"Okay, then you can look for it slowly, by the way, what about my mother?" Ah Jiu asked.

"Ah yes, Aunt Li has made dinner, let me wait for you to come and bring it out to eat, and she will go to your sister-in-law to deliver the food."

Saying that, Hua Ling jumped up and went to the firewood room.

Not long after, he brought three dishes and a large pot of mutton soup: "No wonder, it's so hearty today." ”

Ah Jiu took the chopsticks handed over by Hua Ling and ate the mutton that melted in his mouth: "My mother, she killed sheep again?" ”

"Yes, those sheep cubs grow up very fast, and if Aunt Li says not to kill, the stable can't fit it." Hua Ling washed her saliva, put a bowl of mutton soup, and drank it first:

"Originally, Aunt Li said that today is a small year, and she wants to take your sister-in-law's family over to live together, but I don't know why, your eldest brother said that it is more comfortable to live alone after the family is separated."

Ah Jiu's face sank suddenly, and he didn't feel good in his heart.

Xu is eldest brother still remembers that his mother was very useless at the beginning, even if his grandmother kicked him out of the house, A-Niang didn't have the courage to stop him.

In fact, A-Niang has changed, and she has become very good.

"My dad and my mom are gone?"

"Well, originally Aunt Li said that it was okay for her to send it over herself, but after listening to what Uncle said, they used to do a lot of things that were sorry for the children, so if they wanted to go, they would go together." Flower bells with bulging cheeks.

"That's it, my eldest brother's health is getting better day by day, as long as the family is in the city." Ah Jiu hastily ate two pieces of mutton, drank a bowl of soup, and continued to read the account book.

provoked Hua Ling very dissatisfied: "Nine girls, you eat, Aunt Li's craftsmanship is a must in the world, and you feel that you have lived in vain if you eat a bite." ”

Ah Jiu smiled lightly, could she still know about her mother's craftsmanship? If someone who has never eaten it tastes like that, their souls will fly.

"That's right." Ah Jiu suddenly remembered something: "You said that today is Xiao Nian?" Coming up for the Chinese New Year? ”

"Well, the nine girls don't know?" Hua Ling ate the oily corners of her mouth, rolled her eyes and thought of it, hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks to wipe her mouth indiscriminately, and said vaguely:

"Forgot, I'm going to call Xue Zhen to dinner, Xiao Nian is a reunion day."

The girl went out and ran next door, and Ah Jiu could hear her rude knocking on the door in the cabinet study.

"Are you dead?" The voice is loud.

Then there was the sound of kicking the door.

Ah Jiu felt that today was really not suitable for reading the account book, and when he got up and walked out, Hua Ling was raising his feet with his hands on his hips and preparing to kick the door:

"Hua Ling, don't quarrel with him, Xu is meditating, today is Xiao Nian, and it is also the first time in the past four years when you can have a reunion dinner with peace of mind, you go and pick three strong sheep and send them to Ma Peng, you want to eat everyone together, so that the people in the city can share a bowl."

After explaining, Ah Jiu turned around to go back to the house, but he felt that there was still a place to be inconsiderate:

"Also, on the way back after you sent the sheep, you went to Mahang Street and invited Mrs. Xue and Aunt Lan over."

After explaining, Ah Jiu changed into simple clothes and went into the kitchen.

Huachang Guo's dumplings are indispensable, and there are vegetables at home that can be added to the mutton to wrap some.

Just as he was about to roll up his sleeves, Ah Jiu saw five large sieves placed on the long platform in the room, covered with clean white cotton cloth.

Ah Jiu opened it first and saw that it was full of dumplings.

At that moment, Ah Jiu's mind reflected the scene of her mother's busy day, she was always so thoughtful, she didn't even have a chance to let Ah Jiu interfere in cooking.

"Hey...... Nanxing's temperament is stubborn, let him come over and eat together as a family. Cai Lihua's dissatisfied voice came from outside.

"Forget it, that kid doesn't like to talk very much since he was a child, and he won't come to spend the New Year with his daughter." Meng Shaode could only comfort.

"Mother, are you all wrapped?" As soon as Ah Jiu's words came out, Cai Lihua's heart cleared the clouds and saw the blue sky:

"You're back? Have you drunk the mutton soup? Mother is afraid that you will freeze and make some warm-up for you to keep, this dumpling, you can't put it in the pot in advance, it's easy to stick when you scoop it up, so I'll go down. ”

Cai Lihua rolled up her sleeves as she spoke, flicked her arms and untied a basket, and saw Meng Shaode at a glance:

"Why are you stunned? Burn the fire. ”

"I'll come on, mother, I want to roast the fire too." Ah Jiu skillfully lit the fire and checked the goods.

"Then I'll add water." Meng Shaode picked up the wooden barrel and poured it into the pot, and said with emotion: "The two heavy snows this year are really eye-opening, otherwise the people will have no water at all." ”

Ah Jiu almost forgot that now, all the people use is this year's snow water, and I don't know if there will be a spring rain after the beginning of spring.

Shun'er, Ah Jiu remembered her grandmother.

He has recently cast spells and distributed clouds and rain, no matter how he said it, he has also done things to benefit the people, don't they all say that the merits are immeasurable.

Ah Jiu thought about the unsolvable mystery of the disappearance of the corpse, and really hoped that he would be a god.

"By the way, mother, the matter of bartering in the city is the idea you came up with?"

Mo Lihua wiped her hands and said, "It's not me, I'm just helping to pass on a word." ”

"......" Ah Jiu knew that his mother didn't have this brain, but helping people spread the word?

"Who?"