177 Steamed meatballs with glutinous rice
The brother didn't let the elder brother know when he went home, Song Haonian didn't take it seriously, after all, Song Haojie was sent to prison by him, not only did Song Haojie hate him, but the rest of the old Song family was also more vigilant when they looked at him, and he was used to it.
Song Hao's return did not cause any changes to Song Haonian's life, he lived smoothly, either working in the tofu shop every day, or going home to take care of the vegetable field.
Now they have a large vegetable field, their own manure is not enough, Lily takes rotten vegetable leaves and exchanges with pig farmers, a load of manure can be exchanged for a basket of vegetable leaves, their vegetables grow better, pig farmers can also save some pigweed leftovers, everyone is happy.
Rao is still a little too busy for the two of them, so Lily thinks about hiring two people to help take care of the vegetable patch in the coming year. Song Haonian said: "In the old years, I used to farm for others, but now I have to hire people myself." ”
Lily smiled and said, "Why not hire if you can afford it?" After the scale of the vegetable field expanded, hoeing alone made her very hard, after all, there was no herbicide in these years, pure natural is natural, if you want the vegetable to grow well, you have to work harder.
Song Haonian didn't want Lily to work too hard, sometimes he felt that his daughter-in-law was too tired to conceive a child, but he didn't say this, only nodded and said: "Cheng, you can be more idle if you hire someone, let's go to the county seat to see Xiaofu and Lamei." ”
Previously, Qingsong complained that he couldn't eat enough, and Lily had to fry some meat sauce for him every ten days, and since Lamei moved to the city, Lamei was asked to take over this work, so as not to go back to the coachman to bring things, and always trouble people.
The young couple has to go to Liushan Village every few days to bring some food and clothing for the two elders of Li Mingjiang, and pick up the house, Zhu is actually a good hand at housework, and he can cook the house neatly and neatly even if he doesn't call his daughter.
Li Mingjiang is getting better every day, and Song Haonian feels that the burden on his shoulders is lighter. When he saw the sky, he ran to his father-in-law's house, and there were many people who praised him for his filial piety, and some people said sour words: "If your father and mother are not filial, you know how to honor your father-in-law, and don't you ask your mother-in-law to hold it in the palm of your hand?"
There are only a few people who say sour things horizontally, Song Haonian knows the reason, they are all wrong people, and they don't take it to heart.
In the blink of an eye, the winter clothes festival on the first day of October, to worship the ancestors and send cold clothes, their little husband and wife are all there, and the ancestors have their own fathers and mothers to worship, so there is no need to do anything special, only send some incense and candles to the ancestors to the old Song family, and they should do their best for the younger generations. Because Song Haojie was unhappy to see Song Haonian, Song Haonian didn't even have to enter the door of the old Song family, and only handed the incense and candles to Jinbao at the door, Jinbao didn't know how to call the second uncle when he saw people, and asked him to go out to get things for his grandmother, the boss was unhappy, pouted and glared at Song Haonian, grabbed something and went to the house
Run in.
There is a smell of meat inside and outside the house, and the Niu family has been wronged for Song Haojie, and these days he is turning over tricks to get meat for him to eat, and he is no longer as stingy as before.
When Song Haonian returned to his house, he was also smelling of meat, which made him happy all of a sudden, and asked Lily when he entered the door: "What are you cooking?"
Lily was washing her hands, and when she saw him coming back, she said with a smile: "I steamed a glutinous rice ball, and ate it with pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli." ”
"The little doll only eats glutinous rice balls. ”
Lily glared at him: "You don't like to eat it, I'll give it to Xing'er!"
Song Haonian hurriedly said that he was not unhappy to eat, but he still felt like a doll, and Lily himself was a little stunned: "You say, should I want to have a child?"
Song Haonian laughed: "Didn't we want to be born for a long time?"
Lily beat the drum in her heart, giving birth to a child in this year is a life-earning job, there are countless corpses and two lives, and then there are infected and sick people, and they are not served well in the confinement, and when they are old, all kinds of problems run out.
Lily herself has never experienced childbirth, but she has participated in the full moon wine of several high school classmates' children, and I heard them say that when they were born, they had a caesarean section, a side cut or something, and the hairs stood on end. That was in the previous life, when medical care was very developed and it was safe to have children.
At this time, she knew that the medical treatment was backward and she still wanted to live, and the only explanation was that she was true love for Song Haonian. But true love couldn't alleviate her fear, Song Haonian saw that Lily's face was a little wrong, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, you are still young, give birth slowly." ”
Lily grabbed his arm with a white face and said, "I'm afraid of dystocia"
"Bah, bah, children's words, the wind blows!" Song Haonian hurriedly said to the sky, "She is young and ignorant, don't take the gods and Buddhas to heart." ”
Turning back to teach Lily: "Can you talk nonsense like this?"
Lily asked him to say that he also reacted: although medical treatment is not developed in these years, but there is also a stable woman, and no matter how nutritious it is, the fetal size is generally biased, as long as the pregnant woman's physical strength can keep up, and then pay a little attention to hygiene, use boiling water to flush the utensils, the chance of survival can be greatly improved.
