Chapter 56: Stealing Food
In the evening, Xue Lao Da and Xue Lao Er came back from the mountains, carrying some sweet potatoes in their hands.
"Mother, we're back."
Boss Xue went directly to the kitchen with the sweet potato, Zhang and Ye Shuer had just made persimmon cakes, and a fresh fragrance spread everywhere in the kitchen.
"The boss is back, come and try the persimmon cake made by Niang and Shu'er."
When Zhang saw Boss Xue, he didn't even glance at the sweet potato in his hand.
"Persimmon cake, where did the persimmon come from?"
Boss Xue went to the field first in the afternoon, and he didn't know about Li Yumei and Ye Shu'er's quarrel, and naturally he didn't know that Ye Shu'er went to the mountain to pick a bunch of wild persimmons because of anger.
"The wild persimmons that Shu'er and Zhi'an picked on the mountain are sweet, so what about them."
Zhang smiled and pointed to the fresh persimmons left in the kitchen and said, Boss Xue nodded when he saw this, washed his hands and then took a piece of persimmon cake and put it in his mouth.
"What's going on? Is it tasty? It's the first time I've done it. ”
Zhang looked at Boss Xue with anticipation, and Xue Er also washed his hands when he saw this, took a piece of persimmon cake and put it in his mouth.
"Hmm, it's delicious!"
Before Boss Xue could speak, Xue Elder said vaguely, and Zhang slapped him angrily: "Look at your anxious appearance, and no one is robbing you." ”
"Mother, it's delicious, your craftsmanship is amazing, isn't it, big brother?"
Xue Lao Er smiled, and then said to Xue Lao, Xue Lao Yi nodded immediately after hearing it and said, "Mother, it's delicious." ”
"It's delicious, this is what Shu'er taught me, eh? Where did you get the sweet potatoes? ”
Zhang said that he noticed the sweet potatoes brought back by Xue Lao Da and Xue Lao Er, so he asked.
"What was dug in the ground, what was accidentally discovered, we dug it back, as if it came out of nowhere, and we didn't find it before."
Boss Xue said truthfully, Zhang was very happy to hear it, and it was most comfortable to eat hot roasted sweet potatoes in winter.
"Shu'er, go and call your sister-in-law, let's wash these dozen sweet potatoes, roast some of them, and make the rest into dried sweet potatoes."
"Mother, I want to eat a big sweet potato."
Xue Zhi'an pulled the sweet potatoes full of soil on the side, picked out the two largest ones, handed them to Zhang, and said.
"Okay, mother, I'll get you roasted sweet potatoes, but do you want to eat both? If you eat too much, it's time to accumulate food at night. ”
Zhang took the sweet potato and asked, but Xue Zhian shook his head: "The other one is for the daughter-in-law to eat." ”
"Zhi'an knows that he loves his daughter-in-law." Zhang immediately understood when he heard it, so he laughed at Ye Shu'er, and Ye Shu'er immediately blushed.
"Mother, this is too big for me to eat, you eat, I'll eat a small one."
Ye Shu'er said as she picked and chose among the sweet potato piles, and took out a relatively small sweet potato and handed it to Zhang.
"It's better to be my four daughters-in-law, I know that I feel sorry for my mother."
Zhang smiled, and began to get busy as he spoke, Ye Shu'er was also ready to help, but who knew that Zhang directly filled a scoop of water and handed it to Ye Shu'er: "Shu'er, don't touch your hands, hurry up and wash your hands, and decoction Zhi'an's medicine, you have been busy all afternoon, rest, and the rest of the mother will do it." ”
"Oh yes."
Ye Shu'er nodded, obediently washed the soil on her hands, then took Xue Zhi'an's medicine jar, lit a small stove and began to decoct the medicine.
Song also came to the kitchen at this time, Zhang was busy roasting sweet potatoes, and she washed the remaining sweet potatoes one by one and started to make dried sweet potatoes.
In less than half an hour, Li Yumei made dinner.
"Mother, do you see if the dishes are enough?"
