"Xiu'er." Mrs. Huang was wearing a blue gown and carrying a basket in her hand, and when she saw An Xiu'er sitting outside, she shouted and walked in.

An Xiu'er hurriedly put down her things, stood up, and said, "Grandma, why do you have time to come to me today, come and sit." ”

An Xiu'er introduced Mrs. Huang into the hall and poured her another glass of water, Mrs. Huang looked around while drinking water, and said, "Xiu'er, this blind ...... It's really a blessing for the little brother to marry you, look at the house, it's really proper and clean, Xiu'er, you used to be famous for your ingenuity in the village, and now you look at it, it's really so. ”

"Granny Huang has won the prize, you sit, I'll go and make a bowl of sugar water for you." An Xiu'er's face turned red, and she didn't care about Mrs. Huang's words that she was almost rude just now, this was the first time she had entertained guests since she got married, although the person who came was Mrs. Huang, who she didn't like very much, but she still entertained her.

"No need, no need, I'm just going to come and sit down, and I'll leave later." Mrs. Huang hurriedly refused.

"You're welcome." An Xiu'er stood up as she spoke, went to the kitchen to make a bowl of sugar water for Huang Pozi, and brought it over.

"Oh, Xiu'er, you're just too polite." Although Mrs. Huang said this, she was also happy in her heart, sugar is a precious thing in the countryside, and ordinary visitors are already respecting you by mixing a bowl of sugar water for you.

An Xiu'er put a lot of sugar, this bowl of sugar water is sweet, Huang Pozi drank it in one gulp, while thinking that An Xiu'er was generous and would be hospitable, and on the other hand, she felt that she was a big man and a bit of a waste.

Putting down the bowl, Mrs. Huang wiped her mouth with her hand and asked, "Xiu'er, isn't your man at home?" ”

"He went out fishing." An Xiu'er replied: "I guess I won't come back until dinner." ”

"Tsk, your man is really diligent, he just got married and went out to work, so I won't enjoy the boudoir fun with you."

Mrs. Huang's last sentence was a little ambiguous, and she raised her eyebrows and smiled ambiguously at An Xiu'er, An Xiu'er knew what she was talking about, and her face turned red instantly, but she just didn't understand it, and replied seriously: "My father-in-law spent a lot of money to marry me, and now the family is poor and white, he is not diligent, what do we eat." ”

"Yes, but he is diligent, and you are so good at living, your life will definitely get better and better."

Although Mrs. Huang still feels a little sorry for An Xiu'er, but thinking that Zhang Zhen'an spent six taels of silver to marry her, she also knows in her heart that ordinary people marry a wife, but they only spend two taels of silver, and if they are poor, they simply go to the mountains to buy a daughter-in-law, and they will get things done with dozens of dollars.

The two chatted for a while, and then Mrs. Huang explained her intention and said, "I came today to exchange fish with you." ”

"I'm really ashamed, you know the situation of my family, but my daughter-in-law here has just given birth to a child, and there is no milk, the child is hungry at home every day, I can only blush my face and take two bamboo shoots to exchange fish with you." Mrs. Huang said before she took her basket away and put the two small bamboo shoots on the table.

These two small bamboo shoots are inevitably too small, but the length of the child's arm, although it is tender, but after peeling the shell, it is estimated that there is not much left.

She is not the kind of person who does not know things, it is impossible to exchange these two bamboo shoots for her fish, this Huang Pozi has always been the kind of master who likes to take advantage of small profits in the village, and today she took advantage of Zhang Zhen'an's absence to come over to exchange fish, and she also wanted to deceive herself for just getting married, and she was thin-skinned.

But although she is thin-skinned, she is not stupid, thinking of this, she also made a relative appearance on her face, and said:

"Mother-in-law, don't talk about changing fish, your daughter-in-law and children are a big deal, but as long as I can call the shots in this family, it doesn't matter if I give you this fish, but in this family, it has always been my father-in-law, you know that he has a bad temper, I don't dare to exchange this bamboo shoot with you privately, I'm afraid I have to let you run away and lie down, if you come over again at noon."

An Xiu'er said this without leakage, and Mrs. Huang didn't want to say anything more, she also knew that she was a little less to exchange for this thing, thought about it, took two more bamboo shoots and put them on the table, and said: "Xiu'er, you should do it well, can you change a fish for me?" ”

"Mother-in-law, don't embarrass me, I'm a new daughter-in-law, I don't want to be beaten back by him when I return to the door tomorrow." An Xiu'er still shook her head.

This Huang Pozi had no choice, so she only took out the two eggs she prepared at the end, reluctantly put them on the table, and said: "I originally wanted to go to the grocery store to change some salt, but my daughter-in-law has no milk, so for my grandson, I will exchange it for fish for you." ”

She originally planned to exchange these with her, but she just wanted to test it, to see if this girl was good at fooling, to see if she was not easy to fool, so she had to take out all these things.