Besides, she is not pregnant yet, what do you want to do so much
After thinking about it herself, Lily smiled and said, "You wash your hands, and I'll scoop the rice." ”
Glutinous rice steamed meatballs are glutinous rice that has been soaked overnight in advance by wrapping a layer of meat filling, cutting carrots into slices, putting them in the cage drawer one by one, and then putting the glutinous rice balls on steam.
The fresh fragrance of the meat filling and the sweetness of the glutinous rice are mixed, the outside is tough and the inside is tender, and the mouth is full of oil when you take a bite.
The stewed vermicelli with pork and cabbage is also as delicious as ever, which makes people feel refreshed.
In the end, there were more than a dozen balls left, and the two of them took them to Liu Yi's house to eat for Xing'er, but when they walked to Liu's house, they heard the faint sound of quarrels and crying inside.
The two glanced at each other, if it was someone else, they should go away at this time, so as not to bump into embarrassing things, but his family and Liu Yi's family have always been close, and they have to go in to inquire at this time.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Xing'er cowering in the corner crying sadly, Lily hurriedly went over to pick up Xing'er, took glutinous rice steamed balls and coaxed her to eat, and then looked at Liu Yi and Li Caifeng, their faces were a little sad and resentful, no one looked at anyone, just sighed.
Song Haonian said: "Big brother, what's going on? You used to teach me that you shouldn't be angry with your daughter-in-law, why should you only be angry about a little thing about your relationship with your sister-in-law over the years?"
Liu Yi sighed: "It's not a big deal, let's just talk a few words and turn around." ”
Li Caifeng also smiled reluctantly: "It's hard for you to come here at this time, we also talk about it every day, but we haven't let you see it, this time it's a joke for you." ”
Lily coaxed Xing'er and said, "If you look at your jokes, I'll just tear his mouth!" It's a small matter, you can make it clear to yourself, but don't stay overnight, you won't be scared if you don't see Xing'er." ”
Liu Yi and his wife promised that they would be okay again and again, Song Haonian and Baiyi left, both of them fell silent, Xing'er looked at her father and mother, and only felt that the balls were not fragrant.
On the second day in the store, Li Caifeng was a little distracted, either giving people the wrong buns, or miscalculating the money, a few anxious and grumpy guests said that she, Wen Wa Niang and Lily hurriedly persuaded on the side, so as to get people away.
Lily pulled Li Caifeng to the back yard and asked, "Sister Caifeng, you are telling me the truth, what is wrong?"
With Li Caifeng's ability, if it is a small matter, I am afraid that it can be solved on the spot, and it can be left overnight, and now he is absent-minded, there must be something big.
Li Caifeng's eyes turned red, and he took Lily's hand and said, "Sister, you should hurry up and give birth to two children while you are young." ”
Baiyi's obedient voice was wrong, and several conjectures flashed in her heart, "What did the eldest brother do to be sorry for you?"
Li Caifeng shook his head and said, "It's not him, it's my body that doesn't fight." ”
Now Lily understands, or for the sake of not having a son. She suffered a lot of patriarchal losses in her previous life, and she looked down on those patriarchal people the most, so she raised her eyebrows and sneered: "He thinks you can't give birth to a son, but he gives birth to a son!" Li Caifeng and Liu Yi quarreled, just because they couldn't give Xing'er a brother, Li Caifeng is also a woman no matter how hot she is, not like Lily who has received a modern education, in her bones she feels that she can't stand Liu Yi, and when she heard Lily say this, she was stunned and funny,
I couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Lily then said: "Children are fate, you can't give birth, many people give birth to dolls at the age of forty or fifty, what are you anxious about when your uncle is older than your nephew?"
After persuading him for a long time, he said: "You have worked hard in his Liu family house for all these years, and you gave birth to an apricot, but the eldest brother didn't thank you, but also quarreled about this, and I went back and talked to Danian." Li Caifeng said: "Lily, I won't tell you about it, Xing'er's father originally said that I can't give birth to children, I'm afraid it's for the sake of always working in the store, and wants me to take the stall and go home." But I thought that the bun stall was always an income, and if I really couldn't give Xing'er a younger brother in the future
, you have to leave her a piece of family business. It's easier and more lucrative than farming, and I don't want to go back. ”
After a long time, the crux of the problem is still on yourself. Lily was a little embarrassed, and was anxious for Li Caifeng: Li Caifeng is a talented person, even if he has not received a day's education, his brain is more flexible than many people, and his hands and feet are nimble, and he is the kind of person who can spell out a good life wherever he puts it.
It would be a pity for such a person to only do farm work at home and watch the children.
Besides, Lily doesn't believe that Li Caifeng can have a son when he goes home, and to solve this problem, Song Haonian has to tell Liu Yi.
When I went home and told Song Haonian, Song Haonian also said: "The eldest brother wants to have a son, everyone wants to, but I can't hurt my sister-in-law's heart for this." There are apricots, what are they all bluffing, usually the eldest brother sees her as the top of his heart. ”
Lily sighed: "If you are the top of your heart, how can you compare to the root of life?"
It's her last life, and the people who can't give birth to a son are still ridiculed and bullied, and some second-daughter households directly call the people in the village to say that they are "desperate", not to mention this era. Song Haonian tried to explain Liu Yi, but he didn't know what the result was, and Lily thought about it for a long time, but only sighed deeply.