The family ate silently at this breakfast, Liu Hongjube and Liu Huahua lowered their heads and took a small bite of the cake on the salted dried radish, and sucked a mouthful of rice porridge from time to time.

Liu Chongshan ate the multigrain cake in a few bites, scooped it up a few times in the rice porridge with chopsticks, and then drank the bottom of the bowl in one go, and finally dropped the chopsticks heavily and took the lead in eating.

The sound of smashing chopsticks was too loud, which startled Liu Guiyuan, who was eating cakes, thinking that he was going to get angry.

Seeing this, Liu Hongzao comforted her in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, our father has this habit after eating, and the action is a bit big." ”

Liu Guiyuan nodded, thinking that this meal was too depressing, and if it was like this in the future, she would be depressed sooner or later. No wonder Liu Hongjube and Liu Huahua are usually very lively, but when they come to Liu Chongshan, they look like quails, and he is scared when they dare to love.

After eating, Liu Guiyuan took the initiative to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Liu Hongjube and Liu Huahua saw this and carried two dung baskets and prepared to go out to hunt pigweed.

Her family can't afford to raise pigs, and every day the pigweed is sent to the third uncle's family, so that until the end of the year, the third uncle's family promises to share their two catties of meat.

Yesterday, I was late to send the pigweed, and the third aunt muttered for a while, and today I can send it on time.

As soon as the eldest sister and the second sister left, Liu Guiyuan washed the dishes and had nothing to do, so she went to the back room to see what Zhang needed and saw her lying on the bed resting with her eyes closed, so she didn't go in to disturb.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Guiyuan stepped out of the fence and walked out along the small dirt road stepped by the villagers.

I don't know which dynasty and province I wore to, and what year it is now, Liu Guiyuan can't open his mouth to ask, so he has to rely on himself to grope around the village to see if he can find useful information.

Liu Chongshan's family lives in the front of the village, but compared with her family's large earthen house, some families in the village have built three blue-tiled houses and a courtyard with red bricks and adobe walls outside, which should be the rich families in the village.

There are also no blue-tiled houses, and the adobe walls are still built on the outside of ordinary adobe houses, but there are several rooms in a row, and the roofs are not covered with the same thatch as her house, but strong tiles.

Looking at it this way, the gap between the rich and the poor in the village is obvious, like their Liu family, a broken earth house, the tree is in a good house, it is really blind to such a good location.

Walking all the way to the middle of the village, the road under my feet gradually widened, and it was smoother than the path of Fangcai, and it seemed that this was the main road.

There are a few willow trees sparsely planted on both sides of the main road, and the houses in the village are next to this main road, but because it is a country, the houses are built crookedly, not as neatly as planned in modern times.

At this point, the villagers who had had breakfast came out one after another, some with hoes on their shoulders, some with baskets on their arms, and two children of six or seven years old, lying on the grass to catch grasshoppers and play.

Seeing someone looking at her curiously, she was probably thinking about how she ran out as a fool, Liu Guiyuan didn't know her anyway, so she smeared oil on the soles of her feet and ran home.

trotting all the way to the house, through the branches and fences, you can hear someone talking in the house, and there is more than one, a female voice is rough and hoarse, a bit like Mama Rong's voice, which sounds familiar; The other spoke in a shrill and thin voice, and at first glance she couldn't hear it.

"I'm not uncommon to say you, the first one gave birth to a daughter, I said that the name was red dates, I hope she can bring a younger brother out as soon as possible! You're good, the second one gave birth to a daughter, what can I do? I can only name her Peanut, hoping that you can give birth to it! But you don't have to be angry, three times you are still a girl, four times you are also a girl, you talk about you, do you have to respond to the words 'early birth of a noble son', and give birth to four girls before stopping? ”

My God, this is how they all came from, and she thought it was very good, but it was all for urging children.

"Mother-in-law, don't say it, sister-in-law, she doesn't want to give birth to four girls in a row, how can they all be like me, good fate, three times pregnant with sons! If you want me to say that this is all fate, and you can't force it, don't blame her, she is also uncomfortable. ”

Liu Guiyuan heard it, this person didn't really comfort people when he spoke, he stabbed people in the heart with a knife, deliberately making people hurt!

Liu Guiyuan stepped across the threshold with an arrow step, lifted the dark red curtain, and came to the inner room where Zhang's was located, where he saw an old woman and a bloated woman, sitting on the kang and talking.

"Mother, who are they?" Liu Guiyuan didn't recognize any of them, but his tone was very impulsive.

"Oh, isn't this the fool of her family? Really good at talking? The chubby woman slapped her thigh and pointed at Liu Guiyuan on the ground and said loudly.

"Whoever is stupid, you are stupid! Keep your voice quiet, don't disturb my mother and my little sister! Liu Guiyuan replied with a frown.