When Li Yumei was cooking, she noticed a plate of persimmon cakes on the stove, and thought of the wild persimmons she ate in the afternoon was sweet and glutinous, and she didn't know how many times she swallowed her saliva.
"It's almost, let's have dinner, Zhi'an will ask your eldest brother to set the table."
Zhang didn't notice that Li Yumei's eyes were staring directly at the persimmon cake, and after saying to Xue Zhi'an, she was busy putting the baked sweet potatoes on the plate.
"Everyone, are the sweet potatoes steamed?"
"Mother, it's all steamed, it's cut, and it's ready to dry for a few days."
Song said to Zhang while placing the cut sweet potato strips on the basket.
"Cheng, hurry up and get it, get it ready to eat."
Zhang didn't care, and went to the main hall with the roasted sweet potato, and Li Yumei immediately took a piece of persimmon cake and stuffed it into her mouth when she saw this.
Ye Shuer happened to see this scene, and Li Yumei also happened to see Ye Shuer looking at her.
The two looked at each other for a moment, Ye Shu'er hurriedly lowered her head, symbolically fanned the fan in her hand and said to herself: "Why is the fire of this small stove small." ”
Li Yumei breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, and swallowed it after a few quick bites of persimmon cake, almost choking herself to death.
"Brother and sister, what are you eating?"
As soon as Song turned his head, he saw Li Yumei's cheeks moving, so he asked curiously.
"No, nothing, I just taste the saltiness of the food."
Li Yumei immediately explained with some embarrassment, Song stared at her twice, and left the kitchen with the basket in disbelief.
Seeing that Ye Shu'er was left in the kitchen, Li Yumei picked up the persimmon cake and ate it again, eating several after another, until she heard Zhang's footsteps.
"The second family, Shu'er, bring the dishes over and have dinner."
After Zhang finished speaking, he went to prepare to take the persimmon cake away, and when he walked up to look at the dish, he found that the plate of persimmon cakes that was originally full was actually half missing.
"Why is this persimmon cake so missing?"
Li Yumei was about to leave the kitchen with dishes and chopsticks, and Zhang's words immediately stopped her.
"Mother, this is a persimmon cake? What did I think, I tasted a few weird and delicious ones, how did you make such astringent persimmons so delicious? ”
Li Yumei knew that she couldn't hide, so she pretended to be garlic, Zhang looked at her twice, angry and funny, how could such a big persimmon flavor not taste persimmon cake.
"You don't pretend here, you can eat when you want, when will I eat and wear you less? Give me this one back. ”
Zhang glanced at Li Yumei, then smiled at Ye Shu'er and said: "Shu'er, you see that these people are duplicitous, next time we make something delicious, hide it and don't give it to her." ”
"Mother."
Li Yumei knew that Zhang's was deliberate, so she shouted helplessly, and Ye Shuer covered her mouth and smiled when she heard it.
"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense if you want to eat, Shu'er picked this persimmon back so sweet and astringent, if you want to eat it, just say, Shu'er is not such a stingy person."
After Zhang finished speaking, he glanced at Ye Shu'er, Ye Shu'er immediately understood, and said to Li Yumei: "Second sister-in-law, they are all family, this persimmon was originally picked back for everyone to eat, you can eat it if you want." ”
Li Yumei blushed for a while when the two of them said, and she was speechless for a long time, and finally couldn't help but stomp her feet and fled directly.
"Shu'er, do you see it, your second sister-in-law is just dying to save face, in fact, her heart is not bad, but she doesn't have a door, she will say everything, if you don't change your mother, I'm really worried that she will suffer sooner or later."
"Mother, don't scare yourself, our family is blessed."
Ye Shu'er's words warmed Zhang's heart: "You are right, the blessings of our family are all brought by you, Shu'er, you are really the blessings of our Xue family." ”
"Mother, let's go eat quickly, it'll be cold for a while."
The two went to the main hall as they spoke, and the family waited for Zhang's to eat, and when they saw her coming, they all stared at the plate of persimmon cakes in her hand and swallowed their saliva.