hot and spacious, the women are also happy to gather together to do needlework, the east and west family talk a little gossip, enjoy a rare leisure day, occasionally who embroidered a larger embroidery to sell to the city, for dozens of dollars, it was half envious and half jealous of the people to scratch a few words.

Wu San's sister-in-law had eaten, took a one-foot-wide flower cloth as a souvenir, and went to Cuilan's house to visit the door, thinking that it was about to be the New Year, her own harvest was not good, and the pillar was not enough to get married.

Cuilan saw that the third sister-in-law said what she meant, she was embarrassed and angry, her three brothers all lived in this village, the eldest brother and the second brother were capable and filial, busy farming, idle things went out to do short-term work, the family was passable, only the third brother was lazy to do, and the farming was not dedicated, and the harvest was the worst in the village.

On weekdays, a bucket of brown rice, two buckets of grain noodles, no less scraping, now to marry, actually came to borrow money again, although she also saved three or four taels of silver in her hand, but live at home, who also has to leave some family foundation, borrowed a nephew to marry, two or three years is not expected to be returned, in case of something urgent use of silver, what to do?

She thought about it again and again, but still said, "Sister-in-law, my dog is studying in the school, and a knife of paper costs 500 yuan, and the cost is really not small, and the little short-term salary earned by the child's father is filled in, and the family really has no savings, so I really can't help with this." ”

Wu San's sister-in-law ran into a wall yesterday in Wu Lao Da and Wu Lao Er, and today I heard that my sister-in-law had no hope here, so she couldn't help but get angry in her heart, and she spoke a little out of proportion, "Your husband and wife have also been married for eight or nine years, don't you even have savings for two taels of silver?" Besides, what kind of books do our peasant children read, and then they won't even be able to pass the show, wouldn't they throw the money into it for nothing, it's better to buy a few sheep and put them together, and when the time comes, it's enough to marry a daughter-in-law..."

Who's mother shouldn't be her own child is Bao'er, of course Cuilan is no exception, hearing her sister-in-law say this, she can't help but feel annoyed in her heart, this is a curse that her son can't get ahead, and he can't even marry a daughter-in-law?

So, her face also sank, "What my sister-in-law said, we are smart, don't talk about talent in the future, maybe we can take the exam and come back, and glorify our ancestors." Besides, even if you are unlucky, and the dog leftovers really can't pass the exam, they are also literate and hyphenated, and going to the city to find a job is better than in the village. ”

Sister-in-law Wu regretted that she didn't listen to what she said just now, offended her sister-in-law, and wanted to turn the words back, but she didn't know how to speak for a while, and at this moment, she heard Sister-in-law Zhang shouting outside the door, "Is Cuilan at home?" ”

The two sisters-in-law glanced at each other, both a little puzzled, who in the village didn't know, Sister-in-law Zhang and his wife followed Zhao Niangzi to do business, and they were so busy that they couldn't see anyone every day, how could they have time to come to the door today?

The two couldn't think of a reason, but they immediately put on their shoes and got off the kang, and opened the door together to welcome Sister-in-law Zhang.

When Sister-in-law Zhang saw that Sister-in-law Wu was also there, she clapped her hands with a smile, "Oh, the third sister-in-law is also there, this is great, save me from going west against the wind." ”

Sister-in-law Wu blinked and asked, "Sister Zhang, what are you looking for me?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang sat on the edge of the kang, and she didn't talk about it, and directly explained her intentions, "The shop opened by Mrs. Zhao at the dock has been selling some delicious food very well recently, and the two of us are too busy, so we want to find your sister-in-law to help you make it at home, and then take it to the dock to sell it." The method is very simple, and the salary is not low, I don't know if your sister-in-law is willing to contribute? ”

When Wu San's sister-in-law heard this, she was really overjoyed, and someone came to recruit workers when she was short of money, which was too coincidental.

Cuilan also smiled happily, she didn't want to have a bad relationship with the third brother's family, if her sister-in-law had a job to make money, she couldn't stare at her house.

The two of them responded with their mouths, dressed and went home with Sister-in-law Zhang, Rui Xue was kneading the dough, and when she saw them coming in, she smiled and greeted each other.

Wu San's sister-in-law is okay, she has never met before, and she is more than ten years older than Ruixue, so she has no restraint, but Cuilan is very respectful, and his dog leftover still has to call Ruixue "Master", and she lives close, and she usually sees Ruixue's actions in her eyes, so she naturally knows better than the people in the village, and admires it even more.