"Who taught you to talk to your second aunt like this? There are no rules at all! I am your grandmother, she is your second aunt, you have to know how to call when you see people, don't be like your eldest sister, don't squeak when you see people. ”

Liu Yao's heart was also happy when he saw that the three girls of the old family were really good, but it was not good to hear her speak, so he opened his mouth and began to teach a lesson.

Zhang, who had been sitting here wiping his tears, also spoke: "Gui Yuan, call people quickly, be obedient." “

Liu Guiyuan saw Zhang's teary eyes, and he was even more angry, okay, this is not to let her mother finish her confinement!

"Milk, second aunt, I was fine yesterday, I don't recognize you, don't be angry with me." Liu Guiyuan first bowed his head and softened, and then said: "It's the first time I recognize someone and call someone, do you have a meeting gift for me?" By the way, my little sister was born, what good things did you bring to see her? ”

It is reasonable that the daughter-in-law gave birth, and the mother-in-law and the concubine had to come to the door to take a look, and bring a little supplements such as eggs, millet and brown sugar. It's just that they look like they're not coming with something.

Sure enough, the second aunt (Li Qiufang) blushed when she heard this, and said with a smile: "I heard my uncle and mother-in-law say that you are not stupid now, so you are busy coming over to take a look, how can you have any meeting gifts?" We don't want this here. Besides, it's all a family, just talk, can your mother really ask me? ”

Before Zhang could speak, Liu Yao immediately became angry: "I still brought something to see her, a little girl is worth bringing something, it's not enough to waste food, it's good that I didn't go back." ”

In Liu Yao's opinion, the old family, these girls, are of no use except for wasting the Liu family's food. With so much food, it is better to bring it back and give her a few good grandsons to eat.

Liu Guiyuan didn't laugh angrily, stepped forward and patted her mother Zhang's hand, and said: "Mother, don't go to your heart, our grandmother personally picked you up yesterday, and this morning I came to see you with my second aunt, in fact, I am very kind." ”

After speaking, he looked at Liu Yao's: "Milk, I just went out to play, and I heard many people say that you are an eccentric eye, and you look down on me everywhere when you see that my family is a girl." Milk, do you think it's true? ”

As soon as Liu Yao heard this, he immediately couldn't sit still, and while standing up and crossing his waist, he asked loudly: "Which shameless tongue ......?"

"That's it, if you want me to say, our grandmother is not that kind of person, how can there be a grandmother who doesn't love her son and granddaughter, if there is really such a person, she should really be spurned by people when thunder strikes in the sky, right?" Liu Guiyuan snatched Liu Yao's words, took her hand affectionately, and sent her to the door step by step.

Liu Yao's family asked Liu Guiyuan to speak quickly, and there was nowhere to vent an evil fire, but because of his face, he couldn't admit that he really looked down on the eldest family who gave birth to four girls, so he could only blush.

But Liu Yao's is not a vegetarian, how can he ask a little girl to stop, and immediately pulled out the hand that was held by Liu Guiyuan in pain, and said with a stiff face: "You little girl, it's okay to go out and run around, listen to people chewing the root of your tongue!" If you have nothing to do, you will be lazy if you leave home to work, sweep the floor, brush the dishes, and cook for your mother! ”

Liu Guiyuan listened to Liu Yao's words, nodded and continued: "I also want to cook a good meal for my mother, but milk, you also know the situation of my family, I am almost full of food, how can I have spare money to buy supplements?" Milk, second aunt, you might get some pig's trotters or crucian carp to make up for my mother? ”

"What, pig's trotters, crucian carp? No! You little girl really dare to say that these two dishes may not be eaten during the New Year's holidays. The second aunt waved her hand when she heard this, and began to murmur in her heart: My good girl, why is this girl in her family not stupid and so fine, and the two adults can't talk about her.

"Alas, that's okay, I still think that you two will come to see my mother and little sister, and you must bring something, and I will make a good meal to greet you later. It seems that there is no need, our family has a meal of rice porridge, and you can't look down on it. ”

The words were full of guns and sticks, and the two of them didn't look good on their faces, Liu Yao's family was completely angry, and no grandchild had ever dared to talk to her like this before.

Just as he was about to have a seizure, the little doll in the bed cried, one after another, and the head of the crying person hurt.

"Don't talk about it, my little sister has to cry for a long time, and you two are also upset when you listen here." After speaking, he made a gesture of please, stood behind and blocked the two of them to go out.

Out of the house, Liu Guiyuan was still angry, and said with a stiff face: "Milk, second aunt, you two will not say anything in front of my mother in the future, if you have a bad life and give birth to four girls." Who knows what will happen next? Some girls in life are filial and enjoy happiness in their old age, and some have three or four lives, all of them are children, and there is no guarantee that they will be able to live a good life. ”

Besides, the birth of a boy or a girl is decided by the man, so why blame the Zhang family alone?

But they didn't understand what they said, and even if they did, they couldn't accept it, and Liu Guiyuan was not in the mood to explain it to them, he just wanted to send them away quickly.

