Chapter 20: Delivering Food
The east wing of the Yao family was built with a suite of two rooms, the inner room with a bed for resting, and the outer room with tables, chairs and other things.
The wing room that Yao Yuzhi said as the dining room actually refers to the outer room of the east wing room in the center.
Now there are only three of them, three of them, and six people, and the house in the front yard still looks empty, no matter how much they use it.
Of course, Yao's backyard is even more empty than the front yard.
When Yao Shizhi built this house, the Wang family had not yet moved to Qushan Island, so Yao Shizhi let go of his hands and feet to build a huge courtyard at the end of the village.
The front yard was similar to the courtyard of most people in the village, except that the houses were made of better materials and larger areas, and the back yard was divided into a martial arts training ground and a large vegetable garden.
The martial arts training ground is the farthest away from the front yard, and between the martial arts training ground and the vegetable field, Yao Shiyi planned a row of blue brick houses, which were used as weapons warehouses, pantries, rest rooms and indoor martial arts training grounds.
In the vegetable field next to this row of green brick houses, the hard-working Ji family planted a number of melons, fruits and vegetables, not only to give their own family and the Wang family more melons and vegetables to make a living, but also to avoid Yao Yuzhi that the vegetable field was already deserted when they returned.
However, it is now the end of October, and there are not many vegetables still alive in the vegetable field, and the strawberry and watermelon seedlings are only slightly yellowed vines and leaves.
Next to the vegetable field, there is a nearby well, which is also the source of water for Yao Yuzhi's family.
Next to the well, Yao Shi asked someone to build a granary, wine cellar, cellar and other bluestone houses to store grain, wine, melons, fruits and vegetables.
On both sides of the courtyard wall shared by the backyard and the front yard, Yao Shi planted two loquat trees, two cherry trees, two yellow peach trees, two persimmon trees, two pear trees, two citrus trees, a grape vine, and a kiwi vine.
There is a saying that "the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade", although Yao Shizhi did not have front and rear eyes, he did not expect that his baby only daughter would have such an embarrassed and depressed day, but all this he did before his death became Yao Yuzhi's biggest reliance and best shelter at this time.
Yao Yuzhi, Deng Qin, and Deng Xibin sent their belongings back to the room, and then Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qinshi took out the futon from the cabinet and spread it on the Luohan bed, so that the three children who had been tossing and turning on the boat for a long time could sleep well.
As for themselves, after putting everything in place, Yao Yuzhi and the three of them started to clean up together.
Although Ji Wu and the others have been helping them take care of the Yao family's old residence, the houses that are lived in by people are different from those that no one lives, and now that they are back, they naturally have to clean up inside and outside the house before they can move in with confidence.
However, they had only done a small half of the work, and Sister-in-law Ji, Sister-in-law Ji, and Ji Shuying had already walked in with a large porcelain basin full of vegetables, a small wooden bucket full of soup, and a large wooden basin full of rice.
They came to deliver food to Yao Yuzhi and others at the behest of Ji Wu's family, and after returning from Yao's house, Ji Wu's personally took his daughter-in-law and little girl Zhang Luo out of the meal.
The dishes are simple steamed fish, chicken stewed mushrooms, cabbage vermicelli stewed tofu, rice is ordinary white rice, and the soup is light seaweed egg drop soup, but Yao Yuzhi knows that this is already the best meal that the Ji family can come up with in a short period of time.
As soon as Yao Yuzhi saw them, she immediately put down the broom in her hand, she hurriedly washed her hands, and then walked quickly to Sister-in-law Ji and the others.
Sister-in-law Ji has a gentle temperament and treats people kindly, she greeted Yao Yuzhi softly, "Sister, sister-in-law is here to bring you food." Eat it while it's hot!"
"Two sisters-in-law, sister Shuying, thank you. Yao Yuzhi took a few steps forward and took the wooden pallet from Sister-in-law Ji's hand with his own hands.
Deng Qin hurriedly washed his hands and stepped forward to help Ji Shuying carry the big wooden basin containing rice.
The little girl is only thirteen years old this year, and although she can already help the family do a lot of things, she still struggles to hold a large wooden basin full of rice.
As soon as a group of women put the food sent by the Ji family on the table, Wang Wenshi personally brought Wang Wen and the two little maids from the family over.
They also came to deliver food, but the varieties they sent were different from those sent by the Ji family.
In the food box carried over by the two little maids together, there was a bowl of goat's milk, a cage of soup dumplings, a small pot of boiled shrimp, a small pot of steamed crab, a small jar of rice wine, and the simple condiments needed to eat shrimp and crabs.
"Wenwen!" Although the two girls have different family backgrounds, they have a good relationship, as soon as they saw Wang Wen, Ji Shuying immediately trotted out to meet her.
Seeing the two little girls walking in hand in hand, Yao Yuzhi's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of nostalgia, "Shuying and Wenwen are still so good!"
Wang Wenshi smiled, "Who said it wasn't, I have been like a person since I was a child." ”
Sister-in-law Ji and sister-in-law Ji also laughed.
Neighborly harmony is a thing to be happy about anyway, isn't it?
Especially the Wang family is still kind people.
What these two concubines didn't know was that Wang Wen's family also thought that their Ji family was kind people, otherwise, she would not have followed the Ji family to send food to Yao Yuzhi without suspicion.
After all, the Wang family's family background is better than that of the Ji family, and the food is also exquisite and high-grade, if the Ji family is the one who loves to be attentive and provocative, their mother and daughter's behavior of giving food to Yao Yuzhi and others will undoubtedly be interpreted by the other party as slapping the Ji family in the face.
If it weren't for the fact that the Ji family had a deep relationship with them and had a pure mind, Wang Wen's family would not have dared to go to the door of the Yao family in this regard.
But if they don't come to the door, it will inevitably make people think that their Wang family is too cold to their neighbors, and they won't even send some meals to their hometown in a hurry.
Of course, she can also lower the level of the meals she sends out, and strive not to compare with the Ji family, but then the problem is even more serious - if she eats good at home, she eats bad food for her neighbors who return to her hometown, isn't this a way to call Hanako?
When the time comes, they will deliver the things, but the fathers and villagers in the village will also break their backbones.
Therefore, Wang Wen's family is very glad that their family has met the reasonable and kind-hearted Ji family, they will not have a nose that is not a nose and eyes because the food sent by Wang Wen's is better than what they sent, and they will not hate Wang Wen's in their hearts because of this, which allows Wang Wen's to be frank, generous, and without any scruples to help Yao Yuzhi and others with the Ji family.
After helping Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qin's set up all the meals, Wang Wenshi and the others left Yao's house with a smile and went back to their own yard next door.
Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qin's sent everyone out of Yao's house together, and then the two went to call the three children sleeping in the east room of the main house and Deng Xibin, who was busy working in the backyard.