An Xiu'er looked at these things on the table, there are bamboo shoots on the mountain, anyone can plane, such a small bamboo shoot, it is not worth anything, eggs are worth two cents, but she still suffers a loss.

It's just that this Huang Pozi has always been a slammer in the village, and these should be all that Huang Pozi can take out, and if she wants to take it again, she will definitely prefer not to change it.

Her daughter-in-law had indeed just given birth to a child, thinking of this, An Xiu'er made up her mind in her heart: "Alas, when I heard your mother-in-law say this, why am I still hard-hearted." As she spoke, she looked at the door again and said, "Come on, today I will be beaten by him, and I will catch a fish for you." ”

After saying that, she picked up Huang Pozi's basket, walked to the kitchen, and fished a small crucian carp for her.

"Oh, this fish is the biggest fish I chose, you take it, but don't tell others, if I let my husband know, then I will be in trouble." An Xiuer handed the basket to Mrs. Huang, and did not forget to tell her.

"Don't worry, you won't let anyone know." Mrs. Huang took the basket, thanked An Xiu'er, and left.

After leaving, the worried look on An Xiu'er's face disappeared, revealing a smile, she was worried that there was no food to eat at noon, and now there will be bamboo shoots to eat.

Put the things in the backyard, put the eggs in a special jar, take out two bamboo shoots, peel off all the skin on them, and then remove the roots, sure enough, only a small bamboo shoot remains, but it is white and tender, but it is also cute.

Peeled two bamboo shoots, she cut them into thin slices, then cut them into shreds, and soaked them in salt water, this fresh bamboo shoot will have an astringent taste, Yi An Xiuer doesn't like to eat wet bamboo shoots very much, she still likes to eat dried bamboo shoots and sour bamboo shoots.

But it doesn't matter, it's okay to eat once or twice once in a while, besides, after soaking in salt water, the astringency will be much less, and then put more oil, and then put more dried chili, the taste must be good.

While soaking bamboo shoots, while washing rice and cooking, she acted quickly, and when Zhang Zhenan came back, the meal was already on the table again, he washed his hands and came out, the rice was ready, An Xiuer handed him the chopsticks, he reached out and took it, looked at the simple soup and one dish on the table, and felt that such a day was also very good.

"Would you like some wine?" Zhang Zhenan put a jar of wine on the table, and on his way home today, he met an old man who sold wine, and bought a jar from him by the way.

"Then give me some." An Xiu'er is not very good at drinking, but she doesn't want to refuse his enthusiasm, she took a cup and handed it over, Zhang Zhenan glanced at her, opened the bottle, poured it into her cup, just poured a little for her, she shouted to stop, "Enough is enough." ”

Zhang Zhen'an stopped at the right time, and he didn't say anything when he saw the wine in the cup that could cover the bottom of the cup, An Xiu'er took his cup back and said, "I'm not very good at drinking, just drink a little bit with you, otherwise you will drink all your wine, and you will have to buy it again." ”

"It's fine." Zhang Zhen'an's face was expressionless, his voice was indifferent, he raised his wine glass and drank it by himself, and then put a chopstick dish in his mouth, looking very leisurely.

An Xiu'er learned from him, and also took a sip, the liquor was in her mouth, down her throat to her stomach, she felt that her whole heart was burning, her whole little face was wrinkled, and she didn't know what to do when she opened her mouth.

It took her a while to recover, her little hand fanned slightly at the edge of her mouth, panting slightly: "Huhu, it's so spicy." ”

"You really don't drink." Zhang Zhenan glanced at her, picked up the cup and took a big sip.

"I don't know how to drink, but I'm afraid you're not fun drinking alone." Saying that, she took a large chopstick of food, suppressed the taste of wine in her mouth, and then dared to pick up the cup and take a small sip gently.

"Why do you like to drink?" An Xiu'er tasted it again, but she still felt choked, she said: "This wine is bitter, not sweet, and it still burns in the stomach, you drink less in the future." ”

Zhang Zhenan never thought about this question, why does he like to drink? Now that I think about it, the taste of this wine is indeed bitter, but the ancients said: the only way to solve the worries is Du Kang, who has become accustomed to the contents of this cup.

Seeing that he didn't speak, An Xiu'er didn't persuade him, but said: "If you like to drink, we will have money later, I will go to the market to buy some glutinous rice and make you some rice bars, that one is sweet, much better than this." ”

Rice wine? He hadn't drunk it.

"If you don't speak, that's when you agree." An Xiuer looked up at him, her eyes were watery, revealing refreshing purity, with some expectations, which made people can't help but feel a move in their hearts.

Zhang Zhen calmed down, and had to reply: "It's up to you." ”

"yes." An Xiu'er laughed happily like a satisfied child, and her eyes became softer and softer when she looked at him, and kept serving him vegetables.

Isn't it just for you to make a rice wine? Can you be so happy? Zhang Zhenan said that he didn't understand it very much, but he went with her and saw her smiling like a flower, and he was inexplicably happy in his heart.