"You damn girl, you have such a mouth! Look at what your mother gave birth to? The boss is a stuffy man, the second is a pockmarked child, you used to be a fool, and now you have a spicy mouth. There is also the fourth child, who cries at every turn, I think even if he is raised, he is still a sick seedling. ”

Liu Yao's family can be regarded as having found an opportunity to vent, and gave the four girls of the old family a full swing, as if as long as she buries these granddaughters, she can win glory for her old Liu family.

"Milk, I'll tell you this truth, who can guarantee that he will give birth to a boy every time? Those who haven't given birth to a son will not be able to live in the future? I don't believe it, their mothers-in-law also like to bury their daughters-in-law and granddaughters? ”

Liu Guiyuan said a few words casually, but he didn't expect the last sentence to poke at Liu Yao's sore spot, because she has a little daughter, named Liu Xianxing, who married into the Wang family in the neighboring village, and has given birth to two girls so far.

Liu Yao thought that his youngest daughter had also given birth to two daughters, and he lost his temper all of a sudden, glared at Liu Guiyuan, and beckoned the second aunt to go home.

As soon as the two people who were in the way of the eyes left, Liu Guiyuan's heart suddenly relaxed a lot, seeing that it was not early, and the eldest sister and the second sister had not come back yet, so they planned to pack up and prepare for lunch.

Outside the fence of Liu's house, a few pumpkins were ordered near the back of the chicken pen, probably because of the frequent manure, the pumpkin seedlings grew very luxuriantly, climbing the branch fence all the time, and some climbed directly to the top of the chicken pen.

Liu Guiyuan saw that the pumpkin seedlings grew densely and there were many sprouts, so he pinched the tips one by one along the branches of the fence, and easily put the long ones too dense into the air, and when they were sorted out, a handful of tender pumpkin vines were enough to stir-fry.

Liu Guiyuan washed the pumpkin vine, cut it into little thumb lengths, put it on a plate, served it with some garlic cloves, and prepared to stir-fry it for a while.

Then from under the desk against the wall in the outhouse, I took out the white noodles in my pocket, scooped out a spoon, put it in the water and evenly, beat an egg, and put a drop of salt.

The salt is coarse salt particles, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to melt, so Liu Guiyuan casually rolls it into fine pieces with a rolling pin, and the rest is contained in a bamboo tube.

After the pumpkin vine was fried and the egg soft cake was baked, Liu Guiyuan brought these two to Zhang's face, and Zhang's was stunned.

"I wanted to cook a bowl of egg soup, but there weren't too many eggs, so I didn't dare to use it." Liu Guiyuan saw Zhang staring at the food in a daze, and explained with a smile.

"Guiyuan, who taught you all this?" Originally, it was not uncommon for a country girl as big as Longan to be able to cook on a fire, but her stupidity is good, how could there be so many things overnight?

"Why is my mother the same as the eldest sister asked in the morning? In the past, when I was stupid, I watched you do it every day, and I knew it in my heart, but I couldn't do it at that time. Liu Guiyuan continued to lie, half-truths and half-truths, which made it easier for people to believe.

After hearing this, Zhang nodded and began to eat the food cooked by his third daughter, not to mention, this pumpkin vine asked her to stir-fry it like this, it was strange that it was fresh and delicious, and the egg cake was also soft, not bad!

After eating, Liu Guiyuan took the initiative to care about the situation of the Zhang family and his little sister, and asked, "Mother, how are you recovering?" Is there enough milk? Is it enough for my little sister? ”

When Zhang asked the third daughter to ask this, he couldn't help but have a little red cheeks, but he was more concerned about the problem of the youngest daughter's breastfeeding, and said worriedly: "I don't know where your father went, my milk is getting less and less, and I don't see enough lotus seeds to eat." ”

Lotus seed, it seems that this is the name of the little sister. It turned out that Liu Yao's was not wrong, her family named the child, and it was really based on the words "early birth of a noble son".

"Is there a woman in the village who gives birth like my mother? You can ask them for help, or if you have a cow or ewe, you can get some milk and goat's milk and cook it for lotus seeds. Liu Guiyuan proposed.

Zhang thought about it, except for her, the only woman in the village who has milk is the daughter-in-law of the moon cake family, but the two families have no friendship, and it is estimated that they are unwilling.

You can ask Liu Dashuang's family, his family has a cow, and he just gave birth to a calf a few days ago, and he should have milk. But this has to wait for the head of the house to come back, and he agrees to get it.

"That's okay, mother, you can rest, if there's anything, just call me." Liu Guiyuan knew that the Zhang family knew what to expect, and he had to take out the leftovers after collecting the dishes.

Before he could reach the door, he was stopped by Zhang.

"Guiyuan, you will talk to your grandmother and a few elders in the future, but you can't rush like today, if your father hears it, he will definitely be angry." Zhang looked at Guiyuan's face and instructed carefully.

"Got it! In the future, I will definitely not confront my grandmother in front of my father. Liu Guiyuan winked playfully at Zhang, and then went out with a grin.